Ning Shoucheng grabbed Meng Ran's arms very excitedly, and asked eagerly, "Do you know the clue?"

Meng Ran's expression was a little painful, and he hissed: "Senior, you hurt me." ”

Ning Shoucheng noticed that the strength in his hand was a little too great, and hurriedly let go of Meng Ran's arm, and kept apologizing: "I'm sorry, I'm too excited, you're not hurt, are you?"

Meng Ran shook his head and said, "Senior is waiting for me here, I'll go get something." ”

Without waiting for Ning Shoucheng to agree, Meng Ran had already left the backyard and headed towards the study in the main courtyard.

After a while, Meng Ran had already returned to the backyard, and he had an extra pair of calligraphy and paintings in his hand.

After the calligraphy and painting were unfolded, I saw a wide lake painted on the paper, there was a small island in the middle of the lake, and an attic was located on the island, and there was a red sun in the sky, and the light of the sunset dyed everything into a pale yellow, which was beautiful.

This painting was bought by Meng Ran when he first came to Jiaxing City, and there is a poem inscribed on the right side of the painting, which reads, "Wild boats on the shore with autumn flowers, and water birds fly with waves and sunset", and there is no inscription such as stamps or names.

Ning Shoucheng just glanced at it, and immediately said, "Isn't this the scenery of Nanhu?

Meng Ran replied softly: "This is what I saw in a bookstore, and I thought the scenery in the painting was good, so I bought it." I just heard you mention the sentence in the painting of the scriptures, and I thought that this painting has a certain connection with the Tibetan place of the scriptures. ”

Ning Shoucheng was a little crying and laughing, and said: "I didn't see any mystery, maybe it's just a coincidence, after all, Nanhu Lake is a great scene in this place, and there are not a few tourists who leave paintings." ”

Meng Ran smiled a little ashamedly and said, "I'm sorry senior, it's the junior who is reckless, so you can be happy in vain." ”

Ning Shoucheng waved his hand and said, "It's okay, maybe fate hasn't arrived, I'll wait." ”

Meng Ran scratched his sideburns and quietly went back to the front yard.

When the backyard was empty, Ning Shoucheng smiled bitterly and muttered: "It's really empty, when will I find the scriptures and fulfill my promises......

Just as Ning Shoucheng was lamenting to the air, a figure appeared at the small door in the backyard, it was the hot-tempered Ning Yao, that is, Aunt Ning.

Aunt Ning put her hand on her waist, pointed at Ning Shoucheng and shouted, "What are you doing standing there? Why don't you hurry up and chop the firewood?" ”

After Ning Shoucheng heard the roar of the Hedong lion, he turned around and gave his daughter-in-law a smile, and responded gently: "Got it, daughter-in-law, I'll come right away." ”

Aunt Ning snorted lightly and said to herself: "Do you know that staring at the lake, you can see a flower?

Ning Shoucheng hurriedly responded in a low voice, without the slightest complaint, nor did he object at all, but just looked at his daughter-in-law with gentle eyes, looked at this woman who had long been no longer young, and said in a warm voice: "Daughter-in-law, tell you something." ”

Aunt Ning didn't reply: "If you have a fart, let it go." ”

Ning Shoucheng said softly: "I have a hunch, I'm afraid I'm going to go out in a few days, so don't worry about it then." ”

Aunt Ning took a sip into the air and said disdainfully: "You have been saying this for more than ten years, and I have never seen you leave Jiaxing." ”

Ning Shoucheng was not discouraged, and added a sentence quite seriously, saying: "This time the premonition is very strong, and it is true." ”

Aunt Ning just ignored her man, thinking that he had started talking nonsense again.

Ning Shoucheng didn't wait for an answer, sighed softly, walked towards the firewood wall made of firewood, picked up the axe that had been touched for more than ten years, and began to chop wood in an orderly manner.

Aunt Ning glanced at her man, turned around and walked towards the kitchen, and when she crossed the threshold of the kitchen, she muttered in a low voice: "You haven't left me for many years, if you really have to go for a while, I'm really a little unaccustomed to it......"

Ning Shoucheng, who was sitting on the wooden pier chopping wood, heard his daughter-in-law's chatter, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, revealing a knowing smile, and the wooden cheeks were old-fashioned, with a little more indescribable charm, like a statue in the temple.

......

After Meng Ran returned to the front yard, he sat in the room of Geng Nursing Home for a while, and talked a few words with Li Haoran, but he always felt that there was something in his heart that he had not said, and the whole person was a little irritable.

When Meng Ran returned to the study room of the main courtyard, he inadvertently caught a glimpse of a pair of calligraphy and paintings displayed on the bookshelf, and suddenly realized.

That painting was Gu Kaizhi's autumn lady picture, which was bought at the same time as the Nanhu landscape painting.

Meng Ran took a few steps forward, took the picture of the lady off the bookshelf, opened it gently, spread it on the desk, and looked at it carefully.

I saw that there was a plain fragrance on the white painting paper, although the beauty in the picture only showed a side face, but the makeup was light and willow eyebrows were lightly described, very graceful and charming, she was smiling at the osmanthus full of trees at this time, and the world was independent.

