"Mr. Liu, Miss Qiao." The man saluted, "Young Master, I am ordered to take Miss Qiao to Mr. Wang's Yinbu." (Yinbu is now the interview)
Liu Zhan nodded, then looked at Qiao Qixin and said, "Master Wang is kind, don't be afraid."
"Okay." Qiao Qixin responded, and then followed the schoolboy into the interior of Dali Temple.
"Did you bring the little girl?"
Behind him, Kun Bai appeared behind Liu Zhan, stroking his beard.
Liu Zhan had long been accustomed to Kun Bai's elusiveness. He bent down and saluted, "Master."
"Qixin's family has died. I want to give her a job so that she can be stable for the rest of her life. This is also to repay her the favor from the Li family."
"What's wrong? Don't owe more." Kun Bai looked at Liu Zhan meaningfully.
——
"Miss Qiao, we're here."
The schoolboy led Qiao Qixin into a room.
There was nothing in the room, only a chair and a table with a brush and ink stand on the table.
"Where's the examiner?" Qiao Qixin turned around and asked.
"Master Wang seems to have gone to buy food..." the schoolboy said awkwardly, "Miss Qiao, would you like to sit down for a while first?"
Hearing this, Qiao Qixin nodded and said, "Okay."
After the schoolchildren left, Qiao Qixin sat on the chair and looked at the paper and ink in front of her, thinking about trying it first.
She got some water and started grinding the ink, then used the brush to slide over the rice paper.
For a moment, I was fascinated by the painting.
Time passed slowly, and a family portrait suddenly appeared on the paper.
"Hey, girl, are you finished painting?"
Looking up, a man with a big belly looked at Qiao Qixin with a smile.
His mouth was still shiny, and he was holding three candied haws in his hand.
"Want one?" Seeing Qiao Qixin staring at him, the man presented the candied haws to Qiao Qixin.
Qiao Qixin shook her head and refused.
The man quickly took the candied haws back - he was just being polite.
If Qiao Qixin really accepted it, he wouldn't be happy.
"Are you Mr. Wang?" Qiao Qixin asked.
"Ah? My surname is Wang, but I can't bear the title of sir," the man said with a smile, "Just like the boy named Liu, just call me Uncle Wang."
Qiao Qixin nodded and said, "Uncle Wang."
"Miss Qiao, with your painting skills, why don't you go to the palace and come to this dilapidated Dali Temple?" Uncle Wang bit the candied haws and came forward to look at Qiao Qixin's painting carefully.
Qiao Qixin didn't answer, and Uncle Wang didn't ask any further questions.
The painting depicts a man and two women. One of the women is holding a doll in her hand, and the other woman looks exactly like Qiao Qixin herself.
He clapped his hands and said, "Okay, you've passed. From now on, you will be the painter of our Dali Temple! If you have anything to ask Liu Zhan, I will leave first, Uncle Wang."
Uncle Wang gnawed on the candied haws, patted his butt and ran away.
Qiao Qixin cleared the table and as soon as she went out, she met Liu Zhan who was coming in this direction.
"Uncle Wang told me that from now on you will be an official member of Dali Temple." Liu Zhan said.
Qiao Qixin nodded and said, "What do I need to do?"
Liu Zhan nodded slightly, "Follow me."
underground
Liu Zhan brought Qiao Qixin to a clean cage.
In the cage is someone Qiao Qixin knows - Li Zhirou.
Liu Zhan brought a chair and table to Qiao Qixin and said, "You can leave after you finish painting her."
Qiao Qixin glanced at Liu Zhan and said, "Is it that simple?"
Liu Zhan nodded.
The other cells were all occupied by men, and Liu Zhan was afraid that Qiao Qixin would be bullied by them if she couldn't hold him down.
After Liu Zhan left, Li Zhirou in the cage looked up at Qiao Qixin.
Qiao Qixin glanced at her calmly, then lowered her head and traced her face on the paper.
"Why you?" Li Zhirou grabbed the railing.
She had very dark circles under her eyes, her eye sockets were very large, she had lost a lot of weight, and she had lost the sparkle of the second young lady of the Li family.
