The sunset is infinitely beautiful, but it’s almost dusk.
——Li Shangyin in "Deng Le You Yuan"
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Bai Fu walked onto a stone arch bridge, climbed up and looked into the distance, looking for his way back.
A awning boat came from the distant river, as if it was going to pass under the arch bridge.
Just as the awning boat approached the stone arch bridge, Bai Fu became alert.
A man in brocade robes and a bamboo hat was sitting on the bow of the boat. Just as the awning boat was about to cross the stone arch bridge, the man in brocade robes stood up, pointed his toes at the bow of the ship, and suddenly flew up the bridge. Using his palms like a knife, he slashed towards Bai Bai.
Rejuvenate the neck.
Bai Fu will slide sideways to avoid this palm strike.
The man in brocade clothes followed him like a shadow, turned his sword into a fist, and punched Bai Fu in the chest. Bai Fu lowered his body, lowered his shoulders, raised his left clamp, and protected his chest with one palm to defend; he relaxed his right clamp and rushed towards the punch with one palm.
The man in Jinyi changed his boxing technique again, retracting his left fist and punching Bai Fu on the left side of his head with a heavy punch from his right hand.
Bai Fuyan has quick hands. With his left hand, he looked at the elbow of the man in Jinyi and pushed him away. He quickly took a step with his left foot. When he was three to five inches away from the opponent's ankle, his steps began to shrink and then stretch.
Bai Fu struck with his right fist from the side of Jin Yiren's waist, with his right foot from the side of the opponent's ankle, and with his right shoulder from under the opponent's navel. With a sway of his body, he jumped behind the opponent. It was a Shaolin Mesmerizing Footwork.
The man in Jinyi was very anxious when he saw Bai Fu's punch, and before he could sneak a step, he quickly swung his left foot slightly, then retracted his right foot to shoot, and he took a half-step to move quickly and swiftly.
At the same time, with a pull of the left hand and a support of the right hand, Bai Fu's fist strength was easily neutralized. When he changed positions at close range, the knee hammer was like an arrow leaving the string, hitting Bai Fu's vitals, and the move was very vicious.
Bai Fu pressed down his left palm to block the knee hammer and protect his vital points.
The man in Jinyi slashed at the side of Bai Fu's head with his palms, which were "double peaks piercing the ears". Bai Fu could not defeat the two palms with one fist, so he could only retreat.
Jinyi's body technique suddenly accelerated, and his palms were as fast as lightning, invading Bai Fu's chest. Bai Fu was shocked and could only block with one palm.
The man in Jinyi snorted coldly, and spat out his strength. There was a click, and Bai Fu's left arm was dislocated. The strength was transmitted to his chest, and Bai Fu felt a sweet sensation in his throat, and a mouthful of blood almost spurted out.
As we passed each other, the man in Jinyi finally said: "Lazy toad wants to eat swan meat! Stay away from Prime Minister Li's daughter, otherwise I won't show mercy next time we meet!"
The man in brocade floated down from the arch bridge with his tiptoes, just in time to land back on the awning boat that was sailing out of the bridge opening. The boat sailed slowly away, leaving only a few waves of water rippling away.
All this happened in a flash of lightning, and Bai Fu was injured before he could recover. This was the first time he suffered such a setback after coming to Chang'an.
Based on Bai Fuwu's today's skills, he was injured in one confrontation, which shows that this person's martial arts is very high. If the opponent used a sword to attack him, Bai Fu would probably be seriously injured and leave the field today.
Until now, I don’t even know who the other party is. What is the relationship between this person and Prime Minister Li, and why did he warn me?
Bai Fu frowned and once again put away his arrogant heart. There are hidden dragons and crouching tigers in Chang'an City, which should not be underestimated. Don't be complacent just because you defeated the tiger captain Ji Guangchen and won the championship in the football match.
Bai Fu reconnected the dislocated arm by himself, sat cross-legged under the shade of a tree by the bridge, and after a week of exercise, the damaged internal organs were restored.
...
