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Chapter 183 Scramble (2 in 1)

Zheng Xiu and Cheng Xiao remained motionless.

The other eight people looked at each other, did not speak, and took a step forward at the same time, stepped forward to check the volume of "Plum Blossom Aoxue Picture".

"You don't need to worry. Since Dugu has agreed to this matter, he will definitely keep his promise and let you all enjoy this painting together."

Duguxiang clapped his hands twice, and the two children of the Dugu family moved a long wooden case, and Duguxiang spread the "Plum Blossoms and Snow Picture" on the long case.

"Nice painting!"

Yue Chongyang calmly twisted his beard and chuckled, and with the other hand he stroked the scroll with his fingertips, feeling the texture on it.

Zhang Daer's eyes were round, like copper bells, unwilling to let go of any details.

Others reacted roughly the same way.

They didn't really come to enjoy the painting.

The drunkard doesn't mean wine.

Duguxiang took a step back with a smile, and spread his hands to signal: You wait as you please, and silently observe everyone's reactions.When he saw the reactions of Cheng Xiao and Zheng Xiu, a faint light flashed in his eyes.

Eight people surrounded the long case, which was a little crowded.

Zheng Xiu could tell at a glance that the picture scroll was fake, but he had to step forward to confirm one or two, or pretend to be a fake.

Just as he was about to take a step, Zheng Xiu turned his head and noticed that Cheng Xiao simply closed his eyes, holding the broken knife, and stood coolly in the same place. After thinking for a while, Zheng Xiu asked with a smile, "Why don't you look at it?"

Cheng Xiao didn't open his eyes: "I don't understand."

Zheng Xiu: "You still come if you don't understand?"

Cheng Xiao: "Someone understands."

Zheng Xiu asked back: "If not?"

Cheng Xiao said coldly: "Wait." After Cheng Xiao finished speaking, he glanced at Zheng Xiu, pursed his lips, and said, "Just wait."

Zheng Xiu: "By the way, I'm sorry about your knife."

Cheng Xiao was silent for a moment, a full ten seconds, before he squeezed out each word and spelled it out into a sentence: "The knife for killing people can be broken as soon as it is broken, it can still be used."

It was only then that Zheng Xiu realized that Cheng Xiao's brief silence was not trying to be cool or pretending to be coercive, but to organize his words.

Thinking of the scene where Cheng Xiao used the broken knife to cut down the unnamed purple blood sword evil master face to face, Zheng Xiu suddenly realized that this was indeed the case, and praised: "So that's how it is, it's good."

Cheng Xiao doesn't regard weapons as treasures, but as "tools" that can be changed at any time.

When Zheng Xiu and Cheng Xiao were chatting in a strange atmosphere.

The eight people around the long case were able to maintain a calm surface at first, but as time went by, some people began to be impatient.

Zhang Daer scolded angrily: "Damn, what the hell are you drawing!"

Yue Chongyang chuckled: "If you don't understand, don't force yourself."

Zhang Daer sneered: "Can you understand? If you understand, let's talk about it and let everyone see it!"

Yue Chongyang showed an unfathomable expression: "Gongsun Painter's calligraphy contains infinite mysteries and exquisite brushwork. As the saying goes, every line is like a mountain, Yue can't say that he can see the realm of Gongsun Painter, he can only say that he understands a little bit. .As for...Yue believes that the way of Danqing can only be understood but not explained in words, so let's find opportunities!"

Yue Chongyang had a bright smile, and he was speaking with Zhang Daer secretly, as if he was repaying Zhang Daer's verbal disrespect towards him not long ago.

Hearing the words, Zhang Daer was annoyed in his heart, but he didn't like to attack.What Yue Chongyang said was also true, among the ten people present, none of them would tell others the secrets they had seen.

Zheng Xiu saw that the atmosphere around the case was "hot", smiled slightly, and stepped forward to join in the fun.

At first, Zheng Xiu decided it was false at first glance, and after two more careful observations, Zheng Xiu became more certain in his heart.

The painting is definitely a good painting, lifelike, but it is not from the handwriting of Grandpa Gongsun.

"Hero Dugu, you have already obtained the calligraphy of Gongsun Painter, have you ever seen something mysterious?"

At this time, someone was unwilling to give up, and asked Duguxiang loudly in front of everyone.

