Dao Xueke soaked in the sea water for a long time, and he was also a little tired, but he was still a little worried about Chu Qing'an, so he just took a simple bath and walked out of the barrel. When the two maids saw the figure flickering behind the screen, they walked behind the screen with their clothes and a large piece of silk cloth. Dao Xueke's body was still naked, and when he saw the second daughter coming, he hurriedly turned around. The two girls said in unison: "Please change your clothes after wiping your body." Dao Xueke stammered, "You guys put it aside, I'll wipe and change my clothes myself." The two girls glanced at each other, couldn't help but cover their small mouths with their hands and laughed softly, then put down what they were holding and withdrew from the screen.

Dao Xueke breathed a sigh of relief, hastily wiped his body and changed his clothes, walked out of the screen, sat on the bed and looked at the two women, the three of them looked at each other for a long time, but they had nothing to say. Dao Xueke casually asked, "How big is your ship, how many people are there, and why did your son come to this sea?"

Na Zhixia hurriedly said: "This ship has thirty-six large and small rooms, divided into two decks. The bottom floor is where the subordinates live, and in the second floor, except for Su Gongzi and the two of them, only Ren Gongzi and his personal attendants and servants live. On this ship, there are rice stoves, granaries, medicinal herb warehouses, and so on. This time I went to sea because my son-in-law was entrusted ......" Zhixia said this, but Xiuchun pushed him with his back elbow, and then lowered his head and was silent. Xiuchun continued to say Zhixia's words: "My son-in-law was entrusted by someone to go to Yaoye Mansion to do the medicinal herb business, and now he is about to return home. ”

Dao Xueke saw that Zhixia didn't dare to say anything, and Na Xiuchun replied fluently, so he asked again: "What kind of person is your son-in-law?" This time Zhixia just looked at Dao Xueke but stopped talking, Xiuchun leaned over and replied with a smile: "Those of us who are subordinates, how can we evaluate our own masters, and hope that Su Gongzi will forgive our sins." Dao Xueke got up and smiled and said, "It's me who is abrupt." I don't know where Mr. Ren's room is, so I should go and thank him for his kindness. Xiuchun replied: "Go out from here, turn left and go straight, and walk to the front room." I'll lead the way. With that, the two girls pushed open the door and walked in front to show the way for Dao Xueke. Dao Xue said thank you and followed.

At this time, in that Ren Shanhuai room, that Fu Bo was waiting aside, was studying ink, and that Ren Shanhuai was writing and painting on the desk, and then looked at the painting, it was actually a portrait of Dao Xueke and Chu Qing'an, the portrait was lifelike, every detail was extremely real, both gods and shapes, very similar, as if the real person was rubbed on paper! Fu Bo sighed: "Childe's painting skills are really amazing, I have only seen a few faces, and he can paint so similarly." ”

"If the painting is not like it, how can you explain it to the prince. Ren Shanhuai finished the last stroke and put the wolf on the mountain pen stand on the side. "Childe, is this Su Zhong really the person the prince is looking for?" asked Fu Bo. Although he deliberately concealed his name, it was difficult for him to conceal his martial arts. He has two knives hanging from his waist, and one is a bamboo knife. And his internal strength is extremely profound, and the only person who has such internal and external skills and uses a bamboo knife is the sword and snow guest of the Ten Ghost Hall. Coupled with the fact that this person's appearance is the same as that described by the young man, I think he is right. Ren Shanhuai stood up straight, touched the ink on the painting with his fingers, and saw that it had been dry for seven or eight minutes, so he took out a letter from the side, rolled up the portrait, put it into a bamboo tube, untied a waist card from the hidden place under the hem of his waist, handed the three items to Fu Bo, and instructed: "This is called stepping on iron shoes and nowhere to find, and it takes no effort to get it." Fu Bo, you immediately ask someone to take a small boat to take the first step, and quickly hand over this thing to the prince, and this son will drive the big boat to follow, and immediately return to Tanglin. Not long after Fu Bo went out, he met two maids with swords and snowmen walking forward, so he bowed and saluted: "I've seen Su Gongzi." ”

"This is my son-in-law's butler Fubo. Xiuchun said. Dao Xueke returned the salute: "It turned out to be Fu Bo." I was going to thank Mr. Ren for his life-saving grace. Fu Bo smiled: "Gongzi is in this room, and the old man still has important things to do, so he won't accompany Su Gongzi." "Fauber, please. With that, Fauber was gone. Xiuchun said: "It's inconvenient for the two of us to go in, and Su Gongzi can go to see my son-in-law." Dao Xueke stepped forward and said to this room: "In Xia Su Zhong, I ask to see Ren Gongzi." ”

