It's July heat, and although it's only morning, the sun in the sky is already scorching, and occasionally a gust of wind blows, with a bit of suffocating fire. In such hot weather, the only way to cool down is to use ice, a lot of ice.

In winter, it takes thousands of people to pick up ice cubes from all over the place, and then transport them from the river post road to the huge ice cellar of Dingnan Wangfu in Xiangzhou for storage for several months, just to take it out at this time, and the icesmith carves out the pavilions and pavilions and landscape figures on it, and then holds them with exquisite utensils and places them in the room, so that these ice sculptures absorb the heat of the room and slowly melt to achieve the purpose of cooling.

It's just that in such a big summer, the financial resources that need to be invested to reduce the temperature of a house or even a building completely, and to maintain such a pleasant temperature for a long time, are unimaginable.

In the whole scene, there are many people who have the ability to use ice to cool down in summer, but there are not many people who can squander it so much, and the Phoenix Terrace in Dingnan Wangfu in Xiangzhou City is one of them.

As soon as Tian Qi stepped into the cool water pavilion, he saw a butterfly amphora gold plate on the flower table at the entrance, and on the gold plate was a delicate ice sculpture two feet high, which was constantly bubbling with cold air. At the moment, the landscape figures on the ice sculpture still look lifelike, but the air around them has already fallen, and I think this ice tray has just been replaced.

After the middle-aged man led Tian Qi to the entrance, he retreated silently.

Qingliang Water Pavilion is a delicate water pavilion built on the water next to the left side of Phoenix Terrace and surrounded by empty corridors on all sides. The bamboo curtain in the pavilion hangs low, the ice tray tinkles, and it is quiet and cool. Tian Qi passed through the entrance, and after entering the inside, he felt that the temperature in the house was a little cooler than the entrance, and it turned out that there were several ice trays in the house.

When he entered here, King Dingnan was standing in front of the table and painting, painting a picture of a summer peony, seeing that it was almost completed, Tian Qi stood about two feet away from the table with his hand, and watched calmly.

King Dingnan has actually passed the year of knowing the destiny of heaven, but because he is well-maintained, and he has always liked to do things such as piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, raising flowers and grass, so he has raised an elegant temperament. Although his appearance is not extremely handsome, because of his extraordinary background and noble status, his bearing is different from others, and he has a bit of the elegance of a literati, and his figure is also thin and long, so he looks like he is in his early forties.

A quarter of an hour passed, and as the ice trays ticked unevenly, the coolness in the water pavilion became heavier and heavier. In such a hot summer, being able to stay in such a room is not only a rare enjoyment, but also an extremely luxurious thing. It's just that at the moment, Tian Qi's situation, if it is transferred to ordinary people, luxury is luxury, but it is not enjoyment, but a kind of torture.

Since Tian Qi came in until now, King Dingnan has never looked at him, and he has never even put down the paintbrush in his hand. I was specially called, but I deliberately hung it; Let you stand by, but just ignore you. The purpose of this is to create a kind of coercion in the other party's heart, so that you have to guess, have to be irritable, have to be anxious, but you have to endure and endure again.

Another quarter of an hour passed, and King Dingnan finally put down his pen, and then slowly raised his face to look at Tian Qi. He wanted to open his mouth and ask Tian Qi to come over and take a look, but when he looked at it, he was slightly stunned, and took back the words he was about to export.

After a full two quarters of an hour of snubbing, the other party not only did not have the slightest anxiety or irritability, but was calm and relaxed, and even looked at it silently with a detached attitude.

There is an identity, there is an occasion, even if it is standing and ignored, and there are dozens of people sitting in front of it, all of whom are people who do not say a word, and the one who is standing does not dare to be disrespectful.

This person actually faintly pulled himself out of the identity of the teacher, and was not affected by his previous snub in the slightest. King Dingnan glanced at Tian Qi fixedly, just now, it was originally a silent warning, but he didn't want to be directly turned into a contest by the other party, and in this contest, although he was not defeated, he did not take advantage.

