After a long time, Lu Mingfei came back to his senses, laughed and said, "Is Miss Xiaoman too confused?

Xiao Man said seriously: "Lu Gongzi doesn't know, now the war is in chaos, the business of the Yuelou has long been not as good as before, although the days in the Qinglou are worry-free, but after all, it is not the final destination of women such as us, Xiao Man is only a weak woman after all, she is fortunate to be like a flower in the prosperous world, and there will be a day of withering, if you are in a troubled world, it is inevitable that she will be like duckweed, it is difficult to come and go left and right, it is better to prepare earlier, and seek a stable half a life." ”

Hearing her say this, Lu Mingfei somewhat understood some of Xiao Man's thoughts, and continued to ask: "Since Miss Xiao Man has raised enough silver taels, you can find a rich businessman to help, if the estimate is good, the son who wants to redeem Miss Xiao Man should also be able to line up in a large circle in this Invitation Moon Tower, why bother looking for me, a poor boy?"

Xiao Man chuckled and said: "Although there are a lot of rich sons, but most of the people who can meet here are people who are acting on the spot, how many people can be relied on if they entrust such a silver and two to each other? ”

Lu Mingfei smiled bitterly and said, "Thank you Miss Xiaoman for watching it, but this matter is ......"

This matter came too suddenly, Lu Mingfei was originally a person with great feelings, so naturally he would not have any thoughts about this woman who did not get along well, especially after experiencing Jiang Yanying, he would not be easily tempted by women.

But in his state of mind at this time, he was in a trance, and even wanted to simply agree to Xiaoman, go home to repair the house, and Zhang Luo laid down two acres of farmland, and forgot about it for the rest of his life.

Thinking about it, Lu Mingfei was just impulsive, so naturally he wouldn't really speak, and when he was hesitating, the door of the boudoir was suddenly pushed open, and a beautiful woman came to the room with a little surprise.

"Sister Xiaoman, Mr. Guo, a painter from the capital, has been invited, and it just so happens that there will be no guests......

The woman is not very old, looking at her eyes, she should have only come to Yueyue Tower in the past two years, she talked more than half, because Lu Mingfei's existence suddenly stopped, and her eyes looked around Lu Mingfei's body for a while, revealing a strange look.

Lu Mingfei was a little embarrassed, turned around slightly, smiled at the woman and said hello, and at the same time saw that outside the door, a man in his thirties was following her, carrying a large wooden box, which should be the Beijing painter Mr. Guo she said.

Xiao Man hurriedly introduced a sentence and said, "Jin'er, this is Lu Gongzi." ”

"I've seen Lu Gongzi. ”

The girl named Jin'er replied, her voice was very sweet and polite, because of Lu Mingfei's outfit, she was somewhat insincere.

Then she saw the box containing the jewels on the table, Jin'er was a little surprised, Xiao Man didn't explain anything, and casually took the silver ticket back into the box.

"This is Mr. Guo, who is a painter who goes out in the capital, and has painted for the ladies in the palace, and finally came to Feng'an City. ”

Jin'er introduced it again, and Xiao Man hurriedly greeted the painter into the room with a smile.

The status of the painter in the Great Jin Dynasty is not high, but it is very popular, and there are often high-ranking families or Qinglou women who will specially hire painters to paint a few portraits for themselves, and if they are satisfied, they will be rewarded heavily.

After the painter walked into the room, he sat down on a table next to him, opened the large wooden box in front of him, and went out of it with pen, ink, paper, inkstone, and other things he needed for painting, with the demeanor of a literati.

In the big wooden box is full of paintings, Jin'er stepped forward to spread out a few pictures, all of which are pictures of ladies with fine brushwork, and the painting skills are quite skilled, and the vivid sketches of each woman are vivid, but they are dignified and beautiful.

"This looks good, this is good!"

Jin'er pulled Xiaoman to admire the scrolls, pointing, her face was full of excitement, and from time to time she said to the painter: "Mr. Guo, I want to be like this." ”

The painter smiled but did not say a word, and while the two of them were appreciating the painting, the preparations had been completed, and he was about to paint.

On the left hand side were the brushes and inks and various paints, and in addition to a small oil lamp, a bright red square was taken out of a small porcelain vase and placed in a delicate small copper spoon, apparently intended to be heated on top of the oil lamp.

Lu Mingfei stepped forward with some curiosity and asked, "Mr. Guo, what is this red thing, is it also paint?"

