On the third day of the accident of the Lord of Baili.

A middle-aged man with a box in his hand came to Shen's rented house.

The cool breeze blew through the cracks in the study window onto the flickering candle flame, and when the wind came slowly, it swayed gently.

In the side room, Shen Zhan sat in front of the bookcase, dressed in a dark color, with a fox velvet collar on his shoulders, and looked at the booklet in his hand without saying a word.

The middle-aged man peeked at it, and was jealous in his heart, and carefully flattened the white paper on the side of the bookcase, and said, "Master Hou, when will the witness come?" ”

"There's no hurry." Shen Zhan flipped through the book and said lightly.

"Yes, yes, it's just a lowly position, anyway, it doesn't matter if you want to know the state today." The middle-aged man sneered. He is the painter who claimed to be "on leave for a few days" yesterday, named Li Xian.

After waiting for a while, I saw Ye Lingwu and Rong Xiu enter the house.

Hearing movement at the door, Shen Zhan finally raised his head from the book.

Her apricot eyes are clear, like an elk-like round and watery, today she is wearing a purple coat, white little face, under the sunshine, like a thin gauze as reserved, as if a layer of fairy brilliance, rippling translucent water, wrapping people in it.

People can't help but rub it with their palms.

Shen Zhan suddenly felt.

The scroll in his hand was very boring.

Ye Lingwu didn't see Shen Zhan's straight eyes, but he could only pretend not to see it, and said: "Master Hou, didn't you say that the painter from the Zhizhou Mansion came, this is it?" ”

She looked at Li Xian on the side.

Li Xian reacted and arched his hand: "The two girls are dressed up, and below is Li Xian, the painter of the Zhizhou Mansion, and today I am here to simulate the face of the suspect in the mouth of the two girls." ”

Ye Lingwu bowed his head at him and said, "Trouble Lord Li." ”

"How?" After Li Xian finished speaking, he looked up, "Master Hou, since the person has arrived, the humble position will begin?" ”

Shen Zhan was indifferent and nodded.

After Li Xian's instructions, he sat down again, took out a pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and according to his previous habits, while dipping in ink, he first asked: "Can the two girls briefly describe the height and figure of that person?" ”

Rong Xiu said: "That person is not tall, about five feet, I don't know if he is wearing thicker clothes in winter, and he looks very strong, at least one hundred and forty pounds." ”

Listening to her description, Li Xian probably had an outline in his mind, picked up the brush, and asked seriously: "That person's appearance, the girl may say it?" ”

Rong Xiu thought about it and said with a slight hesitation: "It's too dark, and it's looking up, so I don't look very clearly, but his face is quite round, his chin is wide, there is a lot of flesh on his cheeks, he is dressed in black, and his hair is coiled into a ball." ”

Li Xian was late to put down his pen, and it took a long time to draw a bust portrait, and after picking it up, he asked, "Is that so?" ”

Rong Xiu took a closer look, looked at Ye Lingwu again, and said: "It's quite similar, but it doesn't feel right, that person always thinks it's weird when he looks at it, and I can't say it." ”

Li Xian frowned and asked, "Then when you see him come out, do you find something, such as walking, or ...... Action? Or do you think the three of them know each other? ”

Ye Lingwu groaned: "There was no one in the corridor on the third floor of the Baili private boat that night, and after Lord Taifu came out of the house of the Baili Lord, that person came out after at least one cup of tea. The man didn't look like he was coming to visit, he was dressed ordinarily and ordinary, and he didn't look like he could get to know characters like Lou Taifu and Baili Lord. ”

Rong Xiu echoed: "What the girl said is right, that person doesn't look like someone who can deal with the Lord of Baili, just like the person who bought our lives last night, maybe they were all instructed by others." ”

Li Xian paused for a moment, raised his eyes to look at Shen Zhan, saw his nonchalant expression, and replied: "The two girls said so, so this man is from the market, or is he a ranger?" ”

Ye Lingwu pondered: "I don't know about this. ”

Li Xian nodded thoughtfully, picked up the white paper and presented it to Shen Zhan, and said, "Master Hou, this portrait is finished, do you want to return to the Zhizhou Mansion now, or do you still have arrangements?" ”

Shen Zhan lazily put one hand on the bookcase, the tip of his index finger buckled the desktop for a while, looked at the portrait on the table, and asked for no reason: "How long has Lord Li been in the Zhizhou Mansion?" ”

Li Xian was stunned and replied, "It's been almost eight years. ”

"Eight years," Shen Zhan said with a serious face, "Since it has been eight years, how can I not know that when people look up, their vision will be biased, Lord Li's painting has not been conceived at all, it is deliberate?" ”

Li Xian was shocked, and hurriedly arched his hand: "Hou Hou...... Hou Ye's words reminded the lowly position, this painting is indeed inappropriate, and the lowly position will be painted again now. ”

After a while, Li Xian picked up the redrawn painting, and first showed Ye Lingwu and Rong Xiu a look at it, and said, "Two girls, is this still accurate?" ”

"Yes, yes, that's it." Rong Xiu was shocked, she really didn't expect that the painter of Zhizhou Mansion could depict people's faces with just a few words, which was really amazing.

Li Xian breathed a sigh of relief, got up and handed the portrait to Shen Zhan again, and said, "Master Hou, this time the portrait is correct, please take a look at it first." ”

Shen Zhan glanced at it lightly and said, "This painting is left, Lord Li will go back and inform the adults in the Zhizhou Mansion, this person's careful thinking must be hidden, otherwise, ......" He glanced at Li Xian coldly, "You will bear the consequences." ”

Li Xian was full of excitement, and hurriedly slipped away with the wooden box.

Not long after, Yue Yang walked in and said a few words in Shen Zhan's ear, and Shen Zhan got up and was about to go out.

Ye Lingwu saw that people were leaving, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Master Hou, the old lady also asked me to bring a word when I came. ”

"What?" Shen Zhan's tone was soft.

"The old lady said that she was waiting for you in Tan Yun Pavilion and wanted to talk to you."

Shen Zhan frowned, said a faint "um", and said, "When I come back, I will go to Tan Yun Pavilion." ”

"Then when will Master Hou come back?"

Shen Zhan lowered his eyes and stared at her, and suddenly wanted to caress her little face with his thumb, he cleared his throat and said, "Soon." ”

Tonight's sky is foggy, and looking out through the window, the moonlight will inevitably become hazy. A sentence quickly waited directly for the bang to ring.

Inside the house, Ye Lingwu was sitting next to Mrs. Shen, chatting about family life, and Shen Yue'er and Shen Pan'er were also there.

Old Mrs. Shen had a smile on her face, very pleasant, as if there was no such thing as letting Ye Lingwu return to Yuzhou for the New Year that day.

Suddenly, the warm curtain was lifted, and Shen Zhan, who was covered in wind and moon, strode over.

"Grandson greets grandmother." Shen Zhan's voice was cold.

Old Lady Shen smiled and nodded, her eyes motioning for him to sit down.

(End of chapter)