The scalding hot coffee is like lava erupting, and the whole cup pours out!

Chongning's face suddenly turned pale and he was horrified!

Coffee is thick and muddy in color. If you spill it on an ancient painting, it will be a disaster!

With a bang, he fell directly to the ground, ignoring the pain and quickly got up.

"I go!"

Chongning's heart suddenly went cold, his whole head was numb, and his whole body was shaking uncontrollably.

I saw that in the upper right corner of this autumn landscape painting, there was a puddle of brown coffee, as big as a palm.

The coffee is steaming and there are a lot of bubbles.

The whole scene is simply too horrible to watch!

Chongning was completely confused and stood there stunned.

This is not the time to be in a daze!

He had to calm down, quickly find a paper towel, and clean off the coffee on the surface first.

After a lot of work, the coffee was finally dried, but a brown stain was left.

If you use clean water, it's easier to handle, but this coffee is too corrosive!

This stain is attached to the surface and is extremely difficult to remove!

Originally, this painting had no name or money, and with such a brown stain, its value has plummeted!

Chongning was in a terrible mood and was extremely depressed.

It's useless to complain after something has happened. We can only find ways to remedy it.

Coffee stains are not dust or old spots. The method of washing the painting with boiling water will not work.

There is only one way to deal with such a serious stain, and that is to uncover the painting!

The rice paper used for ancient paintings is mostly made of several layers of rice paper. This kind of rice paper absorbs water, is flat, tough and not easy to fold.

In addition, the master painter has been creating for many years and his arm strength is amazing.

When they paint, they can penetrate the back of the paper, and the ink penetrates from the surface into the paper!

Therefore, an alternative method of fraud emerged, namely, uncovering paintings!

One painting can be revealed into two, and both paintings are exactly the same.

The paintings that were uncovered were also authentic calligraphy, and strictly speaking, they were not considered fake.

A powerful master of painting can turn one painting into three, or even one painting into four.

There are even rumors that there is a master who paints and reveals everything, which is simply unbelievable!

Unveiling a painting is not just a matter of uncovering it, the process is extremely complex.

Not all the ink marks in ancient paintings penetrate through the back of the paper, there are also strong and light handwritings, and some of them are white.

After uncovering, a lot of touch-ups are needed.

The most restrictive thing is the seal on the top. The seal can only be placed on the surface, and the bottom is covered with ink.

These key skills are almost all secrets that are not taught.

In fact, at the beginning, the painter did not do it for fraud, but for restoration.

The calligraphy and painting have been damaged for a long time due to aging, moisture and other factors, so they need to be re-framed, holes filled, etc.

It's just that some restoration masters with evil intentions, in order to make huge profits, have gradually gone astray in their art of uncovering paintings.

Of course, Chong Ning does not have the ability to reveal one thing and two things.

Furthermore, such a valuable ancient painting might be completely destroyed if you are not careful, so he would not dare to reveal it all!

Chongning was thinking about peeling off this small piece of brown stain.

This area happens to be blank, without any writing or ink, which is a blessing.

Coffee stains adhere to the surface. As long as you peel off a thin layer, everything will be fine!

The simple step of uncovering the painting is not very troublesome, it just requires enough patience and meticulousness.

Chongning also has a professional background, so he still has professional knowledge in mounting.

In the past, he had also tried to restore ancient paintings and books.

The original manuscript of Yuan Mei's book was repaired successfully after a fire broke out on the paper.

Early the next morning, Chongning went to the market to buy related tools.

In fact, you don’t need anything too professional, just some brushes, tweezers, scrapers, rice paper, etc.

These things can be bought in ordinary markets.

Near noon, he briefly spoke to Duan Jingzhi and others, then locked the door and concentrated on preparing to unveil the painting.

The table in the room was moved to the middle, the top was cleared, and the ancient paintings were placed flatly on top.

Chongning washed his hands, took a deep breath, then dipped a small brush in water and gently brushed it back and forth on the stains on the painting.

He moved extremely carefully, holding his breath and concentrating, for fear of any surprise.

Soon, the surface of the ancient painting was wetted with water.

The humidity needs to be right. If it is too wet, it will soak into the painting core. If it is too dry, the rice paper will not be layered well.

When the humidity was just right, Chongning took the tweezers, gently picked up the rice paper, and then used a small toothpick to move it upwards.z.br

The whole movement was extremely cautious, as if picking out fish bones.

Soon, he saw a very thin fiber, and with quick hands and eyes, he pulled it open!

This fiber directly pulled up a small piece of rice paper sandwich.

Chongning didn't dare to neglect, put the tweezers aside and rubbed them gently with his fingers.

Tools such as tweezers are too sharp. For delicate work, only by hand can you minimize unnecessary damage.

Chongning is like a master watch repairman, careful and extremely cautious.

After a quarter of an hour, I managed to peel off the two small pieces.

The two small pieces put together are less than the thickness of the little finger.

Every time he peeled off a little bit, Chongning lay back, breathing heavily, and then wiped the sweat from his palms.

This job requires a high degree of mental concentration, and if you make any mistakes, you may fall short.

After every quarter of an hour of work, he had to rest for half an hour.

After half a day of work, the effect is still very noticeable.

More than half of the brown stain has been eliminated.

Moreover, there is no difference between the newly unveiled paper and the original paper.

Chongning looked at the results and was very pleased.

"Come on!" He took a sip of water and prepared to finish it all in one go!

Suddenly, Chongning's eyes froze, and he seemed to see something on the screen!

"How is that possible? What is this?"

He rubbed his eyes, thinking he was overtired and hallucinating.

I saw that under the corner that had just been uncovered, there was a faint trace of ink.

Chongning looked carefully and was shocked, "This, this is impossible!"

Under the surface, on the rice paper in the middle, there is actually writing!

Could it be, a picture within a picture!

According to legend, rare picture-within-a-picture appears in some ancient paintings.

The surface is a painting, and when it is uncovered, there is another painting underneath.

The two paintings are framed together, the surface painting is visible to the world, and the inner painting is hidden inside.

Chongning was extremely shocked.

Unexpectedly, there is a mystery hidden in this painting.

He tried his best to control his emotions, paused for a while, and then continued to lift the rice paper.

Time passed bit by bit, and about another hour passed.

The writing below was gradually revealed.

After seeing it clearly, Chongning suddenly realized, laughed and said: "So that's it, that's it."

This painting is not a painting within a painting, but only this one ink stain.
Chapter completed!