At the end of Shen Shi, Xiao Qiongzhi left class. Mobile M.

At this time, Liu Wuxiu and Zhou Dayong, who finished class early and went to the river to help, happened to come back.

Xiao Qiongzhi curiously asked them about the disposal of the corpses by the river.

Liu Wuxiu said: "Not long after you went home, the people arranged by the lieutenant chief brought three painters and four Langzhong to come over to paint and examine the corpses that everyone didn't know. ”

"At about the end of the day, Lord Xu rushed over with Master Zheng, two servants, five painters and twenty guards."

He saw that the lieutenant commander had arranged for portraits and autopsies, and praised him. He himself also arranged for Master Zheng to take seven painters to paint portraits of corpses that everyone didn't know, and arranged for two more post-mortems. ”

"Those twenty guards are the people who were assigned to bring people from various villages to a place a little upstream, or a little further downstream, to dig ice and cast nets to fish for corpses."

"However, before I returned, they had only fished out about twenty corpses."

Zhou Dayong said: "Lord Xu and my mentor, Mr. Zheng, before I came back, asked me if there was any vacant room in our house that could accommodate people, and I said no, so they went to the patriarch to spend the night." ”

Xiao Qiongzhi listened carefully, thought for a while, and said: "I roughly calculated before, this time a total of nearly 4,000 corpses were fished up, of which more than 3,500 were unknown to everyone. ”

"And the people found by the chief, plus the people brought by Lord Xu, there are only eight portraits in total, six people for autopsy, a day or two, it is impossible to be busy, Lord Xu is helpless to find the patriarch to spend the night."

"In addition, my uncle analyzed before that our Chu army attacked the Qi army last night and recaptured Liangzhou, and it is possible that the king of Qi or the prince of Qi was captured."

Speaking of this, she looked at Zhou Dayong: "At that time, I, second uncle, and you, only considered whether the Qi State would be, so we asked for peace with the Chu State, but we forgot that in fact, the Qi army can also learn from our Chu army, sneak attack Liangzhou at night, and take back the king of Qi or the prince of Qi." ”

Zhou Dayong was taken aback: "Zhi'er, do you mean that the Chu army and the Qi army will fight soon, and in the upper reaches of the Peacock River, there will be corpses floating down the river?" ”

"Yes. Because, if our Chu army catches the king of Qi or the prince of Qi, according to the rules, he will definitely be imprisoned first, and then notify the king of Chu and deal with it according to his will. ”

"But Liangzhou is far away from the capital, and even if the pigeon passes the book, it should take at least a day."

"The Qi army has a lot of dreams in order to prevent long nights, and tonight, it is very likely to attack Liangzhou and recapture the king of Qi or the prince of Qi." Xiao Qiongzhi said solemnly.

"God, please bless my family with a kind, tonight will turn evil into good fortune, and if you are in trouble, you will be safe!" When Liu Wuxiu heard this, he suddenly ran out of the house, knelt in the middle of the courtyard, rushed to the sky, and kept kowtowing.

Chu Yunniang was originally sitting at the table sewing cotton clothes, but when she saw her doing this, she was inspired, and hurriedly walked out of the house, knelt in the middle of the courtyard, kowtowed to the sky, and said seriously: "God, please bless Brother Dazhi tonight!" Please! ”

Zhou Dayong was infected and looked at Xiao Qiongzhi: "Zhi'er, should we also worship the heavens and pray for your father?" ”

"No, there are too many people in this world who seek heaven and rely on heaven, it is too hard to work God, I want to relieve the pressure on it, I don't seek it or rely on it." Xiao Qiongzhi winked playfully.

She remembered that world as an atheist.

She believed in science, including the unthinkable that she had a lifetime of memories here, and was only supernatural by her, who was still an unwavering atheist.

"Okay, anyway, fate is made by heaven, and things are man-made, so I won't worship it." Zhou Dayong said immediately.

Xiao Qiongzhi was a little surprised, and asked curiously: "Second uncle, since you think that fate is made by heaven and things are man-made, why did you plan to call me to worship heaven together and pray for my father?" ”

"I just felt that your mother, as my eldest brother's wife, has taken the lead in praying for my eldest brother, and as juniors, it seems that it is not good for us to follow suit." Zhou Dayong said honestly.

Xiao Qiongzhi raised her eyebrows: "What's wrong?" Praying for blessings has always been the spirit of belief, and the spirit of non-belief is not spiritual. ”

"If you and I obviously don't believe, if we still force ourselves to pray with the believer, it is tantamount to deceiving ourselves, the world, and the heavens, which is far more shameful than 'some not very good' behavior!"

Zhou Dayong couldn't help but blush, and said very convincingly: "Zhi'er is right, I have been taught!" ”

"The second uncle is serious, but it's just to discuss the views on prayer, it's nothing." Xiao Qiongzhi waved his hand with a big grin.

In the face of danger, what people can rely on is either their own ability or the ability of those who are willing to help, and it has nothing to do with praying for blessings.

Praying for blessings is just a matter of self-deception for those who are beyond the reach of the whip or who are powerless to seek peace of mind.

Because, in fact, if a person is really at peace, he does not need to pray for blessings.

She glanced at the snowflakes that had been falling in the sky, lowered her head and thought about it, and asked Zheng Bang to carry her to the river to find Xu Nian and Zheng Yuan.

Xu Nian and Zheng Yuan were busy painting the corpse.

Xiao Qiongzhi took a closer look and found that their paintings were quite good, and almost all of the full-body portraits of the corpses were similar.

Especially Xu Nian, as the magistrate, his portrait painters seem to be more subtle than Zheng Yuan, who is a teacher.

Xiao Qiongzhi praised him from the bottom of his heart: "The county magistrate is a good painter!" ”

Xu Nian heard the voice, raised his head, looked at Xiao Qiongzhi, and said softly: "Zhi'er praises, this kind of white drawing technique is not difficult to learn, according to your talent, you should only need to learn for one or two years to achieve something." ”

"Really, then I thank you for your encouragement in advance." Xiao Qiongzhi pretended to be very excited and said.

However, there was no wave in her heart.

Because, in the world she remembers, she learned various techniques of Chinese painting from her grandfather.

Among them, she has studied the light and white drawing technique for at least three years.

However, the white drawings of flowers, mountains and rivers that she painted can be ten out of ten, and the white figures she painted are always only five images.

As for the gongbi, the same is true.

Because of this, she once suspected that she had face blindness.

But later, she found that the people she had seen, even if they only had one side, would still be able to recognize them the next time they saw them.

So, in the final analysis, it can only be said that she has no talent for drawing people.

"Zhi'er, you came here so late, you shouldn't just come to see us draw portraits, right?" Zheng Yuan suddenly raised his head at this time and asked curiously.

Farmer's Gate Golden Branch

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