And Chu Chen also found that part of the tip of this brush is actually detachable, that is to say, the disassembled part can be easily installed with a new nib, so that this brush also has practical value.

Although this head needs to be customized, something like this that can be solved with a little money is not a trouble for Chu Chen at all.

Next, Chu Chen took a brief look around, during which he fell in love with a pen holder and a pen holder, but unfortunately, these two things were a little damaged and not suitable for being used as gifts.

Seeing that there was nothing he liked, Chu Chen said: "Shopkeeper Xu, please help me choose a good piece of ink and brush, and help me choose a few better pieces of rice paper." ”

"What ink do you want? I also have a set of pine smoke emblem ink from the Tongzhi period of the Qing Dynasty, do you want it? Xu Shengyan asked.

Hui ink is a treasure in the ink-making skills of the Han nationality in our country, and it is also one of the "four treasures of the study" that is famous at home and abroad, and the other three treasures generally refer to the Xuancheng Zhuge pen, Chengxintang paper, Wuyuan dragon tail inkstone.

Hui ink is named because it was produced in the ancient Huizhou Mansion, and the starting time of its ink making should be no later than the Tang Dynasty, and it is a token of the most loved by calligraphers and painters. The ancients Zeng Yun: "Those who have good ink are like famous generals who have good horses." ”

Huimo is known as light, grinding to clear, smelling sweet, hard as jade, grinding silent, a little like lacquer, and the reputation of being true for thousands of years.

Dong Qichang, a great calligrapher of the Ming Dynasty, once praised the "Xuanyuan Aura" and "Little Tianyi" made by Cheng Junfang, a master of Huizhou ink making at that time: "A hundred years later, there is no monarch's room but there is the ink of the monarch's room; A thousand years later, there is no ink of the king's house but the name of the king's house. ”

This shows how much the celebrities at that time loved Huimo.

The longer the ink block, the better. The oil pine smoke ink is a kind of ink made by mixing two raw materials, oil smoke and pine smoke. Good for writing. Therefore, Chu Chen heard that there is such a set of ink. Hurriedly happily agreed.

When Xu Shengyan brought the set of ink, Chu Chen couldn't help but praise it again and again when he checked it. There are a total of six pieces of this set of ink, and the weight is very light, it looks smooth and delicate, with purple light, and after so many years, there is a pure fragrance that smells of it, which can be described as a very rare set of old Hui ink.

After checking this set of inks. Chu Chen said with a smile: "Shopkeeper Xu, you have a lot of good things, can't you even have Chengxintang paper?" ”

Xu Shengyan shook his head and said with a smile: "I want all the Chengxintang paper, but I have been looking for more than ten years, but I have only found three imitations during the Qianlong period." ”

Chu Chen really didn't expect that Xu Shengyan really had Chengxintang paper.

Chengxintang paper is the paper made by Li Yu, the descendant of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Li Yu regards this paper as a treasure, praises it as the "king of paper", and specially opens the "Chengxintang" of the Southern Tang Dynasty Martyr's ancestor Li Jiedu Jinling to feast, read, and read the chapter to store it. There is also a bureau to order the imperial supervisor to make this kind of good paper, and order it to be "Chengxintang" paper for long-term use in the palace.

The quality of the paper is extremely high, but it has been handed down very little. Song time. Liu Chang sent ten pieces of Chengxintang paper to Ouyang Xiu, and Ouyang Xiu, a generation of writers, made a poem. "Although the Jun family has a clear heart paper, who dares to write it!" Meaning: Although there is Chengxintang paper, who is willing to write on it?

This shows the preciousness of Chengxintang paper.

Such precious paper. Of course, it is a pity that the skills are lost, and later generations have repeatedly imitated Chengxintang paper. Pan Gu, an ink maker in the Song Dynasty, is also a famous papermaker, who once imitated five generations of Chengxin paper to make paper products, and was known as Song Dynasty imitation Chengxintang paper. Although this kind of paper is not as good as the original paper, it is still cherished by the literati.

Later, Emperor Qianlong was very fond of calligraphy and painting, and he also began to copy this kind of paper, and also imitated it, but it was not too much handed down.

Therefore, even if it was imitated during the Qianlong period, it was very valuable, and how could this kind of good paper be missed?

But before Chu Chen could speak, Xu Shengyan preemptively said: "Mr. Chu, this paper is not for sale, and I will not change hands in my lifetime, but I still have some customized cotton six-foot rice paper from Wang Liuji of the Republic of China, I can give you two knives, how about it." ”

Wang Liuji rice paper is an outstanding variety of rice paper, the origin of Wang Liuji paper, according to the word of mouth of rice paper workers for generations.

It is said that there is a person surnamed Wang Liuji, in order to make better quality rice paper, looking for a more ideal place to make paper in the land of 300 miles of Jingchuan, and finally found a mountain spring like snow splashing jade on the cliff of the deep mountain, which was moistened and cleaned, and found the ideal water for papermaking washing.

The rice paper made later was really extraordinary, surpassing ordinary rice paper, comparable to the most haode rice paper at that time. Wang Liuji's rice paper has been famous since then, and Wang Liuji has the same name as the paper and has been famous for centuries.

Although I didn't get Chengxintang paper, it was also very good to have the rice paper of Wang Liuji Paper Village in the Republic of China.

