The Mystery in the Painting
Ye Fei of course knew that Zheng Wei had no good intentions for revealing the secret so quickly, but the matter of the ancient sect ruins was too important. It was not only related to whether he could go to the Central Continent through the Chaotic Sea, but also related to the safety of the captured Northern Domain martial artists.
After all, there were a total of 500 young Martial Kings that went out to sea for the second time, and Ye Fei, including Jing Wushou, only had 30 or so people.
In other words, there were more than 100 Northern Domain martial artists that may have been captured by the Sky Sword Sect and Divine Dragon Island, and were being tortured and interrogated every day.
Among these people, there were not only Northern Domain martial artists, but also people that Ye Fei knew. For example, Liu Zhaoyang, according to Ye Fei's knowledge, also went out to sea with the second batch of young Martial Kings.
"Zheng Wei, tell me, where is the ancient sect ruins! Where is the formation map to enter the ancient sect? "Zhao Shinian sent the other elders away, leaving only Ye Fei, before she finally asked.
"Hey, Zhao Shinian, don't you know that the formation map is on you. It should be a relic that Zhao Qianjun left for your mother, otherwise why would I spend so much effort to marry you as a concubine?"
Zheng Wei looked at Zhao Shinian with a strange expression, then suddenly screamed again. Evidently, his idea of taking a concubine had undoubtedly touched Zhao Shinian's reverse scale.
Zhao Shinian very naturally walked over to Zheng Wei's side, and very accidentally stepped on Zheng Wei's body, and it just so happened that she stepped on that place.
Ye Fei had clearly heard the sound of something being crushed. He looked at Zhao Shinian with incomparable shock. No wonder she was a woman of the Zhao family. Zhao Shinian's move was simply too cruel, too terrifying.
That was a real egg being crushed.
"Zhao Shinian, you actually stepped on my — —" Zheng Wei's face was filled with severe pain, so painful that his eye sockets were about to burst. In the end, he could not catch his breath and fainted.
The cruel scene, even Ye Fei could not bear to continue watching. He faintly felt a chill run down his spine, and hurriedly called out to Zhao Shinian: "Forget it, it's more important to find the formation map first."
Zhao Shinian gave up the idea of stepping on him a second time, clapped her hands, turned around and quickly left with Ye Fei. At this time, Zheng Wei, who was already half unconscious from the pain, gave Ye Fei a grateful glance.
It should be said that, if it were not for Ye Fei stopping her, with Zhao Shinian's Vicious Beasts temper, it was very likely that she would have stepped on him a second time. Zheng Wei, who had suffered such humiliation, would certainly commit suicide out of grief and indignation.
Now that there was still a single garlic left, this was already a blessing in disguise.
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"Miss, these are Madam's belongings, there is nothing noteworthy." Zhao Shinian went out and called Elder Tang over.
Because her mother's belongings were all collected with the help of Elder Tang, but these things were very ordinary. Ye Fei and Zhao Shinian searched for a long time but still could not find any trace of the formation.
Zhao Shinian was suddenly enraged, rubbing her palms together. "Is Zheng Wei lying to me, it seems that I haven't taught him a lesson enough!"
Ye Fei could not help wiping the cold sweat from his forehead. "You crushed Zheng Wei, if he dares to lie to you, then he must be tired of living."
"Elder Tang, think again, is there anything else that you have forgotten?" Ye Fei could only look at Elder Tang and let him continue to recall.
Elder Tang recalled for a moment, then shook his head and said with certainty: "Madam's belongings are all here, except for the portrait that Madam often looked at, there is nothing else."
"The portrait that she often looked at, where is the portrait, take me to see it." Ye Fei hurriedly said. Without any clue, he could only grasp one clue at a time.
"This — —"
Elder Tang cast a hesitant glance at Zhao Shinian, and seeing Zhao Shinian nod, he brought Ye Fei into a secret room. "This is the place where Madam last stayed before her death."
The secret room was very clean and tidy, but no one had lived here for many years. The air was slightly humid, and the only decoration on the wall was a portrait of a woman. The woman was very beautiful, but the face in the portrait was covered with a thick layer of dust.
"This is your mother?" Ye Fei asked.
"No, my mother said, this is Zhao's fox spirit, if it weren't for this fox spirit, my father would not have left my mother. I should have followed my mother's instructions and destroyed this painting, I will destroy it now!" Zhao Shinian was about to attack in a huff.
Elder Tang tried to persuade her: "Miss, please calm down, this is after all the most important thing to Madam."
"The most important thing, why does she want Zhao Shinian to destroy it?" Ye Fei was confused, he hurriedly took a closer look at the portrait.
Then in Ye Fei's mind, a melodramatic thought suddenly flashed across his mind.
"Damn, no wonder I felt this portrait was very familiar, isn't this what the Empress Dowager looked like when she became younger!"
But Zhao Qianjun's character was really strange. She was clearly his mother, but before she left, he actually lied to Zhao Shinian's mother, saying that she was a woman he found outside, and then resolutely left.
Zhao Shinian's mother most likely could not withstand this blow, and died of depression. Before she died, out of jealousy, she simply ordered Zhao Shinian to destroy the painting.
But there was one thing that was very strange. Any woman, upon seeing the portrait of a love rival, would immediately destroy it. Why did Zhao Shinian's mother keep it, and only ordered Zhao Shinian to destroy it before she died?
"Is there any secret in this painting?"
Ye Fei curiously took down the painting, looking left and right, but did not see anything. The portrait also did not have any hidden compartments.
"What's there to see, it's this vixen that killed my mother, I'm going to destroy it now!" Zhao Shinian was still very agitated.
This was also the reason why Elder Tang did not want her to come in, because once Zhao Shinian came in, she would easily lose control of her emotions. Ye Fei also hurriedly stopped Zhao Shinian, and said to Elder Tang: "Elder Tang, go get a basin of water."
"Why do you want to get water?" Zhao Shinian and Elder Tang looked puzzled.
"You'll know when I get it." Ye Fei said mysteriously. Elder Tang had no choice but to get a basin of water. Zhao Shinian also looked curiously at Ye Fei.
Ye Fei did not say anything, just studied the portrait for a while, and then suddenly threw the portrait into the water. Zhao Shinian and Elder Tang's eyes widened.
"Ye Fei, what are you doing. Why did you destroy my mother's portrait, if you can't tell me, I'll kill you! "Zhao Shinian also grabbed Ye Fei's collar, raised her fist and was about to hit Ye Fei.
Ye Fei was depressed, this Zhao Shinian really knows how to turn hostile. She was the one who wanted to destroy the portrait, and she was also the one who hit him.
It was her.
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