The sun is rising and the night is coming.

But for the opening of the northern Song Dynasty in Tokyo, the bustling day is only half over.At the beginning of the lantern, the whole city suddenly became full of excitement.With the opening of the night market of the State Bridge Night Market, the Night Market of Horse Street, the Night Market of Panlou Street and so on.The whole house has suddenly become the city of no night.

Wu Hauguo had long left the house of the first Sweet Water Lane, and is now sitting in the corner of a foot shop, drinking with Guo Jing and Liu Wujie.

In the Kaifeng Province, there are 72 restaurants in the main store, and the foot shop is countless.This foot shop where Wu Haogu and others are located is the famous "burning pig hospital", which is located outside the Daxiang National Temple, and the door is the night market of the State Bridge, and the pedestrians are shoulder-to-shoulder, with an extremely prosperous atmosphere.

"Burning Pig House" restaurant is the industry of Da Xiangguosi, this Da Xiang Guojie shop to sell pork, Wu Haogu in another life to know, because this matter is recorded in the Meng patriarch's "Tokyo Dream China Record".

However, after the soul wore to the Northern Song Dynasty, Wu Hauguo learned that opening a restaurant to sell meat was only part of the business of Dazhi Guoji Temple, and it was not a big deal.

There are three main big sales and sales of Dazhi Guoji Temple, one is the Everlasting Bank, the so-called Everlasting Bank is actually a bank, and those gold and silver brocades on the alleys of the border are the same as the sale.

The second is to operate the Da Xiangguo Temple Market, which covers a large area, divided into eight courtyards, the monks' houses are scattered everywhere, and the middle hall can accommodate thousands of people, and whenever the people in the market are rented to business travel transactions.

The third is to rent houses, Dazhiguo Temple has been continuously renovated and expanded since the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty, and a large number of monks have been built, but there are not so many monks to live, so it will be partially rented.

Today, Wu Haugu closed the painting and moved to the Dazhiguo Temple, but he did not rent a house, but crowded with his good friend Fu Monk in a monk's room.So at night in the "pig home" table of wine, is also to celebrate the relocation.

At the wine table, Wu Haogu and others whispered about the fake sketches that were about to begin.

The day before, Wu Haogu used a charcoal strip human sketch so that Guo Jing, Liu Wujie and Fu and Shang believed that he could imitate Wu Daozi's painting, so now the discussion is how to imitate it.

First, decide what kind of portrait to paint.Is it a lady, a king, or a Buddha?

Because Wu Haogu's character painting skills are still in the photo, no model or the photo is not very good (not can not be painted, just not very good painting).The emperor's model can't find it, and the emperor's clothes are not.

"The lady" is easy to find, to the young building broth of the broth to find, as long as willing to spend money, is to take off clothes to paint the human body is not very good.It is just Wu Daozi's body picture . . . I'm afraid it's also shocking.

And to draw a picture of the lady wearing the clothes, the style of the clothes is a trouble.Compared with the current and Wu Daozi active Tang Xuanzong era more than 300 years, the style of clothing changes is not small, if you get wrong, it is easy to be known.

So the painting of the lady was also quickly rejected, and in the end, everyone felt that the monk in the "Buddha and the Immortals" was the best candidate.Because the change of ordinary monk clothes is not very large, there is no need to specially prepare clothes.

Moreover, Wu Daozi has created a large number of murals, so he has left a lot of white-painted "powder" (that is, the manuscript), and these white-painted "pink" usually do not pay, or simply write a few words, such as "Confucius like", "King of Heaven", and do not need to be printed.

Therefore, the style of Wu Daozi painting "monks" is not easy to wear, as long as the Wu family ancestors of the "old silk" and "old ink", and then the "Wu family" pen, painting style and later characters to write the real skills of the combination.You can imitate a "pink" of Wu Daozi's true handwriting.

And such a use of the future painting skills of the pen figure white painting (Wu Haogu in the later generations also learned the work pen white painting) in the eyes of the great practitioners, but also "not true enough" - Wu Da Lang this time to march, not to take the "high imitation" route, but on the basis of "Wu family" innovation, take the "Tugu deceitful" way.

Wu Darrow is to use the exquisite white painting of the human body and a small number of "Wu belt wind" folding lines, coupled with "old silk old ink" and other old ways to create a simple feeling, to the town to open the book and painting in the big practitioners.

