CHAPTER XVII

When Xue Chuan heard this, he suddenly turned his head, and sure enough, he saw the gray-robed painter who had painted a picture for him before, looking at everyone with anticipation.

"Dude, who are you?" the King looked the painter up and down, showing a confused expression.

Liu Shengyi's face became faintly angry: "Why, you didn't hear when I asked you to get out, did you?"

When the painter saw Liu Shengyi's appearance, he hurriedly waved his hand: "Don't be so irritable! It's a big deal, I won't paint it for you!"

Then, the painter rubbed his hands, and looked at the girl hiding in the arms of the king with a smile: "Little sister, do you want to-"

"I warn you, if you have any bad intentions, you may be stripped of your skin and hung on the castle tower waiting to be dried. The King of Hum showed an unkind look.

"Hmm..." The middle-aged man looked very embarrassed, and then looked at Xue Chuan with a little embarrassment, and said, "Little brother, this..."

"You have it, you don't have to say it," Xue Chuan sighed and dug into his pocket, "A pot of wine, right? You don't need to paint, I'll give you a pot directly, what about you just leave quickly, can it be done?"

"How can this be done!" said the painter suddenly, "no merit!

"Can you try to be verbose again?" Liu Shengyi on the side said coldly.

"Uh..." The painter thought for a moment, decisively reached out and took a few pieces of broken silver from Xue Chuan's hand, and then said quickly: "Little brother, the mountains and rivers have met, I have written down your favor, we are destined to meet again!"

Then, I saw the middle-aged man trotting, so he ran to the guy in the restaurant to get a pot of wine, and went downstairs happily.

A group of people looked at this wonderful Huan Tuo painter, and they were speechless for a long time, until the king of hustle and bustle broke the silence: "Brother Xue, do you know this guy?"

Xue Chuan showed a somewhat embarrassed look: "Ah... I don't know each other, but he painted me a picture and I gave him a jug of wine. ”

"Oh, is he a good draw?" said the King of Noise, curious.

At this time, Liu Shengyi on the side was unceremoniously: "It's rotten! It's so rotten!"

"It's not as bad as you say," Xue Chuan muttered, and began to fumble through his pockets of clothes, "I'll show you later." ”

"No, this is it. Xue Chuan took out the stack of rice paper and handed it to the king casually.

The king took the piece of rice paper, and then slowly unfolded it, and the moment he saw the painting, his expression suddenly changed drastically, and he roared in horror: "Wow, ah, ah!"

Xue Chuan was so frightened by the roaring king that his whole body shook and almost knocked over a plate of pork knuckles on the table on Liu Shengyi.

"What's wrong!Is there anything wrong with this painting?" Xue Chuan took a breath and hurriedly asked.

"Ahh ”

"Then what the hell is your name?" Xue Chuan said embarrassedly.

The king said casually: "Oh, don't I cooperate with you, so that you have a little sense of expectation." ”

"I really didn't feel the expectation you were talking about. Xue Chuan rolled his eyes, took the painting from the King of Huan, folded it and stuffed it into his arms again.

Liu Shengyi took a sip of wine, and then said, "After today, you can set off to find your clansmen, and it is best to be able to convey the message to Huang Tian's kid within three years." ”

The King nodded obediently, and then asked, "So... What about you?"

"All the way to the east, straight to the peach. Liu Shengyi replied simply.

The king nodded, touched the head of the girl in his arms, and said softly, "Yu'er, let's go." ”

The girl nodded obediently, followed the king of Huan, and left the restaurant after saying goodbye to Xue Chuan and the others.

Xue Chuan watched the figures of the two of them disappear into the sea of people upstairs, and couldn't help but sigh: "This farewell, it may be difficult to see each other again." O noisy bird, with four wings spread, there is a strange beast with the shadow of a father, and it deserves to travel thousands of miles a day. ”

"Don't be too sad to be sad, you still have to hurry. Liu Shengyi also felt interesting when he saw Xue Chuan's appearance.

"Yes, I'll go with the caravan in a moment. Xue Chuan sighed. The caravan he spoke of was a caravan that had been in the morning to transport goods when he first came to the city.

"But speaking of which, it's obviously a creature that you don't dare to make a mistake when you stare at it, so why should I spend so much effort doing those things. Xue Chuan said helplessly.

Liu Shengyi smiled lightly: "This is your willingness, and I didn't force you." ”

Xue Chuan shook his head, suddenly remembered something, looked at Liu Shengyi and said, "By the way, there is a question I have always wanted to ask, you obviously planned to wait for a few hundred more years and leave after the curse in Chailu Village dissipated, why do you now say that what you want to do needs to be completed within six years?"

Liu Shengyi said angrily: "It's not because of you! If I had been cultivating there, if I had been cultivating there for a few hundred years, those ghosts might not be able to find me, but since I want to follow you to the cause and effect, it is inevitable that I will walk in the world." ”

"In other words, because of taking care of me, all your plans have to be advanced, right?" Xue Chuan said softly.

