[Red Mansion] Mrs. Lin, the Buddhist family

In fact, for this kind of picture that records the whole growth process of the child, it is best for the child to maintain a movement, and the "animation" effect after "swiping and pulling" to open the picture book is the best.

But the two children are too young, and Pippi is very active. It is really not easy to find a fixed posture to draw for him every day.

But as far as these things are concerned, the shock to Lin Ruhai is already big enough: "Ruosang, these paintings..."

"I drew it." Jia Shu said frankly.

Lin Ruhai opened his mouth and said, "How long did it take you to draw so many portraits of children? This is a rough count, how come there are hundreds of them?"

Jia Shu raised his eyebrows: "From the second day after the two children were born, I will spare time to draw a picture for them every day."

Otherwise, she doesn't have that much time to draw several pictures a day.

Lin Ruhai almost immediately thought of how terrifying these portraits would be when the two children grew up, and how shocking it would be to flip through these portraits as quickly as before.

Jia Shu smiled: "Just sit here, and I will draw a sketch for you, so that you can compare yourself with the two children and see which facial features are similar."

Lin Ruhai hesitated: "Sit here?"

"Yes," Jia Shu nodded with a smile, "Just sit still and don't move around. Don't worry, it will be soon."

Lin Ruhai thought for a while, put the portrait in his hand carefully, and then sat facing Jia Shu, his eyes tense, and his sitting posture correct.

Jia Shu smiled at him: "Don't be too nervous."

But seeing Lin Ruhai was more nervous than before after speaking, she had no choice but to shake her head and let him go.

During this period of time, Jia Shu drew pictures for the two children every day, and he was proficient in sketching techniques. His hands were very fast, and he roughly sketched Lin Ruhai's portrait in less than a stick of incense.

"Ruhai is all right, come here and see what you look like." Jia Shu stood up with a smile, and handed the portrait to Lin Ruhai, "But it's just a rough draft, and it will be revised later, so don't feel disappointed."

Lin Ruhai couldn't wait to pick it up, this was the first time he could see his facial features so clearly.

Jia Shu laughed at the side: "Do you think you look good?"

Lin Ruhai's face turned red immediately, and she couldn't help but look back at Jia Shu: "How can there be..."

Jia Shu pretended to be stunned: "If Husband feels that the person in the portrait is not good enough, it must be because my ability is limited, and I have not been able to paint a thousandth of the charm of Husband."

Lin Ruhai: "..." He couldn't hold back, and touched the tip of his red ear.

Because he was worried that he would say a word, Jia Shu stopped him with another sentence. Although Lin Ruhai felt embarrassed, he still turned his head and did not refute her words.

Putting the two children side by side with his own portrait, the effect is more intuitive. Lin Ruhai can clearly see the similarities between himself and the two children, and naturally he can also see the differences...

Lin Ruhai looked at it, a gratified smile gradually filled his face.

Jia Shu was sitting on the side, looking at Lin Ruhai quietly, holding a charcoal pencil in his hand, and simply sketched on the paper again a Lin Ruhai who made people smile knowingly when they looked at it.

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The portraits of the two children once again showed the fatherly love in Lin Ruhai's heart, but because he had to be on duty during the day, he didn't spend much time with the two children. Let Jia Shu help draw the picture on the same paper, and carry it with you every day, and put it in your warm arms.

As long as he misses the two children, Lin Ruhai will take them out of his arms to look at them.

At the beginning, because he didn't know whether this portrait would be accepted by others, every time Lin Ruhai thought about the child, he deliberately found an inconspicuous corner and took out the portrait to avoid his colleagues.

But after a long time, people will always discover the existence of the portrait.

But to Lin Ruhai's surprise, the colleagues who compiled the book together didn't think there was anything wrong after reading it.Some colleagues were even very familiar with this painting method because they often had contact with foreigners, and even praised Lin Ruhai, "Although there is no color, the foreign painter you hired to paint the child's portrait is good at painting."

Since then, when Lin Ruhai took out the portrait again, he did not avoid people anymore.

It's just that Lin Ruhai didn't think that because of their status and hobbies, even if these colleagues in the Imperial Academy knew about "foreigner stuff" such as sketching and oil painting, they definitely didn't like it, and they would even directly classify it as "extraordinary obscenity skills" "One class to go.

But for other people whose status has not yet reached that height, or whose goal is not on the way to become a cabinet minister, the first reaction after seeing the sketch in his hand, the things associated with it will be very different.

For example, on this day, the official in charge of investigating the enemy's spies in Dali Temple happened to see Lin Ruhai looking at the lifelike portraits of two children when he saw Lin Ruhai again in the morning. What I want is to let the painters who are responsible for the portraits of wanted criminals improve their painting skills, and it is best to rub the faces of those people directly like rubbing inscriptions.

After seeing the portrait in Lin Ruhai's hand, the official stopped by his superior and rushed up.

