When night fell, the victim was late, Su Tong personally went out to greet him, and soon welcomed the three sons. They are all in their twenties, and they are called brothers and sisters with Su Tong, and they seem to be very familiar with each other.

One of them looked at the blurred shadow in the screen and asked curiously, "The famous Jiangnan painter is already inside?" ”

Su Tong smiled: "Exactly." We might as well ask him to draw one or two pictures on the spot for everyone to see. ”

"Brother Su, you can't deceive us, right? There are many people who paint the Spring Palace in this world, and if you want to say that you can paint vividly, I only heard that there is a Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng, he can be more powerful than Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng? ”

Su Tong was in a hurry, and almost said, "Inside is Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng's disciple", but thinking that Shen Xi and Tang Yin's fighting paintings were too public, he said this was tantamount to exposing Shen Xi's identity, so he temporarily changed his rhetoric.

"Let's have their own strengths."

Su Tong said with a smile, "This Brother Zhao in it is good at figure painting, and it is lifelike when it is painted, and a few people who don't believe it will be able to see it for a while." ”

Of these three people, the older one is tall and thin, and among the three, he is the leader, named Li Yu. The remaining two, one is called Rong Ning and the other is Song Yue, both of whom are the children of merchants in the capital, as Su Tong said.

But in the capital, even the children of ordinary businessmen usually have a certain official background, according to Su Tong, these three people are not famous, at most they are only scholars, and it is difficult to distinguish whether they are good or bad in learning.

It means that Shen Xi can fool these three people to his heart's content.

The three of them sat down, looking very curious about Shen Xi behind the screen, especially Li Yu, who wanted to step forward several times to see what kind of painter was inside.

Li Yu said: "Brother Su, I don't believe how amazing the painter you invited is, there are not a few famous painters in the capital, but there are few people who can compare with Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng, or it is actually difficult to match the fame." ”

Su Tong's face was a little unsightly when he heard it, although he didn't know who wrote "Golden Vase Plum", but he knew that the illustrations in it were not from Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng's hand, but by Shen Xi himself. Su Tong thought to himself: "It's a pity to maintain Brother Shen's reputation and face, otherwise if you tell his identity, you will be scared to death!" ”

"Not necessarily." Su Tong can only defend himself like this.

Shen Xi sat behind the screen, in front of him was a desk, on which was placed pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and a candlestick lighting, sitting there, there was a feeling of taking the exam in the number room, and the small space in the dark made him feel a little aggrieved. He adjusted his mood a little, planning to finish the work at hand as soon as possible, deal with Su Tong, and go back to the inn to rest early.

Shen Xi promised Su Tong to make three paintings, the subject matter is the same, all of them are figure paintings, that is, spring palace pictures, as for the content, Shen Xi can be at will.

Shen Xi's paintings are very simple, they are all the themes and models he used in the illustrations of "Golden Vase Plum", but because he uses a brush, he cannot give full play to the details he pursues in figure painting.

With a brush, it's good to be able to draw the outline of a character's lines.

Soon, Shen Xi finished one and handed it out from behind the screen, Su Tong quickly took it and showed it to Li Yu and the others, quite proud: "How?" ”

Li Yu and the three of them took a look, this painting is indeed a few points better than that drawn by ordinary painters, but it is not necessarily outstanding to say that it is very outstanding, at least compared with the original "Golden Vase Plum" illustration, it is inevitably dwarfed. After Li Yu looked at it, he looked up and said, "It's very ordinary, right?" ”

Rong Ning and Song Yue next to him said: "This kind of painting, my family painter can also paint it, what is unusual?" ”

Su Tong's face was a little anxious, and he thought: "The main reason is that I didn't let Brother Shen go back to prepare paintbrushes and paints today, and the level gap is so big, it seems that it will be embarrassing." ”

Just thinking about it, Shen Xi quickly drew the second one with a knife and handed it out, and Li Yu and the three of them still had a smile on their faces after reading it. Li Yu said: "Brother Su, it seems that you are going to lose Cuicui to me this time......

In one sentence, Su Tong's face became a little ugly, which was equivalent to relieving Shen Xi behind the screen.

Shen Xi was still thinking about why Su Tong was so enthusiastic about inviting him to come over to paint, it turned out to be a jealousy of the wind, who Shen Xi was specifically about this "Cuicui", maybe it was a woman from Qinglou, or it could be a girl that Su Tong had just taken a fancy to, anyway, listening to the meaning of these three people's words, this matter itself is very dirty.

"Su Tong, Su Tong, you helped me, let me help you this time."

Shen Xi picked up the pen and was about to paint the third one.

Spring palace painting is a kind of figure painting, and when painting characters, the most important thing is a feeling, just like the kind of artistic conception that Shen Xi was looking for when he painted Bixuan and Xi'er.

Shen Xi couldn't help but think of the woman he saw when he was downstairs just now, the woman was gentle and graceful, just the side face had a beautiful feeling that made people's hearts turbulent, if it was put into the painting, although it would blaspheme the beauty, but in the end it was also a wonderful experience.

Shen Xi knew that at this time, if he scribbled as casually as the previous two, without reference and situation, it would be very difficult to gain the approval of Li Yu and the others, so that Su Tong would not lose the "Cuicui".

The hand moves with the heart, and the heart moves at will.

Shen Xi's painting has almost reached the point of perfection, with the beautiful shadow just now in his mind, it is still easy to make the woman jump into the painting, but the woman just now walked in a hurry, and only half of her face was exposed, not letting Shen Xi see the whole picture clearly, Shen Xi can only complete the woman's appearance according to his own imagination.

