Paintings of Terror

Shao Ling looked at the "human body" lying on the stone slab—to be precise, it was the "human body" of General Jin Bi that he and Li Xiaochun slowly put together.

This body is a bit unreal in reality, especially watching him being shaped bit by bit from bones to skin, to fingers, toes, eyes and ears. This process is not comfortable.

Shao Ling rarely observes "it" carefully, but Li Xiaochun, in his eyes, this human body is like a model in a shop window, there is nothing weird or unnatural.

At this time, Li Xiaochun was observing seriously: "Mr. Shao, now except for the hair and eyebrows, this person is basically complete."

Although Shao Ling didn't look at it, he was very clear in his heart that the "skeleton" and "body" parts of this body were complete, and now only the last part - hair.

The last question will appear in the mysterious chessboard-like "question box", and only when the correct answer is made can the hair part of the body be "returned in its entirety".

And now, the time left for two people in this world is only the last two hours.

Some of the previous questions were simple, some were complicated, and there was even one question that Shao Ling had to think for three hours before answering it.

There was a bronze light in the "magic box", and both of them understood that this was the prelude to the question.

A whole map appeared in the "Magic Box".

Although Li Xiaochun has been cooperating with Shao Ling, this does not hinder his enthusiasm for the whole matter.

Li Xiaochun took the lead to check next to the "Magic Box": "Mr. Shao, this is a map of China!"

Although Li Xiaochun's knowledge of geography is not very good, he must still know the map of his own country.

When Shao Ling heard it was said to be a map, he was puzzled for a while. He really didn't know what the relationship between human hair and the map was.

Shao Ling stepped forward and saw a clear map of China. According to the outline of the map and some place names, it can be judged that this is a map of China drawn in recent years.

"Judging from the few questions just now, the chronological order of these questions is constantly advancing," Shao Ling said in his own summary, "We started from the first question of Oracle Bone Inscriptions, and experienced the Zhou Dynasty in the middle. , During the Three Kingdoms period, the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the Song Dynasty and other dynasties, I did not expect that the last question was actually a question related to modern times."

Some of these exam questions are difficult and some are simple, but the most puzzling thing is the angle between the questions and the answers.

Because there is no examiner present, and no question is expressed in words, not only the answer, but also the train of thought of the questioner needs to be guessed.

Just like the question in front of me, it is a complete map of China, but what is the relationship between the map and human hair?It's really hard to figure out.

Li Xiaochun watched carefully from the side, trying not to make a sound, so as not to disturb Shao Ling's thoughts.

About half an hour passed, and Shao Ling still stared at the map in front of him, frowning tightly, as if he still hadn't found a clue to solve the problem.

Li Xiaochun said softly: "Mr. Shao, is this question the same as the previous ones, once we click wrong, this question will disappear, and then appear in another more complicated way?"

Shao Ling nodded helplessly: "I think it should be so. This kind of topic doesn't give us any chance to go back on our word."

"Mr. Shao, I think that this question must point us to a place, and this place must be related to General Jin Bi, or this place has something to do with Hair..." Li Xiaochun guessed with his own thinking Since Shao Ling couldn't find the answer, Li Xiaochun didn't want to stay silent with him, maybe he could give him some useful advice unintentionally.

Shao Ling stared intently at the various provinces on the map: "My preliminary guess is that this place should be in Henan Province."

"Why Henan Province?"

"Because Zhuxian Town is in Henan Province." Shao Ling said without any surprise.

"Oh right, right, I forgot, Zhuxian Town is in Henan Province," Li Xiaochun scratched his head, "Our Niansu Art Museum happens to be in Henan Province too! It seems that Henan Province is right!"

Shao Ling stretched out his fingers nervously. This was the first unsure guess. Although there was a mistake in the previous rounds of questions, it was a real misjudgment, unlike this time, it was purely It's in Mongolia.

"Then let's click Henan Province!" Li Xiaochun saw that Shao Ling was still hesitant, so he simply clicked on the location of Henan Province on the map.

Shao Ling didn't expect Li Xiaochun to be so reckless: "What are you in such a hurry for?"

"Hasn't it all been decided that it is Henan Province? Then why hesitate, we don't have much time..." Li Xiaochun didn't feel wronged, he stared at the miraculous changes on the map.

Shao Ling stared at the map calmly, and with another burst of bronze light, the map screen changed.

This time it is no longer the map of the entire country, but the provincial map of Henan Province that Li Xiaochun chose just now.

Li Xiaochun couldn't be excited: "Mr. Shao, it seems that we guessed right! The answer is really in Henan Province! Then we can order Zhuxian Town next step?"

Shao Ling hastily stopped Li Xiaochun: "No, I think this question is too simple, it's really not normal."

"That……"

"We must abandon the option of Zhuxian Town, and try to rely on other directions." Shao Ling lost his mind for a while, but he was very sure that the answer must not be Zhuxian Town.

"Mr. Shao, where is the ancestral home of General Jin Bi?" Li Xiaochun tried his best to use his imagination.

"In..." Shao Ling couldn't remember for a while, "Anyway, it shouldn't be in Henan."

