Chapter six hundred and ninety fourth seeking painting
"I already know everything I need to know. Thank you for clarifying my doubts. It's not too early now, so I won't disturb your rest. I'll take my leave."
Li Xiuyuan did not choose to stay at the bottom of the lake for long. After asking the questions, he immediately turned around and left.
The real dragon at the bottom of the lake was anxious, "Are you leaving now? Didn't you say you wanted to help me get out of trouble?"
"Help you get out of trouble? Well, have I said this? King Yangzijiang, you are watching from the sidelines. Did you hear what I just said about helping this dragon get out of trouble?" Li Xiuyuan said.
"Not really." King Yangzijiang said.
Li Xiuyuan said, "Look, I didn't say anything, so let's discuss the matter of getting out of trouble next time. You dragon has resentment in your heart. If you let it out rashly, it will cause great harm if no one restrains it."
, after all, you are no longer a dragon, you have fallen into the mortal world and become tacky.
, plus the grievances are neutralized, who knows what will happen after coming out."
"This is unfair. I have answered the doubts in your heart. It is simply too unkind for you to leave like this. Fortunately, you are still a Taoist. Don't you have the virtues that a Taoist should have?"
Zhenlong said hurriedly.
"It seems to make some sense, but if you wanted to eat me before, this matter will be treated as even, what do you think?" Li Xiuyuan said.
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Li Xiuyuan waved his hand and floated away along the channel at the bottom of the lake: "Don't worry too much, you will get out of trouble when it's time, and I will consider letting you out when I finish dealing with the world. Anyway, you
It has been suppressed for so long, no matter how long it takes,
There are relationships."
He won't let this dragon out now.
Because he felt that the involvement must be huge, otherwise how could a dragon protecting the country be artificially suppressed at the bottom of the lake.
When he left Longyin Lake, he saw that most of the fire in the south of the city had been extinguished. Only thick smoke was coming out, and no fire was visible.
The heavy rain continued to pour down, and the fire was barely extinguished.
"Go back, this place in the capital is really chaotic. It looks prosperous, but in fact it is full of dangers." Li Xiuyuan walked by the lake and couldn't help but sigh as he looked into the distance.
"Um?"
Suddenly.
His eyes moved slightly, as if he noticed something, and he looked at the attic somewhere in the heavy rain.
But where he looked, there was no one.
"Is it an illusion?"
Li Xiuyuan frowned and continued to leave.
But behind the window of the attic, a strange and beautiful woman was a little frightened: "Is this person still a mortal? He can detect my existence from such a distance, which is simply better than the perception of the gods in the sky.
Be awesome."
"Your cultivation is not perfect yet, and you have not shed your demonic body. When you have evil thoughts in your heart, the demonic aura will naturally come out. Now that he has obtained the divine power of Dongyue Divine Lord and the underworld Lord Yama, it is not easy to sense your evil thoughts and demonic aura.
Fortunately, he is not a domineering and cruel person, and he is also very aggressive towards spirits and ghosts.
It's not that I can't tolerate it, otherwise if he tracks it down, you may not be able to escape today."
The speaker was a dignified and beautiful woman, and her every move exuded a different kind of charm that people couldn't let go of.
Moreover, the appearance of these two women is exactly the same. Apart from slightly different temperaments, it is impossible to tell who is who.
"Sister, the Ghost Foreman has killed such a difficult opponent so quickly, what does he want to do next? Will he fight with the national master, or will he pour trouble on us?" the enchanting woman asked.
"As long as we are still in the capital, this disaster cannot be avoided unless we leave the capital, so we should make plans in advance. By the way, what evil thoughts did you have just now that he noticed?"
"It's nothing, I just want to know, wouldn't it be interesting if we let this saint move his mortal heart and fall in love with us?"
"It's really interesting, but it's a dangerous idea, but it's the best of both worlds."
"Boom~!"
They had just finished speaking when suddenly a flash of thunder suddenly appeared in the heavy rain, followed by a thunderous sound, and a bolt of thunder fell from the sky and hit the roof of the attic.
In an instant, the top floor of the attic was torn apart, a plume of smoke came out, and a fire broke out.
"Giggle, is the God of Thunder in the sky still watching? But we are still far away from being struck by lightning." A sweet laugh sounded, and there was nothing in the attic except for a few residual evil auras.
"Escaped?"
Among the dark clouds, the figure of a thunder god flashed past.
He followed Li Xiuyuan's order to ensure that the heavy rain fell, but he only temporarily felt the aura of the great demon before he rained down the divine thunder.
