Chapter 886

Fortunately, Chu Chen did not forget them and said, "elder brother Qi, we are coming to star city to attend tomorrow's antique exchange meeting. Do you want to join us?"

"Of course

Qi Baofu and Fang Jinbo nodded excitedly. At first, they thought it strange that Chu Chen and these elders all appeared in Xingcheng. Now they know that this is what happened. They are all people who love antiques. How could Chu Chen not agree to his invitation.

But after a while, Qi Baofu hesitated and said, "but we didn't receive the invitation!"

Zhao Xueyi said with a smile: "an invitation can bring two people in together. Except Xiaochen, none of us brought anyone. It's no problem to bring you."

"Thank you! Thank you... " Both of them express their thanks with a smile.

"What's the point? It's just a little help!" Zhao Xueyi waved his hand and said, "in this case, you can stay in our hotel today. I'll call them later and ask them to help arrange the room."

"That's not very interesting!" To be able to participate in the exchange meeting, but also to live in vain for one night, both feel a little embarrassed.

Uncle Wu said with a smile: "what's the shame about this? Anyway, the organizer is a rich man. If you want to be more convenient, don't check out where you live now. After all, the exchange meeting will be over tomorrow."

"I still have things to do in Star City. It's really troublesome to move around, so I won't give up."

"I want to stay a few more days, too."

"Yes! Let's go... "

They took a taxi and went back to the hotel. On the way, they also bought tools to open the box. By the time we got back to the hotel, the staff had already opened two rooms for Qi Baofu and Fang Jinbo. Although they were just ordinary business rooms, they were also very satisfied.

"I'll take this rattan box apart now and see what's good in it!"

Chuchen said with a smile, ready to use tools to open the box.

"Wait!" Seeing that Chu Chen was going to cut the box directly with a saw, Uncle Wu quickly stopped and said:

"Xiao Chen, let's see if we can dismantle the box without violence."

After all, the things in it are probably valuable treasures. It would be a pity if they were hurt by a saw. Therefore, everyone agrees with Uncle Wu's proposal.

In fact, Chu Chen had seen it with his powers. Except for violence, it was impossible to tear it apart without damage in a short time, and it was also impossible for him to saw it.

However, Chu Chen must have said this to his face. Therefore, he agreed to Uncle Wu's proposal and looked inside and outside the rattan box. Finally, everyone came to the same conclusion that it was impossible to remove the box completely in a short time except with a saw.

"Otherwise, be safe and take your time!" Zhu Dafu said.

Other people want to see the contents as soon as possible, but to be on the safe side, they all nodded in agreement.

Chuchen said with a smile: "it doesn't matter. Let's be careful later. Besides, the box is very fragile. As long as we saw it a little, we can pry it open with tools..."

We think that Chu Chen's words really make sense, so next, with everyone's attention, Chu Chen picked up the saw and began to saw.

As Chu Chen said, these vines are very fragile. It doesn't take much effort to collect them, and a big hole will appear soon.

Seeing that, Chu Chen put on other tools and bit by bit opened the outer wall of the box. Finally, with a "poof", an object wrapped in oil paper and sealed with wax fell out.

Chu Chen picked it up and put it aside. Then he looked into the damaged wall and found that there was nothing inside. He began to tear down the other outer walls. Finally, together with the bottom of the box, he found four other objects also wrapped in oil paper.

Although everyone was anxious to know what was wrapped inside the oil paper, they didn't start until Chu Chen took out everything. After all, things belong to Chu Chen. They can't take them out without their owners.

While Zuoshan was cleaning up all kinds of boxes, Chu Chen washed his hands and came out. Uncle Wu handed him a pair of white gloves and said, "there are many things, and they should be ancient books. Let's come one by one, but we should be careful when we dismantle them. Paper and other things are very fragile. Xiao Chen, come on... "

Chu Chen nodded, then picked up a paper cutter, first gently picked up the sealing wax on the things, and then cut the oil paper along the traces of the package, and then saw a Book wrapped in silk, which appeared in front of everyone.

After the silk is spread out, there is a thread bound book of a blue book jacket, which is almost two fingers thick. It is well preserved without any damage. It all depends on the layer of oil paper and the sealing wax outside. Otherwise, after hundreds of years, even if it is not damaged, it will be damaged by mildew, insects and other reasons.When this paper bound ancient book appeared in front of everyone, the title of the book written in running script on the cover made Uncle Wu and others dumbfounded.

"Four tone ape?"

Chu Chen opened his mouth at the right time and said, "Dad, these ancient books are so well preserved that they can't be the original of the four sound ape, can they?"

"Very likely!" Uncle Wu and others all nodded solemnly and surprisingly.

"But isn't there only four plays in ape four? Why are there five ancient books here? " Wu Ke asked.

"I can only let Xiao Chen open the remaining books. Let me have a look at this one first..."

With that, Wu found a magnifying glass, and then from the cover to the content, he began to observe carefully word by word. During this period, Chu Chen also took the remaining four ancient books out of the oil paper one by one.

At this time, Fang Jinbo asked awkwardly, "elder brother Qi, whose work is this ape with four voices?"

Qi Baofu was stunned, then asked with a smile, "are you not familiar with the celebrities of Ming Dynasty?"

Fang Jinbo was a little ashamed and said, "I've seen several people's lives, but I didn't look at them carefully."

