antique on the run

Saiwei blinked, and it took him a long time to realize that the attendant was calling him.

He was a little confused, what would the general do if he had nothing to do with him?

But before he could respond, Toyotomi Soma dragged him up the stairs.

Soma Toyotomi pretended not to hear the attendant and only called Natsukawa Kiyomizu by his name, and went up with him cheekily.

joke!What a rare opportunity to visit the general at close range, he can't miss it no matter what!

Walking up the dozens of stairs was very fast, but Sai Wei still seized the time to ask the attendant: "I don't know why the general wants to see me?"

The attendant's facial features were all locked together, he hesitated for a long time before he squeezed out an awkward smile and said: "You...you should go up and have a look, it will be clear after reading."

Saiwei was baffled by what he said, and he wanted to ask a few more questions, but he had already climbed the last step and walked to the high platform.

The attendant bowed back quickly, as if a fire was burning behind his buttocks.

Saiwei calmed down and quickly scanned the main characters on the high platform.

Not far from him stood Akanishi-sama with his hands behind his back. When he saw Sai Wei, a determined smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

The general sat cross-legged on a high seat in the middle with a blank expression. In front of him was a wide low table with various delicacies and wines on it. However, the general didn't seem to be very interested. He stroked the beard on his chin with one hand, I can't tell what's on my mind.

The general's wife sat under the general's head, she still had a chubby smiling face, her left hand and right hand hugged a little fat man, but she couldn't see anything.

The most astonishing thing was that next to the general, there was a graceful geisha kneeling there. Qianqiansu held a pair of chopsticks and was serving dishes for the general.

She was dressed up, her eyebrows were lowered, and the thick pimples on her face couldn't hide the good color underneath.

It's cherry blossoms.

It stands to reason that the general has his own maid, Bucai, but Sakura took up this responsibility and sat next to the general, even the seat of the general's wife was one level lower than her.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the general is deliberately promoting her.

However, Sai Wei felt that Sakura's expression was a little strange. It stands to reason that she should be happy to receive such a great honor, but she showed a sad face, especially at the moment when she saw Sai Wei, she was shocked, nervous, angry and blamed. They flashed across her face one by one, but soon she lowered her head and returned to a supple posture with lowered eyebrows and eyes.

Saiwei stared at her for a long time, always feeling that Sakura seemed to be blaming him for something.

"General, this is Xia Chuan Qingquan, the creator of the oil painting that I presented to you as a birthday present." Lord Chixi suddenly spoke with a loud voice, breaking the silence on the high platform.

The general didn't look at him, took the wine cup from Sakura, took a sip, and asked Sai Wei unhurriedly: "You really drew it?"

Saiwei still didn't understand what the group of people were doing, but seeing Akanishi-sama winking at him, he took a step forward and replied in a neutral manner: "Yes, it's me."

"You are Xiachuan Qingquan?"

"... Exactly."

He is not very good at using honorific titles and expressions in ancient Japan. Fortunately, he has a typical Western face, so the general did not embarrass him too much in terms of etiquette.

"So that's how it is." The general stroked his beard and pondered for a while, then the corners of his mouth suddenly turned up, and he turned his head to Sakura beside him and said, "Hehe, Sakura, it seems that you have misunderstood Akanishi-kun."

Sakura covered her lips with her sleeve and smiled softly, she leaned her head towards the general, and said in a soft voice: "Yes, general, it seems that Sakura was indeed mistaken."

Her tone was more like she was acting like a spoiled child to the general than admitting her mistake.

Saiwei raised his eyebrows, and subconsciously glanced at the general's wife who was sitting next to the general. Sure enough, he saw that the smile on the rich and fat face of the general's wife could not be maintained, and the concubines of the general's mansion behind her It even directly showed hatred.

Above, the general didn't notice his women's hostility towards Sakura, or he didn't want to pay attention to them at all.He seemed to like the gentle and supple tone of the cherry blossoms very much, he slapped his thigh and laughed loudly: "In this case, then you go to offer a cup to Akanishi-kun, and you have the right to apologize."

Immediately afterwards, his tone became serious, and he told the maid kneeling below the high stage: "Go, pour another glass of wine for Miss Sakura."

The maid took the order and quickly brought a glass of wine.Sakura leaned into the general's ear and said something, which made the general laugh again. Then she stood up from the seat, took the wine cup from the maid's hand, and walked lightly in front of Lord Akanishi, bowing her head slightly, Putting the wine glass in front of Lord Akanishi, he said: "Master Akanishi, it was Sakura who misunderstood you earlier, and Sakura will offer you an apology, please don't refuse."

