Chapter 269: The Sword
The antique street is a pedestrian street, the total length Chinese of the street is 135 meters, and the head of the shop is Wang Mazi's shop.
"Thank you, can you not go?" didn't wait to walk to the front of the store, Guo Fu was intimidated.
"What are you afraid of with me?" I dragged him forward, in fact, I knew what he was afraid of, there were two paper figures wearing melon skin hats standing in front of the store, a boy and a virgin, all of them with red lips and white teeth, especially those two pairs of eyes, just like the real ones, blazing!
Guo Fu shrunk, but he was pulled by me, and he couldn't break free, so he could only passively follow.
"There's a guest coming to the door!" In front of the store, a crisp children's voice sounded. I glanced sideways, and it was the two paper figures who spoke.
Guo Fu will be paralyzed this time, and he didn't fall down because of my support. I was a little surprised, his appearance can only show that Wang Mazi left a deep shadow in his heart.
"It turned out that a distinguished guest came to the door, and I said why I was a little uneasy today!" The door opened, and a thin middle-aged man with a pockmarked face walked out and looked at me with an inquiring gaze.
This should be Wang Mazi, I looked at him for a while and spoke
"Shi Sanqiang asked me to pick up what he left here!"
"Come in!" He bowed slightly, turned and entered the store. I followed behind him, feeling that something was wrong, judging from what he said just now, I didn't know that I was coming, that is to say, Shi Sanqiang didn't greet him in advance.
That's a little wrong, how can I get a sword without saying hello? To store things, you have to have a certificate, I came here so empty-handed, how to get it?
But I didn't ask much, and if I came, I was safe. The style of the shop was completely different from what I expected, with two rows of antique wooden shelves lined up on either side, and the shelves were filled with funeral items that were several sizes smaller.
There are paper people and paper horses, incense candles, paper money, and wreaths of all colors, without exception, they are all shrunk, if you don't know, you still think it's a souvenir?
The innermost is a dark purple counter with a rattan chair behind it, and behind it is a wooden staircase.
Wang Mazi took me straight to the innermost, and when I walked to the counter, he took a wooden rooster and a paper figure with armor from the wooden shelf, handed it to Guo Fu, and said
"Help me look at the store, there may be a few customers coming in a while, don't do anything, don't say anything, just stay honest!" Guo Fu didn't dare to let go of a fart, and looked at me pitifully after taking it.
"Stay and I'll be back later!" I confessed, and followed Wang Mazi backwards, down the wooden steps to the second floor.
The staircase was narrow and steep, allowing only one person to pass through, and the wooden staircase was painted a deep purple color, I don't know if it was an illusion, and I could hear the groans of pain with every step I stepped on.
There are a total of thirteen steps, and the whole process of going up is a strange sound mixed with the creaking and moaning sounds made by Wang Mazi and I stepping on it.
The moment I stepped into the second floor, I smelled a smell of burning, and Wang Mazi also turned around at the same time and said to me
"There are the ashes of some wicked buried under the stairs!" With that, he continued to walk inside with me. Sure enough, it wasn't an illusion just now, it was a real moan.
Wang Mazi said that under the stairs were the ashes of the wicked, and he was punishing those wicked. The layout of the second floor and the first floor is similar, with two rows of wooden shelves on both sides, but on them are porcelain urns, and there are pictures on the urns, which are urns.
There are two rows of shelves, and there are almost a hundred urns on them, that is, there are nearly a hundred ghosts enshrined here.
As soon as this thought was born, I felt that the eyes were fixed on me, and it was very uncomfortable.
"There are guests who come to the door, and all of them are a little polite!" Wang Mazi seemed to sense something, paused, and said a little impatiently.
As soon as the words fell, the feeling of being stared at disappeared. Unlike above, there is an extra row of hangers in the middle, but instead of clothes, paper figures of different shapes are hung on them.
Continue to walk inside, against the wall is a purple cabinet, the lock on the cabinet is very old, it is the kind of horizontal ancient lock.