As soon as I got up, I heard someone on the bridge joking: "I thought that Bai Shaoxia didn't like the fireworks of the world, so he would come here to tease the little girl."
Bai Fu looked up and saw Li Tengkong, the daughter of Prime Minister Li, wearing a tender willow-yellow satin coat and a pleated gauze skirt, leaning on the bridge railing, with deerskin boots dangling in the air, swinging back and forth.
Bai Fu bowed and saluted, clasped his fists and smiled, without answering, and walked towards the exit of Xiyuan.
With a "whoosh" sound, Li Teng jumped into the air, like a cherry blossom fairy descending, slowly falling in front of Bai Fu.
"Hey, do you know how to be polite? You don't even reply." Li Tengkong started to provoke.
Bai Fu replied: "The girl is like an orchid in an empty valley, isn't she here too?"
Li Tengkong smiled proudly and said: "Konggu Orchid? This is the first time someone looks like me. It is much better than the nickname General Sakura.
Appropriate, I like it!
By the way, you lady is not in the academy now, but in the art academy. Why don't you use your unparalleled painting skills to win the beauty?" Li Tengkong smiled slyly.
"I was brought here by Prince Xinping and others to make up the numbers, not to show off my painting skills." Bai Fu responded.
Li Tengkong seemed to be very satisfied with the answer and said with a smile: "Now that I'm here, what's the point of staying here alone! Why not rush into the studio and destroy this group of self-righteous clan members?"
Bai Fu smiled faintly and said, "It makes no sense."
"Why is it meaningless? Your painting of Xishan Snow Ji is truly a masterpiece of the world. I paid ten times the price to buy it from Mrs. Pei.
But Dugu Xiaozhong regards that painting as his lifeblood and refuses to sell it no matter what. To be honest, does that girl have a crush on you?" Li Tengkong smiled slyly.
Bai Fu glared at Li Tengkong angrily and walked away.
"Why are you like this? If you don't agree, you can refute me? Why do you run away when you don't agree with me?"
Li Tengkong opened his arms and blocked Bai Fu's path.
"Hey, if you don't have any worries, you can also draw one and give it to me!" Li Tengkong shouted.
"No painting!" Bai Fu said.
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While the two were bickering, several nobles from the other side of the river followed the sound. When they saw Li Tengkong, they were overjoyed and wanted to chase him across the stone arch bridge and gather around to chat.
Li Tengkong rolled his eyes and said, "Save me quickly, I'll be in trouble if I get entangled with them." After that, Li Tengkong bowed to Bai Fu and said, "Brother Fu, please give me a painting!"
Bai Fu had no choice but to agree. Before these nobles could recover, they had already fled.
Along the way, the two of them were sarcastic and bickering, but they were quite happy. The strangeness and awkwardness they felt when they first met disappeared without realizing it.
When he came to the art academy, Li Tengkong found an independent studio and said, "Do you dare to let me give you a question to test you this time?"
Bai Fu calmly stretched out his hand and said: "Please!"
Li Tengkong bit the tip of his pen, thought for a moment, and then wrote a few beautiful small characters on the rice paper: "The sunset is infinitely beautiful, but it's almost dusk."
Bai Fu was stunned for a moment, with a touch of sadness in his eyes. After pondering for a moment, he picked up the pen and finished it in one fell swoop.
Regarding this famous sentence, Bai Fu went against the tradition and did not use colors to pile up thousands of rays of rays of light like other painters. Bai Fu had his own views on painting: chasing light with color is futile.
Bai Fu writes calmly, with his intention first. The scenery in the scroll slowly unfolds under Bai Fu's brush:
On the river, the mist is vast and the swallows fly low, lingering and sad.
The cliffs on the river bank are chopped with a big axe, and the peaks and mountains are stacked, and the pen and ink are strong.
The distant mountains and the sky are covered with rouge, like a beautiful woman in her twilight years.
When the setting sun shines, there used to be bright clouds, but now it is a pale moon and dusk, and the twilight is vast.