Seeing Xu Lezhi's eyes, Xu Yingshan next to him smiled slightly in his heart, and said secretly, as long as this kid can not be so blind in the future, the purpose of bringing him over this time will be achieved.

Thinking of this, he looked at Cheng Ming again, and was very curious in his heart, what kind of person is Cheng Ming, who can be called a brother and sister to Lu Jiangdong at a young age, this is a treatment that many rich people don't have, it doesn't seem simple.

After a few greetings, Cheng Ming asked curiously: "Brother Lu, how can you have the leisure to come all the way to participate in the auction?"

Lu Jiangdong smiled: "Originally, I didn't want to come over, but before in the car, a friend called me to tell me that there would be an auction of Wang Xizhi's cursive "Peace Post" today, so I came over." ”

"What!"

Xu Yingshan exclaimed, saw the eyes around him pay attention, and hurriedly apologized to them embarrassedly, then turned his head and asked in disbelief: "Mr. Lu, is there really a "Peace Post" participating in the auction?

Lu Jiangdong nodded: "I heard that it is the version copied by our early Tang Dynasty based on the original works, the handwriting is very clear, and the preservation is relatively complete, and it can be passed down to the present, which is a treasure that cannot be found." ”

More than 1,600 years have passed, and the original handwriting of Wang Xizhi has long been gone. In fact, thousands of years ago, only a few of Wang Xizhi's works were authentic.

Up to now, there are two types of Wang Xizhi's handwritings, one is the ink book copied by later generations, and the other is the stone or woodcut inscription. The stele starts from the sketching, goes through the stone, engraving, hammering, and then goes through the process of mounting. The original appearance of calligraphy is often compromised.

Ink facsimiles are copied directly from the original, or re-copied from facsimiles from the early Tang Dynasty. The method is to fill in the double tick or double tick to fill in and write. Among them, the hard yellow paper of the early Tang Dynasty is always the most refined.

Hearing Lu Jiangdong say this, Xu Yingshan said with a happy face: "Fortunately, I came here today." Otherwise, this time, let alone miss it, I won't even have the chance to see it once. This commercial house from all over the world is really, why is it that such a treasure has not been vigorously promoted in advance?"

Lu Jiangdong said: "It's not that the commercial houses from all over the world don't want to advertise, it seems that the seller asked for it." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw the auctioneer come up to the stage, clear his throat, and then in a magnetic voice. With a smile on his face, he said:

"Ladies and gentlemen, good morning, we are very honored to have Mr. Liu Jiaxiang, a famous collector and master contriver, in this auction today. Mr. Liu is one of the top connoisseurs in the field of painting and calligraphy in the world, and he will explain to us this lot before the auction - Wang Xizhi's cursive "Peace Post" ......"

The auctioneer said this. There was silence at first, followed by a cacophony of chatter and questions about the auctioneer. Why something so important, is not stated in advance. And many people even went to the side and made phone calls to raise funds.

The auctioneer hurriedly explained the reason. Saying that this is the seller's request, their firm has no choice. Then he asked Liu Jiaxiang to come up.

In the applause of everyone, one was dressed in Chinese clothing. The old man with glasses, gray hair, and a slightly chubby figure walked up from behind the rostrum, and behind him several waiters pushed a cart, the contents of which were covered with silk.

Xu Yingshan gritted his teeth and said: "Wow, this old Liu, there is such a good thing, I didn't know to notify me earlier, and I must settle accounts with him when I go back!"

At this time, Xu Lezhi asked, "Grandpa, do you think this work will be genuine?"

"I haven't seen the real thing, how can I know if it's true or not, but since your Grandpa Liu can come to power, it shouldn't be a big problem. In the end, Xu Yingshan couldn't help but complain again.

Liu Jiaxiang gently uncovered the silk on the cart in front of him, and saw that it was a calligraphy work that had been opened.

Cheng Ming looked intently, in addition to the text on the scroll, there are also a lot of inscriptions and collection seals, just by seeing these, you know that this work, the possibility of being a fake is very small.

After removing the silk, Liu Jiaxiang began to explain the work slowly. Liu Jiaxiang spoke softly, but fortunately, his words were relatively clear, and the content he spoke was more vivid, which was much better than reading books and learning.

Therefore, under Liu Jiaxiang's explanation, some buyers who did not plan to meddle in this work gradually became interested, and those who already had ideas were more determined to buy in their hearts.

Liu Jiaxiang's introduction was not long, only about ten minutes, and he did not leave immediately after speaking, but asked the waiter to take out another work from the brocade box next to him, and introduced:

"This is our early Tang Dynasty, the master of the Taoist Shangqing faction, Sima Chengzhen's "Shangqing Hanxiang Jianjian Map", at the request of the guests, this work and "Peace Post" are auctioned together, and I will introduce it to you below......"

