"Okay, Master, I will destroy the nightmare in the shortest possible time."
Seeing that I agreed, Mrs. Kongan showed a smile, and then warned: "Cheng Yi, you must remember that although everything in the painting is made of illusion, the things you see are all It will not appear out of thin air, and you must not indulge in it, nor can you hinder the development of things at will, otherwise you may be trapped in the painting and never get out."
I responded, indicating that I remembered it, and then asked Master Kongyasu to cast a spell now and send me into the painting.
Lonnie and Bai Ze originally wanted to go in with me, but I refused. After all, this time my soul entered the painting, and my body still had to stay outside and let them be responsible for protecting it to ensure safety.
After the discussion was completed, Mrs. Kong'an took out a few copper coins and handed them to me, saying that I would definitely use them in the world in the painting. I did not refuse, so I took them.
Immediately, Mrs. Kongan took out another talisman and put it on my forehead. She asked me to close my eyes tightly and recite the talisman silently. After a while, I felt light and airy, as if my whole body was flying.
I looked down and saw Master Kongan still reciting the spell, her body standing motionless on the ground, and Lonnie, Bai Ze, and An Jingjing staring at me nervously.
I knew that my soul had left my body. After a while, a vast expanse of white appeared in front of my eyes, and my whole body began to fall rapidly. I don't know how long it took before I felt my feet standing on the ground.
When I opened my eyes, I saw a large ancient town not far ahead.
The towering city gate and the city are full of buildings with canopy structures. Inside and outside the city gate, pedestrians wearing coarse linen clothes come and go.
Isn't this exactly the scene in that painting? Only then could I confirm that I had arrived in the world of the painting.
At this time, the notice wall on one side of the city gate was crowded with men, women, old and young, staring at the notice wall and talking about it.
Master Kong'an said that nothing I saw appeared out of thin air. With so many people surrounding the notice board, there must be some clues.
So I walked over and squeezed into the crowd, and then I saw clearly that there was an execution notice posted on the notice board.
There was a man's head drawn on the notice, and there was a simple sentence written on it, to the effect that this man's name was Zhang Songxian, he had committed murder, and he would be publicly beheaded at Caishikou in three days.
The crowd around them stood on their heels watching and talking about it.
"Alas, this man looks young and is about to be beheaded. It's so sad."
"Yes, I heard that he was a scholar. This time he came to Kyoto to take the exam, but unexpectedly he accidentally killed someone. This is fate!"
"Who says otherwise? It is said that the person he killed was the young master of the Zhang family, so the Zhang family will definitely not be able to spare him!"
Listening to people's discussions, I roughly got some information. This person was a scholar from out of town who came to take the exam. He killed a local wealthy young man the day before he took the exam, so he was arrested and sentenced to death.
This scholar also has a beautiful wife in his family. She doesn't know that her husband is about to be executed, and she is still waiting for him to return.
My intuition told me that this scholar might be the breakthrough for me to find the nightmare.
"Brother, do you know where this prisoner is being held?"
I touched a man next to me and asked with a smile.
"What, you know this person?"
The man glanced at me and asked curiously.
"Yes, this man is my distant cousin. I am doing business alone in the capital. I never expected that he would suddenly commit a crime. After all, he is a relative, so I just wanted to go and see him."
I am now so good at telling lies that the man believed me without any doubt.
"Under the Wild Goose Pagoda in the west of the city is the water prison where the death penalty is held."
I expressed my gratitude to the man, then followed the flow of people, passed through the city gate, and walked straight to the west of the city.
The city was bustling with people coming and going. When I saw a steamed bun shop on the roadside, I was moved, so I bought a basket of steamed buns and continued walking. Not long after, I saw a wooden tower standing in the west. On the other side, when I walked over, I saw that there was an iron door under the wooden tower, and several jailers were guarding the outside with serious faces.
"Stop, what do you do?"
I had just taken two steps forward when a jailer came forward and asked sternly.
"Brother, there is a prisoner inside called Zhang Songxian, who is my cousin. I'm here to give him a behead meal. Please be lenient, brother."
I picked up the bun in my hand and said with a smile.
"Just here to deliver steamed buns to him?"
the jailer asked, staring at me.
"Yeah, I just want to give you some steamed buns, nothing else."
I said still smiling.
"Outsiders are not allowed to visit prisoners on death row, so go away!"
Upon hearing this, the jailer's face suddenly turned cold, and then he waved his hand as if to ward off flies, and said impatiently.
The change in the jailer's attitude made me stunned. After thinking about it for a while, I realized that I seemed to have missed something.
Then he quickly took out a bunch of copper coins and handed them to the jailer.
"Brother, please be accommodating. If my cousin has any last words, I can take them back to his hometown. Otherwise, I'm afraid he will blame me if he dies."
When the jailer saw the copper coin I handed over, he immediately beamed with joy, quickly took it and stuffed it into his arms, and then waved his hand to indicate that I could go in.
"It can't take more than ten minutes, go in."
"Thank you, brother!"
I quickly expressed my gratitude to the jailer and followed him into the water prison.
The water prison is on the third floor underground. It is dark and damp inside. As soon as I walked in, I smelled a sour smell that hit my face.
There are countless cells on both sides of the corridor, and each cell holds death row prisoners.
"Zhang Songxian, your cousin is here to see you."
After a while, the jailer walked to the end of the corridor, opened a cell on the left, and spoke inside.
"Go in, and remember to come out on time."
The jailer gave me a warning and left alone.
Only then did I walk into the cell, and after getting used to the dim light inside, I saw clearly that there was a person squatting in the corner of the cell.
He was wearing a white prison uniform with a big word for death written in the middle. His hair was messy and he looked haggard. He looked like he had been tortured a lot in this prison.
This person is none other than the death row inmate on the notice wall, Zhang Songxian.
Hearing the noise, Zhang Songxian slowly turned his head. When he saw me, he suddenly showed a surprised expression.
"Who are you?"
"Song Xian, I am your distant cousin, Zhuzi!"
