Universal Creation: Creating Chaos at the Beginning

Han Rui smiled and said, "That's right. I just learned a few prose essays, but I didn't specialize in painting, so it's not worth mentioning."

"I actually think that your painting skills are extraordinary." Chen Shancheng said with a smile, "If you don't believe me, look."

"Well, what?" Han Rui was stunned, puzzled, stretched his head to look, and was stunned for a moment, only to see Chen Shancheng took out a copybook from his cuff, spread it between his knees, spread out the rice paper, and dipped it in ink Splash it up.

A burst of strong brush strokes, elegant and free, like a landscape splashed with ink, rendered, sharp, vigorous and powerful, as if drawn by a steel hook and silver hook, shaped like a ghostly axe, delicate and flexible.

Regardless of whether Han Ruicheng admits it or not, after Chen Shancheng finished the painting, he handed over the copybook and said with a smile, "Brother Han, what do you think of this painting?"

"It's so beautiful." Han Rui said sincerely, admiring him from the bottom of his heart: "It can be called a miracle."

"Brother Han Miao praises it." Chen Shancheng said modestly, "I found this painting in a bookstore by chance, and it's not worth much."

Han Rui watched carefully, nodded slightly, and praised: "It is true. Although the writing is strong and powerful, it is still immature."

"Oh." Chen Shancheng was slightly surprised, and then he was relieved. After all, Han Rui is not very old, and it is not easy to reach this level. There is no time to spend time practicing painting skills.

Han Rui said comfortingly: "Brother Chen is really lucky to find a suitable master. Given time, he will surely shine."

"I'd like to borrow your good words." Chen Shancheng said with a light smile, but he felt a little self-mockery in his heart. Since ancient times, there is no distinction between painting skills, and his paintings are not bad, but they can't be called brilliant.

Han Rui nodded slightly, and said flickeringly, "Let's exchange contact information. If you need to consult Brother Chen, you can send someone to notify you. It is our duty to go through fire and water."

Chen Shancheng smiled heartily: "Definitely."

The two left each other's phone numbers and exchanged a few words of pleasantries. Chen Shancheng urged Han Rui to leave quickly, lest the night would be heavy with dew and the road would be bumpy and difficult.

Han Rui bid farewell with his hands, rode away, and ran a hundred meters away. He vaguely heard a voice behind him, and couldn't help looking back.

In the distance, Chen Shancheng stood beside the carriage and waved at him. Han Rui smiled, waved his whip, galloped the horse, and gradually drifted away.

After a while, when Chen Shancheng was no longer in sight, Han Rui heaved a sigh of relief, looked down at the picture scroll in his hand, couldn't help but smile, and said with emotion: "I didn't expect this brother Chen, there is still This kind of elegance."

"My lord, what's going on here?" The brocade guard asked, "Who is that?"

"Friend." Han Rui said, he didn't want to reveal Chen Shancheng's identity, so as not to cause extra complications and arouse speculation.

Jin Yiwei was a bit confused, but he did not ask any questions. He drove the horse to follow him, and moved forward slowly. After a long time, he suddenly heard a call coming from his ear. He turned his head and saw that it was the burgundy horse, yelling at him. with.

"Hey, let me tell you, why are you running so fast?" Han Rui said with a smile, "I don't have any missing arms or broken legs, what's the hurry?"

"Woo~" The bay red horse neighed, as if complaining.

"Okay, pay attention next time, pay attention next time..." Han Rui apologized, adjusted his speed, and paced slowly.

After walking a few steps, I suddenly heard a clear and sweet voice from behind: "Hello, my name is Li Xiyin, and my father is the magistrate of Yangzhou."

Han Rui turned around in astonishment, and saw a group of young, beautiful, delicate and exquisite girls, surrounded by a beautiful girl, playing happily, he couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and immediately waved with a smile: "Good morning, girls."

All the girls stopped in unison, their eyes flickering, their faces blushing, they secretly glanced at the boy, their eyes shy and shy.

"Mr. Han, why didn't you take the bullock cart today?" A girl smiled sweetly.

"I just chatted with my friends for a while, and now I'm ready to go. Ladies, please go ahead. I'll take a step first." Han Rui said with a smile, and said goodbye with his hands folded.

"Mr. Han, go slowly." The girls were ashamed and hurriedly returned the salute.

Han Rui nodded, rode away, and disappeared at the end of the street. Only then did the girls turn around and start chatting.

"That brother just now is so handsome."

"Yeah, it seems to be more handsome than our elder brother."

"Hmph, is the eldest brother also handsome?"

"Why not handsome? In recent years, there have been three people in Yangzhou who are most popular with Miss Boudoir. One is Mr. Chen, and the other two are..."

