52 Ghost City
Before two o'clock in the morning, Shen Qiu and Shen Shuyi walked southwest out of the clouds, the forest was dark, only the meager moonlight in the sky dispersed, Shen Shuyi was a little uncomfortable, but Shen Qiu walked steadily in the dark.
This is the ability to walk at night for many years, although Shen Shuyi's eyes are good, but he can't adapt to it for a while, plus he didn't rest well in the first half of the night, and he was tired and sweaty after an hour or two, and he was about to ask when he could rest, when Shen Qiugang walked up a dirt slope and stopped at the top.
The slope was not high, but at his angle it was just to block the back tightly, and before going up he thought he was in the place, but when he went up to the top, he saw that there was nothing in front of him, except trees and trees.
"Break?" He asked, why don't you stop and do anything.
Shen Qiu shook his head, pointed underneath, and said, "Do you see something?" ”
What can you do in the wilderness? Shen Shuyi didn't believe in evil and looked at it, there was only an old tree under the slope, and the roots of the arm-thick tree were turned out of the soil, covering the already sparse little moonlight, and he really couldn't see what was underneath.
"Nothing?" He asked rhetorically.
Shen Qiu slapped him on the back of the head, almost afraid that he would shoot it down, and said a little angrily: "Who asked you this, I said that you can see anything?" ”
This shot suddenly opened Shen Shuyi's mind, not to see things, but to look at feng shui. After understanding, he looked again, and looked around the edge of the dirt slope, this side of the slope is a half-moon shape, enclosing a semi-circular pit, and the wind is still clear, barely a middle-class gathering spirit eye.
This is just an ordinary little feng shui, and it doesn't have much aura, and I'm afraid that some people can't look down on building houses and repairing tombs.
"It's nothing too special, what can you do with such a little feng shui?" He said strangely, although it was the middle of the night, he was not wrong about such a simple pattern.
Shen Qiu nodded and shook his head, still asking him, "Do you see anything else besides these?" ”
Shen Shuyi can only look at it again, but at least there are only these in feng shui, could it be that Shen Qiu asked him to see not feng shui? He thought about it, and suddenly felt that the layout of this place was slightly familiar, not as familiar as he had been before, but as if he had seen it somewhere before.
The feng shui in the world may be exactly the same, but even if it is the same feng shui, the appearance must be different, usually similar to a certain extent of the place has its effect, such as the corpse inn in Xiangxi, although there will be no plaque on the door, but as long as the insiders look at the two big black doors to know what business is inside.
Thinking of the corpse inn, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, no wonder he looked familiar, because he had seen a lot of similar places in the book, the fallen trees under the slope, the stones on the slope were not placed casually, this pattern was almost equivalent to a door plaque at a glance.
"This is a 'ghost market'?" He wondered.
The so-called "ghost market", the focus is not on the "ghost" but on the "market", this city, which is equivalent to the market where shops collect goods, to put it bluntly, is a place that sells all kinds of utensils such as magic tools or special talismans used by those who are cultivators, and also operates some gossip and the like, these shops have one thing in common - all black shops, people who don't understand it break in, and those who have a good life just buy fakes, and those who have a bad life may not even have a chance to go out.
Shen Qiu had only mentioned to him the day before that he wanted to buy something, and he was so happy that he forgot about it.
"I thought there was no such thing, except that our family was full of swaggers, and how lonely is the business of opening a 'ghost market' here?" He also said that usually the purpose of doing this kind of business is nothing more than making profits, how profitable can Qu Yun be?
Shen Qiu nodded and said: "So I don't drive it often, I can only buy things in spring and winter, and my family told him that every year before he leaves, he must personally deliver a cart of goods to the door, and keep it for the family in summer and autumn." ”
Shen Shuyi couldn't help but babble slightly, he was originally curious, where did his father get so many rune papers and utensils that seemed to be inexhaustible, it turned out that there was such a long-term supplier not far from Quyun, he hadn't seen it for so many years, and he didn't know what name this truck of goods was transported into the back door.
However, in addition to this, there is another point that makes him even more curious, the bottom of the wilderness is empty, where is this "ghost market" opened? Thinking so, he also asked.
Seeing that the goal had been achieved, Shen Qiu replied with a chuckle, "If you go down, you'll know." After speaking, he turned around and steadily went down from the side, followed by Shen Shuyi. Below, Shen Qiu stretched out his hand to pull away the messy pile of tree roots, and said to Shen Shuyi, "Go in." ”
Where to go? Shen Shuyi was subconsciously suspicious, leaned over and squinted his eyes to take a closer look, only to find that there was actually a swarthy thief hole under the dirt slope. The entrance to the cave is not big, and if he is a little fat, he may have to get stuck in it, but seeing this, he no longer understands where the "ghost market" is, and his brain is not good.
