Chapter 81: The Lost Soul of Li Gonglin
Mountains and rocks, bamboo forests, characters, whether they are characters or scenes, are all extremely realistic, the edges and corners on the stones, every leaf of the bamboo forest, and the subtle expressions on the faces of the characters are also presented one by one under Zhao Yan's pen, and the distance and light and shade of these scenes also have their own characteristics, making the picture look very three-dimensional, in Xue Ning'er's view, it is like protruding on the painting paper, and this style of painting is not the first time she has seen it, the paintings that Cao Song gave her are almost the same as the painting in front of her......
"Original...... It turns out that those paintings were actually made by the king of the county? Xue Ning'er covered her mouth with her white and tender little hands, her eyes widened for a while, and then she muttered to herself, she thought that there was a master of painting by Zhao Yan's side, but she never expected that the master of painting turned out to be the notorious Zhao Yan, if she hadn't seen this kind of thing with her own eyes, I'm afraid she wouldn't have believed it anyway.
Zhao Yan threw himself into the painting, there was no arrival of Xue Ning'er at all, and this time he planned to make a realistic sketch, which not only required extremely high painting skills, but also required extremely complex and high-intensity work, which consumed a lot of time, so Zhao Yan did not dare to have the slightest distraction, even if Xue Ning'er arrived at this time, he would probably not pay attention to it.
Xue Ning'er, who woke up from the shock, looked at Zhao Yan who was painting seriously, and couldn't help but show a confused look on her face, she had no less contact with Zhao Yan before, in her impression, Zhao Yan was simply a gentleman who didn't learn and didn't know how to write, and white characters often appeared when he wrote a word, let alone any poetry, calligraphy and painting. But it's only been more than a month, Zhao Yan seems to have changed as a person, and he has such advanced painting skills, this is definitely not something that can be learned in a day or two, could it be that Zhao Yan liked to hide clumsily in the past, and even she was deceived in the past?
Just now, Li Gonglin and Su Shi and others were shocked by Zhao Yan's two paragraphs, especially thinking that these people who were selling poetry, calligraphy and painting were also listed as villains and Confucians, which made Su Shi and others feel bored, and even Su Shi and Li Gonglin wanted to leave immediately, but they couldn't stand Wang Xu's repeated retention, and finally they could only sit down again, but at this time, everyone had no interest in discussing Confucianism, but directly carried out the last item of the banquet, that is, everyone started to paint and draw today's party scene. Then the pros and cons will be evaluated.
Painting has always been Wang Xu's specialty, and the only threat to him is Li Gonglin, but Li Gonglin is still too young after all, and his painting method is not fully mature, so every time he paints, Wang Shu is the leader, so every time he comes to the final painting session, Wang Xu will also become very excited, which is also the main reason why he persuaded Su Shi and Li Gonglin not to leave just now.
In fact, before the Song Dynasty, painting was not too much valued by readers, and the status of painters was not high, but since the Five Dynasties, Xishu and Southern Tang Dynasty have successively set up the Hanlin Painting Institute, specializing in recruiting talents in painting, and enjoying similar treatment to civil officials as Hanlin and Servants, and the Song Dynasty was established after the old system, so that the painting road was slowly valued by the readers, it can be said that as long as it is a reader, almost all will draw a few strokes, such as Wang Xu, in addition to Wang Shu and Li Gonglin, The painting skills of Su Shi and Su Zhe brothers are also quite good.
Li Gonglin has always wanted to cross Wang Shu in the painting path, so every time he paints at the end of the West Garden Yaji, he will go all out, but he was stimulated by Zhao Yan just now, which made him a little absent-minded when painting, and from time to time he would glance at Zhao Yan's side, and the result soon appeared something strange.
"Brother Zizhan, you see that the king of Guangyang County has set up a wooden board in the pavilion, and then he has been writing and painting on it for a long time, can't he be also painting?" Li Gonglin, who was sitting with Su Shi in the distance, suddenly pointed to Zhao Yan in the pavilion and said, they were sitting opposite Zhao Yan, and they couldn't see the situation on the drawing board at all.
"It looks a bit similar, but I didn't see him study ink, and the pen he used was a little strange, and what was even more outrageous was that there was a cooking cake next to it, if it had been placed in the past, I would definitely laugh at it, but now I am a little uncertain." Su Shi also said with a puzzled face, he had also paid attention to Zhao Yan for a long time, but he still couldn't see what Zhao Yan was doing?
"Brother Zizhan, look at Xue Ning'er behind the county king, she has been standing there for a long time, and she has been watching every move of the county king of Guangyang very seriously, and even showed a look of admiration and admiration, with Xue Ning'er's talent, it is not easy for her to show this kind of look!" Li Gonglin said again at this time.
