Tea is good tea, but the mood couldn't be worse.

"Wonderful!" As if he didn't see the frightened look on the faces of Hua Hate Liu and Tian, the man put the tea cup full of tea to his mouth and took a sip, closed his eyes and savored it. After a long time, he spit out the words.

"You don't need to be afraid, I don't have any intention of coming today, just to take a look at my old friend - who would have thought that I would meet the two apprentices of my old friend, I have to say that it is fate." Putting down the teacup, he chuckled, and the words he said were so frivolous. Hua Hate Liu didn't feel that what he said was a bit arrogant, although he was already trying to get rid of it, but he had to admit that his group had fallen into his "momentum" from the beginning, and they had to follow his rhythm.

As he said: Today, "there is no intention of doing anything", that is, some people have the idea of keeping people, and if they do not have his permission, they are afraid that it will be in vain.

Of course, there is another layer of meaning in what he said that cannot be missed: if there is no mistake, his so-called "old friends" have no one else besides his ancestors, right? And those who can be called "old friends" with their ancestors, whether it is age or strength, are far from what everyone imagined.

"What do you mean by 'old friend'?" Seeing that the two people in front of him were silent, although the man looked like he was guessing, what he said seemed to be just stating a fact.

No one answered the words asked, which couldn't help but feel a little boring, and he was about to say something, but he heard Hua Hate Liu finally ask: "You took the painting?" ”

"I took it." Someone talked to him to relieve his boredom, he was happy and wanton, waved his backhand, and out of nowhere, he took out the scroll that was more than three feet long and put it in his hand, and stroked it gently, completely ignoring the sky and not afraid of excitement and wanted to reach forward to get it.

Gently holding the sky, he was not afraid to signal him to be a little restless, and Hua Hate Liu asked quietly: "I don't know why you took my four sorrows?" If there is something wrong with the juniors, you ......"

"You're doing well, and you're doing well." Interrupting Hua Hate Liu's words, he nodded to the two of them in affirmation.

"Then why ......" halfway through the words, the meaning of Hua Hate Liu was already clear, and he looked at his expression cautiously, tensing his nerves to ensure that if something was wrong, he would pull the sky and not be afraid to retreat.

"You mean to say 'steal'?" As if hearing a big joke, he turned his head to stare at Hua Hate Liu and asked with a smile.

"Although it is not, it can't be an understatement of 'take'!" Pretending to be calm, Hua Hate Liu glanced at the scroll that was still in his hand, and said with a solemn expression.

"Hehe, although what you said makes sense, it sounds like a naïve and ignorant child to me." Seeing that Hua Hate Liu had no other reaction after hearing this, he said again: "Didn't Guo Sixiang tell you that I painted this portrait for him at the beginning?" ”

That's it again! Just like the words "I didn't come here today, just to see an old friend", the shock caused by his new words at this time was not much less than that of Fang Cai - even stronger than just now!

Guo Sixiang, the name of the ancestor, in this world - even in the past 800 years, there are very few people who know this name, except for his contemporaries who may have heard of the great name of the ancestor, and then in the world it is only the students of Sichouzhai from generation to generation.

However, compared with the name of the ancestors, there is another thing that is more widely known - the "Four Elephants", the prophetic book written by the ancestors, which is said to be able to predict the history of more than 1,000 years. Since the book came out, it has attracted the attention and research of the world, and in the thousand-year history predicted in the book, it is said that as of today, nothing has been predicted to go wrong. That is to say, in the more than 800 years that have been called history, the prophecies in the "Four Elephant Spectrum" have all been true!

It can be said that the book was later banned by the authorities, and it was for this reason, in large part - after all, no ruler would have seen the fate of his dynasty be lost to a handful of words in a book.

However, it is not true to say that the official ban has achieved the "Four Elephant Spectrum" in a certain way, and it is precisely because of the official ban that more people in the people have tried every means to find a way to study and get a glimpse of the heavens.

The Four Elephants Confusion Case, which occurred in the last years of the previous dynasty, is the most famous example in modern times -- more than eighty percent of the officials in the country, from top to bottom, from Kyoto to border towns, have more or less secretly studied the "Four Elephants," and this is undoubtedly not a fatal blow to the former dynasty in the stormy weather. In the end, the DPRK issued an edict to execute nearly half of the people above the third rank in Beijing with heavy punishment, which caused an uproar in the world for a while, and also indirectly promoted the establishment of the Shu State.

Of course, the founding emperor who took this opportunity to establish the Shu State did not adopt a more tolerant policy towards the "Four Elephants", but saw in this case the threat of the "Four Elephants" - it is precisely because more and more people are familiar with and study the prophecies contained in it, so the things that are indiscriminate and inactive because of the books will become more and more intense, which is very unfavorable to the rule of the country.

