The maid's light and fast footsteps hit the glazed wooden floor rapidly, and Ji Ran followed her, walking along the long corridor with maroon red walls, dim lighting, and a quiet atmosphere, until she stopped in front of a heavy oak door.

Ji Ran followed Jin Jiyu's waiting instructions and followed the maid closely, and then when she stood aside, Ji Ran smiled slightly to express his gratitude.

Then he entered the door.

At this time, Jin Jianyu knelt on the ground, and two sets of tea sets were already placed on the small table that was not high.

It's a little lazy.

Until I saw that the person who entered the house was Ji Ran.

Jin inlaid jade changed to a sitting posture again, she was originally sitting on the ground, her upper body was straight, her hands were placed on her knees in a regular manner, and she looked dignified and magnificent.

"Sit down! She smiled and raised her hand and gestured to be seated.

Next to the table was a small charcoal stove on which sat a jug of water.

Tea utensils, such as tea whisks, are placed here.

I have to say that the gold inlaid jade in front of him gave Ji Ran another feeling, if it was said that the previous gold inlaid jade gave him the feeling of bewitching, now it is dignified.

After all, as a native of the Central Plains, it was really unexpected to meet someone who really knew how to count etiquette in the desert wilderness.

Especially in this era when the people of the Central Plains have gradually become rude.

Since the introduction of the Hu bed, there have been fewer and fewer people sitting on the ground.

And the emperor of this dynasty was born as a beggar, and he really couldn't understand the taste of the nobles for drinking tea for an afternoon. Therefore, he ordered the princes and nobles to only drink tea in the future, and they were not allowed to drink tea bricks, and gradually even the tea ceremony was gradually lost in the Central Plains (the disappearance of the Chinese tea ceremony in history was because Zhu Yuanzhang forbade the local tribute tea bricks to him, and he could only pay tribute to loose tea).

"The big boss is in a good mood?. ”

Looking at the gold inlaid jade that was carried out in strict accordance with the rules of the tea ceremony, Ji Ran pursed his lips.

He wears a sword on his left side, so before sitting down, he needs to kneel on one leg and then bend his right leg so that he can sit down safely.

"Not bad, indeed. ”

When Ji Ran sat down, a smile appeared on the face of the gold inlaid jade. The tea set on the table was slowly arranged, some boiling water was slowly poured in, and the tea whisk moved rhythmically until it was stirred into a bubble.

Then he handed it over with both hands.

Got up and knelt down, took the lamp with both hands, just savored it slowly, and did not speak.

"I think you've got that book!"

Jin Jiyu gently put down the tea set in his hand and got up with a smile.

Ji Ran watched her walk towards a painting not far away.

It's a bizarre painting of a kobold holding a scale high and three sides of a prostrated villain.

Ji Ran thought that Jin Zhuyu wanted to introduce him to this painting, but who knew that it was not.

The gold inlaid jade opened the scroll hanging on the wall, and Ji Ran realized that there was actually a dark grid behind the painting.

She slowly took out a piece of paper with a drawing from the dark compartment, walked back, and handed it over playfully.

"Look at this!"

Ji Ran stretched out his hand and carefully took the book, as if he was holding a baby less than a month old. This piece of paper is painted on the front and words on the back, whether it is the style of paper or text, it reminds Ji Ran of a familiar book.

The Devil's Bible!

"What is this?" Ji Ran said, "where did you get it." ”

This is an illustration of a page of the Devil's Bible, but it has been torn off. ”

Jin Zhuyu smiled and paused for a moment before adding, "This page was found by me in the hands of Jiang Gongzi's corpse. ”

"In hand?"

Ji Ran looked at this fragment in surprise. Hurriedly took out the Devil's Bible hidden in his chest.

Carefully compare them.

But the more you compare, the more you wonder.

He originally thought that this fragment belonged to the book in his hand, but after Ji Ran searched carefully for a long time, he found that one page of the Devil's Bible in his hand was exactly the same, and he couldn't see the difference at all.

"Found a problem?. ”

Jin Jiyu smiled.

"Yes, why is there a page of illustration in my brother's hand, and it is not in my possession of the book. Ji Ran said.

"I think you know that there is more than one Devil's Bible!"

"Yes!" Ji Ran nodded.

"Since this illustration doesn't belong to the one in your hand, it must belong to other devil's Bibles," Jin Zhuyu smiled, subconsciously sitting on the seat, intentionally or unintentionally showing his beautiful curves.

"I thought maybe the book you had in your hand was a forgery, and the original was one of the other two, or maybe there was no original at all. ”

Her words obviously annoyed Ji Ran, he really couldn't accept that the book that his senior brother had exchanged for his life was actually a fake, or that it wasn't real at all.

"Say it!" Ji Ran stared at the woman in front of him, and didn't look away for a long time, and Jin Jiyu also looked at him silently, and after a while, Ji Ran said again, "Since you called me over, there must be a clue, otherwise this book wouldn't have fallen into my hands." ”

"I don't have any clues!" Jin Zhuyu still looked at him silently, smiling playfully.

"Impossible!" Ji Ran said categorically, and the hunter-specific intuition in his mind made him make a judgment in an instant.

Tick, tick, a clock is placed not far away.

A clock with an escapement mounted like this is a rarity.

"This... This one... Jin Zhuyu seemed to be defeated, and replied hesitantly, "There are some things you still don't know!"

"Why!" Ji Ran began to look irritated, "An important condition for our cooperation is to share intelligence, isn't it?"

"Yes, definitely. Jin Zhuyu said with a smile on his face.

"But it depends. She added.

"All I can say now is the whereabouts of the other two books, and the origin of the one you have. ”

Jin Jiyu raised a hand slightly and tapped the book in Ji Ran's hand, as if he had made a lot of determination to tell him something.

Ji Ran still heard the suspicious ticking sound in his head, and suddenly felt nauseous, he became more and more passive, and he couldn't guess the purpose of the person in front of him.

"Tell me!" Ji Ran said loudly, but it gave people a sense of compromise.

Noticing the change in his attitude, Jin Jiyu changed his attitude slightly.

She was half-lying there like a concubine, completely deprived of the etiquette just now, any Wei and Jin style, and all the etiquette and music were gone.

Jin Jianyu seemed to be contemplative, and his gaze never left Ji Ran.

"Deal!"

Only then did the gold inlaid jade put away the playfulness just now. This was her kind expression, and she believed that Ji Ran's bad mood was only temporary.

So the gold inlaid jade walked to the dark compartment just now, and a letter was placed on the table.

Ji Ran glanced at it and didn't touch it.

"What is this?" he sighed, "why give it to me?"