The rush to buy "Lianfanglu" lasted for more than half a month, and finally began to decline. The bookstore was free to take a break, and Wang Xiangzhen couldn't wait to step into the gate of Cui Mansion.
At that time, Cui Xie was in the newly-built study room in the west wing, fetching excerpts from chapters and summarizing the couplets in the four books. Prince Wang pushed open the door of the study and went straight into the west wing. Only then did he get up from his seat and greeted him, "Brother Wang, why are you here?"
Wang Xiangzhen said: "Naturally, I pity the four beauties. I am afraid that they will be shy and shy, and I want to find Brother Cui earlier to go back to the golden house to hide their tenderness."
Is this humor or is it really a two-dimensional house? Cui Xie thought in silence for a while, and then agreed: "Since Brother Wang urgently wants it, let's take it. You can check the paper for any damage or fading, whether it needs to be repaired or repainted. I do my best to do it.”
Wang Xiangzhen smiled and said, "No need, I've borrowed your servants to keep an eye on it. If there is any broken or dirty place, I would have asked you to repaint it." He showed his white teeth and said proudly: " In fact, my father only asked for these four paintings as a gift, but I want to come here in advance, so I can enjoy it for a while, and I can find someone to outline it and enjoy it for a long time."
Cui Xie glanced at him and asked strangely, "Why are you looking for someone else, why don't I draw you another picture?"
Wang Gongzi pouted at the piece of paper on his case: "You are serious about studying, I can use you anywhere, just find a good painter to sketch. How much money do these four paintings cost?"
Cui Xie smiled: "Brother Wang's friendship with me, do you still need to care about these taels of silver? Besides, you bought so many papers and books from my family before, and it doesn't count for me to add these paintings as a bonus. Many."
He personally took the four giant hanging paintings and handed them over to Wang Xiangzhen's servants, and exhorted: "These paintings are not well mounted, so I just lined the bottom with Duan Bailing, you go back and ask the craftsman to add some gold and jade. Let's frame it again. Who told you to choose an unknown painter like me, who can only draw something that you can barely see, and you can't do anything else?"
Wang Gongzi unfolded a little picture, admired the pictures of beautiful women painted with vivid colors and fragrance, and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter. My father is going to give gifts to Chen Tongzhi of the military governor's mansion, not to the civil servants. What do you pay attention to?" Take the wind', you beauty is so flamboyant..."
Ha ha. Sure enough, take my picture as an erotic palace picture and present it
As expected of the Chenghua Dynasty, the first assistant who included Xiao Huangwen in the memorial and the "Censor of Bird Washing" who gave X medicine to the first assistant, everyone's morals are so low. Cui Xie smiled, but in his heart he decided to swear not to write his real name on the painting - let Young Master Wang say that he hired a famous painter, anyway, there is no human flesh search these days.
Wang Gongzi readily agreed, asked his servants to hold the painting, and said that he was going to find a famous artist to inscribe his money to raise his worth. Before leaving, he asked him, "Would you like to bring gifts back to Beijing for the New Year? If you have something to send, I'll take it with my car, so as to save your old servant from running back and forth in ice and snow."
Cui Mansion... That's all that's left for the parents' gifts. The grandfather and grandmother's etiquette should be prepared. Moreover, he came to Qian'an all the way, and has received help from many people, and he should also give these people some years' gifts. Wang Gongzi is the son of the third-rank commander. He has connections in the five senses governor's mansion in Beijing, and it is much more convenient for him to find people.
He pondered for a while, and said embarrassedly, "I have a person in Beijing who wants to give gifts, but I don't know where they live. I only know that it is a thousand households in the Fusi Division of Beizhen. I would like to ask Brother Wang for help to find out where he lives. Would that be too much trouble?"
Wang Xiangzhen was so surprised that he almost stood up and shouted, "Do you still recognize the person from the Beizhen Fusi? Which one of the five thousand households? My brother is usually blind, and such a person can't make friends with ordinary people..." He suddenly With a pat on the thigh, he asked a little flattered: "You specially asked my brother to send this trip? Good brother, my brother will not forget your kindness!"
Cui Xie smiled bitterly and said, "How can I make friends? It's just that he has helped me a few times, and I want to repay one or two. I'm afraid they don't even care about the gifts I gave."
