43.Chapter 43: The Man in the Painting
Old Liu Tou packed up the tomb guard dog guarding the cuirass and left the palace, but immediately left the cave and entered with the cuirass
The stone chamber closest to the palace.
The light in the stone chamber was dim, and an open sarcophagus could be seen in the center, and bronze lamps more than one person high were placed in the four corners of the stone chamber. The lamp was a little old, but it was rusty and spotless, as if someone was wiping it down every day. Old Liu Tou took out a fire fold out of nowhere, and this thing is really a rare object now. He blew lightly, and a faint flame ignited on the fire, and then he lit the lamps in the four corners in turn, in the order of east, east, west, and north.
The stone room showed the true face of Lushan under the firelight, in addition to the sarcophagus visited in the center, there was also a half-meter-high wooden cabinet in the south, Lao Liu Tou did not open the cabinet door, and it was unknown what was in the cabinet. Other than that, there was nothing else in the stone chamber.
The four walls of the stone chamber are depicted, and three of them depict strange runes, which look disorganized and unrecognizable, let alone contain the gist of it. On the south wall, three people are depicted standing side by side. A middle-aged man in the center has a chest-length beard, a royal dress, and a strict demeanor, which is daunting. To his left was a young man dressed in white clothes and robes, holding a sword, this man was as white as jade, and his appearance was extremely delicate, as if he was exactly the same as the heroic general in the painting of Old Lady Luo's house, but with a different outfit. In the position on the right, there is a young Taoist priest, this Taoist priest is smiling, kind eyebrows, holding a dust, can accompany the king's side, and must be a master of the Tao. But at his feet, there was an old yellow dog, whose eyes were closed tightly and half of his tongue was spitting out, making the whole picture extremely incongruous.
Old Liu Tou glanced at the words on the wall, his eyes first glanced at the man, and then at the white-faced young man, but he didn't look at the man in the center, and then walked to the sarcophagus with the cuirass in his hand.
When he got to the edge of the sarcophagus, he didn't make too many movements, and directly put the cuirass into the sarcophagus. The cuirass didn't glow as scarlet as before, and it looked calm. Lao Liu Tou brought his left index finger to his mouth, and when he bit it lightly, blood oozed from his fingertips. Lao Liu Tou carefully sent his left hand to the top of the sarcophagus, letting the blood drip on the cuirass, and the cuirass immediately rose a wisp of white smoke, and made a smacking sound, and after a while, the blood disappeared, as if it had been sucked by the cuirass.
"Okay, you can be regarded as going home, just stay here!" Old Liu Tou said this to the cuirass, and left directly, came to the base of the wall with three people and one dog, and sat at the feet of the Taoist, just face to face with the old yellow dog.
"Master, let me stay here with you for a while. Old Liu Tou raised his head and said to the Taoist on the wall, and then began to drink the wine by himself, sip after sip, until he drank the wine in the pot. The liquor in his mouth was cut like a knife, Lao Liu's face was flushed, and somehow, all of a sudden, he burst into tears!
"You old immortal, just leave, leaving me alone to bear such a heavy burden, it's really ruthless! Hey, who called you my master?" Old Liu Tou seemed to be talking to the portrait on the wall, but it was more like talking to himself. He held the flask high and poured the last few drops into his mouth.
"Speaking of which, I really can't stand you, after living for so many years, you don't even have a clue about the things you have explained, and you have to bother you to run back again, this time it took a lot of twists and turns to come back......, right? But I don't even know what I'm trying to say.
"I don't know where Lao Huang is now? Sometimes I really envy him, I've been with you for so long, if I can be a dog by your side in the next life! After Lao Liu Tou finished speaking, he looked at the old yellow dog lying at the feet of the Taoist.
At this look, the old yellow dog actually stood up as if it was alive, and then opened his eyes suddenly, and his eyes were pupilless, and he was a blind old dog.
"Old Huang?" Old Liu Tou was taken aback and stood up from the ground.
The old yellow dog didn't respond, as if he had woken up from his sleep and changed his position.
"It seems that you agreed, no matter, I will treat you as if you agreed, I will go back and wait for death, and then come to replace your class!" Old Liu Tou showed a smile on his face, bowed to the man, and turned to leave, and when he walked to the door of the stone room, he actually opened his mouth to learn a dog bark, and then laughed.
Under the cliff, Li Laosan sat quietly waiting for Lao Liu's head, and suddenly a black shadow flashed past him and burrowed into the woods next to him. He immediately got up and chased after him, and after searching the woods, he found nothing. So he could only turn back the same way and return to the bottom of the cliff, and when he came back, Lao Liu Tou happened to appear at the entrance of the cave.
Old Liu Tou looked down at Li Laosan at the entrance of the cave, and remembered the words of the tomb guard, so he looked at Li Laosan carefully.
"Like, not like!" Old Liu Tou muttered in his heart.
"Forget it, I'd better leave it to Master to think for himself!" he shook his head and jumped down.
Li Laosan watched Lao Liu Tou jump down, and couldn't help but feel nervous, and when Lao Liu Tou landed gently, patted the dust on his body and walked towards him, he was in awe, this scene was simply breathtaking. At that height, even if it was him, Li Laosan, he definitely didn't have the courage to jump down, even if he jumped, it was impossible to be unscathed. For a while, he became extremely interested in this old man, who was both familiar and strange.
"Don't think about it, if you can live for more than a hundred years, you probably won't be worse than me!" At this time, Lao Liu Tou had already walked in front of Li Laosan, and directly interrupted Li Laosan's thoughts.
"I, I'm afraid I won't live that long. Li Laosan didn't know how to answer for a while.
"Who can say for sure? I can't even see through who you are!"
"You, what does this mean?" Li Laosan was confused.
"It's not interesting, let's go, Sanqing is in a hurry!" Old Liu Tou dragged his lame leg and walked forward slowly.
"Senior, will Sanqing be okay in this way?" Li Laosan followed and asked softly.
"Say, when I die, he will naturally be fine!" said Lao Liu Tou in a deep voice, without stopping, and quickly got into the woods.
"Change your life?" Li Laosan secretly thought about the meaning of Lao Liu Tou's words in his heart, not far away, Lao Liutou's back looked extremely vicissitudes.
In the stone room, the old yellow dog on the mural walked out, just when Lao Liu Tou and Li Laosan went down the mountain. It walked to the door of the stone chamber, whispered a few words, and then walked back into the painting, lying at the feet of the Taoist priest again, and closed its eyes.