"The Six Great Masters of the Republic of China, Wu Hufan, Zhang Boju, and Sun Yingzhou have already been settled, and then there are still Pang Yuanji, Wang Yiqian, and finally Zhang Congyu."

Wen Yiming put down the information and studied Zhang Congyu's information with his pen. Pang Yuanji and Wang Yiqian later moved overseas and avoided the persecution, but they were temporarily out of reach. Speaking of Zhang Congyu, he immediately remembered another person, Tan Jing!

Needless to say, Tan Jing was the largest counterfeiter of cultural relics in the Republic of China. Fatty Fei fell into the hands of the other party last time. But the reason why Tan Jing quickly became a collector at sea back then was mainly because Zhang Congyu helped him and used his childhood friend's relationship to seize many old collections of the Zhang family.

Zhang Congyu's grandfather Zhang Shiming passed away and his family was divided three years later. As the only son of the fourth wife, Zhang Congyu instantly received 2 million. That year, he was only 18 years old. The 2 million at that time, its purchasing power was equivalent to 20 billion now!

At that time, the family included many servants. The daily food cost only two yuan, but they ate chicken, duck, fish and meat. 2 million yuan was a huge inheritance. Therefore, Zhang Congyu became a famous young man in Shanghai and lived a life of debauchery.

When he was young, he enjoyed all the luxury of the world, spreading his way through the foreign market every day, with bright lights and wine, singing and dancing, and spending money like soil. The most unfortunate thing is that he has a bad hobby, gambling, and most famously lost the entire Big World Club in one night!

Some of the assets were gambled, some were unsatisfied with the loss of money when they were unsatisfied in the transaction, and gradually they were unable to make ends meet, and calligraphy and painting could only be mortgaged to Tan Jing. In 1947, the 2 million inheritance was almost exhausted, and the inheritance was huge, and it was probably a situation where the prodigal son had been tossed for less than 15 years.

Later, Tan Jing coaxed and deceived him, using the calligraphy and paintings hidden by the Zhang family to find Tang An as a fake. Who is Tang An? How could he really listen to the command of the outsider Tan Jing?

Tang An, who was over 20 years older than Tan Jing, was good at calligraphy and painting in gold and stone. He was notorious for counterfeiting seal carvings by famous masters of all dynasties. The first fake painting he created for Tan Jing was Zhao Mengfu's "Shuangsong Pingyuan Picture" collected by Tan Jing, which was on the eve of the Dragon Boat Festival.

The counterfeiting workshop is located at No. 2, Lane 175, Yueyang Road. It is Tan Jing’s old-style garden villa. The ones you usually enter and exit are on the back door of Yongjia Road. Tan Jing keeps this very confidential and doesn’t even allow Zhang Congyu to see it.

Xu An, one of the gangs, is Zhang Congyu's aunt and the wife of Uncle Zhang, the king of coins. Xu An is a collection of ancient coins and calligraphy and paintings, and is also a good friend of Zhang Congyu.

Xu An’s family collects various ancient seals and often provides some old ink paste, high-quality brushes and old paper and silk for Tang An. The copied old paper and cotton silk materials are also old items bought from the Beijing Glazing Factory at a high price.”

Tang An, the organizer of the fraud gang, died the earliest. According to Chen Ju, Tang An suffered from a strange disease in his later years. Even in June, he still had to cover himself with a thick quilt and heat it with hot water.

He died of illness in his hometown in Jiangsu and Zhejiang in 1963. After the body was sent to the morgue, he actually recovered in the middle of the night, shouting loudly, and finally died with his eyes open, as if he had any wish that he had not fulfilled.

The next day, he took advantage of the victory and set out to Tang'an's hometown Jiaxing. According to the information, Tang'an has a daughter. I don't know if she is here after decades?"

"Miss Tang? He has died long ago!"

Wen Yiming arrived at the old Tang family house and was very devastated. After inquiring, he found out that later generations died decades ago and now no one lives there, so they are under the care of a distant uncle.

After taking the six million yuan, after inspection, I finally found clues in the pigpen in the backyard and dug out the buried treasure chest.

"Yan Zhenqing's Zhushan Hall couplet!"

"Song Huizong's Green Bamboo Two Birds Picture!"

"Zeng Gong's post on the letter!"

Wen Yiming was extremely excited. There was actually Yan Zhenqing’s original work, which was invincible!

