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Zhu Zhishan met on the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, Shen Xi still had two days to prepare, he could no longer be as arrogant and rude as the last time he saw Zhu Zhishan, now at the feet of the Son of Heaven, he and Zhu Zhishan are both outsiders, if Zhu Zhishan is willing to release his previous suspicions......

Will Zhu Zhishan really be so generous?

It's hard to guarantee that it won't be a Hongmen feast!

The New Year is approaching day by day, and Shen Xi devotes himself to Wen Shu for the next year's examination. If it is said that in addition to the content of the four books and five scriptures in the township examination, even if it is examined, the internal curtain official has no time to review it, then when it comes to the general examination, the content of these exams is very important, and it is even related to whether the final candidate is admitted or not.

Because when it comes to the exam, the four books and five scriptures are basically written by the candidates, and the articles taken out are all flat and stable, and the arguments are full of arguments, and it will be more subjective to judge the quality of an article.

Shen Xi is also making up for this knowledge, although he has learned a lot in his past and present lives, but he is far from being proficient, and he needs to study and summarize in more detail.

Now the opponents that will be faced in the examination are almost all Zhu Zhishan, who have been immersed in the imperial examination for half their lives and are talented, these people are waiting for the title of the gold list, and compared with the Bagu Wen alone, Shen Xi thinks that he has no advantage.

In the past two days, while resting and relaxing, Shen Xi made two paintings, both of which are ordinary landscapes, and he wanted to try his luck in the calligraphy and painting shop in the capital, because the cost of this line far exceeded expectations.

Not famous. A painting can't be sold for a few pennies at all, in fact, the profit from making a fake is even greater, but he is a candidate from other places, and he carries a few celebrity calligraphy and paintings with him. It will always make people wonder that the painting is not coming from the right way, and even suspect that it is a fake.

In the calligraphy and painting shop, the shopkeeper seriously entertained Shen Xi.

The shopkeeper was a middle-aged man in his forties, with a round face and an honest look. But this is just an illusion, after the shopkeeper carefully looked at Shen Xi's paintings, he asked with a smile: "This son came from afar, could it be that he wants to accumulate fame by selling paintings?" ”

Approaching the examination, the number of candidates in the capital is increasing day by day, and there are many people who paint, their purpose is different from Shen Xi, these people only seek fame by selling paintings, and it is best to be promoted by calligraphy and painting shops to accumulate fame. In the end, the proceeds from the sale of paintings have to be repaid to the calligraphy and painting shop...... This was not Shen Xi's original intention.

Shen Xi replied seriously: "I came to Beijing from Fujian to take the exam, and I was short of money, so I needed to sell paintings to subsidize my family. ”

The shopkeeper of the calligraphy and painting shop immediately changed his face, he was polite before, mainly because Shen Xi spoke pure official language, and now he knows that he came from Fujian all the way, and he has to rely on him to sell paintings, so he is not so good-tempered: "Small door and small shop, we can't afford to accept Shen Gongzi's paintings, let's change to another house!" ”

Although Shen Xi's paintings are a little more plain. But it's much better than the calligraphy and paintings on consignment in the calligraphy and painting shops. It's a pity that if you don't have fame, you won't have a market, and Shen Xi won't post money to the calligraphy and painting shop to publicize, so the shopkeeper is naturally not happy.

In desperation. Shen Xi had no choice but to go to other calligraphy and painting shops in the city to continue to try his luck.

It's a pity that after a few walks, none of the calligraphy and painting shops are willing to accept consignment, because they are doing a profitable business, and they are of course staying away from this kind of calligraphy and painting that may affect their income.

By noon, Shen Xi was hungry. I found a small restaurant on the street to eat.

The scale of the restaurant is not large, not even the second floor, and it is not in the downtown area, Shen Xi knew that it was cheap as soon as he saw the door, and just sat down to order food, Zhu Shan had already put the calligraphy and painting he was holding on the table, and devoured it.

