Paintings of Terror

"Beep—"

This familiar and disgusting voice rang again.

Wu You touched the cowhide pocket hanging on his chest. It was already heavy at this time, but it was not full, it was still the last thing.

"There are only three hours left. We have now assembled the six treasures of the Seven Treasures of Buddhism mentioned in the Lotus Sutra." Wu You looked at the contents in his cowhide pocket.磲, agate, rose."

It's not the last thing-pearl.

When several illusions reappeared in the sky ahead, the two decisively abandon the interference item of the "Stealing Tin" world.

Gu Qingqing looked at Wu You's expression: "What can you see in the other two sky? Is it a terrible thing?"

"It's not terrible, it's pretty weird." Since Wu You experienced the world of blood red agate, he has become more courageous. "If I said I saw a bunch of rabbits, you would think it would be very strange."

"rabbit?"

"Yes, it's not a bunch. There are only two in total. The color of the fur is yellow." Wu You didn't know how to describe it. "I don't know what these two rabbits are eating there. Anyway, I can hear it like metal. The sound, even more unbearable, is that these two rabbits ate and pulled, and what they pulled out was all black iron beads, and they all made a tough sound when they fell on the ground."

Listening to Wu You’s description, Gu Qingqing seemed to understand something: “There is indeed such an animal in the legend. They like to eat all kinds of ironware, which look like rabbits. It is said that two such rabbits can hold a barracks. All the weapons were eaten."

Wu You showed an incredible look: "Then what are they pulling? It must not be ordinary rabbit shit."

"That thing is a treasure. It is said that when casting a sword, you can cast a rare divine sword with just one piece."

Wu You has gained insight again. At this time, she pointed to the sky in the middle: "Let's just go forward, that's our direction."

"Oh? Did you see the pearl?"

"I saw a big mussel in the sea. Although I didn't see the beads directly, there was pearly light from the crevices where the mussels merged." Wu You saw hope and moved faster.

Gu Qingqing affirmed Wu You's statement, and then stepped forward quickly: "You said, this world doesn't want us to go to the sea to pick pearls, right?"

"It's a pity that Fang Fei is not here." Wu You's surface is relaxed, but in his heart he is a little afraid of the sea. It's almost the same as going to a swimming pool. He really doesn't have the guts and ability to dive into the sea.

"I always feel that the scale of painting this time is very good." Gu Qingqing said suddenly.

"You are... praise him?"

Gu Qingqing smiled: "I am just a summary of our world. Although it is not over yet, but based on the search process of the first six Buddhist treasures, I feel... as if the knowledge is just in our knowledge. Within, it’s a bit unnatural by coincidence. I even wondered if I hadn’t read some books that helped us find the answer, would it be possible for us to'change the topic' by drawing a tweet?"

Wu You pondered Gu Qingqing’s words and felt that the other party made a lot of sense: "I also had an idea just now, if after the Silver Tree world, we did not choose to look for the world of agate, but the world of iron or tin, we both Will it be eliminated?

"Will our goal of treasure hunting be changed from the seven Buddhist treasures to the five metal treasures of gold, silver, copper, iron and tin?"

Listening to Wu You's slightly absurd analysis, Gu Qingqing nodded in agreement: "It's so possible."

"Then the two of us are at a loss, obviously five can be done, but we have to find seven, otherwise we will have found the fragments and went out now!" Wu You made unnecessary optimistic assumptions.

They talked and walked forward, and they didn't know which foot stepped into a certain barrier, and they suddenly entered a prosperous market.

"Sell beads, sell beads! Great South China Sea Pearl!" someone shouted loudly.

The two didn't expect to get to the point so quickly.

Gu Qingqing looked at the hawkers selling pearls on the street and the shops on the street that said "Pearls are for sale", and then walked to the vendors to look carefully at the large and small pearl products.

