Like Chang'an, the capital of the eastern capital Luoyang is mostly ancient temples and famous temples. Among them, in Shangshanfang, which is facing Dingdingmen Street in the west and overlooks Luoshui, the Tiangong Temple, which was once the old house of Emperor Taizong of Tang, is also considered the best famous temple among all the famous temples in Luoyang, and there are many virtuous monks coming and going.

Because it is separated from Luoyang Palace by only a water, the Shangshanfang where Tiangong Temple is located not only has the official offices of the Ministry of Public Affairs of the Zongzheng Temple, the Grand Historian Chongxian Pavilion, and other officials. In the past, Wu Sansi and Princess Taiping both had mansions in this yard. Times have changed, and the two men who were once prominent have long turned into loess. Now the two mansions are still majestic, but the owners have been replaced by King Xue Li Ye and King Qi Li Fan.

Du Shiyi, who passed by these two royal houses, just glanced at the vermilion gate, but had no intention of staying. Although he had a good impression of King Qi's boldness, now when the emperor was sharpening his knife and rushing to the kings, King Qi was clearly stubborn and could not come out. It was useless for confidant Wang Wei to advise him, let alone him? Moreover, today he came to Shangshanfang because Pei Tanzhi invited him to Tiangong Temple to attend the ceremony of his deceased mother, so he did not want to be too much. When he and his group got off the horse in front of Tiangong Temple, a little novice monk immediately greeted him.

"But Du Shiyi?" After receiving a positive answer, the little novice monk who was only 14th and 15th of that year looked at Du Shiyi's face for a long time, then remembered his duties, and hurriedly clasped his hands together and said, "General Pei is waiting, please ask Du Shiyi to follow me."

Du Shiyi has been to the Buddhist temple and Taoist temple in this life. After all, whether it is Songshan, where he has been, Chang'an or Luoyang, these two are indispensable in the best scenery. However, this is indeed the first time he has come to Tiangong Temple. When he dismounted outside the door, he felt that although the exterior walls were mottled, they could still see the majesty of the past. At this moment, he followed the little novice monk on the road in the temple, and he even tasted the magnificent buildings of the building. Thinking about the time when Li Shimin captured Luoyang, he had lived here after he even used this private house as a temporary Qin Palace to command all the generals. He couldn't help but think about it. Until the light in front of him suddenly dim, the buildings facing him blocked the sunlight, and he had just returned to his senses.

"General Pei."

Pei Guo, wearing a mourning clothes, stood in front of the small building and bowed to Du Shiyi. When the little novice silenced to leave, he explained: "This place is where my mother often comes to worship Buddha, so now she has passed away. The presiding officer in the temple agreed to lend this place to me during the ritual period."

Speaking of this, he suddenly clasped his fists and bowed deeply to Du Shiyi. Seeing him quickly letting him go, he straightened his waist and said, "This is to thank Du Shiyi for helping me. I went to meet Mr. Wu as you rumored that he would paint a wall for his mother in Tiangong Temple. It should be noted that Mr. Wu is famous now, and it is often difficult for him to start a year or two to ask for a mural in the palace in Luoyang City. But this time, he can respond to my request. It must be Du Shiyi's beautiful words."

Du Shiyi was surprised when he heard Pei Guo's meaning that Wu Daozi easily agreed to his request. Before, Wu Daozi bargained with him because of lacquer and ink, which was obviously not pleasant. Later, Pei Guo asked for a mural for his deceased mother, but this painting saint was so happy? Zhang Xu himself said that Wu Daozi was famous, and he thought that his character would not be profitable and could not get up early. This is really rare.

"General Pei is so serious, but I can't hide it from it. Mr. Wu and I are just a common friend. When we met this time, Mr. Wu was a little unhappy because of the ink. Fortunately, Mr. Zhang, who was so famous for cursive script, was next to him, so he was able to successfully express General Pei's request. Mr. Wu could agree because of General Pei's reputation, but I dare not take credit."

Du Shiyi was not sure about Wu Daozi's temper. After explaining this section, he told me about the dispute over Qi Yanmo in a few words. Finally, he smiled bitterly: "Now the messenger who went to Wangwu Mountain has returned. Although Wu Gong was willing to cheer them up, Wu Gong Gong asked them a little hesitant. Therefore, the moist is a new product and the formula needs to be adjusted carefully. The more people use it, the easier it is to find the advantages and disadvantages. So they hope that more people can give comments and opinions, so I am in a dilemma."

Pei Guo also heard about Wu Daozi's personality, but he didn't feel strange at this moment: "I have a specialized in my skills. The two ink craftsmen used by Du Shiyi have a certain style of a famous craftsman who is not seeking fame."

After saying a few gossips, Du Shiyi remembered the polo game a few days ago, and remembered that Pei Tan was a general in Hebei for many years. He suddenly felt aroused his heart and asked: "Have General Pei ever heard of a man named Chu Chen in Hebei? This man is seven feet long and strong and brave. I occasionally went to see a polo game a few days ago, but I saw that he was invincible and had no enemy under his command."

