Doutu Continent

It is easy to draw ghosts and gods, but difficult to draw dogs and horses.

The gangsters were tortured little by little with thin whips, and their corpses were whipped into minced flesh after they died. Gu Qingzhou did not see this cruel scene. Even if he took this road again afterwards, the dungeon where the gangsters were imprisoned has already passed. After the finishing touch, it will turn into soil and bury everything.

Painters have many methods, but what they lack is imaginative paintings, otherwise all kinds of unimaginable methods can be staged in front of people.

Tao Chu, as the young master of Fengyun Mansion, also has a chain store like Fengyun Painting Studio, which specializes in selling and promoting the works of painters. Naturally, there is no shortage of paintings of various categories, and there are all kinds of usages that suit his wishes.

At this time, Tao Chu was in a good mood and was riding on the back of the little donkey. After a whole morning of adaptation, he finally mastered the riding skills.If it wasn't for deliberately slowing down, Gu Qingzhou wouldn't be able to catch up with him.

Although no bastard who bullied Gu Qingzhou was caught, offering the lives of these 20 gangsters to sacrifice to heaven was enough to make him happy for a long time.

In the mansion, Tao Chu was oppressed and disciplined by his uncles on weekdays, and had to pay attention to his words and deeds all the time, for fear of being found out and making his grandfather unhappy.Now that he is out of Fengyun Mansion, without restraint, he is so unscrupulous and happy to the point of lawlessness.

However, Tao Chu restrained his methods in front of his new friends, at least he would not show his violent side in front of the other party and frighten his new friends.

"Xie Xiaogu, you haven't spoken all the way, what are you thinking?" Tao Chu tentatively asked.He was afraid that the light was just the tip of the iceberg that he had just shown in front of the other party, which had already made this new partner uncomfortable.

Gu Qingzhou said: "I was thinking, who am I, where am I, and what am I doing?"

He remembered his emoji and smiled.Even if you don't touch the painting, these three questions alone are enough to make people confused.

"It's too profound." Sure enough, after Tao Chu thought for a while, his eyes became dizzy.

Gu Qingzhou said: "I was thinking about those villagers. They couldn't fight against the bandits who robbed their way, and they were able to get out of trouble when they met the painter. In their eyes, painters like you and me should be powerful? But as painters, if we When encountering a strong enemy, who can rescue him?"

"I'll save you." Tao Chu said, "When the sky falls, there's a tall man standing on top of it. If you feel weak as a painter, there are painters, painters, and even painters on top. Anyway, there will be strong people in this world for me. Stand out, and I will stand up for you again, what are you afraid of?"

Gu Qingzhou smiled and shook his head. He knew Tao Chu's background was extraordinary, but he didn't ask him where he came from.It is better to rely on yourself than to ask for help.He had no intention of asking for help from the passer-by he met by chance.What's more, the other party couldn't help him with the problems that bothered him.

But Gu Qingzhou is also curious about one thing.

He asked, "Tao Chu, why are you traveling alone?"

He has seen the ostentation of Gong Shuo, the prince of the aristocratic family, traveling in a horse-drawn carriage. Not to mention the large army behind him, there are two accompanying painters alone, and the carriage is also driven by a coachman. Why do you need to do it yourself?

Tao Chu traveled with his only son, without even taking anyone around him.He guessed: "You probably ran away from home, didn't you?"

"Of course not!" Tao Chu denied, "I just came out to find something, and I didn't want others to know, so I didn't tell anyone."

"Isn't that still sneaking out? You will make your family worry about you." Gu Qingzhou laughed.He didn't ask what the other party was looking for, and he didn't even tell his family members. How could he tell the people he met on the road?

"Family?" Tao Chu snorted softly, "would be worried that my father has passed away, some uncles in the family don't want to see me, bully me because I'm young, suppress me everywhere, only my grandfather treats me well."

When he said this, he paused for a while and said: "It's okay to tell you. It will be my grandfather's birthday later, and I want to find something as his birthday gift. That's why I came here."

"I see." Gu Qingzhou nodded.I don't know how to comfort the other party, so I simply don't mention the other party's sad things. "Actually, your own safety and health is the best gift to your elders."

Tao Chu smiled and said, "I can't just give my health and safety to my grandfather empty-handed, right?"

"That's true." Gu Qingzhou slightly raised the corner of his mouth and said, "You are a painter, so you can give a work you painted yourself as a birthday present."

