Chapter 2781 Sage Laozi

Bai Shan changed into the jade crown and clothes and went out for a walk. After drinking a few glasses of wine, he saw Man Bao winking at him, and he immediately made an excuse to slip away first.

When the two returned to the main courtyard, Daji stood by the door with a long gift box in his hand. When he saw them approaching, he bowed slightly, "Master, Young Madam, this is the gift from General Qibi."

He finally found it out of a pile of gift boxes.

Bai Shan pushed open the door, "Quickly bring it in."

The two opened the gift box, and inside was a scroll.

Bai Shan and Zhou Man were both stunned, but they didn't expect it to be a painting.

Man Bao smiled and said, "What kind of paintings can General Qibi send? It also made Kong Jijiu's face look so ugly."

Bai Shan was taken aback, wouldn't it be some messy painting?

He took it out and untied the rope and pulled the reel away. He pulled a third of it open at once, his eyes widened slightly, and the movements of his hands couldn't help but slow down, and the speed also slowed down.

Man Bao also saw it, his heart was beating violently, he went from the other side of the table to Bai Shan's side, reached out to hold one side of the scroll, and the couple slowly unfolded the picture scroll.

Seeing the familiar people on the scroll, the two of them held their breath in their chests, and after a while they exhaled, "It's a picture of the sage Lao Tzu."

Bai Shan blankly touched the brushstroke with his fingertips, and asked incredulously, "Is this...really?"

Man Bao was also in disbelief, swallowed and said, "Really, otherwise General Qi Bi wouldn't have given it to us so confidently?"

Bai Shan traced the brush strokes on the painting little by little, and Man Bao and Da Ji immediately put away the things on the table and let him unfold the painting on the table.

The two of them bent over and looked at it together, and the more they looked, the more amazed they became, "It seems to be true."

Bai Erlang blocked Bai Shan from drinking, but he didn't come even when everyone was confused. He was angry for a while, so he grabbed Yin or ran away, and went to the backyard to find someone together.

He came straight to the main courtyard, and seeing that the doors and windows of the study were all open, he went straight there, "The room is full of guests, you wouldn't read books at this time, would you?"

As soon as he stepped in, he saw the two of them bent over looking at the things on the table, and waved their hands without raising their heads: "Don't make a noise."

Bai Erlang and Yin or just stepped forward to look curiously.

The two of them are not ignorant of goods. Bai Erlang saw that it was a pretty good painting, so he aimed at the inscription, "Hey, Zhong Yao's picture of the sage Laozi? Is it a copy?"

Yin or hesitantly said: "It seems to be true."

Bai Erlang blinked, "Who gave it, so willing, how much does it cost to buy the real thing?"

Bai Shan straightened up, bent too long, and felt a little sore for a while, he rubbed his waist and sighed, "General Qibi sent it."

Bai Erlang: "Oh, it's no wonder he doesn't feel bad, so it's fake, right? Can General Qibi buy the real picture?"

Bai Shan's eyes lit up, "What if Kong Jijiu gave him a reference?"

Bai Erlang stopped talking.

Bai Shan gave Yin or a place, "Look."

Yin He looked at it carefully and nodded, "It's very similar to the real work, not a replica."

Man Bao also straightened his waist, pounding his back and said, "Isn't it true, if you ask Kong Jijiu, you'll know?"

Bai Shan immediately picked up the scroll and put it in the box and handed it to Da Ji to hold it. He took Man Bao and went out, "Go, find Kong Jijiu."

During the banquet, Bai Shan naturally couldn't let General Qi Bi lose face, so he just wanted to pull Kong Jijiu behind. Just do it.

It is estimated that General Qi Bi also bought it seriously.

Kong Jijiu was pulled into the study by Bai Shan and Zhou Man. As soon as the box was opened, he knew what they wanted him to see, so when the picture scroll was opened again, he sighed and asked, "Is it from General Qibi? ?"

"Yes."

Kong Jijiu looked at the painting again, and when he looked again, he couldn't help but be amazed and admired, he said, "This is a real painting."

Bai Shan's eyes lit up, and he was surprised when he saw the painting, "How did General Qibi buy such a painting?"

Man Bao was also delighted, "This kind of painting can be handed down to the family, why doesn't General Qi Bi keep it for himself?"

Kong Jijiu said with a flat face: "Because it's stupid and rich."

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Bai Shan and the others couldn't help but look at Kong's sacrificial wine, "Since the sacrificial wine can be recognized as the real product, it is obviously seen with General Qibi, why don't you buy the sacrificial wine?"

A treasured sword is given to a hero, and Meitu should also be given to those who appreciate him. This is worth the money.

Such a picture was given to Bai Shan, otherwise it would be a pearl in the hands of General Qi Bi.

Kong Jijiu said angrily, "Because I'm poor!"

Kong Jijiu may not be really poor, but General Qi Bi is really rich, especially after the expedition to the East just ended, he got a lot of loot, and he can get a lot of gold and silver by simply swapping out some luxury goods.

This picture of the sage Laozi suddenly appeared in the capital three months ago, and it was in the hands of a wealthy businessman.

Kong Jijiu followed people back and forth several times before he was convinced that it was genuine, while others were still hesitating, some people thought it was real, and some people thought it was fake.

And the rich businessman insisted that it was true. He bought it from a scholar surnamed Sima. He heard that it was from the former royal family of Sima, so he insisted on the price and refused to lower it at all.

Although Kong Jijiu was the prince's teacher and the Imperial College Supervisor, he was really poor compared to officials of the same rank.

However, he is not short of such things as food and clothing, but if he wants to buy luxury goods such as calligraphy and painting, only his salary and income from employment can be at most the same a year.

As it happens, the asking price for this picture of the sage Laozi is much higher than his annual income, so he has no money.

But the painting was not sold. He still followed people to watch it many times, and at the same time, he was also trying to buy it.

At this time, General Ashina returned from Liaodong.

Kong Jijiu and General Ashina were good friends. Although General Ashina hardly kept any spoils, the emperor would still reward him with a lot of things every time he went to battle.

Especially when he was handing over the spoils of war, imagine that if everyone went to battle together, the others would account for 30%, 30% would be given to the emperor, and 10% would be handed over to the treasury; For the soldiers below, the remaining 90% were handed over to the emperor and the treasury.

Of course, the emperor would feel sorry for him, so he would give him a large number of gifts, and of these things, General Ashina kept some of them, and the rest were all given to his soldiers.

But even if it was only a part of it, it was much more than Kong Jijiu's annual income.

So he went to the door to take General Ashina to see the painting, thinking that if he likes to buy it with money, then he can go to General Ashina to see it from time to time in the future. Money, maybe it can be bought from Ashina.

It happened that General Qibi was there, and as soon as he heard that he was going to see a painting, he immediately followed.

After arriving at the place, I just glanced at the painting and kept asking, "Is this painting beautiful?"

Kong Jijiu was too lazy to deal with such rude people.

General Ashina, who was also a military general, explained in a low voice: "The picture of the sage Laozi was painted by Zhong Yao, so it is not for the painting itself. It is only painted by Zhong Yao, and its value is not low."

The uneducated General Qi Bi asked, "Who is Zhong Yao?"

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