When I saw that the red cloth pocket was not far away, I quickly grabbed it into my hand and stuffed the ancient mirror back along with the green smoke.

"Lin Kun, how is it? You...... Tell me, what age is it? ”

Xu Duobao saw that my face was wrong, and his words became stumbling. It's just that he still has an expectant expression on his face. Obviously, they are still concerned about the value and origin of this ancient mirror.

"This is a glazed Eight Treasures Town Soul Mirror from the Han Dynasty, and it is indeed a priceless treasure!"

"Haha! Is it really a treasure? "It's not been a day since Xu Duobao poured antiques, and as soon as my words came out, he burst out laughing.

Without waiting for the laughter to end, Xu Duobao sent a big red envelope over.

"Lin Kun, you can be regarded as a great help to me. I should have thanked you again, but my mother was sick and hospitalized last month, and she spent a lot of silver, two thousand yuan, don't be too little, just take it first. ”

I glanced at the red envelope sent by Xu Duobao, then at his face, and shook my head speechlessly.

When Xu Duobao saw me shaking his head, he immediately became anxious, and said eagerly: "Brother, my brother doesn't mean to take advantage of you!" You wait, when I sell this object, I will definitely wrap a big red envelope for you, I know that two thousand yuan is a little less, but my brother is short of money now. ”

"Old Xu! You misunderstood what I meant. I sighed.

To be honest, this is Xu Duobao, if I were someone else, I would have laughed at his two thousand yuan, patted my ass and left.

But how can we say that they are also friends, not to mention that he is now in a foreign land, both eunuchs, and now he has received such a thing back, if I don't pull him, this windfall will soon become a flying disaster.

"Misunderstanding? You said! What do you want? Xu Duobao asked with a puzzled expression.

"Lao Xu, I'll take these two thousand yuan to buy you a message, how about it?"

"Message?" Xu Duobao was only stunned for a moment, then patted his chest and said happily, "Done!" As long as I don't inquire about your sister-in-law's birthday, I'll tell you everything else, and I don't need you to take the money. ”

"Can you tell me where this mirror came from?"

"How did the mirror come about?" Xu Duobao listened to my words and couldn't help scratching his head.

Xu Duobao's reaction was expected by me, in this industry, it is a bad thing to rashly ask others about the origin of things.

"Hey! I'll tell you. Xu Duobao hesitated for a while, but still came up with this sentence, obviously he made this decision after some ideological struggle, "Actually, there is nothing to hide, this is a tattered collection from a rural grocery store." ”

"Country grocery store? Tattered? ”

Don't look at this glazed Eight Treasures Soul Suppression Mirror is something for the dead, but after all, it is a genuine antique, and it is a rare treasure.

In this way, we are not talking about its value, but about its use. Although the Soul Suppression Mirror has also been unearthed in the ancient tombs of the past dynasties, they are either rusted or incomplete in formation. After the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Taoism was further lost, and this kind of utensils only had the role of decoration and no longer had practical significance.

"That's right! I bought it for 300 yuan from the grocery store in Fuquan Village, Shengli Township. ”

"Three hundred?" I asked, wide-eyed.

"Yes! I gave him the money, and that guy was so happy. ”

Xu Duobao obviously didn't realize that he had bought a big trouble and went home, and he was still there and said smugly, "He thought this thing was a modern and worn-out thing, and it wasn't worth a lot of money!" If he hadn't recognized the piece of glass on the mirror, I'm afraid he would have given it to me in vain. ”

"Lao Xu, your luck is really good!" I sighed and nodded, but I kept in mind the name of the place that Xu Duobao said.

Xu Duobao leaned forward without knowing it, and whispered in my ear, "Lin Kun, you can't find a Han tomb by following the name of the place, right?" ”

"Brother, do you think I look like a tomb robber?" I shook my head and smiled and replied, "Say it again."

