Mrs. Hua Rui is a little embarrassed, after all, what she wants to paint is a portrait of her deceased husband, this cannot be known to outsiders, she is now in the inner court of the palace, if you want to go out to find it, I am afraid that it will be difficult not to leak the news, and that person may not be able to help herself keep it secret, once it is leaked, it will be over.

Madame Blossom's heart, which had already lit the flame of hope, sank again. It seems that in the final analysis, this is still a flower in the mirror, a moon in the water, and cannot become a reality.

Leng Yi looked at her and said in a low voice, "Are you okay?" Sissy"

Madame Hua Rui smiled reluctantly and said, "Let's talk about this later." You come with me, and I will lead you to worship Zhang Xian. ”

"Okay, thank you!" Leng Yi got up, followed Mrs. Hua Rui out of the Buddhist hall, and went around to the back. It was another courtyard, and the tall and strong nun Dasha was standing at the door, and when she saw them coming, she smiled busily: "Senior sister! Lord Cold! ”

Madame Hua Rui nodded and took Leng Yi into the courtyard.

Across the patio, you are greeted by a row of rooms. The layout is different from that of a normal house. There is no main hall for entertainers, and there is only a large house in the middle. It is flanked by two rows of chambers.

Madame Blossom pushed open the door to the main room and stepped in.

Leng Yi followed in, only to see that the room was very empty, with a simple wooden bed in the middle, a table and chairs by the window, and a bookshelf next to it, which was full of layers of thread-bound books. There is also a round table in the middle of the room with a tea set. On the snow-white wall, there is a portrait of a Chinese painting. It was a man, quite handsome, holding a bow in his left hand and a projectile in his right hand, staring ahead with blazing eyes.

Leng Yi looked at the portrait, very surprised, looked at it and asked Mrs. Hua Rui: "The ...... on the portrait is ......, is it the fairy Zhang Xian?" ”

Madame Blossom nodded, "Exactly, is it the same as in your dream......?" ”

"There are six or seven points! No wonder I look so familiar! Leng Yi high-fived and said, "Does Niangniang want to paint his portrait?" ”

"yes."

Leng Yi thought for a while and said, "I'm about the same as him, but my appearance is not the same." However, if it's just for the portrait, I have a way of pretending to be similar to him. ”

When Madame Hua Rui heard this, she couldn't help but rekindle her hope again, and looked at him and said, "Really? ”

"Well, I don't dare to say that it can be ten points like it, but there should be a six or seven points like it."

"That's good!" Madame Blossom was even more pleased, "Actually, this painting doesn't look like it, but I don't know how to make it more like, if only I had the ability to do it like you." ”

"Niangniang has also seen Zhang Xian?"

Madame Hua Rui was stunned for a moment, knowing that she had missed her mouth, so she hurriedly covered it up and said, "Yes, I also saw it in a dream, so I drew it." It's just that my Danqing skills are limited, and I can't draw better. ”

Leng Yi said: "Is this okay?" You give me this portrait, I can find a way to disguise myself like this, and then you help me sew a set of clothes according to the portrait of Zhang Xian, and then I can put it on, and then I can follow the painting, and then I can embroider it. ”

Madame Blossom said curiously: "You can also paint a portrait of yourself?" ”

Leng Yi's mobile phone has a time-lapse selfie function, of course, you can take pictures of yourself, and nodded at the moment: "It's okay to face the copper mirror." ”

Madame Hua Rui hesitated for a moment, she subconsciously felt that this was very risky, but Leng Yi's realistic portrait impressed her too much, and she dreamed of having such a realistic portrait of her deceased husband. After a moment's silence, he decided to take a risk.

Madame Hua Rui stepped forward, took down the portrait, took off the scroll, left only the portrait, folded it, handed it to Leng Yi, and said, "You must keep this matter secret, no one can say it!" You have to swear! ”

"I swear! I'm going to say it, heaven and earth will be destroyed! ”

"Well, I believe you. How long does it take you? ”

"It's hard to say, I'll do it as soon as possible."

"Okay, these days, you can worship this child sending fairy at home, and you will definitely be happy with your son."

