Renew

Hua Su felt that he should refuse, but he didn't want to be fascinated by Rong Li's appearance.She has never been merciful, she has never had any kindness in mind, and she doesn't even want to take more from her apprentices, let alone teach mortals to paint.

She frowned, thought for a while, looked at Rongli's helpless look, and said softly: "Is there not much I have taught you?"

Quite a lot indeed, the painting ghost was originally her magical weapon, but now she even teaches others how to use the painting ghost, just like giving up her own life.

Rong Li was pinching the painting, the pen in his palm was very cold, even though he had gotten used to it, his palm was still a little stiff from the cold.With a soft voice, her breath was as weak as that of a lotus root, and she asked: "Then you agreed, didn't you?"

Hua Su stared at her coldly, and simply said, "Bring it here."

Rong Li held Hua Sui's hand and lifted it up, the cuff slipped down slightly, his wrist was as thin as skin and bones, and it was still white.

Hua Su covered the back of her hand, reluctantly taught her with his hands, and said softly: "You can only paint with your eyes closed and nothing outside your mind."

Rongli doesn't understand, as a human being in this world, he will be influenced by this world of mortals, how can he have no external objects in his mind.After becoming a ghost, she might be able to have nothing to worry about, but she... is still alive, and there are still many grievances that have not been reported.

She froze for a moment, her weak hand was pinched obediently by Hua Su.

After hesitating for a while, she obeyed Hua Su's words and closed her eyes, and then she felt a finger pressed against her forehead, and there was a sudden chill between her eyebrows, and another ray of chill poured into her eyebrows, pouring into the depths of her altar .

The chill was like heavenly water, filling her altar with clarity, brushing away those intricate thoughts, and washing away the lingering dark thoughts in her mind.

For a moment, her mind was empty, as if she had forgotten where she was, until a voice said in her ear: "Open your eyes."

Rong Li suddenly opened his eyes, staring fixedly in front of him, his thoughts were washed away, his eyes were like a blank sheet of paper, nothing outside could be seen in his eyes.Her hand was pulled, and ink poured out from the tip of Hua Sui's pen, slowly leaving an ink mark in mid-air.

Hua Su let go of her hand, no longer holding her to paint, just stared at her, and said softly: "Draw whatever you want, I will watch you."

The painting ghost was waved in Rongli's hands, and the ink was stained in the air, as if the mud walls, tables, chairs and door leaves in front of him were also stained with ink.

With just a few strokes, a human figure has been outlined.

When she first learned how to draw ghosts before, she saw the skinning ghost for the first time, and was frightened by this unknown black-robed ghost, so when she drew the skin of the skinning ghost, her hands trembled and she could barely draw a crooked figure. shape.

The outline I drew now looks like a human being.

There was a sudden knock on the door, and Xiao Fu asked outside the door: "Miss, the medicine is ready, do you want to bring it into the house?"

At that moment, Rongli's spiritual consciousness seemed to be torn apart, and his clear and clear mind suddenly became chaotic again.She frowned, and the hand holding the pen trembled suddenly.

Hua Su had been looking at her, and when he saw this, he slapped her with a ghostly look between the eyebrows.Her complexion suddenly sank, she turned her head to look at the carved door leaf, she obviously didn't open her mouth, but said slowly, "Put it outside the door, and I will bring it into the room in a while."

These words were neither cold nor cold, but in Xiaofu's ears, it became Rongli's voice.

Xiaofu's eyes showed doubts, she didn't know what her daughter was doing, she hesitated for a while, but still put the medicine bowl outside the door, and didn't knock on the door to disturb her.

Hua Su looked slightly relaxed, and said softly: "Continue to draw yours."

Rongli calmed down, and wrote a few more strokes, focusing on detailing the human figure in front of her without distraction, even the hair was drawn clearly. She must have felt tired when her hands were hanging in the air, but she fell into a state of selflessness. I remember being tired and sore all over.

The three courtyards and five eyes should be written carefully, the neck should be thin, the body should be upright, and it should not be a hunchback.

clothes……

The clothes should be embroidered with peony flowers, she likes some elegant and luxurious things, and she is happy when she looks at them.

The moment he withdrew his hands, Rong Li felt overwhelmingly tired, his arms were like falling rocks, he couldn't even lift them, it was very heavy.

She let out a long breath, and fixedly looked at the portrait in front of her, only to see that the ink color of the human skin on the painting gradually faded and became thick and colorful, but it was not very flexible and still a little stiff, but it was better than the previous "paper tie" a lot.

"Finishing eyes." Hua Su said suddenly.

