"I took the painting into my grandmother's yard and unfolded it in front of my grandmother. The ghost in the painting really broke free from the painting paper, jumped out, and merged directly into my grandmother's body. My grandmother was crazy. She screamed for a while, attracting other servants. Her most loyal old servant, who had been with her all her life, collapsed on the ground, unable to move. Their master and servant... were all killed by the ghost. When he died , the same scar appeared on his face. I looked at the painting again and saw that the female ghost was still on it, so I burned it and asked the monk to recite sutras for salvation... Of course my father would not bypass me. I was driven to the countryside. Zhuangzi. Later, when my father took his younger brothers and sisters to work as officials in other places, I ran away from home and traveled around the world, making a living by painting for others. Only after returning home many years later did I know about the ancestral house and fields at home. , they were all sold, and no one knew what was going on with my father and the others. But the news about my family spread. My family’s house also became a local haunted house.”
Ye Zheng shook his head sadly and closed his mouth.
"That female ghost..." The thin man became curious.
Ye Zhengyi said: "It's an old story. The female ghost was my grandfather's aunt. She followed my grandfather before my grandmother came in. After my grandmother came in, she abused her. I My grandfather begged an official from another place, took people away from home, and never looked back once he left. When the foreign minister died, my grandmother and my great-grandparents begged several times before he returned home. My grandmother was very resentful about this. However, she did not dare to mention it again when my grandfather was alive. After my grandfather passed away, she immediately took action. After many years, she finally found the tomb in the outer room and sent someone to remove her. She was crushed to death. You should have guessed it. At that time, my mother encountered a ghost. The female ghost went directly to the main courtyard. She was tied there and tortured by my grandmother. She was That kind of delirious ghost only knows resentment and revenge. After my mother died, she was supposed to be reincarnated. But I painted my mother... In the end, it was me who killed my stepmother."
Ye Zhengyi lowered his eyes, "My ability... is an ominous ability. After I left home, I stopped painting people and started painting landscapes and scenery. I thought it would be fine, but who knew it would bring disaster to people. Later. I once thought about giving up my writing career and no longer painting. But at that time I had become famous, and no one knew about the disaster. I was forced by dignitaries, and I could not be completely free. Then I thought, I might as well change my painting. Beauty. These mountains and rivers are always indispensable for burial places, and there are countless supernatural things. Painting beauties saves a lot of trouble. Those who ask for paintings may not have seen those beauties. The characters in the paintings have grown longer. It's up to me to decide what kind of eyebrows I want, which actually gives me freedom."
"You didn't paint landscapes again?" I asked.
Ye Zhengyi laughed and said, "That's naturally impossible. I'm also curious. After knowing my own abilities, I will no longer give paintings to others. But I have nothing to do. When I travel around the mountains and rivers, I will give all my paintings to others. I saw the paintings. Most of them were burned by me myself. But a few of them were too powerful... The places I painted were too fierce and I couldn't burn them even if I wanted to. Either bury them on the spot or throw them into the river. After...I heard even after my death that my paintings were more famous than they were during my lifetime. Some people collected them, while others went through great troubles to find my paintings and destroy them."
"What about Liu Che?" I asked again.
Ye Zhengyi was silent for a moment, "I didn't lie to you. I didn't completely lie to you. I was indeed killed by Liu Che, held hostage by Liu Che, and forced to paint. I was caught by a high-ranking official at the time and forced to paint. Painting. They wanted to present beauties to the prince. I didn’t know who came up with the idea, so they found me. What they wanted to use was nothing more than some hype methods. I was already famous for painting beauties at that time, so they made up some nonsense. , saying that she was the most beautiful woman I had ever painted, which attracted a lot of people's attention. After I painted, they detained me for a period of time. No matter how I said that I was willing to cooperate, they didn't believe me. I felt like I was going to be killed and silenced, so I encountered a fire. Maybe it was God's will. The fire didn't burn me to death, and it allowed me to see my abilities. This time, I died in the sea of fire.
"The person who set the fire was Liu Che. He was a relative of the emperor at that time. Relying on his status, he chased chickens and dogs everywhere, just like a devil in the world. He set the fire because he wanted to distract the guards and go see the beauty. , didn’t know that I was being held nearby. When I died, I didn’t even notice it, and was still waiting to die. He found me and dragged me out directly. I was dragged by him and hid, and then I heard the fire Some people said that they had found my body. I felt like I had been struck by lightning, and I was confused. I didn’t hear what those people said after that. They probably mentioned my identity, which made Liu Che aware. Liu Che only felt that Xinqi, regardless of the beauty, dragged me back to his house and interrogated me. After that, he forced me to paint again... "
Ye Zhengyi lowered his head, "I didn't know his identity at that time. I just felt resentful and drew things in my memory... Liu Che naturally encountered ghosts. His home was haunted and there was no peace. He was very smart, I immediately realized the problem. After he burned my paintings, I thought he would hate me and try his best to eliminate me, but I didn't expect that he would get excited and let me draw other things. He asked me if I had imagined it. Those ghosts asked me about the origins of ghosts again. I was quite happy getting along with him. At that time, I didn’t know what to do next, so I just ate and drank at his house while thinking about my next destination.
"At that time, I had already painted the Road to Hell, and also painted ghost missions. Naturally, I knew that after death, people should go to the underworld and wait for reincarnation. But I didn't want to die like that. I made an excuse for myself and wanted to go and have a look. Family members who have been separated for many years. I asked Liu Che to help, and he agreed. I think I was afraid... I was afraid that after entering the underworld, I would see the female ghost, my grandmother, stepmother, and mother... They might still be in the underworld. Wait. I don’t want to meet them, but I want to know how they are doing.
"I didn't wait for Liu Che to find the news about my family. He brought back the news that the beauty had been taken away by the prince. Not many days later, news came that the prince was ill. The beauty was killed by the emperor's rod, and the beauty was sacrificed. Several guys were also arrested and put into prison. The emperor still wanted to find me. Liu Che asked if I had tampered with it... I finished the painting that day and looked at it. There was nothing wrong with the beauty, and there was no ghost... I don’t know what went wrong. I thought that this matter had nothing to do with me, but Liu Che took me to see the prince. When he came back, he asked me to paint again. After I started writing, as soon as the painting was completed, there was a cold wind. There is a ghost howling in the painting.
"Neither of us knew what happened. I didn't want to meddle in this business, but Liu Che took it seriously. Looking for an opportunity, he took me to walk through the entire prince's residence and drew them all before he determined the problem. The root cause turned out to be on that land. Huangquan Road... happened to pass through that land. Judging from the scene in the painting, this Huangquan Road was newly rerouted not long ago. Liu Che took me along to search again and found the foothold of the ghost in the world. .”