After Jiang Yan handed the painting to Hu Wen, Hu Wen returned satisfied and waited until Song Yu appeared.
"This painting will definitely not disappoint you" Jiang Yan said with an evil smile on his face.
Song Yu opened the scroll and saw that the man in the painting had a slender figure and an elegant temperament. He was dressed in white and looked even more extraordinary. His eyes were like crescent moons and the corners of his mouth were slightly lowered, making him look like a young man from a troubled world.
"This...this...who is this..." Song Yu couldn't even speak clearly after reading it.
"Li Youlang, for the sake of your thousand taels of silver, I can introduce you to each other later."
Friends are meant to be sorry. Song Yu didn't agree or refuse, so Jiang Yan just took it as his acquiescence.
"You have such painting skills, why don't I take you to a place?"
"Where"
"Have you heard of Yunying Tower?" Song Yu asked curiously.
"No"
"The most famous thing about Yunying Tower is Yunying Society. Young scholars from Yunzhou who can be regarded as talents are all absorbed into it. The purpose is to allow peers to exchange painting skills with each other. Even Lin Wanxi is one of them." Song Yu
said.
"Is Lin Wanxi's painting skills very high? How far has he practiced the painting method?" Jiang Gu asked.
"In addition to being the only daughter of the prefect, Lin Wanxi is undoubtedly the best in painting in Lin'an City. In the past, Shanglin Academy was the bottom academy in Yunzhou. With Lin Wanxi, she is even capable of reaching the top four. Lin Wanxi is ranked in the entire Yunzhou
Known as the Four Heroes of Yunzhou"
"So powerful, who are these four heroes of Yunzhou?"
Jiang Yan always thought that she was just a delinquent girl who was spoiled and lived in the shadow of her father's generation. He never expected that she had such ability.
"Lin Wanxi, a painter from Lin'an City, Lu Jing, a painter from Guzong City, Chen Mo, a painter from Shangxiang City, and Zhao Suixian, a master of both calligraphy and painting from Piyong City. Calligraphy, painting, and poetry are the three subjects of the Wenfu, so these three types of people are considered
They are collectively called scribes." Song Yu explained.
“So that’s how it is”
"As long as you can create an ordinary painting, you can enter Yunying Society," Song Yu said.
"It's not that difficult. What benefits will joining Yunyingshe have for me?"
"The Yunying Society is actually inextricably linked to the Wenfu. Many Wenfu students are also members of the Yunyingshe. For example, the Gongsheng Examination will be held in about ten days. There will be direct lectures from the Wenfu about previous exams.
"
Yunzhou has dozens of cities under its jurisdiction, with a population of over ten million. Attracting those who are worthy of training into Yunying Society, and then discovering good seedlings from Yunying Society, is an effective method that saves effort and worry.
Originally, Jiang Yan was not very interested, but when he heard that there were pre-examination training classes, of course he wanted to participate.
Yunying Tower and Tongbao Pavilion are the two most conspicuous buildings in Lin'an City besides Chengjun Academy. A seven-story building stands next to the academy.
Song Yu was originally a member of Yunying Club, but someone stopped Jiang Qian very politely.
“Sorry, we don’t accept outsiders here”
"This is what I recommend to join the club," Song Yu said hurriedly.
"Want to join the club? Then please come in."
As soon as I entered Yunying Building, I saw a lot of calligraphy and paintings hanging on the four walls. There were landscape scrolls, flower and bird scrolls everywhere, but most of them were of low or ordinary quality.
"If you want to join the society, you must be under the age of fifteen for low-grade calligraphy and painting, and for those over fifteen years old, you must at least make one ordinary painting. These are all paintings by members who join the society. You wait here for me and I will go upstairs to report it to you."
"Okay, then it's time to work."
Jiang Yan didn't care whether he joined Yunying Society or not. Song Yu invited her enthusiastically and couldn't refuse, so she came to take a look.
I was bored and started admiring the paintings hanging on the wall. I looked at a few paintings that had just been purchased. Although I couldn’t see anything worthwhile from the paintings, I could see that each of these painters was richer than the other.
.
The reason why some paintings are of high quality is entirely due to the use of high-quality paints to make up for poor painting skills, just like a poor-looking woman who only dares to go out with heavy makeup.
