7. The city of labyrinths

The reason why it is called the Labyrinth City is because the Mansion of Confucius is built on a mountain, so large that it is connected to the Fallen City across a mountain (Chapter 7 of the Legend of the World). Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 It is said that the Kong Fang Mansion is like a huge labyrinth, and the corridor hovering at the foot of the mountain is the essence of the Labyrinth City, and even if it is a long-term servant, it will not be able to find a way out after a few years.

On either side of the corridor are as many as 999 identical huts, each of which is almost identical except for the picture scroll on the entrance wall, and of course, these 999 paintings are almost all unique and even priceless. However, Kong Fang generously gave these 999 houses to servants or retinues of the two places, it is said that even the small servants who sweep the floor of the labyrinth city can live, and the only condition for Kong Fang to let them live is that they cannot be allowed to enter and exit from the main hall of the main entrance, so even if almost every house is inhabited, it can be seen from the corridor that it is still clean. Of course, this messy corridor is a headache for anyone to walk, so their servants take the underground passages connected in the room, so only those of noble status can walk through the labyrinth corridors.

Of course, one of them is Li Qi, Li Qi at this time I don't know how excited, according to the night, that Kong Fang must be a beautiful man who is handsome to the edge of the sky, can paint such a good-looking person, Li Qi will laugh out loud in the sedan chair, this kind of pride makes Li Qi until the city of the labyrinth is still fluttering, she followed the waiter back and forth in the corridor in a daze, full of thoughts about this ** suave Kong Fang.

Jin Wuli, Kong Fang has been waiting for a long time, it is a room full of strange smells, the smell is not strong, but faintly filled with gorgeous halls, opposite is a large screen with a white fox painted on the screen, there is a collapse behind the screen, a half-lying figure is lightly printed on the screen, Li Qi vaguely saw the white hair of the person on the bed, since Li Qi came in, this person kept inhaling a three-foot-long cigarette pipe, spitting clouds and fog almost wanted to turn this huge room into an illusion.

Li Qi secretly felt that something was wrong, but she didn't know what was wrong, looking at the origin of the person opposite, Li Qi felt that he was Kong Fang's father or Kong Fang's grandfather.

"Welcome, it's an honor to ......" The person opposite spoke, his voice was not old at all, and there was a slight sense of ethereal and mysterious, his voice was very magnetic and very good, but it was a little hoarse.

"Where's Kong Fang? How could it be that you came out? Even if it is a contract he signed with me, you can call your son or grandson Kong Fang to see me. Li Qi didn't want to talk nonsense with him, just asked.

"On the lower hole."

When Li Qi heard the four words, it was like five thunderbolts, and her whole body seemed to be poured cold by a basin of cold water, she rushed behind the screen, wanting to see Kong Fang clearly:

It was a man dressed in earthy yellow, with a smile on his face, as if he was wearing a mask, he looked very ordinary, short in height, although his face was not old, but he had white hair, the color was weird like fox fur, his appearance was not as brilliant as the night described, and he couldn't even talk about being good-looking, such an old man Li Qi only had disgust in his heart.

"You ......" Li Qi couldn't say any more, and then cried in a daze.

"Why are you crying, are you too handsome, you are so moved to cry."

Li Qi cried loudly, the night was too shameless! Even I cheated on myself, what a young and beautiful, what a prince-like noble temperament, what I would be tempted to see it, it turned out that the night just wanted to sell myself to the old man in front of me!

"I won't coax people in the future, you cry slowly, and then speak after crying......" Seeing that Li Qi was crying endlessly, Kong Fang was not in a hurry, and continued to swallow the clouds and spit out the smoke with his pipe, he was not smoking, but smoking incense, and even watched Li Qi cry with interest, and even said that she cried ugly, just like watching a play, Li Qi cried for as long as he watched.

Li Qi thought to himself, didn't this person think he was ugly? How to stare at himself and see if he is annoyed, thinking about it, he is even more angry, so Li Qi stopped crying and yelled at Kong Fang: "Quick, you return that beautiful Kong Fang to me, I don't want to see him to see you, woo ......" Li Qi pulled Kong Fang's sleeve and cried again, now Li Qi regretted it too much, how could he be stupid enough to believe the words of a blind man at that time.

"It's your father who mistook me for being so pretty, why are you blaming me now?" Kong Fang said with a smile.

"You shameless man!" Li Qi scolded, turned around and wanted to leave, the only thing she wanted to do now was to go home and kill the night.

"Don't go, don't go." Kong Fang stopped Li Qi as he spoke, and said with a wicked smile: "You have signed a contract with me, you have to paint for me." ”

"Don't think!"

Kong Fang smiled again, took out the contract, pointed it, and said, "Then you want to accompany me for 500 taels of gold?" ”

"You're blackmail!" Li Qi scolded, thinking about why he was so excited that he forgot to read the content of the contract, but it didn't matter, wasn't it just 500 taels of gold? She called the night back to the mercury cave, and any treasure she took out could crush the old profiteer in front of her to death! So Li Qi walked out without looking back, but this was the famous labyrinth city, and Li Qi, who was huffing, could only scurry around like a hooded fly.

"You're really stupid, even if you're lost, very few people come here!" Kong Fang seemed to have the intention not to tell Li Qi the way out, he just followed Li Qi like watching a play, and poured cold water on Li Qi from time to time.

