"Most of the scientific examinations of the Academy of Painting are based on Tang and Song poems, and they will not be too rigid to a certain school of painting or brushwork, as long as they can fit the topic and show their most powerful skills, it is actually a very good thing for everyone."

Xiao Ting said with a smile: "Last year's topic was 'How to cut the candles in the west window', and the year before last came out with the sentence 'empty mountains and no people', or landscapes or people or flowers and birds, and so on. As for how to take the meaning and composition, whether it is straightforward or winding, it all depends on everyone's own thoughts. There is actually a big difference from this simple 'beauty picture'. ”

Chu Feng listened, agreed very much, and nodded: "I see, Brother Xiao is still well-informed. ”

"It's not that I'm well-informed, it's just that I've been researching the academy for a few years, and I'm just inquiring more. Listening to Mr. Wen Duan's meaning, Brother Chu was only preparing to take the entrance examination to the Academy of Fine Arts at the beginning of this year? Xiao Ting asked with a smile.

"Yes, that's what Mr. Wen Duan meant, I thought about it myself, and I also think that the art academy is a good place to go. It's just ......" Chu Feng thought of the other Mr. Cheng Yuan, and couldn't help but sigh slightly in his heart, and then remembered another person, so he asked, "By the way, I wonder if Brother Xiao is familiar with the characters in the painting academy?" ”

Xiao Ting was slightly stunned, not understanding Chu Feng's intentions, so he said: "There are actually not many people in the painting academy, and I still know a few people, how can I ......?"

Chu Feng scratched his head, a little embarrassed: "There is a person named Fu Lehe, I wonder if Brother Xiao knows?" ”

"Fu Lehe?" Xiao Ting read the name again, and his mind moved slightly, "Yes." The name sounds familiar...... Fu Lehe, it seems that he is an edict in the hospital? I've heard the name. How. Brother Chu and this Master Fu have an old relationship? ”

Chu Feng shook his head: "Actually, I don't know, it's just ...... Hey! There is a friendship with the family. ”

"Huh?" Xiao Ting was taken aback. His eyes widened, "Which famous teacher did you study from?" ”

"It's Mr. Cheng Yuan," Chu Feng said with a smile, "The family teacher lives in seclusion in the countryside and has a bad reputation in the world, so he is not well known." ”

When Xiao Ting heard that Chu Feng's senior brother was working in the painting academy, he couldn't help but glance at Chu Feng and sighed, "I see. The Venerable Master can teach a court edict like Master Fu, and his Danqing methods can naturally be seen. The Chu brothers are also talented and well-read. Presumably he is also a proud disciple of the respected teacher! ”

Xiao Ting hadn't actually seen Chu Feng's paintings, and what "talented" was purely casual flattery.

Chu Feng smiled slightly and said, "Proud disciples don't dare to be, the master only accepted me and Master Fu's two apprentices." ”

Xiao Ting's eyes couldn't help but widen a little wider, and he taught two apprentices in his life, one of whom is now working as a court edict in the painting academy, and the other is highly praised by Mr. Wen Duan. Such a character is born in the world and is not well-known, this Cheng Yuan. Who is the master? And Chu Feng in front of him, what is his attainments in Danqing?

Originally, Xiao Ting didn't care much about Chu Feng's painting skills, and made friends with Chu Feng. just took a fancy to his relationship with Lu Wenduan, as for Chu Feng's own ability, Xiao Ting didn't care. Even if Chu Feng is just a character who can't support the wall in the mud. In the final analysis, it is just a matchmaking middleman, and its use for itself is limited to this.

But that's the end of the day. Xiao Ting suddenly became curious.

He looked at the scroll that Chu Feng handed over to the girl and thought to himself. If this Chu Feng's painting skills are really better than He Junhao's, what should the situation be?

Although this possibility was too small and too small, Xiao Ting's mind couldn't help but turn in this direction, and quickly retracted it.

Indeed, this possibility is almost non-existent......

The hustle and bustle continues.

The figures are chaotic and the laughter is disorganized. The people in the flower hall gathered more and more, and those who came down from the attic on the second floor to "hand in the papers" came in from outside the door to see the lively ...... Everyone talked about all kinds of things with each other, related to calligraphy and painting, unrelated, all kinds of trivial matters and big things, everything was like a thin cloud floating in the sky above Fan Tower, gathering and scattering, fluctuating.

He Junhao glanced at Chu Feng, his face was expressionless, he straightened his front and went upstairs by himself.

