Swish.
Yan Lide picked up his pen and ink and painted freely on the drawing board.
I saw in the painting that the sky was full of locusts, gnawing ferociously at the grains and even biting the farmer's face!
The eyes of the farmers were either angry, frightened, or desperate!
But in the very center of the painting, there is a close-up of a person!
I saw him wearing a bright yellow robe, a purple gold crown on his head, and a war horse running with iron hooves under his crotch!
That person is none other than Li Shimin!
Li Shimin in the painting has a resolute look and a stern expression. With a vigorous swing of his sword, he swept down a large swath of locusts and chopped them into two pieces!
"Shilang Yan has great painting skills and fully demonstrates His Majesty's heroic appearance!"
Behind him, General Jinwu Wei Zhonglang couldn't help but praise him,
"That's great, that's great!"
"Your Majesty will definitely like this painting of yours!"
He clapped his hands and couldn't think of too many complimentary words. He could only say "It's great" from the bottom of his heart.
"That's ridiculous."
Yan Lide stroked his beard and chuckled,
"I haven't painted for a long time, and my skills are a lot rusty."
"I have to repair it again, repair it..."
Even so, his eyes showed joy and expectation.
He couldn't wait to let His Majesty taste his paintings.
"Brother, why did you only draw the common people and His Majesty, but left out all the accompanying ministers?"
Yan Liben touched his chin and said,
"They all also put in great efforts, especially the military commanders Guo Gong, whose results are much better than His Majesty's."
"What you painted makes it seem like His Majesty is the only one bravely killing the locusts. Is there something wrong with it?"
When Yan Lide heard this, he twirled his beard and smiled slightly.
"Brother, you don't know this."
He smiled and said,
"No matter how brilliant I am, I can never overshadow His Majesty's brilliance!"
"Brother, this painting may be publicized to the world in the future. The person to be publicized is naturally our wise and mighty Emperor, who is willing to sacrifice himself for the people!"
"As for the other people, they are just foils. It doesn't matter whether they are there or not."
"Well, look--"
As he spoke, Yan Lide randomly added a few strokes to the painting, revealing several phantoms whose faces could not be seen clearly. They were like the shadows of Li Shimin, guarding the left and right, and killing the locusts together!
"Isn't this done?"
He smiled complacently, turned to look at Yan Liben's drawing board, and couldn't help but frown and said,
"Brother, why haven't you started painting yet?"
"Your Majesty has returned triumphantly, are you going to hand over Bai Hua?"
"I'm not talking about you, brother, this opportunity is very precious! How many people want to paint but don't have this opportunity! We also have the qualifications because of the glory of the young master, so don't slack off!"
"Hurry up and draw! Your painting skills are still better than mine. This may be your chance, Yan Li, to become famous in the capital, and even in the world!"
Faced with his brother's earnest advice, Yan Liben shook his head.
"Your Majesty kills locusts. My brother has already painted it. What's the point of my younger brother painting it again? Even if the painting is better, it will take away the credit of my family."
He said seriously,
"I don't want to compete with my elder brother for credit. If there is really a chance to become famous in the world, it is better for my elder brother to earn it first!"
Yan Lide was slightly startled, his eyes showed emotion and some sincere admiration.
"Your realm and character are beyond compare to my brother."
He cupped his hands slightly and said,
"If you take action, you will definitely be inferior to my brother."
"Brother, I would like to thank you."
After saying that, Yan Lide bowed.
In response, Yan Liben just waved his hand, responded casually, and immediately focused all his attention on Li Shimin.
Actually.
He felt that the picture of killing locusts was too ordinary, and his brother had already painted it, so of course he was too lazy to put in any more effort.
At this moment, Yan Liben wanted to rely on his own eyes to capture more "beautiful" pictures!
At this moment, Li Shimin's expression was extremely compassionate.
"Even if I use up all my strength to kill these locusts, I still can't kill them all!"
He looked at the countless people kneeling on the ground and said in a trembling voice,
"We can only watch them harm our crops, and watch them fly away!"
"I am powerless, I am helpless, I... lost to this little locust! Lost to this damn locust!"
After saying this, Li Er's eyes were already red.
His eyes turned red, all the ministers' eyes felt hot, and some among the people even began to sob softly...
"Locusts, locusts!"
Li Shimin pinched the struggling locust in his hand, as if pinching the neck of his mortal enemy, and gritted his teeth and said,
"Why are you so hateful, why do you want to eat people's crops!"
"If it's really because of my lack of moral integrity that God sent you to punish me, then come after me!"
"The people eat grain and live on food! Don't harm the people anymore. If you have a spirit, punish me by eating my heart and lungs!"
"bring it on!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Shimin did something that no one could have imagined!
He actually stuffed the huge, fluttering locust into his mouth!
"His Majesty!"
Changsun Wuji was dumbfounded and exclaimed,
"No! Stop it, stop it!"
Yuchi Gong's eyes widened even more. After a moment of sluggishness, he immediately rushed forward and grabbed Li Shimin's arm, shouting:
"Your Majesty, you must not do such a stupid thing!"
"Locusts are poisonous, they are poisonous! How can you eat them alive?!"
"Quick, stop!"
boom!
"Get off!"
Li Shimin flicked his arm and pushed Yuchi Gong away!
"I originally wanted this locust to harm me and stop harming the people! If it poisons me and stops harming the crops, then what's the point of me being poisoned to death?!"
He ordered,
"Don't try to persuade me any more! I have made up my mind!"
As he spoke, he pinched the lively locust and put it into his mouth.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"
"Your Majesty, why are you doing this? Why are you doing this!"
"Woooooooo..."
The minds of several ministers were about to collapse!
The hot tears that I had just been holding back were now flowing down unsatisfactorily...
Brother, I know you want to establish an image of an eternal wise king, but you are trying too hard!
There's no need to risk your own life, right? !
If this really goes wrong, what will happen to this country...? !
"Please don't hurt yourself!"
"Long live Long live Long live!"
The common people had never seen such a battle, and they were all at a loss at this moment. They were trying to persuade Li Shimin not to do anything, while kowtowing like garlic!
Outside the gate of Chang'an City.
The emperor swallowed the locust!
The ministers burst into tears!
The people kowtowed!
Yan Lide was stunned by this scene!
"This this……"
he murmured.
The scene in front of him was so shocking that he couldn't describe it in words!
But Yan Liben beside him had a bright light in his eyes!
"Great picture!"
Yan Lide trembled all over, two words popped out of his mouth, and he suddenly picked up his pen!
(End of chapter)
