Chapter 209 Xizhi's head
The courtyard of Qinyuan is here, spring is coming, and it has a bit of birds singing and flowers. The elegant courtyard is also the best place to visit the capital.
This yard has been around for a long time. Emperor Xia Gan lived here before he became the prince. Xia Gan's father also lived here when he was not the prince. It has been passed down for at least four or five generations. Although the building has been rebuilt repeatedly, the longer the scenery inside, the more elegant it becomes.
Xia Wen could give Xu Jie a yard like this, which shows that Xia Wen didn't seem to care about things outside of him. This is a good advantage for the superiors.
But Xia Wen is a literati, and can even be said to be a literati who reads well. He has a kind of self-confidence and pride that scholars have. Xia Wen's pride is different from Xia Han.
Xia Han is a kind of insecure pride, a kind of self-esteem that comes from inferiority. It can also be said that Xia Han is using self-esteem to conceal his uneasiness and inferiority in his heart.
Xia Wen's arrogance is innate, from the inner self of a literati, from the mother of the queen, and from his uncle who holds millions of soldiers. Xia Wen can look down on the world and take no one seriously. He just needs to stare at the attitude of the old emperor Xia Gan, and a large part of his actions are to win the trust of the old emperor.
If you really want to discuss Xia Wen himself, you will analyze Xia Wen himself, a literati, a person who has not suffered any setbacks, and a person who has been pampering in reading sages since childhood.
When many conditions that support Xia Wen's arrogant change, Xia Wen was a little panicked. For example, the strongest support behind Xia Wen, Li Qiming, who holds millions of soldiers, if the emperor really wants to deal with Li Qiming, how can Xia Wen not panic?
In Xia Wen's heart, if Li Qiming, who had no millions of soldiers behind him, would no longer ignore anyone. Compared with Xia Wen and Xia Han, it seemed that there would be no advantages. There were even disadvantages, because Xia Han was the King of Wu and Xia Wen was just the King of Guangyang, and there were differences in status.
Xia Wen actually cared about these things, a prince and a prince. Xia Wen thought he could not care, but how could he not care in his heart?
Politics sometimes cannot see the truth, and sometimes it is blinded by many superficial things.
Xia Wen is no longer so confident. Xia Wen is a little panicked.
So Xia Wen came out of the palace and came to Li Qiming's mansion again. Li Qiming couldn't fall!
Xu Jie returned to Beijing. After two days of busyness, Xia Rui found out that Xu Jie was back. Liang Boyong, who had entered Beijing after the New Year last year, only learned that Xu Jie had returned to Beijing a few days later.
Xia Rui came to the door with big bags and small bags, and the servants moved these big bags directly into Xu Jie's study.
Xia Rui offered treasures with Xu Jie, opened the package, and smiled while flipping through it, "Wenyuan, look at the chess and piano scores, and the lonely version of the "Shangshu" from the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Come and read it, it took me a lot of effort."
Xu Jie had already come to him and squatted on the ground to flip through it. Xia Rui's bags were all books. Xia Rui was obviously not a person who was willing to study, and would not spend money to buy books in vain. Xia Rui got so many books, so it was naturally for Xu Jie.
Xu Jie opened the isolated version of "Shangshu" from the Wei and Jin Dynasties and read it briefly. It turned out that it was quite different from the "Shangshu" I read today. At least twenty or thirty percent of the contents were different. Xu Jie sat directly on the ground and was flipping.
Xia Rui saw that Xu Jie was so concerned about the book he brought, and took out another one from his arms and said with a smile: "Wenyuan, look at this one..."
Xia Rui looked like a show-off. After more than a year of separation, Xia Rui obviously has not been idle for the past year. It is probably because he has taken a lot of effort to search for books everywhere.
Xu Jie turned his head and saw three big words on the pages of the book: Guangling San.
Xu Jie snatched it over, took it over and flipped it over. He smiled and said, "Brother Juemin is such a great skill!"
Xia Rui didn't care about Xu Jie's actions when he took the book. Instead, he heard Xu Jie's words, put his hands on his hips, stood straight, and couldn't speak as much as he could.
After Xu Jie flipped "Guangling San" again, he was a little disappointed and said, "Brother Juemin was probably cheated. This "Guangling San" is fake. The first paragraph was "The King of Qin Breaking the Formation" and the last paragraph was "The Eighteen Beats of Hu Zuo" and the last paragraph was "The Pipa Song". So they got together. This fake person is probably not even able to understand music theory, so he just excerpted it like this."
When Xia Rui heard this, he put down his hands with his hips and furious, and cursed: "Damn it, I bought a fake one for 6,000 taels of silver. The man said that he had obtained the tomb robbing himself. This thief should be killed and killed!"
Tomb robbing is a serious crime, and the serious one is to behead. This year, everyone in the capital knew that the third prince Xia Rui was buying an ancient book. Every day, people brought books to exchange for money, and naturally some people wanted to cheat some money and spend money. A copy of "Guangling San" that was faked like this would not be deceived if anyone gave a singer who could understand music theory. However, in Xia Rui's mansion, even a singer who danced and sang music was not raised, and no one could help him identify it. The six thousand taels were deceived like this.
Xu Jie smiled and said, "Brother Juemin, this lonely book of "Shangshu" is true. You have found this "Shangshu" and it is hard to exchange for money. It is even more of a great achievement to send it to the Ministry of Rites. This book can be published and sold, and it is also considered to make a lot of money. The loss of 6,000 taels can be earned back."
Hearing this, Xia Rui was less angry and went to the pile of books again, saying, "Wen Yuan, read more quickly and identify one or two. Many of them are isolated books. See if they are printed and sold, and you will get rich if they are really printed. There are also some ancient calligraphy and paintings to see if there are any fake ones."