Leng Yi was overjoyed, even thanked him, put the portrait into his arms, and said: "In the past few days, I will let Yusi tell Niangniang about the embroidery method of my portrait here, this method is very special, different from the ordinary." Only in this way can I embroider the kind of realism that I paint. Because my kind of painting can only be drawn with my special painting tools, and there is no way to depict it on rice paper. So you have to learn this embroidery method before you can embroider it yourself. Of course, if you believe in Yusi and are willing to let her help, that's fine. ”

Naturally, Madame Blossom was reluctant to let more people know about it. He said, "It's better to let her teach me, because I may have more than one embroidery." It's not good to always trouble her. ”

"That's good! I told her. ”

Mrs. Hua Rui said: "It's not early, I only have three of us nuns, it's inconvenient to keep the adult, please go back, Leng Yi hurriedly agreed, came out to the wing room to see Yusi, and told her that she went to Nanke Temple during the day to teach Mrs. Hua Rui that kind of embroidery." Then he left Nanke Temple.

Leng Yi came to Zhao Guangyi's bedroom first, and Zhao Guangyi immediately summoned him and asked nervously, "How is it?" Did she promise to let me take Zhang Tianshi and them in? ”

Leng Yi shook his head: "Weichen hasn't said anything about it yet." ”

"Why?"

"If you say it now, do you think the official will agree?"

Zhao Guangyi nodded frequently: "That's right, now that she says it, she will definitely not agree, but will blow you away, I have also asked people to say it before, this is the result." ――What are you going to do now? ”

"This matter is urgent, and the frog must be boiled in warm water."

"What do you mean?"

"It's just take your time, if you put the frog directly in the hot water, it will run away immediately, but if you put the frog in cold water and heat it slowly, the frog won't notice it, and by the time it does, it will be scalded to death."

"Hmmm! Makes sense. Zhao Guangyi said: "Then what are you going to do?" ”

"First of all, we must gain the trust of Concubine Hua Rui, be able to talk to her, and even have a heart-to-heart conversation, so that we can slowly tell him the official family's Wen Taowu strategy, and all this, until I am sure that he is no longer disgusted with letting the official family enter the Nanke Temple, and then mention this matter to him, at that time, it will be a matter of course."

Zhao Guangyi nodded again and again: "Very good!" Although this method will be slower, it will have a greater chance of success. That's it. - Have you gained her trust? ”

"It's still early. She ignores my words. However, she had already let me go into the temple and talked for a while, and she offered to let me teach her to paint, and I had agreed, and left the embroiderer Yusi with her to teach her embroidery first, and at the same time, I also had to prepare some tools to teach her to paint and then teach her to paint, which may take some time, and when the time comes, I need to use the painting tools I gave to the official. ”

"There's no problem with that! You can take it when the time comes. You're busy with this during this time, and you don't have to worry about anything else. When things get better, tell me! ”

"Wechen obeys." Leng Yi agreed, hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Then ......, what should I do about the haunted things in Nanke Temple?" ”

"Don't worry, this I have already asked Zhang Tianshi, and he said that it is okay for the time being, he will do something nearby, and prevent the ghost from coming out. So, there won't be any major danger for the time being. ”

After Leng Yi finished reporting the plan, he left the palace and returned home.

Xiao Zhou has been with Zhuo Qiaoniang all the time, and Leng Yi doesn't go to visit if he has nothing to do, so as not to make irresponsible remarks.

He changed into civilian clothes and was about to go out, and the guards such as the Wumei Daoist followed, all of them were also dressed in civilian clothes, hugging each other back and forth.

Leng Yi shook the folding fan and came to the "Apricot Yellow Restaurant" in the capital. This is where Bai Hong made a good contact with him. Since arriving in the capital, Leng Yi has come to Xinghuang Restaurant for the first time, and Bai Hong seems to have disappeared, and he has never come to find Leng Yi since then. Leng Yi hung on the important task, as if he had forgotten, and he didn't tell Leng Yi.

Leng Yi came to the door and looked up, this apricot wine was almost the same as the one in Bazhou, and it was also an ordinary restaurant, with a very elegant layout, but there were no guests inside.

When the man at the door saw them, he didn't come to say hello, as if he didn't have much interest in doing their business.

Leng Yi said to the guards such as the Wumei Daoist: "I want to go in and eat alone, I want to be quiet, you don't have to follow, just be outside." ”

The Eyebrow Dao and the others were a little hesitant, but they were hired guards, and of course they had to do what their employers asked. Protection without hindering the employer's actions. In the few months since they entered the capital, they have not encountered any danger. So I'm not very nervous. He agreed, and arranged manpower to guard him.

Leng Yi stepped in, and the guy came up to receive him, and his attitude was not lukewarm: "Guest officer, what do you eat?" ”

"Is there a seat?"

"Yes, upstairs please!"

Leng Yi stepped upstairs, looked left and right and saw that no one was paying attention, stood still, and whispered to the guy who followed: "Is Bai Hong here?" ”

The guy immediately stood up and looked at him: "Guest officer, what did you say?" ”

"If she's here, please go and tell her, and say that Heihong is here."

