Chapter 142: Picture Scroll
Juwenzhai. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
After Chu Chen came in, he always felt that this place was worthy of the Dong family's industry, and it was very good-looking.
Juwenzhai is very atmospheric, and the things inside are also very good, all of them are finished products, many of them are superb, and they are the authentic works left by the ancient literati.
It is said that many of them were taken out of the Dong family's library cabinet.
Chu Chen likes these things, and there are two things that are not available in the palace, so he is tempted and wants to buy them back.
"This place is really good, and there must be a lot of people coming before the imperial examination. Chu Chen looked at it and talked to Chu Xu, his words were full of admiration, and he understood more and more why the Dong family was so sought after.
"This place is really good. ”
Chu Wei had been here before, but no matter how good the things in this place were, in fact, there was nothing that he had to buy for his status, and he didn't come here so much when he was busy with government affairs.
"The painting devil has a new painting, go and see it. ”
"Really, go check it out. ”
The people in this were all scholars, and their voices were very low, but the excitement was still obvious.
Painting devils, Chu Chen assured that even in the imperial examination, he had never heard of this name.
Chu Ji felt a little familiar, but he didn't have much of an impression.
"Let's go, let's take a look. ”
Compared with Chu Chen, who was also curious, the group followed the flow of people.
This painting devil also likes to take his own works and put them in Juwenzhai and hang them out for others to see.
It's not that he can't sell, he only sells to people who are destined, that is, he only sells to people who give advice, and all of a sudden can make his paintings a lot higher, and the price of the sale is earth-shattering.
The paintings of the devil were originally unique, with their own style, and their painting skills were very good, but his paintings could only be seen in Juwenzhai, so many people in power did not know this person.
There was once a great talent from other places who gave advice about the sunshine in the painting, told the people of Juwenzhai, and got the approval of the shopkeeper and took away a painting of a ghost.
Chu Chen and the others followed the people in front of them, and there were several paintings hanging on the paintings in front, all of which were depicting devils.
Most of his paintings depict what he sees, all of which are real and lifelike.
What immediately attracted Chu Chen was the painting in the middle, on which a person, a woman, was depicted.
The painting is on a mountain, there is a temple at the top, and there are many steps and mountain paths faintly below, and the main thing is the group of people in the middle, the most obvious, and the middle is a woman.
A woman wearing a veil, with blood stains on her veil and chest, is very well dressed and demeanor, she should be a woman from a large family.
Who is this woman, Chu Chen reacted immediately, although he had never seen it.
Not surprisingly, this woman is about to be his wife, the mother of the country, the eldest lady of the Dong family, Dong Qinghe.
Dong Qinghe touched the Buddha in Yuanhan Temple, saved his mother with filial piety, and was called a Buddha by a group of Buddhist believers, and everyone knew it, and he was also clear.
It seems that this painting devil was also present that day.
Chu Xuan's eyes moved, when he heard about it, he thought about going to see it, but because someone from the department happened to have something to do with him, he delayed the time, stumbled his pace, and couldn't go.
I didn't expect to see this picture here.
Well, this is obviously the queen mother in the future, and it seems a little inappropriate to hang it here, but this is a celebration of her sacredness as a Buddhist woman, and it is in her own shop, which seems to make sense.
This painting has actually been hanging out for a long time, mainly because the two brothers have never heard of it, and it has been a few days, and they are going to accept it.
The rest of the people had already seen it, and gathered around the other side of a picture scroll full of lotus flowers.
There are relatively few people here, except for Chu Chen, there are a few people who are looking up, and they are all slowly nodding their heads to express their appreciation for this painting.
"This painting is very well handled at the temple above and the mountain path below. ”
Someone was talking next to him, and Chu Chen also felt that the treatment above highlighted the middle, that is, Dong Qinghe's sacredness, this voice was crisp and gentle, extremely good, but it looked like he had heard it somewhere.
There were two people next to him, dressed as men, but one of them, he was quite familiar, wasn't this the girl who was on the boat last time.
Speaking of which, this is the third time he has seen this girl, and it is also fate.
This is exactly Song Yingxue who came out dressed as a man.
"This girl is polite. ”
Although Chu Chen said that he had seen it, he actually didn't know her name.
"Childe is polite. "Song Yingxue doesn't come out often, and the men she has seen are limited, this person is a little familiar, and I can't remember who it is.
Chu Ji also saw it on the side, this girl and his imperial brother are really fateful, isn't this the girl who was on that boat last time.
It's just that this girl must have something to do with Qingdu, she is Dong Qinghe?
