Volume 3 Mystery in a Painting Chapter 124 Famous Paintings
When the detective brothers heard Sima Sheng's words, their eyes lit up and their faces were full of joy.
Fifty taels, this is almost half a year's salary.
A policeman is not an official, and his monthly income is considerable compared to that of an ordinary family, but it is not close to that of a wealthy person. It only amounts to a hundred taels of silver a year.
However, this figure is terrifying enough for ordinary people. Some people have never seen so much money in their entire lives.
As the saying goes, comparing people to each other can make people angry. Rich people can eat and drink something in one mouthful, which is a number that some people would never dare to imagine in their lifetimes.
It was like this on the earth in the past life, and it is like this in this world in this life.
Hang Tianyi took the one hundred taels of silver. Compared with the Liu family, this was not a big money, but it was earned by himself.
The original owner is actually a very courageous person. Basically, the money he uses is earned by himself. He uses as much as he has and as little as he has.
In Hang Tianyi's fused memory, the original owner basically never asked the Liu family for money.
"Boss, why don't you treat the brothers to a drink?" Zhang Chenyu came over and said with a smile.
After Hang Tianyi received the reward, he was absolutely sure that the emperor would not hold him accountable. He was really happy and said with a smile: "Okay, then I will treat the brothers to a few drinks today!"
When the fellow detectives heard this, they were so happy that they all started to boo in an instant.
Hang Tianyi said to Sima Sheng, "Sir, come too!"
"I won't join in the fun. By the way, drinking is fine, but don't get drunk!" Sima Sheng said with a smile.
Hang Tianyi knew that a person like Sima Sheng valued his reputation very much. Drinking with a group of police officers was obviously not in line with his status. He shouted by the way, which was just out of politeness.
A group of police officers left the yamen, walked into a tavern, and ordered six tables of food and drinks, spending a total of less than twenty taels of silver.
For ordinary people, this consumption is not small.
The police officers in Kyoto Prefecture have always had an excellent reputation. The shopkeeper specially gave Hang Tianyi and others some snacks to go with the wine, and the group of people enjoyed the meal.
A large group of men started teasing each other, and many of the words they said were offensive. The shopkeeper also laughed along with them, and the whole tavern was having a good time.
"Did you hear about it? Rong Baozhai plans to sell five beautiful pictures. The capital has been really busy recently!"
Li Chunlai has always been more gossipy than others, and he also gets more information than ordinary brothers.
"Five Beautiful Pictures? Is this... a famous painting?" Hang Tianyi asked.
Zhang Chenyu smiled and said: "Don't you know about the Five Beautiful Pictures? That is indeed a famous painting, a priceless painting!"
"It's not priceless, but if one piece sells for 70,000 to 80,000 taels of silver, someone will definitely want it!" Liu Ying added.
Hang Tianyi thought to himself, whether on earth or here, those who engage in calligraphy, painting and antiques are indeed rich people.
Seventy or eighty thousand taels of silver, this is not a small amount!
"Yes, a five-beautiful picture is equivalent to seventy or eighty thousand taels. If you can collect all five, I heard that its value will increase more than ten times!" Li Chunlai said.
Hang Tianyi couldn't help but was stunned. After working on it for a long time, it turned out that the five beautiful pictures were not one painting, but five.
"Why does the value of five beautiful pictures increase more than ten times when collected together?" Hang Tianyi asked.
Zhang Chenyu smiled and said: "Legend has it that there is a big secret hidden in these five beautiful pictures!"
"It's not a big secret, it's a treasure!" Li Chunlai said seriously.
"Treasure?" Hang Tianyi couldn't help but be stunned. What about filming a TV series? There is a treasure in the painting.
"No, I heard that those five beautiful pictures depict fairies who were banished to the mortal world in the Nine Heavens. There is a secret of immortality in them!" said a brother from the police.
"Huh? Fairy?" The fairies Hang Captou had seen were all on TV in his previous life. He touched his chin, really wanting to see what the fairies looked like.
For some reason, the influence of several people appeared in Hang Tianyi's mind at this time, including his boss Sun Shengxue, Princess Anning, and his eldest sister Liu Ruolan...
These women are really fairy-like characters, why bother to see a painting.
The detective brothers continued to talk in a hurry, but Hang Tianyi listened to every word.
These strange legends have always been deliberately exaggerated by some people. If you study them, you will be in trouble with yourself.
Besides, the value of five beautiful pictures has nothing to do with me.
However, Hang Tianyi was very familiar with Rongbaozhai. The antiques, calligraphy and paintings his family dealt in were extremely famous in the Dajing Dynasty.
Fan Dinghua, the chief shopkeeper of Rongbaozhai, is also the number one person in the antique industry and is a big shot.
"Brothers, we don't know what is hidden in these five beautiful pictures. Anyway, you ate twenty taels of silver from me for this drink!" Hang Tianyi said with a smile.
Li Chunlai burped and said: "Twenty taels of silver, boss, your reward is one hundred taels of silver!"
"You boy, are you planning to take advantage of me? No way!" Hang Tianyi scolded with a smile.
The rest of the detectives are now on Li Chunlai's side. Hang Tianyi must spend the remaining eighty taels before he can!
Hang Tianyi fought with a bunch of brothers and joked, but it was absolutely impossible for him to come up with money again.
Saving money and spending money is the kingly way. Rich people are so stingy, probably for this reason.
In the blink of an eye, half a day had passed. Hang Tianyi and the others came out of the tavern and went home.
"I didn't expect you would invite brothers to drink!" Liu Ying and Hang Tianyi were together. To be honest, it was a common thing for their brothers to go to work together.
But in Hang Tianyi's memory, we went home together five or six times in a month.
"Am I so stingy?" Hang Tianyi asked.
A faint smile appeared on Liu Ying's face: "It's not stingy, it's just knowing how to live a good life!"
"Isn't it the same truth? It's just a different word to make it sound better!" Hang Tianyi waved his hand.
Many things in the world are essentially the same, but to put it another way, some very ordinary things can become extraordinary.
While talking and laughing, they had returned to Liu Mansion. Liu Ruoxi was waiting at the door as usual.
This girl was really waiting for Hang Tianyi's story today. Hang Tianyi deliberately burped: "Drunk!"
So a certain little girl pouted and snorted, feeling that the big pot was not good at all.
But except for the cauldron, no one in this house seems to tell good stories, right?
Especially what Hang Tianyi said was really what Liu Ruoxi liked.
Of course, Hang Tianyi deliberately teased Liu Ruoxi. When he returned to the mansion, he started to continue telling the little girl "The Peony Pavilion"!
How long has it been since then? "The Romance of the West Chamber" is finished, and now "The Peony Pavilion" is almost finished.
Fortunately, Hang Tianyi's store of stories is really extraordinary. An ordinary person might not be able to cope with it.
Nowadays, Hang Tianyi's life is peaceful. He goes to work when he should go to work and goes home when he should go home.