Chapter 14 Chapter Fourteen

Di Gongdao: "Old fairy elder, Xiaguan Kuiye came here, and there is a saying." Zhenzhi looked flustered and was speechless for a while.Duke Dee came to visit at this time, and he felt something ominous. He led Di Gong and Zong Li into the abbot, and the host and guest sat down.Di Gong said again: "The old fairy is dressed neatly, is he waiting for someone?" Duke Di suddenly frowned when he smelled a greasy fragrance coming from the censer in the corner of the abbot. Zhenzhi replied: "No, no, I have insomnia at night, and the third watch of the Qiao drum is already playing. It is better to get up early, read a few pages of scriptures, and then go to the church for morning lessons. Master Di, how do you come in through the door on the right?"

Seeing Zhenzhi's suspicious expression, Di Gong said with a smile: "I hope the old fairy will forgive me, I just went to pay homage to the golden body of the real Yujing." Zhenzhi was shocked: "I have said it several times, the underground palace is absolutely forbidden to enter this season." Di Gong closed his smile and said seriously: "Old Immortal, I have something to ask you. On August 16th last year, the day when Master Yujing died, you had lunch together. What is the old man doing?" Zhenzhi replied: "I saw him during the morning class at five o'clock that day. After that, he stayed in the abbot's house and never went out."

"That's right. During the day, the light in the abbot is very good. Yujing often stays here alone to read scriptures, read books, recite poems, and paint. His favorite thing is painting." Di Gong nodded and asked again: "When I was talking with you in the Sangong Hall before the altar offering, who actually came into the hall?" Zhenzhi was surprised, he hesitated and replied: "I don't really see the truth for a while, I seem to be Momo in the troupe." Suddenly someone knocked on the door, Zhenzhi was taken aback, stood up and opened the door, and it was Tao Gan who came in.Tao Gan handed a scroll painting to Duke Di, and stood by the gate.

Di Gong unfolded the scroll painting, which was spread out on the desk, and said: "Old Immortal, I think this painting is the last painting of Master Yujing!" Zhenzhi nodded and said, "That's not bad at all. After lunch that day, Yujing and I drank a cup of tea here and were about to gossip. Yujing said that he wanted to make a painting for the gray cat. I heard he wanted After painting, he left and quit. Master, Yujing doesn’t like to have idlers watching when he is painting. I saw him laying out a piece of plain silk on this book case, studying ink and color..." Duke Di suddenly stood up and said sharply: "Zhenzhi, you are lying! He suffered from poisoning shortly after lunch: imagine that he could paint such a fine-grained gray cat in such a short period of time? It didn't take two hours. This picture of a gray cat can't be done no matter what. ——This picture must have been drawn by the real Yujing in the morning!"

Zhenzhi complained in his heart, and argued strongly: "Yu Jing is proficient in brushwork, and has always been very fast in painting. With just a few strokes, the image is complete." Di Gongdao: "This gray cat has given iron testimony for its master. Zhenzhi, look at this cat's eyes, the round pupils are dazzling. If it is painting at noon, and in front of this bright window, The pupils of this cat must be narrowed into a thin slit." Zhenzhi was taken aback inwardly, and argued again: "When painting on a jade mirror, the brushstrokes are written in a big way, but the charm is vivid, and the spirit is completely ignored."

Di Gongdao: "The paintings of the jade mirror are meticulously written and the brushstrokes are meticulous. They imitate the appearance of the object and the appearance, and the intention is to resemble the shape. I saw a picture of him in the underground palace. The painting is exactly this gray cat rolling and playing in the sun. The pair The pupils are only a thin slit!" Zhenzhi was stunned, opened his eyes wide and looked at the pupils of the gray cat in the painting, showing a look of despair: "I...I...I will go with you to tell the truth in front of Tianshi Sun." Zhenzhi looked out of the window and said: "The heavy rain has stopped, let's go down to the apse and go through the middle courtyard to the southwest tower!"

The ground in the middle courtyard was watery and covered with rubble, and scattered raindrops were still caught in the night wind.Zhenzhi and Di Gong rushed forward, Tao Gan and Zong Li followed closely behind. The four of them had just reached the stairs of the southwest tower when they heard Tianshi Sun's voice: "It's so dark in the middle of the night, what are you still fussing about?" Di Gongdao: "Zhenzhi Zhenren wants to come to the Celestial Master to confess to a crime committed in an old case." Sun Tianshi was surprised: "Zhenzhi wants to confess to my crimes in front of me? I just don't know which old case he is referring to? Okay, you go upstairs." Sun Tianshi shined on Zhenzhi with a lantern. Zhenzhi lowered his head, looked depressed, and said Not sent.

Sun Tianshi handed the lantern in his hand to Duke Di, and said: "Hold this lantern in the middle and look after it. Zhenzhi and I are in front, and the other two are behind. Be careful when you come upstairs, don't evade your steps." Sun Tianshi and Zhenzhi were in front, Zong Li and Tao Gan were in the back, and Di Gong held up a lantern in the middle to watch everyone go up the stairs step by step.As soon as Tianshi Sun walked to the platform in front of Ziwei Pavilion, he suddenly shouted: "Zhenzhi, be careful! There is no railing on one side of this platform..."

Before the words were finished, only a hoarse scream was heard, and Zhenzhi had already fallen off the platform.