Museum of Demons

An Shengming seemed to be a little afraid of his father, but he was closer to his mother.

With a hint of complaint and concern in his tone, he said: You are not in good health, why are you still outside?

The young woman replied with a smile, her tone and demeanor seemed to be that of an old lady, and she comforted: What's the matter, at my age, why don't you let me come out to breathe? You, you, you are going to suffocate I can't do it? An Shengming's expression softened, and he said, That's not what I meant.

Okay, okay, I know you didn't mean that.

The woman in red smiled and shifted the topic to Wei Yuan and Jue, saying:

I haven't said anything yet. Is this guest your friend?

When mentioning this matter, An Shengming felt a little embarrassed, he didn't know how to speak, but his father snorted coldly, as if he was not very happy, An Shengming explained that they were indeed friends, and the woman in red smiled and let him go Duan came over with some tea and fruit, then comforted the old man next to him, smiled and asked Wei Yuan and Jue to sit first.

This woman is not much different from that kind of old lady in terms of demeanor or tone of action.

But Wei Yuan and Jue couldn't hide her truth in the slightest.

Wei Yuan sat down, and Jue's lips opened and closed next to him. Wei Yuan heard the girl's suffocated laughter, and joked:

‘Is there any old woman in the world who is sixteen or seventeen years old? '

This is the line of Jiumozhi in Tianlongbabu.

Jue seems to have been reading a book during this time.

At this time, I mentioned this sentence jokingly.

But the red-clothed woman in front of him just looks young, maybe how old she is, Wei Yuan subconsciously thinks that another sentence is more appropriate, such as why is the old woman pretending to be a virgin, but just passed it in his mind, Not to mention that it is a bit rude to say this sentence in reality.

Jue was still sitting next to him.

Jue didn't mention it, a certain white-haired elder sister could really beat him to the wall while smiling softly.

I can't even tear it off.

Wei Yuan opened and closed his lips, relying on the imprint left by Jue on the back of his hand, he replied:

Since we have arrived at Zun's mansion, everything will be ordered by the old lady.

This is also Duan Yu's answer to Yirong Azhu in Tianlongbabu.

At this moment, the stalk used to return Jue is also appropriate. The girl was surprised, and then her eyes were slightly bent, realizing that after she threw a stalk, someone caught it just right, and she unconsciously pursed her lips and smiled.

However, Wei Yuan's pupils retracted and looked at the woman in red, but he didn't notice the evil spirit and turbidity that belonged to evil spirits in her body. From this point of view, she is not the kind of person who loves blood and feeds on human beings. A monster with cultivation resources, but this can't explain what An Shengming saw and experienced.

Wei Yuan picked up the tea sent by An Shengming, took a sip, and took the initiative to say:

I came today because I heard that you two have an ancient painting here? I just opened a small museum, and there is a lack of collections in it, so come and have a look. If you two are willing, we can talk about the price , take this painting down.

Wei Yuan spoke calmly and confidently.

Because An Shengming had said before that he would pay the price.

That is to go through the motions.

An Shengming also echoed: That's right, Dad, Mom, I remember that there was a painting in our old house. Anyway, no one lives in the old house now, so it's a waste to keep the painting there. It's better to sell it. , I can change some money and add something to you two.

The old man was a little angry, and said: Sell, sell, sell anything!

It seems that they are old objects that have been with me all my life. They are much older than you. These old objects were treasured in our time, and they were to be passed down as family heirlooms. Why did they come to you? It seems that everything can be sold, and everything can be exchanged for money, right?!

Then why don't you sell me too?!

An Shengming was blocked for a moment, blushing with anxiety and speechless.

The woman in red smiled and comforted the old man next to her, and then said to An Shengming: Your father is such a stubborn temper, and you don't know it. Don't feel ashamed.

You go back to the house first, this painting belongs to the two of us, and we can talk about it.

Seeing his father's sullen face, An Shengming had no choice but to go back.

In the living room, only Wei Yuan, the old man, and the not-so-human woman in red were left.

The woman's lips didn't move, and there was a voice in the room that ordinary people couldn't hear. She just regarded the young man and woman in front of her as ordinary people, so she said to the old man next to her generously: You, you have a bad temper, five It hasn’t changed in ten years, okay, okay, I’ll take care of this matter.”

Seeing that the old man was still a little dissatisfied.

She said, Don't worry, these two children are just ordinary people.

I can use my spells to make them forget about it. I will tell Shengming that the item has already been sold. If it really doesn't work, just give them a random painting, and then use a trick.

Seeing the expression of the old man being moved by him, the woman in red pursed her lips and smiled. If she was in the mortal body with the naked eye, she would still see the old man and the old lady sitting on the sofa. In fact, the image and appearance of the old lady, It was just an illusion, the real woman in red had already appeared in front of Wei Yuan, she stretched out her palm, her five fingers were long, and she was about to touch Wei Yuan.

But the spell took shape, and before it got close, it naturally shattered.

The woman in red was startled slightly.

Subconsciously lowering his head, he saw the young man with a weak and pale face looking up at him calmly.

The pupils are deep and quiet.

The faint roar of the tiger resounded.

