Lu Yan went out with Zheng Jingzhao today, first made a record of missing people, and then went to the Ministry of Punishment. It was noon when he returned to the yamen.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw Sun Shaoyin slap the ivory-carved brush with landscape patterns on the table.
"What's wrong?" Zheng Jingzhao said.
Seeing that it was Zheng Jingzhao, Sun Shaoyin quickly stood up and saluted, frowning, "I went to the Song family just now, I wanted to draw a portrait of the prisoner through her description, but the Song family will not let me see it once I go. People said that her daughter was stimulated and only saw a female painter. The subordinates had no choice but to go to find a female painter. But my lord, the number of female painters in Beijing is really limited, and most of them are landscape painting. Characters, really... you can take a look." After saying that, he handed a few pictures on the table to Zheng Jingzhao, showing an indescribable expression.
Zheng Jingzhao couldn't help laughing after seeing it. He really didn't know whether the painter was drawing prisoners or apes.
He handed it over to Lu Yan, sat down, and continued: "The Song family girl has said a lot, but did the painter ask clearly?"
Sun Shaoyin nodded, "Song Linger originally went to the West Market to buy incense powder that day, but the Baixiang Pavilion in the West City was closed, so she went to the cultivation workshop a little further away. She heard that there was a famous incense powder shop there. "
When talking about Baixiang Pavilion, Lu Yan on the side raised his eyebrows involuntarily.
"Continue." Zheng Jingzhao said again.
"Song Linger was taken away in the practice workshop. She was knocked down as soon as she noticed something was wrong. The female painter helped her to look at her. There are still signs of being hit by a bottle on the head. According to her statement, she When she woke up, she was sent to the couch of a strange man, her eyes were covered by a veil, and she didn't see anyone. Fortunately, when she got up, the veil was just tilted, and she glanced at it, Song Linger said that the man had Beard, high nose bridge, scary face, and split eyes."
After listening to Sun Xu's words, Lu Yan looked down at the portrait in his hand again, raised his hand to touch the bridge of his nose, and couldn't help thinking: The lush beard and the terrifying face were drawn.
Zheng Jingzhao said again: "This is the end? What about your stature and posture?"
Sun Shaoyin shook his head, "My subordinates also felt that they could record too little, so they went to Song's house again, but this time the Song's house was not even allowed to enter, so I asked them to say more, they only had two eyes , one nose and one mouth, and the rest don't know."
Lu Yan shook the portrait in his hand and said, "What does the Song family say about this portrait?"
Sun Shaoyin blushed, gritted his teeth and said, "Speaking like, it's exactly the same." But who can look like an ape
Zheng Jingzhao slapped the case and shouted angrily, "Nonsense! Since her Song family is a commoner of Dajin and lives in Chang'an City! It should be her duty to cooperate with the yamen in handling the case, how can they be allowed..."
Sun Shaoyin said: "Sir, calm down, it's not that the second elders of the Song family are arrogant, but when this incident happened, the Song family's daughter was divorced by the Liu family, not to mention that in the past two days, just seeking death has already been done twice..."
Women have always been raped, and if they didn't die, then they would be killed.
After a long silence, Zheng Jingzhao sighed again: "Send someone to start the investigation from the practice workshop. Since it was taken away from there, there must be some clues in the practice workshop." He paused, then rushed to Lu Yan and said: "I remember Mr. Lu's painting skills are excellent. Although Song Linger has few words, he can't break any clues. Therefore, Mr. Lu is also requested to draw a few more pictures according to the words just now, and then send them to the Song family girl and call her. Pick one."
It is really the first level of the official university that crushes people to death. Since Zheng Jingzhao has spoken, Lu Yan can only do this time-consuming and laborious work.
When it was time to spend the evening, Sun Xu walked up to Lu Yan and said, "Master Lu, you know a lot of noble ladies, but there are no two who can draw portraits?"
Lu Yan thought for a moment, thinking of the plums, orchids, bamboo and chrysanthemums painted by Meng Suxi, and said, "No." After he was about to leave, Sun Xu hurriedly said, "Lord Lu, I'm on the same road with you."
Lu Yan turned around and asked, "same road?"
Sun Xu patted Lu Yan's shoulder with a smile, "I saw your sedan chair last night in Pingkangfang."
Lu Yan's body froze, but he couldn't explain it, after all, he asked someone to park the sedan chair there.
He sighed and said, "Lu Mou still has a portrait to paint today, I'm afraid he won't be able to be with Master Sun."
Sun Xu patted his head, "It's my fault, I forgot that Master Lu has something important to do."
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Lu Yan was exhausted, and after hesitating again and again, he finally returned to Chengyuan.
After dinner, Lu Yan looked up and asked Shen Zhen, "Can you study ink?"
Shen Zhen nodded.
