Just when my neck stiffened and I wanted to move, suddenly there was a sneaky sound from the ceiling above my head. "Knock knock" is like a child, running through the canopy at a trot.

The sound was real, and it was definitely not an auditory hallucination. Copper Lock's face was pale, his nerves were close to collapse, and I was about to faint when I saw the momentum, and I was soaked with sweat. This scene can't help but remind people of the horror movie "Curse", a snow-white little boy running around the building, like a ghost.

"Rooftop...... Someone? "My voice is dry.

Li Yang coughed lightly: "It's not a rooftop ...... above."

I was stunned: "Not the rooftop?" How is it possible, this is the top floor. ”

Li Yang smiled bitterly: "Lao Liu, have you forgotten, we have made a guess that from the top floor of the 21st floor to the rooftop above, there is at least a huge space of three buildings hidden in the middle. ”

I swallowed hard: "You mean, that's the space above the canopy now?" ”

"That's right, it's not just the ceiling......" he pointed to the wall behind the tub, "I suspect it's behind that." ”

I had a simple 3D image in my mind, and if it was really as he said, the location of Lin Xia's residence was exactly under the envelopment of that mysterious space.

Seeing Li Yang's eager eyes, Tong Suo was startled: "You don't want to dig a hole in it now." ”

Li Yang pointed to a ventilation duct in the corner of the ceiling: "Don't be so troublesome, we can climb over from here to have a look." ”

The copper lock was on fire, and he grabbed him by the collar: "Can you be considerate and considerate of others?" If you want to die, no one will stop you, don't pit us! ”

Li Yang looked at us: "Okay, let's all go back to sleep." I'll come by myself tonight. ”

I had a very bad premonition, and blurted out: "Lao Li, don't be like Li Damin, who disappeared quietly." ”

He hesitated for a moment, then smiled reluctantly: "I'm gone, isn't there still you?" ”

The three of us left Lin Xia's residence and came to the corridor, looking at the moonlight outside the window, I felt like I was in a dream. Back at the residence, Tongsuo and Li Yang went to their room to sleep, and I went into my room, and lay my head on the bed, feeling indescribably comfortable.

Or the comfort of your own home.

I set the alarm clock, didn't take off my clothes, and went to sleep.

I don't know how long it took, just when I was sleeping the most soundly, the alarm clock went off. I rolled over in pain and had to go to work in the morning.

In the confusion, I don't know how I wash and dress. By the time I was more awake, I was already sitting at my desk.

With the computer on, I opened my mouth wide and stared at the screen stupidly. There was a numb blank in my head, and my ability to think was close to zero.

The manager gave me some work, I flipped through the information, and I fell asleep while reading.

"Liu Yang!" Someone shouted.

"Alas! At! I stood up. The people around him laughed. The manager walked over with a black line on his face: "Work hard!" What a hi skin last night, now trapped into such a virtuous nature. ”

My face flushed: "I went back to study the material last night, and I was so engrossed that I forgot the time." ”

"The boss came to inspect today, don't embarrass me." He glared at me.

I sat down and rubbed my temples, what the eldest and second, take care of me.

Finally, at noon, I had a quick bite to eat, then went to a corner of the café below the company, covered myself with a coat, and fell asleep.

I was sleeping soundly when my phone rang suddenly. Fuck, who is this? I scolded and glanced at my phone, an unfamiliar number, I didn't want to answer it, but it kept ringing, which annoyed me.

After connecting it, there was a lewd smile from the copper lock: "Lao Liu, things are getting more and more interesting." Do you know what's glued to the back of that scroll? ”

"Fuck, I don't know where I'm going." The lack of sleep made me a little irritable.

"We've also opened the iron box, do you want to know what's in it?"

"What?"

"Hey, I'm telling you, you can't even think of it. I'll give you three key words to guess for yourself, evil door! Mysterious! Interesting! ”

"What the hell?" I ranted into my phone.

"Hey, please...... Please, I won't tell you, but when you come back in the evening, you'll know the truth. In addition, I just took the painting to a buddy's antique shop and appraised it. The painting is also quirky and hides secrets. Hey, I don't even know where to start, wait for you to come back. ”

I was so anxious that I was about to ask him when he hung up the phone.

I was restless for a while, thinking about going back now, but thinking about the manager's mournful face, I still forgot it. Just wait for the evening to get off work, I'm still on probation, don't mess with the leader, I'll have to roll up and go home in a word.

I drank some coffee, felt a little more energetic, and continued to work at work in the afternoon.

Finally, I was the first to rush out of the office and take a taxi to the garden community.

When I returned to my residence, I pushed open the door of Li Yang's room, only to see him lying on the bed, holding a magnifying glass in his hand and studying the mysterious painting very carefully. The whole picture scroll has been unfolded and spread out on the bed.

And the copper lock, leaning on the sofa, crossed Erlang's legs, holding a book in his hand, is reading with relish.

The two of them looked up at me together, and Li Yang beckoned to me: "Lao Liu, you come and look at the painting to see what we find." ”

"Oh? What did you find? I tossed my briefcase and trotted over to look at it.

