Chapter 20: The Painting of the Return of the Swallow
Mandarin ducks walk in the market, wandering around the landscape, flowers and birds paintings, and squatting down from time to time to look through.
"There are no high-grade ones, and they can't get into the eyes of my young lady if you look at it. The mandarin duck deliberately raised his voice, so that the stall vendors were taken aback, and they came over to see who had such a big tone.
"Girl, whose calligraphy and painting is this, you tell us a breakdown, but let us see if there is or not. The dealer stood up and smoothed out the calligraphy and paintings that were on sale.
"It's hard to say it's rare, it's not difficult to say it's not difficult, it's just that this person doesn't love calligraphy and painting, so I just came to find it, see if there is, and hit the luck. The mandarin duck covered his hand on the cuff of his coat and said slowly.
Then please point out the girl's name and listen to it, so that I may also see and see, and who can let the pen and ink enter the girl's eyes. After the hawker stood up, he saw that the mandarin duck was dressed not like an ordinary girl, and it must have come from a big family.
"My young lady said, what is this person's name, I forgot it, I only remember a poem singing......"
The mandarin duck took a step closer to the art dealer, and his voice was much quieter, remembering that Qing Xihuan deliberately explained several times before leaving, not to make a noise, and to be cautious, so the mandarin duck raised his hand slightly to cover his mouth, and between his lips and teeth opened slightly, he smelled a tactful voice.
"I heard about Yan Dongfei last year, but I don't see Yan return today. ”
After reading the poem, the mandarin duck stood up slightly straight, looked at the dealer politely, and looked at the "What's the solution?"
The dealer was stunned, his eyes rolled around, he raised his voice and smiled at the mandarin duck, "The girl is talking about Nanxun, then the girl went to the bottom of the Chunjiang Bridge and waited, there was a beggar there, he might know, the girl go there to see, go quickly." ”
The dealer waved his hand again and again, and the mandarin duck immediately understood that this Yan was really wanted, and he didn't even dare to sell the calligraphy and paintings. I'm afraid it's hard to find.
The mandarin duck said goodbye to the art dealer, and walked towards the Chunjiang Bridge, which was not far from the art dealer's stall street, and the mandarin duck walked under the bridge with his legs, and he didn't see any beggars, for fear that the dealer was afraid of breaking the law, so he was so frightened that he fooled her and sent her away.
The mandarin duck searched under the bridge and asked many people, but he didn't see the beggar, and finally determined that it was fake.
"I have been looking for forty miles all the way, and I have to enter the Luoyang Pass if I look for it, my legs are numb, my feet are sore, my rookie shoes are worn out, and on a hot day, people are going to be scorched, and this young lady is looking for people, and it is too difficult to find!"
The mandarin duck complained, sat on the stall by the bridge, ordered a pot of tea, and just drank three sips, he thought of something and ran off the bridge.
"Sure enough. When the mandarin duck came with her skirt, she saw that the dealer was standing anxiously under the bridge, rubbing his hands and walking around.
"Girl, girl!" the painter also saw the mandarin duck from afar, rushed over, and saluted.
"You art dealer, you are really smart, and you are afraid that the royal power and etiquette will target you, so you asked me to wait here, it seems that there is something. Mandarin duck said.
The girl was even more clever, and she understood the meaning of it when she told me to say it. Bow and bow. ”
"Nanxun, Nanxun, isn't it just hard to find? This is so difficult to find that I don't understand the meaning, isn't it that I ran for nothing and broke my leg. The mandarin duck said and knocked on the shoulder.
"Girl, it's really embarrassing, the calligraphy and painting of this 'Nanxun' has been banned, but on the contrary, my lord has, it is the soldiers of our Shengguo who found it in his palace after entering Luoyang Pass, just such a small box, it was actually sold to our master at a sky-high price by the soldiers!" said the painter and sighed, afraid that he regretted the person who painted.
"Without further ado, lead the way. The mandarin duck saw that it was true, carrying the money bag given by Qing Xihuan on his back, which was heavy and should be enough.
