I remember when I used to watch TV, the Taoist priests in it had a few things that were necessary, a peachwood sword, a compass, a rune paper, and a bell, although many things were fictional, but art often came from life.

The origin of Chinese civilization has been passed down for more than 5,000 years, some things can be handed down and must have its truth, sometimes things that cannot be explained by science do not mean that they do not exist, when people firmly believed that the sky is round, the earth is square, and human beings stand in the center of the entire universe.

So much so that the person who first said that the earth revolves around the sun was directly burned as a heretic, and there are many mysteries in this world that cannot be explained by science, especially the mysterious thirty degrees north latitude.

There is a good saying, not knowing does not mean that it does not exist, and it is narrow to measure the world with one's own worldview.

In recent years, the antique trade has continued to rise, a sentence of gold in troubled times, Shengshi Collection has pushed this industry to a peak, from tens of millions to hundreds of millions of transaction prices, and has been refreshed again and again.

Many areas have set off a wave of tomb robbery, especially in the area of Shaanxi and Henan, many villages have made a living from this, which has really fed many people, but the damaged cultural relics are countless.

Qingshan City has antique street, second street, later the city planning, two antique streets into one, but also completely become a scale, every day to come here to hold Taobao people tens of thousands, at the same time every once in a while there will be a who's here to pick up leaks, a few hundred yuan to earn hundreds of thousands, millions of news, which is more stinging and exciting to the consumer crowd.

When I walked into the antique street, although it was already noon, the crowd was still not less, and from time to time I could see the vendors and buyers whispering and arguing.

Because I had a goal, I didn't hesitate much, I came directly to a shop that sold the four treasures of the study, the plaque at the door said Wen Bao Zhai three big characters, I looked at these three big characters, and after looking at it for a while, I walked into the shop.

"What do you want to buy, gentleman?"

As soon as I entered, a young man in his twenties greeted me, with a warm smile on his face, and after looking at me vaguely, his enthusiasm slowly faded a little.

"Do you have cinnabar here?" I didn't pay any attention to the guy's gaze and asked.

"Cinnabar?" Hearing my words, the guy was stunned for a moment, and then reminded with a smile: "Sir, you want cinnabar ink, right?" What do you want here? ”

"I want gloomy sand." I said as I looked at the shop.

"Gloomy sand? I'm sorry, sir, we don't have anything like that here, and I've never heard of any gloomy sand, so you'd better look elsewhere. As he spoke, the man put on a posture of sending off a guest.

"You must have it here, since you don't know, call your boss." I shook my head and didn't leave.

"Sir, our boss is not here, you better go to another house and have a look." The man's face became cold, and his eyes were guarded, obviously thinking that I had come to find fault on purpose.

"Okay, you just give me the plaque outside, and I'll leave immediately." I said lightly.

"Sir, if you are so vexatious again, I will call the security guard." The guy said with an ugly face, the plaque is a shop's signboard, how can it be taken off unless you don't do it.

"If I were you, I'd go upstairs and call your boss down, by the way, your boss should be quite superstitious, right?" I looked at the guy and said directly.

I don't know if my last sentence worked, the guy obviously hesitated after hearing it, but he still made a final effort, "Sir, even if we call our boss down, we don't have the gloomy sand you want here." ”

"It's not up to you to say it, you go and call it, I'll wait here." After I finished speaking, I ignored him, found a stool and sat down, and the guy motioned to his companion inside to watch me closely, and went straight upstairs, mainly because my attitude made him a little confused, especially the superstitious words about their boss.

In fact, in his eyes, the owners of their shops are not only superstitious, but also to the point of obsession, often with some bizarre behavior.

After a while, I heard two footsteps coming from the stairs, one of which was obviously a little anxious, and then an old man in his fifties came out first, and the fellow followed in confusion.

"This little brother wants to buy gloomy sand?" The old man was wearing a satin robe, dressed like a teacher during the Republic of China, although he was in his fifties, his complexion was still ruddy, only his temples were slightly white, and the vicissitudes of experience in his eyes could not be concealed.

"Yes, the old gentleman should have it here, right?" I asked with a smile as I got up.

