Su Mubai took a few steps back, his face turned pale: "I, I didn't lie!" ”

Xu Wei shook his head and sighed: "Su Zhuangyuan, the old man has been with this poetry and painting all his life, who painted it, what year it painted, and the old man swept it at a glance and it was ** not far from ten." This portrait of the Virgin of the White Lotus has neat brushwork and delicate handwriting, and the painter is quite level. It's a pity that people have nails, trees have annual rings, and paintings also have years, so you can't fake them. ”

Xu Wei is everyone, everyone listened to his words, and they were immediately quite interested, and the old emperor couldn't help but speak: "Xu Qing, you said that this painting will not last more than a year, why do you see it?" ”

Xu Wei nodded and said with a smile: "To judge the age of a painting, in addition to the clothing and demeanor of the characters on the painting, the background scenery, the canvas, scroll, and the dryness and delicacy of the brush and ink are the basis for judgment. ”

Xu Wei smiled slightly, and was silent, everyone couldn't help it when they heard him adjust their appetites, and even Li Tai said: "Brother Xu, don't sell it, quickly explain it to me." ”

Xu Wei glanced at Su Mubai and sneered: "Su Zhuangyuan, you are the first name of Enke, and your knowledge is not shallow, haven't you heard of these truths?" ”

"The students don't know." Su Mubai's legs were weak, and he beat his spirit.

Xu Wei laughed and said: "Then the old man will teach you a trick, how to identify the picture scroll, I hope you don't make the same mistake again in the future." The clothes and demeanor of the characters in this painting fit very well, and I can't see the clues, the problem lies in the ink and the canvas. ”

Pen and ink and canvas? And they looked at the painting again. The brush and ink are natural, the canvas is ancient, and there is nothing wrong with it.

Xu Wei took a few steps and said loudly: "All good paintings have good ink, this is an unbreakable truth, and this painting is no exception." Judging from this painting, the ink used is very valuable, and it should be the Xiuning Hui ink of Jixi, Anhui Province, which is called Dragon Incense. This ink pays attention to the paper such as lacquer, the color is black and moist, it does not fade, and the skin is greasy, and it is known as smooth for thousands of years, that is, after a thousand years, the pen and ink are still the same uniform and soft. Under normal circumstances, less than 300 years, there will be no particles and streaks. ”

Xu Wei woke up the dreamer with a word, and some smart people had already guessed the meaning of his words, so they looked at the stroke, but saw that the handwriting was smooth, and there was nothing wrong with it.

Xu Wei smiled and said: "Good ink is good ink, even if it is a grain stripe, it is not so easy to see, you need to touch it with your hands to feel it, please ask the emperor to comment!" ”

The eunuch presented the portrait, and the old emperor stroked the striped veins between his clothes. Nodding his head, he said, "Sure enough, the particles are dull and uneven." ”

"The old minister is brave, please ask the emperor to touch the true works of the Holy Ancestor again. The same Xiuning Hui Mo, please ask the emperor to see what is the difference. ”

The emperor touched the holy miracle slightly, and said with surprise on his face: "The pen and ink of the Holy Ancestor, although it has passed for a hundred years, there is no sense of surprise, and it is as smooth as before. Xu Qing, the same brush and ink, but with different effects, what is going on? ”

"That's the nature of good ink." Xu Wei smiled slightly: "Celebrity calligraphy and painting, its handwriting and artistic conception can be imitated vividly, but this good ink is not something that everyone can afford." The old minister has already said that the high-grade Hui ink will not appear in particle stripes in less than three hundred years. If it is said that the Holy Mother of the White Lotus was born three hundred years ago, not only is she old, I am afraid that even Su Zhuangyuan himself will not believe it. ”

The emperor was greatly interested, and said with a smile: "Then how to explain this grain stripe?" ”

"That's the key to determining the age of a painting." Xu Wei nodded and said: "All new paintings should be pretended to be fakes of ancient paintings, in order to increase the sense of obsolescence of the brush and ink, without exception, they must be dried and dried, in order to confuse the real with the fake." We all know that the ink is taken from pine wood, and this fine ink is very difficult to produce in less than 300 years. Only after baking, due to uneven heating, there will be grain stripes that are raised and extremely irregular, which is where the stripes and grains that the emperor can touch. Judging from the grain distribution and feel of this painting, although the brush and ink seem to be old, the concave and convex grain feel is still new, and it should have been completed and baked in the past year. ”

Everyone let out a long sigh, what kind of character is Xu Wei, but the ancestor of painting, and the words that come out of his mouth are thousands of times more credible than that Su Mubai.

