Liu Renben just saw Zhang Zishan's regretful expression and then expressed his consolation. He did not really want to say anything about the "Preface to the Lanting Collection". At this time, he saw everyone put down their wine bowls and looked up at him. He knew that it was a good end. In addition to secretly blamed himself for talking too much, he had to bite him. After he hesitating, he said, "Have you heard that there was a man named Xiao Yi in the previous dynasty?"

Except for Xiao Yun, Yang Yong, Yang Hu and Zhongjun, the rest of the people were slightly stunned. Zhang Zishan said in surprise: "You are the great-grandson of Emperor Yuan of Liang. During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, he served as the counselor and the censor Xiao Yi."

amp;nbsp;Liu Renben nodded and said, "No, it's him!"

amp;nbsp; "Is it because the "Preface to the Lanting Collection" is related to this person?" Xiao Yun asked in a deep voice when he heard the signs.

amp;nbsp;Liu Renben glanced at Xiao Yun and thought to himself: "This Xiao Yun really reacted quickly, and he guessed so quickly?"

amp;nbsp;amp;nbsp;Since it was over, Liu Renben no longer concealed it, so he simply said everything he knew.

amp;nbsp; It turned out that on March 3, 2018, the ninth year of Yonghe, Emperor Mu, he and 41 other famous scholars at that time, practiced the etiquette of sacrificing rituals in Lanting, Shanyin, Kuaiji. At that time, Wang Xizhi used silk paper and a mouse pen to write Lanting Preface, which consisted of twenty-eight lines and three hundred and twenty-four characters, and was known as Lanting Post. After Wang Xizhi's death, Lanting Preface was collected by his descendants, and later passed to his seventh-generation grandson Zhiyong. After Zhiyong passed away, he also passed it to his disciple Monk Biancai. After Biancai got the preface, he dug a secret barrier on the beam to hide it.

In this way, Wang Xizhi's "Preface to the Lanting Collection" was kept in a dark threshold until the early Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin liked calligraphy and loved Wang Xizhi's calligraphy, but he regretted not being able to obtain Lanting Xu. Later, he heard that Monk Biancai had Lanting Xu, so he summoned Biancai. However, Biancai said that he had seen this Biancai, but he did not know whereabouts. Taizong thought hard and did not know how to obtain it.

Emperor Taizong of Tang summoned all the ministers and said without any concealment: "I have always dreamed of the Lanting Tie of the Right Army. Who can obtain it from the hands of eloquence through tricks? I will definitely reward you very much."

Shangshu Shouting Fang Xuanling recommended Emperor Yuan of Liang to Emperor Taizong of Tang, the great-grandson of Emperor Yuan of Liang, and the talented and well-planned censor Xiao Yi took on this position. Emperor Taizong of Tang summoned Xiao Yi, and Xiao Yi replied: "Your Majesty! It would not work if I go to pick up Lanting Tie as an envoy. Please give me a few miscellaneous posts from Wang Xizhi and his son, and let me take action privately."

Emperor Taizong of Tang agreed to Xiao Yi's request that night and handed him the miscellaneous posts of Wang Xizhi's father and son. Of course, Xiao Yi changed into a yellow shirt, dressed up as a scholar from Shandong, and came to Yongxin Temple in Shanyin with the merchant ship. He chose the sun to set and enter the temple, walked slowly, pretending to be nothing, and watched the murals in the temple. When he came to Biancai's temple, he deliberately stopped. Seeing this extraordinary tourist, Biancai stepped forward and bowed and asked, "Where is the donor coming to Han Temple?"

Xiao Yi politely stepped forward and said, "I am from the north. After selling the silkworm seeds, I went to Lisheng Temple. I was fortunate to meet the master of monks here. How happy! How happy!"

That night, Biancai invited Xiao Yi to enter the room to use tea. The two played chess and piano, talked about the world, commented on essays and history, and discussed calligraphy. The two of them fell in love with each other, and they both felt that they met too late. Biancai felt suspicious when he saw Xiao Yi was different from ordinary people, and wrote poems after drinking to explore the reality and reality. The poem says: A bin was first brewing, and new knowledge came from thousands of miles. He was lonely in the clouds, and wandered around the moon.