"It's so strange, do they know that we need pearls? How come everyone has become a bead seller?" Wu You picked up a huge oval bead from the stall and thought to himself, the pearls in the Seven Treasures of Buddhism They should all be perfectly round.

Gu Qingqing said in a low voice, "Do you think it is unnatural here?"

"Yeah, they are too'thinking about what people think, what anxious people are anxious', just like the roundworm in our belly." After Wu You said this, he was a little scared, and even thought about it. Live in thirteen members like roundworms?

Gu Qingqing said: "You are right, this matter is too strange. Take this market, for example. Even if it is positioned as the pearl market, it is impossible to only sell pearls. You can't see anything else. ——You Think about it, isn't the bead selling center that we have experienced before is a little different from this place?"

Wu You thought about it for a while: "I don't like wearing pearls. I bought them for my mother and aunt when I went to travel before... You are really right, whether it is Dalian or Qingdao, or Beidaihe, even if it is In a market dominated by pearls, it is impossible to only sell pearls. Shopkeepers will always sell some shell jewelry and the like."

Gu Qingqing nodded, looking at the simple pearls large and small displayed by the vendors, she suddenly felt a little scared.

"I think painting and pushing may be anxious." Wu You said of his analysis, "he wanted us to find the right pearl, and then succeeded in drawing."

"If you follow your ideas, the painting "Hehe" is likely to allow all 13 of us to go out safely." Gu Qingqing said her guess.

Wu You's eyes brightened, but his voice was a little sad: "This matter will never end because of this. Who knows what he wants to do with the 13 of us? I don't think he has a good fart! "

Gu Qingqing was amused by Wu You's unobstructed words: After all, we should pay attention to what we are talking about in other paintings.

Wu Youzheng wanted to say something. Suddenly, she was attracted by a huge black pearl. She hurriedly grabbed Gu Qingqing, and the two of them walked to the shop with black pearls.

Wu You first asked about the price of this black pearl. It was really expensive. Then with the permission of the boss, she picked up the pearl and pretended to check it. In fact, she put the pearl in the closing position of the cowhide pocket and wanted to try the pocket. Attitude to this pearl.

Sure enough, things are not that simple. When Wu You put his hand near his pocket, he could feel a strong repulsive force similar to a magnet.

It seemed that it wasn't this one, Wu You put the pearl back in place.

"This girl, do you have any dissatisfaction with this pearl?" The boss took everything in his eyes and walked over and asked.

"Do you have any better beads here?" Wu You asked.

The boss first looked at Wu You and Gu Qingqing, and then said for a long time: "Better? The girl should talk about what kind of pearl is better? Is it bigger in size or scarce in color, or The shape is more peculiar, so I have to point out the next direction."

The boss obviously didn't pay attention to these two ordinary girls.

Gu Qingqing thought for a while, and said, "We two are from other places. We are just maids of big families. Now our old lady wants to find the best beads in the city, regardless of the price. If you have access in this respect, please think of a way. Our old lady will never treat the boss badly."

These few words of Gu Qingqing really moved the boss's mind. He looked at the two young girls back and forth, but in the end he put on a noncommittal expression: "Where do you guys from outside know? Not in the hands of those of us."

"Who is holding it?" Wu You asked hurriedly.

"Naturally in the hands of those Persians," the boss replied.

"But, I haven't seen Persians in our market." Wu You asked.

"Our Persians in this city have committed crimes and offended them, and many people have been implicated. I heard that the government sent a big ship to transport them back to China." The boss didn't look like a lie.

Gu Qingqing and Wu You looked at each other, always feeling that the boss had a clue, but he didn't want to say it.

"Boss, if you know who has the best pearl in his hand, please give us directions. If the pearl can satisfy our old lady, it will definitely not treat you badly." Wu You said.

Wu You quickly made a statement and put a handful of sands on the boss's counter: "After everything is done, there will be heavy rewards."

Gold really worked, and the boss's expression relaxed.

