novelraw Chapter 306: "Lanting Preface"
Chapter 306: "Lanting Preface"
Chapter 306 "Preface to Lanting"
Lu Jingyao had never rejected Xu Youyou's request, and when he heard this, he just nodded: "I will make arrangements."
Xu Youyou was also relieved to hand over the matter to him.
The guests present had two hours to appreciate and identify these treasures. Many of the entourages brought by the people were appraisers, and some of them came to Xu Youyou.
"Miss Xu, I saw a pink butterfly bowl that was said to be from the Qianlong era. Can you help me see it?"
The reason why the person who said this was so confident to ask Xu Youyou for help was because he was Xu Youyou's big customer. As a fanatical admirer of Emperor Qianlong, he bought several products from Emperor Qianlong for a large price.
Xu Youyou couldn't help but sigh when she listened to his words. Mr. Wu still loved Emperor Qianlong so much.
Xu Youyou didn't refuse, and followed the other party to check out the powder bowl.
Now her porcelain identification technique has reached a high level. Although she can be sure that this is indeed the imperial porcelain from the Qianlong period at a glance, in order to reassure the other party, Xu Youyou still looked around the exhibits several times before giving the other party a positive answer.
"Ninety-nine percent are genuine." Xu Youyou said.
She didn't say anything to death, but with such high confidence, Mr. Wu suddenly showed a sense of relief on his face.
Looking at Xu Youyou helping him identify porcelain, a middle-aged man said, "Miss Xu, then I will test you too. Do you think this Ru kiln is really real?"
Xu Youyou didn't like this person's attitude of being full of fathers, and she didn't want her to be freed by such a stranger. She said casually: "You think it's true, that's true."
The middle-aged man didn't expect Xu Youyou to respond like this, and his face suddenly sank, saying, "Outside everyone brags about how Miss Xu is keen on the wise eyes. Now it seems that it is hard to bear the reputation under his reputation."
Xu Youyou still said, "If you think it is fake, that is fake."
The middle-aged man felt a punch hit the cotton.
But Gu Xueying quietly approached them at some point. She only saw Xu Youyou talking to the man and didn't hear clearly what she said.
After going to the next booth with Xu Youyou, Gu Xueying approached and asked the middle-aged man: "Did Xu Youyou fall in love with this Ru kiln?"
The middle-aged man felt puzzled when he heard this and said, "She can't even tell the authenticity of this porcelain. How could she like it?"
When Gu Xueying retreated to Gu Fengchuan, she immediately said, "Xu Youyou must have liked that Ru Kiln."
"Why do you say that? She looks more like she is having an argument with that person."
Gu Xueying said in a tone of course: "Xu Youyou has always been tricky. She must know that we like to steal things she likes, so she will do the opposite and pretend to have a dispute with that person..."
Gu Xueying's words sound outrageous at first glance, but when you think about it carefully, it seems that there are many reasonable points.
Gu Fengchuan looked at the middle-aged man from afar, and saw him look at the Ru kiln porcelain in front of him, and then look up at Xu Youyou.
It was a coincidence that he happened to see Xu Youyou's little assistant Liu Xiangyi, who came to the middle-aged man and said something. He became more and more sure that Xu Youyou and the middle-aged man had joined forces.
Liu Xiangyi wandered around the middle-aged man, looking at the Ru kiln sky blue glaze wash, and said, "There are cracks on it. Will anyone really buy it for a lot of money?"
The middle-aged man didn't know Liu Xiangyi. He heard this and felt his blood and energy pouring into his head: "I don't know! This is called ice crack! Even if you have a wealthy family, it's not as good as a piece of Ru kiln. Have you heard of this?"
Liu Xiangyi's eyes were full of clear stupidity: "I haven't heard it before."
The middle-aged man was annoyed when he saw her: "Go and go, little girl movies, don't make trouble here!" Liu Xiangyi was not angry when scolded, but instead shook his head and muttered in a low voice: "Is it really worth it for you rich people to spend tens of millions or hundreds of millions of yuan on a porcelain?"
The middle-aged man didn't hear her, otherwise he would be angry again.
Xu Youyou no longer helped her acquaintances to identify them, but continued to watch these exhibits like she was visiting a museum. Because of this exchange meeting, she had a deeper understanding of the Gu family in the Hong Kong City.
Any collection here starts at least tens of millions when you take it out. She has seen at least five items of Qianlong porcelain that are not common.
Only Wang Xizhi's calligraphy can be called the big scroll of this exchange meeting.
Xu Youyou and Lu Jingyao also saw this rare and unusual collection. It was placed in the center of the exchange meeting. Not only were it isolated with a bulletproof glass cabinet like other babies, but there were even four security personnel on the side.
"It's Lantingxu!" Xu Youyou exclaimed.
Although Lu Jingyao was also very good at calligraphy, he could not see the authenticity of the works in front of him. He only said: "Four huge changes have led to the none of Wang Xizhi's original works being passed down to the world. It is rumored that before Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty died, he told him to bury the "Lanting Preface" with Zhaoling, but Wen Tao robbed the tomb and claimed that he had not found the authentic works of "Lanting Preface" in Zhaoling, and no one knew whether his words were true or false."
The so-called four incidents were the first time when Huan Xuan threw himself into the river. After this man failed to usurp the power, he threw a large amount of the calligraphy of the Two Kings into the river.
The second time was that Emperor Yuan of Liang burned a large number of authentic works of Wang Xizhi before surrendering.
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The third time was when Emperor Taizong of Tang asked to bury a large number of genuine works of Wang Xizhi he collected with him to accompany him to Zhaoling.
The fourth time was the Jingkang Incident, where the Jin soldiers abducted a large number of authentic works of Wang Xizhi from the Song Dynasty royal family.
After these four incidents, there are almost no original works of Wang Xizhi in the world.
Xu Youyou looked carefully for a long time and exclaimed: "With both hardness and softness, and yin and yang are harmonious, and he is worthy of being a saint of calligraphy."
"Do you think this is true?" Lu Jingyao asked.
Xu Youyou shook her head: "Not sure, but even if it is not true, it will be a top-notch product in the copy."
Lu Jingyao asked, "Do you like it?"
Xu Youyou certainly understood what he meant. If it were the past, she would definitely shake her head.
Lu Jingyao said again: "According to your truest thoughts, follow your true intentions."
But now, they have met their parents and are likely to get married in the future. Even if they use his treasure worth billions, what is it?
"I like it very much." Xu Youyou said.
Lu Jingyao couldn't help laughing: "I know your strength, and I hope you can give me a chance to show my diligence."
Xu Youyou nodded reservedly: "Yes."
After lunch, the auction officially started.
The Gu family in the Gangcheng City is really unique. Xu Youyou only saw a middle-aged woman with elegant manners and beautiful appearance hosting the auction.
Her voice was extremely pleasant: "I am today's auctioneer Gu Jiuyan. I know that most of you are here today are for the sake of "Lanting Preface". Your time is precious, and I dare not delay. Now I invite the first auction item today: "Lanting Preface".