Chapter 109: Painting the Lantern
Qin Hanzhen heard the news of Li Yanchao's illness from Zhao Mo, and he felt quite refreshed in his heart. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info She asked: "Then is he seriously ill now? Is he recuperating with peace of mind? Should he not be sick and not give up, do you have to find the whereabouts of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"
Zhao Mo smiled and said: "After he returned to Shangyuan County in embarrassment that day, he fell ill that night, and I heard that he had a fever all over his body and was unconscious. His servants sent him a doctor, and after taking the medicine and pricking the needle, it didn't work much, and the fever still didn't go away. His master was worried that he would become a fool if he burned for a long time, so he hurriedly invited several doctors to show him again. He should be lucky, when the Shangyuan county commander was stabbed in front of him, a doctor found out that he was not suffering from a sudden illness but was poisoned, although he did not save people later, and let the patient's domestic servants beat him, but the reputation spread, and they all said that he was a good doctor. Li Yanchao's master invited him over, and finally let Li Yanchao get rid of his fever and wake up, but not long after he woke up, he fainted again. I heard that he was not lightly ill this time, and his vitality was greatly damaged, and I am afraid that he will not get better so easily. ”
Li Yanchao is still in a coma for a long time, and he wakes up briefly once or twice a day, and each time it is not long, I heard that even the medicine is barely poured down, and he also poured ginseng soup and porridge water, and within a few days, the whole person quickly lost weight.
He was so sick that the people around him could not care about anything else? The domestic servants did not complete any of the tasks he had ordered before, such as investigation and sentry, but one of them symbolically turned around Wulipo and asked if there was any suspicious carriage passing by, so naturally he didn't investigate anything, so he came back and continued to serve Li Yanchao. As for tracking Yongjiahou or something, they all heard it clearly, but none of them planned to really do it.
Just kidding, who is Yongjiahou? The emperor's brother-in-law, the prince's own uncle, it is said that the emperor has the most trust in him. Even after 30 years of separation, they could not shake the status of Yongjiahou in the emperor's mind. Can such a master, for no reason, be able to say that he can keep an eye on the sentry? Yongjiahou's hometown is in Jiangning County, and his residence in Jinling City is also under the jurisdiction of Jiangning County, so how can Li Yanchao, as the acting county commander of Shangyuan County, have a reason to deal with Yongjiahou?
The Li family did have a good time in the capital, but that was all in the past. Although there is such a noble in-law as the Tu family now, Mrs. Li is just the daughter of the side branch of the Tu family, and her mother's house is not prominent in the family. The head of the Tu family is still polite in front of Yongjiahou, why does the grandson of a side branch dare to keep an eye on Yongjiahou? If the head of the family knows, Li Yanchao may have parents to intercede for him, but these subordinates will definitely not be able to please them!
The servants privately approached the master, explained it to him and Pan, and asked him to help him come up with ideas. The master was also taken aback, knowing that the proprietor had drilled the tip of the horns. He also very much agreed with the decision of the servants to concentrate on serving Li Yanchao, and also said that when Li Yanchao blamed him in the future, he could help them plead for mercy. After all, those who are slaves in the world should put the life and safety of their masters first at all times and places. Li Yanchao was delirious when he ordered the task, so why did the servants go to great lengths to complete his obviously unreasonable so-called task?
As a result, the people around Li Yanchao all had a tacit understanding to stop all tracking and sentry actions, and concentrated on taking care of the sick Li Yanchao. Li Yanchao woke up from the coma twice, and the news he got was "everything is fine, someone is watching it, and once there is news, it will be reported", he was relieved, and he didn't know that the people had united with the master and were hiding it from him.
Regarding this news, Qin Hanzhen said that he was happy to hear it, and he was very interested in knowing what the reaction would be when Li Yanchao's condition improved and his brain came to his senses, knowing that his subordinates did not do what he told him at all?
Zhao Mo was also in a good mood. He was depressed for a long time, and when he found that he could still play tricks on the bad guy and make the other party suffer a little, he felt a bad breath, and he was really happy.
The two children sat opposite each other in the study, while practicing painting on the big bookcase, chatting quietly, the room was as warm as spring, and there was fragrant tea and food at hand, this day was so comfortable!
However, Qin Hanzhen laughed at Li Yanchao, but also a little worried: "This time I successfully tricked him, and I also concealed the truth." He really thought that you had replaced the crown prince in the middle of the way, but he didn't know that you just changed your cloak with the guards, and asked a few guards to scatter around Wulipo, creating the illusion that you had dropped your bag halfway. However, he only had a cold and flu, and no matter how serious it was, he would be able to get better in a few days at most. Even if you can't jump around as much as before, you can at least consciously tell your subordinates to do things. If they really keep an eye on our house, or go to find out the whereabouts of Imperial Doctor Shen, can we really keep it hidden? Seriously, I'm a little worried. We must at least keep the news from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince when he returns to the capital, right?"
