411. Chapter 411: The Gardener
Jian Chen cautiously popped his head out of the pool water, only to rise to the point where a pair of eyes were exposed. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
Looking around, the surroundings were dark and silent, and the four words of strict security did not match at all.
He closed his eyes for a moment, and tried to recall the map that Lei Hu had brought him in his mind, and finally determined that the direction he was in was the location of the Imperial Garden marked on the map.
Why, I don't feel like anyone is here at all?
Jian Chen was hesitating, and suddenly, a voice appeared out of thin air, and his face changed greatly!
"The water in the pool is cold, so don't suffer from the cold. ”
The voice came from behind a rockery on the shore of the pool, and the voice showed a little old, but also a little indifferent, indifferent, as if there was no trace of human feelings.
Jian Chen slapped his palms on the surface of the pool, not caring if the movement would attract the Praetorian Guards, and the water waves rushed into the sky, and his body also rushed high with the waves.
As soon as the cold light appeared, the Rainbow Sword gave the direction of the immortals, and the slender body crossed the night sky, and the sound came from behind the rockery!
"Little friend, slaughtering the powerless old man in the middle of the night, is it against the way of chivalry?"
The old and indifferent voice came again when he was about to shoot the water, as if he knew that Jian Chen had such a move.
"Are you ashamed?"
When the last half of the sentence came out, the tip of the Rainbow Sword had already reached the back of the old man in front of the case in the back pavilion of the rockery.
In the end, there was no stabbing down.
I saw that the old man's body was extremely majestic, sitting in this small and delicate pavilion, his body was like a rock, even if the tip of Jian Chen's sword was really against his vest, it still couldn't make his body tremble for half a minute.
"Who are you, and why are you here?"
At this moment, the clouds in the sky dissipated a lot, and the sparse moonlight fell, and through the moonlight, Jian Chen looked at this magnificent old man who was facing away from him, dressed very ordinarily, but with a faint oppressive force, wave after wave of pressure surging towards him.
The old man didn't care about the Rainbow Sword against his vest, and in the face of Jian Chen's questioning, he slowly lifted the coarse sand kettle on the case in front of him, and raised his head directly at the spout to drink.
At the end, Fang Cai wiped the corners of his mouth and said with a smile: "Your question is so strange, shouldn't it be the old man who asked you?"
Jian Chen was stunned, and couldn't help but be impressed by the old man's unchanging bearing when Mount Tai collapsed in front of him, and with a flip of his wrist, he returned the Rainbow Sword into the scabbard, and turned to the front of the old man with a side step.
After looking at this, I couldn't help but be stunned again.
The word handsome suddenly came to mind, although it was somewhat strange to use this word on an old man with already a little gray hair, but the first thought that came to Jian Chen's mind was handsome.
After taking a sip of tea, the old man was carrying a pen in front of the desk, writing on a piece of snow-white rice paper.
Writing in this dark night was another strange thing, but Jian Chen felt that it should be like this from the roundness of his gestures.
When Jian Chen looked at the old man, the latter didn't realize it, his whole mind seemed to be on the white paper in front of the desk, the pen walked the dragon, the silver hook and the iron were scratched, and a dragon flying and phoenix dancing martial arts characters came out through the pen.
In the blink of an eye, put down the pen.
Only then did the old man raise his head and smile at Jian Chen: "Little friend, how do you see the old man's writing?"
His gaze moved down from his dignified face, and he looked at the rice paper on the desk, and after only one glance, he could no longer take his eyes off.
Although he was standing in front of the old man, he just looked at the martial arts upside down, but when his eyes fell, his mind was suddenly taken away by this martial word that seemed to come to life, obviously it was just a word in his eyes, but what came to his mind was the entire martial arts with swords and strife!
After a long time, the intoxication in his eyes weakened a little, and he couldn't help but sigh and exclaimed: "Good words, the martial word of the old man, it is really full of gods and shapes, and the wind and bones are huge!"
When the old man heard this, he raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "Oh, Xiaoyou also has a lot of research on calligraphy?"
Jian Chen shook his head and said, "No, I have practiced swords in my next life, and I haven't even taken a pen a few times, so how can I talk about research." ”
He did have a pen, but that pen was a judge's pen evolved from Qianfeng, not for writing, but for killing.
"Hahaha, wonderful!"
I didn't want his honest words to be heard in the ears of the old man, so he suddenly let out a burst of hearty laughter, and stroked his palm: "In this way, the word old man is really good." ”
His laughter was a little loud, and Jian Chen immediately became nervous, for fear of attracting the Praetorian Guards, so he turned around and looked around.
"What are you looking at?"
The old man looked at him and couldn't help but smile and ask.
"Uncle, this is the Imperial Garden?"
The nervousness in his heart immediately reminded him that the purpose of this was not to appreciate calligraphy.
"That's right, this is the Imperial Garden, Xiaoyou came here late at night, I don't know what to do?"
The old man comfortably picked up the teapot and poured a sip of tea, facing Jian Chen's sudden appearance, he didn't even have the slightest sense of panic at the invasion of foreign enemies.
Jian Chen didn't answer, but asked rhetorically: "Since this is the Imperial Garden, who are you, and why are you writing here late at night?"
"Me?" the old man smiled meaningfully, and said, "It's just a gardener, and the imperial garden happens to be managed by the old man." ”
Jian Chen followed his gaze, but saw that by the pillar on one side of the pavilion, he was really leaning on a hoe and a flower shovel and other tools for pruning and removing leaves.
Gardener?
Jian Chen's gaze when he looked back at the old man was even more strange, with the demeanor of this old man, it would not be an exaggeration to say that he was a prince, but he was just a gardener in this imperial garden?
How can a gardener write such magnificent calligraphy?
"Uncle, you ......"
The old man waved his hand to interrupt him, and said with a smile: "Don't call the old man uncle, the old man's surname is Chu, is it okay to call Brother Chu?"
Jian Chen was stunned, and arched his hand: "Brother Chu, under Jian Chen, take the liberty to ask about it......"
He hesitantly looked at the old man who called himself Brother Chu, and didn't know whether to speak.
The old man surnamed Chu said: "There is no one here, Xiaoyou has questions, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”
"Good. ”
Jian Chen calmed down, and said in a deep voice: "Brother Chu has been in this imperial garden all the year round, I don't know if you have heard of the jade toad?"
"Jade Jade Toad?" There was a hint of surprise between the old man's eyebrows, but he replied: "Naturally I know." ”
Jian Chen's heart was overjoyed, and he even asked, "Then Brother Chu, do you know where this jade toad is?"
The old man surnamed Chu asked rhetorically: "What are you looking for the jade toad for? It's just a plaything and a gadget." ”
Jian Chen hurriedly said: "It's a plaything for my brother, but for my brother, it's a lifesaver for my brothers and friends!"
"It's not a secret, there are a few friends who have been poisoned, and only the jade toad can solve it in the world, so I am willing to take the risk and sneak into the palace to find the jade toad to save my life, and I hope the old brother will tell me!"