dragon hunter

Chapter 412
The light in the room was dim, and Lao Xu took another big gulp of wine before slowly telling about his experiences back then.

"Old Hu knows, back then I had a title called the Rag King, and I walked around the streets every day, not only collecting tatters, but also taking care of antiques." Old Xu blushed and hiccupped.

"It's the truth. Don't look at Lao Xu's poverty now, but he was a famous million-dollar household back then." Mr. Hu nodded.

"It's quite early for the old man to turn to antiques. It's said that those who started this business first made a lot of money." Fatty Wang's tone was a little envious.

"At that time, few people knew about antiques, and it was indeed easy to get good goods, but those who really made a fortune were those who could hold their breath and keep the antiques in their hands." Old Xu sighed.

"Then what about the stock that the old man collected back then?" Fatty Wang's eyes sparkled.

As soon as this guy heard something related to money, he immediately forgot our purpose of coming here.

I glared at Fatty Wang. At first, seeing his appearance in the hospital, I thought he had discovered his conscience, but now it seems that a dog can't change his eating shit.

"I'm one of the earliest batch of antique dealers, and my uncle is a technician in the museum and works under Lao Hu's hands, so I have an advantage over others in this matter." Old Xu may be a little drunk, and began to say to himself Talk to yourself.

"If I hadn't been greedy and bought an antique that I shouldn't have bought, maybe I would have become a multi-millionaire now." Old Xu talked about the depression, and took another sip of wine.

"How can a person have front and back eyes? You are lucky to be alive." Mr. Hu snatched the wine bottle from the opponent's hand.

"I still remember that it was a mirror. It looked like it was used by a lady in ancient times. It was inlaid with extremely high-quality emeralds on the back, surrounded by gold, and exquisitely crafted." Old Xu fell into memory.

"At that time, the owner of that mirror was a peasant woman. Her husband was sick and she was in a hurry to spend money, so she wanted to sell this ancestral treasure for some money for medical treatment." Old Xu murmured.

None of us interrupted Lao Xu, and we all sat quietly at the table.

"Well, it's greedy to say it. At that time, I saw that the mirror was exquisite, and the emerald on the back alone was priceless. Under greed, I also ignored many details." Old Xu subconsciously clenched his fists.

"Is there something wrong with that peasant woman?" I couldn't help asking.

"Yes, think about it, how can a peasant woman own such a valuable thing, and even if she doesn't know the value of antiques, the emerald behind the mirror and the gold wrapped around it must not be fake. Even so, she still Isn’t it obviously a problem to quote a low price?” Old Xu glanced at us with his drunken eyes.

I subconsciously glanced at Fatty Wang. If it wasn't for this guy's greed, we wouldn't have encountered such troubles.

Fatty Wang looked uncomfortable, but this guy was also thick-skinned, pretending to listen to Lao Xu telling a story, and turned a blind eye to my gaze.

"I have a question. It is said that cursing antiques is so dangerous, why is the peasant woman okay?" Ghost detective Xu looked puzzled.

"Because she is not human at all, so she will be fine." Old Xu's words made us feel chilly.

"I want to talk about common sense that everyone in the industry knows." Mr. Hu suddenly said.

We cast our gazes over one after another, but our thoughts were still stuck on what Old Xu said earlier, "She is not human".

Mr. Hu was silent for a while, and then said: "Everyone in the circle knows that the victims of cursing antiques, without exception, are all low-priced antiques bought from others."

I glanced at Fatty Wang again, and a trace of shame finally appeared on this guy's face.

"And those antique sellers will disappear mysteriously in the end, and no trace of those people's existence can be found by any means." The next words of Mr. Hu shocked us.

"That's right, because those people all cursed the evil spirits in the antiques to transform into illusions." Old Xu's drunken eyes were hazy.

"Fatty, who sold you that piece of ancient jade, do you still have any impression?" I suddenly asked.

"I... I forgot." Fatty Wang stammered.

"There will be no pies in the sky, this is still reasonable." Ghost Detective Xu sighed.

"Old man Xu, what happened after you bought that mirror?" I suppressed my emotions and looked sideways at Old Xu.

"What happened later was really like a nightmare." Fear flashed in Old Xu's eyes.

No one interrupted this time, we all waited for Lao Xu to tell what happened next.

"I bought the mirror at a low price. I thought I had taken advantage of it. I was so happy that I went home with the wooden box containing the ancient mirror. That night, a strange thing happened." trembling.

Seeing Lao Xu's appearance, Mr. Hu sighed, passed the wine bottle over again, and said, "Come, have a drink!"

With trembling hands, Old Xu took the wine bottle, gulped down a big gulp, and regained some courage.

"That night, I fell into a drowsy sleep and woke up in the middle of the night when I was peeing. When I opened my eyes, I found that there was an extra person beside the bed."

