into the bosom

Chapter 341 The Mystery in the Painting
Du Wenzhong is not alone in having the same doubts.

Di Da followed He Lianshu and walked slowly outside the gate of the mansion. His face was also full of gloom, and he raised his elbow suddenly and said to Su Le, "Have you ever persuaded Ashu? Gu Li No matter how closely Ke Dun keeps an eye on her, if she makes a move, it may be too late for us to leave."

Su Le glared at him, and while secretly looking at Helian Shu in front of him, he said in a low voice, "I've persuaded you, I've persuaded you several times, what can I do if you can't persuade me? It's not like you don't know Ashu's stubborn temper, You can do it, let's see if he listens to you?"

Di Da also gave him a hard look when he heard the sound.

In this room, the two stared at each other with big eyes, but in that room, He Lianshu seemed to have eyes on the back of his head, and suddenly cast a cold glance over him.

This time Su Le and Di Da stiffened their backs and stopped talking.

Several people continued to walk, but He Lianshu stopped suddenly, and Di Da and Su Le also stopped.

They stood on the porch here and looked over through the many flowers and trees. Su Le raised his eyebrows and said, "Isn't that the shopkeeper? Why did you enter the mansion at this time?"

"What else can it be for? Naturally, Madam invited her here. Don't women like to make clothes? It seems that there is a shortage of clothes." Di Da snorted.

He Lianshu glanced at them from the corner of his eyes, and the two coughed and coughed twice in silence. Stepping towards the door of the mansion, he hurried away.

Su Le and Di Da hurriedly followed.

On the other end, Xu Jiao talked with Donna for a while, and as expected, he ordered some more clothes, and let Lingxue send him out again.

As before, she kicked everyone out, locked herself in the room, and fiddled with her precious paintings.

It wasn't until Qin Niang and the others sent someone to remind her that she took a break for a while, and after eating, she kicked him out to continue, which seemed to be a waste of sleep and food.

The people around her were no strangers to each other. Thinking that she could find something to do, she felt uncomfortable, so she let her go.

Unexpectedly, she did this until late at night, no one tried to persuade her, she couldn't even enter the door, and Xu Jiao ordered her not to make a sound or disturb her through the door.

Negative Snow and the others stood guard outside the door, not daring to leave, nor did they dare to speak out to persuade them, they all looked at each other tremblingly.

When they saw He Lianshu walking quickly in the night, everyone breathed a sigh of relief as if they had seen a savior, and their faces couldn't hold back, revealing a trace of joy, and bowed their knees towards He Lianshu Fuli, "I have met Mr. Lang!"

He Lianshu had already detected the clues from their faces, his gaze fell behind them, revealing the dimly lit room, but his brows were slightly frowned, he pondered for a moment, raised his hand and waved.

Feeling relieved, Lingxue and the others said yes and left one by one.

Only then did He Lianshu push open the door and walk in. He raised his eyes and saw Xu Jiao and smiled, "You are becoming more and more idiot, you are not going to stay in the room since I left, right? You didn't Seeing the faces of Lixue and the others, Ajiao, you should be more considerate and considerate of them, don't scare them. Besides, you promised me that you will take good care of your body and not let me worry."

Xu Jiao heard the movement outside the door, and came out to meet him. He was not annoyed after hearing his words, but there was no usual smile on his face. But bright and energetic, he came forward, couldn't help but pull He Lianshu's hand, said "Follow me", and pulled him straight to the desk in the room.

Although this is not a study room, Xu Jiao has always had this habit. There are five rooms in this main room, three bright and two dark. One of the bright rooms is set aside for a large desk, and a shelf of frequently read books, etc. .

At this time, several paintings were placed on the desk, not to mention the paints and brushes on the desk, which looked very messy.But Xu Jiao didn't care about these at all, pulled He Lianshu over, pointed to the grand teacher's chair beside him and asked him to sit down, and then gave him the last letter of Mr. Jiuyi and Mrs. Zhao that she had read earlier, and waited for him After finishing it, she raised her head and looked at her with a silent inquiry, she took the painting that she first found out to be wrong, and brought it to him.

Mrs. Zhao's birthday is in spring, which is the season when peach blossoms are in full bloom.Therefore, among the paintings left by Mr. Jiuyi for Mrs. Zhao's birthday, peach blossoms are mostly used in the paintings.This one is the same, the painting is exactly the peach blossoms, scorching its flowers, a grass pavilion is hidden in the peach forest, a family of three are sitting in the middle to enjoy the flowers and talk, the scene is very warm, but it is just a silhouette, Can't see face.

