man sanctified in death row vest

Chapter 184 Secret (5400 words chapter)
Xie Luohe took off the mask.

She smiled wickedly with the corners of her mouth curled up, and walked in front of Zheng Xiu with her head held high.

"Tell me, do I look good wearing it or not?"

Xie Luohe took off the mask, on the beautiful face behind the mask, in the clear and bright eyes, Zheng Xiu's surprised expression was reflected, and in the depths, there was a trace of imperceptible expectation.

Zheng Xiu didn't answer.

It seemed to him that this was a well-known proposition.

Seeing that Zheng Xiu didn't answer, Xie Luohe snorted softly, took another step closer, and asked again: "Do you think I look good in clothes like her, or do I look good in clothes that don't look like her?"

Just now Zheng Xiu wasn't quite sure, but now it's confirmed.

It's not a proposition, it's a question of decapitation.

This question obviously has a standard answer.

Zheng Xiu calmly replied, "You look good."

This is to avoid the most important and focus on the less important.

Xie Luohe nodded in satisfaction, and silently put an arrow back into the quiver.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they saw Xie Luohe's act of "receiving the guy".

Xie Luohe's archery skills are obvious to all.

Duguxiang has experienced it personally and has a deep understanding.

Everything she said was right when she held the arrow.

"Speak from another place."

Without further ado, Duguxiang pressed on the mechanism hidden on the ground, and a stone brick moved away with a bang, revealing the secret passage under the floor.

After finishing speaking, Du Guxiang stood aside, beckoned Xie Luohe and Cheng Xiao to enter, and made a gesture of "please".

Xie Luohe smiled at Zheng Xiu: "Look at him, don't ask me why I turned back."

Zheng Xiu pursed his lips when he heard the words, hung the "Luohe Brush" on his waist again, and said unhappily: "How do I know if you are in collusion? By the way, what about the others? You all..." Zheng Xiu raised his palms and made a gesture. A "wiping the neck" gesture.

Xie Luohe curled his lips: "Who do you think I am? Why did you kill me without vendetta? They chased me down the mountain, and I threw the fake painting to them and let them snatch it away."

When Zheng Xiu heard this, he suddenly realized.

The classic "one peach kills three men".

"Walk."

Zheng Xiu waved to Xiaotao, and Xiaotao followed.

Xie Luohe, Zheng Xiu, Xiaotao, and Cheng Xiao filed in.

With Xie Luohe around, Zheng Xiu didn't worry about ambushes below at all, and walked with the wind.

When Zhang Daer lowered his head and wanted to follow.

But Duguxiang stopped him with his hand.

"Brother Zhang, please stay."

Duguxiang smiled all over his face: "Tonight's painting appreciation will end here, Brother Zhang, please come back."

"Okay you Duguxiang." Zhang Daerpi smiled, cursing secretly in his heart, but quickly made up his mind to understand everything, took two steps closer to Duguxiang, and asked in a low voice: "Zhang knows the hero Dugu very well." thought."

"The real Plum Blossom and Aoxue painting is hidden below, and the real painting appreciation will be below."

"Cheng Xiao owns the 'Picture of Willows and Swallows in Spring Pond', so he has his own qualifications."

"Xie Luohe lured other people away, took the painting and returned it voluntarily, barely qualified."

"Then Xiao Buping can see through the authenticity of calligraphy at a glance, needless to say."

"Old Zhang, how about exchanging a secret with you?"

Zhang Da whispered very fast, he smiled, and after finishing a few words, he pointed to the back of Zheng Xiu below, "Old Zhang, let me tell you who he is. The pictures are closely related."

Duguxiang frowned.

Unexpectedly, Xie Luohe laughed heartily from below: "You don't need to tell me, I'll tell you right now, he is actually not Xiao Buping, but Gongsun Mo...Gongsun Mo of the Gongsun family."

"you!"

The smile on Zhang Daer's face froze, and the fire was messy.

Duguxiang regretfully made a "please get out" gesture.

Zhang Daer's eyeballs started to roll again.

Itchy.

