Chapter 40: Extremely Good and Extremely Bad
Originally, the artist Fang wanted to stop Li Mengzhou's bold actions, but he was suddenly frightened by the boy's appearance and stood still without saying a word for a moment.
Chen Jiyue was a little nervous.
Of course she didn't know whether Li Mengzhou would paint, but if the painting was destroyed, the owner would be furious. And as an outsider, how could he interfere in other people's paintings at will? It was quite a bit disrespectful to others.
Li Mengzhouxun also felt that this was inappropriate, so he said kindly to the painter Fang: "Xiao Ke is just graffiti at will, and I hope everyone in Fang will not blame him."
Then he didn't give the painter Fang any time to react. He wrote as if he was a god, and he was heavily lit on the painting.
The moment when Li Mengzhou persisted in the painting, the second floor of the teahouse was immediately silent.
The painter Fang felt a heart-wrenching pain.
Li Mengzhou's so-called graffiti words echoed in his mind, and he was stunned, as if he was stupid.
He thought this young man would understand something, but he didn't expect that he was just a bold and bold person who only knew how to do whatever he wanted.
In this way, wouldn’t this painting that consumed his energy be ruined?
His face changed into various colors, gradually turning into pig liver color.
Griefly glaring at the boy who seemed to have no idea what stupid things he had done, he pushed the other party suddenly and said annoyedly: "You ignorant child, you dare to ruin my paintings. I will definitely not forgive you!"
Liu Qinshi was also inexplicably frightened. He knew his friend's temper and could treat him gently in anything else. He had extraordinary stubbornness in the painting, not to mention that a painting he devoted his efforts to was destroyed by his own eyes. It is probably very likely that he would be angry and kill people.
He hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Painter Fang and said anxiously: "Brother Fang, be calm, calm!"
Chen Jiyue silently winked Li Mengzhou from the side, obviously she was ready to run away.
She didn't expect that Li Mengzhou was so brave and knew nothing, so she dared to draw with her pen. How could she blame Painter Fang for being angry and embarrassed?
Li Mengzhou was also shocked by the excessive reaction of the artist Fang, but did not notice Chen Jiyue's eyes.
Thinking that he had already reminded Painter Fang in advance, he did not refuse, and now he was shaking his face and making Li Mengzhou a little angry.
Those who are angry and beat others, those who are eager to pull the fight, and those who are waiting for an opportunity to run away, the originally pure second floor has become extremely lively.
The sound of footsteps suddenly came outside the door, and a voice rang out: "Master Fang, Master Liu, someone from the academy has arrived. It is really inconvenient to stop me. I can only invite people up. I hope no wonder..."
The person who spoke was obviously the owner of the teahouse.
But the scene I saw after pushing open the door made the boss's voice stop abruptly.
The entangled person in the room also looked back and looked out the door in a daze.
There were two people standing behind the boss, both of whom were handsome and handsome boys. One of them was wearing a white robe, which was similar to the costumes of Ligong, but the patterns on them were more complicated, which was the dress exclusively for the academy students.
The other person was dressed in an ordinary manner, obviously not from the academy. Perhaps he just didn't wear the academy clothes.
The status of the academy students in the capital is extraordinary. The capital has Ligong Jianyuan and Zhaixing Mansion. They are all the practice gates of Jiang Guo’s top and top, but when they encounter Lihua Academy, they are still shorter.
The teahouse owner was sent away casually. The students of the academy first glanced over Li Mengzhou and Shen Jiyue, then placed them on Liu Qinshi and Fang's painter. He bowed slightly and said with a smile: "In the Xia Academy disciple Guan Muyun, I heard that there are two people who compose and paint here. If there is anything to bother me, please forgive me."
Guan Muyun is here, so the person who followed him is naturally Wang Chuan, the failed candidate who failed to enter the academy.
Even though Painter Fang was in the worst state, he was still surprised when he heard the boy's name by himself. He looked at Liu Qinji, quickly bowed and said, "It turns out that it is Mr. Guan Xiao. I have already heard that Mr. Guan Xiao has won the first name of the academy this year. It is a wonderful thing to be lucky enough to see him, so why not bother me?"
