Chen Mengsheng's fish-selling business is getting more and more prosperous, and his reputation is getting bigger and bigger. This makes Chen Yougui and his wife in Chenjiazhuang feel like they are scratching their heads and have trouble sleeping and eating. In the past five years, Chen Yougui and his wife have been ridiculed in Chenjiazhuang.
People had given them a good look. Until a few months ago, Aunt Zhu went back to her family's Qiantang Village to eat the old girl's vegetarian wine. On the way back, she accidentally met Chen Mengsheng who had just sold the fish. Aunt Zhu was almost tanned by the sun.
The black and strong Chen Mengsheng was born.
Aunt Zhu was invited to her home by Chen Mengsheng. Aunt Zhu did not expect that after five years of absence, Chen Mengsheng had already built three large tile-roofed houses with all the furniture. Although it is not a rich family, it is better than the houses in Chenjiazhuang.
How many times.
Aunt Zhu asked with concern: "My child, how have you lived these years?"
"Thanks to Aunt Zhu, I have been doing a small business here over the years, and the business is pretty good."
"Qingzhu, I haven't seen you in the past few years, but you talk a lot. Your house is really big, and the furniture and furnishings are all complete. Didn't you spend a lot of money?"
"Aunt Zhu, you are joking. I have saved some money over the past few years. I remember back when my father often mentioned being taken care of by the neighbors, especially you, Aunt Zhu. Meeting Aunt Zhu today just solved a worry for me."
After saying that, he got up and took out a bundle from the house and handed it to Aunt Zhu. Aunt Zhu opened it and saw that it contained three hundred taels of silver. Aunt Zhu quickly declined, but in the end she couldn't help but had to agree to go back to Chen Mengsheng's home to share with everyone...
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After Aunt Zhu returned to Chenjiazhuang, she distributed the three hundred taels of silver to the people in the village, except Chen Yougui.
Chen Yougui and his wife also knew that they had offended the public and did not dare to ask for money from Aunt Zhu. They could only stand at the door and criticize Huai. Everyone in the Chen Family Village knew that no one wanted to deal with this couple.
Chen Jiujin became more and more angry at home. He thought he could get some benefits from Chen Mengsheng, but he didn't expect that in the end, his family had to pay fifty taels of silver for Chen Youfu's funeral. This anger made Chen Youfu angry.
Jiujin was seriously ill and had to lie at home for several months before he recovered. It is said that bad people have the most poisonous hearts in the world. Chen Yougui and his wife are already old people, but the thought of Chen Mengsheng getting rich makes him feel sick all over.
Comfortable.
In the middle of the night, Chen Jiujin pushed Chen Yougui awake. "Damn it, I figured it out."
"What do you want to understand?"
"Back then, Chen Mengsheng took nothing else but the black ruler hanging on the door. I think the black ruler must have hidden secrets."
Chen Yougui thought for a while: "No way, I asked my brother before and he said it is used to ward off evil spirits and control the house. Besides, if the black ruler is a precious thing, why would it be hung on the door where everyone can access it?
Where's the outside?"
"You have a pig's head. This is your elder brother's cleverness. Otherwise, where would Chen Mengsheng get the money?" The more Chen Yougui thought about it, the more he realized that Chen Jiujin's words made sense. The two of them simply didn't sleep and rushed to Qiantang at night.
village.
It is early autumn now, and the weather is still very hot. Chen Mengsheng also knows that if his fish is passed in the morning, not many people will buy it, so he has to go to the market before the fifth watch. Chen Yougui and his wife are driving all the way to the market.
The deliveryman asked for directions, and after asking several people, he finally found out Chen Mengsheng's compound.
Chen Yougui and his wife arrived at Chen Mengsheng's residence. It was still dark when they knocked on the copper knocker on the red lacquer door. No one answered. Chen Yougui and his wife pushed the door open and entered the courtyard. They only saw blue bricks and blue tiles, and three large rooms that were spacious and loud.
A big iron lock locked the door of the house. Chen Jiujin held the window lattice in the courtyard and peered in. The room was too dark and he couldn't see anything clearly. Together, Chen Jiujin and Chen Yougui couldn't do anything with the door locked.
Come back empty-handed...
Chen Yougui found a large sharp rock in the courtyard and was about to break the iron lock on the door. "Bah, bang", just as Chen Yougui was smashing the lock, there was a "canopy" sound and a fire thunder struck from above his head.
In the courtyard.
Chen Yougui and Chen Jiujin were so frightened that they broke into a cold sweat. He raised his eyes and saw the black ruler hanging three feet above his head. He found a big stone next to the door to cushion it. Chen Yougui reached out and took off the black ruler and turned around.
Just run.
At this time, the sky was turning white, and more and more pedestrians were running up. Chen Yougui had a magic ruler wrapped in his single coat, hired a donkey cart, and headed straight for Chenjiazhuang.
It was past noon, and I had just returned home after selling fish and drinking wine. I was surprised to see that my courtyard door was wide open. There were still several large stones on the door, and the magic ruler hanging on the door beam had disappeared.
Chen Mengsheng entered the house and took a look. There was not much missing in the house.