The minister of Dali Temple beside him couldn't stop him, so he hurriedly apologized to Lin Ruhai, who was furious after the portrait was taken from his hand, and immediately took the portrait back: "Scholar Lin, I'm really sorry. But Xu Shaoqing's blunt and impulsive temper is not to offend Your Excellency. I also ask Xueshi Lin to forgive me."

Lin Ruhai snorted coldly, not wanting to talk to Xu Shaoqing.

Dali Temple Secretary hurriedly called Xu Shaoqing to his side: "Haven't you apologized to Xueshi Lin?"

Xu Shaoqing felt the strength of Lin Ruhai's grasp of his hand just now, and was a little surprised in his heart.After hearing Dali Siqing's words, he was also very happy, and directly bowed to Lin Ruhai, obviously knowing that his behavior just now was very reckless: "Scholar Lin, I'm sorry!"

Lin Ruhai glanced at him, although he was still a little angry, he waved his hands, not intending to argue with him anymore.

"When Mr. Xu Shaoqing came to look for him before, he looked calm and at ease. What happened today..." Lin Ruhai was very puzzled. When he snatched the portrait back just now, he found that Xu Shaoqing's hand holding the portrait was really strong, if it wasn't for his own strength Enough, and Xu Shaoqing really cherishes the portrait, so it is impossible to say that this rare portrait can only be turned into fragments.

If this is the case, Lin Ruhai will be really angry.

Xu Shaoqing scratched his head in embarrassment, "hehe" laughed twice, and then said: "It's not that the portrait in Xueshi Lin's hand is too realistic. It just happened that I have been thinking about how to draw the portrait of the wanted criminal more realistically for a while. Happy to see Lie Xin, then..."

Lin Ruhai's face darkened, and he folded the portrait in half and put it back in his arms.

Xu Shaoqing stared at the portrait with both eyes. If Dali Siqing hadn't covered his mouth and let someone grab his hand, he might have grabbed it directly.

After Lin Ruhai put it away, he was let go by the Minister of Dali Temple, and he immediately expressed regret: "Scholar Lin, don't take the portrait away in a hurry, this portrait will be of great use in arresting the enemy's spies in the future!"

Lin Ruhai glanced at him: "The picture shows a pair of children, so it's not easy to hand it over to outsiders."

Although the two children are still young, one of the two children in the portrait is Zhuzhu after all, if it's just for them to see, it's fine, but looking at Xu Shaoqing's appearance, it is obvious that he wants to take the portrait away.

How can this be?It is absolutely impossible for Lin Ruhai to leave any excuses for her daughter in the future.

Xu Shaoqing didn't understand: "Lin Xueshi's two children are only one year old now, and they are still young, why should they pay so much attention?"

There is a daughter in Dali Siqing's family, who knows Lin Ruhai's concerns a little bit. Hearing this, he stabbed Xu Shaoqing directly: "Scholar Lin loves daughters, how can you understand?"

Xu Shaoqing was stunned for a while, although he still didn't understand, he didn't say anything more.

Lin Ruhai glanced at him, and then said: "I don't know why Mr. Lu came to me this time?"

Lu Qing cupped his hands: "Originally, we didn't intend to bother Mr. Lin again after we asked about Marquis Jinyang's poisoning of your lord last time. It's just that the spy from the enemy country had also laid down a concubine Hu's concubine on Rong Guogong recently." However, after the investigation of Dali Temple, it was found that Mrs. Hu was the birth mother of Mrs. Ling, and we found that a maid in your mansion almost had a miscarriage because of it..."

"After careful deliberation, we agreed that the real target of their poisoning was Madam Ling."

"The most important thing is that the poison of the Hu family seems to have involved a war with a foreign race more than ten years ago, and it has something to do with Rong Guogong..."

Dali Siqing explained it clearly, but both he himself and Lin Ruhai knew it well.

Lord Lu sighed: "We have nothing to do, the Emperor knew that the spy of the enemy country had been lurking in Daxia more than ten years ago, and ordered us to find him within a month. We have no choice but to disturb Lord Lin again. "

Although everyone in Dali Temple also knew that Emperor Qisheng would not call this matter to the Dali Temple team to investigate, but because of the large number of people, they could only use their best to prevent themselves from appearing too incompetent.

Lin Ruhai thought of the fact that when he learned that the people who drugged the Hu family were Ling Ji and shopkeeper Zhou, he sent someone to find her. Ling Ji had long since disappeared from the mansion where she originally lived. He only knew that she had redeemed herself several months ago. , and left with her relatives who came to look for her; and the shopkeeper Zhou in Fengyue Huacao Lane has long been empty, and his shop has long been transferred to others at a low price.

Although Jia Shu's face was calm when he heard the news, it seemed that it was not surprising, but Lin Ruhai felt guilty instead, and always wanted to find out those two people.

Now that he has the opportunity, Lin Ruhai naturally cooperates.

