Wang Kai and his wife have been married for many years and have never had children. A few days ago, they took in a little boy who came to the door by himself. He was only in his ten years old. Later, he discovered that the boy had intellectual problems. He couldn’t even tell where his home was. When asked his name, he mumbled for a long time. , A word that seemed to be “Ma San” came out, so the couple called him Ma San.
When Wang Kai likes to practice calligraphy in his free time, You Xi copied the ghost script of Qingshan Taoist Master Wuchen. Qingshan Taoyuan is located on the Daqing Mountain to the north of Wangzhen. According to legend, more than 500 years ago, Wuchen, the founder of Taoyuan, was good at mad grass, superbly transformed, like a ghost and axe, known as “ghost book.”
There are many inscriptions of ghost books on Daqing Mountain, and Wang Kai went up the mountain to rubbing when he was free, and then brought it back to copy. Once he went up a mountain in a stormy day, accidentally fell off the cliff, and lay in the hospital for a full month. Despite this, Wang Kai still has a soft spot for ghost books and keeps on copying. But what made Wang Kai puzzled was that since Ma San came, as long as he copied the ghost book, Ma San was watching him, that kind of focused look was really strange.
That day, Wang Kai’s mother-in-law came to visit and said that Qian Kun, a collector of antiques in the city, had recently received a dust-free original painting. Compared with the inscription, the charm is far from it. . Wang Kai was overjoyed when he heard that, he hurriedly begged his uncle to take him to see Qian Kun and specially prepared a few bottles of good wine.
My mother-in-law opened a calligraphy and painting decorating shop in the city. She knew Qian Kun well, and agreed after thinking about it.
Qian Kun happened to be at home that day. He was born with a good drink and saw that Wang Kai was generous and his uncle Wang Kai naturally agreed with enthusiasm and took the two into the study. Qian Kun opened a bookcase in the corner and carefully took out the ghost book and placed it on the bookcase.
Wang Kai opened it lightly, and it turned out to be the four-foot middle axis of Su Ci’s “Da Jiangdong Go”. Looking closely at the style of the characters, the charm is vivid, the pen is sound, and it is really different from the inscription. Wang Kai admired and drew with his fingers. At this moment, Qian Kun answered a phone call and said to the two of them: “I have an urgent matter, or you can take the words home and read them slowly, and then send them back tomorrow morning!” Wang Kai thanked him very much, holding the words. gone.
The power outage was catching up that night. Wang Kai had to light a candle, let Ma San carry it, then unfold the ghost book, and copy the table there. Unknowingly it was late at night, Ma San fell asleep and accidentally spilled wax oil on the paper. In a panic, Wang Kai took his sleeves to wipe off the oil, but unexpectedly knocked the candlelight in Ma San’s hand on the table, and the poor character was immediately buried in the flames.
Wang Kai was blinded.
The next day, Wang Kai bit his head and went to the city to find his uncle. My mother-in-law heard that the ghost book had been burned, and was at a loss for a while. Seeing Wang Kai’s pitiful appearance, she had to say: “Let me see Qian Kun!” Busily took her pair of jade bracelets and wrapped them.
When he arrived at Qian’s house, Qian Kun heard that the ghost book had been burned, he immediately got anxious and asked Wang Kai: “How is this good? I bought it for three million! If it’s not for your uncle’s sake , I won’t let you take the ghost book home.”
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The uncle quickly handed over the bracelet and said: “The best Hetian seed material, It’s handed down, you accept it first, and we will care about it!” Qian Kun looked at the bracelet and said to Wang Kai: “We know the place where ghost books are burned and cannot be restored, but the three million can not be lost. I’ll give you half a month, otherwise we can only see you in court!”
Wang Kai went home dejectedly, and only then learned that Ma San is missing. Hearing that a piece of writing would cost three million yuan, Wang Kai’s wife suddenly collapsed to the ground, crying.
In those days, Wang Kai and his wife rushed around, moving around and getting together. Seeing that the agreed date was approaching, they made up less than one million, and the couple lost their heads almost overnight.
In the middle of the night, the couple was so worried that they could not sleep. Suddenly someone knocked on the door outside. When they opened the door, it was Ma San who had returned. Wang Kai grabbed him and asked, “Where have you been these days?”
Ma San broke free from Wang Kai, and mumbled that he wanted to write. Wang Kai’s wife said grumpily, “We are all hurt by you!” Ma San was at a loss there. Wang Kai complained to his wife: “What does he know?” As he said, he fetched pen, ink, paper and inkstone and coaxed Ma San to write.
