Chapter 163

At the end of the painting, the drawing pen in Leyuan's hand suddenly broke into two pieces. One half was in his hand, and the other half fell to the ground and rolled out twice. Leyuan paused, lowered his head, picked up the broken part of the pen on the ground, spread his hands and took a look. Someone next to him shouted, "Hey! What are you thinking about? We are done now!"

People around started discussing.

"Yeah, yeah, we've done so much, it's impossible for us to be killed, right?"

"There shouldn't be anything like that again! It should be safe! Otherwise, what's the point of doing all this?"

"I don't want to be like that again. I hope this is really useful. Otherwise, I will go crazy. Even if the evil spirit doesn't kill me, I will kill him anyway."

Leyuan listened to them for a while, put the pen aside and asked: "What do you do after you finish drawing?"

The environment suddenly became quiet.

The lady frowned and asked, "What?"

Leyuan sighed and said, "You can't hang this painting up, right? Don't you think it's infiltrating?"

Someone nearby shouted: "Of course, take it out and burn it!"

Someone else said, "In fact, we can sell it to collectors or something. We just need to tell the buyer that it is dangerous. I think the painting is good, and we all know that the people in the painting are very beautiful. Even if they want a high price, it is not exorbitant. It is worth the money. If they don't want it, it is because they are blind, not our fault."

"Who would buy such a dangerous thing? Who knows if this thing will suddenly catch fire one day and give rise to Xu Miaoman, who has been dead for a long time and should never appear again?"

The scene became quiet again.

People looked at each other and at the Marquis and the lady, as if they were the weather vane here, or the weight hanging by a string in people's hearts.

The lady frowned and asked Leyuan, "What do you want?"

Le Yuan asked, "Don't you have any ideas?"

The lady glanced at the painting, then quickly looked away, somewhat evasively: "I think it's better to burn it. But I don't know if burning it will get the people who were put in with great difficulty out. Do you know?"

Leyuan said, "I don't know. You should ask the people you found. Didn't they come together? Since you found them, why bother looking for me? They will be unhappy. And I certainly won't be."

He stood up and said, "I have done enough."

The sky was a little brighter than before. The heavy clouds overhead slowly moved away, letting in a little light, like the reflection of a mirror in the sun, inexplicably bright and a little dazzling. Leyuan looked at the color of his palm, which was stained by the paint just now. It was colorful and not very pretty, but it was also shining, which was a little funny.

Leyuan put down his hand, looked at the painting opposite him, and murmured, "How about this? If no one knows what to do with it, just give it to me."

The lady nodded, and was startled. She was about to leave, but turned around, almost thinking that she had heard wrongly. However, she was very happy when she thought that this thing had a place to go: "Really? That's great! I will ask them now. If they have nothing to say, you can take this thing away. But, you can't stay here anymore after taking this, do you know?"

Leyuan said, "I know. If they don't have any objections, and neither do you, I will take this thing and leave here, as far away as possible, right?"

The lady smiled and said, "Yes."

She was a little embarrassed but quickly adjusted herself and said with a smile, "I don't think they will have any objections. Let's just leave it at that."

Paradise did not comment.

The lady came back soon. She had asked those people and smiled to Leyuan, "They all agreed that you should handle this thing. However, they also have some objections. One person said that this thing should be as far away as possible. However, there are only two places to put it. Either put it in the deep mountains and bury it, just like sending it to a woman who is not allowed to go out of the house.

Either we send it to the bottom of the sea, throw it in, and wait for a while to make sure it doesn't float up again, and no one can see it float up and take it out later, then we'll be safe. What do you think?"

Le Yuan said, "I have no opinion. I can take it to the mountains or to the sea. Do you want to send someone to follow me?"

The lady laughed and said, "That's too much trouble. We don't distrust you. You've done so many things for us. We have to chase you until you finish the last thing. Don't worry, we won't follow you secretly. Even if we send someone, no one is willing to leave their hometown just to risk their lives to see if a box has entered the deep mountains or the sea."

This was said in a high-sounding and light way, but Leyuan did not believe it. He smiled and did not want to pursue the matter. He nodded, rolled up the painting, thought for a moment, opened it again, looked at the painting, and asked the lady, "Do you have a red pen?"

The lady was a little confused: "Cinnabar? Yes. Do you need it? I'll ask someone to bring it to you."

