Chapter 46 The Origin of the Painting

After that, I stuffed three or two mouthfuls into my mouth, picked up the flat pole and walked with the old man to the house.

Walking to the door, there were two butlers standing to greet people, the old man was polite, and I followed to carry the gift to the gift office. I was unburdened, moved my shoulders, and prepared to look at the large courtyard, and follow the old man into the feast.

As soon as you enter the courtyard, a gray brick road in the middle points directly to the hall. The hall doors are four dark red doors, and the middle two doors are slightly open. The rhombic wooden windows in the side porch are open, clean and refreshing. There are two or three small houses above, one bright and two dark, and there are some beds and chairs inside. There is a small door from the inside room, and out there is the backyard, where there are large pear blossoms and plantains. On the left, the smoke is rising, and the mottled walls are the utility rooms and rooms.

"Hey, the servant went to eat at the back of the room, not here." A man in my outfit stopped me, and the old man turned his head to look at me and grinned.

"Damn, I picked up such a big thing, and I can't eat a good meal." I shrugged my shoulders, not dissatisfied.

I walked to the utility room at the back of the room, where a few handymen were sitting on the steps eating.

I sat down next to a young man who didn't look very old. "Well, ask which master is doing the wedding wine in front of me."

"Hey, you didn't even know that you were still following your master."

"This is the wedding of the dignified Liu Mansion Liu Gongzi and Nan'an Taishou Du Daqianjin."

"You don't know how you got mixed up in our Nan'an City." The handyman said and leaked a lewd appearance. "This is because she has tender skin, a slender body, and knows how to play the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, poetry and songs."

"Sixth son, don't be lewd here, it's your turn."

"I still have to be the eldest son of Liu, who is both talented and beautiful, and Yushu is a talent in the wind." The other handyman, said with a chuckle.

"I'll go, it shouldn't be Du Liniang and Liu Mengmei."

"Yes, how dare you call the two big names, it's really unruly." A handyman taunted me.

This Du Liniang and Liu Mengmei are the characters of the masterpiece of Tang Xianzu in the Ming Dynasty - "The Peony Pavilion".

tells the story of the scholar Liu Mengmei who dreamed that there was a beautiful woman standing under the plum tree in a garden, saying that she was married to him, and she often missed her since then. Nan'an is the daughter of Du Bao, named Liniang, who is talented and beautiful, and studied under Chen Ziliang. After returning from the garden, she saw a scholar in her sleep with half a weeping willow to court, and the two had a tryst by the peony pavilion.

Du Liniang has been depressed and emaciated since then, and she can't afford to be sick. When she was dying, she asked her mother to bury her under a plum tree in the garden, and asked Yahuan Chunxiang to hide her self-portrait at the bottom of the Taihu Lake. His father was promoted to the pacification envoy of Huaiyang, and entrusted Chen Ziliang to bury his daughter and build the "Plum Blossom Nunnery Temple". Three years later, Liu Mengmei went to Beijing to take the exam, stayed in the plum blossom nunnery, found the portrait of Du Liniang under the Taihu Lake stone, and found that Du Liniang was the beautiful woman he saw in his dream.

Du Liniang's soul traveled to the back garden and had a tryst with Liu Mengmei again. Liu Mengmei dug the grave and opened the coffin, Du Liniang came back to life, and the two became husband and wife and went to Lin'an.

According to the play in this play, Du Liniang will die of illness at the wedding, and then Liu Mengmei will open the coffin and dig the grave to bring Du Liniang back to life.

But looking at this look, yesterday's sedan chair was obviously carried by a dead man, and we are afraid that we have already changed the script in this painting, and we are afraid that this old Song is married to a dead man.

I didn't bother to eat, I looked around and saw that there was no housekeeper watching, and slipped to the front yard, ready to discuss with the old man how to save Lao Song.

The old man was waiting for the meal in the west hall at this time, and it was refreshing to drink and eat.

"Old man, old man, come out." I squatted in the grass and shouted, but the old man didn't hear it at all, just drinking with his left hand and eating meat with his right hand.

I could only pretend to be in a hurry and break in.

"Ahem, sir, Mrs. said that there is something in the house, you have to go back quickly." I gave the old man a look and told him to leave quickly.

As I left, I coughed violently twice, hoping that the old man would understand what I meant.

walked out of the courtyard gate, went to the bamboo forest at the back, and waited for the old man to come. After much more effort, the old man finally came out.

"Why are you so slow, I'm in a hurry to die." I counted him.

"Hey, it's not like you're giving me a look." The old man said, taking out a roast chicken from his sleeve.

"Hehe, you guys still understand me, the fucking food for the servants is really unpalatable." I sat down on the ground, grabbed the roast chicken, and ate it. After all, since yesterday afternoon, there has been no water in the beginning, and I have been climbing in the tunnel for a long time.

"Old man, I asked, this is the story of Du Liniang and Liu Mengmei, this old Song is also a son."

"Oh, the play of "The Peony Pavilion". It was a happy ending, so let's just accompany this play. ”

I stuffed the roast chicken in my mouth and said:

"Old man, you don't know, the bride and the palanquin man yesterday have already become ghosts, and I didn't burn them with three fire charms."

"That's broken, it looks like someone has changed the painting again." The old man sat on the ground and said.

"Yes, the middle-aged man is going to use human blood and ashes to re-polish the ink and paint. I'm afraid that the lampman changed this painting from Du Liniang's death. ”

"Originally, it was also called "The Soul of the Peony Pavilion", but now there is no soul, but I am afraid that I will marry Lao Song. If they are married, they can't be saved even if they have great power. ”

I choked with fear at this statement.

"Old man, when will they get married?"

"According to the play, there is still one night, and we will get married at noon tomorrow."

"Then why is the bride here today, this is wrong."

"I'm afraid that this bride can't pay off her soul and has to get married early."

"By the way, where are the brides now, we haven't all seen them on the way here." I'm not in the mood to nibble on the roast chicken anymore.

"I don't see it, it's still two hours before it's time to get married. Let's find Lao Song first. ”

The time I entered the painting was morning, I had just had breakfast, and there was still some time to snatch Lao Song from the wedding.

"Let's go, the old man will find a way to deceive Lao Song alone."

The old man and I snuck into the garden again. Slipped to the room and inquired with the handymen for a long time.

"Eh, brother, where is this Liu Gongzi now, I want to see Liu Gongzi's demeanor."

"Hmph, Liu Gongzi's demeanor is also something you can see."

I was very upset, but I still had a smile on my face:

"Hehe, brother, I have some scattered silver, do you want to give me some advice."

"I'll just say that this guy is a brother, and I'll tell you for the sake of our relationship, Liu Gongzi lives in that room."

Hehe, you're not in it for money, but for the sake of relationships, what do I have to do with the person in your painting?

"Okay, then I'll leave it to you." I said with a smile on my face.