Yes, the stone Xu He wrote about at this time was the "Yiyun Peak" he saw at the Zhanyuan Tower.
There are two famous rocks in the south of the Yangtze River in Zhanyuan, one is called Xianren Peak and the other is called Yiyun Peak.
In addition, there are famous stones such as Yousong Stone, Step Stone, and Blast Stone, all of which are treasures of garden rocks. Yiyun Peak and Xianren Peak are the relics of Huizong of Song Dynasty, which are particularly precious.
Yiyun Peak is an abrupt and spiritual place with various jade shapes. After Xu He sketched it with a few strokes, it looks shorter but more delicate. Therefore, it retains the structure of Yiyun Peak without making people feel crude. , after all, this is for Gu Hengbo to spend time with orchids.
Most of the orchids are small pieces. If you put a huge stone on them, no matter how beautiful they are, they will be a little out of place.
Sure enough, Gu Hengbo was very interested in Xu He's painting of Yiyun Peak. She stood beside the case and marveled: "The master's method of painting stones seems to be different from ordinary people. It looks very smart and elegant, and there is no frivolous and rigid meaning at all!"
Xu He smiled slightly. Master Li of the Lingnan School of Painting has "Landscape Painting Book" in existence. Before time travel, he devoted himself to studying the teacher's method of painting rocks. Although he did not dare to say that he was at the level of the teacher, he had some special skills and innovations. In this era, In the eyes of the painter, it is still very novel and unique.
Unfortunately, he was also very interested in Hua Lan, but before he could ask the old man for advice, the old man passed away...
Xu He pointed to the stone he painted and said: "The method of painting stone requires the speed of the brush and the appropriate yin and yang, texture, virtuality and reality..."
The two exchanged painting techniques for a while, which made Xue and Chen, who were not interested in painting techniques, feel confused.
It was finally time for Gu Hengbo to paint orchids, but at this moment she was puffing her lips and pretending to be angry: "Young master Xu should also paint them together. You know so much about painting stones, there is no way you have never painted orchids before!"
This is true. Those who paint rocks love orchids.
When Xu He heard this, he stopped being pretentious, nodded, held up his pen and said, "If I don't draw well, I hope you won't laugh at me!"
After speaking, he thought about the key points of orchid painting in the teacher's book, and then painted a total of fourteen times to complete an orchid painting.
Gu Hengbo was really stupid this time. It is true that she likes to draw orchids and is good at drawing orchids, but she has never seen anyone draw orchids as if they were applying a formula.
Between primary and secondary, a cluster of orchid leaves will always use only five strokes, and orchids will always only use seven strokes.
But just these five and seven strokes express the relationship between the orchid's density, front and side, back, leaning, holding and releasing, echoing and so on.
Maybe Xu He had some flaws and mistakes in adjusting the amount of moisture in the ink, or in terms of brushwork, but in general, he had already painted the orchid's moist, elegant and other characteristics.
However, Xu He added a few more thorns next to the orchids. Everyone felt that the orchids in the empty valley and the thorns next to the orchids were quite realistic, so they didn't ask.
At this time, Gu Hengbo said in surprise: "You also said that you can't draw orchids. This is obviously something you have learned before. Mr. Xu, you are dishonest!"
Shen Xuan was listening and couldn't help but look at Xu He again.
He had found someone to investigate Xu He. To be honest, he was a little confused by this person.
A few months ago, no, to be precise, before the county examination, Xu He's performance was mediocre.
But after the county examination, it seemed as if he suddenly changed. Not only was he quick-witted and good at poetry, but now it seems that he even had attainments in painting.
"Even a child from a noble family at this age would never be able to do this!"
At this time, Xue Yongzhi joined in the fun and said: "Why don't Xiaohe write a poem on it and give it to Meisheng."
Xu He looked at Gu Hengbo and saw her eyes gleaming with anticipation.
He sighed, helpless, he was forced to start pretending again.
"Written in such a way that the whole page is full of orchids and spring,
Add a few random brambles and hazels.
The world accommodates both good and evil,
I want to meet warm and distant people. "
When Shen Xuan and Xue Yongzhi saw that he had finished writing, they turned around to read it.
After reading it, all three people in the cabin were silent.
The painting is good, but the poem is a bit too straightforward.
Xu Hexin said that he knew your expressions.
Then he took out a new piece of paper and wrote on it: "Dongpo painted orchids with thorns on them. I see that a gentleman can tolerate villains. I say that thorns should not be seen by villains, like the minions of the country and the tigers of the king. You cannot be destroyed."
"The orchid is in the deep mountains, no longer disturbed by the hustle and bustle of the world; but rats will eat it, deer will teeth it, hogs will scour it, bears, tigers, jackals, squirrels, rabbits and foxes will bite it, and woodcutter will pull it out. Cut it off."
"If thorns are found to protect it, the harm will be far away. Qin built the Great Wall, which is also the thorn fence of Qin. Han has Han, Peng, and Ying, who are also the thorn guards of Han. After killing three of them, Han was too tall, so he There are strong warriors guarding the four sides."
"But how many thorns, caltrops, antlers, and thorns are there? When I painted this painting, there were orchids and thorns all over the mountain and down the mountain, and the orchids accounted for six out of ten, and the thorns also accounted for four out of ten. After the painting, I sighed, It can’t be overshadowed by the pain of the Sixteen Prefectures and the sorrow of the Southern and Northern Song Dynasties! It’s because there are no thorns.”
Throughout the ages, there have been countless orchid painters, but no one has ever seen a person who painted orchids make such a statement.
Gu Hengbo looked at Xu He with his watery eyes.
He has seen many men in the world, but he has never seen a man like Xu He.
Chanting about the wind and the moon is nothing, but the feelings of family and country revealed in the poems are beyond the reach of corrupt scholars.
Using thorns as a metaphor for a fence and orchid as a metaphor for home and country, what kind of sentiment is this?
This has broken away from the vulgarity of those self-proclaimed romantic talents on the Qinhuai River, and has risen to the level that Gu Hengbo has been pursuing in his heart.
She has been wandering since she was a child and was sold to Qinhuai by her family. If she hadn't made a name for herself in playing, playing, chess, calligraphy and painting when she was young, she would have been reduced to dust by now.
Over the years, she has gotten used to it, and is tired of seeing so-called talented people showing off their talent here.
It's a pity that in her eyes, these people are just mediocre people who are looking for clues.
What she values is that if she doesn't meet her when she is injured, she will definitely lead him away, and if the wind suddenly rises, she will fly to the nine heavens.
It's a pity that over the years, she has met mostly ridiculous people.
Only Xue Yongzhi can still see a little bit of tragedy in him that is rare when he is injured. This is why she regards Xue Yongzhi as half a friend.
But the Xu He in front of her made her feel like she had met that person for the first time.
The paintings made her feel that Xu He had similar interests with her, and the poems made her feel that there were very few men like him in the world.
Thinking of this, she felt sad.
Xu He has not yet reached the crown, but he is twenty-one.
"I was born before you were born, but I am already old after you were born!" Gu Hengbo looked at Xu He, and unknowingly, the corners of his eyes became moist.
When Xue Yongzhi saw this, he thought it was because the talented girl was so happy to see the poems and paintings, so he joked: "Meisheng, haven't you always wanted to find someone with similar interests to marry? I think Xiaohe is good, hahaha ! Look how happy he makes you!"
Gu Meisheng wiped the corners of his eyes and glared angrily at the heartless Xue Yongzhi, but he still did not dare to look at Xu He, his cheeks were burning for some reason!
