But seven or eight minutes passed, but the courtyard was quiet, and nothing unexpected happened. I was a little impatient. Just when I was about to speak, Xiaolei raised his hand to signal me to be quiet. Seeing that Xiaolei was so nervous.

Everyone who had been a little relaxed just now did not dare to move, hoping to observe the courtyard.

The moon was already very bright, and everything in the yard looked very quiet under the moonlight, with the gentle breeze caressing it. But for some reason, the more peaceful the atmosphere, the more uneasy it made me feel. It always felt like the calm before the storm, and what happened next

What happened may have been a storm.

When I was thinking wildly, suddenly, under the moonlight, something seemed to be moving on the wall. My heart started beating wildly. Not only me, but everyone also noticed it. No one dared to take a breath at this time.

Could it be that those Japanese are here to cause trouble again?

But it's just dark now. If those Japanese people came, they should have come late at night or early in the morning. How could they come so early?

The thing moved on the wall for a while, and then jumped off the wall. Although we still couldn't see clearly what it was, we were sure that it was definitely not a person! Because the thing floated down from the wall,

Still like a bird.

Could it be Mr. Chen's "Monkey Eagle"? But the shape and size are completely different.

Just as we were trying to figure out what the thing was, something unexpected happened - the thing suddenly turned into a ball of flame and burned on its own. When the fire lit up, we could see clearly what the thing was - it turned out to be a piece of paper.

people!

The fire burned from the bottom of the paper man, so we can clearly see the appearance of the paper man. The appearance of that paper man is really terrifying - it has a pair of cow-like eyes painted on its face, and it has

There was a blood-filled mouth, and the facial features were extremely distorted. Under the light of the fire, those facial features seemed to be slowly squirming, which reminded me of those paper figures burned for the dead. An inexplicable horror and gloominess rose from the bottom of my heart.

But we didn't move, because we were sure what would happen next, whether someone was still hiding on the wall. When the paper man's fire burned on it, the flame slowly turned blue, making the paper man's

The face is even more terrifying.

This looks like a prank, but we all know that it is definitely not, because there are no residents in this deep mountain, and no one would make such a joke. Who did this? Why did they do this?

It would be great if the "Monkey Eagle" is not injured, because in this case, the "Monkey Eagle" can show off its skills best and can help us a lot, but for us, we don't dare to go out rashly, because we all

We know that the Japanese crossbows are very powerful. In this dark night, if we walk into the yard, we are likely to be plotted by them.

The strange thing is that after the paper man finished burning, there was no movement for more than ten minutes. Suddenly, without saying hello to any of us, Xiao Lei rushed outside at a very fast speed and rolled several times.

He reached the bottom of the wall. His series of actions were so fast. By the time we reacted, Xiao Lei had already reached the bottom of the wall and turned over to the outside of the wall. We knew that he was going outside to see if there was anything there.

ambush.

After waiting for a while, Xiao Lei came back from outside the yard. At this time, knowing that there was no danger, we walked into the yard, but when we shined our flashlights on the burned paper man, we were all shocked -

—There was no ashes at the place where the paper figurine was burned!

This is incredible!

It is said that if the paper man is burned, there will definitely be ashes, and it is in the corner of the wall. Even if there is wind, it will not blow away all the ashes. Everyone took the flashlight and carefully looked at both sides of the yard, but still did not find any ashes.

, but we clearly saw the paper figurine burned, what’s going on?

After all this trouble, we returned to the house. After we lit the lamp again, before we sat down, our cousin suddenly said: "It's broken. I didn't expect my opponent to be so powerful."

So, does he know anything about the paper man?

Everyone sat down and said nothing. They all looked at their cousin, waiting for him to explain what had just happened.

My cousin slowly picked up the teacup and took a sip of water, and then said slowly and thoughtfully: "I mentioned the steel needle thing just now, and Professor Shan said he knew what was going on. In fact, the steel needle thing is different from what I just said.

That paper man is connected."

To our surprise, Professor Shan nodded again this time and said: "You are right, I thought so too. I never thought that I could experience such a strange thing in the world again.

I always thought it was a nightmare, but now I am sure that it is not a dream, but a fact. It is incredible."

Professor Shan is experiencing it again? Has this kind of thing happened to him before? We asked in vain, Professor Shan continued:

"We were discussing the steel needle just now, and unexpectedly the paper man suddenly appeared. In fact, there is a connection between the two. As everyone knows, my main research direction is art history. In art history, there is such a

A strange thing.

During the period of Song Huizong, because Emperor Song Huizong liked painting very much, many painting masters at that time entered the court and became high officials. One of them, Jiang Weishan, was best at painting various birds. The birds in his paintings were lifelike.

