On Yan Mengyao's way to the food streets and alleys full of joy, suddenly a shop full of strange portraits in front of the door attracted her attention.

There are three legs, four heads, and five tails in the portrait, but there is a nine-headed one that attracts Yan Mengyao's attention very much, and this nine-headed image is a snake, a hydra.

The name of this snake is not marked on the portrait of the hydra, and ordinary people who have not seen it naturally cannot recognize this hydra, and Yan Mengyao, as the princess of the Yin Hua Domain of the Demon Realm, has naturally heard the legend of this hydra.

A painter who can draw this kind of portrait is definitely not a mortal, Yan Mengyao had a thought in her heart, and strode into the store, only to see that there was only a young man in a brocade robe and a jade crown on his head, and the young man was sitting by the window thinking at this time.

The young man looked delicate, and his eyebrows were shining into his hand without blinking, and he saw a jade pendant in the young man's hand, and a strange pattern was carved on the jade pendant, which looked like a human shape, but had horns on his head.

"Ahem~"

Yan Mengyao coughed lightly twice to break the young man's thoughts, the young man gently put away the jade pendant, turned his head to look at Yan Mengyao, and asked indifferently, "The girl is looking for someone?"

The young man's name is Yu Sinian, which is taken from Yu Siwannian's blessing from heaven.

Since the establishment of this portrait shop, there are not many customers who come every year, but they are always men, and most of the men are people who hunt demon organizations, and they come here to draw demon portraits so that the people below can quickly identify them.

Of course, there will be female guests, but most of the female guests are to invite the slave to come and invite Yu Sinian to come to the door to paint a portrait of the woman in person, Yu Sinian is not a painter of everyone, the character is vulgar, and those who are not good do not paint, this is his creed of painting.

But sometimes they are forced by the dismal business, and they can only be fascinated by money, mainly because the other party gives too much.

If there are hundreds of painters in this Furong city, why do you spend so much money to find Yu Sinian's paintings, Yu Sinian's painting skills are one of the reasons, but the biggest reason is that Yu Sinian is much younger than other painters.

Most of the women who invited Yu Sinian to paint portraits were the concubines of high-ranking officials and nobles, and these concubines were treated coldly by their husbands all the year round, and they kept empty boudoirs alone every night, and naturally they could not hide their loneliness in their hearts.

There are even many royal concubines who have approached him, and these concubines and concubines have given the most money, and of course it is like nectar for Yu Sinian, who has a dismal business.

"You're... Shopkeeper?" Yan Mengyao asked suspiciously.

In Yan Mengyao's opinion, neither the dress nor the age of this young man is in line with the appearance that a painter should look like in her mind, and the painter in her heart should be introverted, calm and have experienced a long time.

Yu Sinian slowly stood up, nodded and said, "Exactly, what does the girl want to paint?"

Yan Mengyao estimated Yu Sinian in front of her up and down, with disbelief written on her face, and then said, "How much does it cost to paint a painting." ”

The portrait outside the store is very fine, it looks like it is really standing in front of his eyes, and it will not be cheap to think of, but if it is an overly expensive painting, Yan Mengyao will not spend this unjust money no matter how stupid he is.

"It depends on what the girl wants to draw, so I can make a bid. ”

Yu Sinian's face first smiled, the smile was very light, but it made his delicate appearance soft and sunny, and Yu Sinian's store, which has not had many customers in the past year, finally welcomed a guest, so he naturally had to receive it with a smile.

"I'm going to draw a person, um.. To be exact, a man. Yan Mengyao said.

Yan Mengyao was frantically recalling Li Chongli's appearance and the details of his face in his mind at this time, for fear that he would not be able to remember, if he couldn't say it when he painted, and if he didn't paint like it, it would be even more difficult to find someone.

Yu Sinian tilted his head and looked back, seeing that there was no one behind Yan Mengyao, he thought that he had to come to the door again this time, and the price of painting at the door naturally could not be lowered, and then Yu Sinian said: "Five hundred gold coins." ”

"!!, are you inked with gold or with a pen made of gold carving, five hundred!" Yan Mengyao said in surprise.

In Yan Mengyao's mind, this painting is at most a hundred gold coins, and it is also the psychological price given by the fine paintings outside Yu Sinian's shop, who would have thought that this Yu Sinian would cost five hundred gold coins in one mouth.

Seeing Yan Mengyao's surprised tone, Yu Sinian smiled and said, "It's the first time the girl has come, my shop is not comparable to those little painters outside." ”

"Five hundred gold coins to paint a portrait, you take me for a fool. Yan Mengyao turned around angrily and walked out the door.

"Girl, if you don't like it after painting, I can give you a free one, how about it?"

Yu Sinian saw that Yan Mengyao was leaving, and hurriedly said, this business will only come once in a long time, if you don't grasp it, I'm afraid that you will sit and wait for it again in the past few months.

Yan Mengyao, who had just stepped out of the door with one foot, suddenly stopped, painting not like the condition of not asking for money sounded very tempting, as if it was really free.

"That's... Okay, can I draw now?" Yan Mengyao turned back to Yu Sinian and asked.

"Now, isn't the girl going to draw a man?"

Yu Sinian said with a hint of doubt, from the time Yan Mengyao entered the store to the present, no man other than Yu Sinian has ever appeared in the store.

