Ninefold above

Chapter 20
Xie Jiuxiao put down the bowl after a few sips, walked to her side, and looked down at the painting as well.

It took nearly two hours to draw this painting. From sketching to coloring, Xie Jiuxiao felt that she couldn't find any mistakes. It can be seen from her expression that she didn't rush.

Lu Chengfeng thought for a moment and said, "I can't tell, it's not quite the same as what I usually see in the garden."

Xie Jiuxiao lowered his head and scanned the painting, frowned slightly, his fingertips were slowly covered with ink, before he could speak, he heard Lu Chengfeng say: "It's a bit less popular."

Xie Jiuxiao looked at her: "Popular?"

Lu Chengfeng nodded, and said, "Humanity, Qinyuan has you, Thirteen, and me, but there is nothing in the distance, it looks like a wild pond."

Xie Jiuxiao listened to this remark, smiled unconsciously, and said: "I understand, this is probably what the master once said, painting is dead but alive, beauty is beautiful but has no soul."

Lu Chengfeng understood the general idea, Xie Jiuxiao picked up the pen again, and added a gazebo, he held the pen and meditated, and drew a person in the pavilion.

He wrote like a god, and simply outlined a vague outline, and the man was sitting beside him holding a peach blossom.

Lu Chengfeng glanced across his arm from the painting and landed on the face.

Xie Jiuxiao was concentrating on sketching the details.

With such a talent and appearance, such a family background, what will this person be like in the future?

Jingguo is governed by separate jurisdictions in the southeast and northwest, with five cities in Subei, three states in West Shanxi, five counties in Nanling, and five cities and four counties in Suidong. Due to the difference in terrain, the garrison strength of each jurisdiction is different.Among them, the Nanling border is the most peaceful, with [-] troops garrisoned; the west of Shanxi has more commerce and trade, and [-] troops are stationed;

These days, Lu Chengfeng gets along well with Qinyuan's servants and the guards at the back door. Naturally, he can also learn some weird rumors from other people. For example, it is the first time she knows that she is so famous in Yanjing. Chengfeng, there is a Tan Chengyi in western Shanxi, there is a famous Shen Jiangyue in Nanling, there is Wei Shan in Suidong, and although there are many strange people and strange things in Yanjing, it is hard to tell who it is. Not to mention Xie Cen from the Xie family, but Xie Jiuxiao.

Apart from his family background, the most talked about face of this person is the face that turns all living beings upside down.

Lu Chengfeng's gaze was invisible.

Red lips and white teeth, picturesque eyebrows.

The words used to praise women are not too much for him.

Xie Jiuxiao didn't look up, and said in a low voice, "Look, how about this?"

Lu Chengfeng came back to his senses, took a closer look, but was taken aback.

The person in the pavilion already had a face. She was wearing a green dress, with her head slightly lowered, and she was picking off a flower petal.

Xie Jiuxiao actually drew her.

Lu Chengfeng stared at the painting without making a sound, but Shisan, who was full of food and drink, came over, and when he saw the painting, he was pleasantly surprised: "Chengfeng, you are in the painting!"

Shisan looked at Xie Jiuxiao again in doubt, and said, "But young master, haven't you never drawn people?"

Xie Jiuxiao looked pale, put down his pen, and said, "I never said that."

Thirteen said: "You didn't say it, but you did it. You have painted hundreds of paintings since you were young, and none of them belonged to someone. I know this best."

Xie Jiuxiao's face darkened, and he said, "What? Can't draw?"

Thirteen hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, of course, it's just..."

Thirteen pointed to the place in the painting: "At that time, Chengfeng and I did the work together, why did she only draw her, young master, you are biased."

Shisan also just said casually, leaned over and squinted his eyes to observe the painting carefully, and said, "Master, don't tell me, this addition makes the whole painting feel different."

Xie Jiuxiao glanced at it coolly, put down his pen, and said, "Then do you feel that I am also different?"

Thirteen raised his eyes: "What?"

Xie Jiuxiao put a blank face on his face: "Believe it or not, I buried you in this pond?"

Thirteen screamed and said in dissatisfaction: "Young Master, please, what did I do wrong again? You can change it if you say it, and I will definitely change it."

Xie Jiuxiao said: "You mean whether to change or not depends on your mood?"

Thirteen touched his chin with one hand, and said very seriously: "If the young master allows it, it's not impossible."

Lu Chengfeng couldn't help laughing, and fanned the flames, saying, "You have a really big temper."

As soon as the words fell, Xie Jiuxiao had already moved his hands.

Thirteen yelled at the same time and answered quickly, the two of them didn't really want to fight, but Xie Jiuxiao's hands and feet were a little itchy after resting these days, and the two of them were still scrupulous about the house full of paintings, so they didn't really let go. After a few rounds, Thirteen One retreated lightly, panting with a smile, and said, "Don't stop, young master, I was wrong!"

Xie Jiuxiao was angry and laughed, he couldn't help him, turned around, Lu Chengfeng was looking at the two with a smile, Xie Jiuxiao raised his chin, and said with a smile: "What are you looking at? Two tricks?"

Lu Chengfeng shook his head and said nothing.

Thirteen is also a thick-skinned guy, and said at the opportunity: "Let's not do it, the young master is barely able to draw with me. I can't do a few tricks under Cheng Feng's hands, young master, don't make things difficult for Cheng Feng."

Xie Jiuxiao turned his head away: "I suddenly remembered that my elder brother told me that there was a shortage of manpower a few days ago."

