Painter

Chapter 179 28: Xueyi Niang

Li Chan was seated in Xin Garden, and there were many guests invited to this gathering, more than forty people in total.Some acquaintances chat with each other, meditate on the spot, talk about practice, or visit and appreciate this famous garden.

There is a pavilion to the north of Xinyuan, which used to be a place for depositing silver.It is said that because of too much money, the hemp ropes that used to run through the money in the building were rotten and broken, and the plaque in front of the building was shiny, with the word "rope rotten" written on it.

By the Yingyue Pool beside the Shengxiu Tower, there are more than a dozen servants holding ginger-colored brocade barriers.Between the screens of brocade and silk, there was a girl with bright eyes and kind eyes. She was wearing a very high snake bun, which made her pink neck quite slender.Wearing an embroidered maroon dress, the sweetheart collar is opened quite low, revealing the gully in the chest very generously, which is more dazzling than the snow outside.This girl is Li Wushang, Princess Lingbi. Among the more than thirty princesses in Dayong Kingdom, Princess Lingbi loves traveling the most, is the most romantic, and has the best reputation.She glanced at the hem of the skirt that dragged the floor, and now the empress is the first to set an example. All the six palaces wear washed clothes. This dress has been washed three times, and she muttered: "After three times of washing, the color is still bright. In the past I lost a lot of dresses, now that I think about it, what a pity."

"Lingbi, you are so frugal, your virtue is not inferior to that of the queen." Princess Changle smiled slightly. She was over forty years old, but she only had a few fine lines at the corners of her eyes. The makeup of the times in the palace, the eyebrows are like cocoons, the cheeks are like rosy clouds, the lips are red, and she is wearing a begonia skirt, just like a person walking out of a mural.

Tang Jilan, a daughter of the clan next to her, did not inherit the beauty of Princess Changle, her appearance was more like Tang's son-in-law, elegant and dignified, with a moon bun and a royal blue satin dress, looking to her side.Next to Princess Lingbi is Jiang Ru, who is often called the White Dragon Girl by the common people. She is dressed in the simplest way, with a moon white dress with narrow sleeves and few decorations.This young lady of Fengchen General's Mansion has a close relationship with Princess Lingbi, and she used to study with Guo Taiqing, a scholar of the North Gate.Guo Taiqing was born in a Taoist sect, so he took the name of the two, which is also a Taoist name, one is "Supreme" and the other is "Wuhuo".

Tang Jilan said softly, "Wuhuo also wears the lightest clothes."

Jiang Ru pushed aside a corner of the Jinbu barrier with his fingers, looked in the direction of Xin Yuan's main entrance, and said casually that it was just for the convenience of practicing martial arts.

Seeing Jiang Ru's plain clothes, Li Wushang thought of another thing, pulled up his wide sleeves and showed it to Princess Changle, "Sister, how about this?"

The cuff was patched with a piece of ivory brocade, and on the brocade was embroidered a blue bird with a lively posture.

Princess Changle held up Li Wushang's sleeves, gave a light snort, nodded and said, "That's right."

Princess Lingbi said: "A few days ago Concubine De sewed a patch on her skirt, which was seen by others, praised by the government and the public, and recorded by the historian. I also drew a gourd in the same way and asked someone to patch it up. This patch The embroidery of the nails imitates the sacred bird of the Qingque Palace, using the needle method of passing through the warp and breaking the weft, and also dotted with kingfisher feathers, does it look good?"

Princess Changle put down the purplish red sleeves and said with a smile: "This patch looks better than the original one."

Tang Jilan said: "Princess Lingbi created the 'Fu Cui', and women in Yujing City have already imitated it. But Princess Lingbi used green feathers, and they use green thread, which is also decent."

"It doesn't look good without Cuiyu." Princess Lingbi smiled, "Wuhuo, who are you looking at?" Walking to Jiang Ru's side, he looked into the garden along the barrier that had been pushed aside.

Jiang Ru said: "Mr. Pan also came to Xinyuan this time."

This answer did not reach Li Wushang's ears, Li Wushang's bright eyes looked around, looking at all the students in the garden.Beside the Hanqing Pavilion, a commoner literati is watching camellias.This scribe was in his thirties, and he was no more handsome than others, but his posture and temperament were very free and easy, like a green pine standing against the wind.

