"Is this "Orchid, Bamboo and Stone" by Zheng Banqiao?"
When Qin Feng's eyes glanced at the painting hanging on the desk, a look of astonishment appeared on his face. He quickly took a few steps forward and almost pressed his face against the painting.
"That's right, it's "Orchid, Bamboo and Stone" by Zheng Banqiao. Lao Xia, where did you get this treasure?"
After observing for a long time, Qin Feng reluctantly withdrew his gaze. In this painting, the abrupt rocks were outlined with simple and vigorous strokes, and the entire fold of the hard and thin stone was slightly wrinkled with a small axe, creating a rough look.
The bamboo poles in the painting are thin and thin, but thin but not weak. The bamboo leaves are few and plump, but green and rich. One bamboo pole stands tall and tall, while the other bamboos are staggered and mixed, echoing the virtual and solid, thick and light, high and low, far and near.
Zheng Banqiao almost always writes inscriptions. The calligraphy on this painting is unique, free and vigorous. Qin Feng followed his father to practice calligraphy when he was five years old. Even though he has no conditions in recent years, he can still see it.
Come good or bad.
"Do you know Zheng Banqiao?" Old Man Xia, who was originally sitting on the Grand Master's chair, could not sit still. He originally thought that Qin Feng had good talent, but now it seems that he has just found a treasure.
Qin Feng turned around and said honestly: "I...I heard someone mention it and I have seen this painting, but it was in an album. Is your painting real or fake?
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Mr. Liu came from a scholarly family and could be regarded as a versatile scholar in both civil and military affairs. The ancient literati he most admired was Zheng Banqiao, whose "rarely confused" writing skills could be mistaken for truth.
Out of his own preference, when the old man discussed calligraphy and painting for Qin Feng, he naturally favored Zheng Banqiao. The album Qin Feng mentioned was an album of the complete collection of Zheng Banqiao's calligraphy and painting published by Tai Island.
"Nonsense, what I posted, could it be fake?"
Old Man Xia seemed to have been insulted, and his eyes widened again, "What does this painting mean? I think it was the "Five Oxen Pictures of the Tang Dynasty" and "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" back then. I just played with it casually, but this picture is nothing!"
At this point, the old man seemed to suddenly think of something, calmed down, waved his hands, and said with a self-deprecating look: "What are you talking about, kid? I don't want to talk to you anymore, I want to accept you as my disciple."
Pass on my mantle, will you become my disciple?"
As he spoke, Old Man Xia sat up straight and his face became serious. There seemed to be an indescribable pressure around him, and he still looked like the old farmer from before.
"Lao Xia, I don't want to learn what you do. If I do this, I will lose all face."
Qin Feng shook his head. Although he had never heard his parents mention his grandparents in his memory, Qin Feng knew that his parents were both teachers, and they must have a good family background. If he became a thief, then Qin Feng would really
I had no face to go see my "dead" parents.
The old man looked at Qin Feng playfully and asked: "In my line of work, which line of work am I in?"
"Aren't you just a fitter?" Qin Feng stretched out two fingers and made a gesture of stealing a wallet in his pocket, with a look of disdain on his face.
From the detention center to the correctional center, Qin Feng had been detained for several months. In these two places, there were two types of prisoners who were most looked down upon.
One is a rapist. Almost all prisoners who come in because of this crime will be beaten up first. Their status in prison is extremely low. Not to mention prisoners, even the prison guards don't have a good look on them.
And one type is thieves, they are also street rats... everyone calls for beatings. Of course, those thief kings who became famous in the early years are not in this ranks. Those are already big bosses with status in the world.
"Knowing how to fart and doing it are two different things. I am also a Baylor after all..."
Old Man Xia seemed to realize that he had let something slip. He sighed and said: "What I want to teach you covers all the skills in the world, and is not limited to stealing...
And having said that, those who steal hooks will be punished, those who steal the country will be martyred, and the thieves are not all useless. If the founder of the thieves didn't have nothing to do back then, then Wu Zetian might not be able to secure her position!"
"You...what are you talking about? I don't quite understand!"
Although Qin Feng was smart, he was only a thirteen- or fourteen-year-old boy. He was immediately confused by what he heard about being a gangster and a thief. Wu Zetian was actually involved.
"Okay, let me first tell you what the outer eight elements are. There are not many people who know these things now..."
The old man stood up, picked up the kettle that was boiling on the stove behind the door, made himself a pot of tea, took out his long cigarette rod, filled a bag of cigarettes, and then said: "Wai Ba Xing, in
In ancient times, outside the three hundred and sixty lines, they were not included in the formal business, and they were not among workers, peasants, soldiers, students, and businessmen. But where there were people, there were the outer eight lines..."
Old Man Xia didn't speak loudly, but what he said was something Qin Feng had never heard before. No one expected that on such a quiet spring morning, a young man would be brought into the world.
