The Henan braised noodles that I ate at Zhao's house at night seem to be a local specialty, but this braised noodles is too far from what the three of us ate at the Zhengzhou restaurant last night, and I have to say that Zhao's wife's cooking skills are very average. During the meal, I briefly told Azan Hongban and Lao Xie what happened to Lao Zhao from beginning to end, so that the two of them could have an understanding. Lao Xie said while eating: "You dare to make any money...... Is it so easy to take what is on the body of a dead man? ”

Zhao's wife had an unhappy expression and didn't say anything.

Because it was still early, the three of us rested on the kang for a few hours. Good enough to nourish the spirit. At eleven o'clock in the middle of the night, Azanhongban began to prepare to cast a spell, first turned off all the lights, Azanhongban let Lao Zhao lie flat on the kang, he sat cross-legged on the west side of Lao Zhao, put on a mask, chanted witch spells in a low voice, and me, Lao Xie and Zhao's wife sat in the chair next to the table.

A few minutes later, by the moonlight outside the window, I saw Lao Zhao slowly sitting up from the kang and said, "Give me the jade pendant, will you die." This accent is very strange, both like Henan dialect and a bit like Yanzhao dialect, and I don't understand what the meaning of "you die" is, or I heard it wrong, but it was this pronunciation at the time, and I still haven't figured it out.

Azan Homban stopped chanting the witch mantra, and suddenly the window rang twice, and it went from half-open to fully open. But at this time, it was in the middle of the summer, and there was no wind. Lao Xie and I looked at each other, and Lao Xie raised two fingers and waved, signaling me and Zhao's wife to be silent.

After nearly half an hour, Zhao's wife was already restless. Suddenly, Lao Zhao's body trembled, and he began to spasm, making a "ahhh Zhao's wife stood up and was about to go over, but I stopped her. The volume of Azan Hongban's chanting of witch spells increased, and Lao Zhao gradually calmed down, and his hands were also lowered.

Azanhongban slowly took off the mask on his face and asked me to turn on the light. Zhao's wife hurriedly turned on the electric light and saw a deep bruise on Lao Zhao's neck. Azan Hongban said, "What about the jade pendant? ”

Zhao's wife said, "Jade pendant...... It's been sold for a long time! ”

I told Azanhongban that the jade pendant had been sold to a customer in Beijing who owned an antique shop. Azan Hongban said, "There must be a jade pendant. ”

It was difficult, I raised my wrist to look at my watch, it was nearly twelve o'clock in the night, so I had to send a text message to the customer in Beijing, asking if he had fallen asleep and had something to discuss. In less than two minutes, the customer called back: "Boss Tian, what's the matter?" ”

I was embarrassed to say, "Didn't wake you up, did you?" He said that he was appraising antiques with a few friends who were delivering goods from other places, and they were waiting to get the money. I thought to myself, most likely it was a tomb robber looking for him to sell the stolen goods, so I directly asked if Lao Zhao's jade pendant was still there.

The customer said, "You mean, that Puyang Lao Zhao sold me the phoenix pendant?" "I said yes, the customer said it was still in his hand, and asked what this was for. I didn't want to hide it. Let's be honest. The customer smiled and said Boss Tian, you are really funny, I heard Lao Zhao talk about this when I received the jade pendant, but I didn't expect you to believe it.

I said it's true, and now I have to redeem that jade pendant, you see. The customer snorted, "Okay." No matter what the excuse, you know, I spent 110,000 yuan, and I didn't hack him much, just 200,000. I was dumbfounded, but I knew that these people who were engaged in the antique business would not joke, so I didn't answer, and directly handed over the phone to Lao Zhao and asked them to say.

On the phone, as soon as Lao Zhao heard that he wanted 200,000 yuan, he became angry at that time, saying that the customer was too black-hearted. After communicating with the two sides for a while, Lao Zhao hung up the phone angrily and said to Zhao's wife: "This X boss is really a fucking profiteer, and he wants 200,000 yuan!" ”

"Why is he so lacking in virtue?" Zhao's wife said angrily.

