Xie Luohe took off his mask.
With a crooked smile on her lips, she walked up to Zheng Xiu with her head held high.
"Tell me, do I look better with it on, or do I look better without it?"
Xie Luohe took off his mask. On the beautiful face behind the mask, Zheng Xiu's surprised expression was reflected in the clear and bright eyes. Deep down, there was an imperceptible trace of expectation.
Zheng Xiu didn't answer.
He felt that this seemed to be a very famous proposition.
Seeing that Zheng Xiu didn't answer, Xie Luohe snorted, took another step closer, and asked again: "Do you think I look good dressed like her, or do I look good dressed like her?"
Zheng Xiu was not sure just now, but now he is convinced.
It's not a question, it's a beheading question.
There is obviously a standard answer to this kind of question.
Zheng Xiu replied calmly: "You look good."
This is a case of avoiding the important and focusing on the important points.
Xie Luohe nodded with satisfaction and silently put an arrow back into the quiver.
Everyone saw Xie Luohe's move of "accepting the guy" and invariably let out a sigh of relief.
Xieluohe's archery skills are obvious to all.
Duguxiang has experienced it personally and has a deep understanding of it.
Everything she said was true while she was clutching the arrow.
"Speak somewhere else."
Without saying a word, Dugu Xiang pressed the machine hidden on the ground, and a stone brick moved away with a bang, revealing a secret passage under the floor.
After saying that, Dugu Xiang stood aside and motioned for Xie Luohe and Cheng Xiao to come in, making an "invitation" gesture.
Xie Luohe smiled at Zheng Xiu and said, "Look at me, you don't ask me why I turned back."
Zheng Xiu curled his lips when he heard this, hung the "Luohe Pen" on his waist again, and said unhappily: "How do I know if you guys are colluding. By the way, where are the others? You all..." Zheng Xiu raised his palms and made a gesture The "wipe your neck" gesture.
Xie Luohe curled his lips: "Who do you think I am? Why are you killing me without any injustice? They chased me down the mountain. I threw the fake painting to them and let them snatch it away."
Hearing this, Zheng Xiu suddenly realized.
The classic "one peach kills three soldiers".
"Walk."
Zheng Xiu waved to Xiao Tao, and Xiao Tao followed.
Xie Luohe, Zheng Xiu, Xiaotao, and Cheng Xiao filed in.
With Xie Luohe around, Zheng Xiu didn't worry about an ambush below at all, and walked with the wind in his wake.
When the time came, Zhang Daer lowered his head and wanted to follow.
But Dugu Xiang stretched out his hand to stop him.
"Brother Zhang, please stay."
Dugu Xiang smiled broadly: "That's it for tonight's painting appreciation party. Brother Zhang, please come back."
"Dear you, Dugu Xiang." Zhang Daerpi smiled, cursing secretly in his heart, but he quickly figured it out, wanted to understand everything, took two steps closer to Dugu Xiang, and asked in a low voice: "Zhang knows very well that Dugu Xiang thought."
"The real picture of plum blossoms and snow is hidden below, and below is the real painting appreciation party."
"Cheng Xiao owns the 'Willow Swallows in Spring Pond' painting, so he is qualified."
"Xie Luohe lured other people away, took away the painting and returned it voluntarily. He is barely qualified."
"It goes without saying that Xiao Buping can see through the authenticity of calligraphy at a glance."
"How about I, Lao Zhang, exchange a secret with you."
Zhang Da whispered very quickly, smiled, and after saying a few words, pointed at Zheng Xiu's back below, "Old Zhang, let me tell you, who is he. This is a huge secret that no one in the world knows, and it has nothing to do with these four seasons. Pictures are closely related.”
Dugu Xiang frowned.
Little did he know that Xie Luohe laughed heartily from below: "You don't need to tell me, I will tell you right now, he is actually not Xiao Buping, he is Gongsun Mo... Gongsun Mo of the Gongsun family."
"you!"
The smile on Zhang Dayer's face froze, and he was messy in the fire.
Duguxiang regretfully made a "please get out" gesture.
Zhang Dayer's eyes began to roll again.
