Panjiayuan was awarded by Pan Mei, a famous general in the founding state of the Northern Song Dynasty. It is located on the banks of the Jinshui River and within the Tianbo Gate. It is a large area and is one of the largest awards in the inner city of Kaifeng Prefecture.

However, during the Yuanfu period, this once glorious and magnificent mansion showed signs of destruction.

Although there are still many officials and wealthy people in the court among the descendants of the Pan family, no one is willing to spend huge sums of money to repair the old house. This house is owned by the Pan family. Everyone in the descendants of the Pan family have a share, but no one is willing to pay a lot of money for it. Moreover, the Pan family's generals have not fallen, so naturally they will not do the business of selling their ancestral homes and are too lazy to rent them out. Therefore, this big house is increasingly abandoned, and it is also considered a scene in Kaifeng Mansion, where every inch of land is valuable.

However, for the children of the nobles and second generations of officials in Kaifeng Prefecture, it is not bad to have such a Pan family, which makes it convenient for them to play in their spare time. Various poetry, tea party, painting party and Cuju meeting are often held in this somewhat abandoned but not completely abandoned garden.

What was going to be held in Panjiayuan today was originally an unpublic gambling, but somehow it spread all over the city.

It is said that Wu Haogu, the painter on Panlou Street, wanted to use his painting skills to challenge Mi Fu's eldest brother, Mi Youren.

Although Mi Youren is a student of the Imperial College and will definitely become a civil servant in the future, he was already named a genius of calligraphy and painting. Moreover, the Mi family's calligraphy and painting are indeed worthy of this great name. "Mi family landscapes" are now treasures in the calligraphy and painting business of Kaifeng Prefecture, and no living painter (excluding Jinshi and aristocratic painters) can be compared with it!

Now there is a person who is engaged in the Pan Real Estate Market to challenge Mi Youren's painting skills, which is simply overestimating one's ability!

What is even more surprising is that Mi Youren actually agreed to the gambling battle.

Regardless of winning or losing, just Mi Youren agrees to the gambling battle, it will greatly increase Wu Haogu's value.

So everyone who heard this news thought: After today, there will be such a place in the calligraphy and painting business of Kaifeng Prefecture...

As for Wu Haogu who won the bet... that would not happen!

Gambling and fighting calligraphy and painting are not fighting for wrestling (sumo wrestling). The loser who is beaten to the ground is definitely the loser. Good or bad calligraphy and painting are different, and wise people have their own opinions, so it is difficult to distinguish between the superiority and inferiority.

Mi Youren's status in the painting world and the Mi family's family are higher than that of the unknown Wu Haogu, so the two of them lost a lot before they even competed with Wu Haogu.

Unless he can have the painting skills that crush Mi Youren, how could he win?

Although there is no doubt about the outcome of the gambling battle, Mi Youren's appeal is clear, so early this morning, many romantic talents from Kaifeng Prefecture and calligraphy and painting masters came to Panjiayuan to watch the fun.

Although Pan Xiao'an, the great official from the West Fourth House of Pan's family, was not willing to get involved in this gambling battle, he could not resist his girl Pan Qiaolian, so he had to bite the bullet and do his best to the landlord. He sent someone to clean a west pavilion located in the back garden of Pan's home, hung a brocade curtain, prepared pastries, tea and wine, and asked several family members to play silk and bamboo music on the spot, which was so elegant.

When Wu Haogu took Guo Jing and Liu Wuji into the pavilion, there were already twenty or thirty visitors inside. Pan Xiao'an, the official Pan, was also there, and was laughing at an old man in a gorgeous dress and brocade robe.

The good man's hair and beard are all white, dark skin, and thick palms. Although he is wearing gorgeous clothes and brocade robes, he still looks like an old farmer. I don't know where the local rich man came from?

Seeing Wu Haogu come in, Pan Xiao'an frowned, then pointed to Wu Haogu and said to the old man: "In addition to the son, that is Wu Haogu."

"Oh, oh, it's true that he is a talented person." The old man who was called the child servant by Pan Xiao'an bowed to Wu Haogu and smiled generously, "I'm a boy, this is a polite person."

"Xiao Di has seen the son-in-law." Wu Haogu hurried forward and bowed respectfully.

He had heard of this person. He has only been active in the calligraphy and painting industry in Kaifeng Prefecture in recent years. He has also bought paintings from Wu Chengzhi, and he is quite generous in his actions.

However, Wu Haogu is respectful to him not because his money is easier to cheat, but because he has a famous son named Tong Guan!

