【138】Ghost Market, Preparation Before the Tomb (I)
(Cat flutter Chinese ) 【92z】 When I came out of the hotel, it was already past one o'clock at noon, and I refused Li Xuanxue's good offer to drive me, so I left here alone. ^^^Baidu & search @ just love Chinese + read this book #latest @ chapter ^^^
Before that, I had already called Brother Zhou and asked if they had returned to the hotel where they met.
Unexpectedly, Brother Zhou told me that it was still early, and he and the fat man were still wandering around the "ghost market", and then sent me an address and asked me to hurry over to find him.
The so-called "ghost market" is actually a black market.
Because most of the goods in it are mixed, there are occasional rare items, and most of them come from the wrong way, and as for the use of fake goods to deceive people, it is even more common, so people call it a "ghost market"!
Of course, Brother Zhou's so-called "ghost market" is obviously different from an ordinary "ghost market". Because that place is almost exclusively accessible to practitioners, it is a place for practitioners to buy, sell, or trade goods.
That is the real "three regardless" zone, because those who enter and exit not only the disciples of the righteous path sects, but even some evil path disciples, can also enter it in a grand manner. Anyway, everyone is wearing masks, and no one knows each other.
And once inside, no matter who you are, you must follow the rules of the "ghost market"! It is strictly forbidden to make trouble and do it without permission, otherwise you will be sanctioned by the ghost market administrators, and many times, you don't even need the ghost market managers to do it, and other people who enter the ghost market will attack you en masse!
It is precisely because of such rules that the "ghost market" has become a refuge for many evil cultivators, and as long as they do not go out of the "ghost market" for a day, even the religious affairs bureau is actually helpless against them.
A long time ago, I actually heard Brother Zhou mention the "ghost market", but I have never seen it with my own eyes. So when Brother Zhou sent me the address and asked me to hurry over, I didn't hesitate at all, so I hurriedly took a taxi to the address sent by Brother Zhou.
I want to see if the so-called "ghost market" is so powerful as Brother Zhou said.
However, to my surprise, I originally thought that since it was called a "ghost market", it must be located in a relatively remote place, such as a suburb, or an urban-rural junction.
But when I opened the map and searched for the address sent by Brother Zhou, the place was actually located near the most prosperous commercial street in Yucheng Sha District!
"Huh?"
Frowning slightly, I almost subconsciously stopped the driver, and then I called Brother Zhou again, asking him if he had sent the wrong address? How can the so-called "ghost market" be located near a bustling commercial street?
Brother Zhou told me with a smile, you just have to come over, and the rest will wait until we meet.
"Okay!"
In desperation, I had no choice but to nod, and after hanging up the phone, I let the driver continue to drive, and at the same time asked the driver about the place.
While driving, the driver took the phone from my hand, looked at the specific location on the phone map, and told me that the address was actually a park.
As for the name of the street on it, it is a villa complex in the park that has been abandoned for decades. The villa has been in existence since the last century, but it has been in a state of abandonment, and I don't know what the government thinks.
Such a prime location, and it is located in the park, it is simply a piece of land, and it has been abandoned like this!
"Oh?"
After listening to the driver's different complaints, I couldn't help but light up in the eyes, look at this, Brother Zhou should indeed not have the wrong address, if I guess correctly, the so-called "black market" must be related to this abandoned villa community!
When I finally arrived at my destination, I found that the driver was not lying, this place was indeed a park. It is also a very lively park, and the name is "Sand District Park".
After paying the fare, I just got out of the car, and the fat man, who had been waiting at the door for a long time, couldn't help but greet him as soon as possible. However, I didn't find any trace of Brother Zhou, so I subconsciously asked, "Where is Brother Zhou?" ”
"Why are you alone?"
"Brother Zhou has already gone in, and it is said that he is going to visit an old friend! Let's go, I'll take you there first! ”
As he spoke, the fat man led me straight into the depths of the park, and for about a quarter of an hour I saw several low red villas through the dense palms.
As the taxi driver said before, these villas are a few years old, and the style is still from the middle of the last century. The mottled walls have also left very obvious traces of time.
"This is it!"
Sure enough, almost as soon as we arrived near this abandoned villa, the fat man suddenly stopped.
With a slight residual vision, he pretended to glance at the villa opposite, then lowered his voice and said with a cautious face: "Brother Zhou said, the ghost market is hidden in these villas!" ”
"But it's early now, far from the time for the ghost market to open, he asked us to wait for him here, and he will come to us in a moment!"
