"Yes...ah." Du Xia always felt that Chu Yun looked at him with gloomy eyes. He didn't think it was an eyesore for him and Ximen Yu to come together, did he?

"Speaking of which, I also have a picture of the eldest son's lady. It is really fascinating, and people have to admire the eldest son's painting skills."

"?" Du Xia didn't understand why he still praised himself, could it be that he was talking ironically?Moreover, why did the painting come to him?Didn't Ximen Yu say he sold it to Qiantangjiang's family?

Du Xia glanced at Ximen Yu, his face was not very good-looking, and said: "Mr. Chu's painting was transferred by Jiang?"

"That's right, but for an extra 4 taels of silver, I think it's very worthwhile to get a portrait of a lady drawn by the eldest son himself." Chu Yun said with a smile.

"?"

Du Xia was completely stunned, and felt that the development of the matter seemed to be different from what he imagined.

This is a little strange, Chu Yun should be around Ximen Yu, why did he spend an extra 4 taels for a picture of a lady?Du Xia can make one painting a day, if he can sell it at such a high price, wouldn't he be rich?

"I offer a toast to both of you. If you are free, you may as well come to my house as a guest. I will definitely serve you the best tea." As he spoke, Chu Yun raised the black tea in his hand.

Black tea, coffee and foreign wine from the West are very popular recently in the upper class, and these drinks are all served at this banquet.

Ximenqing has been drinking clear tea, and Du Xia got used to it after drinking too much, but there is no clear tea here, so he just made up with it, raised his teacup, and took a sip slowly.

When Du Xia was drinking tea, two strangers came up to them, one of them said: "Young Master Ximen is so elegant when drinking tea, his posture is even more beautiful than that of a lady."

Du Xia frowned slightly, suspecting that they deliberately disgusted him, even compared him with women, and said he was prettier than women?How rude...but he doesn't lose his temper easily.

But it seemed that he didn't need to show up, Ximen Yu showed a terrifying expression for a moment. Although he quickly recovered, he still scared the two people enough. Du Xia didn't see Chu Yun and stared at him with warning eyes. The two glanced at each other.

"Yes... I'm sorry, we made a mistake, we have no other intentions, just... I want to say hello to a few of you and make friends..."

Ximen Yu's expression seemed to be smiling, with a cold smile, as if mocking their self-control, the two shuddered, and walked away like oiling the soles of their feet.

"Brother, don't take it to heart." After the two left, Ximen Yu turned to Du Xia and said.

"Yeah." Du Xia quickly put such trivial matters behind him.

Chu Yun also took his leave and left, and took a last look at Du Xia, who was puzzled.

The topic at the banquet began to revolve around painting at some point, Du Xia was affected by this, and his name was frequently mentioned.

Luan Hanyin took out a Western Madonna painting, and many people commented on the Madonna painting with elegance.

"Actually, the person who gave the painting to me mentioned that there is a secret hidden in this painting." Luan Hanyin said.

Everyone discussed the secrets in the painting, but they didn't get to the point. Luan Hanyin shook his head regretfully.

"I don't know what the eldest son thinks?" Luan Hanyin suddenly asked Du Xia.

Du Xia glanced at the painting of the Virgin, and saw a doubt. Everyone's attention was focused on the Virgin Mary and the baby in her arms, and they forgot to look at the background of the painting.

Du Xia hesitated for a moment, not knowing whether to speak out, when someone spoke.

"Young Master is good at classical painting, don't you know much about oil painting?"

"I think so too."

"No, people should not be judged by their appearance." Chu Yun said.

Ximen Yu glanced at Du Xia, and said: "Brother, you see those people talk nonsense, have no ink and like to belittle others, why don't you tell them what true knowledge is, and let them learn more?"

Ximen Yu's voice was not loud, but it was enough for those people to hear. Those people were a little embarrassed and stopped talking.

Du Xia was slightly taken aback when he heard the words, originally he didn't want to show off, but now he made up his mind.If he couldn't explain why, it would be losing face to Ximen Yu. Ximen Yu was speaking for him, so he couldn't lose face to Ximen Yu.

He looked at the painting of Our Lady with a smile and said, "The background of this painting was completely blacked out. In fact, the original background should be an open pastoral scene, but when it was changed hands, the painting was blacked out by someone other than the original artist."

