The River Painting was one of the top ten famous paintings in the East. It was a genre painting of the Northern Song Dynasty, and it 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 the East and even 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 Hao was studying history, he was very 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 didn't know that Yan Hao had already taken a fancy to the treasure he had just obtained, the River Map. At this moment, he was still being pursued by 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 River Map was spread out on three tables that were put together. A group of people surrounded it, their eyes burning as they clicked their tongues in wonder.
"This is the River Map? 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 the River Map.
"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 the River Map 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 thief Yan Hao. 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 Hao and the traitor saw it. The traitor directly demanded it, but the lord naturally refused. However, he was afraid of Yan Hao, so he had to give the snuff bottle to the Emperor.”
"I know about this. I also heard rumors that Yan Hao even went to the emperor and asked the emperor to give him the snuff bottle.”
"I wish I could get rid of this traitor!”
"How hateful!"
When everyone mentioned Yan Hao, their eyes were filled with righteous indignation. As a scholar, he liked to talk the most. He would scold whoever was a rice worm. If he didn't scold, 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 Hao will definitely end up like Thief Liu in the future."”
However, at this moment, a servant knocked on the door and entered.
"Master, Grand Secretary Yan Hao is outside and wants to enter the residence.”
Everyone was silent.
Yan Hao? 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 River Map!”
Everyone was shocked and then furious.
"Damn it, are they here to forcefully demand the River Map?”
"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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