Sun Guoliang said: "After he entered the door, he didn't say a word, and I immediately understood that he had something important to say to me, so I waited for my wife to pour tea and let her go back to the room to rest." After my wife left, Mr. Xiao immediately closed the door tightly and did not explain what had happened until he was sure that my wife and son were asleep. ”

Qi Lu asked: "What did he say?"

He took out a brocade box from his bosom and handed it to me, and when I opened it and found that it contained a Songwen sword, I was surprised and asked him what it meant. Mr. Xiao said you don't really want this sword, I'll sell it to you now. ”

"Isn't this exactly what you want," Qi Lu asked with a smile.

"Yes, I was ecstatic at the time, and I didn't think of any special reason at all, so I hurriedly told Mr. Xiao that I didn't have much cash at home, and asked him to tell me the password of the bank card, and I immediately transferred it to him through online banking, but Mr. Xiao said that he didn't want money."

"What, don't want money" Not only Qi Lu, but even Lao Wu and Ding Xiaolan wondered if they had heard it wrong, or guessed that Xiao Congwen was stupid.

"He said that he liked the Qing Dynasty yellow ground green color flower and bird pattern bowl he saw at my house last time, and he wanted to exchange this bowl with a Songwen sword."

"Then didn't you take a big advantage" Qi Lu was surprised, although he didn't know how much the bowl Sun Guoliang said was worth, but it definitely couldn't be compared with Song Wenjian

"yes, I was shocked when I heard his proposal. Not to mention that he has been my friend for many years, even if he is an ordinary customer in business, I can't make black money with my conscience. So I refused, and even proposed to add more than ten pieces of porcelain from the Ming and Qing dynasties in exchange for Songwen Sword. ”

Qi Lu asked: "Did Mr. Xiao agree?"

He was very stubborn, and he resolutely didn't want anything else, just the flower and bird pattern bowl. I wondered if there was some secret hidden in the bowl, so he was in a hurry to exchange swords. ”

Qi Lu also had the same idea as Sun Guoliang, but before he could ask Sun Guoliang, he heard him say urgently: "Actually, the flower and bird pattern bowl was purchased by me from the auction house, its glaze is full and round, the color is distinct, it can be regarded as a good product, I usually appreciate and play with it when I am fine, and I am quite familiar with it." When I bought it, I was worried that there were cracks in the bowl that could not be seen by the naked eye, for fear of being deceived, so I specially asked someone to test it with an instrument, and I didn't find anything abnormal. ”

Qi Lu pondered for a moment and said, "What do you mean is that if there is something or a secret hidden in this bowl, it should have been discovered when it was checked with an instrument, instead of waiting until Xiao Congwen was in a hurry to change the bowl before thinking of testing."

"Yes." After Sun Guoliang poured tea for Qi Lu and the others, he said: "I was puzzled, but seeing Mr. Xiao's anxious mood, he took out the bowl and prepared to ask what happened." Unexpectedly, he took the bowl in his hand, and immediately stuffed the box containing the sword into my hand, and without even saying a kind word, he hurriedly took his leave. ”

Qi Lu snorted lightly, he was speechless in his heart, he really couldn't guess Xiao Congwen's secret motive for doing this loss-making business. Ding Xiaolan asked timidly: "Mr. Xiao won't exchange a fake sword for your porcelain bowl."

It was really a word to wake up the person in the dream, Qi Lu couldn't help but look at Ding Xiaolan with appreciation, and what she said was also the most reasonable explanation. However, Sun Guoliang's next answer made Qi Lu's thoughts fall into a fog again.

"Miss Ding is right, I also had such an idea at that time, and quickly took out the sword from the box and looked at it under the lamp, but I recognized that this was a fake Songwen sword, Xiao Congwen didn't cheat me."

Qi Lu was stunned, and couldn't help but envy Sun Guoliang, secretly saying how he couldn't touch such a good thing, he suppressed a little jealousy, and asked Sun Guoliang: "What happened to Mr. Xiao later, and what is the story of that bowl?"

