When are you not busy?

Sheng Tang actually really wanted to ask this question, but in fact, when it was dawn, she didn't even have time to ask this question.

Jiang Zhi came here because of the "Han Xizai Night Banquet" because of the Liuyao dance in the picture, and also because of the mystery of the mural that Shen Yao was responsible for that looked like Hu Xuan but was not Hu Xuan.

"Han Xizai's Night Banquet" is a national treasure. After several periods of being lost and lost, it was finally collected by the Palace Museum. Sheng Tang thought they would go straight to the Forbidden City, but Jiang Zhi came to Liulichang first.

Although it is early in the morning, you can see the shadows of many tourists when you arrive at Liulichang. Although this Cultural Street, which stretches from Yanshou Street in the east to Nanbei Liuxiang in the west, is only more than 800 meters long, it originated from the Qing Dynasty when it was first built. At that time, officials and people rushing to take exams came here to look for books and collect treasures, which gave them a strong sense of elegance. Nowadays, although there are fewer people looking for antiques, calligraphy and paintings, there are more tourists coming to check in.

Seeing that many people had gathered in front of the bookstore to take pictures, Jiang Zhi asked Xiaoyou to park the car on the side of the road and walk in.

Shengtang is very familiar with Liulichang. She, Cheng Qin and You Ye often come here to look at paintings when they have nothing to do. If they need some special painting paper and paint, they will also go to Liulichang.

But even though he was very familiar with the shops here, when he followed Jiang Zhi and turned into the small road along the main road and made a few more turns, he looked up at the front door, which read: Zhenbao Pavilion

In a place like Liulichang, there are a lot of restaurants, large and small shops crowding the short street. Shops that can’t reach the main street will move to the alley next to it, but like Today, this shop, hidden in the deepest part of the alley, is really rare, not to mention the small front door and simple wooden plaque, especially the use of the word "ge" that makes people laugh.

Sheng Tang couldn't help but look at it carefully before entering. With the size of this small shop, could it be called a "pavilion"?

Jiang Zhi saw the confusion on her face and pointed upward. Sheng Tang's eyes moved up and landed on the three characters on the plaque. After a closer look, he discovered the clues. In addition to the three-character store name, at the bottom there was There is a seal.

Fortunately, Sheng Tang has good eyesight and saw this seal when he was at the Dunhuang Research Institute.

Surprised, he blurted out, "Qianlong?"

Jiang Zhi looked at her with a smile, raised his hand and rubbed her head, "She's quite knowledgeable."

What is another world?

Sheng Tang learned a lesson today.

After entering the small front door, it suddenly became clear that it was a private house with a courtyard. Although the courtyard was not big, there were many flowers and plants planted, including broad green leaves with buds, and potted soil that was thrown into the mud pot and grew wantonly. It is covered with moss. There is a small blue and white porcelain wide-mouthed vat in the corner, with a few emerald-white water lilies floating there. Under the vat, there are two small milk cats, one black and one milk tea color, and the black one hears Shi Jing didn't even raise his eyelids, but the milk tea-colored one glanced at the guest who came in, and lazily meowed Quan as a greeting.

Spreading over the top of the head is the wisteria in full bloom, which has a very faint fragrance when the wind blows.

Maybe Xiaoyou had said hello in advance, so the door of the main room was wide open. After hearing the noise, the shopkeeper came out. He looked about forty years old, had a beard tied up in a bun, and his chubby figure was stuffed with hemp. In the long gown, there is a posture of Qingfeng Daogu.

The owner of the shop, whose surname was Wang, was very enthusiastic after meeting them. He shook hands with Jiang Zhi and spoke to Professor Jiang. Jiang Zhi finally took out his hand and said, "Let's look at the paintings."

When it comes to the reproduction technology of famous paintings, Liulichang is one of the best. Some famous paintings that have been handed down from ancient times are not convenient for public display, so replicas are often used. Liulichang has highly skilled shops to undertake the work, and the products are exactly the same as the originals.

What Boss Wang showed them was a replica of "Han Xizai's Night Banquet". They put on gloves and took it out of the fine wood painting box. It was very precious.

Sheng Tang didn't quite understand Jiang Zhi's behavior of coming all the way just to see a fake. Jiang Zhi told her that no one in the entire Liulichang knew this painting better than Boss Wang.

For this reason, Boss Wang is also very proud, and he does not have the aloofness of other stores. He said, when it comes to copying, no one dares to take the first place in the second place. Take the painting of Han Xizai as an example, I have all the seals on it. It can be made exactly the same. Of course, the reason why you come to me is not because of how similar the reproduction is. Regarding the strangeness in this painting, I am afraid that I am the only one in Liulichang who can best tell me a thing or two. .

Sheng Tang has never seen the real body of "Han Xizai's Night Banquet", but she has seen the background information and copies. Moreover, Shen Yao has been studying the Liuyao Dance in this painting recently, and Sheng Tang is also concerned about this. It seemed that she had been deeply influenced by what she saw and heard. She walked around the scroll and carefully looked at what mysteries could be found in the painting.

Shen Yao stood on the right side of the scroll and asked Boss Wang, is the so-called strangeness because there is a murderous intention hidden in this painting?

This is the most popular rumor on the Internet. It is said that the "Han Xizai Night Banquet" is beautiful, but in fact it contains a murderous intention. There is even a rumor that there is an assassin hidden in the five sections of the whole volume, waiting for an opportunity to assassinate Han Xizai.

Boss Wang stroked his beard twice and smiled, "It would be right to say that there is murder in this painting, because there is a saying that Han Xizai was very ambitious and did not submit to the imperial court because he was disappointed with the government at that time. , Li Yu was afraid that he would be rebellious, so he planned to assassinate him. Unexpectedly, the painter he sent came back and drew an indulgent picture of Han Xizai drinking and having fun every day, which cleared up Li Yu's suspicion of Han Xizai, and Han Xizai escaped a murderous attempt. .”

Having said this, he turned to look at Sheng Tang and asked abruptly, "Little girl, you have been wandering around for a long time. Do you think what I just said is something strange in this painting?"

Sheng Tang felt that she was just a spectator at most, and she could look at the painting for a long time purely because of her love for the painting. She never thought that Boss Wang would suddenly throw the question to her, and she was stunned for a moment.

Jiang Zhi was leaning on the table next to him, looking lazy, with a half-smile in his eyes, a typical look of watching the fun. Xiao also had no intention of helping her. His interest was not in the painting. After entering the room I have been looking at the old objects in the display cabinets, such as old embroidery pieces, porcelain, snuff bottles, Western clocks, etc...

Therefore, the only ones focusing on the painting were Sheng Tang and Shen Yao.

Sheng Tang remained silent after entering the room, because he felt that he was just a shrimp after all, and he didn't want to show his timidity in front of experts. Now that he had no way to avoid it, he thought, if you can ask this, it must be more than this.

But he didn’t dare to be disrespectful, so he used a more prudent explanation, “Since everyone knows it on the Internet, it can’t be so simple to fall into Boss Wang’s case, and we are here for Liu Yaowu, so the strange place must be in the first place. In the second paragraph, Wang Wushan danced Liuyao Dance."

Boss Wang smiled when he heard this and turned to glance at Jiang Zhi, "The little girl is very smart and she was not led astray."

"She only has this bit of cleverness left." Jiang Zhi smiled.
Chapter completed!