Just as Rong Li was about to raise his hand, he realized that his wrists and arms were so sore, he had to bite his teeth, and when the human skin was about to be formed, he painted a little ink on his pupils.

The human skin's eyes suddenly became lively, looking forward to life.The black color on his body was almost gone, only his jet-black hair and black pupils remained. The human skin was like a shell, and the moment it landed, it fell limply on top of it.

It was too light, and there was not even a slight sound when it landed, it was better than a silver needle falling to the ground.

Hua Su lowered her eyes to look at the human skin, frowned, and let out a soft snort, which somehow provoked her again.

Rong Li looked at the skinned ghost standing by the wall, happily clasped his hands and said, "Come."

Manipulating two legs of different lengths, the flayer walked over limpingly, with no expression on his face, as if he didn't care.

"This is your new skin." Rong Li said again.

The skinned ghost's soul pierced through the original skin, and his whole body was covered in blood. There was not even a piece of intact skin left. When he stepped on the ground, there were still a few eerie bloody footprints left.It leaned over to pick up the new skin, and just put it in with the new skin lying on the ground. After it was firmly worn, it stood up deftly.

Originally, the flayed ghost was like a walking paper stick, but now it looks like an ordinary person, and it even looks very good.

Hua Su looked at him coldly, and said critically: "It's better to take a dog with you than this girl when you go out."

That's right, Rongli drew a cute little girl, Mo Shang is about 14 years old, she is about [-] years old, the clothes on her body are very luxurious, there are large peonies embroidered on the cuffs and lapel, her complexion is white and pink, No matter how you look, how charming.

The skinning ghost stood up straight, bowed and said, "Thank you, master."

Perhaps because of the new skin, its voice has become like a girl's, sharp but soft, no longer sharp and unpleasant.

Rong Li later realized that he was already sweating profusely, his legs were so soft that he had only painted such a human skin, but all his strength was hollowed out, and even his thoughts were dull, and his mind was in a daze.

She tilted her body and bumped directly into Hua Su's body. The moment she bumped past, she thought in her heart that this ghost was already so unhappy, so she must push her away.

Unexpectedly, although Hua Su looked unhappy, he didn't push her away, nor avoided her, and reluctantly raised his hand, grabbed her arm, and forced her to support her.

Rong Li wanted to say thank you, but he couldn't, his voice was dry and hoarse, and he didn't even have the strength to speak.

Hua Su clicked his tongue softly, frowned with thin eyebrows, and his face was extremely displeased. The five fingers holding her arm suddenly loosened, and then patted her shoulder. He pushed Rongli towards the side of the bed.

Rongli's foot slipped and was hit by the wind, but he was pushed to the side of the bed.

Hua Su withdrew his hand, sneered at the skinned ghost who got a new skin, didn't want to take another look, turned around and sat down at the table, reluctantly said: "What kind of gaudy thing is the painting?"

Rong Li sat down on the bed, blinked, and said in a hoarse voice, "Isn't it a good drawing?"

"Drawing a snake with its feet." Hua Su looked unhappy.

Rong Li slightly opened his mouth and gasped for breath, his five fingers on the painting were trembling, he really couldn't lift his hand.

After the skinned ghost got a new skin, he smiled with his eyes bent, no longer his expressionless face as before, and his smile became more charming.

The smile was a smile, the master didn't give orders, it stood motionless, the smile slowly subsided, the pupils didn't turn, although it looked like a human being, its behavior and demeanor were still weird.

Hua Su looked at the side of the bed, raised his hand that was on the table, and hooked his index finger very miserly, as if he was unwilling to even move his finger.With a movement of her finger, the thin-necked porcelain pot on the table automatically rose, and water was poured into the cup.

The sound of the water was slow, and when the weak tea was about to overflow to the cup, the porcelain pot returned to its original place by itself.The cup filled with water was picked up by a ghostly aura, and it was delivered steadily to Rongli's hand, the hand in the cup didn't even shake out at all.

Rong Li wanted to raise his hand, but he couldn't lift his thin arm half way up, and fell back on the mattress heavily.

"Just drink it." Hua Su said.

Rongli's eyelashes trembled, he leaned forward, brought his lips over, and lightly touched the rim of the cup.

The cup hanging in the air seemed to be pinched by someone, and it was slowly tilted, and the weak tea spread to her upper lip.

Rong Li took a small sip, no different from when Xiao Fu was serving by her side, after a few sips, she cleared her throat and said, "Okay."

The ghost energy entangled in the cup was retracted, and the cup immediately fell back on the table, quietly resting beside Hua Su's hand.

