Jia Mengle Guo Xueqin and Lu Yuanwai spent a hundred taels of silver to bring back two paintings, as soon as they entered the door, Jia Mengle walked up to Lu Yuanwai, arched his hands and said, "Outside, congratulations, you have made a big deal today." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Jia Mengle's words made the second monk Lu Yuanwai confused, and he said puzzledly, "Where am I doing business today? Didn't I just go to the street with you?"

"Have you forgotten what you bought?" Jia Mengle carefully took out the two paintings, he took away the kettle and teacup on the table, brushed the table with his sleeve, and then gently put the paintings on the table slowly, and muttered, "Outside, you can make this deal big, this is the work of the famous painter Dai Song of the Tang Dynasty, and it is priceless!"

"What is the price?" After hearing this, Lu Yuan walked over in surprise, and his eyes were as big as lanterns, but he still didn't see the reason.

"Yes, priceless, this Dai Artemisia is famous, he is as famous as Han Rong at that time, known as Han Ma Dai Niu, have you heard of his "Bullfighting Picture"?" Jia Mengle asked.

"Where do I know what Han Ma wears a bull, what is the "Bullfighting Picture", brother, tell me quickly. When Lu Yuanwai heard that this painting was from the Tang Dynasty, he knew that he had a great background, and he couldn't wait to ask.

"This story is to say Dai Artemisia's paintings, painted fascinating, vivid, especially good at painting cows, his paintings are regarded as treasures by later generations, competing to collect, until the Great Song Dynasty, there is a person, named Ma Zhijie, like calligraphy and painting, he treasures up to hundreds of paintings and calligraphy. There is a painting painted by Dai Song, he is particularly fond of it, using beautiful jade as a shaft and brocade cloth as a bag to roll it up, and often carry it with him. One day, he took out his treasured collection of paintings and calligraphy to dry, and a farmer came to collect the rent and taxes, and when he saw the "Bullfighting Picture", he couldn't help but snicker. Ma Zhijie felt strange and asked the farmer why he laughed. The farmer shouted, 'Wrong, wrong.' Ma Zhijie did not know what was wrong, and after repeated questioning, the farmer replied, 'I am only a farmer, and I don't know how to draw, but I know a lot about living cows.' When a cow fights, it must hold its tail tightly between its thighs, and no matter how strong a person is, there is no way to pull it out. But if you look at this picture, two cows are fighting, and their tails are raised high. This is not the same as the actual situation!' When Ma Zhijie heard this, he was very impressed by the farmer's insight, and sighed and said, "You should ask the male slave for the cultivation of the land, and the slave girl for the weaving." This statement is immutable. ”

"I also know this, the buffalo clamps its tail tightly when fighting, but what does this have to do with these two paintings, what are you talking about is "Bullfighting Picture"!" Lu Yuanwai listened to Jia Mengle's words, and some believed that the cake falling from the sky was about to hit his head, and kept looking for the shadow of the buffalo on the picture.

"Outside, you think too much! If this is "Bullfighting Picture", outside the staff, you can be the richest man in the capital" Jia Mengle couldn't cry and laughed, "But Dai Hao is not just a painting, although this is not "Bullfighting Picture", but the price is not the same, to say the least, it can be worth tens of thousands of taels. ”

"What? tens of thousands of taels?" Lu Yuanwai's eyes almost fell on the two old paintings, where could he see that these two paintings could be worth so much money.

"Yes, at least this number is worth it, and now the world has decided that in a peaceful and prosperous era, it is possible for the two paintings to exceed 30,000 taels. Jia Mengle's words surprised Lu Yuanwai, he never dreamed that this tattered painting would be worth such a sky-high price.

"Is it really worth so much money?" Lu Yuanwai gently touched the treasure on the table, a little suspicious.

Jia Mengle saw that Lu Yuanwai didn't believe it, and said with a smile, "Of course, I don't know much about this aspect, whether this painting is real or false is not certain, if it is true, it is definitely worth the price, and the staff may as well find an expert to identify and identify?

"This ......" Lu Yuanwai couldn't make up his mind for a while, so he asked someone to identify it, saying that it might not necessarily be favored by others, and the cooked duck would fly.

"Okay, it's tiring enough after a day of shopping, let's go back, you can think about it slowly!" Jia Mengle stood up with a smile and left the room with Guo Xueqin.

"Hey, is this true or false?" As soon as she entered the door, Guo Xueqin couldn't wait to ask.

"What is true or false?" Jia Mengle smiled proudly, made a pot of tea and drank it.

"Those two paintings, are they real or fake, are they really worth so much?" asked Guo Xueqin.

"When truth is false, there is falsehood, inaction sometimes there is nothing, and my big drama is about to come on stage. Jia Mengle was like picking up treasures, and his proud heart was about to jump to his mouth.

"Oh, don't sell it, what kind of big drama of yours is going to be on stage?"

"What do you think, what are we doing in the capital?"

"Investigate Meng Xiaoyun, what's wrong, what does this have to do with the two paintings?" Guo Xueqin still didn't understand.

"Who is Meng Xiaoyun? Wenyuan Pavilion University Scholar, official residence. Jia Mengle said.

"Nonsense, it's up to you to say it, we already knew about it when we came. Guo Xueqin didn't get the answer she wanted, and said a little unconvinced.

"Do you think, he is an official residence, we want to investigate him, how easy is it? It is not easy for us to get close to him, how can we investigate him?" Jia Mengle analyzed.

