Painter

Chapter 69

Tian Shu squinted his eyes and asked, "What did the master do when he left this lotus wine city?"

Ye Ming was confused when he heard this.Jingxi had seen his father in the strange forest before, and guessed that there was some connection between them, but he couldn't guess exactly what it was for.

Yuan Li didn't answer, but instead asked Tian Shu: "What do you think is the matter?"

Tianshu shrugged and spread his hands: "How do I know? Tell me quickly, time is running out."

Yuan Li became curious and asked, "What can make you so anxious?"

Tianshu sighed: "The emperor wants to enter the palace in vain, and Jingxi's dream of marrying him will soon be broken!"

The words were diverted by Yuan Li again.Seeing Yuan Li's shocked face, he asked Jing Xi in disbelief, "You want to marry Bai Qian? How can a man marry a man?"

Jingxi didn't want to talk about Bai Qian with him, so she said in a muffled voice, "It has nothing to do with you. Let's talk about serious things."

Yuan Li was still entangled, Tian Shu curled his lips and said: "You already have Miss Cai'er, why don't you let Bai Qian go?"

At this point, Jingxi and Yuanli's faces turned dark.Ye Ming noticed it from the side, quickly pinched Tianshu, and said haha: "No matter what, it is not a good way to become a painter in the palace. It has been delayed for a while, and I am afraid that Si Qi or Dijun will be impatient. Tianshu , What is it that we have to wait for Ah Li to come back to talk about it?"

Tianshu scratched his nose, but still insisted: "A Li, what are you doing with Master?"

Yuan Li is not a stubborn person, thinking that Jingxi knows most of this, and will tell them sooner or later, there is no need to hide it now, just tell the truth.

"There is a forest behind the imperial mausoleum. The soil here is strange, bloodthirsty and trees grow. Jingxi, you have seen it. The blood of the painter can grow flowers and trees, and ordinary human blood can make the plants grow. Here The plants that grow are different from others. They feed on human blood above the ground, but output their spiritual power underground. It is this spiritual power that mixes into the water and soil of Huaiyuan, nourishing the people of one side and creating painters. "

Yuanli briefly talked about these ancient things, and then explained: "As for the earliest painters, how those plants were born to cultivate the first batch of painters, it is impossible to test now. But there is no doubt , now, all the painters in the world have their spiritual power come from this."

Tian Shu was a little anxious: "What does this have to do with what you are doing?"

Yuan Li waved his hand to signal him not to worry: "The history handed down from ancient times cannot be separated from the current people. We don't care whether the first emperor was bright or faint. Let's just talk about the current emperor, Yuan Chu, who is he?"

Tian Shu continued: "Foolish and incompetent, tyrannical and innocent."

Yuan Li nodded: "But where is he stupid? Who is he tyrannical? Most people only look at the surface. Yuan Chu respects painters, but he doesn't respect painters. In his opinion, it is enough to get novel objects. Therefore, as long as There are endless spiritual veins in this underground, and there are endless painters, so he can do anything."

When Jingxi thought of the corpses and people who were still struggling in the strange forest, she felt a chill in her heart.

Yuan Li continued: "As I said earlier, the plants in this strange forest need to be nourished with human blood. Yuan Chu has a dark department, which specializes in capturing humans alive in places where people don't notice them. Then they destroyed their ability to move and cut off their limbs." They cut off their bones and muscles, and put them in the woods to bleed. Jingxi had seen before, that a large number of dead bones, carrion, and dying people were all Yuan Chu's subjects. They used to be On the Huaiyuan Continent, there are living people."

After all, Ye Ming is his daughter's home, and he felt nauseous after hearing the description.

Yuan Li continued: "I don't know where the master got the news. But the master and several uncles were outraged by this and determined to stand up and destroy this inhumane act. I bumped into them to discuss it by chance, and then And followed them around to investigate.”

Jingxi has heard most of the things in between.After he came back, he only mentioned a few words to Ye Ming, which was not as detailed as what Yuan Li said.Ye Ming's face was pale and he didn't know what to say, but Tian Shu smiled comfortably.

Ye Ming tapped him on the shoulder and asked, "What are you laughing at?"

Tianshu winked at her, motioning her not to interrupt.Then Tian Shu asked Yuan Li: "Then what does the master mean, is it going to be reversed?"

As soon as this sentence came out, Jingxi and Ye Ming instantly understood.Yuan Li was ambiguous, and he hesitated: "If you really want to say the word 'anti', it's not bad. But what the master wants to oppose is this violent behavior."

"Pull it down!" Tian Shu curled her lips, "Reverse behavior? Was this behavior caused by Yuan Chu? You have become a □ and set up a memorial archway. Is there such a good thing! Let me say..."

He didn't say the latter words, and Ye Ming slapped him back to his stomach.Ye Ming slapped him again in dissatisfaction, and cursed, "Why are you talking!"

What Tianshu said was a bit harsh, but it was the truth.Yuan Li could only smile helplessly, not knowing how to refute.

Ye Ming sighed: "In the end, if you want to stop this kind of behavior, you can only surrender the emperor first. The master had already thought of rebellion before Minglian!"

Tian Shu held his head and smacked his lips: "It can only mean that Lian was unlucky, he made a slingshot first." Tian Shu smacked his lips again, and looked back at Jingxi: "Do you have any concerns?"

Jingxi doesn't want to be this villain, and doesn't want to live up to her father's expectations.He was worried about too many things, so Tianshu brought this out.Jingxi understood that Tianshu's words were correct.Yuan Chu has already lost the hearts of the people, and I don't know how many people want him to be dragged down.Furthermore, his father had such a plan, so he naturally pushed him a step forward.

