Chapter 60 The Calligraphy and Brush Association Exchange Group
This case was far away in Zhejiang and had little to do with Zhao Ran, so he could only listen to it for fun, and then it was his business.
"This was confiscated from the two great wizards of the Chama Tribe when our Baima Yuan pacified the Hongyuan Tribe in June. The two great wizards said that this is called the Zimu Lian Dao, and it is said that it is their master.
It was passed down by a monk who traveled to the Chama tribe four years ago. The monk’s surname was Lu, but his given name is unknown. Of course, I don’t know whether this is his real surname. This monk surnamed Lu was enshrined as a great wizard by the Chama tribe.
And instruct them on the secrets of spiritual practice."
"Where are these two guys?"
"I will lock them in the cave of my Majesty's Mountain. I will hand them over to you later. One is called Jing Tai and the other is called Kuang Lin."
"Okay, I'll go back and take the person away, so I can ask if this person named Lu is on the list of missing monks. This monk named Lu has lived in the Chama Department for four years, and has he left any traces?
What to drop?"
"I personally went to investigate, and I walked very clean without leaving any clues. It should be said that during the four years he lived in Yanggong Mountain, he did not live with the Chama tribe at all, and I don't know where he lived on weekdays.
. He only appears occasionally to guide the tribe’s sorcerers in their practice, or to make some holy appearances. No one knows where he lives.”
"A person with strange movements must be doing strange things. I will investigate carefully."
"How many missing monks are counted by Dongji Pavilion? Has the scope been reduced?"
"There are still 42 missing monks who cannot be determined to be related to the Jing Zhiwu case."
Zhao Ran sighed: "I hope this set of knives can help us solve this unsolved case. Brother Li, it has been ten years since Zhang Yunzhao was assassinated in prison... We cannot let him die in peace..."
Dongfang Li left the Hongyuan garrison that night and went to Dajun Mountain Cave Heaven. Zhao Ranfei Fu Chan Palace Fairy asked her to hand over Jing Tai and Kuang Lin to Dongfang Li.
The next day, Pei Zhongze took Dongfang Jing around the camp and the surrounding areas, and handed over the battle array artifacts and Yiying files to Dongfang Jing. Dongfang Jing officially took up his post. The first thing he did after taking office
, is to let go of the river bank and let the Xixia Painting and Calligraphy Association exchange group set foot on the land of Hongyuan.
There are seven people in the Xixia exchange group this time, and the group is still led by Ming Jue. Also in the exchange group is the young monk Yang Fan, whom Zhao Ran is familiar with.
"Master Yang Fan is here too. I haven't seen him for a year, haha."
"Yes, there are many people who want to come and participate in the PEN Club. The quota is very tight, so it is not easy to come. This time, the monk comes, in addition to brushing up scriptures... Junshan Temple, he also wants to visit several palaces of your sect, such as the Four Saints.
Hall, Doumu Hall, pulpit, etc., and I also want to borrow a few Taoist scriptures, I wonder if Zhao Xingxing can be accommodating."
"Let's go to Maharaja Mountain first, and we'll study it in detail later."
In addition to the young monk Yang Fan, there is another person Zhao Ran is familiar with, but it is a very famous painter in Xixia, Dongwuzi from Yinzhou.
This painter participated in the exhibition of calligraphy and painting works of mountain guests held by Princess Rou'an. Later, many of his paintings were sold at high prices at Jinbo's special auction of calligraphy and painting. When Zhao Ran was wearing the mask of "Cheng Dongjia", he had a close relationship with
He met him many times.
But at this time, he was a guest in the mountains, not Cheng Dong's family, so he could only pretend not to know. However, Dong Wuzi had long admired the name of "a guest in the mountains" and took the initiative to salute Zhao Ran and took Zhao Ran's hand to express his admiration.
Zhao Ran was startled, and then he put the note he had stuffed into his sleeve and said enthusiastically: "I have known the name of this distinguished guest for a long time. We are lucky to meet you today. Let's discuss it again later."
Dong Wuzi stroked three strands of his beautiful beard and said with a big smile: "How can I dare to discuss it? I came to Ming Dynasty just to ask for advice."
Zhao Ran said: "Your distinguished guest is very polite. I also have a very talented painter named Yang in the cave of Dajun Mountain. Let's communicate with him then."
After meeting this group of people, Zhao Ran said goodbye to Dongfang Jing and Ning Deshou, and led the way to Dajun Mountain.
The group stayed in the heaven and earth. Except for Mingjue and Yang Fan, it was the first time for the other five people to enter this Taoist cave to practice. Everything they saw was novel, and they were attracted by the luxury and welcoming pines in the heaven and earth. They immediately became spiritual masters.
The demon was so frightened that they didn't care to say anything else. They spread out their pens, inks, paper and inkstones and started drawing on the spot.
Especially Dong Wuzi, who was already specializing in depicting characters. After meeting the two spirit demons, he was so impressed that he immediately paid for fifty taels of silver to invite the cooperation of the two spirit demons.
A picture of a squirrel on horseback welcoming guests.
Mingjue found an opportunity to pull Zhao Ran aside and said directly: "Is the 'high transfer' that the Taoist priest mentioned last time still effective?"
Zhao Ran didn't react for a while and asked: "What are you talking about?"
Mingjue took out a square piece of yellow paper from his arms: "Junshan Stock."
Zhao Ran then remembered that on the way back from the Xixia mission, Mingjue had spent one thousand taels of silver to buy twenty shares of Junshan stock from Jue Yuan in front of him, so he smiled and said
: "What? The master and shopkeeper Liang have already made plans?"
Mingjue said: "I made an appointment with Shopkeeper Liang the year before last and put ten shares out and circulated them in the market, but the price never rose. But since last year, with the continuous holding of Junshan calligraphy and painting brush meetings, Junshan's reputation has spread in Xingqing Mansion.
It started slowly, and with the name of Shanjianke, the stock began to rise. Do you know how much one share is worth now? At the Jinbo auction last month, Gao Yanei tried to sell two shares, and ended up with one share.
One hundred and sixty taels sold!"
Zhao Ran hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but said: "The name of Junshan PEN Club? Master, this Junshan is Dajunshan Cave Heaven, which is different from Junshan Shares. The Junshan of Junshan Shares is Xiaojunshan in Guyang County."
Mingjue said: "Didn't you promise at that time that you would open a Junshan Shares brand in Dajunshan?"
Zhao Ran quite recognized Mingjue and was embarrassed to cheat him, so he told the truth: "I have been busy with government affairs in Hongyuan in the past few years, and I have neglected this aspect..."
Mingjue asked: "That means it's not turned on?"
Zhao Ran said: "Junshan Pharmaceutical Industry has made some progress. There are already two medicinal gardens in Dajun Mountain, but they are still in the cultivation period and have no output. You also know about medicinal materials. Ordinary medicinal materials are okay, but miraculous medicines are not effective.
It’s a bit more difficult to cultivate grass, and it won’t produce results within five or eight years.”
Mingjue breathed a sigh of relief: "That's okay, at least we can look forward to the future! Where is the Junshan ceramics workshop and the wood workshop? Where is the 20,000 acres of Junshan land you contracted?"
Zhao Ran said embarrassedly: "I was negligent. I was negligent. The two workshops have not yet moved to Hongyuan. As for the contracted fields, I have benefited somewhat, but they have all been invested in the development of the medicine garden in Dajun Mountain."
Mingjue was speechless, and after a moment he said, "Abbot Zhao, we can't speak better than we sing. If we want to speculate on stocks, we still need to make some explanations."