I just didn't expect that the great demon was so advanced that he disappeared in an instant.
And with the precedent of the ghost-eating Thunder God being killed by an evil spirit, this God of Thunder was not so reckless and forcibly pursued the evil spirit. He just turned to hide in the clouds and continued to keep the heavy rain falling.
Two days passed in the blink of an eye.
Although the fire in Beijing was serious and many houses were burned down, fortunately, the fire was put out in time. The heavy rain stopped the fire from spreading, and it did not cause many casualties.
During these two days, Li Xiuyuan stayed behind closed doors.
Except for visiting friends.
Today, he received a book from a boy, which was a Taoist canon.
Li Xiuyuan knew in his heart that this was sent by someone from the real person Guo Zhen.
When I opened it, I saw that all kinds of monsters were recorded on it, including water ghosts in the countryside, fox monsters in the forest, spirits that were hiding in the mansion, and so on.
But when Li Xiuyuan turned to the middle page, he saw that this page had creases.
The crease is very new, leaving a shallow mark.
There is a picture drawn on the page above: a centipede with a twisted body and countless thin legs.
There is a line of notes on the side: Centipede is one of the five poisons, also known as the Heavenly Dragon. If you become a spirit and achieve the Tao, although it is an insect, it has the power of a dragon, which can be large or small. It can call the wind and rain, change the changes in the four seasons, and fear the masculine energy.
There is another picture at the back, which shows a rooster pecking at a huge centipede.
"Centipede Tianlong?" Li Xiuyuan fell into thinking as he looked at the few lines of words.
"Master Li, are you still reading? Have a cup of tea and take a rest."
Just as he was thinking, a soft voice sounded, and a graceful woman came up with tea. Her pink face was slightly red, and she looked a bit shy like a girl.
"Miss Qiurong?" Li Xiuyuan came to his senses, stood up and gave a salute.
"You're welcome, Miss Qiurong. How can I help you with this matter of serving tea and water?"
"Master Li has saved the little girl's life twice. Shouldn't you drink a cup of tea? Master Li, please don't refuse. This little thing is incomparable to Master Li's life-saving grace." Qiurong.
His eyes shrank a little, and he said with shame.
She looked at the house next to her and saw Xiao Xie's figure shaking there at the door.
I wanted to come out, but I didn't dare to come out, for fear of being exposed to the sunlight outside and hurting my ghost body.
"Miss Qiurong has said this, so I can't refuse anymore, so I would like to thank Miss Qiurong." Li Xiuyuan smiled, but at such a distance, he took the tea and took a sip.
There is no such thing as particularly good tea-making skills, and there is no such thing as good tea leaves. It still has an ordinary taste, but it is better than other people's wishes.
"Mr. Li, what book are you reading? This seems to be a miscellaneous book about gods, ghosts and strange stories. I didn't expect that Mr. Li likes to read such books." Qiurong took a look at it, couldn't help but cover her mouth and said with a smile, "I thought Mr. Li might be...
Read the Four Books and Five Classics, books on governing the country and the people."
Li Xiuyuan shook his head and said: "There are so many scholars in the world, and there are even more talents who can help the country and secure the country. What's the impact of missing one of me? And I'm not very interested in running the country and safeguarding the country."
"Why is this?" Qiurong was a little surprised.
All scholars have the ambition to serve the imperial court and govern the country, but Mr. Li in front of him actually said such incompatible words.
"If you are not in your position, you will not seek to govern. Managing the country and the country is a matter for the nobles of the imperial court and the current officials. Why should I be so idle? If I can report back to Yangzhou smoothly this time, I will do my best.
As the governor of Yangzhou, it is enough to take care of that state, I am too lazy to think about other things." Li Xiuyuan said.
How can we govern the Song Dynasty when it is like this?
We can only continue to linger, constantly consuming the country's destiny, and wait until the day when the dynasty changes.
He did not want to go against the general trend and change the situation, but he just wanted to realize his concept of co-governance of humans and gods in his lifetime.
"Brother Li, do you care about the outside of the escort agency? There is a large group of scholars blocking the door of your house, saying that they want to become your disciple and learn the legendary Zhang Sengyao's finishing skills? Some of them have offered ten thousand yuan.
I want to buy your painting, tsk tsk, it’s ten thousand gold, I’m so excited to hear it, why don’t you give me a painting and let me sell it in exchange for some wine money?”
At this time, a familiar voice sounded, and Zhang Bangchang and Qian Jun were seen sneaking up to the door with nothing to do.