Lu Yan recalled the testimony of the Song family's daughter, with a beard, a high nose bridge, a scary face, and cracked eyes. He couldn't help sneering. There are dozens of types of beards alone. .
He got up helplessly, and immediately patted Shen Zhen's buttocks very naturally, "Come to my study later and study ink for me."
As soon as he made such a light move, Shen Zhen's face flushed red.
His slapping, neither light nor heavy, seemed to carry an indescribable ambiguity, which made one's heart tremble.
After entering the study, Lu Yan spread out the paper with a ruler, and after waiting for a while, Shen Zhenhong walked in with a cup of water at her fingertips.
Lu Yan frowned and asked her, what kind of water did it take for so long
Shen Zhen blinked and explained: "For ink grinding, although cold water is enough, rain is better, but there is no rain in winter, so I thought that it was warm today and there was still some snow dripping on the eaves, so I picked it up. Come here."
After hearing this, Lu Yan understood why her fingertips turned red.
Also, the daughter raised by the Marquis of Yunyang will naturally know more than ordinary people.
Lu Yan nodded, and Yantai and Mo Yitong handed it to her.
Shen Zhen looked at the ink in her hand, and murmured, "Is this Yu Mi Da Mo?"
Lu Yan glanced at her sideways, and said "um". I didn't think she knew so much.
After Shen Zhen researched the ink well, Lu Yan stood up and started painting.
In other words, this person has two eyes, one nose, and one mouth, but he looks like one person. Lu Yan has drawn more than ten kinds of paintings just by staring at him.
An hour later, he couldn't help frowning, crooked his neck, and moved his shoulder blades.
Shen Zhen moved over in small steps, placed two plain white hands on his shoulders, and gently rubbed him. Although the strength was small, Lu Yan was still useful.
He closed his eyes, leaned back, grabbed one of her fingers and pressed it against his temple.
Shen Zhen understood what he meant, and her soft fingertips moved again. Although she was curious about who he was painting, she thought about how he was so bitter and hated, so she wisely didn't ask anything.
This writing is a full 20 paintings. Seeing that it is about to arrive at Hai Shi, Lu Yan rushed to Shen Zhen and said, "Go back, you don't have to wait for me tonight."
Shen Zhen's hands for grinding ink are tired, let alone painting. Seeing that he has thrown his hands countless times, Shen Zhen tentatively said: "Otherwise, I will paint with the adults, so maybe it will be faster?"
Lu Yan's hand stopped, looked up at her, "Have you ever painted a portrait?"
Shen Zhen nodded, "I have painted it a few times."
"Who did you learn from?"
"Li Mo, Master Li. When the Master was alive, he called me several times." Shen Zhen said.
As soon as these words fell, Lu Yan was stunned.
When others say this, he may not believe it. There is no other reason. After all, Li Mo has been regarded as the most outstanding person since the founding of the Jin Dynasty. His paintings are still mounted in the imperial city.
But Shen Zhen is different. Shen Zhen's grandfather was a grandfather. After doing the math, he was exactly the same age as Li Mo.
No wonder, she has been very skilled since she started studying ink.
Lu Yan dragged her to his eyes and handed her the pen, "I said, can you draw?"
Shen Zhen nodded.
Lu Yan said casually: "wide face, long eyebrows, round eyes, high nose, thick lips."
Shen Zhen pondered for a while, then slowly started to write, and after a while, he outlined a person.
After seeing it clearly, Lu Yan, who was standing behind her, couldn't help but shook his head with a smile. It is true that she can see the difference with a single stroke of her pen.
This is talent.
Now that she can paint, there is no need to continue painting. Tomorrow, she will be dressed up in disguise and take her to Song's house.
Shen Zhen stopped writing. Looking back at him, "Sir, is this okay?"
Just now, when Lu Yan was in a hurry, Lu Yan's pull was equivalent to taking Shen Zhen into his arms. When Shen Zhen turned around, his forehead just touched his chin.
The touch of the skin made the temperature in the study inexplicably rise.
Her eyes just happened to meet his sliding Adam's apple.
"Have you used the medicine?" he said hoarsely.
The first thing Shen Zhen thought of was the Bizi soup that Mo Yue gave her.
She was not allowed to be pregnant in his outer room, she knew it in advance. She bit her lower lip and shook her head, "Sir, I used musk in advance, but I didn't drink the Bizi soup." After speaking, he shook the sachet on his body towards Lu Yan.
Lu Yan looked down at her blushing face, and continued, "I'm talking about the medicine that Yang Zong sent in the afternoon." Yesterday was a bit harsher. He had seen it and remembered it.
As soon as these words came out, Shen Zhen's hair on the temples stood up, and when she recalled that she had applied medicine there this morning, her whole face became charming.
Her voice was like a mosquito, "Up, up."
Lu Yan pinched her slender waist with both hands and lifted it up, making her sit on the desk, looking at each other, only to hear his tone hoarse and ask her in a low voice, "Is that so."