Chapter 13: The Scarlet Gallery
After the stone wall made a frictional sound, it finally opened slowly, Qian Xiuye turned around and walked there, without saying a word, Fan Meng immediately followed, and when Yuan Zhenba was about to leave, he found that Mo Duqiao and the remaining mercenaries did not leave, but just stood silently in the coffin and watched.
Mo Duqiao took off his backpack, fumbled for a long time, found three packs of cigarettes, put two of them on top of the coffin, opened another pack, lit two, and carefully placed them on the edge of the coffin lid, and then lifted the backpack and left.
The remaining mercenaries also left one after another, following neatly behind the Ink Twilight Bridge.
At that moment, Yuan Zhenba knew that such a simple thing that Mo Duqiao had done had won the respect of the remaining 6 mercenaries.
If Mo Duqiao wants to betray Qian Xiuye, he only needs to wave his arms.
However, how could Mo Duqiao betray Qian Xiuye? Yuan Zhenba smiled bitterly, turned around and continued to move forward.
In the passage located between the coffin corridor and the golden corridor, He Chenxue, Fan Junyi and others all fell sideways in the passage......
A few hours ago, when He Chenxue and others, who had left the stone room, walked to the front of the passage, they found this place, which Chen Taidong jokingly called the "Blood Gallery", because this corridor was inlaid with blood-red stones from top to bottom, left and right, and at the same time, there were five colorful murals hanging on the walls of the corridor on the left and right sides.
The ten colorful murals had been decolorized, but they could still clearly see what was depicted on the ten paintings, and Chen Taidong quickly judged that the events told in these ten paintings should be the follow-up to the story of the four groups of statues in the stone room where they had been before.
"Follow-up?" After listening to Chen Taidong's simple analysis, He Chenxue looked at the painting in front of her, "I don't understand the four groups of statues before, I don't understand what they are talking about, they feel like two brothers who were originally dependent on life and death, one of them was betrayed by the other on the battlefield. ”
He Chenxue and Chen Taidong, who didn't see the eight groups of statues in the other two stone rooms, of course they didn't understand the specific content of the statues too much, but at this time, Yang Zhengxia asked Chen Taidong for a camera, and after looking through the photos taken in the stone room before, he asked Chen Taidong about the location of each group of statues, and then began his own analysis.
Yang Zhengxia said: "My speculation is that the order of the four groups of statues in the stone chamber should be north, south, west, and east. You see, the group of statues in the north depicts two men fighting the battlefield, and the group of statues in the south depicts a woman holding a child about three or four years old, standing in the doorway, looking into the distance, looking forward to something. The statue to the west depicts one of the men being ambushed, while his brother was hiding behind a tree in the distance and watching. “
After speaking, Yang Zhengxia raised his camera to show the others: "The last group, that is, the statue on the east side, depicts the man who framed his brother, came to the woman's house with his brother's sword, and handed the sword to the woman, the woman hid her face and cried, very sad, from which it can be inferred that this woman should be the wife of the man who was killed, let's look at these murals." ”
Yang Zhengxia politely returned the camera to Chen Taidong and looked at the first color mural: "In this painting, the man depicted is obviously the one who was framed, and we use A, B and C to represent the two men and a woman respectively, A represents the framer, and B represents the framed person......"
After speaking, Yang Zhengxia paused, looked at the other murals, and continued: "In this painting, Yi Nan is sitting under the moon and is very decadent, pointing to the sky, as if cursing something, I think, probably after this man came back, he found something, maybe the person who framed him also killed his wife and children?" Maybe it was something else that made him angry and sad, but also very helpless. ”
In the second painting, it is still the same environment as in the first painting, but the difference is that there is a fireball with a tail in the sky, and the fireball hits the ground, and Otoo's face is full of surprise.
In the third painting, Otoo runs towards the spot where the fireball lands, and finds that the fireball has smashed into a village, causing a fire and explosion that kills countless villagers there.
In the fourth painting, Otomo walks into the village trembling and finds burning corpses everywhere, as well as a fireball that has smashed a large hole in the ground, which has been extinguished and turned into a stone.