"What else, that bowl was sold to someone else for 100,000 yuan for his son last year."

"Ah" Qi Lu exclaimed: "Mr. Xiao doesn't care?"

"He can't manage it if he wants to," Sun Guoliang sighed lightly, "On the third day after the sword change, he hanged himself." ”

When Qi Lu heard this, he was shocked again, and hurriedly asked: "Why did he commit suicide?"

"No one knows what the specific reason is, but his family also said that there was no abnormal behavior in the days before his death, and there was nothing wrong with his economy and life." Sun Guoliang sighed slightly, and then sighed and said: "Actually, the reason for his death is only known to me, and it is because of Song Wenjian. ”

"This doesn't make sense, the sword has belonged to you, even if it is a magic sword, it should be in Xiao Congwen's hands to bring him misfortune, not wait until the owner changes hands to bring disaster."

Sun Guoliang said with a wry smile: "At first, I didn't associate Mr. Xiao's death with Song Wenjian, but after attending his funeral, his son handed me a letter, and I suspected that Mr. Xiao's death was related to the sword." ”

After speaking, Sun Guoliang took out a letter from the drawer of his desk and handed it to Qi Lu and said: "His son said that this letter was given to him by his father the day before he died, and he was instructed to send him this letter if he died. He spoke in a calm tone that day, and his son didn't take it seriously until my father died, and I didn't remember the letter until I went to the funeral when my father died. ”

Qi Lu opened the envelope and took out the yellowed letter paper to take a look, and the person was stunned for a moment.

There was only one short sentence on the letter: Friend, if I am in misfortune, please destroy the Songwen Sword, otherwise the evil curse contained in the sword will fall on your head.

Isn't this exactly the same thing as Sun Guoliang when he persuaded himself to destroy the sword Qi Lu looked at Sun Guoliang in surprise, and suddenly realized that Songwen Sword was not an ordinary sword.

"It's a pity that I was obsessed with my mind at the beginning, and I took Xiao Congwen's exhortation as the wind in my ears." Sun Guoliang shook his head and smiled bitterly, "When the Songwen Sword was owned by me, I often played with this sword alone late at night, and gradually, I discovered that this sword had an unusual spirituality. ”

"Can you tell me about any specific spirituality?"

"Ever since I had this sword, every time there has been a thunderstorm, thunder and lightning have swirled back and forth on the eaves, but nothing has been damaged."

Qi Lu smiled and said: "This is the legendary Heavenly Thunder Fire, which can get rid of any evil spirits." ”

"I thought it was so, but it wasn't." Sun Guoliang twisted his eyebrows and said: "When the thunder fire appeared, the Songwen sword in the box seemed to be induced, and it clanged in the box, making a dragon-like roar. I was overjoyed in my heart, thinking that the sword leads to heaven and earth, and contains the qi of Tiangang, so there is such a spiritual response. ”

Lao Wu also nodded and said, "This seems to be an auspicious omen, you should indeed be happy." ”

But Sun Guoliang disagreed with Lao Wu's point of view, he pulled and said: "Once a rainstorm came, the frequency of thunder and lightning increased much more than usual. I was eating at home when I suddenly saw a thunderbolt pass through the window and hit the wooden box where the Songwen Sword was placed in the inner room. I was shocked and rushed to check what was going on, only to find that the wooden box had been struck by lightning and charred, but the Songwen sword was intact. I was glad to find a strange phenomenon, that is, the window through which the lightning struck was actually as undamaged as the sword. ”

Qi Lu said: "Sure enough, it is not an ordinary thunderbolt, only real thunder and fire have such characteristics. ”

"After going through this incident, I regarded the Songwen Sword as an artifact, so I locked it in a safe, and never took it out easily to enjoy with others."

"If your wealth is not exposed, it will not be good if you are targeted by thieves. In other words, I am as cautious as Mr. Sun. ”

"But what kind of artifact is it, it's actually a magic sword" Sun Guoliang's face showed Qi Lu's familiar painful expression again.

"I can't feel the strangeness of the Songwen Sword from Mr. Sun's words just now, why do you insist on thinking that it is a magic sword?"