King Dingnan smiled slightly, and his elegant face was a little innate arrogant: "This king heard a few days ago that the Xinghai Gang has elected a new big boss, the current Tian Gongzi, but is it still Tian Shao's master?" ”

"Yes or no, it doesn't affect the matter between me and the prince." Tian Qi said indifferently.

"How so?" As he spoke, King Dingnan walked out from behind the table and said as he walked towards the coffee table. Just now I wanted the other party to come over to see his new work, but the moment he raised his eyes, he gave up this plan.

"As long as the prince is willing, the day Tian goes back will be the time for the new gang leader to be replaced." Tian Qi followed a few steps closer, and when he spoke, the expression on his face was calm and calm throughout.

"I want this king to help you." King Dingnan smiled, sat down and poured a cup of tea, and took a sip slowly before continuing, "It's not enough to let the Sichuan cottage change hands, and besides, the jade Guanyin sent yesterday, this king is not satisfied." ”

"There is also a collection of essays in my hand." Tian Qi said slowly, he said this extremely gently, even a little carelessly. After hearing this, King Randingnan slammed his hand holding the teacup, and at the same time looked at Tian Qi like a sharp sword, Tian Qi still had a light face, not surprised or panicked.

"Anthology." After a while, King Dingnan slowly spoke, "If it is true, this condition is enough, you can bring this thing to me first to see if it is true or false." ”

Tian Qi smiled, his smile was extremely faint, almost fleeting, but the meaning of the expression was clearly revealed.

King Dingnan naturally understood, after the momentary temptation just now, he quickly suppressed the emotions in his heart and regained his original attitude of not being in a hurry or slow: "If this king doesn't look at it first, how can he tell the truth from the false." ”

Tian can first take out half of the Xiangtian map to the prince, and when the prince saw this picture, he knew that what Tian said was true. It's just that Tian's half of the Xiangtian Diagram is to change the other half of the Xiangtian Diagram in the hands of the prince. The two pictures are combined to make the collection truly complete. ”

King Dingnan's elegant face originally had a shallow smile, but after hearing this, the smile on his face suddenly faded, and a cold glint appeared in his eyes.

Tian Qi seemed to know that this would be the case, so he then explained: "Wen Jinji, my Tian family's hard work is not less than that of the prince, and the price paid is not small, so it is not surprising that someone who knows the prince has visited that place." ”

King Dingnan slowly suppressed the killing intent in his heart, and pondered for a while before saying: "Now that you have obtained the Wenjin Collection, why do you still want to send it to this king, compared to the entire Wenjin Collection, that half of the Xiangtian Map is not very important." ”

"Tian just wants to exchange the minimum price for the greatest benefit, and this matter is the same for the prince." When Tian Qi said this, he paused for a moment before continuing, "The collection of Wenjin is in Tian's hands, and it is of little use, but if this thing is sincere, so that the prince and I can become allies, so that each can be regarded as taking what he needs." ”

King Dingnan squinted, the iceberg pavilion in the gold plate in front of the table gradually melted, the figures gradually blurred, and drop after drop of ice water beads rolled down, dripping into the gold plate, making a ticking sound.

"When did you bring that half of the Xiangtian Map?" After a long time, King Dingnan slowly said that this matter was too tempting for him.

"It can be delivered in three days, and when the prince takes out the complete Xiangtian map and helps Tian to sit on the position of the helper, Tian will send the collection of essays."

Half of the ice sculptures in the golden plate had melted, and the coolness in the air was getting heavier and heavier, and after Tian Qi retreated, King Dingnan sat there and thought for a long time before ordering someone to invite Bai Ze over.

Not long after Bai Ze left, Tang Lu'er was targeted by a son-in-law in a vermilion gauze robe next to her, and when she was bored perfunctory about this person's harassment, Tian Qi was finally willing to appear.