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A team of more than ten people divided into two rows through the noisy market. The city called Karabusa was not even half as high as that of the River Valley County. The houses were low, there were few tall buildings, narrow streets, and the acres were uneven. Camels and sheep could see the filth left by camels and sheep, which attracted many fly and insects to fly.

Lu Liangsheng sat on the back of the old donkey, slowly moving away from the donkey's hooves, watching scenes in the city.

The four scholars on the left and right waved their sleeves and swept away the flies and insects. The passing streets were dirty and crowded. Apart from being a little novel, they were even more disdainful. The low house was shining with only a layer of mud. Flying insects in shops selling wine were seen everywhere, and the woman wrapped in linen was thick, holding a wooden stick and smashing the old grain in the jar, staring at this place fiercely like a female wolf.

"The foreign land is becoming more and more desolate the more you look at it. Unfortunately, it is too far away from my Great Sui Dynasty. If it is closer, you can listen to the words of sages and gain some education."

"How can they understand the words of sages? What I can see is the blade waved by His Majesty."

“It makes sense and make sense.”

Lu Liangsheng looked at the four people, shook his head with a laugh, and followed the cavalry in front of him through the noisy long street. The road became wide open, the ground was covered with rock bricks, neat and flat, and there were also palms shaking thick leaves on both sides. The pool of water gushing in the air in front was carved with female carvings, and the exposed parts were called only four scholars to cover their eyes.

The tall official residence, with several rock pillars standing on the open door, a figure on the lounge chair was lying horizontally in a loose white robe, and casually took the dried fruit held by the maid and put it in his mouth to chew it, and continued to flip through the pamper book.

Outside, the guard wearing half-armor came in and walked to the side and lowered his head.

"Governor General, Dael returns with the Oriental painter."

A grape was chewing in the man's mouth, and the juice spread to the corner of his mouth and slipped off his chin. The maid held a silk handkerchief and gently wiped it for him. Then she stepped aside and stepped on the recliner. The man put down the parchment book and folded it to the guard in front of him. When he got up, a smile suddenly appeared on his thin face, walked between the rock pillars, raised his arms to meet him.

"Dalel, my loyal captain of guard, let me see the painter of the East."

The chief guard who stopped the war horse in the distance turned over and dismounted, raised his hand to his chest, bowed and bowed: "Governor General, it is my honor to be able to serve you."

Immediately, I stood respectfully and introduced the man in front of me to the five people invited behind me.

"Dear Oriental painter, this is the Governor of Karabsa, Lord Tibis."

"I came from the Great Sui Dynasty in Dongtu, Lu Liangsheng, and I have seen the Governor of this side."

Lu Liangsheng raised his hands and said this, looking at the official in front of him. The black robe with open collars, a circle of gold thread sewn on the collar, and a delicate buckle was wrapped around the outside. There was an embroidered gold pattern on each side of the robe. The latter was also looking at people from the east with their hair buns on top of their heads, and the robe was gorgeous and gentle. He couldn't help but take a look at them again. Then he opened his strong beard and smiled, holding his left hand and bent slightly to his body.

"Lu Liangsheng? Haha, a strange name, but you can speak Greek. It's really rare, it's just impure, like the accent of Egyptian natives, painters from the East, come with me."

Lu Liangsheng frowned slightly, probably thinking that this person was talking, so he nodded casually and walked to the official residence ahead at the invitation of the other party.

Sitting in the golden and upholstered chair, several women in white robes brought fruit plates and wine, bowed and slowly pushed them away. Tibis picked up the wine and toasted Lu Liangsheng, and then smiled at the four scholars who followed him.

"This is a wine produced in Egypt. Have Orientals ever drunk?"

"The national teacher, what did the brunette with a high nose say? Why did you feel a complacent expression?"

Among the four scholars, Wang Feng was good at observing his expressions and immediately felt that the other party seemed to show off. Lu Liangsheng did not answer him, but just looked at Tibis opposite him, smiled on his face, and took a sip of sour wine.