Seeing the pen, ink, paper and inkstone, Ma San looked like he had changed himself. He was standing in front of the case, unfolding the paper and holding the pen, concentrating for a moment, and creating wind. But in the blink of an eye, the four-foot middle axis of a Su Ci “Da Jiangdong” was swept away. Look closely at the character, vigorous and unrestrained, like clouds and flowing water, better than the dust-free ghost book that was burned earlier.
Wang Kai and his wife were dumbfounded. They went to find Ma San again, but they were gone. Wang Kai discussed with his wife and will take this handwriting to see Qian Kun tomorrow.
Early the next morning, Wang Kai took the word and went to the city, and went straight to his uncle’s shop. After seeing the words, the mother-in-law was shocked and cried out magically, and hurriedly took Wang Kai to see Qian Kun. Hearing that Wang Kai didn’t make up enough money, Qian Kun’s eyes stared and said, “How can we do it, can we really go to court?”
Wang Kai anxiously took out Ma San’s Qian Kun handed the character to Qian Kun and said, “Why don’t you take a look at this character!” Qian Kun took the character and opened it up. His eyes lit up, and he looked at it carefully for a long time, and finally rolled up the character carefully and said “That’s all, please come back!”
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When Wang Kai saw that Qian Kun did not mention compensation, a stone in his heart fell. To the ground.
A few days later, my mother-in-law suddenly brought Qian Kun to the door and said that he had come back. After asking, Qian Kun took the ghost book back that day and carefully locked it in the bookcase.A fire broke out in the study in the middle of the night, and Qian Kun’s half-life savings were destroyed by Yiju, but the bookcase was left behind, and the writing was intact.
Wang Kai was inexplicably surprised. Qian Kun said with shame on his face, “There are gods three feet above my head, this is all I asked for!” He pointed to a famous seal in the inscription on that picture and said, “In fact, this is the master of Wuchen. The real ghost book!”
Wang Kai and his uncle looked at him in surprise. Qian Kun smiled awkwardly and said, “It’s true that my handwriting is actually a fake, but it is also a high imitation. I vowed to tell people that if there is a fake, I will burn it. I didn’t expect it to be burned. Unfortunately, I can’t blame you for being burned. The cost of three million is purely my greed.”
Qian Kun asked his uncle again: “Do you know What is the secular name of Master Wuchen?”
The uncle nodded and said, “I know, the surname is Ma.” Qian Kun asked again, pointing to the name seal on the three characters Ma. He: “Do you recognize the inscription on this?” After a long time, the mother-uncle recognized the four characters “The Seal of Mashan” on the seal.
Qian Kun said: “In fact, the key to appreciating ghost books lies in this seal. According to legend, Master Wuchen is also good at administering seals, but he never gives people seals during his life. I only cured this famous seal. Later, because of carelessness, there was a small gap in the lower right corner of the name “Mountain”, half a grain of rice. After that, the Master Wuchen used his right hand when using the seal. Use the belly of your left middle finger to pad the paper back of the seal so that the frame of the stamp can be kept intact!”
Qian Kun turned over the paper and let them see where the seal was used. On the back, there are clear fingerprints. Qian Kun said: “The masters of ghost books in later generations know this secret, so they have done enough articles in this area. But they don’t know that Master Wuchen’s left middle finger was injured by a knife, so the fingerprints were reversed. There should be an obvious defect in the lower left of the middle.”
Following Qian Kun’s instructions, Wang Kai and his uncle saw the incomplete fingerprint. Wang Kai also suddenly woke up and asked Qian Kun: “You mean that Ma San is the Master Wuchen?” Qian Kun said, “I’m not sure, but after Master Wuchen gained the Tao, he repeatedly transformed into different roles and walked in Haven’t you heard of the world’s rivers and lakes?”
Wang Kai nodded straight there. Qian Kun said, “When I saw this writing that day, I knew it was undoubtedly authentic, and I became greedy. I didn’t expect it to be missed and I couldn’t keep it! If I kept it, maybe something big would happen. After that, he took out the pair of jade bracelets from his bag and handed them to Wang Kai’s uncle, and said, “After returning to Zhao!” Going to the side, he asked if he would like to transfer the ghost book to himself, and he would like to exchange it with a garden villa in the city. Wang Kai thought about it. Although he loves ghost books, buying a house in the city is his wife’s dream, so he was moved.
Early the next morning, Wang Kai went to pick up the ghost book, but found that the brocade box was empty. He searched everywhere, and he didn’t even see the shadow of the ghost book. While wondering, the kid next door ran to him and told him that he just saw Ma San holding a roll of paper and went out from the back door, and told him not to…