Shen Gong Ji

Hong Zhuo is the deputy steward who assists Cai Xi in managing the 81 Yu Shao. Every morning after breakfast, he will go to Yongxiang to inspect and check the names. Afterwards, he will go to various departments to inspect and report to Cai Xi inspection results.This person always has a noble appearance and is very strict. Not only Yu Shao, but even the wives are very afraid of him.

But I have to pluck the tiger's whiskers...

I found out from Qianyi that Guan Shangyi works in the Documentary Department.The people in that department are responsible for copying some couplets, calligraphy and scrolls, which just suits my taste.So I asked Wenfeng to take some of the monthly money just sent by the palace, and went to the imperial dining room to exchange some novelty snacks in a food box. After lunch, I went to visit Cai Xi with the snacks.Cai Xi is always smiling, although I always feel that he is thinking about something behind that smile.

The Yinfengyuan where Cai Xi lives is more luxurious than any wife.It's half the size of my yard.Many flowers and trees that I can't name are planted in the yard, and the colors are so colorful that they look like oil paintings painted with gorgeous pointillism.The heat was gradually coming up. At that time, Cai Xi was enjoying the cool in a gazebo made of flower vines. Seeing me coming, he asked me to go in and drink some iced sour plum soup.

I saluted him, saying that I brought him some snacks, and then went into the gazebo.The palace attendant brought my snacks to him, and he seemed to like it very much, "It's really embarrassing for you to still miss me. You are a new wife, so I should go to see you first."

After listening to their ancients speak in this tone for a long time, I will say, "Cai Jieyu, don't be polite, reasoning that I am a junior, this is what I should."

He fanned the folding fan in his hand, and a few drops of sweat hung between his delicate eyebrows, which made his eyebrows more picturesque.But he looked at the sky among the flowers and leaves a little bored, "The weather has been so hot these past few days, it makes people feel lazy all over. I haven't left the yard for two days."

"Jieyu has been doing his best, and he should take a few days off. Besides, there is Hong Jieyu."

"Yeah, I've troubled him for the past few days." He suddenly turned his head and looked at me, "Have you lived well these two days?"

I smiled at him, "Everything is fine. It's just that the whole person is in a panic."

"Hehe, I don't have to worry about food or clothing in this palace. I'm lonely." He picked up the suet white jade cup and took a sip of the sour plum soup inside, "However, if you really can't take it easy, I will I can help you find an errand to do to pass the time."

What I was waiting for was this sentence, "It would be great if this is really the case."

He smiled and said, "Do you have any good work?"

"I came out of the mountains, and I'm a vulgar person. I only know a little about Danqing, but I can't say I'm good at it."

"It doesn't matter, a little knowledge is enough, and you don't need to be a great painter here." He straightened up lazily, and asked him to fetch some brand in exchange for a palace servant.After finishing the order, he looked at me, "You can go to the Documentation Department to help copy some posters, just to pass the time and do it for fun."

At this time, the palace attendant brought what Cai Xi ordered. It was a small piece of carp-shaped jade tablet, transparent jade, with a little bit of red on the head of the fish, smudged like cinnabar dripping into the water. , with the word "clerk" engraved on it, "This is the badge of the clerical department. I will give it to you today, but you will not be able to go to work in two days, because I still have to inform Guan Meiren, and I will give you a note." name."

I quickly stood up and took it with both hands, pretending to be extremely happy, "Thank you, Cai Jieyu!"

In this way, the first step of the plan is completed, which is much smoother than expected.

But it's really terrible, hitting people's relationships is the most annoying thing.I used to lose my job so easily because I was too lazy to work hard in this area.

In the past two days, I heard Feng Feng and Qian Yi play up how terrible Hong Jieyu was to me several times.I heard that he was very favored for a while, but then His Majesty seemed to get tired of it, and fell in love with the newly appointed Jieyu named Yuetu.When I heard the name, my heart skipped a beat. Isn't that the name of Jieyu who used to live in this yard?The one that turned into a ghost?

