Xie Qian squinted his eyes and looked at Shen Xi with a smile, as if he had expected Shen Xi to stand up, because all this was going according to his plan.

Xie Qian asked: "Shen Xiuzhu is the champion of today's department, but he is also proficient in the way of calligraphy and painting?" ”

Shen Xi said respectfully: "As a scholar, you can't read dead books and read dead books, touching the class bypass may help you comprehend the classics." Students have been exposed to piano, chess, calligraphy and painting since childhood, and have been taught by famous teachers. ”

Shen Xi said that there was a "famous teacher's teaching", because when he was painting with Tang Yin, he said that he had received the teaching of "Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng", and now in the Ming Dynasty, "Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng" is a controversial figure, and the "Peach Blossom Nunnery Poem" written by this person is popular and widely praised, and some people regard him as a great poet.

However, more people think that "Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng" is just a wasted person, and a copy of "Golden Bottle Plum" exposes his temperament...... How can such a person who is dressed in the garb of a Sven, but has a heart of prostitution and theft, be a serious scholar?

These people scolded "Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng" for deceiving the world and stealing their reputation, while carefully studying the content of "Golden Vase Plum", according to them, not because the book is wonderful, but to find out the vulgar and obscene plot in it, as a strong evidence to criticize this person.

"Famous teacher? Hehe......" Even Xie Qian smiled at Lanling with a little contempt, "I think you have studied calligraphy and painting?" ”

Shen Xi saluted again: "Students don't dare to be arrogant. ”

Xie Qian waved his hand and said: "Young people should still have some blood and momentum, what can be done, so why be modest?" Besides, even if you don't speak well, no one will be surprised...... Before Cheng Langzhong said that this painting was a stolen thing, a gift from Xu Ge Lao to Li Daxue, but as far as the old man knows, there are countless fakes of "Qingming Riverside Picture" in this world, how can it be proved that this painting is the one that Xu Ge Lao collects? ”

As soon as Xie Qian's question was revealed, the faces of the people present changed slightly, and they were secretly glad...... Fortunately, I didn't take the initiative to go out just now and say that I have some research on calligraphy and painting, this question is simply sincerely difficult!

As we all know, "Qingming Riverside Picture" since the advent of the game, there are many people who imitate the content of the original work in the two Song Dynasty alone, and after a period of Yuan and early Ming Dynasty, there are more forgeries on the market, and many have been passed down as genuine works for several generations.

But after all, "Qingming Riverside Picture" is an ancient painting left over from history, who has ever seen the real thing?

This question is not only embarrassing for Shen Xi, but also for Li Dongyang and everyone present.

On what basis do you think that this is genuine, and not copied, or that it is simply a forgery...... If you want to take this painting from me, you have to show me convincing evidence first.

There was silence in the study, and everyone was pondering.

In fact, among the people present, Li Dongyang could have put forward his views.

Li Dongyang could have used his title to prove that this was indeed the painting that Zhu Wenzheng had given to Xu Pu, but he could not be sure that the painting itself was genuine.

Regarding the historical records, Zhang Zeduan's "Qingming Riverside Map" should have things, including the inscription and inscription of Song Huizong, the small seal of Shuanglong, and the inscription written by Jin Guoren Zhang, and there are also fakes.

Li Dongyang is good at observing words and feelings, at this time, Xie Qian is asking about Shen Xi, there is no need for him to be sideways. As a cabinet scholar, it is very unwise to ask Xie Qian for a painting in public, and even if he wants to return it, he has to wait until the painting is over to say it in private, so as not to reveal the contradictions between cabinet scholars in public.

One of the parties to the incident, that is, Shen Xi, who was questioned by Xie Qian, looked calm.

Shen Xi said: "Back to Xie Ge Lao, the students don't know whether this painting is genuine, but the students heard that in the Song Dynasty Zhang Zeduan's "Qingming Riverside Picture", there are a total of 815 characters. ”

In a word, the people present were surprised inexplicably.

For such a grand painting, the viewer should pay attention to the cultural landscape, rather than the details of how many characters there are.

In fact, the determination of the number of people in this painting has been based on "more than 500 people" in the past, and many forgeries deliberately only depicted more than 500 people in the painting, but did not dare to paint more.

As for the number of "eight hundred and fifteen", it was observed under a high-powered microscope hundreds of years later. Even if the painting had not been worn out to the point of being unrecognizable by the time it was handed down to the Ming Dynasty, it was not easy to count the figures on it in this era.

Xie Qian asked in surprise, "How did you know?" ”

Of course, Shen Xi can't say that this is the research result of high technology in later generations. He said: "The student learned about it by chance from a book written by an old gentleman. ”

What Shen Xi said about "old gentleman", it was naturally the "Lanling Xiaoxiao Sheng" who taught him painting skills. Xie Qian didn't think so, he just got this painting, so naturally he didn't have the leisure to count how many characters there were on it, and immediately shook his head: "Even if what you said is accurate, but there are so many pedestrians and people in this painting, how can you count them clearly?" ”

Shen Xi said: "The students listened to the old gentleman tell how to count the number of people in this painting, and for each person, they put a grain of rice on the head of the person, and after the whole picture scroll was seen, all the rice could be counted...... It's a ...... of the meter method."

