Dayong Nu sentenced to death

"Brother Xu collected a total of four famous paintings, all of which are the works of Zhang Ziqing, who died young and was known as a saint of painting."

"Zhang Ziqing's paintings are hard to find, how much salary does he have, and there are four?"

When Gu Cheng raised his own question, several old friends looked at each other, and one of them said silently: "The general doesn't know something, that Zhang Ziqing lived in poverty in his early years, and made a living by selling paintings, but no one cared about him. Brother Xu saw that he gave it to me pitifully, and this painting was collected at that time."

"Later, brother Xu's "Moon Banquet on the Spring River" happened to catch the eyes of noble people, and he became famous. Unfortunately, the heavens are jealous of talents, and he passed away not long after."

"As a result, his paintings in the early years were exorbitantly priced. Many people offered to buy them, but Brother Xu refused."

"Even in order to preserve these scrolls of paintings, he bought a wooden box from a merchant in Nanyang that is not afraid of fire. It is said that it is made of sea pine wood, which is hard to find in the world. I was envious of it for a long time."

You and I talked a lot, all about old things related to Xu Chen, such as whose paintings he likes, which art studio he likes to go to the most, and the fact that he fell in love with Baishifang's " The Picture of Habitat for the Moon in the Cold Mountain", unfortunately, I am too shy to afford it.

He also specifically asked the store to keep it for him.

Wait for him to raise money to buy it.

The shopkeeper of Baishifang happened to be there, and when he heard this, he shook his head and sighed: "Caomin waited for a long time, but Mr. Xu didn't come. Later, he happened to meet a rich buyer who asked to buy this painting by name."

"I said someone ordered this painting. He asked who it was, and I carried Mr. Xu out. Who would have thought that he smiled and said that Mr. Xu was his mentor, and he bought this painting just to give it to him."

"Isn't this just right when I thought about it? I sold the painting to him."

"Old Xu's student?"

Su Rao and Gu Cheng exchanged glances, and asked curiously, "Does the shopkeeper know who the buyer is?"

"I don't know, I just remember that he was wearing Taixue's school uniform."

"Then if I asked you to recognize it, would you still recognize it?"

After Su Rao asked, the shopkeeper hesitated for a moment, then nodded firmly, "If you stand in front of the grass people, you will definitely recognize them."

People who do business greet and send off, and their memory is not bad.

In particular, the pair of "Hidden Moon in the Cold Mountains" has attracted much attention, and he still has a fresh memory of this buyer.

"it is good."

Su Rao made a final decision, "Then I'll take you to the Taixue, and you can identify it carefully to see who actually bought this painting."

"The grass people obey."

The shopkeeper agreed very simply, and after Su Rao sent the others away, she led him to Taixue to find someone.

On the way, Gu Cheng looked a little dignified, "The sea pine box containing the Tibetan paintings disappeared. Maybe the murderer killed for money. If this is the case, he must be an acquaintance."

"For money or revenge, you have to find out before making a conclusion."

The box is missing, and the painting to be given to Xu Chen is the only clue so far. Xu Chen had a drink with someone before his death, which may be related to this.

A group of people arrived at Taixue.

With Su Rao's token, no one dared to stop them. They checked everyone smoothly, but surprisingly, they didn't find anyone who bought the painting.

"Are you sure not?"

Su Rao asked with a frown.

The shopkeeper thought about it carefully, then shook his head, "No, that young master is not among them."

She looked at Taixue Pushe, "Have all the students seen it?"

"I've seen everyone in the Taixue dormitory, but there are still a few students who have not returned..."

When Pu She mentioned this, Su Rao suddenly thought of someone, there was a leading student who blocked the way outside Suzaku's gate that day, he seemed to be called Li Cheng, and I didn't see him this time.

"Where's Li Cheng?"

She asked.

Pu She thought for a while, asked a few questions to the people below, and replied: "Li Cheng hasn't attended class for four or five days."

Four or five days...

Su Rao lowered her eyes and thought to herself, this time coincidentally coincides with the date of Xu Chen's death, could it be him?

She temporarily suppressed the conjecture in her heart, and then asked: "Pu She said that several students have not returned, what's going on?"

"Hey, it's troublesome to say."

Taixue servant shot a gloomy face, "There are only a few good seedlings in the dormitory. Seeing that the exam time is approaching, Li Cheng has disappeared, and Zhou Ziling quit school, and there is no one to be found. It is really frustrating." Headache……"

"What did Pu She say about the exam?"

"Neishe is promoted to Shangshe, as long as there is another exam, there must be someone among them who can enter the court and be an official. It's a pity..."

Su Rao wondered, "Is this common?"

"It's common for students to ask for leave and not come to class, but it's rare to miss class without reason. After all, it will affect the grades later...Li Cheng and the others are the best in the inner house. They are always diligent, and I don't know what's going on. !"

Taixue Pushe was still muttering about the undecided nature of the young man, who was useless, missed the exam, and wasted his future in vain.

Su Rao thought for a while and quickly interrupted him, "Please help Pu She to find out when these people disappeared."

"Uh, good."

Pu She turned around and was about to leave, but couldn't help but turn back when he reached the door, carefully probing: "Su Jianling is so concerned about them, could it be...related to that case?"

Xu Chen's death was a sensation.

Everyone in Shengjing knows everyone.

"It's just a routine inquiry, so don't worry about it."

Su Rao said with a smile.

In this way, people went down to continue to question, she found some paper and pens, found a free place on the spot, used a tea tray instead of a drawing board, put the paper on it, and made a rustling sound when writing.

Gu Cheng and Xiao Nan didn't bother them.

Xiao Nan was holding a cube in his hand, twisting it non-stop, immersed in his own world, only the shopkeeper stretched his neck to look at Su Rao, very curious.

After a while, Su Rao drew a rough outline and brought it in front of the shopkeeper, "Look, do you know this person?"

The shopkeeper took a closer look, his eyes lit up immediately, and he couldn't hide his excitement as he touched the painting a few times before he nodded like a chicken pecking at rice, "I know him, it's him, and he bought "The Picture of Perched on the Moon in the Cold Mountain". "

"you sure?"

"determine."

The shopkeeper finished speaking decisively, then glanced at Su Rao several times with excitement and guilt, the scorching eyes made Su Rao unable to ignore, she suppressed the thoughts turning in her mind, and asked suspiciously: "What's wrong?"

"Caomin didn't know that Jianling still has such painting skills. It's so lifelike, it brings people to life. This demeanor and this brushwork are rare in the world!"

He praised Su Rao many times in a row, until Gu Cheng couldn't bear to listen anymore, and interrupted: "Say something directly."

The shopkeeper rubbed his hands in embarrassment, "Does the prison order have the intention of selling paintings? If so, why not consider my Baishifang, once such a masterpiece is posted, it will inevitably cause looting..."

He was still immersed in the dream of making money, Su Rao looked at him strangely for a long time, and said with a wry smile: "Forget it, I don't want to be here."

"Supervisory order, you don't need to discuss this any more. Business can be discussed..."

The shopkeeper found that Su Rao had a kind personality and was easy to talk to, and he was reluctant to let go of such a good cash cow, so he immediately wanted to persuade him again, but Gu Cheng dismissed his thoughts with one word.

"My lord is painting the dead and the murderer, which one do you want?"

Let’s start with this chapter today, I’ve finished all the things together (I just pulled out two teeth when I returned to Chengdu, and my head will be cracked), and I will start to update and add more changes tomorrow, okay~
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