Su Wu couldn't bear to see such an old painter who had been polished by life without any sharp edges. He stretched out his hand to support the old man and said, "I don't need to be polite.

The sage asked me to come here specifically to greet my father-in-law, and he told me not to neglect him. Now that I can’t go far to greet you, please don’t worry about me.”

The old man straightened up and listened to what Su Wu said with a dazed look in his eyes: "The saint ordered you to wait for me specially, and also told you not to neglect..."

The old painter suddenly reacted and his eyes dimmed: "Is the saint talking about my senior brother Daoxuan?"

Senior Brother Daoxuan?

Isn’t the old painter in front of me Wu Daozi?

Su Wu instantly extracted useful information from the old painter's words - Wu Daozi is also known as Wu Daoxuan. This old painter calls Wu Daoxuan his senior brother, and he should be from the same school as Master Wu Daoxuan - Wu Daozi's painting technique master learned from Zhang

"Seng Yao", is this old painter also a disciple of Zhang Sengyao?

Why didn't Wu Daozi come over?

While thoughts were whirling in his mind, Su Wu said to the old painter at the same time: "The sage said that he would send Wu Daozi to the bad guy's house, but it seems that he can't come now?

I don’t know your surname?”

"Senior Brother Daoxuan is not in the capital at the moment. He is painting murals on a palace built for his best friend elsewhere. It is because the saint ordered me to surrender to the bad guys.

My surname is Yang and my first name is Huizhi. I have met the principal." The old painter "Yang Huizhi" sighed, saluted Su Wu again, and spoke humbly.

This painter named "Yang Huizhi" is indeed from the same school as Wu Daoxuan, and both of them learned their painting techniques from Zhang Sengyao.

It was rumored that Yang Huizhi's painting skills were not inferior to Wu Daoxuan's, but Wu Daoxuan became famous earlier than him. Afterwards, Yang Hui saw that Wu Daozi's reputation was becoming more and more popular and he was highly praised by the world. He was already above the art of painting and could not catch up with him, so he burned his pens and inkstones.

Turn to sculpture.

Later, he made great achievements in the field of sculpture, and was revered as the "Sculpture Sage" or "Sculpting Sage" by later generations. This also shows that this person has not yet specialized in sculpture, and is still immersed in painting.

The old man who has not found his own 'right path' is indeed very talented, but he has not yet discovered his talent and has not yet reached his own right path.

When Su Wu heard Yang Huizhi's name, the smile on his face grew stronger.

Regardless of playing music, chess, calligraphy, painting, or all kinds of craftsmen in the world, all can understand the mysterious and mysterious charm in the "sympathy between heaven and man", and use that charm to give a unique "soul" to the things they create, whether sculptures or

In Su Wu's eyes, painting, calligraphy, and poetry have the same status.

This man was known as the Diao Sheng in later generations, and even though his talent could not be compared to that of Wu Daozi, it was not far behind.

You can meet Wu Daozi again, but if you really can't, Su Wu can also go to look for him in person. There will always be a time when you see him. Now that the 'Diao Sheng' has taken the initiative to surrender, Su Wu said that he has no intention of killing him.

Let him go - he is still not well-known at the moment and has not entered the 'right path'. Su Wuduo will burn a 'cold stove' here, which will warm him up sooner or later.

"Since you are valued by the saint, your calligraphy and painting skills are no less impressive than those of Wu Daozi. I invite you to come here. I really invite you to travel around the world with me, display your painting skills to your heart's content, and leave a rare and wonderful work of art in the world.

Please take the position of 'Head of the Divine Works Department' in my 'Delinquent Department' for the time being!" Su Wu glanced at the old donkey who was being held tightly by Yang Huizhi, then took out a bag of gold and silver and handed it to

Yang Huizhi said, "This money is a personal gift from me to my husband, and is not included in my salary as the head of the Divine Works Bureau."

I’m going to buy a good horse myself and leave some money for the family’s expenses!”

Su Wu's move caught Yang Huizhi off guard, and he was stunned for a long time before he could react!