Besides, after Chen Yougui and his wife got the Demon-Conquering Ruler and returned home, it was like a tiger biting a tortoise and they couldn't do anything about it. They put it on the whetstone for a long time, and they were so tired that they were out of breath, but the Demon-Conquering Ruler was not damaged at all. They used an ax to chop it, and the ax
Even though there was a big hole, there was no trace left.
Chen Jiujin brought a large bundle of firewood from under the stove and piled it in the courtyard: "Old man, they say that real gold is not afraid of fire. Let's burn that thing to see if there is really anything inside.
Gold.”
Chen Yougui also thought it was a good idea. The two of them carried the firewood together, placed the magic ruler on top of the firewood, took out the firewood from his pocket and lit the firewood. The couple watched the fire getting bigger and bigger.
The magic ruler is about to be burned. The magic ruler is a treasure of Taoism and belongs to fire among the five elements. It is really difficult for these two couples to come up with the bad idea of burning the magic ruler with fire. This is undoubtedly the old longevity star who has hanged himself and is impatient.
There was an earth-shaking loud "boom", which frightened everyone in Chenjiazhuang. They only saw Chen Yougui's home burning into the sky.
"The water is leaking, the water is leaking..." Someone on the village was knocking on a basin and shouting. People were rushing to put out the fire, with buckets and basins. It was not to save Chen Yougui but to fear that the fire would spread and injure others.
The house was burned down... When everyone was not working hard to put out the fire, a black object suddenly rose into the sky and went straight into the sky. The fire was finally put out, and Chen Yougui and his wife were completely burned by the fire.
, Not even the scum was left..., Chen Yougui and Chen Jiujin died, let alone anyone coming to hold their funeral, not even anyone came to express their condolences.
Chen Mengsheng has been waiting for Sun Tianci by the river since the morning, but he has been waiting until midnight and still does not see Sun Tianci. These days, Chen Mengsheng and Sun Tianci have become confidants who talk about everything. Although they are
People and ghosts have different paths, but in Chen Mengsheng's eyes, Uncle Sun is already his relative.
During the conversation, I learned that Sun Tianci was actually a scholar and passed the scholar examination. He married into the Su family after failing to pass the examination. However, he came to this Qiantang River to work as a fisherman just because he couldn't stand the cynicism of the Su family.
Man. There was a cool breeze blowing by the river. Chen Mengsheng and Sun Tianci fell asleep on the table without realizing it. Not long after he fell asleep, Chen Mengsheng was awakened by a wave of water. He opened his eyes and saw, "Oh, my mother."
ah……"
There was a big turtle fighting with a red finless porpoise in the Qiantang River. The big turtle was more than a foot long, and its sharp teeth and claws were biting into the belly of the red finless porpoise. The finless porpoise showed no sign of weakness, and its tail fin was as big as a tabletop.
It hit the big turtle and stirred up a wave of water three feet high.
Chen Mengsheng looked closely and saw that there was a copper chain tied around the neck of the big turtle as thick as a beam. There was a one-foot rectangular black box under the copper chain. The finless porpoise dodged the sharp claws of the big turtle and turned around to fight back.
Copper chain. There are three bone spurs on the tail of the finless porpoise. When the bone spurs hit the copper chain, a string of sparks exploded. The turtle's neck was actually harder than the copper chain. The copper chain was broken by the bone spurs, and the black box was
It flew away and fell into Chen Mengsheng's fishing net.
When the big turtle saw that the black box on the copper chain had been knocked away, it bit into the finless porpoise like crazy. There were turbid waves above the river. The finless porpoise was bitten by the big turtle, and blood gushed out from its dorsal fin. The big turtle raised three
The sharp claws that were more than an inch long dug into the finless porpoise's belly. When the finless porpoise was dying of pain, it hit the big turtle's head hard with its tail. The big turtle was knocked unconscious and dragged the dead finless porpoise into the sea.
Arrive at the bottom of the river.
Chen Mengsheng was so frightened that he hid under the table. He waited until the sea calmed down before leaning out. He quietly pulled up the fishing net, took out the black box and returned to the house. Under the light, Chen Mengsheng finally pried open the black box, only to see something inside.
There is a bronze mirror. The reverse side of the bronze mirror is engraved with Bagua, and there are two yellow paperweights on the front that cross to seal the mirror. A chicken is drawn on the yellow paper on the left, and there are some incomprehensible symbols on the yellow paper on the right...
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Chen Mengsheng turned the bronze mirror over and looked at it again and again. Out of curiosity, he took off the yellow paper on the bronze mirror. There seemed to be circles of ripples on the bronze mirror, and with the ripples
There was a strong vibration on the accumulated mirror. Chen Mengsheng could no longer hold the bronze mirror in his hand. He lost his hand and the bronze mirror fell on the green bricks. The bronze mirror was smashed into pieces, and a white lightning flashed out of the bronze mirror.
There was a huge black shadow in the lightning. The black shadow looked at Chen Mengsheng and headed straight to the north.
Watching the monster leave, Chen Mengsheng breathed a sigh of relief and wiped the sweat from his head.
It was already past the third watch, and Sun Tianci would not be here tonight. When Chen Mengsheng finished washing and was about to go back to his room to rest, there were several crisp knocks on the courtyard door...