Painter

Chapter 19 Lurking

During the few laps that Bai Qian rolled on the ground, he ate several mouthfuls of sand and loess, which made his mouth astringent.Based on the theory that "water and soil determine spiritual power", Bai Qian comforted himself and said that it is to improve spiritual power.Go back and pour a few cups of stream water, maybe you will become the "Chief Painter of Huaiyuan" immediately.

Bai Qian felt a little bit difficult for his mind wandering until he regained his composure.

This was the first time after he came to this world inexplicably, he was completely free from other people's monitoring and acted alone.Maybe this time I can escape from those family whirlpools and live according to my own ideas.

But the reality is that the bones of Bai Qian's right knee have not grown well, and the prosthetic limb of his left foot is also missing.In other words, the current Bai Qian has no ability to act and can only stay where he is.

The surrounding area was empty, except for a small slope on the south side, where a dark brown wheelchair could be vaguely seen lying on the bottom of the slope.

With nothing to support him, Bai Qian rubbed his frozen hands, supported his thighs, and stood up unsteadily.The pain in the knee came immediately, and it seemed that the "creaking" sound of bones rubbing against each other could be heard.Bai Qian clenched his teeth subconsciously, swallowing his saliva.

Bai Qian has never left a wheelchair or crutches since his injury.This is the first time to stand on only one prosthetic limb.Balance is difficult to master, and there are huge psychological obstacles before taking the first step.Bai Qian suddenly couldn't recall what kind of mood he had when he stood up from the wheelchair when he was undergoing rehabilitation training, and how he took that step.

Now it is more embarrassing than before, and there is no way out.Bai Qian took a few deep breaths, and really put himself on the edge of the cliff, his whole heart was on the verge of falling like his body.

Can only move forward.No matter what help the Mu family provided him, no matter how much other people worshiped him, no matter how considerate and meticulous Jing Xi was.You can only walk your own path.So, we can only move forward.

In fact, Bai Qian thought too much. When he really bent his knees and tried to jump forward, he realized that the potential of a person in a desperate situation is always limited by objective conditions.Even if he can break through the embarrassment in his heart, the prosthesis does not allow him to make such large and violent movements, there is no way.

Bai Qian patted down his whole body, and took another mouthful of sand.

……

Bai Qian was really a little speechless, angrily thinking about when did he start to be so miserable.But complaints are nothing but complaints. This short journey is still in front of us and will not be shortened.

It was at this point that Bai Qian really wanted to give up that little bit of poor self-esteem.The man is standing upright, and he is going to return to crawling at this moment.

The ground is cold and hard, covered with rough stone clods, even wearing cotton clothes can feel the ruthlessness of sharp edges and corners.Bai Qian retracted his fists into his sleeves, trying to use only his elbows to drive his body forward.Fortunately, he was not paralyzed, and his lower limbs were still feeling, so he wouldn't get in the way like dragging a stake.Although the stump is sensitive and easy to get hurt, it doesn't matter so much at this time.Bai Qianzhen lost all his face and climbed all the way, but it was quite fast.

He put his hand on the foot of the wheelchair, but the ground under his body vibrated slightly, Bai Qian paid attention, and someone came galloping.

Bai Qian hurriedly straightened his body, bypassed the small slope, and hid in it.However, as soon as he hid his figure, Bai Qian slapped his forehead and exclaimed.

He was only focused on fetching the wheelchair, and wanted to hide when he saw someone, but he forgot that he had crawled all the way here, leaving a light mark on the ground long ago.If the other party is coming for you, you can see through it at a glance.

Bai Qian collected himself, swept away the stones in front of him, took out a pen and paper from his bosom, spread it on the ground and said: "The small universe explodes, the heavens will not kill me."

At that time, he thoroughly researched weapons for a teenage manga, bought them big and small and piled them up at home, dismantled them when he had nothing to do, and finally designed six pieces.At this moment, he just wanted to draw a red bow and crossbow.

Time was running out, Bai Qian only drew the initial design draft, and immediately cut off the palm of his hand and smeared the blood on the paper after the pen was dropped.Bai Qian gritted his teeth in pain, the whole paper was soaked in blood, Bai Qian thought to himself: "You like blood, don't you? Then I'll give you more, please be stronger, please, please."

When the amount of hemolysis on the paper reached its limit, blood beads rolled down the surface and dripped into the loess.Bai Qian raised his palm, and the bloody paper in front of him also turned into the crossbow he expected.

More than three feet, the main part is alloy, the inner wall of the sunken arrow path is also alloy, and the front crossbow shoulder is made of composite carbon fiber sheet.

Bai Qian squeezed the alloy nervously, but there was no response.It's okay to push harder.Bai Qian felt that he had hit the ground by mistake, it was a coincidence.I don't know if it was successful because I ate two mouthfuls of soil, or because I bled more.

Bai Qian lay down there, and drew four more short arrows with the same method.Breathing became short of breath and heartbeat was rapid, Bai Qian hurriedly wrapped the wound with a handkerchief.

The man in the distance reined in his horse after seeing Bai Qian's wheelchair, stopped in place for a moment, and then dismounted and came towards this side.Bai Qian lowered his breath, seeing that the man was indeed attracted by the climbing marks on the ground, and walked to the slope with light steps.

Bai Qian was extremely nervous, holding the bow and crossbow, his eyes fixed on the way he came from.When the corner of the man's clothes flashed out, Bai Qian rushed forward.

Still wearing black clothes and covering his face, he couldn't tell his identity.The man was only looking for Bai Qian's figure in the distance, never thought that Bai Qian was at his feet, and unexpectedly let Bai Qian get his hands.

