"That's to say, otherwise how could the emperor post portraits with such fanfare to find her?"

"Oh, I guess I want to find her as a concubine, right?"

"That's not it, what a blessing!"

"I'm going to have to take a good look, and if I find out who it is, there's a big reward!"

One spread ten to hundred, three hundred portraits of women were posted on the streets of Hengjie, and the matter of looking for people and rewarding them was well known to the common people in the entire Nanbang country.

After a few days of searching, no one reported that they had seen this woman. This made Helian Yang restless all day long, and he didn't bother to go to court for a few days.

Between the pitches, a hurried qiē has become a trace. All he wondered was if there was any sign of the woman in the painting, or if anyone had provided any information about her.

"Xu Wei, the painter of the painting boat." Helian Yang faced the eunuch beside him. "What has he been up to lately?"

The eunuch beside him waved the dust and said: "Pass on the three products of the Imperial Forest painting official Xu Wei." ”

After that, he leaned close to Mu Di's ear and said: "I heard that the painter Xu Wei has been rushing to paint the pictures of beauties ordered by the emperor overnight recently, but after the three hundred pictures of beauties are finished, I have rarely heard of them. It seems that I have been depressed for the past few days, and I have not painted. ”

"Oh?" Helian Yang lowered his solemn eyebrows and muttered, "Although I named him a third-grade painter only because he painted a beautiful picture with a wave of his wolf, he doesn't seem to be so happy with the title I rewarded him?" ”

With a question, the eunuch beside him hurriedly lowered his body.

"Xu is the emperor's reward made Xu Wei, who was originally a small nameless painter, look a little flattered, I am afraid that he has already been promoted and praised before he has time to be happy for a while."

The little eunuch was already full of panic in the blink of an eye.

We all know that Emperor Mu Yang is playful by nature, extravagant, ruthless, and extremely strict in the training of the army, to the point of cruelty.

This has made a small Nanbang state able to live for a long time for a hundred years, and survive and reproduce under the strong pressure of the northern powers, first the Chu State and then the Liu State.

The maids and eunuchs who followed Emperor Muyang's side, and the harem concubines were always changing their ways to coax Helian Yang to be happy. I deeply understand the anxious state of mind of accompanying the king like a tiger all the time, and maybe it will lead to death if you are not careful.

First of all, Concubine Lian, who has a stable temperament, and then the red lady who has always been favored by Helian Yang, was successively beaten into the cold palace by a drunken gaffe and jealousy, and became crazy, the latter actually cut his tongue and was exiled without thinking about the love of husband and wife for a day.

It was when both hands complimented him that a few drops of sweat had oozed from the little eunuch's forehead.

A voice came from outside the hall behind him: "Xu Wei, the official of the Royal Forest Sanpin Painting, is here." ”

"Chuan Xuwei." Helian raised his dragon sleeves and said, and in the blink of an eye, the gloomy clouds and thick fog between his eyebrows gradually dissipated.

Before Xu Wei could walk to the bottom of the hall, he had already watched Xu Wei, who was saluting with both hands, come in front of him.

He lifted his body with one hand and said with a smile: "The painter doesn't have to be polite, he doesn't have to be polite." ”

In this situation, even the eunuchs standing on both sides of the dragon chair were a little frightened.

"Emperor Xie, Emperor Xie......" Xu Wei was even more flattered when he saw the emperor's action.

Hurriedly got up and saluted Helian Yang again.

"Xu Wei, you come here, follow me here." As he spoke, Helian Yang took Xu Wei's left hand and pulled him to the right of the dragon chair on the Jinluan Hall and stood there.

This...... What a majesty, what a terrifying distance.

In this way, even the hands of the chief eunuch standing beside Helian Yang trembled a little.

"Your Majesty, I summoned Weichen today for ......" Xu Wei thought about Helian Yang's abnormality today, could it be that he knew that he had been in a daze these days and was a little depressed?

Seeing that Helian Yang had not yet spoken, he first wanted to kneel down and plead guilty.

Unexpectedly, he was helped up by Helian Yang's hands. "What are you doing here? Well, I'm going to ask you something. ”

Xu Wei gently wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead with his sleeve.

"Xu Wei knows that he has not performed his duties in the painting boat recently, and he is really a little against the emperor's order for the three-grade painting official of the imperial forest given to Xu Wei by the emperor. Weichen, he should be guilty. ”

Seeing that Xu Wei was for this matter, Helian Yang helped Xu Wei up.

"I don't blame you, maybe I suddenly named you a third-grade painter, and you haven't been in a hurry to prepare psychologically, it's because I'm not thoughtful, it's because I'm not thoughtful." Helian Yang sighed.

Looking up at the gorgeous hall, the man turned his face to Xu Wei again and said, "I have sent you here this time because of something else, and you must answer truthfully." ”

"Your Majesty, Xu Wei...... Knowing everything is endless. Although he said so, Xu Wei was still a little apprehensive in his heart.