Li Xiuyuan said: "The fire in the capital has just subsided, and the south of the city is in chaos. These people are still interested in coming to be their disciples. They don't know any taboos. For this reason, I can't accept them as disciples. As for why I don't care about those people, it's not me.
I don’t want to worry about it, but my escort agency has no manpower, and all the manpower that should be sent out to help with disaster relief."
"Brother Li is right. Hey, is this girl the madam?" Zhang Bangchang was stunned for a moment when he saw Qiurong, but then he bowed and subconsciously called her.
Qiu Rong blushed with embarrassment, turned around and trotted away.
"I'm a guest. I'm in trouble. I'm just staying at my house temporarily." Li Xiuyuan said, "Please sit down, both of you. There are no servants in the house to entertain you. I hope you don't mind."
"Hey, why would we mind what Brother Li said?" Zhang Bangchang said with a smile, but then he glanced at Qiurong who was leaving and said: "That woman is really a temporary guest staying in the house? I don't think so, right?
That woman's eyes have always been on you, Brother Li. She probably has feelings for Brother Li, and I think she will become your wife sooner or later."
"It's not a joke to say that your parents ordered a matchmaker," Li Xiuyuan said.
"I really didn't expect Brother Li to be so pedantic." Qian Jun smiled: "I thought Brother Li didn't care about these worldly etiquette."
"I'm just talking casually to make it easier for others to hear. In fact, I don't care about secular etiquette. I just want to integrate into the secular world but have to follow this routine. There is no other way." Li Xiuyuan said helplessly.
"Haha, it makes sense, it makes sense." The two laughed.
After laughing.
But Zhang Bangchang said in a low voice: "Actually, I came here to ask for something."
"Oh, tell me, I don't know how I can help." Li Xiuyuan said.
Zhang Bangchang smiled and said: "Of course, like those outside the door, I envy Brother Li's miraculous painting skills and want to learn from it humbly."
"Brother Qian also wants to learn?" Li Xiuyuan asked.
"Thinking about it day and night." Qian Jun blushed and said a little embarrassed.
Li Xiuyuan had previously scolded the people outside the door who were asking for paintings and apprenticeships. It was really shameful for him to turn around and ask for such things again.
Li Xiuyuan smiled. It seemed that the tricks he showed off made people jealous, especially scholars. Even Zhang Bangchang and Qian Jun, who had no pursuit of fame and fortune, could not help but feel jealous.
But this is understandable.
Scholars are also human beings. If they are not greedy for fame and wealth, they will naturally like other things.
"Actually, it's not that I can't teach you this painting technique, it's just that it's very difficult to achieve the finishing touch." Li Xiuyuan put away his smile and said seriously.
"What's the difficulty?" Zhang Bangchang asked.
Li Xiuyuan asked: "Do you two know your talent?"
Qian Jun shook his head.
Zhang Bangchang likes to record things about gods and ghosts. He said: "The color is like colorful brocade, and the shape is like clouds. It is hidden in the body, sprouts from the top of the head, or becomes a golden pheasant, or a phoenix bird, and so on.
, this is talent.”
"That's more or less the meaning. Talent is the most direct reflection of a scholar's accumulated knowledge. It's just that this talent can be seen by ghosts and gods, but not by ordinary people." Li Xiuyuan moved his hand casually, and an ink pen appeared in his hand.
This ink pen emits colorful light, which is so dazzling that even mortals can see it.
"Only when your talents are condensed into ink pens can you achieve spiritual enlightenment through painting. If you cannot reach this point, you will not be able to penetrate spirituality. To reach this point, talent, talent, and hard work are all indispensable." Li
Xiu Yuan said: "I also had a chance and took advantage of it to have such an ink pen. But because I got it improperly, I am ashamed to show off my painting skills in front of others."
"If I hadn't been riding a tiger to get justice for Gao Fan that day, I wouldn't have displayed such a skill that is not accepted by the world."
"Brother Li, if we want to reach this point, do we have any hope in this life?" Qian Jun looked at the shining ink pen and felt a shiver in his heart. Knowing his own weight, he couldn't help but feel a little worried.
Li Xiuyuan smiled and said: "So what if we reach this point? It's not just about painting a few landscape paintings. Is it to benefit the country, the people, or ourselves? Both of them are Jinshi, and they will definitely be officials in the future, governing one place and benefiting the people there.
Isn’t this as important as a painting? Why waste your life on this?”
After hearing this, the two of them fell into deep thought, then stood up in awe, bowed and bowed.
"Brother Li's words are like a wake-up call. We have learned a lesson."
"If one day you two take office, I will send you a painting. I hope you will not forget your original intention." Li Xiuyuan said.