Chapter 154 Coincidentally encountered an artist
When Li Niang spoke up to here, she gently sighed and said in a low voice," Speaking of which, it's also a sin of my life. If I had n' t softened my heart and saved him home, then there wouldn't have been so many things that happened afterwards. However, it's a matter of fate. Even if I had to hide, I wouldn't have been able to avoid it!" 0
Mother Li was actually a pure and kind-hearted girl. Although she was rolling around in the wind and moon, she didn't get too much wind and dust. In addition, Mother Lin behind her was also a shrewd and calculating character. Few men dared to openly attack her.
Those romantic and self-righteous young masters were all acting like sweet talkers. They seemed to be able to swear to each other at any time and place. They would follow each other's life and death. However, they would tell many women the same thing. Li Niang knew this very well, so she never lowered her vigilance towards men. However, she seemed to have a faint sympathy for the artist in front of her.
Li Niang secretly brought the painter back to the house and placed him in the firewood room. After nightfall, she quietly took care of him. The painter's condition seemed to be very bad. A huge hole had been broken in his head and his body should have been injured to varying degrees. His face was as pale as a piece of good Xuan paper, and his breathing was weak, making people very worried.
Li Niang wiped his wound with a towel soaked in water. The towel quickly turned bright red from snow white, causing Li Niang's heart to ache. From head to toe, the painter didn' t let out a single groan. However, his body would occasionally tremble, and some cold sweat appeared on his forehead, making people feel that he was still alive.
When I heard this, I knew what was going on in this story. It seemed that this red-clothed, gorgeous ghost who had transformed into a painter wanted to seduce a beautiful woman with the same trick again. It was obvious that hatred and anger flashed through Li Niang's eyes, but her face also flushed slightly. In this way, she actually had some lingering feelings for the past.
The painter had been sleeping in the firewood room of Li Niang's house for several days. In the middle, Li Niang had heard a lot of discussions about the painter, especially about him and the young lady.
The most popular version was that the Third Miss of the Lu family had spent a lot of money to buy a painting by Xie painter. After that, she couldn't let go of it and hung it on the wall of her bedroom. All day long, she would stare at the painting in a daze. Then, she actually became ill.
At first, the Lu family didn't care because this young miss was born with a weak and sick body, but later on, they realized something was wrong. Third Miss Lu's face became increasingly pale, but the white peony had miraculously turned from white to pink, and even gradually turned red!
The big red peony was beautiful and moving day by day, but Miss Lu was bedridden and soon she was dying. In the end, she died without treatment. Her family became suspicious and she found a Taoist priest to see what was going on.
As soon as the Taoist priest entered the room, he pointed at the young lady's room and said that there was a demonic aura. In the end, he found the painting. The Taoist priest ordered the fire to be burned, but it could n' t be burned. This was even more strange. The black dog's blood was added to light the painting. Not only did the jade-green flames burn out, but it could also faintly hear the mournful crying of the woman. It was extremely creepy.
Since the matter had reached this stage, the responsibility was undoubtedly that of the painter. However, the Lu family did not grasp the real dirty evidence, but they were not willing to suffer a loss. Third Miss was also a daughter, right?
The Lu family had adopted the simplest and most effective method. They called out a few servants and gave them more rewards. They ordered that as long as they found painter Xie, they wouldn't have to be polite and hit him to death. However, when they saw that the painter was a weak scholar and did n' t even hit him twice, he lay on the ground and didn't move.
After understanding everything, Li Niang felt even more sympathy towards painter Xie. She had already opened the artist's rattan box. It was very simple and filled with various paintings. Some of them had been soaked by the rain, but the flowers and plants were still slowly growing. She was amazed at the artist's outstanding talent, especially those white-painted flowers.
On the tenth night, Li Niang secretly took a bowl of ginseng soup and fed it to the painter. This time, the painter was still in a daze and was not so clear-headed. It was also very difficult to drink the soup. After a few bites of the soup, she vomited half of it. Li Niang really couldn't bear to let him be so hungry, so she personally gave him some ginseng soup.
From this moment on, the relationship between Li Niang and the painter began to develop differently from before. Li Niang said with a bitter smile," I was too stupid back then. He deliberately pretended not to know just to make me believe him more, but I really thought that he didn't know. He was an impersonal elm head."
From that day onwards, the painter's body slowly began to recover. He gradually regained consciousness. First, he thanked Li Niang. His attitude was gentle and elegant, and he was neither servile nor overbearing towards Li Niang.
Li Niang didn't hide anything. She quickly confessed her identity. The painter's attitude was still very calm. He didn't look at Li Niang because of her identity, and he did n' t want the men who wanted to take advantage of her to curry favor with her.
It was because of this attitude that Li Niang had a much better impression of a painter. The painter introduced herself to Xie's name, Xie Danyang. She was born in Danyang, so she took this name. Since her parents died as a child, she lived by selling paintings.
Of course, these were all lies, but at that time, Li Niang had no doubt about it. Not long after, Xie Danyang offered to take her leave. It wasn't a matter to keep her hidden in the firewood room, but Old Xie Danyang was n' t a vegetarian either. He rushed over with someone before he left.
Li Niang didn't really care about this, so she decided to tell Old Niang that she wanted to hire Xie Danyang to be her full-time painter. Because Li Niang was a red card, Old Niang still had some false feelings for her, so she agreed to Li Niang's request.
Xie Danyang also made extraordinary moves. The painting of Li Niang could be said to be easy to get. The painting of a beautiful woman could be said to be both physical and divine. After the painting was spread out, everyone thought that the person in the painting was a Celestial Immortal who had descended from the mortal world. They all came to know that Li Niang was exactly the same as the person in the painting. As a result, Li Niang's business had soared. At the same time, the prices of the other Xie Danyang paintings had increased.
During this process, Li Niang was secretly paying attention to Xie Danyang. As she got closer, this seemingly calm and gentle painter appeared to be very different from other men chasing after beauty.
Now that his reputation had been greatly shaken, many famous prostitutes had come to look for his portrait. However, he had never been too close to any woman because of this, nor had he received any more money for this. His gaze seemed to have always been fixed on Li Niang. It was sincere and gentle, making it harder for Li Niang, who was already tempted, to control her feelings. She believed that she had fallen in love with Xie Danyang.
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