Xu Shaoqing's eyes widened immediately: "We have already had someone ask Mrs. Hu, she still remembers Lingji's appearance, and has some impressions of the shopkeeper's appearance. Now there is only one painter who can draw the appearance of the two of them."

Lin Ruhai hesitated for a while, not knowing whether to agree or not.

Xu Shaoqing said again, "Why should Scholar Lin bother? You just need to tell me the name and address of the painter, and we will send someone to look for it."

Mr. Lu also chimed in: "Scholar Lin may not know that this portrait only needs to be dictated by General Hu, and then drawn by the artist on paper. If you are worried that the artist will be rude to Mr. Hu, we can guarantee that we will never let Mr. Hu and Mrs. Meet the painter."

Lin Ruhai hesitated, and shook his head: "It's not that I don't want to cooperate, it's just that the person who gave the portraits of my next pair of sons and daughters has a special identity, and it's inconvenient to take my paintings to the outside world..."

He dared not take Jia Shu's works to the outside world, otherwise it would be known that the person in the portrait was a woman, which would cause great damage to Jia Shu's reputation.

Even when he took out the portraits of the two children before, he did not try to let other colleagues appreciate them, let alone let anyone know who painted the children.

Lord Lu and Xu Shaoqing were stunned, and they looked at each other, and they could see the surprise in each other's eyes.

Hearing Lin Ruhai's tone, the painter is actually a woman?

Lin Ruhai didn't pay attention to their expressions, but pointed them in a direction: "You don't have to worry, this painting method is not created by this person, but passed down from those foreigners. If you really want to know this painting method Painter, why don't you go directly to those foreigners, maybe their painting skills are more advanced than this person's."

What else can Dali Siqing two do?He had no choice but to give up asking about Jia Shu's identity and choose to leave.

After all, the Hu family was involved in this matter, and Lin Ruhai told Jia Shu about it when he returned home.

Jia Shu didn't care much about whether his identity was known to outsiders, but he was a little concerned about the fact that the people in Dali Temple had approached the Hu family——

She would contact Hu Shi every one or two days, but she had never heard anything from her.

Jia Shu thought for a while, and asked Lin's mother, "Mother, my daughter-in-law wants to visit Hu's house tomorrow."

Mother Lin hugged Zhuzhu and nodded: "When you go there, remember to bring a few more maids." After thinking for a while, she looked at the maid next to the tree, "Mu Ling, you will follow your wife tomorrow, and you won't be able to take a single step. leave."

The wood spirit nodded: "Yes, old ancestor."

Jia Shu looked at Mu Ling in surprise. Among the big maids around Mother Lin, the one with the highest sense of presence was Shuli, and the second tallest one had been sold, but the rest of the maids were all like invisible people. , she doesn't understand at all.

Mother Lin saw that she was puzzled, and explained with a smile: "Mu Ling has been with my natal family's doctor since he was a child, and has learned good medical skills."

Jia Shu understood that this was what happened to the Hu family before, which frightened Lin's mother.

After all, Mother Lin had good intentions, and Jia Shu had no reason to refuse, so he directly agreed: "Mother, with the wood spirit by my side, my daughter-in-law will feel more at ease."

The smile on the corner of Lin's mother's mouth became more and more comfortable: "It's good that you don't worry too much."

Back in the courtyard at night, Jia Shu did not go directly into the bedroom, but took Lin Ruhai to the study: "After the incident happened that day, I carefully asked my mother about Lingji and shopkeeper Zhou's appearance, although I don't know how much the portrait is like in real life. Split image, but should work."

Lin Ruhai shook his head and refused: "Your manuscript is not easy to take out."

Jia Shu didn't quite understand: "Why?" She remembered a scene in Dream of the Red Chamber, where Jia Baoyu showed off the poems written by many girls in the house, and she didn't see any taboos?Besides, those girls are all young girls who have not left the cabinet, and she is now the mother of two children.

Lin Ruhai looked a little strange: "Not to mention the works painted by women, even the poems written by women are easily criticized by some pedantic people. As a husband, I don't mind, but I can't let you bear those gossips for nothing."

For the sake of two spies from the enemy country who didn't know whether they could be caught or not, he pushed his wife to the forefront. He still couldn't do such a thing.

Although Jia Shu knew that women were harsh in ancient times, he was a little confused when he heard Lin Ruhai's words——

If the poem written by the woman is known by outsiders, will it attract gossip?

The author has something to say: Because when I checked the information, I found that there were actually many female poets in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, which did not match my cognition, and I was worried that I would make a mistake and mislead everyone, so I wasted a lot of time checking the information...

But after I checked the biographies of those female poets, I found that most of them lived in the late Ming and Qing Dynasties, and each of them had shortcomings in their lives...

One of them, a female poet named Ye Wanwan, even married her husband for several years without a real name. In the end, even his family tree was not included in _(:з」∠)_. It doesn't matter, but I still think it does...

And, the poor update will be added tomorrow...