Seeing Liu Shengyi nodded, Xue Chuan also felt warm in his heart, and said with a smile: "That's really grateful." ”

Liu Shengyi seemed to be a little uncomfortable with Xue Chuan's appearance, so he turned his head and said, "I'm just trying to repay the cause and effect, you don't have to." ”

Xue Chuan shook his head with a smile: "Forget it, don't you know how much weight my cause and effect is?"

Liu Shengyi snorted lightly, no longer paying attention to Xue Chuan, but got up straight and walked towards the corridor of the restaurant.

"You pay the bills. ”

When Xue Chuan heard this, he didn't mind, but smiled more and more happily.

......

And not far from the city, the king of the hustle and bustle stood on the top of a hill with a small owl, and his expression was a little unusual.

"What's the matter, Uncle Huan, what's the matter?" the girl, who was called Yu'er, asked with some concern.

The king waved his hand, looked at the restaurant in the city, and said secretly in his heart: "What a terrible combination... The strength of the woman can be described as astounding, and the mortal... There are such scary things. ”

Thinking of this, King Huan couldn't help but recall the ink painting that seemed to have a messy composition, and the first time he saw that painting, he felt no less than the coercion of Liu Shengyi's gaze!

"I hope they didn't see my cover-up, that painting is really too weird, and the painter doesn't know what it is... This city..."

The King shook his head, "Forget it, I'm about to get away from here anyway, so it's better not to delve into these things." ”

After speaking, the king of hustle and roar took the plover, and his body moved, and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

The speed of the bird is so amazing!

....

"Hey, hey, there's another jug of wine, and it can last a few more days. The gray-robed painter opened his flask, sniffed the mellow aroma, and smacked his lips.

"It's a pity that all wine is all wine after all. The gray-robed painter shook his head, but he stuffed the flask.

Sitting casually on the corner of the street, looking at the people passing by with a relatively obscene gaze that seemed to others, the gray-robed painter also seemed to find it extremely interesting.

"Master, how much does it cost to paint a picture?" a young man approached and asked curiously.

The gray-robed painter yawned and glanced at the young man: "It's closed, I won't paint today." ”

"But it's only noon!" The young man was obviously a little confused, and did not understand why the painter was closing now.

"Oh, then I'll put it another way. The painter touched his wine jug and said bluntly: "You are so ugly, so ugly that I am not interested in painting, are you satisfied now?"

The young man was stunned for a moment, then turned angry and whispered angrily, "Nervous!" and turned away angrily.

The painter watched the young man leave, and also muttered: "Really, if you don't paint, you will leave, and you will be unhappy." ”

I really can't understand it, whether it was Liu Shengyi or Xue Chuan, this painter used to beg them to let him paint a picture with a shy face, but now he treats this young man with ignorance and lack of interest.

The painter, who was playing with the jug, suddenly raised his eyebrows, looked into the distance in a certain direction, and said to himself, "Ah, that birdman is gone." ”

As he spoke, he pulled out a piece of dusty paper that was used as a cushion from under his buttocks, hummed a small tune, and said, "Then there is no need to finish this painting." ”

The painter unfolded the painting, and the top was stunned by a big and vivid bird, with four wings and a tail.

It's just that the noisy bird in this painting has a sharp blade inserted in its heart, and its expression is quite frightened, and its two eyes are not painted with eyeballs, which looks strange and terrifying.

The painter shook the dust off the painting, looked at the painting he had painted as if he was a little dissatisfied, and said to himself, "Isn't it good for me to do this?"

"Uncle. A young voice came timidly, and the painter looked to the side, and saw a little girl who was not more than ten years old, holding a string of sugar gourds in her hand, looking at him with half curiosity and half fear.

"What's the matter, little sister?" said the painter with a gentle smile.

The little girl looked at the picture and was a little curious: "Uncle, what are you drawing?"

"This one, a kind of bird. The painter laughed.

The little girl looked at the painting again: "But why don't you draw eyes on it?"

After a little thought, the painter pretended to be mysterious and said, "No, have you ever heard the story of the finishing touch?

The little girl pouted: "Liar!"

The painter scratched his head a little embarrassed: "That's it, little sister, I'll give you this painting, you put it at home and keep it, when you really see this kind of bird in the painting, you can paint its eyes, okay?"

"Send me?" the little girl blinked.

"Yes, but you have to remember what I said. Whenever you see a bird that looks like a painting, you draw the eye in front of it, don't forget. The painter said earnestly.

The little girl tilted her head a little confused: "That... All right. ”

The painter smiled slightly, folded the painting, and put it in the little girl's arms: "Put it away, before you see that kind of bird, don't let people draw their eyes in advance." ”

The little girl nodded obediently.

Seeing this, the painter also smiled with satisfaction, collected his pen and paper, got up and walked towards the city gate.

"Uncle, where are you going?"

"I," the painter didn't look back, "go and see the world, and taste the wine and wine by the way!"