The room was dark and gloomy, with only mottled and dim light falling on the ground, which came in from the window lattice and door leaf carvings.

Rong Li sat for a while, only to realize that the sky outside the house turned gray at some point, and the sky darkened.

Hua Su raised a finger and stuck it on the wall of the porcelain cup in his hand, "It's the first time you draw so meticulously, and your mind is exhausted, so you feel powerless and unable to move."

"But when I drew the carriage...it was still fine." Rongli was puzzled.

"I took you hand in hand to draw that." Hua Su looked at her coldly, as if he didn't want to say more.

Rong Li responded, seeing that the sky outside the house was getting dark, he thought for a while that he couldn't draw such a decent skin in an instant, and asked in surprise: "Then what time is it?"

"You have been painting for more than an hour." Hua Su said indifferently.

Rong Li stared, and looked at the skinning ghost in disbelief, and saw that the human skin was so delicate that it couldn't be drawn in a short while, and her arm was so sore, if she really only painted for a moment, she would never have drawn it. So tired.

Her lips moistened with tea moved, "Is it true that an hour has passed?"

"Your maidservant left the medicine bowl outside the door, and now it's completely cold when you go down to get it." Hua Su said again.

Rongli sat on the edge of the bed and squeezed his sore arms. After gaining some strength, he stood up with limp legs and walked slowly to open the door. Sure enough, he saw a bowl of decoction on the ground. Maybe Xiaofu was afraid that the dust would fly into the medicine bowl. The sake of the bowl was specially covered.

She bent down to pick up the medicine bowl, her wrist trembled violently when she held it with one hand, and it took two hands to hold it firmly. The open porcelain bowl in her hand was really cold.

Xiao Fu and Kong Qing are sitting in the yard playing chess, there is a lantern on the stone table, Bai Liu is standing on the side watching, seeing the door of the girl's room open, they all looked over.

Holding the medicine bowl, Rong Li said softly, "Where are you playing chess?"

Xiaofu hurriedly threw the chess piece back into the chess jar, and ran over, "What was the girl doing just now, the medicine is completely cold now, I can't drink it, cold medicine is not good for the body."

Rong Li simply gave her the medicine bowl, without changing his face, he said: "Just now I fell into a drowsy sleep, and I really couldn't wake up. When I woke up, I was surprised that the sky was already dark, and I remembered that there were medicines outside the house. It's cold."

Holding the cold medicine bowl, Xiaofu said distressedly: "The girl fell asleep, her complexion is even worse."

Rong Li couldn't say that it was because he was exhausted, so he shook his head weakly, "I didn't sleep well."

She paused, "Hurry up and heat up the medicine and bring it to me. It's good to heat up, and you don't need to boil it again."

Xiaofu nodded and left with the medicine bowl.

In the distance, Kong Qing and Bai Liu came over, Kong Qing glanced at Meng Xian's house, and said in a low voice: "The third lady is still suffering from abdominal pain."

Rong Li thought for a while, "Go into the room and talk."

Kong Qing followed into the house, while Bai Liu stayed outside to guard the door.

At the door, Hua Su winked, and the skinned ghost who got the new skin obediently walked to the wall. The peony-embroidered skirt was very pretty.

Even with a new skin, mortals still couldn't see the skinned ghost. When Kong Qing passed by it when he entered the door, he could only feel the coolness on his side.

Rong Li sat at the table and asked in a low voice: "Did anything happen in the mansion in the past half a day?"

Kong Qing thought for a while, "Master and the housekeeper went out in person and brought the porcelain pot with them. Although they didn't say where they were going, the servants who knew about it were all guessing that the master and the housekeeper were going I'm looking for the second lady's grave."

If you are looking for a grave, you must open the coffin. Once you open the coffin, you will know everything inside the coffin.

Rong Li nodded, his eyes were clear when he raised his eyes, without the gloom that he should have when calculating others, "How long have you been?"

Kong Qing rolled his eyes, "I've been there for more than an hour. The grave of the second lady seems not far from the city. You can see it a few miles away from the city gate. I guess the master and the housekeeper are coming back soon."

Rong Li waved his hand, "I see, you can go out."

Kong Qing turned around and walked out, looking at Bai Liu outside the door.

Bai Liu asked suspiciously: "What did the eldest girl tell you?"

Kong Qing shook his head, and said with a normal expression: "It's nothing."

Although Bai Liu's temperament is not as calm as Kong Qing's, she still has some thoughts. She immediately guessed that Kong Qing and the master must have something to hide from her, she curled her mouth, feeling a little disappointed.

