Easy exchange of gold

Zuo Xuan was tired from shopping, so he walked back towards the station.

Xu Shi happened to be late at night, and saw several sedan chairs passing by on the road.Suddenly, when one of them passed by Zuo Xuan, the curtain was lifted suddenly, the man poked his head out, his eyes followed Zuo Xuan for a long time, and then stopped the sedan chair.

"Zuo Xuan!"

Zuo Xuan stopped and turned around, it turned out to be Li Chi.

Zuo Xuan went forward to meet him, and greeted him with a smile, "Master Li."

Li Chi looked Zuo Xuan up and down, and then said with a slight sigh, "You have changed a lot."

"Yeah, people don't always stay the same."

"You came to Ryan this time...?"

Zuo Xuan answered him helplessly, "Several painting friends persuaded me to come, saying that they wanted to participate in this general election."

Li Chi didn't expect such a coincidence, "That's really..."

"It's okay, I won't be selected."

"I hope you get what you want."

"Well, let Master Li give me a good word." With that said, Zuo Xuangong cupped his hands and prepared to leave.

"Hey, why don't we have a cup of tea and chat?"

Zuo Xuan shook his head, "Not yet."

"Okay, goodbye."

"Goodbye."

Watching Zuo Xuan gradually walk away, Li Chi shook his head, thinking that His Majesty's calculation was right this time.Since Zuo Xuan had already set foot on the territory of Rui'an City, how could he leave directly like this.

Zuo Xuan and the others stayed in the station for about five or six days before they received the emperor's edict.Of the painters living in the station, only five or six sporadically received the imperial edict, and it is unknown what rules the emperor used to select them.

When they arrived at a palace in the palace, they saw Pei Yi sitting in the center.Zuo Xuan didn't even dare to think affectionately that Pei Yi was inviting him into the urn.

When the painters met the emperor, they knelt down to salute, and Zuo Xuan was no exception.

As soon as they knelt down, the emperor asked them to stand up.Then, the attendants led them all to their respective tables, and then a group of maidservants came in, and put a pot of peonies on each table.

The screening topic this time is, Peony.

Zuo Xuan didn't pick up his pen until the painters around him started to write.He thought, since it was a selection, Pei Yi wouldn't be able to open his eyes and talk nonsense, so he drew a picture of the peonies on the table in a very regular manner.

He was obviously the last to start writing, but he was the first to complete it.After finishing the drawing, he put down his pen and raised his head, just in time to meet the eyes of Pei Yi who was above him, and he didn't know how long the other party looked at him.

Zuo Xuan looked away calmly and looked around.Every painter is very diligent in splashing ink, only he muddle through, but he has peace of mind.

After waiting for a while, someone finally completed the painting one after another.The maidservants waiting at the side put away the paintings and handed them over to the emperor's servants, who then presented them to the emperor to read.

After waiting for a while, the emperor announced the answer. The artist chosen this time is——

Thousands of guests.

Zuo Xuan didn't expect that Pei Yi would actually open his eyes and talk nonsense.

Next, the emperor's valet showed Zuo Xuan's painting, and the painters below also whispered.

At this moment, Pei Yi stood up.There was an instant silence.

Pei Yi took two steps forward, and then said, "I think you all don't understand why such an ordinary painting won. Then I will explain to you."

"Your paintings are indeed exquisite, and they are indeed paintings of peonies, but," Pei Yi paused, "I ordered a pot of peonies to be placed on every table, but no one except Qianjinke painted them. And Qian Jinke not only painted it, but every detail is exactly the same as his pot of peonies."

"What I am looking for is a painter who can accurately depict my appearance, and does not require too much skill to render, so Qian Jinke is well-deserved."

Zuo Xuan almost laughed when he heard Pei Yi's words.Obviously, he deliberately set a trap for others on the topic, and caught the other's desire to show his skills in front of the emperor, but he spoke so righteously.I also blame myself for being careless, and actually fell into his urn.

Zuo Xuan thought about it, and at this moment, Pei Yi asked a question.

"I don't know which elegant scholar Qianjinke is?"

Zuo Xuan had no choice but to leave his position and walk a step forward to salute.What he thought was, if Pei Yi really didn't know that he was a rich man, then he would be a pig.

Now that the winner had been chosen, the others were sent back to the station.Of course, in order to thank them for their important participation, Pei Yi gave them some rewards.And Zuo Xuan was arranged in a palace in the palace.

There is no popularity in this palace at all, it doesn't look like it was abandoned after others lived in it.

Zuo Xuan has been living here for three days, and Pei Yi hasn't come to him to paint for him, as if he has forgotten his existence.But he didn't like this feeling, the feeling of waiting for Pei Yi.

He was a little restless and began to think about Pei Yi's real intentions.

After another day, Zuo Xuan still couldn't hold back, and asked the servant if he could ask to see the emperor.

That evening, Pei Yi came to Zuo Xuan's residence.

It's been so many years that Zuo Xuan has watched Pei Yi so carefully.

He asked: "I don't know if His Majesty really wants Caomin to paint?"

"It's true."

"Then I don't know what His Majesty's intention is to let the grass people live here alone for a few days, and ignore them?"

Zuo Xuan didn't even know what question he really wanted to ask.

Pei Yi was stunned, "I...too busy."

