After getting off the carriage near Wencheng Academy, Su Li found a small restaurant nearby to eat.
After that, he tidied his appearance and went to Wencheng Academy.
"Su Li!"
As soon as I arrived at the entrance of the academy, I met Su Ci.
"Su Ci, nice to meet you again." Su Li greeted with a smile. She knew Su Ci was studying here, but she didn't expect to meet him as soon as she arrived.
He was wearing a flowing white robe and holding an oil-paper bag in his hand, probably to buy food.
"Why are you here?"
Su Li glanced at the wooden box in his hand and said, "Hand over the painting."
Su Ci naturally knew that the painting "Goddess" was participating in the competition. This was the first large-scale national painting competition held by the Haohan Academy in the capital. Even many students and teachers in the academy who did not participate in the autumn examination also participated.
These days, he occasionally meets various painters who come to submit their paintings for the competition.
"The place to hand in your paintings is in the Wenlin Pavilion of the academy. I'll take you there."
"Thank you for your help..."
The two entered the academy gate, crossed the lecture square, and entered another gate.
Su Ci asked, "Is it paid on behalf of Mr. Pei?"
Su Li shook her head: "It's me."
Su Ci was surprised for a moment, then he remembered that Su Li could indeed draw when she was a child, but he was too young at that time and only knew that she could draw. As for how well she drew, he had no idea and no understanding.
Later, when he was older, he never saw her paint again.
I didn’t expect her to participate in the competition: “I thought you had stopped painting a long time ago.”
"I haven't painted for many years. I only started painting again some time ago."
After hesitating for a while, Su Ci said, "Can I admire it?" He was actually very curious about how good her painting was.
Su Li smiled and said, "Why not..."
It was lunchtime at the academy, and there was no one else in the lecture hall except Su Li and the other two.
Open the wooden box and take out the painting.
"this……"
When Su Li fully unfolded the "Goddess Picture", Su Ci was amazed and shocked to the point of being almost speechless.
He thought she might be a good painter, or even very good, but he didn't expect her to be this good.
"Let's not go to Wenlin Pavilion. I'll take you directly to see Mr. Song." He was confident that such a painting would be among the best in this competition, even in the entire Great Jin Kingdom.
"Mr. Song?"
Su Ci explained, "Mr. Song Xianhe is a professor at the Haohan Academy in the capital. He is one of the initiators of the 'Goddess Picture' painting competition and the chief examiner of this year's Luocheng Autumn Examination. He just arrived in Luocheng yesterday and is now at the academy."
The provincial examination held every three years in the Great Jin State, also known as the Autumn Examination, would be held in the provincial capitals. At that time, the emperor would appoint a chief examiner to preside over the Autumn Examination.
The reason why he could say to take her directly to see him was because, firstly, his master and Mr. Song were close friends, and it would be much easier for him to see him than for others.
Secondly, Su Li's paintings are so brilliant that if they can be handed directly to Mr. Song, it can avoid the possibility of being impersonated, replaced or destroyed by someone with ulterior motives. After all, human hearts are treacherous.
This was exactly what Su Li was thinking, even though she had also left a mark in the painting. Now that Su Ci had proposed such a good thing, she naturally agreed.
When they arrived at the gate of Zhuxiang Garden, the servant at the gate saw that it was Su Ci and let them in directly.
In the pavilion in the bamboo forest, two middle-aged men with elegant temperaments were drinking tea and chatting.
Su Ci stepped forward and greeted him: "Master, Mr. Song, I bought some sugar-roasted chestnuts."
As he said this, he opened the oil-paper bag, revealing the steaming chestnuts inside.
Zheng Yan looked at Su Li: "Who is this?"
Su Ci introduced: "Master, Mr. Song, this is my friend, Su Li, and also a contestant in this "Goddess Picture"."
Su Li bowed and said, "Hello, gentlemen."
Zheng Yan was just wondering when his disciple had ever been so close to a woman when he heard his old friend beside him ask with a gentle smile, "Oh? Miss Su is holding the 'Goddess Picture'?"
"That's right." Asking proactively means that he wants to help.
Su Li thought to himself, Su Ci is indeed reliable!
When she opened the wooden box, Su Ci also helped take out the painting.
When they saw the contents of the painting, Song Xianhe and Zheng Yan's expressions were even more astonished and shocked than Su Ci's just now.
The goddesses in the paintings are either pure and beautiful, or bright and gorgeous, or lively, or charming. Although their appearances and expressions are different, they all exude a sense of sacredness and inviolability.
The painting is full of spirit and energy, just like a real immortal.
The background is a scenery that has never been seen in the world. The whole picture is like a dream, it is really like being in a fairyland!
Song Xianhe was excited: "Exquisite painting skills, the work of nature, this painting is worthy of being passed down through the ages!"
Su Ci was equally excited when he heard this, and even felt a sense of pride. This was his friend, a friend he grew up with!
Although she participated in the competition for the huge prize money, Su Li thought that even if she didn't win the prize, she would be happy that her paintings were recognized.
"I wonder who Miss Su's master is?" Song Xianhe asked.
Su Li spoke frankly: "I have never had a teacher. When I was a child, my father taught me how to paint because he saw that I loved it..."
You can't say that she came from another time, right? Then she will be burned to death as a monster, right?
"oh?"
He then asked several more questions, and she answered them all truthfully.
Song Xianhe then suggested that the "Goddess Picture" be left with him, and he would send someone to bring the painting back to Beijing.
Of course she was more than happy to do so. After leaving the "Goddess Picture", Su Ci sent her out again.
When passing the lecture square, I saw many men and women coming in from outside with children aged six or seven.
Su Li was puzzled: "Wencheng Academy also accepts such young students?"
Su Ci explained, "The Mr. Song you just met has an older brother, Song Xianshan, who is a dozen years older than him. He is a world-renowned scholar. Mr. Song wants to recruit a disciple from the southern region. These children are here to be tested by Mr. Song..."
Su Li was momentarily surprised. Didn't she have a "child prodigy" son with a photographic memory? If Pei Zhao could become his disciple, his talent would be well spent.
Thinking of this, he recounted Pei Zhao's situation...
A few minutes later, in Zhuxiang Garden, Zheng Yan and Song Xianhe were a little surprised to see Su Ci and his friend coming back.
"Has a photographic memory?" Song Xianhe was shocked. His mother was a master of painting, and his son also had a photographic memory?
Zheng Yan was also shocked. This woman was actually married? She even had a son? He had thought she was the one his disciple liked. Alas, what a pity...
"Miss Su... Madam Su, please follow me to see my brother first..."
When Su Li followed Song Xianhe to Wenlin Pavilion, he saw dozens of children lined up in a long queue in the garden, with a young man who looked like a book boy holding a roster and calling out names.
Each child whose name was called came forward to be tested by Song Xianshan.
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