After hearing Mr. Xiao's words, the old men looked constipated. It seemed as if there was a table of Chinese and Chinese dishes in front of me, but there were several green-headed flies in each dish, which could be seen but not eaten...

If we want to rank the painters of the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Lingrang, the cousin of Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty, could definitely be ranked in the top ten. Not many of his paintings have been passed down to the modern times, but each of them is a treasure.

Now there is a volume of "The Great River in Jiangning" painted by Zhao Lingrang in person, and it is a long scroll. Not to mention anything else, just with the history of more than 900 years, even if the level of this painting is not high, it can even be said to be very poor. This painting is a national treasure.

As the saying goes, "One page of Song Dynasty version is one or two golds". Song Dynasty versions have been extremely precious cultural relics to the modern era, let alone the rarer Song Dynasty paintings?

In modern times, every painting preserved from the Song Dynasty can be regarded as a national treasure. Therefore, although the painting level of the "Jiangning Dajiang Painting" in front of me is very average, it is also a national treasure painting.

But for these old men, what they want is not only Song paintings, but also a perfect painting that can be passed down through the ages. The painting in front of them has history, but at this level...

Yang Jing estimated that the five old men were complaining in their hearts at this time - do you think you are obviously Zhao Lingrang and Zhao Lingrang, so you made such a painting for Mao that makes people laugh and hate?

Several old men were looking at the painting quietly. The atmosphere was extremely strange, and even Yang Jing couldn't stand it anymore.

Fortunately, Cai Yi spoke out and broke the strange atmosphere.

"Xiao Jing, how much did you spend to collect this volume of "Jiangning Dajiang Map"?"

"One..." Yang Jing opened his mouth and wanted to say 10,000 yuan, but then he forced himself to control the number behind.

This painting was collected by him in Jinling in 1982 for 10,000 yuan, but this sentence must not be said. If he had collected this painting in modern times, the maximum amount of 10,000 yuan was for you to see it, and it would be impossible to collect it.

"One million?" Cai Yi hesitated to catch Yang Jing's words, and Yang Jing could only nod in silence.

"Well, it's not expensive to collect such a painting for one million, and it's considered a bargain." Huang Lao said, but Yang Jing could hear the deep resentment in Huang Lao's tone. It was obvious that this person who loves calligraphy and painting really couldn't stand this painting.

Mr. Liu asked, "Xiao Jing, why did you spend so much money to collect this painting? Although you still have something to learn in calligraphy and painting, you should be able to see the level of this painting based on your appraisal level."

"Master, I just said that when I saw this volume of "The Great River in Jiangning", I felt something was wrong with this painting. My intuition told me that this painting is indeed a genuine one, but I always felt that this painting seemed to be hiding something. Four masters, you should all know my intuition that I can't explain clearly. Yes, when I collected this painting, it was my intuition telling me that this painting was not simple, so I spent a million to collect it."

Mr. Huang said: "Xiao Jing, although this painting was painted by Zhao Lingrang, it is nothing special about this painting. If there is anything special, it is that the level of this painting is really not worthy of Zhao Lingrang's fame and level. If Lao Xiao had not identified that this painting was painted by Zhao Lingrang, I would have thought it was a fake."

Yang Jing shook his head and said, "Old Huang, it's not a problem with the painting itself. The special feeling this painting gives me does not come from the painting itself. Although I have not started to learn the knowledge of calligraphy and painting systematically with my second master, I also know that the level of this painting is very average. However, the reason why I accepted this painting is because the strange feeling does not come from the painting itself, but from other aspects."

When Mr. Xiao heard this, his eyes immediately lit up. He hesitated for a moment, then hesitated to point to the scrolls at both ends of the volume "Jiangning Dajiangtu" and asked: "Xiao Jing, do you think there is something wrong with the scroll of this painting?"

Yang Jing pretended to be enlightened and patted his thighs, "Oh, Master II, you really hit the nail on the head! To be honest, I used to think that there was something wrong with this painting, but I just couldn't say where there was something wrong with it, but I can say for sure that it was definitely not the level of the painting itself, but it was somewhere else. Master II, after you said this just now, I realized where that special feeling came from. That's right, it was these two scrolls."

Mr. Liu nodded and said, "Well, the scroll of this painting is indeed a bit uncommon. It's too thick. I've never seen such a thick scroll."

Mr. Guo is a master in cultural relics protection work in the courtyard. He has seen a lot of ancient things and handled more things. After all, those cultural relics and antiques with a long history need regular maintenance, and this work is basically handed over to a group of cultural relics protection experts led by Mr. Guo.

"Haha, I have never seen such a thick scroll. No wonder I thought this painting was a bit strange just now. It turned out to be here." Old Guo smiled and touched the scroll. "Yeah, it's still from the red sandalwood. Judging from the materials used in this scroll, it is in line with Zhao Lingrang's identity. After all, he also has royal blood."