Meng Ran slapped his thigh and exclaimed: "This osmanthus tree full of osmanthus flowers is the osmanthus tree in the fish paradise behind the Yanyu Building, no wonder I feel that the osmanthus tree is very familiar when I visit the garden, it turns out that I have seen this tree earlier, no wonder it is ......."

Meng Ran chattered for a while, his brows furrowed tightly, and he kept muttering: "What is the relationship between the lady picture and the scenery of the South Lake? Could it be that they were all painted by Gu Kaizhi? No, no, Gu Kaizhi is the best lady in the world, how can he paint the scenery of the South Lake? But it's ......not impossible?"

Meng Ran muttered as he spread the landscape map in his hand on the desk, intending to take a closer look and find out the mystery.

After Meng Ran looked at it for a long time, he didn't find anything, and sighed helplessly, ready to put away the painting.

It was at this time that an unexpected thing happened.

Meng Ran was going to put away the scenery of the South Lake, but he accidentally picked up the two paintings together, only to see the picture of the lady and the landscape overlapping, the laurel tree fell on the side of the attic in the landscape picture, and the beauty was standing on the lake.

At first, Meng Ran didn't think much about it, and was ready to continue his previous plan and put away the two paintings, but he suddenly blessed his heart, and as soon as a light moved in his mind, he had a trace of other thoughts.

Meng Ran went to the backyard with the two paintings, and then called Ning Shoucheng.

Ning Shoucheng looked at Meng Ran, who was babbling, and asked in confusion, "Do you have any new discoveries?"

Meng Ran didn't answer directly, but asked another question, asking, "Did the predecessors of your temple know Gu Kaizhi?"

Ning Shoucheng didn't know Meng Ran's intentions, but just said truthfully: "That's true. ”

Meng Ran asked again: "So it is very likely that Gu Kaizhi knows the whereabouts of the scriptures?"

Ning Shoucheng thought for a while and said, "It is very likely that the seniors of this sect and Mr. Gu are close friends, and the relationship between the two is not ordinary, and it is not impossible for Mr. Gu to know the whereabouts of the scriptures. ”

Meng Ran nodded and smiled: "Then I may really have found an important clue." ”

Ning Shoucheng looked at the two paintings and calligraphy in Meng Ran's hand and asked, "You mean the paintings in your hand?"

Meng Ran bowed slightly.

Ning Shoucheng sighed and said with a suspicious expression: "It won't be another oolong, right?"

Meng Ran smiled lightly and said, "The seniors will know it when they see it." ”

In the time that followed, Meng Ran opened the two paintings, spread them on the table in the pavilion, and pointed out the similarities in the paintings to Ning Shoucheng.

Ning Shoucheng frowned and thought for a while, and with a flick of his right hand, the two paintings floated in the air, and the scenes in the paintings overlapped.

Meng Ran suddenly thought of a possibility, and ordered: "Senior, if you move the lady picture back, you may find something else." ”

Ning Shoucheng did so.

After the lady figure moved back a few inches, the lady's body became smaller, hidden in the east wall of the attic in the landscape map, and the laurel tree fell in the courtyard behind the attic, which was exactly the same as the distribution on the island in the middle of the lake.

Seeing this scene, Meng Ran and Ning Shoucheng glanced at each other, and then burst out laughing.

Meng Ran stopped laughing and said happily: "Senior, it seems that the scriptures are hidden in the laurel tree. ”

Ning Shoucheng's face also showed a very happy smile, he nodded at Meng Ran, quickly put away the painting, and then took Meng Ran's arm and flew towards the small island in the middle of the lake.

Meng Ran only felt that the scenery in front of him had changed and changed, and when he landed on his feet, he found that he had appeared on the island.

Meng Ran smiled bitterly and complained: "Senior, you don't have to be so anxious, I'm afraid it's a bit shocking to do this, if you let ordinary people see it, it will definitely cause unnecessary trouble." ”

Ning Shoucheng's old face blushed and said, "Once the long-cherished wish of many years is achieved, it is a little too anxious. ”

Meng Ran expressed his understanding and did not continue to say anything.

Then the two walked through the woods and came to the fish paradise.

The two of them looked around the osmanthus tree full of osmanthus flowers for a long time, but they still didn't see the reason.

Meng Ran said: "Senior, do you have any discoveries?"

Ning Shoucheng shook his head and said, "I haven't found anything yet, and I'll use my magic power to investigate." ”

Meng Ran took a few steps back and stared at Ning Shoucheng tightly.

I saw a faint golden light on Ning Shoucheng's body, and then a cyclone rushed around the laurel tree, causing the small flowers on the tree to fall scattered.

After a long time, Ning Shoucheng retracted his qi, let out a long sigh, and said in a depressed tone, "I didn't find anything. Is it just a coincidence that the two paintings are just a coincidence? Is God teasing me?"

Meng Ran heard Ning Shoucheng's words and comforted: "Seniors, don't be too sad, maybe those two paintings have other mysteries, let's go back and understand again, maybe there will be new discoveries." ”

Ning Shoucheng's face was a little ugly, and he said in a deep voice: "Let's go back, I hope we can really find the mystery and understand the hiding place of the scriptures." ”

Meng Ran hummed softly, and then Ning Shoucheng grabbed his arm and flew in the direction of Meng Mansion.