Xie Qian glanced at Li Dongyang, turned around and said, "Even if the method you said is feasible, it can't be concluded that this is the one that Xu Lao hid." ”

Shen Xi saluted: "When you count the number of people in the painting, the students will tell." ”

Not to mention Xie Qian, even Li Dongyang was quite interested after hearing it, he himself had never heard of how many characters there were in the "Qingming Riverside Picture", this appreciation of the painting can be regarded as an identification of authenticity.

Because of the two Song and Jin dynasties, the four Yuan dynasties and the first hundred years of this dynasty, there are too many imitations of this painting, even if you get the authentic work, it will not be affirmed by the world, if you can identify the painting in front of you as a genuine work in a way, it is a good thing.

Seeing that it was almost dusk, Xie Qian instructed the servants to prepare rice grains, and by the way, light up the whole house with candles, so as to count the number of people on the paintings.

Xie Qian said: "In order to avoid blocking the light, you might as well take a step back, Brother Bin, Master Wang, how about you two work with the old man to count together?" ”

Xie Qian personally named Li Dongyang and Wang Wei to step forward and count them together.

The two elders, plus a Hanlin bachelor, came to count the characters in the "Qingming Riverside Map", just because a sentence written by a little Hanlin Xiu was a bit ridiculous, but Xie Qian was very interested, and Li Dongyang and Wang Wei did not object.

Many people are paying attention to Shen Xi, thinking that Shen Xi has the ability to arrange a few high-ranking court officials to do things?

At this time, Shen Xi was indifferent, and he was still pondering Xie Qian's intentions in his heart.

Xie Qian didn't ask others, but only asked him, which seemed to be making things difficult for him, but in fact, he was giving him a "chance", a great opportunity to show his talent and learn in front of Li Dongyang and many superiors, and to show his face in front of his colleagues to establish his prestige.

In the past, even if Shen Xidouhua won Tang Yin, after all, he was only a little famous among ordinary scholars, and it did not help him in the slightest as an official. Now Xie Qian has given him a stage to perform, is it to pave the way for him to be transferred to Zhan Shifu to do things?

When everything was ready, Xie Qian, Li Dongyang, and Wang Wei stood in front of the long canvas, and they finally looked powerless.

Xie Qian said with a smile: "That's it, find some people from the Hanlin Academy to come and help, don't mess up, after putting the rice away, it will be checked by a special person, so that there are no mistakes or omissions......

Li Dongyang thought about it for a while, then nodded in agreement.

It was not dark yet, but the study was already brightly lit, and the onlookers seemed to be experiencing a grand event in the painting world, and those who stepped forward to count the number of people tiptoed and put a grain of rice on each figure in the painting, because one person was also responsible for a small area, and there were people on both sides of the table and behind the table, and it was not too difficult for everyone to count the figures on it clearly.

Shen Xi proposed that there were eight hundred and fifteen people on it, and in order to avoid suspicion, he did not approach the painting, but just waited with those onlookers.

Taking advantage of his free time, Zhu Xizhou asked with a smile: "Shen Xiushu knows this painting so well, hasn't he seen this painting before?" ”

Shen Xi shook his head and said, "I have shallow qualifications, I've just heard about it. ”

Zhu Xizhou smiled and said nothing, but it actually sounded the alarm for Shen Xi...... If the count is completed and the number of people matches what he said, Xie Qian will not suspect that this painting was sent by himself, right? But after a little pondering, Shen Xi felt that it was unfounded, he was just an ordinary candidate who went to the capital from Fujian to take the exam, and now he won the champion and worked in the Hanlin Academy, how could he have anything to do with the gangsters?

The few people in front were still continuing, Shen Xi looked outside the study, the twilight was heavy, and he suddenly felt a rush to urinate, so he went over and asked Xie Qian: "Xie Ge Lao, I don't know if it's convenient, give me a compliment?" ”

Xie Qian waved his hand, called a servant to lead the way, and took Shen Xi out.

The courtyard of the Xie family looks ordinary, but it actually occupies a lot of land. After passing through two courtyards in a row, and walking through a moon gate, a small garden appeared in front of me, slightly larger than the courtyard that had been entered before, and there was a fish pond in the middle.

After all, Xie Qian is a native of Zhejiang, and the layout of the courtyard at home is somewhat in the style of Jiangnan gardens.

"Shen Xiu, the thatched house is in the corner of the courtyard opposite, you can see it when you go over, and the villain is waiting outside." As evening approached, the servant obviously had something to do, so he hurriedly pointed out the way to Shen Xi, and then left.

Shen Xi nodded, walked through the garden, stood at another moon gate and took a look outside, inside was a small courtyard, which should be where the subordinates lived, but he couldn't see where the thatched house was.

Shen Xi thought to himself, Xie Qian was also open-minded enough, and actually asked people to take him to the courtyard of the next person to go to the toilet.

At this time, the sky was basically so dark that he couldn't see people clearly, and there was a rockery on the side of the pool in the courtyard, so Shen Xi simply went around to the back of the rockery and unbuttoned his pants to face the pool.

"Didn't you give me a problem and let me go to the toilet in the next room? I'll help you raise the fish. ”

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