Chapter 40: The Man in the Painting

She retreated step by step, the people in front of her approached step by step, the study was so big in total, she retreated to the corner in the blink of an eye, there was no way. He reached out against the wall and imprisoned her in the corner.

"You, you, what do you want to do?" Xia Taozhi stammered nervously: "I, I, I warn you, this is my master's study, don't mess around......"

The tsundere prince looked at her helplessly, "What should I do, I'm so angry now, so I want to mess around very much......"

Xia Taozhi automatically ignored the second half of his sentence and said, "What kind of ...... do you have to be angry?"

He reached out and pinched her cheek, "...... Dare to pretend to be stupid? "

She didn't dare to speak, and it took a long time to react, no, why should I be weak? I didn't reconcile with this dead tsundere! Immediately, Li also straightened up and became stronger, and raised his head and said, "Even if I wrote it before, it's ...... Off, what's your business! "

"...... What's the matter with me? The tsundere prince raised his eyebrows and repeated, with a sneer in his eyes: "No wonder your senior brother showed off to me, saying that you grew up here together, childhood sweethearts, two little guesses, and the relationship is very deep......"

"Right...... yes, so what? "

"...... So what? "

His eyes narrowed dangerously, and without hesitation, he lowered his head and bit the tip of her nose as punishment.

"Ah...... It hurts! Xia Taozhi rubbed her nose and glared at him angrily, this person is really a dog!

"Give you a chance to say it again, or ......" The tsundere prince raised an eyebrow and smiled, reached out and tapped her lips, threatening: "Next time bite here." "

"You ......"

This damn tsundere is really too cheap!

"What am I? Or you can bite me. "

"Get out!"

"Oh, then you mean you want me to ......," he smiled slyly, leaning over and slowly approaching with his head down.

"Just, no!" She hurriedly reached out to cover his mouth, his lips were thin, soft and cold, touching her palm, a little itchy.

Cover his mouth again? Forgot the lesson so quickly? The smile in his eyes deepened, and he gently stuck out his tongue and licked her palm again.

Sure enough, she retracted her hand violently as if she had been burned.

Perverted!

He smiled triumphantly and continued to lean in.

She has nothing to do, this person is the best in the world in terms of lip service, she can't scold, she doesn't know how much is above her, she can't beat it, shameless and cheap, she can't get rid of it, how is this good?

Suddenly, out of the corner of Song Yuanxi's eyes, he glanced at the painting on the wall, and his movements stopped.

"...... Who is the person in the painting? "

"Why did you tell you!"

"Then I bit ......" gestured and leaned down again.

Xia Taozhi hurriedly put her hands on his chest and said hurriedly: "Don't don't...... This is my teacher. "

Hearing this, he frowned, let go of her, and walked over to look at the painting carefully, with a very strange expression.

The woman in this portrait bears some resemblance to the last time he saw it in the abandoned palace of the Chu Palace, except that the woman in this portrait looks significantly younger. The one in the Chu Palace is practicing swords under the tree, and this one is playing the qin under the tree, I don't know if this is a portrait of two sisters or the same woman in different periods. But the point is, they all coincided with the face of a woman in his mind......

Halfway, he snorted and said, "Don't you think...... Does the person in this portrait bear some resemblance to your original face? "

He suddenly remembered why the last time he saw that portrait in the cold palace of Chu Palace, he felt déjà vu, it was because he had indeed seen a face similar to the one on the portrait. Today, the woman in this portrait is younger, and the painting is the appearance of the little maid he first met in Mibai Mountain, which is closer to the appearance of the little maid he first met in Mibai Mountain.

That is, the original body of Xia Taozhi.

Xia Taozhi was still immersed in the fright of the tiger's mouth, and replied casually: "I have asked Master this question before, but Master said that appearance is born from the heart, and it is precisely because I often look at this portrait that the appearance of the master in the painting is imprinted in my heart, so I look more and more like her." "

Song Yuanxi: Do you believe this nonsense of "......"?

But the fact is that when she was a child, she not only believed it, but also secretly complained about the master in her heart, why not find a portrait of a woman who captivates the country and the city to hang, then even if she is punished for kneeling every day, she is willing. Later, she found a few portraits of beautiful women with flowers and moon appearances to hang on the bedside, facing each other day and day, which was useless. Probably because she has seen the appearance of her sister every day since she was a child, it has been imprinted too deeply in her heart.

Song Yuanxi thought for a while, and then asked, "Have you seen your master herself?" "

"Nope." Xia Taozhi shook her head: "When the master picked me up when I was a child, there were only two people in the Taoist temple, the master and the senior brother, and this portrait was hung in his study at that time. Later, the number of disciples on the mountain gradually increased, but the master did not allow other disciples to enter his study except for me and the senior brother, so the junior disciples did not know that there was also a "master mother", and the whole Qingfeng Temple could not find any signs of my master and mother except for this portrait. "

"What about your senior brother? Have you ever seen it? "

"Senior Brother said that he hadn't seen it either, and every time I asked, Senior Brother diverted the topic......"