The door was wide open, and Ren Shanhuai hugged his fists and bowed: "It turned out to be Su Gongzi, who was disrespectful and disrespectful." Su Gongzi, please come in. With that, he welcomed the knife snowman into the room and closed the door with his hand. Dao Xueke looked around the room, the same size as his own room, but it was full of wood carved potted plants, ancient jade vases, all of which were high-quality genuine products, and there were a lot of Danqing calligraphy and paintings on the wall, and the layout of the rosewood furniture was extremely exquisite. Even on this ship, such a layout is elegant and luxurious, and it must be a big family. Dao Xueke couldn't help but be a little shocked, Ren Shanhuai handed over a cup of tea, put it on the table, and smiled and motioned for Dao Xueke to sit down.

Dao Xueke took a seat, Ren Shanhuai also sat down, brought the tea to him and said: "Replacing wine with tea is not a tribute, and I hope that Su Gongzi will not be surprised." Dao Xueke picked up the teacup and took a sip, and felt that the refreshing tea fragrance went straight to the heart from the tip of the tongue, as if it could wash away the fatigue of the body, Dao Xueke couldn't help but close his eyes slightly, enjoy it, and whispered: "Good tea!" "Su Gongzi also knows how to taste tea?" Ren Shanhuai asked. Dao Xueke slowly opened his eyes, and said with a smile: "I'm ashamed, I just understand a little." It's just to enjoy this good tea. ”

Seeing that the room was full of calligraphy and paintings, and the four treasures of the study, Dao Xueke also asked: "Look at the extremely simple and elegant layout in this room, I think Ren Gongzi is also a person who dances and writes and inks, and loves calligraphy and painting? Ren Shanhuai's eyes flashed when he heard this, and he hurriedly grabbed Dao Xueke's wrist and pulled him up, and took the white dew and autumn frost picture off the wall, took it to the front and admired it with Dao Xueke, and said happily: "I don't want to meet a person like Su Gongzi on this vast sea, doesn't Su Gongzi also like calligraphy and painting?"

Dao Xueke was not only born in a martial arts family, he practiced martial arts since he was a child, and his father Su Shang was proficient in calligraphy and painting, which can be described as a double masterpiece of calligraphy and painting. Although ten years have passed, the calligraphy and painting of Dao Xueke have not been put on hold, and occasionally take time to practice, which is a kind of mourning for his deceased father. Therefore, Dao Xueke also has his own unique views on calligraphy and painting. So he got up and came to the incense table, rolled up his sleeves, studied the ink, spread the rice paper, and put the paperweight on it. Then he picked up his pen. Ren Shanhuai also came to his side, and saw that Dao Xueke's wrist moved lightly, and in one go, two lines of poetry jumped out of the white rice paper like a swimming dragon, and it was written: The stormy waves are fortunate to be safe, and the calm waves are calm. That horizontal and folded, skimmed and pinched, the beginning of the pen, between the rotation of the pen, the wind and bones are fully revealed. Dao Xueke put the pen holder back on the pen holder in his hand and stepped aside. That Ren Shanhuai seemed to see the mountains of gold and silver, his eyes couldn't stop shining, his brows frowned, he hurriedly held the paper in his hand, and savored it carefully, and couldn't help but admire: "It's really the first book in the world!" Dao Xueke waved his hand again and again and said: "Ren Gongzi praises falsely, it's too much love!"

Ren Shanhuai looked at it for a while, and as if he had obtained a treasure, he hurriedly begged: "I wonder if Gongzi Su can give this book to the later life treasure?" Ren Shanhuai was overjoyed, and hurriedly pressed the paper back on the table with a paperweight, for fear of damage. He folded his hands on Dao Xueke again, bowed and saluted, "Thank you Master Su." In his later life, he didn't care about everything in this world, but he was crazy about calligraphy and painting antiques, and now he got Su Gongzi's Mobao, which is really a great luck in his life. I would like to thank you for my late life. ”

Dao Xueke was a little surprised by this Ren Shanhuai's every move, and he had never seen such a person who was obsessed with calligraphy and painting, so he replied: "Ren Gongzi tortured me." Ren Gongzi rescued my brother and sister from this ocean, we should have come to thank Ren Gongzi, how could we be thanked by Ren Gongzi? This time I came to see Ren Gongzi, and it was also to thank Ren Gongzi for saving his life. ”

The two of them were polite for a while, and Dao Xueke was about to leave, and when he left, he asked, "I don't know where Ren Gongzi's ship is going?" Ren Shanhuai replied: "This time I went to sea to go to Yaoye Mansion to purchase medicinal materials. Now that the matter has been completed, it is natural to return to Tanglin Mansion. I don't know where Su Gongzi wants to go?"

