The group walked into the reception room, and Ren Fan invited everyone to sit down one by one, and let the clerk serve tea.

When Boss Lu came in just now, he introduced his friend, this person is also a boss, surnamed Kai, this surname is relatively rare, and it is said that he is a descendant of Uncle Kang, the son of King Jichang of Zhou Wen.

Then, Ren Fan also introduced Chu Chen.

Hearing that the young man in front of him was Chu Chen, Boss Lu suddenly said excitedly: "It turned out to be the famous Curator Chu, why is it so familiar!" ”

As he spoke, he hurriedly shook hands with Chu Chen warmly, and Chu Chen responded politely.

After the greetings, the boss took out the thing he wanted to identify, a picture of a peach blossom with a broken branch signed by Yun Shouping.

I saw that in the painting scroll, two peach stems stretched out from the outside to the inside from the right side of the painting, and the main and secondary are distinct, and many branches and leaves are born from the peach stems, and the flowers bloom like clouds, and the flowers are clustered everywhere, or clusters or single, or sparse or dense, or blooming or budding, echoing upward.

Yun Shouping is known as a generation of people with flower paintings. His paintings are simple and exquisite, the colors are bright, innocent and elegant, and they have a fresh wind into the painting world of the early Qing Dynasty, and have a wide and profound influence on the painting world of the Qing Dynasty and beyond.

Just like this painting, the overall color charm is beautiful and cold, and there is a kind of desolation and sadness in the beauty, brightness, cleanliness and elegance, which is somewhat in line with the "ease" pursued by Yun Shouping in painting.

However, of course, this alone does not mean that this painting is the real work of Yun Shouping, because a giant painter like Yun Shouping is alive or dead. There is no shortage of imitators, and even among the counterfeiters are the students he has worked so hard to teach. For example, Fan Tingzhen, who is known as "the brush and ink resemble Nantian (Yun Shouping), and many fake paintings of Yun Zhi are out of his hand".

It took a little time. After carefully appreciating this painting, Ren Fan first thought about it in his heart for a while, and then said to the boss:

"This painting uses the technique of 'boneless flowers', which is depicted in color without the use of ink and brush. Yang Sheng of the Tang Dynasty used the "boneless method" to paint landscapes, which was called "boneless landscapes". Xu Chongsi of the Northern Song Dynasty used the "boneless method" to paint flowers, and he was the founder of the "boneless flower". Yun Shouping inherited and developed Xu Chongsi's painting method of "boneless flowers", opening a new generation of painting. ”

"Generally speaking, Yun's painting flowers has its own originality. His method of ordering flowers is white chalk with a little rouge, and then painted with rouge after dotting, while others are dyed from the root of the petals, which is obviously different from others. Moreover, this painting method is also significantly better than the general painter's 'thin powder' effect. ”

"But this painting, although it uses the technique of 'boneless flower', I don't see much of Yun Shouping's originality, the brush is light and weak, and it lacks the connotation and charm of Yun painting......

Speaking of which. Seeing that the boss's face immediately became gloomy, Ren Fan decided to make a quick decision, so he sped up his speech and said:

"The highest goal pursued by Yun Shouping in his life is the word 'Yi'. 'Yi' means transcendent and idle. The paintings that are in line with 'Yi' are particularly high in style and particularly charming. This painting also captures this though. But on the one hand, the wrong way of drawing affects the overall feeling, and on the other hand. It still feels a bit stereotypical, just scratching some skins......"

Hear this. The boss interrupted him, pointed to the inscription of the painting, and said: "You said that this painting is fake, then there is still the inscription and seal written by the governor of Su Province, is this still fake?" ”

Ren Fan smiled and said: "This is exactly what I want to say, like this kind of treasure of Governor So-and-so, there were a lot of them on the market the year before last, I don't believe you can ask Director Chu if this is the case." ”

Chu Chen nodded to indicate that this was indeed the case.

Ren Fan continued: "What's more funny is that this inscription is really good, it's even better than the inscription of this painting, and it's much better, isn't it a joke?" ”

You must know that Yun Shouping is a veritable painter of "poetry, calligraphy and painting", and his painting inscriptions are very distinctive, and the level of calligraphy is particularly high, which is beyond the reach of ordinary paintings. If Yun Shouping was not a painter, he could also become famous for his calligraphy.

If this governor's handwriting was better than Yun Shouping's, he would have been famous a long time ago, why hadn't either Ren Fan or Chu Chen heard of this in the calligraphy and painting world?

Speaking of this, Ren Fan saw that the boss was still suspicious, so he pointed to the payment of a painting and said, "Look what is written here, 'Mao Ding'!" How can any chronology be written like this? ”

"That's right!" At this time, Boss Lu also reacted: "The year is 'Ding Mao'." ”

"Uh...... Perhaps this kind of chronology was indeed written in ancient times? "That being said, in fact, the boss already believed that there was something wrong with this painting, but he felt that he couldn't get over his face, so he held on.

Chu Chen felt a little funny in his heart, he really didn't ...... when he grew so big Well! A flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and he thought of something that might really be useful in history for the "Mao Ding" year, and this thing was Mao Ding Cloth.

Mao Ding cloth is one of the spring and autumn empty first cloth. On the right side of the face there is a text like the seal book "Mao Ding" two words, hence the name. Because the interpretation is doubtful, the text of this empty head cloth is also interpreted as "Mao Liu", "Mao Niu", and "Liu" cloth.