She glanced at the broken brush beside her and asked, "Would you like another wolf-hair brush?"

Paradise said: "It's all fine, as long as it works."

The lady nodded and asked someone to bring something over. The thing was soon placed in front of Leyuan. Leyuan looked at the thing, picked up a pen, and added two lines of small words at the bottom of the scroll, hoping that if this thing was really the elusive painting that he would see in the future, when he saw the painting again, he would not lose the information he should have known.

After writing, Leyuan returned the things. The lady smiled and said, "No, no, please take this thing with you."

Leyuan said: "It's okay to paint a picture, but if you bring a pen and a box of paint, I'm afraid it will pollute the environment."

The lady laughed and said, "What is this? It's just a little bit. How much pollution can it cause? Besides, these things are all taken from the mountains and the sea. They originally came from there and will just return there in the future. It's nothing."

Le Yuan said, "Okay, pack it up and I will take it away."

The lady smiled and said, "Okay."

The sky was brighter and mistier than before, and the road was colder, as if a gust of wind blew over, and the dewdrops all over the fields at night penetrated into the skin, and then from the surface of the skin into the bones.

People around were shivering, thinking they were wearing too little. Some wanted to go home to celebrate, some wanted to go home to eat and drink, and some wanted to go home to sleep. In short, they all left. There were suddenly fewer people on the road, and it became even quieter. The only sound was the chirping of birds and insects coming from the shadows of the unclear trees, flowers and plants nearby.

The lady and the marquis came over with their people to see Leyuan off: "We'll never see each other again. I hope you won't come back again, otherwise, I won't be as polite as I was today."

Leyuan said: "I know, if I come back again, it will probably be an accident, so it's better not to meet. Otherwise, I won't be as polite as I am now."

The lady smiled.

Let them go back to paradise as soon as possible.

They didn't argue, just turned around and left.

It was quieter here. Leyuan walked out slowly and came to the peach blossom forest. The lake was calm without a ripple. He looked down for a while and jumped in but didn't find the vortex. He had to come out again. According to his memory, he found the sea. It was a long journey and he was already exhausted. Even the boatman looked at him twice and asked, "It seems to come from far away?"

Rakuen nodded.

The boatman asked again, "Why did you leave your hometown and come here? Do you know anyone?"

Leyuan shook his head and smiled slowly, "I don't know who is here, I just want to send someone here."

The boatman asked, "Who is it?"

Paradise said: "A person who wants to return to his roots after death but has no way to do so."

The boatman felt that what he heard was a bit confusing, but he also felt a bit sad: "Alas, people are dead, they have to go home, and if they can't go home, they will always be unhappy. It's not good to be sad, it's better to be happy. When people live in this world, who knows how many happy days they will have?

I think we should smile more to make today pass. Otherwise, what’s the point of living in sadness all our lives?”

Leyuan asked: "Will you go home later?"

The boatman smiled and said, "Of course."

Paradise asked: "When?"

The boatman smiled and said, "After dark. I have to earn money to support my family, so I can't relax too early."

Leyuan asked, "Is there anyone else at home?"

The boatman smiled and said, "Yes, I have a wife, a son, and a daughter. However, my daughter is sick. The doctor said that if she doesn't get better in the next two days, she will not survive. My son has also been infected. My wife is not in good health and does things slowly."

He shook his head and didn't want to continue.

Leyuan responded: "Let's stop here. How much is it?"

The boatman asked, "Are you worried that you can't afford the fare? Don't worry, as long as the trip is not far, I won't charge you more."

Leyuan asked, "How much?"

After a number was mentioned, there was a splash, as if something fell into the water. I turned around quickly to look, and found that the person was gone, and even the things were gone. There was only a little money left, which was placed where the person originally was. I bent down and reached out to pick it up. When I picked it up, I found that it was exactly the number that had just been mentioned. I felt a little sad in my heart. People who are about to die cannot be persuaded, and people who want to live cannot help but live.

He rowed back home. His daughter had died. His son was sick and groggy, lying in bed, motionless. Sen Wan's face was flushed red, and he was gasping with his mouth open. When he breathed, he could hear a heavy sound coming from his nose. His wife knelt on the ground, lowered her head, covered her face, and sobbed. After a while, she slowly raised her head and asked, "You're back?"