The lonely piano thoughts for a long time at night, and the wind keeps traveling with geese sad. If you don’t have the secret technique, who will shine without being ashamed?

In order to dispel Biancai's doubts, Xiao Yi also had sex with Shi on the spot, and the two of them had fun all night. Before leaving, Biancai was reluctant to leave and asked Xiao Yi to visit Han Temple again when it was convenient.

Everyone didn't expect that there was such a story in the middle. They put down the wine bowl and listened carefully.

Liu Renben continued: "A few days later, Xiao Yi brought good wine to visit Jeffrey. After two or three times, Jeffrey envied Xiao Yi for his knowledge, and the doubt gradually disappeared.

Such days passed quickly. On this day, Xiao Yi took out the "Quantu" written by Emperor Yuan of Liang to ask Biancai for advice. Biancai was amazed. He completely passed away for Xiao Yi's doubts. From then on, Biancai said everything to Xiao Yi. During a casual conversation, Xiao Yi said to Biancai: "I have loved copying calligraphy since I was a child, and now I still treasure a few original works of Wang Xizhi and his son."

Bian Cai heard that it was the original work of Wang Xizhi and his son, so he quickly asked Xiao Yi to bring him to see the original work!

The next day, Biancai read the copybook of the Two Wangs brought by Xiao Yi and said, "The original is a genuine one, but unfortunately it is not a good product. I have a genuine one by Wang Xizhi, which is quite unusual."

Xiao Yi asked what title it was, and Biancai said it was Lanting's title without hesitation.

Seeing Biancai got hooked, Xiao Yi deliberately pretended to be innocent and said: "How come Wang Xizhi's Lanting Tie is still alive? It must be a fake."

Biancai was afraid that Xiao Yi would not believe it, so he quickly took down the Lanting Tie hidden in the beam of the roof and gave it to Xiao Yi to watch. After reading it, Xiao Yi deliberately said it was fake, which caused the two to argue endlessly.

Since Biancai showed the Lanting Tie to Xiao Yi, he no longer hid it on the beam of the roof. He placed it on the desk with the miscellaneous letters of the two kings of the Imperial Palace brought by Xiao Yi.

After three or four days like this, Xiao Yi took advantage of Biancai to visit and came to the abbot's room. He asked the young monk to open the door and lied that he had forgotten his letter on the bed. The young monk saw that Xiao Yi, who often appeared in the master's room, opened the door without thinking. Xiao Yi put the Lanting Tie and the miscellaneous Tie of the two kings of the Imperial Palace in his pocket, turned around and left.

Everyone didn't think anything about Xiao Yun, Zhu You, and Zhang Zishan. Yang Yong, Yang Hu, Zhongjun was a military general after all, and he was generous. Unexpectedly, a dignified official of the court was so despicable and shameless, and he couldn't help but curse.

Liu Renben didn't care, but stopped to drink a bowl of water to moisten his throat. When the three of them stopped scolding, they continued: "Xiao Yi got the Lanting Tie, so he came to Yong'an Post and told the post chief Lingzi that Liangming was the censor of this dynasty and had the emperor's imperial order. The post chief asked the post chief to urgently report to the governor. The governor Qi Shanxing received the message and hurriedly came to pay homage to Xiao Yi. The governor Qi had read the imperial order and urgently sent someone to summon Biancai to meet Xiao Jingshi. Biancai was surprised when he saw that the censor was Xiao Yi. Xiao Yi politely told Biancai that he was following the emperor's order and came to pick up the Lanting Tie. Now that the Lanting Tie had been obtained, he came to say goodbye to the master. After hearing this, Biancai fainted on the ground. When he woke up, Xiao Yi had already driven back to the capital.