The guy's body shook, glanced at Leng Yi, and his expression immediately became very respectful: "It turned out to be Master Hei, Master Bai, she had already talked about you." It's a coincidence that you're here today, Bai Ye, she just came back last night. I've been out for more than half a month, and I haven't seen it a day early. Please sit in a private room first. ”

Let Leng Yi go to the private seat, order another guy to serve tea, and then hurriedly left.

In a moment, the door of the elegant seat was pushed open with a creak, and Bai Hong walked in, she did not wear a human skin mask, she was elegant and noble, and her beauty was unparalleled. Leng Yi couldn't help but be stunned.

Bai Hong smiled and said, "What's the matter, don't you know each other?" ”

Leng Yi hurriedly got up: "Yes, I haven't seen you for a few months, you are more beautiful than before, I really don't dare to admit it." ”

Bai Hongqiao's face was slightly red, and she said angrily: "When you enter the palace and become a royal belt, you can learn to be such a flamboyant tongue?" ”

Leng Yi was slightly surprised: "You know everything about me?" ”

"I don't know it, it's just a young county order, and suddenly he became a big celebrity around the official family, and the civil official became a guard with a knife in front of the emperor, such a big thing, the capital has long been shouting, even the deaf have heard about it, not to mention me."

Leng Yi sneered: "That's so exaggerated. ”

"Is there something to find me or is it okay to drink?"

"Of course I'm looking for you to drink, I miss you so much."

Bai Hongqiao's face turned red again, and said, "That's how you like girls?" No wonder even Mrs. Zheng Guo was admitted to the house by you. ”

Leng Yi hurriedly said: "Don't say that! It was her husband who was convicted and exiled, she had nowhere to go, and her husband and I were brothers, so he entrusted it to me. ”

"Okay, I'm kidding you, look at how nervous you are!" Bai Hong smiled and said, "Sit down!" ”

The two sat down, Bai Hong called the guy, ordered a few exquisite side dishes, and served another pot of wine.

The two drank a few drinks first, and Leng Yi said in a low voice: "When did you assign me that task of mine?" ”

"I'm not in a hurry, why are you in a hurry?"

"I can't help but be in a hurry, so much money, and I spent it all, if I can't complete the task, I can't afford to pay for it."

"How is that possible?" Bai Hong smiled: "Didn't you get most of the property of Li Yu, the queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty?" That's a lot of money, how many times the money I gave you! ”

"It's really a show that you don't go out, you know the world, you even know this."

"In our line of work, news is often more important than martial arts, a useful piece of news is more valuable than a first-class martial arts master, besides, Li Yu was imprisoned, and his family wealth was raided, if I didn't know, wouldn't I be a fool?"

"Hehe, that's right," Leng Yi said: "Since you know this, do you know that this has already transferred all this money to Mrs. Zheng Guo, this is her money, I don't want a penny!" ”

"This is a matter for the two of you, how would I know? I'm not a god. Bai Hong smiled: "Besides, how did this become her money?" What I heard is that the official family has rewarded you with almost all of Li Yu's family wealth that was confiscated, that is, it was copied and confiscated into the official first, and then rewarded to you. After confiscation, his money will not belong to their husband and wife, but to the official family, and the official family will reward you, and it will be yours. Not hers! ”

Leng Yi said: "You don't have to fight for me, I will never use that money!" ”

"Okay, how do you like it, drink!"

Then, the two talked about some things in the past few months, in fact, most of them were Leng Yi talking, and Bai Hong was smiling and listening.

A small jar of wine was drunk, and both were already drunk. Bai Hong squinted at the beautiful Danfeng eyes, looked at him and smiled: "If you don't talk about you, I'm going to send you off!" ”

Leng Yi's tongue was also a little big, and he said, "How do you know that I came to you for something?" ”

"You're fine, you won't come to me!"

"Why?"

"I'm afraid your wife will be sad to find out! Last time she was sick, it was because of this. That's right! ”

Leng Yi was a little embarrassed, laughed dryly, and said, "It's not a ......, but what you said is not bad, I am looking for you to have something." Leng Yi took the portrait out of his arms. Hand it to Bai Hong: "I want to ask you to help me make a human skin mask according to the appearance of the person on this portrait, I don't know if it's okay?" ”

"What's wrong with that?" Bai Hong opened the portrait as she spoke. Looking at the portrait carefully, she couldn't help but be shocked, and looked at Leng Yi: "Meng Chang? ”

(To be continued)