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Chapter 15
Ah Shi stretched out his hand to hug Xiaomei, but Xiaomei struggled with all her strength, and screamed at Fomalhaut.Ashi was anxious, and said to Lu Jian: "Little man, my cat has fallen in love with your cat, can you give the cat to me?"

If it was an ordinary cat, Lu Jian could give it away, but Fomalhaut has a lot to do with it, so he shook his head and said, "No, this cat can't be given to you."

"Bold!" Xinzi shouted, "You don't listen to what the princess says?" Lu Jian said awkwardly: "This cat belongs to someone else, I can't give it away."

Ah Shi was beautiful since he was a child, and he was deeply loved by his father and brother. He gave everything he asked for, and was never rejected by anyone. Suddenly, he was rejected by Lu Jian.Xinzi hurriedly followed, took two steps, turned around and spat at Lu Jian: "You don't know the fun, just wait and see."

Lu Jian was ridiculed, feeling very bored, turned around, and suddenly saw Cang Bingwei standing quietly behind him, staring at Ah Shi's figure in a daze, Lu Jian asked: "Cang Bingwei, aren't you going to practice sword today? "It turned out that after entering the mansion, Cang Bingwei wanted to practice swordsmanship with the warriors in the mansion, Ning Bukong refused at first, but later Lu Jian interceded for him, and finally agreed.

Cangbingwei shuddered, and said angrily, "The practice is over." He glanced at Fomalhaut, his expression very gloomy.Lu Jian still wanted to say a few words to him, but Cang Bingwei had already turned around.

Lu Jian put Fomalhaut down, feeling lonely in his heart.Ning Bukong was either busy with military administration, or sitting behind closed doors, and Cangbei seldom talked to him. As for Oda Mansion, the warriors were divided into factions and huddled together, and there was no one to talk to.Lu Jian sighed, went back to his room to deal with the accounts, and was free until late at night. He found fresh fish and called Fomalhaut.I called for a while, but there was no response, and I searched everywhere, but I couldn't find it.Just as he was anxious, he suddenly saw Cang Bingwei approaching with a smile on his face, and hurriedly asked, "Cang Bingwei, have you seen Fomalhaut's Gate?"

Cangbingwei was very impatient: "I didn't see it, who would know? It might go to the fields to catch mice." Lu Jian said: "No, Fomalhaut never catches mice, it only eats fish."

Cangbingwei said, "What kind of cat is a cat if it doesn't catch mice? You deserve it if you lose it." Lu Jian frowned when he heard that, and in a blink of an eye, he saw five bloodstains on Cangbingwei's hands, as if he had been caught by a beast However, his expression changed, he grabbed his hand and shouted, "What is this? Was it caught by Fomalhaut?"

When he spoke, he could feel Cangbingwei's heartbeat intensified in his hands, and his blood flow became faster. He was obviously flustered and nervous, but his face was calm, and he shouted: "Nonsense, I have never seen a cat, let me go. "Lu Jian was angry and hated, and shouted: "If you don't return Fomalhaut to me, I...I..." For a while, he couldn't think of any powerful way to force him to submit.

Cang Bingwei became more courageous, puffed up his chest and shouted: "Anyway, I am your servant, you have the ability to kill me, I am not afraid of killing me." Lu Jian couldn't laugh or cry, and said, "Why should I beat you?" , you return Fomalhaut to me..."

Suddenly someone sneered and said, "Little man, I knew you were stingy." Lu Jian turned his eyes to look, Ah Shi looked indifferent, standing pretty in the distance, holding Fomalhaut in his arms.Cangbingwei's expression changed drastically, he prostrated himself on the ground, and said in a trembling voice, "His Royal Highness is well."

Surprised and delighted, Lu Jian rushed to snatch the cat, but Fomalhaut stretched out his claws to grab it, if it wasn't for Lu Jian's quick hands, he would almost be caught, he couldn't help but wondered: "Fomalhaut, what's wrong with you? "Mao'er was still lazy, and didn't look at him directly. Ah Shi saw Lu Jian's dumbfounded face, couldn't hold back, and laughed out loud.

