The papermaker, also known as the colorsmith, can be regarded as a craftsman. The main work is to tie paper, mostly to tie some paper horses and colorful clothes to be burned to the deceased, and some boys and girls who look like people.

This profession eats the food of the dead, and does what others do not like to do and do not want to touch. From the old age month to today, which one has seen the wreath paper horse, not walking around the road? But people will eventually die, and those who are alive must send the deceased to the last part of the road in the yang world. Only then did the paper-making craftsmen have room to eat.

Those who do this are bold. The pale paper figures, with their bodies painted and rouge on their faces, swung towards them, and they panicked when they looked at them. These paper-binding craftsmen are in contact with each other every day, and they are accustomed to it.

In such a business, if you have never encountered any evil stubble for decades, no one will believe it. However, the paper-making craftsmen are either passed down from father to son, or taught by master and apprentice, and the inheritance is orderly, and they all have their own ways to cope with it. Some people with high ability can be regarded as half of Mr. Yin and Yang, and the general evil things can't be sought from others.

If Master Shi said that he had the ability, he might not necessarily say yes, but the ink fighting chicken blood set was also dexterous. This time, he had to get something that he couldn't get by himself, so he begged Mr. Peng to come to the door.

People brave the wind and snow to go up the mountain, and some of them have a little friendship, and Mr. Peng is not easy to refuse. Since something happened, Master Shi was still reluctant to say it clearly, and Mr. Peng didn't ask any more. He just asked Huzi to pack up the things he usually used, and the master and apprentice followed Master Shi down the mountain.

The paper shop can't be opened on the main street, and Master Shi's store is also in the small street. Inside, Master Shi asked his youngest son to prepare tea, and then took Mr. Peng and Huzi to the inner room.

The shop is the front of the shop, and the back is the living quarter. It is difficult to find a daughter-in-law in such a business, and Master Shi's two sons are not too young to be married, so they all live in this courtyard and live without a separate family.

As soon as he entered the house, Mr. Peng sensed that something was wrong.

There were a lot of things scattered on the floor in this room. From large pots and porcelain vases to small jewelry, there are a lot of dazzling dishes. I don't know, I thought that this master Shi was going to change his career and open a grocery store. But in Mr. Peng's eyes, these things are not so simple, because they all have an "earthy smell".

Huzi squatted down, picked up a piece of Kodama from the pile of debris, and threw it into Mr. Peng's hand: "Master, this thing has been around for many years." ”

Mr. Peng took the thing in his hand and looked at it both front and back. This is a piece of "dead jade", that is, the leftovers left over from the processing of jade, the color is not good, or there are some flaws. But the corners of this piece of dead jade are sleek, and two piercing holes have been punched on the side, like something that Ben is wearing on some big piece. Seeing this object, Mr. Peng recognized the original conjecture.

This is a piece of "jade overlay".

The jade covering is a common object in the popular funeral customs of the pre-Qin period. At that time, the dignitaries and dignitaries, when the princes and vassal kings entered the soil, they all paid attention to covering their faces with jade masks. As time went by, the rope rotted out, and there was such a jade piece left.

Tomb robbers don't take it. If you know a little bit about the inside, you can know at a glance that this is something brought out of some ancient tomb in the Guannai, which is not worth a few dollars, so that people will be imprisoned if they see it, so no one has done such a thankless thing.

This piece of jade covering is a dead man's thing, and this pile of miscellaneous objects on the ground, Mr. Peng feels that there is a lot of ** This is also brought out of the grave.

But the more he looked at it, the stranger it became. In the case of this jade covering, it is a very old thing, but there are snuff bottles and small bottles painted with enamel on the ground. These are all things from this dynasty.

Mr. Peng was in a difficult position and couldn't see what this meant, so he had to ask, "Master Shi, are you planning to change your career to the antique business?" This is all new stuff, and it is easy to call the government to come to the door. ”

Hearing this, Master Shi also slapped his thigh: "Mr. Peng! Didn't I beg you? I myself knew that I had committed the sin of killing my head. But I didn't buy it, I didn't collect it, they sent it to me. ”

What Master Shi said next is a bit unbelievable.

It started half a month ago. In the middle of the night, Master Shi got up to put the mao, and not long after he walked out of the door, the urine was all spilled in the crotch of his pants.

Although it is a dead man's meal, Master Shi is not a taboo. The paper figurines are all placed in the front store, and they will never be brought to the back hall. But when he came out, he saw a paper figure standing in the courtyard.

This paper figure is a child, with a red jacket and blue pants, a blush on his cheeks, and a candlelight, which looks like a penetrating person.

