On the first day of July, the sun was shining and the sky was cloudless, which was a good day.

Luo Li put on the light cyan gauze robe issued by the Academy of Calligraphy and Painting early, and the black brocade belt bound his body. Yuan Qin helped her tie the long green silk into a bun, put on the jade crown, and carefully helped her put the gauze hat straight.

Luo Li chose it and wore a white carved jade pendant.

She played with the name tag to prove her identity, with the word Luo Li in the middle, and a column of small words next to it - Mu Wangfu.

After the two had a simple breakfast, Yuan Qin put on a neutral dress and carried painting utensils, and wanted to be her scholar today. Before leaving, Lou Xiaoyun stood at the gate and gave her a ride, cheering her up.

The two then got into the carriage prepared by Steward Li himself, while Pei Ying rode to the side.

When the group arrived at the Academy of Calligraphy and Painting, the entrance of the Academy of Calligraphy and Painting had been surrounded by layers of people, and there was no shortage of good people around.

Luo Li was also very curious, opened the corner of the curtain, and hastily swept by, most of the painters who came up from the audition were alone, dressed in dark green clothes, and carried a painting box on their backs. It looks like most of them are men, and there are few women.

If he hadn't met Qi Muxiao at the beginning, he would have stood in this group of people today.

The carriage skirted the crowd and walked to the other side, where the entrance for the recommended artist was located. The people on the outside side of the queue at the main entrance immediately looked over, all wanting to see which famous artist was recommended.

Yuan Qin helped Luo Li get out of the carriage. A person walked over, shook his head, and reported to his home, this person's name is Lin Song, and he is the secretary of the Rite Academy.

After Lin Song saw Luo Li's name tag, he led Luo Li and Yuan Qin to the hospital to register. Pei Ying didn't follow up, a painter can only bring at most one scholar, and she was supposed to wait outside.

Before leaving, Pei Ying said: "Miss Luo, don't embarrass our master. ”

Luo Li rolled his eyes in his heart, and said with a warm face: "Naturally, naturally." ”

Luo Li entered the Academy of Painting and Calligraphy for the first time, everything was very fresh, she looked around the main entrance, savored it, the stones and beams on the ground of the main entrance are extremely exquisite, but the overall design tends to be simple and simple. The calligraphy and painting academy was built in a low-key and luxurious manner, compared to the inspection courtyard she had been to before. Luo Li just walked through the main entrance, a huge wall came into view, and a majestic landscape mural on the wall can be called a fine product.

Unfortunately, she was not allowed to watch it well now, so she had to hurry by, and she took a few steps and followed the little secretary into the cloister. Looking sideways, there were many cyan canopies set up in the large open space in the middle of the painting and calligraphy academy, and tables and chairs were also placed underneath, and some candidates in dark green robes were waiting on the seats.

Lin Song led her into a side courtyard room, where a painter who had just finished registering walked out. This person has a somewhat obscene appearance and looks middle-aged. He was followed by a thin little scholar, white and tender, who looked like he was in his teens, but the child's short stature was not proportional to the large painting box on his back.

The two passers-by came to meet him, and Luo Li bowed to him out of politeness. But when the lewd man saw that the two women were coming, he glanced at them with disdain.

Luo Li didn't pay attention, she followed Lin Song to the bookcase in the hall, and handed the name card to the old man sitting in the middle behind the bookcase in a proper manner.

The old man has a beard and looks a little older. When the old man received the name tag, he glanced at the small characters next to him, looked up and asked her: "You are Luo Li who made a lotus picture in Yao Xiangfu's house not long ago?"

It is rumored that she is a stunning beauty, the old man can't help but pay more attention to her eyes, this girl has a pair of apricot eyes that are bright and extraordinarily outstanding, although she is dressed in a neutral dress, it is difficult to hide her temperament.

He stroked his beard, affirming the rumor in his heart.

"Back to the adult's words, the younger generation is not talented, and the Hetu is indeed made by the younger generation. Luo Li spoke elegantly, which made the old man's eyes shine.

"The afterlife is terrible, the afterlife is terrible. The old man stroked his beard and said with a smile, he took the name tag and flipped through the roster twice to find Luo Li's information, and then pushed the roster over and motioned to Luo Li to show it.

"Luo girl, is the information correct?"

The surname is Luo, the name is Li, a native of Jicheng, Huangzhou, born on the ninth day of the first month of the fifteenth year of Tianyuan.

"Back to my lord, the little girl's birthday is not right. ”

"Huh, when were you born?"

"On the seventh day of the seventh month of the fifteenth year of the Tianyuan Dynasty. ”

"On a good day, the woman who was born on the begging festival is blessed. As he spoke, he took a red pen, made notes on the day, and circled it in her name.

Lin Song, who was standing next to her, had already picked up a booklet with a number on it and handed it to her.

After Luo Li signed in, Lin Song led the two of them out and turned left into a hall, where five rows of chairs were neatly placed and tea was prepared on the right side. There were already a lot of people sitting and waiting, and next to the painter was a subordinate holding a painting tool.