The so-called eight professions outside the martial arts world are divided into eight types of side professions: goldsmith, beggar, thieves, thieves, bucket-fighters, mountain walkers, fire leaders, and water collectors.
There is a collective name for the eight professions, which is called "Five Elements and Three Families". The golden dots are fortune-telling, the thieves are road-robbers, the tomb-robbers are gangsters, the mountain-walking is deception, the fire-drawing is bewitching, and the water-gathering is official prostitutes.
It seems that there are only eight professions, but in fact, these eight professions include almost all the sects in the world of martial arts, and almost all the martial arts schools from ancient times to the present are inseparable from them.
Among the eight foreign trades, the largest one that has always been prosperous is the stealing door. Many businesses in the world without capital can be classified into the stealing door.
Whether it is a cat thief who visits hundreds of houses, or a bandit who occupies a certain area and pulls a pole and raises a flag. Even a gold touch magician who digs graves in the wilderness, these are all people who steal the house.
The most mysterious of the Outer Eight Elements is Qianmen. According to ancient legend, Qianmen was established by Fuxi, the founder of the Eight Diagrams. Fuxi created the three skills of Qianmen. His original purpose was to save the suffering in the world, but he was changed by people.
It has become a means of deception.
Thousands... can also be called cheating, including 'collusion', 'sex cheating', 'fraud', 'abduction', 'seduction', 'treachery', 'pretending to cheat', mutual deception, etc.
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More than half a century ago, deception was most prevalent in Dashang Beach. Many people who arrived there for the first time were often sold and helped to make money, creating a deformed and prosperous society.
In addition to the thousands of stolen doors, such as the Red Handkerchief, which makes a living by performing tricks, the Shen Tiao Door, which pretends to be magical and ghostly, and the mechanical door, which is like a wooden cow or a horse, have gradually declined.
Only two other sects are still prosperous, the first of which is of course the Orchid Sect.
The business of selling sex has a long history that can be traced back to the matriarchal society. Although it is despised by others, no matter how the previous imperial court or the modern government suppressed it, no matter how the world evaluates it, the orchid industry has been booming.
As for the last sect that still exists in the world, it is somewhat far away from ordinary people's lives, but it is the bloodiest and the most international life-seeking sect so far.
The founders of the Suoming Sect are Zhuan Zhu and Yao Li. These two famous assassins were earlier than Jing Ke and have been revered as their ancestors by the Suoming lineage for thousands of years.
But the idea of taking life in exchange for money was not a concept in the past. Whether it was Zhuan Zhu, Yao Li, Jing Ke, or Wu Ming, Bai Ren, these famous assassins in history all acted with the belief of serving the people and the world.
The great cause of knowing that "a strong man will never return once he is gone".
The life-demanding sect eventually evolved into a situation of taking people's money and claiming lives for others. This was entirely caused by Zhu Yuanzhang's order to kill the outsiders in the early days of the founding of the Ming Dynasty.
The most famous member of the Mingsheng sect in modern times is well known to everyone. He is Wang Yaqiao of Dashanghai. He was the only one who could make Du Yuesheng apologize and make Mr. Jiang sleepless at night.
"Lao Xia, why are you telling me this?"
When Old Man Xia was talking about this, Qin Feng suddenly interrupted him and said: "It's not before liberation. What you said is no longer possible, and what does this have to do with me?"
"You kid, listen to me!"
Old Man Xia, who was talking enthusiastically, glared at Qin Feng angrily, and then said: "The eight outer sects originally did their own thing, but when Zhu Yuanzhang conquered the world in the Ming Dynasty, things changed...
Zhu Yuanzhang was originally a member of the Jianghu community. He had been a monk and a thieves. He was well aware of the dangers of Jianghu people to the rule of the court, so after becoming the emperor, he vigorously eradicated the eight exceptions.
The butcher's knife was raised above their heads, and these people in the world naturally refused to poke at their necks. Unfortunately, although they each had their own abilities, a piece of loose sand could not withstand the imperial army. After a series of killings, the Outer Eight Gates suffered heavy casualties!
Later, a master came out of Qianmen and integrated the eight outer sects. From the light to the dark, it passed through the reigns of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di. It was not until the middle and late Ming Dynasty that things calmed down.
In order to thank this master, the eight outer sects jointly elected him as the chief sect leader. From then on, the eight outer sects set up a main sect, which was responsible for obeying the orders of the sect leader. As long as the sect leader ordered, each sect had to respect it.
Anyone who violates the rules will be punished...
Wu Liuqi, the iron beggar in the early Qing Dynasty, was the leader of the outer eight sects. However, after Wu Liuqi, the main sect's members declined, and no strong figure emerged.
By the Qianlong period, the main sect was no longer in name only, and each sect returned to the situation before the Ming Dynasty when they were fighting independently. However... the inheritance has been continued and has not been cut off!"
Having said this, Old Man Xia stopped his mouth and stared at Qin Feng with his eyes. He believed that with Qin Feng's intelligence, he could hear what he wanted to express in his words.
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