Li Yang pointed to the mountain temple on the picture scroll and said, "I've been thinking about what you said about finding Li Damin's traces here, and I haven't slept steadily." In the morning, after a hasty sleep, I got up and looked at it with a magnifying glass, but I didn't see anything. It was almost noon, and the copper lock took the painting to an antique shop for appraisal. Copper lock, you can talk about it. ”

A friend of Copper Lock has opened an antique shop near the city center, and this person has been in the business for seven or eight years, although he is not too sophisticated, but he is also a professional.

The brass lock took the painting and went. When my friend first saw this painting, he complained that he didn't frame it.

Mounting is an important means of protecting calligraphy and painting, and the paint in front of me is completely exposed to the air, so that the fingertips can bring off the particles on it when you touch it.

The copper lock hurriedly explained that this is not a famous painting, but a work of high imitation. Let's see whose painting it is.

My friend looked at it for a long time and hesitated: "The original work of this painting must be in the style of the Song Dynasty, this is right." The imitation time is not very long, and you can see that the paint has not completely condensed. As for whose painting it is, I'm not sure. From the stylistic point of view, it is a bit like Li Cheng's. ”

Li Cheng was a master of landscape painting in the Song Dynasty. Born in the aristocracy, he has no ambition in his life, indulges in poetry and wine, indulges in landscapes, this person is a bit cynical, specializing in painting "cold forests". Ancient trees and Xiaosen, the earth is barren, and the yellow leaves are everywhere. His works are full of "coldness" and "sadness", which is extremely gloomy.

My friend said, "Anyway, in my experience, I look a bit like him in style." ”

Copper Lock felt that he had run away in vain, and was a little disappointed, so he asked casually: "What else can be seen in the painting?" ”

My friend carefully appreciated it from beginning to end: "The painting is very fine, and the weather is thousands, if it is an original work, it is worth a lot of silver." If you are a high-imitation or a modern high-imitation, then it is worthless. Well...... no. ”

He twisted the picture with his hand, his hands were stained with a lot of particles, and he sniffed it under his nose: "Interesting......"

"How?" Copper Lock hurriedly asked.

"The pigment is actually cinnabar."

"Cinnabar? Is there anything special about it? What kind of pigments are generally used in landscape paintings? Copperlock asked.

"Cinnabar, also known as cinnabar or dansha, is generally used by Taoists to draw talismans. It is said that this thing can condense spiritual energy, ward off evil spirits and drive away ghosts. But it doesn't mean that it can't be used as paint, the silk fabrics unearthed from the Mawangdui tomb are made of cinnabar to make decorative patterns. Landscape painting rarely uses this, at least I haven't heard of it. As for what kind of pigments were used in ancient times, you will know when you go back to the Dream of Red Mansions. Xue Baochai spoke in great detail, what ochre, patchouli, garcinia, rouge. You can't understand it, you kid goes to nightclubs all day long, and you still watch the Red Mansion. ”

"Don't talk about it." The copper lock looked at the painting, and his heart was a little abrupt. He suddenly thought of the strange huge charm on the white wall of the bathroom of Lin Xia's residence.

"You're not afraid of damaging this painting, are you?" Friend said.

"Look at it." Copper Lock said casually.

My friend said, "The paint in this painting is a bit weird, you see here, there is a layer of cinnabar on top, and there are several layers of other things underneath. As he spoke, he picked up a very delicate little blade and carefully scratched it twice, causing a small pile of fine powder to fall from under the scroll.

The copper lock was dumbfounded, and in the subtle corner of the scroll, the friend scraped a very small piece, and it could be clearly seen that the paint had indeed been smeared in several layers. Even an antique mallet like his can see that this way of painting is definitely not a painter's skill, but a deliberate act of the painter for what purpose.

The friend scratched his head and said to himself, "Could it be a picture-in-picture?" ”

Copper Lock blinked and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

"It is likely that the landscape above was painted later, in order to smear and cover the painting below."

My friend wiped the layer of paint below with his hand, sniffed it, and immediately frowned: "You sniff it." ”

The copper lock hesitated, and also sniffed, and it smelled fishy.

At this point, the copper lock said to me, "When you smell it, you will know that it smells of blood." ”

I opened my mouth wide when I heard this: "You mean, if there really is a hidden painting underneath, that painting is painted with human blood?" ”

The copper lock pointed at Li Yang and said, "It's a pity that he didn't let me completely peel off the landscape painting on it, so that I can find out." ”

When he heard his friend say this in an antique shop, he was filled with curiosity and asked, "If you can safely peel off the painting above, can you do it?" ”

"There are still some techniques for this." The friend smiled and nodded.

Copper Lock bit his lower lip and said, I'll make a call. He immediately hung up the phone to Li Yang and told him about the matter, but Li Yang disagreed when he heard it.

Li Yang put forward an extremely unbelievable reason, he said: "Don't forget, Lao Liu once saw Li Damin in the mountain temple of landscape painting. If you peel off the above layer of landscape painting, will you strip away the spatial realm of Li Damin's existence? Will he disappear because of this? ”