Paintings of Terror

"Di-"

The familiar and disgusting voice sounded again.

Wu You touched the cowhide pocket hanging on his chest. It was already heavy at this time, but it was not full, and it was still close to the last one.

"There are only three hours left, and we have now collected six of the seven Buddhist treasures mentioned in the Lotus Sutra," Wu You looked at the contents of the cowhide pocket, "gold, silver, colored glaze, and clams. agate, agate, rose."

There is one last thing missing - pearls.

When several illusions reappeared in the sky in front of them, the two of them decisively abandoned the interference item of the world of "stealing tin".

Gu Qingqing looked at Wu You's expression: "What can you see in the other two skies? Is it something terrible?"

"It's not scary, it's just weird." Wu You became more courageous after experiencing the world of blood red agate. "If I say I saw a bunch of rabbits, you will think it's weird."

"rabbit?"

"Yes, it's not a bunch, there are only two in total, and the color of their fur is yellow." Wu You didn't know how to describe it, "I don't know what these two rabbits are eating there, anyway, they can hear something like metal. What is even more unbearable is that the two rabbits ate and pulled, and what they pulled out were all black iron beads, which made a hard sound when they fell to the ground."

Listening to Wu You's description, Gu Qingqing seemed to understand something: "There is indeed such an animal in the legend. They like to eat all kinds of ironware, and they look like rabbits. It is said that two such rabbits can kill a barracks. All the weapons are gone."

Wu You showed an incredulous expression: "Then what are they pulling? It must not be ordinary rabbit shit."

"That thing is a treasure. It is said that when casting a sword, as long as one grain is placed, a rare divine sword can be cast."

Wu You gained insight again, and now she pointed to the sky in the middle: "Let's just go straight forward, that's our direction."

"Oh? Did you see the pearl?"

"I saw a big clam in the sea. Although I didn't see the beads directly, the pearls shone through the gap between the clams." Wu You saw the hope and walked faster.

Gu Qingqing affirmed what Wu You said, and walked forward at a faster pace: "You said, this world doesn't want us to go fishing for pearls in the sea, does it?"

"It's a pity that Fang Fei is not here." Wu You was relaxed on the surface, but in his heart he was a little afraid of the sea water. He usually went to a swimming pool, but he really didn't have the courage and ability to really go into the sea.

"I always feel that Huatui has grasped the scale very well this time." Gu Qingqing said suddenly.

"Are you... praising him?"

Gu Qingqing smiled: "I'm just a summary of our world, although it's not over yet, but according to the search process of the first six Buddhist treasures, I feel... It seems that those knowledge just happened to be in our knowledge category Inside, the coincidence was a little unnatural. I even thought, if I haven’t read some books that help us find the answer, will Huatui change the topic for us?”

Wu You thought about Gu Qingqing's words, and felt that what the other party said made sense: "I also had an idea just now, if after the silver tree world, instead of choosing the world of looking for agate, we choose the world of iron or tin, the two of us Will it be eliminated for sure?

"Could it be that our treasure hunting target has changed from the seven treasures of Buddhism to the five metal treasures of gold, silver, copper, iron and tin?"

Gu Qingqing listened to Wu You's absurd analysis, and nodded in agreement: "Maybe."

"Then the two of us are at a loss, obviously five can be done, but we have to find seven, otherwise we would have found the fragments and gone out by now!" Wu You made unnecessary optimistic assumptions.

The two walked forward while talking, and they didn't know which foot stepped into a certain enchantment, and the two suddenly entered a bustling market.

"Sell pearls, sell pearls! The best South China Sea pearls!" someone yelled loudly.

The two of them didn't expect to get to the point so quickly.

Gu Qingqing looked at the peddlers selling pearls on the street, as well as the shops on the street that said "pearls for sale", and walked to the vendors to carefully look at the pearls, large and small.

"It's so strange, do they know that we need pearls? How come everyone becomes a bead seller?" Wu You picked up a huge oval bead on the stall, thinking, the pearl among the seven treasures of Buddhism They should all be round.

