Chapter 5: Ghost Market
"Fatty! We're really going to Beijing! Feng Ling looked at the fat man who was packing his luggage and asked. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"What? Don't you want to go to Panjiayuan for a walk? That's a mecca for curios! The fat man said without raising his head.
"It seems that you know Pan Jiayuan very well?" Feng Ling looked at the fat man suspiciously.
"Uh...... Been there a few times! Hey! The fat man said with an embarrassed smile.
"Oh! I think it's a lot! Feng Ling walked up to the fat man and examined it.
"Uh..... are you going or not!" The fat man slapped Feng Ling angrily.
"I'll have to report back to my parents!" Feng Ling said, took out his mobile phone and prepared to dial.
"How old are they! It's like a little kid! You're a motherfucker! This has to be reported! The fat man hurriedly snatched Feng Ling's mobile phone, and the fat man also knew that Feng Ling's mother Yao Xue had a lot of complaints about Feng Ling often messing with him, and it was better for Yao Xue to know less about the movements of the two.
"Gotcha! Okay then! Let's go! Feng Ling couldn't cry or laugh when he saw that the fat man looked like a thief.
"Right away! Hey! I'll go and explain things to Uncle Wang! The fat man said that he would go out of the house to find Uncle Wang.
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On a plane from Hangzhou to Beijing......
"Xiao Ling, don't you know anything about Pan Jiayuan?" The fat man said to Feng Ling as he drank his coffee.
"Isn't it just an antique market? Isn't there a few of us in Hangzhou, what two hundred, Wushan antique city or something! Feng Ling replied as he looked at the magazine.
"Say you're lonely! Those antique markets in Hangzhou can be compared with this Pan homeland! The fat man glanced at Feng Ling with disdain.
"Oh! You're giving me popularity! Feng Ling still decided to give the fat man a chance to pretend to be forced.
"This Pan Jiayuan is the most popular antique market in the country! The market can reach 60,000 or 70,000 people on weekend opening days, and people of different colors, languages, and beliefs come and go here, and the most important thing is that there are many good things there! Of course, it depends on whether you have eyesight or not! Hey! The fat man took a sip of coffee and continued: "Of course, there is also the very famous 'ghost market'! ”。
"'Ghost City'?" Feng Ling is more interested in this "ghost market".
"There are so many sayings about this ghost city! It is said that in the late Qing Dynasty, the situation was turbulent, the country was dying, many Qing court nobles, broken and rich, and their families could not make a living after the decline of their families, so they could only survive by selling the little family property left by their ancestors. But after all, once it was prominent, where can you put it down and lose face? So taking advantage of the half-bright and half-dark light before dawn, he took antiques and secretly went to the street to set up stalls to sell, not only avoiding acquaintances but also making a sale, and following the trend of becoming a market is a 'ghost market'. ”
The fat man saw that Feng Ling was fascinated by what he heard, so he continued: "Another saying is that the ghost market opens early, the sky is not yet bright, and there is no electric light, the black paint is black, the poor people light the flint, the rich people carry lanterns, and the shadows are shuttling and stopping like ghost fires. ”
"It's kind of interesting!" Feng Ling touched his chin and looked at the fat man.
"Of course, there's another one that's even more legendary!" The fat man saw that Feng Ling was very interested, so he sold Guanzi.
"Oh! Say it! Feng Ling urged impatiently.
"It is also said that the ghost market is open at the time of the alternation of yin and yang, and the surrounding lights and shadows are flickering, you can't see me clearly, I can't see you clearly, so not only the people in the yang world come and go, but also attract the interest of the gods and ghosts in the underworld, and I can't buy things from you with my front feet, and lie back in the coffin with my back feet." The fat man continued.
"That sounds weird! Don't talk about these weird things! Feng Ling glanced at the fat man.
"Believe it or not, the most interesting thing is that according to legend, the Empress Dowager Cixi celebrated her sixtieth birthday, and she had to let her little eunuchs prepare fox furs. Seeing that the time limit was approaching, the little eunuch had no choice but to burn incense and worship the Buddha, and really responded, taking advantage of the night to buy the best fox skin in the ghost market, and the seller turned into a wisp of green smoke and left, and then touched the fox skin It was still hot, and the little eunuch woke up to the seller was the incarnation of the fox fairy, and took off the skin to save his life. The fat man said it with relish.
"Cut! The more you talk about it, the more outrageous it becomes! Feng Ling never believed in these ghosts, so he shook his head and turned his head to continue reading the magazine, ignoring the fat man.
Seeing that Feng Ling ignored him, the fat man continued: "It doesn't matter if this legend is true or not, but that is the place where Captain Jin haunts and transfers, so many things that have just been taken out of the ancient tomb will change hands there as soon as possible!" It's still hot! Hey! ”
"Captain Touch? Isn't it a tomb robber? According to historical records, the school captain originated in the Three Kingdoms period at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao in order to make up for the lack of military salaries, set up the military rank of Faqiu Zhonglang General, Captain Jin, etc., specializing in robbing tombs to obtain wealth and supplement military salaries.
"Uh...... You seem to despise Captain Touching! The fat man gave Feng Ling a blank look.
"Those who dig people's ancestral graves, do you still want me to praise them?" Feng Ling said disdainfully.
"Gotcha! That's not the point, the point is that Pan Jiayuan has good things! The fat man said stupidly.
"There's something good to go for! Wrong! How do you know so much about this Pan family and the tomb robbers! You ......," Feng Ling teased.
"Cut! Take a good look at your magazine! When the fat man saw Feng Ling teasing him, he turned his head and ignored Feng Ling.
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