Although he and Daoxuan are from the same sect, Daoxuan has now entered the eyes of princes and even saints, and his reputation is getting stronger and stronger. However, he sells his paintings everywhere, but rarely sells his paintings. Those in his

Scholars from Chang'an who stopped in front of the calligraphy and painting stalls either felt that his painting skills were 'deliberately imitating' Wu Daozi, or they simply thought that he could only copy Wu Daozi's paintings and had no characteristics of his own!

Hui Zhi was gradually burdened by the reputation of his fellow disciples, and his life became increasingly poor. He only relied on the meager salary from the court to survive.

Although the old wife at home rarely complained about him, he felt even worse every time he saw his wife's increasingly aging face, busy around the loom until late at night just to earn more money for a meal.

Today, the sage issued an edict and ordered Wu Daozi to work for the bad department, but Wu Daozi happened not to be in the enshrinement department. The sage ordered all the painters in the enshrinement department to take the initiative to sign up and report to the bad department. Those who are willing to join the bad department will not only be able to work in the bad department.

The secretary receives a share of the salary, and the share of the salary enshrined by Ouchi may also be retained.

At that time, all the painters refused to accept the enshrinement in the department. After all, they were also enshrined in the internal teachings. In the future, they would always have the opportunity to "get ahead", or they might be valued by the saints, and they would be appointed as "Hanlin waiting for the imperial edict", and they would become the clear stream in the court. But if you go and join,

Being a "bad person" is tantamount to stepping into the category of "libertine", which means that you will end your career - how can they be willing?

Yang Huizhiyuan was not willing either.

But thinking that his life was so difficult, he was getting older, and he had no so-called "future". If he went to the bad company to get an extra salary and improve his family's poor life, Yang Huizhi took the initiative and agreed to the saint's request.

According to the will of the emperor, he came to surrender to the bad company.

When the decree came home, Yang Huizhi and his wife could not help but look at each other and weep. He felt that his future was at an end and was disheartened, so he came to take office dejectedly, but he did not expect that he would also have "a bright future in another village".

This bad guy was treated with such courtesy by the boss!

At this moment, Yang Huizhi actually felt like shedding tears of gratitude!

He looked at the beautiful man with sincere eyes. Not only did he directly give himself the position of 'Head of the Divine Works Bureau', but he also gave him gold and silver as gifts. His inner intuition felt that the cold treatment he had suffered for many years and his frustration with his ambitions were all here.

I felt relieved for a moment.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! But he is not a young man after all. Although he was greatly moved, he quickly thought of a question - this man is just the head of the "Delinquent Division", how can he promise again?

As the "Head of the Bad Company", Yang Huizhi sighed inwardly when he thought of this. With a smile on his face, he pushed back the bag of gold and silver and said, "Now I can do what I can in the Bad Company."

That's it, I don't dare to ask for the position of director of one bureau and one department.

This gold and silver, presumably, was earned by Lang Jun himself through his hard work and salary, so it is better to leave it to his family to spend it slowly. Chang'an is a big place and it is not easy to live there. There will be many places where money will be needed in the future."

Yang Huizhi’s words are serious and thoughtful.

Su Wu listened to his words and smiled and said: "The saint sent an order to my father-in-law to come to the bad department to work. Did the eunuch who passed the order tell me who the official was waiting for me in front of the bad department's building?"

"The eunuch who delivered the decree was highly trusted by the saint and had a higher status in the palace.

He didn't make it clear, so I didn't dare to ask any more questions." Yang Huizhi shook his head and understood what Su Wu meant. He looked up at Su Wu again and hesitated and said, "Are you not the head of the bad department? You are not the coordinator.

A decrepit and delinquent official?"

"I do work in the bad affairs department, and this time I am waiting for my father-in-law in front of the building." Su Wu said with a smile. He was only halfway through his words when Tao Zu, who had been silently observing Yang Huizhi behind him, suddenly became impatient.

Speaking directly:

"He is the bad handsome man today!

Are you so ignorant of the news? Didn’t you know that the bad handsome man the emperor worshiped at the general altar in Dongdu was a young man with a hairless mouth? "

"Bad handsomeness?!"

