In an antique store.
Xiao Ran stood in front of the museum shelf, admiring a huanghuali pen holder with great interest.
On this pen holder, there is a picture of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest carved on it. The characters in the picture are lifelike and lifelike.
Correspondingly, there is also a five-character quatrain titled "Inscribed on the Seven Sages in the Bamboo Forest", signed by Qian Xuan.
Perhaps due to long-term play, this pen holder has a thick layer of patina, which makes it look antique.
Xiao Ran turned the pen holder over and over again before putting it back to its original position.
At this moment, a fan suddenly asked in the live broadcast room:
"Xiao Ran, what do you think of this pen holder? This pen holder looks good, like an antique."
"The material seems to be huanghuali. If it is a sea yellow pen holder, don't miss it."
"I want this pen holder to give to my elders as a gift for their seventieth birthday."
Xiao Ran shook his head and then whispered:
"Originally I didn't want to comment on these things, but since you asked about this huanghuali pen holder, I might as well say a few words."
"When I first picked up this huanghuali pen holder, I felt something was wrong. Firstly, the wood texture was wrong, and secondly, the coating was unnatural."
"I judge that this is a huanghuali pen holder covered with fake leather and deliberately aged. It has no collection value."
“The fake leather attached to the outside of the pen holder is not sea yellow, but Vietnamese huanghuali.”
Following his explanation, there was an exclamation of exclamation in the live broadcast room.
Immediately afterwards, Mr. Jin immediately sent a barrage.
"You have good eyesight, Xiao Ran, this pen holder is indeed wrong."
After seeing this barrage, no one had any doubts about Xiao Ran's judgment.
Immediately afterwards, Xiao Ran picked up a white porcelain engraved bamboo hat bowl next to him and examined it carefully.
This bamboo hat bowl looks ordinary, but the glaze is as delicate as a baby's skin, moist and shiny, with lotus petal patterns engraved on the inside and outside. On the inside of the bottom of the bowl is a pattern of a carp leaping over a dragon's gate.
Due to the secret carving process, the pattern on this bamboo hat bowl is not clear, hazy, and reveals a subtle beauty.
What's more special is that there is a ring of brass around the mouth of the bowl, completely wrapping the mouth of the bowl, which seems a bit inconsistent.
The moment he picked up the bamboo hat bowl, Xiao Ran's eyes immediately flashed with joy.
His movements in holding the bowl seemed casual, but when he came into contact with the bamboo hat bowl, he was very careful, but no one noticed.
"Wow! The famous upside-down stubble-carved bamboo hat bowl from Ding kiln in the Northern Song Dynasty"
“This antique store actually has such a treasure, it’s really making a fortune!”
Xiao Ran secretly exclaimed.
Although he was filled with ecstasy inside, his hands were very steady without any trembling.
After looking through the bamboo hat bowl once, he put it back on the museum shelf to avoid getting too excited and exposing any flaws.
Then, he looked at another item on the museum shelf.
At this moment, another mobile phone in his pocket vibrated several times in succession.
Someone sent a message.
He immediately took out his phone and glanced at it, and found out.
Jin Lao and Shangbo Lao Li sent several messages at the same time, and the contents were basically the same.
"Xiao Xiao, that bamboo hat bowl may be the famous upside-down stubble, we must find a way to get it!"
"You kid probably picked up a big bucket again. You must take this bamboo hat bowl."
Looking at this information, a smile immediately flashed in Xiao Ran's eyes.
The next moment, he deleted the messages and put the phone back into his pocket.
Because I had previously told Mr. Jin and the others not to comment on the treasures they saw in the live broadcast room, and to keep it confidential.
Several old men then sent text messages to tell Xiao Ran their opinions.
Twenty minutes passed in the blink of an eye.
At this time, Xiao Ran had come to an ink landscape painting and stopped to admire it.
This is an ancient painting with colors on silk, approximately 200 x 100 in size, and is mounted on a vertical scroll.
Perhaps because of its age, this ink landscape painting has turned yellow all over and looks rather clumsy and old-fashioned, but it adds a bit of historical charm and antique flavor to it.
The picture depicts a towering mountain with a spring flowing down the mountainside and finally into the crystal clear river at the foot of the mountain.
Beside the spring is a lush pine forest, with vines wrapped around the twisting branches.
A small bridge spans the river at the foot of the mountain. An old man stands on the bridge, raising his head as if listening to the sound of the spring.
It seemed that he was admiring the waves of pine trees. Behind the old man, there was a young man holding a piano.
In the upper right corner of the painting, there is a small poem about dragons and phoenixes dancing.