A doubt rose in Song Yuanxi's heart, why was he so secretive? Why do you want to make up such a lie to cover it up? He had a gut feeling that there must be some secret in it.

It seems that her life experience is definitely not so simple.

"You just mentioned that you used to look at this portrait when you were a kid? Why? "

"Because when I was a child, every time I made a mistake, Master would punish me to kneel in front of this portrait and draw and think. Over time, I often watched ......"

The two fell silent, and both felt that the more they thought about it, the more confusing it became.

Half-loud, the tsundere prince said, "Could it be like this...... Your master is actually your own father? Your sister is actually your own mother? "Otherwise, there is no way to explain that her master is so similar to her, and every time she makes a mistake, she must be punished for thinking about a portrait.

Xia Taozhi: "......" subconsciously reprimanded: "What nonsense! Immediately, a strange feeling arose in her heart, in fact, she had not thought about this possibility, but every time she thought about it, she felt that it was too unbelievable. If Master is her real father, then why was she born in Yudong Village? Why hadn't she seen Master until she was six years old?

"Why don't I ask Master when he comes back?"

"If your master deliberately conceals you, do you think you can hear the truth?"

Xia Taozhi: "......" So what should I do?

"For today's plan, we can only try it from your "childhood sweetheart, two little guesses, and deep feelings" senior brother......"

The tsundere prince raised his eyebrows at her, deliberately biting the word "we".

She rolled her eyes back at him, turned and walked away.

"We"? Who is "us" with you?

Song Yuanxi called her behind him: "Little Peach, where are you going?"

"Go find my "childhood sweetheart, two little guesses, deep feelings" brother! "

Song Yuanxi: "......" suddenly had the feeling of lifting a stone and hitting his own feet.

"Wait for me, I'm going too!"

"Go away! You are not allowed to come along! "

"......"

***

Xia Taozhi was familiar with the road and found Luo Fan sitting alone beside the pomegranate tree on the top of the mountain.

"Big brother."

Luo Fan turned around and said happily: "Little junior sister, did you come to me specifically?" However, when he saw the person next to him in a blink of an eye, his face instantly became gloomy.

"Why did you bring him here too?"

Xia Taozhi glanced at the person next to her with a smile on her face, and followed with a dead face.

"Senior brother, don't pay attention to him, I have something I want to ask you......"

Before the words fell, Luo Fan had already stood up, his face was like frost, he looked at Song Yuanxi coldly, and said, "His Royal Highness the King of Ling, please leave."

This place on the top of the mountain is a "holy land" in his heart, and it is a "special" place that only belongs to him and his little sister. If the other juniors accidentally step into this place on weekdays, they will all be reprimanded by him for finding an excuse.

What's more, it's this person, no, it's this bastard thing...... Absolutely not!

What a shrewd person the tsundere prince is, coupled with the fact that he has been very sensitive recently, he understood almost instantly, slowly hooked the corners of his mouth, a hint of banter appeared on his face, and he actually paced forward two more steps, and said: "Young Master Luo, the person who came is a guest, since the respected master has left this king to live here, as a big disciple, you want to drive me away, what is the reason?" Is this the hospitality of Seifukan? "

Luo Fan gritted his teeth and endured not to have a seizure, and said patiently: "You can go to other places, but, not here!" "

"Why?" The tsundere prince asked knowingly, and was angry with him: "...... Could it be that there is a treasure here? "

A faint anger rose in Luo Fan's eyes, as if his patience had run out, and he said coldly, "...... Are you going or not? "

The tsundere prince looked at him with a smile, "What if I say I won't leave?" What can you do to me? "

Frankly speaking, the senior brother has always been a personable person, with a calm and calm bearing. But it seems that as soon as he meets the tsundere prince, all his bearing, demeanor, and patience are thrown aside. He pulled out the saber on his waist with a "swish", and the snowy blade pointed directly at Song Yuanxi, and said, "His Royal Highness King Ling seems to have proposed a competition that day, how about now?"

Song Yuanxi slowly pulled out the soft sword at his waist and sneered: "It's exactly what I want."

The two of them were tense, and when they saw that they were about to fight, Xia Taozhi forgot all about the reason why she came to Luo Fan, and hurriedly stopped between them, "Don't fight, don't fight, you have something to say." "

But both of them looked at each other coldly, their eyes were full of hostility, and they had no intention of speaking properly, as if they were thinking about how to beat each other hard to relieve their anger.

At that moment, there was a commotion in the bushes on the side.

The branches and leaves rattled, and they shook incessantly, and two entangled figures rolled out, two little teenagers, scuffling together.