In the winter of 1995, it was snowing lightly. I was only seven years old at the time, in the first grade of primary school. When that special guest broke into the teahouse of the second uncle in Xiaobailou with the cold wind and snowflakes, I was sitting in the room behind the shop watching cartoons. The room was not well insulated. I could vaguely hear the noise outside.

"Brother, I can't take some of your things."

The second uncle's voice was full of dissatisfaction, and from what I know about him, since he said this, he has been slow to think about it.

"Why can't you take it? This gourd was collected by me at a great price in Shenyang Road a while ago, you see this workmanship, this texture, it must be a valuable item, they all say that you have good materials here, why are you reluctant to be strict with me? ”

Wearing a black raincoat. The bearded man said in a little anxious manner, Tianjin people were originally in a hurry, but at this time, they were in a hurry, and the speed of speech was faster.

"Your thing is new, and the base material of the gourd is good, but the texture on it is wrong. If you look at the lines on you, they are not crafts at all. And there is no bottom money underneath, and the gourd mouth is still sealed with these wife's weird talismans, can you tell me if I can accept it? ”

The second uncle waved his hand and shouted, how much do you know some things that are too weird, and there are also some rules in the industry, new things are naturally not wanted, and it is best to touch less things that are unknown, and even more so This gourd is strange in the second uncle's opinion. Naturally, he doesn't want to be slow.

It's just that the other party was anxious when he heard this, and shouted: "You don't have long eyes, you are not a knowledgeable person in the circle, you deserve me to come here once." ”

The other party was about to go out as he spoke, but the second uncle was also in a hurry, and when he heard the other party's mouth scolding, he shouted in a hurry: "Don't go, say I don't know how to do it, right?" Okay, I'll find someone who knows how to show you. ”

Hearing this, I couldn't help but open the door and walk out, and saw a ginger gourd on the table, which at first glance was no different from an ordinary gourd, except that it was engraved with some snake-like lines, crisscrossing it. Another text that I couldn't read was engraved on the round belly of the gourd, and two yellow talismans were crossed at the mouth of the gourd, and two lines of strange words were written on it in red cinnabar. Ghost drawing charms are average. On the outside of the talisman, a layer of wax is sealed around the mouth of the gourd, and the slightest crack that covers the mouth of the gourd is not revealed.

After looking at it again, he suddenly felt that the gourd seemed to be alive and shook on the table.

I was startled, and hurriedly wiped my eyes, and when I looked at the gourd again, it didn't move again. There was just a trace of gray smoke wafting around the round and full belly.

I walked over, pulled the second uncle's clothes and shouted, "Second uncle, what is this gourd?" How Yan looks weird. ”

The second uncle is on the phone. didn't have time to talk to me, so he said casually: "Wanlin, you stay by the side, don't make a sound." ”

After about ten minutes, a person walked in outside the teahouse, thin and tall, holding a black umbrella and wearing a green cotton coat. I'm at home! ”

The second uncle hurriedly walked over, and said with a smile on his face: "Someone came to put a gourd, and I said that I didn't accept new things, and the seller said that I didn't know how to do it, no, please come and have a look." Third brother, you are well-informed, help me take a look, don't be a really good thing, I missed it. ”

I know this big man, his real name is Li San'er, the second uncle has always called him the third brother, with a big beard on his face, a native of the Northeast, it seems that he knows a lot about antiques, and he usually helps a lot in the second uncle's life. He had a lot of strength, and he used to lift me up and down to tease me. When he saw me this time, he also said hello and let me go to him.