After all, none of them have ever seen such a realistic portrait, and the work of calligraphy and painting not only depends on the artistry and appreciation of the painting, but also pay attention to the rare and expensive.

And a "world without two" realistic white portrait, coupled with Wu Daozi's pen and style, coupled with the old effect, and finally a beautiful story, basically can be identified as a rare treasure... Even if it is not Wu Daozi's late painting skills, it must be a blue Wumen disciple's masterpiece.

However, before starting to create, Wu Daro also encountered a small problem.

"Dang Lang, since you have to look real people to paint, it is best to find a little imposing monk to look like."

Guo Jing and Liu Wuji both drank while making ideas for Wu Haogu.

Liu Wuji said: "It is better to be a little Luo Han, Fu brother like the little white-faced monk can not be."

Guo Jing said, “In addition, the portrait of Da Lang is too similar...”

“Isn’t it as good as that?”Xiao Daoist Liu has not been so long as Guo Jing to do private teeth on Panlou Street, and his experience is naturally inferior to the latter, so there is only this question.

"It's not bad, but it's not like drawing a holy picture, it's not so much like drawing a holy picture."

Liu Wu laughed and said, "It is better to be like painting a holy painting than a painting."

"You can't say that," Wu Daro shook his head, "and together painting, there is not only realism, but also writing."The painting of the holy person is half-real and half-written, and it is extremely evangelized.

It is not easy for me to look like him, but it is not easy to imitate him.So I’m going to come here because it’s blue and it’s better to be blue.”

When Wu Da Lang was talking, he saw Fu monk and another man walking quickly.Together with Fu monk is a fat monk, tall and fat, like a steel needle, if not shaving with scars, but also wearing a gray monk's robe, with a string of rosary on the chest, looking like a battle of sandboxes.

See this fat big monk, Wu Hao ancient eyes are bright, this monk is tall and powerful, a face of a beard, live off is a demon to remove the demon of the Kongo Rohan.If you put him on the cloth, it is a "Kong Rohan map" from the hands of the Tang Dynasty.

"Damn, brother, and little B, come and see my master."

It turned out that this monk was the master of Fu the monk's burning pig house monk.

“See the master.”

“I’ve seen the master.”

All three stood up and saluted the great monk.

"Ah, master, poor monk Huiming, is a monk who burns pork."

The monk seemed to have just drunk wine, and a mouth spewing a strong drink, he pointed to Fu Monk, "I am an indelible apprentice and I said, are you all painters?" 」

Wu Daruo arched, "Little bottom Wudang learned some work pen Danqing."

"All right," nodded the monk, touching his own bare head, "but are you going to find a mural at the Dazhi National Temple?"

The Great-Shanguo Temple is not only rich in oil, but also spends money like running water.One of the biggest expenses is the expansion of the Zen Institute, since the beginning of the Northern Song Dynasty, more than 100 years of work.The monastic view of the Song Dynasty liked to decorate with murals, and when the former Song Dynasty was in the Song Dynasty, when it was a jade Qingshang Palace, three thousand painters from the world were called, and 100 people were selected to be responsible for the murals.

And Da Xiang Guoji Temple continued to work, naturally, a large number of artists to be responsible for mural painting.

"It is," Wu Darrow immediately responded, "the small end of the Yushan Buddhist statue, want to find a plot at the Great Xiangguo Temple."

“Yes?”The monk laughed, "If there is something really good, the poor monk will recommend you to go to the merit court, so that you can also establish a foothold in Kaifeng, and you will always have a chance in the future."

The construction of the temple is "merit" in the eyes of the monks, so the Dazhi Guo Temple called the department responsible for the project "Gongde Academy".Painting for the Gongde Academy of the Great Xiangguo Temple is also the means of livelihood for many unattracted small painters in Kaifeng City who are not yet famous.

Because the population of Kaifeng Province is concentrated and commercial prosperity, the house price is the same as the metropolis in the future, whether it is bought or rented, it is quite high.If you can get a fresco for the Great Face National Temple, you can live in the monastery for free, and you can get a free meal supply.For foreign small painters who have no real estate in Kaifeng and have no bottom of the family, it is a way to establish a foothold in Kaifeng Province.

However, the purpose of Wu Da Lang is not to save a few rents, but to make the monk Huiming a model for himself free.