Yang Zhixi was talking about what happened on the evening of March 24th. Earlier, Mudan put her easel on her back, left the Luming Building with her sisters, went south across the Luoshui Floating Bridge and entered Nanshi, and then met with The sisters separated and headed west into Wenwenfang alone, arriving at the desolate courtyard.
Stepping into the courtyard gate, you can see paintings everywhere, including flowers, birds, insects, fish, landscapes, figures, and customs. Peonies wander through the paintings and come to the back garden. The back garden is full of peach trees, but there are no peach blossoms. There is a stone platform under the peach tree. There is a pot of pear wine, a folding fan, an emerald cup, and a person sitting next to the stone platform.
That person was dressed in a peony dress, with soft makeup, and looked like a woman. She held another jade cup with her slender fingers, her eyebrows were half-closed, and her posture was lazy. It was none other than Mo who would use the scroll to trap Yi Qiunian in the future. Recruiting slaves.
When Mudan saw Mo Zhaonu, she laughed happily and called, "Master."
Mo Zhaonu raised his eyes slightly and said softly: "Mudan, you came just in time, sit down and drink with me."
In the early years, Mudan accidentally broke into the desolate courtyard and violated Mo Zhaonu's taboo. Mo Zhaonu had planned to trap Mudan until he helped his master break the seal, but after chatting for a long time, Mo Zhaonu changed his mind.
Mo Zhaonu lived in a desolate courtyard for a long time, unaware of the changes in the outside world. However, he learned from Mu Dan that the Tianxiang Tower that existed more than eighty years ago had been destroyed and had become the Spring Breeze Ruiyun Pavilion today. It no longer exists, but it has become today's Oiran Peony.
Said to be an oiran, Peony does not have the appearance of national beauty and heavenly fragrance. The wonderful thing is that she is proficient in all kinds of music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and is the best in music and dance. There is no one who can match her in the pavilion. Mo Zhaonu loves peony, so she feels compassion for it. , wanted to accept Peony as his apprentice. At that time, Peony was only fifteen or sixteen years old, and she was full of youth. She was not willing to admit her inferiority, and proposed to test her painting skills. Whoever is more skilled will be the teacher. Mo Zhaonu happily agreed and took the lead. Danqing, the name of the painting is Shu. When Peony saw Mo Zhaonu painting, she realized that there are people outside the world. She only thought that after thirty years of hard work, she might have a chance to compete with Mo Zhaonu, so she wanted to become a disciple immediately.
Mo Zhaonu agreed to accept a disciple, but there was one condition, that is, Mu Dan could not mention a word about the desolate courtyard, otherwise the relationship would be severed and the relationship would become like a stranger. Mu Dan met a famous teacher, and his heart was full of joy. There was no reason not to obey, and he immediately kowtowed and took an oath to become a disciple. .
In the blink of an eye, four years later, Peony's painting skills have greatly improved, and he can compete with the masters outside and become more charming. However, Mo Zhaonu learned from some of Peony's sighs that his disciple fell in love with an official son named Huangfu Juyi. Unfortunately, The other party is already engaged,...
"Master, Master!" In mid-March of the 22nd year of Emperor Yun's reign, Peony suddenly ran into the back garden excitedly.
Mo Zhaonu was as lazy as ever and asked unhurriedly: "What's the good thing?"
Mudan smiled and said: "Master Huangfu has gone to break off the engagement!" Mo Zhaonu joked: "Getting married is a life-long event, breaking off the engagement is not, why are you so happy?" Mudan blushed and hummed: "Everyone in the world is a Bo Xinglang, so I am. I love watching them do it over and over again, it’s so fun!”
Mo Zhaonu smiled and said: "When you are in Fengyue, most of what you see are Bo Xing'er, and most of what you hear are the abnormal experiences and emotions of those Bo Xing'er. The world is so big, if there is a chance, I will take you to see it. "
Mudan was happy when she heard this, but was surprised and asked: "Master, do you want to leave here?"
Mo Zhaonu smiled and said, "I think so."
