Chapter 42: The Heartbeat of Ten Paintings

Back in the room, Qingzhi Qingluo didn't know what was going on, Qingluo tiptoed and looked out, puzzled: "Where is my Xiaolang?" ”

Xu You was about to answer, when a young man walked in from outside, wearing black clothes and trousers, strong and strong, his eyes were shining, holding ten scrolls in his hand, and said respectfully: "I was ordered to send Xu Langjun out of the house!" Then he presented the scroll and said: "Xiaolang confessed, these are ten paintings owed to Xu Langjun, which are used to repay the poem on the night of Shangyuan." As for the jokes of the previous hundred paintings, presumably Xu Langjun would not care about it. ”

Xu You sighed in his heart, took the scroll, and gently brushed the back of the smooth paper with his fingertips, as if he could still feel the temperature when Zhang Xuanji was holding the pen for painting.

It's a pity that some people meet it too late!

"What? Out of the house? ”

Qingluo jumped up violently, grabbed the man's arm, and hurriedly said, "Qinghe, where is Xiaolang?" Why are you in a hurry to send off guests? It's not easy to get people to come...... Uh, no, I mean......"

She said what was in her heart carelessly, lest she provoke Xu You to look down on her own girl, and she was so anxious that she wanted to cry. Qinghe said: "Xiaolang seems to be in a bad mood, and he has gone back to the house from the back door, so let me see off the guests on my behalf." ”

"Feeling bad?"

Qing Luo frowned slightly, understood in an instant, turned around angrily, and said, "Xu You, did you make Xiaolang angry?" You bad luck ......."

"Qingluo, don't mess around!"

Qing Zhi grabbed her, her expression was as cold as frost, and said: "One more word, I will do nine chapters from today, and I am not allowed to go out in three months!" ”

Qingluo and Qingzhi are like sisters, and they can usually be rude, but as long as Qingzhi is really angry, she never disobeys, this is not fear, but love from the heart!

"Xu Langjun, since Xiao Lang commanded, then I won't keep you, please!" Although Qingzhi was worried about Zhang Xuanji, she didn't want to lose her rudeness in front of Xu You, so she sent them to the edge of the peach forest, then bowed down and bowed, turned around and went back to the courtyard.

The courtyard door closed gently, separating the two worlds.

Qinghe sent Xu You and his entourage to the entrance of Chaimen, and then went back to resume his life, Zuo Yan found an opportunity and asked in a low voice: "Lang Jun, what happened?" ”

Xu You looked back at the peach forest again, walked towards the road with firm steps, and said, "It doesn't matter, let's go!" ”

Zhang Xuanji did not leave the peach forest and return to Zhang's mansion as Qinghe said, she sat by the pond at the end of the yard, feeding the two snow-white geese with her own hands.

"Langfeng, you are always stupid, and if you get married in the future, how can it be good?"

"Gaga...... Quack ......"

"Not married? So how? Girls always have to get married, and it's too bitter to be lonely and grow old alone, right? Zhang Xuanji's feet were submerged in the pool water, and the slender jade feet were like spring shoots, flawless, gently shaking the water surface, and said: "Look, you are still hesitating, but Bai Shui has already begun to nod." ”

She stretched out her hand to touch another goose named Baishui, who had just eaten all of its food and opened its mouth viciously to bite: "Ah...... White water, you bite again...... This can't be done, it's fierce, how can you please Langfeng? ”

Langfeng and Baishui are both from Qu Yuan's "Lisao", one is a sacred mountain inhabited by immortals, the other is a fountain of drinking immortality, and now it has become the name of two geese, full of childlike fun.

Lang Feng waved his wings, and the splash of water drove away the white water, vividly expressing his disgust. Bai Shui was very vicious to Zhang Xuanji, but in the face of Lang Feng, he immediately coaxed and obediently hid to the side.

Zhang Xuanji gently stroked Langfeng's neck, put his pretty face on his forehead, and said with a smile: "It's always you protecting me...... The little woman thanked you! ”

"Girl, girl!"

Qingluo's anxious call came from behind him, Zhang Xuanji didn't make a sound, and looked at the reflection in the water stupidly, not knowing what to think.

"Girl, I really thought you were going home." Qingluo found Zhang Xuanji, and under great joy, he ran over quickly with his skirt, stepped on a small pebble in a hurry, stumbled, and immediately fell forward.

Zhang Xuanji turned around and helped her in time, and said with a smile: "How old is you, still so frizzy, are you ashamed?" ”

Qingluo stuck out her tongue, stood up straight, and said with concern: "Girl, are you okay?" I have already scolded Xu You just now, he dares to make you unhappy, I ......"

Zhang Xuanji's face was slightly gloomy, and he said, "You scolded Xu Langjun?" ”

"I, I...... Actually, it's not a scolding, it's just a small punishment for him......" Qingluo cautiously looked at Zhang Xuanji's expression, and said timidly.