"Girl, please follow me!" The painter took the mandarin duck and walked quietly down the path, and walked into a quiet house, the house was not small, but a little dilapidated, the mandarin duck walked on the mossy stone slab, and the feet were slippery, it seemed that no one had been here for a long time.
Walking to the outer door of the mansion, the black lacquered wooden door was closed, the paint on the door was also mottled a lot, and there were weeds growing on the high wall one foot deep.
"Girl, wait a moment. "Painting business.
The mandarin duck was faintly afraid in his heart, if he met the puppet and sold himself, how would it be good.
The door opened with a twist, and the people inside saw that it was a dealer, so they invited the two in.
"Please. The mandarin duck hesitated, but still entered the door, and as soon as he entered, the door closed.
The mandarin duck followed the coarse clothed man in front of him into the hall, and went around three or four times before he could see the painting that the world was full of praise.
There is only a touch of red plum with a chic and slightly peculiar shape, which looks like it has no characteristics, and there is no end to it. I'm afraid that the world has praised it falsely.
"That's it, it's the masterpiece of that Yan's return. The boss of the coarse linen cloth nodded slightly, his eyes fixed on the painting and continued to admire, but the mandarin duck didn't see anything good at all.
"You didn't lie to me?" the mandarin duck turned his head to look at the boss, slightly scowling.
"Even if I'm a liar, how can I make it so like, if I can paint like this, wouldn't I be able to ask Yan to return?" the boss sighed.
"But isn't this just an ordinary red plum, what's the novelty? What else do you say that the pen is like a divine help, there is ink in the sky, I can pull one on the street casually, and I can do it, do you believe it or not?" said the mandarin duck firmly.
The boss and the dealer looked at each other, and suddenly burst out laughing, and in order to solve the doubts in the mandarin duck's heart, the two hung the painting on the wall together.
The mandarin duck's eyes straightened for a moment.
Just now he was still a red plum, how could he see him change his appearance, and he became a woman with a red face alive, could this be a trick?
The boss gently spread the painting on the table, stepped forward and walked towards the mandarin duck, and the mandarin duck saw that the slim woman had returned to the red plum proudly.
"Girl, this is the subtlety of Yan's return, he can show different appearances in different positions, now, you understand why this painting, this person, is valuable. ”
The mandarin duck approached the drawing paper, looked left and right, and was amazed.
"It's really wonderful, no wonder you call him to the south, if it's really a genius of heaven and earth, it's hard to find it again. The mandarin duck looked at the painting carefully, and asked without raising his head, "How much gold?"
"It's not a secret, this painting has also been banned, and the more it is banned, the more it becomes a treasure, scarce, so it costs 300 gold. ”
"Three hundred gold! You are robbing in broad daylight!" The mandarin duck flower was pale, she had never seen a painting that could be sold for three hundred gold, which was enough for the expenses of the Qing government for the next year.
"Girl, if you don't buy it, I won't force you, I'm here, that's all, the price doesn't have to be negotiable, buy it or not, it's up to you. ”
Seeing this, how could the mandarin duck not buy it, even if he twisted his nose, he had to ask Qing Xihuan to finish the matter, but I don't know how much difference the money given by the young lady is, and I have to go back to get it.
"Wait for me to count the money. The mandarin duck spread out the money bag on his back, and the golden money was scattered.
The three of them looked at the money in the money bag, and the denomination was full of gold.
"It seems that the young lady has already anticipated the value of this painting. The mandarin duck pursed his lips and handed over all his daughters to the boss.
"This ...... It doesn't take so much ......," the boss said.
"Take it, Miss said, the painting of Yan Huihui is worth this. ”
The mandarin duck took the painting and chatted casually with the boss, "Do you know whether this swallow returns, whether it is life or death, where is it if it is born, and where is it if it dies?"
The boss touched his beard, sighed and said, "I heard that this person went south after Shi Jinyu's death, so he has the nickname of Nanxun." It is also said that after Shi Jinyu's death, he became a blue bird and also went...... It's just that it's all legends, God is jealous of the talent, but it's a pity that the talent, in fact, we literati wish he could live. ”