Chapter 223: The Map in the Painting

Octavia didn't know how bad the amount of wine was with coriander, and if he had known that she would pour a glass, he wouldn't have brought the wine, but unfortunately it was too late......

Coriander lay crooked on the sofa, groggy as if asleep, and her cheeks were as red as if rouge.

Octavia stretched out his hand, and before he got close to the coriander, he heard a loud shout:

"What do you want to do!?"

Octavia was stunned, his hand froze in the air, he just wanted to take out the empty wine glass that the coriander was still holding in his hand, and he didn't mean anything else, how could it be like he had some bad intentions?

Octavia withdrew his hand and said to the two witnesses who suddenly arrived: "She is drunk."

Coriander has eyes and knows what's going on right now. He stared at Octavia for a long time, secretly clenching his fists. Even if this Ming chief is kind to their brother and sister, he will not allow this man to touch his sister! Even if he wants to repay the other party's kindness, he will not do it to let the coriander make a promise.

Coriander turned sideways and looked at Luo Youyou, who was a little overwhelmed, her anger eased slightly, and she pursed her lips and smiled faintly at her, "Second Miss Luo, my sister is drunk, so we won't bother at the house, and we ......will leave."

Saying that, he used to help the unconscious parsley.

This banquet has only just started for a while, and the Lin family brothers and sisters are about to leave, so doesn't it seem that the Luo family has neglected them.

Luo Youyou seemed to have come up with a good idea, blinked his bright amber eyes, and slapped his palm at Coriander: "Coriander is drunk like this, I can't let you go back like this, otherwise it will be like this." Let's help your sister to my room and rest. ”

Coriander really couldn't bear to refuse Luo Youyou, who was full of anticipation, and nodded after hesitating.

In addition to coriander, it was the first time he stepped into the boudoir of other girls.

Luo Youyou's bedroom is very foreign, very artistic, of course, there is no lack of cute things, and there is a faint smell of fragrance everywhere, which makes the coriander can't stop beating faster.

He helped the drunken coriander to lie down on the large bed with the pattern.

Luo Youyou dropped the pink veil, and through a thin layer of veil, she could dimly see the coriander curled up in a ball on the bed, and she was full of envy. If only she had a good brother like coriander. Maybe the atmosphere at home will be different......

Remembering her eldest sister. Luo Youyou couldn't help but be distracted, and when he came back to his senses, he saw Coriander looking at an oil painting hanging on the wall in a daze.

It is an oil painting called "Summer and Autumn Turn", and it shows a dead tree with many branches. The dead trees are dotted with green and yellow leaves.

Coriander stared at the painting with a puzzled expression. He quickly rolled his gaze again. It was as if he was counting something on this painting, and then his face gradually changed.

Luo Youyou saw that his face was blue and white for a while, and he became uneasy at the moment. "Is there anything wrong with this painting?"

Coriander looked at Luo Youyou with indescribable complex emotions in her eyes, "May I ask if this painting was not painted by Miss Luo Er?" ”

If she had painted it herself, she should have known better than he did anything wrong with it.

Luo Youyou's reaction was beyond Coriander's expectations, her face was dazed, she shook her head lightly and said, "I didn't paint this painting, it was given to me by the teacher at my school."

Coriander pursed his lips, he was sure that his eyes would never be mistaken, this was not a painting, but a map! The green and yellow leaves are marked with specific locations!

A few days before he got out of the car, including the period after he got out of the car, as long as he had the effort, he would take out the map of Dragon City and take a look. He knew the routes of many places in Dragon City by heart.

Luo Youyou, the owner of this painting, doesn't know its mystery, which is really puzzling.

"Miss Luo Er, my sister will trouble you to take care of it tonight, I'll go first." Leaving a word of farewell, Coriander hurried away.

It wasn't until his panicked back disappeared that Luo Youyou withdrew his gaze, and then looked at the oil painting on the wall, and ten thousand question marks rose in his heart. What puzzled her the most was why she reacted so much when she saw the painting when she first came to her house......

She even clearly remembered that before she left, she was still looking back at the painting with nostalgia.

……

Coriander remembered the position of a few leaves on the painting, and as soon as she came out of Locke's house, she went to the corresponding places one by one to step on them. It was about the middle of the night, and there was silence in the dark streets, and he didn't get anything to gain.

Before he knew it, he had come to a placeβ€”

It was a street corner near the West Side, and he had been to this place before.

