Chapter 55: Soul and Spirit
Li Chenfeng sighed, it seems that Erwuxuan has to go.
"I'm a little curious, isn't a person without a soul equivalent to death, according to what you said, if Luo Shanshan lost her soul in Erwuxuan, she should die on the spot, and it is impossible to be hospitalized with illness later."
Mo Cheng: "Actually, I don't know this very well, but apart from that Erwuxuan, I really can't find a second suspicious place." β
"Actually, a person who has no soul does not die immediately. β
Li Chenfeng: "What do you say?" β
Painting skin: "Human beings are the unity of body, soul, and spirit, in which the body is the form of a person, the soul controls people's ideology, and the soul controls people's power. β
The yellow-robed Taoist chief: "The Taoist book has clouds, the soul is light, the soul is dull, the soul is flying and the soul is sluggish, it is called a walking corpse." β
Li Chenfeng: "So Luo Shanshan didn't have a serious illness, but lost her soul and became a walking corpse." β
Yellow-robed Daoist: "That's right. β
Li Chenfeng: "It seems that there is really a problem with this Erwuxuan, so I'll take a trip." β
After Li Chenfeng searched for some information about Erwuxuan on the Internet, it was similar to what Zhang Sellgou told him before, Erwuxuan is a century-old shop, originated in the late Qing Dynasty, in the seventies and eighties, the main nostalgic photography, with the development of network technology, it is now turned to the main Qing Palace style cos photography, which is very popular among young people.
As for the name Erwuxuan, there is also a detailed explanation on the Internet. The so-called "wu" means "me" in classical Chinese, and "Erwu" is both "two mes", which means that the person in the photo is exactly the same as me in the outside world, which is equivalent to having two mes.
At the beginning of Erwuxuan's establishment, photographic technology had not yet been fully popularized, and this kind of thing that perfectly surpassed traditional portraits was indeed quite shocking. Li Chenfeng even remembered a legend he had heard, saying that many people did not dare to take pictures in the last years of the Qing Dynasty, because they thought that it was a kind of thing that could capture people's souls, and the people in the photos were exactly the same as themselves, which meant that their souls were loaded into the photos.
In this age when selfies are rampant on the Internet, this legend sounds ridiculous, but it really seems to have some connection with the problems that Li Chenfeng is currently encountering.
Early the next morning, Li Chenfeng found Erwuxuan's address according to the card left by Hong Ye.
The faΓ§ade of this place is not large, only the size of an ordinary noodle restaurant, but its decoration is very tasteful, and the wooden door frame and signboard are finely carved with various traditional patterns, which makes it seem out of place in this world of steel and concrete.
Li Chenfeng slowly stepped into the threshold, and found that there was even more inside it, its overall layout was like a long gallery, and the walls on both sides were hung with all kinds of old photographs, most of which were mainly black and white, all of them were young people in Manchu costumes.
It is worth mentioning that there don't seem to be any electrical facilities in Erwuxuan, even the lighting is candles, and the innermost cameras are also the kind of black boxes that only appear in film and television dramas.
Not to mention, walking in here really means a little bit of crossing.
"Sir, do you want to take a picture?"
I don't know where a hunchbacked old man with round-framed sunglasses came out of nowhere, Li Chenfeng was startled by him.
"Ouch hey, you're ......"
A smile appeared on the old man's wrinkled face. "I'm sorry sir, now we are holding an event in our store, and a full set of Qing Palace retro photos are at a 20% discount."
"Uh...... Actually, I'm not here to take pictures, I want to find someone, is Hong Ye here? β
"Oh, so you're looking for our boss, he's out for something today. Sir, if it is convenient, please leave your name and phone number and I can inform you when the boss returns. β
Li Chenfeng poked his head and looked at the innermost part of the store, there were only some background wallpapers, somehow, Li Chenfeng seemed to be hiding something in those empty background pictures, and those old black and white backgrounds seemed very real, if you looked closely, it seemed that the carved fence pavilion and the deep palace courtyard were in front of you......
"Sir, sir......"
Li Chenfeng came back to his senses. "Oh, I'm sorry, don't bother you, I'll be here later."
As soon as he stepped out of the gate of Erwuxuan, three familiar faces walked over on the street, and they were actually Taozi, Zebo and Xiaoyu.
"Brother Morrowind, are you also here to take pictures?"
"You ......"
Xiaoyu said with a smile: "We saw on the Internet that this Erwuxuan Qing Palace retro photo studio seems to be very popular recently, so we came over to take a look." β
"It's really interesting to look at the retro faΓ§ade, and I love it," Zepo said. β
Taozi yawned, looking listless.
"What's going on, Brother Chenfeng, you're also interested in this thing?"
Li Chenfeng shook his head. "There, I'll come and find someone."
"I'll just say, what's the meaning of this kind of bells and whistles, you two can go in if you like, I'm not in the mood."
"Okay, then you wait outside first, and then we will go to cram school together later."
Taozi agreed weakly. "yes, got it."
Li Chenfeng patted Taozi on the shoulder. "Why, I went to be a thief last night, and I made this look like a decay?"
"There, I went on an all-night net, and I was pulled here early in the morning by those two guys. Anyway, why didn't my sister-in-law stay with you today? β
Li Chenfeng bounced towards him with a brain meltdown. "Sister-in-law, your sister, you don't have a long memory, do you?"
"Just kidding."
Li Chenfeng smiled slightly and raised his eyebrows. "Anyway, is it really good for you kid to be like this?"
Taozi was stunned for a moment. "Brother Morrowind, what do you mean?"
Li Chenfeng glanced towards Erwu Xuan. "You're not active in doing anything like this, but the good things have been robbed by Zebo, and after a while, the two of them will take a couple photo in it, then you can ......"
"Alas, Brother Morrowind, stop, I don't mean that to Xiaoyu."
"Come on, I don't know what you're thinking in your kid's heart, just the way you look at Xiaoyu, tsk, it's all light."
Taozi usually grins a lot, but at this time he actually blushed a little. "That'...... What's the deal, Zebo is my best buddy, I can't get in the way. β
This is not right, what is called a sideways foot, everything that can be fought for must be fought for. I see that you kid usually don't do anything serious, I thought your EQ should be quite high, you ...... Isn't that a little unreasonable? β
Taozi was not good at answering, Li Chenfeng smiled slightly and patted him on the shoulder.
"Come on, boy."
After returning to the bookstore, Li Chenfeng originally thought about going over again in the afternoon, but later because the bookstore was a little busy, he had to postpone it until the next day.
After dinner, Li Chenfeng suddenly received a call from Taozi. "Brother Chenfeng, you come to the Central Hospital quickly, Xiaoyu and Zebo have an accident."