"Thank you, Mr. Zhang, for your wonderful comments! Excuse me today, thank you, thank you! ”

"General Su is polite, it is an honor for the lower officials to serve the East Palace and His Royal Highness the Prince. Ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince on behalf of him! ”

"Definitely. Thank you, thank you—"

"Don't dare, don't dare!"

"Eh, it's not early, the three of you should stay for a light meal!"

"No, no——, I'm going to rush back to my life! Thank you, sir—thank you, thank you—"

"Don't dare, don't dare!"

……

Outside the door of Zhang Daohan, the former Danqing Pavilion painter and now a member of the Ministry of Rites, he politely pulled him for a long time, and the three people who came to the door to test finally got out.

After crossing the two streets in one breath, he dared to look back, and found that the other party did not send it over enthusiastically, Su Xiaozhou hurriedly pulled his two helpers left and right, and skimmed into the alley on the side of the road like a thief.

"How? Do you think he's suspicious? She asked anxiously.

Su Lanyan pursed her lips, shook her head and said, "After Master Zhang entered the official career, he was obviously negligent in studying!" I copied this "Ploughing Ox Picture", he couldn't even recognize it, and he wrote such a large annotation, which was simply ridiculous to his peers. This fake painting that seems to be a real painting, he can recognize it as real, and he shouldn't recognize the "Autumn Begonia Falling Yingtu" that seems to be a fake painting. ”

Su Xiaozhou nodded and turned to the helper he had specially found.

"What do you think?"

The bookish and angry young man who was pulled by her was the youngest Taishi Lingcheng in the Taishi Bureau - Yuan Yin. Because of his legendary grandfather and father, he was selected to study in the Taishi Bureau since he was a child, but he was not as proficient in astronomy and geography and astrological arithmetic as the elders in the family, but he was interested in the art of gold and stone. has been studying hard for more than ten years, but as long as he looks at the old things, he can tell the ins and outs; As long as you smell it, you will know whether there is any earthy smell, and even the source can be said to be inseparable.

I finally pulled him out of the pile of old papers, just to ask him to help identify the tomb robbers.

Yuan Yin also shook his head, "The furnishings in Zhang Yuanwailang's house are all calligraphy and paintings of his own parents and some fancy ornaments, and there are no calligraphy and paintings of the ancestors or antique treasures, so it seems that they are not the same kind." Moreover, there is nothing else on his body except the smell of ink, the smell of copper, and the tomb robber you are looking for is not him. ”

"Okay—"

Su Xiaozhou regained his spirits, unfolded the list and said, "The next and last one, Wen Chongxuan, the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple." ”

……

By the time they saw Lord Wen, it was already the next day.

Honglu Temple has been busy lately!

At the beginning of this year, the Tang Dynasty completely broke with Silla, and Liu Renliang, the governor of Jilin Province, led a large army to conquer Silla.

With the war in the east, the army on the western front was empty, so the imperial court had to send envoys to Luosa to temporarily ease relations with Tibet, which had been in conflict for many years.

First, it is necessary to take a temporary respite from the years of fighting, and second, it is necessary to consolidate control over the occupied areas. In recent years, the Tubo, which successively occupied the four towns of Tuyuhun, Shanshan, Jimo and Anxi, gladly accepted it, and reciprocated the favor by sending Qinling, the second son of the former minister Lu Dongzan and the younger brother of the current minister Nie Duobu, to personally lead a delegation to Chang'an to pay tribute, and asked the Tang Dynasty to marry the princess to continue the peace between the two dynasties.

When the mission came to Chang'an, a series of banquets, etiquette and negotiations had to stay for at least more than a month, and the reception matters during the period were handled by Honglu Temple. Wen Shaoqing happened to be in charge of repairing and managing Fanfang, and now it was the time when the day and night were turning continuously, and he was busy until late at night yesterday before he went home, and he was finally blocked by Su Xiaozhou and the three of them at the door of the house before dawn.

