In a quiet alley, Guan Qiu pushed open the gate of the innermost courtyard while carrying a large pile of things.
When Guan Ting heard the noise, she put down the brush in her hand, lifted the curtain and walked out.
As soon as she stepped out of the room, she saw Guan Qiu walking in with a large stack of scrolls.
"Brother, aren't you on duty today? How come you came back at noon, and with such a large pile of calligraphy and paintings?"
Guan Ting walked up to Guan Qiu curiously and stretched out her hand to take the thing in Guan Qiu's hand.
However, Guan Qiu ignored her and walked into the room carrying the calligraphy and paintings. "These things are very heavy. I'll do it."
Guan Ting smiled slightly, lifted her skirt and followed Guan Qiu into the house.
Guan Qiu put the calligraphy and paintings on the table after entering the room. He looked at Guan Ting who came in from behind and felt a little embarrassed. "Sister, I caught a vendor selling fake goods today. I want you to help me check whether these calligraphy and paintings are real."
"Brother, there's no need to be so polite between us siblings. Just speak up."
Guan Ting thought it was a big deal when she saw her brother was so serious, but it turned out to be just identifying calligraphy and paintings!
She has no other skills, but she is good at judging calligraphy and paintings.
Guan Ting opened the window of the room and walked to the window with a painting to examine it carefully.
After just one look, she knew whether the painting was authentic. She threw the calligraphy and painting aside and picked up another one to look at.
In the blink of an eye, Guan Ting had finished looking at the pile of calligraphy and paintings on the table.
She looked at Guan Qiu who was waiting for the results and shook her head gently at him, "Brother, these paintings are all fake. The handwriting on them and the content inside the paintings are not the work of the same person."
"Is there not a single real painting?" Guan Qiu asked again, not giving up.
Guan Ting spread a painting on the table, and her green and jade-white fingers pointed at a spot on the landscape painting and nodded.
"Look at this landscape painting in my hand. The original was painted by Qu An, a painter from the previous dynasty. This painter was best at painting landscapes, and he always added three dots in his paintings. But this painting not only doesn't have the three dots, but even Qu An's name is misspelled."
Guan Qiu let out a small "tsk". The girl was right.
After he checked the scrolls, he didn't stop there. He picked up a bunch of scrolls and strode out. "Sister, I'll go back to the government office first. You stay home alone and lock the door."
"I know, brother. I'm not a child."
Guan Ting watched Guan Qiu go to the door, and only walked behind a screen when she could no longer see him.
She stood in front of a desk, staring intently at the scroll on it. After a moment, she picked up the brush, dipped it in some ink on the table, and began to outline the unfinished scroll.
On the shelf behind Guan Ting were hung several completed paintings of ladies.
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"Boom~"
As Ye Xin walked out of the alley with the bamboo basket, she heard bursts of thunder in the sky, accompanied by strong winds, and countless fallen leaves on the ground were blown up at this moment.
"Snap! Snap! Snap!"
In an instant, raindrops as big as beans fell. Ye Xin looked around and saw that there was no one around, so he put the bamboo basket in his hand into the space and took out an oil-paper umbrella and held it in his hand.
It was raining so heavily, it was raining heavily outside and drizzling inside the umbrella. She had just taken half a step when she felt her head and body were wet.
She glanced at the holes on the umbrella and silently activated the barrier on her clothes to isolate the heavy rain outside the umbrella.
When you are unlucky, even drinking cold water will cause your teeth to get stuck.
Any umbrella she buys is a rotten thing, and she wants to complain to these unscrupulous merchants.
The rain was getting heavier and heavier, and countless dark clouds covered the sky. The alley, which had previously seen a little light, was now completely hidden in darkness.
Ye Xin held the umbrella in her hand and walked into the pitch-black alley in the heavy rain.
When she came here before, she found that there were quite a lot of people living in this alley, and the doors of several houses were wide open.
In broad daylight, I don't have to worry about losing my belongings. With this kind of rain, the crime rate is bound to skyrocket!
"Crack~"
When Ye Xin passed by a small courtyard, the door at the entrance was suddenly pushed open from the inside.
She turned her head and saw a girl holding an umbrella and carrying a lantern walking out.
The orange flames began to flicker under the erosion of the rain, as if they were in danger of going out at any time.
The girl suddenly saw a figure at the door and quickly raised the lantern in her hand. When she saw that the figure was Ye Xin, who was drenched by the rain, she took a deep breath.
"Girl, why are you here alone? Come over here and take shelter from the rain."
Ye Xin wanted to say no, but the woman holding the lantern had already walked up to her with an umbrella.
Yuan Tianwei saw Ye Xin was soaked by the rain. Before she could say anything, she saw her holding a broken umbrella in her hand.
"Girl, come in with me and take shelter from the rain! You can drink a bowl of ginger soup at my house to avoid catching a cold when you go back."
"No, no, I'm fine."
Ye Xin waved her hand to reject Yuan Tianwei's kindness and was about to leave with an umbrella.
But before she could walk out, Yuan Tianwei had already pulled her back into the house, "Girl, I'm not a bad person. My mother is at home. It's very dangerous for you to go out alone in such a dark alley."
“Hey, hey, hey, there’s really no need…”
Before Ye Xin could finish her words, she was dragged into the yard.
Ye Xin: “........…”
Did she meet the Sheniu?
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