But this master told me that more inside information, in fact, he didn't know, but more than ten years ago, I heard someone talk about this incident, because this ghost sales market is relatively close to Chengdu, and he is from Chengdu, so he unconsciously wrote it down, but at that time he didn't investigate the truth of this matter, just felt a little strange, and he heard a strange anecdote.

Of course, I didn't dare tell the master that what he had heard was not an anecdote because I had not seen the place myself at the moment. So I asked him if he could help me find out, I might have to go there to do something. This master is an old Jianghu, if it weren't for the fact that he was very familiar with me and Da Mao, even if he heard that I was going to find this place to do something, he wouldn't casually come to ask me what I was going to do, this is the rules of the rivers and lakes, and the older generation of people understand. However, due to the inconvenience of communication in those days, fortunately, people were relatively conservative and not financially well-off, so people who generally lived somewhere would not easily move their positions if they did not make a fortune or cause a big disaster.

So the master wrote me an address and asked me to go to this address to find a master surnamed Liu, saying that he learned about this rumor from Master Liu, but he emphasized that because this person does not often come and go, it is not clear whether people are still alive, and even if they are still alive, it is even more difficult to say whether they will sell us this face, and he can only help me to this point.

This is the only news I got from visiting many acquaintances in Chengdu in the past few days, so no matter what, Da Mao and I plan to give it a try. Before parting, I asked the master, what hobbies does this master Liu have on weekdays? Because everyone will have some hobbies, as long as it is within the scope of our ability, we will try to win a favor, and give something if we like, and it is worth spending some money. But this master told me that this Master Liu does not smoke or drink, nor is he a woman, he has lived alone all his life without children and daughters, and the only one who serves by his side is only one of his apprentices, and the apprentice himself is said to be a master of art, and his age is not much different from Master Liu. The two of them usually do things when they have something, and when they have nothing to do, they walk birds and play chess.

In 1976, the vigorous revolutionary movement had just ended, and although the atmosphere had eased somewhat, the market economy was not at all prosperous. In the past, if you buy anything, you can only go to the supply and marketing cooperatives and small stores directly operated by the state or factories, and if you buy and sell privately, such as buying some glutinous rice balls and fritters, painting some candy people, as long as you are not caught, or if you are caught, do not admit your mistake and have a bad attitude, generally speaking, no one will be held accountable. Although there are small traders, but there are not many, this master Liu likes to raise birds and play chess, I will be a little bit in the next period, but where can I find this bird for him? You can't catch a few sparrows as gifts, right?

After thinking about it, Da Mao and I both found that it is a little unrealistic to buy birds now, and it may not be possible to catch birds, let alone whether we can catch rare birds. So the idea was abandoned, but since the visit was made, it was never possible to come empty-handed. Nowadays, people lack food and entertainment life, so I and Da Mao put together the money on our bodies, bought a few catties of various fruits, and bought a radio that is not too big, thinking that amusing the birds is nothing more than to have fun, this radio has radio programs, but also to learn national thoughts, understand national affairs, it is also a good gift, and the price is really not cheap.

With the master's address, we went to Master Liu's house. The chef lives in a small county town northwest of Chengdu, which has been famous for producing high-quality and delicious watercress since ancient times.

At that time, Pixian was still a small county town that had just entered the stage of urbanization, except for the brick houses and roads slightly more than in the countryside, the rest of the place was more like the suburbs. It doesn't have the hustle and bustle of the city, nor the quiet and natural atmosphere of the countryside, so it's a very nice place. And we had the address in hand, so we quickly found each other's residence, but when we arrived it was already night, and the other party was not young anymore, so it was really rude to go to the door so late to disturb. So I discussed with Da Maoyi, planning to make do with one night and go early tomorrow morning.

But Pixian is a small county after all, it is really not easy to find a place to stay, and in the plain area, the temperature difference after night is larger, and it will be colder, so Da Mao and I were in the waiting room of the station, pretending to wait for the night bus, and slept alone in the middle of the night until dawn.

Since we had already stepped on the first night to observe in advance, and the lights were on at Master Liu's house at our address, we felt that this person must still be living in the same place, after all, the house was really old, and no one would come to live in it even if he moved out. So when we knocked on Master Liu's door, he looked at us two young people with a surprised face, so I hurried up and said, Hello Master Liu, we came from Chengdu to visit you, and your address was also told to us by Master So-and-so, he said that you know each other and are friends, I hope I didn't bother you today.