At the next table there was a fat, oily-looking man, in his early thirties, who glanced sideways at this side, with a bit of gleam in his eyes. Colliding with Shen Xi's gaze in the air, the middle-aged fat man nodded with a smile as a greeting, and then asked, "This son is out to sell paintings?" ”

Shen Xi smiled faintly: "Exactly." ”

The middle-aged fat man sighed: "Then it is a little difficult...... On the ground of this capital, there are many celebrities and Confucians, and their calligraphy and paintings are not sold much. ”

This statement hit the nail on the head, there are not many others in the capital, there are many famous people and great Confucians, after all, they are at the feet of the Son of Heaven, these literati are conceited whether they are in the court or not, they are all conceited and painted, and they each have a bunch of supporters, who can tell the difference between good and bad ordinary people? Those who don't know how to paint will naturally pick up official paintings to buy!

The middle-aged fat man said again: "I don't know if this son is famous now?" ”

Shen Xi nodded slightly: "I will raise my son in Xianai Fujian, and I will enter Taixue to study in the next year, and try to ...... next spring." You should take the test. ”

"Oh?"

The middle-aged fat man's face changed, "I don't know a thing or two about calligraphy and painting, I don't know if I can take a look?" ”

Shen Xi handed over the calligraphy and paintings, a total of two, both of which were landscape paintings, without mixed characters, and there were two small poems inscribed by him in response to the situation, which were simple and unpretentious, and there was no literary brilliance. The middle-aged fat man looked at the two paintings one by one, closed the scroll and asked, "What do you call them?" ”

"Under the surname Shen." Shen Xi replied.

The middle-aged fat man said: "It turned out to be Shen Gongzi, whose contemptible surname is Zhou, and he is making a little antique calligraphy and painting business in the capital." In all fairness, Shen Gongzi's two paintings and inscriptions are really superior, how much is Shen Gongzi ready to sell for? ”

The fat man surnamed Zhou!?

Shen Xi has never heard of such a celebrity in the capital, it stands to reason that someone who has a little reputation, or who has money in his hand, who would come out alone without even bringing an entourage, and eat in such a small restaurant?

If the price is high, this person will definitely not accept it, and if the price is low, he will lose money again, after all, pen, ink, paper and painting scrolls also need money.

Shen Xi said: "Your Excellency looks at it and gives some, so as not to damage my paper and ink money." ”

Zhou Fatzi said with a smile: "That's not it, if such a painting is replaced with someone else's name and inscription, it can be sold for ten taels or eight taels of silver." But Shen Gongzi didn't even sign his name, it's not appropriate after all, you think it's good, one piece counts as two taels of silver, only Shen Gongzi needs to sign his name, how about it? ”

What a rich man, this is Shen Xi's first impression.

Spend four taels of silver to buy two calligraphy and paintings of unknown origin, what do you want to do when you take them back? Of course, Shen Xi is confident that his paintings are still good. People in these years, don't they buy calligraphy and paintings just to be elegant?

Or, there will always be some wealthy people with little reputation in the capital who will buy his paintings back as investment. If he becomes famous in the future, the value of these two paintings may increase by hundreds or thousands of times.

"Yes."

Since someone wants to buy a painting, Shen Xi won't be too stubborn, don't get along with anyone, don't get along with silver, four taels of silver for white flowers. I can pay for more than a month!

Shen Xi signed his big name "Shen Xi", and Zhou Fatzi really took out a small silver coin of four taels of silver, and it can be seen that the Fat Man is still quite wealthy this week.

Zhou Fatzi took the two paintings in his hands and said with a smile: "The silver and goods are gone, Shen Gongzi is not allowed to regret it." ”

Shen Xi thought to himself: "I am not famous and have no political status, even if you get my paintings, what can I do?" Take it away. He immediately said, "I will not regret it." ”

Zhou Fatzi was full of wine and food, holding two paintings, and went out with his stomach in his mouth, and a carriage came over as soon as he went out. Two domestic servants helped Zhou Fatzi, who was unable to move, to get into the carriage.