Han Rui didn't know that they were talking a lot, so he rode forward on his own. After walking for a while, he met two acquaintances. Not only that, one of them was the old bustard he met in the restaurant last night, but there was an extra person beside her. young man.

Seeing Han Rui coming on horseback, the old bustard greeted him with a smile, and warmly greeted him, "Mr. Han, where are you going to drink today?"

"No, I'm going to Yangcheng Lake, and I'm just sending someone across the river." Han Rui said politely. He didn't understand why this old bustard got involved. Could it be that he was specially recruited as a buddy because he was a local?

"Oh." The old bustard smiled and said, "I happen to have to cross the river too."

"Uh...then let's go together." Han Rui said, since everyone said so, wouldn't it be a shame to refuse him.

Of course, it is not ruled out that the old bustard is just trying to put himself off, but Han Rui doesn't care, it's just a little effort anyway, and he himself likes to join in the fun.

Ever since, the two of them took the same car and slowly headed towards Yangcheng Lake.

Passing the official road, the roadside scenery flew by, and a towering bridge came into view. Han Rui looked away, but there was no sign of a ship docking. He couldn't help being a little surprised. At this time, it should be three or four in the afternoon Around :, why are all the ferry boats in Yangcheng Lake withdrawn and parked by the lake?

At this moment, the old bustard pointed to the front and said with a soft smile: "My lord, please look, the bridge pier opposite is the Longmen Grottoes in Yangcheng Lake."

Han Rui looked up and saw a huge stele on the opposite bank, with three characters of "Yangcheng Lake" written on it. The stele was about feet high and more than ten feet wide. The crumbling ruins can be vaguely recognized, and there are four vigorous and powerful characters "Eight Monsters of Jinling" written on it.

"These four characters must have been inscribed on the plaque by Wang Xizhi himself." Han Rui exclaimed, this is a historical celebrity.

"Young master has good eyesight, it really is Wang Xizhi's own handwriting." The old bustard flattered.

Wang Xizhi's characters are very few, not only require rigor, dignity, vigor and vigor, but also require extremely high attainments and self-cultivation, which cannot be imitated by ordinary people. Moreover, no one dared to use Wang Xizhi's characters as symbols in the poems of the Tang Dynasty.

Wang Xizhi's regular script is his specialty, and in poetry, he is even more famous for his cursive script.

Wang Xizhi's calligraphy is the essence of him. Every stroke contains his deep feelings.

Of course, this is not the key point, the key point is that his cursive script is full of strong literati demeanor, which is very attractive to scholars.

Over the years, scholars have often gathered or visited Yangcheng Lake, and they made a special trip to study Wang Xizhi's copybooks.

"Wang Xizhi..." Han Rui muttered, nodded slightly, secretly praising him in his heart, he is indeed a celebrity through the ages, although Wang Xizhi's calligraphy was criticized by many people in later generations, but it cannot be denied that the value of calligraphy itself is no less than than any sword or sharp weapon.

Han Rui looked carefully and felt that these cracks seemed to be caused by chiseling with an axe. Suddenly, a doubt appeared in his heart. The Longmen Grottoes in Yangcheng Lake were built on the shore of Yangcheng Lake, so they would definitely be submerged by water. Why is the top of the monument still upright? Stand still.

"Hey, what's going on here?" A girl suddenly exclaimed, pointing to the bottom of the stele.

All of a sudden, other people gathered around to watch, Han Rui also squeezed over, and looked intently, but saw a few small snakes at the bottom of the stone tablet, entrenched in the shade of the stone wall, spitting and swallowing, ferocious and ferocious, as if guarding Treasure's poisonous insects make people feel uneasy and a little scared.

"How to do?"

"Get them out of here."

"There are barren mountains and wild mountains here, and there is no human habitation. They should not be afraid of people..."

All the girls chattered and discussed, but they didn't put it into action. After all, these little snakes are too dangerous. If they hurt them, it would be tragic, so they hesitated, not knowing whether to stay or leave.

Han Rui was also thinking about this issue. These little snakes obviously crawled out of the grotto. Could it be that there is some precious treasure hidden inside, which is why they lured the snakes to protect them, but...

While thinking about it, suddenly, a slender white hand stretched out from the side, and fiddled with one of the little snakes. In an instant, the little snake struggled and rolled up, and then fell to the ground, curled up, wriggled, and gradually died.

"It's so cruel, it's a living thing." A few girls beside me exclaimed in a low voice.

"Snake gall, that's snake gall!" A girl exclaimed happily.

Han Rui suddenly came to his senses. It turned out that the little snake was not killed, but was taken away because it was dying and unable to resist because of the broken snake gallbladder.

