Final Volume Chapter 28
Final Volume Chapter 28
Xiao Xuan pondered for a moment and said: "No matter whether the matter is successful or not, it will be easy for Gu Xiang to escape from the divine pool with Elder Pan's spiritual martial arts. When that happens, Gu Ye will never abandon Elder Pan. If Pan If the elder is willing, you can come to our country of Sichuan and be treated as a distinguished guest. Read the full text! "
His words eliminated Pan Tai's worries. His eyes fell on the five boxes of gold again, his eyes rolled, and then he nodded heavily and said: "Well, since it is His Highness the King of Sichuan who is asking for this, I must do my best to do it." Just go!”
Xiao Xuan was overjoyed when he heard this and said seriously: "I'll leave it to Elder Pan for this matter!"
"Your Highness Prince Sichuan, you don't have to be polite."
Xiao Xuan successfully bought Pan Tai with a lot of money and wanted to use Pan Tai to get rid of Ren Xiao. This move can be described as brilliant. First of all, Pan Tai is not a very good person, but Lingwu is outstanding, far above Ren Xiao. Secondly, Pan Tai is the elder of Shenchi, and he has always had bad conduct. Even if he assassinates Ren Xiao, It can be explained if the matter is revealed, and no one will connect this matter to Sichuan Guo.
This is a strategy that is both offensive and defensive. If it succeeds, it is the best. If it fails, Sichuan will have nothing to lose. It will just throw away some gold in vain.
Pan Tai accepted Xiao Xuan's large sum of money, and after returning to his house, he immediately summoned several of his most trusted disciples to discuss in a secret room how to get rid of Ren Xiao.
Now Ren Xiao's status is extraordinary. He is a dignified prince. Although he still lives in his original house and has not moved to the palace, many guards have been added to the house.
Among them are Feng Ren and Shenchi disciples, who are heavily guarded. It is not easy to sneak in without anyone noticing, even if his spiritual martial arts is as high as Pan Tai's. The most troublesome thing is that Ren Xiao's spiritual martial arts is not as good as Pan Tai's. Pan Tai wants to kill Ren Xiao within three or five moves, but that is impossible. But once he takes over, he will definitely attract all the guards, not to mention that he can’t kill Ren Xiao. , even Pan Tai himself is not sure whether he can escape.
Pan Tai discussed with several disciples for a long time, but could not come up with a good solution. Just when he was frowning and not knowing how to start, a disciple named Yuan Hao suddenly said: "Master, as far as the disciple knows, Ren Xiao likes calligraphy, painting and antiques. Master, why don't you like him and bring some antiques?" Calligraphy and painting went to visit Ren Xiao's house, and the master brought a heavy gift. Ren Xiao's character will never neglect the master, and he will definitely host a banquet. When the time comes, the master can take the opportunity to get Ren Xiao drunk and wait for an opportunity to strike. "
After listening to Yuan Hao's suggestion, Pan Tai's eyes suddenly lit up. He nodded secretly and said: This is a good idea. When Ren Xiao is awake, of course he cannot kill him within three or five moves, but If he was drunk, it would be easy to kill him. He nodded slowly while thinking about it, and murmured: "This is also a way, you can try it!"
The next day. Pantai deliberately chose to visit Ren's house in the evening. Logically speaking, anyone would choose to visit someone in the morning, but he chose it during meal time just so that Ren Xiao could entertain him with a banquet.
Ren Xiao was at home at this time, and Xia Yao was with him. Hearing that Pan Tai came to visit, Ren Xiao suddenly frowned. Pan Tai's hunch was right, Ren Xiao did not have a good impression of him, and he also disliked him very much.
In the past, let alone Xia Yao, he would not have met Pan Tai even if Xia Yao was not here. But now his identity is different from before, and some things cannot be left to his own whim. Pan Tai is an elder after all. Since he came to visit in person, he could only meet once.
He said helplessly to Xia Yao: "Yao, I'm going to deal with Elder Pan first, and I'll be back soon."
Xia Yao smiled lightly, stood up and said, "It's getting late, I should go back. I'll see you tomorrow!" As she spoke, she put on a cloak, covering her whole body, except for a pair of beautiful women. The eyes are exposed.
Looking at her dress, Ren Xiao felt full of apologies. At the same time, he secretly swore in his heart that after he became the Holy King, the first thing he would do was to propose to Xia Yao. The two of them would never be as secretive as they are now. .
Seeing Ren Xiao looking at her in a daze, Xia Yao smiled at him and said, "I will go through the back door and Elder Pan won't find me." As she said that, she suddenly remembered something and reminded: "Smile, Elder Pan is so scheming. No, you should be more careful!"
Ren Xiao nodded and said, "Don't worry, I know what's going on!" He sent Xia Yao out of the room, watched her walk out the back door, and boarded the carriage waiting outside, then turned and walked towards the hall.
When Ren Xiao arrived at the hall, Pan Tai had been waiting here for a while. When Ren Xiao finally showed up, Pan Tai quickly stood up, bowed his hands and saluted, and said, "I pay my respects to you, young master!"
"Hey, Elder Pan doesn't need to be polite!" No matter how much Ren Xiao hates Pan Tai in his heart, he still needs to talk about basic etiquette. He stepped forward quickly and bowed his hand in return.
