[Comprehensive] Traveling through Liaozhai with a hundred ghosts

Although he did not enter the palace to paint again, Xu Hang received private invitations from nobles from time to time, and sometimes the other party was too kind to refuse, so he simply left his paintings.

As Xu Hang's paintings became popular among nobles, his reputation gradually spread from Heian-kyo to other parts of Japan, and some people even began to imitate his painting skills.

Among the court painters was Yamamoto, who was originally good at painting portraits to shock the gods. However, when Xu Hang brought the painting skills that could draw more realistic paintings to Heianjing, he was gradually left out in the cold, and Yamamoto was quite upset because of this.

Yamamoto's great-grandfather is a talented painter. He has been devoting himself to painting lifelike paintings that can be faked. Finally, he devoted his life to painting a girl surrounded by flowers and birds. Then he fell in love with the girl he drew, because he had to I didn't get a response, so I died in depression.

The painting was later collected by the family as a relic.

Yamamoto thought of this painting, and he thought: the painting completed by his great-grandfather with his whole life must have condensed his most exquisite painting skills. If he can gain something from it, he must be able to surpass that person from overseas.

So he rummaged to find the scroll at home, and finally he dug it out in a box in the dusty utility room.

When he opened the picture scroll, Yamamoto was very surprised, because after so many years, the picture scroll is still like new.

The woman in the painting has moving eyes, bright and moving.After Yamamoto and the person in the painting looked into each other's eyes, his expression suddenly seemed to be invited into the painting, and he could hear insects and birds singing, streams gurgling, and the girl's silver bell-like laughter.

"Meow~"

A cat meowing from outside alarmed Yamamoto, he suddenly came back to his senses, wanted to stand up, but felt his legs go numb, and realized that he had been squatting on the ground and maintaining the posture of unfolding the scroll for so long.

Looking back at the picture scroll, the woman is really alive, as if she is about to speak in the next second.

While admiring his great-grandfather's superb painting skills, Yamamoto looked at the brand-new picture scroll and suddenly came up with an idea.

……

a few days later.

"Have you heard? An artist called Yamamoto recently created a painting. I heard that the picture looks real."

"Lifelike pictures? Didn't a painter from overseas have been able to draw them before?"

"This is different. I heard that Yamamoto's paintings can make people feel as if they are in the scene and enter the painting."

"That sounds a little mysterious."

On the street, several people dressed as civil servants walked back and talked about recent rumors.

Naturally, Xu Hang had heard of this rumor, and based on the content of the rumor, he felt that the other party's possession was probably a flower and bird scroll.

However, he remembered that the creator of the Flower and Bird Scroll died with resentment and resentment because he fell in love with the person in the painting but received no response.Probably influenced by his obsession, the painting has spiritual energy, and finally the person in the painting has spiritual wisdom and becomes a monster.

In other words, the creator of the flower and bird scroll has passed away, but the artist named Yamamoto claimed that the painting was created by himself.

Xu Hang felt that there was something inside, and he intended to get in touch with Huaniaojuan, so he planned to investigate the situation after a while.

Xu Hang stopped the paintbrush in his hand, and another figure was added to his painting scroll of Hundred Ghosts.

Huang who sat across from him said, "You seem to have lost your mind just now."

Xu Hang answered him: "I'm thinking of the painter Yamamoto who has aroused people's discussion recently."

When Huang heard him mention Yamamoto, he immediately knew what it was about, and said disdainfully: "Oh, it's just a villain who is trying to gain fame, he is jealous that you stole his limelight, so he dug out the paintings of his ancestors in the family, pretending to be his own paintings of."

Because Xu Hang was often invited by Yu Zaoqian to enter the imperial palace, so the number of times would inevitably encounter the shortage of being invited by the emperor to ask about divination.

Although Huang usually acts indifferent and arrogant, he is actually not difficult to get along with.

Xu Hang was originally a well-measured person, and after coming and going, he gradually became familiar with it.

In fact, except when facing Tamamo-mae, he is often helpless or doesn’t know how to respond because the other party’s words are half-truthful and his personality is a bit unpredictable, so when he gets along with other ssr-level big monsters, he All with ease.

Xu Hang nodded and thanked him.

