Chapter 702: palm eye

Chapter 702 Palm Eyes

Xie Zhiwei took a closer look and found that it was Huihe, he couldn't help being stunned.

Who is Huihe? The emperor's niece, the empress dowager's granddaughter, and the only daughter of Princess Changshouchang. In the capital, there are only a handful of women who are more distinguished than her.

She actually condescended, kneeling here, with her hands clasped together, with a pious attitude.

Perhaps because of a sense, Huihe looked up at Xie Zhiwei. She was stunned for a while, but soon calmed down, and then lowered her eyes again, extremely focused.

Xie Zhiwei didn't intend to disturb her. He served Yuan Shi and Rong Shi, and accompanied by Zen Master Yihong and others, entered the mountain gate.

Morten came out to greet him, "Female benefactors, this way please!"

At the beginning of the year, many scholars came from Jiangnan. These people came to paint the Tianti Mountain Buddha statue at Baima Temple. After they came, many people found that the nearby prefectures and counties were in great demand for employment. .

If a person is born as a scholar, he can even find a position as a county magistrate, chief secretary, or classic history in a county. If this is in the south, he may not be able to fill such a position even if he loses his family.

For a time, the road from south to west was full of scholars.

There are also some who are infected by the Buddhist atmosphere of Baima Temple and stay in the temple to create Buddha statues, hoping to leave a name in history. Among them, several outstanding ones are hired by several big families in Jingzhao Prefecture to dig Buddha statues for their families. Or mural Buddha statues for portrait creation.

Mrs. Lu Guogong is also planning to excavate a Buddha statue, so she recruited a painter from Pingjiang Prefecture. The characters in the paintings created by this person have soft lines, eight faces, windy clothes, bold coloring, and round strokes. painting skills.

Today, Xie Zhiwei and his two mothers were invited by Mrs. Guo to see this person. I saw the layman Vimalakirti he painted sitting on the couch, wearing a purple fur coat and a white skirt, with one knee propped up. , with the left hand touching the knee, the right hand holding the tail of the stag, the upper body leaning forward slightly, frowning and opening the mouth, in a debating manner.

If you look carefully, you can see the hand of Layman Vimalakirti holding the stag. The index finger and **** are both stretched out, giving people a sense of ease, tranquility and confidence.

Mrs. Lu Guogong obviously doesn't know much about painting. After asking the artist to show the painting, she frowned and said to Xie Zhiwei, "Look at the fierceness of this man's painting. The Princess looks at it, isn't it good?"

This painting took a lot of time.

During this period, Mrs. Lu Guogong’s wife came to see it several times, but she didn’t like it very much, but the artist insisted on painting the Vimalakīrti Layman in the work of “Questioning Diseases”. He also said that Lu Guogong was already dying. Someone asked about illness, and Lu Guogong's illness would not be cured. This is the arrangement of the Buddha.

Because of this statement, Mrs. Lu Guogong is really hard to refuse.

Coincidentally, she also heard that Princess Dagon sent a letter to Xie Zhiwei. She knew that Xie Zhiwei was the apprentice of Princess Dagon, and the two families were discussing marriage again. Princess Dagon sent a letter to Xie Zhiwei at this time, Mostly it was to let Xie Zhiwei inquire about his son.

Instead of being inquired about, it's better to send it to the door openly and let Xie Zhiwei see what happened.

That's why Mrs. Lu Guogong invited Xie Zhiwei to come. The eldest daughter of the Xie family is exquisite in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and enjoys a high reputation in the capital. Letting her help him hold eyes can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.

Xie Zhiwei glanced at the painter standing aside, and saw that the man was in his early twenties, with a bamboo hairpin on his head, and a cotton gown, and five patches were made on the front, with elbows on both sides, each There is one, the nervousness is hard to hide.

Xie Zhiwei quickly withdrew her gaze and looked at the scroll. She looked carefully from the beginning to the end, pretending to be casual, "I am familiar with this painting method, and I have seen it in a painting before."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Lu Guogong immediately raised her eyebrows and looked at the painter angrily. The meaning was very obvious. Could it be that the painter was imitating other people's works?

The painter was also very nervous, and hurriedly asked, "I wonder which painting the princess is looking at, which is similar to Caomin's brushwork?"

Xie Zhi smiled and said, "About seven or eight months ago, Jingzhao Mansion was ordered to recruit painters from Liangjiang, and some good ones were selected and sent to me. Among them was a pair of "Eighteen Immortals". They are all very good and full of Buddhist rhyme, and I recommended them to my mother at that time, and I remember that the painting was signed by Lulenga."

After finishing speaking, Xie Zhiwei glanced at this person meaningfully. This person's eyes were full of gratitude when he met Xie Zhiwei's gaze, with hot tears rolling down his face. That "Picture of Eighteen Immortals" was made by Cao Min."

Xie Zhiwei showed a look of extreme shock, and hurriedly said, "It turns out that it was made by Mr. Guan. Mr. Guan's paintings are poor and unique, and they are indeed extraordinary. I wonder if Mr. is willing to give up the picture of "Eighteen Immortals"?"

Lu Lengjia couldn't help being overjoyed, and hurriedly tried to please the authentic, "Thanks to the princess's love, "The Picture of Eighteen Immortals", Caomin is willing to dedicate it to the princess!"

Xie Zhi smiled and said, "I appreciate your kindness. That painting is exquisitely crafted and the characters are so ethereal. It is really a rare work handed down from generation to generation. How can you give it away for nothing?"

Xie Zhiwei nodded towards Xuantao, and Xuantao took out a bank note of one thousand taels and handed it to Lulenga.

Looking at it, Lu Lenga was frightened, and hurriedly waved his hand, and stuffed the mystical peach into him, "Do you think it's too little?"

Lulenga was busy waving his hands again, "No, no!"

Flustered, Xuan Tao covered her mouth and smiled, seeing Xie Zhiwei looking over, she quickly suppressed her smile, and retreated behind Xie Zhiwei.

When Lulenga was shoving Xuantao just now, his fingertips accidentally touched the back of Xuantao's hand. The girl's cool and soft skin made him feel like being struck by lightning. He trembled suddenly, and a layer of blush appeared on his cheeks. Said, also very self-blame.

This is disrespect to the girl.

Xuantao didn't take it too seriously, and the other party didn't do it on purpose anyway. Her generous attitude made Lu Lenga heave a sigh of relief, but at the same time, she also felt that, after all, she was working next to the princess, and her pattern and mind seemed to be more serious. very different.

Ms. Yuan can't understand what is good and what is bad. Like Mrs. Lu Guogong, she feels that the face of Layman Vimalakirti in this painting is a little bit fierce.

Rong said with a smile, "The Dharma is majestic. Lay Vimalakirti was originally a Bodhisattva who attained the Tao. After reincarnation, he went to Vixieli City and became a lay Buddhist with supernatural powers, wisdom, and extraordinary eloquence. "Questioning Diseases" talks about Vimalakirti. The layman claimed to be sick, and the great Bodhisattva Manjushri went to ask about his illness. The two debated the Dharma. This layman Vimalakirti has a clean face showing his illness, and he seems to have forgotten his words. It is really vivid!"

"Amitabha!" Mrs. Lu Guogong couldn't help saying the Buddha's name, overjoyed.

Although no one has come forward to clarify the identity of the Rong family, as the prophecy of "Seven Stars Restored" has been propagated from south to north by interested people, the identity of the Rong family has become obvious.

The second update!

(end of this chapter)