Gu Qingqing said in a low voice: "Do you think it's unnatural here?"

"Yeah, they are too 'thinking about what others think, and being anxious about what others want', they are like roundworms in our stomachs." After Wu You said this, he was a little scared, and even had an idea. Living in the bodies of thirteen members like roundworms?

Gu Qingqing said: "You are right, this matter is too strange, let's take this market as an example, even if it is positioned as a pearl market, it is impossible to only sell pearls and not see anything else at all. ——You Think about it, isn't the bead selling place we've experienced before a little different from this place?"

Wu You thought about it for a while: "I don't like pearls either. I used to buy them for my mother and aunts when I was traveling... You are right. Whether it is Dalian, Qingdao, or Beidaihe, even if it is based on In a pearl-based market, it is impossible to only sell pearls, and the shopkeepers will always sell some shell ornaments and the like."

Gu Qingqing nodded, looking at the large and small pure pearls displayed by the vendors, she suddenly felt a sense of fear for no reason.

"I think the painting push may be in a hurry." Wu You said his analysis, "He really wanted us to find the right pearl, and then successfully produced the painting."

"If you follow your thinking, the painting "Hehe" is likely to allow all thirteen of us to go out safely." Gu Qingqing expressed her conjecture.

Wu You's eyes lit up, but his voice was a little sad: "But this matter will never end because of this, who knows what Huatui wants to do with all thirteen of us - I think he didn't hold his fart well! "

Gu Qingqing was amused by Wu You's unrestrained words: After all, we are in other people's paintings, so let's pay attention to what we say.

Just as Wu You was about to say something, she was suddenly attracted by a huge black pearl. She hurriedly grabbed Gu Qingqing, and the two of them walked towards the shop where the black pearl was displayed.

Wu You first inquired about the price of this black pearl, and it was indeed very expensive. Then, with the permission of the boss, she picked up the pearl and pretended to inspect it, but in fact she put the pearl in the closing position of the cowhide pocket, wanting to try the pocket. attitude towards this pearl.

Sure enough, things were not that simple. When Wu You put his hand near his pocket, he could feel a strong repulsive force similar to a magnet.

It seems that it is not this one, Wu You put the pearl back to its original position.

"Girl, is there anything you are dissatisfied with about this pearl?" The boss saw everything in his eyes and came over to ask.

"Do you have any better beads here?" Wu You asked.

The boss first looked at Wu You and Gu Qingqing, and then said for a long time: "Better? Girl, let me tell you first, what kind of pearl is better? Is it larger in size, or more scarce in color, or The shape is even more peculiar, so I have to point out a direction for me."

The boss obviously didn't pay attention to these two ordinary girls.

Gu Qingqing thought for a while and said: "The two of us came from other places, but we are just maidservants of a wealthy family. Now our old lady wants to find the best beads in this city, and we have to buy them no matter what the price is. Boss, If you have access to this, please think of a way, our old lady will definitely not treat the boss badly."

These few words of Gu Qingqing really moved the boss's mind. He looked back and forth between the two young girls, but finally put on a noncommittal expression: "How do you know that really good beads are not from other places? Not in our hands."

"Whose hands is it in?" Wu You asked hastily.

"Of course it's in the hands of those Persians," replied the boss.

"But, I didn't see any Persians in our market." Wu You asked.

"The Persians in our city have committed crimes and offended their superiors, and many people have been implicated. I heard that the government sent a big ship to transport them back to the country." The boss didn't look like he was lying.

Gu Qingqing and Wu You looked at each other, always feeling that the boss had a clue, but he just didn't want to say it.

"Boss, if you know who has the best pearls, please give us directions. If the pearls can satisfy our old lady, we will definitely treat you well." Wu You said.

Wu You quickly made a statement, and put a handful of Jinsha on the boss's counter: "After the matter is completed, there will be a heavy reward."

The gold really worked, and the boss's expression relaxed a little.