Qianyi said that Hong Zhuo was a very jealous person, and all the new Mrs. Yu Shao were regarded as thorns in his eyes by him, and he often made things difficult for him.They also said that there are rumors in private that Yue Tu did not commit suicide at all, but was forced to death by Hong Zhuo.

I thought to myself that this person is not just as simple as pooping face, but also a Yasha...

But after hearing what they said, I am not so afraid of this man.He is so mean, which shows that he is a simple person who doesn't know how to hide, and he should be sincere to the little emperor, otherwise those new Mrs. Yushao can't threaten his status, why would he sacrifice his own To toss others at the price of reputation?

Besides, if there is no love, how can there be jealousy?

It's just that, seeing how unscrupulous he is, I'm afraid he has a backer, but I don't know if the backer is your son or not.

Cai Jieyu sent someone to inform me yesterday that I can report to the Documentary Department.So today I woke up early, found a simple and elegant gauze shirt and put it on the outside of the straight skirt. Wenfeng picked up the hair around my ears and tied it in a bun behind my head, and put on a simple style. Jasper hairpin.I was surprised that my hair had grown so much, and I was dressed in an ancient costume in the bronze mirror, so I really didn't feel much embarrassment.

Wenfeng is more generous and restrained, so I asked him to accompany me to the document department.When Qian Yilin went out, he told me a lot like an old lady, and I didn't remember what he said, anyway, I just answered them one by one.

After spending the past few days together, I found that the two servants of mine are pure-hearted people, Wenfeng is stupid, and Qianyi is clever, but he is not a person with two heads, so he should be trustworthy.

After leaving the gate of Cuiwei Courtyard, the sky was gloomy and gloomy, and the air became more and more stuffy.In ancient times, people wore so many layers in hot weather, which really tortured me to death.

The road from Tongque Gate to the palace where the wives live is called Luanwei Road, and it is built around the Zihuan Garden, which occupies the largest area in the harem. It is said that the garden is as big as a city, and it is not only full of Exotic flowers and plants, and many beautiful palaces were built. The palaces of the four princes are among them, built around the Taiye Pool in the middle of Zihuan Garden.And in the nine palaces outside the garden lived nine guests and hosts.

When Wen Feng and the other two described this garden, they said it was like a fairyland, but in fact neither of them had ever entered it.There is the center of the entire harem, and only concubines with status and their attendants are eligible to enter.

And I'm walking outside it now, the high red palace wall isolates all the legendary fairy mountains and beautiful scenery behind, and doesn't let ordinary people like me look up.

Along Luanwei Road, go around to the back of Zihuan Garden.At the end of the long road is a building of different heights, all of which are exquisite and exquisite, some tall and some short, with eaves and corners raised like bird wings interlaced, and the copper bells under the eaves are silent and motionless.About three or four buildings were grouped together, and shrubs and flowers were planted all around. Many brightly colored flowers are blooming in full bloom at this time of year, and it looks like the flowers are burning from a distance.Each of these buildings connected by verandas is a division, and there are winding bridges between different divisions. The vermilion bridge railings, duckweed floating on the pond below, and groups of fish under the duckweed Cruise by.

It is very lively here, many palace servants come and go, there are voices of talking and laughing.I roughly looked around, and it seemed that someone was drying freshly dyed floral cloth on bamboo racks, someone was drawing patterns on undried porcelain, and someone was drying herbal-like things in a bamboo dustpan. For a long time, this is the most lively place I have ever seen.

Finally, it feels like returning to the human world...

Uncle Jin said that there are twelve divisions in the harem, namely: Weaving Division, Tattoo Embroidery Division, Clothing Division, Imperial Cuisine Division, Artwork Division, Document Division, Imperial Medicine Division, Incense Division, Dance Music Division, and Linyuan Division. , the Department of External Affairs, and the Department of Internal Affairs covered almost all aspects of the harem life.The largest department is the Department of Imperial Cuisine, but the highest status is the Department of Internal Affairs, because it is in charge of the dispatch and distribution of all palace servants in the palace and the distribution of monthly money, even the monthly money of concubines is distributed from here.In addition, if there are palace servants or even concubines who violate the palace rules, they will also be judged and punished by this department.This department seems to be divided into several departments, some are in charge of deployment, accounts are in charge, and prisoner trials are in charge.And Cai Xi is the head of the Department of Internal Affairs, so even if he is just a Jieyu, most of the guests and hosts will pay him three respects.

