Chapter 1156 (1/2)
In the bookshop, a young scholar was standing in front of the dark red painted counter, talking to the clerk in the bookshop.
The man was embarrassed and said, ”childe, the boss is not here. I really can't be the master Why don't you wait here for a moment, young master
The scholar appeared to be in his twenties. He was dressed in a blue color that was a little white after washing. He held several volumes of books with blue cover in his hand. He went to the assistant and said eagerly, ”little brother, my father is seriously ill. The family is waiting for money, so I have to exchange this family treasure for money.”
The clerk hesitated for a moment, then turned through one of the books, gritted his teeth and said: ”young master, the boss is not here. I really dare not make decisions. Why don't you give me another two liang silver?”
The scholar frowned and said, ”little brother, this is an ancient book of the previous dynasty. It's a hundred years old book. It's too much for three Liang silver.”
The scholar's face was tangled. At this time, Fu Yunyan suddenly said, ”this childe, are you a set of books called” array Ji ”
Fu's eyes are shining.
”Battle records” is a set of military books about selection, training and combat. Although it is not as famous as ”the art of war of Sun Tzu”, ”the art of war of Sun Bin” and ”Taibai Yinjing”, it is also a very rare set of military books. Because the author of the book was a guerrilla General of the former dynasty, experienced many battles and witnessed the situation of the battlefield, the book is more practical and reasonable.
The scholar followed the sound and said to Fu Yunyan eagerly, ”girl, are you interested in this set of military books?”
Fu Yunyan nodded slightly and said, ”can you lend me a look?”
The scholar handed one of the books to Fu Yunyan, who turned over a page and murmured to him: -- If the enemy is long, he will be intercepted; if he is disorderly, he will be confused; if he is thin, he will be attacked; if he doubts, he will be taken; if he is sparse, he will attack; if he retreats, he will not know where he is guarding; if he advances, he will not know what he is attacking. It's really the battle record! And there are notes... ”
Fu Yunyan turned a few more pages, and her face was filled with excitement.
The scholar explained in a hurry: ”this note was written by the great general of the former dynasty, he Lianrui. The military book is also copied by the general himself. It is a hundred year old book!” After a pause, he continued, ”what do you think of the girl?”
Fu Yunyan closed the book and thought: This is really an unexpected harvest.
She rubbed the cover of the book carefully. Just as she was about to answer the question, the clerk said in a sweat: ”young master, didn't you say you want to sell this set of books to our shop?” Once this set of ancient books changes hands, it can be several times the value! As long as the boss gives him a small change, he won't have to worry about food and clothing this year.
The more he thought about it, the more eager he was. He said, ”young master, do you mean fifty liang? I'm going to get the money
Fu Yunyan frowned slightly. He thought that the man was really unsophisticated. He had planned to suppress other people's prices before. When he saw that he was also interested, he turned to plunder.
The scholar's eyes slipped around, anxiously looked at Fu Yunyan and asked, ”I don't know, girl...” He looked at Fu Yunyan expectantly.
Fu Yunyan blinked, his face a little strange. Isn't this scholar going to start the price?!
At this time, another scholar with a blue straight breast came in. He was slightly surprised when he saw Baihui in the bookshop. After a pause, he stepped into the bookshop. He was about to avoid reading, but his eyes fell on the several ”battle records”.
The elder brother Fei Li is about to give me a look at the book
Fu Yunyan was stunned and handed the book to Xiao Fei: ”a Fei, if you like it, how about I buy it for you?”
Xiao Fei did not speak with a smile. As soon as she opened the book, she could smell a familiar smell of books. The color of the yellow paper was much lighter than that of the new ink. From the clear handwriting, it seemed to be able to feel the weight and strength of the writer's writing and the speed and speed of writing. This book is indeed hand copied, not printed
Xiao Fei's mouth hook out a faint smile, but in the eyes there is a trace of sharpness.
Nangong Yue and Fu Yunyan both felt something was wrong and raised their eyebrows slightly.
”Liu Niang, this ancient book is a copy.” Xiao Fei said definitely.
Ye Yinming slightly raised his eyebrows and looked at Xiao Fei unexpectedly. He stepped back and looked at him with interest.
The scholar's pupils shrank, his voice raised, and he said in a sharp voice, ”girl, if you don't want to buy this ancient book, you can't spit out blood!” He looked indignant and tried to grab the book in Xiao Fei's hand.
Also need not Fu Yunyan hand, Baihui has a pinch that scholar's wrist, cold voice way: ”wanton!”
Baihui half squint eyes, just so looking at the scholar, released a kind of not angry from the prestige momentum.