"If you believe me, come with me, and I'll take you to meet someone." After saying this, the boss began to tell the shop assistants to keep an eye on the shop.

Gu Qingqing nodded: "We will let you go."

Wu You added: "Our old lady sent bodyguards to follow us secretly."

This sentence is to give myself courage, and secondly, it also has a certain deterrent effect on the shop owner.

The shop owner smiled: "My shop is right here, and it's not a one-off deal with you, so why should I harm you?"

So, the two girls followed the shop owner out from the back door of the shop, and walked down the street to the shop owner's residence.

"Could it be that the pearl is in your home?" Wu You asked unconsciously.

The boss didn't make a sound and closed the courtyard door.

The two girls were somewhat nervous, but at the moment they could only bite the bullet and move forward, ready to play by ear at any time.

The two entered the house with the boss, and saw a terminally ill Persian on the bed.

"This man has a good pearl in his hand, but he doesn't admit it, and he refuses to hand it over." The boss said with certainty.

The Persian looked at the two strange girls with blue eyes and said nothing.

"Can he understand what we're saying?" Wu You asked the boss in a low voice.

"Understood. He has been with us for more than ten years. He can understand everything and is especially good at bargaining." The boss seems to know this Persian very well.

"But he is in such a state of desperation now, and he is seriously ill. Even if he has precious pearls on his body, they have already been pawned to treat his illness." Wu You didn't believe that this Persian would still have priceless pearls on his body.

"You don't understand the Persians, they will keep the last pearl for themselves when they die." The boss looked at the Persian and said, "And that pearl must be the best pearl this Persian has found in his life. "

Listening to the boss's words, Gu Qingqing remembered some relevant historical records, and nodded in agreement.

"Then where is this Persian's bead? If he died here, even if he hid a bead thousands of miles away, would it still be his?" Wu You asked.

"So, the priceless bead must not be thousands of miles away. The bead should be very close to this Persian, but he refuses to tell." The boss felt helpless.

"Since you can't get him to hand over the pearl, we can't." Gu Qingqing looked at the boss, "What's the point of letting us see him?"

The boss sighed: "I have no other choice, and I don't want to tell my colleagues about this matter, and I can't find out the whereabouts of the beads from this Persian - I regard you as the beads from the bottom of my heart. The buyer's, so I hope you can find a way to get the beads from him."

Suddenly a long sigh sounded, as if it came from a throat that had been dried for decades.

The Persian lying on the bed sighed, and turned his head slowly. His curly beard had turned gray and white, and his blue-gray eyes looked at the two strange girls, and sighed again.

"Well, is he dissatisfied with buyers like us..." Wu You said softly.

The Persians uttered a long string of strange languages ​​as if singing.

The boss hugged his arm without any surprise, and even complained: "This cunning sick Persian!"

Wu You listened for a while, looked at Gu Qingqing, and asked again: "What is he talking about? Is it related to beads? But no matter how I hear him, he seems to be singing."

"Hey, I don't understand either." The boss said helplessly.

After a while, Gu Qingqing said to the boss: "Are you sure that the most expensive pearl in the whole city is on him?"

"I've seen it with my own eyes," the boss said with certainty. "It's a rare green bead the size of a pigeon's egg. It's already worth a lot of money as jewelry, and I heard that the powder of that bead has the effect of prolonging life."

Gu Qingqing looked at the Persian who was still speaking a foreign language, put some gold dust on his palm, and put three small piles in total: "Sanshengwanwu, if you can sell us the beads, We can not only promise you wealth, maybe we can also ask someone to cure your illness."

The Persian stopped talking, as if he was not interested in Gu Qingqing's words, and muttered a few strange words in his mouth, then closed his eyes, as if falling asleep.

"It's really interesting. Is his pearl more important than his illness?" Wu You said to the boss, "The two of us have to go back to the old lady and see how the old lady plans to deal with this matter. We will come back tomorrow .”

"Well, that's all there is to it."

……

Gu Qingqing and Wu You left the boss's residence, and went far, far away.