Enlightenment as a painter is different from other enlightenments. Even if you don't have enough talent and throw money at it, you can still achieve some achievements. I guess I am the only one who still needs to make a living by tying colors for people and selling erotic pictures.
There wasn’t much value in looking at it any further, so I just passed by in a hurry and didn’t stop much.
"Who are you? You shouldn't be from Yunyingshe, right?"
Following the sound, I saw a young man dressed as a nobleman standing at the top of the stairs. He was dressed in brocade clothes and even the bookcase was decorated with precious jade.
"No" Jiang Yan replied.
This man frowned. He was dressed in green linen and had an ordinary book on his waist. He looked like a poor scribe, so there was some disgust in his eyes.
If a painter wants to achieve success, money and talent are indispensable. Being poor also means that it is difficult to continue painting.
"Go quickly"
"Why are you leaving?" Jiang Yan asked.
"People are divided into classes, and painters are the most noble status in the Xuan Kingdom. Even if a poor person like you is lucky enough to become enlightened, he can only set up stalls on the streets and alleys to sell calligraphy and paintings to deceive ordinary people. How dare you step into the clouds?
Yinglou simply doesn’t know how high the sky is and how high it is.”
"How are your parents doing?"
Jiang Yan's confused question made the young man a little stunned, and he couldn't turn around for a while.
“Very good”
As soon as Jiang Yan heard that he was not his customer, there was no need to pamper him.
"I don't know what Yunyingshe has to be proud of. Are these garbage-like paintings on the wall worthy of being hung up and displayed? It's not enough money to be embarrassed.
Could it be that Yunyingshe is just a bunch of rubbish gathered together. You brag about my unlimited future, I praise you about your young genius, and then they hug each other to comfort each other?
This reminds me of a saying: Tigers can only travel alone, while wild dogs can form groups."
"What did you say?"
Jiang Chan's words suddenly aroused public outrage. The painters in Yunying Society who had become enlightened at a young age were now described as wild dogs.
"Since you describe our Yunying Club as wild dogs and compare yourself to tigers, then do you dare to compare with me? Let's make a painting on the spot."
Song Yu had just reported to Jiang Qian upstairs, but she didn't expect that such a situation would occur just after leaving for a while.
"Jiang Yan, this is Zhang Ji, a student of Mr. Feng Boyong, the dean of Chengjun Academy. Don't be brave."
"Brother Zhang, is there any misunderstanding?" Song Yu asked again.
"Did you bring Song Yu?" Zhang Ji asked arrogantly.
"Yes, I see that his painting skills are extraordinary and I want him to join Yunying Society."
"Is it possible that such poor painting skills are outstanding? People are divided into three, six or nine grades. If such a person joins the Yunying Society, wouldn't we be ridiculed by others?" Zhang Ji reprimanded.
"Brother Song, you and I have met by chance and there is no need to fight for me."
Zhang Ji is the principal student of Chengjun Academy and has a high status. Jiang Yan is not willing to let Song Yu offend such a person because of him.
"I agree to the conditions you just mentioned. You can decide what kind of painting you want to do, but it's a bit boring for you alone. Why don't you add a few more.
As long as I lose to any one of you, I will do whatever you say, but what if I win and your bookcase belongs to me?"
Zhang Ji laughed loudly after hearing this. He was the second person in Chengjun Academy after Lin Wanxi. This person actually wanted to fight against a large number of people. I don't know whether he was ignorant or arrogant.
If there is such an opportunity to show one's face in front of others, naturally some people will come forward.
"Count me in, I'm good at painting flowers and plants," one person said.
"And me, I'm good at drawing flying birds"
"I am good at drawing animals"
Zhang Ji was somewhat famous in Lin'an City, and three people came forward to strengthen his reputation.
"Then I will paint mountains and rocks. Today I will let you know that only the most noble people are qualified to be painters. If you lose, I will cripple your right hand so that from now on you will not be able to use a pen to tarnish the word painter.
"
"No problem. Although you said a lot of nonsense, one thing you said is quite right. I am very poor, so you provide the paint for the competition."
Zhang Ji's face twitched when he heard this. His paints cost dozens of taels each, and it would cost at least nearly a thousand taels to make four paintings.
"Don't you think you are nobler than me? It seems you are not much better than me," Jiang Yan said with a smile.
Seeing that there were more and more people watching, Zhang Ji felt he couldn't get off the stage, so he had no choice but to agree.
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