Chapter 452 He is the guardian of tradition and antiquity
Ranran suddenly remembered that portrait that was completely different from other landscape paintings, and she needed to confirm it.
“I asked Butler Afu to find a painting in the attic where Tok lives.”
“My lady, please tell me what painting it is.” Afu was nervous. My heart had not yet fallen back into my stomach, but suddenly it was hanging again.
Ran Ran said mysteriously: "Believe me, you will naturally know what painting it is when you get there, and you will choose it accurately."
Ah Fu was stunned, Armand looked at him calmly, "Go quickly."
The thin black wings spread out instantly, and Ah Fu's figure disappeared in a flash.
An attic somewhere in the castle.
Afu stood in the small space, looking around at the brightly colored paintings of various sizes, his red eyes a little sad, "Poor Tok."
"Even I didn’t even know you could draw. No one in the castle would know. How lonely you must be..."
As for the painting Ran Ran was talking about, Ah Fu really didn't recognize it at first.
“Since Miss Elizabeth said that, I guess the painting she asked me to find is very special, at least different from the style of the ones in front of me.”
Afu did not dare to delay, and immediately opened it in the attic Canvas after canvas, until Afu noticed a canvas hidden secretly in the corner.
He had a hunch in his heart that it should be it...
When he carefully took out the painting and opened the canvas, his red eyes suddenly narrowed.
"...This! This is clearly..."
In the round table room, a dark shadow flashed across the room. Ah Fu, who had his head lowered, held the painting in his arms and covered it with a thick canvas.
Seeing Ah Fu's expression, Ran Ran was already mostly convinced. At this time, she calmly turned her eyes to someone on the round table.
"Miss Elizabeth, I brought your painting."
Raising an eyebrow slowly, "Thank you, Butler Afu, I have a question I can't help but ask you..."
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"There are so many paintings in the attic, how are you sure that this is the one I want?"
Afu raised his head in surprise, "Isn't it Miss Elizabeth who you said I can distinguish by myself?"
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Ran Ran said with a calm face, "That's what I mean, what is the basis for your identification, or more directly..."
"Just tell me what is painted on the painting."
Ah Fu was stunned, his lips moved, but he could not speak.
Armand frowned slightly when he saw this, "It's just a painting, is it so hard to talk about it?"
Afu looked at Armand helplessly, and he quietly opened a corner of the painting in his arms. So that Armand can see the content clearly.
A person, a woman.
Armand glanced lightly and roughly understood everything about the painting. He cast his gaze towards the round table and scanned everyone one by one.
One of the people looked particularly conspicuous, nervous and frightened.
"A portrait." Armand said concisely, "The person in the painting is none other than Miss Alice."
One stone stirred up a thousand waves, many people's expressions changed, and whispers rang out in the room, mainly focused on Ran Ran their camp on the left.
Black Tea's eyes were calm, "What is the relationship between Alice and Tok?"
Shenyin suddenly stood up from the chair, "There is no relationship at all!"
"It has nothing to do with why Tok has your portrait. Can Miss Alice give a reasonable explanation for this?"
Shenyin's eyes wandered, and she raised her voice and said arrogantly: "A humble male servant is pleased with me. That's it. Do you need any other explanation?"
Minister Gao frowned, "What do you mean? Toke spontaneously painted this picture for you? It's none of your business?" "Of course." Shenyin snorted disdainfully and began to play with her beautiful nails, "I have a noble status and beautiful face. , there are countless people pursuing me.”
“I don’t want to care about other people’s admiration and I can’t care about it.”
Alice looked away. Christine, "Dear sister, you know this best, and what I say is true."
Christine seemed extremely angry because her sister had a relationship with a lowly servant, "Alice has had no shortage of suitors since she was a child. How could she be tempted by a handyman who trims flowers and plants!"
" Just making such a guess is rude, how dare you two say it openly! Damn it!"
Kristen looked at Hei Cha and Minister Gao with eyes that seemed to be able to breathe fire.
Armand looked at Mellis, thinking that he would at least say a few words to defend his wife, but he didn't expect that he only had an indifferent smile on his face.
"What Miss Alice and Mrs. Christine said is very reasonable. It cannot be concluded that Alice and Tok are related by just one painting, let alone..."
Armand's cold gray eyes looked really cold and heartless, "It's hard for me to believe that such an excellent work was written by a male servant."
Ran Ran looked at Armand in surprise, "That Earl What do you think?"
Armand's eyebrows were light, and there was only a little warmth in Ranran's eyes, "There are many possibilities."
However, his next words directly caught his eye. The remaining warmth is gone.
“It’s not impossible that he stole it from other places.”
Ran Ran seemed to know Armand for the first time, "How could you make such rude assumptions about others, let alone a deceased person, for no reason."
Armand frowned slightly, seeming to feel Ran Ran's words were very harsh.
"Elizabeth, you don't understand that painting has always been a compulsory course for nobles. How many people have painted works taught by famous teachers and studied for many years, but they still can't compare with this painting."
Ranran also frowned and looked at Armand, "It shows that Tok is a talented person, far more talented than those nobles who receive compulsory painting courses."
Armand lowered his eyes and rubbed his eyebrows, " I don’t deny that this possibility exists, but it is extremely unlikely.”
"If this painting was really made by Tok, how come he is still just a servant? He should have shone brightly and been accepted as a student by those masters."
These words made the round table Everyone except Christine frowned.
"Dear Count, you may have mistaken the cause and effect." She slowly lowered her eyes and stopped looking at Armand. She felt that the man in front of her suddenly became very strange.
“Tok has not been able to shine so far precisely because he is just a footman.”
“If he were a prince and aristocrat, his paintings would have been hung in the king’s bedroom. , hang it in the most noble place for people to admire. ”
"A dusty pearl like Tok cannot reach out and wipe away the ashes by himself. He can only bury it underground and wait for others to find it."
"Even if he is a pearl, he is far inferior to being placed in the Those stones on the exhibition stand attract people’s attention. Count, don’t you know that we are in such an environment?”
After Ranran finished speaking, the whole room was silent.
Armand did not speak for a long time.
Everyone’s hearts are hanging in a knot, and Zhong Ning has begun to worry about Ran Ran. In the castle, there will be no good consequences for irritating Armand.
Even Al Fu was sweating coldly, how could Miss Elizabeth...how could she be so straightforward...
The reason why the rotten system can continue depends on the group of people who can draw nourishment from the rot, and Al Earl Mang is obviously such a person.
A long time ago, he fought for the honor of the kingdom. When time passes and the glory decays, he will also raise his sword for this decay.
He is the guardian of tradition and antiquity.
"So Elizabeth, you think so."
Everyone only heard Armand say calmly.