He thought it was his two sons, which one did something stupid. Just as I wanted to step forward and bring this paper figure back to the front store, the paper man just spoke! It said: "Thanks to Master Shi's kindness, a meager gift is not a tribute, and Master Shi is invited to accept it with a smile." ”

Not only did he speak, but the paper man also bowed. The pieces of paper on his body rattled during the action, and when he bent over, the bamboo strips on his body all broke away one by one, piercing the paper and being ridged.

After the salute, it didn't move, and the "poof" was on fire all of a sudden, and the fire rushed up half a foot high! Master Shi was so frightened that he peed his pants and didn't say anything, and he didn't dare to move the place. This noise naturally alarmed his daughter-in-law and two sons, and they came out of the house to check, and they were also very frightened.

When the fire dissipated, in addition to the bamboo embers and paper ashes on the ground, there were also two spiritual artifacts left.

"We didn't dare to touch that thing at first," Master Shi took the tea brought by his son and put it aside, "I didn't sleep all night, I rolled over and rolled until dawn, and when I opened the board, there was a paper figure missing from the store." After the day, as soon as the day passed, a paper figure walked from the front yard to the back hall, leaving something behind. ”

"You didn't think of a way to deal with them?" Huzi was a little curious, it stands to reason that this Shi master should still have some skills.

"I thought about it!" Master Shi's face was as if he was about to cry, "At the beginning, I put the ink fountain line and sprinkled chicken blood, but it was not easy to use. Later, he simply stopped doing business and burned all the paper figures in the store. That's it, something happened. ”

Mr. Peng was also interested, he hadn't heard of this, it was like listening to a book: "The paper people are burned, what happened?" ”

"The paper figure I sold is back," Master Shi took two puffs of cigarette and sighed, "It was the paper figure set by the old father of the Zhuang Yuan, and it was a woman, I remember it very clearly." Originally, it was all sent over, which Cheng wanted to be in the middle of the night when the third watch, it ...... He's back! I can't always stop doing business, can I? And I started to tie paper again. It doesn't attach anything to it anymore, but it recognizes the paper figure in my shop. I've had an extra one for the past two days, just to make it burn. ”

Mr. Peng looked at the pile of things on the ground and couldn't help but laugh: "It says that it is thanks to your kindness, what have you done?" ”

Master Shi thought for a long time and shook his head: "I can't remember, I don't know." ”

"It's been half a month, why did you remember to hurry up and find my master to go down the mountain today?" Huzi was a little curious, "How can you say that you have been suffering for half a month, isn't there something going to happen today?" ”

"Yes! That's it! Master Shi stood up, picked through the pile of things, and showed them to Mr. Peng, "You see, on the first day, all I brought was jewelry, and that's it." But what it brings is more and more valuable each time, and the years are getting longer and longer. Yesterday I brought this jade covering, but it frightened me, and it said yesterday that it was going to bring me a big gift! That's when I panicked. ”

If you think about it carefully, the crime of stealing graves and digging up graves is not small. Most of these objects are not available to ordinary people, and many of them are special funeral vessels like the jade covering. If these things see the light, they will lose their heads if they don't make trouble.

Sneaking around to find a place to bury it is a solution, but it can't stop the ghost thing from coming and going. If it really caused people to be pressed to the court, Master Shi said to the official master, "This is sent by a ghost", so why not ask the official to tilt his mouth?

That's it. Hearing that the ghost was going to give him a big gift, Master Shi panicked, for fear that it would be a big trouble, so he made up his mind and went to the mountain to find Mr. Peng. This is also why when he was asked what happened when he was on the mountain, Master Shi flickered. There are still people on the mountain who don't come to his house with him, and it's good that no one knows about it.

There is no other way but to wait and wait.

Mr. Peng has set up this backyard. The red line hangs the beam, the rune paper is buried in the ground, the ink fountain is dipped in the cinnabar mixed with the blood of the rooster, and the threads are stretched in the four corners of the door.

In fact, Mr. Peng had a guess in his heart that the magic power of this haunted house should be the five ghost carrying techniques.

The method of carrying the five ghosts, also known as the five ghosts fortune technique. It is said that the five little ghosts can take people's property without opening the door and breaking people's cages, and many words are recorded in this legend and anecdote.

The five ghosts in the Five Ghosts Fortune Technique actually refer to the plague gods, also known as the "five plagues". They are Zhang Yuanbo, Liu Yuanda, Liu Yuanda, Zhao Gongming, Zhong Shigui, and the general manager of Zhongwen Shiwenye. And the five ghosts in the spell carry it, that is, to drive the five ghosts to carry wealth and transport other people's wealth to their own homes.

It's just that this time it's very strange, not a theft, but a gain. It is not the goods of the living, but the burial of the dead.

The moonlight reflects the snow, and it doesn't take long until the moon passes the middle of the sky, and it is nearly midnight!