He Lianshu had seen these paintings before, he looked at them for a few times, but he didn't see any clues, he raised his head and looked at Xu Jiao, puzzled.

Xu Jiao was not surprised. He raised his finger and pointed to the two dark red peach blossoms in the peach forest, "Here. There were no peaches with these two petals at first."

He Lianshu raised his eyebrows, and stared again, that piece of peach blossom was indistinct, dark or light, really lovely, deep red loves light red, the two-petal peach that Xu Jiao pointed out and other peach blossoms were in He Lianshu's eyes. In the eyes, there is no difference at all.There are hundreds of these peach petals in this painting, he really doesn't know what Xu Jiao meant when he said that there were no two petals at first.

Although he didn't speak, Xu Jiao could already see his unspoken doubts from his face, so it wasn't surprising, and patiently explained, "I've been familiar with these paintings for a long time, how many petals do these peach blossoms have, and what is each petal?" I know the colors, how to distribute them, and the shape of each petal. It is not difficult for you to ask me to copy one for you immediately. So, believe me, when I saw this painting earlier, there was no There are no two peach blossoms."

He Lianshu looked at her pair of black and white eyes full of seriousness, and lowered his pupils, maybe he really shouldn't question her, her talent in painting is indeed unmatched.What's more, she doesn't need to say it clearly, he also knows that this discovery is very important, so she will definitely not talk nonsense.but.
"Could it be that someone dropped the painting?" He Lianshu asked, but after asking, he frowned again, his eyes fell on the two last-written letters at hand, no, otherwise, why would Ajiao give him these two letters? see?There must be something involved in this.

"This painting is the same as the original painting. I definitely won't admit it wrong. It's just that there are two extra petals. No, maybe it should be said that the two petals of the peach were there in the first place. It's just that we didn't find it before, and now we let it appear. Come out." Xu Jiao said, gently lifted the drawing paper, brought it to Helian Shu's nose, and motioned for him, "Smell and see!"

Helian didn't understand what she meant, but still followed her meaning, frowned and sniffed carefully, a look of surprise flashed through his dark eyes very quickly, "Blood smell?" A few years ago, the smell of ink and paint has faded a lot, so although the smell of blood is faint, it is not difficult to catch it.

Xu Jiao nodded, "Yes, the smell of blood." Xu Jiao picked up Mr. Jiuyi's last letter, and sent it to Helian Shu's nose, "Smell this again."

According to what she said, Helian Shu sniffed lightly, "It also smells like blood." Then, he held the letter and the painting in front of his eyes and looked at them carefully, "The letter and the painting are both old and mature. But the blood stains are still fresh, at most a few months old."

Xu Jiao nodded, and took some other paintings, and pointed them to He Lianshu one by one, "I have just looked at these paintings carefully, in the paintings that Mr. Jiu Yi hastily picked up, as long as there are peach blossoms Yes, there are one or two extra petals of peach blossoms on each piece, and they all have a faint smell of blood."

"Do you think this is the clue left by Mr. Jiuyi. It's about the landscape map, or the treasure map?" He Lianshu is such a perceptive person. Hearing what she said here, is there anything she doesn't understand?
"That's right." Xu Jiao knew that He Lianshu must have understood what he meant, "But in the end, it's just my guess, whether I should give it a try, so, just before you came back, I tried one time."

As Xu Jiao spoke, she walked back to the desk and brought another painting. Just as she walked to He Lianshu's side, he grabbed his hand and looked at the cut on her fingertips with a frown.

Xu Jiao felt a little guilty after being stared at by him, and quickly grinned and said with a smile, "Of course this is a secret that cannot be disclosed, so I can't do anything about it, and I can't let Lixue and the others prepare other blood and send it. This is just a guess, who knows if other blood is effective, I had to try it myself, it's just a small injury, it doesn't hurt."

He Lianshu's brows were still frowning tightly, without any relaxation, and his eyes were locked on Xu Jiao's face.

Xu Jiao swallowed quietly under his watch, when he was having a headache and how to smooth his hair, He Lianshu said, "Don't hurt yourself at will in the future, you may not have other ways, but you are too impatient to wait."

Xu Jiao chattered, but He Lianshu really understood her.

"Remember to apply the medicine later." He Lianshu confessed, after saying that, he reached out to take the painting in her hand, looked down, but there was a look of surprise in his eyes.

