"No, we don't need a token to come here." Xie Yunjiao smiled at Zhang Sheng who was rushing over and said, "Master Zhang, please don't keep us in suspense. Where is Doudou's painting?"

Seeing Xie Yunjiao greeting Zhang Sheng so intimately, and Zhang Sheng not only not angry but also with a warm smile on his face, everyone was a little confused.

They began to speculate about the identities of Doudou and Xie Yunjiao.

Some of those who reacted quickly couldn't help but look at Ma Jun with resentment. If he hadn't been fanning the flames just now, they wouldn't have ignored Doudou and the others.

At this time, both County Magistrate Ma and Ma Jun were anxious. County Magistrate Ma even glared at Ma Jun, saying, "Look, Gu Jue not only knows Lord Shen, but also everyone around Lord Xu of the Hanlin Academy."

I’m afraid he has a very powerful background!

Ma Jun was feeling the most uncomfortable at this moment. Just now everyone was praising him for his promising young age, but now they wanted to trample him into the mud.

He just didn't believe it. What kind of ability could Gu Jue have? He was just a child of five or six years old.

"Mrs. Gu, if you need to find a painting, you should start from the fifth grade of Class D to avoid missing anything." Ma Jun said.

He thought that no matter how capable Doudou was, he could never surpass him.

You have to know that when he was learning to paint, Doudou was not even born yet!

"Thank you, Mr. Ma, for your kind reminder, but I've already looked and can't find it." Xie Yunjiao said with a smile.

Ma Jun's heart skipped a beat, thinking, if it wasn't in the fifth grade of Class D, could it be the fourth grade? Wouldn't that make him the same as him?

Ma Jun began to feel uncomfortable.

"Could it be a mistake?" Ma Jun said.

"We don't know either. We were invited to come and see it." Xie Yunjiao said.

"Mrs. Lian, I won't keep you in suspense. I'll take you there to see it directly." Zhang Sheng said as he led Xie Yunjiao and others inside.

Ma Jun's heart was beating so fast. When he saw Zhang Sheng and Xie Yunjiao and others walking farther and farther away, his heart almost jumped out!

Impossible, how is that possible?

They had already passed the fourth class of Class D, then the third class, second class, first class... until they stopped at the middle position.

Zhang Sheng must be kidding, how is that possible!

Ma Jun's eyes widened so wide that they almost popped out.

The others were no better off than him, with an expression of disbelief on everyone's face.

"This is it." Zhang Sheng said.

Doudou nodded. It was indeed his painting, but he didn't expect his painting to be placed in such a conspicuous place.

Xie Yunjiao already knew how to paint. Although she couldn't be said to be very good at it, she did have some understanding of the use of colors and artistic conception.

She asked why she felt the previous paintings were so ordinary, because she was used to seeing paintings drawn by Doudou.

Doudou's painting this time does not have too many colors, the whole painting is black.

But he has a good grasp of the brightness and darkness of light. A monk is sweeping the floor diligently with a hunched back facing the crowd. There is a pine tree behind him. There are obviously no fallen leaves but he is sweeping so vigorously, which makes people feel his anxiety and persistence.

Ma Jun had just seen this painting and he talked about it at the time, saying that the person who painted this painting must be very old, and his painting skills were amazing, and his use of light and shade had reached perfection.

He praised so much and everyone agreed with him.

But he didn't expect that he was making wedding dresses for Doudou.

"You must have made a mistake," Ma Jun suddenly discovered that the signature on the painting was Lian Jue, not Gu Jue.

If he had just seen that the signature was Gu Jue, he would definitely not have deliberately mocked Dou Dou when he saw him.

Yes, Zhang Sheng must have made a mistake.

The boy’s name is Gu Jue, not Lian Jue.

Although there is only one word difference, they are two completely different people!

When everyone heard what Ma Jun said, they immediately became anxious and said, how could this child, who is so young, be able to draw such a beautiful painting.

However, after learning from their experiences, they decided not to be the first to take action, lest they be implicated in any further trouble.

"That's right, his name used to be Gu Jue, but now he has the same surname as his father, Lian," said Xie Yunjiao.

If she didn't want others to continue talking behind Doudou's back, she wouldn't have the patience to say so much.

"He has changed his father again?" County Magistrate Ma blurted out excitedly.

This really upset Xie Yunjiao: "What do you mean by changing father? He has always had only one father, he just changed his surname after acknowledging his ancestral roots."

Xie Yunjiao snorted and looked at County Magistrate Ma with dissatisfaction.

Zhang Sheng looked at County Magistrate Ma unhappily. He wondered if this man knew how to speak. He had offended Xu Heshan's apprentice and his mother all at once. If Lord Xu blamed him, he would drag this man down with him.

County Magistrate Ma shuddered and was completely frightened.

He gave a dry laugh and said to Xie Yunjiao, "Gu... No, I should call you Madam Lian now. I'm so sorry, I didn't recognize you."

"No problem." Xie Yunjiao only nodded slightly to County Magistrate Ma without saluting.

County Magistrate Ma's heart skipped a beat and felt as if it were hanging in the balance.

What's going on? As an ordinary village woman, even if Xie Yunjiao's man recognized his ancestral roots and changed his surname, she would not dare to be so rude. She actually didn't show courtesy when she saw him.

unless……

County Magistrate Ma quickly searched his mind and found that the only official with the surname Lian in the court was the Minister of War Lian Yan!

After discovering this was the answer, County Magistrate Ma couldn't help but shudder, as if he had fallen into an ice cave!

If Xie Yunjiao is really from the Lian family, then he is...

When he thought of this, County Magistrate Ma was so anxious that he was sweating profusely in the middle of winter, and his clothes on his back were wet.

"Dad, are you okay?" Ma Jun asked when he noticed that something was wrong with County Magistrate Ma.

County Magistrate Ma grabbed Ma Jun's hand and finally calmed down a little.

He said slowly, "It seems we have offended someone we shouldn't have offended."

Ma Jun was stunned for a moment, then looked in the direction of Xie Yunjiao and the others and asked, "They?"

Is it really that scary if I just changed my last name?

Seeing his son's nonchalant expression, Magistrate Ma couldn't help but kick him. He gritted his teeth and was about to speak when he saw a man in an official uniform embroidered with peacock patterns walking towards him.

There were several people following him, all of whom held higher official positions than County Magistrate Ma.

"father."

"grandfather."

"grandfather."

When Magistrate Ma heard Xie Yunjiao, Doudou and Lian Jin saluting and calling out to Lian Yan, his eyes went dark and he almost fainted.

Ma Jun also felt scared. He never expected that his status and Doudou's would be reversed.

Before, he was the son of a high-ranking county magistrate, while Doudou was just a child from a merchant family.