Tianxiang Building is divided into two floors. The first floor is mainly some small businessmen and civilians, and the seats for men and women are divided into left and right, although it is a little messy, but because the people present are all people who come to appreciate the paintings, the literary atmosphere is quite good; The second floor is relatively quiet and neat, and it is a private room separated by a bamboo curtain, and there are all noble families, dignitaries and the like who sit in it.

In addition to these, what remains is a wide hall, with a platform erected in the center of the hall, and all kinds of pen and ink calligraphy and paintings are hung around it.

Ning Yun came in with a hat, led by the attendant of Tianxianglou, and sat in the private room she had already booked. This painting appraisal will be held every three years, and it is a major event in the Great Zhou painting world, whether it is a painting dealer like Luoyingzhai or a leading painter from all over the world, they will come to participate in it as soon as possible.

The appraisal can be divided into three categories. The first is to enjoy paintings. On the stage, there will be a lot of old masterpieces that cover the seals, and those who come to the stage, as long as they can guess five kinds correctly, they will pass the test, and then choose one of the paintings, which is considered a reward.

This second item can be regarded as the finale of the whole audience - the competition painting, the contestants are all voluntary, there is no threshold, a stick of incense time, according to the title of the painting, and then by the famous masters of the painting world, only one pair is selected. The winner can not only win the jackpot, but also often take advantage of this painting appraisal when the heroes gather, and become famous and famous. Once, before his brother's death, he became famous in the first battle at the painting appraisal meeting nine years ago, he didn't seek fame and fortune, but he still came to play with him, and was pushed to the stage by Ning Yun. As a result, he became famous, and the famous work remained in the painting appreciation meeting. Over the years, although the winners of the competition painting have also been good, there is no one who can compare with his brother. I heard that this year, the reason why I took out my brother's famous works is to inspire future generations and redeem the decline of the art world in recent years.

The last item is considered to be the end, and compared with the first two, it is more commercial and freer. That is, each painting studio or collector will display the masterpieces in their hands for others to appreciate, or sell or use paintings to negotiate with themselves.

Ning Yun came a little late, and when she sat down, the first one had already begun, and she was not interested in this, so she was not interested in the painting competition in full swing off the field, so she looked around, wanting to find Shi Lingfeng's figure. It's just that the layout of the second floor is a bit big, and it is not easy to find someone with a bamboo curtain to separate the line of sight.

Just when Ning Yun gave up this idea and regained her mind and was about to watch the game on the field, someone shouted Shi Lingfeng's name in her ear.

"Hey, you're here. No wonder my sister is stalking and wants to come along, it turns out that she knows that you are coming! This is the voice of Wei Lan, the sixth son of the Wei family, Ning Yun can distinguish it. Looking for prestige, it is easy to see a familiar back sitting between two bamboo curtains. Isn't Shi Lingfeng who is?

Wei Lan was only loud at the beginning, and then seemed to be sitting in Shi Lingfeng's private room, and then the voice came out intermittently, and after hearing only the words "sister-in-law didn't come" and "my sister ......", there was no more sound.

Ning Yun guessed in her heart, isn't this Wei Lan's sister the granddaughter of the second room of the Wei family who had a marriage contract with her first? I heard that she was quite favored in the Wei family, and she was proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. In the end, it was a pity that I couldn't marry Shi Lingfeng. I just don't know if Shi Lingfeng feels sorry? I'll go back in the evening, but I'll have to ask.

Thinking of this, the corners of Ning Yun's mouth curled, she retracted her thoughts, and looked at the game on the stage downstairs.

It is not difficult to say that the painting competition is difficult, and the people who usually participate on the stage are some young people in the art world. Occasionally, there will be women on stage, and most of them are wearing hats like Ning Yun. Ning Yun said in her heart: It is rare that in this patriarchal era, there can be an occasion when women and men are allowed to compete on the same stage. Originally, they were all people who loved painting and cherished paintings, so they should be treated equally between men and women, and from this point of view, this painting appreciation meeting was quite enlightened.

It's a pity that there were originally few women in the competition, and as the competition progressed, more and more people were eliminated, and in the end, only five people remained. And these five are all men.

