Wu Haogu was thinking about how many good things the most famous figures in Kaifeng Painting and Calligraphy Business would give him, just on the morning of the night, someone came to visit him one after another. The first one to come to the door was the senior Du Yongde, who had been secretly stumbling about him. It was his registered disciple Su Dalang who also brought Wu Haogu a generous gift and an incredible disciple.

"Mr. Chongdao's painting skills are the best in the world, and the young man admires them very much. It's a pity that the young man has been born for decades and is now a twilight person. He can't learn very well. Otherwise, he must have studied painting under his teacher. Fortunately, the young man has a granddaughter named Wenyu, who is 28 years old. He has followed his husband to learn calligraphy and painting since he was a child. Unfortunately, he has not received guidance from a famous teacher. Recently, she saw Mr. Chongdao's masterpiece in Fengle Tower. She admired him very much and wanted to worship under his teacher. While practicing painting and serving his husband's daily life, she was satisfied..."

Du Yongde, the old man, said so seriously, and then took a step back with his eyes looking at the nose and nose, clapped his hands and greeted the hall. He saw a girl wearing a light green skirt, a moon-white mandarin duck belt tied around her waist, a fairy bun on her head, and a pair of bow shoes on her feet. She looked at the graceful and charming girl walked in. The girl's skin was as white as jade, her facial features were bright and beautiful, and her bright eyes showed admiration.

The girl walked to Wu Haogu, and Yingying bowed, and then spoke in a silver bell-like voice: "I, Du Wenyu, pays homage to Mr.

He is really a good apprentice...

Wu Haogu looked at the girl named Du Wenyu carefully. She was so gentle and charming. She was not the beauty of Pan Qiaolian with a little charming, nor the beauty of Mo Niangzi's plump and mature, but the beauty of gentleness and tranquility. She was a standard lady of the Song Dynasty.

"Little... Little lady, do you want to learn painting from me?"

Wu Haogu is a little confused. Such a beautiful beauty... is really just her own student?

"Dongweng," Su Dalang smiled and presented a gift list with his hands, "This is Wenyu's apprenticeship. A small and thin gift is not respectful, and everyone accepts it with a smile."

And the gift!

Wu Haogu took the gift list and took a breath immediately. Old Du was really willing to do so.

Because there are only a few simple words on the gift list: Fan Wenzheng, the master of writing, Lu Tie!

Old Man Du really invested heavily... A granddaughter (not necessarily a kiss) is actually nothing, but Fan Zhongyan's "Shilu Tie" is a treasure!

Fan Zhongyan is a master of the same level as Su Huangmi Cai. His calligraphy skills may not be as good as Su Huangmi Cai, but he is a famous prime minister of a generation and has passed away for many years. His works are limited in existence. Moreover, the prelude to the new reform policy of the Song Dynasty was also started by him.

As long as this copybook is dedicated to Cai Jing, he will be able to take an official to the north and envoy Liao.

"Okay!" Wu Haogu nodded and looked at Du Yongde with a smile on his face, "Du Taizhao, this "Shi Lu Tie" is really what I want... Even if I respect myself, I can't do the first one of the calligraphy and painting business in Kaifeng Prefecture, so I will give it to you. Moreover, my Taizhao can't be the last few days, so I will probably have to take office when I return to Liao. I recommend you to take over the job.

It's just that this apprentice..."

If it is a boy, Wu Haogu will take it away. Even if he can't learn anything, it's good to take it with him to run errands. But Du Wenyu is a beauty like a jade...

There was also a case of male painters accepting female disciples in the Song Dynasty. Didn’t Pan Qiaolian just worship Li Tang as his master?

But female disciples and male disciples are ultimately different. Male disciples can be taught by their side at all times. Even if they can’t teach anything, a master and apprenticeship can sometimes be obtained. The female disciple must be a painter to teach skills. If they are with them, they are probably called disciples, but they are actually concubines...

"Sir, refuse."

Before Wu Haogu finished speaking, Du Wenyu interrupted in a hurry, "Please ask Mr. Wenyu to take the painting skills first. If Wenyu is really unbearable to the teachings, it will not be too late to refuse."

This...is right.

"Okay," Wu Haogu nodded, "Madam Du, let me first talk about how good you are?"

"I am good at fine brushwork flowers and birds."

"Good at fine brushwork?" Wu Haogu smiled, "But I don't test you... can you use carbon bars?"

Traditional Chinese fine brushwork also requires drafting, and the tool used to write a manuscript is carbon bars.

"meeting."

Wu Haogu looked at Miss Du again, and saw that she was erect and looked confident, and seemed to have some ability.

However, what Wu Haogu values ​​more is talent!

"Come, go get a raw egg."

He called a female envoy to bring himself an egg.

"Draw an egg?" Du Wenyu was stunned.

Wu Haogu nodded. When the egg was brought over, he took his drawing board, stuck a piece of raw rice dumpling, and took out a carbon pen.

"I'll draw first, you look... stand behind me to see."

"oh."

The girl painter responded and moved the lotus step behind Wu Haogu, then stared at Wu Haogu's skillful and deliberately slowed down to draw a horizontal egg on the rice paper.

