Four hundred and sixtieth chapters Wu belt when the wind
The rain beats the pear blossoms behind closed doors, forgetting youth, missing youth.
I look at the sky at dawn and the clouds at dusk. I miss you when I walk and I miss you when I sit.
——Excerpt from "A Cut of Plum Blossoms, Pear Blossoms Closed in the Rain" by Tang Yin (Ming Dynasty)
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Fang Shuliu took out a thin porcelain bottle from his pocket, poured the Chinese medicinal powder in the bottle onto a piece of oilcloth paper, and lightly baked it under the oilcloth paper with a candle flame. Soon, a wisp of green silk curled up, exuding a mint fragrance.
Fang Shuliu put the oilcloth paper on Zhang Xu's nose. Zhang Xu hummed twice in his dream, sneezed, and woke up immediately.
Fang Shuliu said: "Zhang Dian, do you want to watch Madam Gongsun be executed? Can you bear it?"
Zhang Xu's expression changed and he burst into tears...
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Zhang Xu was once one of Aunt Gongsun's admirers, but when he met Aunt Gongsun, Zhang Xu already had a family, so he could only keep this admiration in his heart.
From Zhang Xu’s mouth, Fang Shuliu and Bai Fu learned Aunt Gongsun’s secret:
Aunt Gongsun is actually two people, they are twin sisters. The eldest sister is called Gongsun?, and the younger sister is called Gongsun Jiao. They seem to be carved from the same mold, and even their biological parents are not clear. In order to distinguish the two sisters, their mother is in Gongsun?
There is a red plum tattooed on the Hegu point on the back of the hand.
The two sisters had been smart since childhood. By chance, they met a master of illusion when they were seven years old. Seeing that the two sisters were smart and looked exactly the same, the stranger accepted the two as his disciples and passed on their peerless swordsmanship and illusion to Gongsun.
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When the two sisters grew up, they integrated swordsmanship and dance into one, creating their own world-famous sword dance. In order to facilitate the use of the illusion of avatars, the two sisters always showed themselves as the same person. Therefore, no one in the world knew the true identity of Aunt Gongsun.
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Later, the Gongsun sisters accepted "Nishang Thirteen Hairpins" as their disciples, and they also taught martial arts alternately, without telling the disciples that their masters were two people.
But no matter how good the disguise is, it can't hide the two people's understanding of swordsmanship and dance.
The eldest sister, Gongsun?, has unparalleled swordsmanship. When she draws her sword, it is dazzling, just like Hou Yi shooting down nine suns. When she dances, her sword is so powerful that it is so thunderous that it takes your breath away.
The younger sister, Gongsun Jiao, has excellent light skills, strong and agile movements, just like the gods flying on a dragon. When she dances, she is like a wild goose crossing a cold pond, and like the condensed waves of the river and sea.
In order to learn how to calligraphy, Zhang Xu followed Aunt Gongsun's dance performances all the way from Luoyang to Chang'an. He finally discovered the secret of the Gongsun sisters and fell in love with the eldest sister Gongsun.
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But Gongsun's heart was tied to Li Longji, who was profound in music and talented.
At the first performance in Chang'an, Li Longji personally came off the stage to play the Jie drum and accompany Gongsun Jian's sword dance. The romantic emperor instantly conquered this strange woman with high eyesight.
Zhang Xu's family was not lowly, but how could an ordinary official compete with the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty for women? From then on, Zhang Xu was addicted to alcohol.
Whenever he was in trouble, he would get himself drunk, scream, run away, write quickly, and even dip his hair in ink to write.
He releases his suppressed emotions and unrestrained life without any concealment. Each stroke shines with light, and each stroke is so beautiful that it explodes, like flying flames or shooting stars across the sky.
From love to love, from love to Taoism, Zhang Xu finally got a glimpse of the way of heaven on the way of calligraphy, reaching the top of cursive script, unrivaled, and seeking defeat alone.
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"Then who is my master?" Princess Qingluan asked eagerly.
Zhang Xu sighed: "In Yichun, the eldest sister Gongsun Jiao was the one who taught singing and dancing in the Liyuan Erqifang? The younger sister Gongsun Jiao had long since fled the world and disappeared.
The one who is imprisoned now is indeed your master Gongsun? But I have no way of knowing which of the two sisters assassinated Your Majesty."
"Who else in Chang'an City knows the whereabouts of Gongsun Jiao?" Fang Shuliu asked.
Zhang Xu said: "Go and try Wu Daozi. You can tell that Aunt Gongsun is the daughter of two sisters. Apart from me, he is the only one in the world."
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After the Anshi Rebellion, Wu Daozi's whereabouts were uncertain. But as long as he was in Chang'an, on every first and fifteenth day of the Lunar New Year, Wu Daozi would definitely appear at Zhao Jinggong Temple in Changlefang, bathe, fast, and worship Buddha devoutly.
Zhao Jinggong Temple was built by Dugu Jialuo, the empress of Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty, in memory of her father, Dugu Xin, the general of the Western Wei Dynasty.
The great Buddha statue of Lushena in the Huayan Courtyard of the temple is carved from gold and stone. It is six feet high and has a simple style. It is the treasure of the temple. It is said that there are three buckets and four liters of the real relics of the great Buddha Lushena underneath. In addition, there are also
There are hundreds of large and small gold and silver Buddha statues, as well as scriptures made of gold and precious stones.
However, it is not these Buddha statues that make Zhao Jinggong Temple so popular, but a line drawing mural on the east wall of the third door in the south of the temple. This painting is the most outstanding mural in Wu Daozi's life - "Hell Transformation".
It is said that Wu Daozi completed this huge painting in just one night on the day before the Bon Festival.
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Bai Fu and the others came to the east wall of the third south gate of Zhao Jinggong Temple and stood in front of the mural "Hell Transformation". Even Bai Fu, who had walked out from the pile of dead people on the battlefield, stood up with chills.
In the mural, Wu Daozi did not deliberately depict the horror of ghosts and demons, nor the torture of mountains of swords, seas of fire, boiling pots of oil, etc. Instead, he conveyed the gloominess of hell with the horrified eyes and ferocious twisted faces of the dying people.
The horror and the agony of the tortured are miserable.
It is said that after the "Hell Transformation" was painted, everyone in the city watched it, fearing sin and practicing good deeds. The two cities slaughtered the fish and meat without selling it.
Wu Daozi's writing is as powerful as the hair of ghosts and gods. Sometimes the wind blows, and the images are vivid, and the ghosts and ghosts of hell suddenly appear, as if they are off the wall.
When Bai and Fang looked at it, they felt the hair on their armpits stand up and shuddered. Princess Qingluan was so frightened that she hid outside the door.
Fang Shuliu replied to Bai Bai: "It is often said that when Daozi paints figures, it is like taking a shadow with a lamp, going backwards and forwards, looking sideways and out, without missing a beat. The so-called leeway, movement of weight and wind, can only cover the past and present.
Brother Bai, what do you think of this painting?"
Bai Fu pondered for a long time and then said: "Only those who have been to hell can draw it!"
As soon as he finished speaking, an old voice said: "This is the most fascinating painting review I have ever heard. Are you here for Aunt Gongsun?"
At the foot of the steps, there was an old man with white beard and hair, holding a cane and looking like a withered man. He said to the three of them: "The old man Wu Daozi is the one who deserves to go to hell."
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"That year, we fell hopelessly in love with each other." Wu Daozi said quietly while sitting on the bluestone steps, looking up at the stars in the sky.