"The judge is the predecessor of the painting world in Tokyo, and this has collected fifty or sixty chapters of picture scrolls, I'm afraid it will take a while to judge, let's just go upstairs and wait." Xiao Ting smiled and glanced at the two abrupt guards in the attic, "Brother Chu, are you going to have a drink with us, or are you going back to your guest?" Is that guest an elder? Would we like to have a toast? ”

Chu Feng didn't understand these things very well, so he was really asked at this time, and was slightly stunned.

Xiao Ting saw the doorway, and couldn't help laughing, patted Chu Feng's shoulder and said, "You kid is really interesting, why are these things so difficult?" Looking at you like this, it is even more embarrassing than when you and I first met, when I laughed at you in person. ”

"Brother Xiao's eyes are like torches." Chu Feng didn't think there was anything embarrassing about this kind of thing, and confessed with a smile, "People like us from small families really don't know much about these things in terms of etiquette. ”

"Brother Chu is too humble." Xiao Ting smiled, "These are trivial things, and only those of us who are ordinary people can care." I've heard of your guest, and I've heard that his identity is a mystery, and he doesn't see any outsider. Brother Chu, you can make friends with such a character and enter the room, which is also an opportunity. Well, we people won't hold you back! Although I also want to catch you for a drink, Jun Hao is afraid that he will have resentful words. Ha ha! How about our brothers have some fun another day? ”

Chu Feng nodded and smiled: "Just listen to Brother Xiao's arrangement." ”

"Haha, the ranking of the picture scroll will be announced in a while, and you and I will see you again." Xiao Ting said with a smile.

"Brother Xiao is highly talented, there must be no doubt that he is the top three."

"Don't dare, there is a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger in the city of Tokyo, who can say this kind of thing!"

After that, Chu Feng and Xiao Ting went upstairs separately.

Entering the door, Ma Gonggong greeted him with a smile and asked, "Chu Langjun, what obstacles do you seem to have encountered?" Who was the person who spoke ill of you before? ”

Chu Feng heard the meaning of these words, and it seemed that if he said a word. The other party will help you out. There is no major matter of life and death between himself and He Junhao, and there is no need to do anything with the help of external forces. So he hurriedly said: "No, no, it's just nonsense between friends." ”

Since this Gonggong Ma was able to follow Huizong out of the palace together. Presumably, in the palace, there must be a powerful and prominent figure. The reason why he greeted him with a smile now was only because Huizong appreciated him. But if a character of his own status has the slightest disrespect for him or something, he pinched himself to death, it was really like pinching an ant to death.

At this point, Chu Feng is still very sober.

The sound of silk and bamboo in the house, the figures in the screen are crowded, and under the background of the candlelight, you can see that there are young women dancing lightly, looking at it like an immortal.

"Is Chu Lang back?"

Huizong's voice came from inside. Chu Feng hurriedly walked over, stood on the side of the screen from a distance, and said respectfully: "Yes, the picture scroll has been handed over, and everyone will decide the grade after a while." ”

Huizong was lying on the couch on his side, with a beautiful woman serving on the side, pouring a full glass of wine, very leisurely.

"Chu Lang is at his own convenience, and he will only be famous for a while. Ha ha! Huizong found this arrangement very interesting. After drinking a few more glasses before, he seemed to be a little drunk at this time, so he only smiled lightly and waved his hand at Chu Feng.

Chu Feng promised and withdrew.

"Chu Langjun. Sorry. Ma Gonggong laughed in a low voice, "I'm afraid you can't be called a girl at this time, but fortunately, there are some programs on the stage outside to pass the time." Does Chu Langjun have any favorite wine and food? I'll let my subordinates take care of it. ”

When Chu Feng heard this, he hurriedly said that he didn't need to, and said, "Grandpa Ma doesn't have to worry about me. I'll just sit and sit at will. ”

Ma Gonggong responded with a smile, and asked someone to bring some wine and food and put them on the small table in front of the window. Please Chu Feng move here.

Chu Feng slightly lifted the curtain and looked out, on the flower hall countertop on the first floor opposite, there was a twenty-eight-year-old girl playing and singing, and in the opposite room, Xiao Ting and others were laughing, but He Junhao was sitting in the corner, staring at himself without saying a word.

Knowing that it was impossible for the other party to see him through the heavy curtain, He Junhao's gaze still made Chu Feng sigh slightly.

After a while, after all the paintings were displayed and ranked, I don't know what kind of expression He Junhao would have.

"My family's Ah Lang attaches great importance to Chu Langjun, you very much." Ma Gonggong sat opposite Chu Feng with a smile and poured him a glass of wine.