Jingxi looked around at these people, the atmosphere was dignified, even if Tianshu had that dishonest appearance, he couldn't liven up the atmosphere.

Yuan Li thought for a while, then suddenly realized, and asked: "You three, are you planning to rebel?"

Tianshu pointed to the world and pointed to the earth, as if it was a matter of course: "The weather, the location, and the harmony of people. What do we still lack?"

Yuan Li shook his head helplessly.

Tianshu raised his eyebrows: "Then is there any reason not to fight back? Jingxi, you can tell me whether you can do it or not."

Jingxi got up slowly, tried her best to calm down and said, "Let me think about it."

Tian Shula made a long voice: "Don't think about it for too long - Si Qi is still staring at Bai Qian!"

Jingxi pulled the latch and left the study.The courtyard was very clean, 28 years ago, the servants gathered together to have fun, and the surrounding area of ​​Jingxi seemed very quiet.However, he has never been very close to his servants, and few people would joke with him on weekdays.There was still some dampness on the ground, but no snow.The snow was swept up and piled up on the roots of the trees.

Jingxi turned around and walked along the corridor.Behind him, Yuan Li suddenly called out to stop him.

"Jingxi—if necessary, let me alone."

Jingxi was slightly stunned, but without looking back, she stared at the path in front of her: "You are my Jingxi's subordinate."

Yuan Li chuckled, then knelt down on one knee and performed the courtier's salute: "Yes, my lord."

Kneeling and standing, no one spoke.Then Jing Xi left silently.

It was half an hour later when he took his fast horse and rushed to the small house in Baiqian.Jingxi looked around at the plum blossoms, always feeling depressed, so she simply came to Bai Qian.In the first few days, I couldn't hold back my temper and let go. Now that I think about it, I really made trouble for no reason.

Jingxi was a little apprehensive, wondering if Bai Qian was angry, and also felt that it would be embarrassing to face him.

But when the courtyard door was pushed open, the three maidservants were taken aback for a moment, and then greeted with a melodious voice.Jingxi ignored them, didn't even give them a sideways look, and went straight into the door.

The outer hall was empty, with a few sheets of paper scattered on the table, which seemed to be unfinished boots.The stove in the inner room is still burning, and the surrounding area is hot and dry.But there was still no sign of Bai Qian, not even the wheelchair.

Jingxi was startled secretly, and only remembered the people in the yard.After rushing out, Jingxi asked, "Where's Bai Qian?"

A girl saluted and replied respectfully: "Master Si Qi has gone out with the young master."

Jingxi's face elongated in an instant, and she almost grabbed the girl's skirt and growled: "Where are you going? What are you doing? When did you leave?"

"It's been more than half an hour. Master Si Qi saw that the young master was bored in the house all day, so he invited him to go for a walk around. There is no specific place to go, it must be wandering around the street. You leave it to the young master The two guards came out to stop you, but the more they stopped you, the more you insisted. After that, one followed, and the other went to deliver your letter. Oh yes, the young master also went together."

It may be that I went astray and didn't meet.Without saying a word, Jingxi ran out.Along the road that he walked not long ago, Jingxi searched all the way. The vendors on 28 have all been taken away, and there are only some dirty garbage and discarded items along the way, full of depression.

The same road, three moods.

Jingxi retraced all the roads she had traveled, and suddenly thought that if the stones were there, she would probably be clamoring for dessert.Jingxi dragged a boy from a restaurant by the roadside and handed him a handful of money.The boy immediately waved a towel cheerfully and led the way, and searched all the shops in the town that had desserts.

The boy led Jingxi into a teahouse, Jingxi glanced wide, and finally said a word along the way: "You go back."

The young man bowed his waistcoat and approached: "Have you found your family? Who is it?"

Jing Xi looked sideways with his cold eyes, and the boy shivered from fright, and left immediately.Jing Xi stood in front of the door, looking at the scene in front of her, feeling very dazzling.

Bai Qian and Si Qi were sitting face to face drinking tea, and sitting on a stool next to them were eating snacks on a stone.I couldn't hear what they said because I was far away, but in the happy atmosphere, I could see the faint smile on Bai Qian's face.

jealousy.

It had been a long time since Bai Qian smiled so comfortably and spontaneously at himself.But now he is so warm and kind to this vicious and vicious person.

angry.

At that moment, Jingxi felt that Bai Qian's brain must be feeding the dog.How much guts does he have to drink tea and chat with Si Qi so reassuringly?Did Si Qi never harm him, or did he never persecute him?

Jingxi stood alone for a long time, very angry, but didn't know how to walk over.On the contrary, Bai Qian saw him first and was stunned for a while.

Bai Qian's face was full of shock, but a trace of fear was hidden behind it.Almost immediately throwing away the teacup in his hand, the cup tipped over and water spilled out.Si Qi hurriedly got up, but couldn't find anything to wipe the water for a while.As a result, the tea mixed into one stream and flowed down the table, dripping onto the white front legs.

Bai Qian twirled the wheel and got his hands wet with snow.Going around the tables one after another, approaching Jingxi.

The 28th of the twelfth lunar month.

Jingxi walked out quickly along the empty street.

Bai Qian was trapped in a tea house, calling Jing Xi's name through the cold air.

"Jingxi!"

one sound.

"Jingxi—"

Twice.

"Jingxi..."

third tone.