Huang just looked at him coldly and said, "After you finish the Hyakki Scroll, leave Kyoto as soon as possible. There is too much darkness in this place, and it will sooner or later become a hell on earth."

Xu Hang was a little surprised.

Huang said: "You are a person who doesn't belong here, if that's the case, don't get involved."

Then Huang didn't know what to think of, and frowned: "You and Yuzao...forget it."

He murmured a word in a low voice, but finally said nothing more.

No matter what, Xu Hang saw that the other party was admonishing him, reminding him of the disaster that may befall Ping'an in the future.

"Thank you for your reminder." Xu Hang thanked again.

Then he put away the picture scroll, bid farewell to the other party and left.

The opportunity to see the flower and bird rolls will come soon.

The day after Xu Hang went back, he was invited by a nobleman to go to the mansion of the other party.

After going there, Xu Hang found that it was a coincidence that the painter named Yamamoto was also there today.

The nobleman on the couch said arrogantly: "Yamamoto, I heard that you have exhausted your painstaking efforts recently and completed a miraculous painting."

Yamamoto's face was pale and his eyes were blue, which was caused by staying up late at night for several days in order to cooperate with the rumors.

When the noble called his name, Yamamoto immediately said respectfully, "Yes!"

The noble said casually: "Then submit it to me for a look."

Yamamoto hurriedly handed the scroll to the servant next to him, and the servant presented it to the nobleman.

Seeing the nobleman open the picture scroll, Yamamoto was a little excited. Now this is the right minister!He had to be appreciated by the other party, and his position among painters would not be shaken in the future.

However, he didn't wait for the same admiration as those dignitaries in the past when they opened the picture scroll, what he waited for was an angry question: "Yamamoto, why is the picture scroll blank? Are you kidding me?!"

Yamamoto was stunned for a moment, then panicked and said, "No! There should be a portrait on it!"

The nobleman threw the painting back, and Yamamoto crawled over in a hurry. He was dumbfounded when he saw it.

The scroll that originally painted a girl accompanied by flowers and birds was now blank. Yamamoto clearly remembered that he had only seen it before going out, and there were indeed paintings on it!

Yamamoto glanced at the couch in fear, and found that the nobleman was glaring at him, and he panicked even more.

"No, my lord! Please believe me, there is really something painted on it!"

The noble sarcastically said: "Ha! Then why is it blank now? Do you want to say that because the painting is too realistic, the things in the painting have become fine and escaped?"

The color faded from Yamamoto's face.

At this time, Xu Hang, who was watching the farce in front of him, suddenly said: "It may not be impossible for the things in the painting to escape."

Hearing this, the nobleman's attitude became a little more correct, and he asked politely: "Master Xu, do you think you've seen it before?"

Xu Hang said lightly: "If you want to see it, I can show it to you, but the finished manuscript I carry with me now is only the volume of Hell Map. The content is a little scary, and I'm afraid it will make you uncomfortable."

The noble clapped his hands and said, "That's great! I've heard about the painter's fame as the panorama of hell, but I haven't had the chance to see it. Please show it! Even if I'm frightened, I won't blame you."

Hearing what he said, Xu Hang unfolded the hell map he had drawn on the tatami.

As the picture scroll was opened, the pictures recording the evil spirits, punishments and scenery in hell came into people's eyes. The realistic pictures made some timid people start to show fear on their faces.

Then the next second, they found that hell seemed to really appear in front of them.

The ghosts in the painting actually burst out of the paper, and the bloody smell of hell and the clang of torture tools can be heard. Looking around, everyone realizes that they have been surrounded by mountains of corpses and seas of blood. Or the previous interior?

Many of the people sitting there were terrified, and the mountain itself was also very panicked.

Then there was a "clang" sound suddenly, and it was seen that the trial was going on in the palace of the King of Hades.The ghost messengers escorted the ghosts to the temple, and severely punished those who tried to deceive the sky.

Some people who behave badly in ordinary times can't help but panic when they hear the judge's sentence, probably because they think that they will have the same experience when they die and go to hell in the future.

The noble looked around excitedly with curiosity.

Such a scene lasted for as long as a cup of tea, and the ghost messengers who came out of the painting seemed to have reached the time to take a bath, and began to stop their work one by one and return to the painting.

