Soon, I knew the price of this high-paying job.

After working as a shadow bodyguard for 12 days, I suddenly felt a special itch on my back, and there were more than one place, and when I scratched it with my hands, the itch turned into a stinging pain, a pain in my heart.

I knew something was wrong, and I could take a photo of my back with my phone, but I couldn't see anything unusual.

I remembered the digital camera that my grandmother gave me, and it seems that I haven't used it once, and its pixels are higher than my phone, so I might be able to see something.

So, when I took a shower at night, I secretly brought the camera inside......

The effect of the photo is average, but it does have a little difference. Under the zoomed-in image, I see seven eerie black spirals; Moreover, judging from the position, these 7 circles seem to be facing my five organs.

Come to think of it, that's what happened to me being a shadow!

I decided to go to Manager Ma's back to see if there was something similar. Squatting on the edge of the bed, and listening carefully to his staggered breathing, I was fully sure that he was asleep, so I turned on the floor lamp, carefully removed the beautiful woman's hand from his back, and ......

Sure enough, this time, my camera turned on and captured something that was invisible to the naked eye. On his back, too, there are seven black spirals. Seven thin black spirals, like lines on a snail shell, go around and around again. These seven spirals are not exactly the same, the caliber is different, and the number of turns is also different, the minimum is only 9 turns, and the maximum is 15 turns.

No need to ask, those black circles on my back are also this kind of thing, and it is unlucky to look at. It's a big joke, and if this salary is bought with my own life, I won't do it.

Thinking of this, I compared the position in the photo, stretched out my finger, and "lightly" poked at the position of the largest solenoid on Manager Ma's back.

"Ahh With a scream, Manager Ma, who was still asleep just now, sat up suddenly. He opened his eyes, turned his head, saw my angry expression and the picture in the camera, and immediately understood what was going on.

"You know all about it?" Manager Ma's tone was very calm, and he didn't see the slightest guilt.

"Why did you lie to me and tell me the truth earlier?" My voice trembled.

"You didn't ask. And, in this case, if it were you, would you tell the truth? Manager Ma's expression was a little playful. For him, deception is a habitual means of trading in today's society. Destroying wealth and eliminating disasters, you and I are willing, there is nothing wrong with him.

"Can it be terminated?" I suddenly realized that it would be a waste of effort to preach morality with such people, so I asked directly the questions that I was most concerned about. I don't know if there is any salvation if I quit now.

"No, you can't!" Manager Ma's answer was categorical.

"Why?"

"What do you say? Do you want me to find out the terms of the contract and compare them carefully with you? Manager Ma suddenly pushed my hand away and stood up, "Anyway, if you don't sleep, it's better to just go to the living room, make a pot of tea, and let's have a good chat." Whatever you want to know, I'll tell you if I can answer it. ”

……

Where did these spirals come from, Manager Ma himself didn't know. More than a month ago, he noticed that something was wrong with his back, and the doctor couldn't check it, so he went to find Zhao Tianshi, and then he realized that there were some strange things on his body. Zhao Tianshi also lent him a bronze mirror with "mana". He could see these black spirals in the mirror.

Manager Ma found that these spirals would extend outward every day, and they would increase by at least half a circle a day, so he had to go to Zhao Tianshi for help. After grinding for a long time, Zhao Tianshi reluctantly gave this suggestion of "moving the disaster eastward". He asked Manager Ma to find a person with "Sanzang" in his name and a golden life short of water, saying that as long as this person followed closely behind, he would have the opportunity to transfer the black spiral on his body. As it happens, his men quickly found me......

Manager Ma was surprised to find that after I followed Manager Ma for 24 hours, the threads on his body stopped growing; Thirty-six hours later, on my body, in the same position, black threads appeared; After 48 hours, the threads on his body began to fade slowly, and the threads on mine began to grow......

"Actually, you don't have to worry too much", Manager Ma comforted me and said, "Since you came, this black line has stopped growing, and I think this is the end of it." Since it didn't take my life, it shouldn't be so much as to endanger your life within this range. ”

"Then, can you go to Zhao Tianshi again and ask how to remove the black lines on my body?" I dare not believe his judgments, and I dare not conflict with him, so I have to beg him.

"It shouldn't be eradicated, at least Zhao Tianshi can't do it. Otherwise, I wouldn't have had to get you. Manager Ma spread his hands and made a helpless expression.

"So, can I take a few days off and enjoy my life?"

"If you don't leave Beijing, you can!" Manager Ma didn't seem to dare to force me too hard, after all, he still had to rely on me to "turn" all those black lines.

"Can you advance a portion of your salary to me?"

"No problem, how much do you want to take first?"

"Two thousand, is that okay?"

"I'll give you 10,000, I'll give it all! You don't have to go to the company to get it, the procedures are too troublesome. Manager Ma picked up his leather bag from the table, took out a bundle of money from it, and threw it directly to me, "The right should be the compensation I gave, anyway, there is not much money!" ”

Of course, before I went out, I took off all the valuables he had temporarily stored on me, and now I don't want to hang things that don't belong to me.

Honestly, I don't like shopping. But who wouldn't spend money on such a thing? Especially, when you spend money just for the sake of spending it, there is no need to think about the responsibilities and consequences.

After dawn, under the "escort" of the bodyguards called by Manager Ma, I went to the legendary Panjiayuan thrift market. It happened to be a Saturday, and the stalls were open, so it must have been very lively.