Thirteen suddenly stood respectfully, and said seriously, "Young Master, Thirteen is wrong, Young Master is the best!"

Lu Chengfeng couldn't help laughing, shook his head lightly, and turned his eyes to a few scattered scrolls.

Is this a recent painting?

Lu Chengfeng was just amazed by Xie Jiuxiao's painting skills. Although he didn't know how to paint, he was also interested, and took one with a smile and opened it.

Unexpectedly, Xie Jiuxiao's face was shocked, and he stepped forward in two or three steps: "Don't move!"

Only one corner of Lu Chengfeng's scroll was unfolded, and a horseshoe was vaguely seen. Xie Jiuxiao snatched the scroll before he knew what it was painted on.

Lu Chengfeng was stunned for a moment, but Xie Jiuxiao's expression didn't seem angry, but vaguely nervous.

She felt it was funny, she stopped her hands and said: "It's the servant's fault."

Xie Jiuxiao lowered his head and didn't look at her, just said: "Don't move this painting..."

Lu Chengfeng only thought it was some precious painting, and didn't say anything, Shisan had already come forward: "What paintings can't be seen? Young master, is there any painting in this studio that can't be seen? Aren't they all painted by you? .”

Xie Jiuxiao took a long box from the cabinet, put the painting in it, and said, "This painting is not good."

"Why?"

Xie Jiuxiao said, "Why can't you shut up?"

Thirteen was dumb, and closed his mouth resentfully.

In the first ten days of June, Yanjing experienced three days and three nights of heavy rain. The water level of the moat rose, and the farms in the suburbs of Yanjing were damaged to a certain extent. He was reprimanded by the emperor for several days.

On the fourth day, the torrential rain subsided early in the morning, and the whole Qinyuan Garden was shrouded in mist and mist. The white lotus in the pond was scattered by the heavy rain for several days. Xie Jiuxiao's room.

Xie Jiuxiao was reviewing a book, and Shisan disappeared after lunch. She inserted the painting into the porcelain vase, arranged the vase, and saw a woman walking slowly with an umbrella from outside the steps.

Lu Chengfeng met twice and knew that this was Xie Yunqian's wife Zhou Lihua, so he stepped back and slightly bent his knees.

Behind Zhou Lihua was a little maid, who was holding a wooden box, I don't know what it was.

Xie Jiuxiao got up when he heard the movement, and said with a smile, "I've seen my sister-in-law."

Zhou Lihua approached the desk, checked his homework, and said, "Before you came, your elder brother specifically told me to watch over you. I argued for you at that time. You are not a lazy person, so you don't need to pay attention to your homework."

Xie Jiuxiao laughed, and said: "My sister-in-law still loves me, unlike my elder brother, who will admonish me all day long."

Zhou Lihua smiled when she heard the words, and said: "Your elder brother is also doing it for your own good. Of course he loves you. No, someone just gave him a baby, so he asked me to come here."

Xie Jiuxiao said, "Oh? Baby? What baby?"

The maid put the wooden box on the table and opened it, and inside was a snow-white red-billed pigeon.

Xie Jiuxiao said, "Pigeon? What kind of baby is this?"

Zhou Lihua also looked at it curiously, and said: "I heard from your elder brother that this pigeon is very expensive. It seems to be called Blood Jade Dragon. It has a strong figure and human nature. It is still a young pigeon. Your elder brother dare not use a bird cage. Use it directly. The secret box is packed for you."

Xie Jiuxiao didn't see any tricks, accepted it with a smile, and said, "Sister-in-law, thank you for making this trip."

Zhou Lihua said, "I'm here, and I have another thing to tell you."

The flying pigeons on the table occupied the floor, the two stood in front of the door, and it was raining outside.

Zhou Lihua said: "A while ago, my grandfather asked me to pay attention to the young lady in Yanjing City who has not left the cabinet. He wanted to marry you. My grandfather said that you are now eighteen, so it's time to get engaged."

Xie Jiuxiao said: "So it's because of this. Does the sister-in-law have a daughter from a family that she likes?"

Seeing that he didn't resist, Zhou Lihua laughed and said: "In fact, there are two of them. One is the daughter of the Shi family. She is sixteen years old. I have seen the portrait. She is quiet and gentle, and she is proficient in all aspects of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. The number one is lower, but the advantage lies in the cleanliness of the family. There is another one, the daughter of the Han family, who has the best temperament and appearance."

Xie Jiuxiao smiled wryly, and said: "Sister-in-law, don't make fun of me. The youngest daughter of the Shi family was frightened by me last year and got seriously ill, and she lay on the bed for half a month. There's going to be a fire."

Zhou Lihua asked suspiciously: "There is such a thing?"

"What the hell! And the daughter of Han's parents. I had a fight with her younger brother just a few years ago. Han Qiuyue has always protected her younger brother. If she really wants to marry me, then I will not let her younger brother go. Sister-in-law... good sister-in-law ... just forgive me."

Xie Jiuxiao's words were somewhat serious and somewhat coquettish, Zhou Lihua couldn't help him immediately, and said, "According to what you said, these two are really not suitable."

Xie Jiuxiao said, "It's really not suitable."

Zhou Lihua had no choice but to put the matter on hold for the time being, but saw the little girl suddenly groan, and the two looked back in search of the sound, but it was the young pigeon that spread its wings and flew onto Lu Chengfeng's shoulder.

(End of this chapter)