"Yes, yes, everyone knows Dugu hero's bearing, and whoever refuses to accept it will not be stingy to share your opinions with us, right?"

Several other people echoed one after another, and put on Duguxiang's head one after another free of money.

Zhang Da'er even blew on the head of Hidden Sword Villa in a subtle way, with a vague feeling of putting Hidden Sword Villa in the position of "the supreme martial arts".

At first Duguxiang smiled wryly and waved his hands again and again, saying that he has practiced sword since he was a child, and has been with the sword for 30 years, how could he know anything about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.But in the end, it was difficult to turn down the kindness, Duguxiang said helplessly: "Since you are so flattering, Dugu will not treat you as outsiders and make a fool of yourself."

Zhang Daer laughed straight: "My own people! They are all my own people!"

"But before that, Dugu has a heartless request."

Duguxiang calmly looked at Cheng Xiao who was waiting with closed eyes, clasped his fists and said, "Brother Cheng, can you take a look at "The Picture of Willows and Swallows in the Spring Pond"? Dugu guarantees it with the century-old reputation of Cangjian Villa..."

But before Duguxiang finished speaking, Cheng Xiao reached into his bosom and threw "The Picture of Willows and Swallows in the Spring Pond" towards Duguxiang.

No one expected Cheng Xiao to be so decisive, everyone including Zheng Xiu was taken aback.Yue Chongyang clenched his fists tightly in his sleeves, and at that moment he had the desire to fight, and he believed that the reactions of other people were almost the same.

But in the end, no one put the stupidity in their hearts into action.They were not stupid, and they couldn't understand it. It would not do any good to take away the scroll at this time, but it would offend Hidden Sword Villa, and the gain outweighs the loss.

Du Guxiang caught the "Picture of Willows and Swallows in the Spring Pond" thrown by Cheng Xiao casually, and couldn't wait to spread it on the long case.

In the yellowed scroll, there is a clear pond. In March in Yangchun, the willows beside the pond are lush, with whirling branches and leaves, reflecting colorful reflections in the pond.Smart swallows are playing among the willow leaves. Each swallow has a different posture, or spreads its wings, or strokes its hair, or plays in the water. The swallows are quite charming.

The most eye-catching thing is that one of the swallows spread its wings flat and held a blood-red worm in its beak.At the first glance, the little red worm seemed to be writhing in the mouth of the swallow, as if it was alive, but at the second glance, the painting was still a painting, and everything seemed to be an illusion just now.

"Sure enough!" Duguxiang caressed the "Picture of Willows and Swallows in the Spring Pond" and said with emotion: "The painting paper used by Gongsun Painter for this 'Picture of Four Seasons' is made of a kind of bamboo silk that is only produced in the Western Regions. It is not exposed to water and fire, but it is extremely resistant to decay. It is said that paintings made on bamboo and silkworm paper can be preserved for hundreds of years without fading."

Duguxiang walked aside, lifted the oil lamp on the candlestick, and placed the scroll on top of Yanxin in front of everyone.

"Do you suspect that there is something different about the material of bamboo silkworm paper?"

Zheng Xiu rubbed his chin and asked, what Duguxiang did made his eyes shine.When he got the other two volumes of Four Seasons from Xie Luohe, he focused on the content of the painting itself, not on the "material".

Some special materials are added to the ink, which will appear when heated.But most of these are irreversible. As soon as Zheng Xiu asked, he shook his head not long after. Obviously, Duguxiang should have tried it in advance.

The "tried" that Zheng Xiu thinks here does not only refer to the fake Four Seasons map, it is very likely that he has even tried the real Four Seasons map.

Zheng Xiu is still thinking about Duguxiang's purpose for doing this. The reason why Xie Luohe said "the plan has changed" may be because she knew that Duguxiang would not show the real painting, so she temporarily changed the plan.

Everyone eagerly put their heads together, waiting for Duguxiang to clarify his doubts.

It's not that they don't use their brains, but that they don't understand the map of the four seasons at all, and simply wait for the result, hoping that Duguxiang will reveal the secret of the map of the four seasons inadvertently.

as predicted.