"Who is that?" She pointed to Han Qingting.

Jiang Ru glanced over there, "Oh, this person is Junzhu Xie Ningzhi."

Li Wushang said: "Is he the outstanding scholar of Chu Tower?"

Tang Jilan said: "This man is known far and wide because he hangs around in brothels and Chu houses, but he cherishes ink very much. Even if he presents poems to prostitutes, he only recites orally and never writes. It seems that no ink treasures have been spread so far. Therefore, there are The prostitute wrote his own poems, under the name of Xie Ning."

Li Wushang said: "I seem to have heard a few words, 'Travel in Jianshu with a meal, drink in Yanggao. Ask in the Chu Tower, sit with pearls and jade waists'. Is this his sentence?"

Tang Jilan smiled, "I haven't heard of it either, but this poem does seem to be his style."

"It's a wonderful person."

Li Wushang took a few glances at Xie Ningzhi, then looked at other places, and when he saw a better looking one, he talked a little bit.Princess Lingbi adores Xuan and respects Daoism, and has a romantic nature, so does Princess Changle. When the two of them talked, they talked about matters of men and women without restraint.

At this time, at the main gate of Xinyuan, a young man with a face like a crown of jade and a smile on his face was introduced to Xinyuan by Tang Xian.The young man was wearing a Qiandara-colored monk's robe, but he had black hair. He had a few words with Tang Xian, and the two separated.Li Wushang's eyes fell on him, and he couldn't go away. The young monk with long hair caught a glimpse of the step barrier and was looking at Li Wushang.

Tang Jilan thought of the nickname Lingchang Yuan, and said softly, "This is a fake monk."

Li Wushang said: "To practice Buddhism, one needs to cultivate one's heart, and one does not have to shave one's head bald."

Jiang Ruo glanced at Li Wushang, "It's weird, how could you defend him?"

Princess Lingbi smiled but didn't answer, her eyes followed Lingchang Yuanhu, and probed into the Binxiang Pavilion.Seeing Lingqiu Bai Weizhi holding bamboo slips and reading in the pavilion, and seeing the young man in green robe and black boots sitting next to Bai Weizhi, Princess Lingbi asked, "This gentleman is also handsome, who would recognize him?"

"This is an unfamiliar face." Tang Jilan shook his head.

Hearing the conversation, Jiang Ru followed the eyes of the two of them, "Oh, this is Li Dan from Qingling, Lizhou."

Li Wushang and Tang Jilan looked at each other and shook their heads. They had never heard of such a character.

Princess Lingbi said, "How did Wuhuo recognize him?"

"This man lives in the abandoned garden to the west of my house, so he can be regarded as a neighbor."

"What is his famous work?"

"never heard of that."

As Jiang Ru said, his eyes moved, and an old man in red robes with white hair and chicken skin but a hale and hearty spirit was led into the garden by Tang Xian.She bid farewell to her friend, left the barrier, and walked towards the old man.

……

Pan Gu was introduced to Xinyuan by Tang Xian, and he saw Jiyu Mountain directly opposite.There are a lot of rockery in Xin Garden, and this Jiyu Mountain replaced the screen wall and landed directly opposite the garden gate.This mountain is made of floating jade and bluestone, so it is called Jiyu.There is another peach tree Panqiu on the mountain. The size of the mountain and the tree match each other, very similar to the legendary Taodu Mountain.

Duopangu once saw a picture of Taodu Mountain, but now the person who drew the picture has ascended to Taodu Mountain for more than [-] years and is no longer alive.

As the legendary "Ink Immortal" in the market, people often ask Pan Gu for ink.As an ink maker, the greatest pleasure in his life is to see his own ink turned into a masterpiece.At that time, he spent 12 years making pigments and inks for Xiyi Mountain's "Five Saints and Thousand Palaces".This matter is enough to leave a name in history, and it was the thing he was most proud of in his life, until he met the painting saint more than [-] years ago in the Xin Yuanya Collection.It's a pity that after the first meeting with Xin Yuan that year, he heard the news of the painting saint again, and he had already ascended in Taodu Mountain Xiaju.

