Chapter 81: I Found a Treasure
Although the old man said that he opened such a shop of pen, ink, paper and inkstone, he did not have much literacy. He only had some research on inkstones, but he had little interest in calligraphy. When he saw Zhou Zhi and read the notebook, he felt bored, shook his head depressedly, and went into the room again.
Just got the reprimand of the shopkeeper, and the guy Xiao Qi was waiting for Zhou Zhi with a smiling face at this time. In his mind, although Zhou Zhi said that he was very knowledgeable about inkstones, he would definitely not buy anything when he saw Zhou Zhi wearing it like this. So in this guy, Xiao Qi thought about it, dealt with Zhou Zhi, and let Zhou Zhi leave quickly.
Unexpectedly, Zhou Zhi looked at the copybook very seriously, and looked decent, the guy couldn't help but laugh in his heart, these years are really weird, what kind of people have it. The peasants who couldn't write also pretended to be scholars.
Zhou Zhi naturally had no time to pay attention to his buddy Xiao Qi's thoughts at this time. Because he was an amateur calligraphy lover in later generations, the most practiced copying was the calligraphy of Guan Sheng and Zhao Mengfu, and at this time he carefully almost flipped through the calligraphy of their couple.
Although these calligraphy are fakes, they are very realistic, and it would be difficult to distinguish them if it were not for the later Zhou Zhi's achievements in the study of calligraphy of the couple.
Later generations of Zhou Zhi copied the calligraphy of their husband and wife, which is naturally also a fake, but the calligraphy teacher has talked about the essence of their calligraphy in detail.
Looking at these calligraphy, Zhou Zhi suddenly thought of Fengfang, a great expert who was good at painting and calligraphy fraud in the Ming Dynasty, hehe! Speaking of which, this Fengfang is also a person of this era, I don't know if he has begun to practice calligraphy now, ready to imitate calligraphy, imitate ancient books. If there is fate in this life, how can I meet this great expert?
After such a long time, the guy Xiao Qi was obviously a little upset, and the weather was cold, at this time, he always hoped that Zhou Zhi would leave as soon as possible, and he would continue to go back to the charcoal basin to doze off him.
But after the reprimand of the shopkeeper just now, it was not good to urge Zhou Zhi at this time, and suddenly seemed to think of something, and then smiled flatteringly at Zhou Zhi, "Little brother can choose the copybook?" If you don't like the calligraphy here, there are still some in my store. ”
"Where? Show me! Zhou Zhi was in high spirits and said.
"This ...... Here, let's see it for myself! The guy Xiao Qi said hesitantly, and then pointed to the bottom of the inkstone shelf.
The inkstone on display in the store is a long large table with a layer of wear-resistant cyan coarse cloth covering all four sides of the table and hanging down to the ground.
Naturally, what the guy Xiaoqi was referring to was the place under the table that was blocked by the curtain. Zhou Zhi glanced at his buddy Xiao Qi, Xiao Qi's meaning was obvious, he wanted Zhou Zhi to lift the curtain by himself.
I don't know what kind of calligraphy is underneath, Zhou Zhi gently lifted the curtain with a curious heart.
OMG! The bottom was covered with cobwebs and dust, and it had not been cleaned for I don't know how many years. Fortunately, the curtain opened by Zhou Zhi was slower, if it was fast, the dust would have risen so high that it would even make the shop full of dust.
The shop of these four treasures is just like the donkey dung egg, the outside is bright, but the inside is all dross.
However, Zhou Zhi still saw that under the dust, there were indeed a pile of worn-out notebooks piled up indiscriminately.