Li Mengzhou frowned slightly. Of course, he had heard of Guan Muyun a person, and had even been envious of him for a short time. Unexpectedly, he happened to meet him today.
Guan Muyun also looked at Li Mengzhou at this time, nodded slightly, and said, "I guess the two should be disciples of the Sword Academy. They are both newcomers to Xuanmiao Sect. Although they are not in the same place, they may have time to ask for advice in the future and be polite."
As he said that, he bowed his hands and bowed his hands.
Li Mengzhou and Shen Jiyue also returned the gifts.
All disciples of the mountain sect in the world are brothers and brothers. When they meet, they should be called brothers and brothers according to their seniority or age. For example, although Lu Jiuge and Nan Sheng are disciples of Jianjiayuan, they also call Ning Haoran the senior brothers.
This is more like a kind of etiquette. If the two practice mountain gates conflict, they will naturally not be so polite in terms of name.
For those who are both in the capital, this kind of politeness is even more obvious. Those who don’t know think they are really brothers and brothers, and they can be said to be intimate.
Whether it is a student of the academy or a disciple of the Sword Academy, they all look at the practice of their strengths. If they are not a person with excellent relationships, they will not easily judge their brothers by age.
Li Mengzhou knew very well that Guan Muyun had just turned fifteen this year, and was two years younger than him, but he had already entered the realm of travel. In the same realm, his age is naturally the best, so Shen Jiyue should be Guan Muyun's senior sister.
Not only Li Mengzhou knew Guan Muyun, but Guan Muyun seemed to recognize Li Mengzhou and Shen Jiyue.
The academy and the swordsman's enrollment were naturally a major event that caused a sensation in the entire capital. Therefore, the names of those who were admitted to the hospital spread throughout the capital early on, and even portraits of them have been spread across the streets.
Guan Muyun seemed to have no other thoughts, but said normally: "I didn't expect that Senior Sister Shen and Junior Brother Li were also interested in Qinle and Danqing, so I was quite destined to be together."
Li Mengzhou was not very keen on Guan Muyun's title, so he naturally would not call him his senior brother. However, Shen Jiyue replied politely: "We cannot compare with Junior Brother Guan. Junior Brother Guan is the first name in the academy this year. He has achieved some attainments in practicing piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, shooting, and imperialism. It is not something like us who are just interested in it."
Guan Muyun and Shen Jiyue seemed to be able to talk about many topics, but Li Mengzhou was not interested in these things and was quite annoying.
Wang Chuan, who also didn't speak, looked at Li Mengzhou at this time and smiled and said, "I didn't recognize him just now. Could it be that this person is Li Mengzhou, Mr. Li, who is the most famous in the entry test of the Sword Academy?"
The so-called reputation is the most reputable and there is a sarcastic meaning in it.
The half-day visualization of entering Amaterasu has already spread throughout the capital, and the discussion among the people is no less than that of Guan Muyun, the first name of the academy. It can be said that the two most popular people in the capital are Guan Muyun and Li Mengzhou.
But Guan Muyun was admitted to the academy with his first-ranked grades with his true skills and excellent talent. However, Li Mengzhou, the so-called "peerless genius" who immersed himself in Amaterasu for half a day, could not even see the Qihai. Such a person could be admitted to the Li Palace, and many people would inevitably say that Li Palace is becoming more and more inferior, and he would like to have any kind of person.
One is Guan Muyun, who was hotly discussed and admired by Youjia, and the other is Li Mengzhou, who was ridiculed to enter the Li Palace with his luck of shit. It can be said to be two extremes.
Perhaps when Wang Chuan said this, he did not think deeply, but it was difficult not to be misunderstood by others. Chen Jiyue's face quickly became ugly.
The painter Fang and the master Liu Qin seemed to have just come back to their senses and both looked at Li Mengzhou incredible.
Li Mengzhou knew Guan Muyun, but he did not recognize Wang Chuan. After all, no one cares about those who failed the college entrance examination.
Facing Wang Chuan's words, whether it was intentional or unintentional, Li Mengzhou's expression was very calm. He smiled faintly: "I am the person you mentioned. I didn't expect that I was so famous just a few days after I came to the capital. I can call out my name by myself. I don't know how much my name is worth. If someone is willing to buy it with a copper coin, I will have to write hundreds of pictures of him day and night."