Because it is a spring palace painting, there can't be too many clothes on the body, but if you are directly defenseless, even Shen Xi himself can't accept it, so she is simply dressed in obscene clothes, holding a small fan in her hand, her arms, legs and feet are not covered, the woman slightly covers her chin with a small fan, and the mandarin ducks on the small fan are vividly painted.

There is no shame on the woman's face in the painting, as if she is thinking about something, and there is a faint sadness.

After a painting was completed, even Shen Xi was a little more yearning for the shadow in the painting, and he looked at it for a long time and was deeply satisfied, before handing over the painting.

Because it took Shen Xi a relatively long time to make this painting, the people outside were already a little impatient to wait, and as soon as the painting came out, they all came forward to watch, including Su Tong.

"Wow. Which beautiful woman is this, so beautiful? Su Tong and Li Yu didn't speak, but Rong Ning sighed first.

When Su Tong saw it, he was also amazed, with a little smug on his face: "How?" How is this Danqing compared to the painting in "Golden Vase Plum", these three should be convinced, right? ”

Li Yu is not the kind of person who likes to play tricks, and after looking at the painting in front of him for a long time, he sincerely admired: "Admire and admire, the painter invited by Brother Su is really extraordinary." ”

Song Yue next to him frowned and said, "It's good to draw well, but how can this person become more familiar the more he looks at it?" Brother Henglu, why do I look a little like ...... Sister Ling, look at this look, as well as the appearance, even the figure is quite similar. ”

Li Yu, the word Henglu, the merchant Jia in Beijing. Su Tong said to Shen Xi before he came that Li Yu's family had high expectations for him, hoping that he would be able to enter the imperial examination, but he was in his twenties, and he had not passed several county exams, let alone Zhongxiucai.

Li Yu's father died early, and now the family is headed by his grandfather and uncle, but unfortunately the uncle has no queen, and the Li family is such a lone seedling, and the Li family's business can only be taken over by Li Yu in the future. A young man born with a golden key, and he also likes to make friends outside, and he must be generous, Su Tong stayed in Beijing for a while, and he must not have much money at hand, so he got close to Li Yue, and he wanted to get a little bit of light.

What's more, Li Yu, like Su Tong, likes to linger in the places of the wind and moon, which can be regarded as having the same smell.

Song Yue said that it was Li Yu's sister in the painting, and Shen Xi suddenly muttered in his heart. When he saw the woman downstairs before, he also had a question in his heart, seeing that the woman seemed to be the owner of the wine shop, but there were very few women who came out to do business these days, but thinking of the situation of the Li family introduced by Su Tong, it seemed that it was not impossible.

As the only son of the third generation in the family, Li Yu is not ready to do business, so he can only ask his sister to come out to help......

Li Yu scolded: "Talking nonsense, how can it be my sister?" You don't keep your eyes open and take a good look, is my sister so beautiful? ”

Art comes from life, but it is higher than life, Shen Xi didn't see the specific appearance of the woman downstairs before, so the woman's appearance was drawn according to the best model he expected in his heart. Shen Xi breathed a sigh of relief in his heart: "Whether it's or not, as long as you can't see it." ”

A few people looked at the appearance of the characters again, and then even Rong Ning next to him said: "No, the more you look at it, the more you look like the second miss, Brother Henglu, is this matter too unusual?" ”

Li Yu was told by two old friends, he couldn't help but look carefully, originally he was still obscene with the woman in the painting, and when he found out that the woman who was obsessed by him looked like his sister, his face suddenly became a little ugly. Li Yu raised his head and looked at Su Tong with a strange look: "Brother Su, what's going on?" ”

Su Tong looked surprised and reluctantly explained: "Maybe it's a coincidence." How could the Zhao painter I invited meet Ling Mei? ”

Li Yu frowned, suddenly shouted, and called the entourage at the door in: "Has my second sister been here today?" ”

"Back to the eldest young master, the second lady came over with the person who delivered the wine at sunset, checked the account, and was still watching in the backyard at this time, afraid that people would pour water into the wine......"

In these years, anyone who runs a liquor store knows that if you want to make money, you must mix it with water, otherwise there will be little profit. But there are also some conscientious shops, in order to attract customers to play signs, strictly prohibit their shopkeepers and men from mixing water into the wine.

"Go and call my second sister up, hey, I don't believe it!"

Li Yu himself was also confused, and then he looked at the painting, "This thing is really strange, my sister has seen her countless times since she was a child, and the person in the painting ...... Could it be my outcast-based sister? Brother Su, did you invite the Zhao painter inside to come out for questioning? ”

Su Tong was a little anxious, he didn't know what was going on until now, Shen Xi was just at his request, and came over to draw three pictures of the Spring Palace, how could he have something to do with Li Yu's sister? He has known Li Yu for a while, but he has never even seen what this second miss of the Li family looks like, where will Shen Xi go to see him?

"This ...... It's a bit inconvenient. ”

Su Tong stopped in front of the screen and did not allow Li Yu and the others to look behind the screen.

While he was talking, the sound of footsteps came from outside, but it was the main owner of the incident, that is, Li Yu's sister, the second miss of the Li family, who came upstairs. She obviously didn't know what was going on, originally her brother gathered with friends, and it was inconvenient for her to come out as a daughter's house, but when she heard that things were in a hurry, she couldn't help but come up and see.

The young lady of the Shangjia family came out to take charge of the house very early, and she has seen much more of the world than the girl who was raised in the boudoir.

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