"Hahaha..." The fourth cousin laughed: "Quickly forward, fast forward, it is actually not bad to be able to bring Jiang Zhaohe's two important scrolls back to Manzhou. I will give you a credit! Now that you have returned to Long, you can look forward to Shu.

It’s really a bit embarrassing.”

"You look down on people." Zhou Zhi said with a smile: "The box will be opened in a while, and you will be shocked!"

"Hehehe..." The fourth cousin obviously didn't believe it: "Then I'll wait."

When he came to the study, Zhou Zhi pushed his fourth aunt's wheelchair in front of the big desk, closed the flower door of the pavilion, turned on the big light when his fourth cousin was painting and writing, and said solemnly: "Here we come.

…”

The fourth aunt smiled in a low voice and said, "I've never seen elbows do this before. It seems like they really got something good?"

Zhou Zhi took out the old papers and put them aside. He took out the package that had been opened before and said to Fei Guan, "Uncle Fei, give me a hand."

Although the scroll was very broken, only two fragments were placed on it, and the fourth cousin and aunt looked at each other with expressions of disbelief.

"This is Chengxintang paper!"

Fei Guan's white-gloved hand immediately gave a thumbs up: "Expert!"

Zhou Zhi pointed to the pile of papers he had just taken out: "There's a pile over there."

"What?!"

The fourth cousin was so shocked that he didn't pay attention just now, thinking that those were the waste papers used by Zhou Zhi to fill the boxes. He quickly turned around and turned over the papers. Then he put on his glasses and took out the magnifying glass to study.

After a while, he handed the three pieces of paper to the desk in front of his fourth aunt: "Ruizhi, look..."

The fourth aunt was handicapped, but she had good vision: "Well, the Dharma book from Xiucheng in the Southern Tang Dynasty is probably more important."

The fourth cousin didn't say much, took out a pair of gloves and put them on, and then started working with Zhou Zhi Fei Guan.

This time of putting it together made Zhou Zhi feel a little scared: "It feels a little more broken than the previous one. If this thing is not repaired in the future, I'm afraid I won't dare to open it again."

This scroll is actually quite long. The length of my fourth cousin's desk is a bit shorter than that in Gongmei's calligraphy and painting studio. The last section is spliced ​​on the ground.

But the content is enough to make the fourth cousin and fourth aunt shake their hearts. In addition to Shi Yannian's "Caibiyi Poem", the remaining Ouyang Xiu, Su Mai, Yue Ke, Cai Jing, Song Huizong, as well as Ouyang Xiu's descendants, the great scholar Ouyang of the Yuan Dynasty

Xuan's inscriptions and postscripts are also priceless treasures.

"This... these are all authentic works!" The fourth aunt frowned in pain, her fingers pointing at the scroll were trembling: "How could it be ruined like this?!"

"Ruizhi, don't be anxious." The fourth cousin said, "You have to check the authenticity carefully, even if it is written on Chengxintang paper."

The fourth aunt pointed to the calligraphy of Song Huizong, Cai Jing, and Ouyang Xiu: "I am afraid that no one in the world can imitate the calligraphy of these three people so well at the same time."

"Yes." Fei Guan said quickly: "Mr. Zhang from Gongmei and Xugong said the same thing."

"According to historical records, Shi Jie, Ouyang Xiu, and Mei Yaochen all praised Shi Yannian's poetry and calligraphy a lot, but no one has ever seen the original work."

"Now it seems that he can indeed be called a master. The calligraphy is vivid, bold and ups and downs, and the sadness, loneliness and anger are contained in the pen, and only the long edge comes out, which is exactly what Bai Letian's poem said."

"The silver bottle bursts, water bursts out, and the cavalry shoots out with swords and guns!"

"Exactly! It's very similar to the "Chu Shi Biao" written by Yue Fei, and his writing skills are even more brilliant."

"So this is an authentic work?"

"Well, in fact, in addition to paper, ink, seal, and calligraphy, historical records include Ouyang Xiu mentioning that Shi Yannian used Chengxintang paper to make books for him. Judging from the time of creation, the author's calligraphy state of mind was also very consistent with the situation at that time.