"Your Excellency the Governor, a small country on the border in the west, pays tribute to this kind of wine every year. In my Great Sui Dynasty, I can't eat something fresh when I am in the hospitality."

Lu Liangsheng could not see the person showing off. Since this is the case, how could he still humiliate his country? "The Sui Dynasty in the east has vast land, facing the vast ocean and sea in the east, the grassland and ice and snow in the north, there are hot jungles in the south, and the vast desert in the west, with vast land and abundant resources, and countless things produced."

After describing it, Tibis was stunned for a moment, and his eyes couldn't help but fall on the scholar's robe: "Your Excellency, this piece of clothing is also."

"Of course, too." Before the other party could finish his words, Lu Liangsheng waved his hand and put the golden cup containing wine on the table. "Governor General, please invite the five of me to come over, but what else is there? If not, we will leave."

The scholar's tone was calm. Wang Feng and Ma Liu, who had been with him for a long time, could not hear the anger of anger. He quickly put the wine glasses in his hands on the table, bared his teeth and brows slightly, showing his ferocity.

"hehe"

Tibis leaned against the swan cushion and put the wine glass gracefully. No matter how powerful the five people were, they came to Egypt for a long journey, but there were only five people. They were not anxious. They tapped the table with their fingertips, and leaned forward slightly with their upper body smiling.

"Your Excellency sold me a painting to my guard yesterday. I personally admire art. Art from the East is rare here. I like your paintings very much. If it is not a landscape but a portrait of me, it would be even better. Respecting the painter, are you right?"

Lu Liangsheng just sat opposite him and looked at him for a while, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Your Excellency the Governor wants one, so I'll draw one for you, but in exchange, can you tell me how to go to the east?"

"A respected painter just needs to know this?"

Seeing that he spoke sincerely, Tibis did not lose anything, so he stepped happily and waved to Lu Liangsheng, let him follow him, got up and walked to the study of the official residence, which was paved with red carpets, and several bookshelfs listed many books piled up by sheepskin rolls. Tibis walked to the back of the desk, picked up a reed pen, dipped it ink made of fine charcoal and dark lamps, and drew a line on a piece of sheepskin. There was a huge trench at the last marked place.

"Go to Constantine, go east, but when you get there, ask the others."

He handed the parchment roll to Lu Liangsheng, then left the study, raised his finger and shook it a few times, reminding him: "Oriental painter, I have already paid for it, and it is time to get your reward."

Lu Liangsheng looked at the extremely simple map, put it in his sleeve, and left the study room, signaling Wang Feng and the other side to move the bookshelf. He didn't say much, grinding the ink, taking out the brush and falling heavily on a blank scroll. While looking at Tibis sitting on a chair and raising his legs, he carefully outlined it.

Before he knew it, two hours passed, and the portrait of the figure drawn by Qingmo also reached the last stroke. Lu Liangsheng put down his brush, blew the undried ink on it, and reached out to let the guard waiting beside him come and take it away. Then he packed up his brush and stood up to say goodbye.

"I don't owe each other to the Governor, so I'll say goodbye."

He hunched his hand and left the official residence directly, put the bookshelf on the back of the old donkey, took the reins, and walked to the gate of the official residence. In the bookshelf, he felt the unhappy state of mind of his disciple, and the voice of the Toad Taoist sounded.

"Liangsheng, this kind of person should be killed. Anyway, he is a barbarian in the foreign country."

"hehe."

Lu Liangsheng looked ahead, just smiled, pulled the old donkey in the bright sky light, and continued to move northward in the sound of the four scholars' yelling words.

The wind rolled up sand, and among the swaying palm roads, in the official residence, Tibis, who was tasting wine, leaned against his back, looking at the oriental paintings set off by the two guards.

The character above is himself, except for the color of Qingmo, which is simply lifelike.

Soon, he raised his hand to call the commander of the guard.

"Daer, look at how beautiful this painting is. There are many exquisite things in the bookshelf of the Orientals, but these are not mine. If it were mine, how good would it be, do you think?"
Chapter completed!