Wang Chuan was a little surprised.
Guan Muyun frowned and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Junior Brother Li, don't misunderstand, Brother Wang Chuan has no other intentions."
Li Mengzhou smiled and said, "Of course I have no misunderstanding, but this brother named Wang Chuan is quite a bit of a name. I guess he must be the one who failed the exam, right? Brother Wang should not be discouraged. If you fail the exam once, there will be another next time. Many scholars in the world still haven't given up until they are in their forties and fifties, or even in their eighties. I think with Brother Wang's ability and perseverance, he will definitely become one of them."
Wang Chuan's surprised expression gradually changed color.
How could he not understand the meaning of Li Mengzhou's words? This made him shouted with shame: "How can you insult those admirable old gentlemen? They have put in their lives for this. Even if they don't get rewards for a while, they should still be admired. It is definitely not the capital for others to laugh at. I am really ashamed to be with you!"
Wang Chuan did not mention himself, but instead complained to those old men who had not given up on the exam at the age of 80. This is indeed a very infuriating thing for people in Jiangguo who have a serious Confucian belief in Jiangguo.
Faced with Wang Chuan's righteous accusations, Li Mengzhou's expression was still calm, completely ignoring the strange eyes of Chen Jiyue and others, and said calmly: "Doing anything is within your ability. Those old men are indeed worthy of admiration, but that's all. It's not the work of a smart person who can't get. It's simply because of stupid reading and stupidity.
What can't be done well with so much time? But I wasted all of it, and I only ended up with an admirable reputation. I'm afraid I can't even fill my stomach. Who would be the one who starved to death? I'm afraid that many of you are already full of children and grandchildren. It's okay for the younger generation to work hard and have a wealthy family. If it's a poor family, wouldn't it be a cause for the family to go hungry?"
Wang Chuan deliberately refuted, but he was stunned and didn't know where to start.
Guan Muyun felt that what Li Mengzhou said was quite reasonable. Seeing that the situation was deadlocked, he quickly smoothed out the situation and tried to expose the topic.
Chen Jiyue also helped to agree. It is better to have less than more things than to do. There is really no need to make a big deal.
Li Mengzhou didn't have much intention to care about ordinary people like Wang Chuan. Although he didn't care about his reputation, he would never endure it when he was mentioned in person. That was definitely not his style.
He even ignored whether Wang Chuan was mocking him or blurted out unconsciously. He only cared about Wang Chuan's embarrassment and blushed with his face and was powerless to refute.
In order to change the topic more perfectly, Guan Muyun's eyes placed on the painting on the table.
His eyes lit up.
After watching carefully for a while, he couldn't help but say to the painter Fang: "It is worthy of being painted by Fang Master. The artistic conception of this painting is magnificent. Although it is mainly pure, it is ordinary but extraordinary, which makes this painting lively and is a good product."
The painter Fang just smiled awkwardly, but he didn't take it too seriously. The painting had been ruined. He thought it was just Guan Muyun's polite words.
However, this also made his forgetful anger aroused again, and he stared at Li Mengzhou with some resentment.
After knowing that Li Mengzhou was a disciple of the Sword Academy, he could no longer do what he did before. After all, compared with those who practice, his status is really nothing to say.
Although he is a little famous in the capital, he will never feel narcissistic and feel that he is already the highest peak among painters, so how dare he challenge the practitioners?
But what he didn't expect was that Liu Qinshi and Shen Jiyue had just glanced at the painting casually, but it seemed that they were suddenly fixed, and they were so stupid that they didn't know why.
"this......"
Although Liu Qinshi didn't know how to paint, she was a friend of the painting for many years after all. As the saying goes, the one who is close to Zhu is red. No matter how hard he doesn't understand, he can tell some tricks. As he saw, the paintings that had not yet been completed were always almost meaningful, although they were tangible but had no spirit. However, he didn't expect that when he looked at the paintings that were randomly graffitied by Li Mengzhou, he had a magical essence. Although there were not much brushwork and ink added, it was like the finishing touch of the painting.
The unfinished painting just now is just physical and non-spiritual, but now it has both physical and spiritual. Not to mention those who know how to do things, even if they don’t know anything, they can know that this painting is definitely not bad.
