Chapter 38 This grandson wants to be a grandfather
The man sitting in front of the easel, painting human skin, is all blood red.
Because he has no human skin, his flesh and blood are exposed to the air. You can even clearly see the blood vessels in his body beating. As for his facial features, there are only a few blood holes.
Looking at the pen in his hand, it is also not simple.
The pen barrel looks like human bones, but I don’t know what the bristles are made of.
When this man was painting the skin, every time he drew a few strokes, he would turn towards the maid and nurse lying unconscious beside him, open his bloody mouth, and take a breath.
What he inhales is the yang energy and vitality of these people.
With each breath of Yang Qi and vitality, the maid and nanny will have a few more white hairs on their heads, and the wrinkles at the corners of their eyes will also increase.
After absorbing the yang energy and vitality, the man first let it pass through his body, then opened his mouth, spit out his forked tongue like a snake, licked the tip of the pen, and then continued to draw human skin.
It uses people's yang energy and vitality as ink.
Only in this way can the human skin be incorruptible and immortal, suppress its death and demonic aura, and prevent others from seeing its flaws.
The paper man who had gone to the inn to attack was placed on the desk nearby.
At this time, the paper figures no longer have a spooky and spooky feel, and look like one after another of naive New Year picture dolls.
No matter who it is, it is difficult to associate them with the demons that seduce people's lives.
Although he had already guessed that something was wrong with Zhang Benwu, Zhu Xiucai couldn't help but shudder after seeing the strange scene of the painted skin with his own eyes.
Even Su Jianqing looked solemn.
Only Qin Shaoyou and Su Tingyu had different reactions.
In other words, it's not normal.
When Qin Shaoyou saw the fake Zhang Benwu, he suddenly had the same thought as when he saw Ruan Xiangxiang before: This guy should be delicious!
Even, whether it was due to psychological factors or something else, he actually smelled an alluring fragrance, which stimulated his taste buds and caused a lot of saliva to secrete in his mouth.
In short, this is: this product smells so good, I really want to eat it!
Su Tingyu was also very excited, she was very interested in the fake Zhang Benwu.
But she didn't want to eat the fake Zhang Benwu, but she felt that this demon looked so novel and interesting, and she wanted to take it back to the Jade Emperor Temple to remove the bones, shave the flesh, and dissect it for study.
The two people who became interested in the fake Harimoto Moto soon noticed something unusual about each other.
They raised their heads in unison and glanced at each other.
After seeing the anticipation and excitement on each other's faces, they all frowned and thought: What's wrong with this woman (man)? Why is she so excited when seeing monsters? Is there something wrong with her brain?
Then they thought together: Could he (she) want to study (eat) demons and ghosts like me?
Is this still a fellow person?
Qin Shaoyou and Su Tingyu did not feel happy, but were secretly on guard.
One is that they are afraid that the other party will steal their ingredients.
The other is worried that the other party will steal his research materials.
Su Jianqing stared closely at the fake Zhang Benwu in the painting, not noticing that her sister was staring at Qin Shaoyou.
She said in a very low voice: "These are painted-skinned ghosts. They like to take off the skins of living people to make clothes, and sneak into the crowd to steal the yang energy and vitality of living people. Those who are sucked by it will easily
Otherwise, you will get seriously ill, or worse, you will be plagued by misfortune or even die!"
Zhu Xiucai also said in a low voice: "Why does this painted-skin ghost dress up as Zhang Benwu? It can't be just to steal the yang energy and vitality of the people in the Zhang family, right?"
Su Tingyu was eager to give it a try: "Why are you thinking so much? If you catch it and ask about it, you will know everything. The painting-skinned ghost is at its weakest when it takes off its painted skin. With the strength of the four of us, it is not difficult to capture it alive."
She couldn't wait to capture Painted Skin Ghost alive and conduct various experiments.
Before Qin Shaoyou could stop him, Su Jianqing said first, "No. This painted-skinned ghost is pretending to be Zhang Benwu. He definitely has a big plan, and it is probably related to the follow-up actions of the Black Lotus Sect. As soon as we take action here, we will immediately
It will alert the snake and let the demons of the Black Lotus Sect notice it, but it will ruin the business."
"That's right." Qin Shaoyou nodded in agreement.
Although he also wanted to pounce on the Painted Skin Ghost, but it was not time yet, so he could only suppress his strong appetite.
Su Tingyu felt a little regretful when the proposal was rejected, but she did not persist.
Qin Shaoyou thought about it and felt that although he couldn't alert the enemy, he would still be unwilling to do nothing.
So he said: "Two Taoists Su, do you have any way to trick the Painted Skin Ghost without letting it notice?"
Su Tingyu shook her head.
Her Taoist methods are all upright and upright, and there are no sinister tricks.
Su Jianqing had an idea: "I can put a curse on the human skin and activate it when necessary, temporarily banning the painted-skin ghost so that it cannot move, but I need someone to lure it away from the human skin."