Yang Huizhi, who had a vague premonition in his heart, suddenly looked shocked.

His body trembled slightly, and his eyes became more worried: "How can a bad labor commander wait here for the old man himself and waste his time on the old man?

...Does the bad handsome man have to wait for that senior brother of the old man? The old man can send a message——"

"My father-in-law is the one I am waiting for.

From today on, you are the head of the Divine Works Bureau, so please accept this gold and silver." Su Wu handed over the money in his hand.

Yang Huizhi took a long breath, his eyes were red, and he did not refuse this time. He reached out and took the heavy bag of money, bowed his head deeply and saluted: "Thank you, bad handsome man!"

…

Su Wu and his party of dozens of riders left Chang'an and headed for Huashan.

Yang Huizhi looks quite old, but in fact he is just approaching the age of knowing his destiny. After all, his early years were wasted, and his body and bones are not as strong as young people, let alone people like Su Wu and Tao Zu, who ordered him to drive horses to follow Su Wu and others.

People, I'm afraid that after a long journey, Yang Huizhi will lose half of his life.

So Su Wu specially found a carriage and set up various talismans around the carriage. These talismans used to stabilize the carriage so that the old painter could ride in it without feeling any bumps. Su Wu also often sat in the carriage.

, discussing painting techniques with Yang Huizhi.

He is not proficient in calligraphy and painting, but he knows the purpose of recruiting painters, masters of calligraphy, and talented poets to join the Bad Human God Bureau - it is actually to enable them to step into the realm of "sympathy between heaven and man" and make them do that.

The mysterious and mysterious charm is given to the work and gives it a 'soul'.

This kind of creation, which has a special aura, is natural and has a soul, is the prototype of the "ink painting".

Therefore, Su Wu takes this purpose as the basis and communicates with a painter with such profound painting skills as Yang Huizhi, which can often make the other party gain something and enable him to draw parallels.

At the moment, in the carriage.

Su Wu had seen an old painting by Yang Huizhi. In Yang Huizhi's anxious eyes, he rolled up the scroll carefully, considered it for a long time, raised his eyes and said to Yang Huizhi: "In your early works like yours, there is a presence of 'god'."

, since then, he has become increasingly constrained by some invisible rules and dogmas, and his painting style has become more and more similar to Wu Daozi, but has lost the "spiritual charm".

It can be seen that you, your Excellency, are naturally talented, but you are burdened by worldly vision and cannot display them."

Yang Huizhi felt better after hearing Su Wu's comments.

He can still regain the sense of agility he once had, but every time he writes, he is trapped in the habits and rules he has formed over a long period of painting, and unconsciously makes the paintings look very different from what he feels in his heart - he

Tell Su Wu the truth about his feelings.

"Before I met a bad commander, I didn't know that the spirit of calligraphy, painting, and poetry could be used to subdue ghosts and gods. Now that I know the mystery of it, I am even more unwilling to give up this way of painting.

However, I have grown old and have been trapped in the secular painting school for a long time, and I can never break away from it.

Although there are still inspirations sprouting in my heart, I can't make that inspiration appear on paper..." Yang Huizhi said.

"If you are trapped in painting techniques, bound by invisible rules and dogmas, why not find another way?" Su Wu looked at Yang Huizhi and suddenly asked.

Yang Huizhi was confused for a moment: "Choose another way?"

“Both poems, books and paintings are all meant to express what is in the heart.

Occasionally, there is something exquisite in it, one can communicate with the sky, and there is a 'spirit' in the writing. Since there is no achievement in the way of painting, why not try another way to draw parallels?"

As Su Wu spoke, he directly held the corner of the table and placed a piece of wood.

He showed the piece of wood in front of Yang Huizhi and said: "Paper, wood and stone are just carriers to express the ideas in your heart.

Why don't you give it a try and carve out your own ideas on this wood and stone?"

"On wood and stone, carve out what you want in your heart..." Yang Huizhi looked at the wooden block in Su Wu's hand, and a sudden idea came to his mind, a path that he had never imagined. At this time, with a few words from Su Wu, he really realized what he was thinking.
To be continued...