"Qingluo, you're really getting bolder!" Zhang Xuanji nodded her head fiercely, and said, "Now go back to the room, you can only eat after today's average loss and insufficient profit, otherwise, I will ban your feet!" ”

"Girl, I, I just can't see others bullying you! You just forbid me, I also want to say, Xu You is unfortunate and shameless! ”

"You, you're just a child, and you know what negativity is and what luck is!" Zhang Xuanji was not angry because of Qingluo's confrontation, his tone turned indifferent, and said: "Xu Langjun and I have only met twice in Qiantang, and Meng Jun did not give up, and sent me the poems of the bright moon on the sea." In addition, for more than a year, there has been no contact, people have not even seen my appearance, and they don't know my identity and surname. ”

"This ...... This,"

Qingluo felt that although what the girl said made sense, she was somehow uncomfortable, and said, "Others don't know, don't I know yet?" After the girl came back from Qiantang, she looked forward to Xu You's appointment day and night, and usually came to live in this peach forest for seven or eight days at most three or five months, but half of the more than a year stayed here...... What's so good about this, it's inconvenient to eat, it's inconvenient to get in and out, the house is damp, there are many mosquitoes, and what's even more annoying is that there are few people, and at night, I'm so scared that I don't even dare to go out. ”

"That's just your grievance, not mine!" Zhang Xuanji shook his head, clasped his hands on his knees, and said with a slight smile: "The breeze, the peach tree, the bright moon, the frog song, and these two geese are all gifts from God, and I live here because I like it, not to wait for someone!" ”

"I can't say it's a girl!"

Qing Luo was stunned, but said in her heart, the girl is so hard-mouthed, she must have been heartbroken by that Xu You, I really shouldn't have listened to my sister just now, and scolded him for being a bloody dog.

"Okay, you shouldn't think about it, don't think about it later. I advise you to think about how to solve the arithmetic problem of losing and surplus, I heard Qingzhi say, tonight's meal is very rich, you can't finish the arithmetic, and you don't have anything to eat......"

Qingluo pouted and responded, she didn't know how to love when she was young, and it was clear that the girl had a good impression of Xu You, but why did she make trouble so far? But in her mind, it must be Xu You's fault, her own girl is such a heavenly fairy-like character, is she not worthy of him?

As soon as Qing Luo was dispatched, Qing Zhi also followed, saying that Xu Langjun had left and stood quietly behind him. Zhang Xuanji was silent for a moment, and suddenly smiled: "What, are you also here to comfort me?" ”

Qingzhi said: "A girl has her own reason for doing things, and she and Xu You are just ordinary friends, if you don't agree, you will go, where do you need the consolation of the servant?" ”

Zhang Xuanji raised his hand and waved it a few times, Lang Feng seemed to understand what she meant, quacked twice, and swam away. Bai Shui, who was playing energetically, saw that he was busy flapping his wings and followed, and almost got into the water because of the sharp turn.

"The north wind is cool, and the rain and snow are cold. Hui and good me, hand in hand. Is it false? It's urgent! Zhang Xuanji stood up, looked at the two geese chasing and playing, his eyes showed an indescribable gentle look, and said, "Do you remember the poem "North Wind" I taught you? Only by benefiting me can we walk hand in hand. Qingzhi, there are many things in the world, you can't force it! ”

"Yes, I can't force it!"

Qing Zhi felt a pain in her heart, forced a smile, stretched out her hand to support Zhang Xuanji, and said, "Girl, the wind is blowing, let's go back." ”

The two walked slowly, and Qing Zhi quietly turned her head to look at the geese in the pool, their necks intersecting, their foreheads touching lightly, and they chased and frolicked carefree.

If the goose is like this, how can a person be worthy?

Zhang Xuanji didn't look back, his eyes were as clear as water, and there was a faint leisure. After this period of calm, she has already thought very clearly in her heart, since Xu You judges people by their appearance, it is not the lover she is looking for, so it doesn't matter if she is sad and sad, just like two wisps of fresh air, coming from different places, they can't be integrated, so they continue to go to different places.

So much for!

Back at his residence in Wu County, Xu You excused himself to rest in the room under the pretext of being tired. Lu Shuang grabbed Zuo Yan and asked quietly: "I'll be back so soon, I thought Shi Langjun would stay for dinner......

Zuo Yan shook his head and said, "Qingming and I stayed in the room, and I don't know what happened." But looking at Lang Jun's expression, he shouldn't be in a good mood. You wait and try to persuade a couple of sentences, and see if you can explain one or two! ”

"yes, I see!"

At this time, I heard Xu You shouting: "Frost, come, help hang up these paintings." ”

Frost pointed to the room and signaled to go over, Zuo Yan nodded and closed the door gently.