"...!"

Everyone looked at the painting, and the background was indeed completely black, but they didn't expect the color to be painted later.

"What basis do you have for saying that?" Although some people raised doubts, their tone was much more polite.

"On the one hand, it was customary to use pastoral scenery as the background of Western Madonna paintings at that time, so it is speculated that the background of this painting should also be natural scenery. On the other hand, it is because laymen may not be able to see the traces of smearing. But experts can still see it if they look closely.”

In other words, I saw the traces of smearing, but you are all laymen who didn't see it.

The person who mocked Du Xia just now had red and white faces, which was really pretty. Ximen Yu smiled lightly, and Chu Yun also covered the corners of his lips with his hands.

Luan Hanyin's eyes brightened, and he looked at Du Xia with longing and admiration, but behind the light, the depths of his eyes became slightly cloudy.

"As expected of the eldest son, you are right. This is the secret that the art dealer told me. The background of this painting was originally not black. But after this change, the love of the Virgin is in sharp contrast with the surrounding darkness, giving people a visual The impact is stronger, which can be called a good transformation." Luan Hanyin said.

Du Xia thought he was a frivolous guy just now, but upon hearing the words, he looked at him differently, thinking that it should be true that he is a calligraphy and painting collector, among other things, he is quite discerning in calligraphy and painting.

After this little episode, the eyes of everyone looking at Du Xia changed, with a little awe, many people came to offer tea to him.

Du Xia couldn't refuse, so he drank a few more cups of tea.

After a while, he felt that his body was not very comfortable. Although Ximen Qing's body was not strong, it could not be called weak either. This was the first time that his body was so uncomfortable.

Du Xia thought about it, the porridge and side dishes that he ate in the morning couldn't possibly be a problem, so... is it because of the black tea?

Speaking of which, the black tea I drank just now has a unique taste, different from the black tea I brewed when I was Duanmulian. The black tea brewed according to Duanmulian's knowledge tastes authentic and delicious, so what is the difference between Du Xia drinking other black teas at once.But at that time, he only thought that the formula was different because of the different years, and it was normal for the unique taste of black tea, so he didn't take it to heart.

Although it's uncomfortable, it's not the feeling of drinking a bad stomach. It's just that the body is heavy, the mind is groggy, and I want to sleep.

Du Xia asked Ximen Yu: "How much longer?"

Ximen Yu heard that he wanted to leave, and knew that he was always a person who received gifts very much, so he suddenly asked that something must have happened.

"Brother, are you feeling unwell?"

Du Xia nodded, thinking that his intuition is really sharp.

"I can take you back now, forget about the opera, don't go to see it, it's just that the road may be bumpy, you have to hold on."

Du Xia thought about it, yes, and promised him to go to the opera, Du Xia didn't want to break his promise, so he collected himself and said, "I guess it's good to have a rest, and don't go back in a hurry."

Ximen Yu looked at him worriedly: "Don't force it."

At this time, a waiter came to the two of them, seeing that Du Xia's face was not looking well, he said: "My lord, are you feeling unwell? You can go to the guest room above to have a rest."

"Thank you." Du Xia couldn't wait, and stood up.

Ximen Yu got up to see him off, the waiter smiled at him and said, "My lord, you can continue to enjoy the banquet, I will take care of this lord."

Du Xia also asked him to sit down, and Ximen Yu watched them leave the first floor and go to the guest room on the second floor.

Du Xia followed the waiter up to the second floor, and saw that it was like a hotel, with rooms on the left and right, but not many in number. Looking in from the opened door, the layout inside was very delicate.

The waiter brought Du Xia to a room and stopped, and said, "My lord, you can rest here for a while."

Du Xia nodded, walked into the room, before turning back to thank him, the waiter closed the door from the outside, Du Xia heard the sound of locking, and almost burst out saying "I'm sorry" in my heart.

Just now he smiled harmlessly at him, but he stepped into the door and locked the door behind him. He was sure that the waiter had bad intentions!

This is the second time someone has been locked into the room. Du Xia held his forehead in trouble, thinking that he should also have a good memory.

"Hey, Eldest Young Master, you are finally here."

