spooky invasion

Chapter 411 The Fear Shrouded Umei

If it is an ordinary person, most of them will have a rapid heartbeat, get scared for a while, and then start to comfort themselves, give themselves psychological hints, and tell themselves that they must be dazzled.

It's just a lifeless painting, no matter how realistic and vivid the painting is, it's just a dead thing after all.

But Jiang Yue didn't have a quickening heartbeat, nor did he have any psychological hints.

Instead, he squatted down and picked up the painting.

I just glanced at it casually before, and didn't pay too much attention to the painting skills of this painting.

Take a closer look, although this painting is not a master's handicraft, but the painter's skills are still obvious.

This painting is not just a portrait, the facial features and expressions of the characters are in place, the eyes and expressions of the characters are very vivid, fully expressing the lonely and glamorous state of the characters, and you can even feel the delicateness of the characters in the painting psychology.

Jiang Yue suddenly moved his ears, turned his head abruptly, and saw a narrow gap in a security door on his right.

There is a person in the gap who is sticking there to peek at the situation on his side.

The moment Jiang Yue turned his head suddenly, the person behind the door hurriedly closed the door.Because of the haste, the sound of closing the door was not suppressed, and there was a slight bang.

Then, Jiang Yue heard the sound of scrambling and stumbling behind the door. It was obvious that the person who closed the door was too nervous to stand still.

Jiang Yue was speechless for a while.

Do you think I'm so scary?
But he soon realized that maybe it wasn't him who the other party was afraid of.

But all the strangers who appeared here, all the weird details...

Jiang Yue could actually hear it very clearly, despite the closed doors of every house here, in fact, there are people in many houses.

And when he appeared on the street, many people either stuck behind the door and peeped through the cat's eyes, or stood behind the curtain and observed through the glass...

These people are obviously very concerned about the unexpected movement, but why are they all so cautious, even so fearful?

Could it be because of the disappearance of the Beauty Snake Gallery?
Just a disappearance seems a bit too much, doesn't it?
Find someone to ask.

Beep!
Jiang Yue's knock on the door was very soft, and he tried his best to make his actions appear gentle and friendly, so as not to cause any misunderstanding to those inside the door.

Any excessive emotion at this time may lead to serious misunderstandings.

It's a pity that Jiang Yue didn't dare to knock on the door so softly, but the people inside the door never made a sound, let alone opened the door.

"My friend, I don't mean anything malicious. Open the door and have a chat?"

The people inside the door remained motionless, and Jiang Yue could even hear his hard-pressed breathing and the sound of swallowing saliva lightly.

"I know you are standing behind the door, don't you want to know about the outside world?"

"This small door, do you think it can keep all troubles out?"

The man seemed determined to keep silent, no matter what Jiang Yue said, he never said a word, and it seemed impossible to open the door.

"Hey, it looks like no one lives there, so I had to break the door and go in." Jiang Yue seemed to be talking to himself, but he was actually talking to the other party.

Sure enough, the earnestness and earnestness of those previous words didn't work at all, but this sentence got a timely response.

A person inside said tremblingly: "Don't come in, I warn you, I have a knife in my hand, I will really chop people up. You are breaking into a private house, and I will not break the law if I chop you up."

"You open the door first, and I'll let you chop three times before we talk." Jiang Yue said with a smile.

The other party was obviously stern, and Jiang Yue's tone seemed to be not afraid of him having a knife at all, and his tone suddenly softened: "Brother, I have no grievances with you, why do you want to kill me? I beg you, go away, there is no one in my family. I'm almost out of food, even if you break in, you won't get anything. You don't want to eat people, do you?"

"Who told you that I'm going to grab your food? Do you think I'm eating like a gap?" Jiang Yue was puzzled.

"If you don't want to grab food, then you shouldn't be looking for me. I'm a man, with an unshaven beard, and bad breath...We're not suitable..."

Where is this going?

Jiang Yue had black lines all over his face: "Are you out of your mind? What are you thinking? I was passing by and wanted to know about Wu Mei's situation."

"Then don't look for me, I'm an otaku, I don't know anything."

Jiang Yue was speechless for a while, but it still didn't seem to work anyway, this guy is simply not good at anything.

The person inside was also nervous, and kept begging: "Brother, please go, please. Don't stand in front of my house, I don't want to be..."