"I still remember that at the Xinyuan Yaji, Su Jiangzhen once praised Pan Weng, 'Mo Cheng dared not use it, and entered the Penglai Palace'. Back then, there were many famous people in Xinyuan Yaji, but now this time, there are only you and me left I'm old." Tang Concubine smiled and led Pan Gu to Jiyu Mountain.

Pan Gu took the attendant boy and said with a smile: "It's a little inappropriate for an old man to join in the fun at the gathering of young people. I only hope that today's young people will still appreciate my ink. If I can make one or two excellent works , it’s worth it.”

Tang Xian said with a smile: "There are talented people from generation to generation. Today's young people are more elegant than our generation. In my opinion, there are one or two excellent works that Pan Weng said too little. Pan Weng will be seated first. You can also go to Yushu Pavilion to see my collection first..."

While speaking, the girl in white came towards her and greeted her, "Mr. Pan!"

Tang Consort saw Jiang Ru, said goodbye to Pan Gu, and turned to greet the other guests. After Jiang Ru greeted Pan Gu, he said earnestly: "I visited Daxiangguo Temple a few days ago, but it happened that Mr. Pan had already rested. Today I finally met you." caught."

Pan Gu chuckled, "The Yingzhou jade dust you sent that day just matched the purple pine in Huliang. I have already made six taels of purple jade light, and there is half of the respected master Xu Zhonghao in it."

Jiang Ru smiled and said, "Mr. Pan just said this when we met. It seems that I am eager. I don't visit Mr. Pan just to ask for ink."

The two were talking, the boy followed behind and walked towards the Yushu Pavilion, and several young people also came forward to greet them.

Everyone wants to make friends with Pan Gu because of the ink made by Immortal Mo, but since they are known as "elegant" in Ya Ji, few people will ask for anything in person.Among literati, you come and go, here you give poems, calligraphy and paintings, and there you return pens, inks, scented teas, all are elegant debts, and it is necessary to "speak without saying anything".

The young man in green robe and black boots also left Binxiang Pavilion when he heard about Pan Gu's entry into the garden, and reported the name of Li Dan from Qingling in Lizhou, and finally met the Immortal Mo whom he had been looking for for a long time.

Pan Gu stayed several times, and when he reached the Yushu Pavilion, most of the people who greeted him left.Jiang Ru said at this time: "Speaking of which, Hulianggong is the sacred tree of Xuankong Temple, and it will not easily lose its leaves and branches. It is a great opportunity for Pan Gong to get one. The pine smoke ink made from this sacred tree must also be a divine product. "

"No matter how good the ink is, it's just icing on the cake." Pan Gu stepped into the threshold of Yushu Pavilion, "Wang Danyang used only a mouse whisker brush and a piece of silkworm cocoon paper when he was at the foot of Lishan Mountain, and he used the most common lampblack ink. That sword book shocked the government and the public. In the final analysis, it is the writer who can make a masterpiece."

……

Li Chan met Immortal Mo, thinking about seeking Mo in his heart, and returned to Binxiang Pavilion.The Immortal Mo made a new six taels of purple jade light, if it can contain the energy of the Huliang Shenmu, maybe he can really make him a pen master.However, since there is a request, a gift must be given to Na Pan Weng first.

The Lingqiu Hezi sitting next to him just read the bamboo slips to the end.Li Chan glanced and saw a passage: "Bingxu, Xidu Muyun: 'I recently heard rumors in Xijing that there are things like hats that fly into people's homes at night and cannibalize people."

He said: "This gentleman also likes to read Zhiguai?"

Bai Weizhi hung the bamboo slips back to his waist, nodded and said: "In the past, there were very few monsters in Dayong Kingdom, but this year, disasters and monsters frequently occur. I have seen many monsters on the way from Lingqiu to Yujing. That's when I found some books about ghosts and monsters to read."

The young heroes in Xinyuan come from the states of Dayong, and most of them travel by car. Even if they condescend to use their feet, they have to be tied to a Shenxing armored horse.

"Are you here?"

"You too?"

"Yes."

"Fate, it's worth having a drink together."

Bai Weizhi picked up the jade pot on the table, poured out a glass of wine, and raised his glass as a gesture.

Li Chan drank the wine.

Bai Weizhi put down the wine cup, wiped the corner of his mouth with his cuff, looked at the young man in front of him, hesitated for a while, shook his head and said, "It's not like."

"Why not?"

