"Yo, it's not easy today, there is business coming to the door so early." The old shopkeeper got up from the recliner with his support, stretched his waist, looked at us carefully for a while, and continued: "A few people have come from afar, please come to the backyard to rest for a while."

We listened to him, and I went in, and there happened to be a square stone platform inside, and a stone pier on one side, enough for us to sit down.

The old shopkeeper brought the tea set from the counter, I have never been a person who is good at tasting tea, I just saw that we were given a cup of tea with very particular steps, and the teacup was more than a wine glass.

Then, the old shopkeeper was not busy with business, but went to the north corner of the courtyard, and gave incense to the four statues enshrined on a shrine, and bowed respectfully four times. These four statues are not Buddha or Taoist, one is holding a good hand, wearing a green robe, and smiling; One was dressed in a purple robe, with angry eyes; One holds a thin in his left hand, a pen in his right hand, and wears a red robe; One is dressed in a green robe, just and upright. It looks quite like an official from the previous dynasty.

"Why do you have these four in your house? I've never seen this before. ”

"There are really not many people for the four of them. To tell you the truth, I can't see the wicked without evil retribution in my life, good people don't live long, justice can't be repaid, and my son has also been trained by me to become a judge. These four judges, although they are official differences, can also bless justice in the world. As for the gods, Buddhas, and Buddhas, I'm also old, and I don't need their blessings. ”

Seeing that he was almost busy, I asked him out of curiosity: "Old shopkeeper, which immortals are you worshipping?"

He smiled: "This is not an immortal, this is the four judges of the underworld, rewarding the good secretary Wei Zheng, punishing the evil secretary Zhong Kui, investigating the way of Lu Zhi, and the law secretary Cui Jue."

The old shopkeeper nodded, but seemed to finally remember about doing business, and asked, "What do you want to buy today?"

"We bought a compass, but when we looked around at the door of the store, there was everything, but there was no compass, what happened?" I asked him.

Hearing this, I was in awe of the businessman in front of me.

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Ye Lin'an got up and walked over and said, "In this way, you really should offer." I asked the old shopkeeper for four pillars of incense and lit them. I don't think these two people have known each other for a few years, otherwise they might have become old bosom friends in this matter.

The old shopkeeper entered the warehouse and took out several compasses, and I took one of the very delicate mahogany bronze compasses and laid it flat on the stone platform to look at it.

Something strange happened, and the compass in the compass pool should swing directionally and then stand still. But the pointer in this compass is like a mischievous child, jumping from side to side, and turning in circles from time to time.

The old shopkeeper looked at us and said, "It's not a layman to look at a few people, it's not a secret, there have been some problems with the compass in our store recently." So, I can't take it out and sell it. ”

"Oh? What's the problem? ”

The old shopkeeper saw my reaction and said, "It's not just you, brother, I don't know what's going on." At first, I thought that something was going to happen to my house, but when I took it out and tried it, it was the same, and then I learned that the compass in several other stores on this street was all like this... It's like..."

"Like what?" Ye Linan asked.

I looked at the others, and they were about the same, but the trajectories of the movements were not synchronized.

I was speechless for a moment, and I didn't know anything. This is not going to happen.

When he saw a few of us, he stopped smiling and asked, "What's the matter, do you know anything?"

"If we're in trouble, there's something wrong with the dragon vein, can you believe it?" I asked him.

"It's like the ground is pulsating... Ahem, no, it's impossible. The old shopkeeper smiled and waved his hand.

Hearing him say this, several of us felt that something was wrong. Because we know that his situation is really possible...

Before I was done, the old shopkeeper interrupted me: "Is there such a thing? You guys, how do you know? ”

"Truth be told, we're just going to stop them." Ye Lin'an.

"What? It's true? cough, cough, cough...", his voice raised at least three volumes, and after shouting, there was a cough: "What I was most worried about still happened!" What's going on? The old shopkeeper asked anxiously.

"There is a group of people who went to Kunlun Ruins, wanting to cut off the anger of the ancestral mountain and let the dragon veins be..."

Then he spread the things on the stone table, counted them to fifty, and then grabbed them in his left and right hands and began to play with them.

I looked curious, and quietly approached Ye Lin'an and asked him, "What does this mean?"

"Oh? Stop, stop them? The old shopkeeper looked at us incredulously: "Good! Then you wait for me. ”

Then he went into the storeroom. I thought to myself, didn't he go to pack his things and come with us? It didn't take long for him to come to us with a bunch of things that looked like thin twigs, and asked Ye Lin'an to give him a seat.