"If you believe me, follow me, and I will show you someone." The boss said this, and began to tell the guys in the store to look after the store.

Gu Qingqing nodded: "We will let you go."

Wu You added: "Our old lady sent a bodyguard to follow us in secret."

On the one hand, this sentence is to embolden myself, and on the other hand, it has a certain deterrent effect on the store owner.

The shop owner smiled: "My shop is here, and it is not a one-off deal with you, so why should I hurt you?"

So, the two girls followed the shop owner through the back door of the shop and walked around the streets to the shop owner’s residence.

"Could it be that the pearl is in your house?" Wu You asked unconsciously.

The boss closed the courtyard door silently.

The two girls are somewhat nervous, but at this moment they can only bite the bullet and move forward, ready to act on the occasion.

The two entered the house with the boss, and saw a dying Persian on the bed.

"This person has a good bead in his hand, but he doesn't admit it and refuses to hand it over." The boss said very positively.

The Persian looked at the two strange girls with blue eyes without speaking.

"Can he understand what we are saying?" Wu You asked the boss in a low voice.

"Understand, he has been here for more than ten years. He understands everything and he is very good at bargaining." The boss seems to know the Persian well.

"But now he is in such a downturn, and he is seriously ill. Even if he has precious beads on his body, he has already been pawned to cure the disease." Wu You didn't believe that the Persian would still have pearls of great value.

"You don't know the Persians. They will leave themselves one last bead until they die." The boss looked at the Persian and said, "And that bead must be the best pearl this Persian has found in his life. "

Listening to the boss's words, Gu Qingqing nodded in agreement with some relevant historical records.

"Then where is this Persian pearl? If he died here, even if he hid a pearl thousands of miles away, would it still be his?" Wu You asked.

"So, the priceless bead must not be thousands of miles away. The bead should be very close to the Persian, but he refuses to say it." The boss was a little helpless.

"Since you can't get him to hand over the pearls, we can't do it even more," Gu Qingqing looked at the boss, "What's the point of letting us see him?"

The boss sighed: "I can't do anything about it. I don't want to tell my colleagues about this matter, and I can't ask the Persian about the whereabouts of the beads. I think you are the beads from the bottom of my heart. The buyer, so I hope you can find a way to get the beads from him."

Suddenly, a long sigh sounded, as if from a throat that had been air-dried for decades.

The Persian lying on the bed sighed and turned his head slowly. His slightly curly beard had turned grayish white, his blue-gray eyes looked at the two strange girls, and then he sighed.

"Well, is he dissatisfied with buyers like us..." Wu You said softly.

The Persians spoke a long list of strange languages ​​like singing.

The boss hugged his arm, and said, "This cunning sick Persia!"

Wu You listened for a while, looked at Gu Qingqing, and then asked, "What is he talking about? Is it related to beads? But how I listen to him is like singing."

"Hey, I don't understand either." The boss was helpless.

After a while, Gu Qingqing said to the boss: "Are you sure that the most precious bead in the city is on him?"

"I have seen it with my own eyes," the boss said with certainty. "It is a rare green bead the size of a pigeon egg. Jewelry is already invaluable, and I heard that the bead powder has the effect of prolonging life."

Gu Qingqing looked at the Persian who was still speaking a foreign language, put some sands on her palm, and put a total of three small piles: "Three births, if you can sell us the beads, Not only can we promise you wealth, we might even ask someone to cure your illness."

The Persians stopped talking, and seemed to be very uninterested in Gu Qingqing's words. He mumbled a few strange words in his mouth, and closed his eyes, as if asleep.

"It's really interesting. Is his bead more important than his illness." Wu You said to the boss, "We two have to go back to the old lady and see how our old lady plans to deal with this matter. We will come back tomorrow. ."

"Well, that's all."

...

Gu Qingqing and Wu You left the boss's residence and went out a long way.