"Sure enough, he is very knowledgeable!" The old emperor nodded and sighed: "Then judging from the canvas, how can it be determined?" ”

"Let's ask Brother Lin to explain this." Xu Wei smiled: "I see that he seems to be an expert too." ”

I'm a connoisseur, Lin Wanrong is sweating profusely, although he started with three pages of tabloids, and he knows a little bit about pen and ink, but how can he compare to everyone like Xu Wei? Seeing that everyone's eyes fell on her, Lin Wanrong laughed dryly: "Mr. Xu is too complimentary, little brother, I don't know anything about Hui Mo, I look at this painting, I look at the canvas." Everyone has painted, you should know that the smoothness of the silk cloth is very important, otherwise, it is very easy to go out of the brush. ”

This point is easy to understand, everyone nodded when they heard it, and Lin Wanrong smiled: "Everyone knows what I do, right?" At present, I am still working as a civil servant in the Xiao family in Jinling Mansion, taking care of food, shelter and play, and the annual salary is several hundred taels. The Xiao family must also know that it is a cloth seller, speaking of this cloth, I also learned some simple truths from my eldest lady, so I will share it with you. Brothers, you are all of you, so please touch this canvas, is it a little curly and fluffy? Lord, you also touch it, you can't touch it if you always want to! ”

King Cheng's face was pale, he snorted and ignored him, everyone touched it, and sure enough, as Lin San said, the silk cloth was curly and fluffy, if he painted on such a canvas, it was Xu Wei, and he didn't dare to guarantee that he wouldn't go pen.

"It stands to reason that Our Lady of the White Lotus is also the hero of the party, and the canvas is naturally good, and the painter invited should not be too bad, but how can there be such a low-level mistake? The appearance of the White Lotus Lady is like a fairy, why didn't she go to the pen? Lin Wanrong walked slowly on the main hall, talking to herself, as if she was asking others and herself.

Li Tai said dissatisfiedly: "Lin San, how did you learn this from Brother Xu Xian, you will have some appetite." The Emperor smiled and listened.

"In fact, Mr. Xu has already said that it is all baking. Most of the world's things expand and contract, and this canvas is no exception. The painting was baked after it was completed, so that the canvas was curled and fluffy to conceal the traces. The person who processed the fake then straightened the canvas again, but unfortunately it is easy to destroy and difficult to build, violating the laws of physics, how can it be so easy to restore, as long as a few more touches, a few kneading, the original form will appear. On this canvas now, even the best painter has to go with the pen. ”

Everyone nodded in unison, listening to Xu Wei and Lin San's words, it seems that it is very easy to identify, why didn't I think of it?

"Brother Lin, then how can you tell that this painting was completed within a year?" Among the crowd, only Xu Wei was the most sober, Lin San talked for a long time, and could only judge that it was a fake roasted by fire, but it was difficult to identify the years, so he asked.

"This, in fact, is a secret, can I not tell it?" Lin Wanrong was a little embarrassed and said slightly ashamedly.

When the ministers listened to him for popular science education, they were addicted, how could they promise him, and they all looked at him with expectant eyes. The emperor smiled and said, "Lin San, do you have any secrets, do you have to hide them even from me?" ”

Seeing that it was impossible to say this, Lin Wanrong couldn't cry or laugh, so she had to speak: "Actually, this is a trademark secret, in the world, only Miss Xiao and I know, and as soon as it is disclosed today, it will become a well-known secret." ”

"Trademarks? What is a trademark? Even Xu Wei was surprised.

