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Chapter 42: The Heart of Ten Paintings

When he returned to the room, Qingzhi and Qingluo didn't know what happened. Qingluo tiptoed and looked out, wonderingly: "Where is my little boy?"

Xu You was about to answer when a young man came in from outside, wearing black clothes and trousers. Kong Wu was strong, his eyes were shining, and he held ten scrolls in his hand, and said respectfully: "I am ordered to send Xu Langjun out of the house!" Then he presented the scroll and said: "Xiao Langjun told me that these are ten paintings that owed Xu Langjun to repay the poem Shangyuan Ye. As for the jokes about the previous hundred paintings, I believe Xu Langjun would not care about it."

Xu You sighed in his heart, followed the scroll, and gently brushed his fingertips across the back of the smooth paper, as if he could still feel the temperature of Zhang Xuanji's pen as a painting.

Unfortunately, some people are too late to meet!

"What? Leave the house?"

Qing Luo jumped up suddenly, grabbed the man's arm, and hurriedly said, "Qinghe, where is Xiaolang? Why are you in a hurry to see him off? I finally waited for someone... Uh, no, I mean..."

She said something in her heart inadvertently, for fear that Xu You would look down on her girl, and she was so anxious that she wanted to cry out. Qinghedao: "Xiao Lang seems to be in a bad mood and has returned from the back door. Let me see you off for you."

"Bad mood?"

Qingluo frowned slightly, and realized in a flash, turned around in anger, and said, "Xu You, have you made Xiaolang angry? You, you are so unlucky guy..."

"Qingluo, don't mess around!"

Qingzhi grabbed her with a cold expression and said, "Say one more word, go and do nine chapters from today, and you are not allowed to go out within three months!"

Qingluo and Qingzhi are like sisters, and they can usually be more arrogant, but as long as Qingzhi really gets angry, she never disobeys. This is not fear, but respect from the heart!

"Mr. Xu Lang, since Xiao Lang gave the order, I won't leave you. Please!" Although Qingzhi was worried about Zhang Xuanji, she was unwilling to lose her manners in front of Xu You. She sent them to the edge of Taolin, then bowed to show her salute, and turned around and returned to the yard.

The courtyard gate was gently closed, separating the two worlds.

Qinghe sent Xu You and his party to the entrance of the wood gate, and then went back to report. Zuo Qi found the opportunity and asked in a low voice: "Langjun, what happened?"

Xu You looked back and looked at Taolin again, and walked firmly towards his origin, saying, "It doesn't matter, let's go!"

Zhang Xuanji did not leave Taolin and return to Zhang's mansion as Qinghe said. She sat by the pond that she entered the last yard and fed the two snow-white geese at the ends.

"Langfeng, you are always stupid. If you marry someone in the future, what should you do?"

“Ga…gah…”

"If you don't get married, how can you do it? Girls always want to get married. It's too hard to live alone to live alone, right?" Zhang Xuanji's feet were sinking into the pool water, and his slender jade feet were like spring bamboo shoots peeled, without any flaws, swaying gently on the water surface, saying, "Look, you're still hesitating, but Baishui has already started nodding."

She reached out to touch another goose named Baishui. It had just eaten all the food and opened its mouth viciously to bite: "Ah... Baishui, you bite people again... This is not possible, it's fierce, how can you please Langfeng?"

Langfeng and Baishui both come from Qu Yuan's "Li Sao". One is the sacred mountain where immortals live, and the other is the spring of drinking and immortality. Now it has become the names of two geese, full of childlike fun.

Langfeng waved his wings, and the stirred water splash drove away Baishui, vividly expressing his disgust. Baishui was very vicious to Zhang Xuanji, but he immediately became timid in the face of Langfeng and hid aside obediently.

Zhang Xuanji gently stroked Langfeng's neck, his pretty face pressed against its forehead, and said with a smile: "You are always protecting me... I thank you little girl!"

"Girl, girl!"

Qingluo's anxious call came from behind, but Zhang Xuanji did not make any noise, staring at the reflection in the water, not knowing what he was thinking.

"Girl, I really thought you were back home." Qing Luo found Zhang Xuanji, was overjoyed, and ran over quickly with her skirt. He stepped on the small stone in a hurry, staggered, and immediately fell forward.

Zhang Xuanji turned around and held her in time, and smiled and said, "How old is he? Still so frivolous, are you ashamed?"

Qingluo stuck out his tongue, stood up straight, and said with concern: "Girl, are you okay? I've scolded Xu You just now. He dared to make you unhappy, I..."

Zhang Xuanji's face was slightly dark and he said, "You scolded Xu Langjun?"

"I, I... Actually, it's not a big scolding, but just a little punishment..." Qing Luo looked at Zhang Xuanji's expression carefully and said timidly.