When the man said this, his throat seemed to be choked by something, his voice trembled, and he didn't dare to continue.

"By what? What are you afraid of? What are you hiding?" Jiang Yue asked sharply.

The man held his head in his hands behind the door, his whole body trembling like sifting chaff, his mouth trembling and uttering a frightening sound, he seemed to have been frightened out of his wits.

Obviously very scared, but this kind of fear, he didn't even dare to say it.

It seemed that once the truth was revealed, disaster would strike and he would be killed immediately.

What is he afraid of?
Jiang Yue was suspicious. Since the other party didn't want to open the door, it was impossible for him to force it open after all.Seeing how frightened the other party was, if something bad happened to him, he would feel very sorry.

Otherwise, ask someone else?

At this moment, a door of the two or three rooms next door slowly opened a gap, and an old man with a kind face slowly poked out half of his face and looked around vigilantly.

Then he waved to Jiang Yue.

When the old lady made this action, Jiang Yue clearly felt that she was suppressing her fear and bearing great psychological pressure.

Jiang Yue hurriedly approached, and the old lady suddenly saw the painting in his hand, and a look of extreme fear suddenly shot out in her eyes.

He waved his hands again and again, faltering and faltering to signal him not to approach.

Jiang Yue looked down at the painting in his hand, but didn't notice anything wrong.

Could it be that what they are afraid of is not me, but the painting in my hand?

Jiang Yue thought for a while, then suddenly took out the lighter in his backpack and lit the painting.

Blue smoke rose from the fire, slowly rising in the night sky.

Suddenly, Jiang Yue felt that the fire ball was swaying, and the swaying posture seemed very strange.

In the blink of an eye, the ball of fire turned into a human face, which was vaguely familiar.

Jiang Yue identified it carefully, and it was the woman in the previous painting.

This time she didn't stick out her tongue, but grinned at Jiang Yue, her eyes were fierce, filled with a terrifying resentment, as if she wanted to jump out of the fireball and tell Jiang Yue to eat him alive.

Jiang Yue snorted coldly, and suddenly reached out and grabbed into the flames.

It's been a long time since I had a face-to-face confrontation with ghosts, but Shengang Ghost Slayer is not unfamiliar.

It's just this catch, but it's empty.

The fireball was extinguished in a flash, and there was a sharp howling in the void, as if there was still a bit of panic and panic, and it quickly swept towards the distance like a storm.

It disappeared without a trace in an instant.

Jiang Yue was taken aback, is this the work of a ghost?
It seemed to be a ghost, but this ghost was different from the ghosts he had encountered before.

Shengang Ghost Slayer never misses, but in the catch just now, it only caught a lonely, as if the ghost had no substance at all, and it didn't catch anything at all.

The fire was extinguished, and the painting was turned into ashes, blown by the night wind, scattered all over in an instant.

Jiang Yue stood up thoughtfully.

The old lady was probably dumbfounded by Jiang Yue's operation, and she forgot to close the door and go back to the house.

"Old lady, can we talk a few words?"

The old lady didn't reply, but looked Jiang Yue up and down, then pulled Jiang Yue's wrist and looked carefully.

"Senior, are you alright?"

"It's okay, what can happen?"

The old lady looked around with lingering fear. Although the fear was slightly reduced, it was not completely eliminated.

After hesitating for a while, she took Jiang Yue's hand and quickly pulled him back into the room.

The door was closed quickly, almost like an old man.

From this, it can be seen how terrified she is.

"Old lady, what are you afraid of? Is there a ghost?"

"Oh, young man, you have a big life. That female ghost just now chose you. I didn't expect you to be alive, alas... my poor Qiusheng, he didn't have such a good life. Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ..."

As the old lady spoke, she began to cry.

The cries were terrified and desperate, obviously because of the accident that happened to a loved one.

After the old lady's crying and swallowing slowly stopped, Jiang Yue asked why.

"Young man, these days, this painting has appeared in many places in Wumei Village. Wherever this painting appears, people will die."

"Old woman, I have a grandson like Qiusheng. He was killed by this painting. He was walking on the road that day, and suddenly someone stuck a painting in his hand. He didn't care, so he took the painting home. At night, circles of red lines appeared on his wrists, ankles and neck..."