Seeing the result, Ning Yun sighed heavily: It's really not angry!

"Why should the girl sigh?" A strange man's voice sounded in the private room next door to Ning Yun: "Three obedience and four virtues are the righteousness of women, as for dancing and painting, studying and becoming a scholar, the righteousness of men." Dogs and chickens in the morning are just in their own roles and in their own places. ”

The private room where the two were located was not separated by a wall, but only separated by a bamboo curtain. Xu was because Ning Yun sighed, and this man guessed Ning Yun's thoughts, so he had this remark.

Ning Yun was not worried that he would open the curtain regardless of etiquette, nor was he worried that he would be able to recognize who he was through the curtain, so when he spoke, he had no scruples: "Hmph, in my opinion, three from four virtues are just the shackles of women. ”

There was a moment of silence in the private room next to it, and soon, a voice with a meager anger sounded: "I have never heard that a woman is complacent with her talents, and when she hears it, she is a person without women's virtues......"

This time, it was a woman with a shrill voice, also from the private room where the man was sitting.

The woman's words seemed to be stopped before she could finish her words. Although there was a curtain, Ning Yun could imagine her angry expression at the moment from the woman's tone.

After a while, I heard the man say again, "The girl has a point. ”

Ning Yun snorted coldly in her heart, and was too lazy to say a word.

At this time, a burst of exclamation suddenly erupted in the crowd downstairs. Ning Yun looked down, only glanced at it, and almost stood up excitedly.

Dancing Pheasant Returns!

As soon as this painting appeared, after some amazement upstairs and downstairs, they all fell silent. Yu Gong's famous work is also the most valuable of Yu Gong's paintings so far, or in other words, it is the most expensive painting in the flower bed of the Great Zhou Dynasty at present! This painting, the meaning comes from the "Analects", "Mo Chun, spring clothes are completed, the crown is five or six, the boy is six or seven, bathing in Yi, the wind is dancing, and the song returns", the dance of the pheasant is the content of this sentence.

The original meaning of this sentence is the understanding of the Datong society after the rule of Lile. If, after reading this sentence, you can only have a reverie about the scene of "Datong Society", then the painting of Yu Gong is the best scene that people can imagine. Whether it is the expression of the crowner, or the movements and demeanor of the child, it is very appropriate and perfect to express this beauty. Just one glance makes people yearn for infinity.

"The old man's dancing duck is the jackpot of the second competition of today's painting appraisal, whose painting can win the unanimous approval of our five masters in the painting world, who is the owner of this painting!"

The person in charge stood in the center of the stage, asked people to carefully put the painting back into the box, and said to everyone present: "Please participate in the competition!"

That's what Ning Yun was waiting for!

She stood up, put her hat on, and walked out of the private room. As she passed by the private room on the right, the woman's shrill voice rang out again.

"Childe, look. Not only did she say those rebellious words, but she also wanted to be embarrassed on stage! It's really childish and ridiculous. ”

The man was silent.

Ning Yun didn't even pause, didn't look at the two of them, and went straight to the high platform downstairs. She deliberately chose a loose white long coat today, which was worn wide and wide on her body, and her body shape could not be seen, so she was not worried that she would be recognized by Shi Lingfeng. When she came downstairs, she deliberately glanced in the direction where Shi Lingfeng was, and from a distance, she could only see one of his figures, and she couldn't see his expression clearly. Even so, she still felt uncomfortable being stared at with burning eyes, which made her unconsciously pull down her hat.

Painting is a must-win, just don't let him recognize it. Otherwise, it's really unclear.

Like Fang Cai's painting appreciation competition, this time there were also many women participating. Of course, it's more about men. Due to the enticing jackpot this time, there were many more entrants than in previous years. The wooden table for painting on the table has been prepared, and the four treasures of the study room on it are also complete.

