eighth story

Although Wu Qinyang considers himself a little talented in antiques, he has heard of the reputation of the five famous kilns of Ruguan Ge Junding.Ru kiln has always been known as the first of the five famous kilns. The main features of the finished product are "green as the sky, surface like jade, cicada wing pattern, morning stars are rare, and sesame nail nail glaze is satisfied". However, there are more than [-] pieces, which can be said to be quite rare.If the celadon narcissus basin in Bakuzhai is confirmed to be genuine, although it cannot be said to be a priceless treasure, it can still be regarded as priceless.

Wu Qinyang didn't question his brother's eyesight, but he was curious how such a rare treasure would appear in such an unknown little antique shop.While speaking, the two brothers had already bypassed the screen and returned to the inner room, and the old man's previous indifferent look was restored, but there was an indescribable emotion in his slightly cloudy eyes, and he even pointed at the details. The tips are trembling slightly.Wu Qinyang didn't understand why Xuanjue's words made him so excited, he sighed when he saw the old man hastily picked up the pieces of the teacup on the ground, pointed them to sit down, and poured hot tea into the cup : "The younger generation is awesome..."

Wu Qinyang read a trace of inexplicable bleakness from his exclamation, which matched the feeling of Ba Kuzhai before, and at this moment he heard the old man ask Xuan Jue: "Your ability to walk through Yang with a hundred steps is not bad, I don't know why? Which master did you learn from?"

Xuan Jue smiled, shook his head again, and then replied: "I haven't learned this from anyone, I just heard my father mention it once or twice, and I have seen a few real things by chance. You said before that I followed the scriptures. , It was the same in the first place, what happened today was all due to a bit of luck, and the old man laughed at him because of his tricks."

The old man said: "Since you have this vision, it would be too modest to say this, but it is good for young people to understand this." Gradually, there was some gentleness in his tone, and he continued, "In that case, you might as well Then let's guess what is the origin of this piece of Ru kiln green glaze." After finishing speaking, he folded his hands together, as if looking forward to another answer from Xuan Jue.

Wu Qinyang thought that when the old man let them in, he should talk straight to the point about the bracelet. Unexpectedly, he was still entangled in the narcissus basin of Ru Kiln, but after the back and forth just now, Wu Qinyang vaguely felt that this was the case. The word "origin" seems to have some deep meaning, anyway, he can't help Xuan Jue now, so he can only sit here as a mute and watch the changes.

Xuan Jue pondered for a while when he heard the words, and he had a somewhat certain guess about the bracelet in his heart, so he replied: "If my guess is not wrong, the narcissus basin should be a ceremonial device, don't you think so?"

There was a weird smile on the corner of the old man's mouth, he nodded and said, "That's right!" He put his hands aside and said, "Don't you guys want to ask about that bracelet? Just ask!"

What he said made Xuan Jue not know what to ask, so he had to say his guess first: "Then I offended. Since this narcissus basin is a ghost artifact, I guess the old man was probably a A craftsman who touches gold and fights. If this bracelet is really something from the old man's shop, then there are nine out of ten that it has the same origin as the narcissus basin, and it should also be a ghost." After finishing speaking, he carefully observed the old man's expression. Seeing his expression change slightly, he forced a smile and said: "You can see clearly!"

This was already the most reasonable inference Xuan Jue could think of.Ru kiln celadon is a national-level cultural relic, and folk collections will definitely not end up in a little-known antique shop. If your existence is made public, then this matter will become much clearer.In recent years, the state has cracked down heavily on tomb robbers, and some stolen goods that have been unable to get rid of for a long time can only become the private collection of tomb robbers.The value of the Ru Kiln Celadon Narcissus Basin is self-evident. Once the news is leaked, it is almost impossible to avoid an uproar. Therefore, even if the news is not tight, you should not rush to sell it. It is best to contact the buyer and make a deal quietly. In their usual practice, only tomb robbers would keep secret about the origin of antiques.

But Xuan Jue's speculation can only stop here, after all, the truth behind the bracelet is the real purpose of their trip.But Wu Qinyang was taken aback by the various twists and turns in his brother's words. At first, he just thought that the old man had a weird temper. Now it seems that he is still an old tomb robber who has washed his hands for a long time.Wu Qinyang has always been particularly curious about these people who make a living by robbing tombs, because this mysterious business is rarely mentioned in his magical bedtime stories.But thinking about it, the messy things in Qin Zhi’s house are enough for him to open a small museum, and he doesn’t need to steal things from other people’s graves. Xiao Yunhe is also a policeman, so he can’t know the law and break the law. I don't know much about him, knowing a Luoyang shovel and a black donkey's hoof is already the limit, so I couldn't help but look at the old man a few more times.

