Sui Jiu Dan blue half-pin

The sweet fragrance of tung blossoms floats in from the window, and the red sunset gradually draws into the crack of the door.

Su Shiqing and Shao Erxue didn't realize that it was evening until the noisy voices of painters came from outside.

Their stomachs grunted in unison.

Shao Erxue put down his pen helplessly: "I have been painting all day without knowing it."

Su Shiqing looked at the completed drawing and sighed: "I still feel unsatisfied."

Maybe it's because I can't really touch Shao Erxue's heart. No matter how I paint, I can't paint the real Shao Erxue. I can only paint his appearance, but not his soul.

"let me see."

Shao Erxue walked to Su Shiqing's side, picked up the painting and looked at it carefully.

In the picture, he looks dignified and natural, with a gentle temperament.The painting method pays attention to the ink bones, outlines the outline of the face and facial features with light ink lines, and then covers the ink lines with ochre, dark brown dyeing on the sides of the nose and cheeks, and finally a layer of light ochre, " The word "Jane" is vividly reflected in this portrait. Adding more or less is a kind of shortcoming, which has almost reached the realm of "picking a shadow like a mirror, with a wonderful expression".

Shao Erxue said pleasantly: "This is... the iron line drawing method?"

Su Shiqing nodded: "I drew it based on my feeling."

"You really..." Shao Erxue's fingers trembled slightly, "You have never let me down!"

Su Shiqing frowned: "But Brother Han Su, this is not the real you."

"What do you mean?"

"What I draw is only what I see of you, not all of you."

Shao Erxue's eyes lit up: "So that's the case, do you want to paint like Master Guo, knowing everything about me before painting?"

Su Shiqing hesitated and shook his head: "Someday Brother Han Su is really willing to open his heart to me, then I will paint for you again."

Shao Erxue was deeply shocked. Did Su Shiqing mean to let him take off his usual disguise and open up to him without reservation?

But it is impossible for them not to have their own secrets, even if they are confidantes, it is impossible to reveal all of themselves to each other.

Seeing that he didn't answer, Su Shiqing walked to the painting he had drawn, and after seeing the characters in the painting, she asked in surprise, "Is this... me?"

In the picture, a round moon hangs high in the cold night sky, and the bright moonlight fills the entire courtyard.Under the shade of the dense locust tree, a slender young woman sits on the rock with her arms around her knees. She has a slender neck, a delicate face, and pensive eyebrows.

Shao Erxue's brushwork is soft and smooth, the ink is pure, and the color is elegant. He outlines the facial features and the outline of the clothes with clear, round and thin lines, and paints the clothes with blue and white flat, making the whole picture beautiful and elegant, with a very simple and simple look. rhythm.

I have long heard that Shao Erxue's paintings of beautiful women are truly outstanding. The beauties in his paintings are all beautiful, calm and graceful, without heavy makeup, which is quite different from the gorgeous and graceful court paintings in the past. Therefore, many concubines asked him to be a painting by name. Her paintings are known as "Shao Meiren", and seeing her today is really extraordinary!

But why did Shao Erxue paint him as a woman?Does he also think he is a sissy?

Thinking of this, Su Shiqing felt a little sad: "Brother Han Su, is this a woman?"

Shao Erxue explained: "Don't get me wrong, I didn't intend to imagine you as a woman, but your appearance reminded me of the famous "Dream Girl Picture", and I thought it fit very well, so I wanted to try it out."

"Dream Girl Picture" is the representative work of the "painting idiot" Jin Ling. It is said that once he saw a beautiful woman in his sleep, but he forgot her appearance after waking up. Although he painted the scene in the dream , but still could not draw the facial features of the woman.

What is surprising is that although the painting has shortcomings, the soft and beautiful figure of the woman under the moonlight, the dignified and beautiful figure, does not have the slightest charm, only pure and elegant, which makes the viewer feel a sense of beauty. A calm force.It is this hazy beauty and evocative scene that made the painting famous.

Although countless painters later wanted to add facial features to it, they all felt like superfluous.

Shao Erxue did not blindly pursue the sameness as the original painting, but made slight changes, and then used Su Shiqing's face to try to make up the painting, integrating his unique beauty into it, making the whole painting full of infinite poetic flavor, which is very appropriate.

Su Shiqing gently picked up the painting and said: "Brother Han Su, I like this painting, can you give it to me?"

Shao Erxue breathed a sigh of relief, rubbed Su Shiqing's head and said, "If you like it, I will give it to you."

"Thank you, Brother Han Su!"

Su Shiqing held the painting in her arms like a treasure, showing a bright smile.

Shao Erxue stared at him a little dazedly, and her heart began to beat irregularly again.He found that he always had this feeling inexplicably recently, especially when he was with Su Shiqing, he couldn't control it.

"Brother Han Su, brother Han Su?"

Su Shiqing waved her hands in front of him.

Shao Erxue came back to his senses, smiled unnaturally, and said, "I don't think I've taken you out for a long stroll, and I'm just hungry, why don't we go have something to eat together, I'll treat you."

"Okay!" Su Shiqing cheered.

……

The days flashed to Xiaoshu.

It's a monthly holiday.

A group of apprentice painters who had been in the painting academy for a month were finally able to come out to have some fun.

The brightly lit night market in Jincheng is bustling and bustling, full of voices and melodious sounds everywhere.In the nightclubs and night shops with high-hanging guises in the market, there are a wide variety of pearls, jades and silks and satins on display, and the night sky echoes with the slow and low sound of peddlers selling things on their shoulders.