, very lifelike, even every feather of the bird is alive. Although Jiang Weishan's paintings have not been handed down, according to various descriptions in historical books, we can know that his paintings should follow the route of realism.

Not only that, Jiang Weishan's paintings also have a magical effect - anyone who sees Jiang Weishan's paintings of birds will immediately feel a sense of peace and joy in their hearts. No matter what worries they have, they can all be forgotten at once, making people feel relaxed and happy.

, in today’s terms, it seems that his paintings have a mysterious hypnotic effect.

Therefore, Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty valued Jiang Weishan very much, and even personally learned how to draw birds from him. Therefore, Jiang Weishan's status was very high, and his paintings also increased, and a painting could be worth thousands of gold.

However, Jiang Weishan had many eccentricities, or taboos. For example, he almost never painted in front of others. At that time, very few people had seen him paint with their own eyes, and he only painted late at night. Song Huizong respected these eccentricities very much.

But Song Huizong was inevitably curious, so once he brought two trusted ministers to Jiang Weishan's residence in person and asked to watch Jiang Weishan paint on the spot. Although Jiang Weishan was very reluctant, because the emperor personally made this request, Jiang Weishan also

I dare not refuse, I can only obey.

So Song Huizong and the two ministers saw an incredible scene:

I saw Jiang Weishan bathing and changing clothes before painting, and he also took out a strange paper man, burned it first, then recited a spell for a while, and then suddenly took out his brush and started painting as if possessed by a ghost.

, and it is done in one go, the painting speed is extremely fast, there is no pause in the middle, and the painted bird is lifelike, almost like a real bird.

Song Huizong and the two ministers were extremely shocked when they saw this scene. Song Huizong's painting attainments had reached the pinnacle. He also had in-depth research on various painting schools and painting methods, but they had never heard of Jiang Weishan's painting method.

, this made Song Huizong extremely horrified and asked Jiang Weishan which school of painting this was.

What is very strange is that Jiang Weishan did not tell Song Huizong immediately, but first fell at Song Huizong's feet with tears streaming down his face. This made Song Huizong feel baffled. After a long time, Jiang Weishan gradually calmed down and put it into his mind.

The secret was revealed slowly.

It turned out that Jiang Weishan was an orphan who was adopted by a Taoist priest since he was a child and grew up in a Taoist temple. The Taoist priest was proficient in painting, especially bird painting. What is even more incredible is that the birds painted by the Taoist priest were not only lifelike, but also had special effects -

- People who have seen Taoist paintings will feel their courage doubled. Within a few hours, they will not have any fear, pain, worry and other negative emotions. Even a death row prisoner who is about to be beheaded will feel better after seeing the bird queen painted by Taoist priests.

It can also immediately calm down and become peaceful. Some people even think that this Taoist priest's painting should be a talisman.

However, this mysterious painting skill was not passed on by the Taoist priest to any of his disciples, but was passed on to Jiang Weishan. However, the process of passing it on was also extremely unusual.

Ordinarily, when teaching painting, one usually first teaches basic skills, such as basic brushwork and the use of colors. However, the Taoist priest did not teach these at all. He first asked Jiang Weishan to learn meditation and various incantations, and then draw various incantations and put these incantations.

Incineration, I don't know why, after years of practice, Jiang Weishan's feelings gradually changed subtly - it was not as good as when he incinerated the talismans. In the first few years, he didn't feel anything, but gradually, when he incinerated different talismans,

Jiang Weishan can feel different emotional changes. Sometimes he feels angry, sometimes he feels sad, and sometimes he is afraid.

After practicing this way for nearly ten years, Jiang Weishan felt that his heart became calmer and calmer, and all kinds of emotions such as joy, anger, worry, thought, sadness, fear, etc. gradually disappeared, and after the spell was burned, he

They will all temporarily lose consciousness, as if they were possessed by something, and the loss only feels longer and longer. This is exactly the effect that Taoist priests pursue. Taoist priests also used Jiang Weishan to teach him painting during the time when he lost consciousness.

But when Jiang Weishan was awake, the Taoist priests would not teach him.

What surprised Jiang Weishan himself was that when he regained consciousness, he found that the birds he drew became more and more lifelike during the time when he lost his intuition. Sometimes he even suspected that he had drawn them. What was even more amazing was that he

The birds painted, like those painted by the Taoist priests, slowly gained some magical power - they can bring about wonderful changes in people's hearts after looking at them. However, the intensity of this effect is not as strong as that of the Taoist priests' paintings.

, there is still a considerable gap.”
Chapter completed!