"

"Oh? What's the meaning of this?" Zhou Zhi suddenly became excited again.

"Let's take a look at Ouyang Xiu's calligraphy first." The fourth cousin said: "Ouyang Xiu's calligraphy features are very obvious, and his inscriptions and postscripts should be the closest to the time of Shi Manqing's creation."

"Come here, the last sentence - the poem, Man Qing's love in life, has been hidden until now. It is called Sanjue, and it is also a true treasure of the family. In the sixth month of the lunar month, Ouyang Xiu, the young master of the prince, returned to Liuyiju."

"Elbow, go get the "Zi Zhi Tong Jian Chang Bian", the part from the third year of Xining."

Zhou Zhi turned around and searched on the bookshelf, took out the "Changbian" and found the part related to Ouyang Xiu's historical records of the third year of Xining: "The fourth cousin, in the third year of Xining, ordered to remove him from the school as the chief security officer, Xuanhui Nan

Ouyang Xiu refused to accept the post of envoy of the Academy, and changed his name to Caizhou."

"Also starting from this year, Ouyang will change his number to Liuyi Jushi." Zhou Zhi's tone was full of admiration.

"That's because I remembered it wrong." The fourth cousin said, "Look at four years."

Zhou Zhi turned over a few pages and couldn't help but marvel at the meticulousness of his fourth cousin's reading: "Ah, here, in the fourth year of Xining, in June Jiazi, except for the prince's young master, he lived in Yingzhou. In June Jiazi, the time is also right.

."

The fourth cousin pointed to the word "Fuguan" left by Ouyang Xiu on the post: "Then the year when Ouyang Xiu's postscript was written can basically be determined - this was when Ouyang Xiu completely left the political stage and read the calligraphy of his deceased friend.

, and the words left behind.”

After finishing speaking, he pointed to Shi Yannian's handwriting: "Together with this, they should be created at two key nodes in Ouyang Xiu's political life."

"How can this be deduced?"

"From the lives of Ouyang Xiu and Shi Yannian, plus the calligraphy style of this calligraphy."

"Ouyang Xiu returned to Beijing for the first time in the first year of Jingyou. He held an examination for the Bachelor's College and was awarded the title of Xuandelang. He returned to Beijing to serve as a collation of pavilions and pavilions, and participated in the compilation of the "General Catalog of Chongwen"."

"Then in the third year of Jingyou, that is, 1036, he was demoted to the magistrate of Yiling County for participating in Fan Zhongyan's political reforms."

"In the first year of Kangding, that is, 1040, he was recalled to the capital and resumed his duties as a collation and compilation of the Chongwen General Catalog. Later, he was ordered to inform the Admonition Court."

"In the third year of Qingli, that is, 1043, he took up the post of Youzhengyan and Zhizhigao. He participated in the Qingli New Deal, but was defeated again."

"This calligraphy by Shi Manqing must be a masterpiece, so it must be a work after middle age." Zhou Zhi added, and took down the "History of the Song Dynasty" from the bookshelf: "In the second year of Kangding, Renzong of the Song Dynasty, which is 1041, Shi Yannian

He died in Bianjing at the age of forty-seven."

"That's right." The fourth cousin said: "Therefore, the friendship between Ouyang Xiu and Shi Yannian should have only started to deepen after the first year of Jingyou. At that time, Ouyang Xiu had just entered the capital. It was impossible to get a reward from Renzong just because of his literary name."

"But it was different the second time I entered the capital. The first time I participated in editing, and the second time I was the editor-in-chief. I also learned about the important position of the Admonition Court. This was the position where the emperor of the Song Dynasty placed future prime ministers. This time I got the title of Chengxintang."

Reward, then it is reasonable."

"So Shi Manqing's help in writing poems for Ouyang can only happen in the two years of 1040 and 1041."

"And just in the past two years, a big event happened."

"Yuan Hao invaded! Haoshuichuan was defeated!" This is one of the distant backgrounds of Zhou Zhi's history, and of course he knew it very well.
Chapter completed!