If you are a high-ranking official in Yizhang, you may have heard about some of the ferocious tactics, but you have always kept it secret. How dare you talk about it with others, even if you close the doors of the surrounding mansions and have close friendships with two or three friends? In the end, they did not dare to mention anything about the ferocious warrior, just because it was rumored that the ferocious warrior's skills were unfathomable, and his body skills were unparalleled. Walls have ears. If you talk about words that you dare not mention in the streets, there will be someone on the beam, which will always make you feel worried.
The word "Hie Yi Envoy" has always been in the minds of the officials in Yizhang since they showed their claws, not to mention the officials who are at the feet of the emperor.
What Du Ruhui just used was the most common method among the ferocious envoys. A few dollars of poisonous weeds and two or three silver dust and water can be used to get such a packet of medicinal powder. However, this recipe was obtained from the ferocious envoy's headquarters. Half a bag can make an ordinary person drowsy for six or seven hours. Once, using this method alone, some ferocious envoys, in teams of two or three, knocked down hundreds of soldiers in the mansion of a high-ranking official who was secretly raising a private army, and cut off the high-ranking official. It didn't take long to put the head on top.
"Brother, how much does this painting cost?" Du Ruhui, who had not made any move for a while, pushed open the door of the thatched cottage and stepped forward to ask.
This almost frightened Pang Qingfeng, who turned over from the old chair and fell to the ground. He kept falling back with a shocked face. He calmed down and asked, "I don't know who is coming. I don't know anyone in the capital. If so, If you have something to do, please leave the door to talk." It's not that Pang Qingfeng was born with very little courage, but that this person was dressed in red and was faceless. Under the dim light, he looked very scary. , like the mountain spirits in the book of landscapes and stories, or the soul of the unjust dead, immediately made Pang Qingfeng tremble in his liver and gallbladder.
Du Ruhui smiled, took off the veil, sat down on her own and said to Pang Qingfeng, who was still trembling, "If I remember correctly, you and I had a close relationship on the official road a few days ago, how can we do it now?" But I don't recognize her, and it's strange to say that the woman in this painting is clearly similar to me. Now that I'm here uninvited, my brother is so shocked."
After Pang Qingfeng took off the tulle in front of the woman, he froze on the spot, frowned and rubbed his forehead, his expression was very strange, and he didn't say anything for a long time. Instead, he stretched his left hand to the hem of his clothes without leaving any trace, and pinched it hard. After two legs and heels, he showed a shocked look, hesitating and not daring to say anything.
"Since there are guests coming to the door, the owner of the house should serve tea. Why are you standing where you are?" After Du Ruhui said it, she noticed the mistakes in her words. This thatched cottage can be said to be a family with four walls, not to mention the tea soup, even the tea in the lampstand. The lamp oil had not been replenished for many days. Except for the bed, it was not old at all. The tables, desks, and seats in the house were almost falling apart, and they were extremely dilapidated and shabby.
"My family is poor and I really don't have any tea to serve," Pang Qingfeng finally regained his composure and sighed in embarrassment when he saw the woman's eyes scanning the hut, scratching her temples helplessly.
"Actually, there are not many people in the capital with ordinary backgrounds. Xiongtai's painting is exquisite, and it is probably the work of a famous artist. Have you never thought that your own family was once a powerful person?"
Du Ruhui looked up at Pang Qingfeng, who lowered his head awkwardly and replied with a forced smile, "Young lady, I am joking. I have no ability and no family background. I don't know why I have never thought of my childhood events in these years. After I gave birth to a memory, All I know is that I am in a tavern, and I have no idea who my parents are."
Although he didn't know why this girl came to the house on his own, let alone why he asked about his family background, Pang Qingfeng answered truthfully. This was also due to the fact that the young man who often went to the pub to drink in the past few days accidentally said When you have a conversation, it is best to be sincere when talking about friendship with others. Don't lie everywhere. In the end, if you are round and don't reply, it is better not to say anything. Although he didn't understand the meaning of these words at the time, Pang Qingfeng suddenly remembered that he was just about to boast that he still had some spare money at home, but when he thought about it, he still told the truth and had no intention of hiding it. .
Du Ruhui nodded, looked at Pang Qingfeng up and down with her eyebrows, and said with a gentle smile, "I remember when I first returned to the capital, I saw you squatting beside the official road. I thought there were still people begging on the streets in the capital. Now when I come to see you, The workmanship of this painting is quite exquisite, so I might as well give it to you, and I will sell it for any amount of money without any counter-offer."
"This is just to borrow the girl's appearance for painting. If the girl likes it, she can take it. Anyway, in the end, she won't be able to sell it for a few copper coins in the market. It's a blessing that the girl doesn't dislike it." Pang Qingfeng rarely stuttered, and said fluently. Shun Dangdang said the words without realizing it, and the shock faded a little, but the shame soon followed, and soon the young man's face turned red to the base of his ears, and he whispered.