"If the option in Henan is correct, then it seems that the correct answer has nothing to do with General Jin Bi himself?" Li Xiaochun tried hard to let his thoughts diverge, but he couldn't think of anything for a while.

Since both of them were thinking about it, the surroundings seemed even more silent.

A gust of wind blew past, and the ancient trees in the cemetery made strange noises, and some foxes couldn't bear the silence and let out a few long calls.

"Di—" Even the sound of telling the time came to join in the fun, as if gloating to remind the two people: time is really running out, only the last hour is left!If you don't think of the right answer again, you will stay here forever.

Li Xiaochun let out a sigh of relief, knowing in his heart that the more anxious he is, the more he will lose his position if he is anxious, and in the end all the previous efforts will be in vain, resulting in a total loss.

Shao Ling finally said, "I think there is only one direction."

"What direction?" Li Xiaochun asked hastily.

"Just like the hieroglyphs of the bone characters we saw before, directly implying human bones." Shao Ling's eyes scanned every place name on this map, "this place must have something to do with human hair , but I really don’t understand why human hair is related to a place? What kind of relationship can there be between them?”

"Mao Mao, Henan," Li Xiaochun muttered for a long time, and finally summoned up the courage to say to Shao Ling, "I think I might know the answer."

"Tell me about it." Although Shao Ling had no hope for Li Xiaochun's knowledge level, this young man was more or less reliable, so he shouldn't be full of nonsense.

"Mr. Shao, do you know Xuchang?" Li Xiaochun asked.

"I know it's a prefecture-level city in Henan," Shao Ling tried his best to search for all the knowledge points about Xuchang in his mind, "So, Xuchang is a place with a very long history, and the Xia Dynasty once established its capital here .”

"Huh? Xu Chang is so powerful?" Li Xiaochun was very surprised when he heard this.

"Yes, the Xia Dynasty once established the capital of Yangzhai, which is today's Xuchang Yuzhou."

"Yuzhou? God, I stayed there for two years!" Li Xiaochun couldn't believe that Xuchang had such a long history.

Shao Ling nodded solemnly: "That's true. Xuchang was called 'Xu' in ancient times. It originated from the time of Yao. There was an expert named Xu You who farmed this place and washed his ears on the shore of Yingshui, so it got its name."

This passage of Shao Ling made Li Xiaochun half understand.

But Shao Ling quickly said again: "Although your idea is very good and Xuchang has a long history, I think this place seems to..."

"Mr. Shao doesn't know Xuchang now, does he?" Li Xiaochun said suddenly.

"Ok?"

"My aunt married to Xuchang. When I came out to work, I went to my aunt and stayed there for several years."

"Oh."

"Mr. Shao, do you know where Mrs. Obama bought her wig?" Li Xiaochun suddenly asked excitedly.

"..." Shao Ling was suddenly taken aback by Li Xiaochun's words, and he didn't even realize who Obama was.

"It's Xuchang! The wig headgear of the president's wife comes from Xuchang!" Li Xiaochun was full of pride when he said these words, "Xuchang is the hair capital of the whole country and even the whole world! Every county and even every township in our country There are people from Xuchang, do you believe it?"

"Why, why?" Shao Ling felt that his world view had been refreshed.

"Because Xuchang people want to cut their hair there? Mr. Shao, I don't know where you are from, but where you live, there should be someone shouting with a loudspeaker every once in a while: cut your hair, cut your hair!" Li Xiaochun He looked at Shao Ling, "Am I right?"

"Yes, I heard someone cut their hair."

"They are all from Xuchang."

Shao Ling's worldview was completely refreshed.

"However, the living standards of Chinese people have improved now, and many people have their hair permed and dyed, so the quality of their hair has also deteriorated," Li Xiaochun continued, "People in Xuchang now go to India and Southeast Asia to get their hair."

Shao Ling's world view was once again refreshed.

"The wig industry, including Japan and South Korea, all import raw materials from Xuchang. Later, Xuchang changed from providing raw materials to processing by itself. Since then, Xuchang's wigs have gone to the world." Li Xiaochun continued.

Shao Ling's eyes became brighter and brighter, and he couldn't believe that he was guided to find the answer by this young wage earner with low education in front of him.

"So, if human hair can have the closest relationship with a place in my country, it must be Xuchang in our country!" Shao Ling's voice was a little excited.

"It's not just China. Even if the map of the world is placed here, there is no city that can match Xuchang's wig industry." Li Xiaochun said with certainty.

"Okay, you have some." Shao Ling's eyes fixed on the location of Xuchang on the map of Henan Province.

"Really? Mr. Shao, are you really willing to trust me?" Li Xiaochun said a little excitedly, "I can't even find where Xu Chang is..."

"It's here, see?"

"I see, I see!" Li Xiaochun pressed his index finger on the place name in Xuchang.

In a flash of golden light, the two looked at the location where Jin Bi's "human body" was stored, only to find that Jin Bi had disappeared, and what was left on the big stone slab was a fragment of a New Year's painting woodblock.