This auction, in addition to local people in the capital, also attracted some wealthy families from other places. They also wanted to participate in this so-called auction and see what it was like.
Of course, the most important thing is that many people want to see and get Chen Yi's calligraphy to see what the calligraphy of the man who was called the first Ming calligrapher by the emperor looks like.
Chen Yi took a carriage and came to the jade shop. Lu Zigang was waiting for him in the workshop. After seeing him, he couldn't help but smile and said: "Xiao Yi, why haven't I seen the girl from Wang Shangshu's family recently? She usually But I will come to see you from time to time."
Chen Yi shook his head helplessly, "Uncle Lu, I have already said that we are already married at home, so let that girl go with the wind."
"Haha, it's common for men to have three wives and four concubines. What are you worried about? I think that girl Qingyuan is quite good. She is knowledgeable and courteous. She is also the Minister of Rites. She is the daughter of a bachelor. She must have a very good tutor." Lu Zigang reluctantly said Chen Yi couldn't help but tease him.
When Chen Yilai came to learn the Kunwu Sword from him, Wang Qingyuan also came several times, but Chen Yi avoided meeting him and was sent away by him.
"Uncle Lu, if you had the love of your life, you wouldn't say that." Chen Yi said slowly.
Hearing Chen Yi's words, Lu Zigang suddenly fell silent, and finally sighed softly, looking a little downcast.
Chen Yi verified the information and couldn't help but shook his head, "Uncle Lu, did I say the wrong thing?"
"Oh. Xiaoyi, your words just remind me of the past. You may be a little confused about the fact that I have not married a wife yet. As you said, if you have the one you love for your life, you will not think about others. The same goes for women like me" Then, Lu Zigang told him what happened when he was young.
His story is probably the same as that of He Wenzhi. It was just less painful than He Wenzhi's. After all, He Wenzhi's wife was traveling with him. Accidentally fell off a cliff and died.
"But Lu Zigang's wife was seriously ill. When talking about this experience, Lu Zigang's face It also showed deep happiness.
After the death of his wife, Lu Zigang devoted all his energy to jade carving. He studied carving day and night. Coupled with his talent, he became a world-famous jade carving master.
"Uncle Lu, I'm sorry for reminding you of sad things." Chen Yi said apologetically, after seeing Lu Zigang's current age. Still alone, he had some guesses about what was happening now. The difference from his guess was not very big.
Lu Zigang shook his head and smiled, "This incident has been accumulating in my heart for a long time. Telling you now makes me feel a lot more relaxed. Okay, let's start learning the Kunwu Sword. But that girl Qingyuan is really nice."
"Uncle Lu, you" After hearing Lu Zigang's last words, Chen Yi rubbed his forehead and said with a wry smile.
"Haha, I won't tease you anymore. Let's go. Let's go to the workshop to study. Oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you that I have finished carving some of the jade articles that the emperor asked me to carve and will deliver them to the palace tomorrow. , So, I can’t teach you Kunwu Dao this morning.”
Seeing Chen Yi's face, Lu Zigang laughed loudly, then seemed to think of something and couldn't help but speak.
"Oh, I'll go to the palace tomorrow, Uncle Lu, how about I go with you." Chen Yi was not too surprised. When he was teaching him the secret skills of Kunwu sword these days, Lu Zigang was in the process of carving these jade articles. taught.
After all, after learning the basic skills, the rest is to learn other skills and achieve mastery by carving a complete jade article.
"You go too, I guess the father-in-law in the palace won't agree" Lu Zigang thought for a while and said with some embarrassment. He raised his head and immediately saw the token in Chen Yi's hand, and immediately smiled, "I forgot Now that you have the token granted by the emperor, you can enter and leave the palace at any time. Well, we will go to see the emperor together tomorrow."
Chen Yi smiled and nodded. He and Lu Zigang were friends, and many people knew about it. Emperor Wanli was probably the same. This time he wanted to go to the palace with Lu Zigang. Naturally, he wanted to explain to Emperor Wanli that the two of them The relationship between people as friends means that this is my friend, and you should take care of me from now on.
He doesn’t know whether this world will continue to move forward or stand still after he leaves this world, so he must be prepared for everything.
With his current fame and status, even if Lu Zigang does something to anger Emperor Wanli in the future, Emperor Wanli will still look at the monks instead of the Buddha.
Next, he followed Lu Zigang into the workshop and continued the Kunwu knife practice.At the first auction after the official opening of Xinglong Auction House, Lu Zigang will also have two jade items up for auction, one is a jade plaque, and the other is a slightly larger item.
Although Lu Zigang is not short of money now, he is also somewhat interested in this new thing in the auction. He wants to see what kind of price the jade he carved can get at the auction. In addition, In addition, he also wanted to make some contribution to Chen Yi's Xinglong Auction House.