"It was a woman with disheveled hair and a red dress, her back was facing me, and she was holding a mirror in her hand, which was the one I bought back." Old Xu said, his body trembling again.

I sighed, walked over and patted the other person on the shoulder, comforting: "Uncle Xu, everything is over, don't be afraid."

Old Xu took a deep breath, held it for half a minute, then let it out slowly, calming down a little.

"I was so frightened that I was stupid. I lay on the bed for a while before thinking of running away. Later, I was horrified to find that I couldn't move my body." Old Xu still couldn't restrain his fear when he talked about the past.

Following Lao Xu's narration, we seemed to have returned to that horrible night, staring at Lao Xu nervously, curious about the subsequent development.

"The woman turned around, I couldn't see her face clearly, but there was blood on the corner of her mouth, it was bright red, it could scare people to death." Trembling, Lao Xu picked up the wine bottle, and took another big gulp of white wine.

"When that woman's teeth touched my neck, I could even feel her breath, which was cold and rancid, and I thought I was dead." Old Xu's face was red, his eyes full of fear.

I held my breath and fixed my eyes on Lao Xu. Since he is still alive, it means that there must be a turning point in the next thing.

"It's also my destiny. When I built the house, I obeyed my uncle's order and buried some five emperors' copper coins in several corners of the house. At the critical moment, these five emperors' copper coins saved my life." Old Xu said loudly gasping.

"What happened to that weird woman, and what happened to your arm?" Mr. Hu asked.

I didn't make a sound, I knew in my heart that the matter didn't end here, and I was afraid that the evil spirit would not be able to be dealt with by only using the five emperors' copper coins.

Old Xu calmed down, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and then began to talk about the next thing.

"The guardian of the copper coins frightened away the evil spirit for a while. I was lucky enough to save my life. That night, I wanted to throw away the broken mirror, but when I found the wooden box, the mirror inside was gone."

Such a similar scene made me fixate my eyes, and I couldn't help but ask Lao Xu what happened next.

"I was so scared that I couldn't sleep all night. The next morning, I ran to find my cousin. He is a Mr. Yin and Yang, but when he broke the four old times, he was criticized terribly. He was cautious on weekdays and lived in poverty. .”

"My cousin heard me say what happened last night, and heaved a long sigh. He told me about me. There is a talker named Qian Nie Yuan. When I bought antiques at a low price, I was already doomed to be haunted by evil spirits. .”

When I heard this, I frowned subconsciously, and glanced at Fatty Wang. According to Old Xu, it should be Fatty Wang who was haunted by the evil spirit, so what happened to the uncle and grandpa?

"I was terrified, so I quickly asked my cousin if there was any way to get rid of the evil spirit. My cousin said, it's difficult!" Old Xu didn't know what I was thinking, and continued to tell.

"At that time, I was the only seedling in the Xu family. Unable to bear my begging, my uncle finally decided to try to help me. He said that in order to unravel the evil fate, we must trace the source and untie the curse from the source."

"You mean, start with the origin of the antique?" My eyes lit up, and I asked in a hurried tone.

Old Xu nodded, saying that his cousin meant that at the time, and before I could ask, he continued to tell what happened next.

"Then, my cousin took me to the museum and found my uncle who was a technician. After listening to my description, my uncle immediately concluded that the mirror was from the Qing Dynasty."

"It just happened that he got the news that near all the county towns, the ancient tomb of a big family in the Qing Dynasty was stolen, and that ancient mirror probably came from that stolen ancient tomb." Old Xu stopped here and took a breath.

"I have the impression that the ancient tomb was stolen at that time, and it was quite a big deal." Mr. Hu added.

"Then, how did your cousin solve that haunted spirit?" I became more and more interested in this matter.

"That night, my uncle brought a live chicken and brought me to the stolen ancient tomb. He chopped off the head of the live chicken, and the chicken blood sprayed everywhere." Old Xu Youyou said.

"Then, the woman's figure appeared out of thin air, still facing us with her back, holding a mirror in her hand."

"Tsk, your cousin really has some skills." Fatty Wang smacked his mouth and sighed.

"In order to help me, my cousin also brought a whole set of magical instruments that I haven't used for many years, and I will carry them on my back."

"As soon as the ominous spirit appeared, my cousin asked me for a mahogany sword to fight with the ominous spirit."

"Uncle Xu, may I interrupt, are you sure that your uncle can meet that evil spirit?" I couldn't help asking.

"Of course it is possible, how about fighting?" Old Xu looked at me strangely.

"Oh, that's why I said in the hospital that what you met this time may be the most vicious one. After all, cursing antiques has different levels of danger." Mr. Hu sighed.

"Then what happened afterwards?" I was silent for a while, and looked sideways at Old Xu.

"Later?" Old Xu smiled wryly, and raised his broken arm, "It was a lucky chance to save his life, but you have seen the price."

(End of this chapter)