Volume 1: A stone strikes a thousand waves, the world surrounds Li Daosheng Chapter 75 The most unfortunate thing in the world is to be targeted by thieves and trouble at the same time
For a period of time afterwards, every time the scholar returned to his study, he would check the piece of paper hanging on the wall and the calligraphy and paintings on the bookshelf to see if anything was missing or extra.
But three months passed and the thief never showed up again.
Just when the scholar thought he would not come again, one night at the end of March, the man in white broke into his study again.
In the room, Li Si grabbed his cheek awkwardly and looked at the calligraphy and paintings around him. He originally didn't want to come again. After all, a thief cannot just steal from one person.
However, when he came back from work and passed by Yanshan Lake, he had no money. This time was unfamiliar, so he came here again.
As for the three pieces of calligraphy and paintings he took away last time, since he had no idea whether they were good or bad, he just sold them on the black market for three hundred taels each. This was already far beyond his expectations. Three pieces of paper could be sold for a hundred taels. Is there anything more profitable in the world?
Unfortunately, he didn’t know that the person who bought his paintings across the street thought the same way.
Three authentic works of Liu Ran were sold for only one hundred taels. Is there anything easier in the world than making money from such a fool?
Of course, no matter what happened afterwards, Li Si had already sold the painting, and the one hundred taels of silver had been spent in the past three months.
At the moment, he was planning to borrow three more pieces of paper as travel expenses for his journey back home.
If the scholar knew that Li Si had treated his paintings so badly, he would probably be very angry. Fortunately, he probably won't know about it.
Just as Li Si walked to the bookshelf and wanted to pick out a few more paintings, he found that there seemed to be an extra piece of paper on the wall. He had not seen this piece of paper when he came last time.
With the help of moonlight, Li Si could clearly see the words written on the paper.
This sentence was naturally what the scholar had left behind earlier, asking Li Si to copy the three paintings he specified. If Li Si could copy them, he would let Li Si take any painting in the study.
These three random words naturally interested Li Si, and he immediately started looking for the three paintings listed on the paper in the room.
The sixth picture in the four columns on the left, the second picture in the three columns on the right, and the seventh picture in the three grids in the top row... Li Si quickly found the three paintings, placed them on the table and opened them.
The quality of these three paintings was indeed much higher than the three he had stolen before. Both the depiction of details and the overall layout were impeccable. Even someone like Li Si who had no appreciation ability at all could feel it clearly.
However, if it was just copying, it wouldn't be difficult for him.
In the darkness of night, the thief in the study was grinding ink, looking intently at the painting on the table, and thinking about how to start painting.
Maybe he was too focused, so he didn't notice that not far from the window, a scholar was standing there with his hands behind his back, looking at the study quietly and silently.
It is also possible that the thief has noticed it but just didn't point it out.
When it was almost dawn, Li Si finished painting the three paintings, then took the original three paintings and left through the window.
Shortly after he left, the scholar also walked into the study. He walked to the table, looked at the painting on the table, and picked up a pen.
He wanted to mark the incorrect parts of the drawing, but he stood there for a long time holding the pen and couldn't put it down.
Because, they are exactly the same.
Not only the shape, but also the charm is like this. The free mountains and rivers, the idle clouds and wild cranes are all depicted accurately.
It's like the person knew what was in his mind when he painted this picture.
There was still some residual warmth on the pen from the person who had held it before. The scholar stood there for a long while, then smiled to himself.
"Hmph, the painting is pretty good."
Interestingly, he seemed to have a feeling of meeting a soulmate, although this way of acquaintance was indeed a bit strange, but he was not bound by these people.
Putting down his pen, the scholar took the painting off the table, spread out a new piece of white paper, and started grinding ink again.
He wanted to paint another picture, one that that person could not imitate.
From then on, Li Si would go to Yanshan Lake several times from time to time. At first, most of the times he went there were when he was short of money.
He would copy the painting as requested by the scholar, and then leave with the manuscript to exchange for money on the black market. As for how much he could get, it all depended on fate.
Later, even if he had nothing to do, he would occasionally go there to hang out, just like visiting a friend's home.
The scholar would always leave new notes on the wall. At first, he just asked Li Si to copy his paintings, but later he would also say some gossip.
He once advised Li Si to stop being a thief and become a painter, which was better than his life of going out in the wind and rain and having to go without food.
Alternatively, he said that he could introduce Li Si to the palace to be a court painter, which would not only help him make a name for himself, but also allow his works to be passed down through the world.
However, Li Si never gave any response to these topics.
Because he is not suitable for painting, he knows this. It is okay for him to copy, but if he is asked to paint by himself, he probably won't be able to paint anything.
He does not have any of the elegance of a scholar. After all, he is just a wanderer of the world, drifting here and there, mostly in a mess and rarely having any elegance.
But he was used to it, so he thought it was better to continue floating like this and there was no need to stop.
Gradually, Li Si and the scholar became acquaintances. Although they had never met each other, this kind of familiarity seemed just right, not too much or too little.
We will not be strangers, nor will we regret meeting each other too late.
A pen, a painting, and a line of words can contain everything they want to say.
Therefore, Li Si often stole calligraphy and paintings.
Whenever he stole paintings or calligraphy, he would always steal from one person.
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Yanshan Lake is not far from where Li Si is now. He hasn't been there for a long time and he has no money, so Li Si plans to go there.
On the other side, a heroic woman with dark skin also came to the nearby city.
She was holding a book in her hand with three words written on it: Weapon List.
There was no necessary misunderstanding. The book in her hand was certainly not the original one. There was only one original copy of the Weapon List, but its copies were everywhere in the world. You could buy a dozen from any dealer.
At this moment, the woman was holding a copybook, reading the contents on one of the pages, and hurrying on her way.
The content on the page was detailed, but you could still roughly see a few larger words.
The twenty-third most unique weapon in the martial arts world is the Yanshan Pen, owned by Liu Ran .
