A silver kettle engraved with the pattern of pine, bamboo, and plum orchid makes a soft sound on the red clay stove, and white mist rises from the mouth of the pot. Outside the window, it was raining heavily, not in the spring, but in the thunderstorms that are common in the middle of summer in the south.

Mi Youren skillfully poured off the residual tea, took out the thick green tea powder from the paper bag with a bamboo spoon, and threw it into four milky white tea bowls placed on the low table. Then take a silver kettle and pour boiling water. His hand was extremely steady, and the mouth of the bowl of boiling water that flowed into it was slightly shallow, and a little white foam appeared on the surface, but it did not spill out at all.

Mi Youren handed one of the porcelain bowls with tea to Wu Haogu, and the other two were given to his father Mi Fu and Pan Qiaolian.

Wu Haogu picked up the tea bowl and took a sip, and then praised: "Brother Yuanhui's tea art can also be regarded as a must, admire, admire." ”

He and Pan Qiaolian lived in the guest room of Mi Fu's Lianshui Army Envoy Yamen yesterday, and became the guests of the Mi family father and son. When the rainstorm fell today, I was invited to the back garden of Yamen with Pan Qiaolian to taste tea and watch the rain.

Said that this Mi Fu is really a bit out of line, no wonder was called "Mi Dian" behind the back. Wu Haogu and Pan Qiaolian, two juniors, came to visit, and he just had to see him. Pulling them to drink tea and watch the rain in the back garden is a bit of a peer relationship, which makes Mi Youren deal with himself?

Mi Fu took a sip of tea, smiled and said: "He is miscellaneous but not fine, piano, chess, books, paintings, poems, tea, riding, shooting, kicking, all of them will not be, but they are all fine and not fine." ”

Wu Haogu looked at Mi Youren, "Brother Yuanhui can also ride a horse and shoot arrows?" ”

"How not?" Pan Qiaolian on the side smiled and said, "Brother Dawu, doesn't you know where the Mi family comes from?"

However, his riding and archery skills are just like that, and he can't compare with the two fathers and sons of the Lin family and Lu Qian. ”

By the way, the Mi family is also a gate!

And Mi Youren will be the military squire of the Southern Song Dynasty court in the future, so he will always be able to do both, right?

Wu Haogu laughed, "I forgot for a moment that Brother Yuanhui is a general." ”

"Ten will not be as good as one fine," Mi Dian, who seemed to be also a general, shook his head, and said to Wu Hao, "My Mi family is just miscellaneous but not refined, so it is difficult to get to the top of the class...... It's not as good as your martial arts. ”

Mi Fu's words are a little too modest, Wu Hao Gu is not sure how to talk to this Mi Fu with a very high status in the history of painting and calligraphy, Mi Youren suddenly sighed and said: "Father, the child is specialized in painting skills, I am afraid that it will not reach the level of Wu Chongdao."

These days, the children are copying "Sangjia Wazi Picture", "Twenty Methods of Boundary Painting Towers" and "Drunken Arhat Picture" every day, although they have made great progress, they are more and more aware of their own shortcomings, compared to Brother Chongdao, it is really too much worse. ”

Wu Haogu shook his head again and again, "Brother Yuanhui is too humble, and if he wears that little bit of painting skills, it won't be enough." ”

Mi Fu glanced at his son at this time.

Mi Youren stood up suddenly, and said solemnly: "In the lower reckless posture, if you just rely on copying, I am afraid that it will exhaust your life, and it will not be as good as Mr. Chongdao."

If you really want to make great progress in painting, unless you are fortunate enough to worship Mr. Chongdao as a teacher! ”

What the? What did he say?

Mi, Mi Youren wants to worship his own family as a teacher?

Wu Haogu was taken aback when he heard this, this is Mi Youren! Mi Fu's son, a famous painter and counterfeiter in the history of Chinese painting, actually wants to worship his own master......

Also, Mi Fu agreed?

Wu Haogu thought of this, then turned his head to look at Mi Fu, at this time because of the heavy rain, the light in the house became more and more dim, Mi Fu turned his back to the window, the expression on his face was vague, but a gentle smile can still be seen.

"Chongdao, do you think that Xiao'er Youren is still teachable?"

"Mr. Haiyue, you, aren't you joking?"

Mi Fu has a straight face, "Apprenticeship is a serious thing, the old man can't joke about this." ”

Mi Youren saluted again, and said sincerely: "Mr. Chongdao's painting skills are the best in the world, and Youren really admires them, and he is willing to perform the disciple ceremony." ”

Mi Youren really wants to apprentice? Are you going to be Mi Youren's art teacher?

That is a double masterpiece of calligraphy and painting, and his father Mi Fu is called "Mi family landscape", in order to "protect" Chinese traditional culture to make outstanding contributions to Mi Youren!

Wu Haogu didn't expect Mi Fu to ask Mi Youren to worship himself as a teacher...... Apprenticeship and teaching painting skills are not exactly the same. Just to teach painting skills, the two sides can also talk to each other. But if you worship the teacher, it is "a teacher for one day and a father for life".