"To put it simply, it's actually an exclusive sign, and it's the only one that counterfeits must be investigated. Let's look here—" Lin Wanrong opened the top corner of the canvas and showed it to everyone. Li Tai was the closest, and when he saw that there were a few small characters that were almost invisible to the naked eye, he read softly: "Yiyou Winter Fifteenth Haijin, and there is a circle drawn at the back, and the character Xiao is written in it, what does this mean?" ”

"This is the manufacturer's trademark, and the production batch number, alas, it was originally used to prevent other piracy and counterfeiting, but I didn't expect it to be forced to be made public today." Lin Wanrong sighed: "To put it simply, this canvas is produced by our Xiao family——"

King Cheng's face suddenly turned into a pig's liver, this was directed by him, but he didn't expect such a big oolong.

"Look at the word Xiao written in this circle, this is the trademark of our Xiao family. Look at the words 'Yiyou Winter 15 Hai Jin', this is the production date and label, which means that this piece of cloth was completed in the Jinling factory on the 15th day of the winter month of the Yi You year, oh, that is, it was shipped on the 15th day of the winter month last year. So, I not only knew that the painting was completed in a year, but also that it was completed in half a year. Alas, this great secret has been made public. Your Majesty, can I apply for a few taels of silver to compensate the Xiao family? ”

This is simply an eternal anecdote, how did Lin San's brain grow. Everyone looked at each other and couldn't help laughing, this champion was really inferior, and he made a fake and shoddy goods and purchased the raw materials of genuine goods, and he didn't know if the production date was marked. This is really the most bizarre and funniest planting case in history, and it is simply absolutely amazing. Li Tai and Xu Wei couldn't help laughing, and their necks turned red.

After staying with this Lin San for a long time, the old emperor has long been accustomed to his strange tricks, but this time, it is too bizarre and too funny, Rao is he is extremely forbearing, but he can't help but smile so much that his face is red and his neck is thick, and he hurriedly turned his head away, so as not to lose his dignity.

"Brother Lin, I am really convinced by you, this can also work! Your wisdom is truly unparalleled. Xu Wei smiled so much that his face cramped, and he was so impressed that he threw himself to the ground.

"Generally average, third in the country!" Lin Wanrong said with a grin.

The emperor slammed the table and said angrily: "Su Mubai, you are plotting against you and framing good ministers, what else can you say?" ”

Su Mubai's knees were weak, and he had already collapsed to the ground, kowtowing desperately: "The emperor spares his life, Weichen is confused for a while, and he is sincere——"

"Su Mubai, you are so bold!" King Cheng was furious, and kicked him in the face fiercely, Su Mubai rolled heavily, the corners of his mouth were bleeding, and even his teeth fell out, and he couldn't speak. "The king of vain has a lot of trust in you, and you have colluded with the king's family to plot to frame me, which is really an unforgivable sin. Your Majesty, such a person who deceives the king and recklessly does not allow him to stay. The younger brother suggested that he be immediately taken into prison and beheaded. ”

The emperor glanced at him with a gloomy face, then looked at Su Mubai, who was lying on the ground and kowtowing like pounding garlic, shook his head and sighed: "Su Mubai, you were cultivated by me, and the champion in the examination is also based on real ability, and I have no trace of favoritism." I wanted to cultivate you well and become my great talent, but I don't know that what you-you have done has really disappointed me. ”

Su Mubai's face was covered with blood, his face was hideous, squeaking, kneeling on the ground and kowtowing desperately, blood was flowing down his forehead, no one could hear what he said, Lin Wanrong couldn't bear it for a while. In the final analysis, he didn't have any deep hatred with this Su Zhuangyuan, just his inexplicable jealousy.

Xu Wei shook his head and sighed lightly: "The word jealousy kills people." ”

"Let's take it." The emperor looked old. Waved weakly: "Handed over to the Criminal Department for punishment, report it on a later day." The palace guards dragged Su Mubai out, and Zhuang Yuanlang kept struggling, struggling, blood and tears exchanged, and he couldn't say what he was suffering about.

The emperor's face was gloomy, he glanced at everyone in the hall, and said coldly: "I will say it again." I use it for the only virtuous and capable people in the Dahua Dynasty, and those who are jealous of the virtuous and virtuous and planted the blame will be punished according to the heavy punishment and will not be tolerated. ”

"Thank you for your grace!" The ministers hurriedly bowed down and clenched their fists. Today's events ended in this, and no one could have imagined it. Su Mubai's generation of handsome heroes has fallen, which is really a pity. At the same time, it also fully proves a truth - Ning provoked the king of Hades, Mo Yao Lin San.