There was no dirt on the mirror, and it didn't look like a newly excavated object. You say, what can I find when I go to Fuquan Village? ”

"That's just as well! This mirror is something I got three months ago. ”

Xu Duobao's words were very casual, but I became a little nervous after listening to them, "Three months? So why are you only taking it out now? ”

"It's no wonder to me! When I took the mirror back, I wanted to come to you. But the publishing house just organized us to go out to collect style, and this trip was a month. When I came back, my mother was sick and hospitalized again, so the matter dragged on to this day. ”

Listening to him say this, I learned that Xu Duobao has been running an antique shop in recent years, and at the same time writing on the Internet, it is said that his books are still selling well.

After listening to Xu Duobao's story, my mood became heavier than before, I have seen Xu Duobao's wife, that is a kind old man, treat me like a generation of nephews, caring.

"Brother, what's wrong? You seem to have something hidden in your heart today, which makes my brother's heart always feel uneasy! "Xu Duobao sensed that something was wrong with me.

Since Xu Duobao asked here, I don't want to hide it anymore, "Old Xu, do you know what this mirror is for?" ”

"This? I don't know? However, listening to its name, it is quite scary, presumably it is a magic weapon used by Taoist priests to play tricks. "Xu Duobao has not been pouring antiques for a day or two, and he can roughly know its purpose through the name of the glazed Eight Treasures Town Soul Mirror.

It's just that, according to the concept of modern people, these are all things that the ancients made up blindly, and they are not credible at all.

"Oh well! Let me tell you about the origin and purpose of this glazed Eight Treasures Soul Mirror. With that, I pointed my hand to the red cloth pocket on the table, "Old Xu, have you seen the inscription behind the ancient mirror?" ”

"I saw it, but I didn't understand it." Xu Duobao replied briskly.

"That's an account of the Rebellion of the Seven Kings." As soon as my words came out, Xu Duobao agreed casually, "I know this." At the beginning of the Han Dynasty, the kings with the same surname were divided into various places, and during the reign of Emperor Jing, due to the mistake of reducing their territories, they launched a collective rebellion. At that time, the world was in turmoil, and the land was full of mourning and hunger. ”

"Among the seven kings, do you also know about Liu Wu, the king of Chu?"

"Liu Wu, King of Chu?" Xu Duobao listened and shook his head helplessly.

Xu Duobao's performance, I was not surprised at all. After all, what I am about to talk about has not been seen in the official history books at all.

According to records, Liu Wu, the king of Chu, was defeated and captured. According to the practice of the time, the rebellious princes would only be demoted to concubines, and would not harm their lives. But Liu Wu had a stubborn personality, and on the way back to Beijing, he committed suicide by stabbing his wrist with a green dragon hairpin. It doesn't matter if he can't think of suicide, but his suicide has aroused the anger of the die-hard fans under his hands, and everyone gritted their teeth to avenge him, and they hated Emperor Jing even more. Among them, there was a general surnamed Yun, who followed Liu Wu to death, and when he heard the news of Liu Wu's death, he was filled with righteous indignation and even died of death. It is said that when he died, his blood ran dry, and his entire bones were drawn into a dried corpse.

Later, when he was buried, the corpse surnamed Yun violently mutinied, biting to death all the palace people who decorated his funeral on the spot, and escaped from the cemetery in the chaos.

For this matter, Emperor Jing sent a large number of soldiers and horses to hunt for this zombie everywhere, but in exchange for the news that someone was bitten to death by zombies kept coming from all over the country.

It wasn't until later that a priest brought back his body.

He told Emperor Jing that he needed to be buried with living people and animals, and gave Emperor Jing a Eight-Treasure Glazed Soul Mirror, which allowed the zombie An An to be buried.

After Xu Duobao listened to my story, the whole person's performance was wrong.

His face turned pale, and he leaned back on the couch. When he spoke again, his voice became hoarse, but his tongue seemed to curl, "That's what you say...... What does it have to do with me? ”

"That Eight Treasure Glazed Soul Suppression Mirror is right in front of you right now." I replied.