When Dao Xueke heard this, he whispered to himself: "This is also a coincidence. I didn't want to, but I was heard by Ren Shanhuai: "Oh? Su Gongzi is also going to Tanglin Mansion? Dao Xueke smiled, said goodbye, and pushed the door away.

As soon as he went out, Ren Shanhuai's smile disappeared without a trace, leaving only a vague smile, floating on his face, smiling without a smile. Na Fubo knocked on the door again and came in, and replied, "Childe, the matter has been done." He had asked his subordinates to hurry back to Tanglin by speedboat, and he thought that within eight or nine days, the prince would be able to receive the portrait and letter. ”

Ren Shanhuai nodded when he heard this, and then paced back to the incense case, picked up the poem, tasted it repeatedly, I really liked it, looked at it for a long time and put it down, and said with a long sigh: "I actually hope that he is not the knife snowman now?" Fu Bo stepped forward and bowed down and said: "The prince has an order, and it is better to kill by mistake than let it go." Whether he is or not, I am afraid that after returning to Tanglin Mansion, the prince will send someone to kill him. ”

"I look at his pen and taste, this person must be a master of calligraphy and painting. I really have a lot of like-minded interests, and if I become close friends with him, it will be a great pleasure in my life. As the so-called heroes cherish heroes, bosom friends are hard to find, but it's a pity, it's a pity. Ren Shanhuai sat on the bed and couldn't stop shaking his head and sighing.

Fu Bo said again: "The prince loves talents, and the prince also loves talents, or recommend this person to the prince and let him be used by us." may help the prince achieve great things. Childe can also make friends with him, which is not a double win. ”

Ren Shanhuai glanced at Na Fu Bo when he heard this, and said coldly: "Fu Bo, you have always taken care of me since I was a child, and you are my most trusted housekeeper. Now, if it weren't for my father's anger in the court, and his family was in the middle of the road, he was rescued by the prince and promised to help me revive the family business, otherwise how could I have worked hard for him! When my father was alive, he often told me that the king of Tanglin was ambitious, and sooner or later he would do something rebellious, and doing things for him was just setting himself on fire, how could I be willing? Why now, you seem to have really become his subordinate?"

Fu Bo knelt down with a plop, and hurriedly kowtowed and said in a wailing voice: "I have never had two hearts for my son, Gongzi Mingcha, Gongzi Mingcha!" In a blink of an eye, he kowtowed more than a dozen times, Ren Shanhuai said impatiently: "Okay, okay, you go out first, I will complete the prince's explanation and let me be alone for a while." Go ahead and get busy with your business. "Yes. Fauber got up and took his leave. Ren Shanhuai sighed in his heart and said: "Dao Xueke, Dao Xueke, what kind of deep hatred do you have with the Tanglin King, he has to kill you." It's not that I mean to target you, it's up to you to make it. ”

Dao Xueke returned to Chu Qing'an's room, Yingying Cuicui's second daughter got up and saluted, Dao Xueke wanted to talk to Chu Qing'an, so he said: "I have some family affairs to tell my sister, you can go out for the time being." The second daughter and the second daughter closed the door and waited outside the door. Chu Qing'an asked, "Brother Xue, is there anything important?" Dao Xueke grabbed her hand, sat on the edge of the bed and said, "This boat is also going to Tanglin Mansion, so we can go directly to Tanglin." Chu Qing'an nodded: "It's better this way." When we arrive in Tanglin, we can ask someone to send a message to my father and let him know about our situation. Dao Xueke didn't speak, and after a moment of silence, he whispered in Chu Qing'an's ear: "I always feel that something is wrong, but I can't think of what went wrong. Chu Qing'an said: "Since this is the case, let's be cautious in speaking." There is no danger in thinking about it. Dao Xueke nodded, silent.

That Ren Shanhuai put on a purple shawl and stood alone on the bow of the boat with a jade bamboo cane, watching the big ship chopping the waves and splashing the snow-white waves, and sighed softly.