King Cheng was extremely spicy, and when he saw that the situation was unfavorable, he immediately turned to Lin Wanrong, his face was sincere, and a few old tears were squeezed out of his eyes: "Lin San, it was I who misbelieved the slander and wronged you, and this king is here, solemnly apologize to you." Please accept the worship of this king. ”

He bowed to the end and really bowed down. After he finished worshipping, Lin Wanrong grabbed him and said pretendly: "Oh, the prince made such a big gift, the little brother didn't dare to be ashamed." A little thing is a misunderstanding, and it's nothing if it's clear, so why be so grand. ”

"Yes, yes, otherwise, I can't express the guilt of this king." King Cheng said sincerely.

The old emperor nodded slightly, and snorted coldly: "Where is the official book?" ”

Lord Ye was extremely honest today, and when he heard the emperor break his drink, he suddenly trembled, and hurriedly came out of the column and knelt on the ground, not daring to say a word.

"Ye Qing, I was disrespectful to the queen yesterday, but you came?" The emperor closed his eyes slightly and muttered.

"The sinner deserves to die, the sinner deserves to die, I don't know if it's the mother's phoenix, disturb the mother, the sinner deserves death!" Lord Ye trembled all over and kowtowed desperately.

The emperor said lightly: "You have also been an old minister for many years, and if you are disrespectful, you should be beheaded according to the law." Remembering that you have been an official for many years, there is no merit and hard work, and I will not embarrass you. You have a fold, say goodbye. ”

"Thank you for your kindness, thank you for your kindness." Lord Ye was grateful, and his head was broken.

The emperor swept his eyes and said majestically: "Three pavilions and six departments, you can't be without a master for a day, the candidate for this official department's book-" He glanced at everyone in the hall, Lin Wanrong was shocked, don't choose me, go to work at five o'clock every day, I won't do this kind of thing, it was a good time for me to sleep with Qingxuan, and the thunder couldn't wake me up.

Seeing that Lin San shrank his head to old age, the emperor shook his head slightly, and said with a wry smile: "Xu Qing, you just work hard, take charge of the Ministry of Officials for the time being, and take care of the errands of the Ministry of Households, and then recommend to me when you have a suitable candidate." ”

Xu Wei had no choice but to compliment, to his extent, his reputation is in the ascendant, and his official position is already something outside his body, this move will only increase his burden, and he is helpless against Brother Lin who is burdened.

King Cheng suddenly came out and said earnestly: "Your Majesty, Lord Ye has made a mistake, and my brother heard that it was because of the queen's mother." There has been no news of the mother in the palace for more than ten years, and there are many legends in the market, since the mother is back, it should be announced to the public as soon as possible, so as not to be secretly spread and destroy the emperor's reputation. ”

It's been more than ten years since my mother-in-law passed away, don't you old boy know? Pretend to b, I despise you, Lin Wanrong snorted secretly in her heart, and glanced at King Cheng with disdain.

The emperor's eyes were moist, his fingers trembled slightly, and it took a long time to calm down his excitement and say loudly: "Brother Wang's words are reasonable. I've been waiting for this day for twenty years. The legend is not false, my virtuous queen died of illness seventeen years ago! ”

"Niangniang-", a miserable cry sounded, and the ministers, palace maids, and eunuchs in the palace knelt down together.

This is my mother-in-law, and I have to kneel too. Lin Wanrong sighed, knelt down and kowtowed sincerely.

The emperor's eyes were red, and he said loudly: "For seventeen years, I have withheld this news and never told the world, that is, the empress had a last word on her deathbed, and if she can't wait for my princess Izumo to come back, she will not enter the mausoleum and tell the world." I've been waiting for this day for seventeen years, and it's finally here, ahem, ahem—"

"Your Majesty—" Gao Ping exclaimed in surprise and hurriedly handed over a few pills. Looking at the brown blood stains on the yellow silk silk of Wangxiu, the old emperor wiped the corners of his mouth, his expression remained unchanged, swallowed the pill, and his face recovered a lot. He closed his eyes for a while, and then continued: "My princess, after leaving me for twenty years, she finally returned to my side, and she also fulfilled the queen's great wish. Tomorrow, I will plan to tell the world, thousands of miles of baron, the whole country will be filial, and send me to the virtuous queen. ”

"Yes." The ministers stopped crying and shouted respectfully.

