Chapter 82 Encounter
Luo Zhaoyun thoughtfully examined how far the fireworks venues in Chang'an City are currently being developed. To gain a foothold in Chang'an, how should his "Ning Chamber of Commerce" compete with each other to avoid weaknesses, attract attention, and attract guests?
With this idea, Luo Zhaoyun left early in the morning. Yongningfang and Xinghuafang were not too far away. There were only three yards in the middle. He came out from the north gate of Yongningfang, went straight west along the street, walked out several miles, and came to the south gate of Xinghuafang and entered directly.
Because in the early morning, many guests who were looking for flowers and willows came only at noon or at dusk; in the early morning, some romantic scholars, noble children, merchants, honors and others who were sleeping overnight in brothels were yawning, walking out of the yard, and were about to return to their mansions.
Some rode horses, some were riding in sedan chairs, and were full of alcohol and weak. Obviously, they had a lot of trouble last night, and they were having sex with the girls on the couch, which was exhausting their energy.
Although Chang'an City implements a curfew policy, closing the city gates, palace gates, and fang gates at night, and people are not allowed to travel around the streets, before dusk, I go to the brothel and have fun inside. As long as I don't come out, no one will care about it. There is no problem with singing every night, and it is a closed entertainment!
Of course, some officials and noble children with titles often do not obey them. When patrolling guards see noble children, they often turn a blind eye.
If you are an ordinary civilian, you will suffer a disaster and will definitely be sentenced to heavy sentences and will be sentenced to prison.
As soon as Luo Zhaoyun entered Xinghuafang, he could see that the floor had a regular layout, elegant environment, and extremely particularity. There were many shops on the street. The most eye-catching thing was the Yong'an Canal River on his left. There were already a few boats unloading goods on the river surface, including piano, chess, calligraphy, ink, paper, ink, silk and cloth, dates, oranges, melons, fruits, wine, salt, rice, wheat and grains, and many daily necessities, which were accepted by the shops here.
Many shops have opened in the early morning, and they sell a wide range of goods, including fur and rhinoceros jade, aquatic products from all over the south, Luzhou silk, Shuzhong Qing tea, spices and pearls from the Western Regions, as well as fruits, wines, tea, silk, paper, and books from all over the country.
There are also some small shops selling breakfast, noodle soup, tofu, mutton, belly lungs, crabs, shortbread, date sand dumplings, candies, etc., and the fragrance scents are everywhere.
He looked at some wine banners floating in the distance, with inns and wine shops standing in a row. Walking inside, there was a cross avenue in the yard, with an antique building complex with elegant buildings and scattered buildings, carved railings and painted buildings, pleasant scenery, small windows and bead curtains are hidden and quiet, making it look much quieter.
Luo Zhaoyun sighed in his heart that the environment here is elegant, and the so-called brothels are all high-end villa areas, which are not the vulgar and dirty environment he imagined.
Suddenly, he saw a slender figure standing on the rich bamboo forest along the riverside, as if painting on a painting board. Behind the figure was a teenage servant, holding a tray in his hand, with a lot of fine and colorful ink in it.
"It's so elegant to come out to paint so early in the morning!"
Luo Zhaoyun was curious and walked over. I wonder which historical celebrity was another who was a person of art here?
He held his breath and calmed down, his steps were silent, slowly approaching the back of the two of them, and gathered his eyes to look at the board.
The painting on the white rice paper is almost finished, and the canals, boats, buildings, etc. are all vivid, but the weeping willows along the river are listless and lack a charm, which makes the scholar confused, frown on his eyebrows, very handsome and slow to go down.
Luo Zhaoyun glanced at the painting for a few times, and then looked at the scenery ahead. Although they were generally very similar, skillful in the method, and the real image was still lacking a kind of agility. It was good, because there was a breeze on the river surface and the willow branches were swaying gently, but this person's painting was a bit rigid.
"It seems that something is missing..." The painter sighed softly, his voice was very light and nice. He was wearing a straight long shirt with a high neckline and wide edge of a man in the Sui Dynasty. However, the tailoring was integrated, although not burly, but very well-proportioned.
"There is no agile artistic conception and less vitality!" Luo Zhaoyun couldn't help but speak from behind.
"Ah!" The painter and the servant beside him heard a third person behind him speak, and they all turned around in shock.
Luo Zhaoyun immediately saw a stunning cheek, with picturesque eyebrows and long eyebrows, small nose, lips like crimson dots, eyes shining brightly, and skin is white and frosty. Although he is dressed as a man, his stunning and unparalleled beauty and elegant temperament made Luo Zhaoyun, a time traveler, recognize the essence.
The painter who dressed as a man quickly stopped his awakening and nodded slightly. Although the other party came over silently and peeked at his work, it was a little abrupt, but this place was not a private area after all. And when he heard the other party’s words, he mentioned what he lacked, his unhappiness was reduced a little. He said hello to him and said, “I just heard the little husband’s advice and was quite insightful. Are you very good at painting?”
Luo Zhaoyun smiled awkwardly and said, "Actually, I just understand it a little. The painting skills I have reached the highest level in terms of exercise, ink, color matching, etc. It can be said that I have skilled painting skills, but lacking a little connotation of artistic conception. This thing is not a hard learning, but a moment of understanding."
"Huh!" The woman in the painting looked moved and she exclaimed softly, as if these words touched her.
At this moment, the woman who painted the painting heard that the other party was an expert, so she became humble, stared at him with her eyes, and bowed her hands and fists and said, "I'll ask my little brother to give me some advice!"
Although Luo Zhaoyun didn't know how charming this man was after changing into women's clothing, even in men's clothing, his eyes were full of thrilling beauty. He roughly guessed that this must be a talented and beautiful woman in Chang'an City. It is still impossible to determine whether she lives in Xinghuafang.
At this time, when he was so concerned, the other party's eyes showed expectation. Luo Zhaoyun thought that no one knew about it, and there were no nobles around him. He showed his limelight and pretended to be appropriate. Otherwise, more than 1,500 years of knowledge would be held in his stomach and endured everywhere, and he was really bored.
Luo Zhaoyun thought that when he was in college, he had attended an art class and took an elective art class. At that time, he clearly remembered a book called "Art Observation" written by Mr. Liu Xiaochun, which contained such remarks. At this time, after a little recollection, he smiled faintly: "The artistic conception in painting can be summarized into five words: simple, emotional, distant, quiet, and mysterious."
"Simple means to obtain one thing, and it is simple and concise without refuting it; love means to be true and comfortable in the scenery, and all the words of the scenery are sentiments; far away means to be born from the real and the empty and far-reaching aura; quiet means to use stillness to control movement, concentrate the mind and illuminate and illuminate, and forget both things and me; mysterious means to create naturalness, and to "imitate the body of Taixu" and "clear the mind and observe the Tao". To understand these five words thoroughly, it is another state."
When the woman in the painting heard this remark, she immediately looked bright, her face looked meticulous and excited, as if she had found a confidant of the magical relationship and could talk to herself about the profound artistic conception in the painting. After careful chewing, she would have a talented woman like her, with a very high talent. With a point of pointing to the broken window paper, she could see a new world.
Chapter completed!