Chapter 16 (1/2)
Chapter 16
CMH 16 – Du Juan (First)
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After leaving the Lotus Pond, Xue Mu walks along the bank of the pond and into the sht besides itNuo Yan follows behind, keeping a nice distance away
” Have you found Hong-er? ”
Xue Mu ask suddenly without turning back, his voice cal
” No Sir, however we have found out that she haven’t left Chang-An City”
It then sounds like Xue Mu chuckles before lapsing into silence
” Put more people on this”
” Yes Sir”
The short conversation ended just as the Lotus Chanolia is all over the courtyard as Xue Mu walks through it, pushi+ng open the door to the room
Inside sits a person, dressed in dark blue, one hand holding onto a white folding fan, looking every bit of a scholarSeeing Xue Mu, he laughs as he waves at him
He is no other than the youngest officer in this city, Cao Jingren
” You finished handling everything? ”
A silly s like a different person fro’s banquetXue Mu walks over and sit opposite from him
” The drawing? ”
Cao Jingren lazily pulls out a scroll from his wide sleeve and places it on the table
” Nicked it from that Aersi person”
Xue Mu look at the nicely wrapped scroll and lifts his brow up
” As expected of ‘Thousand Hands’”
Cao Jingren’s face darken
” For the 493 times, don’t call me that”
Before the Cao Faren, they have a skill no one knows of, being handed doithin the fa the prodigy, Cao Jingren not only have the brains for studies, he even excels at their family traditionHe was known in the Martial World as ‘Thousand Hands’, where no one can see his hands ever in action
But very few people have actually connect dear little ‘Thousand Hands’ and Chang-An’s young raising talent together
Xue Mu does not continue his teasing but instead, carefully unwraps the scroll and taking it outAfter rolling it out, he stares at that stalk of white orchid for a while before frowning
” It’s a
fake”
” Not possible!! ”
Cao Jingren retorts loudly, as if challenged
” I validate it myself at the banquet, it isMaoxue! ”
He snatches the painting from Xue Mu’s hands and stares at itAfter a few look, the color of his face slowly palesIt is really a fakeSeeing his reaction, Xue Mu knows that thereanother look at the white orchid, he asks
” Where is this from? ”
Cao Jingren pursed his lips, unable to accept it
” I snatched it from Aersi”
He don’t get it, where have he gone wrong? Or have Aersi left behind another hand? Xue Mu lowers his gaze as he gives it soht
” Tellthat happened in that banquet”
Cao Jingren takes a deep breath, as his dryly says
” Firstly, theZhibo planted at the Zhou Mansion switches the real 《White Jade Orchid • Spring》with the fake and Aersi follows her out”
He stop, and his gaze turns to Nuo YanSpotting Cao Jingren’s gaze, Nuo Yan continues
” I saw it personally that theZhibo’s men and Aersi then ‘buain”
” Right, so the real painting is on Aersi’s hand”
Cao Jingren nods, as if confir
” I got the signal so I took the chance when the place lost control to steal the fake painting on the master chair, pretend to bump into Aersi and swap the 2”
And that’s itThe real painting bounced from one hand to another but it should end up in his handSo why…
He takes another few looks at the fake painting, his brows all scrunched upThis matter have been ordered by the Emperor himself so please don’t tell hi to present to the Emperor?!
The threeof their own stuffAfter being in thought for a while, Xue Mu suddenly speaks up
” That maid is a fake”
Cao Jingren lifts his head up, his eyes surprise and confusedXue Mu’s eyes
” So Zhibo have planted in thebut handed another fake one to Tang Zhibo”
Cao Jingren stares blankly at Xue Mu, his thinking getting clearer by theunravels in his head
” She gave Tang Zhibo a fake, and Aersi replaces it with another fakeLastly, I stole the fake from Aersi”
They have been running about the entire day, in the end, it is all for naught
Cao Jingren’s anger reaches the explosion point and he burst out laughing
” If everything is as the Marquise had said, then ould have such skills to deceive the Marquise, Tang Zhibo and even Aersi? ”
Xue Mu’s eyes gleaht smile appears on his face
” Du Juan”
” ACHOO! ”
Liu Qinghuan suddenly sneezesShe turns around and looks at Nian Tang, who is following her behind
” Are you scolding me in your heart? ”
Nian Tang looks at her and smirks
” If I want to scold you, I would gladly do it in front of youWhy should I keep it inside of me and make me feel terrible? ”
Liu Qinghuan nods