Under night, light boats are everywhere on the Qinhuai River in Nanjing. "If you can look down from the sky, you can see that this quiet river during the day is shining like countless bright jewels."
Apart from here, most other places in the city are shrouded in darkness. This is true for the famous Six Dynasties Golden Powder Land, and even more so for nearby prefectures, counties and suburbs. After all, nowadays, people are reluctant to light up lights at night.
There is always only a handful of people.
As the third watch drum beats, the lights in most of the rooms in the Zhao Mansion courtyard at the foot of Dongqing Mountain have been extinguished. The happy event in the mansion is approaching, and the servants will get up early the next morning to do things. The old and young masters
We are also busy with our own things, so naturally we need to take a rest early. Therefore, from the front yard to the backyard, the sound of creaking bed boards and those moaning can be heard in many houses. Among them, a small one in the east
In the main room of the courtyard, after a full two-quarters of an hour of fussing, the door was opened with a creak, and then the lights were turned on in the room, and there was another busy sound of water being poured and served.
All this was seen by a dark figure under the h1a bush. It wasn't until a girl in clothes came out and splashed water, and then finally closed the door, that he gradually stood up and looked at the room with the lights out.
After waiting for a while, he spat angrily and muttered in an inaudible voice: "People who want to marry their wives have no restraint! There is no movement elsewhere, but this has been causing trouble for a long time.
That man who is my master even has his study room in the back here, so he doesn’t mind being a den of snakes and rats!”
It's okay to complain, but he agreed to take this trip today, and he worked hard to get the drawings of Zhao's house, so he wouldn't give up halfway. When the surrounding area gradually became quiet, Huitong walked out of the h1a cluster without hesitation.
He carefully walked along the waist of the wall. He avoided the places where dogs were kept and chose this shortcut. He quickly crossed a corner,
At the door of the study, he saw a little book boy wearing thick clothes sitting in front of the steps and taking a nap. He couldn't help but sneered secretly, tiptoed around and tinkered in front of a window for a while, and then easily slipped in through the window.
There was no moonlight this night and the house was naturally pitch black. It would be wishful thinking to look for something without lighting a lamp. However, Huitong's trip was not to find things but to put things away, so he was very familiar with it. However, he didn't wait.
He was looking for a suitable place for the treasure map in his arms, when he suddenly heard a scolding from outside, and then a frightened master. He immediately felt a sudden change in his heart. He looked around and saw nothing good.
At the hiding place, he looked up and saw a thick roof beam above. He didn't care about anything else for a moment. He stroked his right sleeve and pressed the spring to shoot out a hook rope, and then he swung away without caring about anything else.
Fortunately, he had not put down all his hard work over the years. When the people over there came in, he was able to put away the rope and lay down safely on the wide beam.
Although the roof beam could barely accommodate a person like him, and he was wearing a tight-fitting black night clothes with the ropes completely tucked away, he was still afraid that his rash movements would leave any shadows below, so he heard the voices of the two people in front and behind him.
He didn't dare to look at the footsteps, and just lay there motionless. After a while, someone held a lamp and there was a burst of movement around Cicui, and he heard the person below him vaguely take a seat, and the other person came from the shelf.
Got something.
"If we can really bring down Fu Rong this time, you will take the greatest credit."
"It's not my fault that Dong Weng won the prize. It's all Dong Weng's careful thinking and broad connections. Otherwise, how could he have accomplished something that no one else could have accomplished?" Mr. Luo bowed with a smile.
Seeing Zhao Qin's face full of pride, he said calmly, "As for me, I'm just filling in the gaps for Dong Weng."
"You don't have to be so humble. Let's start with Fu Rong's son. It was you who came up with this idea, which just happened to drag Zhang Mao into the water." Zhao Qin rubbed the scroll in his hand, and his eyes were not so much that he couldn't put it down, but that he couldn't put it down.
The ambition is to win, "Besides, if it weren't for your eyesight, I might just regard this picture as a fake calligraphy and painting and miss it. Don't worry, I, Zhao Qin, am not someone who walks across the river and demolishes bridges, but I have made all those fields belong to the Zhao family."
Your Majesty, the future I promised you will be fulfilled immediately. Please note that Peng Duxian, the governor of Nanzhili, has always been the best with me. He has been a Beijing official for decades, and the road to the top is very hard." "Then the student will thank you, sir.
Got it!"
Seeing that Mr. Luo was overjoyed, he stood up and bowed deeply. However, Zhao Qin did not leave his seat to help each other. Instead, he stroked his beard with contentment and smiled. After Mr. Luo saluted, he saw Zhao Qin unfolding the scroll in his hand and looking at him again.
With a nod, he walked closer and took a closer look with Zhao Qin. His witty words naturally made Zhao Qin more convinced of the treasure, and Mr. Luo's final words made him even more convinced.
He nodded repeatedly.
"Dong Weng, although this picture is obscure, you should take it out often to look at it. If someone sees it, it is not safe after all. So the outer layer of the picture is better to be framed as it is.