My heart felt itchy.
Xie Luohe's silver bell-like laughter came from below again: "Dugu, if you really want to find that place, let the fat man come in. He is the most well-informed person in the world."
Dugu Xiang did not dare to treat Xie Luohe's words as child's play. He was stunned when he heard the words, and stared at Zhang Dayer with solemn eyes.
Zhang Da'er cursed in his heart when he heard that Xie Luo Hedao had revealed his "identity", but he had no choice but to show his cards: "In this case, it would be rude for me to keep hiding it."
He opened his big ears and touched his arms, shaking out a cute little white paper fan.
Uh-huh.
There are eight small words written on the fan - "Be a good person and you will know the world."
In front of Dugu Xiang, Zhang Daer's eyes were empty, his fat body was trembling, and he smiled and said:
"I'm not talented, but I know a lot of information. I'm known as Jianghu Baixiaosheng."
Dugu Xiang looked stunned.
…
There are many tunnels under the Hidden Sword Villa.
Several of the tunnels were opened, hollowed out and ventilated, just below the hall where they admired the paintings.
The oil lamp was lit.
There are two corridors in the southeast and northwest, and the wind roars sharply in the cave.
There is only one round table in the small space.
There is a locked box in the center of the round table.
At first glance, the lock looked like it was not a regular lock that could be opened with a key.
The huge lock has nine grids arranged in nine palaces, with different weapons on it.
"Nine Apertures Exquisite Lock." Seeing Zheng Xiu looking at the lock, Xie Luohe happily explained: "Nine Apertures Exquisite Lock uses nine different arrangements of weapons as a 'lock'. The box has white phosphorus powder inside. Once the Nine Apertures pattern is placed, If you make a mistake, the built-in flint will be fired, igniting the white phosphorus, and destroying the contents in the box."
Hearing this, Zheng Xiu suddenly understood. It turns out that the reason why Xie Luohe changed his plan temporarily was because he learned about this and knew that if he robbed him head-on, Dugu Xiang would rather die together than take advantage of others.
The Nine Orifice Exquisite Lock is equivalent to the ancient password lock, and it is composed of nine passwords, arranged in thousands. If you don't know the password and force it to open it, you will fail.
As for the violent lock-picking that Xie Luohe is best at, it is even more impossible. There is white phosphorus powder inside. White phosphorus is flammable. If violence is used, it will naturally ignite the white phosphorus inside.
The box is completely black, formed in one piece, and is natural. A row of hair-thin holes can be vaguely seen on the surface of the box. If Zheng Xiu guessed correctly, these holes should be used to provide oxygen when "ignition" is needed. Such exquisite forging technology comes from the craftsmanship of Hidden Sword Villa.
When Dugu Xiang and Bai Xiaosheng walked down, Zheng Xiu, Cheng Xiao, Xie Luohe, and Xiao Tao were waiting beside the box.
Zheng Xiu stared at "Bai Xiaosheng" with wide eyes, a little disbelieving: "Are you really Bai Xiaosheng?"
"Replacement guaranteed."
Bai Xiaosheng pointed to the eight characters on the fan.
The corner of Zheng Xiu's mouth twitched: "I had a fan like this before."
Bai Xiaosheng was immediately speechless.
On the side, Xiao Tao tilted her head and said in confusion: "Xiao Tao once heard of the legend in the world. It is said that Bai Xiaosheng is handsome and suave, but has an eccentric personality; he is knowledgeable and talented, but he is arrogant; he is born with a pair of discerning eyes and has a photographic memory. He has read A hundred secret books, an extensive knowledge of ancient and modern military techniques, able to distinguish the martial arts of the world, understand the mountains and geography, and know the ancient and modern overseas. He used his own knowledge to compile the "Weapon Spectrum", detailing the moves, strengths, weaknesses, and skills of each person in the weapon spectrum. Because of his character, he is sought after by many martial arts people, and naturally also resented by many people."
Zheng Xiu said with a dull face: "With all due respect, if what Xiao Tao said is true, the first sentence is very false."
