Wu Xian was immersed in calligraphy when he was suddenly disturbed. He frowned unhappily and said, "What is he doing here? Shouldn't he be guarding the shop at this time?"
The old housekeeper of the Wu Mansion bowed his waist and said with a smile: "I heard that a fine masterpiece was delivered to my door..."
"A fine masterpiece?"
Wu Xian was stunned for a moment, his eyes fell on the calligraphy on the table, and he was overjoyed, "Let him in quickly."
Under the guidance of the old housekeeper of Wu Mansion, the middle-aged people entered the backyard of Wu Mansion.
"The villain has met his master."
Wu Xian smiled and came forward, "No need to be polite, I heard that there are good things coming to your door again?"
The middle-aged man bowed his waist and nodded, "It's better than the previous painting in Chu Gong's regular script."
The middle-aged people refer to good as value, but Wu Xian thought differently.
Wu Xian's breathing became a little faster, and he rubbed his hands and asked: "Whose? Yan Liben, Liu Gongquan, Zhang Xu, it can't be the calligraphy of the calligraphy sage Wang Xizhi, right?"
Speaking of this, Wu Xian himself was startled.
Without waiting for the middle-aged man to speak, he shook his head and rejected what he said, "It shouldn't be the calligraphy of the calligraphy sage. If the calligraphy sage's original work were released, the entire literary world would be shocked.
Chu Suiliang and Chu Gong are known as one of the four masters of regular script. There are only a handful of people who can rival him in calligraphy..."
Wu Xian guessed for a long time, but when he couldn't guess, he shouted to the middle-aged man: "Tell me, whose calligraphy is it?"
"Spring Play Pictures..."
The middle-aged man opened his mouth and spit out three words.
Wu Xian's pupils shrank, his eyes widened, his mouth trembled, and he said in disbelief: "What did you say?"
"It's Chunxitu!"
"impossible!"
The middle-aged man repeated something. After Wu Xian confirmed that he heard correctly, he decisively rejected it.
"The Chunxi Picture has been given to the Liu family by the Queen. This picture is of great importance and has been kept closely by the Liu family. How could it be pawned by someone? It must be a fake."
Wu Xian made a conclusion with a dark face.
The middle-aged man glanced at Wu Xian and said with a strange expression: "What if the Liu family doesn't know the goods and pawns them?"
Wu Xian was stunned and cursed: "Liu Mei knows very well what the Chun Xi Tu means to the Liu family. How could he pawn the Chun Xi Tu, unless it was Liu Heng, the uneducated and prodigal son of the Liu family?"
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At this point, Wu Xian was stunned.
Then, he looked at the middle-aged man in astonishment, "Isn't it really Liu Heng?"
The middle-aged man nodded heavily.
Wu Xian stood there in a daze for a long time before he let out a sigh of relief and said, "In the Liu family, this uneducated prodigal is the only one who doesn't know the importance of Chun Xitu."
"That's a talisman!"
Wu Xian sighed, looked at the middle-aged man, and said in a heavy voice: "Does he want to die or live?"
"It works!"
Wu Xian nodded, feeling a little moved, and he mused: "If he wants to die, I really don't dare to accept it."
"Spring Play" is a talisman given to the Liu family by Queen Liu E. If Wu Xian really takes this painting as his own, Liu E will not let him go.
To Liu E, he was just a bigger ant. It wouldn't take a hand to crush him to death.
But the more this happened, the more Wu Xian wanted to get the painting in his hands, play with it for a few days, and copy a few paintings.
Although you cannot keep it for yourself, it is an elegant thing to use it to find out the secrets of Taizong's dragon bed.
The middle-aged man was stunned and asked for advice: "I only know that this picture is of great importance to the Liu family, but I don't know the secrets inside. I wonder if my boss can shed some light on it."
Wu Xian glanced at him and said with a smile: "Forget it, I will tell you the secret inside. In the past, after the queen was betrayed by Liu Mei, she was taken in by the officials. Someone assassinated the officials and reported the matter to Taizong.
in front of.
When Taizong learned about this, he was furious and asked the officials to expel the queen from the palace.
The officials were reluctant to part with the queen, so they built a separate courtyard outside the palace and placed the queen in it.
After that, the officials often went to other courtyards to have trysts with the queen."
