"Miss Kawashima, what's wrong with you?" Xu Qianyan couldn't help but care.

"Miss Xu, you haven't told me whether this painting is genuine or not?" Kawashima asked bluntly.

Xu Qian shook her head unhurriedly and said, "If I conclude that it is a fake, I'm afraid you won't believe it, and if I say it's genuine, you may not recognize it, so it's better not to make a conclusion." ”

I thought Xu Qian wanted to play Tai Chi to fool Kawashima, but I didn't expect her to have the following, "Although the characters in this "Luo Shen Futu" are scattered between the mountains and rivers, they take care of each other and are not isolated, and the echo of the look of hope makes the characters have an organic visual connection, which cannot but be attributed to the author's accurate portrayal of the characters' demeanor. ”

When Xu Qian expressed his opinion, I looked at the photo again, and suddenly noticed a detail, and the corners of my mouth couldn't help but turn up slightly, and silently put the photo back. At this time, Xu Qian continued: "In the picture, the viewer can see Luo Shen holding Buddha dust, fluttering clothes, euphemistic and calm, she seems to come and go, with affection in her veins, showing a hopeless and unattainable infinite melancholy scene. Cao Zhi wore a beam crown on his head, a wide coat and large sleeves, surrounded by his retinue wearing a canopy, and admired the graceful demeanor of the goddess with the elegant temperament and admiring eyes of an aristocratic poet. "Zi Jian's Eyes on the Gods" vividly depicts Cao Zhi's surprise and joy when he first saw the graceful and beautiful goddess floating on the Luoshui on the cliff on the shore of the green willow bushes. However, it is precisely so, I don't know if Miss Kawashima has the same doubts as me, the so-called everyone's handwriting, when it is a great skill, this painting everywhere to see the skill, the pen is exquisite, but it is a bit self-defeating. ”

Kawashima frowned and asked, "Are you saying this is a fake?" ”

Xu Qian shook her head and said, "Forgive me for taking the plunge, I've finished reading the photos, but we have a saying in China, seeing is believing, where is the real thing about Luoshen's map, Miss Kawashima?" ”

Kawashima looked embarrassed and bowed deeply: "I'm very sorry, but the painting is still in Japan. ”

We were all stunned.

"Isn't that a bit of an authentic thing, just a few photos and trying to fool around?"

"Don't get excited, since you've seen the photos and have preliminary conclusions, doesn't it matter if you don't see the real thing?"

"Of course it's important!"

"Young Master Cousin, don't be impatient." Xu Qian said patiently, "Luoshen Futu is a national treasure, before the preliminary work is ready, Miss Kawashima will definitely not dare to rashly take it, otherwise who will damage it?" Is it yours? ”

"Thank you for your understanding."

"Miss Kawashima, the reason why I didn't draw a conclusion is because I haven't seen the real Luo Shen Futu, and no one can pat their chests and draw conclusions." Xu Qian was even more calm and relaxed at this time, after all, it was Kawashima who was losing money now, and his momentum was down.

Kawashima replied, "Due to various factors, I only brought photos with me when I came to China this time, and more information is being sorted out." After we reach an agreement with the Chinese side, we will fully meet the wishes of several people. ”

She was sincere, but to our ears it sounded more like a retreat, and I thought to myself, "Make an agreement?" Now that the truth is still inconclusive, how can an agreement be reached? It seems that this Kawashima is not as weak as she looks like, but has her own goals and schemes. ”

However, I believe that Xu Qian has already made a decision in her heart at this time, and she is not in a hurry to break it at this time. Sure enough, Xu Qian suddenly spoke again: "Why don't these photos have a close-up of the water in the picture?" ”

Her words immediately made me look at her with admiration.

This question is exactly what I want to say.

Almost every part of the story in "Luo Shen Futu" has a portrayal of water, but the water potential, water state, and water nature are expressed in a kaleidoscopic variety of lines, and they are never the same. Sometimes it stretches freely, sometimes it is smooth and smooth, and it ripples and whirls in the climax of the story, and the beauty of these waves is connected with the surprise, excitement, melancholy, and lingering emotions and movements of the characters in the painting, which skillfully sets off the atmosphere in the painting. Especially in the part where Luo Shen left and Zi Jian chased the gods, the waves rolled over the place, and the Luo River suddenly became turbulent, and the viewer seemed to be able to hear the roaring water and feel the protagonist's reluctant feelings and anxious mood, which is really a clever stroke.

To identify the authenticity of the Luo Shen Fu map, we must look at its depiction of water, which is common sense in ancient times. The photos shown by Kawashima were taken in great detail, and they were taken in almost every place, except for the water.

"Water?" Kawashima was stunned, a little overwhelmed.

"Don't you know that Miss Kawashima?"

This negligence is a bit strange for a person who is about to get a doctorate in archaeology in his twenties.

