The imperial court soon allocated another house to Huai'an, near the wharf, by the Xizhao Bridge on Mobei Street, which was larger and more luxurious than the previous Cheng Mansion.

When the people saw it, they mocked again: "Look at it, look at it, I've only been an official for a few days, and the house has been renewed, so I'm in a hurry to ask for something from the court." ”

However, a few days later, news came out again, saying that Meng Huai'an did not let the court give it for nothing, and paid to buy the house, and it was not called Mengfu, but was named Dusk Guiju.

The person who spoke was a little slapped in the face, hesitated, and said: "Where did he get the money, this is in a hurry to find our people to loot." ”

"Isn't he the second son of the Meng family, can he afford to buy a house?" someone asked.

"That'...... Then he is also extravagant, the Meng family's courtyard is so big, it can't accommodate him?"

As soon as these words were spoken, I heard the news that Huai'an did not live in the new house, but still stayed in the Meng family.

This person smacked his tongue, and after a long time, he held back a sentence: "I bought a house and it is empty, is the family too busy with money?"

Regarding this issue, the Meng family also has questions.

Huai'an replied with an aggrieved face during the banquet: "I just casually mentioned that there is no other place besides Cheng Mansion, they gave me such a big house the next day, how dare I take their things for nothing, and it is difficult to say goodbye, so I can only buy them hard." ”

After that, he began to complain: "This house is not cheap, all the money in my hand has been drained, and now I am penniless." ”

He looked at Meng Hongxian blankly, Meng Hongxian just didn't see it, as soon as he put the chopsticks and got up and left, the speed was several times faster than usual, and he disappeared after a while.

He looked at Meng Ting'an again.

Ting An looked up at him several times, probably didn't understand what he meant, thought about it for a while, and finally seemed to have an understanding: "I went to participate in the auction of paintings held for me by Sigu Xuan two days ago, I didn't expect a painting to be sold for such a high price, it's really unexpected, second brother, your painting is actually very good, you might as well give it a try." ”

"Come on, you're famous, I'm not worth it. Huai'an pursed his lips and thought: I only want to take fish, why do you have to give me fish?

went to see Siqing again, and seeing Siqing's innocent face, he sighed: "Forget it, you must have no money." ”

After dinner, he pondered for a while, still wanted to go to Ting'an, stood in front of his study, saw that no one was there, glanced at the wall, and suddenly had an idea.

The paintings he painted were worthless, but ...... What if the person in the painting is "valuable"?

The painting on the wall was painted by him, although it was painted by Ting'an, but the person who belonged to it...... It should be him, right?

"Take it to the emergency first, and then draw a picture to make up for it. Having made up his mind, he crept into Ting'an's study, took the portrait on the wall out of the frame, rolled it up, wrapped it in a cover, and ran out.

I ran all the way to Sigu Xuan and sent the painting over in the newly established auction hall.

Meng Ting'an single-handedly reversed Lin Shaowei's impression of the entire Meng family, and now Lin Shaowei was also polite to him and received him kindly.

However, when he heard that this painting was not from Meng Ting'an's hand, he still planned to refuse, but when he saw that it was Meng Ting'an himself, he began to make trouble.

After weighing it up, he took the risk of hanging it up.

I didn't expect anyone to bid, and the price was not low, but what made Lin Shaowei curious was, why are most of the girls who want to buy?

Although most of them were girls, there were many bidders, and the price of this painting was also raised, reaching a high price of 10,000 oceans.

This price discourages many people, but there are also people who persevere.

In the end, the painting was sold for 25,000 oceans, and Si Gu Xuan collected some fees and gave the rest to Huai'an.

This huge amount of money stunned Huai'an, and couldn't help asking: "This buyer really likes my third brother, I want to thank you, who is she?"

Lin Shaowei thought about it and tried to recall: "Wearing a hat, wearing a coat, the hat is pressed low, the face is pressed tightly, the coat is very wide, and the body is wrapped tightly, I can't see anything clearly, I didn't leave my name, I paid the money and took the painting and left, oh, by the way, I only saw him on crutches, he should be an old man." ”

"Old man?" Huai An thought carefully for a long time, and really couldn't think of who it was, but when he heard that this "wronged boss" raised the price from 10,000 to 25,000, he was shocked that the others were surprised and gave in, and he couldn't help but be curious.

After going back, I thought about it, so I simply used my personal power again, and searched the streets for an old man wearing a black hat, a black coat, and a cane.

The soldiers rummaged through the streets and alleys again, and perhaps the last time they were looking for someone, they did not make a contribution in front of this new adult, but this time they worked hard, and searched much more carefully than the last time, and searched all the places that should be searched.

But still with nothing, they could only conclude: "This man is out of the city." Then he asked, "Maybe you haven't gone far yet, but you have to look for it outside the city?"

Huai'an wanted to find that person, he felt that the old man was willing to spend a lot of money to buy Ting'an's portrait, he should appreciate Ting'an very much, he wanted to give him a reward, let the third brother meet the old man, but he almost forgot that the third brother had to agree to this matter.

He hurried back to find Ting'an.

Ting An is painting in the study, probably what he is used to in his daily life, less than the same is more, it is not easy to see, Ting An has not found that there are no paintings in the frame in the study until now, Huai'an does not elaborate, only crouches on the desk and asks him if someone spends a lot of money for the paintings related to him, if he is willing to meet that person.

