Chapter 29: The Gambling Fight
Wu Haogu came to borrow money from the Pan family's gold, silver, silk and silk shops, although he had three or four thousand pieces in his hand, worth nearly 30,000 yuan, which was enough to pay a total of 25,200 yuan to the palace and Wanjia shops.
However, Wu Haogu still had an extra heart, and he didn't dare to take out the 25,200 taels at once, but still used the title deed of the martial arts painting on Panlou Street to pledge the Pan family's gold, silver, silk and silk to borrow money. Then he ransomed his Laozi Wu Chengzhi from the prison of Kaifeng Mansion, and then designed to launder the tens of thousands of "black money" in his hand into white.
As for the method of money laundering, of course, it is difficult for Wu Haogu...... Although he failed to become an artist in his previous life, he is also a person in the circle, and he is no stranger to the money laundering shady scene in the art market.
At that time, he only needs to engage in a few more public singing and selling in the Su family's shop, and by buying and selling himself, he will be able to launder the money.
Following the steward of a Pan family's gold and silver shop, Wu Hao was familiar with the road and went up to the third floor of the Pan family's gold and silver shop, and rushed to Pan Xiao'an's Pan Daguan's study, and as soon as he entered the door, he heard a pleasant female voice that made him extremely excited.
"Brother Dawu, come in."
Wu Haogu looked up and saw a young girl, dressed in a green dress, standing in front of a desk, holding a dough fan in her hand, waving to him happily, smiling like a flower, very moving.
For this emotion that did not belong to him, Wu Haogu was very conflicted in his heart. So in the past few days after the soul change, he has deliberately avoided meeting Pan Qiaolian.
But today I still met in the Pan family's gold and silver silk silk shop.
"Da Lang, hurry up and meet the big officials of Xiaomi." Just when Wu Dalang was a little embarrassed, Li Tang on the side opened his mouth.
Li Tang has a very good relationship with Wu Chengzhi, and he is also very familiar with Wu Haogu, and he can be regarded as half an elder.
And "millet" is Mi Youren's nickname in Kaifeng Mansion calligraphy and painting, his father Mi Fu called rice, he is millet.
Of course, Wu Haogu also recognized this Xiaomi official, after all, their father and son were celebrities in the calligraphy and painting industry. However, Mi Youren didn't know Wu Haogu, in fact, they had met, but in the eyes of Mi Youren, who was born in a famous family (the son of an official of the Song Dynasty can enter the Guozijian with more than eight grades), the guys and shopkeepers of the calligraphy and painting shop are existences that can be ignored.
Knowing that Mi Youren is here, Wu Haogu is naturally going to go in to meet, and his family's current disaster is, in the final analysis, his son Mi Fu!
If it weren't for Mi Fu's eventful, who would know that the "Eighty-Seven Immortals" of the Longevity View was fake?
And now, I'm afraid that the bell still needs to be tied to the bell! If the martial artist wants to avoid the catastrophe in front of him, he must always come up with a "Eighty-Seven Immortal Map......
"Wu Haogu has seen Mi Daguan." Wu Haogu entered the study, first bowed his hand to Mi Youren, and then greeted Pan Qiaolian and Li Tang. "Eighteenth sister, Master Li."
"Brother Dawu, sit down quickly." Pan Qiaolian stretched out her slender jade hand and warmly beckoned Wu Haogu to sit down.
Wu Haogu sat down on a rose chair, but he didn't mention the matter of borrowing money, but looked at Mi Youren intently.
Mi Youren smiled slightly, and also arched his hand, "It's called a big official, I'm just a prisoner of the country, and I can't be considered an official, so Brother Wu will call me Yuanhui." ”
"Brother Yuanhui," Wuhao Gudao, "in the following table, the word is Chongdao." ”
"Very good," Mi Youren grinned, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, looking very sunny, "Then you and I will be called brothers and sisters in the future." ”
Pan Qiaolian looked at the two of them calling each other brothers, and was a little impatient, so she interjected and asked: "Brother Dawu, Xiaomi said that you painted a "Sangjia Wazi Map" very well, but is there such a thing?" ”
Wu Haogu glanced at Mi Youren and said with a smile: "There is a picture of "Sangjia Wazi", which was given to Brother Gao Yu of Wang Yu's Mansion. ”
"Yes, yes, that's it." Mi Youren asked with interest, "How did you draw it?" Why can't I even come? ”
"Brother Yin," Pan Qiaolian and Mi Youren also play small together, so sometimes they will call him by his nickname, "There are also paintings in this world that you can't visit?" ”
Mi Youren nodded seriously, "There are two, one is the "Drunken Arhat Picture", and the other is Chongdao's "Sangjia Wazi Picture". ”
Listening to Xiaomi's words, Wu Haogu was very unhappy. These two paintings are both his handiwork.
