Chapter 113 Painting Can Hurt People

"I said, how many times have I said it, those two paintings really didn't me sell them, they were deceived by that stinky boy from me, the fourth brother, the fourth master, the fourth brother, you just let me go, and I won't go to join in the fun when you get married?"

In the carriage, compared to what Shen Jiantang had done, his current appearance really didn't look like he had suffered any crime, his hair was still curly and messy, and the white shirt on his body was still not very clean, only his hands were tied behind his back, showing that he couldn't help himself at the moment.

Li Tai talked a lot from him, opened a gap in the car curtain, took advantage of the lights in the night, looked at the courtyard building, took out an octagonal box that seemed to be used to put balm from his sleeve, unscrewed it, pinched a big goat's milk-colored pill, and when Shen Jiantang was caught off guard, pinched his jaw and stuffed it in.

"Cough, cough," swallowing a large pill, Shen Jiantang had a distorted expression on his face that was choked, "You, what are you going to give me?" ”

"Sangong pill, if you don't take the antidote for three days, you will become a waste," Li Tai tilted the octagonal box in his hand so that he could see clearly the other jet-black pill left in the box that was separated in half by a reed, "No matter if you steal it, grab it, get it back." ”

"Haha, who are you fooling," Shen Jiantang laughed dryly, on the one hand, he didn't believe that Li Tai would treat him like this, and on the other hand, he was weak enough to secretly check the dantian, and after a while, he noticed that there was a trace of strange loss, and his face turned from red to green in an instant, he didn't even have time to yell at Li Tai twice, so he bowed nervously, opened his mouth wide and began to retch, trying to spit out the swallowed medicine again, but obviously this method was not very successful, he couldn't eat for a day, and he didn't even have sour water in his stomach that could regurgitate his stomach.

Li Tai put the medicine box back in his sleeve, tidied up his clothes, lifted the curtain, and walked towards the light.

Those two paintings, he could have bought them back at a high price tonight, but he didn't plan to do that, firstly, the things were originally his, he was not wronged, and secondly, Shen Jiantang, who thought that his life was too comfortable, needed a reminder to remember who he was.

Just when Yi Yu was holding a bowl of snow fungus chicken soup without much oil and water to make a tonic, Kui Xinglou's easy sale tonight was in full swing because of the two moonlit night pictures of the Spring River earlier.

Tonight, Kuixing Building can be said to be full, the hall and the incense gallery are full, almost all of them are rushing to the two paintings, even if you can't buy the paintings, it is enough to see them, this guest, just to see the excitement, it accounts for most of them.

The princes who returned to Beijing in early March have returned to their territories, otherwise, today's meeting will be a little hotter.

As soon as Li Tai and Du Ruojin arrived, they became the focus of everyone's eyes, and some people inevitably came forward to find out how the two paintings got into the hands of Kui Xinglou, but Li Tai was tight-lipped like a bottle, and Du Ruojin talked about him left and right, no one could ask a little bit of greasy.

Because it is the end of the month, Kuixinglou receives female guests, and there are thirty percent of women here, some of whom sit in the hall with their husbands and brothers, and some sit under the incense corridor with a gauze tent, and the eldest grandson Xi is one of them.

"Miss, Master Du is here." The maid lifted the curtain, and a long figure walked in, and the guests outside looked through the cracks, although the light under the corridor was dim, but the figure in the tent was still straight.

In recent years, the landing of the eldest grandson has become more and more moving, and the country is not often there, just as in the limerick poem passed down by the people of Beijing, "the sunset is stunning and does not show people", outsiders want to see this eldest grandson Miss San, but they can really only think about it.

"Brother Jin, I haven't seen you for a long time, are you still well?" The eldest grandson Xi got up half of his body, holding a silver kettle in both hands, smiling at the comer, his eyes flashed with appreciation, Du Ruojin wore a placket tonight, with a diamond hole jade on the crown, and a silver buckle tied around his waist, which was a little more handsome than the usual Wen Wen, she was used to thinking that in addition to Li Tai in this capital, if there was anyone who could wear blue, it should be the person in front of her.

