"Under the roots of the imperial city, aren't they just old buildings, what's the excitement?"

"Yes! Let's have a good rest in the afternoon, recuperate, and then go back in the middle of the night. ”

Xiao Qiao was even more puzzled, did he go in the middle of the night and steal things?

"Little Joe, you'll know when the time comes, let's go back to the hotel." ”

Jiulong couldn't help but say, holding Xiao Qiao, back to the hotel.

Naturally, it is a warmth, and young people have energy.

After dinner, Kowloon and Xiao Qiao went to hang out in the downtown area, and Kowloon saw that there was something trendy in a clothing store, so he walked in.

It's all women's clothes here, Xiao Qiao looked at it, tried a few, was particularly satisfied with a new autumn dress, and specially asked Jiulong if it was beautiful, Jiulong understood in his heart, and applauded continuously, asked the store to give a 20% discount, bought it, Xiao Qiao was happy in his heart, and gave Jiulong a big kiss.

Then go back to rest, at about three o'clock in the middle of the night, Jiulong suddenly told Xiao Qiao that the time is just right to fight now, saying that he may not be able to meet good things.

Xiao Qiao is really helpless, sleepy-eyed, and can't open his eyes.

Jiulong dragged Xiao Qiao out of bed, washed it clean, and put on an extra autumn coat to keep out the cold, and then set off.

I walked forward, in the middle of the night, there was no car all the way, and I arrived at my destination in less than ten minutes.

Xiao Qiao's eyes looked at it, and on a wall covered with gray glazed tiles, the seven gold-inlaid characters of "Panjiayuan Thrift Market" were particularly eye-catching.

It turned out to be here, and I had to tell me that Jiulong wanted to Taobao with all his minds, for fear of being rejected by me.

If you come, you will be safe, just toss it blindly by Kowloon, I am here with him this time, don't spoil his interest.

"Xiao Qiao, now is the time for the 'ghost market' to open, let's hurry in. ”

Kowloon's voice rang in his ears.

Originally, Xiao Qiao had relaxed his mood and just walked inside, when he heard the word "ghost", he was startled, and his feet suddenly couldn't move, could it be that this is haunted in the middle of the night?

Jiulong knew that his inexplicable words were misunderstood by Xiao Qiao, and hurriedly explained: "'Ghost market' means getting up in the middle of the night to find treasures, what ghosts, don't be afraid." After speaking, he grabbed Xiao Qiao with his hand and let her heart relax.

"You're going to tell me what's going on, I'm going in. ”

Little Joe is unrelenting, and he has to figure it out.

"Actually, I haven't been here either, but when I came, I checked the Internet and found out what was going on. ”

Kowloon tells a story about a ghost market: When the Empress Dowager Cixi celebrated her 60th birthday, it coincided with a national crisis, but she had to ask the little eunuchs to prepare a fox fur coat for her.

Seeing that the time of Cixi's birthday was approaching, the little eunuch was so sad that he had no way to find it, so he had to worship the Buddha and burn incense, and faintly heard the Buddha signaling him to go to the ghost market of Panjiayuan.

After the little eunuch came to Panjiayuan, he really bought a very good fox fur coat, and after the transaction was completed, the seller suddenly disappeared.

The little eunuch touched it, and the fox fur coat was still hot, and he woke up to the fact that the seller was a fox fairy, and he took off his skin to save the little eunuch's life.

The legendary ghost market is not selling, this is the rule set by the older generation of the ghost market, because the ghost market is a night activity, midnight, yin and yang alternate, a hundred ghosts travel at night, people are afraid that the shouting sound will disturb the ghosts and gods of the Quartet, scare away the gods of wealth.

Therefore, in the "ghost market" of Panjiayuan, no one can hear the sound of selling in a frustrated manner, and so far, no one dares to break the rules left by this ancestor.

Not only that, if you want to buy something in the ghost market, you must also use "jargon", and the buyer and seller bargain secretly with both hands, lest their peers know the price code and take the opportunity to disrupt the business.

The jargon of the ghost market is "what, press, search, shame, crooked, material, pretty, stupid, foot, spoon", and these 10 characters are used to represent one to ten.

This kind of bizarre legend made me more curious about the ghost market, and I longed to visit Panjiayuan at night and go to the ghost market to find out.

"That's why I'm coming to Ghost City. ”

After Kowloon's introduction, he honestly stated the purpose of coming to the ghost market.

Xiao Qiao was relieved to walk into the ghost market with Kowloon.

As soon as I walked into Panjiayuan, I saw a crowd of people walking in shadows, and under the dim lights and some cold weather, it looked even more ethereal and ghostly.

Under a huge shed, I saw that all the sellers were lined up with furoshiki, leaving only a narrow aisle waiting for customers to come to the door, seeing these, Kowloon immediately became sleepy, holding Xiao Qiao hurriedly walked over, sure enough, I didn't hear the loud shouting, and there was no loud noise, there were a lot of vendors selling all kinds of wooden skewers and Bodhi seeds, and there were people gathered in front of these stalls, some of them also played flashlights, and there were also a few vendors with porcelain bottles and bowls in front of them.

The two of them walked around in this stall one by one, and still did not see the legendary buyer and seller bargaining, but saw an old man with a flashlight and a calculator to bargain with the vendor selling antiques, the vendor did not hear how much Kowloon asked, only saw the uncle press 6000 on the calculator, the vendor looked at it with a flashlight to shine on the uncle's favorite coin and said: "Look, you check the weight again, the goods will have this number." ”

After saying that, he pressed a few numbers on the calculator, and the uncle was happy after reading his price, and pressed 13,000 on the calculator again, and said, "I'll add some more to you, and you can sell me this pair too." As he spoke, he pointed to another pair of porcelain.

The vendor looked at the price, hesitated for a moment, and then agreed, and said, "Let's just open a shop, like you, then we really can't make money." ”

So the uncle took out a wad of RMB and handed it to the vendor, cleared the money and goods, and took it away.

Xiao Qiao saw it in his eyes, smiled, and asked Jiulong if he saw the doorway.

Jiulong whispered back: "The old man should have taken a fancy to them, but first pick the most expensive one, kill the price low, and then buy the cheap pair together, it can be seen that this bargaining knowledge is quite deep." ”

"You ghost, I can't hide anything from you. ”

Xiao Qiao couldn't help but praise Jiulong.

Continuing to walk forward, Kowloon saw a person in a robe passing by, how could he be so familiar?

Looking at his blurred face, goatee, and beard, how he was a bit similar to Master Yunguang, this person was fast, and he didn't say a word, he walked straight forward, and he didn't look at the antiques on both sides.

It's so strange, Jiulong became curious, pulled Xiao Qiao, and rushed forward, he wanted to see with his own eyes what it was.

I was about to catch up, but when I got around the corner, I suddenly disappeared.

This is the end of the night market, sparsely populated, with few people.

On the stall, suddenly a little brother stretched out his hands and stopped Kowloon.

He approached Kowloon and whispered, "I have something from the field here, or else." ”

Then he spread out his dirty hands, and on his palm, a jade carving handle appeared, resembling a monk.