The woman in the painting is dressed in a splendid red dress, her skin is like condensed fat, like a frightening dragon, graceful like a swimming dragon, like a fairy, and it seems that she will leap out of the picture scroll at any time.

With such a national posture and peerless appearance, how can it be easily forgotten, Lu Mingfei recognized at a glance that the woman in the painting was Yu Yingxue, who had not been seen for a year.

"Brother Lu, Brother Lu. ”

Jia Yuanshu looked at the scattered picture scrolls, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, and pushed Lu Mingfei.

The painter was restrained by several thugs in the Yuelou, Lu Mingfei came back to his senses, and dozens of guests in the hall had already gathered around the painter to watch the excitement.

Jia Yuanshu said a little knowingly: "Brother Lu really has excellent eyesight, how do you know that he has hidden jewels in the box?"

Lu Mingfei's expression was still a little dazed, and he hurriedly said: "This person didn't have a good heart at first, the cinnabar he used had a strange taste, saying that it was unique to the Western Regions, but in fact, it was mixed with drugs, and once heated, it would have a medicinal effect, I was going to expose him on the spot, but I was afraid that he would deny it, so I just waited here to get all the stolen goods, and sure enough, it didn't disappoint me, when this kid came out, the big wooden box couldn't hold those picture scrolls, obviously hiding other things." ”

As Lu Mingfei spoke, he walked in the direction of Xiao Man's boudoir.

Jia Yuan grabbed his cuffs and said, "Brother Lu seems to have forgotten something." ”

"Huh?"

Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment, then turned around and grabbed it, and the picture scroll of Yu Yingxue had flown into his hand.

Xiao Man and Jin'er really unknowingly fell into the drug while painting, Lu Mingfei took two second-grade antidote pills and immediately woke up the two, and when they returned to the hall, they saw the old bustard beckoning several of his subordinates, saying that they were going to drag the painter down and beat them to death.

The painter was so frightened that his face was bloodless, and after begging for mercy in vain, he suddenly broke free from the two thugs and was about to run outside.

When Lu Mingfei was concerned about the scroll, he was afraid that he would escape, so he grabbed it, and a strong energy arose in the void and directly grabbed the painter back into his hand.

In this year, Lu Mingfei occasionally flipped through the book "Imperial Qi Collection" left to him by Hua Jiu Nian, and under curiosity, he just tried to run the true qi according to the record in the book a few times, and unconsciously, the original means of absorbing people's power could be sent out in the air, but he never took this ability to heart, but became more and more lazy, and liked to lie on the side of the bed on weekdays, take a bowl and chopsticks in the air, and grab a wine jug.

Unintentionally revealing such a hand, both Xiao Man and Lao Bustard looked at Lu Mingfei dumbfounded, and then realized that the other party was no longer the market boy in his impression, and he had long been hidden from the past.

"Where did you get this painting?"

Lu Mingfei spread out the scroll and asked flatly, the painter was held in his hand like a chicken, his face was bloodless in fright, and he replied hesitantly: "Is this ...... This is exactly what the villain painted, Lu Gongzi, spare your life, I won't dare to do it again in the future. ”

Lu Mingfei looked at the painting for a while, Yu Yingxue was no longer the black dress she used to be, but changed into a red dress, which was obviously a little more extravagant, and also made Lu Mingfei a little puzzled in his heart.

"Where did you meet this girl?

Does she have a broken sword by her side?"

The painter didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly said: "Where is the broken sword? There is no broken sword, this is the princess of today, I made this picture scroll in the Shengwang Mansion, there were three paintings at that time, and two of them were left in the palace. ”

"Princess?"

Lu Mingfei muttered to himself, his face full of disbelief.

The painter echoed and said: "It is the princess of His Royal Highness the current Grand Prince, and the villain does not dare to deceive Lu Gongzi." ”

Lu Mingfei fell into a trance again, and he didn't know what he was thinking, and after a while, he was afraid that he would recognize the wrong person, so he took the scroll in front of Jia Yuanshu and asked, "Brother Jia, ...... this girl?"

Jia Yuanshu smiled bitterly and said: "You don't still know what people's names are, do you? That girl's name is Yu Yingxue, you read it right, the person who painted the scroll is undoubtedly her." ”

After Jia Yuan's confirmation, Lu Mingfei's face changed and changed, as if he was experiencing some kind of ideological struggle.

Xiao Man was in the Invitation Moon Tower, the most observant of words and feelings, just by that picture scroll, he had already seen some clues, and after a while, he came to Lu Mingfei's side and shouted softly.

"Lu Gongzi, Lu Gongzi?"

Lu Mingfei put away his thoughts, looked at Xiao Man and asked, "What's the matter?"

Lu Gongzi took a step to speak. ”

Xiao Man smiled lightly and took Lu Mingfei aside.

"The woman in the painting should be Lu Gongzi's crush, right?"

