At noon, Wang Li sent the Zhang brothers away to do some business, parked the boat by the river, and planned to go into the city to take a look.

The soldiers who were going through the water gate wanted to board the boat for inspection. Wang Li didn't want to get involved, so he took Li Rong and Ji Erbu to enter the city through the south gate. Zhao Yuannu stayed on the boat to take care of Hua Baoyan.

The group walked to the south gate of Jiangzhou City and saw towering city walls and people coming in and out. Several soldiers wearing light armor and leather caps unique to the Song Dynasty army were lazily maintaining order, holding spears or swords.

On the nearby city wall, there was a notice seeking medical treatment. The handwriting was vigorous and powerful. A group of people gathered around watching and talking about it. Some literate people were reading it aloud.

Wang Li and the other two stopped to look at the notice, which read: "My name is Huang Wenye, and I live in Wuwei Army. My mother suffers from tuberculosis, and the famous doctors in Jiangzhou all say that she will not live long. If there is a hero in the medical field who can save my mother from danger, my brother Huang Wenbing and I are willing to give all our property as a thank you."

Wang Li's mind was in turmoil. He wanted to take down the notice, but he was afraid of Huang Wenbing's treachery.

Huang Wenbing is the guy who reported Song Jiang for writing anti-government poems in the original novel. This guy is meticulous. If he finds out that Wang Li is the person sent by the emperor, wouldn't it cause trouble?

However, Wang Lisu attached great importance to benevolence and righteousness. Seeing the people watching and talking about the incident, he felt even more conflicted.

I listened to the people around me talking about the Huang brothers' completely different personalities.

Some said: "Huang Wenye is a filial son and grandson. He offered a huge reward to save his mother."

Some people also said, "Huang Wenbing is a scheming guy and will definitely not give up his share of the property." Wang Li felt even more complicated after listening to these discussions.

He knew that Huang Wenye was an honest man, also known as Huang Fuer. He repaired bridges and roads and helped the poor. He was a famous philanthropist in Wuwei Army and even in the whole Jiangzhou.

But his brother was a controversial person. Some people in later generations said that as a regular employee, it was his duty to report Song Jiang. Of course, Wang Li would not judge whether he was good or bad based on this incident. Anyway, Song Jiang was not a good guy...

In the end, Wang Li decided to tell Huang Wenye privately that he could cure tuberculosis.

He knew that tuberculosis was not a disease that could be cured overnight and that it required patience and time to cure. At the same time, he also knew that his character would not allow him to sit idly by.

There was a constant flow of traffic and pedestrians under the city gate. Wang Li stood in the crowd, looking at the tall city wall and the reward notice posted on it, with mixed feelings in his heart. He was worried about the safety of his group, but he couldn't bear to see Huang's mother suffer.

Finally, he took a deep breath, turned around and left. He didn't want to go into the city anymore. He planned to go to the legendary Xunyang Tower outside Jiuhua Gate to have a look and have some food, and then let Ji Er go to Wuwei Army to find Huang Wenye and inform him of his decision.

...............

On the Xunyang Tower, wine flags were fluttering. This was the place where Song Jiang had written his anti-government poems, but now it was where Wang Li and his party had their meals.

Wang Li sat at the table, his eyes passing through the carved window lattices and falling on the sparkling Xunyang River. The river water seemed to be telling the vicissitudes of the past.

"Brother Long, let's go to Huangmen Mountain and pay a visit later. What do you think?" Wang Li said softly to Li Long, with an unquestionable firmness in his tone.

Li Lang was sitting next to Wang Li. He nodded and said, "Master, what you said is very true. I have also heard of those four heroes. Although their martial arts skills are mediocre, they each have their own strengths. It would be a good thing if we could recruit them."

Wang Li smiled slightly and said, "Long brother is indeed very smart, but recruiting them is only one of the reasons."

Li Rong asked, "Master, what else do you want?"

"Haha, I want to borrow the Huangmen Mountain to tell Huang Wenye to go there with his mother for treatment. What do you think?"

Li Long shook his head and said, "I knew that my uncle would not stand idly by. I will go to pay my respects to the mountain later."

"it is good!"

At this time, the delicacies were already on the table, and the aroma was overflowing, making people salivate. Wang Li and Li Long raised their glasses to drink together. After eating and drinking, they smiled at each other, and a sense of pride surged in their hearts.

After the meal, Wang Li stood up and said, "Brother Long, go to the boat and tell the sailors and the two girls that we are going to Huangmen Mountain to visit the heroes. When Brother Shun and the others come back, they can wait on the boat or go to Huangmen Mountain to look for me."

