The scene on the boat that day, closed his eyes this summer, and carefully recalled the appearance of the man begging for mercy at the bow of the boat.
Thinking about it, she took a pen and dipped in ink, and began to draw on the paper, stroke by stroke, quite serious.
Lu Yi and Cen Fu were waiting by the side and did not disturb her.
After a good meal, I put down my pen this summer, took a closer look at my painting, and then took back the pen to draw and paint. I finally got up and said with a long sigh, "It's done."
Lu Yi looked around, didn't speak for a long time, and silently touched Jin Xia's head twice.
Seeing this, Cen Fu also walked around, and the moment he saw the painting, he was stunned: "... This is, Yaksha, right?"
The characters on the paper are quite detailed. The nose is the nose and the eyes are the eyes. It's a pity that the nose is crooked and the eyes are slanted.
"Nonsense, how can there be such an ugly Yaksha." Lu Yi sighed softly.
"Don't just look at the appearance, look at the charm. I think when drawing people, the appearance is the second most important thing. The key is to express the spirit."
"Farewell, I'm afraid of having nightmares at night." Lu Yi pulled her up from the chair, spread a sheet of paper again, and said, "Tell me, let me paint."
"You can also draw?" Jin Xia asked curiously.
Lu Yi glanced at her helplessly: "At least, better than you. You just say it."
"This person's face is wide on the top and narrow on the bottom, with a pair of sheep's eyes showing four whites, a pale yellow beard around the cheeks, and a pointed nose." This summer, he looked sideways at Lu Yi's paintings, and said in surprise, "You really Can draw? Better than the boss."
Cen Fu smiled and said, "It's nothing else. When it comes to painting people, many painters in the capital are not as good as my eldest son. It's a pity that the eldest son only draws once when he is working, and he is not seen at other times."
Lu Yi didn't raise his eyes, and said while painting, "You guys are around all day, and you're tired of looking at it. How can you be interested in painting."
Approaching this summer, he said with a flattering smile: "Sir, after returning to the capital, why don't you take me to practice writing when you have time? My mother promised to make new clothes for me. It must look good."
Lu Yi tilted his head to look at her, smiled slightly, did not answer, turned his head and continued to paint the portrait.
"If you don't say a word, I'll take it as your promise." This Xia glanced at him.
Lu Yi remained silent, drew slowly, and finally put down his pen and asked her, "How, do you look like him?"
I took a look this summer: "It's about 50% similar, but the eyes are smaller, the eyebrows are sparser, the nose is bigger, and the corners of the mouth are curved down."
Lu Yi nodded and took another piece of paper to draw again.
Looking at his focused expression when he was holding a pen this summer, he secretly tugged at Cen Fu, and asked in a low voice, "Is there anything your eldest son can't do?"
Cen Fu said with a smile: "How come, only now did you realize the many benefits of the eldest son?"
"... My family's Dayang can still cook, he certainly can't."
"The gentleman is far away from the kitchen, how can the eldest son learn this."
"Brother, don't tease me, there is still a gentleman in Jinyiwei." Seeing Cen Fu frowning this summer, he patted him on the shoulder and added, "It's not easy to be a gentleman in this world in this day and age. ."
Cen Fu cautiously avoided her hand, glanced at Lu Yi uneasily, and was secretly glad that the latter didn't even raise his head.
"It's finished, come and see." Lu Yi suddenly called out to this summer.
This summer, I leaned forward to look at it, and said with joy, "It's him, it's him! It's exactly the same, and the notices posted on the city head are not as good as yours."
When the ink was dry, Lu Yi handed the painting to Cen Fu, and instructed: "This person is from the East, and he must have lived in the coastal area for a long time. You go to check his identity, the sooner the better."
Cen Fu put away the paintings and took orders to leave.
"Why do you suddenly think of checking him?" This summer felt strange that instead of checking him in Yangzhou, he went to Zhejiang to check.
"A Rui said that he saw this person on Yan Shifan's boat."
This summer, he said in surprise: "A Rui is poisoned by the Orientals. Could it be that he was injured by him? I didn't expect this person to be so vicious. Could it be that he was trying to avenge the capture of the ship that day?"
"I'm just worried, not only that..." Lu Yi didn't say any more.
"A Rui said that this is a trap. Someone wants to harm you, and it means Yan Shifan? So this person has something to do with Yan Shifan?"
The more the officialdom knows, the more danger there will be. Lu Yi deeply understands this truth, not to mention the fact that the situation is unclear at the moment, he does not want her to be involved too early, and only says: "I will find out later."
He said this vaguely, and this summer was surprised, and carefully examined his expression.
"Why, are you suspicious of me?" Lu Yi glanced at her and smiled.
Just as Yang Yue was about to speak this summer, Yang Yue knocked on the door and came in with the sobering soup. Lu Yi told him, "Go see those two girls, if they are cold and hungry, just tell the store owner that I will pay for everything. Pay the bill."
Although Yang Yue had doubts in his heart, he didn't dare to ask more questions. He glanced at Jinxia and led the order out.