Qiao Qixin said coldly, "I'm a painter, it's just my turn."
"It's all you, it's all because of you, otherwise I would still be a good young lady now!" Li Zhirou gripped the railing, her nails turning white from the exertion.
"Oh, then come out and kill me." Qiao Qixin said coldly.
She raised her head and glanced at Li Zhirou's face, then lowered her head and continued to add details.
"By the way, you'd better cut your hair, otherwise you'll look like a ghost in the painting." Qiao Qixin said calmly.
Li Zhirou's eyes widened and she gritted her teeth and said, "You bitch."
"There are so many people who call me a bitch, who are you?" Qiao Qixin put the paper up and compared it with Li Zhirou's face.
"If you don't cut your hair, I will just follow the painting." Qiao Qixin threatened lightly.
After all, she is a former lady, and Li Zhirou still cares about her appearance.
She trimmed her hair behind her ears, and then reluctantly said, "Draw something nice."
Qiao Qixin said indifferently, "I will draw whatever you look like."
"You!" Li Zhirou said angrily, "You despicable brat! How dare you speak to me like that!"
"Li Zhirou, if you dare, come out and beat me. Don't hide in the cage." Qiao Qixin wrote calmly.
"you……"
Li Zhirou was about to lose her temper when she saw Qiao Qixin standing up and gradually approaching her.
"You, what are you going to do?" Li Zhirou asked anxiously.
Qiao Qixin looked at Li Zhirou indifferently, "Is my blood delicious?"
After that, Qiao Qixin turned and left, leaving Li Zhirou alone in the cell.
——
After handing the portrait to the person in charge, Qiao Qixin left Dali Temple.
Discipline in Dali Temple was already loose, so Qiao Qixin left without anyone noticing.
She wandered aimlessly on the street and took a look at every stall.
She didn't buy anything, she just looked at her, which made several stall owners think she was some kind of thief.
"Huh? Qixin, are you here like this?"
Suddenly someone shouted from behind.
Qiao Qixin turned around subconsciously, and it turned out to be Jin Yan.
"You came out of Dali Temple? How are you? Are you okay?" Jin Yan walked to Qiao Qixin's side.
Qiao Qixin nodded, "It's okay."
"That's fine, let's go. What do you want to eat? Sister pays the bill!" With that said, Jin Yan took Qiao Qixin's arm and walked towards the food court.
——
Dali Temple
Liu Zhan flipped through the book and yawned boredly.
The people sent to Jia's house to search for clues have not returned yet, and there are no major crimes happening in the capital, so Liu Zhan is very free now.
"Hey, nothing to do?" Kun Bai walked in from the door.
Liu Zhan quickly stood up and said, "Master."
Kun Bai had a smile on his face and put his hands behind his back. "I saw that little girl's painting. It's very good. She was a talent at Dali Temple."
"What does Master mean?" Liu Zhan asked.
Kun Bai looked at Liu Zhan and asked, "What do you think?"
Liu Zhan shook his head, "I don't know."
The master and apprentice looked at each other, neither of them willing to speak first.
——
Jin Yan brought Qiao Qixin to the restaurant.
"Shopkeeper, please have a piece of sweet and sour fish, and another piece of green bamboo to announce the spring." Jin Yan looked at Qiao Qixin, "Is there anything you want to eat?"
Qiao Qixin thought for a moment and said, "Can I have candied haws on a stick?"
"Candied haws on a stick? Where do you get candied haws on a stick in this restaurant?" Jinyan groped her chin, "Sister, I'll take you to the street to buy some. Can we get some black rice?"
"Is it too much?" Qiao Qixin asked.
"Not much, you worked hard today." Jin Yan patted Qiao Qixin on the shoulder.
Qiao Qixin didn't know why.
There won't be anyone here, so the food will be served quickly.
Jin Yan stuffed half of the fish into Qiao Qixin's bowl, "This sweet and sour fish is their signature dish. You must order it every time. Try it quickly."
Qiao Qixin lowered her head and took a bite, the sweet and sour taste spreading on her tongue.
"How is it? Is it delicious?" Jin Yan asked with concern.