"Although the Luo Shen Futu mainly shows the characters, the landscape as the background occupies a considerable space in the picture, and its role should not be underestimated: it not only names the places where the story takes place, sets off the atmosphere, but also makes the picture very coherent and unified." Xu Qian explained.

I took this opportunity to take a bite and said, "From another point of view, this kind of painting form of 'people are bigger than mountains' better highlights the image of the characters and points out the theme." If people and landscapes are in real proportions, it seems that there is a conflict between primary and secondary. After all, "Luo Shen Fu" tells a story based on people, and it mostly depicts Luo Shen's delicate beauty and graceful posture, if the painter places Luo Shen in the mountains and rivers, the viewer may not be able to appreciate the kind of "light clouds covering the moon" and "flowing wind and snow" depicted in Fuzhong. ”

With the cooperation of the two of us, Kawashima's momentum died down even more, and he was almost forced to a dead end. But it is also impossible to admit that Xu Qian's attainments in calligraphy and painting appraisal are really profound, no wonder she dares to be unexposed in front of Kawashima.

Hearing Xu Qian's questioning from me, Kawashima thought for a while, and then simply explained, "This is an oversight of our work and has caused you trouble." ”

I unceremoniously fell into the well and said, "The hotel has an international call, I want to contact the Japanese side, it shouldn't take much time!" ”

Kawashima seemed to be cornered, and she shook her head gently, but she couldn't think of any excuses for a while, or didn't know how to express it in Chinese for a while.

"Can't do it, or don't want to do it?" Xu Qian asked.

She spoke concisely and to the point, like a spear poking straight at her, without honorifics or embellishments.

"I'm sorry." Kawashima still replied ambiguously.

Hearing this answer, Xu Qian stood up and walked out, which was silent pressure.

And I was in charge of singing red-faced, so I spoke: "Miss Kawashima, I guess you didn't take it on purpose, but you only have a photo in your hand, but you can't get close to the Luo Shen Futu, right?" ”

When Kawashima heard this, his face finally changed.

I picked up the photo and explained, "It's actually very simple. If you look at these photos, there are new and old, the earliest was taken in the seventh year of Showa, that is, in 1932 AD, and the latest was taken last year, spanning decades. If the painting is in the lady's hands, why doesn't she just take a set of up-to-date clear photos, but instead give us a bunch of old photos that are scattered and incomplete? ”

Although I analyzed this situation from the photos, if I think about it carefully, since Kawashima came to China under the banner of returning national treasures, if she can't even touch the national treasures she wants to return, then what is there to talk about restitution, wouldn't it be playing tricks on the Chinese government? If that's the case, it's a mess. Not to mention the Huang family, even the entire five veins will be implicated and impacted. ”

Xu Qian turned her gaze to Kawashima, her eyes becoming more and more fierce.

Kawashima neither denied nor confirmed. She hung her head and thought for a while, and finally spoke: "It seems that this matter cannot be hidden from you. If I could, I would like to elaborate on the origin of the return of the Roselle Futu. ”

I was thrilled, and it looked like I was about to get to the bottom of the matter.

"If it weren't for the fact that you saw the picture, I wouldn't have said this." Kawashima said very resolutely, it seems that no matter how fanciful Xu Qian said just now, she never really believed it.

"Good!" I had to agree.

Xu Qian didn't say anything, it was a tacit approval.

At the banquet of the Liu family, Liu Zheng only said that Kawashima decided to return Luo Shen Futu to China in order to atone for his sins, but the specific situation was not detailed. So I also wanted to know why this Japanese person wanted to return the paintings.

Next, there is the story of Kawashima.

The Kawashima family is a well-known family in Japan and has always been influential in military circles, but after the end of World War II, the Kawashima family did not get involved in politics again. At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, the door of China was wide open. The West began to carry out predatory antique collection in China, and several major antique cases broke out in succession, and the Chinese warlords were fighting each other, and they were too busy to trace them. Japan has always had a fanatical love for Chinese culture, so some Japanese academics have proposed to go to China to collect national treasures for themselves.

Therefore, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, and Culture, and the Black Dragon Society funded the establishment of an organization specializing in the collection of cultural relics in conjunction with the elite of Japanese academics. Many Japanese scholars went to China under the banner of research, trying to collect national treasures and smuggle them back to China, and on the other hand, they investigated intelligence and filled in the gaps in the documents.

When Kawashima said this, he suddenly noticed that the three of us were at a loss, so he asked, "Do you know who Li Ji is?" ”

We nodded.

Anyone who studies archaeology knows that this Li Ji is a great figure in the Republic of China. At the age of twenty-nine, he was hired by Tsinghua University and was known as the "Five Mentors" along with four famous scholars: Wang Guowei, Liang Qichao, Zhao Yuanren, and Chen Yinke. He has always advocated fieldwork, and was the first scholar in China to conduct modern archaeological excavations – but unfortunately in 1949 he followed Jiang Jiashi and escorted a large number of cultural relics to Taiwan, so the people who knew him here were limited to a few small academic circles.