???????????????????????????????????????????????????????? off out of the jade shop, took a carriage, came to the palace, looked at some cultural relics and treasures, and absorbed some appraisal points.
In the past few days, he viewed many rare treasures and rare ancient books in the palace, and obtained nearly 300,000 identification points, and these treasures and ancient books were only a small part of the entire palace collection. That’s all.
Chen Yi didn’t take any time out, he just went to watch some of them while learning the Kunwu Sword. According to his calculations, it would only take less than a month at most to fully learn Lu Zigang’s secret technique of Kunwu Sword.
It has only been about a month since he came to the dungeon world. After learning the Kunwu Sword, he can stay here for a while and use this time to absorb all the identification points of the antique treasures in the palace. , I believe, will be an extremely huge number.
When he returned home from the palace, he used the treasure search technique to search again, with a look of helplessness on his face again. Wang Qingyuan was really stubborn, and she threw the calligraphy in again.
He slowly came to the wall and picked up the box containing the calligraphy. He had already decided yesterday that he would not send the calligraphy away again. As for what happened to Wang Qingyuan, it was none of his business.
When he came to the house, he opened the box and was about to put the calligraphy into the storage space. However, he found that there was a note inside, which did not look like what he had written. So he took it out gently and said: There is a line of very delicate handwriting.
The handwriting written on this note basically meant that she had already decided not to do calligraphy, but she wanted Chen Yi to treat her to tea for a month, and it had to be brewed by Chen Yi himself.
Looking at the content on this note, Chen Yi smiled softly. A month's worth of tea was brewed by himself. Wang Qingyuan still didn't give up. He thought about it and finally decided to ignore it and remain indifferent. Only with an attitude can all entanglements be resolved.
" Otherwise, after making tea with Wang Qingyuan for a month, the entanglement between them will definitely become deeper. As for the calligraphy, he sighed secretly and put it away in the storage space.
The next day, Chen Yi got up early and took a carriage directly to Lu Zigang's workshop without going to the pawn shop, preparing to enter the palace with him to meet Emperor Wanli today.
After meeting Lu Zigang, Chen Yi couldn't help but ask: "Uncle Lu, when will we enter the palace today."
"It will be almost after six hours. I have informed my father-in-law in the palace two days ago. He said he would come to take me into the palace this morning." Lu Zigang pondered for a moment and then said.
Chen Yi nodded and sat in the courtyard with Lu Zigang to wait. Sure enough, after about 4 hours, there was a knock on the door.
Seeing this, Lu Zigang quickly stepped forward and opened the door. A eunuch and several guards were standing outside the door waiting. When he saw Lu Zigang, the father-in-law smiled and said, "Master Lu, we meet again."
"Eunuch Yu, please come in." Lu Zigang also had a smile on his face and welcomed Eunuch Yu in.
"Oh, it turns out to be Eunuch Yu. I hope you'll forgive me for not being able to welcome him from afar." Seeing Eunuch Yu, Chen Yi walked over with a smile.
Eunuch Yu was originally smiling, but when he saw Chen Yi, he was suddenly full of smiles, "Oh, I didn't know that Jushi Chen was here too. The Za family has met Jushi Chen." Now Chen Yi is a celebrity in front of the emperor, but he needs Caution.
"Haha, Eunuch Yu is so polite. You must be a little tired from running all the way. Sit down and have a sip of tea." Chen Yi laughed loudly and pointed to the bench not far away.
Eunuch Yu quickly waved his hand, "Jushi Chen has mixed feelings. We cannot delay the emperor's orders. Master Lu, according to the emperor's instructions, I ordered you to bring the carved jade to the palace immediately to meet the emperor."
"I accept the decree." Lu Zigang bent down and said. Since he was called into the palace to carve jade for the emperor, he has been assigned a position in the Ministry of Works. However, he was specially ordered by the emperor not to go to the Ministry of Works. To report in, you only need to complete the Jade Artifacts in the Palace.
Although he did not care about this official position, he did not dare to refuse the emperor's reward like Chen Yi.
"Master Lu, hurry up and leave. The emperor is almost impatient." Yu ?The father-in-law said with a smile at this time.
"Eunuch Yu, I wonder if I can go into the palace with Master Lu to meet the emperor." At this time, Chen Yi suddenly said.
Hearing Chen Yi's words, Eunuch Yu couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, with a look of embarrassment on his face, "Chen Chen, here, you have the emperor's token, so it's okay to enter the palace, but can you face the saint together with Master Lu?" , this is not something that the Zajia can decide, but the Zajia can report it on their behalf. "
"Oh, if that's the case, then I'd like to thank you Eunuch Yu. I'll go into the palace with Master Lu first." Chen Yi smiled and bowed his hand to Eunuch Yu. (To be continued)