Unexpectedly, he met the old man's stern gaze, and Wu Qinyang felt very embarrassed. At this moment, the old man said again: "Bring that bracelet here!"

Wu Qinyang hastily took the brocade box out of his pocket, and was about to hand it to the old man, but suddenly found a trace of fear in his eyes, and subconsciously stopped his movements.Seeing Wu Qinyang's reaction, the old man smiled wryly and said, "That's all!" Before he could finish speaking, he took the bracelet and took it over. The colored handkerchief lifted the bracelet out of the box.It was only then that Wu Qinyang realized that the color of the bracelet seemed to be much more colorful than in the morning. Those crimson flocs had almost covered the entire bracelet, and the feeling of flowing became more and more obvious, like a vampire sucking blood. The spooky monster can drip blood from his body at any time, exuding a gorgeous and icy luster.

The old man put the bracelet on the table with a handkerchief, and without touching it, he pointed to the bracelet and said, "How did this thing get into the hands of you two?"

Xuan Jue briefly explained about Hu Wenkai.The old man thought for a while, nodded, and continued: "You are right, this bracelet is indeed a ghost weapon, and it was also the last thing my father brought up back then..."

Wu Qinyang saw that his face was miserable, knowing that there might be a long story waiting for them, so he listened attentively.

The old man said: "My family name is Chen, and my ancestors started their business by robbing tombs. To put it bluntly, if there were ten families in the village at that time, at least eight of them were in this business, and the remaining two were also involved in this matter." I can’t get rid of the relationship. Later, my father opened a porcelain factory in the town, but these underground businesses have not been able to let go. When encountering good products, they will transfer to the porcelain factory and sell them again, which can make a lot of money every year. I started fighting with my dad when I was 13, this happened when I was 19..."

He picked up the cup and took a sip of tea, then continued: "My father has a brother, he can be regarded as my uncle. His surname is Cheng, and he is a master at appreciating jade. My father also knows a thing or two about porcelain, and he has a way to sell it. , so our two families also have their own rules on this matter. The jade articles belong to the master, and the money obtained is four or six, and vice versa. Other than these two types of things are discussed by their brothers. The relationship is good, and there have been no conflicts for so many years."

"That spring we went to an official tomb in the Northern Song Dynasty, and what came out was the celadon narcissus basin from the Ru kiln outside. My dad knew that this thing had a big origin, and it would be a big trouble if it was caught by someone. I decided to keep the things in my hands first, and wait for a while before trying to sell them, but I didn't want my uncle to be busy with this. The uncle also understood what my father was thinking, so he took the initiative to ask him if he still wanted to make a pen For the business in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, it’s fine if you don’t want to go, and it’s not that you’re short of the money, just rest at home for a while. My dad wanted to take this opportunity to make up for it, so he agreed.”

"Less than two months later, my dad took me and my uncle and they set off together. The destination is a small mountain village at the foot of Yanming Mountain. It is said that it is the ancestral grave of a family named Yang. The Republic of China In the early years, such a large tomb was not built, and ordinary people could not afford to build it. The only valuable things were the things of the dead, that is, the funerary objects. This time the tomb seems to belong to a young man and woman from the Yang family. They were buried together, but after we dug up the soil, the uncle could tell at a glance that this was a ghost marriage, and the woman's coffin was so decayed that you could almost see the bones inside. This bracelet was put on the woman's corpse at that time. ...on that boned wrist."

As soon as the old man mentioned the female corpse that had turned into bones, the fear in his eyes deepened, and he swallowed hard before continuing: "At that time, it was the color of this glistening blood. My dad thought It was Lantian's Blood Silk Jade, so I took the bracelet off the white bone's wrist and handed it to my uncle. My uncle took it over and took a look, and felt that it was more like jadeite than Blood Silk Jade At that time, there were very few pure red jadeites on the market, so it was not a waste of time to have this bracelet. After all, digging people’s ancestral graves is a sinful thing, so my father advised my uncle to leave quickly. Who knows... ..."