"Huh?" Pei Guo was slightly stunned when she heard this. She read the name twice, and then said thoughtfully, "I don't have any impression of Chu Chen's name, but what you said is a big man with a 7-foot-long beard is a bit like Chu Huaisha, a wanderer who once shook Hebei more than ten years ago. This person was killed by the wealthy family of Guo, because his best friend in his life, the government kept silent and came to the door to seek revenge. It is said that he once broke three doors with a big hammer.

Dozens of Guo family members were unable to approach him under his single sword. In the end, the flying sword shot down the plaque in the main hall, which scared the head of the Guo family to death. Before leaving, he used the hammer to break the door open to the exterior wall of the house. Because of this, the reputation of the Guo family, which was once quite famous in Dingzhou, Hebei, plummeted. In addition, the head of the family died, and the descendants were unable to compete for their property, and had already fallen to the third-rate."

Seeing Du Shiyi's surprise, Pei Guo couldn't help but smile, and then sighed: "I was following Governor Sun to fight against the Xi people. After I came back, I heard that Guo was suing the officials for the pursuit, and this person was gone. Over the years, I have never heard of this person appearing in Hebei Road. Even the sea captain documents have been moved. There are rumors that this person went to the Western Regions and there was no news. Calculation age, he was about the early forties. I have never seen a real person. Now I am in my mourning period again. Otherwise, I can go to Du Langjun to watch the polo game and see if this Chu Chen is Chu Huaisha."

"Even if it is not, it is amazing to hear such a strange story from General Pei."

Because of this small episode, Pei Guo couldn't help but ask a few more questions about the polo elite game that he had heard of, which he had never seen before. Although he had been guarding Hebei for many years, his family was in Dongdu, so he also heard about the six-household house of Cui's Qinghe clan in Yongfeng, Dongdu. Hearing that Cui Jianxuan instigated Jiang Du and Dou E to tinker with him, he couldn't help laughing and nodding, "Although the young man likes to make trouble, playing polo is indeed a way to train soldiers. However, the five-player competition was too small after all. I used to choose red and blue sides in the army, ranging from ten to thirty or even a hundred. Only in this way can the melee team see the real level of equestrianism. The tactical cooperation is good and bad. Today, the children of Guixiu have recited poems and essays ten years ago, and there are fewer people who are brave and fierce."

While talking and laughing, the little novice monk came in a hurry. However, he knew the situation, fearing that others would think he was deliberately eavesdropping, so he stopped to salute from a distance and said, "General Pei, Du Shiyi, Duke Wu has arrived. Also here are Duke Zhang."

Who could not guess who Zhang Gong was with Wu Daozi? At this moment, Pei Guo was surprised and happy, and Du Shiyi was also very surprised. The two of them immediately walked out quickly. When they followed the little shaman along the road to the east gate of the temple, they saw Wu Daozi standing with his hands behind his back, squinting his eyes at the long mural on the wall. Zhang Xu looked around and looked around. When they saw them, they went forward and reached out to slap Wu Daozi's shoulders, coughing and saying, "Go back to the spirit, everyone is here."

"Oh" Wu Daozi immediately turned around and saw Pei Guo wearing a linen filial piety dress. Du Shiyi followed closely behind. A cunning smile appeared on his face that was not easy to detect. When they met, facing Pei Tan's thanks, he waved his hand indifferently, "General Pei is a famous general from Hebei and is famous. If I refuse this request, it would be unreasonable."

After saying beautiful words, he glanced at Du Shiyi and suddenly turned his lyrics and said, "However, General Pei should also know my habits. It is one thing to paint for the late Madam, but when to paint is another thing."

Pei Guo was very happy to listen to Wu Daozi's words, but Du Shiyi was a little confused. At this moment, when Guo saw the beautiful words, the word "but" followed, he immediately sighed and guessed. As he expected, Wu Daozi seemed to have not seen Pei Guo's sudden stiff expression and said to himself: "It is easy to draw immediately, either with feelings or moving scenery or moving people, or with wine or moving people. I wonder what it is like at this time? Of course, if General Pei can afford to wait, I will finish paintings of the temples and temples in Dongdu that I have accumulated, and then slowly ponder a mural for Mrs. Ling. "

Du Shiyi's heart immediately skipped a beat, and Pei Guo asked in a deep voice: "Dare you ask Mr. Wu, what is the scene that can impress the Lord?"

"General Pei is quick to speak quickly." Wu Daozi smiled, and then said with a loud voice, "I missed Anguo Temple murals for a year that day. However, after watching Gongsun’s sword dance, I was inspired for a while and finished painting the long wall day and night. General Pei’s sword dance army is the best, and I have seen it once in the past, but I have never had the honor to watch it again. If I could see it, how could this mere mural be worth it? Even if I had paid a lot of money before, I could return all of General Pei’s sword dance. How could it be comparable to a few thousand golds?"
Chapter completed!