Fourth, "Grimace Money" and Uncle and Grandpa

Panjiayuan has some conventional rules that cannot be broken.

Although the stall owner's heart was hurting, he finally had to sell the "baby" he had mistaken to me at a low price of five yuan.

Looking at his frustrated appearance, I couldn't bear it, so I picked out a few modern imitations from his stall: a copper ring, a walnut-sized bell that could not be shaken, a fist-sized five-legged copper tripod with a strange appearance, a Buddhist bead connected by 18 wooden mallets (this material was identified by an old man who was watching the excitement on the side), and an antique book strung together with 35 bamboo slips 20 centimeters long and 2 centimeters wide.

I don't know if it's because I'm too lucky, or if the stall owner's point is too bad, but the few things I picked out actually left the origin and year mark, or were buried in the soil, or hidden in an inconspicuous place.

Although these five small objects are imitated after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the workmanship is still average (the words on it are not clearly read), but the shape is very peculiar, as long as you find a way to remove those modern logos, you can go back to Mengmeng friends. Anyway, the money I had on me was "given away for free", so I simply gave it generously and bought it together at a high price of 1,000 yuan.

It seems that I really blamed him at the beginning, but he was a "raw" hand. Even a person of my level can see a fake, and he still runs to this kind of place to sell as a "baby", isn't it a lack of heart? However, this kid still has the talent to act, obviously he made me a lot of money all of a sudden, but he still made a sad face, and pretended to say that he didn't want to sell it to me, a handful of snot and tears.

After I tossed it like this, everyone thought that there were only fakes and imitations on his stall, and the asking price was black, so they refused to patronize it. And the stall owner doesn't seem to care about this, but as if he is sick, he picks up his goods one by one and carefully examines them, and there are words in his mouth: "How can you look away, it's impossible?" ”

Of course, all this has nothing to do with me.

Panjiayuan is not far from where I rented, so I stopped by to go back to "home".

In order not to misunderstand the roommates who shared the house, I didn't let the bodyguard follow up and asked him to wait for me at the door of the building.

I closed the door, and as soon as I took a step, a green object the size of a fingernail was thrown out of my trouser leg and landed on the floor in front of me.

I hurriedly squatted down and picked it up, and it turned out to be an "imitation" of the Chu State "grimace money" (of course I wouldn't think it was genuine), shaped like a human face and written like ants.

Whatever it did get into my trouser leg and was brought home by me, it was my luck and it was worth keeping. What's more, from my non-professional point of view, this is at least a high-imitation "grimace money", or a particularly rare kind.

Because the Chu seal on it is not the usual "Bei, Jin, Zhai, Xing, Jun, Jin" and the like, but an uncommon "water" word. I'm ashamed to say that although I like ancient coins, I don't recognize many ancient Chinese characters and common calligraphy styles, especially those characters before the Han Dynasty, such as seal scripts, in addition to the books that introduce ancient coins, there are only five characters of gold, wood, water, fire and earth (those words, which were taught to me by my grandmother).

If only this grimace money was real, it is estimated that I will be able to worry about food and clothing for the rest of my life.

When this thought crossed my mind, another voice suddenly squeezed into my head, "Hmm", startled me and almost sat on the floor.

Anyway, this grimace is the most precious thing in my collection right now, and I can't leave it in a boarding house because I lose it. Of course, the six things I picked up today can't be left here, and I haven't appreciated them yet. Among them, the ring and the bracelet, I put it on directly.

However, this ancient coin is not perforated and is not suitable for wearing close to the body. I don't know what material this imitation is made of, what if I put it in my pocket and accidentally crush it?

Why don't I try to drill a hole out? Thinking of this, I held the grimace money above my head and shone it at the light, wanting to see where it was thinner and easier to start. As a result, I found a "natural" hole, and it seems that the imitation has to leave some flaws.

With ready-made holes, threading is much easier, and you can find someone who does jade or pendant business.

I don't know if it's because I'm too excited, when I go to bed at night, I don't feel the itch on my back anymore, but the grimace money hanging on my chest is slightly hot.

When I woke up the next morning, I realized that the grimace money had turned over at some point, and the front was pressed against my chest, leaving a green mark. I couldn't get rid of it after a long time of soaping, so I had to give up. Anyway, one day, it will become part of the dirt on my body, so let him go.

The spiral on Manager Ma's body failed to completely fade in the end, and the last three laps were retained. And the spiral on me began to fade slowly. This change has confused both of us.

In the end, Manager Ma decided to take me to meet Zhao Tianshi in person.

is different from what I expected, this worldly master does not have the shape and temperament of the fairy wind Dao bone at all. He is actually a short and fat man with a full face, less than 1.6 meters tall, and he doesn't look as thick as his waist, I really don't know how he survived in this life. If it were me, it would probably be a premature death.

"Young man, don't judge people by their appearance", it seems that this Zhao Tianshi still knows a little about mind reading, and he actually saw through my mind at once, he smiled at me, "People have six senses, don't always rely on your eyes to see the world." ”

If I wanted to go on with this, the issues discussed would be too profound, and I reluctantly smiled back and bowed my head and said nothing.

"Master, you can help us see why he is ......" Manager Ma is more anxious than me.

