Volume 1 Village Gossip Chapter 21 The Deal of Local Tyrants
When the master heard this, his eyes straightened, and he immediately nodded and asked him who he was.
So the ghost cultivator said: "My "Hundred Years of Catastrophe Record" is a manuscript, I don't know if there are many young people outside, whether the person who was handed over to me for safekeeping is still alive, I only remember that his surname is Sun, he was born handsome and chic, and his eyebrows are sharp, but it is a thin life, and when he came here, he was already a wisp of soul that left Hades and was about to be reincarnated......
Master's face was visibly touched as he listened, and I saw that his lips were trembling slightly.
Last name: Sun ...... Could it be that he is the elder of Master Sun Ta?
The ghost cultivator turned his words and asked, "What do you want the Hundred Years of Catastrophe to do?" As he said this, his eyes suddenly sharpened.
Master arched his hand and said, "We want to see some of the records about some of the things we want to know." ”
Ghost Xiu raised his eyebrows and asked, "You mean the East China Sea War?" ”
"How do seniors know?" The master was shocked, but he didn't expect the ghost cultivator to guess it all at once.
Ghost Xiu snorted coldly: "I have read the original copy of "Hundred Years of Catastrophe", and most of the content recorded in it can be verified in various classics, but this manuscript is the only one that records part of the memory of the person who copied it by hand, and this East China Sea War is the largest. ”
"Since you've seen it, can you tell us what's in it?" Master stepped forward and asked.
Ghost Xiu glanced at the master's feet, his eyes skimmed a touch of caution, and said: "It's been a long time, I have long forgotten, if you want to, change the book, the question is...... What are you going to trade it for? ”
Master took out his crystal stone from his pocket and said, "This emerald core celestial crystal is a natural magic weapon, and the spirit stone that absorbs the essence of the sun and the moon for nearly a thousand years is very beneficial to the nourishment of the soul, and can help the seniors to cultivate to a higher level. ”
Ghost Xiu only glanced at it, then showed a look of disdain, and said: "Cultivation, not the higher the better, its essence lies in the endless, compared to the things that make me cultivate further, what I want more is inheritance, your stone is extraordinary, but unfortunately I'm not interested." ”
As soon as the words fell, the ghost cultivator's gaze suddenly shot at me, and there was longing and greed in his eyes, which frightened me and hurriedly hid behind my master.
The faces of the master and the godfather changed suddenly almost at the same time, and the master's eyes were even more angry, there were so many people who grabbed people, and they also had to rely on their own charm and ability to attract them, how could they trade people as a thing?
Master is right, the transactions in the ghost market are really strange and outrageous.
The master suppressed his anger and said, "Senior, this kid is my mantle disciple, don't want to use him as a bargaining chip. ”
Ghost Xiu's face turned into an ice cave, and said, "Then you can take care of yourself!" ”
With that, he waved his hand, and all the lights around him went out, and with a bang, the door opened.
Master immediately took me by the head and walked out without looking back.
We walked a little further away from the seven-story pagoda and I asked, "Master, is that book important?" If it's important, it's not impossible to exchange me, I can escape after learning the skill. ”
I thought about it for a while and decided that this would be a good way to kill two birds with one stone.
The master actually glared at me angrily, and gave me a fried chestnut, which hurt, and he said: "You kid is Lao Tzu's apprentice, all his life, you dare to worship others as teachers, I won't pick your skin!" Pretending doesn't work either! ”
I covered my head and felt aggrieved, seeing that Master cared so much about that book, why didn't he just make a suggestion, and he was so angry.
Grandpa said on the side: "You think too simply, any old ghost, what he hopes most in his heart is to be reincarnated as a human again, that old ghost looks at you, I'm afraid that not only does he see your talent, maybe he also wants to refine you into a Ding furnace and let him reincarnate as a human!" Not to mention that you should be his disciple, even if you stay there for a short time, we will not agree. ”
I was shocked, my God, there is such a saying? The human heart is too sinister.