In the future, if Wu Haogu wants to meet an opponent like Liu Youfang again, Mi Youren, as a disciple, must run around to solve the trouble for Teacher Wu.

As for Wu Haogu's desire to be the head of the calligraphy and painting line of Kaifeng Mansion, the father and son of the Mi family will definitely support it without reservation.

Of course, if Wu Haogu officially accepts Mi Youren as an apprentice, then he can't use things like "Twenty-four Laws of Boundary Painting Towers" to fool things.

Real skills, more or less to teach!

But then again, Mi Youren's celestial posture is definitely high, not to mention anything else, just the brushwork he learned from "Drunken Arhat" used in Pan Jinlian's gambling fight, he can be called a painting wizard.

If such an apprentice is really accepted, then the skills brought by Wu Haogu in his previous life can finally be passed on in the Song Dynasty.

As for the church apprentices starving to death of the master or something, Wu Haogu was not worried at all, because he was about to become the art teacher of Song Huizong...... That's right! If Mi Youren also became his own student, wouldn't he be Song Huizong's senior brother?

Didn't the father and son of the Mi family get the inside information from Wang Xu?

That's a lot of calculation! Not only can you learn clever painting skills, but you can also use this to get closer to Duanwang.

Wu Haogu tilted his head and thought for a while, and finally understood some key points. However, no matter how the father and son of the Mi family calculate, they can't push others out.

Otherwise, not only would the head of the calligraphy and painting line not be able to do it, but also offend a family for no reason.

Thinking of this, Wu Haogu stood up at the moment and arched his hand at Mi Fu: "Since Mr. Haiyue (Mi Fu's number is Haiyue Waishi) and Yuan Hui both look up to Wu's painting skills, then Wu will definitely teach him." ”

Mi Fu nodded again and again, and said with a smile: "The child has to worship the Tao as a teacher, it is really the luck of three lives, it seems that he is on the way to painting, sooner or later he will be able to surpass the old man."

By the way, the old man knew that Chongdao came and prepared a thin gift, which was regarded as a gift for the child. Brother Yin, go and get the copy of "Eighty-Seven Immortals" that I copied for my father. ”

"Eighty-Seven Immortals" is Mi Youren's bet on losing to Wu Haogu in Panjiayuan, and it stands to reason that it is not a "teacher ceremony". But when Mi Youren took this famous "painting saint true handiwork" in later generations, spread out on the tea case, Wu Haogu only understood why Mi Fu had a "teacher ceremony" said.

Because this is a Mi Fu version of the "real handiwork", the silk surface shows a yellow-brown color, natural, simple, giving people a sense of vicissitudes, there is no trace of artificially made. The lines of the figures on the silk are strong and rhythmic, bright and vibrant, and there is no trace of copying at all.

This picture, in today's only Mi Fu and Wang Shu two people can do this level, if you let Wu Hao ancient to copy, can have its seven or eight points of skill on the sky.

"How?" Mi Fu smiled, "Can the old man's craftsmanship still be eye-catching?" ”

Wu Haogu praised: "Okay, it's really good...... Where can you see that it was copied by later generations, it is clearly the authentic work of the old man who painted him. ”

Mi Fu shook his head, stroked his beard and said: "The picture made by the old man, and the painting made by your ancestors, is between the two, compared to the painting of the holy handwriting, there is still a difference."

However, apart from the old man, Wang Juma and Li Longmian, there is no fourth person in the world today who has the eye to see that this painting is not genuine. ”

Wang Shu is a big player of calligraphy and painting like Mi Fu, and his eyesight is naturally vicious. And Li Longmian is Li Gonglin, like Wu Zongyuan, who used his lifelong experience to learn Wu Daozi, and has long obtained the essence of painting saints. Even Mi Fu personally faked, and it was impossible to deceive him.

Mi Fu then said: "But Wang Horse and Li Longmian are the old man's best friends, they see that this painting is made by the old man, it will not be broken."

Therefore, this "Eighty-Seven Immortals" is the handwriting of the saint...... If you are still not at ease, the old man will use the inscription. ”

The inscription with the seal is directly for the "eighty-seven immortals" endorsement, China's painting and calligraphy collection is to pay attention to the orderly inheritance, Mi Fu's inscription and seal is a kind of inheritance of the order.

If you add the double dragon seal of Song Huizong and Wu Haogu's own seal in the future, this painting will be passed on to future generations, and it will undoubtedly be a genuine work that can be placed in the Palace Museum. Even if Wu Daozi's authentic painting "Eighty-Seven Immortals" appeared at the same time, it would be regarded as an imitation.

Wu Haogu arched his hand, "Thank you Mr. Haiyue over there for making it happen." ”

Mi Fu smiled: "It's a trivial matter."

That little apprenticeship, how about waiting for Chongdao to come back to Kaifeng Mansion and then do it well? ”

Wu Haogu took a breath, "Then it's a word." ”