Old dog tell weird stories

Blood Jade Pumpkin

This story is also told by Fatty.

People who have read my last story know that Fatty is a seller of antiques in Panjiayuan, Beijing, bold and coarse-hearted, when young and poor, afraid to earn any money.

This story, before he became rich, doing an evil business.

The evil part of this business is that he is now confused, in the end is the business with people, or with the "ghost" to do business.

This story took place in Beijing Panjiayuan ghost market.

Speaking of ghost markets, you may know, not only Beijing, many places have, like Tianjin Nankai District, "three regardless", Zhengzhou, "the old cemetery post, have their own ghost market children.

Ghost market this place, from the former Qing Dynasty. Some of the princes and noblemen home is broken, or shopping in the kiln no money, need to sell some antique jewelry, and embarrassed to sell during the day, take advantage of the dark, with the objects secretly trading.

Of course, there are some gold detective or swallow Li San like a flirt, or big families rolled up the baggage of the boy, girl, also in here to get rid of some things.

Over time, the ghost market has formed a set of free rules, are late-night transactions, buyers and sellers are quietly carried out, no matter what you buy, as long as the goods leave the body, the two sides immediately parted, never see each other again.

Because of this set of underground rules, so the ghost market has also appeared a lot of strange things that make people wonder, such as the receipt of paper money for the dead, or buy a bucket of water into a skeleton, is also common.

Some people say that this is the kid also came over to joke with people, only to admit their own bad luck, can not look deeper, or you will get into trouble.

Fatty just came to Panjiayuan that year, there was no store, just a stall, selling some copper money, snuff bottles, agate bracelets, bronze Buddha, of course, not all fake, like ceramic snuff bottles is real.

Little fat explanation, snuff bottles this thing, not worth a few dozen ceramic one, the cost of counterfeiting than the real expensive, so no one counterfeit, so deal with the sale!

In those days, Chinese people are not fashionable collection, are not rich, so are looking at more, the real hand less, often a day down, even a teapot mouth can not be sold.

Little fat is also strong, nothing is afraid, not sold during the day, he will continue to go to the ghost market at night and then set up a stall. Not to mention, at night, his business is really better, more or less sold out some brushes, Xuan paper.

People who buy these things, wearing long robes and large sleeves, goatee, and do not speak, they use their hands to gesture, more damaging is that this person is not using the yuan checkout, but the use of silver yuan, is Yuan Daitou.

This thing, to say the least, is creepy.

But fatty this animal, the guts wrapped in the sky, as long as there is business, he is not even afraid of ghosts, and received Yuan Daitou he also straight happy, because Yuan Daitou high silver content, the market is now all the way up, he casually changed hands, but is more than selling brushes, p********a are to earn more!

As a result, one day, the robe with big sleeves came again, this time he did speak, stammering, said he wanted to order a thing from the small fat here, money he did not care, but the thing should be good, and to small fat personally delivered.

This old man's voice stammering, pronunciation is also odd, feeling like a person missing a tongue, it sounds very uncomfortable.

Fatty desperately beat his chest: your old man on the word, no matter what you want, I can get you over!

The old man said: we do not lack anything else, we are there, but the lack of pumpkin. So I want to ask you to bring us a jade pumpkin over!

Little fat just a sigh of relief, thinking that is a pumpkin, what is difficult, then they shot the chest, received a deposit, and asked in detail the size of the pumpkin, as well as the address for delivery, before happily went back.

Unexpectedly, the next day he went to a few stores selling ancient jade around, talking about buying jade pumpkins, they are still full of promise. When Fatty said the size of a, the others all changed their faces, looking at him oddly, some bad-tempered shopkeeper, directly with a chicken feather duster to blow him out.

Fatty quite aggrieved: I pay for things, why drive me out?

Later, an old shopkeeper surnamed Li could not stand it, explained to him, said young people, not you so buy things! Do you know what you are buying?

Fatty said: pumpkin!

Old boss Li said: look, you are also in the Panjiayuan business, so I ask you, this jade pumpkin have any say?

Fatty said: there must be ah! This jade pumpkin is known as "longevity than the South Mountain", is the younger generation to the elders, this is a good omen ah!

Old boss Li said: you only understand one, not the other. This jade pumpkin is indeed for birthday, but this birthday pumpkin, have its special size, the size has to be right to do. The pumpkin you want, the size is not right!

Fatty didn't understand: If the size is wrong, it's wrong! My customer specified this, what can I do?

Li old boss said: little brother, I see you smiling, but also with you, so I rely on the old man to say a few words to you. Your customer ah, he is not a serious person, you better hurry up and push the business!

Little fat see him say so, thought he was jealous of a big business he received, just humming and dealing with. Li old boss see him simply do not listen, is also a sigh of relief into the house, and then finally could not bear, gave the little fat a few coins, let him put close to the body, in danger, throw out to protect life.

Fatty also did not take it seriously, casually stuffed the coins in the pants pocket, and found a jade factory, carved a large pumpkin out overnight.

It is easy to get a jade pumpkin, fatty carefully wrapped up, hit a car, straight to the western suburbs run.

The western suburbs of that place, formerly a mass grave, piles of dead people, wild dogs with dead people jumping around, eating the eyes are blood red.

And here the most like to scrape the whirlwind, a whirlwind after another, chasing pedestrians in the ground. Old people say that the whirlwind invites ghosts, these are playful little ghosts change, is to amuse pedestrians it.

Seeing more and more desolate, the cab driver did not dare to continue to go, Fatty persuaded him to pull to the place, holding the pumpkin himself out of the car, a look ahead, everywhere is desolate barren graves and mounds, where there is half a person?