Due to this world, martial arts are prosperous and Taoism is declining, Sima Chengzhen, a famous Taoist master, many people on the scene do not know and do not care about his works.

To say, this Sima Chengzhen is a descendant of Sima Yi's nephew Pengcheng Mu King Sima Quan, the family is knowledgeable, has received a good education since childhood, is intelligent and intelligent, erudite and talented, and knows everything about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, especially good at seal script, official script, he pioneered the "Golden Scissors Book" has a unique style and is all the rage.

Moreover, it is deeply rooted in the mysteries of Taoism, the theoretical attainments are very profound, and the works of his life are very rich, with more than 30 volumes of 17 kinds, among which "The Theory of Sitting and Forgetting", "The Heavenly Hidden Son", "The Theory of Convincing Qi Jingyi", "The Picture of the Heaven and Earth Palace of the Shangqing Dynasty" and so on are the most famous.

It's just that due to the special nature of this world, many of these classics have been lost, and Cheng Ming has only read one of his "Sitting and Forgetting". But even this book also benefited him a lot, so when he heard that it was the famous "Shangqing Hanxiang Jianjian Diagram", his heart moved, and he quickly looked at the picture.

Just at a glance, Cheng Ming was a little disappointed in his heart, because this did not look like he had made it, and Liu Jiaxiang also said that this was an imitation, but it was made more than 600 years ago, which is quite good.

Originally, everyone was not interested in Sima Chengzhen, but now I heard that it was just a piece of anti-work and there was no idea of buying, maybe it was because the buyer knew about this situation, so they sold it together, and they could also add some weight.

Since it was an imitation, coupled with the problems with the painting style and calligraphy, Cheng Ming suddenly lost interest, but at this time, the system suddenly spoke, asking him to get this work.

Since the system said so, Cheng Ming had to cheer up ten thousand points.

Waiting for Liu Jiaxiang to walk down the rostrum, the auctioneer walked to the front desk again, he looked around, and said with a smile: "Thank you Liu Lao for the wonderful explanation you brought us, today's our first lot is this "Peace Post" and "Shangqing Hanxiang Jianjian Diagram", the starting price is eight million, and each increase shall not be less than one million!"

The auctioneer's words made many people a little stunned, and there was a lot of discussion around them.

You know, according to the experience of auctions in the past, the price of the first lot is not too low, but it is not too high, it is medium, in order to let everyone enter the atmosphere of the auction. And such a precious lot is placed at the last moment of the auction and used as the finale.

And if it is placed in the first auction, it is likely to affect the auction price of the subsequent lots. As a result, no auction house will put the most important weights first. I didn't expect the auction of the All Corners Commercial Bank to go the opposite way, which made some people a little confused.

However, all of them are elites, and when they think of Liu Jiaxiang's explanation just now, these people all understand. If there is no Liu Jiaxiang to explain it in person, this thing will definitely not achieve the desired good effect if it is put first.

However, Liu Jiaxiang's explanation made everyone full of interest in this auction, and the auction effect will be much weaker later, so it is more appropriate to put it in the first place.

As soon as the auctioneer's words fell, many buyers raised their cards, and in less than three minutes, the reserve price of "Ping An Post" broke through the 30 million mark, and the price continued to rise.

"Amazing, the hand of the business house from all over the world really captures the hearts of the people, I originally estimated that this work was at most 50 million, but now I look at it, 50 million is impossible to shoot!" Lu Jiangdong sighed.

Cheng Ming smiled slightly: "After all, they are old big commercial houses, and they must have a lot of experience in running auctions, plus they have strong connections, so they can invite master-level figures." If you let the average small auction company operate, it will not achieve such an effect. ”

Seeing everyone nodding, he continued to ask, "Brother Lu, are you interested in this work?"

"Of course I'm interested, but since Brother Cheng has an idea, then I'll definitely let it go to you. Lu Jiangdong was old in the end, and he immediately saw Cheng Ming's thoughts.

Cheng Ming scratched his head and said, "Brother Lu, am I so obvious?"

Seeing Lu Jiangdong smiling and silent, Cheng Ming turned his head again and looked at Xu Yingshan.

Xu Yingshan waved his hand and said with pity on his face: "If I had known that there would be such a play today, even if I borrowed money, I would have thought of buying this work, but now, it's too late!"

Although he didn't know whether what Xu Yingshan said was true or not, Cheng Ming still arched his hand.

The on-site bidding was very fierce, and soon, it had already broken through the 40 million mark, and it was still rising.

"Fifty million!" Seeing that the quotation was about to approach the 50 million mark, Cheng Ming raised his card for the first time.

The auctioneer said excitedly: "Fifty million, this gentleman on the 32nd, bid 50 million ......" (to be continued......