Jiaohua

Chapter 737 Copying Portraits (One More)
At the same time, the door to Tai Zicang's backyard was also closed.

Tai Zicang turned around tiredly, looked up and saw his wife Bai standing under the eaves looking at him.

"Didn't I tell you to go to sleep?" Tai Zicang said as he went.

"Your husband has worked hard," Bai's Fuli said, "Today, let's not go to the academy."

"I have to go," Tai Zicang went to the bedroom without stopping.

"But husband, you are too tired," Bai followed up with a sad face, "Your health has been getting worse and worse recently, and you haven't slept all night, how can you bear it when you go to class again?"

Tai Zicang waved his hands, ignored her, and raised his voice to call for the maidservants to wash up.

Bai sighed softly, knowing that he was stubborn and it would be useless to talk too much, so she turned and went to his studio to clean up the leftovers from last night.

Usually, only she can move the things in the studio, and none of the servants in the house dare to come in without authorization. Tai Zicang is usually kind and gentle, but if he touches his studio easily, he will get angry.

When Bai went in and took a look, he really spent a lot of pen, ink and paper.

She lightly rolled up her sleeves and began to tidy up one by one. After the desk was neat and tidy, she tidied up the long and short ones in the middle.

Several paintings were opened, quite messy, she rolled them up again, and found that these paintings were all signed by Tang Xiangsi.

"Tang Acacia." When Bai read these words, she felt a little familiar, but it was difficult to recall them for a while.

After thinking about it for a while, she still didn't realize that Bai was going to give up, but at this moment, she heard noises outside, saying that Tai Zicang was going to go to school.

As usual before leaving, he raised his voice to say goodbye to her at the door.

Bai Shi went out with a smile, and greeted him with a blessing: "Husband, go slowly, and go home early."

"Madam waited for me last night and didn't take a good rest. Don't forget to catch up on sleep today," said Tai Zicang, looking at the servant woman beside him, "make some tonic soup and ginseng tea, and bring it to Madam in the afternoon."

"Yes." The maid accepted the order.

After Tai Zicang left, Bai went back to the studio.

She opened one of the paintings, which was called "Smoky Rain and Bird Clothes Lane". Looking at the scene in the painting, the sense of familiarity became stronger and stronger.

It happened that it reached my throat, but I couldn't say anything.

Since all these paintings have been taken out, it means that this person is not an easy person to her husband or that Ali girl. Even if she just appreciates this person's painting style, if she can come up with something, it will definitely be useful.

Just try your best to think about it!

After tidying up the studio, Mrs. Bai went back to the bedroom, but heard a very low call: "Ma'am!"

Bai Shi turned her head, and a servant woman hurriedly came from the backyard: "Ma'am, wait!"

The maid approached quickly, handed over a note, and said in a low voice, "It was sent out by the servants of the Chen family!"

Bai's heart tightened, and he quickly gathered the note into his sleeve: "I see."

After returning to the room and closing the four windows, Bai opened the note, it was Zhuge's distress letter, hoping she would find a way to help "steal" Chen Yunqi out of the Chen residence.

The letter contained pleas and strong emotions, and kept mentioning that Zhuge would rather die than have any accidents happen to his daughter.

Bai took a deep breath, lit the candle, and burned the note in a small tile cup.

She got acquainted with Zhuge, because she was unable to conceive for many years, and Zhuge wanted a son wholeheartedly. The two sought prescriptions together and met many famous doctors, but none of them were successful. On the contrary, they became close friends for many years.

This busy, Bai also wants to help, but Nie Huimo is in charge, she is just a painter's wife, what can she do.

However, there is one person who may be able to help, that is Miss Ali who came to the door last night, but how to find her who is so elusive?
No, when Bai's eyes narrowed, she would definitely not be able to find it, but she can come on her own initiative!

The day was calm and the time passed slowly.

A bell rang, and a large group of students poured out from the alley behind Xingzhong Academy.

In the compound where there were not many people left, a few students stayed and asked questions to the teacher.

Tai Zicang poured out the rest of the refreshment tea in the pot, cleaned up the tea set, and was about to pack up and leave, but saw two students running from outside, a little unhappy: "Teacher!"

"Teacher, your words don't count!"

"Teacher, why are you like this!"

"Ah?" Tai Zicang was puzzled, "What happened?"

"The teacher said at the beginning that all the work of copying portraits will be taken over for us in the future, why is it given to others now?"

"That's right, the teacher broke his promise!"

"Copying portraits? Wasn't that job given to you before?"

"It's new, new life!"

Tai Zicang walked outside with his belongings: "Take me to have a look."

"The portrait is lifelike, and it looks like it was drawn by the teacher. If it wasn't drawn by the teacher, who is it?" the student said as he led the way.

As they went out, a few more students came running, very angry.

One of them directly tore up the portrait and handed it over. Tai Zicang looked at it and exclaimed in surprise, "Her!"

"Teacher know?"

"Look, it's what the teacher drew!"

"Stupid!" Tai Zicang suddenly said angrily, "I've blinded you for nothing, take a closer look, is this a painting?"

People didn't quite understand.

"...This is not a painting, what is that?"

"This is printing!" It was Tai Zicang's turn to get angry, "It's a pity that you have been dealing with calligraphy and painting all day, so you can't recognize them! You should be anxious, once this technology spreads, you will lose a way to make money! "

Tai Zicang left everyone behind and left with a flick of his sleeves.

The students were stunned, and then hurried to catch up, calling out teacher and sir, asking who was involved in this incident, who was printing, and who was the person on the painting...

Tai Zicang didn't answer at all, when he walked around to the front gate of Xingzhong Academy, he saw several generals coming out of the academy,
He stopped, and the students stopped too.

The eyes of those generals swept over, and they hurriedly bowed their heads in a respectful manner.

Xingzhong Academy stopped teaching classes two years ago. Some gentlemen saw that many students still wanted to learn, so they found a house in the alley behind to continue teaching. The tuition fees were very small, and they were almost only used for renting land. The monthly salary of each gentleman has been reduced by at least two-thirds compared with the original one.

As for the Xingzhong Academy, it was used by the original Academician Feng as a way to flatter him, and it was sold to the government long ago.

The same academician, Academician Du of Dongping University went to Hejing, and his family and country were devastated.

After the generals left, Tai Zicang turned and walked to the other side.

Seeing this, the students hurriedly followed him and continued to pester him with questions.

Along the way, Tai Zicang also saw these paintings pasted on the wall.

Printing technology is already very popular, but Tai Zicang would be surprised if she produced so many at such a fast speed.

Also, unlike movable type, the printing of portraits can only be done with engraving, and engraving has to be carved by her hand.

too strong!
Tai Zicang looked at these paintings.

Even if a student copied it stroke by stroke, there would be variations, but this painting, which she carved was almost exactly the same as his painting.

Really a strange woman.

　I've been moving during this time, and now it's stabilized!Watch me become a coding madman!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)