Finally, he nodded and looked at us: "It seems that what a few people said is true. It's a pity that such a big event, the old man is old, I'm afraid he won't be able to go to Kunlun Mountain. But don't worry, I'll do my best to help. Then he went into the warehouse again.

When he came out this time, he didn't hold a bunch of things, but only took a very big box. When I opened it, it was a compass that was only five centimeters square, but I could tell at a glance that it was different—its hands were steady.

"This is yarrow divination, a very primitive method, it seems that he is proficient."

The old shopkeeper was playing with the pile of yarrow, and his mouth was changing what he was talking about, and after about ten minutes, he put down the grass and made a calculation.

"Thank you to the old shopkeeper, we don't lack anything, we came to buy a compass. In that case, let's go. ”

They all stood up, and the old shopkeeper sent us out, and kept instructing: "This matter is very important, you must succeed, and you can't let the dragon vein be destroyed" and something like that.

Old shopkeeper: "You take this." What I said just now that all the compasses failed is not true, and this compass made of pure iron has not been affected by the earth's qi. Although you can't find the dragon point, when you get to the snowy mountain, it is not a problem to use it to determine the direction. What are you missing? I'll get it for you. ”

I accepted this iron compass, and I didn't lack anything, and I was embarrassed to ask for anything more after receiving such a thing from him.

"On horseback." Ye Lin'an.

"What, on horseback?" The old shopkeeper was surprised. Then he shook his head: "It's not okay to ride a horse, you have to be tired to death just riding a horse on this way." He took out a key from his pocket and handed it to Ye Lin'an: "It's okay, my old Liu Tou has also accumulated some belongings over the years, you can drive my carriage away, just let me do you a favor."

Seeing that we were leaving, the old shopkeeper asked, "How did you come here?"

I smiled bitterly and looked at Ye Lin'an, meaning to ask him if he wanted it.

In the end, we were almost pushed into the car by the old shopkeeper, and there were already many people around at that time, so in order not to cause unnecessary trouble, Ye Linan had to grab the reins.

Farewell to the old shopkeeper, we really embarked on the journey to the west. With the carriage, the journey was much smoother and smoother, but we still did not dare to take the main road, and only dared to cross the road in the middle of the towns and villages, but there was no shortage of places to rest and eat along the road.

Ye Linan waved his hand again and again: "No, no, what's so embarrassing."

The old shopkeeper's attitude was very resolute: "Hey, what's polite, you still have so much luggage, it's too slow to ride a horse, and it's not as safe as a carriage..."

I don't think it's a pity that such a good car may have to be ridden in the desert. But it really can't be helped.

Although my teacher taught us not to read in the bumpy carriage, I still read Mr. Shen's research on the tomb of Emperor Qin whenever I had free time. These are really the things that have been his work for many years. Between the lines, you can give me a feeling that if you are on the list, he is called second among the people who want to open the tomb of Emperor Qin, and no one can be the first, but he has always abided by the rules, and if he doesn't let it go, it can't be opened.

In the car, I asked Ye Lin'an: "Isn't he afraid of being deceived by us?" This car looks like it's worth a lot of money. ”

Ye Lin'an shook his head slightly: "No, looking at his appearance, he has been convinced of divination, feng shui, etc. in his life, and he has long had a premonition of the dragon's vein, and it is estimated that he has also achieved something in this regard." You can see that he is really worried about this. It doesn't matter if a person pays money for his beliefs, it's just the so-called money and other things. But the most pity is that this carriage entered Province X and further west, and it was impossible for this carriage to last long without taking the road. When the time comes... I have to change it to my talisman horse. ”

Kunlun Ruins is at the westernmost point of Kunlun Mountain, and it is extremely difficult to travel westward, which is a real long journey. On the route into Xinjiang, we found after research that if you don't want to cross the iceberg canyon or cross the desert, the easiest path is to follow the northern Xinjiang line when I went out of Xinjiang, but the disadvantage of this line is that there are many checkpoints on the road in Province X, and if you don't want to bump into it, you can only take the no-man's land. But the disadvantage of no man's land is that there are no people, so there are no supplies.

After walking all night, we finally wanted to enter X Province, and finally we decided to go to no man's land, in Ye Lin'an's words, there are many light cards over there, and we are too easy to be discovered. Having bought enough supplies, we decided to have a good night's rest, after all, after this point, there was no sleep.

But I couldn't sleep when I lay on it, and it turned out to be this class when I came to Province X again after a few years. I really want to see the scenery again. And the desert rose Abidan may have been married.

Although I can't talk about her, how can life be without this thought, but this is the best ending in the relationship.