Wu Xian paused for a moment, pondered for a moment, and then said: "After the official ascended the throne, he integrated the queen into the palace. In order to cover up the queen's past, he also specially issued a decree for the queen to marry Liu Mei.
The queen at that time had a humble status in the palace and had no status, and there were many concubines in the official harem.
The queen was worried that she had lost the favor of the official family and could no longer protect the Liu family, so she chose this painting to give to Liu Mei.
Once the Liu family commits a crime and the officials want to punish them severely, after seeing this painting, they will remember their old feelings and let the Liu family go."
The middle-aged man understood and said: "I didn't expect there to be such a deep meaning in it."
Wu Xian smiled and said: "That's natural. People who can hold great power have deep meaning in every action they take."
The middle-aged man wondered: "Now that the queen is in charge of the middle palace and the inner court, she has great power. Under her protection, the Liu family is flourishing. Hasn't this painting lost its effect?"
Wu Xian rolled his eyes at him and said quietly: "As long as the official family is there, this painting will never lose its effect. No one can say for sure what happens in the court... Kou Zhun didn't have all the power in the government back then, but now? Nothing.
He has the reputation of being a prime minister, but he is struggling."
The middle-aged man bowed and saluted, "I have learned a lesson..."
Wu Xian smiled and said: "The reason why I took the risk of being punished by the queen to accept this painting has another deep meaning."
The middle-aged man was at a loss.
The old housekeeper of the Wu Mansion, who had been standing aside silently, suddenly said: "I want to use this painting to get in touch with the queen."
Wu Xian nodded and said with a smile: "You still understand me... This skill can be accomplished in just one thought. If I put this painting in my pocket, it will be a fault. But if I keep this painting and don't let it wander outside,
That’s gong.”
The old housekeeper of the Wu Mansion smiled flatteringly and said: "The master has climbed up to Prime Minister Ding, and his position in the court has been as stable as Mount Tai. If he can climb up to the queen again, he will surely rise to the top."
A trace of pride flashed in Wu Xian's eyes, but he said humbly: "It's too early to say this now. I haven't attacked Kou Zhun in the court yet. In Ding Xiang's eyes, he is not one of his own.
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"Master is humble..."
The old housekeeper and the middle-aged man of Wu Mansion were flattering Wu Xian wildly.
When Wu Xian was photographed in a daze, the middle-aged man asked: "Sir, are you going to accept the painting of the little man?"
After all, Wu Xian was not knocked unconscious by the horse. He did not rush to agree, but asked: "Are you sure that the painting is authentic?"
The middle-aged man came closer to Wu Xian and whispered: "In the past few years, I followed the seniors to see the paintings of the palace painters, and I know their painting skills, the paints and paper they used. And that person has been serving Taizong.
I have been lucky enough to see a few of the paintings by this artist.
The "Spring Play" Liu Heng brought was very consistent with the painter's painting skills, preferred materials, and paper.
Judging from the color of the paper, it is an old painting.
What's more important is that the painter's seals are very unique. They use dark seals that ordinary people can't see, let alone imitate."
Wu Xian lost his composure and exclaimed, "How dare you use seals when painting for an official?"
The middle-aged man smiled and said: "That's why the villain said it was a secret seal. If you don't know the secrets, you can't tell it at all. The villain also got this information from the descendant of the painter, and no one else knows."
Wu Xian looked at the middle-aged man and sighed: "I feel relieved to have you as the owner of the pawn shop. Since the painting is genuine, let's take it. How is he going to pawn it?"
The middle-aged man said: "If you pay it alive, you can redeem it in seven days for 20,000 guan."
Wu Xian pondered, "Twenty thousand guan is not a small amount of money, but if you can use this to get the queen, it's not a loss. What's more, he is a living pawn and must be redeemed.
If twenty thousand guan goes around in his hands, it will eventually come back to me, and I can still make a lot of interest.
If he doesn't redeem it..."
"The master can just present the painting to the queen and directly climb to the queen, saving the trouble of borrowing the Liu family's help to climb to the queen."
The old housekeeper of the Wu Mansion added with a smile.
Wu Xian was stunned and laughed: "Wonderful! Wonderful! Hahahaha!"
"That's it!"
Wu Xian clapped his hands and told the middle-aged man: "Twenty thousand guan is not a small amount. If the money in the shop is not enough, you can go to Ziqi Gambling House to withdraw it. If necessary, you can also waive interest for him."