Chapter 148: A Man of Talent

Damn, this old man walks in style. Lin Wanrong looked at his back and said in his heart, and then looked at the smoke and rain picture again, the pen and ink on it were not dry, but it was actually the four small characters "Shanyin Xu Wei".

He knows this place in Shanyin, that is, Shaoxing later, but who is this Xu Wei? Not only is he good at drawing, but he is also a super-first-class master of pairs. Lin Wanrong felt a little sorry in her heart, she could have received two pairs of "West Lake Smoke and Rain Map", but this old man did have some ability, and he actually matched the pair, but it was a pity that he had a picture of smoke and rain.

Lin Wanrong didn't feel anything when she looked at the four words Shanyin Xu Wei, but the gentlemen next to her exclaimed: "Shanyin Xu Wei? He is Mr. Wenchang, a scholar of Wenhuadian University, and Master Xu."

The eldest lady hurriedly walked over, looked at the embellished Xiaokai, and said happily, "Is it really Mr. Xu?"

Lin Wanrong was confused and asked, "Miss, what are you talking about, Lord Xu, Mr. Wenchang, who is sacred?"

The eldest lady glanced at him and said, "You just fought against people chanting poetry, and I thought you were really talented, but I didn't expect that even Mr. Wenchang didn't know about it. This Shanyin Xu Wei, the words are longβ€”β€”"

"Xu Wenchang?" Lin Wanrong jumped up excitedly. Day, this name is too familiar, when I was a child, I watched cartoons, didn't there be "Smart Xu Wenchang" and "Wenchang Dou Yan Song", isn't it this great talent?

After being excited for a while, Lin Wanrong calmed down, this is a completely different world, history has completely changed since the Chu and Han dynasties, there is no Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, and there is no Yan Song, although Xu Wenchang was talented in his previous life, he was depressed all his life, and he had never been a big official at all, and the Xu Wenchang who appeared in front of him was a scholar of the Wenhua Palace of the Dahua Dynasty. The official residence is superb.

So, these are two completely different people, the only thing that is the same, maybe is that they are both named Xu Wei. They all have unparalleled talents. Although the long river of history flows in different directions, there are occasionally two equally gorgeous waves, and Xu Wei is one of them.

"Do you know Master Xu?" The eldest lady listened to Lin Wanrong's tone and hesitated and asked.

"The eldest lady is making fun of me again. Where would I know such a great man?" Lin Wanrong said with a smile, this article is not the length of the other article. But he is also an absolute celebrity in his heart, just the three words of Xu Wenchang, Lin Wanrong has an absolute good impression of him.

The eldest lady thought about it, and the two of them had just talked about poetry for a long time, but they didn't see each other. He continued, "Mr. Wenchang is the most talented person in the world. In the past, when the emperor had not yet ascended the throne, he was the first strategist in the palace, and now he is the chief scholar of the Wenhua Palace. He also led the household department Shang Shuchong. His calligraphy and paintings have never been signed, so the folk can only judge the authenticity from his handwriting and painting style. Now this "Smoke and Rain Picture of the West Lake" is his unprecedented seal, and it is the only one in the world, even if it is a daughter, it is rare to ask for it, but I didn't expect you to have such luck and meet this nobleman."

This "Smoke and Rain of West Lake" is the only picture scroll signed by Xu Wei? Depend on. Isn't that worth dying? Lin Wanrong laughed in her heart, and suddenly thought that this Xu Wei was in charge of the household department, isn't that just in charge of money, grain, and land? It's no wonder that he has such an insight into business.

He thought for a while, and suddenly said, "Miss, since this Lord Xu is in charge of the household department, then he should be in Beijing, but how did he appear on the shore of this West Lake? How could there be such leisure to come to paint the smoke and rain of the West Lake?"

The eldest lady is also a shrewd person, and when she heard this, she was shocked: "Lin San, you mean that this Lord Xu is here to attend the annual meeting of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Chamber of Commerce?"

Lin Wanrong nodded and said, "Miss, you also said that this Jiangsu and Zhejiang are the first merchants in the country, and their status is unparalleled. Now that Lord Xu has appeared on the shore of this West Lake so coincidentally, it is hard for me to imagine anything else that can work on him?"

The eldest lady said happily, "If it's true, Lin San, with Lord Xu's appreciation of you, our Xiao family will definitely be able to suffer less criticism."

Lin Wanrong said: "Miss, don't be too happy, it's all our speculation now, why did Lord Xu come to Hangzhou, we still don't know."

The eldest lady said firmly, "This time it should be right, he must be here for the affairs of the chambers of commerce between the two places. It's a great good thing for you to be friendly with him."

"Friendship?" Lin Wanrong said with a smile: "My eldest lady, I just said a few words with him, it's just a pair, how can I be friendly. When he heard that I was going to sell his paintings, he didn't blow his beard and stare at him angrily, I was already reciting Amitabha."

"No, it won't." The eldest lady smiled, "You don't know Lord Xu's personality. He is usually extremely strict with people, and he will not praise people easily, and today he praises you so much, that is to add to your blue eyes, and at this annual meeting, he will never embarrass us. Now, I don't think you can sell that scroll?"

"Sell, of course sell." Lin Wanrong said: "The better the picture scroll for me, the less valuable it is, rather than ruining good things, it is better to sell them to those who know how to do it, so that you can give full play to the maximum value." The eldest lady nodded, this Lin San's words did have some truth.