Seeing this, Chen Taidong pointed to the stone in the pit on the painting and said, "If you guess correctly, this should be a meteorite." ”
Everyone nodded in agreement, for there was only one explanation.
Yang Zhengxia led the group to look at the fifth painting, in which Otomo began to cut off the hands and feet of the charred corpses with knives, and next to him, there were already several corpses with a few more hands, or turned into two heads.
When He Chenxue saw this, she was very puzzled: "What does this mean?" What's he doing? ”
No one could answer the question, so he had to look at the scarred Otomo in the sixth painting, wearing what seemed to be a blood-stained robe, sitting at the entrance of the village, with a long sword standing next to him, and beside him, there were corpses of that strange shape, and in the distance, the people who had heard the news were watching this scene in amazement.
In the seventh painting, Otoo is surrounded by a crowd of people who worship him and offer him all kinds of food, many of whom are already kneeling down to him.
In the eighth painting, Otoo stands under a large tree in the forest, and on the trunk of that tree is painted a burning sun, and Otoo is worshiped by everyone like a saint.
In the ninth painting, Otono stands in front of a mountain wall, pointing to the hand-painted paintings on the mountain wall, which says that the earth is cracking, and countless monsters come out of the ground, attacking the village and slaughtering the people, and it is a human wearing armor and a crown who summons these monsters from the ground. On the other hand, a man with the same appearance as Oto, holding a long sword, summons fireballs falling from the sky, attacks those monsters, and finally fights with the human wearing the crown, and finally defeats the other party and ushers in the light again.
Finally, there is the tenth painting, in which Oto, with armed people, holding aloft a large flag with a fireball on it, walks mightily towards the palace in the distance.
After reading the ten paintings, Yang Zhengxia felt a little confused, he shook his head and said: "It seems that this Yi Nan used a meteorite that fell from the sky to act in a play, playing himself as a hero, and using this to set up a religion-like organization to try to confront the king, and also portray the king as the leader of the demons." ”
Chen Taidong nodded and said: "Yes, that meteorite killed a village, he sewed the corpses together and made them look like monsters, so that others thought that this village was attacked by monsters, and the villagers became monsters, and it was he who fought with the monsters, and summoned the heavenly fire to defeat those monsters." On this basis, he told the deceived people that the king was a demon, that he would summon the monsters of hell, and that only he could lead everyone out of the darkness and usher in the light. ”
After Chen Taidong finished speaking, he felt that his head had become very heavy, and he subconsciously patted his head.
After hearing this, Xu You smiled and said: "I understand, I think, that king should be the one who framed him in the past, and all this he did was just to take revenge on his former brother?" He did not hesitate to take advantage of the ignorance of the people in order to achieve his own ends, and I said, is this the truth of Manichaeism? ”
Chen Taidong shook his head: "No, definitely not, the symbol on this person's banner is completely different from that of Manichaeism." ”
At this time, He Chenxue suddenly leaned on the wall with one hand: "My head hurts a little." ”
After He Chenxue finished speaking, she had been in a state of discomfort, so Fan Junyi, who had not spoken, also nodded with difficulty, and Chen Taidong suddenly realized something, looked at Yang Zhengxia, and then looked at Mu Tianjian, and found that they were all covered with sweat and their faces were pale.
Only Xu was the only one who didn't have anything, but looked at them with a smile: "What's wrong with all of you?" ”
Mu Tianjian saw the smile on Xu You's face, and immediately pulled out his gun, but the moment he pulled out the gun, his wrist was weak, and the pistol fell to the ground.
At this time, the people around them fell to the ground one after another, but they did not faint, on the contrary, their eyes were wider than before.
Xu You stepped forward, leaned over and picked up the gun, played with it in his hand for a while, and then stuffed it into Mu Tianjian's hand, touching Mu Tianjian's head like a dog: "The gun is back to you, it's not that I poisoned it, I didn't poison it, it is estimated that I took other drugs to neutralize the toxicity, or it was the reason why I fought poison with poison." ”
Mu Tianjian gasped, and suddenly found that Xu You in front of him had gradually changed into Sheng Yutang's appearance, and he subconsciously said, "Eldest son? You're alive? ”
In Xu You's eyes, Mu Tianjian just knelt there in a daze.
