Painter

Chapter 120 120: Master of Ximo House

Although Emperor Dayong didn't seem to be angry, Cao Yun's heart fell into a hole in the ice when he heard the question.The demon attack tonight is still related to the mural.

His Adam's apple moved up and down, and a name came out of his throat: "Li Chan."

What the sage wanted to ask, of course, was more than a simple name. Cao Yun swallowed and continued to explain.

"The whole story of this matter is not complicated. It was raining nine days ago, and the official found that the Wanling Chaoyuan map seemed to have manifested its spirit in the night rain, so he led people to check and found that the Cangbi map was eroded by wind and rain. , it was damaged. Seeing that the sage was coming to Xuandu to offer sacrifices to the Taimiao, the officials were afraid that the mural would be damaged and would damage the majesty of the court, so they decided to find a painter to repair the mural. The painter who repaired the picture of Cangbi is called Li Chan..."

Li Yin suddenly asked: "How old is he?"

Cao Yun was taken aback for a moment, wondering why the sage cared about Li Chan's age.

"He claims to be from Qingque Palace, so he should be a Daoist Taoist priest. Most practitioners have good looks and skills. It is difficult for officials to figure out his age only from his appearance. But judging by his appearance, he is probably only young and weak. "

"Qingque Palace?" Li Yin twitched his thick eyebrows like black silkworms, "Go on."

"The painter came to the palace at that time, and it took him only three days to see all the pictures of Wanling Chaoyuan. After reading this one time, he memorized all the pictures of Wanling Chaoyuan. Then he spent another day, Tracing the whole picture."

"At that time, the lower official saw him standing under the palace wall, waving his brush in the air. He didn't see him using Dan Qing, and the Cang Bi picture was restored to its original state under his pen. Probably, he used Taoist supernatural powers."

"After that, he left. Four days ago, Xiaguan visited him once, and he opened a brush and ink studio in Banrifang. The name of that brush and ink studio is 'Xi Mo Ju'."

"Ximoju?" Li Yin looked at Cao Yun, "How many people know about this?"

Cao Yun said cautiously: "At that time, several famous painters went to Ximoju, and there was some commotion. But I have already told them not to spread the damage to the murals in the palace. At that time, except for Li In addition to the cicada, there are several painters, these people have all stayed in the Beimen Painting Academy, and they are all well-rounded people."

Li Yin said: "Just pretend that this matter never happened, and don't mention it to others in the future."

Cao Yun was slightly taken aback, he still didn't understand whether the sage wanted to reward or punish the painter.

He turned to the palace man next to him, and suddenly found that from the beginning of this questioning, the attendants beside the saint had all stood at a distance to avoid suspicion.

Cao Yun's heart tightened, and he said sternly, "Your official must keep his mouth shut."

Li Yin nodded, "You go."

Cao Yun had been watching his words and demeanor, and it was only then that he was able to roughly confirm that the sage did not mean to blame, and finally his heart was a little loose.

Although he was a little worried about Li Chan, he could only sigh secretly.

The palace chief left in a hurry, but Emperor Dayong was still standing in the night, looking at the crumbling palace wall.

By the wall, the palace servants carried lanterns, dimly illuminating the blue shadow.

Not far away, people cleaning up the mess came and went.

Li Yin looked at the painting for a long time, looked up to the west, the night was gloomy, there were monster stars hanging high, and the light was dim.

……

The night passed, and the atmosphere in the palace was still dignified. To the north of the East Palace of the old imperial city, the Taipinghua in the crimson snow glazed altar lived up to its name. Although it experienced such a commotion, it still bloomed brightly without worrying about it.

On the west side of the Jiangxue glass altar is a stele pavilion engraved with imperial poems.

Beside the pavilion, Haitang Chenglu, a palace official is here, guarding a small path.

Behind the path, turn a wall, and that other hall is the place where the saint lived when he was young.After the sage seized the heir, the other hall was renamed Qianlong Mansion.

A sound of footsteps came from the west of the forest of steles.

The palace servants looked sideways, and saw that the visitor was wearing a six-head dragon costume and a long knife with a green sharkskin sheath on his waist.

There are very few people who can carry a sword in the palace. Seeing the clothes, the palace people know that the person who came is the Youjin God Zhasi Shajun, Yuan Chongshan.

When the palace people looked at Yuan Chongshan, Yuan Chongshan's gaze also swept over.

Looking at Yuan Chongshan, the palace man felt chilly all over, as if he had been seen through from the inside out.

Shenzha Division is divided into left and right bans, the left ban is used to detect witches, ghosts and foxes, and the right ban is the eyes and ears of saints.

This Yuan Shajun is also known as Yuan Liuer. It is rumored that the previous Zhongtai Yousuji had been drinking with his friends at home the night before. According to Yuan Chongshan's ears, You Suji was demoted to Bianzhou in the early morning of the next day.

The palace people just wanted to keep Yuan Chongshan at a respectful distance, but they still put on a smile and waited for Yuan Chongshan to come over.

"Yuan Shajun is here, the saint is waiting for you outside Qianlong Mansion."

Yuan Chongshan nodded and stepped onto the path.

He passed a grove of begonias, and saw a mighty figure from the back beside the fish dragon pond, facing the Xianyu Terrace of Qianlong Mansion.

Yuan Chongshan called out to His Majesty and stepped forward.

Li Yin still looked at Qianlong Mansion without looking back.

"I haven't been back here for more than 20 years. Early this morning, I took a look around the neighborhood. Although this place has been cleaned, the house is meant to be lived in. No one has lived in it for a long time. No matter how clean it is, it will not be popular. I remember that there were still a lot of carp in this pond at that time, but now there are only a dozen or so left. My favorite carp, Huozhongqing, has disappeared.”

Yuan Chongshan followed Li Yin's gaze to look at Xianyutai. This platform was originally called Xiyutai, but was changed to Xianyutai by the sage, taking the meaning of "it is better to retreat and form a net when you are in Yuanyuan and envy fish".

"I remember when the sage was six years old, he came back from watching a ichthyosaur meeting and stood on that stage and said, 'May all the fish and dragons in the world enter my pool'. Sure enough, the aura of an emperor is innate."

Li Yin put his hands behind his back and sighed.

"If brother Lang didn't suspect me because of this sentence back then, I might not have been forced to the throne."

"You shouldn't have mentioned this."

"It's okay."

A begonia was hanging by Li Yin's side, and he raised his hand to pick off a leaf and threw it into the pond.

"It's because I thought of an old friend and felt emotional for a while, so I just talked about the past."

Yuan Chongshan secretly guessed that it was some old person who brought back the memory of the saint.

He also heard Li Yin say: "This morning, I called you over to ask you to investigate someone."

"who?"

"Master of Ximo House."

The chaos of the demon attack last night has not completely subsided until now. The entire Shenzhasi has been collecting information in Xuandu overnight, just to find out the cause and effect of the demon attack.Yuan Chongshan naturally thought that the "Master of Ximoju" in the mouth of the saint had a lot to do with last night's demon attack, and was even the culprit.

"Do you want to arrest this person?"

"Wrong." Li Yin shook his head.

"After you find him, even if he enters the Blue Sparrow Palace, you have to win him over. Remember, this matter should be done in a more secretive way."

Yuan Chongshan was slightly taken aback. Compared with last night's demon attack, the sage wanted to win over the master of Ximoju first. What is the origin of the master of Ximoju?
The word "Ximoju" sounds like the name of Bimozhai.

"Do you want to bring him into the palace to face the saint?"

Li Yin looked at the ripples of leaves on the water.

"No need."

(End of this chapter)