Bai Xiaosheng spat: "You know what the heck, that's called half-truth and half-falsehood. If I were really that easy to find, I would have been chopped to death by my enemies. But friends in the world gave me face, so the second half is probably true." , If you really want to find Gong Nie’s treasure house, you will need my connections and information.”
At this time, Dugu Xiang's clenched fists were trembling slightly.
He suppressed his excitement, looked at Zheng Xiu with a calm expression.
"I had already guessed that you were not Xiao Buping, but I never expected that you are a descendant of the Gongsun family. No wonder you can tell the authenticity of the calligraphy treasure at a glance. Do you really know where Gong Nie's treasure house is?"
Zheng Xiu didn't answer and looked at Xie Luohe.
It's better to let Xie Luohe make the decision at this time.
Xie Luohe stretched out his hand towards Zheng Xiu and hooked two white fingers. Zheng Xiu understood instantly and took out the last two scrolls from his arms and handed them to Xie Luohe in front of Dugu Xiang.
Xie Luohe held the scroll in his hand and said with a smile: "Excuse me, Master Dugu, please open the lock."
Cheng Xiao was silent and placed the "Picture of Willow Swallows in Spring Pond" on the table.
Dugu Xiang's eyelids jumped as he looked at the two unopened volumes of pictures in Xie Luohe's hands.
At that moment, many thoughts flashed through his mind.
Will Xie Luohe use fake paintings to deceive him like he did before?
Could it be that there is actually one true and one false inside?
Or maybe there were just two corn cobs inside, waiting for Dugu Xiang to grab the real painting when he took it out of the box.
But all kinds of speculations were driven out of Dugu Xiang's mind when he recalled the amazing force displayed by Xie Luohe.
Xieluohe is more like a hunter who has arranged his hunting preparations well, calmly and calmly.
It was indeed Duguxiang's original intention to bring the four pictures together, but he was unexpected to attract Xie Luohe.
Duguxiang silently stepped forward and flipped the Nine Orifices Exquisite Lock. There was a snap sound. When the Nine Orifices returned to their positions, the Exquisite Lock made a soft "click" sound and the lock core popped out.
Dugu Xiang carefully took out the wrapped "Picture of Plum Blossoms and Snow" from the black box, and turned to face the few people.
"Before appreciating the painting, Dugu made some ugly remarks." Dugu Xiang said: "It would hurt the harmony. To ensure fairness, I propose that no matter what is in Gong Nie's treasure house, everything in Gong Nie's treasure house should be divided into four equal parts. , divided equally by the four parties.”
"It seems that I will have to add another sentence to the page of Dugu Daxia in the weapon catalog in the future: people should not be judged by their appearance." Bai Xiaosheng, the fat-headed and big-eared version, licked his dry lips, spread his hands and laughed, saying ambiguously After saying something that made Dugu Xiang feel uncomfortable, he said: "I am not interested in Gong Nie's treasure house."
When Zheng Xiu heard this, he asked curiously: "Then why did you come?"
"Secret." Bai Xiaosheng smiled with his eyes narrowed.
"Hypocritical." Zheng Xiu said.
"No." Bai Xiaosheng knew that Zheng Xiu had misunderstood. He glared angrily and explained: "What I said is that I am only interested in the 'secret' itself! The location of Gong Nie's treasure house is a very important place for today's world. It’s the biggest ‘secret’! To know what the world doesn’t know, to know what the world doesn’t know, to me, this is already a ‘millions of wealth’ that far exceeds ordinary gold, silver and jewelry!”
"I admire you!" Zheng Xiu looked at the fat man with admiration. Little did they know that just after Zheng Xiu finished praising, Bai Xiaosheng said again: "But since we are dividing the spoils, if I don't take any of it, it will definitely make you feel uneasy. I agree to divide it into four equal parts."
Cheng Xiao held the knife and said coldly: "I just want a knife."
After Bai Xiaosheng and Cheng Xiao expressed their opinions respectively, Dugu Xiang looked at Xie Luohe, waiting for an explanation.
Unexpectedly, Xie Luohe looked at Zheng Xiu and asked with a smile: "What do you want?"
Zheng Xiu shook his head.