However, Han Rui was very interested in what to do with the snake gall, and turned his head involuntarily to look at it. Coincidentally, he saw two graceful figures walking down from the carriage. Sly, with a graceful figure and a soft and graceful posture.

The two walked together, like a beautiful picture scroll, pleasing to the eye and attracting the attention of many people.

Seeing the faces of the two clearly, Han Rui's heart was pounding, his heart was surging, his face was flushed, his whole body was shaking with excitement, his heart was beating wildly, and his breathing was short of breath. It's become meat buns.

It's a pity that Han Rui's wish is beautiful, but reality is the backbone. Just when Han Rui was about to step forward, the two girls seemed to have not noticed this way, but walked straight along the bank of Yangcheng Lake. Han Rui could only regret Give up, stand under the shade of the tree, quietly watching the two beauties go away.

"Young Master..." Seeing Han Rui's strange expression, with a look of loss, the old bustard quietly pulled at the front of his clothes, charming and coquettish, leaning against her delicate body, and said coquettishly, "Young Master..."

"Uh, who are you and what do you want me to do?" Han Rui restrained his emotions and pretended to be indifferent.

"The old bustard of Chunhua Building in Nu's house." The old bustard winked and said in a greasy voice, "I wonder if you are interested in going in to play?"

"Uh, no need." Han Rui waved his hand and said, "Thank you for your kind invitation, Madam Boss. I just pass by Yangcheng Lake occasionally to see the scenery of the lake. It's not for fun, so I won't waste your time, so I leave."

After finishing speaking, Han Rui turned around and wanted to leave, but the old bustard blocked his way, and said with a smile: "Mr. Han, it's rare to meet you. Why don't you go in and have a cup of tea and talk for a while."

"No time, let's try another day." Han Rui frowned, he didn't understand what happened to the old bustard today, he was pestering him all the time.

"Don't, just a pot of tea, it won't take long." The old bustard said: "If you are worried about not having enough money, my lord, I can give you a little discount."

"I'm not short of money." Han Rui insisted on shaking his head and refused, then avoided her entanglement, and left in a hurry, fearing that he would be dragged back if he was too late. There is a tryst with a strange woman, even if the woman is beautiful and has a good figure, Han Rui has no interest.

I don't know if it's because of the old procuress' lack of charm, or Han Rui's strong perseverance, but he just walked past her in full view without being tempted by her. This result made her a little bit astonished, and she immediately bit her lip and cursed secretly in her heart Get up, pretend to be pure... Bah, I'm a girl from a good family, how could I hook up with a man, it's really dirty, obscene, and despicable...

Thinking wildly all the way, not long after, the carriage stopped in front of a magnificent and imposing mansion.After getting out of the car and approaching, Han Rui looked up and found a plaque hanging on the lintel, with a few gold-plated characters written, 'Chunhui Garden', and suddenly realized that it was Concubine Yang's residence.

"Young master, we are coming down."

Han Rui came back to his senses and found that the two girls had got off the car, and they were greeting each other with a smile, so he nodded and followed the two girls into the Chunhui Garden. Looking around, he found that the garden was covered by green bamboos, a hundred flowers blooming, the birds were singing and the flowers were fragrant, Pavilions, pavilions, ponds and rockeries are all available, and the scenery is pleasant and extremely pleasant.

In a small courtyard, the three of them stopped, and a young gentleman in a splendid robe greeted him, and saluted with a smile: "Under Li Ji, welcome to Brother Han."

"Li Ji, do you know me?" Han Rui asked in surprise.

"Of course." Li Ji said with a smile: "I heard that brother Han is the son of a scholar of the Imperial Academy, and today I can see his style, he is really handsome and suave."

Han Rui was stunned for a moment, and quickly said humbly: "Where, compared to the talented people in the capital, Han is far behind."

Li Ji laughed and said: "Brother Han is being modest, no one in the whole country knows your name."

"I'm just a mediocre person, not a big name." Han Rui sighed: "Unlike some people, who are the most talented and knowledgeable in the world, they are the well-deserved champions. I just admire it, and I envy it very much."

"Brother Han, that's not kind." Li Ji snorted softly, "If you are mediocre, are there any smart people in the world?"

"You don't understand." Han Rui waved his hand and said leisurely, "Everyone has their own destiny. I'm just an ordinary person, and I can't be compared with those geniuses."

"It's too presumptuous for you to say that." Li Ji laughed, not taking it seriously, looked at Han Rui, suddenly felt strange, and said softly: "Brother Han, I heard that you have a close relationship with Concubine Yang..." end of this chapter)