"Brother, are you planning to send them back tomorrow?" she asked.
"Why do you want to send it back?" Lu Yi raised his eyebrows, "Governor Hu is very kind, but it's not good to refute him."
"You really intend to accept it, you... You don't forget that Arui said it was a trap, telling you not to accept what Hu Zongxian sent." Jin Xia frowned, "Could it be, you really like those two girls. Reluctant to send it back?"
Lu Yi bullied her and said with a half-smile, "You're jealous now?"
"I... I don't have it." Although he said so in this summer, he had to admit in his heart that he couldn't match the two girls in terms of face or body.
The next moment, she was taken directly into his arms by Lu Yi, and his tone was simply satisfied: "Fortunately, you are still jealous, today I see you yelling at a sister, I thought you didn't treat me at all. Take it to heart."
I earned it this summer, but I didn't, and said calmly, "Even if I'm jealous... Well, you wouldn't sneak into their room in the middle of the night, would you?"
Lu Yi hugged her and buried his head comfortably at her shoulders. Hearing this, he couldn't help laughing, and his back was shaking with laughter.
"What are you laughing at, did I get it right?"
This summer, he reached out and broke his head.
"The person who likes to sneak into other people's rooms in the middle of the night seems to be you, not me." He raised his head slightly, looked at her and smiled.
"When did I..." This summer was only halfway through, and he remembered the last time he sneaked into his room in the middle of the night for Zhai Lanye's matter, and had to stop embarrassingly.
Lu Yi said reluctantly, "Are you guilty?"
"What kind of guilty conscience, I had serious business at that time, and I did it involuntarily and helplessly when I was forced to do it. That... Those who do big things are not careful!" This summer, his words were righteous, but his face was red.
"To be honest, you had plans for me at that time, right?" Lu Yi teased her.
This summer's face was flushed, and she pushed him away hard: "How is it possible! ... Brother, you have drunk too much, so hurry up and drink the hangover soup, and rest early." After that, she quickly walked out of the door.
Lu Yi leaned against the table and smiled, and he sighed inwardly: I finally fooled her tonight, but she is so smart and has a deep-rooted temperament, I don't know how long it can be dragged on.
The next morning, I heard that something had happened.
A dark coffin was parked less than ten feet away from the East Gate, in the middle of the road. After all, it is an unlucky object. Although it is in the middle of the road, no one who comes and goes dares to move it, and they all walk around. It was not until a careful person found that the dust near the coffin was soaked with blood, and it was purple and black, and then someone rushed to report to the official.
"And then?" This summer, he took a bite of Sanxianbao and stared at the shop assistant. "After the coffin was pried open, who was inside?"
The shop assistant wiped his sweat with a sweat towel, fearing that he would disturb other people around him, so he lowered his voice and said, "I heard that it was Governor Hu's adopted son Xia Zheng, who was cut into pieces, and he was completely unremarkable. Governor Hu rushed over in person, Bring the coffin back to the mansion, and invite experienced mortuary masters all over the city to sew the corpse up for burial."
Chunyu Min, who was sitting next to him, had never heard of this, and his face turned pale in shock.
Lu Yi remained silent. This was obviously the revenge of the Japanese pirates. Hu Zongxian beheaded Wang Zhi and his son, so the Japanese pirates also brutally dismembered his adopted son.
"Cen Fu, prepare some gifts and follow me to Dudu's Mansion," he ordered.
Busy said this summer: "I'll go too."
Lu Yi shook his head: "You stay."
"Anyway, I will do an autopsy." This summer strives.
Chun Yumin turned to look at her in astonishment.
"He is in the pain of losing his son right now, so how can he tolerate us to go to the autopsy." Lu Yi told her, "Just stay in the inn and wait for my order, don't let anything happen."
This summer, I had no choice but to bow my head and ate the remaining half bowl of bloody glutinous porridge. After Lu Yi and Cen Fu left, and took advantage of Cen Shou to feed the horses, she said to Yang Yue, "Dayang, let's go outside the city and see."
Yang Yue guessed her thoughts as soon as she guessed: "You want to see where the coffin is placed."
"Let me take a look at it, such a big case." This summer, I didn't go to see where the crime happened, I felt uncomfortable all over, "Those people put down the coffin and ran away, they must not be caught now, let's go and see if there are any clues. ."
Yang Yue hesitated: "Not good... Mr. Lu just told you to..."
"Just take a look, I'm fine." This summer urged him, "Dayang, hurry up, there are people going in and out of this city, the later you go, the fewer clues you have."
Yang Yue has always been unable to do anything about her, so he raised his side and said, "Okay, just take a look and come back."
"You..." Chun Yumin wanted to stop this summer.
"Don't worry, we'll be back soon."
Pulling Yang Yue up this summer, the two of them disappeared as soon as they went out.
Cen Shou, who had just fed the horses, returned to the table, only to see Chun Yumin alone, and asked in surprise, "Miss Chunyu, where are they?"
Chun Yumin had to tell the truth.
"Six Gate's little catcher, hum, he really treats himself as a green onion." Cen Shou shook his head and hummed.