When the carriage was far away, the shopkeeper came over and said, "This official is really capable, and the two paintings were exchanged for four taels of silver." You don't know, this week, the big officials are notoriously unruly, and when they come to eat in my small place, they always owe money, saying that they settle the bill at the end of the month, and they don't go out to lend money to make money? ”

Only then did Shen Xi know that the fat man had some origins this week. After asking carefully, I learned that he was a Taoist tyrant who started by lending money, and he belonged to a tyrant in the south of the capital. He ran prostitutes, gambling stalls, and pawnshops, and supported many brothers.

Shen Xi was a little surprised, could his paintings really be "entrusted to non-people"?

If he really has any fame in the future, such a person will show off his paintings. Even getting close to him will have some impact on his reputation.

But Shen Xi also noticed that the fat man was low-key this week, and the shopkeeper said that this person was "stingy", but with Shen Xi's experience in watching people, he felt that the fat man Zhou had the freedom to hide in the city.

Shen Xi asked, "Shopkeeper, what is the name of Zhou Daguan?" ”

The shopkeeper pouted his hands: "Who knows his real name." When people say that his surname is Zhou, I don't know if it's true or not, there was no such person in the capital a few years ago...... Such people come and go faster, or no one will know where they will die in a few years. On the ground of this capital, none of those who do such business will end well......"

Shen Xi sighed softly, this shopkeeper is old and refined, and he sees things very thoroughly.

Those who do business belong to the lower ninth rate to make a living, so what if they are rich? Without a little social status, any soap can be bullied and provoked, not to mention offending the dignitaries and dignitaries in the capital, even if any of their servants are worried about you, you will suffer.

Even those who do serious business should be low-key, and even more so those who make a living from gray, once there is any trouble, you will be wiped out in the blink of an eye.

From this point of view, the fat man did the right thing this week, and only by being cautious will he not provoke the powerful and make him stable.

Shen Xi had another question in his heart: "Since he wants to keep a low profile, why buy my paintings?" ”

After checking out and leaving, Shen Xi took Zhu Shan to the inn to find Su Tong, and told Su Tong about the previous sale of paintings, Su Tong smiled and said: "Brother Shen has any questions, it must be that people see Brother Shen, you are good at painting." If you change me, don't say two taels of silver, even one hundred taels will be willing to pay. ”

Shen Xi shook his head: "I'm just painting ordinary landscapes. ”

"If you draw well, you can paint everything." Su Daodao, "Brother Shen, I have something to ask you, you said that we will go to Zhuzhishan tomorrow for the appointment, do you want to bring gifts?" ”

Shen Xi said: "If you can bring it, take it as an atonement." ”

Su Tong was slightly reluctant: "This surname Zhu has given us a name, and we have come to make amends, people may think that we were wrong before, and we will not be underestimated." But the matter was caused by you, Brother Shen, and you can do whatever you say. ”

Shen Xixin said that you are really going to beat up, if you didn't accept gifts from others by seeing Xie Duo, how could you be up to Zhu Zhishan? I just came out to help you out, and now it's up to me.

Coming out of the inn, Shen Xi was about to go home, when he saw the guy who had temporarily stayed at the inn in a hurry, holding a red envelope in his hand: "Shen Gongzi, I can be regarded as finding you, in the past two days, someone has always sent invitations to the inn, saying that it is for you, but you have moved away, and the little one doesn't know where you live." I'm so anxious! ”

Shen Xi took it and took a look, but it was an invitation from Yu Niang.

After arriving in the capital, Yu Niang said that she was looking for a place to settle down, and then she didn't know where to go.

After Shen Xi moved out of the inn, he couldn't notify anyone, so he thought that maybe he would cut off contact, who knew that he hadn't seen him for a few days, and Yu Niang was in such a hurry to find him.

"There's little brother Lao." Shen Xi gave more than a dozen dollars as a reward.

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PS: First update!

The Son of Heaven asks for a free referral ticket, thank you!

Ps. chasing more children's shoes, are there any free appreciation tickets and starting coins~ The countdown to the 515 red envelope list is over, I'll pull a ticket, ask for an increase and appreciation vote, and finally rush a handful! (To be continued.) )