"Are you Wu Haogu?" A fat white scholar wearing a soft hat and a buckle, wearing a green cloth robe, looked not old, but showed grace. He stood up, bowed to Wu Haoguyi, and smiled, "Cai You, the prisoner of the school."

Cai You, Cai Jing’s eldest son!

His father Cai Jing is now the governor of the Privy Council. Cai Jing's younger brother Cai Bian is even ranked as the chief minister and appointed as the Left Chief of the Shangshu.

"Xiao Di has seen the guard."

Wu Haogu hurriedly paid tribute to Cai You.

Cai You smiled, "I heard that your boundary painting tower is awesome?"

Wu Haogu was delighted when he heard this.

He was "abbreviated as gold as gold". He only sent one piece of the border painting tower, which was the paper "Sang Family Tile Picture" for Wang Shu.

Wang Shi belongs to the old party and has been unlucky. Cai Jing and Cai Bian are both new parties, and they are in the limelight and will not have a good relationship. Therefore, Cai You is unlikely to learn from Wang Shi about the existence of "The Sang Family Wazi Tu".

Moreover, "Sang Family Wazi Tu" is rarely known in calligraphy and painting, and Cai You is unlikely to know it from calligraphy and painting.

Then there is only one possibility left. Cai You knew that this picture existed from the Duan King Zhao Ji who was trying hard to curry favor with.

The future artist emperor should already know the name of Wu Haogu.

"The small diary's boundary painting tower can indeed be viewed," Wu Haogu said with a smile. "If the guard does not bother, the small diary will also draw a picture for the guard."

"That's thank you." Cai Youke bowed politely, with a gentle smile on his face.

Cai You's attitude surprised many people present.

Today it seemed that Cai You took the initiative to greet Wu Haogu, and he was humble and had no official airs at all, nor did he refuse Wu Haogu's paintings!

Don’t think it’s easy to give gifts to people like Cai You. Their father and uncle are both sub-national tigers. Liu Youfang is a little cat compared to them. Ordinary businessmen have no way to give gifts to them, and they don’t accept them.

However, the one who received the gift now was Cai You, not Cai Jing or Cai Bian. Otherwise, the disaster of the Wu family would disappear immediately, and Liu Ai and Chen Youwen, the two pickled goods, would have to come to the door to kowtow and apologize!

"Maybe Wu Haogu's realm painting is really good, right?" Pan Xiao'an, who was beside him, was also a little confused.

At this moment, Pan Qiaolian's voice suddenly came.

"Wu Dalang, you are here."

Wu Haogu turned around and saw Pan Qiaolian coming in from outside the door with three scholars. He recognized one of them, Mi Youren. The other two were young scholars, one of whom was about seventeen or eighteen years old, with a white Confucian uniform and wearing a Dongpo scarf on his head.

The other one is even more tender, as if she is only fourteen or fifteen years old, and her beauty reminds Wu Haogu of the popular young and handsome films in later generations.

"I've met Madam Pan."

Wu Dalang just met Pan Qiaolian in private just now, and he also made a private lifelong decision. He could not show his face, so Wu Haogu still greeted Pan Qiaolian according to courtesy.

Pan Qiaolian smiled and seemed to be unfamiliar with Wu Haogu. "Dalang, you are one step ahead of Xiaomi official. Oh, wait for the slave to introduce these two are Zhao Defu, the eldest son of Zhao Shilang's family, and Li Qingzhao, the young man of Li Yuanwai's family."

When Wu Haogu heard the name Li Qingzhao, he was stunned and looked at the "No. 1 talented woman in the ages" dressed in a man.

Li Qingzhao seemed to have noticed Wu Haogu's reaction, and bowed his hand and said in a pleasant voice: "I'm idle and heard that Xiaomi officials convened a painting meeting, so I came to watch the fun.

By the way, is today's painting meeting a poem and painting?"

Poetry and painting were a favorite form of painting by literati in the Northern Song Dynasty. It was to draw with poetry as the title, and it was best to use painting to show the artistic conception of poetry. The recruitment questions of students from Hanlin Academy of Pictures are also a poem.

However, sketching and photo are inferior to chanting poetry and painting.

"It's a photo." Mi Youren interrupted.

"Photo?" Li Qingzhao was stunned, "Who is drawing?"

Pan Qiaolian smiled and said, "Painting slave."

"Draw you?" Li Qingzhao blinked and looked at the beautiful and charming Pan Qiaolian, "Then...who will determine the outcome?"
Chapter completed!