Liu Yixuan and his servant returned to the mansion, and Liu Anguo called Liu Yixuan to the study room for questions.

Liu Anguo asked, "Have you ever seen Teacher Yuan?"

"I've seen it, I handed over your letter to him. He said I can go to the school ground to practice shooting skills after every day." Liu Yixuan replied.

Liu Anguo nodded with satisfaction, feeling that Yuan Mengqi was still giving him face. Liu Yixuan wanted to ask about the whereabouts of the painting, so he asked again: "Father, I have a question for you?"

Liu Anguo had always known that his son was ignorant and did not know what he could ask. He said ignorantly: "If you have any questions, tell me!"

Liu Yixuan said: "I heard that the palace painter Zhang Zeduan had a painting "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" that he once dedicated to the Supreme Emperor? I wonder if my father had seen it?"

Liu Anguo looked at him, picked up a book on the table to read it, and asked, ""Along the River During the Qingming Festival"? What did you ask it for?"

Liu Yixuan knew that he couldn't explain his affairs to the old man, so he had to reply: "This... I want to learn painting recently. I heard that there is such a fine piece, so..."

"Bastard!" Liu Anguo threw the book on the table hard. Liu Yixuan was so scared that he trembled and cursed in his heart: "This old man is sick and curses at every turn, and he is shocked and suddenly, you are menopause!"

"In the past, you didn't read poetry and books and were idle. You haven't started learning martial arts yet, so you said you want to learn painting. Do you think you are a saint? I think you can't learn anything you learn, and you will only embarrass me outside!" Liu Anguoxun said.

"Okay, okay, can't I finish learning anymore? I'm just asking, are you so angry?" Liu Yixuan replied.

"You dare to talk back! Look at what you are busy all day long? I asked you to go to the Imperial Academy and I wanted to expect you to pass the imperial examination, get a job, and earn some face for me, but I didn't expect that when you entered the examination room, you wrote a few wrong poems and ran to the street to fight cocks and dogs! You also asked me why you were angry? You threw away all the faces of your ancestors, and you still have the nerve to come and ask me!"

When Liu Yixuan saw the old man blowing his beard and glaring, he turned his head and ran out, fearing that he would use violence again. Liu Yixuan ran out of the study and said, "What a fierce thing! Don't you tell me to pull it down!" But he saw the promotion sitting in the porch and laughing, and asked, "Young master, have you been scolded again?"

Liu Yixuan said: "I don't know what this old man is wrong, he gets angry at all!"

The promotion asked with a smile: "What's wrong with you? Is it unhappy for the master?"

Liu Yixuan said: "What's wrong? I asked him if he had seen a painting?"

"A painting? What painting? What is the young master doing?" The promotion asked three questions in a row.

"It's just a landscape painting, painted by the court painter Zhang Zeduan. I want to ask the master if he recognizes it, but I didn't expect him to get so angry!" Liu Yixuan said.

The promotion said: "Young master wants to find out about paintings, why don't you go to the places where calligraphy, painting and antiques are sold? Maybe they know?"

Liu Yixuan said: "This painting is a painting in the palace, and these antique shops may not know it."

"It's hard to say, young master, you don't know that a relative of my family is working as a clerk in the 'Gudingzhai' east of the city. Last time I heard him tell me that there were a lot of things that were freed out of the palace in their store? Many wealthy men in our Tokyo city came to their store to secretly patronize!" The promotion whispered.

"Is that so? Oh, I didn't expect that there were so many 'debtors' in the Northern Song Dynasty. So let's go for a walk too. I've been to Bianliang City and haven't had a good tour yet!" Liu Yixuan seemed to see new hope, and asked the promotion to accompany him to the East City.

After leaving the "Old Cao Gate", it is the new capital of Dongcheng. The water of the Bian River flows slowly from west to east. The river passes through the city wall and passes through a water gate. The water gate is composed of two iron gates. It is closed by the gate guard soldiers at night, and there are people guarding it day and night.

Along the north bank of the Bian River, there is a stone street with shops standing beside the street, with houses lined up and down, and pedestrians shuttled back and forth. Liu Yixuan came to the door of Sunyang Store. He wanted to go in and see Wu Yueniang, but he was afraid that he would not be able to bear it for a while, so he thought it was important to inquire about the whereabouts of "Along the River During the Qingming Festival", so he passed by Sunyang Store and left the "Xincao Gate".

