Emperor Zhao Zhen of the Great Song Dynasty had a very depressed year. In February, the Song army was defeated at Haoshuichuan, losing more than 10,000 soldiers, and was busy pursuing responsibility and transferring troops to fill the loopholes for a few months; In May, his eldest son died again, and the Great Song Dynasty basically had disasters every year and every season, Zhao Zhen always spent his time in fear and busyness, so his playfulness was a lot lighter. Now that the Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, Zhao Zhen feels that the military deployment of Western Xia is finally reassuring, and the depression of losing his son has faded a lot, and he picked up the brush again when he saw the bright autumn colors.

It is better to be happy alone than to be happy in all. How can you not share a satisfactory work with others after painting? Zhao Zhen sent people from the Hanlin Painting Academy to evaluate his "Autumn Color Map" together, and also to see everyone's new works, after the painters came, Zhao Zhen found a question: "Why is Cui Zhizhao not here?" But sick? ”

"Your Majesty, Cui is waiting for the edict. He is now studying painting at Daxiangguo Temple with the painter who painted murals. ”

Zhao Zhen was a little surprised: "Cui Zhizhao's endless learning is admirable. It's just that his paintings have entered the realm, what can he learn from a painter? ”

"Your Majesty did not know that the painter was only fifteen or sixteen years old, but his painting method was unprecedented, and the scenes he painted were vivid, especially the characters were like real people. Not only Cui waits for the edict, but we also often go to the Great Xiangguo Temple to observe and learn. ”

Zhao Zhen was even more surprised: "Fifteen or sixteen years old have such ability? ”

"Yes. He said that when he was in Shaanxi, he was taught the painting method by a stranger. I don't know if Your Majesty has eaten a very smooth tofu recently, which was also made by that little painter. ”

Zhao Zhen really ate such tofu a few days ago, and he was full of praise at the time, so he became interested and asked, "Is there any painting of his?" ”

A painter hurriedly hugged a few scrolls: "This one is the figure he painted, and the flying sky that we are waiting to trace." ”

When he opened a pair of Zhao Zhen, he took a breath of cold air: "It's really lifelike." How is this done? ”

"He said it was the use of proportions and the relationship between light and dark, and we were trying to paint with this method, but we couldn't get in for a while. Therefore, we would like to recommend him to the Painting Academy. ”

The emperor is domineering, thinking who is who: "How can such a national player not enter the academy." Bring him to me these days. ”

The old eunuch Chen Lin reminded in a low voice: "Your Majesty, before entering the painting academy, the Imperial City Division has always needed to inquire about that person's details. ”

Zhao Zhen said: "It's okay, it's just a foresight." ”

So the day before the Mid-Autumn Festival, Li Buqi was brought into the interior. What a pit father, the emperor wants to see him, and he has to wait in the house for a while, and Li Buqi stretches his arms and kicks his legs outside the palace gate in accordance with the "etiquette regulations" to perform a dance to express his joy of seeing the emperor. It is said that all the ministers have to come out like this before seeing the emperor, isn't this full of food?

Li Buqi can know from the eyes of the guards outside the hall that his dancing posture must not be very good, and then think about the dancing posture of those old men in their seventies and eighties. I don't know how these guards endured day by day.

Li Buqi danced with his hands and scolded the person who formulated the etiquette in his heart for making such a thing, which is Wang Ba's buttocks with sores - rotten regulations.

After some twists and turns, Li Buqi was finally led into the door and met the emperor. Liu Zhiwei naturally did not revere the emperor as much as the subjects of the Great Song Dynasty, and the different mentality allowed Li Buqi to observe this emperor calmly.

Zhao Zhen is worthy of the temple number of Renzong, he is really kind, there is no shelf at all, and after talking with Li Buqi about painting for a while, he asked Li Buqi to explain to him the proportion and the relationship between light and dark. Zhao Zhen's painting level is also very high, so that the two have a lot of common language, and Li Buqi stayed with Zhao Zhen for an afternoon before releasing it.

Coming out of the hall, Li Buqi hurriedly took a few deep breaths - the incense burning in the hall was too strong, and if he stayed any longer, it would become bacon. Although there were a lot of mosquitoes in the Great Song Dynasty, it was not good to burn spices as firewood.

Judging from Zhao Zhen's statement, he wanted Li Bu to enter the Hanlin Academy, and it seemed that it was no problem to hug the emperor's thigh. Tomorrow is the Mid-Autumn Festival, the people of the capital, rich or poor, will go out to watch the lanterns, Li Buqi also took the opportunity to promote the solution of life events, so he hurried home to prepare.

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Before it got dark on August 15, a carriage stopped at the crossbowman alley, and a healthy servant walked into the alley, knocked on the door of Li's house, and saw that it was Li Buqi who opened the door, so he gave up his hand and said, "Little brother Li, my family has sent me to pick you up." If it's too late, there will be too many people on the street, and it's hard to leave. ”

Li Buqi was ready to stop, and today he wore a new fine linen dress, wearing a brand-new cross-cornered head on his head, and his whole body was neatly tidied up. He shouted into the house, "Go! ”

Lian Guangzhi and a group of Li Buzhi's friends carefully took things out of the house and followed Li Buqi to the door, among which Lian Guangzhi hugged a very long scroll and was even more cautious, and everyone carefully put things into the car before Li Buqi and Lian Guangzhi got into the car and sat down, and the others followed behind the car. With a wave of his whip, the car went out of the alley and went straight to Longjin Bridge.

Gao Zunyuzheng, who was waiting for several brothers, sons and nephews of his own family of similar age, was waiting for the second floor of a restaurant on Longjin Bridge North Street, and the youngest Gao Shiliang asked: "Uncle Jiu, what do you think Li Buqi can really do to make a sensation in Tokyo?" Don't be mistaken, let's watch the beauty. I don't believe he did anything that wasn't in the story. ”

Gao Zunyu gently tapped Gao Shiliang's head with a fan and said, "I don't think Li Buqi is a person who talks big easily, even if he can't do anything shocking to watch a lively." If you're in a hurry, go first, but you can't let Li Buqi draw it when you see a beautiful woman. ”

At this time, a Gao brother pointed to the street with a fan: "Coming, coming." ”

After a while, Li Buqi came upstairs with a showman and greeted everyone. There are really many brothers and nephews of the Gao family, no wonder they have a lot of power in the capital, just looking at the number of people, they are overwhelming. After the ceremony, Gao Zunyu asked, "Brother, can you reveal the mystery?" I have occupied the best place in this Chunfeng Building for you, and there is also a drum team prepared upstairs over there, but my brother is honest, you and the Zhao family are not in the right household, and my brother really can't think of how you can impress the little lady of the Zhao family. ”

Li Buqi said with a smile: "It's because the difference between the doors is too big that the younger brother has to make it more vigorous." Since my brother can't think of it, let's wait a little longer. Now that it's broken, how can there be any surprises? ”

A disciple of the Gao family asked, "Can you be sure that the little lady will definitely pass downstairs from this spring breeze, don't prepare in vain?" ”

Li Buqi said: "I asked people to inquire, his family first goes to the Daxiangguo Temple every year to enter the incense and then put the water lantern, and it must pass from this downstairs when it gets dark." ”

"Okay, I'll see. Come, sit down and have a cup of tea. ”