Li San'er put on his gloves and stared at the gourd on the table, his face immediately changed, and then he lifted the gourd up slightly, looked at the talisman on it, and then opened his eyes, grabbed my arm, and asked in a low voice: "Lin'er, you stare at this gourd, can you see anything strict?" ”

The second uncle was not slow about your situation, but the seller shouted dissatisfiedly: "You ask a little kid, how strict does he know?" ”

Li San'er's eyes were crossed, and he shouted: "What do you know!" Shut up, this thing can kill you if you don't get it right! ”

The seller was also stunned by Li San'er, so he closed his mouth and didn't speak again. I touched my head, this kind of thing has happened more than once, and I can't say anything to Li San'er, so I looked at the gourd on the table again, and said, "This gourd seems to have a back of gray smoke around it, you let me touch it." ”

Li San'er immediately put the gourd in my hand, and as soon as I touched it, I immediately screamed and shouted: "Why is it so cold? It's colder than snow! ”

This gourd looks quite normal, as soon as I start it, there is a cool air that seems to be able to drill into the bones, and it suddenly pounces on my hand, and I almost didn't hold it. The seller was startled, hurriedly took it, fiddled with it on his hand, and said, "It's not cold, you little kid is so strict!" "Winter history is talented.

It's just that after seeing my unusual behavior, Li San'er counted it slightly, nodded at me slightly, and pulled the second uncle and the seller into the corner, and the three of them muttered and discussed in a whisper. Only the gourd was placed in front of me, I was also small at the time, and it was the most vigorous time, and when I saw that the adults were not there, I looked at the gourd in front of me.

In the past, Li San'er also came to me again with a strange play, let me see, either a knife or a broken sword or something, every time I can always see some unusual pictures from these things, and I can hear strange voices again.

This time, although he was unexpectedly condensed just now, he was still very vigorous, so he thought about playing. When I took it into my hand again, the gourd was still very cold, and I couldn't hold it with my little hand, so I turned it upside down, and as a result, I dropped the gourd to the ground. As soon as the gourd landed, the wax on the mouth of the gourd immediately cracked, and fell loosely to the ground, and the charm was also torn open a small hole, I immediately reached out to pick it up, but at this juncture, I saw the blood-red light on the gourd flashing, and a black shadow suddenly jumped out of the gourd's mouth, the speed was very fast, I only saw a trace, I didn't see too clearly, the speed was too fast.

At this time, the sound of the gourd falling to the ground attracted Li San'er and the second uncle, Li San'er saw the gourd falling to the ground, his face turned white at once, which was more terrifying than the white winding on this table, and pushed me away, and then picked up the gourd and looked at it strictly, and shouted: "You little cub, you have done something bad!" ”

I had already found that after the red light flashed just now, the cinnabar color on the gourd mouth charm was much darker, and there was some speculation in it, and Li San'er yelled, standing on the side in a daze and not daring to speak, and the seller shouted: "If this slow play is really the same evil as you just said, I, I don't want it." The money you just gave me, at this price, don't come to me, count me out of luck! ”

After saying this in a daze, the seller stumbled out and soon disappeared into the snow outside. The second uncle glared at me and walked to Li San'er's side, gave Li San'er a cigarette, and said in a low voice, "Is it really that evil?" You just said that this gourd is a sealed ......"

Li San'er shook his head, blocked the second uncle's words, then turned his head to look at me, and asked with a cold face: "Just now the gourd landed, did you see anything strict?" ”

I swallowed dryly and said stupidly, "Just now, I saw a black shadow rushing out of the gourd, and then ran out and disappeared. Three masters, is this something weird? ”

Li San'er didn't speak, reached out and took out a small piece of wood from his military coat, black, probably as big as a fingernail, took a lighter and burned it, and immediately there were bursts of green smoke coming out, Li San'er waved around in the air with a black wood, and waved his hand to slow me and the second uncle to step back, at this time I hid behind the second uncle and saw the green smoke floating in the air but not scattering, gradually condensed together, and slowly seemed to become a human face, the description was blurry, I couldn't see clearly, not very sure, But the smoke floating in the air did not dissipate, and kept circling the gourd, which I really saw.

"Like, like there's a human face! Why hasn't this smoke dispersed? ”

Not only was I taken aback, but even the second uncle next to me looked at it with straight eyes, and said vigorously: "It's too godly, it's too godly." ”R832