Wang Gongzi just wanted to take him to the temple to worship, but after hearing this, he calmed down a lot and didn't plan to go to the Guandi Temple, but he still wanted to give gifts, so he said: "What's the matter, don't you reach out and call the gift giver? My father brings ice and charcoal to Beijing every year, and not all of those people recognize us, and the gifts are not the same. By the way, what do you want to give? "Fragrant Records"?"
His family was only going to give gifts to Beijing at the end of the year, and Cui Xie hadn't decided what to give, so he said Xie Ying's name and asked him to help him find out. Wang Xiangzhen opened his eyes wide, covered his chest and said, "Is Qianhu thanked by Jinyiwei?"
Cui Xie talked about the fact that Tongzhou was rescued by him at first, and then he was asked for his help to ask for Jing Biao. Wang Xiangzhen didn't breathe for a long time after hearing this, and after a long time he said, "Brother Cui, you are indeed destined to have noble people to help each other. Xie Qianhu is a respectable person in the palace and has handled several major cases. He investigated the case where the commander was falsely accused. At that time, he was only a teenager, and he went out with Zhao Tongzhi to do errands... No, brother, my heart is beating a little faster, and I have to go back and have a drink. Just give it to me."
He turned around and walked a few steps, then turned around and said again: "It doesn't matter if you are not prepared, my brother will add it to you, and it will be done decently."
Wang Da Gongzi walked away with smugness and three steps, Cui Xie sent him back and began to think about what to send. Originally, he only thought that he had no chance to find that Xie Qianhu, and could only wait for his people to come. Since the prince was willing to help, he would be able to deliver a gift a few years ago.
But Xie Qianhu wouldn't want his things, he would only urge him to study hard.
He sat back at the table full of thoughts, and saw the four-book couplets on the pages full of writing, and his heart suddenly moved - isn't this the result of his learning these days? Right now, there are not a few serious couplet books out there. If he collects the couplets from the four books into a book, he can at least be considered a famous teaching and supplementary writer, a contemporary queen queen, right
Writing this poem is better than copying Zheng Banqiao's poem. In the future, he will go to Beijing to meet Xie Qianhu, and he will be able to answer any test he takes. It's better than copying out a stunning poem for people to read now, and then writing out a rotten poem with a bunch of words.
He lowered his heart, rummaged through his memory for a while, picked up his pen and wrote down the phrase "be sensitive to things but cautious about words" after he wrote down "keep one's aspirations without being violent", and after thinking for a long time, he put "keep in on things and be cautious in words". Its ambition is not violent and its qi” is the previous sentence, and it is faced with the following sentence: “If you live in peace, you will have deep experience.”
He wrote the opposite sentence calmly. The guy who was helping in the backyard heard that the painting was taken away by the prince, but he couldn't calm down. He went to the front yard and asked him: "Can the young master draw two more paintings to support it? Now buy " Although there are fewer people in "Lianfang Lu", it still sells ten copies every day, and many people go into the store to buy books and paper to see the paintings. The paintings are suddenly removed, and the small ones are afraid that those customers will make trouble. ."
There is no way. The person who borrowed the prince, borrowed the power of the commander, can he still not pay a price
Cui Xie smiled at him comfortingly: "It doesn't matter, I will tell the guests tomorrow that our store will hold a new event, and the beauty map will not be displayed yet, please choose the first beauty in "Lianfang Lu", and change it after the event. New sea... new paintings."
The buddy opened his mouth and asked: "How do you choose? No matter how good these four beauties are, they are still pictures, but they are not real beauties. "Lianfang Lu" story?"
These guys are very promising, and they have the consciousness of remaking big IP dramas so soon!
Cui Xie complimented him secretly, and decided to leave this matter to him in the future. But we can't talk that far right now, we have to get over the dismantling rack first.
He then said: "Go and prepare four large boxes like merit boxes in the temple, with the characters 'Shenpin', 'Xianpin', 'Yipin' and 'Youpin' on them, and ask Huang Gong to follow the small boxes in our book. The frame printed on the item is drawn on the box and placed outside the store. If a customer asks why they don't put up the scroll, I will tell them to choose the first beauty in the store, and all customers who have bought a book can go to the box. If you cast one vote, we will stick a portrait on the wall to commemorate the beauties with the most votes."
