Uh, Her Royal Highness

Jiang Jiu actually doesn't like painting, because painting is really delicate work compared to the wanton splashing of ink when writing.In her opinion, it's not bad to use this thing for entertainment when you have nothing to do, or to cultivate your sentiment, but it's really not a good choice if you really want to rely on painting to sell money and support your family.

Jiang Jiu's painting skills are not very good, and the aura in the paintings is also insufficient, so she seldom paints when it is not necessary.But recently, the business in Hanmoxuan is really bad. Sometimes she sits in the store for a whole day and no one cares about it. In her spare time, she has written a lot of words and hung them in the store. Today, she is bored He even picked up a pen and started painting.

Just like that, the whole day flew by.Hanmoxuan is still in a state of no one's attention. Occasionally, the bell on the door rings. When Jiang Jiu looks up, he knows that only the soy sauce party and passer-by have entered the store.

However, she is not picky when customers finally come to the store, she will always come forward to say hello.Although there must be no result in the end, a few people came in to have a look and talk, and it always seemed that the store was not so deserted.

Then, when the people left, she continued to go back to the desk to paint, thinking how many days could this painting take her to kill?

The alarm clock on the mobile phone rang at four o'clock on time, which was Jiang Jiu's scheduled time to go home.Almost every day, she started to pack her things after the alarm clock rang, and then waited until about ten past four to close the door and drive home.Xiao Wanjue's house is not too far away from here, and every time I set off at this time, I can get home before five o'clock every time, but I just missed the evening rush hour.

After hearing the alarm clock ringing, Jiang Jiu wrote two more strokes on the paper, then put down the brush in his hand, and turned off the alarm clock.

Not to mention, it is quite tiring to concentrate on painting all day long. Jiang Jiu stretched his neck and put aside the painting in front of him, which was still far away from completion. He was about to pack up and go home when he heard Suddenly the bell on the door rang.

Because Hanmoxuan always closes very early, but this is the first time I have encountered such a guest who stepped on the closed door.Jiang Jiu put down the hand that was still kneading her neck, raised her eyebrows slightly, and looked over.

I thought it was a stranger who didn't know the rules of Hanmoxuan, but I didn't expect that it was a regular customer when I turned around.

Jiang Jiu, who just walked in, happened to know him. He was Professor Zhang from the Academy of Fine Arts and a regular customer of their Hanmoxuan. He especially liked Chu Shao's paintings.But it's a pity, now that Her Royal Highness has been dug into the wall and has been overwhelmed by Qitian International's documents, there is no time and leisure to write and draw.In addition, Chu Shao's calligraphy and paintings have never been worried about selling. Since she didn't come to Hanmoxuan, the store has been out of stock, and all the masterpieces of Jiang Jiu are hanging. This Professor Zhang has not come for some time. Obviously have to return disappointed.

At this point, Jiang Jiu was in a hurry to go home, and the road would be blocked later.In her heart, she complained that the other party came at an untimely time, but since she was a guest and a regular customer, she naturally couldn't ignore it.

Thinking of dismissing people quickly, Jiang Jiu took the initiative to greet him: "Professor Zhang, long time no see, why did you come here today?" She raised her eyes and glanced at Professor Zhang in front of her, not sure if it was an illusion, but she I always feel that there seems to be something wrong with the other party.But Jiang Jiu didn't think much about it at this time, and said again: "I'm sorry, there are still no new paintings in the store, and your visit may be in vain this time."

Professor Zhang is in his fifties, and his temples are slightly gray, but it can be seen that he is a person who knows how to keep healthy, and his body has always looked healthy.But today there was something wrong with him, not to mention his rosy face was slightly pale, and there was still some cold sweat on his forehead.In this state, it really doesn't look like he is in the mood to go out to shop and buy things.

After Jiang Jiu's voice fell, Professor Zhang took a slow beat before replying: "Oh, it's okay, I'm not the one who came to see the paintings today. I have a few friends who saw the calligraphy and paintings you bought here at my house. , I really like it, so let me take them to the store to have a look." After a pause, he added: "Now Hanmoxuan has no paintings, so it's good to see the characters."

Hearing what he said, Jiang Jiu noticed that Professor Zhang didn't come alone today, and there were two people behind him.These two people are not very old, they look about thirty or so, with a slightly cold expression and a strong body. Compared with Professor Zhang, who is thin and has a good face, they really don't look like the same kind of people.With such a big difference in age and temperament, I don't know how we became friends?

The feeling of inadequacy in my heart became heavier and heavier.However, Jiang Jiu is an ordinary citizen who is used to living an ordinary life. Even if she has an unusual mother, her defense is still at the level of ordinary people.So even though she felt it was wrong, she still suppressed the sudden emotion and led the three of them into the shop to look at calligraphy and paintings.