The two sat down separately, and Pan Tai said with a wry smile: "Originally, I should have come to congratulate the young master yesterday, but there were too many people visiting the young master, and I didn't want to get together and join in the fun, so I chose to come to visit at this time today. , please forgive me if there is anything wrong!”
Ren smiled. Pan Tai, who was usually arrogant and domineering, suddenly became so polite. He really didn't feel comfortable with it. He waved his hand and said: "What did Elder Pan say? Even if Elder Pan doesn't come to visit, I don't dare to blame Elder Pan!"
Pan Tai said with a smile: "Young Master is indeed kind." As he spoke, he picked up the gift box on the side, opened it and said: "I heard that Young Master always likes calligraphy and painting, and I happen to have a few pairs in my home. I'll bring it here for you to appreciate."
He really caught Ren Xiao's preference, and the latter asked with a smile: "I wonder which famous artist created Elder Pan's calligraphy and painting?"
"Oh, I don't know who is the famous artist and who is the scribbler. However, one of my calligraphy and paintings is really from a famous person."
"Oh? I wonder who it is?" Ren Xiao became interested and asked with a smile.
"He is the late king of my divine pool, Pan Daozi." Pan Tai said cautiously, while paying close attention to Ren Xiao's reaction.
When Ren Xiao heard this, he couldn't help but take a breath. Pan Daozi was the fourth generation Holy King of Shenchi. His spiritual martial arts could not be considered outstanding among all the Holy Kings of the past, but his attainments in calligraphy and painting were definitely the best. It’s not an exaggeration to describe it as a generation of famous people.
It's just that Pan Daozi's era was too long ago, and not many of his works can be passed down to this day. Even Ren Xiao, who has always liked to collect calligraphy and paintings, has only heard of his name but has never seen his works.
Now that he heard that Pan Tai had Pan Daozi's calligraphy and paintings in his hands, he was of course surprised and happy.
He couldn't hide the joy on his face and asked, "Did Elder Pan bring the late king's calligraphy and paintings?"
"Of course, it's right here!" Just looking at Ren Xiao's expression, Pan Tai knew that he had brought the right gift. He calmly took out a scroll from the gift box, casually grabbed it in his hand, and handed it to Ren Xiao.
Ren Xiao took it carefully and slowly unfolded it. He stood up unconsciously after only half of it was unfolded, placed the scroll on the table, and slowly opened it all.
The scroll depicts Shenchi Mountain, but at that time there was no Elder's House on Shenchi Mountain, and the Shenchi City located halfway up the mountain was far smaller than it is today. However, the whole painting looked lifelike, with wonderful brushstrokes and skillful and elegant painting skills. Dressed free and easy.
On one side of the scroll there is another line of words: Shenchi Wonderland is the best in the world. There is Pan Daozi's number and seal at the signature.
It's genuine! Ren Xiao has a lot of research on calligraphy and painting. Although he has never seen the original work of Pan Daozi, he can tell the age by touching the texture of the scroll. Looking closely at the painting style, it is definitely from the hands of a famous artist, and in Pan Daozi In that era, there were only a handful of famous people, and their works would never use the names of others.
In addition, the preciousness of this painting is not only that it was painted by Pan Daozi, it also restores the complete picture of Shenchi Mountain and Shenchi City thousands of years ago. This is so precious that Ren Xiaozhi looked at it with eyes fixed on it and couldn't put it down. .
Pan Tai watched quietly from the side, a fierce light gradually shooting out of his eyes.
He could feel that Ren Xiao's focus was entirely on the painting now. If he took action at this time, he would be able to catch him off guard. Thinking of this, he slowly raised his hand and placed it on the sword at his waist.
"Good! What a great painting!" Ren Xiao suddenly praised.
Pan Tai on the side was shaken, and the hand he had just raised immediately dropped it again. Ren Xiao's eyes were still on the painting, and he didn't notice anything strange about Pan Tai. He asked casually: "Elder Pan, where did you get this painting?"
"Ah, I accidentally discovered this painting when I was visiting the market." He was talking nonsense. He had taken so many treasures by force that he had long forgotten how and when he got this painting.
"Elder Pan must have spent a lot of money, right?" Ren Xiao asked casually, still absent-mindedly.
"Well, it's quite a lot. I spent a total of five thousand taels."
"What?" Ren Xiao finally pulled his attention away from the scroll and turned to look at Pan Tai in surprise.
Pan Tai thought he had said too much, so he hurriedly said: "I also thought it was unbelievable that a mere painting and calligraphy cost five thousand taels. However, thinking that it was the legacy of the late king, I really couldn't bear it to be lost among the people, so I gritted my teeth and bought it. Come down..."
Before he could finish speaking, Ren Xiao had already raised his head and burst into laughter, saying, "Elder Pan, five thousand taels is not too expensive, but too cheap. This painting is priceless, how can it be measured with gold and silver?"
Pan Tai's eyes widened. He didn't expect that this mere painting would be of such high value.
He was stunned for a long time, then he said with a smile: "Young Master is a person who knows how to paint, but if this painting is left in the hands of a rough man like me, it will only be a waste of natural resources. Today, I will give this painting to Young Master, and I hope that Young Master will accept it!"
Ren Xiao was shaken, stunned for a moment, waved his hands repeatedly, and said hurriedly: "No, no, this is too valuable. I can never accept it. Elder Pan, please take it back!" As he spoke, he quickly rerolled the scroll. Okay, hand it back to Pantai.