Lu Jianzheng felt puzzled, and suddenly heard Ning Bukong sigh: "Lu Jian, let it go! This cat is notoriously snobby, once he has a mistress, he will never talk to you again!"

Lu Jian looked back, Ning Bukong hunched slightly, standing quietly under the eaves, Lu Jian couldn't help asking: "Why?" Ning Bukong said: "Its owner has always been a woman. Recognize women, not men."

Ah Shi smiled when he heard it, and thought: "There are such obedient cats in the world who only recognize women, not men." Thinking about it, he glanced at Lu Jian and demonstrated with a smile.Lu Jian looked at Fomalhaut's gate, saw it calmly, thought that he had risked his life for it, but was easily abandoned by it now, and felt sore, wishing he could cry a lot.

Ah Shi saw that the corners of his eyes were red, and his heart sank, he wanted to return the cat to him, but felt that the cat was so attached to him, if he gave it to him, wouldn't the cat be sad again?While hesitating, he suddenly heard Ning Bukong say: "Princess Ashi, as a female family member, you should be in the inner hall, and coming to the outer house without authorization is against the family rules."

Ah Shi's face turned pale, and he snorted softly, "I'm here to return the cat. If others don't want to give it to me, I don't want it either." After finishing speaking, he gave Lu Jian a look.

Ning Bukong said lightly: "Lu Jian is unwilling to send you, there is his own reason. But Fomalhaut chooses you as master, so you should treat it well. It's just that this cat is unusual, if one day it leaves You go, don't be sad."

Ah Shi seemed to understand, but suddenly he heard Ning Bukong raise his voice: "Princess, please go back to the inner hall, Ning will not send you away." Ah Shi has a high status, but he knows that this person is his elder brother's military adviser, so he dare not disobey for a while, Puckering his mouth, he turned around and left.

When Ah Shi was far away, Ning Bukong suddenly shouted again: "Cang Bingwei, in order to please Ah Shi, you stole the Fomalhaut Gate, what should you do?"Lu Jian couldn't bear to see him, and said, "Famaraut is finally safe, let him be spared!"

Ning Bukong said angrily: "You bastard, you still speak for him? Hmph, death penalty is inevitable, but living crime is inevitable. Cangbingwei, I will punish you to kneel until sunrise tomorrow, dare to stand up and break your legs." Turning around, he shouted at Lu Jian again, "You bastard, come in for me."

Lu Jian followed him into the room, and Ning Bukong closed the door and sat down, his expression relaxed: "Lu Jian, you are simple, you have been with me for three years, and you rarely disobey me. Apart from the "Black Sky Book", you and I are in a foreign country. , relying on each other for life, can be regarded as the closest people to each other."

Seeing that he was acting out of normal, Lu Jian was surprised when Wen Yan said these words. Looking back on the situation in the past three years, it was indeed the same.

Ning Bukong was silent for a while, and then said, "I want to show you something, you have to tell me exactly what you see, and you must not hide anything."

Lu Jian agreed.Ning Bukong took a bundle from the bedside, and when he untied it to read, there were four scrolls.Ning Bukong took one axis and unfolded it, but it was a picture.In the painting, there is a man and a woman. The man is sitting on a chair, with sword-like eyebrows on his temples. He has a handsome appearance. The only flaw is a scar on his left cheek, from the cheekbone to the corner of his mouth.The woman was standing behind the chair, holding a Persian cat in her arms, looking at the man with affectionate eyes, her appearance was not extremely beautiful, but she was charming, gentle and amiable.