Wu Youcai whispered: "I didn't expect that he actually spoke English."

"You heard it too?" Gu Qingqing asked.

"Yes, I can understand 50-60%. The English he speaks is a bit old, and his grammar is not the same as it is now." Wu You said.

At the moment, both of them are pleased with the tacit understanding of acting.

"Ordinarily, ancient Persian should be closer to Iranian. I don't know why what he said is closer to modern English." Gu Qingqing said.

"Do you speak Iranian?"

"will not."

"So, he has to say something that we can understand but the boss doesn't understand..."

"..."

Just now, the strange language spoken by the Persian on the sick bed was actually English, and the content he said surprised the two girls very much.

"This man is a demon. He trapped me here and prevented me from returning to my homeland. Two kind girls, if you can understand me, please take me out of here."

Under the circumstances at that time, Gu Qingqing and Wu You couldn't tell the other party that they understood them in a proper way, so they could only respond slightly with their eyes cautiously.

The Persian said: "If you can, please come to the back door of this house to meet me after the three sticks of incense. There is a secret door here. I need your help to leave. Remember, after the three sticks of incense, If you understand, please use the time of "Sanzhuxiang" to respond to me."

Gu Qingqing had an idea, put three small piles in the palm of her hand with Jinsha, and pretended to confuse the boss with "Three Lives".

There was comfort in the Persian's eyes, but his face did not come out. He turned his face back again and said: "You better find a boat. I have to go back to my hometown by boat."

...

"Does he know that we also rushed to his beads?" Wu You said.

"Didn't the boss say that, he can understand Chinese."

"Then why does he ask us for help?"

"Probably there is no other way." Gu Qingqing and Wu You are chartering boats on the dock at the moment.

"Let's find a way to ask him where the beads are."

"We acted by chance. The treasures we found these few times are often obtained by surprise, and this time there should be no exception."

Wu You looked at the phone, it said: 11:46——

The time for Sanzhuxiang was almost up, and there was only more than an hour left before the two of them finally went out.

...

12:27

The impoverished Persian finally lay on the boat as he wished. His blue eyes looked at the two girls who were separating and rowing: "Thank you, two angels."

Wu You wanted to ask about Zhuzi, but he didn't know how to speak.

The Persians supported the boat gang as if trying to sit up.

Wu You stepped forward to help him, and the Persian smiled: "I know, you also want to get the bead. What if I can't give you the bead?"

The two girls did not speak, and even if they used a knife to force the sick Persian, they probably couldn't force the bead out.

"Even if you don't get the beads, it's good to be able to send a person who has left home home." Gu Qingqing said.

The Persian seemed to be moved, but not grateful, he fumbled in his arms for a while and took out a knife.

Wu You moved swiftly to hide behind, and Gu Qingqing also backed slightly, but the boat was small and there was almost no bigger place for people to hide.

The Persian took the knife and cut off his thigh. He gritted his teeth and endured the severe pain, and took out a bead from the depth of the blood-filled wound on his thigh.

Wu You was stunned by this scene.

The Persian put the bead in his palm: "This one is the best bead among the rare treasures that I have experienced in my life. I originally wanted to use it to bury me, but now...you can't Help me in vain, you take this pearl, as long as you can help me find the big ship the Persians left, give my corpse to my villagers, and let them take me home."

"But..." Gu Qingqing wanted to say something.

"Don't think too much, this bead is my reward to you." The Persian placed the bead on the wound on his thigh and miraculously stopped the blood.

"This pearl can cure diseases, can't you use it to cure your disease?" Wu You asked.

"Beads can heal diseases, but they can't return to heaven." The Persian lay down again weakly, as if knowing the moment of his death. "You can take these beads. I believe my villagers can always rest my soul. ."

The Persian closed his eyes and said nothing again.

Wu You probed his snort and confirmed that this person was dead.

After death, the Persians kept a strange smile on their faces, not at all the peace they should have after death.