Chapter 276 The Game Officially Begins

Chu Youning got off the boat and within a few steps, a nun who looked quite old came to greet him.

The nun glanced at Qian Miao behind Chu Youning, and then slowly said to her: "Dear guest, please follow me. The nun only wants to see you."

"OK."

Chu Youning turned his head and winked at Qian Miao, who immediately responded, "I'll be waiting for you on the boat."

There are not many vendors selling food on the bluestone path.

People who were born in the market place have a keener intuition about crises.

Therefore, when Chu Youning followed the nun step by step towards the nunnery hidden in the busy city, he saw that the doors of almost every house were closed.

After turning several corners, Chu Youning followed the nun to a small temple.

"You are welcome."

The nun pushed open the door of the small nunnery.

Chu Youning followed her step by step inside.

There was a large yard inside. There were not many things planted in the yard. Chu Youning saw the two persimmon trees at a glance.

The weather in the south of the Yangtze River is completely different from that in the capital, and the young fruits hanging on the persimmon trees are also different in size.

"Were those two persimmon trees planted by Master Hui'an?"

Chu Youning spoke slowly.

The nun shook her head slightly and said, "They were planted by two children who used to come to the nunnery to play."

"The persimmon tree is now bearing fruit. Do those two children come here every year to pick the fruit?"

Chu Youning asked some irrelevant questions, so the nun did not hide anything.

"The nun didn't like them being noisy, so she arranged for them to go to school. They worked hard and passed the imperial examinations and became officials. Now they have moved to other places with their families.

Every year at the end of the year, they would come to see the nun, but they were destined not to be able to eat this fruit...

This answer made Chu Youning think deeply.

Chu Zhaohua, it seems like no one can see through her.

Not long after.

The nun pushed open a door that faced the courtyard of the nunnery.

"The nun is inside. Please go there on your own."

[Host, there is no danger in there. Your cheap mother is also there, but she seems to have fallen asleep.]

After hearing what Tongzi said and starting to concentrate on his work, Chu Youning strode in.

In the yard.

Chu Zhaohua was still wearing plain clothes.

She stood there, holding a pen and ink, depicting the misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River.

At a certain moment, when the last bit of the lotus she painted fell, a butterfly flew over and landed steadily on the lotus.

"Are you here? Sit down."

Only then did Chu Zhaohua raise his head.

"How about my painting of lotus flowers in the rain?"

Chu Youning was not pretentious. She walked over and took a closer look. Then she said what she was thinking: "I don't know much about painting, but... it's such a good painting. Why are some of the roots under the lotus leaves broken by those strange-looking black fish? Doesn't this destroy the beauty?"

Chu Zhaohua looked at Chu Youning and smiled calmly.

The next moment, she picked up a clean pen and dipped it in red.

The red color fell on the black fish, and after it spread out, all the black fish became dead fish.

The atmosphere of the painting changed instantly, with a hint of weirdness.

"Now...it's fair that the fish dies."

Seeing Chu Zhaohua sitting down and looking at the yard quietly without saying anything, Chu Youning was even more confused: "Tongzi, what does she want to express? Your host can't understand."

[She said that if the fish dies, the lotus will break. Maybe she wants to fight you to the death?]

Tongzi, who also didn't understand painting, made a confused guess.

It now feels more and more that its host is good.

It's better to have a simple brain, as the traditional CPU will not burn out.

"oh."

Chu Youning felt that the system's analysis made sense, and his vigilance towards Chu Zhaohua increased. He began to frantically consider the probability of successfully escaping by taking Wu Qingyi away.

"You invited me here, didn't you, just to show me a painting?"

Chu Zhaohua turned his head and stared at Chu Youning for a long time before he slowly smiled and said, "You and I...are not alike after all, and that's fine."

When Chu Youning was completely confused, she stood up and left Chu Youning with her back:

"You were able to quickly discover the clues of the snow wolf I gave you, and successfully asked the capital to quickly produce a medicine that is effective against the evil fragrance. I think highly of you."

"My little niece, I said before that I want to play a game with you. Now... the game can officially begin.

I will give you half a month. If you can successfully find the locations of all the privately produced evil incense and destroy them within half a month, all the disputes between me and the royal family will be written off."

"Then... you can come back to me, and I will give you a healthy mother."

"Don't even think about taking her away. You know, if I want you to, all you can take away is a cold corpse."

After he finished speaking, Chu Zhaohua walked straight to the door of the Buddhist hall, pushed the door open and closed it in one go.

“…”

Chu Youning raised his head and glanced at the closed door.

Then he looked down at the painting drawn by Chu Zhaohua.

The butterfly had already flown away. Chu Youning listened to the rhythmic sound of the wooden fish and remained silent for a long time.

"A woman's heart is as deep as the sea. How is the heart of my cheap aunt different from a sesame seed hidden in the sea?"