Xiao Man didn't go around the corner, and asked straight to the point, Lu Mingfei said with some embarrassment: "Miss Xiao Man misunderstood, I do know her, but they are ordinary friends, but I don't know how she suddenly became a princess." ”

Xiao Man didn't argue anything, and continued: "Xiao Man is just an ordinary woman in the Yuelou, yearning for an ordinary life and still knowing how to fight hard, Lu Gongzi is a dignified seven-foot man, why don't you dare to fight and face it if you have some concerns in your heart?"

A simple sentence made Lu Mingfei fall into thought again.

Lu Mingfei had hesitated, and he also regretted embarking on the road of cultivation, as soon as he entered the rivers and lakes, he had too much involuntary self-help, but he did not have the freedom and happiness he used to have, Yao Xing'er died but he was powerless, which had already made his heart like ashes, clouded with haze.

After all, he already has a smart cultivation, even if he regrets it, it will be useless, a year has passed, can he really live another year after another in Feng'an City?

Qu Xiaotian, Qi Xiaobai, Mu Xunlian, Yin Zhelu, Ruan Xinglan and so on, can they really be without worry?

He has always regarded Yu Yingxue as an ordinary friend, but when he revisited the place where he met and saw Yu Yingxue's picture again, why did he have waves in his heart?

Lu Mingfei smiled bitterly, didn't say anything to Xiao Man, seemed to have made a decision, and walked towards the hall.

Jia Yuanshu had already greeted him and asked, "Brother Lu, do you have anything valuable?"

Lu Mingfei was slightly stunned, and asked suspiciously, "What do you want to do with valuable things?"

Jia Yuan said

Said: "The capital is thousands of miles away, if you don't prepare for the entanglement, how can you get on the road?"

The other party had already guessed Lu Mingfei's thoughts, and the two glanced at each other, but Lu Mingfei just smirked helplessly.

In the early morning of the next day, just after dawn, the two had already arrived outside Feng'an City, Lu Mingfei changed into a clean robe that Yao Xing'er had sewn for him earlier, and prepared to set off with a bag on his back.

The snow had stopped, but the snow had not yet melted, and for some reason, the weather, which had not cleared for a year, became clear this morning, and the morning sun rose and fell on the snow, reflecting a brilliant silver light.

Xiao Man and Jin'er came to see him off and draped a delicate mink coat on Lu Mingfei's body.

That night, Lu Mingfei helped Xiao Man redeem himself, and his heart knot had been untied, so he naturally wouldn't refuse anything with such a gesture.

There are two roads leading to the direction of the capital outside the north gate of Feng'an City, and sometimes I see merchants coming in and out from the south to the north, Lu Mingfei stopped a few or two merchants with carriages and asked: "Brother, which road is closer to the capital?"

After a moment's hesitation, the man replied, "If you want to say that the distance is shorter, it is the road to the northeast, and if you want to go to the capital, you can reach it in about three months." ”

"Three months?"

Lu Mingfei was taken aback, and said suspiciously: "I have often heard people say that Feng'an City is half a month's journey from the capital, if you can get there in ten days and eight days, how can it take three months?"

The man sighed and said: "What you said was in the past, but now it's different, the war between the north and the south is together, and there are layers of checkpoints along the way, and they are checked everywhere, and I said that three months is fast." ”

Lu Mingfei let out an "oh", then looked to the west and asked, "What about the road in the southwest?"

The merchant hurriedly waved his hand and said: "I can't go on this road in the southwest, there is a shortage of soldiers on this road, I heard that people are fighting with the southerners everywhere, and they want to go to the capital? ”

After asking, Lu Mingfei groaned secretly for a while, and then walked towards the southwest.

Jia Yuanshu thought for a while and said, "In my opinion, it's better to take the northeast road." ”

Lu Mingfei frowned and said: "Three months is too long, if you wait for three months to arrive in the capital, I'm afraid it will be ......."

Regardless of whether Jia Yuanzhu agreed or not, he was about to walk towards the southwest, but Jia Yuanzhu stood in place and did not move.

"Let's go?"

Lu Mingfei turned around and asked.

Jia Yuanji smiled bitterly and said: "I'm just a literati, and I don't have any skills, so I can divinate a hexagram, but I still don't work well, and I can't help much, this trip to the capital is better for Brother Lu to go by himself, I will wait for Brother Lu to return at home, and it will save you trouble." ”

Lu Mingfei didn't say much, he touched a handful of his arms casually, and said to Xiao Man beside him: "I didn't bring enough coils when I went out, Miss Xiao Man can bring silver taels, just give me some loose silver, I sold it to you in my old house outside Feng'an City, remember to help me take care of Brother Jia." ”

Jia Yuanshu glanced at Lu Mingfei angrily and said, "That's it, that's it, just leave him in Longtan Tiger's Den and accompany you on a trip!"