"It's delicious." Qiao Qixin nodded.
"That's good." Jin Yan showed a satisfied smile, and then took a piece of fish for herself.
"Their black rice is also very delicious. It is steamed with rice dumpling leaves and has a very fragrant aroma." Jin Yan recommended while putting the black rice into Qiao Qixin's bowl.
Qiao Qixin stopped her and said she couldn't eat that much.
Jinyan stopped stuffing things into Qiao Qixin's bowl.
Qiao Qixin noticed that there was some hesitation and something wrong in Jin Yan's expression, so she said, "Do you have anything to ask me?"
Hearing this, Jin Yan coughed awkwardly and said, "Well, Qixin, did you fail?"
"What?" Qiao Qixin was confused.
"Oh, he is a government painter, have you been dismissed?" Jin Yan said.
Qiao Qixin was even more confused, "No."
Just kidding, can her painting skills be improved? By whom?
"Ah? Then why did you come out at noon?" Jin Yan was confused.
Qiao Qixin was also confused, "I came out as soon as I finished my work. That's what Liu Zhan told me."
Jin Yan was confused, "Really? But what Liu Zhan told me at the beginning was that he was so busy at Dali Temple?"
"Ah? Then I don't know." Qiao Qixin stuffed a mouthful of black rice into her mouth, chewed it and swallowed it, "I did pass. Liu Zhan asked me to draw a portrait of a prisoner and told me that I could leave after finishing the drawing. I
After I finished painting, I left without anyone stopping me."
"That's it..." Jin Yan nodded thoughtfully, then opened her eyes suddenly, "Oh! If I had known this was the case, I wouldn't have dragged you out to the restaurant!"
Qiao Qixin, who was chewing fish meat, raised her head in confusion.
"The food on this table is so valuable! I thought you were in a bad mood because you were kicked off the shop, so I was thinking of taking you to eat something good." Jin Yan helplessly held her forehead.
Unexpectedly, it was her own passion.
Jinyan regrets it very much now.
Qiao Qixin didn't care. When she heard that Jinyan brought her food to comfort her, she quickly stuffed more into her mouth.
How can you waste Sister Jinyan’s thoughts!
In the end, Jinyan, who was bleeding heavily, walked out of the hotel holding her wallet and crying.
Qiao Qixin, who was still unsatisfied with her appetite, tugged on her arm and pointed to the candied haws on the side.
Jinyan:!
"No! Don't go! I have no money!" Jin Yan struggled.
Qiao Qixin let go of her arm.
Then Jin Yan fell to the ground.
The two looked at each other.
"...Why did you let go of me?" Jin Yan sat on the ground, condemning Qiao Qixin with her eyes.
Qiao Qixin, who had no conscience, said bluntly, "Aren't you going to go? So I let go."
Jinyan: You have no heart.
The two looked at each other, and finally Qiao Qixin, who knew she was in the wrong, surrendered.
She went to the candied haws store and bought two bunches of candied haws, and handed one to Jin Yan.
Jinyan took the candied haws and took a bite of it bitterly.
Not as delicious as the sweet and sour carp just now!
Qiao Qixin returned to Fusheng Inn, lay on the bed and took a nap.
After almost resting, Qiao Qixin went to Dali Temple again to see if there was any place that needed her, but found that Liu didn't know where she had gone.
"Uncle Wang, do you know where Liu Zhan is? I can't find him." Qiao Qixin asked Uncle Wang, the only person she knew in Dali Temple.
Uncle Wang, who was chewing meat skewers, thought for a moment, "He seems to have gone to Suiluo City. It seems that a bad case has arisen, and an important person needs to personally preside over it."
Qiao Qixin nodded thoughtfully, and then asked, "Uncle Wang, what should I do these days?"
"Ah?" Uncle Wang was stunned for a moment, "You don't have to do anything? If you want, you can go clean the yard or something."
Qiao Qixin was also stunned, "Don't you need to give portraits to other prisoners?"
Uncle Wang let out a "squeak" and said, "That was Liu Zhan who fooled you. Why do you need portraits of every prisoner?"