Xu You stretched out his hand and shook it in front of Mu Tianjian's eyes, got up and searched the Scarlet Gallery, trying to find the reason why they were poisoned, and the reason why he was not poisoned.
In Mu Tianjian's hallucination, Sheng Yutang smiled and stretched out his hand to him: "I will cure your mother, but you must promise me that you will be a cow and a horse for me in the future, and give everything for me, if I let you die, you will die, and you will have to do whatever I ask you to do!" ”
Sheng Yutang's appearance became fierce, but Mu Tianjian was frightened, and stepped back, shouting as he retreated: "Eldest prince, what's wrong with you?" You're not like this, you don't want to be like this! Don't come here, you're not like this, you're a good person, you're just for me and my mom's good, I know, I know you're not using me, I know! Don't come here! ”
While Mu Tianjian was crying, He Chenxue, who was beside him, found herself in the corridor of the school, and the warm sunlight came in through the window, making her feel very comfortable. Suddenly, she was tapped on the shoulder, and she turned around to find that it was He Yuejia in her school uniform.
He Yuejia smiled and said to her, "Eh, in the evening, I'll go back later." ”
He Chenxue asked strangely, "Sister, why are you going?" ”
He Yuejia whispered: "Fan Meng invited me to watch a movie at night. ”
After these words came out, He Chenxue was shocked and blurted out: "You and Fan Meng, go and see...... Movie? ”
He Yuejia looked at her appearance: "Yes, what's wrong?" ”
He Chenxue held back her anger: "Sister, do you think you are suitable like this?" Van Meng is my boyfriend, how can you watch a movie alone with him? ”
He Yuejia touched He Chenxue's forehead: "Are you talking nonsense with a fever?" Your boyfriend is a torturer, not Fan Meng, Chenxue, what's wrong with you? Are you sick? ”
He Chenxue slapped He Yuejia's hand away: "Why are you so shameless, Fan Meng is mine, it's mine!" I played with Torture because he resembled Fan Meng! ”
He Yuejia pushed He Chenxue away, raised her hand and gave her a slap: "Are you crazy!?" What are you talking about? Am I shameless? You're shameless! Fan Meng doesn't like you at all, don't be so self-indulgent! ”
He Chenxue was pushed down on the wall behind her and fell directly, when she got up, she found that Xingshu was standing in front of her, she grabbed Xingshu's arm and said in a commanding tone: "Xingshu, help me kill this bitch!" Kill her! Kill her! ”
Xingshu frowned and looked at her, shook his head and said, "Chenxue, what's wrong with you?" ”
He Chenxue pushed away the torture technique, slammed into He Yuejia hard, and directly knocked He Yuejia down from the window.
The moment He Yuejia screamed and fell, He Chenxue was dumbfounded, she stood there stunned and looked at the place where He Yuejia had stood before, where only one shoe was left at this time.
He Chenxue didn't dare to walk to the window, but looked at the torture: "Torture, my sister was pushed down by you, right?" ”
Xingshu frowned and looked at her, without saying a word, He Chenxue repeated it again like crazy, almost in a roaring way.
Xingshu still shook his head and slowly retreated towards the rear, and then, more and more classmates appeared in the corridor, pointing at He Chenxue, and getting closer and closer, and finally surrounded He Chenxue.
He Chenxue hugged her head, squatted in the corner, and curled up in a ball.
And in reality, Xu You, turned his head to look at He Chenxue, who was curled up with his head in his arms, and had finished acting in a play alone, as if he understood something, Xu You stood still, turned his head to look at Fan Junyi again, and found that Fan Junyi was slapping himself.
Xu You squatted in front of Fan Junyi and said in a low voice: "That's right, the son is not the godfather's fault, he smokes well." ”
And in Fan Junyi's eyes, in his feelings, at this moment, he was kneeling in the cave of the Jade Casting Society, facing the first worker He Chenxue constantly blaming himself, slapping himself, crying and begging He Chenxue for mercy, asking her not to kill Fan Meng, he was willing to take Fan Meng's place.