But I have nothing to do with this department, what I have to do with is the clerical department.It is said that it is a document, but in fact, all the work related to paper in the palace is under this department.All the couplets and plaques in the palace are written here, and those picture scrolls are also drawn here.The Documentary Department also has the right to enter and exit at will and manage the Tianxiang Pavilion, which is the library of the harem, which is said to have a collection of 10,000+ books.

After the embroidery department and the clothing department, there is the clerical department.It is composed of three pavilions, the south is a three-story pavilion, the plain walls are covered with gorgeous and extraordinary murals, if you look carefully, it is the scene of countless heaven and man holding a banquet, and the fairy sleeves and flowing clouds are entangled together , The postures and appearances are different, very vivid and lifelike, and the colors are very bold and bold.I was mesmerized as soon as I saw it.

And the other two two-storey pavilions are located in the west and the other in the east, with the building in the middle enclosing a courtyard.These two buildings are also painted with exquisite murals, although not as spectacular as the one in the middle, they are still very moving.The east tower is painted with cranes dancing in the pond, while the west tower is painted with peacocks resting among flowers and trees, which complement each other and give people a strong visual impact.There are vermilion pillars standing under the black and blue eaves, and people coming and going in the corridor, most of them are holding scrolls of silk books in their hands.There are several stone tables and chairs in the yard, and a tall ginkgo tree is planted.

Seeing the fan-shaped leaves of ginkgo, I suddenly remembered the little emperor smiling at me while wiping his sweat in the sunset light.

Such a simple smile, maybe he is really a simple child, that's why he forgot me so quickly.

Children love the new and dislike the old, right?We are so old, how can we care about him?

I sighed and walked towards the tallest building in the south.A palace attendant sitting on the railing at the door saw me, came over and saluted curtly, "I've seen Cairen, I'm going to report to Guan Meiren, please wait a moment."

I saw that there was not much respect in his tone, and his tone was a bit casual. I guess he knew that I was the unlucky guy who came out of the mountain and was thrown into the haunted house before he was favored, so he didn't care?

Damn, those who look down on my brother now, I will make you regret it in the future...

After a while, someone let me in.As usual, when you enter the door, you will see a screen first. When you turn around, you can see that the space inside is quite large. There are long tables everywhere, and the tables are full of scattered paper books, as well as pens, inks and paints.Some people who don't know whether they are palace servants or Yu Shao are drawing on the paper with pens.Many people were walking around, but there was no sound of speaking, and it seemed that everyone was concentrating on their work.

I was led upstairs by the palace attendant, and met Guan Shangyi in a room on the second floor.

He also looks about 23, and his eyebrows look very soft, which really makes people feel happy.To use an idiom to describe that feeling is probably gentle and elegant.Most of her hair is coiled on the left side, and she wears simple hair accessories, leaving only one strand hanging on her chest.He was sitting on the couch, with a snow-blue long-sleeved shirt gracefully spread beside him, holding a pen with his slender fingers, and was concentrating on drawing something on the rice paper.

Seeing me coming in, he immediately got up, came over and bowed his hands to me, "Yang Cairen, I was planning to visit you, how are you doing?"

His smile looks very sincere, unlike Cai Xi's smile, which gives people a feeling of floating on the surface.

Sure enough, a master...

I also bowed deeply, "Thank you for thinking about me", and then handed over the plaque Cai Xi gave me, "This is my jade token."

He took it over and looked at it, and then returned it to me with both hands. The courtesy was so thoughtful, I was a little flattered...

"It's great that Yang Cairen is willing to work here. If you have any needs or don't know the place, please come to me."

"sure."

"You just came here today. I should have personally introduced you to familiarize yourself with the affairs here, but I urgently need a picture of a hundred birds facing a phoenix, so I had to let the palace servants do it for you. I hope you won't blame me." He said, turning his head to the side. Let me see the paintings on the table behind him.Although I only saw a rough idea, but judging by the length of that piece of paper, it is indeed a big project...

