A thousand enlightenments in one night, starting from being a menial apprentice.

Chapter 109 Snow Covered Residence

The carriage traveled for about half an incense stick of time, and turned in from a corner gate in front of the white wall of a house!

Unlike the Xia Mansion, this carriage actually drove directly into the mansion!

After walking for a while, the carriage suddenly stopped in front of a moon gate. Duan Rong got off the carriage and the servant Shi Liang led him into the moon gate. Duan Rong turned his head and took a look, and saw that an old man had taken the parked carriage, took the horse bridle, and turned away!

Shi Liang led Duan Rong along the garden path, and then they came to a quiet little courtyard. On the gate of the courtyard, they saw the words "Xue Yan Ju" written in elegant cursive script, with the writing style showing great skill!

When you walk in, you will see green grass and white stone slabs placed like steps. There is lush vegetation everywhere, with trees, shrubs, bamboos and flowers arranged in an orderly manner!
Duan Rong's eyes lit up. "This is a quiet and elegant residence!"

Shi Liang did not report and directly led Duan Rong into the house!
As soon as I entered the room, I saw Jiang Qingyu and a short and fat man playing Go on a big tall chair!

Shi Liang entered the house and said, "Young Master! Master Qingyu! Master Duan is here!"

The short fat man was holding the chess piece, scratching his head in confusion. When he heard Shi Liang's words, his eyes rolled up, and he pushed his hands away, destroying the chess game. He said, "This game doesn't count! Let's play again another day!"

"Why not? How can you be so shameless?" Jiang Qingyu was unwilling to accept it.

"What are you talking about? Didn't you see Master Duan coming? It would be impolite for us to continue playing chess! When you were young, didn't your teacher teach you how to clean and behave? You don't know any etiquette at all!" Ximen Kankan scolded Jiang Qingyu.

After Ximen Kankan finished speaking, he stood up and walked towards Duan Rong.

Jiang Qingyu naturally knew that Ximen Kankan was talking nonsense, but he couldn't refute it in front of Duan Rong, so he had to swallow his anger and stood up to greet Duan Rong.

"Brother Duan, how are you?" Jiang Qingyu said to Duan Rong with a fist salute.

Duan Rong also clasped his fists towards Jiang Qingyu and said with a smile, "I haven't seen you for a few days. Brother Qingyu is still as handsome, gentle and elegant as ever!"

Duan Rong's face slightly blushed as he praised Jiang Qingyu.

Ximen Kankan walked around Duan Rong twice, looking at him with his hands behind his back, and said in a condescending manner, "I saw a painting of yours at Xia Shuangshuang's place, it was called Heaven and Earth Dancing with Spears! Xia Shuangshuang really praised you so much! I was quite unconvinced! When I came back and talked to Jiang Qingyu, he praised you even more!"

"When I saw you today, I realized you only had two eyes and one nose. I thought you really had three heads and six arms."

Duan Rong saw that Ximen Kankan was a head shorter than Jiang Qingyu, and was only about 1.5 meters tall, but extremely fat, with broad shoulders and a thick waist, like a shorty!

But the tone and demeanor of his voice gave off a sense of old age that reminded Duan Rong of those slick old scoundrels in the workplace in his previous life.

Duan Rong smiled and said, "Master Ximen, you are joking. If I really had three heads, wouldn't I have to quarrel with myself every day? How would I live like that?"

Duan Rong shook his head as he spoke, as if he was really troubled by this matter.

Ximen Kankan was amused by Duan Rong and said, "You are quite interesting to talk about. You are much better than Jiang Qingyu, who is so taciturn!"

When Jiang Qingyu saw Ximen Kankan laughing at him, he glared at him angrily.

Duan Rong laughed at himself and said, "Mr. Qingyu is a refined man, how could he be as rascally as me?"

Ximen Kankan said: "I just like to be with ruffians! Come, Master Duan, it's our first meeting, let me introduce myself to you!"

"My name is Ximen Kankan, which means "Kan" in "bumpy"! Let me tell you! Names are all reversed! My father gave me this name because he hoped I would have a smooth life."

"Look at my father, his name is Ximen Yong, what an outstanding man!"

"People are ignorant and always like high-sounding names, but they don't know that if the name is too high, you can't suppress it, and your fate will be miserable!"

Jiang Qingyu rolled her eyes at Ximen Kankan and said, "What a heresy!"

Duan Rong also touched his nose and didn't care about such theory.

"Don't disbelieve it..."

Ximen Kankan wanted to argue, but Jiang Qingyu didn't want to listen to his nonsense anymore, so she interrupted him and said, "Enough! Stop talking nonsense. Didn't you invite Brother Duan here to ask for a painting?"

Ximen Kankan was a little disappointed, but he thought of the painting, looked at Duan Rong with shining eyes, and said: "Master Duan, please paint a picture for me too! My request is very simple, that is, it must be better than the two paintings by Jiang Qingyu and Xia Shuangshuang!"

Duan Rong's expression remained unchanged, but he felt very troubled in his heart.

The two paintings by Jiang Qingyu and Xia Shuangshuang are almost the highest level among all his paintings, and they are all based on something!

Now, Ximen Kankan actually asked him to surpass these two paintings, and judging from his expression, he had seen both of these paintings!
How does he accomplish this?
"I've seen those two paintings. They're just like plain water, tasteless!" Ximen Kankan grinned, seeming very dissatisfied with the two paintings.

When Jiang Qingyu saw that Ximen Kankan actually criticized Duan Rong's work in front of him, he felt embarrassed and said, "Don't blame me, Brother Duan! This kid has been fighting cocks and running errands since he was a child. He knows nothing about calligraphy and painting! Don't listen to his nonsense!" "Who knows nothing? I have collected so many paintings, and they are all treasures!" Ximen Kankan retorted.