However, the master turned to another man in the living room who was enjoying himself in a rocking chair and said, "Master, this should be looking for you."

Then I realized that the person who opened the door was just Master Liu's apprentice. I saw Master Liu get up from the rocking chair, lean to the door and say, "Young man, since you are a friend of so-and-so, let's come in." As he said this, he kept staring at the fruit I was carrying and the radio, which I had made to look more like a gift, and I went to find a red scarf to wrap it, and I was beaming.

So Da Mao and I just entered the house, and after a few brief greetings, I also introduced myself. What surprised me a little was that although this Master Liu didn't know who I was or who my master was, he had heard about what Qin Bukong and I had done before. So he stood up with some joy and patted me on the shoulder and said, "It's amazing, young and promising, and the future is terrifying."

Then I also introduced the big hair around me, although this time I helped the big hair to investigate, but after all, it was my relationship to find here, so it was more appropriate for me to say, and I was older than the big hair, and in the past two years, because of the relationship between the beard, it looks like it has grown a lot. I said that Da Mao is the only student of Mr. Wang Chengqian, the master of Chongqing Pu'an Fa Tianyan, and he is also the best one among the masters of our generation. Master Liu also happily patted Da Mao's shoulder and said, Amazing, great, young and promising, and terrifying in the future.

It was exactly the same thing that he said to me, so I think that should be his mantra.

After chatting for a while, Master Liu asked me, "Young man, you are delivering fruit and radio, what are you doing to find me?" Don't hide it, just say it, I like you two young people, and if you continue to be so polite, it will change your taste.

Okay, I also like to be happy, so I pulled Da Mao to stand up, bowed deeply to Master Liu respectfully, and then said, Master Liu, I really don't hide it, this time I came to visit you, in fact, I want to ask you about something, you once mentioned this matter to Master XX more than ten years ago, you said that near Chengdu, there is a special place for selling ghosts? We're here today to find out where this place is.

Master Liu seemed to be a little hesitant, and his hesitation was exactly what told me that he knew, but he was just deciding whether to tell us or not. So I said to Master Liu, I won't tell you, my little brother just went to that place last month, but because he was entrusted by someone, when he was brought in and sent out, he was blindfolded, so I can't be sure of the exact place. Master Liu asked, since they are all out, why do you still want to go to that place? What the hell is there to do in this place.

His words undoubtedly confirmed my speculation, and he did know it. So I told him, because my little brother saw a lot of things in it that I thought were unreasonable, and you know, there was a big earthquake in the north some time ago, which killed a lot of people, and also gave a lot of people the opportunity to make money. We don't judge whether this is good or bad, but it is not clear what these ghosts were bought for and used for. And these people who died violently, if they are not careful, they will make a mess, you are also an expert, you should understand the cat in the middle.

Master Liu was silent, and I continued, and I heard that it was precisely because of the large number of deaths recently that the market was originally only opened on the fifteenth day of the first month of the month, but now it is open every day, and the people who do business are different every day. If this status quo continues, I am afraid that our industry will have chaos sooner or later. Master Liu frowned and nodded and said that it was true, but although he knew where this place was, it was indeed not something that others could go to casually, because that place was a little strange, when standing on the bridge and looking at it, it was a dense bamboo forest, even if it was drilled into the bamboo forest, it was necessary to take a total of 7749 steps to make a different turn, before he could walk to a hidden path, this road leads directly to the ghost market, if ordinary people don't know how to get out of this step, even if they enter the bamboo forest, they will only see bamboo.

Da Mao said yes, when he and his master were brought in blindfolded, they also turned around many times, and finally arrived, it turned out that they had a specific pace, just like a formation laid out. Master Liu said, that's right, so that place has existed for decades, except for a few people in the industry who know about it, and it has not been discovered by the outside. And if you're going to that place, if you're just going to see it, that's fine, and if you're going to have any purpose, I'd suggest you'd be cautious.

I asked Master Liu why he said this, is there any danger? Master Liu said, dealing with ghosts, there is never anything that is not dangerous, but the real danger is people, I heard that in recent years, this ghost market has been firmly controlled by a person, I hope you don't want to provoke this person.

I asked, who is it?