"It's okay, it's just that it will cough on a cloudy day," Du Ruojin sat down on her side, took the wine glass she handed over, thanked her, and asked, "Why are you alone, if I don't come, won't you be alone." ”

"Aren't you here," Changsun Xi shook his head helplessly, "My eldest sister is now discredited, and my uncle has a word, she can only close the door, and she can not work with me." ”

Du Ruojin naturally knew about the trouble made by the eldest grandson Xian at the ceremony, half drank the wine in the cup, looked regretful, and said, "Her personality is too extreme, otherwise she wouldn't have ended up like this." ”

Hearing his words, Changsun Xi did not have the meaning that this was her eldest sister reaping the consequences, but there was no meaning of favoritism, thinking of one of the two paintings that would be sold tonight, she became more and more sure of the speculation in her heart, raised the pot and filled his wine glass again, and sighed:

"She is just too conceited and arrogant, and she doesn't want Miss Lu to be a cowardly person herself, and she has the fourth brother behind her back, how can she be polite to her, but Miss Lu is a little too ruthless, after all, it was her eldest brother who killed my second brother first——"

Her voice choked in the middle of her words, so she could only stop, sit there with her head hanging down, her side face floating as if she was sad and angry, angry and enduring, no matter what kind of look, she couldn't escape a kind of pity-on-pity, like a begonia with flower petals up, which made people can't help but want to reach out to help it roll, but they were afraid of hurting her delicateness.

Du Ruojin looked at her for a while, and when she came back to her senses, she raised the wine glass and drank it all, picked up the wine jug and filled it herself, another glass, another glass, and a little water on her lips snaked down, lining the neck more and more slender, and the maid in the tent secretly glanced at him, and then turned her head away with a red face.

Changsun Xi restrained his expression, looked back and saw his cow drinking, and wanted to step forward to dissuade him, but he was separated by his hand, and said in a clear tone, "You don't know, it's better for someone to die than someone to live, you don't know..."

"What are you talking about?" Changsun Xi didn't hear it clearly, but he refused to say it again, only waved his hand, and said, "Xi'er, there is something I shouldn't say, but I still have to say a few words with you—have you been too close to King Wei recently?" ”

"Huh?" Changsun Xi didn't expect him to suddenly change the topic, pursed his lips and smiled, "What does it mean to be too close, we are young playmates, and the friendship is not as good as ordinary people, is it just because his marriage is close, just because he wants to marry the young lady of the Lu family, I will break off friendship with him, so if Brother Jin marries a wife in the future, I will ignore you again." ”

"He's different from me," Du Ruojin looked at her seriously, and persuaded gently, "When I was a child, when I was young, it was outdated, now he is going to marry, you are not married, in case of rumors, it will also be you who suffer, Xi'er, I watched you grow up, what you think in your heart, I know a little more, but the matter has come to this point, and it is the best policy to make a decision immediately." ”

Changsun Xi was shocked, but her face was not revealed, she looked at the elegant man who was holding a jade artifact on the red light booth, and said, "Don't talk about this, I invite you to come over, I have something else curious to ask." Here's your painting to sell tonight, is it genuine? ”

Du Ruojin was perfunctory to others, but she didn't coax her, nodding and admitting.

"If that's the case," Changsun Xi said suspiciously, "Is there a poem with Miss Lu's inscription on it, I think about it, I remember a few years ago, at the birthday banquet of Gao Yang, you collaborated with Miss Lu once, this is the one?" But some people say, this is the one you won at the bachelor's banquet, are there two of these paintings, and which one is sold tonight? ”

Du Ruojin hesitated for a moment and replied, "It should be the one at the bachelor's banquet." ”

Hearing this, the eldest grandson's eyes flashed, and he seemed to say unintentionally, "It's me who is dull, all these years, I don't know when Miss Lu is so good with you, and she specially painted a poem for you to participate in the banquet." ”

Du Ruojin was slightly different, and frowned slightly, "Don't talk nonsense, Miss Lu and I are just nodding friends." ”

At that time, few people knew about Lu Zhi's entry into the Guozijian with Du Ruhui to study, and as time passed, Lai Gong died of illness, and no one knew about it, and no one knew what the relationship between him and the Lu family brothers and sisters was.

"What are you nervous about, I didn't say how you are with her," Changsun Xi picked up his wine glass, concealed his expression, and said in a soft voice, "In this way, the painting of Kui Xinglou must not have flowed out of your hand, so do you plan to buy it back tonight?" ”

"No," in the surprised gaze of the eldest grandson, Du Ruojin shook his head and said, "I gave this painting to others, and it is no longer mine," he laughed at himself, "What's more, I only brought a hundred taels of silver today, I'm afraid it won't be enough to buy a corner painting." ”

Using silver money as an excuse, I am really afraid that buying it back at a high price will be criticized for that Lu Yiyu, Changsun Xi sneered in his heart, "Since you don't buy it, then sit with me and see the excitement." ”

After speaking, she listened to the commotion in the building, and when she looked sideways, she saw two picture scrolls hanging on the stands, she hooked the corners of her lips, and pressed her left hand on the peach box on her side.