When the old lady said this, she choked up so much that she couldn't continue.

"Then...there were circles of red threads all over his body. At first there was no movement, but at night, these red threads began to exert force and entangled in his flesh. My poor Qiusheng was alive and well. Circles of red lines were strangled, strangled into pieces... woo woo woo..."

The old lady was in so much pain that she burst into tears.

Just such a dependent grandson suddenly encountered such an accident, how could the old man accept it?

"The monster who killed this day, why didn't she look for my old lady? My old lady has already lived enough when she is old, I am not afraid of death! But Qiusheng is still young, he is only in his 20s, why do you want to focus on him?"

The old lady was crying and talking.

Even facing a stranger like Jiang Yue, the old lady could no longer control her emotions.

These days, she is too depressed.

The entire Wumei community was surrounded by terror, everyone was in danger, and every house was closed.Even though everyone knew that the old lady's experience was miserable, no one cared to give her some comfort.

The old lady didn't even have a chance to cry to someone.

During this period of time, she has been bearing these pains alone.

At this time, I finally had a chance to vent, and regardless of whether I was facing a stranger, I cried heartily and told my misfortune heartily.

Losing a loved one is a pain that no words can heal.

Jiang Yue could do nothing but listen silently.

After a long time, the old lady's emotions were slowly relieved, and she wiped her old tears.

"Boy, those people won't open the door for you. You are holding that painting, which is a reminder for death. They all want you to take the painting away immediately, so why will they open the door for you? What if the monster in the painting stares at them? ?”

The old lady's explanation finally made Jiang Yue understand why the person before was so scared, but he didn't even dare to say the reason for his fear?

It turned out that what he was afraid of was not himself, but the painting.

Could it be that the ghost in the painting is so terrifying that it can't even be mentioned?

The old lady grabbed Jiang Yue's wrist again and observed it carefully for a while.

The dry palm was gently stroked, revealing the kindness and love of the elders.

"Xiaosheng, you are younger than Qiusheng, you must be safe. My old lady is 82 years old, and she is not afraid of ghosts, let alone death. You hide at my old lady's house. If that female ghost dares to come, my old lady will fight her!"

At the age of 82, it is obviously powerless to work hard.

But the old lady's intentions are obviously genuine.

After losing her grandson, she obviously put Jiang Yue in the role of her grandson, and she developed a strong desire to protect.

Jiang Yue took the opportunity to ask: "Old lady, do you always know who is in that painting?"

The old lady shook her head: "Wumei Village is full of paintings. There are such paintings everywhere. I don't know who they are."

"Then have you ever heard of the Beauty Snake Gallery?"

"What snake?" the old lady asked blankly.

"The beauty snake."

The old lady was stunned: "The beauty snake? Is that a monster? Come out in the middle of the night and call someone's name. If anyone agrees, their soul will be sucked out?"

The old lady is obviously also a lover of folk stories, and this opening is an old feudal superstition.

"Old lady, it's not that monster, it's a gallery. The name of the gallery is Beauty Snake."

"Oh, the gallery. The name is not serious, it must not be a good thing. I have never heard of it. My Qiusheng also paints, and he also opened a gallery. Let me show you my Qiusheng's paintings."

Qiusheng is probably all the meaning of the old lady's life.

Even though he was no longer there, he still filled the whole life of the old lady.

Three or two sentences are inseparable from "My Qiusheng", which shows how deep the relationship between the grandparents and grandchildren is.

The old lady struggled to bring out many paintings, and Jiang Yue looked at them carefully for a while because of her kindness.

This Qiusheng specializes in Chinese paintings, especially landscape paintings.

At the age of more than 20 years old, with this attainment, it is indeed a bit level.

After Jiang Yue praised him a few words, he offered to take his leave and go out.

The old lady was obviously very surprised. He thought Jiang Yue was a foreigner who came to Wumei Village to find a place to stay. Otherwise, why would he knock on the door everywhere?
Unexpectedly, Jiang Yue was going to leave. A pair of rough old hands grabbed Jiang Yue, wiped his tears and said, "Baby, you must not dare to wander around. At night, this place is full of ghosts. Listen to the old woman Advice, stay at my house, even if the old woman is hungry, she won't tell you to eat less."

(End of this chapter)