The painter pointed to the small ink block next to him and the porcelain vase and said: "This is cold ink, this is cinnabar, they are all imported from the Western Regions Moon Shadow Kingdom, and their color is far brighter than the one used in my Great Jin, cinnabar is used to outline cherry lips, and cold ink is used to depict eyebrows and eyes, which is the finishing touch in the painting." ”

Lu Mingfei let out an "oh", his eyes narrowed slightly, and he casually took the cinnabar in his hand and looked at it a few times, and then put it back on the table.

The painter said with a little apology: "This son, you must have no distractions when painting, and I hope that the son can avoid it for a while." ”

Lu Mingfei smiled faintly and said, "Yes, I'll go out, Mr. concentrate on painting, I won't bother you." ”

While speaking, Lu Mingfei had already retreated from the boudoir, Xiao Man hurriedly beckoned the maid, brought Lu Mingfei into the hall, and gave two jars of good wine.

Jia Yuanshu was waiting for Lu Mingfei not far away, and when he saw him walking out of the room, he greeted him with a smile and said, "How is it? ”

Lu Mingfei glanced at Jia Yuan angrily and said, "Brother Jia is also here to entertain me?"

As he spoke, he pulled Jia Yuanshu and walked towards the hall, in front of the maid's head

Leading the way, a table has already been arranged, in addition to the two jars of wine ordered by Xiao Man, dried fruit preserves and delicate pastries are also placed.

On the high platform of the hall, a woman played the guqin and sang a small song, perhaps influenced by the atmosphere in the venue, and the tune was somewhat poignant.

The hall that can accommodate more than 100 people, and there are only three or five tables of guests sitting at this time, most of them are dressed as merchants, while drinking wine, talking about the war in the Southern Wilderness from time to time, listening to the tone of a few people, it seems that they are not optimistic about the Dajin side.

Lu Mingfei didn't care about the topic that everyone was talking about, he took off the mud seal on the wine jar and continued to drink, Jia Yuanfei was dressed in a shabby Taoist robe, sitting in the hall a little out of place, feeling somewhat uncomfortable, and said to Lu Mingfei: "Brother Lu, this wine is also available, why don't we take it home and drink it?"

Lu Mingfei waved his hand disappreciatively and said, "Go back and do it, it's spacious and bright here, and you can still listen to small songs." ”

He said this, but his eyes looked in the direction he came out from time to time.

Jia Yuanshu smiled knowingly and said, "Brother Lu, isn't he really moved, and he still thinks about this little man?"

Lu Mingfei pursed his lips and didn't answer, but Jia Yuanzhu didn't want to give up, and continued: "If you want to say that Xiaoman girl, no matter her appearance, talent, and cultivation, she is also considered the best choice, does Brother Lu dislike the background of other people's Qinglou?"

Lu Mingfei smiled bitterly and said: "What can I do if I was born in Qinglou, speaking of which, Sister Xing'er was also born here, besides, I look so down, what qualifications do I have to dislike others." ”

Jia Yuanchu smiled knowingly and said, "I understand, it's not that there's anything wrong with Miss Xiaoman, it's that Brother Lu can't hold it in his heart." ”

As he was talking, he saw the painter surnamed Guo suddenly walk out of the back hall, his steps were steady, his demeanor was calm, although he tried his best to hide it, there was still a faint trace of panic between his eyebrows.

The painter still carries the large wooden box he came, but the scrolls in the wooden box are not placed in the wooden box, but are stacked outside the wooden box, and are tightly clasped by the artist's hands.

Although it was only a subtle difference, how could it hide from Lu Mingfei's eyes.

When the painter passed by Lu Mingfei, he saw that Lu Mingfei was looking at him with a smile, and greeted him with a smile, but he didn't plan to stop.

"Mr. Guo, it's only been half an hour, is it done so quickly?"

Lu Mingfei asked unhurriedly, but the painter did not stop, his face could not hide his panic, and he walked outside quickly.

Lu Mingfei didn't even bother to get up, and with a flick of his hand, a mysterious qi shot out and hit the joints of the opponent's legs, only to hear a shout, the painter staggered to the ground, and the painting scroll in his hand and the jewels in the big wooden box were scattered all over the ground.

Lu Mingfei didn't care about those jeweled silver tickets, but accidentally saw a loose scroll.

In the painting, a stunning woman jumped onto the paper, instantly making him stunned in place.