After Ning Yun picked an inconspicuous corner and sat down, she listened to the person in charge: "Time is a stick of incense." The title of this competition is none other than this dancing and singing picture. Contestants to "dance to the picture" as the title of painting, a stick of incense within a limited time, and as soon as the gong sounds, we invited the five painters to comment on the score, the highest score, win! ”

As soon as this topic came out, they whispered one after another, and they were even more anxious, and said directly: "What kind of topic is this?" In the past, the title was either a poem or an object, and there were also landscapes. This time, I actually took this painting as a problem, but how to start? ”

"Yes, if you want to say that you want to copy the original painting, but the original work has already been installed, and you can only see it from a distance, who can remember?"

"But no, even if you have seen the real thing, you can really copy it, and the time for a stick of incense is not enough, who can have the ability of Yu Gong and his old man! And where does the artistic conception come from for the things that are copied. Painting pays attention to artistic conception and technique, and if you can't give full play to these two things, what is it better than? ”

For a while, there was a lot of discussion on and off the stage.

Naturally, the principal does not care about this. When the gong sounds, the game begins! The people on the stage didn't dare to speak anymore, so they rolled up their sleeves and began to grind the ink, while at the same time seizing the time to think hard about the topic.

Ning Yun didn't rush to polish the ink, but closed her eyes and thought quietly. As the younger sister of Yu Gong, her advantages speak for themselves. Not only did she see her brother paint that painting with her own eyes, but after returning from the competition, because she was not satisfied with the organizers of Tianxianglou leaving her brother's painting, she asked her brother to make an identical one to herself. It's just that after my brother passed away, another picture of dancing and singing was buried with my brother.

Since this painting is the theme today, it is better to do this......

After a while, Ning Yun had an idea. She was just about to make a move when she heard a familiar female voice sound from the audience.

"I'm going to join the competition too!"

It was the one who sat next to Ning Yun and said that Ning Yun was naïve and ridiculous. At this time, she was wearing a hat and a yellow double-butterfly cloud-shaped thousand-water dress, whether it was texture or pattern, it was excellent, and she looked like a rich person. The other Chiba gold peony jewelry on the head is also a very rare color.

The principal originally wanted to refuse, but as soon as she saw that the person's outfit was either rich or expensive, and the game had only started for a while, he agreed to her request in the spirit that more things are better than less things.

The woman sat down not far from Ning Yun, pointed to the principal and said, "I'm late, everyone else's ink has been polished, but I have to start grinding the ink from the beginning, which is unfair." So you ask people to change the ink again, the gong strikes again, and we start again. This woman's voice is not only sharp, but also has an aggressive momentum in and out of her words, which makes people feel oppressive when they hear it.

It stands to reason that this is a matter of strong words. Obviously she was late, and allowing her to participate was already lenient to her. But she's good, she still cares about this little time, and doesn't ask people to change the ink unforgivingly, isn't it unreasonable?

There was already talk in the audience.

The principal just wanted to refuse the woman's request, but the people on the stage began to speak out in support of her. For a while, the person in charge is in a dilemma.

Wei Lan, who was watching the battle from upstairs, couldn't help it, turned his head to Shi Lingfeng and said, "It's obvious that this woman is unreasonable, why is there still someone on the stage to support her!" It's weird. Could it be that they all saw the woman's face below, so they fell for it? ”

Shi Lingfeng stared intently downstairs and said, "They are not thinking about that woman, they are buying time for themselves." The topic is too difficult, and they haven't started to write, and changing the ink and re-timing not only does not delay anything, but also does not buy more time for themselves, so why not? ”

Wei Lan suddenly realized.

The person in charge was soft-hearted, and at this moment, he was shouted by the people on the stage in turn, and finally couldn't resist it, and compromised again.

Ning Yun kept looking at the woman, and a strange feeling was born in her heart. It wasn't until the new ink came up that she understood.

A wisp of strange aroma wafted from the tip of her nose, and Ning Yun said to the waiter who came over to change her ink: "No need, my ink has not moved." I'll still use the original one. ”

When the woman heard this, she quickly glanced up at Ning Yun. Through the veil, her eyes shone fiercely:

Hum! You don't have the ability to steal a painting with me. I'll leave you alone. When I win back this painting for my son, please him, and then come back to settle accounts with you, a little woman who doesn't know the height of the sky!

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