lord of all phenomena

Chapter 2

After Xiaohong left, until noon, even the two sour scholars around him opened their accounts, but still no one came to ask Gu Qing's characters. The two sour scholars were a little proud. Although your calligraphy is good, you have no fame.

They can't help but miss the time when the country was founded, when there were very few scholars, and there was no such thing as a poor scholar. Now there are really too many scholars, and even a wild boy with a white background can write a good hand.

It was only at the end that the two sour scholars were lost, because no one asked about Gu Qing's words, and he was still not discouraged at all, calm and indifferent.

In fact, Gu Qing is really not depressed. If no one buys it, no one will buy it. He needs money now, probably because he wants to change to a better place to live and eat better. .

In the past, he took death for granted, so it didn't matter where he lived. Anyway, when the time came, if he changed his identity, he might be full of wealth.

It is different now, his body is getting healthier, and it is already the seventh month, all signs indicate that he should stay in this world for a long time.

He himself didn't want to die at all, especially after experiencing the deterioration of his body before, he would vomit just thinking about it.

When your health is getting worse and worse, no amount of wealth or power can make up for the gap and discomfort, so Gu Qing has learned to be numb, just let it go, anyway, you will be resurrected after death.

"I'm actually a little hungry." Gu Qing rubbed his belly.

He didn't intend to continue waiting for Xiaohong, and he didn't have much expectation in his heart. Over the years, he didn't even have much expectation for himself, let alone others.After Gu Qing packed up the picture, the shops around him passed by, the boats on the river, and the Qingjin scholars by the river came and went. Gu Qing walked into a street on the outskirts of the city, came to a small tavern, and ordered a plate of fennel beans and a small glass of wine.

At this moment, he kind of missed Xiaohong, and the eight cents was timely.He sells calligraphy to earn money to save his worries, because although he can do business, he needs to do a lot of preparation work and deal with people, at least he doesn't like it now.

But at present, it seems that he did choose the wrong place to sell characters before.

Gu Qing's thoughts drifted to the painting boat that just passed by, there were quite a lot of rich people on it, and it shouldn't be difficult to meet a few people who know the goods.

How to go up?
After all, his clothes are a bit shabby, and it is a bit difficult to go on such a boat.

After eating, Gu Qing came to the river and stood under a willow, the weeping willow was like smoke, and the scenery was picturesque. While Gu Qing looked at the scholars and merchants coming and going, he wondered whether he should be like the two scholars before. , find someone in there to reason with, borrow a suit of clothes that don't look poor, and go on a painting boat?
Suddenly someone approached Gu Qing, Gu Qing turned his head and looked over.

This person is Xiaohong.

Xiaohong said: "Why are you not at the original place? I asked the two scholars around you, and they all said they didn't know you, and they didn't know where you went. I looked for you for a long time, and I thought I would never find you again." , so when I came back here, I didn’t expect to see you. Don’t you have no money? Could it be that your writing has been sold?”

She babbled a lot, but the corners of her brows and eyes were full of joy.

Gu Qing came to his senses and said, "Are you doing something here?"

Xiao Hong said: "Let's not talk about this for now, my lady read your note, she said that the handwriting is very good."

Gu Qing grasped the key point and asked: "Your lady plans to buy my calligraphy?"

Xiaohong said: "My lady will have to look at your handwriting again before making a decision, and the price may not be too high, but it won't be very low either. The specific price should be discussed."

After she finished speaking, she pulled Gu Qing by the sleeve and walked forward, for fear that Gu Qing would disappear again.

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The two boarded a painting boat.

This painting boat is obviously different from the other painting boats, its whole body is purple, very noble.As soon as Gu Qing came up, he silently calculated the value of the decorations inside. Some things should be antiques. As for the decorations made of agarwood and rosewood, the hanging calligraphy and paintings are not better than his, but they must be famous, and the price is not low. It's purple, and the paint on it looks expensive at first glance, and the craftsmanship is not ordinary, it's probably just a little worse than his.

The owner of this place is the young lady in Xiaohong's mouth. She wears a veil and a wide robe, and she cannot see her figure.

The pair of eyes she revealed are also very energetic, not like the kind of woman who looks at the smoke and looks at the walk, like the moonlight in front of the window, which can always embellish people's dreams.

It will also remind people of the clear springs in the mountains, which are sweet and pure, and a little more agile.

She looked at Gu Qing curiously for a while, then smiled and said, "You are so pretty."

Gu Qing didn't think so, took out the words and said: "Buy it?"

The young lady immediately focused on the words, and read softly: "Plum blossoms fall in May in Jiangcheng."

She chewed silently, and after a while she asked, "Is this the only sentence?"

Gu Qing nodded.

The lady said with some regret: "If it is a poem, it is worth a few hundred taels, but now I only want 20 taels of silver."

Gu Qing shook his head and said, "If you like this poem, at least 100 taels."

The lady said: "Your handwriting is better than those 100 taels of handwriting, but you are not famous. And you are not dead."

Of course Gu Qing knew that the calligraphy and paintings of dead calligraphers and famous people were only valuable.But he has his ideas.

Gu Qing said: "You are right, but you still need 100 taels."

The young lady was a little surprised at Gu Qing's stubbornness, and asked, "Why? You're not afraid that I'll get angry, you don't even have 20 taels?"

Gu Qing said: "Because you like this poem and have feelings for it, it is probably impossible for you to see this poem in other places. Even if you see this poem in other places in the future, it may not be as good as it is now. The feeling of a moment. So for your liking at this moment, spending some money is nothing, after all, any item you have here is worth far more than 100 taels, but how many things can you say you like."

The young lady smiled and said, "I can offer 100 taels."

Gu Qing looked at her and said, "Really?" He said a lot, but he wasn't really convinced, but he guessed that this lady's bottom line is definitely not 20 taels.Anyway, it is possible to sell a little more money just by moving your mouth, so why not do it.

The young lady said: "But I have one condition, you teach me how to write."

Gu Qing shook his head, if she had to study for a year or so, wouldn't it be a waste of time for herself.

The lady said: "I will give you another 30 taels of silver a month, including food and housing."

Gu Qing couldn't help hesitating, and habitually returned the price, saying, "50 taels."

The lady smiled and said, "Deal."

Gu Qing: "..."

Next, Xiaohong took him to a secluded residence by the river, passing by a large number of houses, row upon row, and the people living nearby obviously had some status.

But on the way, Xiaohong also chatted some gossips with Gu Qing, that lady is not the kind of girl Gu Qing thought, and painting boats is just one of the lady's properties.

As for the specific background of the young lady, Xiaohong didn't make it clear.

Gu Qing didn't ask either.

For the next three days, Gu Qing didn't see that young lady, even Xiaohong, but there were servants who delivered meals to him regularly every day.

No one restricted Gu Qing's actions, so Gu Qing went out to hang out by the river every day.

As for leaving, he hadn't thought about it for the time being. After all, food and lodging were included, and he didn't need to work much, so he was lazy again.

(End of this chapter)