Panjiayuan is the founder of the Northern Song Dynasty Pan Mei's cidi, located on the bank of the Jinshui River, in the Tianbo Gate, the area is very large, is one of the largest cidi in the inner city of Kaifeng Prefecture.

However, in the Yuanfu period, this once glorious mansion showed signs of dilapidation.

Although there are still many descendants of the Pan family who are officials and rich in the court, no one is willing to spend a huge amount of money to repair the old mansion - this mansion is owned by the Pan family, and everyone in the descendants of the Pan family has a share, but no one is willing to pay a lot of money for it. And the Pan family has not declined, so naturally they will not sell their ancestral home, and they don't even bother to rent it. So this mansion is becoming more and more deserted, and it can be regarded as a scene in Kaifeng Mansion, where every inch of land is valuable.

However, for the sons and daughters of the nobles and the second generation of officials in Kaifeng Mansion, it is not bad to have such a Pan homeland, which is convenient for them to play and play in their leisure time. Poetry ceremonies, tea ceremonies, painting ceremonies, and keju ceremonies are often held in this somewhat deserted, but not completely deserted garden.

Today's battle to be held in Panjiayuan was originally an undisclosed gambling battle, but somehow it spread all over the city.

It is said that Wu Haogu, the painter on Panlou Street, wants to use his painting skills to challenge Mi Youren, the eldest brother of Mi Fu's family.

Although Mi Youren is a prisoner of the country and will definitely be a civil official in the future, he was crowned with the title of a calligraphy and painting wizard early. And the calligraphy and painting of the Mi family is indeed worthy of this great name, "Mi family landscape" is now a treasure in the calligraphy and painting line of Kaifeng Mansion, and there is no living painter (excluding Jinshi and aristocratic painters) The works can be compared with it!

Now there is actually a character in the Pan real estate market who challenges Mi Youren's painting skills, which is simply beyond his strength!

And what is even more surprising is that Mi Youren actually agreed to the gamble.

Regardless of whether he wins or loses, just Mi Youren agrees to gamble, which will greatly increase Wu Haogu's value.

So everyone who heard the news thought: After today, in the calligraphy and painting shop of Kaifeng Mansion, there will be a place for this martial arts ancient one......

As for Wu Haogu, he won the gambling fight...... That's not going to happen!

Gambling on calligraphy and painting is not a wrestling (sumo), and the side that is beaten to the ground and can't get up is definitely the loser. The quality of calligraphy and painting is the opinion of the benevolent, and the wisdom of the wise, so it is difficult to distinguish the superior and inferior.

And Mi Youren's status in the painting world and the Mi family's family are higher than the little-known Wu Haogu, so the two fought for painting, and they lost a lot before they could compete with Wu Haogu.

Unless he can have the painting skills to crush Mi Youren, how can he win it?

Although there is no doubt about the outcome of the gambling fight, Mi Youren's appeal is clear, so early this morning, many romantic talents from Kaifeng Mansion and bigwigs of the calligraphy and painting shop rushed to Panjiayuan to watch the excitement.

Although Pan Xiao'an, a senior official in the fourth room of the Pan family, was reluctant to get involved in this gambling fight, he couldn't resist his sister-in-law Pan Qiaolian, so he had to do his best to be a landlord. Someone was sent to clean a west pavilion located in the back garden of Panjiayuan, hung a brocade curtain, prepared pastries, tea and wine, and let a few housekeepers play silk and bamboo music on the spot, which is not elegant.

When Wu Haogu took Guo Jing and Liu Wuji into this pavilion, there were already twenty or thirty visitors inside, and Pan Xiao'an, a senior official, was also there, laughing and talking with an old man in a gorgeous brocade robe.

The good man has white hair, dark skin, and thick palms, and although he wears a gorgeous brocade robe, he still looks like an old peasant, and he doesn't know where he came from.

Seeing Wu Haogu coming in, Pan Xiao'an frowned, then pointed at Wu Haogu and said to the old man: "Except for the children, that is Wu Haogu." ”

"Oh, oh, it's a talent." The old man, who was called a child by Pan Xiao'an, arched his hand at Wu Haogu and smiled heartily, "Old man Tong Xiang, this is polite." ”

"Xiao Di has seen the child outside." Wu Haogu hurriedly stepped forward and saluted respectfully.

He had heard of this man. This person has only been active in Kaifeng Mansion in recent years, and he has also bought paintings from Wu Chengzhi, and he is quite generous.

However, Wu Haogu is respectful to him, not because his money is easier to cheat, but because he has a famous son named Tong Guan!