He was clear about the reason for his big change in ascending to the sky and becoming a big celebrity around Helian Yang. It's all for the beauty picture that captivates the country and the city, but the news that has been all in vain in the past few days Xu Wei is also in his ears.

Relying on the empty official position obtained by a beautiful picture, can it really be relied on, even if it can be relied on, how long can it be relied on?

Helian Yang also did not shy away from saying: "I want to ask you, do you remember when you saw the woman in the painting, on which street, and who was following her, or ...... What is she wearing, and is there anything special about her? ”

Xu Wei was shocked to hear the words, and it seemed that Helian Yang had obviously made up his mind to accept the woman in the painting as a concubine.

It's not just a quick remark a few days ago.

Xu Wei seemed to be staring at Emperor Mu Yang motionlessly, listening carefully, but his heart had already flown out of the clouds. has already followed the figure of the woman in the painting to the streets of the northern Yanagi country.

It was a rainy autumn night, and the wind was cold, and she just floated alone on the streets of the imperial city of Liuguo with an oil-paper umbrella. As a small unknown painter, Xu Wei happened to be in a fluctuating mood in those days, and came to Liuguo to collect wind alone, and he went to the streets of the capital that night because he was bored.

But I happened to see the woman.

But...... He clearly saw a few turns, and behind the woman stood a purple-robed evil man. Although he didn't see the positive appearance, he could recognize that the man was not an ordinary son just by his bearing.

Xu Wei can't and doesn't dare to tell Helian Yang about these.

"Xu Wei, Xu Wei...... What are you thinking? Helian Yang pushed Xu Wei, who was standing next to him, and looked at him as if he had been fascinated for a long time and forgot to answer his own question.

The painter shook his head, but turned his face again. "Oh...... The emperor asked Xu Wei about the special features of the beauty in the painting and the beauty that Weichen saw on the specific day and street. ”

"Yes, yes, you remember?" Helian Yang's pair of brown pupils were as dazzling as if they were about to drown out in an instant.

Xu Wei pondered for a moment before he said slowly: "Minister...... I really don't remember it clearly. But Xu Wei still remembers that it was a late autumn night, and Chen was walking on an empty street, which street was it? The emperor still blamed Wei Chen, the minister is incompetent, and he has a bad memory if he is not familiar with the territory, and there is no way to remember which street it is. ”

Between the vague words, he vaguely revealed something to Helian Yang.

"Xu Wei, have you stayed in the palace since you were a child?" The delicate-minded Helian Yang seemed to have sensed something.

Xu Wei nodded, "Yes, Your Majesty." Xu Wei lost his parents when he was a child, and he was taken by an unknown painter in the painting boat who took a fancy to Xu Wei's painting talent, so he took it to the palace painting boat to learn professional painting skills. ”

Helian Yang stared at his deep eyes, as if looking at Xu Wei in an instant, he was about to see through both of his eyes and see his heart directly.

"In this way, the painter is only most familiar with the painting boat. And I'm not familiar with the territory of my Lampang at all? Maybe...... I can also understand it this way, the painter inadvertently intruded into the territory of another country, and he can't tell the difference? ”

The man couldn't help but purse his thin lips, and his thin brown pupils showed a slight cold light.

In Xu Wei's eyes, looking at Helian Yang's eyes, a boundless desire for possession and contention slowly rose.

He didn't speak, but looked at his brown eyes, as if by default.

In this way, Helian Yang also understood something.

In an instant, he rose to his feet, and a yellow robe could not hide the restlessness and frenzy in his heart.

After turning his back, his hand waved in front of Xu Wei's eyes: "I know, you go back." Wait for me to bring the woman back, and I want you to paint her for me to see. ”

"Yes."

Xu Wei lowered his chin and said.

Slowly leaving the Jinluan Hall with shallow steps.

Outside the house, he walked against the wind, but he didn't look like he was walking in the wind, but it was as heavy as his legs were filled with lead, and it was difficult to walk an inch.

When he raised his eyes, he was suddenly grabbed by a pair of cold hands.

Thin joints, cold on the hands. Holding his hand straight, he grabbed it without any skill, but he was very powerful.

Raising his face, he turned to look at the most prosaic but not ornate palace in the palace. In the midst of the delicate staggering, he had already guessed that it was Yan Yan painting dressed up as a painter man.

"You want to die yourself, but I don't want to see you die in the painting boat, anyway, you were also sent to the palace by my father to arrange to work in the painting boat." Yan Yan said stubbornly but solemnly.

Before Xu Wei could speak, she took his hand and ran all the way towards the painting boat.

He was finally forcibly pulled back to the painting boat by her.

The man slowly covered her with one hand, and said softly: "I ask you to be careful of pretending to be a man in the future, if the women are like you with fake beards and running around, I don't know when the beard has been blown upside down by the wind." Who else do you want to save? ”