Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 691
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Several people suddenly looked at Li Xiuyuan with strange expressions.

These words sound strange, are they despising themselves and others, or showing off in a subtle way.

However, Qian Jun was shocked when he heard it. You must know that he almost bought that woman. If the woman was a man, it would be too scary. Just ask, a woman who is as beautiful as a flower suddenly becomes a woman in the night. Man, what a horrible thing that is.

"Brother Li, is he really a man?" At this time, the eyes of a scholar next to him lit up, and he became a little excited.

Li Xiuyuan nodded and said, "There is absolutely nothing wrong."

"That's great, how can such a stunner be given to the magistrate." The scholar was not interested at first, but when he heard that it was a man dressed up, he became more interested, and immediately turned around and squeezed into the crowd over there. go.

He could still vaguely hear his voice calling.

Everyone looked at the scholar with shocked faces.

"Ma, Brother Ma, is he so masculine?"

Zhang Bangchang exclaimed: "Otherwise, why don't you feel moved when you see a beauty, but you can't control yourself when you see a man?"

"When did he have this habit? I didn't know it before."

"It's not uncommon for literati to like masculinity, so what's all the fuss about?"

At this time, a passing scholar suddenly said a word, his eyes seemed to tell everyone that it was rare and strange.

Zhang Bangchang said with an embarrassed smile: "Although the goodness of Longyang has existed since ancient times, it violates etiquette and is not tolerated by the world. Only the harmony between yin and yang is in line with the principles of heaven and earth. How can this brother treat those crooked ways as evil?" Is it right? If everyone in the world loves what they do
This kind of thing, isn't the world going to be messed up that day? "

But the scholar became a little ashamed and annoyed, he flicked his sleeve heavily, and then said: "If you have to say such an unbearable thing, I will not be with you, so I leave."

Seeing the shameful and annoyed departure from the scholar, Zhang Bangchang just sighed: "The world is going down, the world is going down."

"It's indeed a declining world." The corner of Li Xiuyuan's mouth twitched.

"But what I'm more concerned about is that the prostitute disguised himself as a man for some other purpose, not just to show off his beauty."

"This statement is justified. Covering up one's identity like this may be malicious. Do you want to remind him?" Zhu Yu said on the side.

"I don't think so, how can he compete with that magistrate?" Li Xiuyuan said.

Sure enough, the last thing was as he had guessed, the scholar came back in a daze, but Li Xiuyuan and the others looked at him strangely, and subconsciously moved away from him. Wait for someone's idea, right?

But at this moment, the crowd dispersed, and the man disguised as a woman named Xi'er followed behind the prefect Fang Shengyu.

Fang Shengyu was a little elated, and his brows were beaming with joy.

Obviously, I am very happy to have picked up such an iconic beauty.

"Brother Li, do you want to remind the magistrate so that he won't be fooled?" Zhu Yu said.

Li Xiuyuan said: "I won't go looking for this unpleasantness. Maybe you are kind, but don't be in his eyes. I'm afraid it's not the case. And last time he burned incense in Xiangguo Temple and didn't even accept offerings to Bodhisattvas. His moral conduct is fine. As you can imagine, is such an official worthy of our reminder?
He thought it was not worth it, and if something bad happened, it would be his own fault. "

Zhu Yu thought it made sense when he heard the words, so he put out the idea.

Some people deserve a little kindness, and some people don't.

This Fang Shengyu is the latter.

"Hey, look, how come there are so many scholars painting there by the lake, go, go outside and have a look, maybe there is something elegant, you can't miss it."

Suddenly, Zhang Bangchang saw a shed not far away near the lake, where many scholars splashed ink and painted, and some respected old men commented.

And for some high-level transformations, others are not stingy with praise.

A few people came together to find out what it was about.

But a scholar said: "Brothers, you don't know this. Zhao Jing, the third prince of the official family today, asked for a painting with one jade, ten pearls, and a thousand taels of gold. Dedicated to today's officials as a birthday, in order to show the talents and spirit of our Great Song Dynasty, and the style of writing is at its peak

The brothers and sisters also know that today's officials have first-class calligraphy and painting, and idle paintings are not appreciated, so the third prince Zhao Jing thought that on the day of the Shangyuan Festival, he would spend a lot of money to ask for paintings. "

"So that's the case, hey, isn't that Brother Fan? Brother Kong is also here."

Qian Jun suddenly recognized his friends. They were painting with their heads down at the moment, showing off their calligraphy and painting skills before nightfall.

Zhang Bangchang asked again: "Are all the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the easel selected?"

"No, only those who can get into the eyes of Mrs. Zhu Qian will be hung on the easel, and then they have to be evaluated by the scholars present, and the best ones will be wooed by the third prince, but even if they are not selected, Most of the words on the easel will be bought by nearby merchants, after all, it was praised by Master Zhu.

The rewarded paintings are still very valuable. "The scholar said enviously.

It's a pity that he doesn't know how to paint, otherwise he would have to go up and try.

Most of the scholars' energy is spent on the imperial examinations, and most of the people who can learn piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are talented, intelligent and from a superior family.

Because such expenses are beyond the reach of ordinary people.

"There is such a good thing, so I can't miss it. Come, come, brothers, come and paint with me?" Qian Jun became a little happy when he heard this, and immediately couldn't wait.

Zhu Yu coughed twice and said: "I still have some skills in appraising paintings, but this painting is really mediocre, so I won't make a fool of myself."

"Well, I took a look, and the calligraphy and paintings hanging on the easel were indeed of a high standard. I compared them in my mind, but I knew they were not as good, so I stopped going up to make a fool of myself." Zhang Bangchang also shook his head.

"Brother Gao, what about you?" Qian Jun's eyes moved to Gao Fan.

Gao Fan smiled: "I can try it, but I'm afraid I won't be able to beat those talented people."

"Where's Brother Li?" Qian Jun asked again.

Li Xiuyuan shook his head and smiled: "My master is a Taoist. He only learned some Taoist things. Where did he learn painting? If I play chess, I can still make a fool of myself, but I am not very proficient in painting."

"Since that's the case, then Brother Gao and I will try it out. If we can get the thousand taels of gold today, I will invite you all to take a boat trip on the lake." Qian Jun was quite confident.

"If that's the case, I'll wave the flag for Brother Qian and wish Brother Qian a triumphant return." Li Xiuyuan laughed.

"Leave it on me, Brother Gao, let's go." Qian Jun pulled Gao Fan who was beside him and walked forward excitedly.

(End of this chapter)