"Mao Liu, could it have something to do with that poem?" Chu Chen couldn't help but ponder.

"That's it!" Boss Lu patted him on the shoulder: "Antiques, eye-catching is a common thing, and there is nothing to be ashamed of once or twice once in a while." ”

Boss Kai said with a bitter face: "The key is that this is the first painting I bought, it's really unlucky!" ”

Boss Lu smiled: "You guy is too superstitious, I also came here like this back then, isn't it good?" However, I wondered when I was there, why didn't you ask an expert to help you check something for the first time? ”

"Isn't it, I didn't know how to get lost in my mind at the beginning, so I listened to the seller's fool and bought the thing."

Speaking of this, Boss Kai sighed again, with a look of chagrin on his face, and after a while, he asked again: "Elder Ren, is this painting worthless at all?" ”

Ren Fan thought for a while and said: "I can't say that, after all, although the author can't reach Yun Shouping's skills." And the words are a little worse, but the skills in painting are really good. ”

Boss Kai could also hear that Ren Fan did not have a high evaluation of this painting. He said, "Old Ren, I don't know if you can accept this painting?" ”

Such works. Of course, Ren Fan was not interested in accepting it, but just as he was about to refuse, Chu Chen, who was sitting next to him, suddenly spoke: "Boss Kai, can you give me this painting?" ”

Chu Chen's words stunned everyone, and Ren Fan asked in surprise: "Curator Chu, who are you?" ”

Chu Chen smiled and said, "I mainly think that the paper of this painting is good, and there are no traces of artificial aging on it, so I want to buy it back and study it." ”

"Paper?" Got this reminder. Ren Fan hurriedly looked at it again, and then said with some embarrassment: "I also made a preconceived mistake, this painting does use the paper of the Qing Dynasty, which should have a history of more than 100 years." ”

"But how can this 'governor of the Soviet Province' explain it?" Boss Lu pointed to the inscription.

Ren Fan explained: "It should be deliberately written by later generations in order to sell things, just look at this ink." ”

"So this is an antique?" Boss Kai asked in surprise.

Boss Lu shook his head: "It is indeed an antique, but in the end it is imitated by later generations, so it is not worth much, and this place is full of snakes." It has affected the value of the painting even more, and judging by my experience, it is estimated that it is worth hundreds or thousands of dollars. ”

Boss Kai originally thought that this painting was his first collection after all, and if it was worth tens of thousands. Then he will collect it himself, but he didn't expect it to be worth so much money, so he immediately dispelled the idea of collecting.

"Curator Chu. Do you want this painting or not? Boss Kai asked again.

Chu Chen nodded and said, "Yes, I'll give a thousand." I don't know what you think? ”

"Uh......" The boss hesitated a little at this time, people are sometimes so strange. Knowing that there was something wrong with this painting, he wanted to sell it wholeheartedly, and even had the idea of losing the painting, but now that Chu Chen was willing to buy the painting, he was worried that if this painting was a treasure, wouldn't he lose it?

However, he immediately reacted, the painting was so obvious, and Ren Fan had explained it in detail just now, even he knew that there was a problem with little experience, how could there be a chance to come back to life?

Although a thousand yuan is really nothing to the boss, he is more superstitious, and he always feels that this painting is a little unlucky to keep in his hands, so after thinking about it, he still agreed.

After completing the transaction, the two bosses sat for a while before leaving and going back.

Sending the two to the door, Ren Fan walked back quickly, and asked with a smile: "Director Chu, does this painting have anything to say?" ”

Chu Chen smiled and asked, "Why do you think so?" ”

Ren Fan laughed and said, "I don't believe that with your eyesight, you will fall in love with such a work." ”

"That's not for sure." Chu Chen smiled and said, "Besides, if this painting is indeed a treasure, and the boss knows about it, aren't you afraid that he will come to you to settle accounts?" ”

Ren Fan said: "What's that, this painting is like this, that is, experts like you and Liu Lao, otherwise, if you change someone, I don't believe that you can 'turn waste into treasure'!" And the thing he wanted to sell himself, and we didn't force him to make a decision. ”

Chu Chen smiled slightly, having said that, if it was found out that it was indeed a treasure in the end, it would definitely have an impact on Ren Fan's reputation, and he said: "To tell you the truth, in fact, I just think that the paper of this painting is a little thicker." ”

"Thick paper?" Hearing Chu Chen say this, Ren Fan hurriedly rubbed the paper of this painting with his hand, and he immediately found that the paper of this painting was indeed thicker than ordinary paintings, and it was at least two layers thicker.

With this discovery, Ren Fan asked in surprise: "So it seems that the real painting is hidden underneath?" ”

"I do have such thoughts." Chu Chen nodded.

"The hidden painting is at least a fine painting, let's go, come to my house, let's uncover the painting......"

Being pulled out by Ren Fan, who was quite excited, Chu Chen smiled secretly, although there was indeed a painting hidden underneath, it was just a portrait of Mao Ding Bu, not a masterpiece. Otherwise, how could he only spend a thousand yuan to buy something, and he had to consider the impact on any fan afterwards, and he was not very capable of doing things that harmed others and benefited himself. (To be continued......)

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