Chapter 81: Chasing the Thief
If it was just an ordinary thief who snatched a painting and jumped into the water, Bingruo would have gone with him, but this time this person was very likely to be related to the jade seal, and she must not let him go. Bing Ruofei ran over and picked up the Cold Moon Knife, tied it back to his body, and also flew down the Qihu Lake, swimming towards the red-faced god who was fluttering in the water.
The thief swam quickly, Bingruo was not far behind, and the chase between the two in the water attracted many tourists to stop and watch, including Xu Zishan.
After a while, the thief and Bingruo came ashore one after the other, and sped away in one direction. Xu Zishan saw a long cylindrical object floating in the lake, and looked at it, it was the landscape painting scroll that he had just given Bingruo, his heart warmed, and he hurriedly got off the bridge, chasing the lake with the direction of the scroll's drifting, and finally the scroll landed on the shore and was fished up from the lake.
It is said that the two people who chased from the water to the shore continued to run wildly, and the thief tore off a piece of cloth from the corner of his clothes to cover his face while running, and put the hat on his back on his head, pushing the pedestrian barricade all the way, and one dodged into Chunxiang Building. Seeing this, Bingruo didn't care about anything else, dressed in a wet gauze skirt, and also ran into Chunxiang Building, and was greeted by a terrifying smell of fat powder that rushed straight to Tianling Gai.
Ran to the hall on the first floor of Chunxiang Building, where could he still see the shadow of the thief, Bingruo was annoyed, and stood in the center of the hall with a frown, looking around to search.
A woman who was a little older and smeared with red and willow green suddenly appeared, looked Bingruo's figure up and down, and then swept her face, hurriedly piled up a smile that was so enthusiastic that it was exaggerated, and grabbed Bingruo's arm with both hands: "Yo, is the girl from Gu Chunlou nearby or from Wanhua Pavilion?" I just said, or our guests in Chunxianglou are the most generous, don't be afraid, how much silver you want to give you for the owner to change the owner, and my mother will ...... for you."
Bingruo was only looking for the thief, where could he understand the words of the old bustard, one grabbed the old bustard's hand and asked urgently: "Sister, have you ever seen a masked thief wearing a hat come in?"
"Little thief, how can we have a thief?"
Bingruo let go of her hand and ran upstairs again, and the old bustard looked inexplicably messy downstairs.
Bingruo went to the corridor on the second floor, looked down from a position with a good angle, but really saw a dark corner downstairs, a person wearing a hat was sitting alone at the table drinking, Bingruo ran downstairs again, quietly approached the person, and took away his hat, the man looked up in surprise, Bingruo was dumbfounded, it was Xia Xian!
Liang Bingruo ...... Why are you here? Dressed like this! What do you want to do!!?
Bingruo looked down at the wet thin clothes on his body, outlining the girl's curves, and the corner of his eyes glanced at the many lustful eyes cast around him, and he was annoyed for a while, and slapped his palm on the table in front of Xia Xian and said angrily: "Xia Da Catch Fast! As a person from the government, you actually come to this kind of place! Is it uncomfortable to catch a fast top hat? Do you have to change a straw hat to wear?!"
Xia Xian was already unhappy with her appearance, and when she asked like this, she was also angry: "Go back with me!" immediately got up and took off the red robe and wrapped it around Bingruo, and angrily led her out of Chunxiang Building.
The two returned to the folk inn, and Xia Xian carried Bingruo to the door of her room on the second floor, before taking off his robe from her and putting it back on.
"Hurry up and change into normal clothes, what do you want to do with such thinness?"
"Got it. β
"I'll be waiting for you downstairs. β
......
The two sat down face-to-face at a window table in the lobby of the inn, and after a brief exchange, Bing Ruofang knew that Xiao Fengnian wanted to go to Pei Xiuting again to ask about the situation, but he was afraid of being alone, so he asked Xia Xian to stay in Chunxiang Building, in case there was any emergency, it would be good to support, and Xia Xian was afraid of the Qinglou woman teasing, so he had to hide in the corner with a big hat and pour himself a drink.
"Okay, maybe the thief you're chasing isn't the thief who stole the jade seal. β
"Red-faced, short, thin, sensitive, it must be him. By the way, aren't you going to Chunxianglou to wait for Feng Nian?"
"You come out like that, who still cares about him?" As soon as Xia Xian's words came out, Bai Yu's face turned red, and a pair of hanging eyes hurriedly glanced away.
At this moment, a tall young man approached them with a water-soaked scroll in his hand, and naturally sat down on a round stool beside their table. "Miss Liang, Xu asked several nearby hotels and inns, and finally found you, this is your painting. β
Xu Zishan handed the scroll to Bingruo, and before Bingruo could reach out to take it, the scroll was snatched by Xia Xian, and then unfolded. Xia Xian swept the landscape and seals in the painting, and said indifferently: "Are you jumping in the lake to catch this thing? β
When Bing Ruo heard this, he glared at Xia Xian fiercely: "Your thinking is too divergent!"
"In Xia Xu Zishan, who is this son?"
"In Xia Xian, it is Miss Liang's fiancΓ©, and the baby kiss ordered by the family, there is really no way, I can't get out of the marriage. β
"Xia Xian, you!" Bingruo was speechless, so he could only stroke his forehead and follow him in his nonsense.
Because Bingruo had already mentioned that he had met Xu Zishan, the owner of the Xu family's calligraphy and painting shop, Xia Xian knew that this person was the person who bought the Pei family's calligraphy and painting shop at a low price, and this person was attentive to Bingruo's nothing, so he looked at him more and more unpleasantly, and said coldly: "Your shop seems to also sell the master's famous paintings, I think Your Excellency's level is not bad, could it be that you painted it yourself, and then printed the name of a certain master?"
Bingruo was taken aback, Xia Xian's words were too thorny, but Xu Zishan just smiled, and said to Xia Xian and Bingruo: "There is a night mark mountain in the easternmost part of Liuzhou City, and there is a long road in the mountain, which can distinguish the authenticity of calligraphy and painting antiques in the world. β
"Oh, in that case, I don't know how profitable your store is, is it not doing well, and you have to make money by taking advantage of the danger of others and merging with the street stores at low prices?" Xia Xian's eyes continued to sweep the scroll, but his mouth asked unambiguously.
"This thing...... Two, Xu is just a businessman......"
Bingruo had already understood their unfriendly conversation, snatched the scroll from Xia Xian's hand and threw it in front of Xu Zishan, got up and said: "Bingruo thinks that a gentleman's love for money should be taken in a proper way, and Your Excellency's painting should be collected by yourself, Xia Xian, let's go to Night Scar Mountain." β
"Young Master Xu, farewell!" Xia Xian got up, saluted Xu Zishan with a fist, a disdainful smile on the corner of his mouth, and left the inn with Bingruo, leaving Xu Zishan alone.
Since the Daoist of Night Scar Mountain Yuanji can distinguish the authenticity of Mobao antiques, after Pei Yaoguang gets the jade seal, he will definitely ask the Daoist to identify it, Bingruo and Xia Xian both thought of this, so the two of them took Moon Frost and Red Flame from the backyard of the inn, and rushed towards Night Scar Mountain in the east of the city......