Zhang Hazi's question made everyone think deeply. Seeing the changes in Chen Youwei's body, no one answered. Instead, they looked at each other and hurriedly followed.
As I walked, I told Zhang Hazi about the current situation. After Zhang Hazi listened, he suddenly stopped following us.
I didn't ask him why he stopped, but just walked into the house. Then he saw Chen Youwei's body unwinding the long scroll scroll, and then slowly unfolding it along the wall. He didn't stop until the courtyard door of his house was exposed.
I don’t know what method he used, but he disappeared in front of us. When we walked over to take a look, we found that there was an old man wearing a shroud in the scroll, walking step by step towards the back of the village.
Until then, we breathed a sigh of relief, because we all knew that he was going back to the grave.
Thinking of this, I hurriedly walked out of the house, looked at Zhang Hazi, and said, you already knew that he would come back to the painting, so that's why you stopped and didn't go in?
Zhang Hazi said that his lifelong obsession, Chen Youwei, is to make his grandson a real Diyang person. Even if he dies and grows old, this obsession will last. So after Chen Enren lost his soul, he would naturally continue his previous obsession.
After working in this industry for a long time, you will meet all kinds of people and see the humanity hidden deep in your soul.
I have seen single mothers who were still alive after death because they could not worry about their daughter, so that the body rotted and became smelly and the neighbor called the police to find me; I have also seen ghosts who used human fetuses in order to obtain the so-called eternal life. Zai’s cruel father who keeps reincarnating...
This time, I also met the kind grandfather who was willing to endure for decades just to fulfill an illusory dream, and the father who brutally massacred the village and even planned to rob his son of his only hope of life in order to transform himself into a human being.
Over the past five years, even though I have become accustomed to seeing all kinds of human nature, when I see Chen Youwei stumbling forward step by step in the painting again, I can't help but feel a throbbing in my heart.
Zhang Hazi suddenly said that we may have wrongly blamed Mr. Chen Enren.
I quickly collected my emotions and asked him, what was wrong?
He said that his plan from the beginning was not to steal his son's only hope.
I ask again, why are you talking?
He said that because he has been living in Chen Youwei's dream, he must be able to see his father's thoughts, and he must also know that all his father's efforts have been to draw water from a bamboo basket from the beginning.
Zhang Hazi paused, then turned his head to look at me and said, since he knew it was all in vain, why did he want to stop his father from hiding the truth?
To be honest, this question stupefied me, as well as Wu Tinghan and Wang Minghua who had just walked out.
Zhang Hazi continued, "When we were in the dreamland, I felt something was wrong. Now it seems that his target at the beginning was the face on your head, and he was not targeting Chen Siqing at all."
I don’t know why, but after hearing that Chen Enren was targeting me from the beginning, not only was I not angry, but I felt happy for Chen Siqing from the bottom of my heart. I even want to run in now and tell Chen Siqing that his father is not as crazy as he thinks.
But Zhang Hazi stopped me and said, if you tell him now, do you think he will be happy?
I was stunned when I heard this, and then looked at the dark pool of blood in the yard, and my original happy mood was instantly annihilated.
Indeed, if Chen Siqing was told about his father at this time, Chen Siqing might cry with joy, but he would definitely ask about his father's whereabouts. What should he say then? Did he say that his father's soul was shattered and he completely disappeared from this world?
This huge gap between loss and recovery, gain and loss, is entirely possible to drive a normal person crazy. What's more, someone like Chen Siqing who has just suffered a huge blow is probably more likely to collapse.
But what I don’t understand is why Chen Enren is so sure that I will definitely come here? If I hadn't come, how could he have trapped us in his dream, and how could he have gotten in my face?
Zhang Hazi said, "You can't even understand this?"
He pointed to his face, and then told me that even if you don't come, he will come to find you. Because you have the same face, it would be easy for him to find you, right?
Well, I ignored the fact that after Chen Youwei died, he became Chen Youwei. Even if Chen Youwei's body will soon appear stained or even rot, as long as he wears long clothes and trousers and a hat and a mask, he will be able to appear in Laosicheng unnoticed and will not be discovered at all on the road.
To put it bluntly, even if I was somewhere else at the time, with the transportation being so developed now, it would only take a day or two at most, and I would definitely be found before the body completely decomposed.
But when I think about it, even if Chen Enren really realizes his wish and successfully gets my face, what's the use? He has been living in a dream. In real life, he doesn't even have any friends. His father and son are gone, and he is alone in the world. Can he endure the endless loneliness?
After listening to what I said, Zhang Hazi glanced at the door of the room and said that he did so much, probably not for his own sake.