Because of this, in the opinion of historians, the biggest flaw in the life of the founding emperor of Shu was that after the founding of the country, he set up a "literary prison" and destroyed books and pits to kill Confucian scholars.

The person in front of him and the ancestor call themselves "old friends", not only know the name of the ancestor, but also from the fact that they can paint a portrait of the ancestor, the relationship between the two should be quite intimate - in this way, does it also have anything to do with the "Four Elephants"?

Hua hated Liu wanted to ask, but after thinking about it again and again, she decided to let it go first, after all, as this man said, if the portrait was really painted by him, then what he said before was just childish words - pure ignorance and fart!

"Why do you suddenly want to take the painting?" If it sounds to ordinary people, this question is really not level, but when it comes to things like people's "motivation", it is actually the easiest to get an answer, just a sentence "I just wanted to do it, so I did it" can push the words back as they are.

Tian is not afraid to understand this, but this is exactly what he bets: he will never answer like this.

Sure enough, after hearing Tian's question, the man was stunned at first, and then said with a smile: "You are sure that I will not say that kind of prevarication on a whim, so you ask like this, right?" The tone was always asking if he was afraid, but he had no intention of waiting for an answer, "However, if you really think so, you are wrong—although I came to pick up the painting on a whim." ”

After saying this, he looked at Tian Xing with a stunned face, and smiled again: "But if you ask where the fun comes from, I can tell you clearly that it is because of you." ”

said "you" to the flower hating willow, but looking at the flower hating willow.

"Me?" Hua hated Liu was slightly stunned, glanced at the sky and was not afraid, but seeing that he was also confused, he couldn't help but be curious: "The juniors don't understand this......

"The reason why I took the painting was because you wanted to see this painting - if someone else came to see it, just look at it, anyway, I deliberately painted Guo Sixiang ugly at that time, and remember that he looks ugly has an inexplicable joy for me, so if you didn't come to see it, this painting should still be hanging in it."

"So, seeing you today is also because of me?" Hua Hate Liu asked with a wry smile.

"That's not it, I can't say that it's the most suitable time right now, but others can't go on this trip for me, or it's just a coincidence." The man shook his head, and as he spoke, he poured some tea from the pot.

Hua Hagoyu noticed that it had been about a moment since the first cup of tea, and the water poured out of the pot was steaming as hot as it had been at the beginning.

"You can try to grab it." As if seeing the unwillingness of Hua Hate Liu, the man pointed to the painting shaft and said, "If you can take this painting from my 'potential', then you can take it." How about it, would you like to give it a try? ”

Want to try? Hua Hate Liu hesitated in his heart, he still knew the result of trying or not trying, no matter what he did, the gap between the two was difficult to make up with determination - besides, who could be sure that the other party's determination to keep the painting must be smaller than his own determination to take the painting?

To try or not to try is not about the result, but only about his own glory and responsibility as a person of the Four Sorrows.

If you have to add some personal motives to it, it's probably because Hua Hate Liu actually wants to know how big the gap between the current self and the person in front of him is.

"Okay, I'll give it a try......" Nodding, Hua Hate Liu sat up straight and said.

"Don't ......" The sky on the side is not afraid of sorrow, and the worry on his face cannot be faked, which makes Hua Hate Liu feel warm in his eyes.

"Don't worry, I'm just going to give it a try, and I won't force it if it doesn't work - after all, there's no shame in being in front of my ancestor's 'old friend'." softly comforted Tian Wei for two words, but provoked the sneer of the person on the side.

"What are you laughing at?" Flower hated Liu asked.

"I laugh at you, you're not big, and you have a lot of tricks." The more the man talked, the happier he became, and said: "When you mention that I am Guo Sixiang's 'old friend', you just want to remind me that I am bullying the small with the big and the weak with the strong, and that I am 'planting a heel' just to say that I have suffered a loss-if this is the case, you might as well say it clearly." ”

"I said it, meaning you guessed it yourself, and it has nothing to do with me." Hua hated Liu's face was slightly embarrassed, but he didn't admit it when he was killed, only saying that he was comforting the sky and not being afraid, and he didn't mean anything else.

"Guo Sixiang's disciples and grandchildren have always been good at attacking the heart, and if the ability to bluff people is second, no one dares to call it the first, which is somewhat similar to himself." The man didn't admit it when he saw that the flowers hated the willow, and he didn't delve into it, but the phone call he said couldn't be more obvious than the sarcasm of the four sorrows and the ancestors.

"Hugh Duoyan, I'm going to start trying." Looking at the scroll that was only three feet away from him, Hua Hate Liu raised his hand condensedly, and after speaking, he really stretched out his hand as if he was "trying", point by point.