Painter

Chapter 55: Chapter 55: Retouching ([-])

Under the gloomy sky, the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion is located in the west of Xuandu City.

The brick walls of the mansion are ground to the joints, and covered with cicada-patterned tiles. The six flags of wind, rain, thunder, electricity, army, and tooth do not move in the wind, silently displaying an oppressive power.The servants in the mansion are burly and powerful.But all the servants walked and talked very softly, because the Zhenxi King in the mansion, who has reached the pinnacle of martial arts, was seriously injured when calming down the demon chaos, and became very quiet, and no one dared to disturb him .

A soldier took several files from Shenzhasi and handed them to Chang Shi in the mansion. Changshi felt a little strange. Shenzhasi was directly under Zhuyuantai in Yujing, and generally there was no need to report anything to the Governor's Mansion of Xizhou , He opened the file and frowned, feeling that these things need to be reported to King Zhenxi.

Chang Shi saw Zhenxi King Han Ke in the study deep in the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion. At this time, Han Ke was not wearing the eighth crown.He didn't wear Qizhang clothes either, only a light purple robe.He was looking at the "Longyuan Sword Book" on the wall, with a refined and elegant demeanor, if it weren't for the terrifying black beard on his face, who would have known that this is a hero who once murdered tens of thousands of captives without blinking an eye?
Chang Shi submitted the dossier, and after Han Ke simply listened to Chang Shi's report, he walked behind the desk and sat down, asking, "What do you think?"

Chang Shi replied: "Nowadays there are signs of demonic aura everywhere in Xuandu. It must be to hinder the saint's westward journey. The demons can sneak into Xuandu quietly, and there must be someone to respond."

Han Ke's expression didn't change, he just nodded to let Chang Shi leave, and then threw the dossier into the extremely high pile of volumes.These volumes are not only from Xizhou, but also from Longwu Pass, as well as Zhujizhou and Shouzhuo towns outside Longwu Pass.

He continued to look at the "Longyuan Sword Book" with his hands behind his back, occasionally making two gestures together, when suddenly there was a bang in the middle of the study.

A small bronze sword was originally suspended from the beam by a strand of hair, but now it fell to the bluestone floor with a clatter.

Han Ke's eyebrows slanting into his temples raised, he squatted down to pick up the small sword, and looked in the direction of Sunning Palace.

……

Lu Mojing stopped under the stone archway at the north gate of Xingdaofang, looking far away at the Xunning Palace under the blue sky.The roof of the veranda with golden glazed tiles crawls like a dragon beast, with only a few traces showing above the red palace wall.

After he heard the faint roar of the beast, he didn't go any further.

The bustling crowd passed by, and no one paid attention to this ordinary old man who stopped suddenly.There was only a man with black and green beard walking straight from the lane of Xingdaofang.

He was dressed in a purple robe, and he walked among the lanes, and pedestrians voluntarily avoided him.Only a few steps away, the crowd actually gave way to a rather wide road.Strangely, no one seemed to notice this.Everyone avoided the purple robe, but no one seemed to notice the purple robe.

Lu Mojing said: "Outsiders say that you, Han Ke, were seriously injured, even broken, and fell back to your innate nature. Looking at it now, you have returned to your original nature."

Han Ke stopped seven steps away from Lu Mojing and did not approach.This mirror-grinding old man may seem ordinary, but he is the only surviving patriarch of Qingque Palace.

A hundred years ago, this person had completed the eighth turn of the sword, and he was only a hair away from enlightenment. He wanted to split the gate of Taodu Mountain with a sword, and seek an opportunity to become enlightened, but he was stopped by someone, and he lost in the betting fight with that person, so for the first time... Jiudu Jianjie was reincarnated, escaped into the world of mortals, and has never set foot in the world of practice until now.

The old mirror grinder's real name is Lu Zijing, and Han Ke cupped his hands to Lu Zijing, "No matter what, it can't compare with Master Lu's sword solution nine turns."

The passers-by in the market still avoid consciously, leaving an open space for the dialogue between the two.The avenue became very crowded at once, and some people argued a few words because of rubbing against each other, but no one ever cast a glance at Lu Zijing and Han Ke on both sides of the stone archway.

Lu Zijing rolled up his sleeves and said with a smile: "The king of Zhenxi sits in Xuandu to suppress the evil, and manages all kinds of opportunities every day. Why do you have time today to come to trouble me?"

Han Ke looked deeply at Lu Zijing: "The saint ordered me to sit in Xuandu. In addition to deterring the western monsters, I have to guard a few people. Of course, Lu Zhenren is one of them."

Lu Zijing glanced at Xunning Palace, and sighed: "I just have nothing to do, and I want to watch people paint, so why bother with the grass and trees."

Han Ke raised his eyebrows and asked, "Who is painting?"

"A young man." Lu Zijing raised his hand in his sleeve, pointing to Xunning Palace, "Unfortunately, it is inconvenient for me to go there."

Han Ke said: "You don't need to go to Xunning Palace if you want to see the paintings. The Deyue Tower in my mansion can overlook Xuandu. May you take a look at it?"

Lu Zijing smiled at Han Ke: "Alright."

……

Deyue Tower is known as Yuntai Feique, it is [-] feet high, and you can overlook the whole city of Xuandu from the top of the building.Fortunately, Xuandu is no longer the Imperial Capital, otherwise, whoever dares to build such a building will have to be labeled as a rebel.

Beside the clouds, Han Ke's gaze pierced through the thin cold fog, looking down at the palace wall of the East Palace of Sunning Palace.After more than ten miles, he could clearly see the people under the damaged mural without hindrance.Beside him, Lu Zijing looked down with his hands behind his back, and Li Chan's back was as small as an ant.

He said: "Cao Yun invited this young man over and asked him to repair the damaged "Wan Ling Chao Yuan Tu."

Han Ke asked, "What is the origin of that young man?"

Lu Zijing shook his head and did not answer, Han Ke walked back to the building, poured himself a glass of wine with a pot, and asked, "Really Lu just came to see him painting?"

The wind howled on the roof, and Lu Zijing turned her back to Han Ke, her clothes and beard fluttering in the wind.

Han Ke raised his head and drank a glass of wine, without further questioning in vain.Lu Zijing, a generation of sword celestial beings, abandoned swords and polished mirrors for a hundred years, and was free to watch people paint, so why was he questioned by people?
But it was related to Xunning Palace, so we had to be cautious.More than [-] years ago, after Li Chengzhou painted the Wanling Dynasty and Yuan Dynasty, Lu Zijing was born, and Li Chengzhou was asked to make a painting for him.Li Chengzhou refused, so the patriarch of Qingque Palace raised his sword and fought Li Chengzhou once.

That was the only time that Lu Zijing used his sword in a hundred years. At that time, the sword energy in Xunning Palace was full of swords, and it would take three days to rest.After that, Lu Zijing once again hid in the market, except for Li Chengzhou, who had ascended into the sky, no one knew whether Lu Zijing had obtained that painting.

　Have you ever seen the dawn at four o'clock in the morning?

　　
　
(End of this chapter)