"When I saw this painting earlier, I thought it was a bit strange. This painting was originally a landscape painting after the rain, and it was also a green landscape. However, Mr. Jiuyi used the rice dot technique commonly used in ink and wash landscapes. When writing about mountains, the shades of ink are full of charm, and it is most suitable to express the scenery of mountains surrounded by clouds and mist after the rain, but you can look here.” Xu Jiao’s hand touched a place in the painting, “The ink on the top of the mountains is dark, and it gradually descends. Fading away, the mountains in front of the right can be slightly traced with mottled lines. The clouds are drawn with the cloud method, and then the mountains and clouds are dyed with light ink. Get to know Suo Cun, and use the 'drag the mud and water method' to alternate the hook and the rope." Xu Jiao talked for a while, and suddenly saw He Lianshu looking at him with dark eyes, still calm, and didn't even make a sound Interrupting her, she seemed to be listening intently.

Xu Jiao realized in an instant that what she said was too obscure for a layman like him, and it was thanks to him that he didn't stop her.She smiled sarcastically, "You should interrupt me."

He Lianshu pursed his lips lightly, "Why did you interrupt you? Ajiao doesn't know, when you talk about these things, your whole body seems to be glowing, beautiful."

Xu Jiao felt a little embarrassed when he heard it, but felt warm in his ears. Looking at him, he smiled slightly, and the light in his eyes became brighter by two points.

"Although I don't understand most of what Ajiao said, I can understand some of it. What you mean is that Mr. Jiuyi painted this painting as it shouldn't be, but he did it like this. But this painting The painting itself is to hide the treasure map, so it is naturally different from ordinary paintings. Plus here, I think I have understood." He Lianshu's eyes fell on a somewhat abrupt dark color in the painting, where It should be where Xu Jiao felt that something was wrong, so he used blood to "test" the place, where there appeared a streak of mottled traces as thick as silk thread.

"It seems that Mr. Jiuyi used a secret method to hide the treasure map in the painting in a mottled way. I don't know how to pass the test of the late emperor, and Mr. Jiuyi had to die to make it up. Rest assured, the late emperor and the royal family, if it were me, I would definitely not be reconciled, so I left a clue. What's more, since Mr. Jiu Yi is such a smart person, since he has reached the point where he is a dead dog, how can he believe that the late emperor will really let him go? Guo Jing's family, he will definitely have a backup."

Xu Jiao recalled that Emperor Xian directly treated hundreds of human lives in refugee camps as worthless and burned them because of thorns in his heart. His resourcefulness may be far inferior to that of the former emperor, but his heart is not much less.

Xu Jiao's heart suddenly felt a little heavy, "His backhand is to make this treasure map 'disappear' after his death." The word "painting" is the same.Before he died, he must have said something to Mrs. Zhao, but Mrs. Zhao's mood has been somewhat different from that of normal people these years, so she was very calm and never touched this secret at all.I'm afraid that those secretly watching eyes have long forgotten about this matter, so Mrs. Zhao was able to deliver the clues to her hands so smoothly.

"Since the royal family of Great Wei thought of such a way to hide the treasure, there must be only one copy of this treasure map, which is hidden in the painting. As for the other copies, including those who participated in the treasure, they were all destroyed early in the morning." He Lianshu There was a faint light in his eyes.

"They wanted the treasure, so they couldn't let go of these paintings, so they didn't dare to touch the people of the Jing Family, and they always wanted to find a way to solve the puzzle from the Jing Mansion. Maybe... the reason why my second brother became the Purple Clothes Guard , and even my grandfather was valued by him because of this?" The more Xu Jiao thought about it, the more he felt that this was the case, but he didn't expect that Mr. Jiu Yi had pinpointed their thoughts, and the more they treasured this painting, the more they cherished it, but he didn't expect The mystery of the painting can only be solved by destroying it.

"They may also be waiting for someone, someone as amazing and talented as Mr. Jiuyi to solve this mystery for them." He Lianshu's eyes were complicated, and they fell quietly and deeply on Xu Jiao's face.

Xu Jiao naturally knew that the person he was talking about was her, but she smiled and said, "He thinks highly of me. If it weren't for the clues left by Mr. Jiuyi, I'm afraid I would never be able to solve the mystery in the painting." .” Xu Jiao’s eyes fell on the already ruined painting, and his eyes became complicated.

(End of this chapter)