Wu Youcai said in a low voice, "I didn't expect him to speak English."

"You heard it too?" Gu Qingqing asked.

"Yes, I can understand [-]% to [-]% of it. The English he speaks is a bit old, and the grammar is not the same as it is now." Wu You said.

At this moment, both of them were pleased with the tacit understanding of their acting skills just now.

"Ordinarily, ancient Persian should be closer to Iranian. I don't know why his words are closer to modern English." Gu Qingqing said.

"Do you speak Iranian?"

"will not."

"So, he has to say something that we can understand but the boss can't understand..."

"..."

Just now, the strange language spoken by the Persian on the sickbed was actually English, and what he said surprised the two girls even more——

"This man is a demon. He has trapped me here, preventing me from returning to my homeland. Two good girls, if you can understand me, please take me out of here."

Under the circumstances at that time, Gu Qingqing and Wu You couldn't tell the other party that they understood in an appropriate way, so they could only respond with their eyes cautiously.

The Persian said again: "If you can, please come to the back door of this house to meet me after three sticks of incense. There is a secret door here. I need your help to leave. Remember, it is after three sticks of incense. If you understand, please use the time of 'three sticks of incense' to respond to me."

With an idea, Gu Qingqing put three small piles of gold sand in her palm, and pretended to confuse the boss with the "three lives and all things".

There was relief in the Persian's eyes, but it didn't show on his face. He turned his face away and said again: "You better find a boat, I have to go back to my hometown by boat."

……

"Does he know that we are also running for his beads?" Wu You said.

"Didn't the boss say that he can understand Chinese?"

"Then why does he still ask us for help?"

"Probably there is no other way." Gu Qingqing and Wu You are renting a boat on the pier at the moment.

"We have to find a way to ask him about the whereabouts of the beads later."

"Let's play by ear. The few treasures we found these few times are often obtained by surprise, and this time should be no exception."

Wu You looked at the phone, it showed: 11:46——

The time for the three sticks of incense is approaching, and there is only more than an hour left before the two of them go out for the last time.

……

12:27

The poor and sick Persian finally got his wish and lay down on the boat. His blue eyes looked at the two girls who were rowing separately: "Thank you, two angels."

Wu You wanted to ask about Zhuzi, but at the moment he didn't know how to ask.

The Persian leaned on the side of the boat and seemed to be trying to sit up.

Wu You stepped forward to help him, and the Persian smiled: "I know, you also want to get that bead. What if I can't give you that bead?"

The two girls didn't speak. Now even if they force the sick Persian with a knife, they probably won't be able to force the bead out.

"Even if you can't get the beads, it's good to be able to send a person who has left home." Gu Qingqing said.

The Persian seemed a little moved, but not grateful. He groped in his arms for a while and took out a knife.

Wu You quickly dodged backwards, and Gu Qingqing also retreated slightly, but the boat was very small, and there was almost no bigger place for people to hide.

The Persian took the knife and cut off his thigh. He gritted his teeth and endured the severe pain, and took out a bead from the depth of the bloody wound on his thigh.

Wu You was stunned by this scene.

The Persian held the bead in the palm of his hand: "This one is the best bead among all the rare treasures I have experienced in my life. I originally wanted to use it to be buried with me, but now...you can't Help me for nothing, take this pearl, if you can help me find the big ship where the Persians left, and give my body to my countrymen, so that they can take me home."

"But..." Gu Qingqing wanted to say something.

"Don't think too much, this bead is my repayment to you." The Persian put the bead on the wound on his thigh, and it miraculously stopped the bleeding.

"This bead can cure diseases, can't you use it to cure your illness?" Wu You asked.

"Beads can cure diseases, but they can't bring them back to heaven." The Persian lay down weakly again, as if he knew the moment of his death, "Take this bead, I believe that my countrymen will always find a way to rest my soul .”

The Persian closed his eyes and said nothing more.

Wu You sniffed his breath to make sure that this person was dead.

The Persians kept a weird smile on their faces after death, completely lacking the peace that they should have after death.