Mudan smiled shyly, and in a flash, it was already March 24th. Mudan was invited by Master, she smiled and unloaded the easel and put it away, sat opposite Mo Zhaonu, and watched Master pour the wine for her, although she was a little nervous.
Although he was embarrassed, he still couldn't help but chuckled and said: "Master, if you are so kind to me, aren't you afraid that I will be lazy if you are close to me?"
Mo Zhaonu glanced at the naughty disciple and responded: "There is no distinction between teachers and students. Teach students according to their aptitude. Some people are strict teachers who produce great disciples, and some people are not."
When Mudan heard the sentence "a strict teacher makes a good disciple", she remembered what happened in front of the famous building, frowned, and complained: "Master, I came back from Tongtuomo, and just now, there was a smell... Huh,
There was a 'strict teacher' who deliberately knocked down my easel, which was really disappointing."
Mo Zhaonu looked at his beloved disciple's resentment and joked: "Is it because your 'Chang En Ba Ba' didn't look at you more?" Mudan lowered his head and smiled, pretending not to hear. Mo Zhaonu then said: "It seems
It’s not easy to catch ‘Chang En Ba Ba’.”
"Oh Master!" Peony couldn't avoid it and argued, "It's the sisters who insisted on asking me to help draw the portrait of Chang Enba... ahem, Ba Qi. We were having a good chat when that 'Master Yan' came to spoil the fun."
After hearing the whole story, Mo Zhaonu said with a smile: "Those noble sects don't like to hear those explicit words from your sisters, not to mention that there is a female disciple beside her."
Mudan was unconvinced and said: "The road is facing the sky, everyone goes to one side. That road does not belong to her home. I say it is mine and she goes hers. The water in the well does not interfere with the water in the river. Why do you have to be so overbearing?"
Mo Zhaonu smiled and asked, "Is your painting finished?"
"Fortunately, the painting is finished." Peony said rejoicing, and then she was full of enthusiasm. She went to set up the easel and asked Mo Zhaonu to correct her. She said with expectation, "Master, how do you think the painting went?"
Mo Zhaonu glanced at it briefly and said with a smile: "It's just a look."
Peony frowned and said, "How is that possible? I am very involved in painting, and I have a good understanding of Chang Enba's expression and emotions." As he spoke, he stared at the person in the painting carefully.
Mo Zhaonu said: "The intention is not pure, so it has no boundaries. You think you have figured out the character's expression and emotion, but it is only your own and does not resonate with the emotions of the person in the painting. I have heard of Chang En, whose
The air is bright, and if you paint his lips and eyes, they will appear blurry and ambiguous, so you must notice them."
After hearing this, Mudan immediately remembered the comments of the sisters. She was stunned for a while, raised her hand to tear off the canvas, crumpled it into a ball, and said, "The disciple was indeed distracted, but he didn't know it at the time."
Mo Zhaonu smiled slightly and said: "God's coming and going are unpredictable. Before painting, you must first refresh yourself and forget yourself."
Peony raised her eyes and looked at the enchanting master, thinking that the master seemed not to have changed much in the past four years...
"Are there any flowers on my face?" Mo Zhaonu asked.
Peony nodded seriously.
Mo Zhaonu smiled and said: "Then keep watching."
Mudan suddenly said something like this, smiled, and stayed for a long time. When she returned to Chunfengruyun Pavilion, it was already evening. The sisters who had seen Mudan swarmed up to her, saying that they met five disciples when they came back.
They came early to have fun, clamoring for the oiran to do a striptease. Amid the laughter, one person sarcastically said: "You dog-like things, do you think our Peony Fairy is something they can see whenever they want? They even striptease, haha."
At this statement, the ladies laughed again, and one of them pulled Peony and said, "Peony, dance for us."
Mudan glared at the woman and smiled angrily: "Are you going to die?"
The ladies laughed, talking about the table disciples who not only clamored to see Peony dance, but also complained repeatedly, saying that they were bullied by that stinky woman with a straight face. Peony said with a smile: "You didn't see it, why did you do it?"
You said that stinky woman is bullying people?" The ladies said: "She has a dead face and is wearing a little girl wearing aqua blue clothes, isn't that right?" Mudan smiled and said: "How did you bully her?"