Chapter 1175, The Truth (The Truth in the Painting)
Therefore, the paintings handed down by Han Lin, the painting saint, are very, very rare. Once, a pair of paintings appeared in the capital, which almost caused a fight between several aristocratic families.
But here, the first item on auction was Han Lin's painting.
At this time, two masked assistants were already unfolding the painting on the auction stage. As the portrait slowly appeared, a lot of gasping sounds came from the lobby below.
Ji Shunyu also changed his expression slightly, "Impossible, isn't this painting...?"
In the palace.
A picture of winter plum blossoms over two meters long is one of Han Lin's masterpieces.
When Lin Han was still alive, he dedicated this painting to the Empress Dowager who loved Mei Mei as a birthday gift. Since then, the painting has been in the palace.
Although Boss Li did not hear Ji Shunyu's words clearly, it did not prevent him from understanding Ji Shunyu's meaning and immediately retorted: "Lianyi Villa has never auctioned fake goods."
You didn’t even see the item, you didn’t even come close to check its authenticity and you started bidding?!
It’s because the items from Ripple Villa’s auctions have never been fake and have full credibility.
Ji Shunyu also seemed to say, "That's fake." How could the items in the emperor's private treasury appear at an auction thousands of miles away from the capital?
This is not nonsense.
People's joys and sorrows are not the same. Regardless of the storm that raged in the minds of Qi Bao'er and Ji Shunyu because of this painting, the auction below is still in hot auction.
In the end, the painting was auctioned by a box on the fifth floor for a huge price of more than one million taels, which kicked off tonight's auction that was obviously different from usual.
The second auction item was not as eye-catching as the first one. It was a palm-sized piece of imperial jade that had not been carved. Although it was indeed an extremely valuable treasure, its value was low in the eyes of Qi Baoer and Ji Shunyu.
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One has a lot of it in his own hands, and the other cannot afford to buy it even if he sells it to him.
Ji Shunyu took a sip of tea and gave Qi Baoer a subtle wink, "Young Master."
Qibaoer nodded slightly.
This reassured Ji Shunyu and allowed him to speak boldly, "I think there's something wrong with that painting. It's not just about money."
Although the possibility of just flushing money is not small, Ji Shunyu has an instinctive feeling that the painting should not appear here.
Ji Shunyu believed in his intuition, and he often relied on this intuition to find key evidence in his decades of solving cases.
Qi Baoer chuckled softly, "There is indeed a problem. The painting is a ghost object. It was painted with human bones, trapping the ghost in the painting."
ah!?
Is it so evil?
"That is a fierce ghost that has been around for at least a hundred years. It is an evil ghost. It encountered extremely misfortune during her lifetime, but she did not know that all her misfortunes were designed by evil cultivators. After her death, the evil cultivators took her bones and ground them into powder.
Use the bone powder as a seal and keep it in the painting for use.”
It's not that Qi Bao'er could really see so many things just by looking at the painting, but that Granny Wei from Jichun Tower, the Li Gui, who was sealed in the painting, had seen it before.
This painting was placed in the house of Feng Niangzi, the courtesan of Jichun Tower for a while. On Niangzi Feng's body was an evil-proof object left by a master of mystical arts, which could not kill the ghost king but could hurt it;
She was not very clever, otherwise she would not have been fooled by the two mysterious masters with just a few words, so Grandma Wei had never entered Madam Feng's house, so she didn't know what was painted on the painting.
It only knows that Lady Feng has a painting that hides a red-clothed evil spirit, and that the evil spirit often tries to kill Boss Li on Lady Feng's orders.
The reason why Granny Wei was able to become the King of Ghosts in such a short period of several decades without doing bad things or swallowing ghosts is purely because of the good deeds accumulated by her ancestors.
The ancestors of the previous generations have done more or less good deeds and accumulated a lot of merit, and these ancestors were dedicated to protecting their descendants and left their merits to their descendants before they died.
The most important thing is that Granny Wei is the only remaining descendant of their lineage, which means that all the merits left by their ancestors are accumulated in her body.
By the way, if Granny Wei and her son and daughter knew what they had really lost because of their efforts to make money, I don’t know if they would regret it.
I've gone too far, come back.
Granny Wei is a ghost king with a higher level than the evil ghosts. Secondly, she has profound merits and virtues. Because she has been protecting Boss Li, the evil ghost in the painting will always be unable to do anything to Boss Li.
But as I said before, Grandma Wei is very Buddhist but not very smart.
Like the evil ghost in the painting who was raised by evil cultivators and has done countless evil things, killing it is not only not wrong, but also a great meritorious deed.
But Grandma Wei, who lives in Jichun Tower all day long, doesn't know this. She only remembers a sentence that seemed to be transmitted from the sky to her mind when Cheng Piao had memories: Do not commit murder!
Therefore, it was obvious that she was doing evil in the realm of the Ghost King, but Granny Wei did nothing else except stop the painted ghost from doing evil.
Ji Shunyu: "..."
I just learned that, but even Boss Li, who has always been blessed, said: "..."
Even if it’s a fact, if Prince Xian didn’t tell them and only let them imagine, they wouldn’t dare to think that there are such C,, uh, simple ghosts in this world, okay?!
Qi Baoer: "Grandma Wei has had a lot of dealings with the ghost. She doesn't know what the painting the ghost hides is, but she remembers the ghost's appearance."
"The evil ghost I just saw in that plum blossom picture is exactly the same as what Grandma Wei described, and the evil force is so powerful that even if the soul is scattered, it is still light."
Ordinarily, Afiao Tiandao, which has such deep karma, would never tolerate it. Normally, it would be chased and struck by thunder as soon as it appeared.
But under normal circumstances, evil cultivators, what they love most and are best at doing, is how to avoid the sight of heaven.
Boss Li, who had always regarded himself as an invisible person, raised his hand weakly, "Then,,, aren't those people upstairs dangerous?"
Buying such a damn painting and taking it home wouldn't make sense unless the whole family went on a trip to the underworld.
Ji Shunyu's personality does not allow him to not care about these things, but after having more contact with Qi Bao'er, he also understands that Qi Bao'er is a person with plans, so although he is anxious in his heart, he does not show it on his face.
Now Boss Li asked him the questions he wanted to ask, and immediately looked at Qi Bao'er.
Qi Bao'er looked as if he didn't care what happened to the people who bought the paintings, and continued to eat the cakes calmly, giving people a cold-hearted feeling.
"The auction is just a show. That person had already decided on that painting."
Um?
I go.
Although neither of them had ever been exposed to the auction business, they were both very smart and knowledgeable. After Qi Baoer's suggestion, they quickly figured out the key.
Boss Li propped up his chin: "Did that person already know that there was a ghost hidden in the painting, or did he buy this painting not for the painting, but for the ghost in the painting?"
Qi Bao'er didn't answer, but just because he didn't answer, he already gave the answer.
Ji Shunyu then said: "The evil ghost in Granny Wei's painting can only move on the fourth floor of Jichun Building, and cannot go below the fourth floor. Lady Feng's room is on the fourth floor.
Does this mean that the evil ghost in the painting cannot be too far away from the painting?"
