Painter

Chapter 39: Chapter 39

As the general manager of Xunning Palace, Cao Yun knew that "Wan Ling Chao Yuan Tu" had an extraordinary origin. It is said that it was personally made by the real person who ascended from the blue blood to the rainbow in Taodu Mountain.

He has been in the Xunning Palace for many years, but he has never seen the miraculous display of the murals, which is a great pity.Last night, I saw the green scales that appeared in the rain, but it was a great regret in my life. As a result, the gray mural seemed to be washed away by the rain, leaving only faint traces of paint.

After working hard for 20 years, Xunning Palace has never had any major incidents, but when the sage was about to go west, something happened. Cao Yun couldn't help complaining about his bad luck.

After working in the middle of the night, while sending people to find out why the mural was abnormal, while also thinking about how to deal with it.The mural was damaged, and he, the head of the palace, could hardly shirk the blame, but at least he had to find someone to repair the mural as soon as possible before the Holy Driver came.Before the sage travels westward to meditate, he will worship his ancestors in the Xunning Palace. At that time, there will be such a damaged palace wall naked in front of all the officials. What is the power of heaven?
So, as soon as he made a general arrangement of the affairs in the palace, Cao Yun came to Pingkangfang non-stop to visit Su Xiang.

In fact, the divine birds and beasts in the "Wan Ling Dynasty Yuan Tu" on the palace wall are gorgeous and lifelike, and they are more inclined to the academy painting school. Before Cao Yun came to find Su Xiang, he called a familiar painter and asked him if he could paint The murals on the palace walls have been restored.

The color painter was a veteran of the Academy School of Painting, and when Cao Yun asked him to restore "Wan Ling Chao Yuan Tu", he didn't even dare to repeat it.

It was useless for Cao Yun to turn his back on him, so he had to leave the painter in Xunning Palace to find the literati from Yunni Club.

We all know that literature and painting emphasize charm, if we invite experts here to go to Xunning Palace and join hands with the color painter, not to mention restoring the Cangbi picture, at least it won't be too ugly, right?
Cao Yun once served as a general and supervisor. He is an expert in everything from fine gold, jade, pearls and emeralds to silk embroidery, as well as palace construction, and he is quite famous in the area of ​​Xuandu.As soon as they arrived in the backyard, all the literati came up to greet them, and Cao Yun repeatedly disturbed everyone's elegance.

Su Xiang smiled and said, "I heard that the sage was about to go west, so I thought Mr. Cao was busy. Why do you still have time to come and see the painting fair of our Yunni Society?"

Cao Yun was worried, but his face was full of smiles, "It's rare to steal half a day's leisure. As soon as I heard that the Yunni Society has an art fair today, I wanted to come over to admire the masterpieces of the lords, but Su Jianan doesn't seem to welcome me!"

Su Xiang shook his head and said with a smile, "Where is that?" and invited Cao Yun to the water pavilion.

Someone said: "It's a pity that Manager Cao came one step late."

Cao Yun asked with a smile, "What did I miss?"

Then someone told about the fact that Su Xiang turned water into a painting, and Cao Yun was overjoyed. Su Xiang was quite well-known in literature, and painting was just a leisure hobby for him, but today, after seeing it, Su Xiang has improved in painting.The confidence of restoring the murals must be able to add another point.

Cao Yun intends to talk to Su Xiang about something serious, but there are too many people at the moment, and the reason for the abnormality of the murals last night has not been found out, so it is inconvenient to let the outside world know.Although he was anxious, he pretended to be relaxed for the time being.

However, when Cao Yun greeted Shen Zhi, the old man in a frost-white crane cloak smiled at him by the lotus pond where there was no one nearby, and asked, "Director Cao, what happened in the palace?"

Shen Zhi was pointed at by He Yi, who opened the way for the saint to go west. Cao Yun did not hide the truth from others, but he would not hide it from Shen Zhi, so he immediately whispered what happened last night.

Shen Zhi was thoughtful when he heard the words, "The map of Wanling Chaoyuan was made by Li Chengzhou himself, so I'm afraid it's not so easy to repair."

Cao Yun said helplessly: "I can't just leave it alone, but I still need to ask Shen Heyi to give me some pointers. Who here has the best painting skills?"

At this time, all the literati were drinking tea by the waterside pavilion, and at the same time asked Su Xiang about the skill of painting with water.

Although Zhong Huaiyu failed to please Xu Yingqiu, he gained a lot of insight and no longer cared about the wasted 20 taels of silver.He kept holding the cat play candle picture, sweating in his hands, so he called his followers and took the picture away.

When Su Xiangzao saw the painting scroll in his nephew's hand, he couldn't help asking, "Huaiyu, this painting has been in your hands for so long, why did you take it away again?"

Zhong Huaiyu hurriedly said embarrassingly: "It's just a clumsy work, I dare not show my ugliness in front of the lords."

Su Xiang shook his head and said with a smile: "If there's any show of shame, don't put on a show, just take it out and have a look, will anyone laugh at you?"

Zhong Huaiyu looked at Xu Yingqiu in embarrassment, but Xu Yingqiu smiled and said nothing.

Someone next to him laughed and said, "It's a shame to be so coy."

"Take it out and have a look."

When everyone talked about this, Zhong Huaiyu had no way out, so he simply gave up.This painting is really exquisite, and everyone present may not be able to distinguish the authenticity, so he said: "Don't worry, my junior, I found this painting at Banrifang a few days ago. At that time, I saw a beautiful woman selling it at Yabiju. Painting, also followed in, but it was amazing after a look..."

Xu Yingqiu smiled and said, "How amazing is that beauty?"

Literati love names, but also love beauties. This topic immediately attracted everyone's attention. Zhong Huaiyu cleared his throat and said with a smile: "Mr. I couldn't help but want to talk to her, but when I entered, it was not only the beauty's appearance, but also the painting she sold. On the "Cat Playing Candle Picture" she sold, Mr. Xu's poem was also inscribed .”

Xu Yingqiu laughed, as if he didn't remember the previous poem, and said: "This is a coincidence."

Zhao Sicheng wondered: "Then we should look at this painting even more."

Zhong Huaiyu saw that Xu Yingqiu was also happy to cooperate with him, so he deliberately whetted his appetite: "The interesting thing is still to come. I fought with the shopkeeper of Naya Biju for a long time before I got this painting, and then went to see that beauty. But she disappeared without a trace, like an elf in the world."

Su Xiang laughed loudly: "I didn't expect Huaiyu to have such an adventure, so please show the painting to the gentlemen."

Zhong Huaiyu didn't dare to whet his appetite any more, and unfolded the scroll.

Xu Yingqiu looked at the scroll with great interest, and saw Zhong Huaiyu spread out the scroll, revealing a picture of a cat playing with a candle.Xu Yingqiu secretly said yes, looked more seriously, looked carefully, and couldn't help taking a few steps closer, and let out a "huh" in surprise.

(End of this chapter)