"There are wild roads in front of the mountain, and the sound of pines is offset by the sound of springs."
"Try to listen quietly in silence, and you will feel the sudden anger."
Reading this poem will give people a feeling of being independent from the world, tranquil and natural.
At the end of this little poem, there are the words of dancing dragons and phoenixes.
"Under the rule, Tang Yin's paintings were presented to Mr. Li's parents"
Then there is a small red seal.
In other places in this painting, there are several red seals scattered in many blank spaces of the painting.
Judging from the style alone, this is obviously a painting by Tang Yin and Tang Bohu, one of the four famous Jiangnan talents.
The authenticity and value of this painting are currently unknown.
While Xiao Ran was admiring this ink landscape, the fans in the live broadcast room were also taking screenshots to appreciate it.
When everyone enlarged the screenshot and saw clearly the inscription in the upper right corner of the painting, they immediately exclaimed.
"I'll go! It's actually a painting by Tang Yin, one of the four great talents in the south of the Yangtze River. Is it real or fake?"
"A painting by Tang Yin is hanging here in a grand manner. How is this possible?"
Xiao Ma from Penglai Island exclaimed.
"It must be fake. How many Chinese people don't know about Tang Bohu? Don't know how expensive his paintings are?"
"If this is his original work, how could it be hanging here all the time? It was bought eight hundred years ago."
During the discussion, Mr. Jin suddenly sent a few barrages.
As soon as these barrages were sent out, Fang Yufei read them out.
"Xiao Ran, Mr. Jin said this is Tang Yin's "Mountain Road Pine Sound Picture", which is the masterpiece of Tang Bohu in his mature period."
"It's a pity that this is a fake. The original painting is kept in the National Palace Museum in Taipei. Earlier, this painting had been kept in the palace."
"Although this is a fake, it is not much different from the original! The person who forged this painting has a very high level of painting."
Following these barrages, a sigh of disappointment immediately sounded in the live broadcast room.
Xiao Ran just smiled softly and did not respond.
In his eyes, this is the real "Picture of the Sound of Pines on the Mountain Road", the authentic work of Tang Yin, one of the four great talents in the south of the Yangtze River.
As for the one collected by the National Palace Museum in Taipei, it is obviously a fake. I don’t know when it was replaced by someone else!
However, no one knows this.
Because of the existence of the forgery, this original painting was mistaken for a fake. As a result, no one cared about it and it was forgotten in the Songshi Zhai in San Francisco.
Until today, Xiao Ran came here.
This priceless top-notch piece of art has just come to the light of day to rectify its name.
After admiring it for a moment, Xiao Ran was about to turn around and leave.
At this moment, a voice suddenly came from the side, talking about Hong Kong Pu.
"Mr. Xiao, what do you think of this landscape painting?"
Upon hearing this, Xiao Ran immediately turned his head and looked.
The person who asked was a Chinese man in his sixties, obviously from Hong Kong.
There is an engraved red sandalwood finger ring on the thumb of his left hand. He has a big belly and is quite generous.
This is exactly what Mr. Jin said, the owner of another famous antique shop in San Francisco.
Next to this antique dealer, there are three other elderly people in their 50s and 60s, all of Chinese descent.
The eyes they looked at Xiao Ran were full of curiosity, and they also wanted to take a test.
Xiao Ran nodded to them and said hello, then smiled and said:
"I don't know much about Chinese painting. I'm just a layman. I don't have much knowledge."
"But I know that Tang Yin's "Song of Pines on Mountain Road" is collected in the National Palace Museum in Taipei."
"As far as I know, the top-notch piece of art has not been lost. From this, it can be seen that this is a fake."
Several Chinese antique dealers nodded in unison and were ready to say something.
At this moment, there was a sudden noise from the door.
Immediately afterwards, three white men opened the door and walked in.
The leader was about thirty years old, wearing a suit and leather shoes, and looked arrogant.
As soon as they saw these guys, Smith's expressions immediately changed and they cursed in a low voice.
"Faq! It's a damn Italian!"
Hearing this, Xiao Ran couldn't help but be a little surprised.
"Italian guy, is he the Mafia?"
"This is Chinatown. When did it become the territory of the Mafia?"
Smith shook his head slightly, and then explained a few words in a low voice.
"These Italian guys are not the Mafia, but they are more troublesome than the Mafia."
"The bastard at the front is the grandson of the Pelos family!"
Xiao Ran was stunned for a moment, and then said in surprise:
"Pelos family, did I hear you correctly? Is it the female speaker?"
Smith immediately nodded and responded:
"Yes, they are the family of that crazy woman"
"San Francisco is her hometown, and this family takes it all in San Francisco!"
