Chapter 27 [A Nest of Sick Chickens]
Jiang Lili opened her eyes hazily, and was instantly awakened by the painting hanging in the room!
A painting of mountains and rivers hangs in her room. The mountains are majestic and the brushstrokes are sharp, and the rivers are rushing between the mountains, which shows a dynamic grandeur.
Jiang Lili was mesmerized at first sight and felt as if she was brought into the painting.
Even the red sun at the top of the scroll, combined with the faint green light emitted from the rocks, makes people feel realistic.
Jiang Lili was dumbfounded. Even she, an outsider, could feel that this was a shocking masterpiece.
She then remembered that she had asked Xin Che to help pack up the painting materials yesterday, but she had not yet had the chance to say that she wanted to ask Madam Yang to paint for her.
She had heard that the prince was a master of both civil and military arts, but she had never imagined that his talents were so outrageous. The paintings he created overnight were so lifelike and breathtaking.
Thinking about how I told Xin Che that I was very anxious, could it be that Xin Che painted this picture overnight?
What a sin, what a sin! Jiang Lili quickly threw off the quilt, got out of bed and washed up, then ran out of the room and knocked on Xin Che's door next door, but Xin Che was not in the room at the moment.
Jiang Lili turned around and saw Xin Che walking towards her with a food basket.
"Are you awake? Eat something quickly."
Xin Che's eyes were still bright, but the slight dark circles under his eyes gave away a clue.
Jiang Lili followed him into the house and pointed at the painting of rivers and mountains hanging in the room and asked, "Did you draw this painting of rivers and mountains?"
"Yes." Xin Che placed the food in the lunch box on the table and chuckled, "Is Miss Jiang satisfied?"
"Satisfied, very satisfied!" Jiang Lili nodded vigorously, then felt a little guilty: "Did you not sleep all night last night?"
Xin Che saw what Jiang Lili was thinking and said, "I'm always at the frontier, so I have to march at night. Painting is much easier than fighting, so it won't be a problem."
Seeing Jiang Lili's thin face, Xin Che urged Jiang Lili to have breakfast quickly.
"After the painting has been aired and dried, it can be burned for your mother. You don't have to worry now."
Jiang Lili could already smell the aroma of wontons on the table and swallowed hard. Well, now that the urgent problem was solved, she could eat well.
Jiang Lili didn't care about her manners and ate the wontons in big mouthfuls.
Xin Che sat opposite Jiang Lili and looked at her bulging cheeks. He couldn't help but smile and his expression softened.
He sat with Jiang Lili for a while, and then Cheng Jiayu came over: "Mr. Xin, I bought the things you asked me to buy. Is it convenient for you to come over and take a look now?"
Cheng Jiayu regretted what he said. It seemed like he came at the wrong time?
Jiang Lili waved her hand and said, "Go ahead, I'll take the lunch box to the kitchen lady later."
Xin Che put away the smile on his face and followed Cheng Jiayu out.
After Jiang Lili finished eating the wontons, she told Zhang Xiaopang the good news.
@Jiang Lili: Xiaopang, what does the painting your company's competitor gave to the person in charge look like? Do you have a picture?
After a while, Zhang Xiaopang sent a picture.
@张小胖: This is a picture posted by the project leader on his WeChat Moments.
Jiang Lili clicked on the picture, then looked at the landscape painting hanging in front of her and smiled broadly.
She took a photo of the picture of the river and mountains and sent it to Xiaopang.
@江麗麗: It will probably be air-dried by evening, just wait and see!
Zhang Xiaopang received the picture sent by Jiang Lili and excitedly sent out more than a dozen emoticons.
@张小胖: Sister Li, where did you get this painting? It's way better than that master!!!
@张小胖: I can't afford a painting of this caliber! This is just a photo; I can't imagine how stunning the real thing must be.
Jiang Lili was amused when Xiaopang said "I can't afford the price". She wondered if she should give Xin Che a modern gift in return, but she couldn't decide what to give him after thinking about it.
[@江麗麗: 0 yuan purchase, it was painted by the prince, free labor.]
@张小胖: Thank you brother-in-law for the gift!
Jiang Lili was shocked. He was calling her brother-in-law?
@Jiang Lili: Stop talking nonsense! I'll tear up the painting!
After breakfast and lunch, Jiang Lili went to find Guan Yue and rested in the mountain village for a few days. She had to leave as planned the next morning.
After discussing the arrangements for the next morning, Guan Yue handed a copper key to Jiang Lili: "This is the key to the warehouse."
Jiang Lili got the key and said in surprise: "It's for me"
As Guan Yue led her to the storehouse, she said, "We were able to seize all of Xu Youshan's treasures, mainly because you risked your life to buy time."
"I've kept some of the stolen gold, silver, and jewelry as hard work compensation for the brothers in the Shanzhai group. You can take the rest."
Jiang Lili was touched. She sometimes didn't have enough to eat at school, and Guan Yue often fed her snacks and took good care of her.
"These things in the warehouse are our sisters' common property. You are in charge of this stronghold and you will need money."
"Girl, you should think more about yourself. You're in the worst situation right now!" Guan Yue pushed Jiang Lili, who was still inside, into the warehouse. "Here! You're going to have to spend money on this trip!"
Jiang Lili looked around the storeroom and said, "I'll just take some silver and money with me. These gold, silver and jewelry are useless on the road, and they'll just be a nuisance."
Guan Yue pondered for a moment and said, "Why not transfer some of the valuables in the warehouse to Xiaopang, so you can use them anytime! To be honest, I'm worried about keeping so many treasures in one place."
Jiang Lili also felt that she could do it, so she communicated with Xiaopang and transferred some of the treasure over.
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After a good rest for a day, on the morning of the third day, the leader of Guanjiazhai gave the exiled prisoners and yamen runners a meal, and then asked the second in command to drive the group to the valley seven miles away to collect stones.
"Hurry up!"
The convicts were blindfolded and taken to the stone quarrying site. The bandits took off the sacks on their heads and gave them the tools to quarry.
They were kept in the stilt houses in the mountain village these days, and were occasionally sent out in batches to loosen the soil and water the fields in the village.
But they could eat their fill every meal, and at night they could rest indoors and sleep on straw.
At this time, the fugitive's mental state seemed much better than before.
On the contrary, the ten yamen runners who were driven over were mostly listless, some were even sniffing their noses, and only two or three strong ones looked slightly better.
"Ah--"
“Cough cough cough——”
These yamen runners were locked up in one place. Even if they didn't catch a cold when they were hanging on the city wall that day, they were now infected.
At this time, they were staggering as they walked with their quarrying tools, like a bunch of sick chickens, without any of the arrogance they had in the past when they were driving away the fugitives.
Seeing that these yamen runners were all sick, the exiles kept their distance from them, fearing that they would be infected.
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