I saw Yan Mengyao nodded, and then found a chair in the shop and sat down, waiting for Yu Sinian.

Seeing this, Yu Sinian put away the doubts on his face, and then walked to the position of the long platform in the store, which was used by Yu Sinian for painting, and there was a pen, ink, paper and inkstone on it.

Yu Sinian first poured a little water into the inkstone, then picked up the ink strip and gently slid it, and the clear water in the inkstone began to gradually turn into black ink as the ink strip slided, and finally spread out the paper.

"The girl can speak. After Yu Sinian was ready to paint, he looked up at Yan Mengyao and said.

"His eyebrows are thick and a little raised..."

Yan Mengyao said slowly, during which she watched Yu Sinian finish drawing this part before continuing to talk about the next part, she was afraid that she would miss Li Chongli's appearance, which would make Yu Sinian's painting not look like it.

At this time, Yan Mengyao looked at Yu Sinian's painting skills, and had long forgotten what Yu Sinian said that painting was not like a free word.

On Yan Mengyao's side, Yu Sinian followed Yan Mengyao's words to draw down, time passed quickly, and it was close to evening at this time, and the number of pedestrians on the street gradually increased.

And Yu Sinian in the store almost painted the portrait with eyes at this time, Yan Mengyao had already told him how to talk about his eyes, but Yu Sinian couldn't raise his pen, judging from Yu Sinian's expression at this time, he seemed to be very familiar with this poor eye.

Yu Sinian raised his head and asked indifferently: "I don't know what the relationship between the girl and this man is?"

Yan Mengyao stared at the painting with serious eyes at this time, and felt very emotionally in her heart that this Yu Sinian's painting skills, judging from the outline of the portrait at this time, it was so similar without eyes.

And Yu Sinian's speech made Yan Mengyao a little puzzled, why did he ask Li Chongli about his relationship with himself at this time, if he said that the relationship, the relationship between the two may be enemies, then this painting will become a reward portrait.

"Hmm... A friend, a friend I haven't seen in a long time, wants to give him a gift. ”

Yan Mengyao said with a smile, with a hint of embarrassment in her tone, after all, this Li Chongli and she didn't even know the names of both parties, how could they be friends.

"Oh, then, the girl has found the right person. ”

Yu Sinian nodded, and then the brush in his hand waved on the portrait, and the eyes on the portrait gradually drew faint details.

"It's done, girl, look at it. ”

Yu Sinian gently picked up the painting paper and showed it in the direction of Yan Mengyao, Yan Mengyao looked at the painting in front of her, her lips slowly opened, and she looked at it in surprise.

This portrait is too similar to Li Chongli, and Yu Sinian also painted the face of this painting with details that Yan Mengyao had not mentioned, adding color to this portrait.

Yan Mengyao took the portrait in surprise, the painting was closer, Yan Mengyao also saw the details on the face, and suddenly felt that the five hundred gold coins were indeed worth it.

"Is the girl satisfied?"

"Satisfied... Very satisfied, the painting is so similar, he is like in front of my eyes. ”

Yu Sinian listened to Yan Mengyao's appreciation, the smile on his face became thicker, and his eyes were bent like a crescent moon in the sky because of the smile.

Yan Mengyao gently rolled up the portrait and put it in the red leaf ring, then took out five hundred gold coins and handed them to Yu Sinian, and walked straight to the store.

After Yan Mengyao walked out of the shop, she walked towards the night market with a happy face, although it was evening, and there was still a short time before the night market really became lively, but Yan Mengyao was not familiar with life, and there was nowhere else to go except the night market.

Now that she has the portrait of Li Chongli in her hand, if someone in this Furong City knows Li Chongli, she can know where he lives as long as she asks, and Yan Mengyao doesn't have to ask around like a headless fly.

Not long after Yan Mengyao left, Yu Sinian hurriedly took back the portrait outside the store and hurriedly closed the door of the store, as if he had something urgent to do.

I saw Yu Sinian go up to the second floor of the store, take out a very small piece of paper on the table on the second floor of the store, write a few words on it, roll up the paper, and stuff it into a small bamboo tube like a little finger.

Yu Sinian slowly walked to an open window, and casually threw the small bamboo tube out, and the small bamboo tube disappeared into the air as if swallowed by the air in less than a moment after being thrown out of the window.

Yu Sinian, who was next to the window, gently closed the window, and then sat down at the table with some grace, as if waiting for someone.

Not long after, the window on the second floor of Yu Sinian's shop suddenly opened, and a person came in through the window opening, this person was wearing a night coat and a black scarf to cover his face, and only a pair of eyes were exposed.

"Manager Yu, subordinate Zhang Qing, under the orders of Manager Lin...."

After Zhang Qing, the man in black, explained his identity, Yu Sinian raised his hand to interrupt his continued words, and then Yu Sinian whispered: "Give this letter to Wen Xueshu, the sooner the better." ”

"The subordinates obey the order, does Manager Yu have any other orders?" the man in black picked up the envelope on Yu Sinian's desk and asked respectfully.

"Yes, this is the structural diagram of the mansion of the deputy general of Fengming Chengguan and the number of people in the family, you hand it over to Chief Lin. ”

After Yu Sinian finished speaking, he took out another letter from his arms and handed it to the man in black.