Wang Mazi stood in front of the wooden cabinet and paused for a moment before taking out the key to unlock it, looking at him as if he was remembering something!
Unlock the lock, open the cabinet door, it was very empty, only an ancient sword with a sheath was placed.
"Your sword is here, get it yourself!" Looking at the sword, Wang Mazi was stunned for a while before turning around, and said with a gloomy face.
"My sword?" I asked, a little puzzled
"Didn't Shi Sanqiang store this sword here?"
"He deserves it too!" Wang Mazi smiled disdainfully, took a step to the side, gave up his position, and pointed to the sword
"Hurry up, it's been waiting for you for years!"
"Wait a minute, I have lived for more than twenty years, and I have been to our city twice, the first time was yesterday, and today is the second time, when did I store a sword with you?" I became more and more confused, staring at Wang Mazi and asking.
"You didn't save it, it was your cat who saved it!" Wang Mazi was very impatient, as if he was trying his best to suppress something.
"Ahsan!" I blurted out, I really didn't expect this sword to be deposited here by Ahsan. In this way, everything is explained, and I also understand why Shi Sanqiang was so unwilling when he called me before, and he also wanted this sword.
I exhaled slowly, walked over to the cabinet, reached out and grabbed the sword, and took it out. From the outside, the scabbard is very ordinary, it seems to be a kind of animal skin nitrate, and it has a rough texture to the touch.
The hilt of the sword felt strange to hold, it was the right size to fit my hand, as if it was custom-made for me, and there was a pattern on it.
I couldn't see it clearly with my eyes, I rubbed it, and my mind had a number, and the pattern was very similar to the gall of the five thunder runes, that is, the word shou.
With a hint of curiosity, I wanted to pull out my sword.
"Don't draw your sword!" Wang Mazi opened his mouth at this time, he shook his head at me, and said
"It's not a good place to draw a sword!" I looked at him for a while, and I could tell he was serious.
"Good!" I retracted my strength, grasped the middle part of the sword, and walked out across my chest, and when I reached the staircase, I turned and asked
"What do you have to do with Ahsan?"
"It's okay!" At the mention of Ah San, Wang Mazi's face suddenly turned cold, and there was a sense of anger. I immediately understood that Wang Mazi didn't get a bargain on Ah San, and even suffered a loss.
I know very well that I can't ask, and one more thing is that I can feel that Wang Mazi has a covetous heart for this sword.
The reason why he didn't covet this sword must be because he had some scruples. Originally, I wanted to ask about the origin of this sword, but since it was sent by Ah San, I will just ask her when the time comes.
As for the secret of Wang Mazi's body, you can also ask Ah Sang, as a cat with eight tails who doesn't know how long he has lived, he must have experienced a lot, and he knows no less secrets!
I regret a little now that I didn't talk to Assando when I first came out! Walking down the stairs, each stroke was hard, but unlike when I came up, there was not a single groan of pain.
It's not that they don't want to scream, but they don't dare to scream, and the ghosts below are afraid of the sword in my arms, and I realize that this time it seems that I have a great treasure.
Coming down the stairs, I didn't see Guo Fu, but a middle-aged man with a cold aura on his body.
"Guo Fu?" My heart moved and I shouted.
"Here!" A trembling voice sounded from the counter, and I looked over to see Guo Fu sitting on the ground with his back against the counter.
The wooden chicken in his arms was facing the middle-aged man, and the paper man with armor was at his feet, also glaring angrily at the middle-aged man.
"Get up!" I said lightly, but my eyes were fixed on the middle-aged man.
"Did it?" Wang Mazi will also come down this time, he glanced at the middle-aged man in his eyes, and asked coldly.
"No, no, how dare you?" The middle-aged man's face changed instantly, and he nodded.
"Humph!" Wang Mazi snorted coldly, took out a black plastic bag from under the counter, and handed it over
"Here's what you want!" The middle-aged man was about to open it when he saw me standing on the side, hesitated for a moment, and didn't move.
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