"Brother Yuanhui laughed, what is so difficult about these two paintings?" Wu Haogu's eyes rolled, and he began to tease Mi Youren with words.
"Yes," Pan Qiaolian smiled and looked at Mi Youren and said, "Brother Dawu still has the ability, and even "Drunken Arhat" has come out, Brother Yin, now you have met a master." ”
"Don't believe it, don't believe it." Mi Youren shook his head again and again when he heard this, "The portrait on this "Drunken Arhat Picture" can be painted to the extreme, and every stroke is skill, if it can come out exactly the same, it will be the painting saint of the world." ”
"Pro" is a means of learning brushwork, if it can be exactly the same, it is to master the brushwork of the painter in "Drunken Arhat Picture".
This is beyond the brushwork of painting Saint Wu Daozi! If you master it, how can you not be a painting saint in the world?
"Hehe, the old man doesn't believe it either." Li Tang touched his beard and shook his head, "Da Lang, unless you can face the last book in front of the old man." ”
Wu Haogu nodded, and just wanted to agree, but Pan Qiaolian next to him rushed to say: "But there is no facsimile of "Drunken Arhat Picture" here." ”
Of course, there are many copies of "Drunken Arhats" in the Pan family's gold and silver silk silk shop, one of which is a copy of Wu Hao's ancient copy, and some are all written by Li Tang.
However, Pan Qiaolian knew that Wu Haogu's painting skills were not very good, and she was afraid that he would blow the cow so much.
"That's right." Li Tang smiled bitterly, knowing that the eighteenth sister of the Pan family just liked Wu Haogu's broken family, and she could only help Yuan talk nonsense.
"It's okay if you don't have it," Wu Haogu understood Pan Qiaolian's thoughts, and smiled gratefully at her, "If you don't have the original picture, take a photo." ”
He looked at Mi Youren, "Brother Yuanhui, I don't know how the Mi family is capable of photocopying?" Why don't you gamble with the two of us for a game? ”
"Gambling photo? Is it a painting person? Mi Youren's eyes swept in the room, and then fell on Pan Qiaolian, "Eighteen, how is it?" ”
In ancient China, all physical objects such as flowers and fruits, plants and trees, birds and beasts were called sketching; Copying a portrait of a person is called a photo.
"Photo?" Pan Qiaolian looked at Wu Haogu and asked with some concern, "Brother Dawu, do you really want to take a photo with Xiaomi?" ”
A few years ago, when the two of them were childhood sweethearts, Pan Qiaolian often made Wu Haogu a "model".
However, Wu Haogu's skills in photojournalism are not too outstanding, and he also takes the route of Wu family's white drawing.
"Yes." Wu Haogu nodded with great certainty.
"Who's better to draw it?" Pan Qiaolian looked left and right, and there were only four people in the study, including Wu Haogu, Mi Youren, Li Tang and herself.
Wu Haogu and Mi Youren want to paint, and the only ones who can use them to make painting patterns are themselves and Li Tang.
However, Wu Haogu has never painted Li Tang, but he is afraid that he will not paint well......
"Then let's draw a slave." Pan Qiaolian glanced at Wu Haogu shyly, "Brother Dawu has to draw better." ”
Wu Haogu secretly took a breath, he originally wanted to paint Li Tang, but he didn't expect Pan Qiaolian to volunteer. But don't say it, this girl's figure and posture are first-class, and it's not bad to be able to draw her, but it's a pity that it's not a human body......
"Okay, let's draw the eighteenth sister." Mi Youren stroked his palms and smiled, "Brother Chongdao, what do you want to gamble on?" And how to divide the winner and loser? ”
The Chinese people's gambling and fighting temperament is also in the same line, and the Song people are even more fond of gambling, and there is even a gambling method called Guan Pu that also gambles.
The so-called guanpu means that all the goods of the merchant can be sold or pounced. The two sides agree on the price, and use the head money (that is, copper money) to throw it in the clay pot or underground, and determine the winner or loser according to the number of head money subtitles. If you win, you can get the money you are throwing and take the money you are throwing, and if you lose, you will pay the money.
The game of using skill as a means of gambling was also very popular in the Song Dynasty. Among them, the most played are Kemari and Sumo. But whenever a keju is performed, whether it is performed in private or in public, there are large and small bets on it. The large and small sumo rings in Kaifeng City are directly connected to the gambling stalls.
However, gambling on painting skills and calligraphy are rare, after all, the quality of calligraphy and painting is the benevolence of the benevolent, the wise and the wise, and it is difficult to say clearly.
Wu Haogu looked at Mi Youren and said word by word: "I bet on the penmanship of "Sangjia Wazi Map", and bet on the copy of "Eighty-Seven Immortal Pictures" in Brother Yuanhui's house!"
As for how to divide the winners and losers, Brother Yuan Hui will find a few big experts to discuss it. ”