The woman smiled lightly, not sure whether it was okay or not, but she changed the topic, "People around the tavern all said that there was a stupid waiter in that tavern, but in my opinion, brother is not that stupid person, who speaks in advance and retreat. It’s obviously very measured.”
The young man scratched his head and smiled sheepishly, "I don't think I'm stupid either. It's just that the shopkeeper and the old man said so, so I also feel that I have some mental deficiencies. But after all, after serving guests for so many years, it's okay. I can say a few nice words to others, but I really don’t know what is appropriate."
The woman picked up the middle ends of the rice paper and looked at it for a long time. The woman in the painting had a smile like a flower, which was really bright and bright. Even she looked happy for no reason, but her expression suddenly darkened.
When Du Ruhui was still young, there was a child of about the same age in the neighborhood of her mansion. Her family was wealthy and she would often come to the house carrying items to show off, either carrying a finely crafted Cuju or food. Many children in the alley know that they should get close to the children of wealthy families. They surround the child like a star holding the moon, but Du Ruhui, who was dark and thin when she was young, has never been able to get close to the crowd.
It turned out to be a house in the alley, where most of the women had free time all day long, and they were very good at making up household chores. They said that they had never seen a man coming in or out of Du Ruhui's house. There was always a lot of gossip, and some of the words sounded quite rough and unpleasant. Either they said that the man in this family died young, or that the girl's mother didn't know who her husband was, and many children imitated the words of her own adults and often imitated them. Du Ruhui has always been ostracized by children. , I had to stay at home all day long, reading and reading.
To this day, Du Ruhui still remembers that in that alley, in the homes of children of the same age, when they turned ten, they would always invite a gentleman carrying a wooden box to trace the family's facial features and draw a picture with pen and ink. In the future, when the children grew older, they would often take it out to watch, but Mother Du Ruhui never mentioned where her husband was. When she was ten years old, Du Ruhui waited for a full year, until the end of the year. When the sound of firecrackers sounded in the alley, the girl lowered her eyebrows and returned to the house in despair, suffocating herself on the bed and not eating or drinking for several days.
Fortunately, there is an elder brother in the family who goes out to study with his husband. When he often returns home, he will comfort Du Ruhui and give the latter the rare objects he brought back from abroad, which can barely relieve Du Ruhui's depression. , but that painting has always been imprinted on Du Ruhui's heart and cannot be dissipated.
Now he is a foolish person. I don't know what his thoughts were, but he painted such an excellent painting by accident. The smile of the person in the painting made even Du Ruhui feel jealous.
The envoys who entered the ferocious robes and concealed their names were all instructed by Prime Minister Yi Zhang, who was firmly seated at the head of Yi Zhang's ministers. They were completely involuntarily. However, Prime Minister Yi Zhang, who had all the power in the government, never asked to fill Du Ruhui's shoes. That painting was buried in the barren mountains outside that alley until my mother died of illness.
"It's probably because God pitied the worldly people that he ordered you to draw this wonderful picture," the woman said softly, touching the scroll with her hand, passing the corner of the person's mouth in the painting, laughing to herself, "But after all, you know people and their faces. I haven’t smiled like this in many years, but this painting has fulfilled a wish for me, which is very good.”
Pang Qingfeng was puzzled and was immediately in a dilemma. However, after hesitating for a moment, he took a step closer and said, "I think the girl is the prettiest when she smiles. I originally thought it was God who borrowed someone's hand to paint such a picture with sparse painting skills." It's a good painting, but the girl just laughed, but I feel that this painting has not captured the girl's expression 10% of the time. This painting is not for sale. I will paint another one for the girl tomorrow. I think it will be even more elusive. "
The woman was stunned again.
The young man on the side seemed to have put aside all the timidity in his heart, and continued to talk, "Girls still have the prettiest smiles. A few years ago, I saw a wild flower outside the tavern. It was very beautiful. There were flowers blooming all around, but only The flower refused to bloom for a long time. I lay on the ground and waited for almost a whole day. The shopkeeper gritted his teeth and fined me all his monthly money. But when the flower bloomed, I really felt that it was worth it. I have never done this before. After seeing that scene, I think that the girl's appearance is unparalleled in the world. If she smiles, the gods will definitely pay more attention to her. You might as well smile more in the future, that is the best thing."
When Pang Qingfeng raised his head again, he found that the woman in red who was sitting in front of the table had disappeared. He only felt suspicious. He looked at the painting on the table again. It was still in the same place for a long time. Never came back to his senses.
On the slope near the village, Hongyi stood up slowly, frowned, and looked around but there was no one there. The few men were still lying loosely together.
The woman had never left the hillside, but she had just seen the painting, met the young man, thought about things she had never dared to think about in her youth for a long time, and said a few words she wanted to say.
Du Ruhui clenched the handle of the knife at her waist, looked at the thatched cottage, and Pang Qingfeng, who was out looking for traces of the woman, and turned away.