As soon as the two paintings were hung, there were guests who left the table to watch, and after a full quarter of an hour, the steward of Kui Xinglou appeased everyone, without too much introduction, and went straight to the topic, Du Ruojin's "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night" opened a thousand taels of reserve price, and began to bid.

"Three thousand taels." It tripled at once, and it was a woman who sat in the middle of a table of female guests covered with a veil, presumably an admirer of the young Laigong.

"Three thousand two hundred taels"

"Three thousand four hundred taels"

"Three thousand five hundred taels"

The shouts came and went, including women, bureaucrats with big bellies, and even warriors with tigers and bears, and the price was raised by four times in less than half a cup of tea.

There is a curtain rolled up at the bottom of the "five thousand taels" incense gallery, and two girls in Hu clothes in the tent serve wine and fruits, among which a beautiful woman with a peony bun on her head, who often walks around the capital, mostly knows this notorious and difficult widow, and suddenly half of the cry is gone, but there are still people who speak:

"Five thousand five hundred taels." This is the woman with the veil.

"Six thousand taels." The beautiful woman glanced at her with contempt and did not give in.

"Six thousand five hundred taels." The woman raised her glass in a humble salute.

The beautiful woman of "Seven Thousand Taels" almost gritted her teeth and shouted out this number, and everyone on the field saw that the two were competing, and listened to this astronomical number, but they didn't mix it for a while.

"Seven thousand five hundred taels."

The woman added another five hundred, and the woman's face was cloudy for a while, but she raised her wine glass in return and sneered, "Eight thousand taels, this girl sells me a face." ”

As soon as the "giggles" laughed, the woman with the covered face replied loudly, "Okay, just sell my sister a face." ”

The elegant man in the stands was well-informed, and he had already seen that the woman with the covered face intended to raise the price, and he knew the truth that he would accept it when he saw it, so he didn't advocate everyone anymore, and was about to ring the bell to set this deal, but in this noisy hall, a female voice suddenly sounded:

"Ten thousand taels, I want this painting."

When the guests heard the sound and searched, they saw the curtain of the gauze tent with the yellow lamp hanging up, revealing two figures, and when they saw the two faces clearly, they fell silent on the spot, and only listened to the pleasant laughter of the woman in the account:

"Please let me let this painting return to its rightful owner," he said, then turned to the man beside him, "so that you won't have even a consolation when you borrow wine to kill your sorrows." ”

The voice fell slightly, and some people here already heard that they were tired, and then looked at the man in the tent with a drunken state, his face was sad and difficult to hide, and they all looked sideways at the hanging spring river flower moonlit night, remembering the looming beauty figure in the painting, thinking of the beautiful hand, each of them had an explanation in their hearts, "whoosh" turned around and looked at the place where Li Tai was sitting under another incense gallery, and then a curtain covered their eyes, not distinguishing the color, everyone immediately understood this matter by themselves, but there were red eyes because of this gossip.

Even the glamorous widow who had bid before did not raise the price again, and looked back and forth at the seat with interest. The elegant man on the stage saw that the opportunity could not be missed, and this 10,000 taels was already the upper price, so he rang the bronze bell on the shelf with a hammer and set the deal.

Du Ruojin looked at the eldest grandson Xi who was smiling at him with dry eyes, and her heart trembled, only to feel that the person in front of her was extremely unfamiliar, and she was no longer the little girl who was holding the eldest sister's arm and coquettish.

Seeing his expression, the eldest grandson Xi was slightly unbearable, but it was only fleeting, so he picked up a stack of peach wood boxes with expensive tickets and handed it to the maid, telling her to come forward to get the painting.

"Brother Jin," took the picture box carefully handed over by the maid, and Changsun Xi handed it to Du Ruojin under the gaze of everyone, knowing that in this situation that was getting blacker and darker, according to his temperament, he would not defend it at this time, so he was not afraid to debunk it, and said kindly:

"Take it, it's right."

Du Ruojin was horrified in her heart, staring straight at her, as if she wanted to see this person clearly, raised her hand to touch the painting box, closed her eyes and sighed softly, and pushed it away, "You can keep it for yourself." ”

After that, he didn't even look at her anymore, put down the wine glass and walked out, without looking at everyone's eyes, passing by Li Tai's account, bowing down, and then went away.