In fact, he didn't need to explain to me, after all, he was my boss.Listening to him laughing and talking in detail like this, I developed a good impression of him without knowing it.

He really is a kind person, if you have to describe how he feels, it is like hot tea...

I quickly said, "Jieyu, please don't say that, since you still have something to do, I won't bother you."

"I'm really sorry. But if you have anything unclear, please feel free to ask." He nodded slightly, then turned to the side and said to the palace attendant who brought me in just now, "Palace Qu, please bring Yang Cairen to get acquainted. Clerks."

I followed behind the palace attendant and listened to him explain the work in charge of each department of the Documentary Department in a somewhat impatient voice.I can only draw, so I was naturally sent to the Good Painting Department.

I was following Qu Gongshi to familiarize myself with the environment of the Documentary Department, when I suddenly heard someone shouting at the door, "Hong Jieyu is here to inspect!"

As soon as these words came out, everyone suddenly stopped for a moment, and in the next second, everyone speeded up their movements like clockwork.I looked at this scene and wanted to laugh a little. It felt like hearing "the boss is coming".

However, the main event is coming... I have to prepare...

In fact, Hong Zhuo is also very good-looking. There are no ugly people in this harem, and he is one level above the average good-looking.It's just that his eyes are always as sharp as knives, and I feel a murderous aura before I enter the door...

Fuck... he really is a boss material...

As soon as he entered, all the people who passed by him spontaneously bowed and saluted, "I have seen Jieyu", and then left quickly.Without even nodding his head, he walked straight forward, inspected one table after another, paused slightly when he came near me, glanced at me with a cold and disdainful expression, and then passed by me.

At this time, Guan Shangyi had already come down from upstairs, and greeted Hong Zhuo with a smile, "Hong Jieyu, good morning."

Hong Zhuo seemed to glance at him casually, without even paying attention to the ceremony, "Is the picture you want, your son, ready?"

Although Guan Shangyi still kept smiling, his brows frowned indistinctly, "Because the Grand Banquet is about to be held, Your Majesty ordered me to complete the painting of the birds and the phoenix within one month, so your son's painting...is delayed... ..."

Hong Zhuo sneered, "Hmph, it seems that the noble master can't invite you. It's not such a big painting. Does it mean that the master must come in person to work for you?"

This has been said very seriously.Even though he is Jieyu, but we are all wives, this tone is like scolding the palace servant.

Guan Meiren lowered her head in fear, "Jieyu's words are serious, how dare I disobey the young master's order, but your majesty's picture is too big, and I dare not give it to others to draw, I really can't... I also invite young master and Jie It’s only a matter of understanding.”

At this moment, the entire Documentation Department fell silent, paying attention to the situation here.I noticed that many people looked at Guan Shangyi worriedly, with a bit of anxiety on their faces.It seems that he is really popular, so many people are worried about him.

I took advantage of the time and whispered to a person dressed as Yu Shao beside me, "What kind of picture does your lord want?"

"I heard that your son recently got a new water jade easel, so I want Guan Meiren to draw a portrait of the Great Wild God to put on it."

He came here to paint for an easel, this person is really idle...

"Are there any special requirements for this painting?"

"I just hope that the painting will be more unique... other than that, there is nothing else. Originally, Guan Meiren couldn't be bothered, but just in time for His Majesty to give him such a big picture... Hey... Guan Meiren is so pitiful... "

Hmm... It's really pitiful. It seems that this beautiful woman is quite appreciated by the little emperor, otherwise why would she be targeted by the noble son?

However, it seems that Hong Zhuo is indeed your son's man.Could it be that this noble son is also a domineering master, why did he find such a subordinate...

Hong Zhuo snorted, "I don't have time, didn't you spend a long time in Zihuan Garden yesterday? In my opinion, it's not that you don't have time, it's just that you don't want to paint."

"I dare not! Yesterday, His Majesty asked me to enter the garden to observe the scenery, so that I can paint the scenery in the garden..."

