Considering that we could find the crux of the problem as much as possible at one time, Daoist Zuo and I decided to wait until midnight before entering the Forbidden City, because Jiao Yuqin suffered around midnight, and the method was of course Daoist Zuo's wall-piercing technique.

In fact, knowing that I am going to Wuying Hall this time, my mood is much more relaxed, Wuying Hall is not better than the West Sixth Palace, relatively speaking, it should be regarded as a safer palace in the Forbidden City, which is related to its role and function all along. In the early days when the Forbidden City was just built, the Wuying Hall used to be the place where the emperor summoned ministers, and it also served as the emperor's dormitory during the renovation period, and the reason was naturally because this palace was relatively close to the three major halls of the Forbidden City, and it was relatively convenient for the emperor to live here to deal with government affairs.

Later, Wu Yingdian played the role of a bookstore, Kangxi set up this place as a book repair office, in charge of the printing and decoration of books, directly managed by the prince and ministers, and the division of labor is comprehensive, superintendent, principal, pen style, president, chief compiler, compilation, repair, and assistant repair each perform their duties. Don't think that repairing books is a trivial matter, repairing books is a powerful manifestation of the comprehensive strength of a dynasty, you are poor and backward, then naturally you have no time to care about repairing books, only when you are strong and rich, you will have the heart to pay attention to the matter of repairing books. The books produced here will inevitably not be ordinary, the books printed by Wu Yingdian can be said to be the highest grade in China, using copper plate movable type printing, the font is beautiful and neat, the drawing is perfect and exquisite, and the book quality is very high. Wuyingdian book engraving activities to Kangxi, Yongzheng, Qianlong three dynasties are the most prosperous, paper and ink is excellent, proofreading and fine review, the quality of the book is very high.

Then it was not until the last ten years that Wuyingdian began to really serve as a storage and exhibition place for calligraphy, painting and classics, and famous paintings were exhibited here one after another, and tourists came here every day.

The above descriptions only prove one thing, that is, the Wuying Hall is a place without resentment, because no one has been wronged here, neither like the fierce power struggle of the three major halls, nor like the tragic palace fighting of the East and West Six Palaces, this is a place where books are quietly printed and collected, with a strong fragrance of ink.

When the bustling Forbidden City arrives at night, it is more lonely and depressed than many places that are far less prosperous than it. On the west side, there is hardly a single pedestrian on North Long Street.

Looking up at the moonlight, the thin mist tells us that midnight has come.

Chief Zuo and I roughly estimated the location, and when we were close to the west gate of the Forbidden City, we slipped directly into it through the wall.

Only then did I realize that all the psychological comfort at the beginning was in vain, and this sudden intrusion still made people feel helpless, and the position of our clothes seemed to be a little off, and we did not fall directly on the smooth road, but fell into a wooded mud swamp, and the wind blew the leaves and the sound of the sofa, which made people listen as if someone was whispering in your ear.

Zuo Dao Chang pulled me to walk quickly to the east, walked for about ten minutes, and finally saw a large hall from the inside out, through the window to exude a slight light, although the vision was greatly impaired at night, but I could still see that the building is located on a delicate Sumeru seat, surrounded by a circle of finely carved white marble railings, I vaguely saw a poster board more than two meters high standing at the door of the main hall, which read: The Palace Museum Collection of Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition.

"It should be here, the only place in the Forbidden City is where calligraphy and painting are exhibited." Zuo Dao Chang suddenly stopped and whispered to me.

"Why is it that everywhere else is dark, but this place has lights?"

"I think this must be related to the famous painting exhibition in the past few days, I don't know much about Chinese painting, but I guess these lights should be the light in the specially treated display case, which is relatively less harmful to the painting. However, if it is switched on and off frequently, it will cause some damage to the painting, which is a famous painting, and it is much better to use more electricity than to damage the famous painting. ”

Zuo Daochang's explanation is quite convincing, but it always feels a little strange, and the light that suddenly bursts out of the darkness makes people a little uneasy.

We walked up to the pedestal, ready to use the wall piercing technique to get in, and the left leader put his hand on the main entrance of the main hall, and was about to cast a spell vigorously, but the door opened by itself.

"Huh? This...... What's going on? Why isn't this door closed? "Daoist Zuo, who has always been calm and calm, is also a little apprehensive at the moment." No, how can such an important Chinese painting be so poorly protected? ”

Although our hearts were full of suspicions, our footsteps did not stop at all, since the door was not closed, we could just grow up and walk in.

Because of the dim light, we walked very cautiously, and I stared at the high bar in front of the gate, for fear that I might accidentally touch it, because my grandmother once told me that you should never step on it, especially in palaces and temples, and it would be disrespectful to the gods to step on it. I cautiously stepped over to make sure I didn't touch it, so I dared to slowly put the soles of my feet down, but something unbelievable happened, obviously I didn't touch anything, but I still felt tripped over something, I lost my balance for a while, and my whole body rushed forward, but fortunately, the left Taoist grabbed me all of a sudden, so that I would not fall and my nose and face would be swollen. Although I escaped, my foot still twisted so hard that I couldn't help but scream in pain.

"Why are you so careless?" Zuo Daochang didn't blame me, but just cared.

"It's a little evil, it's a little evil." I whispered to myself, but suddenly something bit my ear, and then suddenly I heard a woman's laughter. "Ahh There's a ghost. ”

Zuo Dao Chang hurriedly took out his compass, and I obviously saw the compass needle turning violently, but in an instant, it stopped abruptly, and a cool breeze suddenly hit us.

"No ghosts? Liu Quan, are you a little nervous? ”

I rubbed my temples vigorously, trying to keep my composure. "Hmm. Possibly, because I've been holding my heart to my throat all day, I'm inevitably a little tired from high tension. ”

Zuo Dao Chang patted me on the shoulder and comforted. "Don't say it's you, I, a person who has been cultivating for many years, feel a little powerless after staying in an environment like the Forbidden City for a long time today. We quickly checked the famous paintings, and if we didn't find them, let's go back and rest. ”

The Wuying Hall is divided into two halls on the left and right by partitions, the left is the exhibition area of "Han Xizai's Night Banquet", and the right is the exhibition area of "Qingming Riverside Picture".

"Where do we start?"

Daoist Zuo shook his head helplessly. "Actually, we didn't have a choice, we could only hope that this ghost would run out of "Han Xizai's Night Banquet", because "Qingming Riverside Picture" is too big, and there are too many characters in it, and it is difficult for us to find clues on the map."

"Then it seems that we can only start looking from the left, and see if there is anything different from the picture we remember."