Wang Liuji's custom rice paper is ten pieces of packaging, two knives is two hundred, a total of twenty volumes, these rice paper can be described as good materials, the paper is pure, soft and delicate, because of the age slightly yellowed, but what is commendable is that these papers are produced by the famous cultural play store Jiuhuatang at that time, the original and original, very rare.

Moreover, these rice papers are all cotton rice paper, which is just right for writing calligraphy.

Xuan paper is generally divided into three kinds: net skin, cotton and special skin, net skin is used for flowers and birds and other small freehand, cotton is generally used for calligraphy, special skin is mainly freehand.

Generally speaking, cotton refers to paper with a sandalwood content of about 40%, which is thinner and lighter. This is because the higher the proportion of sandalwood on the paper, the richer the ink level and the more haode ink effect, therefore, 40% of the sandalwood content is enough for calligraphy writing.

Chu Chen is very satisfied with these Wang Liuji rice paper, but this kind of rice paper can only be used at a critical time, and he must be reluctant to use it when he usually practices calligraphy, so Chu Chen asked Xu Shengyan to take two knives of Red Star rice paper, this brand of rice paper is also a good rice paper, of course, the price will not be cheap.

Zuihou pen, ink, paper and the pen wash are counted, a total of 730,000, Chu Chen is very satisfied with this price, and Xu Shengyan has a discount of 40,000, which is already very good.

After the transaction was completed, Chu Chen immediately called Liu Sizhe and asked him if he had asked anyone to send the "Autumn Evening Picture of Chushan" to the capital, if not, just bring these together. If the things are not expensive, there is no problem with consignment, but the things worth more than 700,000 yuan, he is still a little worried.

Chu Chen's call was also coincidental, when he called, the person who delivered the painting had just left, so Liu Sizhe hurriedly made a call and stopped the person.

When Chu Chen returned to the reception room, everyone was enthusiastic about admiring what Chu Chen had just bought.

Guan Guokang said with a smile: "Xiao Chu, you are quite good at picking, but there are so many things, how are you going to take them?" You seem to be going to Pingzhou, are you going to ship these things back? ”

Chu Chen shook his head: "I have already asked someone to help me bring these things to the capital, and they will come over in a while." ”

Guan Guokang nodded, but he immediately reacted and asked, "Xiao Chu, was that painting also brought back with you?" ”

"Yes." Chu Chen replied.

"Oh, what a pity! I still want to enjoy it, but I don't have a chance. Guan Guokang sighed with pity on his face.

"What kind of painting are you talking about?" Yue Lao came up and asked.

Guan Guokang didn't answer, but first gave Chu Chen an inquiring look, he did this because the painting was too precious, and he was afraid that saying it rashly would cause others to peep, so he didn't say it recklessly directly, but first asked Chu Chen's opinion.

"It's Jing Hao's "Autumn Evening Picture of Chushan"." Chu Chen replied that he was not afraid of other people's prying eyes, and he had already thought about setting up a personal museum in the future, and this Jing Hao's work would be made public to the world sooner or later, and there was nothing wrong with him saying it now.

However, Chu Chen thinks so, he still thinks about human nature too simply, you must know that people's greed is endless, and not everyone will retreat from the difficulties.

"What? Jing Hao's "Autumn Evening in Chushan"? ”

"Really?"

"Didn't you say that the painting was lost?"

Hearing that it would be this masterpiece, everyone present was in an uproar, and they all showed an unbelievable look.

"It's true!" Guan Guokang said affirmatively: "I saw that the painting is indeed Jing Hao's style, and there are also inscriptions and seals of many famous artists, including Huang Gongwang. ”

"Isn't it!" Old Yue's face was full of shock, and after half a sound, he scolded Guan Guokang angrily: "Wow, you old guy, I said why did you pull me out of Xiao Chu's room this morning, it turned out that this is the case!" ”

Guan Guokang said righteously: "That's because the business is important, if you see that painting, then don't think about completing today's business." ”

"Why, is it possible to delay the business after watching it for a few minutes?"

"Hey, hey! Can you guarantee to watch it for a few minutes? ”

"How do I ......?"

Seeing the two of them arguing again, everyone else shook their heads and laughed.

Xu Shengyan asked curiously: "Mr. Chu, could it be that Jing Hao's "Autumn Evening Picture of Chu Mountain" was also picked up by you in the ghost market this morning?" ”

Chu Chen touched his nose and said with a smile: "I really picked it up this morning." ”

"Isn't it?" Expert Zhang said in surprise: "What kind of talent does the boss have to be, he can even see Jing Hao's works, I think he is not in the antique business, but specially here to give people leaks!" ”

"This ......" Chu Chen stimulated them again: "I think the boss probably didn't look at the painting, because I took it back as a partner." ”

"Poof!"

Hearing Chu Chen's words, the person in charge of the treasure building directly squirted out a sip of tea that had just been drunk in his mouth, and then coughed violently.

And Expert Zhang was even more dumbfounded and asked, "Ride...... Hit the head? ”

"It's really a ...... to take the lead" Speaking of this, Chu Chen briefly explained the previous reason to everyone.

"This ......" Everyone present was speechless for a while, how lucky Chu Chen must be, how unlucky the stall owner must be to encounter this kind of thing! (To be continued......)