"Okay, you don't have to quibble, the young master wants you to give him the painting tomorrow, you can figure it out yourself."

"This……"

I think Guan Shangyi is good at dealing with interpersonal relationships, and he doesn't care about unreasonable people like Shang Hong Jieyu, and sweat is already oozing from the forehead.

This is an opportunity!

I clenched my fists, emboldened myself.

"Hong Jieyu, Guan Meiren, can you hear me next?"

As soon as I finished speaking, they both turned to look at me.At this time, other people in the company seemed to have just discovered me, and looked over in surprise, but there was no worry in the eyes, and there was a little more of a look like watching a show.

Sure enough, Hong Zhuo narrowed his eyes slightly, "Are you...that talented man named Yang Juntian?"

I smiled at him, and bowed my hands in salute, "I'm right here."

"As expected of coming out of a barren land, you don't know the rules." His tone was sharp, and it was indeed stinging.

Hey, little pepper, let my brother educate you~

Of course, I didn't dare to say this directly. I continued to laugh like a dog, "Yes, I am stupid and don't know the rules and etiquette. I just saw the situation and I was afraid that the two brothers would hurt their peace, so I dared to intervene. I hope you will be successful." Master Yu has a lot of people, so don't worry about following me."

Guan Shangyi also looked at me with some surprise, "Yang Cairen has something to say, but it doesn't matter."

I said, "The picture of a hundred birds facing the phoenix is ​​His Majesty's will. Naturally, it is the most noble imperial decree. It must not be disobeyed carelessly. Your son's will is also very noble and must not be careless. If these two decrees are taken together, it is reasonable to say Your Majesty's will takes priority, but your son seems to be in urgent need, which makes it difficult for us servants to weigh it."

"Hmph, do you still need to say such nonsense?" Hong Zhuo looked impatient.

"Why don't you just ask Guan Meiren to continue to concentrate on completing the tasks assigned by His Majesty. If you don't dislike her, I would like to help you with another painting."

As soon as I finished speaking, Guan Shangyi froze for a moment, as if he was frightened by my boldness...

And Hong Zhuo looked at me like a joke, "You? You are from northern Xinjiang, you can draw? This is the palace! Not your savage village!"

"Don't your son want to see some unique things? Maybe he will like my paintings?" I grinned at him, imitating the innocent smile of the little emperor that day.

"I think you don't know the heights of the sky and the earth!" Hong Zhuo's brows were filled with anger, probably because he didn't expect me, a young man, to be so bold, and dare to help Guan Shangyi and fight against him when he first came.In this way, his plan to make things difficult for Meiren Guan will definitely not go ahead, because I have created a problem for him.

If I am not allowed to paint, it is clear that he and his noble son deliberately made things difficult for Guan Meiren, and dared to go against His Majesty's will.If I was asked to draw, it would be a relief for Guan Meiren, and I don't know if the things I draw can satisfy your young master, after all, he doesn't know me well.

I think that the noble young master can sit in this seat for so long, so he shouldn't be an impulsive and jealous person, at least he won't show it obviously.Most of the things that made things difficult were not ordered by him, but by Hong Zhuo himself.

Just give him a step down, "Why don't you do this. Time is running out, I'll draw a picture for you to review first, if you really don't like it, then Guan Meiren will paint it yourself, how about that?"

I'm going all out, anyway, even if the group of ancient people don't like the painting, they won't cut me off for such a small matter...

Only those who love to fight will win!

Hong Zhuo stared at me with sharp and cold eyes for a long time, which made me shudder.I don't know how many minutes passed, when I felt that I was about to fall down and surrender under his strong murderous aura, the old man finally sneered, "Okay, since you are so filial, let's draw a picture for Guan Meiren .Tomorrow I will order someone to pick it up."

After speaking, he flicked his sleeves and left the clerical department.

I can be regarded as relieved, this plague god is finally gone... Damn, this is just the beginning and I am like this, how will I mess around in the future...

At this moment, Guan Meiren came forward, and Duan Duan saluted me, "Thank you Yang Cairen for your help, Shang Yi will remember it in my heart."