There was a sound from inside the room, and Du Xia realized that there were still people inside.

As soon as he finished speaking, those two people appeared in front of him, they were the two who spoke rudely just now.

Du Xia's first thought was that they were frightened by Ximen Yu and couldn't swallow this breath, so they deliberately retaliated against him, but it seemed that he was wrong.

"Don't blame us for making such a bad move. The main reason is that someone ordered us to do so, and we have no choice."

Someone ordered?

"Who?" Du Xia asked.

Seeing that he looked very calm, the two of them were happy: "As expected of you, you are not in a hurry when encountering such a thing, but let me remind you first, although our elder brother looks dignified, but behind his back Not a nice guy, what happens next, we can't guarantee."

"You also know who I am. If you dare to touch me, you have no good fruit to eat. You are just used by the so-called big brother to help him do this kind of thing. Don't you know who is the unlucky one in the end?"

The two looked at each other, at first they looked at each other in blank dismay, but then laughed again, and said, "Eldest son, you are right, we also expected that Ximen Yu would not let us go, but the elder brother is the elder brother after all, we will not let you know what he explained. We have to do it, and the eldest brother will protect us."

Du Xia thought that they had been brainwashed too badly, knowing that gossip was useless, so he stopped talking.

Du Xia originally wanted to try to kick open the door at the back to see if he could escape, but Ximen Qing had a clear name and probably would not do such a rude thing, so Du Xia held back in a daze.

The two of them saw that he was motionless, standing still like a gentleman, which saved a lot of trouble.

One of them lit a stick of incense and approached Du Xia, Du Xia immediately smelled that it was not a good incense, and left him, the man was chasing after him, as if he was still enjoying it.

Du Xia evaded for a while, really annoyed, waved his long sleeve, and knocked off the incense in the man's hand, the man grabbed Du Xia's sleeve with his backhand, and leaned in front of him, looking at him seriously.

what?Du Xia was really angry, but the other party was very happy.

"Look carefully, the eldest son's skin is really good, it is much whiter and more delicate than Xiaoyan's. If it wasn't for the elder brother's confession not to touch you, I couldn't help it."

Du Xia knew that some nobles were very dishonest in private, and what they did was outrageous, but because of Ximen Yu's good character, he misunderstood him, thinking that he would never meet such people.

How wrong!

In this era of reform and innovation, but also a waste of money, some people work around the clock and become the pillars of the country, but there are also moths that eat the pillars.

Du Xia looked at the man coldly, his eyes were too condemning and clear, which really stunned the two of them, and said a little embarrassingly: "Young Master, we know that you are innocent, but it is unlucky for you to be seen by the elder brother. You should feel wronged."

After talking, a person actually took a rope to tie Du Xia, not a thick hemp rope, but a thin red rope, which looked like a sex toy used in a brothel, Du Xia broke away from the two of them, so angry that he wanted to curse.

The most important thing is that there is no choice of limbs here!

Not choosing a limb means that such a thing cannot be avoided. Could it be that he is destined for such a calamity?Du Xia's heart is filled with the three letters of wtf.

"You run, you will lose your strength if you run, why don't you just be obedient?" One of them said to Du Xia with a mean smile.

Du Xia really wanted to punch him, but he found that what he said might be right. The body that was not quite right after drinking black tea just now became even more wrong after smelling the fragrance. Coupled with the strenuous exercise, his body It seems to be getting more and more out of control.

Seeing that he was powerless to resist, those two people approached him with a rope. Du Xia pushed the table towards them, stopping them temporarily, but this also exhausted his last strength. All you see are shadows.

"The host's physical health index was detected to be -95, and the current health index is 5. It is in an extremely dangerous state, and it is not recommended to move."

Du Xia remembered reminding him that last time, he passed out very quickly, is he going to faint now?He couldn't believe what would happen when he fainted, so he pinched his thigh fiercely with his hands, trying to stay awake.

In the end he saw two people walking towards him, this time he really didn't know what to do, when he was about to scold this cheating game from the bottom of his heart, the door was hammered hard from the outside.

Hearing this voice, Du Xia was overjoyed, thinking that someone wants to enter this room?I really hope someone can save him.

"The person who came in was Ximen Yu", "The person who came in was Chu Yun", "it was someone else"

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