"After that lightning strike, the evil nature of the Songwen Sword gradually revealed." Sun Guoliang said with a bitter face: "Although it still makes a sound in a thunderstorm, it is no longer the crisp dragon moan that it used to be, but a miserable strange sound, if you listen carefully, you seem to be able to hear a woman's cry mixed in with it." The blade of the sword also became as red as blood, and did not fade until the sky cleared. ”

"Strange" Qi Lu turned his head and asked Lao Wu: "Xiangrui turned into an evil omen in a blink of an eye, is it because after being struck by the heavenly thunder, the aura of the sword itself was erased?"

Lao Wu sneered and said, "The truth is never the appearance that your eyes see. This has nothing to do with Thunder Fire, but is the destined result of the characteristics of Songwen Sword itself. I don't think Mr. Sun will refute my point of view."

Seeing Sun Guoliang nodding in agreement with Lao Wu's words, Qi Lu couldn't help but have doubts, and he then asked, "Lao Wu, you make your words clear." ”

Lao Wu said sharply: "You and I still don't understand how many years of catching demons, when demons and ghosts confuse people's hearts, they often appear with beautiful and kind faces, luring the world to fall into the trap he has already laid step by step."

"Are you saying that the Songwen Sword is an evil thing, but it uses the appearance of a divine soldier to tempt collectors"

Sun Guoliang pounded the table with his hand and said hatefully: "Yes, it's a pity that it's too late for me to see through this trap."

"But I didn't feel that Mr. Sun was cursed by the sword." Qi Lu still couldn't believe it.

"It's just that the time has not yet come, but sooner or later it will make me repeat the tragedy of Xiao Congwen." Sun Guoliang said sadly: "Because my family has been cursed by Songwen Sword. ”

Qi Lu asked: "What's going on?"

"After that lightning strike, my wife was in a trance all day, with frequent auditory hallucinations in her ears, and often told me that she saw ghosts wandering around the house during the day. I thought she had a nervous breakdown, so I took her to the doctor, but the doctor said she was not sick. ”

"The symptoms of the charm seem to be fascinated by evil things such as fox ghosts." Lao Wu whispered behind Qi Lu's back, and Qi Lu suddenly chuckled in his heart.

"It wasn't until one day, when I saw a female ghost appear at home, that I knew that what my wife said was true." Sun Guoliang's hands clenched the edge of the table, his face twitching as he recalled the painful past.

"That night I woke up from a nightmare, and saw a woman in red floating in front of my bed, her faceless face was pale and bloody, and her eyes were bleeding and tearful, looking pitiful and terrible. Since then, I have seen this female ghost many times, and every time she appears, she is surrounded by a red mist, and when she leaves, she slowly disappears in the mist. ”

Qi Lu asked: "Mr. Sun, don't worry, I have learned some Maoshan spells, and when she reappears, I will eliminate her for you and return you to peace." ”

"Alas, this doesn't bother Mr. Qi. My wife hasn't been seen since she died. ”

"May I ask if your wife was killed by this female ghost?"

"I don't know, every time this female ghost appears, she floats around alone, but she doesn't harass anyone." Sun Guoliang said miserably: "My wife fell into the river and died, and the day before she died, she kept saying that someone wanted to kill her with a sword. ”

"But this doesn't mean that it's Songwen Jian's trouble."

"My son had the same symptoms as my wife during that time, but he was so fatal that he only broke his leg when he was hit by a car. A few days before the car accident, he also said that he saw someone with a sword and wanted to kill him, and he also recognized this sword as the Songwen sword in my collection. ”

Is this really the bad luck brought by Song Wenjian, or is there a monster taking the opportunity to make trouble Qi Lu The three of them were all looking at Sun Guoliang, thinking about this question in their hearts.

Sun Guoliang said hatefully: "This sword brings only death and misfortune to people."

The sound was like a roar from hell.

Qi Lu sat there like a stone, did not move, and did not ask any more questions. He didn't even have a single expression on his face, but his heart was like boiling lava.