Divine Marquis Ximen trembled, and Ximen Zhanying looked shocked slightly.
After a moment of silence, Divine Marquis clapped and praised, “The younger generation will surpass the older. Marquis, in fact, I have heard that the heir in the mansion of the Marquis of Honor is slow-witted. Today I finally know that the hearsay is unreliable. You are thoughtful and scrupulous. Even the experienced masters in handling cases may not consider so carefully.”
“Divine Marquis, you flatter me.” Being praised by this old detective, Qi Ning felt shy. “I just teach fish to swim and incur ridicule.”
Divine Marquis shook his head. “Marquis, don’t be so modest.” He looked at Ximen Zhanying and asked, “Do you know what profiting more from one consultation than from ten years of reading means? Marquis analyses reasonably. Can you think of this point?”
Ximen Zhanying thought that what Qi Ning said made sense, but she still stated reluctantly, “Fa
Qi Ning instantly came back to reality and realized that there was no abstractionism in this era.He just saw that this painting of Divine Marquis’s was vague but with smooth lines, seeming to be of artistic conception, so he thought of the abstract paintings involuntarily. In fact, he knew only a little about the abstract paintings.“Oh?” Seeing that Divine Marquis looked at him, Qi Ning had to say, “That’s a school of painting. Haven’t you heard of it, Divine Marquis?” He knew that it was impossible for Divine Marquis to hear of the abstractionism, yet he had to say so now.Obviously, Divine Marquis was interested. “I know something about the schools of painting. As far as I know, there are mainly two schools nowadays, the north school and the south school of painting. The north school mainly paints scenery with hills and waters, and the south school is adept at painting living things, such as birds, beasts and characters. There are mo
After they walked out of the Leisure House, Qu Xiaocang was nowhere to be seen, and only Duan Canghai was waiting outside. Ximen Zhanying had a saber with her. She glanced at Duan Canghai and said coldly, “You have a guard to protect you, so you don’t need me to escort you.”“Zhanying, it’s Divine Marquis’s kindness. If I refuse him, I will show disrespect for him, and he will probably be unhappy.” Qi Ning sighed. “In fact, I don’t want you to escort me. How about I come back in and tell him that you have jobs to do and don’t want to send me home?”Ximen Zhanying said angrily, “You can’t call me like this again.”“What should I call you?” Qi Ning smiled. “How about I call you Ying? Divine Marquis is my friend, and you are young, so it must be okay if I call you Ying like him.”Ximen Zhanying was furious and snorted, walking out. After she took a few steps, she looked back and asked in a rage, “Why don’t you go?”
Caught by Qi Ning, that man thought he had done something wrong. After hearing what Qi Ning said later, he sighed with relief and said while smiling, “Sir, something interesting is going on over there. You should go and take a look now. People are having martial arts competitions in the arena and it has lasted for three days. Today will be the last day. The winner will be announced later.”Qi Ning was slightly shocked and asked, “Martial arts competitions?”“It’s held by Tian Family.” The man explained, “If anyone can be the winner, he will get a reward of one hundred taels of silver. It’s said that he will also get a secret gift.”“One hundred taels of silver?” Qi Ning sneered. In the past, he might felt satisfied with the amount of money, but recently, he got to know lots of objects worth even thousands of taels of silver. One hundred was just too little money for him now. Moreover, the winner could only get such little money. People w
Qi Ning looked at the two people on the stage. In all fairness, they fought with a series of skills, and they punched and kicked, which showed that they had practiced martial arts for years. The dark-skinned big guy fought with more powerful strength obviously, but his movements were not as flexible as his opponent’s.At the moment, the dark-skinned big guy apparently gained the upper hand, and his opponent had to dodge depending on his flexible movements. The crowd under the stage were noisy. Some of them supported the dark-skinned guy, and some supported the refined man.“Zhanying, who do you think will win?” Qi Ning glanced at Ximen Zhanying next to him and asked with a smile. Ximen Zhanying turned away and craned her neck. Qi Ning murmured, “I thought that you are powerful in martial arts, yet it turns out that you can’t find who is more powerful. It’s so disappointing.”Ximen Zhanying gritted her white teeth and clenched her fists.
The dark-skinned big guy had cold sweat on his forehead. This man was really strong and endured the pain, looking at Qi Ning. Then he suddenly roared like a beast and rushed to Qi Ning.The big guy rushed over with all strength like a fierce tiger. Qi Ning knew that he couldn’t confront the tough with toughness as this man had great force, so he strode with his left foot from the left front and dodged effortlessly like a ghost.Although this big guy had practiced for a few years with a foundation, facing the mysterious footwork, the Easy Travel, he didn’t have a chance. When Qi Ning dodged successfully, he flashed and came to the back of the big guy. In front of the big guy, he certainly didn’t need to walk the steps of the Easy Travel from beginning to end. He turned back and raised his foot, kicking the big guy’s butt hard.The big guy was rushing forward and couldn’t stop himself. After Qi Ning kicked him, it was like adding fuel to t
As Butler Tian said, the Tian family’s mansion was not far away.After they walked to the street corner, they turned to the south and then went to another street. Soon they saw a large courtyard with cyan bricks, red tiles and a big brown door.Although the Tian family was famous for dealing with medicinal materials in the capital, after all, it was not an official’s family, and they didn’t dare to use a conspicuous red door.Dozens of people followed them to the door of the Tian family, and several servants were waiting at the door. Obviously they had got the news. Seeing that Butler Tian led Qi Ning here, the servants hurriedly invited him into the mansion. Butler Tian could see that Duan Canghai and Ximen Zhanying were Qi Ning’s companions, so he invited them in, too.The dozens of people who followed them and came to watch a show certainly couldn’t enter the mansion, so all of them complained.Although the T
Qi Ning was scared and wondered if the hearsay was true that the secret gift was marrying the lady. Did Mrs. Tian who was mature and beautiful want to find another husband as she couldn’t endure the loneliness after being a widow for three years?Mrs. Tian noticed the surprise on Qi Ning’s face and understood at once, while her fair-skinned and tender cheeks got red and looked fascinating. She hurriedly explained, “No. Don’t get me wrong. I mean... Eh, Master Qi, since you went to the stage to compete, you must have heard some rumors.”“Madam, what do you mean?”“Some people have said that the secret gift after winning the competition is to marry the lady in our mansion. Have you heard about it?” Mrs. Tian looked at Qi Ning with her beautiful eyes like fog.Qi Ning answered, “Since it is a rumor, it must not be true.”Mrs. Tian smiled. “In fact, it is true.”“What?” Qi Ning was stunned and asked aut
The servants were aggressive, while Qi Ning was amused in secret. He restrained himself with effort and stated, “You must know that I have competed on the stage. The big guy was beaten down the stage by me easily. Do you want to have a try, too?”The servants heard that and instantly realized that this young man couldn’t be defeated easily, so they felt nervous.The burly man with a hoarse voice forced a smile. “Master Qi, Madam has something to tell you. Look, it’s still early, and you don’t need to go in a hurry. If you leave, we will have no food to eat. When we are outside, let’s help each other. Just wait a moment, and we won’t have a difficult time.”Qi Ning knew that if he delayed, Mrs. Tian would come soon. It didn’t matter if he was tough in front of these people, and he would escape after frightening them, but Mrs. Tian was silver-tongued and he couldn’t cope with her easily, so he howled in a low voice, “Since we should help e