After heating the two pictures of the four seasons above the oil lamp for a while, Duguxiang shook his head helplessly: "It won't work. Unless the scrolls are damaged regardless of everything, and the paintings are inspected by flooding, acid etching, and burning, otherwise, it is difficult to get the best results from the bamboo silkworm paper itself. See through the mysteries of the map of the four seasons."

Zhang Daer sneered suddenly: "Hero Dugu, you are being a little unkind!"

Duguxiang was taken aback: "Brother Zhang, what do you mean by that?"

Zhang Daer sneered, his fat body trembling, his eyes narrowed and he stared at Duguxiang without explaining.

At this time Yue Chongyang frowned, he always felt that something was wrong.

If everyone staying here can find the location of Nie Gong's treasure house with only two pictures of four seasons, then what's the point of Duguxiang's hard work in organizing this martial arts conference?

Others had different thoughts, they looked here and there from time to time, after Duguxiang explained the origin of "Bamboo Silkworm Paper", they only hoped for a flash of inspiration to see some clues.

Everyone knows that the opportunity is rare right now. The Four Seasons Picture The Four Seasons Picture, as the name suggests, is divided into four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, a total of four scrolls.Now there are two of them, half of which are the secrets of Mr. Nie's treasury, and they are so openly placed in front of them. If they can't see through the secrets at this time, maybe they really have to wait until the day when the four seasons pictures are gathered together.

Those who remained were neither mediocre nor foolish, and everyone wanted to take the two paintings away regardless of face, but no one dared to act rashly.Not to mention that they are now located in the heavily guarded and expert Tibetan Sword Villa. Besides, whoever strikes first will be surrounded and beaten by others in an instant. Cheng Xiao's sharp knife alone is enough for them one pot.I want to return to thinking, but people always cherish their lives, and no one would foolishly risk their lives for this map of the four seasons with unknown meaning.

"Could it be that we need to find the location of the scenery on the scroll? Only then can we find the location of Nie Gong's treasure house?"

In the silence, someone felt uncomfortable and couldn't help asking.

Everyone looked at each other.

want to laugh.

But I can't laugh.

This is actually the first thought that pops into anyone's mind when they see the scenery on the scroll.

It's just that this "answer" is too superficial and no one says it.What's more, relying on the scenery on the two scrolls, trying to determine the location of a treasure house in the north and south is simply a dream.

Time passed by minute by minute.

No one answered the last question, and the person who asked this question realized after a moment, blushed, lowered his head, full of annoyance.

until the hour.

After explaining to everyone what "bamboo silkworm paper" is, Dugu Xiang, who had been very quiet all this time, suddenly shouted: "Be careful!"

call out!
A powerful piercing sound attracted everyone's attention, and almost at the moment of the reminder, the sword box behind Duguxiang opened with a ding, and Wenlong's long sword suddenly came out of its sheath.

Ding!
A sharp arrow shot straight at him, Duguxiang stood proudly on the spot, and with a swipe of the sword tip, he easily pushed the sharp arrow behind him.

"There are assassins!"

Exclamations sounded outside the house, one after another sharp arrows shot through the roof and shot at Duguxiang, like a violent storm one after another.After Duguxiang blocked the third arrow, his pupils narrowed sharply, and he said in horror: "The legendary twelve consecutive arrows! It's Xie Luohe!"

When the others heard this, their faces changed drastically, and they raised their weapons one after another.

Zheng Xiu was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly hid aside with Xiaotao.

Ding Ding Ding Ding!

call!
"puff!"

The oil lamp in the house was blown out by the arrow wind, and everyone's eyes became pitch black in an instant.With a bang, the roof collapsed, and the bright moonlight poured into the house through the big hole in the roof. A black figure descended from the sky like a ghost, and landed in front of the long desk without a sound.

Looking at Du Guxiang again, in the first wave of arrow rain, he was knocked away by the force contained in the sharp arrows, the tip of the sword trembled wildly, hit the wall, his face was pale and blood was bleeding from the corner of his mouth.Just now, there was a "poof" in the darkness, which seemed to be the sound of Duguxiang spitting blood.

"Thank you!"

Xie Luohe was still wearing the same mask at the moment. She didn't seem to care about revealing her identity. After a chuckle, she said thank you, then stretched out her hand to take away the two pictures of the four seasons on the long case, and jumped onto the roof to escape from where she came from.

"Come on!"