Because there were no torches, he was quite careful when he went down, for fear that the robbery hole was opened on the top of the tomb, and he would have to be mentally prepared for the sudden fall.
But this thief hole is really not deep, he rubbed down a meter or two feet on the ground, it is a side-opening thief hole, below a dark hand can not see the five fingers, the book is written "ghost market" There will be a trap specially reserved for those who strayed into the person, he thought about it or don't walk around.
After a while, listening to the voice, Shen Qiu also came down, he gave way to the side, but suddenly stepped on something hard at his feet, making a "ding" sound, he was bold enough to touch it, a small thing, it seemed to be a metal like bronze, picked it up and checked it, and it was quite weighty.
Before he could figure out what it was, Shen Qiu had already come down, as if he knew what he had touched, and said, "Give me the lamp holder in your hand." As he spoke, there was a sound of rustling, as if he was rummaging for something.
If there is a lamp holder, what you are looking for should be lamp oil and matches, Shen Shuyi listened to the sound and handed over the candlestick, and after a while Shen Qiu followed, and then there was the sound of pouring lamp oil and striking matches, until the lamp was lit, it was useless for him to help a little, and when he looked up, Shen Qiu had already packed up the water bladder and matches with lamp oil.
Shen Shuyi was amazed in his heart, Shen Qiu looked familiar with the way and had already walked along the tomb road, the light that an oil lamp could shine on was really limited, and he didn't dare to fall too far, so he hurriedly raised his heels.
There is only a small tomb in small feng shui, and this section of the tomb road is the only section of the entire tomb, and the front should be the main tomb. Sure enough, after not taking a few steps, I could vaguely see a black stone door not far ahead, half of which was still wide open.
Looking closer, there is a small circular burial chamber behind the stone door, which has been arranged like a warehouse, full of large boxes, and a few open ones reveal all kinds of messy objects inside, some of which he still recognizes, and some of whom he has never even heard of when asked.
The layout of this "ghost market" is too hasty, he said to himself, but it is also excusable, and the business is not good, just a few things that come to buy goods occasionally. What's really strange is that the people who sell the goods are not there, the people in the "ghost market" work at night and rest during the day, and it's still early before dawn, why don't they do business?
Shen Qiu walked around with the oil lamp, squatted down in front of the bed on the side and looked at it for a while, and said with a slight frown: "It's a little wrong, this person has been away for a while." ”
Shen Shuyi was looking around, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but stop and ask, "How long has you been away?" Did this guy have some enemies, so he was arrested? ”
Shen Qiu didn't answer for a while, and looked down at the oil lamp next to the straw mat, the lamp oil in it had been burned dry, and the half piece of dry food on the box next to him, it was obvious that this person had left suddenly.
"I don't know, it should be that he is in a hurry, he is afraid of being sought revenge before he came to Jiangnanyi, and he also wanders in small places in summer and autumn...... Perhaps, maybe there is something urgent. He whispered, "Anyway, let's go quickly after taking our things, and you can get the lamp." ”
Shen Shuyi didn't dare to delay, the business of the "ghost market" was not something that ordinary people could do if they wanted to, and they all fell out unexpectedly, so they naturally had to be careful.
"But uncle, do you still pay?" He wondered.
Shen Qiu's speed of packing things was extremely fast, Shen Shuyi didn't have time to see what he had taken, only to see more and more bulging in his bag, after a while, he stopped and said: "Maybe everyone is dead, I have to discuss this matter with your father when I go back, all the peach wood products are missing, it should not be as simple as 'seeking revenge' or something." ”
Mahogany products...... Peachwood sword? One is not valuable, and the other is not very useful, it is just to exorcise evil spirits, who wants to do so much? And Taomu seems to be very popular recently, Shen Shuyi said in his heart, as if he had heard something about Taomu recently, but he didn't think about it for a while.
Holding an oil lamp to illuminate Shen Qiu, he also looked around, and suddenly found that there was something wrapped in black cloth standing against the wall next to the door, and he really didn't notice it when he first came in.
Putting the oil lamp on the side of the box, he walked over curiously to take a look, this thing was not too high, to the left and right of his chest, long and flat, a little indescribably weird. He has always been very bold, and there was Shen Qiu next to him, so he reached out to pull the black cloth, but it was tightly wrapped in several layers, and he had no choice but to lift the thing with one hand and slowly uncover it with the other.
After revealing the lineup, Shen Shuyi almost couldn't hold back his breath, and exclaimed uncontrollably: "I'll go, go-"
Shen Qiu was startled by his voice, but he didn't think about anything, and while saying, "Where are you going...... look back, and his face couldn't help but change.