And He Chenxue just sat there like a statue, looking at him coldly.
Finally, as soon as Fan Jun stopped, he pulled out the dagger hidden in his clothes, stabbed it towards He Chenxue's chest, and then retreated, watching the blood continue to gush out of the wound, while He Chenxue was still sitting there, maintaining her previous posture and expression.
"Don't ...... Don't kill my son, and don't blame me! Fan Junyi shouted with a crying voice, "You forced me, I can't live without my son, I'm just such a son!" ”
Xu You, who was in reality, took his eyes off Fan Junyi's face, and looked at his teacher Yang Zhengxia again, and found that Yang Zhengxia's head was leaning against the wall, sitting there muttering something.
Xu You stepped forward and listened, and suddenly Yang Zhengxia hugged his neck and said with all his might: "Vicoding!" Vicodin! ”
Xu You hurriedly nodded in response, rummaged through Yang Zhengxia's backpack, took out the bottle of medicine from it, and took out one and stuffed it into Yang Zhengxia's mouth, Yang Zhengxia chewed hard, and shook his head after a while.
Xu You looked at him with a smile: "A teacher is a teacher, amazing, really amazing, I found a solution to get rid of the illusion so quickly, I'm curious, teacher, what did you see?" ”
Yang Zhengxia shook his head: "I didn't see anything, I found out that something was wrong from the beginning of the headache, and I also found that other people reacted, but only you are fine, I guess it may be poisoned, and you are not poisoned because you took Vicodin, this is the only explanation." ”
Xu You's eyes narrowed into a line with a smile: "So, I'll just say, it's not a bad thing for Vicoding to be addicted." ”
Xu Youzheng was talking, and suddenly saw Chen Taidong standing up, standing there with tears on his face, and said to himself: "It's my fault, if I had found out about those guys' attempts earlier, I could have stopped them, and those policemen wouldn't have died!" ”
In Chen Taidong's hallucinations, he sat in Zheng Cangqiong's hospital room, constantly blaming himself for the mistake he made when he first went to Jiacuo Palace.
Zheng Cangqiong pressed his shoulder: "Taidong, I don't blame you, I really don't blame you." ”
Chen Taidong raised his eyes and looked at Zheng Cangqiong: "Senior brother, I want to atone for my sins, I want to stop those people, I want to kill Qian ......"
Before Chen Taidong could say his full name, Zheng Cangqiong covered his mouth, shook his head and frowned: "What you need to do is to defeat Qian Xiuye, not to kill him, Taidong, remember, you are a good person, you are not a demon, remember, you are not a demon!" ”
Chen Taidong in reality stood there blankly, constantly saying to himself: "I'm not a demon, I'm not a demon......"
Xu You and Yang Zhengxia glanced at each other, and then looked at He Chenxue, Fan Junyi and Mu Tianjian, and the three of them did not come out of the hallucination.
Xu You got up and asked, "Teacher, it seems that everyone has a lingering shadow in their hearts. ”
"Demons." Yang Zhengxia stood up against the wall and moved his neck, "It seems that some kind of hallucinogenic medicine will be released here, plus everyone here has a shadow, so I unconsciously showed the most uncontrollable thing in my heart, Xu You, give each of them a Vicodin, they can only fight poison with poison, there is no way." ”
Xu You poured the medicine in his hand, and after pinching it, he looked at Yang Zhengxia: "Teacher, I want to know, what about you?" What is the shadow in your heart? What are your demons? ”
Yang Zhengxia took a breath and said lightly: "You won't want to know, I won't say it, I won't say it for the rest of my life." ”
Xu You pouted: "Not necessarily, maybe next time, you will say it unconsciously?" ”
Yang Zhengxia smiled, and when he saw that Xu You went to feed He Chenxue with medicine, his face sank, he took a deep breath, and secretly congratulated himself that he was fortunate to be prepared before, otherwise, the side he didn't want to be known about might also be revealed.