It is said that the big ship is overloaded, so it travels a little slower, and the small ship is as anxious as a spark, day and night, and it only took seven days to reach the sea port of Tanglin Province. The messenger put the ship down, but was stopped by the officers and soldiers. The arrogant officer and soldier looked up at the messenger with contempt and said, "Who are you, do you have a certificate to enter the port?" As he spoke, the officer and soldier's hand also made a small gesture, which was to ask for a bribe from the ships calling at the port. The officers and soldiers at the bottom of the hierarchy, who were scolded from above on weekdays, unleashed their anger on the people. If you give money, it's fine, if you don't give it or can't afford it, you will find an excuse to see you arrested in prison, and you won't have to be tried without trial, and you will be beaten to death until your family spends money to ransom you, otherwise you can only die in that prison, with nowhere to plead. Tanglin Mansion is the coast of the East China Sea, and the officers and soldiers of this harbor were originally dispatched under the jurisdiction of the Tanglin Mansion, and under the rule of the Tanglin King, the official residence is like a fictitious, and it is the largest of the Prince's Mansion. Even the current emperor can't help but look at the face of this imperial uncle. Therefore, these officers and soldiers rely on the prestige of the king of Tanglin, and they are powerful and blessed on weekdays, and no one can take care of the fish and meat.

The messenger was sent by Ren Shanhuai, and above Ren Shanhuai was the king of Tangling, so he naturally would not be afraid of these officers and soldiers. Hearing this, he just sneered, and the hand reached into his arms to grope for something. "What are you laughing at! If you don't have filial piety, you don't have a certificate to call at Hong Kong! It's the enemy's meticulous work!" The level of the officers and soldiers who buckle their hats can be seen, "When the time comes, the Lord will lock you up in this prison, and let you call the heavens and the earth to be ineffective!" But the head of the officer and soldier didn't know each other, so he grabbed the waist card in his hand, and bit it with his teeth, making sure that it was real gold, so he wanted to accept it: "This is not bad." Okay, you can get over. Then he pointed behind him with his whip to signal that the messenger could leave. Seeing that he was so bold, the messenger almost fainted, but he calmed down and sneered and said, "You don't open your dog's eyes to see what is written on that waist card?!"

When the officer and soldier heard this, he took out the waist card from his bosom, looked at it over and over for a while, and then threw it to the soldier next to him, who turned out to be illiterate. The soldier hurriedly dropped his weapon, caught the waist card with both hands, and looked at the front engraved with big characters: Tanglin Wangyefu Qinpai, and looked at the back, which was written: Zhizhi Lang Ren Shanhuai. It turned out that Ren Shanhuai's ancestor was originally the imperial historian of the dynasty, but because of his cautious public service for many years, he attracted the exclusion of many traitors in the court, and one day when he was in the court, he angered the emperor, and he was dismissed from his official position and depressed at home. After being dismissed from his official position and losing his power, those traitors accused him of collaborating with the enemy and treason, and forged the correspondence between Ren Shanhuai's father and the enemy country. The emperor was furious and ordered the whole house to be beheaded, and the family property was confiscated. Poor Ren Shanhuai plummeted from a rich son, and should cherish him without illness, so he tried his best to protect him, and gave him a lot of antique jade, famous calligraphy and painting, and accepted him as a direct advisor to any palace by his side.

The soldier who understood the waist card was shocked, his face was so white with fright, he almost couldn't hold the waist card, he was already trembling deeply, and he said in the ear of the head of the officer and soldier: "Boss, he is... He is from the prince's mansion!" The officer and soldier were so frightened that his mouth could not be closed, his eyes were as wide as bells, and he trembled, and the back of his head and back could not stop sweating, and he felt that his legs were weak and he could not stand. Hurriedly snatched back the waist card, respectfully returned the hands, the predecessor said: "The little one has eyes and does not know Mount Tai, and I hope that the adults will forgive me, forgive me." The messenger sneered again: "If it weren't for the urgent matter to see the prince today, how could he let you go so easily?"

"Yes, yes, yes! What the lord said is that the small one should be beaten and punished!" After saying that, he slapped himself twice, and then turned his head to the officers and soldiers behind him and shouted, "Come on, this lord has something urgent to see the prince, quickly bring my mount!" After a while, someone led a blue-maned horse, and the leader of the officers and soldiers clasped his hands together, and his palms were also cold sweat, and he lay under the stirrups with a smile on his face, and the senior said: "Small, please get on the horse." The messenger was not polite, and stepped on his back, mounted his mount, and turned his horse's head. Before leaving, he said, "You are still acquainted." ”