He seemed to have no need for the so-called Nie Gong's treasure house.
Zheng Xiu knew that he was in an illusory memory. Even during this process and experience, there were many times when Zheng Xiu had difficulty distinguishing between falsehood and truth. But at the end of the day, he knows who he is and what he's doing.
Therefore, he had no need for Duke Nie's treasure house.
"How about," Xie Luohe came up, lay next to Zheng Xiu's ear and exhaled like orchid. He laughed in a voice that only two people could hear: "How about finding Duke Nie's treasure house and I return her to you."
Zheng Xiu was shocked. When he wanted to ask more, Xie Luohe's lips had left Zheng Xiu's ears and slapped Dugu Xiang: "Five parts. Divide Mr. Nie's treasure house into five parts."
Duguxiang frowned and asked, "Why."
"I, Xie Luohe, represent Yunhe Village, hold half of the scroll, and have an exclusive share. The four seasons map is a relic of Gongsun Painting Saint. As a descendant of the Gongsun family, and as the only person who can see through the four seasons map, he has a share. The rest. Three servings, as you wish."
Zheng Xiu had no objection.
Dugu Xiang, Cheng Xiao and Bai Xiaosheng looked at each other.
Bai Xiaosheng: "Refreshing."
Cheng Xiao: "Give me the knife."
Dugu Xiang: "Yes."
After the discussion, Dugu Xiang placed the "Picture of Plum Blossoms and Snow" on the table.
Finally, the four seasons pictures are collected.
At this moment, compared to other people's thoughts, Zheng Xiu was more interested in the Four Seasons Map itself than in Duke Nie's treasure house.
Under everyone's nervous gazes, Zheng Xiu stepped forward and opened the last picture of the four seasons.
The four pictures were spread out flat on the round table.
four Seasons.
The moment Zheng Xiu saw "Plum Blossoms Arriving in the Snow", he was sure that the painting in front of him was authentic.
I saw that the picture in the pale yellow scroll was extremely "clean".
At first glance, he was attracted by a plum tree bent by heavy snow in the white scenery. The plum blossom tree was almost withered and buried under the thick snow. Only the last red plum blossom on the branches became the finishing touch.
The sky is white with snow, the scenery behind the plum blossoms, the mountains are clustered together, and they overlap in the distance and near. They are outlined with only simple ink, and they are faintly visible. Only that plum blossom has such fine brush strokes that even the texture on the petals is clearly visible.
"Wonderful!"
Zhang Daer looks like a rough guy, but in fact, as the legend goes, Bai Xiaosheng is not only proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but at least has dabbled in everything. At first glance, he only felt that the real painting of "Plum Blossoms Awakening Snow" was not as fine as the fake painting. But after looking at it a second time, he could vaguely see the mystery of Gongsun Hua Sheng's painting.
Zheng Xiu said with a smile: "This is the picture of plum blossoms proud of the snow. It is snowing all over the sky, and everything is withered. Only this plum blossom is independent from the world, tenacious and unyielding. It uses the 'death' of all things to highlight the 'life' of the plum blossom." The 'bending' of all things comes to show the 'arrogance' of plum blossoms."
"Don't say something that is not there." Bai Xiaosheng's breath shortened and he said hurriedly: "Look, where is Gong Nie's treasure house?"
Zheng Xiu stared at the four pictures intently.
The idea has actually been in place for a long time.
To locate a location from the four paintings, Zheng Xiu could only think of hiding it in the form of a "map" in the scroll.
This sounds ridiculous, but it is not difficult for Gongsun Painting Sage.
This is what Zheng Xiu could imagine.
Time passed quietly and no one spoke anymore.
In the quiet secret room, there were only a few people breathing calmly or rapidly, and Zheng Xiu, who was attentive in front of the round table, concentrating on deciphering the four seasons map.
Xiaotao knew that she couldn't help, so she wiped the slight sweat from Zheng Xiu's forehead from time to time.
"Huh?"
Zheng Xiu, who had been staring at the scroll back and forth, suddenly showed a look of uncertainty.