"Lord Wen, the next official is Su Xiaozhou, the deputy leader of the guard in the right of the East Palace, and he came to the house the day before yesterday and yesterday."

Without further ado, Su Xiaozhou stepped forward and saluted, and then showed the fish talisman.

Wen Chongxuan was a little puzzled, but politely replied: "I don't know what General Su has to do?" This official has been busy with official business recently, and he rarely returns home, which makes you hard. ”

The people in the East Palace are the people of the prince, although the official position of the person who came is not too high, but the future is unlimited, and he naturally has to give enough respect.

"Master Wen, do you remember me?" Su Lanyan stepped forward and saluted.

Wen Chong paused for a moment, and then said with a smile: "It turned out to be Miss Su, I haven't seen you for a long time, and last time it was-"

His words came to an abrupt end, and the last time they saw each other was at Yan Sikong's mourning hall......

After a sigh of embarrassment, Wen Chongxuan invited them into the mansion and took them all the way to his study.

Although Honglu Temple is a Qingshui Yamen, the Wen family is a high-ranking family that has produced several prime ministers. The courtyard of more than ten entrances in the house, pavilions and pavilions, carved beams and paintings, rockeries and blue pools, one step at a time, the sentiment is elegant, the taste is refined, and the extraordinary rich and noble people are comparable.

Stepping into the study, several walls are full of dazzling furnishings, which instantly dazzles people.

Su Xiaozhou glanced at Yuan Yin, and his slightly excited expression showed that this Lord Wen ...... What a trench!

"Lord Wen, the humble position will not delay you too much."

Walking to the desk, she took the scroll from her little sister's hand, and spread it out in front of Wen Chongxuan's eyes as she spoke, "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince came across a painting of Yan Sikong's "Ploughing Ox", but he was quite puzzled by the meaning of the painting, so he sent me to ask you for advice. I would like you to look at this painting, annotate it, and let the humble post bring it back to the East Palace and present it to His Royal Highness. ”

"Ahh

Wen Chongxuan seemed to be frightened, and his face suddenly turned a little pale.

"This ...... This ......"

He looked down at the painting as he clasped his hands together.

Su Xiaozhou glanced at her little sister and winked slightly.

Su Lanyan immediately stepped forward, opened the inkstone, picked up the ink, lit the water, and began to grind the ink.

After Wen Chongxuan became a famous family, he was smart and studious since he was a child, although he did not gain fame, but he was very talented in calligraphy and painting. Since he was a child, he was sent to the Danqing Pavilion of Jixian Yuan to practice, but because of his poor health as a child, he had to take leave for seven or eight days out of ten days. After more than ten years of training, he finally won the chief award of the year with a picture of "Taizong Drinking Horses under the Moon" and a hymn, and was therefore recommended by the princes to enter the court as an official, and was promoted all the way to the Shaoqing of Honglu Temple.

Since then, he has also gained the nickname of "Holy Hand Scholar".

Although he was put last, with his cultivation attainments, he was actually the one who was most likely to recognize the picture scroll.

……

After studying the ink, Su Lanyan glanced at the pen on the pen holder, but frowned slightly.

Master Wen seems to be more neglectful of practice than Master Zhang, and the brushes of all sizes on the shelves are of the highest quality, but each one is as clean as new.

Yuan Yin also felt that it was inappropriate, there were a lot of famous calligraphy and paintings hanging in the whole study, each of which was a valuable treasure, and many of them were paintings of the previous dynasty, and they wanted to collect them. I'm afraid it's indispensable to deal with grave robbers.

The three of them exchanged glances, and they all had answers in their hearts.

Just waiting for him to look at the painting......

Wen Chongxuan, who was concentrating on the painting, did not notice this, his forehead was sweating a little, and he immediately took out a silk handkerchief from his sleeve and wiped it carefully, and then threw it into the paper basket at his feet.