But seven or eight minutes have passed, but the courtyard is quiet, and there is no accident, I am a little impatient, just about to speak, Xiao Lei raised his hand, signaling me to be quiet, seeing Xiao Lei so nervous, just a little lax everyone, and dare not move, hope to observe the courtyard.

The moon was already very bright, and the courtyard seemed very quiet in the moonlight, with a gentle breeze, but for some reason, the more peaceful the atmosphere, the more uneasy it made me, I always felt like the calm before the storm, and the next qiē that happened may be a stormy sea.

While I was thinking wildly, suddenly, in the moonlight, it seemed that something was moving on the wall, and my heart jumped wildly, and not only me, but everyone also found out, and everyone did not even dare to breathe at this time. Could it be that those Japanese are making trouble again?

But now it's just getting dark, and if those Japanese are coming, it should be late at night and early in the morning, so why did they come so early?

The thing moved on top of the wall for a moment, then jumped off the wall, and while we couldn't make out what it was, we were sure it wasn't human! Because it was floating down from the wall, and it looked like a bird.

Could it be Mr. Chen's "monkey eagle"? But the shape and size are completely different.

Just as we were figuring out what that thing was, something unexpected happened - the thing suddenly turned into a flame and burned on its own, and when the fire was together, we could see clearly what it was holding - it was a paper man!

The fire burns from the bottom of the paper man, so we can clearly see the appearance of the paper man, the appearance of the paper man is too hideous and terrifying - its face is painted with a pair of eyes like a cow, and there is a bloody mouth, the facial features are also extremely distorted, under the reflection of the firelight, those facial features seem to be slowly squirming, which makes me think of the paper figures that burned the dead, an inexplicable horror and gloom, rising from the bottom of my heart.

But we didn't move, because we were sure what was going to happen next, if someone was still hiding on the wall, and when the paper figurine's fire burned, the flames slowly turned blue, making the paper man's face even more terrifying.

It was like a prank, but we all knew it wasn't, because there were no inhabitants in the mountains, and no one would make such a joke. Who did this? Why would they do that?

It would be nice if the "Monkey Eagle" was not injured, because in this case, the "Monkey Eagle" can show its skills the most and can help us a lot, but for us, we dare not go out rashly, because we all know that the Japanese crossbow arrows are very powerful, and in this dark night, if we go to the yard, we are likely to be plotted by them.

The strange thing is that when the paper man burned, it has been more than ten minutes, but there is no movement, suddenly, Xiao Lei did not say hello to any of us, he rushed outside at a very fast speed, and a few rolls, he reached the root of the wall, his series of actions are too fast, and when we react, Xiao Lei has already gone to the root of the wall, and turned over to the outside of the wall, we know that he went outside to see if there was an ambush at the bottom.

After waiting for a while, Xiao Lei came back from outside the yard, at this time, knowing that there was no danger, we walked into the yard, but when we used a flashlight to shine on the burned paper man, we were all stunned - in the place where the paper man was burned, there was not a single ash!

It's incredible!

It is said that if the paper figure burns, there will definitely be ashes, and it is in the corner of the wall, even if there is wind, there will be no wind left. Everyone took the flashlight, on both sides of the yard seriously, still didn't find a single ash, but we obviously saw the paper figure burned, what is going on?

After this toss, we went back to the house, and after we turned on the lamp again, before we could sit down, we heard my cousin suddenly say, "Oh no, I didn't expect my opponent to be so powerful." "My cousin said that, did he know anything about the paper man?

Everyone sat down and didn't speak, they all looked at their cousin, waiting for him to explain what had just happened.

My cousin slowly picked up the teacup and took a sip of water, and then said slowly thoughtfully: "Just now I talked about the steel needle, Professor Shan said that he knew what was going on, in fact, the matter of the steel needle is related to the paper man just now." ”

To our surprise, this time Professor Shan nodded again and said: "What your old man said is right, I also think so, I didn't expect this kind of strange thing in the world, I can experience it again, the previous time, I always thought it was a nightmare, but now I can be sure that this is not a dream, but a fact, it is incredible." ”

Professor Shan experienced him again? Had he ever encountered such a thing before? There was no need for us to ask, Professor Shan continued:

"Just now we were discussing the matter of the steel needle, but I didn't expect a paper figure to suddenly appear again, in fact, there is a connection between the two. As you all know, my main research direction is art history, and there is such a strange thing in art history.

