Liu Heng went fast and came back quickly.

Holding a one-and-a-half-foot-long box in his arms, he looked around like a thief.

After he entered the restaurant, he immediately asked the shopkeeper of the restaurant to close the door.

It wasn't until there was a knock and shouting outside the door that he remembered that he had thrown two other people with pen, ink, paper and inkstones on their backs.

"You go and arrange for them to come in, don't let people find out, I'll go up first."

Liu Heng told the shopkeeper to pick up the people outside the door, and he held the box himself and went up to the second floor of the restaurant first.

Kou Ji sat in front of the two tables that stood side by side, and when he saw Liu Heng's thief, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Take things from your own house, how can you get it like a thief." ”

Liu Heng rolled his eyes, sat down opposite Kou Ji, carefully put down the box in his hand, and said, "You don't have a backache when you stand and talk, is this an ordinary thing?" If this thing goes wrong, not only will my father be angry, but my aunt will not spare us. ”

Liu Heng's words made Erbao laugh.

Seeing this, Liu Heng just glanced at Erbao, but he didn't treat him like he was the head of the forbidden army.

The reason why this is so is because Liu Heng has already developed a sense of closeness to Kou Ji.

Two people, especially two men, may not be able to develop a sense of closeness when they do good deeds, but when they do bad things, it is easy to develop a sense of closeness, thus bringing the relationship between each other closer.

"Open and take a look......"

Kou Ji's gaze fell on the tightly guarded box in Liu Heng's hand, and said with a smile.

Liu Heng glanced at him vigilantly, covered the box and said, "Don't move, I'll show it to you." ”

Under Kouji's gaze.

Liu Heng carefully opened the box as if he was holding a peerless beauty, and took out a scroll of paintings from the box.

Along the long table, the drawing unfolded little by little.

Kou Ji stared at the painting with blazing eyes.

This painting has aroused different opinions in later generations, but no one has seen the real face, and it is said that it has been lost.

Now that he can see the true face of this painting, Kou Ji is also a little excited in his heart. 、

The scroll is slowly unfolded, and a painted figure leaps onto the paper.

Kou Ji was slightly stunned when he saw the contents on the scroll.

There are two figures in the painting, a man and a woman, the male is dressed in a bright yellow robe, lying on the side on the brocade couch, the female is beautiful and moving, wearing a green Luo skirt on the ground, snuggling in the man's arms, helping him feed the grapes.

The whole painting, the characters are lifelike, the demeanor is natural, and the colors are gorgeous, which is a rare masterpiece.

But Kou Ji couldn't hide his disappointment in his eyes.

The reason why I was disappointed was because this painting still had a name in later generations, called the First Spring Palace in the world.

Now it seems that the name of the first spring palace in the world is somewhat unworthy of the name.

But after thinking about it, Kou Ji was relieved.

After all, in later generations, the painting has been lost, and all the rumors about this painting are mostly just speculation.

"What kind of eyes are you? Do you suspect that I will give you a fake painting? ”

Liu Heng couldn't guess Kou Ji's thoughts, but his disappointed eyes couldn't avoid Liu Heng's eyes.

When Kou Ji heard this, he shook his head and smiled: "I'm a little disappointed, but it has nothing to do with the authenticity of this painting." ”

Liu Heng was stunned, raised his eyebrows, and looked at Kou Ji in disbelief, "You can't have listened to those rumors in the market and thought that this painting was a Spring Palace painting, right?" ”

Koji nodded calmly.

Liu Heng scolded: "The rumors in the market can also be believed, if this painting is really a Spring Palace painting, do you think my aunt can give it to my father?" ”

Kou Ji smiled dumbly, and only nodded after a long time: "It's me who thinks about it too much, thank you Brother Liu Heng for mentioning it." ”

Liu Heng hummed and waved his hand: "Don't say these useless, have you finished the painting?" I'll send it back when I'm done. ”

Kou Ji smiled lightly, "Don't worry, anyway, the painting has already been taken out, and it won't be in the way if you stay for an extra hour." Two treasures, pen, ink, paper, and inkstone are waiting. ”

"Here comes the young master......

Erbao ran forward, snatched the pen, ink, paper and inkstone from Liu Heng's attendant's hand, and spread it on the blank table.

Seeing this, Liu Heng gritted his teeth hatefully, "Are you going to cheat?" Imitation painting of such a painting does not take three or five days, it is not possible at all. ”

Liu Heng was right.

Create a painting and it will be completed in a few hours.

It often takes more time to imitate a painting, especially if it has both god and form.

While Liu Heng was speaking, Erbao had already helped Kou Ji spread out the paper and grind the ink.

Kou Ji casually picked out a good wolf pen, moistened the pen, dipped it in ink, and the pen came out.

"For me, it only takes an hour."

When the words landed, Kou Ji had already drawn a few strokes on the paper.

Liu Heng didn't know how to paint, but seeing Kou Ji walking leisurely and looking like a bamboo in his chest, he was unconsciously relieved.

Koji continued to paint, and the words that came out of his mouth did not stop.

"I have to say that your father has preserved this painting very well, it is obviously a painting from decades ago, but there is no trace of time on the paper. There is only the slightest difference between the old paper of decades ago and the new paper of this year.

It only needs to be baked for a period of time after the new painting is made, and then it is dried in the shade, which is enough to make it as real as it is true.

It saves me the time of aging the paper, and gives me an extra day to breathe. ”

Liu Heng stared at Kou Ji's paintings and asked in a deep voice, "What about after that?" ”

Kou Ji glanced up at him, swiped the pen in the wash, used a dry sweat towel to absorb the water stained in the wolf's hair, dipped it in paint, and put down the pen again.

"After that...... It's you, a loser, who went to the Donglai pawnshop to sell paintings. ”

Liu Heng frowned and said, "That's all? It's easy to see the flaws. ”

Kou Ji smiled: "So I have to help you prepare a few more paintings, the real and the fake are mixed together, so as to attract people." ”

Liu Heng frowned and said with a smile: "It's good if you're prepared." ”

After a pause, Liu Heng asked, "How can you be sure that Wu Xian will definitely take the bait?" ”

"Listen more and watch more......"

Liu Heng couldn't help but roll his eyes.

Kou Ji explained with a smile: "I have inquired in the market, Wu Xian has saved a lot of money over the years as an official, and has opened several shops, including one grain store, two cloth shops, one gambling house, and three pawnshops.

The business of this pawnshop is far less profitable than the other four shops, and it is even unable to make ends meet, and it also needs the help of the other four shops to sustain itself. ”

Liu Heng immediately heard the problem, and immediately glared: "No, I don't know what the other businesses in Bianjing City are, but the business of this pawnshop has been very prosperous." How could his pawnshop not make money?

There must be a problem. ”

Kou Ji nodded and said, "There is indeed a problem. I thought about it carefully, and the only thing that could explain it was that Wu Xian liked antique calligraphy and painting, so he often used the pawnshop to help him collect antique calligraphy and paintings, which caused the pawnshop to lose money and make ends meet.

The Wu family's three pawnshops have been unable to make ends meet, and Wu Xian has never planned to close them, which just shows this. ”