For some reason, just hearing this sound made the woman in red panic in her heart, and her movements froze involuntarily. She couldn't cast the spell like just now. She suddenly remembered that she had heard about it from other spirits. An existence that must not be provoked on the ground, his lips trembled.

After staring at each other for two seconds, Wei Yuan turned to look at the old man over there, and said with a smile:

Old man, you are blessed.

The old man reacted, his complexion changed, and he hurriedly got up to pull the real body of the woman in red. Wei Yuan did not continue to release the aura of Crouching Tiger Command, causing the woman in red to stagger back. Standing in front of the woman in red, he glared at Wei Yuan.

For a moment, it was like a teenager.

No matter how old and cowardly a man is, he will act like a knight when it comes to protecting the one he loves.

Wei Yuan took out the permission to use the weapon given to him by the special operations team, shook it only with the shell, and said:

I am a member of Operation Shenzhou.

Please cooperate.

The old man blushed and said:

Check it? Check what?! We are married, we have a national marriage certificate, we are legal!

However, the Civil Affairs Bureau has not been able to organize marriages between humans and non-humans.

Wei Yuan said silently in his heart, but said with a calm expression on his face: We just want to investigate, if possible, I hope you two will cooperate.

An Xuyang stared at Wei Yuan. After a long time, he seemed to be discouraged. He sat on the sofa, and the woman in red sat next to him, removing the previous blindfold. The old man with white hair and the twenty-eight year old, youthful and picturesque beauty sat together, holding hands tightly, which seemed a little out of harmony.

If you will.

The old An Xuyang sighed and said:

That matter actually started fifty years ago.

……………………

His family has lived in this spring city since he was a child.

An Xuyang got this painting when he was a child.

The people in the painting are so beautiful, even if An Xuyang is only ten years old, he can feel that the people in the painting are really beautiful, like a fairy, and often stare at the painting, so sometimes the family can't help it Joke with him, saying: 'When you grow up, the person in this painting will come down and marry you as a wife. '

This is the ridicule and joke of adults.

But the kids just believed it.

At that time, An Xuyang didn't have any other thoughts, he just felt that if there was such a good-looking person living with him, that would be a good thing, and his personality was too serious, so every meal time Sometimes, a bowl of rice would be placed in front of the portrait, as if there were real people there.

This kind of thing, almost like offering, lasted for a long time.

Even though he has grown up and knows that it is just a joke of adults, An Xuyang still cherishes this painting very much, even when he goes to school, he secretly takes it with him. At that time, he still went to school, and sometimes he didn’t come back at noon, so he just lay down in school for a while, and gave it to him at home. Bring rice, but An Xuyang found that the rice he put in his schoolbag disappeared several times.

An Xuyang was curious, so one night he prepared the next day's meal in advance.

When I was sleeping, I went to look quietly, and saw a woman in red eating his meal.

He sat up in shock, but when he looked carefully, there was nothing, the food was still there, and the woman in red in the picture was still as usual, so he had to sleep suspiciously, and nothing like this happened for several days afterwards, and the food was also gone They were still there, but then the food disappeared again.

An Xuyang made up his mind, squinted his eyes, and waited until the person in the painting appeared, and jumped up. The young man of sixteen or seventeen, who was courageous enough to ignore anything, let alone be afraid of any ghosts, hugged him immediately. The woman in red said, Is that what you stole?

The red-clothed woman blushed and said, Relax, this, this, this, how decent it is, I won't run away.

Only then did An Xuyang realize that what he had done was out of line, and hurriedly let go.

Then he saw the woman disappearing directly, she was painting, glaring at herself.

She is the essence of the painting, and ordinary monsters practice, either accepting the aura of heaven and earth, or absorbing the essence of the human race, but she was fed with food when An Xuyang was young, and she got the food, and practiced little by little. shape.

An Xuyang asked curiously, Then why didn't you come out to see me before?

The red-clothed woman blushed slightly, and said, You said you wanted me to be your wife, but you were too young before, and now that you have grown up, I will come out to see you.

So one person, one spirit, just got married like this, and even had children.

It's just because of the beauty in the painting, the woman stays at home all the time, and An Xuyang works outside.

But An Xuyang was too tough and upright. He obeyed the rules but didn't know how to adapt. Later, he offended the local smuggler and was arrested. The woman never saw her husband come home, so she had to venture out and finally let her five-year-old son stay at home , pulled him and cried:

I'm going to pick up your father. From now on, it will only be you and your father. You have to listen to him. At night, the woman managed to use her magic to find An Xuyang, who was beaten to death. bring back.

An Xuyang felt in a daze that his wife pushed open the door and walked out.

Waking up suddenly, I turned my head and saw that the traces on the painting had become extremely blurred, and it no longer had the original appearance. After searching again, I couldn't find my wife anywhere, so I could only take the child alone, and never saw it again. marry.

Men often have to be hurt before they can really learn to grow.

He no longer had the old stubborn temper.

One person is too busy pulling this home.

One day when he returned home, it was too late, and he was worried that his son was afraid alone, but when he returned, he saw his son smiling, and he asked, Aren't you afraid by yourself?