"You are Wu Haogu?" A white fat scribe with a soft hat and a green cloth shirt, who didn't look very old, but showed a graceful bearing, stood up, arched his hand at Wu Haoguyi, and said with a smile, "In Xia Cai You, the Cutting Institute is guarded." ”

Cai You, Cai Jing's eldest son!

His father, Cai Jing, is now the Privy Council. Cai Jing's younger brother Cai Bian is even more ranked as the ruler and worships Shangshu Zuocheng.

"Little Bottom has seen the guard."

Wu Haogu hurriedly saluted Cai You.

Cai You smiled, "I heard that your boundary painting is a must?" ”

Wu Haogu was overjoyed when he heard this.

He is "cherishing ink like gold", and only one piece of the boundary painting building has been sent out, which is the paper "Sangjia Wazi Map" for Wang Xu.

And Wang Shu belongs to the old party and has been unlucky. Cai Jing and Cai Bian are both new parties, and they are in the limelight, and the two sides will not have a very good relationship. Therefore, it is unlikely that Cai You learned about the existence of "Sangjia Wazitu" from Wang Xu.

Moreover, "Sangjia Wazi Tu" is rarely known in the calligraphy and painting industry, and Cai You is unlikely to know it from the calligraphy and painting industry.

Then there is only one possibility left, Cai You knew that this picture existed from Zhao Ji, the Duanwang he worked hard to stammer.

The future artist emperor should already know the name of Wu Haogu.

"Xiao Di's boundary painting platform can indeed be seen," Wu Haogu said with a smile, "If the guards don't like it, Xiao Di will also paint a picture for the guards." ”

"Thank you very much." Cai Youke politely bowed his hand, with a gentle smile on his face.

Cai You's attitude surprised many people present.

Today, it seems that Cai You took the initiative to greet Wu Haogu, and his attitude was modest, without the slightest official arrogance, and he did not refuse Wu Haogu's gift of paintings!

Don't think it's easy to give gifts to a character like Cai You, people's fathers and uncles are vice-national tigers, and Liu Youfang is a little cat compared to them. Ordinary businessmen have no way to give them gifts if they want to, and they don't accept them.

However, it is Cai You who receives the gift now, not Cai Jing and Cai Bian. Otherwise, the catastrophe of the martial arts family will disappear immediately, and Liu Ai and Chen Youwen will have to kowtow to the door to make amends!

"Maybe it's Wu Haogu's boundary painting, right?" Pan Xiao'an, who was on the side, also muttered a little in his heart.

At this moment, Pan Qiaolian's voice suddenly came.

"Wu Dalang, you're here."

Wu Haogu turned around and saw Pan Qiaolian with three scribes coming in from outside the door, one of whom he recognized was Mi Youren. The other two were young scribes, one about seventeen or eighteen years old, dressed in white Confucian robes and wearing a Dongpo scarf.

The other is more tender, as if he is only fourteen or fifteen years old, and he is extremely beautiful, which reminds Wu Haogu of the popular film and television fresh meat in later generations.

"I've seen Mrs. Pan."

Wu Dalang met Pan Qiaolian privately just now, and he also made a private lifelong appointment, so he couldn't show it on face, so Wu Haogu still greeted Pan Qiaolian according to the courtesy.

Pan Qiaolian smiled, as if she was not familiar with Wu Hao. "Da Lang, you are one step ahead of the Xiaomi officials. Oh, waiting for the slave to introduce, these two are Zhao Defu, the eldest man of Zhao Shilang's family, and Li Qingzhao, the little langjun of Li Yuanwai's family. ”

Hearing the name Li Qingzhao, Wu Haogu was stunned, and hurriedly looked at this "first talented woman in the ages" who dressed as a man.

Li Qingzhao seemed to have noticed Wu Haogu's reaction, and arched his hand and said in a pleasant voice: "I have nothing to do, I heard that the Xiaomi officials convened a painting meeting, so I came to see the excitement."

By the way, is today's painting meeting a poem? ”

Poetry painting is a favorite form of painting for the literati of the Northern Song Dynasty, that is, painting with poetry as the theme, and it is better to use painting to show the artistic conception of poetry. The recruitment questions for the students of the Hanlin Painting Academy are also a poem.

However, sketching and photowriting are inferior to poetry and painting.

"It's a photo." Mi Youren interjected.

"Photo?" Li Qingzhao was stunned, "Who to draw?" ”

Pan Qiaolian smiled: "Painting slaves." ”

"Draw you?" Li Qingzhao blinked and looked at the glamorous and moving Pan Qiaolian, "That's ...... Who will judge the winners? ”

"How about our evaluation?"