The intoxicated night wind blows slowly, and thousands of lights flicker and reflect on every smiling face.Women with heavy make-up can be seen everywhere inside and outside the high-rise building, and there is an endless stream of tourists who are looking for fun. They listen to the flute, drum and orchestra while they are slightly drunk, recite poems and lyrics, admire the beauties and night scenes, and enjoy the luxury of this prosperous age.

The painters specially dressed themselves up to look good, and each of them walked gracefully and suavely on the streets crowded with people.

Su Shiqing pretended to be deeply touching the mustache on his face, and said: "This is really 'a night market with thousands of lights shining on the blue clouds, and high-rise buildings with red-sleeved customers flocking'!"

Liao Zijun excitedly said: "Let's go to Qingyunfang for a drink! I heard that there came a beauty with superb piano skills, named Linglong, who was born like a fish and a wild goose, a shameful flower in a closed moon, let's go and have a look, why not?" Sample?"

This proposal was supported by most of the painters. After all, they have been bored in the painting academy for too long, and they have long wanted to come out to drink and have fun, which is naturally what they wish for.

When Su Shiqing heard the name "Linglong", her heart skipped a beat. This should be the woman Jie Ao was talking about.

Although he wanted to meet this piano prostitute named Linglong, he didn't want to go to the brothel, so he went to the night market with Uncle Zhou Wu and Luo Yong.

But these two married people were choosing rouge and powder for their wives, so they had no time to take care of him, so he had to wander around by himself.

As a newcomer, I didn't know that theft was rampant in the night market. After I took out my purse and bought a few things, I was quickly spotted by a group of thieves.

Just when Su Shiqing wanted to buy some pastries, a hand suddenly reached out and snatched his money bag away.

"Thief!"

Although the purse was tied with a rope, the other party immediately took out a dagger and cut the rope, and then quickly fled into the crowd.

"Come here! It's money grabbing!"

Su Shiqing hurried to catch up, shouting and chasing all the way, the passers-by were knocked to one side by the thief, screaming one after another, before he realized what was going on, he saw two people flying past like a gust of wind.

Su Shiqing was led by the thieves to run half a circle around the night market, but finally got lost, even he himself didn't know where he was.

"hateful!"

"Damn thief!"

"Don't let me see you again!"

……

Su Shiqing was panting and supported her knees, cursing angrily.

At this time, a familiar voice sounded behind him.

"Meisheng?"

Su Shiqing looked back, on the splendid street, Shao Erxue seemed to be walking in golden light.

Tonight, he was wearing an indigo round-neck and narrow-sleeved mid-length robe embroidered with flowing clouds and auspicious patterns, and a white jade rhino horn belt of excellent texture was tied around his waist. His jet-black hair was tied up with a small silver crown inlaid with green jade. The person exudes an innate nobility, is extremely handsome, and is striding towards him.

Su Shiqing hurried up to meet him: "Brother Han Su? Didn't you say you were going to attend the Flower Appreciation Conference tonight?"

Shao Erxue pointed to the guards behind him with his fan. They were holding painting tubes and a pot of red tongue Jianlan in their hands.

"We're about to pass, why are you here alone?"

Su Shiqing said angrily: "The purse was snatched away, I chased it all the way here, but it was still lost."

"Don't chase after me, I'll take you to report the crime tomorrow." Shao Erxue looked at him and asked, "Do you have somewhere to go now?"

Su Shiqing shook her head.

"Then come with me to the Flower Appreciation Conference."

Su Shiqing looked at herself: "Can I go?"

"nature."

Su Shiqing nodded in surprise. Anyway, the thief can't be found now, so it's better to follow Shao Erxue to gain fame in the world.

Shao Erxue looked at his expectant appearance with a smile on his face, and then brought him to the residence of the deputy prime minister.

The Flower Appreciation Festival is also called the Flower Viewing Festival.

It is very popular in the imperial capital, and it is held almost every month. The participants are either rich or noble, whether they are relatives of the emperor or officials, or they are the children of wealthy businessmen with status.Depending on the season, they usually ride horses and go to the wild in groups to enjoy the mountain flowers, showing luxury; sometimes they hold a banquet in the mansion of a high-ranking official, prepare good wine and food, arty, and taste famous flowers , and then all night long, singing and dancing.

Tonight is the Flower Appreciation Conference held by Zhao Qi, the son of the Deputy Prime Minister. Participants not only have to bring precious flowers to the banquet, but also must wear hairpins to enter.

This is related to the customs of Jincheng. From the princes and nobles to the literati, all regard hairpins as an elegant and sentimental thing. They must wear hairpins every flower viewing festival, even tough guys like generals are no exception.

Inside the Deputy Prime Minister's Mansion.

Well-dressed maids stood respectfully outside the garden, holding all kinds of real and fake flowers in their hands.Those who come here without hairpins can choose one they like and pin it on the hair bun or the crown of the hat.

Su Shiqing looked at the magnificent Vice Chancellor's Mansion, and was so surprised that she couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear, thinking, this Vice Chancellor's Mansion is really rich!The luxury of the palace is nothing more than that!

After Shao Erxue went in, he picked a cluster of ice-blue velvet flowers made of silk for himself and put them behind the silver crown, and then picked a red and white camellia for Su Shiqing to pin on the crown.

Su Shiqing looked around and found that the hairpin flowers on each person's head were different, so a poem popped up in her mind: Peonies, peonies, and roses all bloom on the Qianguan hat.