The port of the canal transport is located outside the "Xincao Gate". Bianliang City has a population of more than 700,000, and most of the food is transported from Jiangsu and Zhejiang by these canal transport ships. Because the river channel in Bianliang City is narrow, many canal transport ships had to collect sails and hire some boats to the shore.

It was already afternoon, and ships everywhere had basically unloaded their goods. Several earned boatmen bought some wine and meat and were happy to go home. The "Grandma Wang Meat Baby Shop" also closed. It seemed that the business was good today, and the meat cakes were sold out. A few children who had been dispersed had their windmills in their hands and were chasing each other on the streets.

The streets of Bianliang City are peaceful and quiet, and the rich and the poor are in peace in their respective lives. Liu Yixuan feels that this kind of peace seems to be the quietness before the storm, which is so quiet that it is panicking.

After walking a short distance, Liu Yixuan saw a wide wooden arch bridge spanning the Bian River, like a rainbow after the rain, connecting the prosperity of the two sides. Liu Yixuan knew that this was the "rainbow bridge" painted by Zhang Zeduan. He hurriedly ran up and stamped the bridge board with his feet to see if it was strong. Obviously, this was not necessary, because there was a large number of pedestrians, cars and horses passing by the bridge in Bianliang City every day.

Liu Yixuan held the bridge railing and stretched his head to look under the bridge. He saw that the entire bridge was completely wooden structure, with rafters as thick as bowls connected together, and the joints were neatly riveted and tightly seamed, making it natural. Liu Yixuan couldn't help but admire the superb skills of ancient craftsmen. Unfortunately, the relevant construction drawings and craftsmanship had been lost. Later generations could not replicate the bridge with just a picture of the painting.

When I came to Hongqiao, I was "Guozi Street". I don't know if it was because people often disappeared or what happened here. I had such a street name. The "Gu Dingzhai" mentioned in the promotion was on this street.

The shopkeeper of Gudingzhai was Qian, named Qian Shiliang. He was 45 and 6 years old. He was tall and thin, with two beards and a standard image of a profiteer. At this time, he was sorting out calligraphy and paintings in the store, but he saw Liu Yixuan and the promotion walked in.

Qian Shiliang hurriedly stepped forward and greeted, "Young Master, please come inside! Do you want to see calligraphy and paintings?"

Liu Yixuan smiled and said, "Come and take a look."

Qian Shiliang saw Liu Yixuan's eyes, and thought that he was not a foreign merchant, but also a newcomer in the city, so he asked, "I think this young man is so arrogant, don't he beside the mansion?"

"Our master is Lord Liu, the prime minister of the dynasty!" He replied with a rush to answer.

"Oh, it turns out that it is the young master of Liu Xiangguo. I have been admired for a long time!" Qian Shiliang said with a smile with his eyes narrowed.

Liu Yixuan glanced at him and said to himself, "I have long admired you sister! Do you know who I am, so you have long admired you?" Then he smiled and said, "I came here today just to see your store. I wonder if there is any good product in the shopkeeper's hands?"

Qian Shiliang smiled and said, "Although the store is a little simpler, there are still some good products. This is the first time that my grandson has come here. I believe that I have never heard of the business we have done in our store. The antiques and authentic products of the princes and ministers in the capital are too rare to say, and at least half of them are handled by villains."

"Oh? Manager Qian is indeed capable! I wonder if there are some famous calligraphy and paintings in your store. It will give us some insights when you take them out!" Liu Yixuan also became interested.

Seeing that he was unknown and did not know what his purpose was, Qian Shiliang smiled and said, "If you want to talk about famous calligraphy and paintings, there are actually a few pictures in the shop. Since the young master wants to see it, I will show it to you, and ask the young master to identify it." After that, he returned to the counter in the back room, took a scroll, and said, "The young master has a picture of the word Dongpo, and I want to ask the young master to identify it!"

"Oh? Su Dongpo's word is worth a thousand gold! Open it and take a look!" Liu Yixuan said.

Qian Shiliang slowly opened the scroll. It was indeed a beautifully mounted running script work. The lines did reveal a heroic and elegant spirit. It is said that the pen was like a dragon and a snake, and the size was worth a thousand gold! What kind of name can Liu Yixuan see? Let's wait for the following! (To be continued)
Chapter completed!