”Diao Fu, let go of Xiaosheng The scholar exclaimed.
The man looked at the scholar and nangongyue. He felt that many passers-by looked at him curiously. He was a little nervous and said, ”you have something to say!”
The man was in a cold sweat, thinking: is this ancient book really fake? If the girl didn't see the flaw, she would be dead if the boss came back and found that she had collected forged ancient books!Think about it, man. It's a little scary.
Nangong Yue gave Baihui a look, and Baihui let go of the scholar. The scholar rubbed his wrist with pain, especially without introspection. He yelled: ”I want to take back my book, why not?”
”Because of you Xiao Fei looked at it coldly, opened one of the pages, pointed to the yellowing pages, and said, ”the forgery of ancient books is different from that of painting and calligraphy. The identification of calligraphy and painting is more complicated. By comparison, ancient books are easier to identify. Although you dye the paper yellow, lighten the ink, and put vanilla in order to make it old, you make the paper fragrant with books... ”
”Vanilla?”
Facing Fu Yunyan's puzzled eyes, Xiao Fei explained: ”Yun vanilla originally has no fragrance, but once it is dried, it will emit a fragrance. If it is sandwiched in a book, it can prevent beetles from biting the book. Its fragrance is also called” Book fragrance ”. In order to preserve the ancient books, we usually put the vanilla in the pages of the books. After opening, it will naturally be fragrant
After a pause, Xiao Fei continued to say to the scholar: ”this childe, although you have tried your best, you have forgotten that the ancient books are yellow because of their age. Generally, the edge of the pages is dark, and the inside of the pages is light, rather than evenly yellow and dark.”
But the so-called ”ancient book” pages are deliberately old dyed paper, so the inside and outside are yellow and dark.
Xiao Fei explained it clearly, even the assistant on the other side understood it. Recalling the ancient books she had seen before, she nodded frequently. There was a trace of respect in the eyes of Xiao Fei, but the look at the scholar was disgusted and disdained.
Nangong Yue looked at the scholar's right hand and said in a voice, ”look at the cocoon on your right hand. You should also be a scholar, but you have done such a disgraceful thing!”
The scholar was already sweating. He stepped back several steps and faltered: ”little Xiaosheng is also deceived by adulterers. ”
If you are cheated, you will deceive others! Fu Yunyan shook his head and disdained to rebuke: ”such character, is to win the Jinshi how!”
The man nodded indignantly: ”girl, what you said is that such swindlers should send officials!”
Hearing the official delivery, the scholar turned pale with fright, and his face was wet with cold sweat. He did not care about his books and ran away.
Fu Yunyan is trying to chase, but Xiao Fei stopped: ”Liu Niang, don't chase.”
Fu Yunyan looked at Xiao Fei in dismay, and saw Xiao Fei lowering her head thoughtfully: ”this man should be from Qingmao academy, right?”
Along with Xiao Fei's eyes, Fu Yunyan found that the scholar had lost a blue handkerchief on the ground, and the two characters ”Qingmao” were embroidered on the pad.
Nangongyue motioned to Baihui to pick up the handkerchief, and then said, ”I'll send someone to Qingmao academy to talk about this matter with the mountain leader later, and I'll leave the rest to the mountain master.”
The man said thanks to Nangong Yue: ”two girls, and this lady, thank you very much today. Otherwise, I will have a bad day!”
Fu Yunyan looked at the man with a smile. He felt guilty. He said with a smile, ”do you want to go into the shop and have a look at it? I'll give you a little cheaper.” He said in a low voice.
Nangong Yue several people also did not dispute with him, since all came, simply walked in the bookshop.
Ye Yinming was very surprised to witness this scene. Unexpectedly, the girl was so well-informed at a young age. When he saw Baihui, he guessed that the young lady should be the princess of the royal family, and the girl, together with the princess, was dressed in luxurious clothes. Judging by her age, was it the eldest girl in the palace?
Ye Yinming narrowed his eyes slightly and could not help thinking.
After picking the book and leaving the bookshop, nangongyue learned from Baihui that ye Yinming was also there.
Nangongyue once met Ye Yinming in the Yellow Crane Tower, but she did not remember it for a long time. Now when she heard Baihui mention it, she had some impression. Ye Yinming, who won the gold medal in his previous life, should have been a talented person. However, if you look at the elder brother, you may not be worthy of deep friendship, so she will not pay attention to it.
At this time, it was not early, and they took the carriage and set foot on the journey home.
The carriage went back to Bixiao hall from the gate of East Street. When the three of nangongyue got off the carriage, they saw magpie waiting at the gate of Dongyi.