"I already sent paintings last year." Tao Chudao, "My grandfather is not an ordinary person. Sending paintings again this year to show the progress of being a junior in the past year may be useful to others, but my grandfather is already a painter at my age. His eyes are too ridiculous and insignificant, which will disappoint him instead."

And...he wants to get more, and a birthday gift like a painting is not enough!

No matter whether Tao Huazun was satisfied or not, Tao Chu would never be satisfied with himself.

He didn't say that.

The two continued walking all the way, and saw a tea shed in front of them.

Gu Qingzhou stopped.There is still about half an hour to go to the city ahead, and a short rest will not affect the progress of the city in the dark.

As soon as he stopped, Tao Chu simply put the donkey into the painting, took out the whole set of tea sets and tea leaves from the badge, and asked the tea doctor to make tea for him.

Gu Qingzhou was lucky enough to drink the good tea brought by Tao Chu, and it tasted really good, but he never paid attention to the desire of the tongue, and he was not picky about good or bad, as long as it can quench his thirst, he can drink good tea and rough tea.

During the break, Gu Qingzhou heard that among the tea drinkers, someone mentioned the ghost master Gong Yangyi, so he couldn't help but listen carefully.

"My uncle was bewitched by an evil spirit, and he was haunted by ghosts every day. It was healed by that painting." A man dressed as a businessman said humanely.

His companions were amazed: "Ghosts' paintings are really so magical? You don't need to be like a painter to be able to touch the eyes? Just paste the paintings on the bedside to ward off evil spirits?"

Gu Qingzhou suddenly heard Tao Chu coughing. He turned his head and saw that Tao Chu was holding the teacup, his face flushed, and he coughed from the tea. Obviously, the other party also heard the conversation between the two ordinary people.

Gu Qingzhou patted the other party's back, helping Tao Chu to calm down.The conversation in the tea shed continued.

The names of the ghost masters are obviously known to everyone in the vicinity of Weilong City.

Dr. Cha went up to add water to the businessman, and interjected: "Ghosts are drawn by everyone. It is really effective to ward off evil spirits! Last month, the little grandson of the owner of Baicheng in Weilong City kept crying at night. He also pasted the painting on the head of the bed. Immediately It will be cured."

"Is it really so effective?" A dusty traveler said, "I heard that Lord Baicheng is a second-grade painter! Could it be that his own painting is not very useful?"

Dr. Cha smiled and said: "Your news is too late. The city owner has already become a peak painter four years ago, and he is not far from becoming a painter. But you are a peak painter! One step further, you will be a painter! The paintings are all Ghosts and gods, there is a specialization in art."

Under Gu Qingzhou's caress, Tao Chu finally recovered.After listening to everyone's conversation, he whispered: "It seems that this ghost is not in vain."

To be a painter, at least one must have real talent and learning in painting, one can deceive the world, but one cannot deceive the way of painting.

Gu Qingzhou said: "I've heard the name of Gong Yangyi, the ghost master. Although I haven't met him yet, I have already longed for his works."

Tao Chu knew that it was not easy for folk painters to learn from them, but he didn't want Gu Qingzhou to go astray, thinking that the other party had the idea of ​​looking for folk masters, so he dissuaded him: "This kind of painting is after all a small way, Xiao Gu should have heard that sentence, right? Ghosts and gods are easy, but dogs and horses are difficult!"

Talking, Tao Chu took out the scroll from the badge, unfolded a picture of a horse, and on the picture there was a lifelike yellow dog squatting beside the horse's hoof.

The four horses in the picture have bright coats and strong hooves, lying or standing.As someone else wrote in the poem describing the painting of horses: when a horse is standing up, it has a tendency, while a lying horse has a tendency to leap and leap.It's a good painting at first glance.

"If you want to look for a famous teacher, I know where you can find a better teacher. Even if you want to be a disciple of the painting king, it is not impossible."

Tao Chu spoke confidently. In the corner of the tea shed not far from him, sat a man in a black cloak.

When the audience boasted about the ghost master, his lips hidden under the hood turned up unconsciously, and when he heard Tao Chu suddenly pouring cold water on him, saying that it was a small way after all, and why he invited a better teacher, even Mr. Hua moved out. , He snorted secretly, observed the two young painters, and carefully wrote down the appearances of Gu Qingzhou and Tao Chu.

Under the cloak, on his chest, he was wearing a painter's badge.