Bai Qian pointed the bow and crossbow down, directly towards the feet of the man in black.The bow and crossbow had strong penetrating power and great strength, and Bai Qian raised it so close that he forcibly nailed the man's foot to the bluestone below.

The man in black didn't yell out, apparently something had been blocking his mouth.Bai Qian pulled out the dagger and cut it on his other leg, and the man in black rolled over with a muffled sound.Bai Qian followed immediately, propped up by his stump and injured knee, and then straddled the man.

Bai Qian pressed the dagger against his neck, panting anxiously: "Don't move! This knife is very sharp, you'd better not move!"

The man also had a long sword in his hand, Bai Qianyan swiftly grabbed the sword and threw it away.

Bai Qian tried his best to imitate that, and asked sharply, "Who are you?"

The man in black didn't speak.

Bai Qian went to remove the man's mask with one hand, and asked, "Is it... sent by Gui Gu!?"

The man in black's eyes froze for a moment, and then became a little complicated.Seeing him shocked and panicked, Bai Qian knew he had guessed right.Hearing the words, the man in black wanted to resist, but Bai Qian's left hand had already torn off his mask.

Like the green ghost mask, there is a cylinder on the back of this cloth scarf, which just fits into the wearer's mouth.

The hand of the man in black stretched out in mid-air to attack Bai Qian suddenly stopped, and then convulsed, and then his whole body began to tremble.The stump of Bai Qian's left leg was short, so it was not suitable for sitting astride. As he swayed, he lost his balance and fell directly to the side.

The man in black bowed like a shrimp, his eyes rolled up, he struggled and rushed towards Bai Qian.Bai Qian stepped back a little in a hurry, grabbed the crossbow, and shot it directly.

The crossbow was still shattered into slag, and at the same time, the man in black also fell to the ground, twitched twice, and was completely silent.

Bai Qian felt weak all over, and picked up the cloth towel with trembling hands.After looking carefully, I found that there were tiny holes in the cylinder attached to the cloth towel, and I didn't know what was inside.Bai Qian felt that this should be a means to control the men in black, not only to silence them, but also to kill them after they took it off.

Bai Qian crawled over to straighten the body of the man in black, closed his eyes, and took off his robe to cover his face.He wiped the column clean on the ground again, and still worriedly tore off a piece of underwear to wrap it up.

After doing this, he kept turning over the dirt slope to find his wheelchair.Just after leaving a short distance away, Bai Qian turned his head to look at the corpse, hesitated and went back.

Searching through his sleeves and chests, Bai Qian tried his best not to touch the man's body, and found a black gauze scarf with a map embroidered with silk thread of the same color, with mountains and cities.The same piece was found later, and it looked like a house.

Bai Qian stuffed all these into his arms, this time he was really ready to leave.

After all this tossing, Bai Qian's crawling movements became sluggish.Just when I was struggling to move my arms and stumps, my mind still couldn't calm down, trying to connect the whole incident in series.

Premise: The man in black is really a subordinate of the Ming family.The acquaintance I met in that underground workshop, Li Yuan, can prove this point.

Li Yuan was taken away by Si Qi, and found his brush in the same place.This is enough to show that the man in black who snatched the package was a member of the Ming family.

For some unknown purpose, they dug a hole under Danying City.Search around for senior painters who can draw soldiers, imprison them there, and force them to draw soldiers for themselves.

Li Yuan happened to be able to draw soldiers too, so Si Qi followed him.During this process, he bumped into him by chance, and when Si Qi captured Li Yuan, he took him away by the way.Afterwards, Li Yuan was imprisoned under the city of Danying, but he was protected by Jingxi, which was not what Si Qi wanted.

On the other hand, Jingxi learned about the underground workshop through some means, and after making a fuss, she stopped talking.Bai Qian had an intuition that Jingxi's actions were completely based on the Ming family's purpose and were aimed at destroying their purpose.

So back to the "purpose".

Now the same series of masks as seen under Danying City appeared again, which means that the Ming family is now active in the territory of Hejiu.Since they were carrying these two maps, it must be related to their purpose this time.

Therefore, as long as you know the content drawn on this map, you can deduce the Ming family's conspiracy.

Bai Qian's speed was getting slower and slower, his arms seemed to weigh a thousand catties, and he couldn't lift them up at all.Just lying at the foot of the wheelchair, unable to move any more.

Coincidentally, another man in black appeared again, and Bai Qian was lifted up without noticing it at all.

Bai Qian scolded angrily: "You guys are endless! Even if it's something, you don't grab it like this! Besides, I'm a human being!"

The two men in black looked at each other, covered Bai Qian's mouth, and were about to leave.In a rage, Bai Qian drew out his dagger and stabbed it in a man's thigh.The man was in pain, and as soon as he let go of his hand, Bai Qian fell down and fell straight to the ground.

Those two people seemed to be in a panic, and rushed over, not as if they wanted to catch him, but to check if he was injured.Bai Qian waved the dagger: "I don't want to hurt people! But you guys are too much! If you ask for it, I can't help but abide by civilization!"

A person immediately circled behind Bai Qian from the side and captured him easily.Bai Qian still wanted to resist, but felt that something was pressing against his palm.Bai Qian looked down and saw that the man stuffed him with a piece of jade.

The jet-black jade is mixed with a trace of dark red streaks on the edge.Very familiar.

In a daze, those two people neatly tied Bai Qian behind his back, threw him onto a horse, and left.