Cai Yi smiled and said, "This Zhao Lingrang is extraordinary. When Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty Zhao Ji became King Duan, he had a very good relationship with him. Later, history books said that after Zhao Ji became emperor, Zhao Lingrang could have been able to go straight to the Great Inner without reporting."

Mr. Guo knocked on the scroll and said, "It's hollow. I said, why do I feel like there is something hidden in this scroll?"

Hearing Mr. Guo’s words, the eyes of several old men lit up again. Yang Jing said simply: “Master Three, why don’t you be affected and take these two scrolls off and let’s take a look?”

Although Mr. Huang was moved, he still said, "Xiao Jing, this is not good, right? Although this painting is of average quality, it is also a Song painting after all, and it is well preserved. If you take down the scroll, it will destroy the mounting. The heart of this painting cannot withstand the mounting again."

Yang Jing shook his head and said, "Old Huang, I know what you mean. You are worried that taking the scroll will damage the painting. Actually, it doesn't matter. I always think that things should be hidden in these two scrolls, and the things hidden are unusual. If you don't figure out whether there are things hidden in it today, I'm afraid you guys can't sleep at night, right? Besides, we just take the scroll without destroying the heart of the painting, it doesn't matter."

After all, Yang Jing is the owner of this painting. Since he doesn't care, it's hard for others to say anything else.

Not to mention, these five old men actually wanted to see if there were really something hidden in these two scrolls. After all, such a thick scroll is really weird, and this painting was passed down from the Northern Song Dynasty. The things that could be hidden by Zhao Lingrang are definitely not ordinary.

Mr. Guo is an expert in cultural heritage protection, so he does things like drawing scrolls more easily than Mr. Xiao.

"Then I'm taking the scroll!" Mr. Guo looked at several old friends, then looked at Yang Jing.

Yang Jing nodded, asked Mr. Liu a few words, then ran into another house and took out a set of tools from the house. Although Mr. Liu's villa was not seen as no one was living in, there was no shortage of guys here.

Mr. Guo lived for more than twenty minutes before taking off the two scrolls. However, I have to admire Mr. Guo’s skills. Although taking the scrolls will destroy the mounting of calligraphy and paintings, in Mr. Guo’s hands, this kind of damage was reduced to the minimum. If you don’t even look carefully, you can’t tell that the scroll of this painting has been removed.

After taking these two scrolls, Mr. Guo weighed the two scrolls respectively and said with great certainty: "There is indeed something in this scroll, and the weight is different. Which one should we open first?"

Several old men looked at Yang Jing. Although Yang Jing is a junior, this painting belongs to him after all, and even his four masters are not good at making decisions for him.

Yang Jing pointed to the heavier scroll and said, "Master Three, please open this scroll first. Since this scroll is heavy, it means there are more things hidden inside. Let's take a look at what is hidden inside first."

Mr. Guo smiled and said, "Then I'm going to kill him?"

Several old men said at the same time, "You Mr. Guo, you are anxious. Don't be anxious when you should." After that, the old men all laughed.

Painting scrolls are a material for mounting calligraphy and paintings, also known as the scroll head. In ancient times, sandalwood was often used. Sandalwood could ward off moisture, and opened the gate to have fragrance, and can also ward off the worms. However, sandalwood, especially red sandalwood, is heavier, so when making painting scrolls in ancient times, the sandalwood was usually cut open and then hollowed out and merged together. In this way, a hollow painting scroll was completed.

Although the scroll of this painting of "The Great River in Jiangning" is made of rosewood and is a bit scary, it is actually not heavy, because these two scrolls are all hollow.

Mr. Guo looked at the scroll carefully, and then said with great certainty: "This painting has not been passive since it was framed, I can be sure of this!"

After saying that, Mr. Guo slowly took off the scroll, then found the traces of the scroll, and gently started to pry it with the tool bit by bit. In a short while, the particularly thick scroll was pried in half.

As soon as the scroll was broken, the things inside were completely revealed - a roll of things was wrapped with a layer of silk that was no longer colored.

"This..." Several old men looked at each other and saw the uncontrollable excitement in each other's eyes.

At this time, everyone actually understood that the things that could be hidden in the scroll by Zhao Lingrang must be good things, at least they would be more precious than the "Jiangning River Map" painted by Zhao Lingrang. Otherwise, as Zhao Lingrang's identity, they would not have done such hidden things.

Cai Yi said: "Do you want to do some preparation? This thing has been hidden in the scroll for many years. Can you open it directly like this?"

Mr. Guo said: "There is no big problem. This scroll is not a tightly sealed scroll. It is hidden inside that has always been in contact with the outside air, otherwise the layer of silk wrapped outside would not fade to this level."

As he said that, Mr. Guo carefully untied the layer of silk wrapped outside, revealing the things inside...
Chapter completed!