Chapter 18: The Mysterious Scholar, A Dragon Snake
In the world of imperial power, if you openly discuss the emperor, you are just asking for death by taking mercury pills!
Zhen Keyai nodded sensibly, and Liu Xianglian let go.
"Cute, trouble comes from the mouth. You must never talk nonsense in your words from now on! Remember?"
"Yeah, yeah, Liu Xianglian, I understand."
"It's hard for people to prosper, and it's hard for people to die. We can help a little bit, so let's go!"
After taking a shortcut, Liu Xianglian skinned and cramped a two-hundred-pound wild boar by the roadside, bled it and removed its bones. Then she made a fire with wood and set it aside for roasting.
Pedestrians in twos and threes walked up slowly, and Liu Xianglian shouted to an old man: "Hi, father-in-law, come and have a bite together!"
The old man's eyes were alert, he smiled and waved his hands repeatedly: "Thank you, strong man, the old man is not hungry."
The old man's growling stomach seemed to be mocking his timidity.
"Grandpa, I want to eat meat! I want to eat meat!"
A skinny child clamored loudly for meat, but the old man firmly refused.
At this time, an old lady with a broad frame and a strong spirit came up and grabbed the old man's ear: "Old Hao, Old Hao, you are just a person with a weak body, what do you think a strong man can do for you? To make you look ugly.
, smells bad?”
After scolding the old man, the old lady took her little grandson and walked towards Liu Xianglian and Zhen Keai, bowed her head.
Liu Xianglian quickly stopped her: "Mother-in-law, you must not do it. With your age, aren't you going to shorten my life?"
"Sir and madam, to be honest with you, our grandparents and our grandson have not eaten for two days. A meal is like being a new parent. Please accept my respect!"
The old lady was very stubborn, so Liu Xianglian and Zhen Keai had no choice but to accept it.
Liu Xianglian started to tear it apart, and a plump front leg was pulled off. As soon as she handed it over, the old lady's grandson started to feast on it.
It's a pity that after a while of hard work, only a few pieces were torn off. Wild boar meat is quite tough.
The old lady took over and ate a few more pieces, which made the old man in the distance look hot and embarrassed.
The old lady was not used to his faults, so she went up and kicked the old man to the ground: "Hao Jixing, do you still have any face? If you want face, you can go back now. I will take Hao Yun to my sister alone.
Look what you are, you have eaten one meal but not the next, you will starve to death if you don’t eat, how can you still be ashamed?!"
"Old man, please come over and eat something. We really can't eat such a big fat pig."
"Ai!"
The old man responded with a sigh of relief, and he barely had a step. He ran over a few steps, hugged the pig leg handed over by his wife, and ate it.
As soon as Liu Xianglian greeted the first crab eater, and later the refugees, they gathered around to provide supplies. A big fat pig was quickly devoured, even the bones were broken and the marrow was sucked out.
Zhen Keai looked at it eagerly, her eyes could overflow with water, she also wanted to taste it.
Liu Xianglian smiled and shook her head. These refugees ate so deliciously because they were hungry, not because it was delicious.
Without careful cooking, the fishy smell of wild boar and the thick and tough fibers between the muscles are destined to be unpalatable.
"Young man, thank you for your hospitality. May I ask your name? I have received your favor today, old lady. If I have a chance in the future, I will definitely repay you."
"yes!"
"yes!"
All the refugees responded one after another.
"My name is Liu Xianglian, a commoner. I have a little food, so don't worry about it."
"Although I'm useless, old lady, my sister has a wealthy family, Mr. Liu, please don't underestimate me!"
The old lady thanked Liu Xianglian again and continued on her way with the old man and her grandson.
"Why don't I draw a picture for you to express my feelings for you?"
A scholar finished eating a piece of tenderloin, wiping oil on his mouth and eager to try it.
"I understand, let's hurry up and hit the road after eating."
Liu Xianglian refused, saying that it was not far from the city and it was a whim and she didn't want to delay for too long.
"Yes, what kind of good paintings can you, a poor scholar, draw? When you get back, I will ask Xiao Cui to draw one for you. That girl is a very good painter."
"Miss, you are surprised by what you said. If you didn't see it, how would you know that my craftsmanship is not high?"
The rest of the refugees began to leave one after another, but Liu Xianglian and Zhen Keai wanted to leave, but were entangled with the book to death, and they seemed to refuse to give up until they painted a picture.
"Why are you forcing someone to draw? Get out of the way, or I'll beat you if you continue to pester me!"
"If you want to beat me, then go ahead. As long as you let me draw you a picture, I will be willing to beat you!"
Liu Xianglian was furious. He was kind-hearted, but he was not 250. Kindness also has boundaries. Anyone who wants to kidnap his kindness will definitely be severely punished!
"Okay! Let's make an agreement!"
As soon as Liu Xianglian finished speaking, she punched the scholar on the shoulder. Although she only used three points of force, it was difficult for ordinary people to bear it!
"Mr. Liu, if you want to beat me, then beat me hard! I'm still waiting to draw!"