Chu Feng hurriedly raised his glass, bowed in thanks, and said, "Don't dare, don't dare." is incompetent and incompetent, presumably just a better life and the blue eyes of the guests. ”

"Why should Chu Langjun be modest, even if he is an old slave, he knows how difficult it is to be a pilgrimage in the calligraphy and painting shop." Ma Gonggong laughed, the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes were very deep, "My Ah Lang likes these things, so I don't go to Fan's calligraphy and painting a lot." The Fan family is also the leader in the calligraphy and painting industry, and has always been known for its rigorous employment. Chu Langjun was so young that he was able to become a courtier, and he naturally had an outstanding place. ”

"My father-in-law praised it, but in fact, the reason why I was able to do the court was just a coincidence."

"Hehe, the so-called chance, where is it really given by God." Ma Gonggong smiled, and there was some deep meaning between his words.

There was nothing to do for a while, only the sound of orchestral music, and Chu Feng and Ma Gonggong had a casual chat.

Chu Feng found that this father-in-law Ma was indeed a middle master, although it was just a simple chat, but he asked Chu Feng all kinds of questions about his life experience in a few words. And the tone of voice is very calm and casual, often only after Chu Feng finished speaking, he reacted, and he was already clearly seen by the other party.

Chu Feng couldn't help but admire, and on the other hand, he couldn't help but laugh at himself, if a person like himself really rose and fell in the officialdom, I was afraid that he would be toyed with in just a few months......

At this time, in a huge wing room in the backyard of Fan Lou, several elderly people were commenting on the picture scrolls in their hands one by one.

Dozens of picture scrolls were collected together, and the quality was really uneven. A few people laughed and opened them one by one to see, and those who were really difficult to get into the elegant hall were put on the right hand side, and if they were interesting, they were put on the left side to be savored and played.

"Lao Zhao, this friend of yours is indeed talented. You all come and see, this strength is strong and comfortable, the most beautiful is such a tough brushwork, partial life can outline the softness of women, and the technique is also first-class. This kid is called ...... Oh, yes, it's Xiao Ting, I remember what his words are......"

Xiao Ting Xiao Wanyan. This kid is really good, and he has a fatherly demeanor, and he is considered a top-notch figure among the younger generation in Tokyo. His painting skills are not excellent, but he has a high style and bones, and there are quite interesting places. ”

"I remember, said that this kid is going to participate in the scientific examination of the art academy this autumn? With his ability and reputation, it shouldn't be a difficult task...... Hey? This one...... Scold! Come and see! ”

When everyone heard this amazing voice, they came over one after another, and their eyes couldn't help but light up.

"It's ...... Ha! I said, in the city of Tokyo, in addition to a few of us here, there is only He Junhao, a kid! Is he here too? I didn't expect him to be a person who likes to join in such a lively scene. ”

"Jun Hao's talent is really clever. I remember a few years ago, I also saw one of his figures, at that time his pen power was not so strong, this is only half a year of effort, it has grown like this, it is really emotional! The most important thing is that he has just been weak in his crown, and there is still a long time to come. What kind of growth this child can go to is really exciting! ”

"Yes! In my opinion, this time Fan Lou will meet friends, and his beauty picture should come out on top! ”

When everyone heard this, they responded one after another.

"He Junhao is first, Xiao Wanyan is second, everyone should have no objections, right? Well, since everyone agrees, let's find another third place. Haha, it's all the excitement of young people, and at such an old age, we can only help evaluate and do something that relies on the old and sells the old. ”

"Yes! In the end, it is difficult to beat the time. What the teacher girl can favor is these young young men in the end. Haha, 'Spring Tour, Mo Shang's young and romantic'. In that time, we old men will never be able to experience it again! ”

"This ...... Ladies and gentlemen, this ...... Have any of you ever heard the name Chu Feng? ”

An old man's face changed abruptly, slightly pale, and seemed to be a little excited.

"I haven't heard of it, what's wrong?" Someone asked with a smile and walked over slowly, not in a hurry. But when he saw the unfolded picture, he was stunned on the spot, just like the person who exclaimed at the beginning.

"It's ...... How can it be? Such technique and pen power...... Impossible! ”

"Chu Feng, Chu Feng? I've never heard of this name, aren't you from Tokyo? ”

"What are you kidding, with such an ability, even if it is as far away as Silla, the reputation should have spread a long time ago!"

One after another of astonishment and exclamations rippled in the chamber.

At this time, the people of Fanlou were still unclear about what was going on here. Xiao Ting was still laughing and drinking with others. He Junhao was still sitting in front of the window, looking at the carriages and horses outside, wondering when such a boring thing would end...... (To be continued.) )