Chapter 88 Li Si: Practicing calligraphy is not easy
After Ying Zheng finished explaining, he asked Li Si and the others to retreat, and he wanted to have a good rest. Even Zhao Gao also retreated.
However, not long after, the young master rushed to Xianyang Palace and broke into Yingzheng's palace regardless of the eunuchs' obstruction.
"Father, are you okay? I heard that you were assassinated and came here to visit."
Ying Zheng saw Jiang Lu and smiled and said, "I'm fine. You're interested. Now that you're here, I'll tell you something."
"Father, please speak."
"It's nothing serious. I just want you to meet a strange man. Your eldest brother and second brother have joined the strange man. As for you, I want you to change your identity and meet this strange man."
"Strange man? Father, emperor and sons don't understand." Jiang Lu was confused. He really didn't understand at all. What kind of identity was he changing?
Ying Zheng smiled and said: "It doesn't matter if you don't understand now. After meeting the strange man, you will understand. Stop running around these days. Stay at home and wait for me to send someone to notify you."
"No." Jiang Lu responded.
"Okay, you go back first."
"promise."
General Lu immediately left the palace and met Hu Hai.
"Eighteenth brother, you also come to see the emperor." Jiang Lu gave Hu Hai a loving hug.
Hu Hai said with a smile: "It turns out to be the third brother. The younger brother said hello to the third brother."
"Hey, why should we brothers be so polite? I just finished seeing my father, so I won't accompany you. I'll wait for you here. When you come out, we'll go drink together."
"Okay, third brother, wait for me. I'll come as soon as I go." Hu Hai said with a smile.
Then Hu Hai went to see Ying Zheng.
In fact, Hu Hai didn't know anything about Ying Zheng's assassination. Zhao Gao told him and asked him to come to see Ying Zheng to show his filial piety.
After meeting Ying Zheng, he was just told to stay at home and not run around. In a few days, he would go to Zhaojiacun to meet Qin An and then come out.
Outside the palace, Hu Hai went drinking with Jiang Lu.
Their brotherhood is very good. Who would have expected that after Hu Hai ascended the throne, he would kill all his brothers and sisters.
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Wei Liao was brought to Li Mansion by Li Si Li Si.
"Sir Wei, please follow me to my study." Li Si said.
Wei Liao nodded and said, "Xiang Li, please."
Immediately, Li Si brought Wei Liao to the study.
Wei Liao then saw a lot of bamboo slips in the study, and there were some white things and a few inexplicable things on his table.
"Prime Minister Li, are these the Four Treasures of the Study mentioned by His Majesty?"
Li Si nodded and said, "That's right."
Immediately, the pen, ink, paper and inkstone were introduced one by one.
In order to make Wei Liao more aware of the function of pen, ink, paper and inkstone, he immediately put some water in the inkstone, then slowly rubbed the ink in the inkstone for a few times, then picked up the brush and dipped it in the inkstone a few times.
Then he started writing on the paper. Although he had just used the brush and the words were a little crooked, the words were at least legible.
Wei Liao looked at the black words on the paper in shock, grabbed the white paper, looked at the words carefully, and murmured to himself: "Baby, it's really precious, no wonder His Majesty said this is the Four Treasures of the Study.
This is so appropriate. The Four Treasures of the Study are so appropriate. "
Li Si smiled and said: "Sir Wei, you can take one copy of this ink, paper and inkstone, and you can take a hundred pieces of paper. Practice your handwriting first.
A gentleman once said that characters represent people. If the characters are good, the people will be good. If the characters are crazy, the people will be crazy. If the characters are upright, the people will be upright. If the characters are small, the people will be small.
Of course, this is not absolute. Some people can turn words into an art.
It's just that we have just come into contact with this ink, paper and inkstone, and we need to continue to practice it, otherwise it will be as ugly as mine. "
"No way, this is ugly at all." Wei Liao said.
For this set of pen, ink, paper and inkstone, Wei Liao said something against his will.
Li Si smiled and didn't say anything. He only knew whether the calligraphy was ugly or not after seeing Qin An's calligraphy.
"Li Xiang, can I give it a try now?" Wei Liao asked.
"sure."
How could Li Si refuse such a simple request?
However, Wei Liao picked up the brush excitedly, but for a moment he didn't know how to hold it. He could only hold it tightly with his hand as if he were holding a stone, and the words he wrote were even wider and wider, with different thicknesses.
One word can describe what Wei Liao wrote, chaos.
Messy meaning.
Wei Liao compared his handwriting with Fang Xuanling's, and said with some embarrassment: "Make Li Xiang laugh."
"Master Wei, the way you hold the pen is wrong. It should be..."
Li Si spoke and demonstrated in person. Wei Liao was slightly grateful for this and also had a good impression of Li Si.
In fact, there was no conflict of interest or political disagreement between the two. It was just that Li Si obeyed the First Emperor's words, but Wei Liao did not.
In the spirit of not wasting anything, Wei Liao continued writing on the original paper after Li Si explained it. No, he should be practicing calligraphy until there was really no room to write on the entire paper.
It's just that this word is still a little bit ugly, too ugly.
"Master Wei, don't be anxious. This word can't be mastered overnight. Otherwise, wouldn't it be too easy if everyone learned it immediately?" Li Si comforted him.
"I also know this, but the quantity of this paper is limited. What should I do if one hundred sheets are used up? I want to put the art of war on this paper." Wei Liao said.
"Haha..." Li Si couldn't help laughing when he heard this, "Don't worry, these hundred sheets are only the current quantity. In a short time, Mr. Wei will have as many sheets as he wants."
"What does Mr. Li mean by this?"
"To be honest, Mr. Wei, I have the method for making this ink-paper inkstone, and I have already sent people to build a workshop. It won't be long before there will be ink-paper inkstones throughout Xianyang City.
There's just one thing, Mr. Wei needs to make a reservation in advance, otherwise he might be sold out as soon as he shows up. "Li Si said.
"Really, great. I'll reserve 10,000 tickets now."
"What?" Li Si was shocked, "Master Wei, why do you want so much?"
"Of course I'm practicing calligraphy." Wei Liao replied, and then asked with concern, "Are there not that many? Can I have five thousand?"
"Yes, yes, but using paper to practice calligraphy is a bit wasteful." Li Si said, "Well, let me give Mr. Wei two more brushes, and then dip them in water to practice on the ground, so that there is no need to waste paper."
"Yes, you can practice calligraphy like this. It saves me a lot of paper. Thank you Li Xiang for reminding me." Wei Liao suddenly realized.
Afterwards, the two chatted for a few more words, and Wei Liao left with pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
Apart from the people from Zhaojiacun, Ying Zheng and Li Si, Wei Liao was the third person in the entire Qin Dynasty who used pen, ink, paper and inkstone.
After sending Wei Liao away, Li Si began to arrange pens, ink, paper and inkstones. If he wanted someone to use the ink, paper and inkstones, he could only find a scholar first.
When looking for scholars, you can only look for those with Ph.D.
