The alarm went off---

Lin Yi got up from the bed very quickly. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Wash your face, brush your teeth, and put on a thick down jacket.

When he walked out, He Dabao was already waiting outside, smoking with Huang Jiaotou. Last night, a fight of wine made the two men friends. Huang Jiaotou didn't talk much, He Dabao said here, and he listened. It's also very tacit.

Seeing Lin Yi come out, He Dabao hurriedly stepped forward and gave up a cigarette, Lin Yi waved his hand and said no. Then asked Lao Cao why he hadn't come out yet.

He Dabao said that he had made several phone calls, probably sleeping lazy. Lin Yi was about to call again, when he saw Cao bald head yawning and black circles dangling out of the hotel.

The weather was a little cold, he shrunk his neck, and when he saw Lin Yi and them, he muttered: "This ghost weather, it's so cold, hurry up and get in the car!" ”

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Inside the car, the heating was on.

Huang Jiaotou drove, Lin Yi was in good spirits, He Dabao was used to getting up early, but Lao Cao yawned and was drowsy.

One path to the vicinity of Panjiayuan, it was a cold day, and he really didn't want to get out of the car, but Lin Yi was worried about the "ghost market", and he didn't care about the cold wind, so he got out of the car directly.

The other people behind him also came down, and it was only three o'clock in the morning, but the Panjiayuan was already full of ghosts, and the mysterious "ghost market" of Panjiayuan in Beijing had long been occupied by the hustle and bustle of Taobao people.

The shouts of "borrow, borrow, borrow" rang out constantly, and the occasional passing car illuminated the blurred faces of the roadside or leaning or pulling the carts, like ghosts.

Speaking of the "ghost market" of Panjiayuan, we have to start from the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, when the society was in turmoil, and people were panicked all day long, even the Empress Dowager Cixi ran away with urine, not to mention ordinary people.

It is in this context that some fallen palace nobles, as well as some officials in the imperial court, have to take out the ancestral treasures of the family and sell them in order to support their families.

It's easy to sell, but these old men used to have heads and faces, how can they take the treasure and sell it in the market at will? It's a shame!

In order to avoid encountering acquaintances, these former rich lords, celebrities and dignitaries took advantage of the bright sky and a little dim light to take antique calligraphy and paintings, and personally set up stalls to sell them on the street, so as to save face and make a sale.

In the huge Beijing, there are countless relatives of the emperor, dignitaries and dignitaries are everywhere, and as soon as the imperial court falls, there are naturally many people who are "bankrupt", so over time, more and more people go to the street to sell antiques before dawn, forming a habit and achieving a ghost market. Back then, there were some unknown objects in the "ghost market", because they all had unspeakable secrets, and most of them could only be sold at a low price. The rumor of "good goods from the ghost market" also spread.

In fact, there is a very superstitious saying about the origin of the "ghost market" in Panjiayuan.

It is said that the Panjiayuan ghost market was opened when the yin and yang were intertwined, and at this time, the world was shrouded in a faint light and shadow, and no one could see who clearly. At this time, not only the living come to visit the market, but also the dead souls like to come here.

The most interesting of these accounts is a legend related to the Empress.

When Cixi celebrated her sixtieth birthday, it coincided with a national crisis, but this old guy was very greedy, and he insisted that the little eunuchs prepare a fox fur coat for her. At that time, Beijing was almost empty, where to find a fox fur coat?

Seeing that Cixi's birthday was approaching, the little eunuch was so worried that he had to worship the Buddha and burn incense, and faintly heard that the Buddha asked him to go to 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. When the little eunuch touched it, the fox fur coat was still hot, and he found out that the seller was a fox fairy, and took off the skin to save his life.

There are many theories about how the ghost market of Panjiayuan is formed, and it does not matter how high the credibility is, the key is that these legends have added a sense of mystery to the ghost market of Panjiayuan, making the ghost market of Panjiayuan more flavorful and more like a "ghost market"!

