"Look at the strokes of the calligraphy, and the Lingfei Sutra is written by the same person!"

Those who are engaged in archaeology have more or less practiced calligraphy.

And Yan Xinyu is one of them, and her familiarity with the "Lingfei Sutra" exceeds that of all the people here.

Even he judged that the two books were written by one person, so he was ninety percent sure.

Yan Xinyu counted the number of words in each line again, then picked up the ruler on the table and measured it, and said with more and more certainty:

"This is a long scroll that has been folded, each page is about 21 centimeters long and 9 centimeters wide, with five lines and seventeen characters written on it, which is the classic standard format of Xuanmen."

With that, he opened the notebook he was carrying with him and pulled up pictures from it.

"Everyone, please see, this is the 43 lines of the Lingfei Jing ink blot collected in the Citi Metropolitan Museum, and the words "Tao", "Ke", and "Name" are exactly the same, which is written by one person."

Seeing Yan Xinyu's excited appearance, a young man from Shengbo asked:

"Director Yan, is this Zhong Shaojing's handwriting?"

Yan Xinyu shook his head and said:

"The Lingfei Sutra is not necessarily Zhong Shaojing's handwriting. Since ancient times, connoisseurs have had a common problem, like a calligraphy and painting without money, they have to send an author to it. Like the pomegranate picture just now, it has an inscription written by a contemporary, and we can conclude that it was made by Xu Xi.

But like the Lingfei Sutra and this volume of the Tao Te Ching, when they were discovered, there were no inscriptions at all. Then you have to find out who wrote it.

Moral people are designated in the inscription outside the volume or in the postscript of the volume, which does not damage the original style. But some bastards directly add counterfeit money to the volume to increase the gold content of the collection, which is the destruction of cultural relics.

Let's take a look at the Lingfei Sutra again, Yuan Yuan guessed that it was written by Zhong Shaojing, and Dong Qichang, a Ming person, simply defined it, but it became a question in the Qing Dynasty. But I think it should have been written by a scholar of the Tang Dynasty.

At that time, printing technology was not yet developed, and the dissemination of books was basically copied by hand, so the profession of Jingsheng was born. The Tang government once stipulated that people who like calligraphy and have a certain foundation can enter the Hongwenkan to learn calligraphy, and calligraphy will be taught by famous calligraphers.

Famous artists like Ouyang Xun and Yu Shinan have all taught in the museum. Once he succeeds in his studies, he will be assigned to Hongwenguan, Zuochunfang, and the secretary province as a scrivener. However, their social status is low, and they are officials without rank.

At this time, Zhong Shaojing was already a senior official in the imperial court, and it was inconceivable that he would deign to do such an undesirable thing. Moreover, in the 26th year of Kaiyuan when the Lingfei Sutra came out, he was going to be 80 years old, and it was difficult to be convincing to be able to write such a beautiful and agile Xiaokai.

However, you should not underestimate the Lingfei Sutra because of this. It was written by Tang Ruizong's eldest princess Yuzhen, who was ordered by the emperor to inspect the school, and has been enshrined in the royal court since then. It was not until the Yuan Dynasty that it fell to the people, but it was also in the hands of famous artists, and those inscriptions alone were already precious. ”

Speaking of this, Yan Xinyu stopped.

After appreciating the Tao Te Ching again, he continued:

"This Tao Te Ching was also written by Princess Yuzhen at the behest of the emperor, and it was in the same year as the Lingfei Sutra. According to the seal, it was included in the collection of the Hongbunkan. However, there is no seal of the inner government of the Song Dynasty on the long scroll, and it should have flowed out of the court in the Tang Dynasty.

The long rolls of paper are also fine linen paper, the fiber thickness is the same, and the ink color is quite similar. So, I conclude that it is genuine. ”

"Boom!"

Hearing this conclusion, the atmosphere in the room was once again hot.

All the people didn't expect that in just one hour, they would see so many rare treasures.

Xiang Nan asked with a smile:

"Director Lin, where did you come across such a treasure?"

林超 says:

"There are many Dunhuang scrolls left behind, and incomplete statistics are more than 50,000 volumes. In these years, there are often auctions, cheap tens of thousands of dollars, high prices of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

This price is not expensive, and the amount that the seller gets is not too much, excluding various intermediary fees. Therefore, many people no longer follow the path of auctions, but set up a circle in private and hold internal auctions on a regular basis.

Thanks to Manager Xu, it is his extensive network that allows me to enter these circles and buy my favorite collections at some preferential prices. ”

Yan Xinyu's brows furrowed.

"Director Lin is saying that the long scroll of the Tao Te Ching is from Dunhuang?"

Lin Chao shook his head.

According to the person concerned, their ancestors were exploring the deserts of Central Asia when they accidentally found an ancient abandoned city. At first, they only dug up a few skeletons, which were judged by the traces left to be soldiers who had died in battle.

Over the course of two months, they cleared out most of the ruins. However, the ancient city was so badly damaged that they didn't find much. Finally, in a collapsed temple, several remnants of the scriptures were found.

In the 80s of the last century, the holder of the scripture auctioned one of the volumes of the Dongyuan Divine Mantra, but only got more than 800 US dollars, excluding the intermediary fees, etc., and finally only got 530 US dollars. Since then, he has never auctioned again.

This time, with our participation, the holder took out the scroll. After being identified by experts, it was indeed genuine, and it was sold for $1.4 million.

When we got our hands on these authentic works, we were also lucky. They were placed in a jade box, and once the lid was closed, no water could be poured into them. There is also a dark compartment at the bottom of the jade box, where some insect repellent drugs are placed, because the space is tightly closed, they have not yet expired.

Those foreigners who excavated were not yet laymen, and they also took corresponding measures, and the ancient scrolls were completely preserved. ”

Xiang Nan's eyebrows raised, and he asked hurriedly:

"Director Lin, do you know where they found the ancient city?"

When Lin Chao was about to prevaricate, the virtual screen turned on.

A fiery dot appears on the map, but it is not in the territory of Huaxia.

Lin Chao glanced at it and found that the system did not prompt the risk.

And that country has a close relationship with China, and now it is an important hub of the "Belt and Road", so there will be no problems in the future.

"Dean Xiang, the location of the ancient city is here. According to the information, it was once a fortress of the Tang Dynasty Anxi Protectorate, and was later occupied by the Tubo people, and all the soldiers who held it were killed, and more information is not known. ”

In the sixth year of the reign of Emperor Dezong of the Tang Dynasty, in 790 AD, Tubo captured Beiting. The Tang Dynasty's connection with the Anxi Protectorate was severed. After that, it still existed for more than ten years, and it was not completely occupied until the third year of the reign of Emperor Yuanhe of Tang Xian, that is, in 808 AD.

And what happened during this period, no one can verify it.

Xiang Nan took a photo with his mobile phone and projected it.

"I'm going to have to go and see this place."