In an elegant Chinese restaurant, a pair of handsome men and beautiful women were drinking together.
The red wine on the table is worth 300,000, and the top-quality ingredients on this table are also worth tens of thousands. In the past, Zhu Changan would not have dared to think about it.
Cheng Yinuo used serving chopsticks to pick up a piece of foie gras for Zhu Changan: "This is top-quality foie gras from Bordeaux, France. It is carefully cooked by our five-star chef. You may have never eaten it before. Try it?"
"Actually, if you use your used chopsticks to pick up the food for me, it will taste more delicious to me."
Zhu Changan made a joke, picked up the fork and tasted it seriously.
Cheng Yinuo continued to tell the bizarre story about Cheng Qianjin.
"The strange poison in my sister's body can only be traced back to Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty."
"Jiajing, cough cough..."
Zhu Changan almost choked.
Emperor Jiajing, I am familiar with this one. It seems that the Wanli period when Zhu Renxia lived was only twenty or thirty years away from the Jiajing period. How come this story of Cheng Qianjin is related to the Ming Emperor?
If I say that I have a group of friends who are only twenty or thirty years away from Emperor Jiajing, would you, the respected princess, believe it?
Although Zhu Changan cannot communicate with other villains except Zhu Renxia.
But in Zhu Changan's heart, he has regarded the somewhat clever fifth place, the loyal and benevolent Liu Gongfu, the kind and attentive Jiang Axiu, the fiery personality and the sharp-tongued Jinzhu as his friends...
"I've only been out for three hours, and the world in the box has only been around for a day. Zhu Renxia should be fine hiding in his lair."
Zhu Changan murmured secretly in his heart, put his thoughts back, and continued to show off his food.
"This foie gras is a bit greasy and needs to be chewed slowly."
Cheng Yinuo thought Zhu Changan was uncomfortable eating, so he thoughtfully handed him a napkin.
"It's okay, just keep talking."
Zhu Changan took it and wiped the oil stains from the corners of his mouth.
"good."
Cheng Yinuo nodded, put down the chopsticks in his hand and spoke.
“Emperor Jiajing became superstitious in Taoism in his later years and spent many years refining elixirs, hoping for immortality.
There was a prince named Zhu Youyi who was very dissatisfied with Emperor Jiajing's succession and wanted to poison him by taking advantage of the emperor's weakness of being obsessed with elixirs.
So Zhu Youyi asked around and finally learned that there was a powerful Taoist priest named Lu Chuduan. Legend has it that this man could refine all kinds of strange poisons and could kill people invisible.
Zhu Youyi tried his best to bribe Lu Chuduan and asked him to create a poison that could kill Emperor Jiajing.
But Lu Chuduan knew that murdering the emperor was a major crime that would annihilate the nine tribes, but he also owed King Heng a great debt of gratitude. So after several years of painstaking efforts, he finally developed a poison called 'Xiaoyaosui'.
After the victim takes the poison, he will feel as if he is asleep. Although he has a heartbeat and breathing, he can never be awakened. "
"so amazing."
Zhu Changan was surprised, "Then the poison in your sister's body is this kind of carefree drunkenness, right?"
"yes."
Cheng Yinuo nodded and continued: "After the elixir was prepared, Lu Chuduan was still worried that his family would be implicated, so he purchased four ancient paintings from the private sector and added secret clues to them..."
"What's the meaning?"
Zhu Changan hurriedly stopped, "Is this Taoist priest marking the painting?"
Cheng Yinuo picked up the wine bottle and filled it up again for Zhu Changan, "I forgot to tell you that this Lu Chuduan is not only proficient in making drugs, but also a master of painting. It is said that the pictures he copied can almost look real."
"so smart."
Zhu Changan clicked his tongue, broke off a thigh from the blue lobster in front of him, and listened while eating.
This is a lobster worth thousands of dollars. If you don't eat it, you won't get it for free.
"Lu Chuduan left a clue on each of the four paintings. When combined, it becomes a map. According to the map's guidance, you can find the antidote to this happy drunkenness."
Zhu Changan suddenly realized: "This is Lu Chuduan leaving a way out for himself. If Emperor Jiajing notices it, he can also say that he was forced by Prince Heng Zhu Youyi and did it as a last resort."
Cheng Yinuo appreciated Zhu Changan's analysis very much: "You are very smart, that's what the Taoist priest probably meant. Later, for some unknown reason, this happy drunkenness was not used on Emperor Jiajing, and Lu Chuduan also disappeared without a trace. "
Then he sighed: "It has been more than five hundred years since the Jiajing period. I don't know how this happy drunk appeared in the world and acted on Qian Jin, making her unable to wake up."
"Where did you know this story?"