"Brother, we are brothers, but for many years

, don't lie to me, my brother can't stand it, he can't stand such a toss. Xu Duobao looked at the Eight Treasures Glass Mirror, and his words were not good.

It's no wonder, I thought I would pick up a priceless treasure for nothing, but in the end it was a failure, there are not many people who can withstand this blow, Xu Duobao's performance is not bad now.

"This is recorded in the inscription on the mirror, and what happened in your house proves it, and it is clearly a rebellion. Lao Xu, it's not been a day since you made antiques, you must also understand. ”

"Yes! My dog died. Fortunately, during the time I was not at home, your sister-in-law went back to live at her parents' house. After I came back, there were a lot of abnormalities in the house, and my mother once came to help me look at the house for a few days...... She, will her illness also be because of ......"

Speaking of this, Xu Duobao swallowed hard, and beads of sweat the size of beans came out of his forehead.

"Lin Kun, you say! Is there any way to crack it? Xu Duobao grabbed my hand tightly and said nervously.

"The way to crack it......" I replied with a mutter, but I couldn't get the rest of the words out there. It's not that I don't want to tell Xu Duobao what to do, it's that I haven't encountered anything like this before, so I have to be a little more careful.

"How about I throw it away?" Xu Duobao asked suddenly.

"Throw it away? I'm afraid not? I shook my head thoughtfully and looked at Xu Duobao, "Old Xu, this is a priceless thing, are you really willing to do it?" ”

"Of course I can't bear it, but we can't leave it here to harm people?"

Xu Duobao suddenly slapped his thigh: "Oops! I'm such an idiot. The guy who sold the stuff must know, I thought I had picked a bargain! He must have known that this was a scourge, so he sold it cheaply. ”

I don't deny that this is the case. In the antique shop, there is a saying about blame. When a person receives something strange or unlucky, he can pass on the curse that was originally imposed on him to others through buying and selling.

"Lao Xu, what are you going to do?"

"I, I want to sell it. Can...... But I really don't want to hurt anyone. Xu Duobao replied with a pale face.

Although I don't want to meddle too much in other people's affairs, I can't ignore Xu Duobao's affairs. After a moment of silence, I whispered, "Old Xu, do you trust me?" ”

"Trust! One hundred trusts. Xu Duobao nodded hurriedly, "Lin Kun, help me!" As long as you can help me, I'll ...... it I'll give you whatever you want! ”

I can hear that Xu Duobao originally wanted to say that he wanted to give me the Glazed Eight Treasures Soul Suppression Mirror. But when these words came to his lips, he felt that it was harmful, so he swallowed it back.

I thought about it, and pushed back the money that Xu Duobao had just put on the coffee table: "Old Xu, let's do it!" Let's write a note, and this mirror will be considered yours by me. ”

"Buy?" Xu Duobao's eyes widened and asked.

"Hmmm! There are rules for breaking disasters, and it is not easy to send this thing, and it must be bought and sold to eliminate disasters. ”

"Lin Kun, what do you mean to ......?"

"Say no more!" Before Xu Duobao finished speaking, I interrupted his words, "The secret of heaven must not be revealed!" There are some things that you can know and I know, but if you let heaven and earth know about them, then it won't work. ”

"Good! I understand, I understand. ”

According to my request, Xu Duobao wrote the documents for sale, and the two of us signed and signed on them decently and stamped their respective seals. After doing all this, this glazed Eight Treasures Town Soul Mirror nominally changed owners.

In order to reassure Xu Duobao, I did not ask to take away the ancient mirror. After all, the matter at his house has not been resolved, so I will take the things away, even if the relationship is good, it can't be justified.

On the way back, I was still thinking about Xu Duobao's mirror.

As soon as Xu Duobao received the mirror, he received a notice from the publishing house to let him participate in the collection, is it really such a coincidence?

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