I almost didn't laugh out loud. Lao Xie said with a smile: "This is what you don't understand, those who do antique business are not open for half a year, and they are open for three years." It's not like selling vegetables, you can sell a car and a half from morning to night, and the antique shop may only sell one or two things in a few months, if there is no high profit. They will have to drink the northwest wind. ”

Lao Zhao looked at the three of us, and his eyes suddenly showed doubt, and he said, "Boss Tian, aren't you guys colluding and trying to hack me Lao Zhao?" ”

I was stunned at first, and then laughed: "The tomb robbery and ghost accident is your own fault, let me find someone to help you identify the jade pendant, it is also your own idea." Now you suspect me? ”

Zhao's wife said: "Who knows if you are taking the opportunity of casting a spell and want to trick us into a sum of money?" ”

Lao Xie eagerly explained: "How can you doubt us. We're all businessmen. "I asked Lao Zhao what you experienced when you were casting spells just now. Lao Zhao didn't answer, Zhao's wife scolded him a few words, and asked him to speak quickly, Lao Zhao said: "I seemed to have a dream just now." I dreamed of floating out of the window, passing by the field, and seeing the big mansion again. I was just about to come back when the door of the house opened, and a man walked out. Dressed in ancient clothes, his face was white, and there was no blood at all. He stretched out his hand to me and asked me for a jade pendant, and I said that I had sold it, so he came over and pinched me, saying something like 'give me the jade pendant, you will die', I didn't understand, and then I woke up. ”

"Look, do you have to use jade pendants?" Lao Xie said.

Zhao's wife was speechless ▲ in the chair, looking very depressed.

At night, he spent the night on the kang of Zhao's house, and during the day the next day, Lao Zhao said that he wanted to discuss this matter with his wife, so the three of us went out of the house and sat in the courtyard to drink water. I walked out of the courtyard and saw many people standing at the door of their homes, looking towards the Zhao family. Walking along the path to the entrance of the village, I saw that there were two villagers, an old man and a young man, with sickles, as if they were going to mow the grass, so I stopped and asked if I knew that there was an old Zhao in this village, and I had recently heard that he had fallen into the evil spirit.

The old villager said, "What are you doing?" "I said that I was a collector of antiques, and Lao Zhao used to supply me with them, but now he said that he hit a ghost and lay at home every day. I didn't believe it, so I came over and had a look.

The two looked at each other, and the young villager whispered: "That old Zhao really ran into an evil spirit, everyone said that he always went out to sleepwalk in the middle of the night, and when he left, it was the middle of the night." There are also blisters on the feet. ”

"It's said that it's a ghost market!" The old villager said with a serious face. I asked if there was anyone else in the village who did this besides Lao Zhao, and I wanted to collect more goods.

The young villager said, "Yes, my cousin is fine, why don't I take you to his house?" "I said I'll go back in the afternoon. After a while, I had to go back to Lao Zhao's house to talk about things, and asked Lao Zhao's family if they were very poor.

"Why do you ask?" Both said.

I said that Lao Zhao wanted to borrow 20,000 yuan from me, but I didn't agree. The old villager laughed: "Digging sweet potatoes all day long, he is embarrassed to say that he is poor, and he still borrows money from others?" He is a rich man in the village. Sending his son to the city to study at university, his family in the whole village has this condition! His son is full of famous brands from top to bottom, as well as computers! Chatting with him for a while, he said that he had already saved up his son's marriage money, and it was enough to buy a house in the city. ”

The two villagers left, and when they were leaving, the young villager pointed out to me which house his cousin's house was, and asked me to go and sit down.

Back at Zhao's house, the two of them looked bitter, and they were still sitting on the side of the kang in the house and talking in a low voice. I went into the house and asked what the result was. Zhao's wife made a lot of excuses that she had no money and asked if she could get a discount. I said, "That boss X in Beijing is not my relative, so you have to discuss with him instead of me." My face is not worth much, besides, you are not without money, just now I was wandering outside the village, chatting with a few villagers, everyone knows that your family is the richest in the whole village, and even the money for your son to get married and buy a house in the city has been saved. ”

These words made the faces of the two of them change directly, like chameleons. Lao Zhao scolded: "Which fucking bastard is talking nonsense? Why did he see that my family was rich? ”

"Let us think about it. Why don't you go back first, and then if we decide to redeem that jade pendant, what if you come back? Zhao's wife said with a smile.

I said it's no problem at all, whether you have money or not is your business, we can go back to Thailand now, but we have to make it clear, if you want us to cast spells in the future, we will have to pay 60,000 yuan.

Lao Zhao was so anxious that the facial features on his face were shifting: "What, it will cost 60,000 yuan again?" ”

Lao Xie smiled: "That's for sure!" If you take a taxi, you have to charge a starting fee, even if you get off the bus, and then call someone back to get on the bus again after half a minute, you have to ask for a starting fee, not to mention that we have to fly around, just how much the ticket costs. ”