Chapter 37: Coincidence (Part II)

Su Er first pointed to a far-away procession on the far right side of the scroll, several people were carrying a small sedan chair from the suburbs to the city, a white horse somehow took off the reins, and rushed towards a bewildered pedestrian on the side of the road. "Big brother, I think it's strange to be hit by a horse."

The Taoist and I looked in the direction of her finger, and sure enough, the man standing in front of the white horse was dressed out of place with his surroundings, and his hairstyle was obviously modern, with no ornaments on his head, no high crown and no felt hat, and it looked like a neat back.

"This is indeed not the costume of the Song Dynasty, but this person should not be the makeup of our era." Zuo Dao Chang said slowly, pointing to me as he pointed to the big pockets on the man's clothes. "Look, isn't this a tunic?"

"It seems to be really, it's a tunic and a dress from the Republic of China." I followed suit and looked at the man. "And this person is tall, definitely not Chen Fuming."

"And this!" Su'er pointed to an open-air teahouse again, and at a small square table, there was a person drinking tea with his head down. "Not at all!"

I looked at it again with Zuo Daochang, and the person in the painting appeared extremely small on the whole picture, and the only thing I could see clearly was that this person was wearing a rather strange hat, which was completely different from the decoration on the heads of the other people around him, it was square at the corners, and looked very dignified.

It is this hat that allows Zuo Dao Chang to get a glimpse of the whole picture. "This is indeed not the dress of the Song Dynasty, this kind of hat is called a square scarf, it is a light gauze hat that can be folded, after Zhu Yuanzhang established the Ming Dynasty, this kind of hat was widely spread in the Central Plains, the Ming Dynasty and the Song Dynasty are far apart, this will not be a coincidence."

"Then this person is a common man of the Ming Dynasty, so it is definitely not Chen Fuming."

After that, we kept asking Su'er until she was sleepy-eyed. Su Er was also obedient, and pointed out dozens of strange people to us one after another, and after investigation, Zuo Daochang and I also determined that these people did not belong to the Northern Song Dynasty at all, and the clothes on their bodies came from completely different dynasties, including the Song Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty, and the Japanese costumes. In response to this strange phenomenon, I put forward two hypotheses, one is that these people are modern role-players, dressed in the costumes of various dynasties and entered the painting by chance, but if you think about it, it is obviously very unlikely. Another possibility is that these people are from different dynasties, and for some reason, they have all survived in this "Qingming Riverside Picture".

In my heart, I actually focus more on the latter kind of speculation, because it is completely possible for a person to be hidden in the realm of the painting, for example, I entered a realm in the painting, "Traveling in the Mountains and Streams", the author of that painting, Fan Kuan, has been hiding in his own paintings, and this hiding is thousands of years. Another example is Su'er's little sister, although she is a ghost, but what she does is almost the same as Fan Kuan, if she is the Song Dynasty into the "Han Xizai Night Banquet", then she has also survived in the painting for thousands of years. If you compare "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival" with the other two paintings, you will find that "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival" and the other two paintings are not at all an order of magnitude, and the characters and environments in them are 100 times larger than those of other paintings.

In other words, at the beginning, my assumption that Daoist Zuo and I were about Chen Fuming hiding in "The Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival" to avoid debts is completely valid.

It's just that after Su'er found out all the strangely dressed people, we still didn't find anyone who matched Chen Fuming.

"Maybe Chen Fuming is more cunning, and he is hiding in a way that may be more hidden than those." Daoist Zuo looked at the prosperity of Bianjing City and began to fall into deep thought.

"I think it's entirely possible, for example, Fan Kuan in "Traveling in Streams and Mountains", we can't see him on the picture sheet at all, because he has been hiding in a forest and grassland, I think this Chen Fuming will probably hide himself desperately in order to avoid debts." I added.

"It seems that no matter what, this realm in the painting must be entered. Even if it's not for Chen Fuming, you have to go and see the other outsiders inside. Zuo Dao Chang said slowly. But how do you get in? ”

Saying that, Daoist Zuo pinned his eyes and hopes on Su Er. "Little ghost, do you know how to get in? I want to go to your house like that. ”

Su'er pursed her lips and shook her head. "Humph! It's not my house, how would I know? Ask while knowing the answer. ”

It seems that once this kid is bullied, he will always remember it, although Zuo Daochang doesn't make a bad face to Su Er now, Su Er still can't treat Zuo Daochang as a good person.

Daoist Zuo turned his head to look at me helplessly. "Boss Liu, it seems that this little ghost only listens to what you say, you should ask her carefully."

I gently picked up Su'er and looked at her sincerely. "Su'er, this painting is very important to the big brother now, and it may be related to a person's life, think about it carefully, when you see this painting, do you suddenly have a sentence in your heart, just like the familiar streets and people you see."

Su'er just shook her head, then rubbed her eyes tiredly.

"Su'er...... Think about it again......"

