As night fell, the victim came late. Su Tong went out to greet him in person and soon welcomed three young men.●⌒, all of whom were in their twenties, and they were brothers with Su Tong, and they seemed to be very familiar with him.

One of them looked at the blurry shadow in the screen and asked curiously: "Is the famous painter in Jiangnan already there?"

Su Tong smiled and said, "That's right. We might as well ask him to draw one or two pictures on the spot for everyone to take a look."

"Brother Su, you are not lying to us, right? There are many people in this world who paint the sequel palace. If you want to say that you can draw it vividly, I only heard that Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng is better than Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng?"

Su Tong was in a hurry and almost said, "There are Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng's disciples inside." But thinking that Chen Xi and Tang Yin were too flamboyant in their fight, he said this to expose Chen Xi's identity, so he changed his words temporarily.

"Each person has his own strengths."

Su Tong smiled and said, "Brother Zhao is good at painting figures. The paintings are vivid and vivid. I will be able to see them if you don't believe it for a while."

The older one, the tall and thin one, was the leader among the three, named Li Yu. The remaining two, one was Rongning and the other was Song Yue, both of whom were the children of the Beijing merchants, as Su Tong said.

But in the capital, even ordinary merchants usually have a certain background in the government. According to Su Tong, none of these three people have any fame and reputation. At most, they are only scholars. It is difficult to distinguish the quality of their knowledge.

It means that Chen Xi can fool these three people to the fullest.

The three of them sat down and seemed very curious about Chen Xi behind the screen, especially Li Yu, who wanted to go forward several times to see what kind of painter was inside.

Li Yu said: "Brother Su, I don't believe how magical the painters you invited are. There are many famous painters in this capital, but no one can compare with Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng, or it is actually difficult to match the famous one."

Su Tong's face looked a little bad when he heard this. Although he didn't know who wrote "Jin Ping Mei", he knew that the illustrations inside were not from Lanling Xiaoxiaosheng. They were drawn by Chen Xi himself. Su Tong thought to himself: "It's a pity that I have to protect Brother Shen's reputation and face, otherwise I will scare you to death if I tell you his identity!"

"Not necessarily." Su Tong could only defend himself like this.

Chen Xi sat behind the screen, and there was a desk in front of him. There were pens, ink, paper and inkstones on it, and a candlestick illuminated. Sitting there, he felt like he was taking the exam in the house. The dark and narrow space made him feel a little frustrated. He adjusted his mood a little. He planned to complete the work at hand as soon as possible, handle Su Tong and go back to the inn to rest early.

Chen Xi promised Su Tong to make three paintings, with the same subject matter, all of which were figure paintings, that is, the erotic palace pictures. As for the content, Chen Xi could do whatever he wanted.

Chen Xi's paintings are very simple, all of which are the subjects and templates he used in the illustrations of "Jin Ping Mei", but because he used a brush, he could not use the details he pursued in his figure painting.

It would be good to draw the lines and outlines of personal figures with brushes.

Soon, Chen Xi finished a piece and handed it out from behind the screen. Su Tong quickly took it and showed it to Li Yu and the other two, looking quite proud: "How?"

Li Yu and the other two took it over and saw that this painting is indeed a bit better than that drawn by ordinary painters, but it is not entirely true that it is very outstanding. At least compared with the original illustration of "Jin Ping Mei". It is inevitable that it will be pale. After Li Yu looked at it, he looked up and said, "Is it very ordinary?"

Rong Ning and Song Yue next to him said, "What's so strange about this kind of painting, my painter can draw such a painting, too?"

Su Tong looked a little anxious. He thought to himself: "The main reason is that he didn't ask Brother Shen to go back to prepare the brushes and paints today. The difference in level is so big. It seems that it is embarrassing."

Just as he was thinking, Chen Xi quickly cut the mess and painted the second one, and handed it out again. After seeing it, Li Yu and the other two still had laughter on their faces. Li Yu said: "Brother Su. It seems that you are going to lose Cuicui to me this time..."

One sentence made Su Tong's face look a little ugly, which was equivalent to resolving the confusion for Chen Xi behind the screen.

Chen Xi was still wondering why Su Tong was so enthusiastic about asking him to come and paint. It turned out that it was jealous. It was unknown who Chen Xi was, perhaps it was a brothel woman, or it might be a girl Su Tong was attracted to. Anyway, from what these three people mean, this matter itself was very dirty.

"Su Tong, Su Tong, you have helped me, this time I will treat you as I will help you once."

Chen Xi picked up the pen and wanted to draw the third one.

Spring Palace painting is a type of figure painting. When painting characters, it pays attention to a sense of feeling, just like the touching artistic conception that Chen Xi was looking for when painting Bixuan and Xier.

Chen Xi couldn't help but think of the woman he saw when he was downstairs just now. The woman was gentle and beautiful. Just by his side, he had a beautiful feeling that made people feel turbulent. If he put it in the painting, although it would blaspheme the beauty, it would be a wonderful experience.

Chen Xi knew that if he was just as casually painting as the first two paintings, and without reference or situation, he would want to gain the recognition of Li Yu and the other two, so that Su Tong would not lose that "Cuicui" would be very difficult.

The hand moves as your heart moves, and the heart moves as you please.