"It's not solid to be a Ding furnace, but it's second, you kid will try it with Lao Tzu from outsiders! The last time I have spared you, there is no third time! One day as a teacher, a lifelong father, the inheritance of master and apprentice, how can it be said that change will change, do you dare to find someone else to call your father? Something without conscience! "I don't know where I lit the master's fuse, blowing my beard at me and glaring at me, fierce and vicious, scared me aggrieved, I want to cry without tears, I have been through many disasters since I was born and have not been scolded by my parents like this.
In the end, it was my grandfather who spoke for me, which made Master's anger disappear a little, but he still kept a straight face and puffed up.
Then my grandfather whispered to me: "Any master sect attaches the most importance to inheritance, and it should not be easily offended, that is a big taboo, so your master will get angry, and you will say in front of your parents that you will no longer be their son, that is an extremely hurtful word, you must remember." ”
I nodded earnestly, indicating that I knew that I would never say anything like that again.
Master walked in front by himself, and changed to my godfather holding my hand, looking at Master's angry but lonely back, I didn't know whether I was distressed or helpless.
Since we can't get what Master wants, should we just set off and go back?
I was thinking about it when I heard a familiar shout, "Hey! A few guests, take a look, things are cheap! I can bargain! ”
I looked over and saw that the bearded man I had just met on the road had set up a stall on the side of the street, with an oil lamp hanging beside him, and an orange flame shaking. We see him smiling at us while taking out all kinds of strange objects from his backpack, but there is a hint of shrewdness in his smile, and he is definitely a veteran of business.
Master stopped in front of his stall and squatted down to look at the objects in his place, including bronze mirrors, porcelain bowls, clay pots, wooden blocks, stones, and so on, almost all of which seemed to me to be of little value.
"Don't you look good here, it's hard to get people interested." The master raised his eyes and looked at his beard and said.
"Ouch, at first glance, you two are masters of Taoism, with experience and high vision. I've got the good stuff here, it's just ...... This price ......" said Hu Hu and patted the backpack next to him, looking like he wanted to say something.
The master stretched out his hand and said calmly: "Take it out first, inspect the goods, if it is really a treasure, the price is easy to say." ”
Master's rich tone made his beard's eyes light up, and he felt that big business was coming. Immediately took out a cloth bag the size of a football from his backpack and held it in his hand and looked around, as if he was afraid that others would covet it when he saw it.
Then he carefully lifted the veil, revealing a horn, and handed it to us in a thief's hand.
I leaned over and saw only the edges of a gray rock, polished to reveal a notch, which was revealed by a faint blue light, as if some kind of precious rough stone was hidden inside.
And such a stone, there are three pieces in the baggage.
With just one glance, the master's eyebrows jumped, and the beard was smug when he saw this, knowing that he had met the master who knew the goods, and said, "How is it, do you like it?" It's a great baby. ”
The Master then regained his composure and asked him where the stone had come from.
The said that he went out to hunt for treasure and dug it up.
The master smiled coldly and said, "You bought this stone from the gambling stone market, right?" ”
The beard tightened, and then smiled again, and said: "I can't hide anything from your eyes, to tell the truth, it is indeed a gambling stone." ”
"There are many shady scenes behind the gambling stone, and it is unknown by what means you obtained this stone." Master read his beard, his eyes like a torch.
The beard pulled his cheeks and said, "Oh, big brother, you can't talk nonsense, I spent a lot of money to get it, and it was pure luck that I was able to open jade." ”
The master smiled and said, "You can make a price." ”
The beard smiled happily, put up two fingers, and said, "Cash or checks are the best, if you barter, you have to weigh what you have over there." ”
The master snorted coldly and said, "You are ruthless, your stone only shows one horn, who knows whether it is skin or flesh?" ”
"Look at what you said, I have personally appraised it, otherwise how dare I take it out and sell it, I don't want to do anything to deceive people, if you don't believe it, then don't buy it." In the face of Master's distrust, the beard looked unhappy, and immediately shook his face.
