"It's better to be in the cemetery."

“…… What about this? ”

"Same."

The middle-aged man turned out more than a dozen in a row, and Chang Xian has always had the same opinion.

In the end, Chang Xian stopped talking, just shook his head.

Gradually, the middle-aged man's face was clouded, and his face became darker and darker.

Li Dongfei was terrified, and he always felt that he was about to burst into a rage, and when he had a seizure, he looked around to see if there was any suitable guy.

When Chang Xian once again denied a half-finished statue, he suddenly became furious, picked up the stone statue, slammed it on the ground, and roared: "Nonsense! ”

Stone chips were scattered, and Chang Xian took a step back.

In the face of such anger, he still behaved very calmly. He shook his head and said, "Whether I'm talking nonsense or not, you should know best." If you don't think it's a problem yourself, how can it all be semi-finished? That's because, if you carve there, you can't go on! ”

"You ......"

This sentence obviously spoke to the middle-aged man's heart, and his momentum suddenly withered.

He picked up another stone statue, his hand gently brushing the surface, and sighed heavily.

He buried his head between his chest and abdomen, and muttered, "You're right, if it weren't for the fact that I couldn't carve it myself, how could I make them all half-finished?" ”

He sat down on the ground and looked up after a long time before asking, "Then what do you think is wrong with me?" ”

When he asked this, his gaze wandered, and he didn't look directly at Chang Xian.

Obviously, he didn't really expect to get an answer, he just wanted to take this opportunity to ask the confusion in his heart.

Chang Xian looked around, and those half-finished statues fell into his eyes, and the armor was everywhere, full of mess, and as tragic as a battlefield.

The image of Nanshi and the old man suddenly appeared in front of him, and he seemed to have grasped something.

Chang Xian shook his head and blurted out: "Because you don't read." ”

The middle-aged man looked up suddenly: "Impossible!" ”

Li Dongfei's hands tightened, what are you doing scolding people in this section?

The middle-aged man's face was angry: "I'm a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts......"

Chang Xian said: "Don't say anything about the title, even if you are a doctoral supervisor, if you don't read, you don't read." ”

He stared at the so-called professor and said, "You know that the stone statue in front of the mausoleum is Weng Zhong, so do you know what Weng Zhong is?" ”

The middle-aged man was stunned and said, "Of course I know." ”

The stone carving figures, birds and beasts in front of the tombs of ancient emperors or ministers are collectively referred to as stone statues.

But only stone carved figures can be called "Shi Weng Zhong".

The one who holds the simple is the civil minister, and the one who holds the sword is the general.

"Finished?"

Chang Xian smiled: "You want to carve a character, but you don't even know who this character is, you don't know the background and ins and outs of this character, you don't know the historical imprint of this character, and you don't know the personality habits of this character......"

"I work other people's imaginary characters every day, and I end up with such a shell......"

He said faintly: "Take the law from the top, only get the middle, take the law from the middle, only get the bottom, no matter how hard you work on the technique, you can't get rid of a word." ”

"Because, there is no way!"

……

Weng Zhong is not an ordinary person, nor is he an ordinary person.

He's a giant.

He is a general of the Qin Dynasty, according to legend, he is 1 zhang 3 feet long, brave and abnormal, Qin Shi Huang ordered him to guard Lintao, and shocked the Huns.

After Weng Zhong's death, Qin Shi Huang cast a bronze statue for him and placed it outside the Sima Gate of Xianyang Palace.

When the Huns came to Xianyang, they saw the bronze statue from afar, and thought it was the real Weng Zhong, so they didn't dare to approach.

Therefore, later a huge bronze statue or stone statue was used to guard the mausoleum, and the name of Weng Zhong was used to deter all evils.

In ancient Chinese legends, there are many stories about giants.

In ancient times, when the rivers were flooding, the Emperor of Heaven ruled the waters, and there was a giant couple named Pu's father under his hands.

The giant couple is thousands of miles tall and has a self-supporting abdominal circumference.

Although the giant couple was ordered to control the water and channel the rivers, because of their lazy nature, they worked all day long and did not work hard.

Is this worth it?

In the end, he was punished by the Emperor of Heaven to stand and let them stand every day without doing anything, and they could not move, nor could they eat, but could only drink dew to live, until the water in the river became clear again.

The Emperor's "gentle corporal punishment" of the giant couple finally made the giant couple succumb and began to work honestly and become a model worker.

Subsequently, the first emperor swept Liuhe, swallowed the heaven and earth, made Weng Zhong a general, when there were twelve giants appeared on the bank of Taoshui, the first emperor specially cast twelve gold people to like it.

In the Han Dynasty, a giant was even more familiar to everyone, and that giant was named Wuba.

Wuba assisted Wang Mang in usurping the throne and becoming emperor in history, because of his huge stature, everyone is used to adding a giant character in front of his name, calling him Ju Wuba, and knowing his identity as a giant.

To this day, the word Big Mac that everyone will say comes from the historical giant Wuba.

……

"The one standing in front of the mausoleum is a military general on the surface, but in fact it is a giant!"

"What you carve now is still a military general imagined by others, and you need to go to your own general, to Weng Zhong, and then to the giant!"

Chang Xian said: "In fact, Weng Zhong in front of the mausoleum is still a little hot, as long as you let go of your knot and look carefully, you can see it!" ”

The middle-aged man looked at him, and his eyes gradually became serious.

After a few moments, he stood up and shuffled inside, shuffling his heavy steps.

In fact, he had walked up to the statues countless times and observed them.

However, at that time, he always looked with a reverent attitude, looked at it with a learning eye, and traced it with the knife in his hand, so he didn't feel that there was anything wrong.

Now, he walked back and stood in front of the statue and looked up.

This time, he didn't study its school of technique again, nor did he examine the structure.

He stood for a long, long time, and finally, he let out a long sigh of relief, and at this moment, he suddenly felt like he was ten years older.

However, his gaze became calm and steady, far less restless than before.

He tilted his head and stared at the stone statue in front of him, as if he had become a stone statue that could not speak.

The middle-aged man stood for a long time, then turned back to the pile of stones. He picked up one of the pieces and stared at it for a long time, his fingers stroking inch by inch.

The soft and affectionate part is like caressing the skin of a lover.

After a long time, he picked up a stone knife and a stone chisel and began to carve. Stone chips flew and new forms appeared under the knife.

Soon, a simple and abstract figure appears under his knife.

His previous stone statues, even if they were semi-finished, were very detailed and lifelike.

But this new one, with its simplest planes and lines, resembles an abstract painting.