Xie Luohe's silver-like laughter came from below again: "Hero Dugu, if you really want to find that place, let that fat man come in. He can be regarded as the most well-informed person in the whole world."

Duguxiang didn't dare to take Xie Luohe's words as a joke, he was taken aback when he heard the words, his eyes were solemn, and he fixed his eyes on Zhang Daer.

Hearing that Xie Luo Hedao broke his "identity", Zhang Daer cursed in his heart, but showed up helplessly: "Since this is the case, it will be rude for the old man to hide it."

Zhang Daer touched his bosom, and shook out a cute white paper fan.

Swish.

There are eight small characters written on the fan-"Being all kinds of people, knowing the world's affairs".

In front of Duguxiang, Zhang Daer's eyes were vacant, his fat was trembling, and he smiled and said:
"The old man is not talented, but the news is a bit clear. People call him: Jianghu Baixiaosheng."

Duguxiang was stunned.

……

There are many tunnels arranged underground in the hidden sword villa.

Several of the tunnels were opened, hollowed out, and exhausted, just below the hall where they admired the paintings.

The oil lamp was lit.

There are two corridors in the southeast and northwest respectively, and the wind is sharp, howling in the cave.

There is only one round table in the small space.

In the center of the round table is a locked chest.

At first glance, the lock was not a conventional lock that could be opened with a key.

There are nine grids of ingenuity on the huge lock, which are distributed in nine palaces, with different weapon patterns on them.

"Nine-Aperture Linglong Lock." Seeing Zheng Xiu sizing up the lock, Xie Luohe happily explained: "The Nine-Aperture Linglong Lock uses the arrangement of nine different weapons as a 'lock', and white phosphorous powder is built into the box. , the built-in flint will be fired, the white phosphorus will be ignited, and the contents of the box will be destroyed.”

Zheng Xiu heard the words and suddenly understood.It turned out that the reason why Xie Luohe temporarily changed his plan was because he learned about this and knew that if Duguxiang wanted to rob him hard, he would rather burn everything together than take advantage of others.

The Jiuqiao Linglong lock is equivalent to the combination lock in ancient times, and it is composed of nine passwords arranged in tens of thousands. If you don't know the password and try to open it by force, you will fall short.

As for the violent lockpicking that Xie Luohe was best at, it was even more impossible.White phosphorus powder is built inside, and white phosphorus is flammable. Once violence is used, the white phosphorus inside may naturally be ignited.

The whole body of the box is black, integrally formed, and natural. A row of hair-thin holes can be faintly seen on the surface of the box. If Zheng Xiu's guess is correct, these holes should be used to provide oxygen when "ignition" is needed.Such exquisite forging technology comes from the craftsmanship of Tibetan Sword Villa.

When Duguxiang and Bai Xiaosheng walked down, Zheng Xiu, Cheng Xiao, Xie Luohe, and Xiaotao waited beside the box.

Zheng Xiu stared at "Bai Xiaosheng" with staring eyes, a little in disbelief: "Are you really Bai Xiaosheng?"

"If it's a fake replacement."

Bai Xiaosheng pointed to the eight characters on the fan.

The corner of Zheng Xiu's mouth twitched: "I had this kind of fan before."

Bai Xiaosheng was speechless immediately.

On the side, Xiaotao tilted her head and said puzzledly: "Xiaotao once heard the legends in the Jianghu. It is said that Bai Xiaosheng is handsome and suave, but has a strange personality; Hundreds of secret books, read ancient and modern art of war, able to distinguish martial arts in the world, understands mountains and rivers geography, knows ancient and modern overseas, he used his own knowledge to compile "Weapon Spectrum", which lists in detail the moves, strengths, weaknesses, character, so it is sought after by many martial arts people, and naturally it is also hated by many people."

Zheng Xiu said with a wooden face: "With all due respect, if what Xiaotao said is true, the first sentence is very false."

Bai Xiaosheng spat: "You know what, that's called half-truth and half-false. If the old man was so easy to find, he would have been hacked to death by his enemies long ago. But friends in the world gave me face, and the second half is probably true. , if you really want to find Mr. Nie’s treasure house, you need the old man’s connections and information.”

