Datang: Changle, I really don’t have any private money for my husband

Chapter 59 Li Shimin was stunned
The Preface to the Lanting Collection is a series of poems written by Wang Xizhi, the sage calligrapher of the Jin Dynasty, and 41 friends including Xie An and Sun Chuo, in the Lanting Collection in Shanyin, Kuaiji, drinking wine and composing poems.

"Orchid Pavilion Preface" is a post in running script, but from its round and smooth running script, you can feel the completeness of regular script in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and the bone strength of regular script is implied in Yanmei's running script.

Its value lies in the harmonious combination of the beauty of natural form and the beauty of human emotion. It seems to have a secret, and the writing is like flowing water, entering the highest state of calligraphy.

It is said that Wang Xizhi wrote it several times later, but it was impossible to reach this level again. This is the mystery of art.

It is also known as the best running script in the world, which shows its status in the eyes of literati.

Even Mi Fu in the later Song Dynasty once wrote a poem: "Han and ink are the most popular in ancient and modern times, and who in Echi does not love the shade of the mountains; although this book is rotten to Zhaoling, stone carvings can be worth ten thousand gold."

It's a pity that Li Shimin believed that "Lanting Preface" was a "perfect" work, so he buried it in the mausoleum after his death, and the original Lanting Preface was lost.

In history, Li Shimin cheated the preface of Lanting Collection from the monk Biancai, so he fell in love with the best running script in the world at a glance.

Now although Li Shimin also loves poetry, calligraphy and painting very much, he has not met the monk who identified talents, let alone heard that the preface to Lanting Collection is in the hands of the other party.

But who would have thought that the preface to the Lanting collection was actually in Liu Sheng's study.

Li Shimin froze in place, then approached the hanging calligraphy, and began to admire it carefully.

The pen used in this post is mainly center-forward, with side-forwards in between, lingering bands between strokes, slender and light, or broken and continuous, with natural strokes and setbacks. charm.

It's just... so mesmerizing!

This is simply a peerless masterpiece, absolutely impossible to be ordinary, Li Shimin is sure.

The more he looked at it, the more he felt that the preface to the Lanting Collection in front of him was the real thing.

Empress Changsun and Li Lizhi at the side naturally also saw Li Shimin's move, and their original disdainful expressions had long since disappeared.

He doesn't look like an emperor or a father-in-law now, he is simply a devout believer who looks at sacred objects, and he can even see obsession in his eyes.

The two couldn't understand, just as they couldn't understand the importance of alcohol to alcoholics.

Is this post in front of you very famous?Li Lizhi looked at this scene with doubts.

But, why have I never found other more precious things from here, it seems that these dilapidated things have existed for a long time.

Empress Changsun and Li Lizhi took a closer look, and they looked at each other with a little disbelief in their eyes.

Because the calligraphy in front of me is so beautiful, both of them have some cultural background, and Li Lizhi is even called a talented woman.

They all saw the four characters of uncanny workmanship from the calligraphy in front of them.

Are there any contemporary people who can write such excellent works?
Neither Empress Changsun nor Li Lizhi believed it.

So, Li Lizhi tentatively asked:
"Father, what's wrong with this calligraphy?"

"Could it be that Xianggong did it?"

Neither she nor Empress Changsun could clearly see the part blocked by Li Shimin, because Li Shimin could not wait to lie on the copybook now.

You can see how much he loves it.

Hearing this, Li Shimin turned his head and said with a disdainful smile:
"How is it possible? Even if I believe that he still has a hidden secret, I definitely don't think he can write this copybook!"

Li Lizhi knew her father very well. Since he could say such a certain word, he must be absolutely sure.

But why?

When she came in to look for the table-foot book, she didn't look at the calligraphy carefully, so she didn't know what was in this "ordinary" study room that shocked and loved Li Shimin so much.

Li Shimin seemed very interested, and continued without looking back:

"Do you know who wrote this copybook?"

He turned his head with a look of pride, as if he wrote the post.

"Your Majesty, could it be Wang Xizhi's masterpiece?"

Empress Changsun knew Li Shimin best. She naturally knew that Li Shimin's favorite characters were Wang Xizhi's characters, and she was struggling to find the original script of Lanting Collection.

Although she hasn't read it, it doesn't prevent her from knowing the name of the most famous running script in the world.

Only Wang Xizhi's calligraphy and painting can show Li Shimin's expression like this.

As for the copybook that Li Shimin didn't want to take his eyes off even for a moment, the only thing he had been looking for was the Preface to the Lanting Collection.

After the eldest grandson finished speaking, her eyes lit up:
"Could this be the authentic Lanting Collection Preface that His Majesty has been looking for?"

Li Shimin shook his head, and said with nine points of affirmation and one point of doubt:

"I can't be sure, after all, I haven't seen the real one."

He stroked the beard on his chin, looking thoughtful, "But if it can be imitated to such a level that it is fake, it will not be an unknown person, it must be a famous person!"

"But I still hope that this is the real thing, after all, I have been looking for it for too long."

He has been sending people to search for it all the time, but the results are very unsatisfactory. After searching for so many years, the most he can get are only imitations.

Even after all these years of searching, he has cultivated a sharp eye, and he is just waiting for the announcement at this moment.

"Come on!"

Li Shimin immediately called someone in, and hurriedly ordered:
"Inform Yu Shinan to come here, doesn't he claim to be able to tell the authenticity at a glance, I will let him taste the authenticity of the Lanting Collection Preface now, whether it is as I thought!"

The visitor heard the urgency in Li Shimin's tone, so naturally he didn't dare to be negligent, he immediately responded and left quickly.

"It seems that your father really likes this copybook. Even if it is not authentic, it will be worth a lot."

Empress Changsun had a faint smile on her face, "It's just that I don't know where the son-in-law got this copybook."

As she spoke, she looked at Li Lizhi who was at the side.

Li Lizhi next to her was numb now. She never expected that this "ordinary" study room could also find calligraphy posts that were suspected to be authentic works of Lanting's preface.

How could there be such valuable paintings and calligraphy in such a dirty place?

Even the kitchen is more spacious and tidy than here, but suddenly gold is found here!

What's more, even she doesn't know where Liu Sheng got these calligraphy and paintings, and even she doesn't know how long this calligraphy and painting has existed here.

"Ah, ah, I guess I've dabbled extensively in my daily life, and I'm fond of curious things. I guess I collected them by accident, right?"

Li Lizhi was helpless, she could only explain so forcefully.