Yan Zhenqing was exquisite in calligraphy, good at running and regular script, and was known as the four masters of regular script along with Zhao Mengfu, Liu Gongquan and Ouyang Xun. He was also known as Yan Liu and Yan Jin Liu Gu.

"There are also Zeng Gong's hand scrolls, at least a thousand words. Last year, Wang Zhongjun from Huayi Brothers only bought a note of 124 words. I wonder if he would regret it?"

The Book of Jushi is the only handed down-to-earth memorial of the Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties. It was written to fellow villagers at the age of 62. It has a total of 124 words. It has been collected by many celebrities in history and has been verified and recorded by Xu Bangda.

On November 22, 2009, Zeng Gong's incident was sold for 108 million yuan, breaking the domestic record of Chinese calligraphy auctions.

On May 15, 2016, as the most popular item in the Jiade Spring Auction, it was put on auction again. In the end, Wang Zhongjun earned it for a transaction price of 207 million yuan. There were 124 words in total, each word counted to exceed 1.2 million, which is truly a thousand gold medal for a word!

Wen Yiming laughed. If Wang Zhongjun saw this long scroll worth thousands of words, he would definitely regret it! However, this is Zeng Gong's only surviving hand scroll, and he must have entered the museum and would not be sold.

"I guessed it right. The old fox used his high imitation to deceive Tan Jing without knowing it. On the surface, he was a collusion, but in fact he was a dog biting a dog!"

Wen Yiming put down the ancient paintings and took out three red sandalwood seal boxes from the bottom of the box. It was very heavy. He opened seventy or eighty seals. This must have been the work of Hu Jing imitating famous masters of all dynasties back then.

The accuracy of the Hu Jing's seals is not only the same as photography, but also has both virtual and real, and the spirit is revealed. The zinc plate is also good at making zinc plates, which is enough to compete with the island country's zinc plates. During that period, it has imitated seals of hundreds of square meters, from famous people in the Song and Yuan dynasties to public and private seals throughout the ages. Moreover, the old atmosphere of calligraphy, painting and seals and paper and silk can be realistic.

The scroll of Zhao Yuan's "Sending Guests in Qingchuan" imitated by Tang An, who wanted to sell it to the Forbidden City, the guest of the academy wrote a note for Zhang Congyu, asking him not to speak during the appraisal.

But the original was originally his collection. He knew it was imitation of Tan Jing. As the leader of the Cultural Relics Department of the State Administration of Cultural Relics, how could he not speak? He said that the fake was not allowed to enter the Forbidden City.

The imitation painting was Xu Zhengbai. He created ancient paintings of all dynasties, and no one could tell. He was a master and a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts.

The copy was Zheng Zhuyou, who had been working with Xu Zhengbai for a long time to imitate ancient paintings, mixed in collections of Jianghu, and finally entered the Forbidden City to repair ancient paintings.

Later, Tan Jing owed his salary, and Xu Zhengbai was furious and left, and the person who succeeded him was Jin Zhongyu. He passed down his family skills and specialized in copying calligraphy and paintings to replace the originals for exhibition and collection. Later, he also went to work in the Forbidden City.

Zhan Ziqian's "On Spring Outing" and Zhang Zeduan's "On the River During the Qingming Festival" exhibited in the Forbidden City are all replicas made by Zheng Zhuyou and Jin Zhongyu.

Wen Yiming smiled bitterly after reading it, "I'm afraid that the hooligans are educated. No wonder Tan Jingfang has been the highest level in history. Everyone is recruited by the Forbidden City. It's awesome!"

Just like the top hacker, even if he is caught by the state, he is still a scarce talent. He doesn’t have to go to jail, just help with things. He transforms himself into a gorgeous and beautiful civil servant.

Wen Yiming returned to the capital with his treasures. He is worthy of being a collection of everyone. He is basically a treasure of the Song and Yuan dynasties and important national treasures. All of them must be collected in Mingyuanzhai. Only twenty or thirty calligraphy can be photographed, and they are also masterpieces of famous masters of the Ming and Qing dynasties. Hu Jianmin alone chose seven or eight pieces.

After a few days of busyness, everyone rested. Today, I had a rare opportunity to play with Xiao Jin Xiaobai at home. Liu Datong came in and whispered: "Sir, news comes from the treasure hunting. Someone is interested in Bian Que's magic needle!"
Chapter completed!