At that time, the child who was only seven or eight years old said:

Don't be afraid, my mother will tell me stories in my dreams.

………………

The gray-haired old man paused and said:

It took thirteen years for her to come back.

It's hard to wait for her to come back. No, she's always been there.

In those thirteen years, although she wasn't by my side, she didn't leave me either. She would come to me in my dreams, take care of Shengming in my dreams, chase away all his nightmares in my dreams, and Tell him stories...she's always there.

Wei Yuan and Jue listened quietly to the story.

Wei Yuan whispered in his heart.

The spirit of things is essence.

Even if you are a ghost, you can empathize with others...

He said: One more thing. Mr. An said that he once saw evil spirits in the old house, and even followed him back all the time. He should still plan to attack him.

The woman in red replied in a low voice: ... I found out that he was being followed by a ghost, and I managed to drive it away. When Shengming woke up, I wanted to make him a quilt, but When I saw him frightened, I remembered that my appearance at that time was not human at all in his eyes, let alone his mother.

She has a complicated look on her face.

The old man patted her hand comfortingly, then stared straight at Wei Yuan, and said word by word:

do you understand?!

She is my wife, and I don't recognize anything except this!

The Crouching Tiger Order rang in Wei Yuan's ears.

'Perception of painting essence can be used as the raw material for the picture scroll of strange power and chaos. '

‘It can also be exchanged for the corresponding meritorious service. '

At this moment, Wei Yuan understood the reason why Crouching Tiger is feared and terrified by the spirits and monsters all over the world. Crouching Tiger is the crouching tiger in court. Apart from capturing those demons who disturb the world, he will also hunt and kill those useful spirits, just like It is people who kill tigers for their skins and elks for their meat.

This is tradition.

The woman in red was pale and her body was trembling faintly.

An Xuyang put his arms around her shoulders and comforted her softly, while the woman subconsciously shrank into his arms. If Wei Yuan thought this scene would be a little strange before, but now he felt it was normal. He stood up, and the woman froze , while the old man stood in front of her, What are you going to do?!

Wei Yuan knocked on the crouching tiger order with his fingers, and said, It's nothing.

This is just a routine inspection. By the way, um, I wish you two a happy golden wedding.

The woman in the painting was startled, and said: You, won't you catch me and go away...

Wei Yuan carried the sword case on his back, and replied gently: The times are about to change.

The number of practitioners will gradually increase. You are also a creature born in Shenzhou. As long as you follow the laws and rules of this era, then Shenzhou and Huaxia at least have the capacity to accommodate harmless spirits and monsters. We have never lacked these.

The woman in the painting said: This is... a new law?

Wei Yuan said, No.

He thought of everything he had experienced in the past, and everything he had seen in this era, and replied:

It's something we've always been proud of.

After a pause in his thoughts, Wei Yuan looked at the couple, but then thought that the Civil Affairs Bureau might have to introduce a marriage law for different races, and...

For some reason, he thought of the picture of the bald Yiniao Guanguan holding a banner to protest the action group, and thought of beings like the fairy in the painting who were also mixed in, holding the banner, and strongly demanded to be with them. Terrans enjoy the same retirement age and benefits.

With the recovery of spiritual energy, this kind of picture is likely to appear.

The corner of Wei Yuan's mouth twitched, and when he was about to greet Jue to leave, he suddenly thought of something and asked, Mr. An, where did you get this painting from?

It is not an ordinary thing that can raise a fairy in a painting.

An Xuyang's expression softened a lot. After thinking about it, he said, It was fifty years ago. When I was leaving school, an old man on the side of the road sold it to me.

Wei Yuan was slightly taken aback, this statement made him feel familiar.

The thing about Jingling before.

The mirror was retrieved in the same way.

He clasped his fingers subconsciously, and the supernatural powers of exorcising ghosts were naturally displayed. Through the little spirituality overflowing from the old man's memories, he saw the pictures he recalled from the perspective of a bystander, and even because this was a method that directly targeted spirituality, what he saw What I got was clearer and more real than what the old man recalled.

Wei Yuan saw pictures one after another, seeing An Xuyang when he was a child.

I saw him walking on the street after school, and there was an old man setting up a stall by the side of the road. I saw that the old man had thinning white hair, his hairline was set back, bags under his eyes were huge, his teeth were yellow, his face was like a rotten carrot, and he was smoking a pipe in his hand.

There are various books on the carpet, a simple mirror, and ancient paintings rolled up.

The appearance of the old man was exactly the same as that seen by the child who bought the ancient mirror earlier.

However, this happened fifty years ago.

Wei Yuan sensed the extreme strangeness, An Xuyang was guided by the inexplicable attraction and walked over, squatting down to get the painting, Wei Yuan saw the things on the booth more clearly because of this, his eyes froze slightly, he I saw that in the pile of books, except for the picture scroll, bronze mirror, wood carving, and a simple bronze vessel.

There are Taotie patterns from the Shang Dynasty on it.

PS: Today’s second update………, 5,000 words, it’s a little late, so I’ll change it later~

The group of friends suggested that the role cards for shared bicycles have been added~