The cold wind blew, he also have a little bit of sobriety, think something is not right, simply go back first.

One more thought, a red dot suddenly appeared in front of him, then the red dot grew larger and larger, and finally turned into a lantern.

When the lantern came closer, Fatty found that this is the person who ordered the pumpkin.

Little fat happy, deep a shallow foot to run over and greet him to hurry up, the pumpkin delivered, hurry up and take it!

The man said that he could not hold this thing, but also to bother Fatty, so he personally to the place.

Fatty thought it was delivered here, it's not bad that step or two, so follow him forward.

This large wasteland, potholes, very bad walking, but the old man walked in all directions, as if floating on the ground, so Fatty how to force can not keep up.

After walking for a long time, they finally came to a large mansion and stopped.

Little fat holding a rather large jade pumpkin, tired of sweating, only then found that the surrounding appeared a tall fence, the fence are made of green bricks, painted with white ash, looking ancient, like the ancient mansion of a large family.

But this mansion appeared very abruptly, surrounded by all the barren graves and mounds, the grass is barren, here suddenly appeared a grand and stately mansion, looks very strange.

Before he thought more, the old man pulled the door ring a few times, and a child came out to open the door, the child wore a green clothes, head down, not even look at him.

The old man led Fatty inside, the courtyard is not large, but inside is a special cave, buildings and pavilions, there is no one, a long vermilion corridor leading to the inside, looks like a winding path, exquisite atmosphere.

Little fatty praised, saying that this is the old Beijing! Look at the outside of the unobtrusive, look at the inside of the arrangement, this is the rich people ah!

Further ahead, we entered an elegant study, which was decorated with four treasures on the desk, and the wall was decorated with paintings and calligraphies of famous people, which looked very simple and elegant. The middle of the mahogany table, there is a plate of golden yuan treasure, shaking the small fat eyes early blossom, accosted and found a chair nearest to the yuan treasure to sit over.

The old man greeted Fatty and said he was going to ask the owner to come and let Fatty sit down first.

Fatty agreed, looking at the house exquisite, the walls do not know what material is made, look clean and translucent, casually pressed, heard a prickly sound, the wall but broke a big hole, let out a little light.

Fatty was startled and looked out through the hole and found that outside was a full moon with a clear light!

What is this?

Could it be that this is a paper mache house!

Looked up again, his head buzzed, the original house on top of all the rows of red tung oil coated mahogany boards, this damn, is clearly a coffin board!

This turned out to be an outright ghost house!

Little fat then scared legs, but the brain is still awake, then a hand over the plate full of gold yuan, first a few yuan in the arms, and then desperately run out.

At this time, the old man happened to come from outside, just and fat collided with a full embrace, but light, no weight at all, no wonder the old man walked so fast, the original he was simply floating on the ground!

The old man saw Fatty to go, immediately reached out his hand, dragging Fatty, so that he simply can not break free.

At this time, he also big tongue, called the boy, servants, together with up to grab Fatty.

Little fat struggling, hit the maid holding the fruit plate, and saw that the fruit plate of apples and bananas scattered all over the ground, all the big toads jumping all over the ground!

Fatty was so frightened that he shouted, "There's a ghost! As soon as he took off his coat, he threw off the old man and ran desperately outside.

As a result, after running around the yard several times, only to see everywhere is a tall fence, simply can not find the door!

At this time, he suddenly remembered the several copper coins given to him by Mr. Li, hurriedly recited a few Buddhist chants, threw one out, and saw a layer of fog in front of him, and gradually the clouds opened up and fog dispersed, and a path appeared ahead.

He hurried along the path, can not go far, the fog coalesced again, blocking his way, he had to throw out another one.

So, when he finished throwing a few coins, finally saw the road, he was surprised and happy, excited to kneel on the road crying ......

The next morning, he prepared a generous gift, went to the old boss Li's house to thank him for saving his life, and told him in detail what happened last night.

For his part, old Mr. Li said indifferently that when he knew the size of that jade pumpkin, he knew that this buyer was definitely not a human being. Because, this pumpkin can not only be known as the blessing of the East China Sea, to the elderly, it also has a use, is to give gifts to the ghosts.

Little fatty do not understand: to the ghosts to give gifts?

Mr. Li nodded: the nether world and our Yang world, as well as the need to play, how do not need to send gifts? But the nether world, everything, but no pumpkin, so to send gifts, you need to send pumpkins to the king of hell. But the netherworld and the sun are separated, the yang things generally can not enter, so it is necessary to customize a special size, by a living dead to bring over.

He glanced back at Fatty: your boy is lucky, if you are late a moment or three, you will head with a pumpkin, to meet the King of Hell!

Fatty just a cold sweat, lamenting that yesterday was a great life, almost really into the King of Hell's Palace!

Finally, he asked the old boss Li, gave him a few copper coins and what is it? Why can open the escape route?

Li old boss said that the coins are five emperor money, is the most important money on earth yang, through the hands of countless people, so the underworld can not stay, no matter what ghosts hit the wall and other evil arts, as long as the five emperor money thrown over, a smash is a hole, so yesterday he was able to run out.

Little fat to understand the painstaking efforts of the old boss Li, there again and again to say thank you, and finally three bows out.

On the way back, the little fat heart is quite proud, thinking that although they hit the ghost, but the old saying, the disaster will not die, there will be a blessing, the key to this time is not a loss, on the plate of gold yuan treasure, it is worth the loss of this time!

Unexpectedly, when he went home to take a look, the plate of heavy, golden gold yuan, all turned into a soft, crumpled paper yuan!

Fatty cried and swore: this kid is really hateful, never deal with ghosts again!

That said, but soon, he fell into another more bizarre situation.

Of course, that's a different story.