"How long does it take to divert them?" Zhu Xiucai asked.
"At least five breaths of time."
"Five breaths? I'll try."
Zhu Xiucai quietly climbed down the wall and disappeared into the darkness.
After a while, several dog barks came from outside the big wall of Zhang Mansion.
The Painted Ghost in the study suddenly stood up after hearing these barks.
Because these barks are very similar to the barks of the dog bought by Qin Shaoyou.
The Painted Skin Ghost subconsciously wanted to rush out of the study, but soon realized that he had not yet put on human skin, so he held back.
After thinking for a while, it walked behind the closed door of the study and shouted outside: "Here comes someone!"
The nurse who was guarding in the distance heard the sound and hurried over, asking through the door: "What are your orders, young master?"
"Go and see where the barking of the dog is coming from, and bring me the dog."
The Painted Skin Ghost's voice changed again from when Qin Shaoyou and others saw it in the afternoon.
The hoarseness is obviously much less, and it is more like Zhang Benwu's voice.
Although the guards outside the door were surprised by this order, they did not dare to question or refuse. They left a few elites to continue watching the outside of the hospital, while the rest of the people went out to look for the dogs.
But Painted Skin Ghost is still not satisfied.
It really wanted to find the dog and cook it for Mr. Zhang to fulfill its filial piety.
So after giving instructions to the nurse outside the door, it returned to the desk, picked up the New Year picture doll on the table with its hands without human skin, and muttered something.
After a while, these innocent, fat and cute New Year picture dolls swayed and turned into pale and weird paper figures one after another, and got out through the gaps in the doors and windows.
At the same time, Zhu Xiucai, who was as dexterous as a cat, had returned to the roof and couldn't wait to ask: "How is it, Daoist Dasu, has your curse been successful?"
"It's done." Su Jianqing nodded.
In the short period of time that the Painted Skin Ghost went to instruct the nursing home, Su Jianqing took advantage of her being a spiritual ghost cultivator and flew directly through the roof to the human skin on the easel, and used her magic power to add a few strokes on it.
The few strokes she added formed a curse, but because it was colorless and traceless, Painted Skin Ghost could not detect it at all.
Qin Shaoyou was worried about another thing: "Monk Ma and the others are still outside. If you pretend to be a barking dog, you won't hurt them, right?"
Zhu Xiucai said: "Don't worry, sir, I slipped out to say hello to Monk Ma and the others and asked them to hide. Moreover, the position where I imitated the dog barking was far away from the direction where they were hiding."
"That's good." Qin Shaoyou was relieved.
Now that they have discovered the identity of the fake Zhang Benwu and tampered with his painting, Qin Shaoyou and others will leave the Zhang Mansion and go to the next suspicious point to investigate and prepare for the encirclement and suppression operation after the arrival of the large force.
But just as they were about to leave, a servant held a lantern and led Mr. Zhang over.
Zhang Shilang was about to take a rest when he suddenly heard a noise coming from outside. When he called someone to ask, he found out that it was his grandson who had sent the nurse to look for the dog, so he came over to have a look.
Zhang Benwu in the study seemed a little flustered after noticing the arrival of Mr. Zhang.
It didn't care to continue painting the skin, so it quickly grabbed it and put it on, and blew on the sleeping maid and nanny.
The maid and wet nurse immediately woke up. While blaming themselves, they also wondered why they fell asleep inexplicably.
Zhang Shilang quickly entered the study.
After Zhang Benwu greeted him, he said, "It's so late and you're still up. What are you doing?"
Painted Skin Ghost put on a serious look: "My grandson is reading the Book of Documents. I relied on the sixteen-character heart biography to get rid of demons and ghosts, which made me further realize the importance of the sage's book."
Zhang Shilang was indeed overjoyed. After a few words of encouragement, he asked him a few more questions from "Shang Shu". Seeing that his answers were all good, he was immediately pleased and nodded repeatedly.
"If you have any questions about your studies in the future, you can ask me at any time."
"My grandson thanked his grandfather."
After the Painted Skin Ghost accompanied Zhang Shilang's loving grandson Xiao for a while, he suddenly said: "Grandpa, can you tell me about your previous career as an official?"
Zhang Shilang was a little surprised: "Why do you suddenly think of asking this?"
Painted Skin Ghost said: "Because my grandson will be like his grandfather in the future, and be an upright and famous official who assists the king and cares for the people, and takes the country and the country as his own responsibility!"
"Hahaha."
Zhang Shilang was so happy to be flattered by his 'good grandson' that he actually talked about what happened when he was an official.
During this process, Painted Skin Ghost asked a few questions from time to time, and quietly changed the topic from how to be a good official to explaining Zhang Shilang's interpersonal relationships.
Although Zhang Shilang, who has been immersed in officialdom for many years, is an old fox, how can he suspect that his beloved grandson has evil intentions?
But Qin Shaoyou and the others, who were lying on the roof, felt more and more something was wrong the more they listened.
This painted-skinned ghost really wants to be an official!