For some reason, when Ximen Kankan said that all the items in his collection were treasures, Jiang Qingyu's face suddenly turned red. Wasn't Duan Rong looking at him in wonder?
However, after hearing what they said, Duan Rong was immediately relieved of his dilemma. He thought to himself: This short and fat guy is just an illiterate old man! Isn't it easy to get rid of him?
"It's okay! I guarantee that Master Ximen will be satisfied!" Duan Rong said with a smile.

Jiang Qingyu was stunned for a moment. He felt that Duan Rong was too confident. He knew Ximen Kankan's character best.

But Ximen Kankan was very happy after hearing this, and said with a smile: "I said, we have similar personalities. Come on! I will grind it for you myself!"

Shi Liang had already placed the four treasures of the study and drawing paper on the desk.

Duan Rong mixed some pigments, thought about it for a while, and after Ximen Kankan ground the ink, he took the brush, dipped it in ink, and started to paint on the paper!

In just a quarter of an hour, a colorful painting was completed!
In the painting, Ximen Kankan is holding a crescent-blade scimitar, standing next to a strange rock in a pine forest!
Duan Rong noticed the weapon on Ximen Kankan's waist and included it in the painting as it was!
In the painting, Ximen Kankan is sitting astride the back of a huge white-browed tiger with bright yellow fur, black spots and stripes!
On a nearby pine tree, a giant python as thick as a child's waist was coiled on the tree, spitting out scarlet tongue towards Ximen Kankan!
The tiger was leaping in the air with Ximen Kankan, and the crescent-blade scimitar in Ximen Kankan's hand was about to chop towards the giant python!
"What a picture of a tiger fighting a python!"

As soon as Duan Rongfang finished the painting, Ximen Kankan held the painting in his hands, looked at it with shining eyes, and praised it endlessly!
Jiang Qingyu also came over to take a look, and immediately shook his head. Although the painting was colorful and the content was bizarre, it really had no artistic conception at all, and it could not be called a good painting at all!
Jiang Qingyu was about to speak, but seeing Ximen Kankan's cheering face, and then looking at Duan Rong's nonchalant demeanor, he finally understood that Duan Rong did this on purpose!

Jiang Qingyu's heart moved, and she couldn't help but admire Duan Rong even more.

The painting he drew for him was a picture of a warrior dancing with swords, and the painting he drew for Ximen Kankan was a picture of a tiger fighting a python. They both applauded. It can be seen that Duan Rong not only has superb painting skills, but also has the ability to see through people's hearts!

"Brother Duan's painting, I really like it! I wonder how many times better this painting is than the two paintings by Jiang Qingyu and Xia Shuangshuang! I will show this painting to Xia Shuangshuang later to dampen her enthusiasm!"

"As long as Young Master Ximen likes it!" Duan Rong said with a smile, but he still hoped that Ximen Kankan would not show this painting to Xia Shuangshuang.

Jiang Qingyu looked at Ximen Kankan's expression, but could only shake his head secretly. After all, aesthetics is something that is sometimes difficult to communicate.

"Brother Duan, we hit it off right away! Come! I'll show you the treasures in my collection!" Ximen Kankan put down the painting in his hand and said with a smile.

When Jiang Qingyu heard what Ximen Kankan said, his face suddenly changed, and he immediately clasped his fists and said, "Brother Duan, you guys chat! Um... I have something else to do, so I'll leave first!"

After saying that, he just left.

Duan Rong watched Jiang Qingyu leave and was suddenly confused.

Ximen Kankan said, "Ignore this sissy! I just don't have a preference for Long Yang. If I did, I would have fucked him first!"

Duan Rong was shocked by Ximen Kankan's words! Is this guy playing so wildly?

Ximen Kankan said this and dodged behind the screen. After a few breaths, he came out with a slightly yellowed scroll in his hand!

Ximen Kankan looked at Duan Rong and smiled, then unfolded the scroll on the table!

Duan Rong looked carefully, only to see that the painting was filled with black graffiti, which had absolutely no image at all!

"This..." Duan Rong looked at Ximen Kankan, puzzled for a moment.

"Don't be impatient! Let me show you a trick first!" Ximen Kankan looked at Duan Rong meaningfully.

Ximen Kankan took out a tinderbox, blew it out, removed the lampshade of the candle lamp on the corner of the table, and lit the candle inside!

Duan Rong was a little puzzled. It was broad daylight and the sky was so bright. Why did they light candles for no reason?

Ximen Kankan came over, put one end of the scroll into Duan Rong's hand, and said, "You take this end!"

Ximen Kankan also took one end and unfolded the painting in mid-air. Then he held the candle and slowly moved it under the paper...

After a while, the black graffiti faded away where the candlelight passed, revealing the pen and ink painting!

It turned out to be a pornographic picture!

Duan Rong understood instantly why Jiang Qingyu blushed when Ximen Kankan mentioned that he had collected many treasures, and why she left in a hurry just now!

It turns out that the treasure that Ximen Kankan was talking about was a pornographic picture!

Duan Rong looked at the erotic picture in front of him and swallowed!
However, he was not tempted by the obscene scene in front of him. As the owner of a 200G hard drive in his previous life, he had seen so many high-definition and uncensored videos. What kind of scenes had he not seen?
Duan Rong was thinking about the magic trick that could make the black graffiti disappear instantly!

As long as you master this method!
He can build a hidden mandala!

As long as you construct the hidden mandala, you can immediately start practicing the Garbha Sutra!

(End of this chapter)