Along the River During the Qingming Festival was one of the top ten famous paintings of the Celestial Dynasty. It was a genre painting of the Northern Song Dynasty and was the only masterpiece that the Northern Song Dynasty painter Zhang Zeduan had seen.
The picture was 25.2 cm wide and 528.7 cm long. It was painted on silk. In the form of a long scroll, the work used the scattered point perspective composition method to vividly record the appearance of the city of Bianjing in the Northern Song Dynasty in the 12th century and the living conditions of the people of all social classes at that time. It was the testimony of Bianjing's prosperity back then, and also the reflection of the Northern Song Dynasty's economic situation.
This was unique in the history of painting in China and even in the world. In the five-meter-long painting scroll, there were a large number of people of all colors, cattle, mules, donkeys, and other livestock, cars, sedan chairs, ships of all sizes, houses, bridges, towers, and so on. They all had their own characteristics, reflecting the characteristics of the Song Dynasty architecture, which had very high historical and artistic value.
When Yan Song was studying history, he was extremely curious about this painting.
At this moment, he actually heard that the painting had run into the hands of Minister Wang Zhezhai.
Wang Zhezhai naturally did not know that the treasure he had just obtained, Along the River During the Qingming Festival, had already caught Yan Song's eye. At this moment, he was still floating in the air under the pursuit of everyone.
That night, many officials came to Wang Zhezhai's residence. They often interacted with each other and could be considered good friends. Of course, most of them were from the Qi Party. However, Wang Zhezhai did not have any bad feelings towards the Qi Party. Instead, he was the beneficiary of the Qi Party. Because of the Qi Party, he could study in poverty. Then, with the support of the Qi Party, he could pass the imperial examination smoothly and become a councilor under the protection of the Qi Party.
On this day, Wang Zhezhai's residence was bustling with activity.
The Along the River During the Qingming Festival was spread out on three tables that had been pieced together. A group of people surrounded it, their gazes burning as they clicked their tongues in wonder.
"This is Along the River During the Qingming Festival? As expected of a legendary treasure!”
"The distance between the city walls, the bridges, the houses, the grass, the trees, the size of the cattle, donkeys, and camels, as well as the people who live there, the order of the boats and carriages, all of them are so beautiful that it's impossible to count them…”
"Heavens, this painting is too rich. It's grand, the composition is rigorous, and the strokes are meticulous. It's really worthy of being a famous painting!”
The more they looked at it, the more they liked it. They couldn't help but feel envious and a little jealous that Wang Zhezhai had been lucky enough to get this painting.
"Alright, alright, stop looking." Wang Zhezhai saw that everyone's eyes were red and quickly put away Along the River During the Qingming Festival.
"Let's see…"
"Yeah, it's not satisfying at all."
"If you don't share good things, you won't be a child!”
Under the pleas of the crowd, Wang Zhezhai had no choice but to show them for another hour before reluctantly putting it away.
Everyone sighed.
"After reading Along the River During the Qingming Festival today, I suddenly feel that the precious paintings in my house are simply too bad.”
"That's right. There's no way to compare.”
Suddenly, a person suddenly said,"Lord Wang, you must be careful of that dog thief Yan Song. He is a well-known antique collector in the capital. His methods are extremely rough and he likes to forcefully take other people's antiques."”
Another person shouted," Yes, I remember now. Last time, a certain lord in the imperial court had a very beautiful snuff bottle. He happened to see Yan Song's traitor and the traitor directly demanded it. The lord naturally refused, but he was afraid of Yan Song, so he had to give the snuff bottle to the Emperor.”
"I know about this. I also heard rumors that Yan Song's traitor even went to the emperor and asked the emperor to give him the snuff bottle.”
"I wish I could get rid of this traitor to clear the Ming Dynasty!”
"How hateful!"
When everyone mentioned Yan Song, their eyes were filled with righteous indignation. As a scholar, he liked to talk the most. He would scold whoever was a traitor. If he didn't scold them, he would be a bad person.
Wang Zhezhai sneered." Such a traitor will certainly die a horrible death. Think about Liu Jin. He was in a high position and had immense power. He was even called the 'new emperor.' Didn't he end up badly? He died by a thousand cuts, and his feet were cut 3357 times!”
"Lord Wang is right. Yan Song will definitely end up like Liu in the future."”
However, at this moment, a servant knocked on the door and entered.
"Old Master, Grand Secretary Yan Song is outside and wants to enter the residence.”
Everyone was silent.
Yan Song? Why was he here?
One of them sneered." Hmph, Thief Yan must have some unspeakable secret since he came here. I want to see what he wants to do!"”
"Maybe it's for the 'Along the River During the Qingming Festival'!”
Everyone was shocked and then furious.
"Damn it, could it be that they are here to forcefully demand the Along the River During the Qingming Festival?”
"If this treasure falls into the hands of Thief Yan, how can it be no different from casting pearls before swine and insulting this treasure?”
"Yes, he definitely can't take it away!”
"Lord Wang, call him in. Let us see how he dares to snatch it!”
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(The words on the car are relatively short, so I'll show them to everyone first.)
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