21. Vignette
The man who spoke was a boy of sixteen or seventeen years old, squatting on the side of the road and looking at us with a sincere smile, and more than twenty masks were placed in front of him, some exquisite, some hideous, and some cute.
"Guest, it's your first time in the ghost market, right? Let's see, my mask can help you hide your breath. "Looking at the ghost market, only this young man is not wearing a mask.
We walked up to him, and the big dog first asked the young man, "Have you seen a woman in a white dress and a white hat come in with a boy in her early twenties?" ”
The boy smiled and said nothing, looked at us for a long time and nodded slightly before saying, "I saw it, and went inside." ”
When the big dog heard this, he said "thank you" and pulled me to prepare to go to the ghost market, but was stopped by Liangchi: "Wait a minute." Then he squatted in front of the small trader and picked up a silver ordinary mask: "This is the rule of the ghost market?" ”
The young man smiled: "Sort of." This ghost market is a mixed place, everything is based on strength, as long as your strength is high enough, Ming Qiang is not a problem. Later, some people proposed to wear masks to hide their aura and strength, and those who wanted to seize it by force didn't know who the other party was, so they didn't dare to act rashly, and after covering their faces, those who wanted to get something for nothing didn't know who the other party was even if they went out of the ghost market to find a helper, and they didn't know who the other party was and couldn't start. ”
The big dog frowned slightly: "Then we don't buy anything, what are they robbing?" ”
The young man was still smiling, and slowly stretched out his hand to point at me: "The thing on this girl's back, I'm afraid it's not a mortal thing, right?" Aren't you worried that people will care? ”
Liangchi and the big dog looked back at me who was a little at a loss, and I asked with some hesitation, "Then, buy?" ”
The big dog asked, "Then how do you sell all this?" ”
The young man slowly stretched out his right hand and raised his index finger.
The big dog asked with some confusion: "Ten yuan?" ”
The vendor shook his head.
The big dog asked again, "A hundred yuan?" ”
The small trader still shook his head: "One hundred thousand." ”
The big dog stood up suddenly: ", you're robbing people, aren't you?" I can't afford to sell me! ”
The peddler turned his gaze to me: "Girl, if you don't have enough money, can you do me a favor, I'll lend you this mask first, and then return it to me when you come out." ”
The big dog asked again, "So you can rent it to us?" ”
The peddler nodded, "So to speak. ”
However, Liangchi became stricter: "Then what do you want us to do?" ”
The peddler said bluntly: "If you can come out alive, it will not be too late for me to tell you." ”
I had a bad feeling: "What do you mean if we can come out alive?" ”
The little trader smiled: "The woman you want to chase is not a good character to deal with, besides, I have already said that this ghost market is a mixed place, maybe someone takes a fancy to the things on your back, and takes risks to rob it, do you think you have the ability to fight back?" ”
Now I'm starting to retreat in my heart, won't I really give my life here if I come to a ghost market? But after thinking about it, Zhang Ming has been taken away by the woman in white, we are here with Zhang Ming, if Zhang Ming is left here alone, no one dies or corpse, there will definitely be big trouble when he goes back, and Zhang Ming can't die here.
I gritted my teeth: "Promise you!" Then he held out his hand to him: "Give us the mask." ”
The vendor smiled: "Pick it." ”
We couldn't quickly take the three masks and put them on, and the vendor waved at us as we left: "Good luck." ”
I suddenly remembered something, and then I turned back to him and asked, "Do you know who that woman in white is?" ”
As soon as the voice came out, I was also taken aback, and the sound of my smoky voice coming out of the mask turned out to be pleasant and moving, a little soft and delicate.
The peddler replied to me: "She has appointed herself to be punished by heaven." ”
By the way, Master called me before and said that this woman was self-proclaimed Heavenly Punishment.
I nodded my head at him in gratitude and walked in the direction he was pointing us.
Unlike the ghost market we saw outside, the ghost market outside was on a long road outside the city walls. And this yin and yang ghost market, is the kind of long street that thinks of ancient times, after entering the two sides are set up in the ancient era of the merchant shop, rich antique, and even many people wear some ancient robes with wide sleeves.
The three of us looked around, trying to find the figure of Heavenly Punishment (the woman in white) or Zhang Ming in the bustling crowd of the bustling ghost market.
Maybe I was walking in too much of a hurry, and I didn't notice that someone was coming at me, and I accidentally stepped on the instep of the person's foot, and slammed it, and the person who hit him took several steps back. I was even worse because the man was so strong, and I was directly bounced to the ground and sat down.
Before he could react, the man roared angrily: "You don't have eyes!" As he spoke, he wanted to come forward.
Liang Chi stepped in front of him and straightened his waist to block it, and the big dog hurriedly helped me up, only to see that the person was half a head off Liang Chi, but his body size was at least twice that of Liang Chi, and he gasped: "What? And a helper? ”
I touched my aching buttocks, walked to Liangchi's side and apologized softly to the big man: "I'm sorry, uncle, I'm in a bit of a hurry, I didn't mean to." ”
Through the mask, I saw the incredibleness in the eyes of the big dog, I knew what he was thinking, after all, I had always been a fierce image in front of him, and of course he was a little uncomfortable with speaking in such a low voice all of a sudden. But what if not? In school, there are some "little weak", and the small trader just said that it is a ghost market, and there are many people who can go, and if you lose your life, it will not be a big loss!
After saying that, I pulled Liangchi and the big dog to get ready to slip away, but who knew that the big man was unyielding, and easily carried me back to him like a little chicken.
The big man must be at least 178m tall and strong. At 155m, I stood in front of him and looked up at him like a little broken child, trembling a little because of the aura emanating from this big man.
The big dog, like the cow guarding the calf, took me upstairs with his long hand, and yelled at the big man: "You big man scare a little girl!" Gave you face, didn't you? ”
These words instantly angered the big man, a thunderbolt slap was thrown at the big dog, I don't know what to think, the hand stretched out at that moment, his big hand was less than five centimeters away from the big dog's face, and the big man's hand was clamped tightly, our big dog also had backbone, standing still in place without dodging, staring at the big man without blinking.
I saw the big man's pupils shrink for a moment, and he wanted to withdraw his hand for a moment, but as soon as my strange power came up, the big man just couldn't struggle. I was going to say something to intimidate him with a special momentum, but it turned out to be ......
As a result, as soon as I spoke, I stammered: "You! You, you don't, don't bully us, we're young! "I was so ashamed to say this that I wanted to become an ostrich and find a hole to hide my head.
The people around me couldn't help but laugh, and I could feel the congestion in my brain and the burning of my face. Luckily I'm wearing a mask, otherwise people would have seen my face as red as a monkey's ass.
"You let go of your hand!" The big man roared.
Not to be outdone: "What if I let go of you and hit us!" ”
Dahan continued to roar: "You let go of me first!" ”
I was about to say something, but Liangchi behind me suddenly held my hand, and his voice was calm and gentle: "Ah Yi, let go, he is such a good person, don't take it seriously." ”
I was shocked, but I still listened to the persuasion and withdrew my hand.
This time, the big man took a step back, looked at the three of us carefully, and then scolded and said, "Let's see!" Then it quickly disappeared into the crowd.
My hanging heart slowly calmed down and gave a thumbs up to Liangchi.
Liang Chi bent his eyebrows: "To deal with this kind of person, just scare a little, he doesn't know if we are ants or tigers." ”
The big dog nodded his head on the side.