So how do you tell who has bought the book and who hasn't, and how can you tell who voted? The guy said with a bitter face: "I have bought too many books these days, and I can't even remember the young ones. In case someone asks the servants at home to pick up the books..."
Isn't it normal for fans to swipe tickets for movies? Just don't let readers make trouble. Cui Xie smiled slightly: "You don't remember the flower printed in the corner of the back page of the title page? Ask them to cut the flower and put it in the box to vote. It doesn't matter if no one votes, it's just to find something to delay. If they delay the time, let them not care about the removal of the wall chart, I am afraid I will have time to draw new pictures after the New Year."
The buddy arranged the matter with trepidation. He thought that many people would be dissatisfied by doing so, but he didn't want to withdraw the exhibition and change it to voting. The trouble was caused by some people, but there were also many customers who went back to buy books, just to vote for their beloved heroine. She was selected as the first beauty, and the new painting can be permanently hung in the bookstore.
The rejuvenation of this sale came unexpectedly, and the shopkeeper Ji's waist was a little straight again, and he was busy with his beard shaking. Even though his arms and legs were stiff from exhaustion, he felt satisfied when he counted the silver at night.
After Laba is the New Year, when each family began to prepare for the New Year's ceremony, Cui Xie's "Four Books of Dialogues" was also compiled.
He took the fine powder wax paper printed in the store as paper, copied it carefully with the style of the cabinet, and asked to bind the people into a book and inscribe his name. The book is compiled from two-character pairs to eight-character pairs, with a total of more than 400 sentences, full of sages' words, solemn and uncommon. Along with the book, there was also a scroll of paintings—not in the style of comic strips, but in the style of real meticulous brushwork and heavy colors, using layers of paint to spread light and shadow, a three-dimensional and realistic drawing of Xie Qianhu riding a horse, inscribed on his own The model is stamped with a newly engraved private seal.
Somehow, what he remembered most about Qianhu was how he looked on horseback, so that he became interested in horseback riding later, as if he could be as handsome as Jin Yiwei.
Before drawing this picture, he was worried that he could no longer remember what Xie Qianhu looked like. He also thought that when he couldn't draw it, he would ask Cui Yuan and his son, and even those people in the county government who had received imperial envoys. . But when he actually started to write, he clearly remembered the silkworm lying under his eyes, the natural smile on his lips, and the gentle, almost gentle demeanor when he spoke.
Cui Xie suddenly thought that he was not a handsome horseman, but a handsome man himself. The way he looks when he is riding a pony is different from the demeanor of others... It may be a few tens of centimeters away.
He has never been very good at drawing horses. To draw this picture, he spent a few days sketching the postures of others on horseback riding on the Wangjia Racecourse. He also squatted beside the horse to observe the movements of muscles and bones, which delayed a lot of exercise time. But in the end, when he was able to draw this picture, he felt that the time spent in these days was worth it, and this was what he should give away!
Cui Yuan helped him find a craftsman to frame the pictures, and then looked at the thin book of "Four Books and Sentences", and couldn't help but persuaded: "These two gifts are still too thin, young master, do you want to add dozens of sets of books? Beauty paper or something?"
Cui Xie recalled the relationship between the two, and smiled: "Xie Qianhu is an honest person, so don't give him the Yuxian novels that lay people love to read. You can take a few boxes of paper, but not beauty paper. , if we print the small notes for the offering of flowers and fruits later, we will save face if we take out our hands."
Only in this way does it appear that I am a serious cultural person, and I am not the same as those who draw little yellow pictures.
He sealed the books, paintings and notes in a small box and sent them to the envoy Wang's house, asking him to bring them to him. Wang Xiangzhen weighed the weight and said with a smile: "It's really not affordable for you scholars to send gifts. Come on, my brother will add some gold, silver, pearls and jade to you, and promise not to let your courtesy be more humble than others'."
Cui Xie smiled bitterly and said, "Xie Qianhu has always known that I am poor, so I don't care about it. Brother Wang just sends it like this. I, a scholar, can only give this kind of gift, and it will be bad if there are too many."
Wang Gongzi squinted at him and smiled, "Yes, he was willing to help you back then, but now he certainly doesn't care if your courtesy is thin or not. Isn't it enough to have a heart?"
The author has something to say: The couplet is selected from Liang Zhangju's "Qing Duolu"