After being dressed as a scumbag, I was dismissed? !

Gu Beizhi went to Baoyixuan again today, but saw that the two paintings that were originally displayed in the lobby had been put away, and the store seemed to have been turned into a mess. Sighing, Xiao Ding still had a swollen side of his face.

Brother Ding was covering his face with a handkerchief soaked in cold water, when he greeted him inarticulately, looking listless.

"Brother Ding, the shopkeeper, what's the matter?" Gu Beizhi has only been away for two days, so why does Baoyixuan look like something bad happened?

"Ah..." The shopkeeper shook his head sadly, "Our family... oh... it's all due to old age and incompetence!"

"This can't, hiss, can't blame the shopkeeper. It's clear that Zhenyu Pavilion deliberately set up a trap to harm us." Xiao Ding was indignant while enduring the pain.

Gu Beizhi has also been to Zhenyu Pavilion. Apart from Baoyixuan, Zhenyu Pavilion is the largest store on this street. It mainly sells all kinds of rare treasures and gold, silver and jade products. The overlap can be regarded as a competitive relationship, "But it has something to do with those two real and fake paintings?"

"That's right, hiss—" Brother Xiao Ding had to stop speaking two words, his face was swollen, and his mouth hurt when he opened his mouth, but he is too angry now, and his confiding desire is too strong, "At the beginning, these two paintings The delivery of the front and rear feet to the store was planned by Zhenyu Pavilion, I didn't expect our boss to be willing to let it go, and instead attracted many customers to the store."

"After looking at Zhenyu Pavilion, they asked someone to pretend to be a master of calligraphy and painting appraisal to identify the authenticity of the two paintings. Just as we released the news, they came to the door to perform a show of debunking the authenticity and overturned the result we said. , Isn’t this smashing our signboard?!” Xiao Ding clenched the cloth towel and waved it angrily, “Isn’t it because Liu Yuanwai bought his fakes last time and our boss saw through it? Return Zhenyu Pavilion? I’m yuck!”

"It's obviously a black shop that sells fake goods!" Xiao Ding obviously had a deep prejudice against Zhenyu Pavilion.

The shopkeeper said disapprovingly, "Xiao Ding, please stop saying a few words and keep your voice down."

Although Gu Beizhi's golden finger is not powerful enough, his own eyesight has not disappeared because of time travel. In Zhenyu Pavilion, I dare not say anything else. It's just that some objects are of the wrong year, and even the most inferior jade can be used. The quality is pretending to be mutton fat white jade and Lantian jade.

Using impurity, light color, and worthless miscellaneous jade to soak in special dyeing solution layer by layer, and then polish with wax oil seal layer, can make a similar flawless jade, but this kind of acquired flawless jade is just a superficial product. Anyone with a little discernment can see through it, that is, to bluff those who don't know how to do it at all.

"Didn't you verify the identity of the person who appraised the calligraphy and painting?" Gu Beizhi asked suspiciously. Generally, in this case, the shopkeepers can fully believe that they should be their familiar partners.

The shopkeeper sighed again, "The appraiser is from the capital and is very famous, and the owner knows him again, and it happened that this person passed by here, and he heard about these two paintings of Bang Xian, which are difficult to distinguish between authentic and fake, so he came here to find out. The owner simply gave the money to the appraiser to help identify the authenticity, who knows... Now that I think about it, Huolu Town is not a place that he must pass through, and it is a coincidence to choose to pass by at this time."

This is also one of the reasons for the shopkeeper's uneasiness. He suggested that the owner invite an appraiser from the capital to appraise it. It was also because he wanted to spread the news that the painting had been divided into authenticity and falsehood, so that curious guests could come again.

Now that everything has been ruined, their reputation of Bao Yixuan as fake and real has spread, it is estimated that this business will not survive at all, but it will definitely plummet.

Later, Gu Beizhi also got to know the owners of these two paintings. This painting is a copy of a painting from the previous dynasty. Just because the original version was buried in a fire in a court rebellion, the copied painting has become a masterpiece handed down from generation to generation.

The name of this imitator is Wu Yong, with the style name Bangxian, and he was a Jinshi in the year when Zhao Guo was founded. However, he was exiled to Liuzhou as a small county magistrate within two years of his official career, and he was not allowed to be promoted in his life. Liuzhou has complicated terrain and inconvenient transportation. , is a poor place.

This Mr. Wu loves to paint, even if he is living in poverty, he still paints every day. It is said that these copied paintings were copied in order to be able to afford mineral pigments.

Mineral pigments are pigments extracted from various gemstones, such as bloodstone, sealwort, blue sandstone, turquoise and other gemstones. The color is bright and bright, and can last for thousands of years without fading.

"A Thousand Miles of Rivers and Mountains", which is well-known in modern times, is a typical masterpiece of blue-green landscapes. The pigments used are mineral pigments, which are also called gemstone pigments and mineral pigments by modern people.

Here, most of the pigments used by painters are plant pigments, and the process of mineral pigments is more complicated and lengthy, and the price is more expensive.This Mr. Wu is the kind of person who loves painting who can't afford mineral pigments, so he copied the famous paintings he saw when he was young.

After earning money to buy paints by selling copied paintings, Mr. Wu felt depressed again, and changed his name to Yong, which meant that he was a vulgar philistine.

But in fact, Wu Yong's painting talent is extremely high. In addition to copying paintings that can perfectly reproduce the original works, he also has many masterpieces handed down from generation to generation, such as "Stars Falling into the Wild" starry sky map, such as "Spring Comes", "Meeting Snow" and so on. .