At this time, Duguxiang's clenched fists were trembling slightly.

He suppressed his excitement, looked calmly, and looked at Zheng Xiu.

"I guessed that you are not Xiao Buping, but I never expected that you are a descendant of the Gongsun family. No wonder you can tell the authenticity of calligraphy at a glance. Do you really know where the treasure house of Nie Gong is?"

Zheng Xiu didn't answer, looking at Xie Luohe.

At this time, it is better to let Xie Luohe make up his mind.

Xie Luohe stretched out his hand towards Zheng Xiu, hooking two fair fingers.Zheng Xiu instantly understood and understood, so he took out the last two scrolls from his bosom, and handed them to Xie Luohe in front of Duguxiang.

Holding the scroll in his hand, Xie Luohe smiled lightly and said, "Please Trouble Dugu, unlock it."

Cheng Xiao was silent, and pressed "The Picture of Willows and Swallows in the Spring Pond" on the table.

Du Guxiang looked at the unopened two volumes of pictures in Xie Luohe's hands, his eyelids twitched.

At that moment, many thoughts flashed through his mind.

Will Xie Luohe cheat him with fake paintings like the little tricks he did before.

Will it be, there is actually one true and one false inside.

Or, there are two corn cobs inside, and the moment Duguxiang takes out the real painting from the box, he will grab it.

But all kinds of speculation, when Duguxiang recalled the amazing force that Xie Luohe displayed, they were driven out of his mind.

Xie Luohe is more like a hunter who has arranged the hunting preparations properly, calm and calm.

The gathering of the four pictures was indeed Duguxiang's original intention, but it was unexpected that he attracted Xie Luohe.

Silently, Duguxiang stepped forward to turn the nine-orifice Linglong Lock, and there was a snap. When the nine-orifice returned to its position, the Linglong Lock made a soft "click", and the lock cylinder popped out.

Carefully taking out the "Plum Blossoms and Snow Picture" wrapped in layers from the black box, Duguxiang turned to face several people.

"Before appreciating the painting, Dugu said some ugly words first." Duguxiang said: "It would hurt the harmony. To protect fairness, I propose that no matter what is in the treasure house of Nie Gong, divide everything in the treasure house of Nie Gong into four equal parts. , divided equally by the four sides.”

"It seems that in the future, the old man will have to add a sentence on the page of Dugu Hero in the weapon manual: A person should not be judged by his appearance." The fat-headed and big-eared Bai Xiaosheng licked his dry lips, spread his hands and laughed, and said ambiguously After uttering a sentence that made Duguxiang uncomfortable to listen to, he said, "This old man is not interested in Nie Gong's treasure house."

Upon hearing this, Zheng Xiu asked curiously, "Then why did you come?"

"Secret." Bai Xiaosheng narrowed his eyes and laughed.

"Hypocrisy." Zheng Xiu said.

"No." Knowing that Zheng Xiu had misunderstood, Bai Xiaosheng glared angrily, and explained: "What the old man said is that the old man is only interested in the 'secret' itself! The location of Mr. Nie's treasury is very important to today's world. It is the biggest 'secret'! Knowing what the world doesn't know, and knowing what the world doesn't know, to this old man, is already a 'ten thousand family wealth' that far surpasses ordinary gold, silver and jewelry!"

"Admiration!" Zheng Xiu looked at the fat man with admiration.Little did he know that just after Zheng Xiu finished praising, Bai Xiaosheng said again: "But since it's a share of spoils, if I don't take any money, it will definitely make you feel uneasy. Four shares are divided equally, and I agree."

Holding the knife in his arms, Cheng Xiao said coldly, "I only need a knife."

After Bai Xiaosheng and Cheng Xiao expressed their opinions respectively, Duguxiang looked at Xie Luohe, waiting for an explanation.

Unexpectedly, Xie Luohe looked at Zheng Xiu and asked with a smile, "What do you want?"

Zheng Xiu shook his head.

He seems to have no need for the so-called Nie Gong's treasure house.