The ten paintings were lined up one after another, hung on the wall, wiped the sweat beads from the forehead, and asked with a smile: "It's really a good painting, in my opinion, although it can't be compared to Gu Fujun, it can also be called a good hand." ”

Xu You stood in front of the painting with his hands in his hands, tilting his head and being silent for a long time. Frost retreated lightly, because she knew that what Xiaolang needed now was quiet, not the so-called liberation.

In the first painting, a lonely mountain stands in the distance, the smoke and waves under the mountain are vast, and a girl sits in the high-walled courtyard hundreds of miles away, standing on tiptoe, looking forward to the lonely mountain in the distance.

There are only a few brushstrokes in the whole painting, there is no heavy ink and color, and there is no elaborate carving, but the landscape, characters, and artistic conception leap on the paper, and the hidden Danqing technique is extremely proficient.

Xu You understood that this was the day when Qiantang Lake Yaji was able to become famous.

In the second painting, the mountain is in the shape of a dragon's head, and there is a deep hole at the half-waist, and several people stand back and forth, as if there is a dispute. A man in the front wears a curtain on his head and turns his back to the crowd, but his body looks back slightly, as if listening intently. This painting depicts the subtleties of the details vividly, and the man's desire to go and not wanting to leave is overcome by body language.

This is the first time to see Longshi Mountain, a not very harmonious beginning, but they all left a deep impression on each other.

The third painting is an old man who bought taro, and after listening to the relayment of Xu You's high theory, Zhang Xuanji laughed heartily. Since Wu County left, she has been preoccupied, and this is the first time she is happy and happy from the bottom of her heart.

In the fourth painting, the Shangyuan Festival, the lanterns are like day, and the pedestrians on both sides of the street are densely packed around the lantern riddles or discussions, or meditating, or gathering, or walking alone, everyone seems to have come to life from the paper, with flesh and blood. At the end of the scroll, one person held the jade butterfly Hanmei and handed it to another person, and the man's hand hidden in his sleeve was obviously clenched into a fist, which showed that he was in a nervous mood at that time.

In the fifth painting, the stone bridge spans the stream, the moon shines brightly in the sky, the two are separated by a few steps, but the figure is closer on the bridge deck, although it does not overlap, but it is like leaving. This is also the only painting with an inscription, and the beautiful handwriting in the upper left corner reads: The moon is born on the sea, and the end of the world is at this time.

This is the poem Xu You sent her, at that moment, maybe Xu You remembered those relatives who were no longer there, and in her eyes, there was only this man beside her!

The sixth painting is the rolling spring water, with thousands of peach blossoms at the water's edge, with no end, a girl wearing a pleated skirt, standing by the river, staring in the direction of Qiantang, reluctant to leave.

In the seventh painting, the Qiantang in the distance is full of smoke, the sun is setting, the sky is dyed red with blood, and the people who are wailing, crying, and numb are vying for the road, and the girl is still by the river, but she does not look at it, but hangs her head and folds her hands in front of her chest, praying bitterly for the person who has fallen into the Qiantang, praying that he will be safe.

In the eighth painting, a person is lying on a sickbed, surrounded by many people, some are relieved, some are anxious, some are taking the pulse, and some are holding tea, but no matter what, they can at least contribute their efforts and devote themselves to it. But the girl could only sit under the flower tree in the high wall, burning incense, and bowing her head silently to pray for blessings as before, and her clothes were stained with tears.

once whipped a famous horse because of drunkenness, lest he mislead the beauty,

Xu You never thought that Zhang Xuanji had been so affectionate. In the past year, he has been fighting back and forth between life and death, and the slightest negligence will be doomed. But in spite of this, the family, friends, and tribes around him were either destroyed in the war, or died tragically under the knife, or from the thief's disobedience, all of which have undergone earth-shaking changes, and he used all his wisdom and energy to break a way out of the difficulties and extinguished the turmoil that swept most of Yangzhou.

Love is a thing, for those who are up and down in troubled times, in fact, it is really luxurious!

In the ninth painting, the man recovers from his illness and is in front of the three armies, watching with high spirits as the Thunder Cannon defeats the white thief. The girl carried her skirt and happily circled under the flower tree, falling flowers like rain, and people like jade.

The first nine paintings were apparently made at different times, some older, some brighter, while the tenth, or not painting, is clearly freshly written, with a messy brush and ink that has not yet dried, and only one line of words:

Xu Langjun, the road ahead is difficult, and I hope to cherish it.

When Xu You saw this, his heart seemed to have been hit by something, he stretched out his hand, stroked these words, and said, "Frost, get your clothes, I'm going to see Feiqing!" ”

"Huh?" Lushuang hurriedly came in and persuaded: "Xiaolang, it's getting late, if you don't have anything important, it's better to go back tomorrow ......"

Xu You suddenly smiled, like a bright moon breaking through the cloud curtain, and said, "It's better to go sooner rather than later, go now!" ”