Excitement still remained on the nobleman's face, until Xu Hang took the painting back before he shouted "Okay!".

Many people present were still in shock, but when they heard the applause from the nobles above, they quickly echoed it.

The nobleman said: "It turns out that the painting has reached a very realistic level, and the picture will indeed come true! Yamamoto, this time I forgive you, you can go back and paint again."

Although the right minister no longer pursued the matter, Yamamoto was still ashamed and ashamed, because he knew that with his own ability, he would never be able to draw a painting that could reach the level of his great-grandfather in this life, so he had no chance to appear in the world again. The right minister was in front of him, so he could only resign sadly.

As for the blank picture scroll, since there was no content on it, it naturally lost its value in Yamamoto's eyes.

Xu Hang looked at the blank scroll on the ground, took it over and put it away.

Xu Hang was rewarded for satisfying the aristocracy's mentality of pursuing novelty without excitement. In fact, for Xu Hang, making the painting come true is just a small illusion.

But in the eyes of ordinary people, this has become a surprising thing, and his hell map has added a bit of mystery because of today's incident.

Coming out of the aristocratic mansion, as soon as they reached the empty alley, the picture scroll in Xu Hang's hand that was discarded by Yamamoto made a movement. It flew out of Xu Hang's hand, and then opened it by itself, and a bright and charming girl came out of the painting.

Xu Hang saw that it was really a flower and bird scroll, so he bowed his hands and said: "I just offended you, please don't mind my rudeness."

Hua Niao rolled her mouth and smiled softly, her appearance was pure and charming, it could be said that she was the ideal image of a woman in a man's heart.

Huaniaojuan said: "You don't have to feel sorry for it. I originally thought that he was the descendant of that person, so I cooperated with him. Unfortunately, although they are from the same lineage, they don't have the sincere love of his ancestors for painting. , I just want to gain fame and fortune with the painting blog. Even if there is no today's event, I don't plan to stay in the Yamamoto family anymore."

Just as he was speaking, a cold snort came from the alley.

Huang came out of it, and said contemptuously, "Humans have always been greedy and take others' tolerance for granted."

Huaniaojuan frowned, but soon, he relaxed again.

She showed a look of reminiscence, and said softly: "Maybe it's like this... But at least the intention of his ancestors when he drew me is true."

Huang just snorted coldly: "It's just because he can't get your response, that's why he keeps looking forward to it."

Xu Hang felt that Huang's appearance here was not accidental, so he asked, "You came here today, you must have something to tell us?"

Huang looked at Xu Hang, and got back to business: "The seal of Yamata no Orochi under the Black Night Mountain has been loosened, and the leaked yin energy will affect the human world."

Xu Hang's expression became solemn when he heard this, while Huaniaojuan was very surprised.

"It's nothing important. It's better to leave Heianjing early. This place is no longer peaceful and beautiful."

After saying that, he turned and left.

Xu Hang was the first to think of the monsters living on Heiye Mountain, many of them were just ordinary little monsters, so he felt it necessary to inform the monsters there.

Before going to Heiye Mountain, Xu Hang asked the Flower and Bird Scroll to record it on the Hundred Ghosts Picture Scroll. The Flower and Bird Scroll itself is a painting, and it is very interesting to be painted by others as a painting, so he quickly agreed. .

The next day after that, when Xu Hang visited Qingming's courtyard as a guest, he also heard that Qingming had the same worry.

"It's a pity that I'm going to be in the capital, and I can't go to distant places, so I can't know exactly what kind of impact this leaked Yin Qi will have on other places outside of the capital."

Xu Hang thought for a while, now he has basically finished drawing all the monsters active in Ping'an Jingzhong, and the remaining Arakawa Lord, Shanfeng, and Yimu Lianfeng are not in the Kyoto area. Maybe he can help Qingming investigate, and inquire about these Several monsters.

So Xu Hang recommended himself to Qingming, "Let me do this."

Qingming said, "How can I bother you?"

Xu Hang shook his head and said: "Since you and I are friends, I should help you. Besides, I have been in Ping'an capital for a long time, and it is time to go out and continue to travel. I will take this opportunity to help you investigate, but it is Little things don't get in the way."

After hearing what he said, Qingming thanked him happily.