Lin Song guided Luo Li to take a seat according to the number, and next to her happened to be the man who passed by at the check-in desk.

When Luo Li walked over and sat down, the few painters in front saw her bow politely, and she also saluted back, but the person just now still looked down on people.

Once seated, she looked around, and finally her gaze fell on the bare bruises on the back of the boy's hand, deep and shallow, and scarred.

Her heart sank.

After a while, the boy saw that Luo Li was staring at his hand, and he hurriedly covered it with his sleeve.

Luo Li retracted his gaze and ordered, "Yuan Qin, you put the painting tools on the ground, it's quite heavy." ”

Yuan Qin put down the painting tools and turned to ask Luo Li for a cup of tea.

Luo Li remembered the sadistic traces he had just seen, and glanced at the boy a few more times.

The boy looks like he is only in his prime age, and his fair face is beautiful, but the boy's face does not have the childishness that this age should have, only forbearance and numbness.

Luo Li took a deep breath, calmed down a little, took out the manual and looked through it, and it turned out to be today's topic.

The initial test is divided into three tests, one is copying, two is calligraphy, and three is a fixed topic - lotus.

A quarter of an hour later, the room was full of people, and a middle-aged woman in a scarlet partridge embroidered official uniform walked in, followed by several clerks.

"Ladies and gentlemen, the preliminary examination will start immediately, so please follow the secretary in order. ”

After hearing this, everyone got up, and each column walked out in an orderly manner with a secretary, and Luo Li followed the previous painters to the open space that Luo Li had just passed by, and the painters who had come up from the audition were already sitting and waiting.

Most of the painters outside stopped their work and turned their heads to look at the people who walked by.

Luo Li sat down in a side seat, and the middle-aged man had just sat in the canopy next to her, and the boy was busy taking the painting tools out of the drawing box.

After everyone sat down, the woman just now came out of the main hall and announced today's test questions, one for half an hour, two for a pillar of incense, and three for half an hour.

There is a half-hour break between each attempt.

Yuan Qin laid out good painting tools and was concentrating on ink research. At this time, Lin Song came over and handed Luo Li two pieces of rice paper.

One of them is a small-sized landscape rubbing, and the other is a large-size paper that should be tried.

This paper is much thicker than ordinary rice paper, Luo Li tried it, this paper is not transparent at all, and the possibility of tracing is completely avoided.

Not only that, this paper has a lot of articles, and if you look at the past, you can find that the pattern printed on the paper is the technology of thickening printing in the paper mill.

Luo Li felt fresh, and she took the paper and studied it for a while.

It is not too difficult to rub the mountain, but it is difficult on this piece of paper.

That is, each person only has one chance.

After the question was finished, the woman on the stage in the main hall shook the bell and announced the start of the first test.

Luo Li was not in a hurry, he concentrated on folding Toben into a palm-sized rectangle, and then took the thinnest pencil and began to sketch it simply.

She was so engrossed in copying that she didn't notice that after the first attempt began, seven or eight people in vermilion official uniforms walked out of the main hall and walked randomly down the aisles.

Among them was the old man who had just signed in for her, and the old man naturally knew Luo Li's number. After he came out of the main hall, he went straight to Luo Li, and stood quietly beside him, watching quietly.

When he saw Luo Li's copying technique, he nodded appreciatively and stopped to watch. Not far away, a man who looked like Pan An also walked over, shaking his fan and looking at Luo Li who was painting.

There was a strong fragrance on this person's body, not like the sandalwood commonly used by men, but it smelled like the rouge of the land of fireworks.

The old man smelled the smell, looked at the visitor, glared at him fiercely, and walked away quickly.

Yuan Qin, who was standing on the side and studying ink, said in his heart: How can this bewitching man be more fragrant than the two of her, although he is wearing an official uniform, he can actually wear a smell of wind and moon.

The two eccentric adults seemed to be interested in Xiao Li's paintings, and she was afraid that their actions would affect her. But it seems that Xiao Li is only focused on her paintings, and she is a little relieved.

The man who shook the fan let out a bohemian smile and watched the old man leave. When he looked at Lori's paintings again, surprise flashed in his evil eyes.

This woman draws so fast?!

At this time, Luo Li's rubbing was basically completed.

It's just a little over a moment!

He glanced incredulously at the picture scroll of the middle-aged man to his left hand, who had just copied a corner.

The lewd man seemed to be easily influenced by others, and when he saw someone looking at him, he suddenly looked nervous, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

The evil man snorted and continued to look at the others while shaking his fan.

In less than two moments, Luo Li had finished painting.

Yuan Qin was also stunned, she secretly glanced at the painter on Luo Li's right, the rubbing's copy was in a mess. She compared Luo Li's copy, which is basically the same as the original painting, but the enlarged appearance.

Yuan Qin admired the vision of his own prince more and more, Xiao Li's danqing skills are indeed true, no wonder his own prince is like this to her.

Not only the two just now, but also the people who passed by and inspected afterwards were also shocked by Luo Li's paintings.

A few of them silently wrote down Luo Li's number, planning to go back and see what this girl was about.