"Ji Er, go to the horse market and buy three horses."

"Yes!"

Li Rong and Ji Er took the order and left, while Wang Li was alone looking at the poems written by ancient people on the wall.

The waiter came over and asked, "Sir, do you need any writing materials?"

Wang Li was also tempted to try his hand at it. He could copy poems from later generations, but his handwriting was not very good. He saw that the wall below was painted, and he could draw ink paintings after touching it. His eyes lit up and he said, "Do you have any painting?"

"Yes, I do, but where do you want to paint, sir?"

Wang Li pointed to the wall next to the floor and said, "This is it."

The waiter saw that this was a window and no one would write a poem here, so he agreed. On the way, he was still wondering, "Is this guy mentally ill? Who would write a poem or paint a picture in a conspicuous place?"

But he still honestly brought up all the colored materials in the store.

Wang Li looked at the colors and found black, white, red, blue, green, yellow, etc. After thinking for a while, he asked for a few vegetable plates to use as painting plates and a few brushes of different thicknesses.

Wang Li began to paint. He first took a piece of paper, tore it into pieces at random, pasted it on the wall, and then began to paint a large area of it black.

The waiter was stunned at what he saw from behind, thinking, he had met another guy who was illiterate but liked to pretend to be a scholar. Normally, when they saw such graffiti in Xunyang Tower, they would erase it and only leave the fine works on the wall.

"What's the matter with this guy? He has even scratched the wall black. Is he here to cause trouble?"

When the waiter thought of this, he went to find the shopkeeper.

More than a quarter of an hour later, when the shopkeeper came here in a rage, ready to check on the troublemaker, as soon as he entered the door and saw Wang Li's painting, the place instantly became quiet.

He glared at the waiter and stood behind him watching silently.

After a long time, the current painting has gradually emerged. The theme is a waterfall at night. The black night is dotted with stars and the moon is in the sky. A white waterfall flows down on the dark blue rocks. The colors are of different shades and everything looks so harmonious, just like a natural scenery.

The charm of 3D paintings is unimaginable to ancient people. The shopkeeper in the back and Li Rong who had rushed back were watching quietly in the back.

Wang Li was painting two red carps at this time. They all saw that Wang Li was going to paint “Fish Leaping Over the Dragon Gate”.

Wang Li liked painting in his previous life, but he only learned sketching, three-dimensional painting, etc. After traveling to the Song Dynasty, both his medical skills and painting skills improved a lot. His memory is so good that he can even recall the Tai Chi performed by an old lady in the park. Perhaps this is the benefit of his time travel?

It was a good thing after all, and Wang Li didn't think much about it. He was concentrating on painting at this time.

Soon, the painting was completed as if two living red carps were finished. The shopkeeper, Li Lang and others at the back were ready to applaud, but then they saw Wang Li pick up the brush with white dye and asked, "Is it not finished yet?" They stopped and continued to watch.

Wang Li first signed his name at the end as "Wang Li, Taoist Doctor", with a hidden signature that could not be seen without careful observation. He then picked up a brush dipped in white dye and casually flicked it on the wall a few times, then breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It's done!"

These few casual strokes actually produced such coordinated water splashes that the shopkeeper and Li Long didn't even have time to cheer and just stared blankly from behind.

Wang Li turned around and saw them, and pushed Li Rong, who woke up.

Wang Li made a gesture and quietly took Li Long away. The shopkeeper was still staring at the painting.

Wang Li came out and waited for Ji Er to come over with the horse, and the three of them rode away. Along the way, Li Long kept praising Wang Li's paintings. This time he called this master uncle who was about the same age as him sincerely.

The shopkeeper of Xunyang Tower finally woke up, but couldn't find the painter, so he asked the waiter, "Where is the person?"

The usually clever waiter stammered, "Let's go...let's go."

The shopkeeper shouted angrily, "Why didn't you wake me up?"

"That...that gentleman, don't let me...disturb you."

"You..." The shopkeeper pointed at the waiter and his face turned green with anger. After a while, he managed to say something and shouted, "Go find him quickly!"

The waiter hurried out to look for someone, and the shopkeeper also went out to look for his boss, muttering on the way, "The magic pen is still alive? The magic pen is still alive."

Little did they know that Wang Li had already arrived a few miles away on horseback, followed closely by Li Rong and Ji Er. The three of them were heading towards Huangmen Mountain...

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