"Although Xue Ning'er is talented, she seems to take money a little seriously, in the final analysis, she still can't get rid of the woman's superficial thoughts, just now I saw that Xue Ning'er was a little protective of the king of Guangyang County, but this is not surprising, because the king of Guangyang County was originally Xue Ning'er's big financier!" As soon as he heard Li Gonglin mention Xue Ning'er, Su Shi's face immediately changed, and then he said with some disapproval.
Originally, with Su Shi's talent, almost all the ** women in Tokyo were vying to flatter, but this Xue Ning'er didn't have any intention of being close to him, and when he was discussing just now, he was speechless several times, so Su Shi is now full of resentment towards Xue Ning'er, and even pointed out that Xue Ning'er followed Zhao Yan because he was greedy for money.
If Zhao Yan heard these words, he was afraid that he would be shocked and couldn't close his mouth, because he didn't expect that even the famous Su Shi would be so cautious, but if you think about it carefully, it is not surprising that Su Shi is already a little proud, plus now he is relatively young, and he has not suffered any setbacks at all, and now he is ignored by a ** woman, which naturally makes him a little dissatisfied, if it is Su Shi, who has suffered a lot after many years, I am afraid he will only laugh away.
In contrast, Li Gonglin, who was only fifteen years old, was much simpler, and he stood up at this time and said: "If you want to know what the King of Guangyang County is doing, and the reason why Xue Ning'er stopped there and doesn't move is very simple, I'll just go around and take a look." ”
Li Gonglin was young and active, what he thought of was what, and even Su Shi next to him didn't come to stop him, he saw that he had turned around and came to the pavilion where Zhao Yan was, and then turned around half a circle and came behind Zhao Yan and Xue Ning'er, but when he saw the content on the drawing board in front of Zhao Yan, the whole person was the same as Xue Ning'er just now, and he was stunned for a moment, and his face showed an incredible look.
After a while, I saw Li Gonglin take a deep breath, he was the same as Xue Ning'er, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he wouldn't have believed that this new white painting was actually painted by Zhao Yan anyway, but now that the facts are in front of him, he can't help but believe it.
In addition, Li Gonglin was also very entangled in his heart, when he spent a lot of effort to get the two sketches that were circulated, he liked this new painting method very much, and even made up his mind to apprentice, because he felt that if he absorbed the painting skills of this new painting, he would definitely make his white painting method improve by leaps and bounds, and even reach a height that no one had reached before.
Originally, Li Gonglin's idea of apprenticeship was very firm, and even he imagined the identity of the other party, in his opinion, even if the other party was a woman, he dared to ask the other party for advice regardless of secular prejudices. But Li Gonglin never expected that this person would be Zhao Yan, firstly, the other party was the same age as him, secondly, Zhao Yan was a notorious gentleman in the city, and thirdly, the other party was a prince, if he really worshipped Zhao Yan as a teacher, I am afraid that his reputation would be damaged, and he would even be said to be climbing the dragon and attaching the phoenix, which is too great a price to pay for a promising scholar like him.
Thinking about whether he should apprentice or not, Li Gonglin returned to his original position and sat down in despair, Su Shi was very strange when he saw him, and immediately patted him on the shoulder and said, "Bo Shi, what's wrong with you, what is the king of Guangyang doing there?" ”
I saw that Li Gonglin glanced at Su Shi with a wry smile and said: "Brother Zizhan, this matter is not clear in one or two sentences, and my brain is very messy now, and I don't know where to start, but when the party is over, you will know." ”
Seeing that Li Gonglin just glanced at Zhao Yan and became like this, this made Su Shi also very curious, and even had the urge to stand up and take a look at what Zhao Yan was doing, but now the people around him were immersed in painting, and he felt that this past was not only reckless, but also more popular, so in the end, he finally held back his curiosity and sat down and continued to paint.
It's just that Su Shi and Li Gonglin didn't show up, and in the small circle they were in, there was another scholar who had been paying attention to Zhao Yan, and at the same time, he also saw what Su Shi and Li Gonglin had just done. I saw that this scholar was about forty years old, older than Su Shi and the others, and he looked very stable, although he saw Li Gonglin and Su Shi's actions, and heard the conversation between the two of them, but he never made a sound.
I saw that this middle-aged scholar, who had been silent, carefully observed Li Gonglin, who was sitting there, for a while, and then turned his head to look at Zhao Yan in the pavilion, and at the same time whispered to himself: "Establish a heart for heaven and earth, establish a life for the people, continue to learn for the saints, and open peace for all generations." This is the pursuit that Confucian children such as me should have, and being able to say such words shows that this king of Guangyang County is extraordinary, and if there is a chance in the future, he must visit him. ”
ps: You can guess the identity of this middle-aged scholar, he is an important character in the book, and if Zhao Yan knew that he was here, I am afraid that he would not dare to pretend to be so forced just now.
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