Master sighed, stood up, clapped his hands, and said, "Then let's go, let's go and have a look elsewhere." ”
"Oops! Wait a minute, wait a minute, so in this case, do you think this price is true? He opened his right hand and pointed a finger of his left hand at the palm of his right hand.
The master snorted coldly, then turned his head to his godfather and said, "Old Wu, Yun Yi has become your godgrandson, don't you show it as a grandfather?" ”
Grandpa God's old face darkened, and he was about to speak, but the master raised his hand to stop him, and continued: "Yun Yi is really wronged, he became a grandson for nothing, and he can't get any benefits!" ”
"Don't talk about it! After serving you, can't I buy this stone for Yunyi? I've never seen someone as stingy as you! Grandpa Godfather rolled his eyes.
After that, he took out a square gold medal from his arms, very thin, estimated to be half a centimeter, the corners were polished smooth and smooth, and the front and back were engraved with incomprehensible words.
Grandpa put it in the palm of his hand, showed it to the beard, and said, "This golden talisman is used to exchange for the three stones in your baggage." ”
The beard stretched out his head and looked at it, revealing a look of disdain, and said: "Just such a piece of gold, no matter how perfect the carving is, 10,000 is about the same, brother, are you bluffing me!" ”
Grandpa said with a smile, "You take a closer look at the runes on it." ”
The beard looked at the sincere godfather suspiciously, stretched out his head and took a closer look, suddenly his pupils began to dilate, his face was full of surprise, pointing to the golden rune, his fingers were trembling, and asked, "Is this ...... Fu Wang Wei Chengzi's talisman! ”
Grandpa Godfather still smiled and said: "You know the goods, then you should know the price of Wei Chengzi's talisman on the market, do you think it is worth replacing these three stones?" ”
"Value, value, value!" The beard hurriedly handed the burden to the godfather, then rubbed his hands, carefully picked up the golden talisman, looked at it and looked, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and felt that this business was not a loss.
Then we left the stall and walked for a while, and Grandpa Godfather took out a palm-sized stone from his baggage, and then threw the burden into Master's arms with a cold face.
The master glared at the beads of his eyes, pointed at his godfather and said, "Alas! Why do you still take a piece! ”
"This is what I bought, why can't I take it? Do you want to give you all three? Who knows if you swallowed it for yourself or if you really used it for Yunyi? I'm going to use this piece to make a talisman for Yunyi! Grandpa yelled at the master angrily.
The master stretched his neck and said, "How can you, a stinky Taoist priest, spend the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain!" Don't worry, I'll use all three of them on this kid, and I won't take any of them! ”
But I was more concerned about the price than how to use the three stones, and I still didn't know how much the gesture was, so I asked.
After some bargaining, the master seemed to have lost his breath, and turned around and said, "Generally, one finger refers to 100,000 yuan, so the price of these three stones is 200,000 yuan. "It seems that Master is not a person who holds grudges.
The master paused, and then said, "Look at it, the teacher is willing to spend more money for you!" You still want to be someone else's apprentice! What a conscience! ”
Forget it, I'll take back what I just thought. Besides, it wasn't him who shot it.
"What a shame!" Grandpa's voice floated slowly, and the master was speechless.
But that number really stunned me, and I couldn't even breathe, two hundred thousand! I've never seen so much money! What is this concept, I know that in the village a dime can buy three pieces of candy, so how much candy can be bought! Well, at the age of nine, I didn't have much of a sense of money, so I really couldn't compare anything. However, I know that my grandfather, who is a village cadre, has a monthly salary of about 300......
At that moment, I felt like those three stones were red-hot soldering irons! And the master and godfather are two golden tyrants!
So I hurriedly said to my godfather: "Godgrandpa, why don't you take all three stones, don't give them to me, otherwise I won't be able to pay them back in my life." ”