Chen Xi's paintings were almost perfect. With the beautiful shadow just now in his mind, it was still easy to make the woman appear in the painting. However, the woman just left in a hurry and only showed half of her face. Chen Xi did not let Chen Xi see the whole picture clearly. Chen Xi could only complete the woman's appearance based on his own imagination.

Because it is a erotic palace painting, there should not be too much clothing on your body, but if you are not in a single body, even Chen Xi himself cannot accept it. So he simply wears a slut, holds a small fan in his hand, his arms, legs and feet without any cover. The woman uses a small fan to cover her chin slightly, and the mandarin ducks on the small fan are painted vividly.

The woman in the painting did not show any shy expression on her face, as if she was thinking about something, and there was a faint sadness.

After completing a painting, Chen Xi became more yearning for the beautiful figure in the painting. After he looked at it for a long time, he was deeply satisfied before handing out the painting.

Because Chen Xi used this painting for a relatively long time, the people outside were already a little impatient. After the painting was drawn, they all came forward to watch it, including Su Tong.

"Wow. Which beauty is this? Is this so beautiful?" Su Tong and Li Yu didn't say anything, but Rong Ning sighed first.

When Su Tong saw it, he was also amazed, with a little smug look on his face: "How about this painting? How is this painting like the painting in "Jin Ping Mei", you should be convinced by the three of you?"

Li Yu is not the kind of person who likes to cheat. After looking at the painting in front of him for a long time, he sincerely exclaimed: "I admire you, the painter invited by Brother Su is indeed extraordinary."

Song Yue next to him frowned and said, "It's good to draw, but why does this person look more and more familiar with him? Brother Henglu, why do I look a little like... Lingmei? Look at this spirit and appearance. Even my figure is quite similar."

Li Yu, whose courtesy name is Henglu, was a businessman in Beijing. Su Tonglai told Chen Xi before that Li Yu's family had high expectations for him and hoped that he could enter the imperial examination, but he was in his twenties and failed the county examination several times, let alone a scholar.

Li Yu's father died early. Now the family leader is his grandfather and uncle. Unfortunately, the uncle has no descendants. The Li family is just a single seedling, and Li Yu can only take over the Li family's business in the future. A young man born with a golden key in his arms, and he likes to make friends outside. He will definitely be generous when he takes action. Su Tong stays in Jingdu for a while, and probably doesn't have much money, so he gets close to Li Yu, and has the intention of gaining money.

More importantly, Li Yu, like Su Tong, likes to linger in the place of love and mist. It is considered a terrible smell.

Song Yue said that the painting was Li Yu's sister, and Chen Xi immediately felt a little confused. When he saw a woman downstairs, he also had a question in his heart. He saw that the woman seemed to be the owner of this restaurant. But nowadays, there are very few women doing business, but when he thought of the situation of the Li family introduced by Su Tong, it seems that it is not impossible.

As the third-generation only son in the family, Li Yu is not prepared to do business, so he can only ask his sister to come out to help...

Li Yu cursed: "Why is it my sister? You don't open your eyes and take a look. Is my sister so beautiful?"

Art comes from life, but it is higher than life. Chen Xi had not seen the specific appearance of the woman downstairs before, so the appearance of this woman was drawn based on the best model he expected. Chen Xi felt a little relieved: "No matter whether it is or not, as long as you can't see it."

Several people looked at the character's appearance again, and even Rong Ning next to him said, "No, the more you look at the second lady, Brother Henglu, is this a bit too strange?"

When Li Yu was told by two old friends, he couldn't help but look at him carefully. He had already had a fantasy of the woman in the painting. When he found that the woman he was fantasizing about looked like his sister, his face suddenly became a little ugly. Li Yu raised his head and looked at Su Tong with a strange look: "Brother Su, what's going on?"

Su Tong looked surprised and reluctantly explained: "Maybe it was a coincidence. How could the Painter Zhao I invited have met Ling Mei?"

Li Yu frowned, suddenly shouted loudly, and called the follower at the door in: "Has my second sister been here today?"

"When the eldest master said, the second lady came with the person who delivered the wine at sunset and checked the accounts. She was still watching in the backyard now, afraid that people would mix water into the wine..."

Nowadays, anyone who runs a wine shop knows that if you want to make money, you must mix water into the wine, otherwise there will be no profit. However, there are also some conscientious shop owners who set up signs to attract customers and strictly prohibit their shopkeepers and friends from mixing water into the wine.

"Go and call my second sister up, hey, I won't believe it!"

Li Yu himself was confused and gave an order, then looked at the painting, "This is really strange. My sister has seen her countless times since she was a child. Is it my sister who is wandering outside? Brother Su, have you invited Painter Zhao from inside to ask?"

Su Tong was a little anxious. He still didn't know what was going on. Chen Xi just came to draw three pictures of the erotic palace at his request. Why did he get involved with Li Yu's sister? He knew Li Yu for a while, but he had never seen the second lady of the Li family look like. Where did Chen Xi go to see him?

"This...is indeed a bit inconvenient."

Su Tong blocked the screen and refused to look behind the screen.

While she was talking, footsteps came from outside, but it was the main person of the incident, Li Yu's sister, the second lady of the Li family. She obviously didn't know what was going on. She was originally gathered with her friends, and it was inconvenient for her daughter's house to come out, but after hearing the servants said that the matter was very urgent, she couldn't help but look at it.

The young lady from the merchant family came out to be the leader very early, and there was more world than the girls who were raised in the boudoir.

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ps: The sixth update!

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