The lady escaped marriage and became addicted

Chapter 220 Angrily Hitting He Zhiyan, Going to the Wang Family to Ask for Paintings (5)
The old lady said quite proudly: "Xiaoqi is filial piety. I just mentioned that last time that I wanted to see the real work of Master Yunmeng, and he really found it for me. Fifth girl, don't tell me, this Yunmeng The paintings of real people are really extraordinary. Look at this peacock, how realistic it is!"

Wang Jingyuan looked at it carefully for a while, and suddenly said: "Hey, there is no seal of Master Yunmeng on this painting, could it be an imitation?" But then she shook her head and said, "I have seen the real one of Master Yunmeng twice. , It doesn’t look like a fake! Besides, if it’s an imitation, if it can be imitated to this extent, there is no need to borrow the name of Daoist Yunmeng.”

Hearing this, the old man also turned to look at it carefully for a while, stroked his beard and nodded and said: "This real Yunmeng has created a new style of painting, and he will be exiled forever. This painting must be kept well." Then, the old man Then he asked Wang Jinwen directly, "Have you found that real Yunmeng? He's not some hermit Taoist priest, right?"

Wang Jinwen nodded and said: "Grandpa guessed right. He is in the capital now. I have a close relationship with her brother, and I guessed her identity by accident. When I asked later, it really was her. She painted a lot of paintings at home, but said ' Rare things are precious', so I only sent a few pieces out for sale. Grandpa and grandson want to..."

Speaking of this, Wang Jinwen suddenly raised his robe and knelt down in front of his grandfather, saying sincerely: "Grandpa, grandma, that Daoist Yunmeng is actually a woman..."

"What did you say? This painting was made by a woman?" the old lady asked in surprise.

Hearing this, even the old man was not calm.Seeing his grandson like this, he quickly understood and asked, "How old is that woman?"

Wang Jinwen replied, "Sixteen years old."

The old lady exclaimed: "So small? How is it possible? When did she start learning to paint?"

Wang Jinwen lowered his head and replied: "I heard from her brother that she liked to draw on the ground with charcoal sticks or branches when she was three years old. Her father saw that she was very talented in painting and asked her to paint when she was five years old." Disguised as a man, she learned painting from a teacher from a county school."

The old man pondered for a while, and seriously commented: "If this girl is really Yunmeng, with her talent in painting, she is not too bad a match for you. By the way, how is she in poetry?"

Wang Jingyuan on the side thought for a while and nodded slightly.

Wang Jinwen hesitated for a moment, but still said: "In October this year, she took her mother, sister-in-law and five or six servants from Luzhou to the capital, and when she was in Jinzhou, she encountered robbers who took away all their salutes. After arriving in the capital, she wrote a picture and hung it in the study, when the grandchildren stepped into the study and saw the picture, they were extremely shocked."

"Is that handwriting excellent?" the old lady asked.

The old man couldn't help being interested: "What did you write? Is it a poem?"

Wang Jinwen raised his head and said with enthusiasm and excitement: "I am born to be useful, and I will come back after all the money is gone!"

"what?"

The two old people didn't wake up for a while, and when they realized that this was the content of that picture, the two old people were also shocked.This woman has such an arrogant tone, but why is she not disgusting at all?

Hearing this, Wang Jingyuan couldn't help exclaiming, what kind of woman can write such a poem?It made her feel admirable.She hurriedly asked: "Seventh brother, is that girl's surname Zhao?"

Wang Jinwen raised his head in surprise, looked at Wang Jingyuan and asked, "How did Fifth Sister know?"

Wang Jingyuan asked without answering: "Did you obtain permission from others when you took this painting? Or did you take something else?"

Wang Jinwen's complexion changed, he hesitated for a while and said: "This painting of flowers and birds was given to me by Zixian. Miss Zhao has drawn many paintings of flowers and birds. This one was chosen by myself. At that time, I saw that there was also a landscape painting It's also very good, but Zixian said that it was his sister's treasure, and he refused to give it to me because I forced it..."

Hearing this, the old man thought that his grandson had taken a fancy to her girl, so he forced her to ask for a painting, and he couldn't help asking: "Is Miss Zhao's family poor? How bad is it?"

"Her father was Qi Feng's Juren for 12 years, and the emperor also praised the strategies and opinions in the rural examination, and even sent them to the mansion to be passed on to officials all over the country. It's a pity that he refused Lu's solicitation and offended Lu. Later, on the way to the capital to rush for the exam, he was assassinated by Lu's killer." Wang Jinwen has always been very clear about An Qi's background, and the third prince paid special attention to Zhao Shihua back then, which left a deep impression on him.

When Wang Jinwen said this, the old man also remembered.Nine years ago, the Lu family was suppressed, and it seemed that it was caused by the fact that a case of cheating in Luzhou was unjustly brought to the capital.

"How is her brother now?" The old man continued to ask.

"Her elder brother is Xie Yuan who passed the Luzhou Township Examination last year. He is now studying at the Imperial College. This year."

Wang Jingyuan thought of the young man she saw before, he was indeed of good character and appearance, but he didn't look like he came from a poor family.But she didn't look carefully at the girl behind him. Now that she thinks about it, that should be his sister, the real Yunmeng, right?Thinking of this, Wang Jingyuan couldn't help being very excited.From the looks of it, it shouldn't be difficult for her to get a painting by Daoist Yunmeng in the future.

At this time, the old man pondered for a while and sighed: "The 17-year-old Xie Yuan didn't participate in this year's examination, but went to the Imperial College to study. It seems that this kid has a long-term vision and is really smart and transparent. Since you She has a good relationship with her brother, so her character and talent should be good. But now, her status is indeed a little worse..."

The old lady also understood, and couldn't help but sighed softly as she looked at her grandson.

Wang Jinwen's character and talent are not bad, if not for some special reason, he would have already won the Jinshi and became an official in the court, so why would he stay in the Imperial College all the time.As for his marriage, the two elders have worried about his marriage over the years, but they discussed eight or ten, and it never came to fruition.The reason for this is also clear to the two elders. Wang Jinwen's aunt does not want this concubine to have a powerful wife and family that surpasses her own son. Son, so it has been delayed until now.

(End of this chapter)