Xu Jie put down the books in his hand and slowly looked through them. He threw some on the left and some on the right, and the piles on the left were all piled up. Xia Rui was deceived. There were also many on the right, and there were really many excellent books.
Xia Rui jumped his feet and cursed people while listening to Xu Jie's praise.
I also heard Xia Rui comfort himself: "This book is not expensive, ten taels, just fake it... Is this book true? Can this book be bought for one tael of silver?"
Liang Boyong also came to the door at this time and sat on the ground with Xu Jie and flipped through it. Liang Boyong liked such things. He also dug out some ancient copybooks, and even Wang Xizhi's "Quick Snow Shi Qing Tie", which was the size of a letter paper. It was a letter written by Wang Xizhi to someone, and it was only a few words: Xizhi paused his head, and the snow was sunny, and Jia wanted to be peaceful, but failed to achieve the consequences. Wang Xizhi paused his head and Zhang Hou of Shanyin.
However, this sentence has another explanation: Xizhi paused his head, and it was sunny when the snow was fast, and he wanted to be peaceful and kind, but failed. He was unable to succeed. Wang Xizhi paused his head, and Zhang Hou of Shanyin.
This is the trouble of reading ancient characters. There are always troubles in breaking sentences without punctuation marks. However, the meaning has not changed. It should be that what Zhang Hou of Shanyin asked Wang Xizhi to do, but Wang Xizhi did not do it for him. Or what Wang Xizhi and Zhang Hou had to do together, but the matter was not successful.
Liang Boyong looked at it for half an hour, and even found a pen and ink to write it himself.
Xu Jie had already read all the books, and saw that Liang Boyong was still looking at the letter paper, and asked, "Brother Liang, is it the original work?"
Liang Boyong looked up at the two people in front of him, then looked down at the letter paper, thought for a while, and said confidently: "It's the original, it's the original!"
Xia Rui was overjoyed when he heard this. Who is Wang Xizhi? No matter how ignorant Xia Rui was, he had heard of such a famous person. When Xia Rui bought this letter paper, he didn't spend much money, nor did he think it would be true. He just thought that the word was well written and worth a few taels of silver. At this time, he asked, "Boyong, how much is this... worth?"
Liang Boyong did not answer when he heard this, but lowered his head and thought about it again, and started writing himself.
Xu Jie smiled and said, "Brother Liang's heart, this post is probably a priceless treasure, so how can it be measured by money? If it is really sold, ten thousand gold or ten thousand gold, I'm afraid someone will want it."
Xia Rui was even more happy and smiled, "Haha, I made a lot of money, just relying on this piece of paper to make a fortune. This year, I spent more than 20,000 two silver patterns on the ground, and I thought I had lost a lot, but I didn't want to make it back ten or a hundred times. Haha..."
Unexpectedly, Liang Boyong looked nervous and waved his hands repeatedly, "I can't sell it, this post cannot be sold."
Xia Rui laughed when he heard this: "Don't worry, Boyong, how can such treasures be sold? They are all given to Wenyuan. Wenyuan is not short of money, but he can be used as heirlooms. Anyone who knows that Wenyuan has the original works of Wang Xizhi will be extremely envious."
Xu Jie looked up at Xia Rui after hearing this!
Liang Boyong also looked up at Xia Rui! He also looked at Xu Jie, with envy on his face.
Xia Rui was a little embarrassed by Xu Jie's view, and his smile stopped, but he quickly laughed out loud: "Wenyuan, I'm free, I know you like to buy books, so I searched for some everywhere, which is also lucky."
Xu Jie nodded when he heard this, but he was still thinking in his heart that if there was no "Quick Snow Shiqing Tie", it would be okay to receive these books. Xu Jie would find a way to repay the favors elsewhere. But with this post, Xu Jie couldn't help but think about it. The priceless treasure, tens of thousands of gold and tens of thousands of gold, was the price of 100,000 taels of silver. I don't know how many people are rushing to it.
Should this thing be collected or not?
Xia Rui already knew that this was a priceless treasure and did not hesitate to send it out. Xu Jie was even hesitant about this matter.
Sometimes, things are small things within friendship. Anything that goes beyond friendship will always bring some embarrassment.
Xia Rui seemed to notice something was wrong with Xu Jie, and hesitated. He spoke again and said, "Wenyuan, I have never been ignorant. It is useless to keep this thing in my hands. It's just right for you."
Xu Jie finally nodded, stood up and smiled, "Brother Juemin's treasure is so disrespectful. However, I am not good at calligraphy. Brother Boyong likes these things, so how about giving it to Brother Boyong?"
When Xia Rui heard Xu Jie accept it, he felt at ease and nodded and said, "The things are yours, you can give them to anyone. These books are all good things. I will ask someone to help Wen Yuan build a good bookshelf, and they all exist in this study."
Xia Rui was a little too enthusiastic. Xu Jie could feel it, but he didn't say much.
Liang Boyong heard that Xu Jie wanted to give him "Quick Snow Shiqing Tie" to him. He was very surprised at first, and then quickly said: "I am ashamed of such a tribute, I am ashamed of being aware of it, and I am ashamed of being aware of it, and I am indeed afraid to accept it... Wen Yuan... I... I borrow it back and take it back to you for a few days."
Liang Boyong liked this post, but he wanted it, but he didn't dare to ask for it, but he was still reluctant to let it go. It was a better way to borrow it for a few days in the end.
Xu Jie smiled but didn't answer, and he took it as he was casual. He just asked someone to prepare wine when he went out.
Xu Jie knew this truth without politeness and request. Not to mention this post, just saying that the books on the ground are not a small number. This one that took more than a year to think about is not a small gift. I just don’t know what Xia Rui wants. Is it the throne? Or what?
Chapter completed!