Today's Professor Zhang is obviously not in the mood, he hasn't spoken much since he entered the store, and he doesn't like to comment on those calligraphy and paintings like he usually does.This person is usually quite picky, even Chu Shao's calligraphy and painting he can pick out a lot of faults, no matter what he says is reasonable or not, but he always hears Jiang Jiu's heart in various ways, and because of this, he slandered in his heart more than once The other party is a poisonous tongue wearing a good man's skin.

The venomous tongue suddenly turned sexual and played, and silence is golden?No matter how you think about it, it's not right.

With hindsight, Jiang Jiu's vigilance, which he had no idea was thrown into that corner, finally came to the fore.She thought for a while and asked, "Professor Zhang, I just wrote this word the day before yesterday. What do you think?"

Professor Zhang glanced at the word Jiang Jiu pointed at, his eyes flickered slightly, then nodded, and threw out two words very succinctly: "Not bad."

Now Jiang Jiu really felt something was wrong.From the corner of her eyes, she glanced to the side, and found that although the two people who followed Professor Zhang seemed to look up at the calligraphy and painting, they were very close to her, and surrounded her from left to right.

Blinking his eyes, Jiang Jiu smiled and said: "By the way, Professor Zhang, I was planning to draw a picture today. Although I haven't finished it yet, you just happened to come over, so please help me to see it. You know, I never I'm good at drawing, so if I'm not good at painting, I'll ask you for advice." After speaking, he smiled at the two people next to him, "I'm sorry, you two, let's see for yourself first. If you like it, just call me. "

Jiang Jiu spoke politely, but his movements were not slow at all. At this moment, he had already walked several steps away.Although the distance was not too far, it was much better than the previous situation of being surrounded by two people.

The eyes of those two people glanced at the direction where Jiang Jiu retreated, just in time to see that less than half of the paintings were painted on the table case, although they had doubts in their hearts, they did not flare up after all.One person said: "Boss Jiang, don't you mind if we take a look together? Mr. Zhang said before you came, your handwriting is very good, but we haven't had the chance to see this painting yet."

To put it mildly, these two people are not polite at all.Before Professor Zhang moved, they surrounded him again.

Jiang Jiu's eyes flickered, but he still backed away calmly: "This gentleman is too polite, it's good that you are willing to guide me, but my painting skills are really not very good, so I made you two laugh. "

Not far from the table is the door leading to the lounge, and Jiang Jiu originally wanted to hide in when he came here.At that time, if it's my own carelessness, forget it if nothing happens, and if something happens, it's convenient to call the police or something.

Now that the two of them followed, her heart tightened, but she still didn't intend to give up her original plan.But within two steps, the two also found the unremarkable door next to the table. After looking at each other, the other quietly turned around, obviously planning to block the door.

When Jiang Jiu saw something bad, he finally couldn't care less, turned around and ran over.At the end, he still didn't forget to push the table, as if two people had bumped into each other.

The two of them didn't expect that they would be spotted like this, and their reaction was a bit slow for a moment, which actually made Jiang Jiu run into the lounge.

There was only a soft "click", and the door of the lounge was locked.

Jiang Jiu, who locked the door, hadn't fully recovered yet. After doing these actions in a panic, she still didn't understand who the two people outside were and what they wanted to do.But one thing is certain, the two people outside are obviously not good people, it is absolutely necessary to call the police or something.

Leaning her back against the door and touching her pocket, Jiang Jiu was taken aback for another moment, and then slapped her head in frustration—after she turned off the alarm clock just now, she conveniently put her mobile phone on the table, so why call the police now? !

Jiang Jiu, who found no mobile phone to call for help, looked very ugly. After hearing the slight sound from the door lock, her expression became even more ugly-although she locked the door behind her back, she couldn't tell if the two people outside Does anyone know how to pick a lock?Even if they don't know how, two big men can kick open the not so strong door of the lounge with a few kicks.

Jiang Jiu looked around and quickly pushed the only few pieces of furniture in the lounge to block the door.Soon, she heard a light "click", which should have been unlocked by someone outside.

Sit back and wait for death, catch a turtle in the urn?Still forget it, this is definitely not a good choice.

Jiang Jiu swept his gaze, and decisively gave up on the door that was about to be breached. He ran to the small window of the lounge in three steps at a time, and flipped out neatly...

It's a pity that Jiang Jiu's good luck seems to have come to an end today, and those who did it obviously don't intend to let her go.

Jiang Jiu turned out from the window of the lounge, and as soon as she raised her head, she heard a gust of wind in her ears. As soon as the sense of crisis emerged in her heart, she felt a pain in the back of her neck, and then her eyes went dark, completely losing the possibility of escaping.

Jiang Jiu, who was unconscious, hit the ground with a "plop", and the person next to him who had just hit the black stick quickly threw the stick in his hand, then pulled him up and carried it on his shoulder, and hurried away from the road outside the lounge window. alley.

Outside the alley, an ordinary black car was parked there.As soon as the person arrives, get in the car and close the door, and drive to evacuate. The whole process took less than a minute.