Jingcheng, Dongshishitiao, Guaizi Hutong, Er Da Ma Zhajiang Noodles.

When I saw Hou Dayong, the boy was holding a bowl of fried noodles and eating them deliciously.

Seeing me, Hou Dayong hurriedly shouted: "Hu Tian, ​​over here! Come on, come on, sit down!"

I pulled up a bench and sat down. I looked at this kid with noodles on his face, frowned and said, "Your old man can't be found. How the hell do you still want to eat fried noodles?"

Hou Dayong wiped his mouth with his sleeve and said: "As the old saying goes, people are like iron and rice is like steel. If you don't eat for one meal, you will be hungry."

I scolded: "Where did there come from so many farts? Seriously, what's going on?"

Hou Dayong did not answer me directly, but took something out of his pocket, threw it on the table in front of me, and said, "Do you recognize this thing?"

I picked up the thing and took a look and found that it was a tortoise shell piece the size of a thumb.

This tortoise shell is very old, very light and thin, and has a light dark brown color overall. It is wide at the top and narrow at the bottom. There are two lines of strange words engraved on it, which look like tadpoles or some kind of tortoise shell.

Weird symbols.

This thing was exactly the same as the tortoise shell in the photo that Uncle Xu gave me. I took this tortoise shell and looked at it carefully for a long time. It wasn't until Hou Dayong pushed me several times that I came back to my senses and just listened to him.

Said: "Hey, what's wrong with you kid?"

Hou Dayong stuffed the last few bites of noodles from the bowl into his mouth, and after a while he slowly said: "Your family runs an antique shop, so you are more or less knowledgeable than me, a second-rate dealer who sells fake goods in Panjiayuan.

, I don’t have many friends, so you’re the only one I can ask for in this regard. Can you help me find out, do you know what this thing is?”

I took this piece of tortoise shell and asked Hou Dayong: "Where did you get this?"

Hou Dayong looked at me and said, "I found it on my old man's desk."

I held the tortoise shell piece and looked at it for a long time, and then said slowly: "Are you sure this thing doesn't belong to your old man?"

Hou Dayong shook his head and said: "I'm sure! Our family is different from yours. We don't have such a big family business. I know what my old man has is fine. This thing definitely cannot belong to our old man. As for why it is

I don’t know if it will appear on our old man’s desk.”

As he spoke, Hou Dayong took out the Zhongnanhai from his pocket and handed it to me. He lit one himself, took two puffs, and then slowly continued: "A few days ago, a man came to see our old man.

The two of them chatted in the room for most of the day. I didn't care what they said since I wasn't interested in hearing it. I just knew that since that person came,

After that, my old man became very weird and had a bad temper. He would smash things when there was nothing wrong. I didn't take it seriously at first, but who would have thought that at about five o'clock last night, the old man went out and suddenly

He never came back, and I found this on his desk this morning. Then I called you, and that’s what happened.”

I took a puff of cigarette and fiddled with the piece of tortoise shell in my hand. After a while, I slowly said: "Monkey, this is not an easy matter. It seems that our two families are in trouble."

Hou Dayong frowned and said, "What should I say? This thing has something to do with your family?"

I nodded and said, "Of course it is related. Because our old man is also missing, our family also received such a piece of tortoise shell."

Hou Dayong almost jumped up when he heard my words and said loudly: "What? Your Mr. Hu is also missing?"

I didn't speak, just nodded.

Hou Dayong said: "What should we do now?"

I thought for a while and said, "I think the two of us have to find someone."

Hou Dayong asked: "Who?"

I said word by word: "Chengdong Luo blind man!"

Blind Luo, although he is called a blind man, this guy is not blind at all. Not only is he not blind, his eyes are many times stronger than those of a normal person. No matter what he looks at, he can tell the origin and price of the item with just one glance.

years.

Originally he was the store manager of our Hu's branch, but later he became obsessed with gambling. As the saying goes, nine out of ten gamblers cheat. In less than half a year, he lost all his belongings. In desperation, he started gambling.

Yi Yuan Zhai's idea was to secretly trade the civet cat for the prince.

But the good times didn't last long. Within a month, our old man discovered him. He broke one of his legs according to the rules and kicked him out of Yiyuanzhai.

After leaving Yiyuanzhai, Luo Xiazi relied on the craftsmanship inherited from his ancestors to start a fortune-telling business. With his sharp tongue, let alone, the business was pretty good. Although it was not a lot of money, it was still good for food and drink.

No worries.

Luo Xiazi is not difficult to find. There are only three places to find this guy: the place with the most first girls, the best second wine, and the most crowded place in front of the gate of Sanyonghe Palace.

When Hou Dayong and I found him, this guy was touching the little hands of two young girls with great interest in front of the gate of Yonghe Lama Temple, and was reading palms for others to predict their marriage.