I didn't expect it, I didn't expect that a trip to the West Lake attracted the great god of Hubu Shangshu Xu Wei, and he was confused about his pair and took his painting, this trip is also considered to be profitable, Lin Wanrong smiled and said to the eldest lady: "It's not necessarily a bad thing to go out for a walk, look, let's earn it today." 」

The eldest lady glanced at him with a smile and said, "You are justified today, and I will give more money for the incense in the temple today."

"You gave the incense money to the Bodhisattva?" Lin Wanrong exclaimed, "Then it's better to give it to me, I'm a living Bodhisattva."

The eldest lady stood on tiptoe and ran forward, and suddenly turned her head and said, "You're still alive and dead." After speaking, he gently covered his mouth and laughed.

Although Su Di was long, the two of them talked and laughed and played but they also walked very fast, and when they were near the end, the eldest lady remembered something, turned her head and said, "Lin San, you and Lord Xu haven't made it clear to me about that pair."

Lin Wanrong Qi said, "How can such a smart person as the eldest lady not understand?"

The eldest lady snorted, "I don't know where you copied these words, it's very obscure. How can I know everything."

Lin Wanrong let out a long sigh, the eldest lady's face turned red, and she hurriedly said, "Tell me about it."

Lin Wanrong smiled: "This pair, to put it bluntly, is worthless. The upper link is: sea tide. Towards the tide, towards the tide and ebb and flow. The next couplet: the clouds rise, the long rises, the long rises and disappears."

The eldest lady thought for a moment. sighed: "Mr. Wenchang, the first talent in the world. It really lives up to its name."

"Hey, Miss, can you praise me too?" Lin Wanrong said dissatisfiedly: "Not only did I make a pair of the world's first bachelor, but I also made a pair to embarrass him, so that he almost couldn't answer. This first bachelor is also full of praise for me. Since you have named Mr. Xu the first in the world, and the second in the world, can you just seal it to me?"

"Oh?" The eldest lady said curiously, "So you want to be the second in the world? I'm also going to make you and Mr. Wen Chang tied for the first place in the world, cluck." After she finished speaking, she pulled her long skirt by hand. Giggling and running forward.

My day, this chick is teasing me, Lin Wanrong looked at the back of the eldest lady full of youthful vitality, and suddenly had a feeling that the eldest lady seemed to be slowly changing. If she used to look like a thirty-year-old resentful woman, now she looks more and more like a teenage girl.

It is the autumn and winter season, but only a few of the ten views of the West Lake can be seen, the autumn moon of the Ping Lake. The remnants of the snow on the broken bridge are not visible now, and the evening bell of Nanping is not yet an hour, and the only place left to go is Lingyin Temple.

The origin of Lingyin Temple, it is said that in the past, there were foreign monks who came to Hangzhou, saw the strange mountain peaks here, and thought that it was "hidden by the fairies", so they built a temple here and named it "Lingyin".

Lingyin Temple has nine floors, eighteen pavilions, seventy-two halls, and more than 3,000 monks. In the previous dynasty, there were temples in the south of the Yangtze River, and the magnificent Lingyin Temple was listed as the first of the five mountains of the Zen Temple, and it was famous all over the world.

When the eldest lady came to Lingyin Temple with a few people, it was when the incense was vigorous, and the pilgrims came and went, dizzying.

Lin Wanrong took a look at this world-famous ancient temple, this Lingyin Temple is indeed deeply interested in the word "hidden", and the whole majestic temple is hidden in the dense forest and clear spring land of the peaks of the West Lake.

On the Feilai Peak in front of the temple, on the cliffs of Qinglin Cave, ** Cave and along the stream, there are more than 100 stone carvings of the past dynasties. The most majestic is the Maitreya Buddha who smiles and bare his belly and chest.

Although the eldest lady has come to Hangzhou many times, this Lingyin Temple is the first time to come, seeing the temple is so majestic, the incense is prosperous, but also yearning, sighing: "The first temple in the south of the Yangtze River, it really deserves its name."

Lin Wanrong has never been very enthusiastic about burning incense and worshiping the Buddha, but seeing that the eldest lady was so interested, she said, "In this case, the eldest lady should go in quickly, give more incense money, and ask for a few good sticks."

But the eldest lady heard the meaning of his words, and said, "Won't you go in with us?"

Lin Wanrong smiled and said, "I'll go around this Lingyin Temple first, and then I'll go in to find you later." The eldest lady nodded, said no more, and led the three of them into the temple.

Lin Wanrong walked around outside the temple, idle and bored, peeking at some incense benefactors, but it was not interesting, just about to enter the temple, but saw a person standing in a quiet bamboo forest in the distance, the person slowly chanted: "Guizi falls in the middle of the moon, and the heavenly fragrance clouds float outside.

The tower is far away, and the spring is far away.

The frost is thin and the flowers are more hairy, and the ice leaves are not withered.

The age is still different, and the search is noisy.

Wait into the rooftop road and see the Yudu Stone Bridge."

Damn, it's really a scratcher, people in this year, when they see a Jingsheng, they want to come out and chant a few poems, which is a fashion.

The bamboo forest was silent, and there were more than a dozen big men standing around, looking around vigilantly. The poet was at ease, dressed in a satin robe, and was slowly stamping through the woods, looking very leisurely.

Going out with so many bodyguards, it must be either rich or expensive, Lin Wanrong said in her heart, and was about to turn back, but heard the man shouting, "This little brother, can you come forward and talk about it?"