In this way, no matter what happens, others will not notice this "Spring Outing" which is obviously a masterpiece by Qu Pin."
"Yes, yes, you are right to remind me. However, if those framers reveal their secrets..."
"If Dong Weng is worried, why don't you let me do it myself." Seeing Zhao Qin's surprised expression, Mr. Luo said with a smile, "My skills are not as good as those of the others, but I am more than enough to fool ordinary people."
"Okay, I'll blame you for it! I won't treat you badly after everything is done." Huitong, who was sitting on the roof, listened to this answer and roughly understood what was going on. At this moment, he felt
I just felt unspeakably ridiculous for a while. This hard work of sneaking in was originally to frame him, but now it sounds like he can get the exact same effect without doing this at all. Faced with an unknown treasure, although he
He was also moved in his heart, but when he heard that the treasure map seemed to be framed in a painting, he frowned slightly, and finally came up with an idea, and a sly smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
The next two people discussed for a while, and then turned the topic to the wedding ceremony in a few days. Then Fei Kai asked about Fu Rong, how to instigate Zhang Mao from the Imperial College, and how to get the Xu family to sue Xu Xun.
......... Even Huitong, who had seen a lot of conspiracies and intrigues in Xichang, still secretly smacked his tongue when he heard them discussing so nakedly how to put people to death. He waited until the two of them had talked enough.
He put all the things in their place, turned off the lights and left. After a while, he got down from the beam.
Relying on the few words he just heard, he quickly found the scroll that seemed to be placed randomly on the bookshelf, but he just looked at it carefully. Instead of reaching out rashly, he found another corner and dug out an obvious scroll.
The book that was rarely turned over was stuffed with the picture in his arms. After doing all this, he tiptoed to the door and saw the little book boy sitting on the steps again, typing his head little by little.
Feeling sleepy, he waited patiently for another quarter of an hour.
Xinyiyi returned the same way.
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Sleeping until he woke up naturally, counting money until his hands cramped. Xu Xun had enjoyed this kind of life in his previous life when he was a rich young man who didn't care about anything. To put it bluntly, if he wanted to, he could even hire someone to help him.
Counting money. However, that casual attitude of taking a good life for granted made him suffer the biggest blow in his life in the end. Therefore, the habit of getting up early to exercise continued even in this strange world. This time
The genius Meng Mengliang received the first guest of the day before he finished a set of Tai Chi.
"Seventh Young Master, what is going on? How could Eunuch Fu..."
Seeing Wu Shouzheng looking furious and remembering what he had entrusted Wu Shouzheng to do, Xu Xun stopped, looked at Wu Shouzheng and said with a smile: "Wu Yuanwai, this news is a bit late. The imperial envoy arrived yesterday."
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"Didn't I leave the city because of your order, Seventh Young Master? Well, let's not talk about this, I have already reached this point, Seventh Young Master, you are still interested in boxing!"
"What's so great about boxing? I heard that Eunuch Fu was watching operas and listening to music every day in his house. He was so free and at ease." Seeing Wu Shouzheng thoughtful after hearing this, Xu Xun knew that the other party had nowhere to verify his nonsense, so he smiled more and more.
Said, "Wu Yuanwai, haven't you ever heard of the saying, a blessing in disguise is not a blessing, a blessing in disguise is not a disaster."
Don't just look at things for a moment, the future will be long." Wu Shouzheng was startled when he heard this. Just as he was thinking about what the words "the day will be long" mean, another person strode in from outside, but it was Huitong. He saw Wu Shouzheng, an outsider, there.
In the yard, the smile on his face couldn't help but fade away, but he still quickly stepped forward and dragged Xu Xun into the main room. Once inside, he closed the door with his heel regardless, and then started laughing.
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Seeing Huitong in such a state, Xu Xun knew that the matter must have been done, and immediately asked how it was. Sure enough, Huitong could not hold back his pride. After laughing, he immediately slapped his thigh and said: "Xu
Qi Shao, you will never guess what I found in Zhao Qin’s study!”
"What is it? Isn't it also a treasure map?"
Xu Xun was joking casually, but now that Huitong was looking at him with wide eyes, he couldn't help but be a little stunned: "No, can you guess it right even if you just guess it?"
"Just take a guess..." Huitong groaned, and then said angrily, "I don't know how you have such a brain, but you can still hit the mark just by talking nonsense!"
When he heard Huitong explain exactly what he had overheard last night, and finally how he had released the fake treasure map, he couldn't help but frowned thoughtfully, and then looked at Huitong.
Ran smiled and said: "You shrewd monk, are you thinking that if Zhao Qin really has the treasure map framed by Mr. Naluo in the past two days, if something changes then, you will naturally find it.
That fake treasure map. As for the real one, can you come up with it again with some tricks?"
"The one who knows me is Young Master Xu Qi!" Xu Xun accused Huitong and was about to laugh at him for being greedy, but he only felt excited.