Xiao Yizhi took Mo Bao back to Chang'an, the capital. Emperor Taizong of Tang was ecstatic and held a banquet to entertain Xiao Yi and his ministers. At the banquet, Emperor Taizong of Tang announced in public that Fang Xuanling recommended someone to reward a thousand feet of brocade. Xiao Yi was promoted to the fifth rank and promoted to Yuanwailang, and also received housing and gold, silver and treasures.

Biancai was guilty of deceiving the emperor and should have been sentenced to be punished, but was exempted because of his age. Emperor Taizong of Tang was generous and gave him three thousand stones of grain. Biancai was deeply grateful to the emperor and sold the gifts and built an exquisite three-story pagoda to place it in Yongxin Temple. He was frightened by the Lanting Tie and was seriously ill. He died a year later.

After Xiao Yi, the Emperor Taizong of Tang, used a trick to earn the original work of "Lanting Preface", he regarded it as a treasure. He often placed it beside his seat, viewed it day and night, wrote inscriptions many times, and asked the prince to copy it carefully. Since then, he asked the calligraphers Feng Chengsu, Chu Suiliang, and Yu Shinan to copy it, and many stone rubbings were given to the kings and close ministers. The copy has been scattered in the world and has been passed down to this day?

Zhang Zishan didn't expect that there was such a tortuous story in "Preface to the Lanting Collection", but now he was not in a relationship and said anxiously: "Where is the authentic work?"

Liu Renben sighed, "The historical records are left in Li Zhi's hands. Li Shimin said to Li Zhi, "After I die, you just need to put the "Lanting Preface" in a jade box next to me, and you will be filial." Li Zhi did as he did, and Li Shimin was buried with Zhaoling after his death.

After the Five Dynasties, Wen Tao asked the soldiers to try their best to open up the Zhaoling Mausoleum of Emperor Taizong of Tang, and entered the underground palace. Seeing the magnificent buildings and internal facilities, it was almost like a relative of the palace of the imperial city of Chang'an. In the middle of the tomb is Taizong's main bedroom. There is a stone bed on the east and west sides of the main bedroom. A stone trunk is placed on the bed. The stone trunk is opened and the iron box is hidden. The iron box is full of precious books, calligraphy and paintings collected by Li Shishi during his lifetime. The most precious of them is the original works of Zhong Yao, a great calligrapher of the Three Kingdoms and Wang Xizhi, a great calligrapher of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. When you open it, you will see that the paper and ink from more than two hundred years ago are as new as new. These rare treasures were taken out by Wen Tao, but Wen Tao did not read poetry and books, and did not know the "Preface to the Book of Lanting". It is said that he tore it on the spot, and no original works have been passed down to the world? "

After everyone heard Liu Renben say it, everyone felt bad. A small preface to the Lanting Collection led to such a bizarre story. Everyone sighed, but they didn't say anything.

Only Yang Yong, Yang Hu and Zhongjun did not take it seriously. Yang Yong laughed and said, "Brother Xiao, you have suffered a big loss this time. Is the preface to the Lanting Collection probably fake? Don't you feel sorry for?"

Xiao Yun smiled and said, "I feel sorry for you. What's the point of feeling sorry for you? I didn't think he was a treasure. In the eyes of the person you like, it's a treasure. In the eyes of the person you don't like, it's nothing. Just like, the woman you like, no matter how ugly she is, she is not as beautiful as Xizi in your eyes. If it's not what you like, what's the matter with you? The preface to my Lanting Collection is a treasure, but I just think it's just a calligraphy and painting. The ancient and modern style of Wang Youjun, what does it matter if it's true or false?"

"Well, well, I have searched and collected calligraphy and paintings for decades, but it is not as clear as Brother Xiao's. It's better to like it. Why care about the truth or the false? Come, come, don't talk about these disappointing things, drink, drink!" Zhang Zishan was a little disappointed at first. After all, the preface to the Lanting Collection that he had collected for many years ended up being a fake painting, but he was an open-minded person after all. After hearing what Xiao Yun said, he immediately let go: "Yes, why should you be so serious in life? What does it matter if it is true or false?"

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Chapter completed!