The more Liu Xianglian listened, the angrier she became. This white-faced scholar really deserved a beating. Liu Xianglian didn't hold back her hands at that moment. She changed her fists into claws and used her right hand to grab and break the bones with her left hand. When the opponent had no resistance, it only took a breath.
, all the joints of the scholar's limbs were removed, and a head of white sweat broke out on his forehead.
Zhen Keai looked on in high spirits. Previously, she was afraid that Liu Xianglian would be the kind of silly and sweet Virgin. Now she saw that Liu Xianglian was not just silly and kind, and she felt relieved.
Silly Baitian has no chance of survival in this world!
"Are you still painting?"
"Ouch...Ouch! Painting! If Mr. Liu hasn't done enough, you can continue, I will definitely paint!"
The white-faced scholar's mouth had begun to bleed, but he still refused to change his original intention.
Liu Xianglian's heart skipped a beat, and she knew something was wrong. She had wrongly blamed a good person!
Previously, I thought that the other party was just an opportunistic person who wanted to plot something from him, but now that he had been beaten into such a horrible state, he still remained steadfast. Liu Xianglian knew that he had encountered the most terrible person in the legend.
Pure scholar!
"Cute, hurry up! Come and help!"
The two of them worked hard to return the scholar's joints to their proper positions and helped him sit down.
"Young Master, please give me your surname. I have offended many people today."
The scholar pulled at the corner of his mouth and smiled: "My surname is Zhang. I am from Suzhou. I have loved painting all my life. Today is just a misunderstanding. Don't take it to heart, Mr. Liu. I wonder what you want to paint next?"
"Isn't it a portrait?"
Liu Xianglian was very surprised. He thought the scholar wanted to talk to him, so he beat him up.
If he wants to draw something else, he can just draw it casually, why should he tell himself?
"I am good at figures, but I never paint living people. Because this painting is to be given to Mr. Liu, I must ask Mr. Liu for his opinion. Mr. Liu laughed."
Liu Xianglian's eyes were full of energy. It was the first time that he admired a man so much.
If the other person hadn't looked at him at only fifteen or sixteen years old, Liu Xianglian would have thought that the person standing in front of him was a great scholar with knowledge as deep as the sea.
"Cute, come here quickly!"
"Ai!"
"This is my... madam, Zhen Keyai. I wonder if Brother Zhang can make a painting for her?"
"This... makes Madam look like the greedy wolf has entered the Palace of Fate, and there will be constant wars throughout her life. The red Luan is also holding the crape myrtle. Life is precious but impermanent, and the young man does not dare to paint."
What is this and what?
"Brother Zhang, it's just a painting. Is it so difficult?"
Zhen Keai's eyes flashed red and she pulled Liu Xianglian: "Forget it, since the scholar doesn't want it, don't force him. Let him paint it for you, and I can appreciate it myself."
The scholar smiled bitterly and said: "That's fine, it has nothing to do with me."
"Draw me a garden of peonies, peonies, begonias, spring hibiscus... and, by the way, draw a purple plant."
The scholar muttered: "Master Liu is really greedy."
As soon as the rice paper was unfolded, it moved in the wind. The scholar waved the pen with a wolf-hair brush, moving the brush like a god. The brush moved like a dragon and a snake, and the strokes were like flying. In just a moment, a picture of a paradise with hundreds of flowers was completed.
Outside the garden, there was a person who looked like Liu Xianglian. He seemed to be looking up at something, with the shadow of Zhen Keai faintly reflected in his eyes.
"Absolutely amazing! Absolutely amazing!"
Zhen Keyai's eyes widened in shock. This painting method was simply not like a mortal's.
In this small painting, the flowers are faintly visible, but they are all exceptionally graceful and plump, and their beauty is fully visible. In the garden, the purple grass and peonies are the most expressive.
The value of peony lies in its aura.
The value of crimson pearls lies in their knots.
"Scholar, if you are willing to paint a picture for me, I would like to give you a thousand pieces of gold as a gift."
"Mrs. Zhen is joking. If you don't want to paint, I won't paint. Let alone a thousand gold, even if it costs ten thousand gold, she will never change her mind. But since there is a lady in that painting, there is no point in painting another one.
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Zhen Keai asked for a painting but couldn't do it, so she didn't force it.
She knows that some people can be manipulated casually, but some people cannot.
Liu Xianglian carefully took the painting and handed it to Zhen Keyai carefully: "Lovely, if you like it, you can hold this painting. I don't like to write or write, so I can't appreciate it. It would be a waste of natural resources for me to hold it!"
"Young master Liu, no! Although Xiaosheng's painting is not a rare thing, I give it to you as a gift. You must not re-gift it. If it does not harmonize with the aura of the person holding the painting, it will not only be useless but harmful."
Liu Xianglian didn't believe in this evil at all, but Zhen Keai instead advised: "Since the scholar said so, you should keep it yourself. In the future, if I am included in the painting, it will also be your wish. I am really taking advantage of you."
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Both parties have no objections and naturally everyone is happy.
The destination was the same, so the three of them simply went together.
Chapter completed!