Seeing from a distance that the shopkeeper of a restaurant was closing, Coriander stepped forward quickly all the way and called out to the middle-aged man who was closing, "Doctor Cheng." ”

The place he came to was the medical hall "Bao Zhi Ling" where their brother and sister had been expelled and the hospital had no way out.

Doctor Cheng looked at it for a long time before he recognized that the glamorous young man in front of him was coriander, and couldn't help but be a little surprised, "Why did you come to me?" Come on in! ”

Dr. Cheng welcomed the coriander into the medical hall, and the door was closed and bolted.

"Doctor Cheng, is it convenient to speak?" Coriander glanced in the direction of the backyard, as if worried that someone would suddenly appear.

Seeing that Coriander had a solemn face, Doctor Cheng didn't dare to slack off in the slightest, and asked Coriander to sit down while saying, "Don't worry, it's just you and me here." ”

Coriander looked hesitant, he didn't know how to speak, but he couldn't ignore the ominous feeling in his heart.

"Is something wrong?" Although Dr. Cheng's voice was soft, it exuded a nervousness that could not be concealed.

Coriander shook her head and nodded again.

Seeing this, Dr. Cheng was secretly anxious, but he was still patient, "It's okay, talk slowly after you think about it." ”

After pondering for a long time, Coriander said slowly: "Tonight, I saw a painting, but I found that it was not a painting, but a map. The painting is of a tree, and the branches on the tree are large and small forks in Dragon City, and it is difficult for people who are not familiar with the terrain of Dragon City to find this even if they look closely. There are also green and dead leaves hanging on the branches, and the places where the leaves are clearly marked are marked one by one. Before coming here, I went to Tongguan Road, Mingyue Road, Huanan Road, and Jinxiangzi...... And then here we ......."

After speaking, he went to see Doctor Cheng, only to see that the other party's face was extremely pale, and his lips seemed to be trembling faintly.

Doctor Cheng seemed to be trying his best to suppress his excitement, and asked in a tight voice: "You said that there are two kinds of leaves, so was the place you went to before marked with green leaves or yellow leaves?"

Coriander thought for a while, "Except for Mingyue Road, where yellow leaves are marked, all other places are marked with green leaves." "Including here......

Dr. Cheng's eyes widened. His lips trembled violently. Suddenly raised his hands and grabbed the coriander's shoulders, and his ten fingers seemed to be digging into the flesh of the coriander through his clothes.

From Dr. Cheng's trembling pupils, Coriander saw a clear horror.

"It doesn't matter where you see that painting...... You have to get it, and if you don't get it, you have to destroy it! Doctor Cheng said in a deep voice. I think you're aware of that. That painting is a map. The places marked with leaves are the strongholds and liaison stations of our revolutionary party in Shanghai, the places marked with green leaves have not yet been discovered by the enemy, and the dead leaves marked with those that have been seized...... If the painting falls into the hands of the enemy. The consequences will be unimaginable! Dr. Cheng couldn't believe how many comrades would die one after another at that time, he lost his mind for a while, and suddenly regained his spirit, "Where did you see this painting?" ”

"Luo Gongyuan."

These three words are like the deadliest spell, and after hearing it, Dr. Cheng's face seemed to be filled with a thick aura of death, and he was so defeated that people trembled. He lowered his hands weakly from Coriander's shoulders, and whispered in despair: "It's Luo Gongyuan......"

Coriander also felt a headache, he heard that Luo Gongyuan was a more heavily guarded place than the patrol room, but he was afraid that he would not have the honor to go a second time when he came out this time.

However, he will not be as pessimistic as Dr. Cheng, "I want to find a way...... Will I give it to you or my father when I get it? ”

Doctor Cheng's face changed again, and he blurted out in a hurry, "You can't give it to anyone!" Whether it's your father or someone elseβ€”" A hint of resentment flashed across his face, and he clenched his fists and said, "There are traitors in the revolutionary party, including Mingyue Road, where you have been, there are already several strongholds and liaison stations where our comrades have had to move because of the traitors' informants to the enemy, and some of them have not had time to escape, and have been killed on the spot!" ”

Coriander looked terrified, "You say...... Are you saying that my father could be a traitor? ”

Assuming that this possibility is true, regardless of what Lin Sihai did right or wrong, it is always not good to be called a "traitor" on his head.

Dr. Cheng said solemnly: "Before the real traitor is found, everyone is suspicious, including me." Then he sighed, "Eh, because there is a traitor in the party, there is a lot of panic, and there is very little contact between our comrades, for fear that the traitor will know important news...... After you get the painting, it's best to hide it, it's not safe to put things here with me, my Baozhiling, I don't know if I can hold on, I'm afraid that sooner or later I will be discovered by the enemy......" Doctor Xingcheng also knew that this burden fell on the shoulders of Coriander alone, which made him feel a lot of pressure, so he gave Coriander a move, "If you can't help it, let your sister give you ideas, I think your sister Bingxue is smart ......"