"Big brother, I really can't think of it, I haven't seen this painting before, it's just that I often saw the houses and people in this painting when I was a child, so I can tell you so much. But I don't really know what the password is. Su'er's face flushed impatiently, and it was really unbearable to feel sorry for her anymore.

"Su'er, forget it, let's not talk about this painting." I decided to ask a different question. "What memories do you remember from your childhood? Except for the city in this painting. ”

Su'er shook her head again in frustration. "I'm sorry big brother, Su'er really wants to help you, but I really can't remember, it's been a long, long time, in fact, if I hadn't seen this painting, I wouldn't even remember this."

"Hey......" I saw her discouraged appearance and quickly gently rubbed her cheek. It's okay, Su'er, there will definitely be a way. ”

Remembering that Su'er had been running with us for a day, and she must be tired, he gently put her on the ground. "Su'er, you're tired too, why don't you find a place to rest first, and leave the rest to the eldest brother and the Taoist."

Su'er answered, and then ran to a corner of the main hall and lay on the floor with her eyes squinted, and slowly fell asleep.

Outside the window, there were only a few lonely birdsongs, fitting the middle of the night.

The moonlight was shattered by the window lattice, and it fell on Su'er's face, reflecting a bit of silence.

And the Taoist and I still have to fight to the death of this can't find a way.

"Actually, Dao Chief, I have something I don't understand." I hadn't slept for two days, and I was trying to drive my brain. "You started telling me that no one in the world knows the inside of this painting."

"That's right, we don't know anything about the world here, so naturally we don't know the password to enter and exit."

"Aren't the people of all dynasties we saw just now the 'travelers' you call those who have gone and never returned?" I looked at the weirdos Su'er had pointed out to us again.

"Yes, it's possible that they're addicted to it, but I think it's more likely that they don't want to come out, but they can't come out for some reason." Zuo Dao replied slowly and methodically.

"Then I can understand it that way. These people, like us, don't know anything about the entry code, and if they knew how to get in and out, they wouldn't have stayed in it a long time ago. So they didn't enter the painting through some kind of password. ”

"Hmm......" Zuo Dao Chang thought for a moment, then nodded slowly. Your assumption should be valid. ”

"Is there a possibility that there is no password for this realm in the painting, and these people entered it unintentionally?" I suddenly felt a glimmer of light appear in the chaotic darkness of my mind, and I chased desperately, desperately following this ray of hope.

"No password? How can it be? How could such a famous national treasure be able to enter as soon as he wanted, there must be a password, and the password for this painting could only be more complicated than other paintings. ”

I shook my head involuntarily, because Zuo Dao Chang didn't hit the same target with me.

"Dao Chief, our previous thinking was all about how to enter the realm of painting through specific methods, do you think it is possible that this realm of painting can actively pull us in? Like a timed black hole? ”

Zuo Daochang froze in place, he seemed to have finally started to walk into a channel with me. "Pull us in?" He kept repeating it.

"Liu Quan, to be honest, my understanding of the world is already very deep, and my understanding of the realm in the painting is even deeper than that of ordinary people, I have never heard such a statement in so many years of life, what you say is really ridiculous." Zuo Daochang was still very dull at first, but suddenly his painting style changed again, and his voice suddenly became louder. But it's not impossible! When Zhuangzi created the painting in the past, there was no rule on how to set the entrance to the painting realm, so it is possible to say that a painting in the painting can actively pull people. Just ......"

"Just what kind of Taoist?"

"It's just that this kind of painting realm must meet one condition, that is, this painting realm must be the same as "Luo Shen Futu" and "Han Xizai's Night Banquet", there is a thinking person in the painting, and ...... Moreover, this thoughtful person must be proficient in the realm of painting, that is, he must be a top painter himself, and he must also have a very advanced Taoism to control the closing of the valve in the realm of painting at will! Zuo Daochang's explanation said that people were trendy and suspicious.

If it is really according to what the Taoist chief said, then what a shocking world it will be, this is a secret realm controlled by only one person, and it is a prosperity that is monopolized by one person.

"Oh my God!" I exclaimed, unable to hide the excitement in my heart. "Dao Chief, "Qingming Riverside Picture" is the first painting in China, I don't think it's impossible."

"If that's the case, then let's give up. It's not just you, it's me. Zuo Dao said categorically with a straight face. In such a picture-in-a-picture, the man in the painting who controls everything can be said to be invincible, he can control the trend of the story in the painting at will, and even control everyone who enters the painting at will. In his world, I'm afraid that even the Heavenly Emperor Enma is not his opponent. ”

"This ......" After listening to the Taoist leader's explanation, my confidence just now disappeared without a trace. So are we really going to give up? ”

Daoist Zuo took another look at the magnificent scroll and couldn't help but gasp. "Boss Liu, it's really a pity, I think your construction may be really right."

As soon as he finished speaking, the earth suddenly shook without warning.