I asked, what are you talking about?
He turned back to look at me and said, have you ever thought about what Chen Siqing would do if he successfully got your face and became a real Diyang person?
I have never thought about this issue, but from between the lines of Zhang Hazi's words, I heard the change in his attitude towards Chen Enren - in the dream before, he said that Chen Enren was 'stealing' my face, but This time, he said 'take'.
Zhang Hazi said that the reason why Chen Siqing was not a Yang person was because his father should not have lived in this world. But what if his father becomes a true Yang man and is recognized by God?
I reacted instantly and said, then his descendant Chen Siqing will naturally become a real Yang man!
Zhang Hazi nodded and said, two generations of the Chen family have planned it. The first generation crossed the sea and brought in Wang Minghua. If they can succeed, they can succeed. If they can't, they can also find me through Wang Minghua. The first generation is based on this foundation. Haha! Every action, every word, is for the sake of Lao Chen Siqing.
There are so many injustices in the world, which makes many people think that the world is not worth it. But after learning about what Chen Youwei and his son did from Zhang Hazi's mouth, they suddenly felt that this world seemed a little more lovely than they imagined.
Even if Chen Enren really massacred Chenjiacun back then, he could still accept it reluctantly since his starting point was not for himself.
But Zhang Hazi shook his head and said that it was probably not Chen Enren who massacred the village back then.
I asked hurriedly, why?
He spoke because he was silenced.
I thought about Zhang Hazi's words and quickly understood what he meant.
If it was really Chen Enren who did it, it means that the method that can bring people back to life belongs to Chen Enren himself. After all, this method is really outrageous, and he will never reveal it to others easily. In fact, no one will know that he knows this craftsmanship, and naturally there will be no danger of being silenced.
But now that he has been silenced, it means that the incident twenty-two years ago must have involved other people, and it is very likely that the massacre of the village was done by the person behind the scenes, and in the name of Maybe it was because of Chen Enren's resurrection that Chen Enren acted as an internal agent and helped the man complete the massacre of the village.
It is precisely because of this that when Chen Enren planned to tell the truth about what happened back then, he was brutally attacked by the opponent's "Seven Arrows". Not only were they silenced, but they didn't even leave their souls behind. They completely disappeared from this world, giving us no chance to summon their souls.
After figuring this out, the only stain on Chen Enren's body was completely erased, and I respected Chen Youwei, father and son, even more.
So I hurriedly asked Zhang Hazi, "Have you figured out who the person behind the scenes is?"
Zhang Hazi did not answer me, but asked me, Teacher, do you think I look like a god?
I didn't react for a moment, so I said directly, "Don't be narcissistic. How do you look like a god?"
Zhang Hazi cursed loudly, "I'm a descendant of your house. Since you know that I am not a god, why are you asking me such a question?" Is it possible that I am so good at calculations that I can know which boss the other person is with just a pinch of my fingers?
I said with a smile, "You are usually too smart. I won't ask you which one?"
Zhang Hazi was not knocked unconscious by my silent flattery, but kept calm and asked the lady boss of the noodle shop.
Let me tell you, can she know?
Zhang Hazi did not answer me, but asked the previous question again, where will she grow old?
I said, didn’t I mean to go to the store?
He said, you are so stupid! Those are words spoken in dreams, do you believe that? I remember when we came out, Wu Tinghan said that the proprietress had not come to the house.
After hearing what he said, I asked him, are you suspicious of the boss's wife?
Zhang Hazi turned his head, looked at me and said, since he is the person your grandparents left here to protect the painting, with your grandfather's temperament, she should care about your life and death. But why didn't she show up even when Chen Enren was about to chop off your head? Don't you think this is very illogical?
With my grandfather's protective temper, he would definitely do something to the person who protected the painting, but I didn't want to involve my grandparents, so I thought it was possible that she was just 'protecting the painting' and didn't care about other things.
Zhang Hazi said that he dug Chen Youwei's grave all by himself, and she didn't care about his vandalism?
I couldn't refute Zhang Hazi's words, so I asked, where did she go? It’s not like she is the person behind the scenes, right?
Zhang Hazi said, when we came out of the painting, we fell directly into the dreamland of old Chen Enren. If she had arrived at that time, do you think we would have fallen into it?
Let me tell you, from what you said, you have already concluded that she is the mastermind behind the scenes?
Zhang Hazi shook his head and said, "I don't rule out this possibility, but I prefer another possibility."
I asked, what is possible?
He looked at me and said, if I guessed correctly, she would probably be dead before we came out.