That's a coincidence.
Chu Ji looked at this girl, and then looked at the paintings hanging on the wall, her eyebrows and eyes were not the same.
"The girl likes this painting too?"
Chu Chen smiled, kept his distance, his voice was low and magnetic, and asked politely.
"Not bad. Song Yingxue nodded, this person is still polite, and he loves this painting, so he doesn't have to be too angry.
As a royal person, Chu Chen's appearance has nothing to say, not to mention that it is rare in the world, but he is also handsome and clear, and there is a kind of self-confidence and courage of a superior person.
Song Yingxue herself is also a talented woman, she can see that Chu Chen is really talented, and the things in her eyes are not fake, as Dong Qinghe's friend, she is happy that things about her friends are liked.
The two of them talked about it, Chu Chen originally knew that she was a talented woman, so he said in this direction, which really caused Song Yingxue to nod directly, and the two of them hit it off at first sight.
Chu Ji was behind, and he had some impulses to help his forehead, Brother Huang, you came out to observe the people's feelings, not to hook up with the girl.
These two people cherish each other, Chu Chen feels that although this girl is a woman, she is not limited to the boudoir, but has the courage and intelligence that men can't match, and many ideas coincide with him.
Even in some political affairs, she did not shy away from it, and talked about his heart in many aspects.
Since the two of them have such a common idea, they will also go together and see other things in this Juwenzhai.
Seeing this woman, Chu Ji thought of the Medicine Bodhisattva, remembered the ship, and later he checked, the style and structure of the ship are indeed suitable for long-distance travel, any water area can be navigated, even water battles can be competent, not a painting boat that generally sails in the lake of Taijing City.
This seems to indicate that this ship is indeed very likely to belong to the Medicine Bodhisattva.
The Dong family will also have fewer painting boats, if it is really Miss Dong Family, wouldn't it be more suitable to have a beautiful and delicate painting boat.
Looking at the short time when Chu Chen looked at the book on the other side, Chu Chen said: "This girl." ”
Song Yingxue looked at him suspiciously, this person had been following behind that son, and she also seemed to have seen it, not to mention that these two sons were similar in appearance, and they knew that they were related by blood.
"I don't know what happened to Childe?"
"In fact, I was in the same boat with Brother Qingdu last time, so I saw the girl on the opposite boat, and I picked up the notebook in an offensive way, which was specially to apologize. Chu Xuan said very politely, and Song Yingxue was a little embarrassed.
"Childe is polite, it's all blown by the wind, I really don't dare to think about it. ”
"Then I have one more thing I want to trouble the girl. ”
"Childe, please speak. ”
"The boat in which the girl was on that day happened to be seen below, and it seemed to belong to another girl. ”
"Yes, it's not mine, it's a friend's. ”
"But the Medicine Bodhisattva?"
Song Yingxue's face changed immediately, this person actually thought of the medicine bodhisattva, Song Yingxue was good friends with the Dong family and Dong Qinghe, and knew that the medicine bodhisattva was Dong Qinghe, but whether Dong Qinghe had taken that boat as a medicine bodhisattva. She really didn't know.
She doesn't know what the relationship between Dong Qingdu and this person of the Dong family is, so it's better to be on guard.
"I don't understand what Childe is talking about, that friend of mine is good friends with the young master of the Dong family, maybe he has seen the Medicine Bodhisattva, but the Medicine Bodhisattva is known to have left Taijing City as early as last year, but Childe is joking?"
Chu Wei smiled, he already knew the answer he wanted.
"It's me who is abrupt, and I ask the girl not to blame. He gave her a fist salute to apologize.
"It doesn't have to be that way. Song Yingxue felt that she was ashamed.
At this time, Chu Chen walked over, what is the matter, how did these two people talk, this girl is related to Dong Qingdu, he doesn't think that the second brother will doubt whether she is an assassin or not.
"What are you talking about?"
"This boy also likes one of the paintings of Shicai, but he thinks a little differently from me. "Song Yingxue is an empathetic girl, thinking that she can't embarrass him, after all, she told him that he was wrong.
"Oh, by the way, I forgot to introduce, under the surname Lu, single name Yu, this is my brother. Chu Chen pointed to Chu Xuan and introduced, just now he saw a picture scroll on a rainy day and liked it a lot, and the painter seemed to be surnamed Lu.
"In the sound of the lower land. Chu Ji smiled and saluted.
"The little girl's surname is Song. Song Yingxue returned the salute.