"Shut up!" The more he thought about it, the more he couldn't get out, Li Qi's heart was messy, and he kept paying attention to the picture scrolls of each house, feeling that telling himself that these different portraits were the secret of Kong Fang's mansion, but now Li Qi, who was so angry, couldn't see anything at all.

I don't know how long I walked, until the corridor had become empty, deserted, even when the house was uninhabited, but I saw the picture scroll in the hut at the end of the corridor, a strange young man, with his right hand pillowing his head and falling asleep soundly, half-closed and half-open eyes with a trace of clarity, Li Qi obviously didn't know this man, but from his eyes, Li Qi seemed to remember a lot, for a while, Li Qi couldn't walk, couldn't move a step, she couldn't wait to look at this portrait more, It's as if I've known the person in the painting for a long time.

"What a beautiful person, such a beautiful painting, the lines are smooth, but there is a trace of sadness and hesitation, the whole painting is saying goodbye to something, and it seems to be missing something, good, really a good work!" Li Qi looked at this freehand portrait and praised it sincerely, "The 999 paintings in the labyrinth city are said to be good treasures, so this must be Fang Zhilin's masterpiece." ”

Fang Zhilin is the most famous in recent years, his freehand and the vast brush is hand in hand, it is said that he painted almost all landscapes, the only character painting is the small portrait of Shura's son Feng Wu Yue, it is said that the Shura Emperor wanted to recruit him as a court painter, please come into the palace but was rejected by the arrogant Fang Zhilin, he said that he only lives in the heaven and earth, painting the spirit of heaven and earth, but when he said goodbye to walk through the study of Feng Wu Yue, but saw the boy who was like a stunner suddenly fell asleep, and he was in a mood to paint it. According to Fang Zhilin himself, he saw the qi of heaven and earth in the eyes of Feng Wu Yue.

Since Li Qi's ability comes from the hands of Haohan, after returning to the world, the story of Fang Zhilin, who is on par with Haohan, has heard a little, and now seeing the legendary stroke of genius, Li Qi is very excited, not to mention that Li Qi, the person in it, is so excited when he looks at it.

"Break a picture, what is there to see." Kong Fanghun said nonchalantly, but his eyes were staring at the people in the room, and his thoughts seemed to return to a far, far away.

"Tyrannical Creatures!" Li Qibai glanced at Kong Fang and said disdainfully, "It's a waste for you to appreciate this masterpiece!" ”

"Okay, okay, take it if you like." Kong Fang said absentmindedly.

"Really?" Seeing that Kong Fang was so generous, Li Qi excitedly pounced on the portrait.

"However, you have to be a painter and paint anything!" Kong Fang smiled slyly.

"You!" Li Qi glared at Kong Fang fiercely, to be honest, she didn't like the pretentious man in front of her very much, but Li Qi couldn't stop wanting this painting, and after weighing it, Li Qi turned his heart and said, "Okay, you are ruthless, but you have to tell me the story of the person in the painting!" ”

Kong Fang shook his head and said, "A dead man's story, what is there to hear. ”

"Dead people, dead people's stories are good!" Li Qi had already known about the death of Feng Wu Yue, but even if he was a dead man, Li Qi was willing to listen to his story more, and even look at the painting more.

"He is the son of the fox demon and the Shura Emperor." Kong Fang glanced at Li Qi calmly, and said lightly, "At that time, Feng Yu Yue accidentally fell in love with the fox spirit Wu Demon, Wu Demon eloped with Feng Yue despite the opposition of his family, in the palace, Wu Demon successfully gave birth to his son Feng Wu Yueyan and became the imperial concubine, but at this time, the wind Yue Yue of the flower heart no longer loves Wu Demon, Wu Demon dare not go back, because she is a demon, and when she sees her destined lover, even if she is not combined with her lover, she will not change in this life, they would rather live alone with their lover for the rest of their lives, Never touch anyone of the opposite sex again! So even though Wu Demon was very disappointed, she still waited in the palace, staying in the palace every day to wash her face with tears, but Wu Demon, who lost her fate, finally died of depression. ”

"It's so pitiful, is it possible that Feng Wu Yueyan will be like this?" Li Qi stared blankly at the wind and Wu Yuedian in the painting, maybe one day, he would also be burdened with the same fate as his mother, thinking of this, Li Qi's tenderness rose.

"Actually, it doesn't matter anymore, because Feng Wu Yueyan is already dead!" Kong Fangno continued thoughtfully, "The death of his mother devastated Moonlight, and he hated his heartless father, and eventually, Moonshade left the palace and wandered aroundβ€”"

"And after that? What about after the wandering moon? Li Qi saw that Kong Fang didn't talk about it, so he continued to ask.

"Later, he died, died in the deceit of the rivers and lakes, a prince who was ignorant of the world in the deep palace, went out, it was like a flower in a storm, and it withered." Kong Fang didn't seem to want to go on.

"What a poor man! What a poor painting! How would I be willing to let it stay in this copper-smelling place! Li Qi was very tender when he heard this, and quickly took the portrait off the wall and hugged it tightly in his arms.

"You?! I'm really going to be my painter for this broken painting! Kong Fang said disdainfully.

"Of course, I will never break my word!" Li Qi said decisively.

"Okay, I'll tell you a secret." saw Kong Fang smile proudly, and then said ill-intentionedly, "Actually, this is a fake, and it was copied under the order." ”