It was only at this time that the other people in the house realized that they had smashed through the roof at the same time, chasing the fleeing figure of Xie Luohe.

Only Duguxiang who was vomiting blood remained in the house, Zheng Xiu, Xiaotao, Zhang Daer, Cheng Xiao, and everyone else chased them out.

Zhang Daer didn't believe in evil, he groped towards the long table, and when he found nothing, he said in astonishment, "Really robbed?"

Duguxiang climbed up from the corner, breathless, wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth with a wave of his sleeve, and said with a wry smile, "What a Xieluohe."

bang.

There was another shock, the hall could not withstand the ravages of several masters, and the broken beams collapsed downward.Zheng Xiu frowned. While protecting Xiaotao, he wondered, why did Xie Luohe do this?
Does she know where the real "Picture of Plum Blossoms and Aoxue" is hidden?
Xie Luohe blatantly took away the two scrolls, and the Tibetan Sword Villa was already in chaos.Flames flickered everywhere, illuminating the entire villa brightly at night. After the seven masters chased them out, all the disciples in Hidden Sword Villa were alarmed by the figure of the searcher "Assassin".

"It's not suitable to stay here for long."

Now that Xie Luohe has already started, Duguxiang will definitely be suspicious of his ambiguous relationship with Xie Luohe in the contest.Thinking of this, Zheng Xiu covered Xiao Tao's small cherry mouth, and signaled her not to speak, and wanted to take Xiao Tao out of the villa while taking advantage of the chaos.

"Hmph! Brother Xiao, I'm afraid Dugu won't let you go easily! I've offended you!"

In the house that was gradually collapsing, Duguxiang had already noticed Zheng Xiu who was sneaking with Xiaotao and wanted to run away. Enduring the pain in his back, he slashed with his sword. Break, blocking Zheng Xiu's retreat.

Seeing that his way was blocked, Zheng Xiu didn't panic, and took out the Luohe brush from his waist.

Cheng Xiao had a "dead face" from the beginning to the end, closed his eyes and maintained a posture of embracing the black scabbard. He only moved his upper body from time to time to avoid the falling bricks and beams from above, and he was unscathed.

When Zheng Xiu pulled out the Luohe brush and Du Guxiang blocked Zheng Xiu's way with a sword, Cheng Xiao moved.I saw Cheng Xiao took a step towards Zheng Xiu, but opened his eyes facing Dugu Xiang.

The atmosphere is tense.

Zhang Daer looked left and right, his eyes rolled around, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Duguxiang frowned: "You guys are actually in the same group?"

Cheng Xiao shook his head, his expression unchanged: "He has to pay for my knife."

Cheng Xiao's answer as a matter of course made most of the arrogance disappear immediately, and Duguxiang was obviously stunned with suppressed anger.He thought of many possibilities, but he didn't expect that Cheng Xiao's reason for standing with Zheng Xiu was to make Zheng Xiu pay for his broken knife.

While dumbfounding, Duguxiang was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood.I can't afford to pay for broken knives at the Hidden Sword Villa, I really want it, my huge Hidden Sword Villa can forge a big basket for you overnight.

Zheng Xiu didn't expect Cheng Xiao to be on his side for such a strange reason.So he was not in a hurry to "paint the ground as a prison", but looked at Duguxiang with a complicated expression with a smile on his face: "Why does Dugu hero get angry? There are not many outsiders here. I think there is no need for us all to hide."

Duguxiang said: "What do you mean by that?"

Zheng Xiu told the truth: "The Picture of Plum Blossoms and Snow is a fake."

Zhang Daer: "Fake??"

Cheng Xiao: "Fake?"

Xiaotao: "Yes, the young master said it was fake!"

Another female voice came from above: "Fake."

Before she finished speaking, Xie Luohe, who was dressed as Fengbei, fell from the roof, and she actually turned back.

Zheng Xiu was overjoyed: "You came back to save me?"

Xie Luohe winked at Zheng Xiu: "Not exactly."

Seeing Xie Luohe going back and forth, Duguxiang vaguely guessed the fate of the others, his face was livid.

"Give it back to you."

Xie Luohe shook his palm, and threw a picture scroll towards Cheng Xiao.

Cheng Xiao opened it and saw that it was the "Picture of Willows and Swallows in the Spring Pond" that he had lost and recovered.

(End of this chapter)