"Meeting is fate, I didn't expect to meet a talented girl like a girl, and suddenly I thought of the sisters in the family, but I was compared. Chu Chen was in a good mood today, thinking of those princesses, which one had such insight.
Childe laughed, but he just had some opinions of his own, how to get into the hall of elegance. Song Yingxue said, as a woman, even if she has an opinion on political affairs, it is useless, especially a woman like her who has no parents and brothers.
This is a bad statement, women's views are often more thoughtful than many men's, such as today's Queen Mother, who dares to say that her insight is not as good as that of men, and there is no place for it. Chu Chen admired his mother very much, especially when he encountered tricky political affairs.
It is not easy for a boudoir woman to have such an ability to govern the world, far surpassing his father, and he will not underestimate the ability of a woman.
"This is that Childe overestimates the little girl too much. "Song Yingxue is very modest, this society requires, in the hearts of many old stubborns, there is still the idea that a woman is virtuous if she is not talented, to admit a woman's talent from the bottom of her heart, it is really not what those high-ranking sons and brothers will have, they have to admit it, unless it is the woman's flower and moon appearance, admit her appearance, and by the way, it is another matter, maybe the woman's status is extremely high, and it is another matter.
"It's a girl who is indeed literary and knowledgeable, far beyond ordinary people. ”
"Alright, you're enough, let's take a good look at these paintings. Chu Ji interjected, these two are really a couple.
After shopping around the above, and then coming down, Song Yingxue thought that the jewelry she had ordered could be picked up, so she said goodbye and left with her personal maid. Chu Chen stared at the picture scroll of Dong Qinghe painted by the devil for a long time, and then turned around to find the shopkeeper of Juwenzhai.
"I don't know what happened to this son?"
The shopkeeper of Juwenzhai is a middle-aged man, wearing a literati hat, a long beard, and a profound face.
"I want to buy the picture scroll of the eldest lady of the Dong family who painted the devil. Chu Chen got straight to the point and raised it directly.
"Do you know the rules of painting devils' paintings only for those who are destined?"
"I heard about it, but I thought maybe I was the one who was destined. ”
"Okay, since Childe is so confident. The shopkeeper is also a person who doesn't drag mud and water, and commands the little guy around him, "Go and get that painting." ”
After the servant brought the painting over, the shopkeeper spread it out and put it on the table, and asked, "I don't know what Childe can do to make this painting more valuable." ”
It's not that he said, as the shopkeeper here, he himself is also very talented, he has seen countless good things, he doesn't have the slightest idea how to change this painting can make a big difference, the painting devil was originally a holy hand, and he himself never expected anyone to come up with ideas.
"It's simple. Chu Chen smiled, he felt that it was very simple, he took out something directly from the purse on his waist, and stamped a stamp on the white paper next to the painting scroll, "Isn't this expensive on the painting?" ”
The shopkeeper was beside him, and when he looked at the words on it, he was so frightened that he immediately knelt down: "The grass people knocked on the emperor, and asked the emperor to forgive the grass people for the sin of neglect." "That's a jade seal, although it's not the most precious heirloom jade seal, one of the other jade seals in knowledge is also a jade seal.
The other two little guys also knelt down tremblingly, kowtowing incessantly, and saying the words "knock to see the emperor" in their mouths.
"Excuse me, get up. ”
Chu Chen didn't mean to put on a show, he came out to observe the people's feelings.
"Thank you, Your Majesty. The shopkeeper got up and didn't dare to look up at Tianyan anymore.
"This might double the price of this scroll?"
"Nature is possible. "The shopkeeper can still say that it can't be done.
"Then this thing will be mine. Chu Chen stretched out his hand and rolled up the scroll.
"Thanks to the emperor's favor, it is the blessing of the grass people. ”
"By the way, I heard it's for sale. Chu Chen remembered this, he was a good emperor, but he would not forcibly take the things of his people, he wanted to be a Ming monarch.
"Ten taels of silver. The shopkeeper replied with his head bowed.
"Let's be honest. Chu Chen was not happy, this painting was far more than ten taels of silver
"What the painting devil asks for is just some ideas, and the price for which this painting is sold has always been ten taels of silver, which means something. The shopkeeper's explanation is indeed so.
"Hmm. Chu Chen nodded and motioned for Chu Xuan to pay the bill, he didn't think about hiding it from the Dong family, he definitely couldn't hide it, it was better to let the Dong family know that he cared about Dong Qinghe.
After leaving Juwenzhai, the two brothers got what they wanted, but they both went back with a smile.