"Your face is pale, you don't look like you are exposed to the sun."

Li Chan was taken aback for a moment and smiled.

"I like to travel at night."

"Nightwalking and ghost hunting?"

"Ghosts aren't scary at all."

"Especially a beautiful ghost?"

"Indeed."

Li Chan was serious, Bai Weizhi only thought this guy was joking, shook his head with a smile, and quickly put away his smile.

"After I left Lingqiu, I saw many disaster victims. Especially before I entered Beijing at the end of autumn, I passed Quzhou and saw the tragic scene of cannibalism. Not to mention Quzhou, Yujing has been snowing heavily recently, and there are people who died of freezing in the streets. This table The corn in exchange for one mangosteen persimmon can save many lives, how can anyone eat it?"

"If you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, the so-called 'human cannibalism' is just one sentence, three words."

"That makes sense." Bai Weizhi nodded, although he felt that Li Dan liked to talk nonsense, he could still chat, "When did you enter Yujing?"

"Also in late autumn."

"But I haven't seen you before." Bai Weizhi looked at Li Chan, "You are from Lizhou, you should pass Chengwei Pass when you come to Yujing, and you should pass Qizhou too."

"good."

"Hey, at this time...you can see what happened in Qingling County?"

"Just heard about it."

Bai Weizhi was slightly disappointed, "You just said that ghosts are not scary, I thought you were talking about the Changping ghost master."

"I didn't see Changping ghost master, but I also saw some other monsters."

Li Chan changed the topic and talked about the locust god he saw when passing through Yizhou.The two chatted about what they had seen and heard on the way.

……

The guests gradually came together, and the two princesses Changle and Lingbi entered the table and sat at the head.

As a well-known person in the Tang Dynasty, the concubine of the Tang Dynasty entered the cabinet and praised the underachievers, and brought out the collection for everyone to watch.But Tang Xian held back the painting "The Art Collection in Xinyuan" which was a masterpiece of painting, and it was regarded as the finale, and he didn't show it until the banquet was over.

When Tang Consort invited Chu Sheng to enjoy the collection, a tall and elegant young man in green robes was there to help. He was Tang Xian's nephew Tang Qingchen.

Tang Qingchen is a direct descendant of the Tang family of Meng Zhu. He was born with a vision. He was conceived for two years before leaving his mother's womb. He was born able to speak. He was known as a genius. A piece of "Zhao Lin Ci" that explained spiritual practice gained fame and won the title of "Qi Wu Huang Er".

Not long after, the fruit refreshments were withdrawn, and a banquet was set up in the Binxiang Pavilion, and the person who presided over the banquet became Tang Qingchen without knowing it.

Before the banquet started, a snow-white parrot flew to the table, looked around, and chanted, "Today is a good banquet, and the joy is hard to describe!"

Everyone was amazed, Tang Qingchen explained: "This parrot is called Xueyi Niang, and it was brought from the palace by Princess Changle when she became the consort of the Tang Dynasty. This Xueyi Niang can recite [-] poems. At that time, Yang Gong wrote a poem about it."

Li Wushang, who sat at the top, said: "The snow-clothed Danzui Longshan birds are taught deeply by the palace every time. They don't speak ordinary words to others, and their voices are all reciting poems."

Tang Qingchen smiled, "As expected of Princess Lingbi, I remember every word."

Li Wushang smiled, called Xueyi Niang, and caught the flying white parrot with his arms crossed, "You might as well come and play a drinking order."

Tang Qingchen said: "There are countless ways to play wine orders, which one is Princess Lingbi talking about?"

"It's simple." Lingbi Princess Cong pointed to tease Xueyiniang's black beak, "Xueyiniang can recite [-] poems, ask her to say something casually, if it says 'I am still young and have white hair' Those who have gray hair during the banquet will have to recite poems, draw pictures, write lyrics and compose odes. If they can’t, they will be fined three cups of wine. It's the 'Emerald Tusu Parrot Cup'." She smiled at Xueyi Niang, "It's your turn to drink, Xue Yi Niang."

"Too strong to drink! Too strong to drink!" the white parrot screamed and flew out of the window.

Tang Qingchen smiled, "This wine order is interesting, what do you guys think?"

There was a sound of "good" during the banquet.

(End of this chapter)