In the bustling alleys of King Qi's capital, a man with heterochromatic pupils shuttled through the crowd, he carried a painting box, his face was slightly tired from the rush of the past month, he looked for the shop in the crowded crowd, and finally, his face lit up, he squeezed through the crowd into the teahouse he was looking for.

He showed Xiao Er the jade pendant, and said in the local dialect a little jerky: "Tianzi No. 1." ”

Xiao Er was not surprised by his alien appearance, and took him upstairs quickly. Xiao Er led him to the door, nodded and motioned for him to enter, and then turned to leave.

The man pushed the door in, bypassed the screen, and saw the young man in white who had been waiting for a long time.

When the man in white saw him coming, he stood up to greet him, and the man of the other race knelt down and saluted.

The man in white said: "Don't be formal, the road is far away, you have worked hard." ”

"My lord, there are many people in the royal capital, and there are many aliens. ”

"Yes, there are a lot of foreigners in the royal capital because of the new mutual trade between countries this year, why are you afraid that you will be excluded here?"

The man shook his head and said a little frustratedly, "My lord, the inn is full, and I can't book a room." "The first time he came to the royal capital, he was not familiar with the place, but he entered the city last night when the city gate was closed, but he could not find a vacant room, and finally he stayed in an inn for the night.

The man in white motioned for him to sit down, and he unhurriedly filled the two with tea, and said: "At the beginning of July, the five-year selection ceremony of painters from the Academy of Calligraphy and Painting will start immediately, and painters from all over Kyushu will flock to it. This year, the number of places for the nine halls of directors has been released, and there are especially many people who come to participate. It's amazing that you can book it so late, and it's out of the way, I've arranged it for you. ”

When the emperor of the dynasty, Emperor Qi, was obsessed with calligraphy and antiques, and was so obsessed with the coexistence of one academy and other six courtyards that he imposed a calligraphy and painting academy to coexist with the other six courtyards. In previous years, the ceremony had never publicly selected the head of the hall, and it happened that in the cold of winter last year, the head of the former North Huang Hall died of illness due to cold. In order to attract more accomplished painters to participate in the audition, Emperor Qi released the quota. Because of this, all those in Kyushu who have the skills of Danqing flock to Yanyang. Ordinary painters want to rise through auditions, while famous painters are recommended through the invitation of princes and nobles.

The selection ceremony of Qi Guo's painters is a major event, at least it is a major event. Painters without a sponsor can participate through the audition on June 15, and only need to provide three paintings and calligraphy works, while painters recommended by princes and nobles can skip the audition and participate in the preliminary examination.

When the man of the alien race saw that the man in white asked him to sit down, he put down the painting box and sat there stiffly without saying a word.

"Drink some tea, it's hot, it's not as cool as Yuling, I'll take you to Wenlin Street in the afternoon......"

The calligraphy and painting culture in Qi is prevalent in China, and the most famous trading place of this calligraphy and painting is Wenlin Street in the Dongbianfang City in the royal capital, this whole street is calligraphy and painting antique shops, and each shop is elegantly decorated and lively.

Among the dozens of stores, the main store of Jubaoge is the most famous, and Jubaoge is a first-class calligraphy and painting chain store in Qiguo, and there are branches in Kyushu.

From the outside, the shop is three points larger than other calligraphy and painting shops, the decoration is extremely exquisite, exquisite, there is a hot stamping plaque hanging on the huge main entrance, and the three words "Treasure Pavilion" are impressively on the top, full of magnanimity. From the guy who runs the hall to the shopkeeper, all of them are experts in the world of calligraphy and painting.

At this time, a young man in the side hall was dressed in a plain robe, although he was slightly shorter and thinner than the others around him, his temperament was extraordinary, and his eyes revealed sharpness and intelligence. With a twitch of his hand, he took out a scroll from the wooden painting tube and gently placed it on the desk.

A few people watching from the side, their eyes were shining, staring directly at the slowly unfolding scroll, and a picture of a hundred cranes with different shapes came into view.

Several people sighed to themselves and poked their heads out to take a closer look. But when the scroll was halfway opened, the scholar stopped, unfolded a painting fan of the landscape that he carried with him, fanned it twice, and then smiled faintly at several middle-aged men who were dressed in luxurious clothes but had big bellies: "This is the peerless masterpiece of Lu Qin, the imperial painter of the former court. ”

Xiao Gongzi focused on the last few words, glanced at the group of wealthy businessmen with shining eyes around him, and continued: "This is the ancestral treasure of the Luo family, and I will bring it to everyone today to appreciate one or two. ”

Since Emperor Qi promulgated the Great Open Market this year, after the exchange of information and existence, the merchants of the surrounding vassal countries and even neighboring countries have increased in this royal capital. The people at the rosewood table were dressed in different costumes from the Kyushu people, and even the color of their eyes and hair was very strange. Although the appearance is different, the stomachs of these people are all the same as those of the rich merchants in Kyushu.

A wealthy businessman in southern Xinjiang wearing a turban and a brown robe couldn't help but open his mouth first, and asked in Yanyang dialect, which was not very fluent: "Really public paper, do you want to make a move in the painting class?" As soon as several people around heard his accent, they couldn't help but laugh in a low voice.