"Hmm!"
Nodding solemnly, I couldn't help but take a closer look at the villa opposite. I found that although the villa was in the park, the entire villa community was surrounded by a high fence, and there was no passage at all.
What's even more strange is that we are already very close to the villa, but I still can't see it! I always feel like there is a thin layer of white mist in front of me, and the more I try to see everything on the other side, the more blurry the picture in front of me becomes.
Not only that, but when I subconsciously urged the "Sky Eye Pass" and tried harder and harder to penetrate this layer of white fog, my eyes even clearly felt a piercing pain in my heart!
"Formation!"
Don't think about it, I also know that the surroundings of the villa must have been arranged to isolate the prying eyes of others. It's no wonder that it has been able to exist peacefully in this downtown for decades, even if we now know that the "ghost market" is in this villa, if no one leads the way, I am afraid it will be difficult to find the entrance.
"Forget it! Then wait! ”
I didn't admit defeat, and tried several times in succession, but in the end they all failed, so I had no choice but to give up, and sat directly on the stone chair on the side, quietly waiting for Brother Zhou.
But we sat here for more than an hour, but there was no trace of Brother Zhou, and in my boredom, my eyes suddenly fell on a row of stone carvings on both sides of the road.
"Dragon, Snake, Sheep, Tiger, Rabbit, ......"
The subject matter of the stone carving is nothing else, it is the long-standing symbol of Chinese culture, the zodiac.
And the reason why I suddenly noticed them was not because they were special, on the contrary, their statues were all very ordinary! It can even be described as rough, and with its age, it is difficult to tell which of the 12 zodiac signs it is without looking closely.
"Huh?"
With a sigh of surprise, I suddenly became very interested in them, and I couldn't help but stand up and study them carefully. I found that the location of these statues seemed to be chaotic and disorderly, but in fact it seemed to be very mysterious.
As for what is mysterious about them, I can't say at all, I just think they are very natural, and they seem to fit the feng shui landscape here......
I was looking at it intently, when suddenly, someone suddenly patted me on the shoulder, and then I heard Brother Zhou laugh and say, "What? Do you see the difference between these statues? ”
"Damn!"
I was taken aback by his slap so suddenly, and then I finally came back to my senses, and then complained: "Where have you been?" Why did it take so long to come back? ”
While speaking, I couldn't help but subconsciously look at the time again, and it was already more than four o'clock in the afternoon! In other words, I stared at the stone statue for more than an hour?
"Whoa—"
Brother Zhou shrugged his shoulders straight, and then couldn't help but subconsciously spread his palms to me, and said with a smile: "I met an old friend, and finally got three nameplates to enter the black market!" ”
"Oh?"
As soon as these words came out, my eyes suddenly lit up, and then I realized that I still needed an identity nameplate to enter the black market?
Thinking of this, I couldn't help but quickly took a nameplate from Brother Zhou's hand, the texture was very light, and it seemed to be wooden. Except for a few special runes that I couldn't read, it didn't seem to be anything special.
Although the time is already four o'clock in the afternoon, it is obviously a long time before the "ghost market" opens.
But anyway, they have already got the qualification nameplate to enter the "black market", and Brother Zhou is not in a hurry. Directly in the park, I found a relatively remote teahouse, which told me and the fat man about some things that need to be paid attention to after entering the "ghost market".
Places like the "black market" have always been mixed, whether it is good or evil, all of them are mixed in. If you are not careful, you will even bring disaster to yourself!
According to Brother Zhou, anyone who has a little experience in the rivers and lakes knows that going to the "ghost market" cannot be said to be "going", nor can it be said to be "on", let alone using the word "shopping", it has to be said to be "going to the ghost market"!
The word "trip" undoubtedly shows the complexity of the ghost market, the water is deep and shallow, the water is fast and slow, and all of them have to try by themselves, that is, "wading through the muddy water", touching the stones to cross the river.
And if you want to say "go to the ghost market", or "go to the ghost market", or "go to the ghost market", it will undoubtedly reveal to others that you are just a fledgling rookie, and you have no experience in the rivers and lakes, so naturally some people will treat you as their fat sheep!
Therefore, Brother Zhou repeatedly told him that after entering, don't talk nonsense, if you say too much, you will lose, everything depends on his eyes. 【Just love Chinese】
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