The brushwork of the picture is exquisite and the painting is vivid, especially the blue eyes of the Persian cat, which are lazy and blurred, as if they are closed.Lu Jian looked familiar, and said in surprise, "This cat seems to be..." Ning Bukong said coldly, "Looks like Fomalhaut?" Lu Jian said, "Yes, it looks very similar." Ning Bukong snorted and asked "What else is there besides cats?" Lu Jian said, "There is also a man and a woman, but I don't know who they are?"

Ning Bukong said: "That's a couple of gods and immortals who were famous all over the world. Cough, don't ask too many questions, just tell me what the person in the painting looks like." Said it again, and said: "In addition to this pair of men and women, there are seven big characters on the right corner." After saying that, he read it word by word, "There are—not—harmony—those—I—struck—zhi— —”

Ning Bukong trembled when he heard this, and asked after a while: "What else?" Lu Jian said: "There is a triangular seal on the lower left of this line of characters, a square in the triangle, and a circle in the square, but unfortunately there is no word .” Ning Bukong said impatiently: “There is no need to talk about this, what else is there?”

Lu Jian described what he saw in detail, even the texture and color of the bearings. Ning Bukong kept asking until there was nothing left to ask, and then said, "That's all?" Lu Jian said, "There's nothing else."

"Why is that so?!" Ning Bukong expressed doubts, "Are the eight portraits of the patriarch exactly the same?" He pondered for a while, and unfolded the remaining three portraits, "Lu Jian, what do you see are the differences between these four portraits?" Lu Jian Watching intently, he said: "The portraits, characters, and seals are all the same, but the mark on the lower left foot is different."

Ning Bukong said: "What mark?" Lu Jian said: "The mark in the first painting is three horizontal bars, but the first horizontal bar is broken from the middle and becomes two short horizontal bars." Ning Bukong snorted, He said coldly: "This symbol represents the 'Dui' in the innate gossip, and it is the mark of Zebu. Our school is divided into eight parts. These four portraits belong to Ze, Fire, Water, and Mountain. Of course, there are Dui, Li, and Kan. , Gen four marks. Apart from the different marks, what else is different?"

Lu Jiandao: "If you want to say it's different, then counting from the left, the second painting was burned and soaked in water. The woman's face in the painting was burned, and the color on the painting was also soaked in water. Very cloudy."

Ning Bukong smiled wryly, this is the portrait of the ancestor of the Ministry of Fire, that day in Yaojiazhuang, Ning Bukong used the portrait to lure the enemy and defeated Yin Jiuchong, so the portrait was burned first, then flooded, leaving behind many blot.Ning Bukong thought for a while, then sighed: "Lu Jian, don't care about the burnt and soaked ones, what's the difference besides that?" Concentrate on identifying.

The shadow of the candle was red, the time was flowing, Lu Jianjiu was silent, Ning Bukong couldn't help but despaired, he forced Lu Jian to read, just to let him recognize the words on the paintings; taught him "Black Sky Book", also to make this boy give up his heart Be loyal to yourself.In this way, even if Lu Jian saw through the secrets in the painting, he would not be able to leave himself.This scheme is interlocking and can be described as watertight and insidious.

Even so, Ning Bukong was still unwilling to share these four pictures with Lu Jian, and wanted to find out the mystery of them by himself.The wooden shaft of the scroll, the interlayer of drawing paper, he inspected it repeatedly in the past three years, and there was nothing abnormal.It seems that the mystery of the portrait lies in the painting after all, and one must be able to read and read. Ning Bukong is blind, and the only one who believes in it is Jie Nu. Therefore, he has been fiddling with the portrait in the room for the past few days but failed. I had no choice but to call Lu Jian.

As a result, the four portraits were exactly the same. If so, wouldn't the prophecy back then be a lie?And didn't the fire department's fellow disciple die in vain?As for his own tricks, wouldn't he be blind for nothing?
Ning Bukong felt grief and indignation, despair, self-pity and self-injury in his heart, and then Lu Jian gasped and said, "Mr. Ning, there are words on the charred part of this picture."

(End of this chapter)