In the period of Song Huizong, because the emperor Song Huizong liked painting very much, so at that time, many painting masters, all entered the court, became a big official, one of them is called Jiang Weishan, the best at painting all kinds of birds, the birds in his pen are lifelike, very realistic, even each feather of the bird is very vibrant, although Jiang Weishan's paintings have not been handed down, but according to the descriptions of historical classics, we can know that his paintings should take the route of realism.

Not only that, Jiang Weishan's paintings also have a magical effect - after seeing the birds painted by Jiang Weishan, a sense of calm and joy immediately springs up in the bottom of my heart, no matter what worries there are, they can all be forgotten at once, which makes people feel refreshed and happy, in today's words, as if his paintings have a mysterious hypnotic effect.

Therefore, Song Huizong attached great importance to Jiang Weishan, and personally learned from him how to draw birds, so Jiang Weishan's status was very high, and his paintings were also rising, and a painting could be worth a thousand gold.

However, Jiang Weishan has a lot of quirks, or taboos, for example, he almost does not paint in front of others, very few people have seen him paint in person at that time, and he only paints late at night, for these quirks, Song Huizong is very respectful.

But Song Huizong was inevitably curious, so once he took two close ministers to Jiang Weishan's mansion in person, and asked to observe Jiang Weishan's painting on the spot, although Jiang Weishan was very reluctant, but because the emperor personally made this request, Jiang Weishan did not dare to refuse, so he could only obey.

So Song Huizong and the two ministers saw an incredible scene:

I saw Jiang Weishan before painting, first bathed and changed clothes, and also took out a strange paper figure, first incinerated the paper figure, and then chanted a spell for a while, and then suddenly took out the paintbrush, like a ghost possessed, began to paint, and in one go, the speed of painting is extremely fast, there will be no pause in the middle, and the painted bird is lifelike, almost the same as a real bird.

Song Huizong and the two ministers were extremely shocked when they saw this scene, Song Huizong's painting attainments have reached the peak, and he has a deep study of various painting schools and painting methods, but he has never heard of Jiang Weishan's painting method, which made Song Huizong extremely shocked, so he asked Jiang Weishan which school of painting this is.

It is very strange that Jiang Weishan did not immediately sue Song Huizong, but first cried and fell at Song Huizong's feet, which made Song Huizong feel inexplicable.

It turned out that Jiang Weishan was an orphan, adopted by a Taoist priest since he was a child, and grew up in the Taoist temple, the Taoist priest was proficient in painting, especially good at painting birds, and what is even more incredible is that the birds painted by the Taoist priest are not only realistic, but also have special effects - people who have seen Taoist paintings will feel that their courage is doubled, and within a few hours, there will be no negative feelings such as fear, pain, and worry, even if they are immediately killed by the death row prisoner, after seeing the birds painted by Taoist priests, their mood can immediately calm down and become serene, and some people even feel that this Taoist painting, It should be a middle charm.

However, this mysterious painting skill was not passed on to any disciples, but to Jiang Weishan, but the process of teaching it was extremely unusual.

It is said that the general teaching of painting, often first teach the basic skills, such as basic brushwork, as well as the use of color, etc., but the Taoist priest does not teach these at all, he first let Jiang Weishan learn to settle and various spells, and then draw various charms, and incinerate these charms, I don't know why, after years of practice, Jiang Weishan's feelings slowly become subtle changes - it is better to incinerate the charms, in the first few years, he does not feel anything, but gradually, when the incineration of different charms, Jiang Weishan can feel different changesSometimes angry, sometimes sad, and sometimes terrified.

After practicing like this for nearly ten years, Jiang Weishan felt that his heart became more and more calm, and all kinds of joy, anger, worry, thought, sadness, fear and other feelings gradually disappeared, and after the spell was burned, he would temporarily lose consciousness, as if he was possessed by something, and he only felt that the time was getting longer and longer, and this was the effect that the Taoist priest was pursuing, and the Taoist priest also used Jiang Weishan to teach him to paint during the time when he was unconscious, and when Jiang Weishan was awake, the Taoist priest would not teach him.

To Jiang Weishan's own surprise, when he regained consciousness, he found that the birds he painted became more and more lifelike in the time he lost his intuition, and sometimes he even suspected that it was painted by himself, and what was even more wonderful was that the birds he painted slowly had some kind of magical power like those birds painted by Taoist priests—after looking at them, they could make wonderful changes in people's hearts, but the intensity of this effect was still quite far from that of Taoist paintings. ”

In the dim light, listening to what Professor Shan said, I felt both mysterious and a little crazy, although it was very interesting, but what does this have to do with what happened today?