Located in the southwest of Panjiayuan Bridge on South East Third Ring Road in Beijing, Panjiayuan Thrift Market covers an area of 48,500 square meters and is the largest antique and thrift market in China. The market is divided into six business areas, including the stall area, the ancient building area, the classical furniture area, the modern collection area, the stone carving area, and the catering service area. The main items are antique furniture, four treasures of the study, ancient books and paintings, old books and periodicals, agate jade, ceramics, Chinese and foreign coins, bamboo and wood bone carvings, shadow puppet masks, Buddhist tokens, national costumes, **** relics, etc. It is also the largest distribution center of folk handicrafts in China, including snuff bottles in Hengshui, New Year paintings in Yangliuqing, embroidery in Jiangsu, wood carvings in Dongyang, stone carvings in Quyang, shadow puppets in Shandong, porcelain and crystal ornaments in Jiangxi, purple sand in Yixing, bronzes in Shaanxi, costumes in Yunnan, Buddhist supplies in Tibet, white jade in Xinjiang, and Jiaozhi pottery in Taiwan. These handicrafts with different folk characteristics gather in Panjiayuan from all over China, and from here they are sold all over China and the world.

There are more than 3,000 fixed stalls and nearly 10,000 business personnel in the Panjiayuan thrift market, of which 60 percent of the operators come from 28 provinces, municipalities, and autonomous regions outside Beijing, involving more than a dozen ethnic groups, including Han, Hui, Manchu, Miao, Dong, Uyghur, Mongolian, and Korean. There are also a large number of domestic and foreign antique masters mixed in it, which is a veritable place of fish and dragons.

I didn't expect to go there to find any valuable treasures, and I didn't plan to throw all the 10,000 yuan into it. I'm here just to get over my eyes, ears, and hands.

Anyway, I'm also a collector, a little collector.

In order to make the trip worthwhile, I took out a small camera with the light off and took pictures around the crowded Panjiayuan.

When I walked to a small stall, my camera suddenly pointed at the small object on the stall and automatically took a picture; And my back instantly became extremely painful, as if someone was pulling the skin off my body. Moreover, this pain, jumping from one point to another, goes on in a cycle, and it is very rhythmic. I knew it was the black spirals on my back that were funny, but I didn't dare touch them with my hands, so I squatted down to increase the tension in my back and see if I could relieve some pain.

Strange to say, as soon as I squatted down, my back didn't hurt. However, after I crouched down, it seemed that something slipped in along my pants, and I subconsciously touched it with my hand, but I didn't touch anything.

The owner of this stall is a native of Henan, and it is said that he only came to Panjiayuan last month, and he is still in the training stage, so if I do fall in love with his goods, the price is negotiable.

Do you really think of me as a furry child? People in this kind of place can still believe what comes out of their mouths? Are you planning to pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger? Although I constantly despised the stall owner's bad intentions in my heart, I was worried that my back hurt and I couldn't leave for a while, so I still pretended to be tempted and pretended to pick up his goods.

I don't have enough vision, and I don't touch high-priced things, so I only pick up novel objects to see, but my finger is accidentally pricked by something, and it also causes a chain reaction on my back, which hurts me and scares the stall owners. I turned my palm upside down, and it was terrible, and the finger that was stabbed was not only bleeding, but the blood that came out was still black.

Something that hurts me, poisonous!?

At this moment, the stall owner also panicked. He hurriedly walked from the back of the stall to my place, and scrambled to find the "culprit", a pyramid about the height of my index finger.

"It seems that I have a relationship with it, how much is it, can you make a price?" I squeezed my fingers hard, and found that the blood coming out of the back was red, and when I settled down, I took the pyramid from the stall owner's hand.

This little thing, the workmanship is quite exquisite, it is covered with symbol-like patterns, in terms of weight and gloss, it should be made of iron, and the age is not too old.

The stall owner stretched out five fingers and remained silent.

"Fifty?" I laughed, the price was reasonable.

The stall owner shook his head vigorously.

"Five hundred?"

The stall owner was still shaking his head.

"It can't be five thousand, right?" My heart is also hairy, is this still a treasure?

The stall owner still shook his head.

I don't guess, no matter how expensive it is, I can't afford it. I sighed, and was about to put the pyramid down, but I was dazzled by the sunlight reflected off the smooth surface at the bottom of it, and then I vaguely saw a small line of writing there.

I hurriedly flipped the base over and brought it to my eyes to make a closer look.

Produced in Shanghai in 1979!

After reading this line, my lungs were going to explode. This stall owner is too unkind, and he dares to ask for more than 10,000 yuan for modern imitation things? You really wronged me!

I suddenly had an idea, I clutched the pyramid tightly in my hand, and said deliberately loudly, "I understand correctly, right? It's such a little, the price of 50, 500, 5000, it's not right, is it? ”

The people nearby all looked here, and the stall owner was a little nervous. He hesitated slightly, but finally nodded vigorously: "Well, it will be at least five ......"

"Five dollars! Right? I quickly interrupted him to prevent him from saying the terrifying numbers that followed.

This shocking sentence was very lethal, and the people in the nearby stalls leaned over to see what was going on.

"How can it be sold for only five dollars?" The stall owner was in a hurry, and reached out to grab the things in my hand, "You don't know the goods, don't talk nonsense!" ”

I was prepared, retracted my hand, and didn't let him succeed: "Then tell me, how precious is this thing?" It must be a long time ago, right? ”

"Of course, that's ......" He couldn't go on, as I set the pedestal in front of him. Naturally, he saw the small print as well.

"How is this possible?" The stall owner rubbed his eyes vigorously, took the quadrangular pyramid over, and looked at it over and over, "How could I possibly look away?" ”

"The imitation made in Shanghai in 1979, no matter how exquisite, such a gadget can't be worth 50,000 yuan, right?" I didn't expect us to be able to show our faces in Panjiayuan, I was very proud.