"The woman said that her parents wanted to sell her to a rich family as a concubine. She couldn't bear it, so she ran away secretly, and she didn't know where she was going. Wang Sheng saw that the woman was beautiful, and she was rushing on the road without a purpose. I thought about it, so I invited her to my home... "
In order to see Liu Ruyi being frightened, Li Yi told her the story of "Painted Skin". Now he is familiar with the road, eating the sweet-scented osmanthus cake given by the girl, drinking a cup of tea to moisten his throat, and continuing to talk .
When the girl heard this, based on years of experience in listening to books, she already roughly understood what kind of story this young man was telling.
The scholar named Wang Sheng helped the woman who was on the way. The woman was grateful, so she stayed at his house. The two got along for a long time, and the love grew secretly. When Wang Sheng studied hard at night, the woman added fragrance to the side, Finally, the hard work paid off, Wang Sheng went to Beijing to rush for the exam, won the first prize, and returned to his hometown. From then on, the two lived together beautifully and beautifully, adding to a good story...
If the plot is more twists and turns, it is that after Wang Sheng won the first prize, he was selected by the princess or the prime minister's daughter, and became the son-in-law or the son-in-law of some high-ranking official. The woman waited at home every day, without Wang Sheng. news, so I packed my bags and walked all the way to the capital to stage a story about finding my husband for thousands of miles...
Stories like these, her ears were almost calloused from hearing them since she was a child, and her sense of anticipation for the story told by the son across the street dropped a little, but there was one thing that made her curious, the name of the story seemed to be "Painted Skin", What does "Painted Skin" mean? Is Wang Sheng's painting skills superb
"Wang Sheng got along with that woman for a few days. One day he was walking on the street when he was bumped by a Taoist priest. The Taoist turned his head and saw Wang Sheng. He was very surprised and asked Wang Sheng, "What have you met recently?" Wang Sheng shook his head and denied. The Taoist said again: "You have evil spirits lingering in your body, why don't you say no?" "
After listening to this paragraph, the expression on the girl's face began to be a little puzzled.
Isn't she going to Beijing to rush for the exam? Why did the Taoist priest come out? What does "death is imminent" mean? This story seems to be a little different from the stories she has heard.
Thinking of this, the girl's curiosity was fully mobilized, and the expression on her pretty face gradually became serious.
"When Wang Sheng came home, he found that the courtyard door was blocked from the inside, and he couldn't go in. He suspected the person blocking the door, so he climbed over the incomplete courtyard wall, tiptoed to the window to peep, and all the hair on his body was frightened. Standing up—I saw a hideous evil ghost with emerald skin and long and sharp teeth, like a saw. The evil ghost spread a piece of human skin on the couch, and was painting on the human skin with a colored pen. After a while, he dropped the pen, raised the human skin, and put the human skin on his body as if shaking his clothes, and changed into the appearance of the woman who was with Wang Sheng day and night... "
"ah!"
When Li Yi said this, the girl's face turned pale, and she suddenly screamed, "Ghost!"
Li Yi's voice stopped abruptly, he didn't stop at a wonderful place on purpose to ask for a reward, it was the girl's scream that scared him.
He has seen countless horror movies, and in terms of imagination, he is much better than people of this era. Just now, the image of the female ghost was scrolling in his mind like a 3D movie. It's like adding surround sound effects to the movie, immersive, really can't be more real...
He glared at the girl, ate a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake, and drank a cup of tea to suppress his shock.
"Mom!"
After the girl screamed, a man just behind him suddenly jumped up from his seat, knocked his knees on the stool, squatted down quickly, hugged his knees and inhaled.
"Little girl, what are you yelling for?"
The man glared at the girl, grinned in pain, and his tone was full of complaints.
Just now he was fascinated by the story, the evil ghost actually painted on the human skin, after the painting is finished, it can turn into the appearance of a human woman, and the scholar is still happy with the evil ghost every night, thinking of this scene, He felt a little terrified in his heart, this damn thing was too scary...
Suddenly hearing the girl's ghostly cry, he almost lost his soul in fright, the hairs all over his body stood on end, and he subconsciously jumped up.
"That's right, listen to the story carefully, don't yell!"
"That scholar, keep talking, what happened to Wang Sheng when he saw the female ghost..."
There were a few men sitting around the big man, and they were probably eavesdropping on Li Yi scaring the girl just now—telling the girl kindly a story, but they were startled by the screams just now, and when they came back to their senses, they all opened their mouths to urge road.
On the platform built not far in front, the voice of the old storyteller was getting quieter, with a look of surprise on his face.
Those guests who listened to his story just now, what were they doing there
He had already mentioned an important plot. According to the usual practice, if these people are happy to hear it, they will definitely give a reward, but now, there are no more people, and there is a fart reward!
The old man looked at the scholar sitting there surrounded by everyone, and frowned involuntarily.
Could it be that that young man was sent from another place to make trouble
Seeing those guests slapping the copper coins on the table in front of each other, and even including a piece of broken silver, the old man became more determined in his mind.
Grabbing business here, those people are going too far!
"No, I'll give you some money, keep talking."
After the first man put a few copper coins on the table, several others followed suit.
Evil ghosts paint on human skin—The story told by the scholar just now was much more exciting than that told by the old man on the stage. They mistook him for a new storyteller. Throwing money is much more generous.
Although the girl didn't put copper coins on the table, she still looked at Li Yi eagerly, "What's the next story?"
For people thousands of years later, a horror story like "Painted Skin" is simply too weak, and the horror atmosphere is far from being compared with that kind of 3D horror horror blockbuster, but this is ancient times, half of "Liao Zhai", just The timid who can be scared dare not walk at night. It is said that when the first "Painted Skin" in Hong Kong was filmed in the 1960s, many people believed it to be true. After watching it, they were scared to death...
However, although it sounds scary, many people just like the feeling of thrilling and exciting.
Li Yi couldn't understand the little girl's behavior, her face turned pale from fright, why did she still listen
Even if she wanted to hear it—he didn't dare to talk any more!
When the 3D movie was playing in his mind, Li Yi wasn't sure if his little heart could bear it if she screamed like she did just now.
In the spirit of being responsible for the little girl's young heart and not letting her leave some lingering shadows, Li Yi still decided to stop here.
"I'll tell the next story when I have a chance." Under the astonished eyes of the girl, he stood up from his seat and packed away the remaining sweet-scented osmanthus cake.
After walking a few steps, he turned back and put away the copper coins on the table.
Although the money is a little less, at least it is my own labor income, it is shameful to waste it...