Akanishi has always relied on his status and looked down on these geisha, but because of the general's face, he held his nose and took the wine, drank it in one gulp, handed the empty glass to the maid, and said, "Miss Sakura, you are welcome."

Sakura smiled, and suddenly shifted her gaze to Sai Wei standing behind Akanishi-sama.

The smile on her face remained undiminished, but her tone became a bit colder, and she sighed with resentment and pity: "I didn't expect that I haven't seen Mr. Xia Chuan for a long time, and your painting skills are already so good."

Sai Wei narrowed his eyes. Although he didn't quite understand the meaning of Sakura's words, he could still tell that Sakura wasn't sincerely praising him.

Sakura did have a thorn in her words, she was annoyed in her heart, somewhat complaining about Xiachuan Qingquan.

To talk about the reason, we have to go back to 10 minutes ago.

At that time, the geisha of Xiaonishi's house had just finished dancing, and the other geisha bowed and retreated, but Sakura was left behind because of her acquaintance with the general, and the general even allowed her to serve by her side. , can envy all the female family members of the general's mansion.

Under the eyes of those concubines who were either jealous or mournful, she stepped up to the high platform and knelt down beside the general to serve him. When the attendant came to report, Akanishi Xingzawa, the captain of the right guard of the capital, came to see and present the gift. The birthday gift was an oil painting, the general immediately became interested, he took Sakura's hand and asked her to enjoy the painting with him.

Because Xiaoxi's house has collected a lot of oil paintings by Xia Chuanqingquan, there are countless oil paintings at Sakura, and they are hung everywhere in the porch and boudoir, so the general always thought that Sakura, like himself, has a deep love and research on oil paintings, but...

Sakura really can't appreciate these things, but in order to show her talents and cater to the preferences of those high-ranking nobles, she deliberately pretends to be a favorite and arty.

She didn't know why, she thought that the oil painting sent by Lord Akanishi was unremarkable, but the general's eyes lit up when he saw it, and he was immediately sent to a high platform for him to appreciate carefully, while stroking the oil painting The rough surface side is full of praise.

He even pulled Sakura over, told her a string of incomprehensible words, and then asked her what she thought of the painting.

Sakura knew that this should be a good painting, but her arrogance and arrogance made her unwilling to just agree with it directly. After all, this was a good opportunity to show her face in front of the general and everyone.

So after thinking for a while, Sakura said: "The general has good eyesight, this painting is indeed very good, but..."

Her white and slender fingertips slid across the pink cherry blossom forest on the screen, and her eyebrows frowned slightly, which really caused the general to also frown, and asked eagerly: "Cherry blossoms, what's wrong with you?"

Sakura smiled slightly, and squinted at Akanishi-sama standing below, and sure enough, she saw that Akanishi-sama also changed his face slightly because of her words, his expression was cloudy and uncertain, as if he was very worried that the painting he sent was wrong.

She said to the general unhurriedly: "Actually, Sakura also received an oil painting a while ago. The artist's name is Xia Chuan Qingquan. General, you know him."

"Xiachuan Qingquan..." The general thought for a while, "The oil paintings hanging in your room are all made by this person?"

"The general has a good memory." Cherry Blossom smiled sweetly, flattering the general and said, "It's this person. When you came to Xiaoxi's house to see the cherry blossoms, general, you praised his paintings many times."

The general laughed heartily, reached out and pampered the tip of Sakura's nose and said, "Yes, I remember that picture of the moonlit night and starry sky. The general asked you for it several times, but you, a cheapskate, refused to let it die. To this General."

Sakura coquettishly smiled and hid to the side, saying: "That is Sakura's favorite picture, General, you can't take away people's love."

She pursed her lips slightly, as if playing a small temper, but the general who has always been majestic rarely indulged her, and was not annoyed, and said: "Come on, since you like it, I naturally don't want to fight with a little girl." Something. But Sakura, you just wanted to say what's wrong with this painting?"

Sakura nodded, pointing to the clusters of elegant and beautiful light pink flowers on the tree trunk in the painting, and said: "Look, General, this painting is certainly good, but the colors are not thoughtful, too plain, and the layers of colors The space between them is blurred, but the oil painting that Mr. Xia Chuan gave to the cherry blossoms is obviously brighter in color than this one, it really looks like a tree full of flowers blooming in front of your eyes."

She withdrew her fingers, lowered her eyes and said, "Sakura privately thinks that Mr. Xia Chuan's painting skills... are even better."