Zheng Xiu knew that he was in an illusory memory.Even during this process, during this experience, there were many times when Zheng Xiu was in a trance and had difficulty distinguishing the false from the real.But at the end of the day, he knows who he is and what he's doing.

Therefore, he has no need for Nie Gong's treasure house.

"It's better," Xie Luohe posted, lying on Zheng Xiu's ear and exhaling like blue, laughing in a voice that only two people could hear: "Find Nie Gong's treasure house, I'll return her to you, how about it."

Zheng Xiu was shocked. When he wanted to ask more questions, Xie Luohe's lips had moved away from Zheng Xiu's ears, and he slapped Duguxiang: "Five shares. Divide Mr. Nie's treasure house into five shares."

Duguxiang frowned and asked, "Why?"

"I, Xie Luohe, represent Yunhe Village. I hold half of the picture scroll and have an exclusive copy. The Four Seasons Picture Book is the relic of Gongsun Huasheng. As a descendant of the Gongsun family, and as the only person who can see through the Four Seasons Picture, he has a share. The rest Three copies, you can do whatever you want."

Zheng Xiu has no opinion.

Duguxiang, Cheng Xiao, and Bai Xiaosheng looked at each other.

Bai Xiaosheng: "Cheer up."

Cheng Xiao: "Give me the knife."

Duguxiang: "Yes."

After the discussion, Du Guxiang pressed "Plum Blossoms and Snow Picture" on the table.

Finally, the collection of four seasons is complete.

At this moment, compared to other people's thoughts, Zheng Xiu is more interested in the map of the four seasons itself than in Nie Gong's treasury.

Under the nervous eyes of everyone, Zheng Xiu stepped forward and opened the last map of the four seasons.

The four pictures were laid flat on the round table.

four Seasons.

The moment Zheng Xiu saw "The Picture of Plum Blossoms and Aoxue", he was certain that the painting in front of him was the real one.

In the light yellow scroll, the picture is extremely "clean".

At first glance, he was attracted by a plum blossom tree bent by heavy snow in the white scenery.The plum blossom tree was almost withered and buried by the thick snow, but on the branch, the last bright red plum blossom became the finishing touch.

The sky is white and snowy, the scenery behind the plum blossoms, the mountains are clustered, and the distances overlap. It is only outlined with simple light ink, which is faintly visible.Only that one plum blossom has a fine brushstroke, and even the texture on the petals is clearly visible.

"Wonderful!"

Zhang Daer looks like a rough guy, but in fact, as in the legend of the world, Bai Xiaosheng is not only proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, at least he has dabbled in all of them.At first glance, he only felt that the real work of "Plum Blossoms and Aoxue Picture" was not as fine as the fake painting, but after a second look, he also vaguely saw the mystery of Gongsun Painter's painting.

Zheng Xiu said with a smile: "This is the plum blossom's proud snow picture. The sky is snowing heavily, and everything is withered, but this plum blossom is independent and unyielding. It uses the 'death' of all things to highlight the 'life' of the plum blossom, and the The 'bending' of all things, to show the 'arrogance' of plum blossoms."

"Don't talk about what you have." Bai Xiaosheng gasped for breath, and hurriedly said, "Look quickly, where is Mr. Nie's treasure house?"

Zheng Xiu stared at the four pictures intently.

The idea is already there.

To locate a location from the four paintings, all Zheng Xiu could think of was to hide the "map" in the scroll.

This sounds ridiculous, but for Gongsun Huasheng, it is not difficult.

It should be what Zheng Xiu could imagine.

Time passed quietly, and no one spoke again.

In the quiet secret room, there were only a few people breathing calmly or rapidly, and the focused Zheng Xiu was deciphering the map of the four seasons at the round table.

Xiaotao knew that she couldn't help, so she wiped the sweat off Zheng Xiu's forehead from time to time.

"what?"

Zheng Xiu, who had been staring back and forth at the scroll, suddenly showed a look of surprise.

The others were patiently paying attention to Zheng Xiu's reaction. Seeing Zheng Xiu's reaction, Xie Luohe immediately stepped forward and asked, "Where is it?"