"You don't need to say it, I know what you came here for", Zhao Tianshi turned his head to Manager Ma and ordered: "You go out first, and then come in when I call you!" ”

Manager Ma was stunned for a moment, looked at him and then at me, and didn't dare to open his mouth to say anything, so he had to nod and go out, and closed the door by the way.

"Your name is Tang Sanzang?"

"Hmm." I looked up and saw a pair of eyes with a hint of murder, it turned out that this Humpty Dumpty man was fierce and not cute at all.

"There's no one else here, get your stuff out!" The light in Zhao Tianshi's eyes flashed, and he suddenly returned to his previous kind appearance, and he stretched out his right hand in front of me, palm up.

"What's that?" I was a little confused, "I haven't touched anything since I got to you!" ”

"Stinky boy, you dare to pretend to be confused in front of me?" Zhao Tianshi's eyes sharpened again, he turned his right hand over and gave me a quick palm.

There was a muffled thud, and I didn't feel anything, but he slid backwards.

"Damn, forget about this stubble", Zhao Tianshi muttered softly, and then couldn't help coughing, he quickly closed his mouth, then raised his left hand and wiped it on the side of his mouth.

Only then did I see that there were blood stains on the corners of his mouth at some point. Could it be that the palm just shook just now? But I've never practiced any martial arts, and I don't have the impression of soaking in a medicine jar like Fang Shiyu in the movie. The palm just now was already very good if it didn't hurt me, how could it be possible to go back and hurt him.

But if it's acting, it doesn't seem to be necessary. It's his turf, and no one else is there.

I was still thinking about it, Zhao Tianshi had already walked back to me, his face was pale: "Young man, if you know each other, take off your clothes yourself, this is not a place where you can be strong!" ”

"Take off ...... Clothes? I subconsciously took a step back and put my hands in front of me, "Why?" ”

"Didn't you come to me to see the five visceral marks on your back? What do I think if I don't take my shirt off? When Zhao Tianshi saw my appearance, he smiled instead, with a smug expression.

"Oh", I realized that I had just overreacted and was a little embarrassed.

After taking off his shirt, Zhao Tianshi didn't look at my back, but stared at my grimace money with his eyes, "Where did you get this thing?" ”

"Sent by a friend", it's the first time I've told a lie so smoothly and justifiably.

"Oh, what kind of friend can give you such a precious thing to give you a poor student?" Zhao Tianshi's words were full of mockery, and he obviously didn't believe the lies I made up casually.

"Naturally, it's a dead friend, you think everyone is as rich as you", I didn't want to continue to entangle with him on this issue, stretched out my right hand and clenched the grimace money, "Don't you want to see the black spiral on my back?" How to keep an eye on my grimace money. ”

"You call it Grimace Money?" Zhao Tianshi suddenly laughed again, "This thing is useless to you, can you sell it to me?" You name a price. ”

"A gift from a friend, how can you give it to someone casually, and you won't sell it for any amount of money!" I'm actually quite stubborn in my bones, and I especially hate it when people use money to pressure me, although I admit that money is also a good thing, and the more the merrier.

"Stinky boy, shame on your face. Do you think you just don't sell? This is my territory" Zhao Tianshi's face suddenly became hideous, and he slowly approached me, "I can make your life worse than death!" ”

"This is the city of Beijing, do you dare to come here?" I raised my right hand, trying to get the grimace money off first. Since he wanted it, I had to rely on it to keep me alive. The skin of his face has been torn, and now he is estimated to not be able to live.

However, as soon as my arm was halfway raised, my right arm was no longer at my command, and hung there, motionless. Damn, is this Humpty Dumpty going to be a little bit out of the air?

"Silly boy, if this thing leaves your body, it won't be able to protect you, wait for death!" Zhao Tianshi raised his right palm again.

Now it's really over, I was so scared that I closed my eyes and waited for death!

"Huh?" Zhao Tianshi's palm was not slapped, "Stinky boy, is your mother's surname Meng?" ”

"My mother's surname is Kong Bu Meng", I didn't know what was going on, so I opened my eyes and glared at him angrily, "My grandmother's surname is Meng, I promise that your whole family has nightmares!" ”

"Haha, you kid has backbone, not bad!" The anger on Zhao Tianshi's face had disappeared, he pointed to my chest with his finger, and asked with a smile, "Your five-element mole, your grandmother ordered it for you, right?" ”

"Huh?" I hurriedly lowered my head, followed his fingers, and saw that next to my Tanzhong acupoint, where the original grimace money was, there were five small black dots, "This is what I brought from birth, where is the Five Elements Mole you said?" ”

"How can our descendants of the Meng family be so stupid?" Zhao Tianshi suddenly got angry and made a gesture to hit me on the head, "There is a clear chance to save my life, I don't know how to climb up the pole, I have to say it according to my own meaning!" Is it that hard to tell a lie? ”

"Your Meng family?" I was really getting confused, "My surname is Don!" ”

"I know your name is Tang Sanzang", the smile on Zhao Tianshi's face was even stronger, "Is your grandmother's name Meng Ya?" My common name is Meng Ming, Dragon Tiger Feng Yaming, I am your fourth uncle and grandfather! ”