The street in the middle of the building (that is, the ground floor) is not very well lit, and the table in the center of the lobby is even darker because it is far away from the windows on all sides. In order to allow buyers to see the calligraphy and painting clearly, Su Dalang and Mo Niangzi had a gardenia lamp lit next to each painting, that is, a gardenia-like lampshade was used to cover a lampstand more than half a person high, and a giant candle or lamp oil was lit inside. Because the lampshade is pasted with tissue paper and gauze, it is very easy to ignite, so a small lantern is arranged next to each gardenia lamp, which not only holds the lamp, but also looks at the painting case, so that the guests do not touch the gardenia lamp or take away the scroll.

Wu Haogu, Zhao Ji, Mi Youren and Ji Yi of course won't go to see "Master Li's Photo" and "Mo Niangzi Dance Picture", after they came to the stage, they went straight to Su Dongpo's "Sea Book Huai Poems".

If we exclude the factors of speculation and sycophancy, this painting can be regarded as the most valuable object among the items sold.

In ancient Chinese art and artifact collections, calligraphy has always been more valuable than paintings – it's hard to say why, but that's how the pricing mechanism works.

And Su Dongpo's words already had a high value in the Great Song and Yuan Fu years! Not only because he was one of the four Song families, a famous genius at that time, but also because he was exiled to Danzhou at the age of 62 in Shaosheng for four years, that is, he went to "Yalong Bay to see the sea". At that time, Hainan Island was not an international tourist island, it was a remote island full of miasma, and at the age of 62, it was basically impossible to come back.

Therefore, Su Dongpo's words are the best with considerable scarcity!

However, Zhao Ji did not show any interest in Su Dongpo's words, not because he didn't like it, but because Su Dongpo was unlucky, because a "Wutai Poetry Case" was almost killed by Song Shenzong, and later became a typical figure of the old party. Therefore, after Zhezong took office, he immediately regarded him as the chicken that killed the chicken and set an example for the monkey, and kicked him to Hainan Island to fend for himself. Even Su Dongpo's calligraphy works are also labeled as the old party, if Zhao Ji buys this character back to the palace, it is not guaranteed that someone will chew his tongue in front of Zhao Xu.

As a prince, it is not a fault to play with Wu Haogu and Mi Youren, and it is not a big deal to be infatuated with a glamorous trick like Li Shishi, but it is not the same to show sympathy for the old party......

Don't look at Zhao Ji letting a group of "playmates" around him coax around, but on matters of principle, he is not confused at all.

After taking a look at Su Dongpo's calligraphy, he turned to Fan Kuan's "Snow Mountain Map". Fan Kuan was known as one of the three great landscapes of the Northern Song Dynasty by later generations, and the great painter of the early Northern Song Dynasty painted "freehand" landscape paintings. Known as "creating the intention of the scenery, writing the true bones of the mountains", the peaks and peaks he painted are thick and dignified, and the momentum is magnificent and majestic, which makes people feel majestic and precipitous. The "realistic landscape" of Hewu Haogu is not a road number. This kind of landscape painting, Wu Haogu is not very good at painting, but Zhao Ji is also good at it.

In front of Fan Kuan's paintings, looking at the snow-capped mountains on the paper, imagining the majestic scenery of the frozen snow-covered mountains and rivers in the north, I felt some emotion in my heart - as a prince, there is no shortage of wealth and glory, but there is no such joy as a scholar who travels the world and appreciates the beauty of mountains and rivers......

"Good! Draw well, work part-time with writing, self-contained...... You see that Master Li's face is delicately depicted and lifelike, but the background of the costume is a freehand painting style, but the brush is sloppy but full of spirit, and the pen is exquisite!

This "Master Li Picture" is so well drawn, even if it is reborn as a saint, it is nothing more than that! ”

At this moment, Zhao Ji heard that someone was evaluating his "Li Shishi Tu", and the comment was very pertinent - "Li Shishitu" is Zhao Ji's proud work, and the painting skills used indeed surpass the painting saint Wu Daozi in the Tang Dynasty...... Being able to see this means that the man really knows how to draw.

Thinking of this, Zhao Ji turned half sideways, swept the corner of his eye, and saw an old man in his fifties and sixties who was a little blessed, surrounded by a middle-aged man and a young man, standing in front of the painting case where "Master Li's Picture" was placed and shaking his head.

The backs of the three people look very familiar, but I can't remember who it is for a while?

"Mo Niang," the old man who had just commented on the painting called Mo Li over, "The old man wants to write an inscription on this paper painting." ”

Inscription?