Zheng Xiu didn't blink, didn't even look back at Xie Luohe, and murmured: "I'm not sure."

Xie Luohe: "It's okay, let's talk."

"Fatty Zhang..."

Bai Xiaosheng interrupted Zheng Xiu: "Please call me Jianghu Bai Xiaosheng."

"Okay Jiang Fatty." Zheng Xiu agreed, beckoning: "Jiang Fatty, help me see, is there a mountain that looks like three fingers from a distance?"

Zheng Xiu pointed to one of the four pictures.

Bai Xiaosheng was taken aback when he heard the words, and then laughed angrily: "This young child of the Gongsun family, are you kidding me? There are tens of thousands of mountains that look like three fingers in the world, and the most famous and historically At least two slaps, wouldn't you tell the old man that you saw this from the painting?"

"That's why I said I'm not sure." Zheng Xiu shook his head with a strange expression. He waved to Xiaotao, and motioned Xiaotao to hold up one of them, with the picture facing outward, and stand on the side of the round table.

"It's not because the puzzles in the map of the four seasons are too difficult, but because...it's too simple."

After Xiaotao, Zheng Xiu asked Duguxiang, Xie Luohe, and Cheng Xiao to hold a painting respectively.He circled the round table a few times and adjusted the positions of the four of them.The four paintings are all facing outward.

He led Bai Xiaosheng around the table: "Look at the painting and listen to me."

"Each painting actually has a mountain that looks like three fingers. Except for the "Spring Pond Willows and Swallows", it seems to be just a coincidence of the other three paintings. But if you think about it for a while, if these four paintings are from Nie Gong’s treasure house looks at the same mountain from four different directions.”

"It just so happens that the mountain on the map of willows and swallows in the spring pond is on the side of 'the mountain that looks like three fingers raised up', so it seems that there is only one mountain."

"So in this direction of the mountain, there is a willow forest, there is a pond, and there is a maple forest on this side. The direction of the mountain is this side, and the midsummer map has the direction of the scorching sun, which is enough to roughly locate the direction of the mountain. The Aoxue map It uses a group of mountains to locate the distant view of that mountain..."

Following Zheng Xiu's train of thought and going around the round table, Bai Xiaosheng became more and more startled the more he looked at it.As Zheng Xiu said, these four pictures depict the same place from different angles.If these four pictures constitute a simple "three-dimensional holographic map", then the common point on all the maps is the "mountain that looks like three fingers raised up".

Everyone put down the painting and asked different people to look at it. They were all amazed and agreed with Zheng Xiu's idea.

But Zheng Xiu still felt a little unreliable, and his intuition told him that it seemed too simple.

It's just that there are only so many clues at present.

Bai Xiaosheng, who is well versed in the geography of mountains and rivers and has traveled all over the country, closed his eyes and thought about it for a full stick of incense.

Finally, he slapped his thigh hard.

"Damn! It's Bashan! In ancient times, it was called 'Pushan', which means 'five fingers pull out two fingers'. At the junction of Yanzhou and Pingzhou, the pond had dried up many years ago! If Brother Gongsun said That’s right, Nie Gong’s treasure house is hidden in Bashan Mountain!”

"go!"

Without saying a word, Xie Luohe clapped his palms, rolled up the two scrolls, put them in his hands, turned around and left.

clang clang clang!

Just as they were about to leave the secret room and go to Nie Gong's treasure house day and night.

There was a rush of gongs outside.

"They're back?"

Duguxiang knew that this was the "alarm" from Hidden Sword Villa, he felt a little bit in his heart, took a few steps, and walked out of the secret room.

"The landlord is not good!"

The secret room is not a secret among the inner gates of Hidden Sword Villa.When Duguxiang walked out of the entrance of the secret path, an older disciple hurried forward and whispered in Duguxiang's ear in a low voice.

"what did they say?"

Zheng Xiu couldn't hear, so he asked Xie Luohe directly.

Xie Luohe's eyes turned cold, and he smiled: "The imperial court."

(End of this chapter)