Gu Beizhi has also seen some Wu Yong's paintings from Bao Yixuan. Because of the popularity of genuine and fake paintings before, Bao Yixuan specially exhibited Wu Yong's paintings in the whole store for two days. He quite likes Wu Yong's painting style. The brush strokes are delicate, the colors are bold, and the artistic conception is excellent.

After seeing Wu Yong's paintings, he actually had a bold guess about those two paintings that were difficult to distinguish between true and false. It was only because Bao Yixuan had already announced the answer that he kept it in his heart. Now he can verify it. It's been a while.

"Shopkeeper, are those two paintings still in the store?" Gu Beizhi was not very curious, but he didn't want to miss the opportunity when he could verify it.

Seeing that he was curious, the shopkeeper took out two paintings from the cabinet. Now he has mixed feelings about these two paintings, so he moved out of the way after spreading them out, "Gu Xiucai, come and see."

Gu Beizhi first rejected the appraisal twice, and his appraisal skills have improved a little compared to before.

'Type: Meticulous Painting'

'Production time: 153 years'

'Value: 1570 taels'

This is a result of the first painting, with a little more specificity of kind and time.

'Type: Painting'

'Production time: 139 years'

'Value: 1150 taels'

The time difference between the two paintings is 14 years. If one painting is copied by Wu Yong and the other is a copy of Wu Yong's painting, it can be identified by time. The first painting is true, and the second painting is true. Painted as fake.This is consistent with what Bao Yixuan said.

However, the brushwork in the second painting is more consistent with other Wu Yong paintings handed down from generation to generation, including the special vertical stroke on the inscription, which also matches the inscription on Wu Yong's "Meeting the Snow". Therefore, Zhenyu Pavilion said that the second This painting is real, and it has been widely circulated.

Gu Beizhi carefully looked at the difference between the two paintings. Judging from the paper, they are both the best high-quality Li Xuan. As far as the pigments are concerned, Wu Yong never used expensive pigments in his copying works, they are all ordinary plant pigments. In terms of brushwork, the second painting is smoother than the first one, and it can be seen that the painter is extremely confident and bold.

"Shopkeeper, are there any other paintings by Mr. Wu Yong in the store? The ones with earlier years are better."

"Yes, there is. Gu Xiucai wait a moment, I'll go to the warehouse to get it." The shopkeeper seemed to have a plan in his mind, thinking of the episode of the teapot without a lid, he was also willing to go to the warehouse to search for it.

After a while, the shopkeeper brought back two paintings, spread them out together, and placed them next to the two paintings whose authenticity was unknown.

Gu Beizhi still rejected the appraisal. The time of these two paintings is between 150 and 160 years, and the value is between 800 and 1000 taels. Looking at the painting style and brushwork method, it is indeed Wu Yong's painting.

Bending down to look at the details of the four paintings carefully, it was a pity that there was no magnifying glass, otherwise I could see more clearly. The paper of the painting with the lowest value has turned yellow, and the color is slightly dim. The picture is not damaged, and it is still in good condition.

After checking them one by one, he straightened up and pondered for a moment, "Shopkeeper, I have some judgment on whether this painting is true or not, but..."

The shopkeeper hurriedly said, "Gu Xiucai might as well speak up."

Gu Xiucai pointed to the different strokes, "Shopkeeper, please see if this vertical tick is inconsistent with the other three?"

The shopkeeper has been in the industry for many years and has good eyesight. After he reminded him, he immediately noticed the difference. After comparing this stroke with other paintings, he found that the first three paintings are sharp and straight, but the last one is slightly rounded.

But this is indeed the authentic work of Zhenyu Pavilion!

"Isn't this handwriting written by Wu Dajia? Is this fake?!" The shopkeeper was quite surprised, and joy filled his heart.

Gu Beizhi poured cold water on the shopkeeper's head, "No, this picture is real."

"What?" The shopkeeper looked at the other three paintings, "Could it be that these three are all fake? Impossible, these two paintings were collected from the descendants of the Wu family, there is no way they are fake..."

"Shopkeeper, don't worry, I didn't say that these two paintings are fake." Gu Beizhi arranged the four paintings in chronological order.

The shopkeeper was a little puzzled, "Then why are the handwritings different? Why are the two real paintings consistent with the fake ones?"

"Because there are no fake Wu Yong paintings." Gu Beizhi's fingers floated on the drawing paper, scanning the inscriptions one by one, explaining the facts lightly.

Xiao Ding, who had been listening from the sidelines, was dumbfounded, what?All true?

The shopkeeper couldn't help but gasped, "It's all true?" His eyes wandered for a while, he collected himself, and confirmed with Gu Beizhi again, "Is this all true?"

"That's right, it's all true, but this painting was copied by Master Wu when he was young, and this one was copied after his painting style matured. People's painting style and handwriting are not static, and will change over time. Gradually changed until he matured, and Master Wu’s famous works are his paintings in his later mature period, so people believe that this painting after copying belongs to Master Wu.”

"From the very beginning, everyone has been attracted by the so-called one true and one false. In fact, these two pictures are real, and they can be easily judged as long as they are separated for identification." Gu Beizhi explained the reason with certainty, but maybe It's an occupational disease attack. He always talks about things in detail, interspersed with the source. If you are impatient, you will think he is a bit long-winded.

But the shopkeeper didn't feel that, holding his hand with excitement, eyes full of tears, and staring at him affectionately, made Gu Beizhi feel uncomfortable all over.

"Gu Xiucai, this old man has something to ask, please do so!"