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Nowadays, the reason for hiding and hiding no longer exists, but it has become a tradition to go to Panjiayuan at 4:30 in the morning to set up a stall to shop for goods, and it is also a business. Even if pie is going to fall from the sky, only those who arrive early can get a piece of the pie. Merchants who came one step later could only wait in line for someone to withdraw their stalls, although every inch of land here is expensive--- 10 bricks cost 3,500 yuan, it is still very popular. Those who can rush to this point to shop for goods are not connoisseurs but also definitely collectors, and their habits for many years keep their flashlights and cloth bags with them. They first took a small flashlight to study the items in the photo, and some people stopped for twenty or thirty minutes, and then bargained unhurriedly, and if the deal was made, they quickly stuffed the "baby" into the cloth bag they carried.

There are not a few people like Lin Yi who come to Taobao to Taobao, and there is an endless stream of people like them--- wearing searchlights on their heads, gloves on their hands, and pulling simple cars behind them.

It can be said that Panjiayuan is a place where dreams can be found, a place that can bring fun and wealth to collectors, and the stories here are the same as the goods sold in the Panjiayuan thrift market, which are both true and false, and people are inscrutable. It is said that an old man only spent a few dozen yuan to buy a Yuan Dynasty Jingdezhen glaze color goblet with inscriptions; Some people even said that a 100-kilogram mammoth skull fossil was found in Panjiayuan, and experts identified its market price as 5 million yuan. Such stories are passed on from mouth to mouth, regardless of the source, and no one denies them, and everyone will believe them. But this belief is doubtful, and the joys and sorrows are mixed, which just makes the unique charm of the Panjiayuan thrift market.

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Under the leadership of the guide He Dabao, Lin Yi finally stepped into the Pan home in his dream.

Looking at it, the entire "ghost market" is blind with black lights and shadows, Lin Yi's eyes are moistened by aura, and they are much stronger than ordinary people, even if they don't rely on the searchlight on their heads, they can see the surroundings clearly.

I saw a huge "ghost market" full of all kinds of items: antique furniture, four treasures of the study, ancient books and paintings, agate jade, Chinese and foreign coins, shadow puppet masks, religious tokens, national costumes, "Cultural Revolution" relics and even daily necessities.

Lin Yi was playing with books, and most of them were not interested in these things, so he ran directly to those old book stalls.

Those who come to the ghost market to sell books are basically outsiders, and they see the bookstalls on the ground not far away, one after another, full of books. In order to attract customers who came to Taobao, some shopkeepers shouted loudly with foreign accents: "2 yuan a copy, 2 yuan a copy." "What's more, it's 5 yuan for three copies. Don't think it's a thin booklet or magazine, no! No matter how thick or thin a book is, it is a price. Of course, some books with historical value are sold at more than the original price, after all, no fool is buying and selling old books.

In the face of such a price temptation, many people who visit the bookstall in the ghost market can't hold it, so many book-loving readers, as well as Taobao people, all take action, I buy, I buy, buy, buy!! Some people can't even hold it with four hands! I only hate myself for having two less hands......!

Looking around, the buyers who came prepared were all like Lin Yi, pulling a small cart, carrying an eco-friendly bag, wearing a searchlight, or holding a flashlight, and were concentrating on searching for their favorite old books.

Lin Yi kept browsing in front of various bookstalls, and then saw an eldest sister with a Sichuan accent dumping all the old books on a tricycle to the ground, shouting: "The old books collected by the library --- 2 yuan a copy to dispose of!" If you want to pick up the leak, come quickly! ”

As soon as I heard about the handling of the library's collection, it immediately attracted a lot of shoppers, only to see flashlights flickering, and many people were like sharks in the night, swimming past.

Lin Yi also leaned over, only to see that an old man had already grabbed a large number of books, hugged them tightly in his arms and selected them, and threw them away if he didn't want them, and sandwiched them under his armpits if he wanted them, and his movements were quick and skillful.

Lin Yi saw that most of the books he was holding were health and healthy books, and the collection value was not great. Another man, wearing a torn cotton coat, was also picking up on the ground, Lin Yi saw that all the books he selected were books with beautiful covers during the "Cultural Revolution", and he looked like a connoisseur, because most of these books would not be reprinted, and now they are cabbage prices, and they will definitely appreciate in the future.

To Lin Yi's surprise, there was a foreigner who grabbed books at this used bookstall and looked at the books he picked up were all old books in Russian, including literature and architectural science; Lin Yi guessed that maybe this was a Russian, after all, there are not many people who can read this kind of book. And this foreigner can be regarded as the first "ghost" that Lin Yi saw in the "ghost market" of Panjiayuan! (To be continued.) )