"Yes." The old man first nodded affirmatively, then looked at me and asked a little embarrassedly, "I don't know if you can ask the little brother what is the use of buying this gloomy sand?" ”

I opened my eyes and carefully looked at the old man in front of me, and I had some guesses about his question, so I said directly: "I will use what Mr. L thinks." ”

After hearing my words, the old man's pupils dilated a lot, and his gaze at me softened more and more, "Little brother, let's go upstairs and talk." ”

"Okay." I didn't refuse the old man's invitation, I was lucky to be able to find the gloomy sand so quickly, even if it was worth it.

Coming upstairs, the old man made two cups of tea, before sitting down opposite me, "I will introduce myself first, my surname is He, my name is Zengzhou, I have been running this Wenbao Zhai for more than ten years, starting from the ancestors, the family is a scholarly door, there are more books, and I understand more miscellaneous, today you are fortunate to come to my shop, I dare to guarantee that the entire antique street knows that there are absolutely no more than five people who know the gloomy sand, but there is only one with the gloomy sand." ”

"Old He, you must be the one who has the gloomy sand, right? I wonder, how are you willing to sell me gloomy sand? I have an urgent need. "Since the other party called me up, I was drinking tea and introducing myself, if there are no other requirements, I won't believe anything.

"Yes, the gloomy sand is in my hand, I just heard from the guy that you want my plaque? I wonder if the little brother saw it himself, or did he hear someone else talk about it? He Lao looked straight at me and asked.

"I can see it myself." I didn't hide it, I admit it directly.

"Sure enough, I didn't expect the little brother to be a master, forgive my old man for being rude." He Lao smiled a little apologetically.

"He Lao doesn't have to be so polite, speaking of which, I still have something to ask for this time, if He Lao has any requirements, just say it." I said nonchalantly.

"Since this is the case, then I will no longer hide it, I have a granddaughter, six years old this year, when she was just born, there was a dark spot on the left side of her face, at first I thought it was just a birthmark, but I didn't want to grow up with her, many strange things happened, until I met a fortune teller, saying that my granddaughter's face is not an ordinary birthmark, but a path to the underworld." He Lao said with a sad face.

"The path of the underworld, the master of the underworld?" I suddenly remembered the story about the Yin Walker recorded in the book, there is a profession in the world, which is to deal with ghosts, you can let the ghosts of the underworld possess you, return to the yang world for a short time, meet your family or understand your wishes, 99% of these people are women who have the path of the underworld, but few people who engage in this profession can live a long life, or even live to be forty years old.

"That's right, it's the Yin Walker, that's what the fortune teller said at the time." After He Lao finished speaking excitedly, the expression on his face quickly darkened, and he said with a look of remorse: "It's a pity that I didn't believe it at the time, thinking that the fortune teller was a liar, so I threw him two hundred yuan and sent him away, but I didn't expect the fortune teller to say to himself that he received two hundred yuan from me, and sent my granddaughter two years of peace." ”

"Originally, I didn't believe it, but I didn't expect the birthmark on my granddaughter's face to disappear the next day, and the whole person became lively all of a sudden, saying that those uncles and aunts who often talked to her, grandparents were gone, and at this time I believed what the fortune teller said, but it was too late, and I inquired in many ways, but I didn't find another fortune teller."

"Little brother, since you know the Yin Master, you must have a way, please save my granddaughter, I am such a granddaughter, as long as you save my granddaughter, I will give you all my gloomy sand, no, I will give you this shop too." He Lao said and looked at me with a pleading face.

"Old He, don't worry, just now you said that the fortune teller kept your granddaughter calm for two years, I want to know how long it has been now?" I asked after a moment of deep thought.

"Ten more days will be exactly two years, and recently, I have been so worried that I can't sleep or eat, and the thought of hiring has become the same as before, my heart is like a knife." As He Lao spoke, his eyes became a little moist.

"Ten days? It should be too late, Old He, don't worry, I'll try my best to help, even if I can't do it, I'll find someone to cure your granddaughter." "I promised, in fact, I am not so much for the gloomy sand, but just simple pity, my childhood is both fortunate and unfortunate, but there is one thing I have in common with He Lao's granddaughter, that is, I have a grandfather who really pays.

What's more, there are some things that shouldn't be borne by a little girl, and she should live happily every day at that age, and that's why it's worth my help.

When I was a child, my grandfather often told me, don't be a pure good person, because that would be too tiring, but don't be a bad person, so uneasy conscience, to be a bad person, it is enough to have compassion and fear.