Zhao Ji was stunned when he heard this, where is there such a thing? The painting has not been bought back and is inscribed? Who are you? Are you Su Dongpo or Cai Jing?

Zhao Ji was thinking about it, and the old man opened his mouth again: "The old man is Cai Jing." ”

It's really Cai Jing!

No wonder looking at the back is familiar, Zhao Ji said in his heart, it turned out that the Privy Council was committed to Cai Jing! No wonder he could read his paintings...... I really met a soulmate. I can't associate with him now, but if I have a chance in the future, I must make friends with him, and it's a beautiful thing to find a way to appreciate calligraphy and painting together.

By the way, that dignified Cai You is his son, and their father and son are indeed the pillars of the Great Song Dynasty!

"It turned out to be Cai Chengzhi, and the slave was polite." Mo Niangzi didn't recognize Cai Jing, but she knew that he was among today's guests, so she hurriedly made a blessing and ordered an old maid who followed her to fetch pen and ink.

The request to inscribe on the paintings and calligraphy to be auctioned is usually very rude, but it is a different matter if it is proposed by Cai Jing.

Cai Jing is one of the four masters of "Su Huang Mi Cai"! His inscription is worth a lot of money, if this "Li Shishi Tu" was not painted by Song Huizong, then maybe someone would have cut it and sell it.

The pen and ink were sent, and Cai Jing said again: "The old man will write a poem about Zhang Sanzhong's (Zhang Xian)'s "Master's Order...... In the past, when the teacher was twelve or thirteen years old, he became famous in Kaifeng Mansion with this "Master Order" and became the head of the upper hall in one fell swoop.

And today's teacher wants to rely on this paper "Teacher Map" to pass on this stunning appearance to future generations, and the old man borrowed Zhang Sanzhong's "Teacher Order" to be the teacher, and this "Teacher Map" has added a little color. ”

"Teacher's Order" has more than 70 words! It's Cai Jing's handwriting again, even if there is no "Teacher Map", these words can be worth thousands of dollars......

Cai Jing found a good step for Wu Haogu and Zhao Ji - no matter how expensive "Shishi Tu" is sold now, it doesn't mean anything, after all, there is Cai Jing's word cushion, and it is expensive anywhere!

These 70 words, Cai Jing inscribed very carefully, and it took a while to write, obviously using real kung fu. Just as he was writing, there was already a large circle of people around him, all of whom were characters from noble and wealthy families, all of whom pretended not to see Zhao Ji. Seeing Cai Jing splashing ink there, they all gave thumbs up and praised him.

"This paper "Teacher Picture" is really well drawn, it is definitely a good product for generations, and I don't know who is lucky enough to collect it in the end."

"I heard that Zhao Xiaoyi is still very young, less than eighteen years old......"

"I have such a young talent in my dynasty, it is really blessed by God!"

"If this kind of talent goes to the imperial examination, I am afraid that he can become a leader in the world."

"What a young talent! If only I could recruit him as a son-in-law. ”

"Yes, if you have a son-in-law like this, what more can you ask for."

Listening to the gushing sycophants, Wu Haogu blushed a little for Zhao Ji...... His Royal Highness Duan Wang is sure, but being held like this all day long must be psychologically distorted, right?

It is estimated that Emperor Zhezong's life is not so good, Empress Dowager Gao, Empress Dowager Xiang and a group of civil officials Da Qingtian will not coax him like a coax - Zhao Xu was raised as an emperor, wouldn't he be coaxed into a faint monarch every day?

And this His Royal Highness Duan Wang, one is the prince, and he should be coaxed to play; The second is that you really have the ability...... It has been held since childhood and lived in a sea of sycophants.

If such a person becomes an emperor, he will naturally be easily deceived. It's normal to be a faint king, but if you don't faint, it's hell.

Zhao Ji listened to the big guy's sycophants, and also felt a little too much. His "Teacher Picture" is definitely good, but "Mo Lady's Dance Picture" is not bad either, why doesn't anyone evaluate it?

Just as he was thinking about this, he heard someone talk about "The Dance of the Ink Lady".

"In my opinion, this "Teacher Picture" is still very inferior to "Mo Lady Dance Picture" in terms of realism!"

Someone actually told the truth!

Wu Haogu and Zhao Ji turned their heads at the same time, and the one who spoke was a golden-haired scribe, who looked very tall and dignified, and it was the Tai student Wang Fu that Wu Haogu had seen at the gate of Wang Xu's West Garden in the past. I don't know whose son he is, why did he enter the horse road in Fengle Zhonglou?