The others were patiently watching Zheng Xiu's reaction. As soon as they saw Zheng Xiu's reaction, Xie Luohe stepped forward immediately and asked, "Where is it?"
Zheng Xiu didn't blink, didn't even look back at Xie Luohe, and murmured: "I'm not sure."
Xie Luohe: "No problem, just tell me."
"Pang Zhang..."
Bai Xiaosheng interrupted Zheng Xiu: "Please call me Jianghu Bai Xiaosheng."
"Okay, Fat Jiang." Zheng Xiu agreed and waved: "Pang Jiang, help me take a look. Is there a mountain that looks like three fingers from a distance?"
】
Zheng Xiu pointed to one of the four pictures.
Bai Xiaosheng was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then he laughed angrily: "Young son of the Gongsun family, are you kidding me? There are thousands of mountains that look like three fingers in the world, but the most famous one in history is It’s at least two slaps in the face, shouldn’t you tell me that you saw this from the painting?”
"That's why I said I'm not sure." Zheng Xiu shook his head with a strange look on his face. He waved to Xiao Tao and motioned for Xiao Tao to hold up one of the pictures, with the picture facing outward, standing on one side of the round table.
"It's not because the puzzle of the Four Seasons is too difficult, but because... it's too simple."
After Xiao Tao, Zheng Xiu asked Dugu Xiang, Xie Luohe, and Cheng Xiao to hold up a painting. He circled the round table several times, adjusting the positions of the four of them. All four paintings face outward.
He led Bai Xiaosheng around the table: "Look at the painting and listen to me."
"Each painting actually has a mountain that looks like three fingers. Except for "Willow Swallows in Spring Pond". It seems to be just a coincidence of the other three paintings. But if you think about it, if these four paintings are from Look at the same mountain from four different directions in Duke Nie’s treasure house.”
"It just so happens that the mountain in the Chuntang Liuyan picture is on the side of the 'peak that looks like three fingers sticking up', so it looks like there is only one mountain."
"Then in this direction of the mountain, there is a willow forest and a pond, and there is a maple forest on this side. The direction of the mountain is this way, and the direction of the scorching sun on the midsummer map is enough to roughly locate the direction of the mountain, and the Aoxue map It uses a group of mountains to locate the distant position of the mountain..."
Following Zheng Xiu's train of thought, Bai Xiaosheng became more and more frightened as he walked around the round table. As Zheng Xiu said, these four pictures actually depict the same place from different angles. If these four pictures form a simple "three-dimensional holographic map", then the common point on all the maps is the "mountain that looks like three fingers sticking up."
Everyone put down the painting and looked at it with different people. They were all amazed and agreed with Zheng Xiu's idea.
But Zheng Xiu still felt that it was a bit unreliable, and his intuition told him that it seemed too simple.
But this is the only clue so far.
Bai Xiaosheng, who is well versed in mountains and geography and has traveled all over the north and south, closed his eyes and thought about it for a full stick of incense.
Finally, he slapped his thigh violently.
"Damn it! It's Bashan! In ancient times it was called 'Bashan', which means 'pulling out two of five fingers'. The pond at the junction of Yanzhou and Pingzhou has dried up many years ago! If Brother Gongsun said That’s right, Duke Nie’s treasure house is hidden in Bashan Mountain!”
"Walk!"
Without saying a word, Xie Luohe clapped his hands, rolled up the two paintings, put them in his hands, turned around and left.
Clang, clang, clang!
Just as they were preparing to leave the secret room and travel day and night to Duke Nie's treasure house.
There was a rapid sound of gongs outside.
"They're back?"
Dugu Xiang knew that this was the "alarm" of Hidden Sword Villa. His heart skipped a beat and he took a few steps out of the secret room.
"The owner of the village is in trouble!"
The secret room is not a secret in the inner gate of Hidden Sword Villa. When Dugu Xiang walked out of the entrance of the secret passage, an older disciple hurried forward and whispered in Dugu Xiang's ear in a low voice.
"what did they say?"
Zheng Xiu couldn't hear it and asked Xie Luohe directly.
Xie Luohe's eyes turned cold and he smiled: "The imperial court."