"...At this moment, thunder suddenly started in the sky, but it didn't rain. We all looked at each other in dismay, and then we all knelt down with a plop, and started to kowtow to the coffin of the female corpse, chanting the Heart Sutra incessantly. Self-protection. My uncle knew a little bit about Feng Shui, so he kowtowed and shouted at my father, saying that the female corpse might not want others to take away the contents of her coffin, so he must return the bracelet quickly. My father After taking the bracelet, he was about to put it on the bone's wrist, but the bone suddenly sat up from the coffin, and turned into a beautiful woman in a costume, hazy, a skeleton for a while, a skeleton for a while It was a white scary face again. At that time, I was completely frightened and stupid, and I heard my father yell, my uncle reacted, grabbed a handful of glutinous rice and sprinkled it on the woman, and let me I hurried to grab my dad's ankles. When I got the courage to look at the coffin, my dad had already fallen headfirst into it. I quickly grabbed his ankles and dragged him out. Like an empty dough bag, I used too much force and sat down in front of the grave. At this time, the two people who came with us had disappeared, and the woman stood up from the coffin. When I got up, many small black holes were burned on my body and face by the glutinous rice. My uncle roared and threw all the glutinous rice he brought towards the woman. Then he grabbed my wrist and started walking towards the road. run in the direction of..."

Speaking of this, the old man's forehead was covered with cold sweat. Obviously, the scene many years ago still made him feel lingering: "Then it started to rain, and my uncle took me to run non-stop, but I couldn't see the road. Shadow. My senior uncle said badly, this is a ghost hitting the wall, and we may not be able to get out. At that time, my whole body was soaked, and I almost fainted after hearing this, and my mind went blank. I can’t remember anything. I don’t know how long later, a few beams of flashlights suddenly appeared in the heavy rain. It was the police from the local police station and asked who we were. My uncle said that we were visiting Yanming Mountain. tourists, accidentally lost their way, the police took us back to the police station, and found us clean clothes. My uncle saw that they didn't seem to be here to catch tomb robbers, so he said that we still had three companions in the mountains. I got separated under my feet, while checking if they suspected us. The people at the police station heard what my uncle said, and immediately sent another team of policemen out to find someone. They didn’t come back until dawn the next day, but they only found my dad’s body. , said that he fell from the mountain and fell to his death. The other two people did not see their bodies. My uncle could not say in front of the police that we were here to dig people's ancestral graves, so he had to lie and say that those two people had returned to the nearby area. I have already contacted the town in my hometown. In the end, what happened to my dad was regarded as an accident of a tourist, but I know that my dad did not fall from the mountain, but was killed by the female ghost in the coffin."

"But we haven't heard from the police that anyone's ancestral grave has been dug up, and the whereabouts of those two people have been unknown, as if they have disappeared. Afterwards, my uncle and I cremated my father's body in the local funeral home, bringing His ashes returned home. But the female ghost did not let us go. It was useless for the two of us to leave Yanming Mountain! Because on the second morning when we returned home, this bracelet appeared in my teacher's office. Next to my uncle's pillow, it looks like a ghost with a lingering soul! My uncle came to me with a bracelet, and told me that it might not be a red jadeite, but the legendary blood jade, and the blood of the female corpse had penetrated into it. And what happened at the beginning was probably not as simple as she didn't want us to take the bracelet. He also said that since this matter started because of him, he would definitely find a way to deal with it, so don't worry, but it didn't take long for the uncle's son Then there was a car accident, and someone was hit to death on the road. Master was very sad, but I felt very scared, because I was afraid that I would be the next to die. After a period of terrified days, I heard that Master Uncle found an expert and managed to purify the grievances on the bracelet. When I saw the bracelet again, it had changed back to an ordinary jade bracelet, but the uncle was much emaciated. The uncle said to me This bracelet is ominous, and our two families have paid a heavy price for it. Now this matter is over, let me stop thinking about this matter, and such things as damaging to the morality of tomb robbery must never be done again. Later, Master Uncle and his wife moved to the city together, and a son was born a few years later, and I gradually lost contact with him, but I always remember that uncle is my savior..."

The old man said a lot in one breath, and in the end even his voice was full of trembling.Wu Qinyang was startled when he heard that, he never expected that the bracelet had such a mysterious relationship with the old man, but he sighed, he still noticed the fact that the uncle's surname was Cheng from the very beginning, at this moment Then I heard Xuan Jue ask: "Since this is the case, this bracelet should be with your uncle, so why did it end up being bought in your shop?"

The old man explained: "My uncle passed away more than 20 years ago, and this bracelet has been kept by his youngest son since then. Unexpectedly, in July this year, my uncle's daughter-in-law suddenly took this bracelet and came to the store to look for it. Me, ask me to try to sell the bracelet. Although I am very afraid of this bracelet, my uncle is my savior after all, and the husband and wife don't know about this bracelet... When the bracelet finally arrives in September Being bought by that surname Hu, I thought I could finally get rid of my worries, but who knew... this bracelet was found again..."