This guy is dressed as a Taoist priest, with a bun on his head, three strands of green beard under his chin, sunglasses, a gray cloth gown, and a mahogany demon-suppressing sword on his back. There is a flag beside him with the words: One Mouth

, tell all the world; the secrets of heaven and earth are unpredictable.

What a fairy-like figure.

This blind man from Luo was probably in his forties, and he was old and smart. From the corner of his eye, he saw Hou Daguang and I walking towards him menacingly. He didn't care about taking advantage of the two girls, so he packed up his bed and ran away.

.

But this guy's legs and feet were not as fast as the two of us. Seeing that he was about to run, Hou Dayong rushed over, grabbed him by the collar, and said loudly with a smile: "Master Luo, Master Luo, you are really too great."

That's right, the hexagram you calculated for me last time

, told me that a big disaster was coming and asked me to leave home for five days to avoid the disaster, otherwise it would harm my family. It was really accurate. Fortunately, with your guidance, I was able to escape the disaster! This time I

I came here to express my gratitude in large sums of money! You said you could just leave as soon as you said so!"

Hou Dayong spoke in a loud voice, and many people around him were attracted by his words for a while. The two young girls who asked about marriage just now were still doubtful, but now their eyes were full of admiration.

Blind man Luo was able to pretend. Seeing that Hou Dayong had no intention of tearing him down, he instantly changed back to the appearance of an expert with an immortal air. He stroked his sleeves and said calmly:

"My little friend, you don't need to be polite. Although I have revealed a secret to help you out of trouble, it is actually due to fate between us. As for the so-called gift reward, it is not necessary, it is not necessary!"

Hou Dayong said in an extremely exaggerated tone: "How can it be done? Master, I really want to thank you sincerely!"

Before Hou Dayong finished speaking, a very pure and lovely girl next to him came over and said coquettishly: "Master, master, please take a good look at it for me, okay?"

The girl came very close, and the two towering little buns on her chest accidentally rubbed against Blind Man Luo's arm, which made the old boy feel excited.

After saying that, the girl handed her little hand to Blind Luo and begged, "Master, please help me take a good look!"

The coquettish tone and the charming body fragrance made Blind Luo shudder. However, the old boy understood the situation. He gritted his teeth and shook his head and said: "This female lay practitioner, our fate has ended today.

If I am destined

We will meet each other in the future. Of course, if the female layperson really wants me to touch your bones and read your physiognomy, that’s fine. Come on, come on, add me on QQ and leave your contact information, and we’ll see you another day.

Today, I..."

I couldn't stand the mean look of this old boy anymore, so I pulled him away before he could finish his eloquent words.

Our car was parked not far away. After getting in the car, the three of us went straight to a Northeastern restaurant called Jinshoushao near Yonghe Temple.

After entering the hotel, I found a private room and ordered five special dishes and six bottles of wine. Since Hou Dayong and I had already eaten, we didn't use our chopsticks much and went straight to the topic.

Hou Dayong took out the piece of tortoise shell, placed it in front of Blind Luo, and asked in a deep voice: "Old Luo, do you know this?"

Blind Luo originally thought that the two of us were looking for him to settle the debt that he had not paid before. When he saw that we had no ill intentions and that we invited him to dinner and drinks, he no longer worried. So, he shook his cheeks and ate the meal in less than five minutes.

In the blink of an eye, a whole plate of pot-roasted meat went into the old boy's belly.

Hearing Hou Dayong's question, Luo Xiazi drank the beer in front of him in one gulp, smashed it twice to taste, then took the tortoise shell piece, looked back and forth, and said leisurely: "Isn't this ghost money?"

"Ghost money?" Hou Dayong and I asked in unison.

I asked, "What is ghost money?"

Luo Xiazi served himself a bowl of pickled cabbage and pork ribs, drank two sips of it, and thought about it for a while with a look of enjoyment. Then he slowly said: "As the saying goes, ghost money, ghost money, since it is called ghost money, of course it is not given to people.

Used."

I asked: "It's not for people? Who is it for?"

Luo Xiazi said: "I say, Mr. Hu, it is not for people, of course it is for ghosts. And in this Sijiu City, how can you use this ghost money? Don't I need to remind you?"

I looked at Blind Luo and asked, "You mean the ghost market?"

Luo Xiazi gnawed a large piece of bone and said leisurely: "Money can make the devil grind the mill, and the ferry woman on the Styx River; don't ask about your past life or this life, just ask for a lot of gold, silver and jade."

Blind Luo finished chewing the bones in his hand, drank two more glasses of wine, and said slowly: "It is said that the Palace of Hell only issues three pieces of this ghost money to the outside world every year, and it is hard to find a thousand pieces of gold. With this ghost money,
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