"Qingluo, you are getting more and more bold!" Zhang Xuanji pointed her forehead fiercely and said, "Now go back to the room. You can only eat after finishing today if you lose money or lose money or lose money. Otherwise, I will forbid you!"

"Girl, I just can't bear to see others bullying you! Even if you forbid me, I want to say that Xu You is unfaithful and shameless!"

"You are just a child, and you know what unfaith is and what unfaith is!" Zhang Xuanji did not get angry because of Qingluo's confrontation, and his tone turned calm, saying, "I have only seen Xu Langjun in Qiantang twice. Meng Jun Buqi, and sent me a poem about giving me a bright moon on the sea. In addition, over the past year, I have never had any contact. I have never seen my appearance, and I don't know my identity, name, where did I get unfaith, and how could I get unfaith?"

"This...this,"

Qingluo felt that although the girl said something reasonable, she was not very comfortable for some reason, and said, "Others don't know, don't I know yet? After the girl came back from Qiantang, she was looking forward to Xu You coming to the appointment day and night. She usually lived in Taolin for seven or eight days at most for three to five months, but for more than a year, half of them stayed here... What's the point? It's inconvenient to eat and use, it's inconvenient to enter and exit, the house is wet, and there are many mosquitoes. What's more annoying is that the population is sparse. After entering the night, she was so scared that she didn't even dare to go out. Compared with the mansion, how much grievance did the girl suffer?"

"That's just your grievance, not mine!" Zhang Xuanji shook his head, hugged his knees with his hands, and smiled: "The breeze, peach trees, bright moon, frogs, and these two geese are all gifts from God. I live here because I like it, not to wait for someone!"

"I can't argue with the girl!"

Qingluo was disappointed, but said in his heart that the girl was so stubborn, she must have been heartbroken by Xu You. I shouldn't have listened to my sister just now, and scolded him hard.

"Okay, you shouldn't think about it, don't think too much in the future. I advise you to think about how to answer the calculation questions of both the loss and the lack of jing. Qingzhi said that the meal tonight was very rich, and there was no food to finish the calculation questions, and there was no food to eat..."

Qing Luo pouted and replied. She didn't understand love at a young age. The girl clearly has a very good impression of Xu You, but why did she make trouble now? But in her opinion, it must be Xu You's fault. Could it be that her girl is like a god in the sky, isn't she worthy of him?

Just after sending Qing Luo, Qing Zhi also came over and said that Xu Langjun had left and stood quietly behind him. Zhang Xuanji was silent for a moment, and suddenly smiled and said, "Why, are you here to comfort me too?"

Qingzhi said: "Girls have their own reasons for doing things. Besides, they are just ordinary friends with Xu You. If they come or go, they will not be able to do so. How can they need the comfort of their maids?"

Zhang Xuanji raised his hand and waved it a few times. Lang Feng seemed to understand what she meant. He rattled twice and swam away elsewhere. Baishui, who was playing hard, saw it, and flapped his wings and followed him. Because the turn was too fast, he almost got into the water.

"The north wind is cool, the rain and snow are dark. Benefit but I am good, walk hand in hand. It is weak and evil? Since I am eager!" Zhang Xuanji stood up, looking at the two geese chasing and playing, his eyes were filled with a gentle expression that was difficult to describe, and said, "Do you still remember the poem "North Wind" I taught you? Only if I am good but I am good, can I walk hand in hand. Qingzhi, many things in the world cannot be forced!"

"Yes, I can't force it!"

Qingzhi felt ache in her heart, forced a smile, reached out to hold Zhang Xuanji, and said, "Girl, the wind is blowing, let's go back."

The two walked slowly, and Qingzhi quietly turned her head to look at the goose in the pond. Their necks intersected and their foreheads touched, and they chased and played carefreely.

The geese are still like this, how can people bear it?

Zhang Xuanji did not look back, and his clear eyes were as leisurely as water. After this period of calm, she had already thought clearly in her heart. Since Xu You judged people by her appearance, she was not the good person she was looking for, so there was no need to worry about sadness and sadness, just like two wisps of breeze, coming from different places and unable to blend together, so she continued to go to different places.

That's all!

Back at his residence in Wu County, Xu You went to the room to rest on the pretext of being tired. Lu Shuang grabbed Zuo Qi and asked whispered: "I'll be back so soon. I thought my teacher would keep food..."

Zuo Qi shook his head and said, "Qingming and I stayed in the room, and I don't know what happened. But looking at the expression of the husband, you should not be in a good mood. Try to persuade me later to see if I can explain it!"

"Yeah, I get it!"

At this time, Xu You shouted: "Lu Shuang, come, help hang these paintings."

Lu Shuang pointed to the room and signaled to go over. Zuo Teng nodded and closed the door gently.