Zhou Zhi turned around and glared at his fellow Xiao Qi fiercely, and said, "Is this all the?" ”
Guy Xiao Qi suddenly looked embarrassed, but he still said strongly, "Actually, the calligraphy below has only been stored for a long time, and some of them are almost twenty or thirty years old, and they were saved by the shopkeeper of my family when he was young." It's not necessarily that it can't be used, it's better to take a look. ”
Guy Xiaoqi actually didn't want to play tricks on Zhou Zhi, but to see that Zhou Zhi, a shabby-dressed person, always looked at it and didn't leave, as if he liked those calligraphy very much, but after all, because he was poor and couldn't afford it, he wanted Zhou Zhi to pick and choose among these rags, and even sent a few copies of the notebook to Zhou Zhi for nothing, and sent Zhou Zhi away as soon as possible.
Hearing him say this, Zhou Zhi's heart moved, and he turned his head to look down again.
There is a curtain to cover it, and the light is too dim to see clearly after all. Zhou Zhi simply pinched his nose and reached out to pull out all the rags from underneath.
Well, the store was suddenly dusty, and it was almost difficult to breathe.
At this time, the guy Xiao Qi couldn't help but secretly complain, he knew this, how to talk too much. This time the shop is full of dust, and I don't know how long I have to clean it.
Zhou Zhi first hid aside, waiting for the dust to fall, and then slowly flipped through the letters.
As buddy Xiaoqi said, these notebooks have indeed been stored for a long time, and many of the papers have turned yellow and black, and there are even those that have been gnawed off a corner by mice. The calligraphy is very messy, and everyone has it, but it is still Zhao Mengfu and Guan Sheng.
Zhou Zhi's patience is very good, he still reads through the copybooks one by one, which makes the guy Xiaoqi want to slap his two mouths, you must know that he will look through it like this, and he will not say that there is a copybook under it.
Zhou Zhi rolled over, and his eyes suddenly lit up, "Huh! Zhou Zhi's heart immediately beat wildly.
In this pile of old papers, Zhou Zhi found a volume of "The Thirteen Treks of Lanting".
Zhou Zhi's calligraphy teachers in later generations have explained in detail the essence of Zhao Mengfu's regular script and line calligraphy. This "Thirteen Treks of the Lanting Pavilion" is a book version, and after reading it carefully, I can't help but feel more and more ecstatic.
Later generations of collectors and treasurers would occasionally find one or two treasures from the thrift market, which Zhou Zhi often envied. But such a good thing Zhou Zhi has never encountered once, in the later life dreamed of the desire to see the true works of their couple, I didn't expect to travel to the Ming Dynasty, such a leak will happen to me.
There is a hand stamp of Zhao Mengfu behind each walk, although it is a little blurry, but it is genuine, this "Orchid Pavilion Thirteen Walks" is undoubtedly genuine.
It's hard to find the real thing!
And according to Zhou Zhi's knowledge, there is only one copy of Zhao Mengfu's "Thirteen Treks of Lanting".
It is rumored that when Zhao Mengfu was fifty-seven years old, he sailed north from Wuxing to Dadu by holy order. When the ship arrived in Nanxun, Zhejiang, Elder Dugu, who saw off Zhao Mengfu, took out a copy of "Song Tuoding Wulan Pavilion".
Zhao Mengfu immediately liked it very much, and he was reluctant to put it down at all, so he simply had the cheekiness to ask for the copy of "Song Tuoding Wulan Pavilion" and brought it to Dadu. At that time, there was also Wu Sen who was on the boat with Zhao Mengfu, and this Wu Sen also carried a copy of "Dingwu Lanting".
This time, it took more than a month to drive to Dadu Waterway, and Zhao Mengfu had nothing to do, so he carefully figured out the two booklets and benefited a lot. After arriving in Dadu, Zhao Mengfu wrote this "Thirteen Treks of Lanting".
"The Thirteen Treks of the Lanting Pavilion" only survived a few fragments in later generations, but I didn't expect it to be intact in this Ming Dynasty.
No, it was obviously too much to say that it was intact, and a few pages of the copybook were obviously gnawed off by a mouse, and there were still a few grains of mouse feces on it, Zhou Zhi hurriedly wiped it clean with his hands, turned his head to the guy Xiao Qi and asked, "How to sell this copybook?" ”