Volume 2 Southern Xinjiang Itsuka Chapter 26 Ancient Mirror

"Once my father received a bronze mirror from a tomb robber. The bronze mirror is inlaid with gold and jade, which is extraordinarily luxurious; The back of the mirror is exquisitely carved, and the pattern is the scene of ten thousand immortals coming to congratulate; The mirror surface has not been damaged for thousands of years, and the moon will reflect at night, such as the bright moon in the dark room. My father also found someone to identify it, and I heard that it was something from the Tang Dynasty, and nine times out of ten it was something of the royal family. At that time, my father thought that since such a miraculous thing was a royal thing, it would be even more valuable. Uncle Xu then sighed and said, "But this mirror almost killed my whole family......

"What's going on?" I hurriedly asked him.

"At that time, there were five people in my grandfather's family, my grandparents, my father and mother, and my father's sister, my sister-in-law......" Uncle Xu said slowly, "At that time, my father wanted to find a suitable buyer after getting the ancient mirror, but after asking a few companies, he did not give the ideal price." Actually, my father asked for a bit too much, but the mirror was definitely worth the price. And my sister-in-law liked the mirror so much since she saw it, and every time my father said he was going to sell it, she was always unhappy. My father's most painful thing when he was a child was his sister, because he couldn't find a suitable person to take over for a while, and saw that she liked this mirror so much, so it was up to her. My sister-in-law didn't care if the mirror came out of the tomb or not, but put it on the dressing table in her boudoir, and she couldn't get enough of it every day. Uncle Xu said slowly, "Who knew that after a short time, my sister-in-law became unthinkable and thinner." At that time, my father thought that there was nothing wrong with a girl's family liking to look in the mirror, but it was a bit excessive, so he took the ancient mirror to his room despite his sister-in-law's strong objections, and did not think much about the rest. Gradually, however, my parents and sister-in-law became obsessed with the mirror. The three of them sat together all day, looking in the mirror, and they were always bored, and they often let out weird laughs......"

"There's really something wrong with that ancient mirror." I said to Uncle Xu.

Uncle Xu nodded: "The three of them don't let anyone touch that mirror, whoever moves will fight with whom, even my grandparents are no exception......"

"Mom and Dad don't recognize it?" I gasped, thinking that this mirror had enough power to deceive people.

"Yes! It didn't take long for all three of them to become listless, with deep-sunken eyes and skinny skinny. In my father's later words, he was able to knock him down with a little wind. ”

"And how did you solve it?" I asked.

"Until one night, my grandparents secretly hid the ancient mirror......"

"Hidden the mirror? And your father, they...... What's the reaction......"

Uncle Xu said: "It's weird. The day after I found out that the mirror was missing, my parents and sister-in-law were like no one, they should eat, sleep, and seem to have returned to normal. But in the middle of the night the next day......"

"What happened the next night?" I asked urgently.

"My grandparents were already asleep, but in the hazy moment, someone seemed to be walking around the house. When the two of them opened their eyes, they found that the two of them were tied to a chair in the room, and my parents and sister-in-law were sitting in front of them. The two of them could see clearly through the moonlight that came through the window, and the eyes of my father and the three of them were pitch black, like two black holes, and they stared at the two of them directly. ”

"My grandfather loudly asked them what they were going to do. But the three of them remained indifferent, just sitting there motionless. My grandfather suddenly saw that on the table not far from them, there was the ancient mirror that he had hidden, and it was facing them at this time, glowing with white light, and the shadows of the five of them in the mirror were so clear. At this time, the old bell rang at home, and it was twelve o'clock in the middle of the night......"

When my father and the three of them heard the bell, they all walked to the table and held out their hands to the ancient mirror, as if they were about to take something. At this moment, a blue-purple hand stretched out from the mirror. If it weren't for seeing it with his own eyes, my grandfather would hardly believe his eyes. The hand resembled that of a woman, with long, sharp nails faintly revealing black and red, and three white ribbons in its hand. ”

My father and the three of them took the ribbon from the hand, and the hand retracted into the mirror, and in its place was a woman's face, which slowly emerged in the mirror. Although the face was delicate, it was pale, and the smile on the corner of his mouth made people feel fear...... On top of that, her eyes are also two black holes, exactly like the three of them...... my father"

At this time, the maid brought tea, and after Uncle Xu took a sip, he took a short break before continuing: "My father and the three of them took the ribbon and hung it on the beam. Moved the round stool they had just sat on underneath. My grandfather had never seen this round stool at home, so I was sure it wasn't his own. After the stool was moved, my father and the three of them stood on the round stool, tying the ends of the hanging silk together and tying them into a dead knot......"

"At this time, didn't my grandparents know what was about to happen? So, they called out the names of my father and the three of them, telling them to wake up and not do anything stupid, but my father seemed to have turned a deaf ear to everything in the outside world. When my grandmother saw her son, daughter-in-law and daughter hanging in front of her eyes, she couldn't help but cry. My grandfather was anxious, but he was calmer than my grandmother. At this time, he looked at the ancient mirror again, and found that the face he had just seen had disappeared. At this moment, the mirror shows a woman in a big red robe, standing on a round stool with her hair scattered. The round stool was the same as the stool at my father's feet. I saw that she was holding the white silk hanging from the beam of the room with both hands, and was about to stick her head into it...... The movements were synchronized with my father's. Whatever she does, my father and they do. ”

"At this time, my grandfather could not control this, and shouted at the mirror: 'Monster, you have the ability to come at me, don't hurt my son and daughter!' The woman seemed to hear her grandfather's shouts in the mirror and glanced sideways at him. This glance scared my grandfather. He had never seen such a terrible face, and although he had only seen half of it at the time, the half of the face had two rows of teeth more than three inches long, each as sharp as an awl. Although the woman was in the mirror from a distance, my grandfather could clearly see that the rotten flesh on her cheeks was like dead ashes, and the pieces were turned outward, and one of the eyeballs was pulled out of the socket, not to mention how scary. Uncle Xu described it very clearly, as if he had seen it with his own eyes, and I think his grandfather and his father must have told him about it more than once, so he could keep it firmly in his heart.