"No hurry, take your time!" Qi Baofu patted him on the shoulder and said, "however, the author of the four sound ape is quite famous. You should also know that he is Xu Wei, Xu Wenchang, a great scholar of the Ming Dynasty."

Xu Wei was an outstanding calligrapher, painter, litterateur and Shanyin man in Ming Dynasty. At the beginning, the word was Wen Qing, and the word was changed to Wen Chang. It was named Tianchi mountain person, or Shutian Shuiyue, old man of Qingteng, Taoist of Qingteng, etc. He has unique attainments in poetry, calligraphy, opera and painting, and has written Xu Wenchang's collection, Lu Shifen's interpretation, four sound ape, etc. his famous works include ink grape painting axis, landscape figures, flowers and birds volume, etc.

Xu Wei enjoyed his reputation as a scholar when he was young. However, since he was a scholar in his mid-20s, he has not been successful in the imperial examination. He is arrogant and defies the tradition. He is not restricted by "rites and laws", so he is rejected by Taoists.

With great ambition, he took part in the Anti Japanese struggle along the southeast coast during the reign of Jiajing. Later, he was involved in the case of Hu Zongxian and was deeply stimulated. At one time, he went crazy and became insane. His life experience is very bumpy, can be described as "down in the world.". In his later years, although he was poor and ill, he made a living by selling poetry, writing and painting, but he refused to do calligraphy and painting for the dignitaries.

"Ah! It's his work Fang Jinbo let out a cry of surprise.

Qi Baofu went on to say: "not only his works, but also four wonderful dramas. It can be said that it created a new way of writing Zaju with Nanqu, which brought positive influence to the drama world at that time and later generations from content, spirit to form. In addition, the four tone ape is fresh and lively, fluent and beautiful in language. The lyrics are full of emotion and interest. "

Fang Jinbo scratched his head and said with a smile, "I only know that he is very good at calligraphy, painting and poetry. Besides, he is also very outstanding in the military. As for drama, I really don't know."

"That's because you don't know much about Xu Wei. You'll know more about him in the future."

Qi Baofu said with a smile: "in fact, in addition to the four sound ape, he also wrote a monograph on Nanxi, which is the only monograph on Nanxi in the song, yuan, Ming, Qing Dynasties. His contribution to the history of Chinese opera theory and criticism can not be underestimated..."

At this time, Chu Chen just took out another ancient book. As soon as everyone looked at the cover, Zhao Xueyi laughed and said, "speak of Cao Cao, and Cao Cao will arrive. This book is also" narratives of nanci. "

Zhu Dafu said with a smile: "I think the remaining three books should be the rest of the four sound ape. It seems that the one who collects these ancient books is a fan of drama."

Everyone nodded in agreement with a smile.

At this time, Uncle Wu stood up, sighed with a sigh of relief, and said to Chu Chen with a smile, "you have a good life. Although I don't know if the other four books are authentic, I think this one should be Xu Wei's manuscript. However, it can also be found from the lines that Xu Wei was not calm when he wrote the drama. He probably finished his writing in a state of gnashing his teeth. "

"Four sound ape" is composed of four plays, namely "crazy drum history, three lanes of Yuyang", "a dream of jade Chan Master Cuixiang", "female Mulan joins the army for her father" and "female number one scholar resigns Huang to get Feng". The name of simian with four voices should be taken from the ballad of Three Gorges in Badong, which means that simian with three voices can shed tears, let alone four.

Among them, "crazy drum history, three lanes of Yuyang" tells the story of criticizing Cao Cao in the underworld after the death of Li Heng in the Three Kingdoms. In fact, Cao Cao is used to allude to Yan Song, the treacherous prime minister at that time. A dream of jade Chan Master's Emerald village reveals the deception between officialdom and Buddhism at that time and the hypocritical nature of asceticism.

"Female Mulan joins the army for her father" tells the story of Mulan's expedition, and the plot of her triumphant return and marriage is all created by the author. Finally, the female number one scholar's farewell to the Phoenix depicts the artistic image of the talented female number one scholar Huang Chonggu (Q ǔ) disguised as a man, an bangdingguo, who buried her boudoir because of exposing her daughter's body and full of talent.

These four plays not only express Xu Wei's attack on society, but also contain some resentment and helplessness in his reality.For example, the play "history of crazy drums" was written because his closest friend Shen Lian was killed for impeachment of Yan Song. But because of his position, he can only satirize with drama. How can he not be depressed and resentful with his extreme character?

Zhu Dafu shook his head and sighed: "ah! All his life, Xu Wei has been envious of talents! "

Uncle Wu said: "although he is envious of talents, if he did not have such experience, there would not have been such a great scholar."

Wu Ke shook his head and said: "although I say so, it would be better if I didn't have such a rough experience? What's more, I find that the life experiences of several celebrities in the Ming Dynasty are quite bumpy. For example, Tang Yin is not much better than Xu Wenchang. "

Wen Baofu sighed: "this may be the common fault of ancient celebrities. Su Dongpo's life is not very rough."

"Forget it, let's not talk about it. The atmosphere is so depressing!"

Zhu Dafu waved his hand, then said excitedly: "Xiaochen is lucky, even such things can be obtained. If it's really Xu Wenchang's manuscript, not to mention its own value, it's also a very important discovery for the drama industry! Lao Wu, show it to me quickly... "