"It looks really similar..." Seeing the eggs displayed on paper, the girl painter couldn't help but exclaim. Although she had been learning to paint for ten years, her hand-made flower and birds had already gained the charm of the Huang family's wealth. But she had never painted eggs, and she didn't expect that she could draw such realistic paintings with carbon strips.

Wu Haogu turned around and smiled at Du Wenyu and said, "It's your turn... If you can draw a four or five-point image, I will accept you as your disciple."

"Four or five minutes?"

Du Wenyu felt a little dissatisfied. Isn’t it just an egg? She has been learning painting for ten years, but she still couldn’t draw it? However, she still took the drawing board and carbon strips from Wu Haogu very respectfully and started drawing it carefully.

This time it was Wu Haogu's turn to stand behind Du Wenyu. A faint fragrance of a virgin came to her face. The girl's back looked as beautiful as the front. Her hair was black and shiny, her pink neck was thin and long, and her skin was as white and delicate as milk. I really don't know how it felt to twist it in my hands?

"Sir, you've painted it."

The girl's voice came, and then a pink face with a smile as beautiful as a flower appeared in front of Wu Haogu's eyes.

"Oh, show me."

Wu Haogu moved his eyes away from the beauty's face and turned to the egg picture on the drawing table, and his eyebrows suddenly raised.

Very good drawing!

Not only is the outline of the egg drawn in a well-designed manner, but the shadow part is also well treated... It is very good for novices who are drawing carbon eggs for the first time!

This girl has the talent for painting and is a rare piece of uncensored jade. If she is polished well, she might have all her own brides.

Thinking of this, Wu Haogu smiled at Du Yongde and said, "Du Taizhao, your granddaughter is good and very talented. I will accept her as my disciple. From now on..."

Speaking of this, Wu Haogu suddenly stopped, looked at Du Wenyu again, and looked at Du Yongde again.

Old Man Du smiled: "Let Wenyu follow the teacher in the future and serve him sooner or later."

"Okay!" Wu Haogu was not polite and bowed to Old Man Du, "Old Mr. Du, then our two families will be their own people in the future!"

...

On the day when Wu Haogu accepted the beautiful apprentice and obtained Fan Zhongyan's "Shilu Tie", his good friend Ji Yi and Ji Daren were wandering on the streets of Kaifeng Prefecture with two envoys from the Liao Kingdom.

Today is New Year's Eve, which is New Year's Eve. Unlike the increasingly fading New Year's atmosphere in later generations, the New Year's Eve in Kaifeng Prefecture in the Northern Song Dynasty was almost the most lively time of the year. The streets were filled with lights and people, and the residents of Kaifeng Prefecture all wore their best clothes and carried their families around the streets. The shops and vendors in the streets also seized the last time to sell their New Year's goods, such as wax medicine, brocade clothes, new calendars, all kinds of door gods, peach talismans, Zhong Kui, spring posts, sky walk stickers, golden colors, wisps, banners, gift boxes, wine eaves, sheep's mouths, fruits, five-color paper money, basins, peach jars, rubber teeth, etc. There are really many names, but for the residents of Kaifeng Prefecture who have strong purchasing power, this kind of consumption is not very basic.

The best time has also been in the Wazi Lane in Kaifeng Prefecture. There are free stages for people to watch at the Wazi Gate, either performing zajus or singing palace tunes. There are also the most pleasing female sumo wrestlings at the Wazi Gate in the outer city.

In the southwest corner where the embassies of Kaifeng Prefecture City are gathered, visitors wearing exotic clothes can be seen from time to time on the streets. They are all envoys from Goryeo, Jiaozhi, Uighurs, Khotan, Zhenla, Dali, Sanfoqi and other countries. The prosperity of Kaifeng Prefecture also makes them linger.

However, Xiao Haogu and Liu Yun were not interested in shopping at this time, because they had just met a group of Dangxiang people wearing Han costumes on Wanglou near Zhouqiao Market!

The leader Xiao Haogu also saw him when he was visiting Xixia. It was Weiming Abang! Xiao Haogu knew the news that Weiming Abang was captured, but the Weiming Abang he met today was no longer a prisoner. A group of guys dressed in Dangxiang people were surrounded by him, and there was also a beautiful concubine of seventeen or eighteen years old.

When Wei Ming Abang walked into the Wanglou with his arms around him, Xiao Haogu, Liu Yun and Ji Yi were all sitting in the corner, so he was not discovered by Wei Ming Abang. Abang was talking to the beautiful Uighur concubines around him in Dangxiang dialect: "Moliya, when the Xiping Palace is completed, we will be able to live in Kaifeng Palace for a long time. At that time, you can visit Kaifeng Palace every day..."

Xiping Palace? In Kaifeng?

Xiao Haogu and Liu Yun were both "diplomatists" of the Liao Kingdom and could understand Dangxiang's words. So when the two of them heard Wei Ming Abang's words, their faces changed drastically.

King Xiping was the title of the leader of the Weiming family in Xixia before he became emperor. This was granted by the Song Dynasty court!

What does Wei Ming Abang mean? It is rare that the Song Dynasty officials wanted to sign him into the King of Xiping? It would be like this... If he hadn't been the King of Xiping, who would have done it?
Chapter completed!