"That's right, what should we do?" After Jia Mengle said this, Guo Xueqin was also interested.

"What do you think, this Meng Xiaoyun is a well-known Danqing master, who doesn't know in the capital, who doesn't know?" Jia Mengle reminded.

"Oh, I see, you want to use these two paintings to lure this Meng Xiaoyun out?" Guo Xueqin guessed.

"Yes, you think that Lu Yuanwai and this Meng Xiaoyun are good friends, and Lu Yuanwai also helps him host these chess competitions, I believe Lu Yuanwai will definitely find him for identification!" Jia Mengle said with certainty.

"What about inviting him to do the appraisal? Can you really test Meng Xiaoyun with those two paintings?" Guo Xueqin said with some unconvincing.

"It doesn't matter if it's true or not, the important thing is that we can at least appreciate the demeanor of this Meng Xiaoyun Meng and see who he really is!" Jia Mengle said with certainty.

The news that Lu Yuanwai accidentally harvested two peerless paintings and calligraphy on the street spread, "Is it true or false?"

"I heard that it is priceless, it is a rare treasure!"

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A dog barks, a hundred dogs bark, and there are many things that are falsely rumored, and the two paintings and calligraphy sold by Lu Yuanwai are passed on. Over the past few days, there was an endless stream of people from Lu Yuan's family who came to admire the two paintings and calligraphy. Sure enough, a few days later, there was news that Master Meng Xiaoyun and Meng were going to come to the mansion to enjoy calligraphy and painting.

"Brother Jia, in a while, Scholar Wenyuan will come to the mansion to watch the preparations for the chess match, so you can come with me!" Lu Yuanwai gave Jia Mengle enough face, and the Lu Mansion was lit up and down, like the New Year.

Jia Mengle secretly got amused, at this time he would definitely be able to see the true face of Lushan, and followed Lu Yuanwai's heels to the door, Lu Yuanwai's family, all the chess players, and hundreds of people stood in front of the door, standing up straight respectfully, all of them stretched their duck necks, stood on tiptoe, and their eyes were about to fall out.

Coming! Coming! I heard the gongs and drums shaking the sky from a long distance, a large group of people and horses came with a sedan chair, Lu Yuanwai jumped to the front of the team with three steps and two steps, bent over with a smile on his face, and greeted the people in the sedan chair, only to see the door curtain of the sedan chair slowly opened, and a thin old man came out of it, as the saying goes, although the sparrow is small, it has all the organs, don't look at him thin, he still has eyes, nose and mouth, but what flashes in the small eyes is not the spirit, but a kind of insidiousness that makes people afraid when they see it.

Meng Xiaoyun got off the sedan chair, Lu Yuanwai bent down his fat body, peach blossoms bloomed on his face, making the already fat face more burdened, his two eyes narrowed into a slit, his steps were always half a beat slower than Master Meng, always a small half step behind Lord Meng, his eyes never looked at the road, and never left Lord Meng's thin face.

Lu Yuan crossed the square step, looked east and west, and asked expressionlessly, "How are the preparations for the chess tournament?"

"My lord, everything is ready, I have gathered a total of 40 chess players, and I have been training for almost a month. Lu Yuanwai reported with a smile.

"You have to know that this is not really a chess game, in a sense, it is to play with Huang Gonggong, but to play at a high level, don't let him think that you let him do it on purpose. "Alas, you have to be able to afford to lose, lose decently, how can this make people live!

The team climbed into the courtyard like a snail, and slowly walked into the hall, Master Meng said that he had already sat down at the top seat, and the people of the Lu Mansion had been waiting for this moment for a long time, serving tea and fruits one after another, and plates of crystal clear fruits were a bit like the tribute in front of the Bodhisattva in the temple, and they didn't move.

"Everyone sit down!" Lord Meng gave an order, Lu Yuanwai turned around and waved his hand, Jia Mengle and the others found their position, sat down on both sides, and everyone's sitting posture was very similar, one word turned sideways, his eyes kept looking at the seat for a moment, his ears stretched out, listening to Lord Meng's teachings.

"Everyone has worked hard, for so many days, it is in this courtyard, and when the chess tournament is over, I will definitely invite everyone to have a few drinks. "I never thought that Lord Meng would also tell the biggest lie in the world, please have a few drinks after the end, you wait, only a complete fool will believe this to be true.

"It's not hard, it's not hard at all!" Lu Yuanwai replied to his words with a smile, heh, if you want to say that it is hard, it is none other than Lu Yuanwai, these chess players are in Lu Mansion all day long to stretch out their hands, eat to open their mouths, all day long in the courtyard, pointing at a few chess pieces, and Lu Yuan, in addition to accompanying them, also have to consider the eating, drinking and Lazar of these 40 people, he is not hard, who dares to say that it is hard?

"Well, you have to work hard and try to get good results in these competitions. "Alas, whose grades are good or bad and what does it have to do with him? Really, I always like to find some high-sounding words to say, what can I do if the results of the competition are good? I can't promote him to be a scholar of Wenyuan University! Meng Xiaoyun doesn't care about you, and continued, "You guys go and get busy, I still have some details to discuss with Lu Yuanwai. ”

It turned out that after listening to it for a long time, the time spent waiting at the gate far exceeded the time spent training in the hall, but what could it be? Jia Mengle and the other chess players left the hall with a smile and went back to the house.