Zhu Changan wiped his hands, picked up the serving chopsticks, and thoughtfully gave Cheng Yinuo a piece of sashimi.
Cheng Yinuo didn't eat and continued to tell the story: "My grandfather made many inquiries and found out from an enlightened monk. This is absolutely true."
"Well, it seems true."
Zhu Changan nodded. After all, the fact that Cheng Qianjin often fell asleep was right in front of him. Who dared to say that this was a rumor?
"Since there is an antidote to this strange drunkenness, can't we find the antidote by gathering these four paintings?"
Cheng Yinuo smiled sweetly: "I don't like antiques at first, and our Cheng family doesn't run the antique business. But in order to wake up my daughter, I can only get involved in this industry. For the past eight years, I have been studying antiques and traveling around. Collect calligraphy and paintings.”
"Only by engaging in this industry, my reputation will slowly spread in the antique world. Those who have ancient paintings will come to me. Only then will I have the opportunity to collect these four ancient paintings and find the one who can save my daughter. Antidote.”
"I see."
Zhu Changan suddenly realized, "With the strength of your Cheng family, I think you should have at least several hundred billion, right? It shouldn't be difficult to get four ancient paintings together, right?"
"It's certainly not difficult if we know the names of these four paintings."
Cheng Yinuo picked up the goblet and took a sip, "No matter how much it costs, we will buy it. But the difficulty is that we don't know the names of these four paintings..."
"this……"
Zhu Changan was speechless. "There are tens of thousands of ancient paintings in China. How is it different from trying to find a needle in a haystack to put together four paintings without knowing their names?"
"That's still a lot easier."
Cheng Yinuo said, "It is said that Lu Chuduan left a sentence, 'A dream in Chang'an leads to a happy drunkenness, and a phoenix returns from Nirvana with beauty'."
"Inexplicable poetry." Zhu Changan couldn't help but light a cigarette, "Is this monk talking nonsense?"
"Certainly not."
Cheng Yinuo said confidently, "This master is well-known throughout the country and has high moral standards. Naturally, he won't tell nonsense. And we have already collected the first one based on the clues he said."
"Oh...what's the clue?"
Zhu Changan's expression changed. It seemed that he was judging a gentleman with a villain's heart.
Cheng Yinuo said: "The clue is the four words [Phoenix Nirvana]."
"Then why isn't it Chang'an Yimeng?"
Zhu Changan grinned and joked, "My name is Zhu Changan. Maybe if I sleep on your sister's bed, she will wake up. Maybe this is the so-called 'Chang'an is drunk after a dream, and the phoenix returns from Nirvana with beauty'."
Cheng Yinuo glared at him: "I'm not kidding you, be serious."
"Yes, yes... Dear princess, I promise that what I just thought was out of a doctor's benevolence and there was absolutely no distracting thoughts." Zhu Changan admitted his mistake honestly.
Cheng Yinuo continued: "After analysis by our family and the think tank, these four ancient paintings with hidden antidote maps are homophones of 'Phoenix Nirvana'. As long as you look for the famous paintings with homophones of Phoenix Nirvana, you will be greatly reduced. target range, and ultimately find an antidote."
"I see."
Zhu Changan once again suddenly had an epiphany, "No wonder you said that the "Tiger and Dragon Pan" is very important to you, and you even spent more than a billion to buy it. The reason is that there is a word "pan" in it that is homophonic to "Phoenix Nirvana" ?”
"Exactly."
Cheng Yinuo gave a thumbs up again, "You are really smart. Maybe you can really help me and help me save my sister."
"In the end, this map was bought by someone else for 6.8 billion?"
Zhu Changan asked with regret.
An angry look suddenly appeared on Cheng Yinuo's face: "If it were a normal auction, our Cheng family would still have to buy this painting even if it costs 10 billion."
"Yes, an ancient painting with a starting price of only 30 million can actually be auctioned for 6.8 billion. It can only be said that this competitor did it deliberately."
After receiving compliments from Cheng Yinuo many times, Zhu Changan felt like he was transforming into Sherlock Holmes.
Cheng Yinuo said: "It is for this reason that my competitor and I raised the price by 10 million to 10 million at the beginning."
"I raised the price by 35 million, and he raised the price by 45 million. I raised the price by 46 million, and he raised the price by 56 million..."
"Later, I raised the price to 105 million, and he directly asked for 205 million. I asked for 300 million, and he asked for 400 million..."
"Later I asked for one billion, and he directly asked for 6.8 billion..."
"Then this competitor must know the secret of your purchase of "Tiger and Dragon Pan Tu", so he is desperate to prevent you from getting it!"
Zhu Changan raised his glass and drank the expensive red wine in one gulp.