Ten paintings were arranged in sequence and hung on the wall. Lu Shuang wiped off the sweat beads from Xiu's forehead and asked with a smile: "What a good painting. In my opinion, although it is not as good as Gu Fujun, it is also a masterpiece of painting."

Xu You stood in front of the painting with his hands behind his back, raised his head and said nothing for a long time. Lu Shuang stepped out gently because she knew that what Xiaolang needed now was quiet, not the so-called enlightenment.

The first painting is a lonely mountain standing in the distance, with vast smoke and waves at the bottom of the mountain, and upstream. A girl sitting in a high-walled courtyard a hundred miles away, standing on tiptoe, looking up at the lonely mountain in the distance.

The whole painting has only a few strokes, no thick ink or heavy colors, and no careful carving. However, the landscape, characters and artistic conception are vividly displayed on the paper, and the hidden painting techniques are extremely proficient.

Xu You understood that this was the day when Qiantang Lake Elegant Festival became famous.

The second painting is like a dragon's head in the mountain, with a deep hole at halfway up the waist. Several people stood in front, as if they were having disputes. A man at the front wore a fence, facing the back to everyone, but his body was slightly reviewed, as if he was listening. This painting even vividly depicts the subtle details. The man's mentality of wanting to leave but not wanting to leave has surpassed everything through body language.

This is the first meeting of Longshishan, and the beginning of the not very harmonious one, but they both left a deep impression on each other.

The third painting is an old man who bought taro. After listening to the retelling of Xu You's high opinion, Zhang Xuanji laughed happily. Since she left Wuxian, she has been worried. This is the first time she has come from the heart to pleasure and joy.

The fourth painting, the Chinese New Year Festival, with colorful lanterns like day. The dense pedestrians on both sides of the street surrounded riddles, talking, meditating, gathering, or walking alone. Everyone seemed to have come alive from paper, flesh and bones. At the end of the scroll, one person held a jade butterfly and cold plum in his hand and handed it to another person. The man's hand hidden in his sleeve was obviously clenched into a fist, which shows that he was nervous at that time.

The fifth painting is the stone bridge spans the stream, and the bright moon shines in the sky. The two of them are separated by several steps, but their figures are closer to the bridge. Although they do not overlap, they are close to each other. This is also the only painting with an inscription. The beautiful handwriting in the upper left corner says: The bright moon is born on the sea, and the ends of the world share this time.

This is a poem given to her by Xu You. At that moment, perhaps Xu You remembered those relatives who were no longer here, and in her eyes, there was only the man around her!

The sixth painting is the rolling spring water, with thousands of peach blossoms by the water, and there is no end. A girl is wearing a pleated skirt, standing by the river, staring at the direction of Qiantang, reluctant to leave for a long time.

The seventh painting, Qiantang in the distance, the smoke of war is everywhere, the setting sun, the sky is dyed with blood, wailing and crying, and the numb people are fighting for the Tao, the girl is still by the river, but she does not look at it, but lowers her head and folds her hands on her chest, praying hard for the person who lost to Qiantang, praying for him to be safe and sound.

In the eighth painting, one person is lying on the sickbed, surrounded by many people, some are relieved, some are anxious, some are taking their pulse, and some are carrying tea, but no matter what, they can at least do their best. The girl can only sit under the flower trees in the high wall, burning incense, just like last time, bowing her head and praying silently, and her clothes are already stained with water from tears.

I once whipped the horse because of drunkenness, for fear that my love would ruin my beauty.

Xu You never thought that Zhang Xuanji had already used such deep love. In the past year, he fought back and forth between life and death, and if he was negligent, he would be doomed. But despite this, his family, friends, and divisions around him were either destroyed by war, died tragically under the sword, or rebelled by the thief, all of which had changed drastically. He used all his wisdom and energy to break a path of life in the face of difficulties and extinguished the turbulence that swept most of Yangzhou. When he dreamed at midnight, he might occasionally think of the girl who had traveled to the Yuan Ye together, but he did not stay too much in his heart.

A love thing is actually really luxurious for those who are ups and downs in troubled times!

In the ninth painting, the man recovered from his illness, and in front of the three armies, he watched the thunder cannon defeat the white thief with enthusiasm. The girl held her skirt and happily turned around under the flower tree. The falling flowers were like rain and the people were like jade.

The first nine paintings were obviously made at different times, some were old and some were brighter, while the tenth painting, or cannot be called a painting, was clearly written just now, and the messy brush and ink had not yet dried out, only one line of words was written:

Mr. Xu, it is difficult to walk forward, so I hope to take care of it.

When Xu You saw this, he seemed to be hit hard by something in his heart. He stretched out his hand and stroked these words for a long time, and said, "Lu Shuang, come and take the clothes, I want to see Feiqing!"

"Ah?" Lu Shuang hurried in and advised: "Xiao Lang, it's too late. If there is nothing important, it's better to go tomorrow..."
Chapter completed!
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