A fat old man dressed in a gold silk dress next to him translated a little anxiously: "What Master Gu said was 'This son, can this painting be sold in?' Luo Gongzi, you told me the day before yesterday to let these connoisseurs appreciate the hundred crane picture, but what is your intention by taking it out for everyone to appreciate half of it?" The fat old man quickly blinked his left eye to the little boy, and the group of people around him only cared about looking at the picture scroll on the table, but no one paid attention.

Luo Gongzi also blinked, and said slowly: "What Old Man Li said is that it is Luo's heirloom that is invited from afar to appreciate today, although this thing is Luo's beloved thing, but now the family is in the middle of the road, and he has to cut his love to survive. ”

Luo Gongzi bowed and retreated behind the king's shopkeeper.

As soon as the shopkeeper Wang heard him open his mouth, he waved his hand familiarly and beckoned his entourage to lead Luo Gongzi to the back hall, while he led several wealthy businessmen to the main hall for auction.

Luo Gongzi followed the little guy to the study in the back hall with ease, he took a book at random, and just sat down to read it, when he heard a commotion outside.

A man with a strange accent shouted, "Smash Smecta for me!"

Luo Gongzi stood up, bypassed the screen, and found a corner to look at the front hall, only to see a man with a black hat on his head and a peacock blue luxurious brocade cloth commanding a small team of guards wearing Korean clothes to rush into the front hall.

When the shopkeeper saw this, he threw down the scroll and hurriedly ran to the front hall and exclaimed: "Oh, you can't smash it! You can't smash it!

In the main hall, a few wealthy businessmen who were still fighting for the Hundred Crane Diagram just now were stunned when they heard the shouts from the front hall, but the main reason was probably that they didn't understand it. The subordinates were clever, leading their old man to run out of the door with his head in his arms. The thugs at the door did not stop them, and more Goryeo guards poured into the front hall.

"Sell me a fake! Cause me to lose the face of our Goryeo nobles here with the Emperor of Kyushu! Smash it for me!" The man ignored the king's shopkeeper and continued to roar angrily: "And that Luo Gongzi! You guys go and arrest me!

When Luo Li heard this, he walked quickly to the backyard of the pavilion, and jumped out of the side wall with his agility, but collided with several Goryeo guards standing outside the wall.

The guards saw someone sneaking out of the wall, brandished the sword in their hand, and greeted them.

Luo Li quickly flashed into the room next to him, and just opened the window to jump out, but stopped. He patronized and ran, forgetting for a moment that the side of the Treasure Pavilion was adjacent to the water. Today, Luo Li made a mistake in his life, and the room he entered was exactly the one facing Luoshui.

Childe is short of water in the five elements, although he is good at light work, but he doesn't understand water. He also didn't learn this ability to float on the water because he was afraid of water, this is miserable, and today he can't escape!

Before he could think about it, the door behind him was kicked open, and the prince of Goryeo, who was still in the front hall just now, was already standing in front of the young man, with an angry face, and when he saw Luo Li sitting by the window, his face became very fast, and he said with a wicked smile: "Jump? Could it be that the dignified Luo Gongzi can't think of water Smecta? Today I am going to hear the sound of you falling into the water, do you know how ugly the prince of this prince is in the main hall with the "Picture of the Lady of Dongshan" that you made me......?

"Embarrassing?" Luo Li chuckled, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and there was no fear in his eyes.

"Hey, yes, you bastard, you dare to play this prince! This prince really wants to clean you up today, see if I finish cleaning up and you pull you back to our Goryeo to be a slave, so that you can't survive, you can't die. ”

Luo Li didn't care what the prince of Goryeo said at all, squinted his eyes and saw a painting boat coming in the distance, suddenly turned his head and pretended to be shy and pitiful, and said: "The third prince is willing to stay a small way to live, and he will not take away the small one, and the small one is willing to repay the prince by being a cow and a horse." ”

When the prince of Goryeo saw the young man half-sitting in the window, his eyebrows were like green feathers, his muscles were like snow, his teeth were red and his lips were white, and the breeze on the river bank was dancing, and he suddenly became fascinated.

"Hehe, you're interesting, okay, this prince can spare you from dying, you obediently follow this prince back today, let this prince enjoy a good ......"

When Luo Li heard this, he was happy, and shouted loudly to the people watching on the other side of the river outside the window: "This prince of the Goryeo Kingdom is a broken sleeve!

There was a burst of laughter from passers-by on the other side of the river, and the hat of the Goryeo prince was crooked, and the guards next to him hurriedly stepped forward to catch Luo Li when they saw this.

"Do your spring and autumn dreams!phew!" Luo Liyan flew away and landed on the boat that was driving, only to see him jump again, "Oops!", and the small figure fell into the water.

"Poof!" There was a crisp sound of falling water, and several people in the house hurriedly walked to the window to look down, and the Goryeo prince said to the guards next to him: "Chase me back Smecta! Don't get hurt, you have to live!"

Luo Li's right leg couldn't stretch out in pain, and he choked on the water before he could pounce a few times, and before he could scream for help, he slowly sank.

The middle part of Luoshui was so deep that it was deep enough for him to give up his strength to struggle. The murky water fascinated his eyes, and he knew he was sinking.

In a drowsy state, a hand seemed to pull him.