I quickly helped him up, smiled at him, and said in a low voice, "Don't, I just don't like the way he pushes his nose and face. If I can't draw well then, I still have to trouble you to do it yourself."

After hearing my description of Hong Zhuo, Guan Shangyi chuckled twice, but now he showed a bit of cunning.

Sure enough, this person is a master who pretends to be a pig and eats a tiger in his bones. In fact, he deliberately gave way to Hong Zhuo just now. Even without me, he must have a way to settle it.I was just throwing in the air to sell a favor.

"Although the painting that your son wants is not big, and the theme is also a simple statue of the Great Wilderness, but you want some novel styles, I wonder if you have any plans in mind, Juntian?"

Hmm... The name has been changed, it seems that this tiger must pull out the right...

I said, "Yes, there are, but some special materials are needed to make paints and canvases. I want linen, not rice paper."

"Cloth? Do you want to paint on cloth?"

"Well, then you need hammers, linseed oil, pine oil, and wax. In addition, you need roses, violets, and any other materials that can make red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple."

Guan Shangyi hurriedly ordered someone to write down all these, and immediately went to the Department of Foreign Affairs to purchase.He is still confused, these materials probably sound like they have nothing to do with painting.

I let him rest assured to paint his Birds and Phoenixes, and I will give him the painting tomorrow morning.

Looks like I won't be able to sleep tonight...

In the end I had to find a model.Their belief in the Great Wild God seems to have come from another place far, far away from this continent, saying that they are the creator of this world.I have seen the image of this god in some picture books, and they are usually painted like a Buddha or a Bodhisattva, with a light behind the head and fluttering clothes.Since traditional Chinese painting focuses on freehand brushwork, it is basically nonsense to try to figure out what he looks like. In order to make the painting realistic, it is better for me to find a good-looking person as a reference.

But there are too many good-looking ones here, and I really can't think of them for a while...

Suddenly my mind lit up, and a person's face appeared, and I made up my mind.At this time, all the materials I need are ready. I mash petal ore and other objects into powder or directly mash them, and add different proportions of linseed oil, turpentine and wax to them, so that they are made into oil paints. .The other palace attendants learned it immediately after seeing me do it once, and started to help me adjust the remaining colors. The palace attendants who had ignored me before now looked at me with reverent eyes, and rushed forward and back for me. .

Fortunately, when I was fascinated by oil painting, I even dabbled in the method of making pigments. Otherwise, I would have to use Chinese painting pigments to paint oil paintings... The effect must be terrible...

Although the appearance has rules, the posture of the body still needs a model.Wenfeng is tall and thin, and looks very stylish, so I asked him to pose for me to finalize.

He stood there for nearly an hour, complaining that his waist was sore and his back hurt.While scolding him for being worthless, I told him to rest.But he came to my side to help me hold the lamp and get the ink.I used the Langhao brush as an oil painting brush, and I used it terribly. There were also paints of different colors on my hands, arms and sleeves, and I guess there were quite a few on my face.I have been busy like this for a day, an afternoon, and a whole night, until the sky was faintly white, and the night was about to be young, I put down the brush and took a look at it, and I was sure that there was nothing to add. Wen Feng went to beat two eggs, removed the yolks, and used only egg whites to paint the outermost layer of the painting.

Wen Feng watched from the side with his mouth wide open, and told me that this painting is amazing, which gave me a sense of accomplishment.

But I knew in my heart that these ancient country bumpkins would find it amazing because they had never seen the world... As far as my level is concerned, this painting should be regarded as a decorative painting in modern times...

After a while, around Mao's hour, I saw Guan Shangyi being helped down from the second floor of the Documentation Department. He must have been busy all night, and his eyes were a little red and swollen.When he saw me, he burst out laughing, "You look like a tabby cat."

When I saw that my plain straight train was about to turn colorful, I could only smile helplessly, "I'm too involved, I can't take care of it~"

"On the first day you came to the Documentary Department, I asked you to stay up with me all night. I'm really sorry for you. Can you have breakfast here with me?"

"Okay."

He ordered the people around him to pass on the breakfast, and then walked towards my painting curiously.