Chapter 285: Falling short
Lu Fei laughed, she knew that Fan Shuiqing must have a goal, and her eyes must be good things, but she still didn't expect that it would be the engraved copy of the "Analects" of the Song Dynasty.
That book has been seen before, the ancient books of the Song and Yuan dynasties have always been of extraordinary value, the one in the hands of Ma Guang and others, the printing and maintenance are very good, and more importantly, there are some annotations left on the book, according to research, it is left by Zhu Xi, the master of the Song Dynasty, which is amazing, in a sense, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a priceless treasure.
Fan Shuiqing is eyeing that book, which is really like digging meat from Ma Guang's heart, this bet is very big.
It's strange that Duwen is willing!
Fan Shuiqing, this is really a lion's mouth.
"Ah, why not?" Fan Shuiqing showed a look of incomprehension on his face, as if the bet he put forward was normal, "Old Du, I will also take out the bet to bet." ”
Du Wen and the three of them were speechless for a while, Fan Shuiqing was not wrong at all, she proposed that this bet would naturally come up with the corresponding bet, and she didn't want to hear it now, it was really unreasonable.
"That'...... Tell me what you're going to come up with...... But you have to say it first, and even if you come up with something good, we won't necessarily accept it. ”
Ma Guang hesitated for a moment and decided to listen to what Fan Shuiqing would come up with first, but he was still very worried, so he buried his regrets first.
Lu Fei couldn't cry or laugh a little, Ma Guang, how could they have a trace of their predecessors at this time?
"I have a copy of Mencius, which is also an engraved copy of the Song Dynasty, you have all read that book, how about I take that out and bet on it?"
Fan Shuiqing didn't think about it, and immediately said his bet.
"No!
"The copy of Mencius in your hand is indeed good, but there is no way to compare it with our Analects. ”
"That's right! Your book is nowhere near as valuable as ours. Not to mention anything else, our book has Zhu Xi's annotations, and yours is far inferior to this alone. ”
......
Fan Shuiqing looked at Ma Guang and the others who were talking lively, and couldn't help laughing.
"There are indeed annotations on your Analects, but it's hard to say whether it's Zhu Xi's or not, and those annotations don't strictly add much value to the book, and in all fairness, it's good to be able to have a 20% increase. ”
Ma Guang, Du Wen and Zhao Hua, you look at me, I look at you, there is nothing to answer, Fan Shuiqing is not wrong, those annotations are indeed very similar to Zhu Xi's in terms of handwriting, the problem is just a possibility, even the most famous experts in China are not sure of this, so there is no problem with Fan Shuiqing saying this, it is really a little untenable to raise the price with this, if this is deducted, there is no big gap between the "Analects" and the "Mencius" in terms of value.
"What's more, this bet is a good bet for you. ”
"You must know that as long as you control your curiosity in these ten days or so, and don't read Lu Fei's papers or anything, I will be the one who loses, which is actually not difficult to do, you won't deny this, right?"
Ma Guang, Du Wen and Zhao Hua once again you look at me and I look at you, once again there is nothing to answer, Fan Shuiqing is not wrong again, this bet is actually taken advantage of by himself, from this aspect, Fan Shuiqing took out "Mencius" to bet is too sincere.
But is it really that simple?
Ma Guang and the three are all real old foxes, this is not said out of thin air, they know very well that although this bet seems to have a great chance of winning on the surface, but in fact it is not the case, not to mention anything else, just say Fan Shuiqing, she is not a brainless person, in fact, she is a smart person at the same level as Lu Fei, such a person will make a bet that will definitely lose?
The engraved copy of the "Analects" of the Song Dynasty is very good, but the engraved copy of the "Mencius" of the Song Dynasty is not necessarily bad, so unless Fan Shuiqing's brain is problematic, if he does not do such a thing, he will definitely lose.
Needless to say, there must be something strange in this, and the key point must be that it falls on Lu Fei's papers and manuscripts, in other words, Fan Shuiqing believes that Lu Fei's papers and manuscripts have a strong attraction, and he can't resist the temptation at all.
"Old man Ma, old man Du, we can't do this. Zhao Hua shook his head, "Fan Shuiqing, this little girl is a very smart person, she will definitely not do a loss-making business, this is to get the right idea that we must want to read those papers written by Lu Fei!"
"I also think so, this bet can't be played!"
Ma Guang nodded vigorously, he hadn't figured out the key to this matter for a while, but instinct told him that there must be something strange about this matter.
"This ...... Are we making a little fuss?"
"We definitely want to read Lu Fei's paper, but how can we not bear it in just ten days? If we know a little bit about the content of her paper now, we may still be unable to stop, but now we don't know at all, no matter how big the temptation is, it is not enough for us to pay the price of losing the bet, right?"
Du Wen shook his head disagreeingly, he felt that this matter was too, he had been doing research all his life, he admitted that he would be crazy when he saw a good book and a good article, and he must be eager to see it, but if he was willing to pay a huge price if he didn't know what Lu Fei wrote, it was too illogical, he didn't dare to bet like this, and it would definitely be a joke if he passed it out.
Ma Guang and Zhao Hua were stunned for a moment, glanced at each other suddenly, and at the same time broke out in a cold sweat.
"That's what happened!"
"I understand!"
Ma Guang and Zhao Hua shouted, Du Wen's inadvertent words revealed the secret, and they finally figured out why Fan Shuiqing was so confident.
"Shui Qing, it seems that your wishful thinking has failed!"
Seeing Ma Guang and Zhao Hua's reactions, Lu Fei smiled and shook his head, this pit dug by Fan Shuiqing must not be able to bury Du Wen and them.
"Shameless!"
"It's so shameless!"
It seems that the older you get, the less timid you are. ”
Fan Shuiqing shook her head helplessly, she had been peeking at the "Analects" for a long time, it was a supreme treasure in the minds of an ancient book collector, and she thought that she could win it by betting this time, but she didn't expect it to fall short in the end!