In the room, the corners of Rong Li's lips curled up in a relaxed manner, and he smiled slightly, "Rong Changting probably doesn't want to come to Lan Yuan, after what happened last night, he still... has the face to see me, but he opened the coffin, But I had to come again."

A few miles away in the outskirts of the city, Rong Changting anxiously ordered someone to dig the grave, and it took a long time to dig up a corner of the coffin.

Several servants dug into the coffin, but they couldn't feel happy. In this dark night, surrounded by trees and shadows, they were all terribly frightened.

Holding the lamp, Rong Changting pretended to be calm and said, "Dig it out and open the lid of the coffin."

The servants moved their shovels one after another, and finally dug all the mud covering the coffin lid to the side, each of them trembling, no one dared to do it again, they looked at each other and gave way silently.

"Open the coffin." Rong Changting said again.

The old butler saw that these young nurses did not dare to do anything, so he took a deep breath and said, "I'll do it."

The guards had no choice but to muster up their energy, and touched the coffin lid, pushing away the tightly closed coffin lid.

With a grunt, most of the coffin lid was pushed open, and the second lady's skeleton could already be seen.

"Push away a little more." Rong Changting said hoarsely.

After all the pushing, the nurses gritted their teeth and simply pushed the coffin lid away.

Rong Changting stood still with the lamp in his hand, and after a while he raised his hand to cover his nose and mouth, lifted the lamp onto the coffin, closed his eyes and opened them again, his hairs were standing on end.

Dim light fell on the coffin and sprinkled on a skeleton inside, the bones were dense.

Several nursing homes stepped back one after another, not daring to look inside.

Covering his mouth and nose, Rong Changting handed the lantern to the old housekeeper, "Hold it."

The old butler held his breath to receive the lamp, hung the lamp on the coffin with trembling hands, and said, "Master, how..."

Rong Changting bent down and picked up a branch from the ground, and picked up the embroidered shoe that was on the skeleton, only to see that a toe was clearly missing on his left foot.

The porcelain pot brought out from Cong Rong's mansion was placed at the foot, a nursing home opened the lid, wrapped the toe bone with a white cloth, put his hand into the coffin, and hung the severed toe to the foot bone of his wife Compare it.

Rong Changting said in a deep voice, "You don't need to read it."

The guard furiously withdrew his hand, and respectfully put the toe bone back into the porcelain jar.

The old butler stared straight, "Master, there is something missing in this coffin."

"What?" Rong Changting asked.

The old housekeeper said cautiously: "Then...the child who just took shape."

Rong Changting took a closer look, but he couldn't find it.He was sweating profusely, he hastily threw out the branch in his hand, rubbed his hands on his clothes, turned around and said: "Put the coffin back, don't... disturb Xuefei's dead soul."

The butler was taken aback when he heard it. It had been a long time since he had heard the second lady's name from the master.

The nurses hurriedly lifted the coffin lid again, shaking the coffin tightly like shaking a sieve.

With a gloomy complexion, Rong Changting took the lantern back from the housekeeper and said in a hoarse voice, "Go home."

At that time, Zhu's funeral was indeed arranged by Meng Yuan, and she never handed it over to anyone else. Even the grave site was carefully selected by her master, from top to bottom, inside and out, nothing was left untouched by her.

The old butler lowered his head: "Master, what should we do with this porcelain jar?"

"Move to the third house and see if she recognizes her." Rong Changting said coldly.

The old housekeeper hesitated and said: "But the third lady is not in good health right now."

Rong Changting suddenly closed his eyes, "Move."

The old butler had no choice but to agree, and said in a low voice: "The child in the coffin..."

"You have to ask her about this too." Rong Changting glared.

By the time this group of people returned to Rong's mansion, it was already the time of Hai, and the mansion was silent, and there was no sound anywhere.

Rong Changting led the people to the orchid courtyard, and the nursing courtyard at the end was holding a porcelain jar.

In the room, Rongli hadn't slept all this time, he was wearing a fox fur over his inner coat, he was supposed to sleep, but he didn't feel sleepy.

Hua Su couldn't sleep, at most she closed her eyes and rested her mind. When she heard the movement in the yard, she said softly, "Rong Changting has brought someone here."

Rong Li stood up, squeezed the collar of the fox fur, walked to the edge of the mirror, and quietly opened the window, "If I just go out like this, do you think Rong Changting will be frightened?"

Hua Su said coldly: "I was too scared to speak last night, but now I have the energy to scare others?"

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