"Your Majesty, come this way. The one who came back yesterday was Princess Izumo. Xu Wei asked in a low voice, and glanced at Lin Wanrong meaningfully.

"Not bad!" The emperor said proudly: "It is the unique Izumo princess of my Dahua, she has grown up**, and when the queen is at the funeral, I will announce it to the world and hold a big wedding for her." ”

Lin Wanrong's heart jumped secretly, I haven't thought about this yet, I'm really ashamed to say it, Qiaoqiao, Ning'er, and Qingxuan followed me like this, especially Qingxuan, her belly was bigger, but she didn't even have a formal ceremony, ashamed, really ashamed.

Today's Dahua tragedy is followed by happy events, and the ministers don't know whether to laugh or cry. The old emperor also seemed to be very haggard, waved his hand and said, "Let's discuss here today, let's retreat." ”

"Hooray, hooray, hooray." And they made great salutes and went out of the temple. Lin Wanrong hadn't gone out yet, and Li Tai slapped him on the shoulder: "Lin San, you borrowed my soldiers, horses and cannons yesterday, you have to accept this favor." ”

Lin Wanrong smiled dryly: "Old general, don't embarrass me, it's not that I, Lin San, don't want to serve the country, it's just that there is too little ink in my chest, if you delay the military aircraft on your front line, then you will die." ”

Xu Wei was beside the two of them, heard what he said, and said with a smile: "Don't believe his words, the old general, before I asked him to go to Shandong to lead the troops, he also said the same thing, but what was the result?" Isn't the White Lotus Sect destroyed in his hands? ”

Li Tai sighed: "Lin San, today, your identity is no longer trivial, and I can't do anything about you." It's just that I have no unscrupulous generals in the Dahua Dynasty, and I am old, if I let go one day, what will Dahua do? There are Hu people in the north, and there are Japanese in the south, who will lead the soldiers? You can't be too selfish to be a man, you have to show your ability and hide it, that's not what a man does. ”

This old man, if you can't come hard, you will come soft, and you can move people with emotion. Don't say it, Lao Tzu really eats his set. Seeing Li Tai's pale hair and wrinkled face, Lin Wanrong's heart softened, and she was about to agree impulsively, but fortunately, seeing Xu Wei next to her smiling weirdly, she braked the car in a hurry, and the word "good" did not come out.

"Let's talk about this in a few days." Lin Wanrong sighed: "Before the army sets off, I will definitely give the old general an explanation." ”

Li Tai nodded, and Gao Ping walked over and said, "Lord Lin, Lord Xu, General Li, the emperor invites the three of you to go to the study to talk." ”

As soon as she entered the palace, there were really a lot of things, Lin Wanrong shook her head helplessly, and followed behind Xu and Li. When they arrived at the door of the upper study, the three of them stopped, Gao Ping went in to ask for instructions, and came out and said, "Lord Lin, the emperor asks you to go in first." ”

Is it to discuss with me about a wedding? Alas, I have never been married! Stepping into the upper study, I saw the sandalwood curling in the room, piled up with articles and folds, and the old emperor stood with his back to him, looking at the inscriptions of the ancestors on the wall, silent.

"Old man, are you looking for me?" The atmosphere was a little depressing, and Lin Wanrong hurriedly spoke.

The emperor nodded slightly, and said in a deep voice, "Do you have a close relationship with Miss Xiao?" ”

How could he ask about this for no reason, Lin Wanrong was puzzled, knowing that this matter could not be hidden from him, so she nodded honestly: "It's a little intimate!" ”

"A little intimate?" The emperor smiled coldly: "I don't need it in the future, I will kill her!" ”

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Note: Using the method in this chapter to appreciate the painting, there is merit, it is the third brother's! Wrong?? Do the third brother's!

Merry Christmas brothers and sisters, huh!