Zuo Xuan sneered, "That's right, His Majesty has a lot going on every day, so it's okay to let the grassroots in the lower district wait for a few more days."

Perhaps Zuo Xuan's attitude was too presumptuous and bold. The guard behind Pei Yi stepped forward and blocked Pei Yi.

"Don't be rude!"

Only then did Zuo Xuan suddenly realize that he had lost his mind and was indeed being rude.

He smiled slightly, brushed the hem of his clothes, knelt down on his knees, and kowtowed to the ground.

"The grassroots are rude to contradict His Majesty, and I hope His Majesty will punish him."

Pei Yi was so startled that he took half a step back. After a while, he came back to his senses and shouted at the guards, but he didn't dare to step forward.

"You... get up quickly and stop kneeling."

But Zuo Xuan still bowed his head, "The grassroots are rude, please forgive me."

Zuo Xuan didn't want to get up, and Pei Yi didn't dare to help.

How many years of time can't match the clarity of the picture now. There is really a world of difference between the two of them, as if separated by a deep moat.

Pei Yi didn't say a word anymore, and left here with a slight stagger.

And Zuo Xuan finally raised his head, stood up slowly, and gradually put away the smile on his lips.

Kneeling down, I don't know who is torturing.

The next day, Pei Yi asked Zuo Xuan to paint his portrait.He has prepared several dresses, which obviously cannot be finished in a day.It took about half a month to draw, and it finally came to an end.During the period, Pei Yi no longer intentionally created small situations for Zuo Xuan, and kept a cold face, acting like an emperor.

When the painting was finished on the last day, when Zuo Xuan went to bed at night, he couldn't sleep for some reason.But I couldn't sleep, so I had to close my eyes and rest.

After an unknown amount of time, Zuo Xuan suddenly felt that someone opened the door and came in.He kept his eyes closed and pretended to be asleep, not knowing who he was or what he wanted to do.

Zuo Xuan felt it cautiously, only felt that the man stood in front of his bed, and his seemingly invisible eyes kept sticking to his body, which made him a little uncomfortable.

I don't know what that person wants to do, I just looked at myself for a long time, then turned and left.

Zuo Xuan only opened his eyes when he heard the sound of the door closing, got off the bed with bare feet, walked quickly to the window and looked out.

The moon was so bright that night that the ground was completely white.

Zuo Xuan only saw the back of the man gradually going away, and he didn't need to think about it, it must be Pei Yi.

He sighed. In fact, there was no resentment or resentment in his heart, but he was a little disappointed. He and Pei Yi were destined to go farther and farther.

Back on the bed, Zuo Xuan fell asleep in no time.

The next day, Zuo Xuan took a lot of gold, silver and jewelry from the emperor, hired a carriage, and headed home in the direction of Chixi.

Pei Yi, on the other hand, stood on the tower, watching Zuo Xuan gradually go away.Li Chi, who came to talk to the emperor, went to the tower and saw the expressionless face of the emperor. He thought to himself that he was pretending to be so, but he was suffering in his heart.

Li Qiu saluted, and just as he was about to speak, Pei Yi turned around and went down the tower.

It seems that His Majesty the emperor is unhappy, and some will suffer in the next few days.

Li Chao shook his head and followed Pei Yi down.

After Pei Yi returned to the palace, he entered the imperial study room, where he covered the desk with paintings.If Zuo Xuan was here, he would have recognized most of the paintings he had painted in the past seven years.

It was also Pei Yi's only consolation for missing Zuo Xuan in the past seven years.

He looked at each painting again, and he inscribed words on those paintings with great care.

People only know how precious something is when they lose it.In the past few years, Pei Yi has been thinking about his stupidity all the time, and he has never wanted to make up for his mistakes.But the time is not yet, he has to wait a little longer, wait a little longer, this time it is really fast...

Zuo Xuan went back to Chixi, first went to his parents, told them about going to Rui'an, and then prepared to hand over the reward given by the emperor to his parents.

It's just that neither of the parents asked for the gold and silver, thinking that Zuo Xuan deserved it, and agreed that Pei Yi was too stingy.

Zuo Xuan couldn't laugh or cry, his parents really spoiled him too much.Father Zuo and Niang Zuo saw that there was nothing wrong with their youngest son, and they also let go of their worries.

Then Father Zuo began to teach Zuo Xuan, telling him that after everyone knew about the painting for the emperor this time, the price of Zuo Xuan's paintings would inevitably rise.Father Zuo asked him to wait a few months before starting to paint, and start after everyone heard about "Thousands of Gold", otherwise the amount of painting would be too much and it would be worthless.

Zuo Xuan responded with "Okay, okay", he didn't know when his father became such a money fan.

Next, Zuo Xuan did listen to Papa Zuo's "teachings" and didn't write for half a year.Not long after he started painting again, a big event happened in the world.

The current emperor, who is in his prime, passed the throne to his 36-year-old Crown Prince just after his 13th birthday, and abdicated himself as the Supreme Emperor.

The author has something to say:

Today, a roommate of mine who signed a contract told me that there is a big guy in the group she is in, with a speed of 3000 words per hour.I was shocked, I, 300 words per hour, no more.God give me a head full of literary ideas! ! !

Also, Gu Liang asked me if there was a fixed update time, I said no, but it will be updated before 11pm.As it turns out, I'm still better at writing late at night. . .