Ting An raised his pen in front of the case, and said slowly: "You can see it, you can't see it, my paintings and my people are not one, they can pay attention to my paintings, they don't need to pay attention to my people, if they have a chance to see, they are happy, if they don't have a chance to see, don't force it." ”

"Don't force it?" Huai'an said silently and nodded, "Okay." ”

Then he instructed his subordinates: "Don't go out of the city to look for it." ”

It was getting dark, and as usual, the gates were closed.

Outside the city, some people looked back at the closed city gates, leaving them lonely.

He rubbed his rumbling belly, carefully stuffed the scroll in his bag, and laughed at himself that he had replaced it with all he had, but it couldn't eat or sleep, so what should he do next?

But...... No matter what happens in the future, this painting just can't fall into the hands of others, he thought.

A farmer carried a burden and swayed home, passing in front of him, the burden was the unsold vegetables and fruits in the city during the day, he wanted to go and ask for two, the other party asked him to pay, he didn't want to pay, he planned to grab it directly, but looked at the crutches in his hand, felt that his current body fight may not be able to take advantage, after thinking about it, he had to pay obediently.

However, I rummaged up and down, and found that I didn't have half a penny anymore.

He smiled awkwardly at the farmer, and touched his breast pocket, where there were two oceans.

His hand rubbed over the two oceans for a long time, not knowing what he was thinking, and finally, he swallowed a mouthful of water on the fruit and vegetables in his burden, raised his head and waved his hand: "You go, I won't eat it." ”

"Hmph, if you don't have any money, don't say it early, if you dress like five or six, what are you pretending to be?" the other party glared at him, picked up the burden and left.

He laughed twice and walked forward, moving away from the gate behind him.

Inside Xuncheng.

Since Huai'an got the money, he has been busy, and there is nothing to do in the government for the time being, so he is not very there.

Now that he is in office, the study of porcelain painting is not big, Meng Hongxian no longer cares, what he is worried about now is not that he is willing to learn, anyway, he doesn't expect him, he is more worried about when the Meng family will have the next generation.

He didn't go to the kiln factory, Siqing was a little lonely, he went to the government to look for him a few times, but he didn't see anyone, knowing that he was a new official, there should be a lot of things, and he should have understood, but the feeling of frustration in his heart was as ubiquitous as air, lingering.

The people who thought that they would always move forward side by side will always have a day when they will be scattered, who does not have a life of their own, who has the obligation to guard another person forever?

She should have figured out this truth a long time ago, so she kept telling herself to settle down.

But she had just come out of the kiln factory that day, and when she saw the long-lost Huai'an coming in a hurry, she still couldn't stop her heart from beating wildly.

was about to step forward to speak, but saw Huai An grab her: "Follow me." ”

"Where?"

"You'll know when you get there. ”

Don't ask anymore, follow him all the way, follow him anyway, you can go anywhere.

However, the place she arrived at was not a strange place, and here, she could not be more familiar.

"Porcelain Art Society?" she looked at the people around her, "how do you ...... Dare to tear the seal off?"

"Now that I'm talking about it, is Lord Cheng's seal still useful?" Huai'an patted his chest and said softly to her, "Look at it, what's the difference?"

Siqing looked up and saw that the red wooden door had been repainted, with carved flowers around it, and a marble threshold underneath.

Push open the door, see that the original large room inside is divided into the inner room and the outer room, the outer room is placed in the center of a large sandalwood table, not an ordinary square, but imitate the edge of the lotus leaf, shaped into an irregular shape, the middle carved like a lotus leaf veins of the lines, lifelike, look at the refreshing spleen, anxiety and irritability instantly washed away.

Looking at the paintings hanging on the walls around him, Si Qing saw his previous "Wangbei" at a glance, and couldn't help laughing, this painting was originally owned by Sigu Xuan, not to mention the price, just to get Si Gu Xuan to agree to sell, it probably takes a lot of energy, in addition, there is also "Nanfei", which had fierce competition with "Wangbei" and has always been controversial The author of the painting vaguely remembered the surname Wang, as if it was called Fang, these participating paintings were on a separate list at the time, and the picture itself was not signed, so she couldn't remember the specific name.

On the other side, there is a row of tables and chairs, which can accommodate more than a dozen people to sit separately, in addition to pen, ink, paper, inkstone and other related objects.

In the inner room was a set of tables and chairs, and on the other side was a long sofa, which Huai'an said was specially prepared for her.

I pushed open the back door and went into the courtyard, but I saw that the previous pavilion had also been renewed, and a top shelf was set up next to it, and there were stoves, water tanks, pots, pots, etc.

It's not a cooking utensil, but it's just a matter of burning glaze ash, which is the raw material of glaze, and it's also plant ash, which is usually fired by mixing specific stones with forage.

"I don't know if you will use these, but I think that the glaze color is the most important one for porcelain art.

If you have a new idea, you can give it a try. Huai'an said.

This is exactly what Siqing wants.

It turned out that all his time of haste was spent here.

Emotion welled up in her heart, and her eyes glowed with a rare soft light.

Just thinking about one question, I couldn't help but worry again: "Si Gu Xuan doesn't seem to be allowed to see open flames." ”

"Sigu Xuan is Si Gu Xuan, Hui Guan Pavilion is Hui Guan Pavilion, the connecting doors are sealed, can they still manage so much?"

Siqing thought about it, they really couldn't interfere now.

But...... There are still problems ahead.

"I'm afraid I'm going to fight alone this time, and I don't think I'll be able to hire anyone here. ”

"What are you afraid of, isn't there still me?" said Huai'an with a smile.

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