Zhao Mo smiled and said, "Cousin, rest assured, I have discussed it with my uncle and grandfather a long time ago, if there is no accident, it should not be difficult to hide it for another month." Now I'm afraid that the Shu Wangfu has really sent people, and the people sent here still have some ability, and they can easily find out that we are just singing empty city plans. ”
Qin Hanzhen thought for a while: "I remember that Brother Lobby mentioned in the last letter that they seem to have passed Huaiyin and are about to arrive in Xuzhou, right? Although they can't take the canal, they can only take the road by car and horseback, but because it is close to spring, in order to be able to get on the canal boat as soon as possible, they have been taking the official road along the canal. For us, this trip may be a little slow, but counting the days, it is not much slower. After Xuzhou, it is not far from the boundary of Shandong, and it is quite close to the capital. If there is another month, it should be enough for them to arrive in Tongzhou, right? I remember that they were not going to enter the capital, but to the Xiaotangshan Palace. Can't you let Lord Huang send an urgent letter to Beijing and ask the emperor to send someone to pick up His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? If there is a reliable person in the capital to pick him up, the prince's safety will definitely be more guaranteed. ”
Zhao Mo thought for a while: "When His Highness left Jiangning, Lord Huang should have already sent an urgent letter to Beijing. He naturally thought of this a long time ago. ”
Qin Han was really right to think about it, so he didn't say more.
She used the brush in her hand to put the last stroke on the paper, then lifted the pen and put it on the pen mountain, and said with satisfaction: "This time the painting is good, I have made a lot of progress in figure painting recently." He looked at Zhao Mo again, "Has Cousin Zhao finished drawing?"
Zhao Mo also hurriedly collected the last few strokes, and carefully studied his work: "It's just mediocre, not as good as my cousin's painting." However, in the past two months, I have indeed learned a lot of famous brushwork, and I have also learned a lot of things to draw. Three months ago, I never thought that I had some talent in painting. ”
Qin Hanzhen smiled: "Isn't this very good? Cousin Zhao should be glad that I pulled you to learn and practice painting, otherwise you may have to wait until the future when your hair turns gray and you really have nothing to do, then you will have the leisure to study this, right?"
Zhao Mo laughed at it, and then cast his eyes on the two lanterns in the corner of the house that he and Qin Hanzhen had made together, and he was a little eager to try: "Cousin, since we have already practiced the painting, why don't we just greet the lamps directly?"
Qin Hanzhen nodded, also a little excited. Yesterday, Zhao Mo ordered someone to buy some materials to make lanterns and came back, and the cousins and sisters studied and tossed for most of the day before they made these two beautiful palace lanterns, but the lampshade made of plain yarn was left blank, and they didn't have time to draw.
If they don't paint anything, the palace lantern will look too simple and inconspicuous, but if they draw something casually, they will spoil the lamp they have made. So they struggled for a while, but the light was always clean.
In order not to let the pearl of their works be dusted, Qin Hanzhen and Zhao Mo still decided to draw something on the gauze cover. However, neither of them wanted others to touch the lamps they made, so after some discussion, they decided to come by themselves, so they started a new round of self-study tutorials on painting, and now they finally have results.
Qin Hanzhen and Zhao Mo held a lamp, returned to the bookcase, and according to the previously prepared pattern, they picked up the pen and put pen on the gauze cover. The two of them worked together very tacitly, one painted the characters, the other painted the background, you and I stroked one stroke, and several paintings that could be combined into a small story appeared on the palace lantern veil.
When the sun was in the west, they finished drawing the two lights. The little story on the lamp, one is that Zhao Mo traveled to Changzhou, Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Huzhou, and the painting painted a Zhao Mo wearing different clothes, and the background is the most famous places of interest in these four cities - just like a common tourist commemorative photo in modern times. Another short story is about Qin Hanzhen, but instead of painting where she traveled, she painted the scenes she watched in Qinzhuang - the protagonist of each play appeared in the background.
Zhao Mo couldn't put it down with these two lights, and he couldn't wait to keep them like this, and he didn't want to carry them away at the lantern festival. In case it is burned by a spark, if it is yellowed by smoke, if it is knocked to the ground by someone...... He made up a hundred kinds of lanterns in his own brain, and Qin Hanzhen couldn't help but be speechless when he heard it.
Qin Hanzhen simply carried the lamp to his grandfather and grandmother to admire, and received unanimous praise. Niu also insisted that she carry the lamp to the lantern festival, so that she could take the opportunity to show her face and let people see how beautiful the lamp made by her granddaughter was.
Qin Hanzhen was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly diverted the conversation. Naturally, she wanted to go to the lantern festival to see the lights, but she didn't have to show her face or anything. This pair of palace lanterns, she looks very good, but there will be countless better and more beautiful lamps at the lantern fair. The grandmother's boast is so exaggerated that people blush when they hear it.
Zhao Mo reluctantly agreed to carry these two lamps to watch the lantern festival, but he rubbed Qin Hanzhen again, and gave him the lamp that painted her, and the one that painted him belonged to her. Qin Hanzhen only felt inexplicable: "Why? The two lamps were painted by us together, so let's enjoy them together." In the future, I will bring it back to the capital, and I will also give Brother Lobby a good look at our works, and then tell him how lively the lantern will be, and it is good to kill him!"
Zhao Mo smiled, pursed his lips and said: "I haven't seen the plays you painted, I'm curious, I just don't know if my cousin's paintings look like them, I must go to the Qinzhuang Opera Garden to have a good look if I have a chance another day." ”
Qin Hanzhen only thought that what he said was true, and said with a smile: "That's easy, now that Li Yanchao is sick in bed, he can't do anything, we are idle." Why don't you take this opportunity and go back to Qinzhuang?"