Before Dr. Cheng finished speaking, Coriander interrupted him angrily, "No! He said firmly, "This matter can't involve coriander in any way!" ”

Doctor Cheng really wants to tell Coriander, in fact, your sister is not as simple as you think-

Such a suspicion of discord, he finally failed to say it. Besides, Coriander helped him in the "Penicillin Incident", and he can't chew the root of his tongue behind his benefactor's back.

After leaving Baozhiling, Coriander went straight to Luo Gongyuan, and sure enough, she couldn't go in again. No matter what excuse he made, the servants of the Locke family refused to let him go.

He really regretted that after discovering the strangeness of the oil painting at that time, he couldn't immediately ask for it from Luo Youyou's hands. But to do that, it would be a bit abrupt.

……

Coriander wakes up, just as the banquet is gone.

Luo Youyou sat in front of the mirror to remove her makeup, and found out from the mirror that she turned her head after waking up, "You wake up, there is a snack on the table, you can eat some, when you sleep, your stomach keeps rumbling." ”

"Oh, thank you." A touch of embarrassment flashed on Coriander's face, and she got out of bed with a snack plate and visited Luo Youyou's boudoir.

Tsk, the sheets are pink, the covers are pink, the curtains are pink, and even the walls are painted pink, and there is a girl's heart everywhere. But the dead tree hanging on the wall spoiled the mood of the whole room.

Noticing that Coriander was staring at the oil painting of "Summer and Autumn", Luo Youyou opened his mouth and said, "You brothers and sisters are really strange, why are they all interested in that painting?"

"My brother?" Coriander really suspects that coriander has artistic cells in her body.

"Yes, your brother stared at this painting for a long time, his face became ugly, and then he left in a hurry."

Coriander stared at the painting for a long time?

Is this painting famous?

Coriander looked at the painting with doubts, and gradually realized that something was wrong. During this time, Coriander had been familiar with the map of Dragon City, and she would occasionally glance at it. The branches on this painting are very similar to some of the main roads distributed in Dragon City, and even those who are familiar with the topography of Dragon City may not be able to see it.

"Where did you get this painting?"

Listening to the tone of coriander's words, it seemed that something very serious had happened, Luo Youyou blinked his innocent eyes, "It was the ...... sent to me by the art teacher of our school"

With that, a hint of sadness flashed in her moving amber eyes.

Coriander's deep voice sounded again, "I'm afraid that this teacher of yours has already suffered an accident." ”

Luo Youyou was surprised, "How do you know?" He passed away a few days after I came from Yangcheng, and in the past two days, in order to mourn him, our student union is preparing an art exhibition, and I really plan to bring this painting to the art exhibition......"

"No way!" Coriander's voice was so loud that it almost startled Luo Youyou.

Luo Youyou, who was stunned in front of the mirror, saw Coriander grab the fruit knife from the fruit bowl, walk to the wall and take down the picture frame hanging on the wall.

She was obviously going to take the canvas off the frame!

Luo Youyou was in a hurry, jumped up and almost screamed: "What are you doing!"

Cilantro ignored her obstruction, "Who else has seen this painting but you?" ”

Seeing that Coriander looked nervous, Luo Youyou seemed to be keenly aware of something, but her face was still very empty, "In addition to me, it is your brother and sister, as well as my father and my eldest sister, and then the maid who often cleans my room......"

Coriander runs along the edge of the frame, splitting the canvas, removing the entire canvas in its entirety, and then rolling the canvas into a tube.

"I can tell you that this is not a painting, it's a map. If the secret of this painting is exposed, many people will die......"

Luo Youyou saw that Cilantro didn't look like she was lying, and gradually felt frightened, she didn't realize that she had hung such a dangerous thing in her room before. Even if Coriander didn't take things away, she wouldn't dare to hang the painting again.

"I'll keep this painting for you for the time being, and if someone asks you about it, tell them ......."

After listening to Coriander's idea, Luo Youyou felt that it was reasonable, but he still had concerns in his heart, "I'm fine, Professor Qu ...... over there."

"I'll say it to Daocheng, anyway, when the time comes, the same caliber won't arouse the suspicion of others."

Luo Youyou hesitated for a moment, then nodded firmly, "Then do it!" (To be continued.) )