Famous paintings and antiques have always been valuable. Not only those merchants and wealthy gentlemen, but even officials and noble families in the court are flocking to them. Even the emperors often reward famous paintings with meritorious ministers, so top painters have a certain status in the capital.
But the living painter obviously did not have the paintings left by the lost painter to be more expensive. The painter Fang just had a name, but was respected in the outer city and could not be spread to the inner city, let alone those famous families and emperors.
Liu Qinji had basically admired the paintings of Fang's previous works with his own eyes, but no one could compete with the painting in front of him. He could definitely be called the pinnacle of Fang's paintings.
The Liuqin Master was inexplicably excited.
He couldn't help but tremble his hands, stroked the painting with his hands, and said, "Even if someone buys the famous paintings that are sought after by people, even if they are rich, this painting is not as good as the top-notch paintings, but it is definitely a top-notch one. If this painting is released, Brother Fang's reputation will definitely rise, and it will be no different for a while."
Painter Fang looked at Master Liu Qin in surprise and said incomprehensible: "Brother Liu, what do you mean?"
At this time, Guan Muyun bowed to the painter Fang and said, "Fang's painting skills have really reached the pinnacle. To be ashamed, Xiaoke originally came with the purpose of comparison, but unexpectedly he was ugly. With Xiaoke's minor cultivation, he really dare not compare with Fang."
Painter Fang was confused. Listening to Guan Muyun's flattery and Liu Qinji's excitement, he seemed to understand something vaguely, and hurriedly walked forward and looked at the painting that he thought had been ruined.
In a moment, he looked at Li Mengzhou with a dull look on his face.
Guan Muyun may indeed be a person who likes painting. His excitement is different from that of Liu Qinshi. He also doesn’t care about being polite and rude, and said, “Xiao Ke is not talented, I am willing to ask everyone for advice and study with Fang. I hope everyone will not refuse.”
The painter Fang looked at Guan Muyun with a stiff face, and a bitter smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, saying, "It's not that I don't want to do it, I really don't have the qualification."
Guan Muyun thought that this was the artist Fang's polite rejection of him, and he couldn't help feeling a little disappointed, but he was still unwilling to give up. He immediately said, "I hope everyone in Fang will fulfill it. I have already joined the academy and can't perform the ceremony of apprenticeship. If everyone in Fang has any conditions, even if they can do it, Xiao Ke will never give up."
This time, the artist Fang ignored Guan Muyun, looked at Li Mengzhou, gave a solemn greeting, and said sincerely: "I was reckless just now and didn't know everyone's hands. I am really ashamed. I hope everyone Li will not blame him. I will forgive me."
Not only did Guan Muyun not understand the appearance of Painter Fang, but Wang Chuan, who came to his senses, felt even more incredible. He also took the time to look at the painting and said in confusion: "Why did everyone in Fang salute to that person? How could such people be called "Are they?"
The painter Fang looked at Wang Chuan with some displeasure, snorted coldly and said, "What do you think this painting?"
Wang Chuan said seriously: "As Liu said before, although this painting is not the top-notch painting, it is definitely the only one. If you meet someone who really knows painting, you may be willing to buy it if you have a fortune."
He didn't say something in his mind. If Painter Fang died now, then this painting would be the top-notch famous painting, not a hundred years later, even more than ten years later.
Famous paintings are not only valuable when they are well painted, but mainly depends on who is painting. What kind of good stories does the painting have? A large part of the value of antiques and famous paintings is in the story. If the person who paints this painting dies, the value of the painting will be several times more.
Although Wang Chuan is a scholar, he actually does not have much understanding of painting and does not have the ability to appreciate it. However, Guan Muyun and Liu Qinshi said that at least it shows that this painting is indeed extraordinary, and he really looks comfortable to see this painting. Since it can make people look comfortable to see, of course it is a good painting.
The painter Fang didn't know what Wang Chuan was thinking. He asked this question but did not expect Wang Chuan to say anything that made him happy. Seeing that Wang Chuan admitted the painting and highly praised it, he continued: "Although this painting was indeed painted by me, the person who completed the painting was not me."
Chapter completed!