我二叔是我最亲近的人,他的岳父基本上也是半个家庭成员.如果家里发生冲突,我叔叔不会高兴,我也不会.
但是那些老山的符箓已经供不应求了.我不能随便送一个,让他浪费掉.我就说:"爷爷,每笔交易都有它的规则.在我们这里,每当我们出门时,都得有一些收入.这就是赚福..."
我还没说出价格,苏大壮就掏出一万块钱扔在茶几上."我已经问过张家的那个女孩了.这就是现行汇率吧?
所以他已经检查过了?
看着桌上的钱,我其实觉得有点矛盾.
我犹豫了.我打算拿走一半,然后把剩下的还回来——给他一个家庭折扣.
但后来我想,如果他和有钱人混在一起,还五千块钱不是看起来像是我看不起他吗?
我受教育程度不高,但我确实尊重老年人并关心年轻人.
于是我勉强收下了钱,去了储藏室,拿出了一个护身符.我提醒苏大壮:"爷爷,护身符是消耗品.他们解决不了问题的根源.有什么大事,你可以跟我谈谈..."
还没说完,苏大壮就抢过了符箓,咕哝一声离开了.
黄九从桌子底下爬出来,道:"那老头真是倔强——宁愿受苦也不丢面子!
我问道:"你觉得他有什么问题吗?
黄九摇摇头."没看出什么不对劲.但一个正常人会花十块钱买一张黄纸吗?
这也让我开始思考.
苏大壮来买符箓的事实,意味着他相信我们的手艺——他就是无法让自己承认这一点.
可惜,无论是我的灵视还是黄九都察觉不到什么奇怪的地方,他也没有说话,就算想也帮不上忙.
也许他是想通过我来试探我叔叔——看看我们李家真的有灵力吗.
毕竟,岳父审视女婿不是很平常吗?
苏大壮一走,我就赶紧把茶几往东挪.否则,"血盆反光镜"会直接面对我,我的心会痛得厉害——难以忍受.
我从"Kendeqi"订购了早餐.吃完饭后,已经是中午左右了.我正要打电话给我叔叔看看情况如何,这时博物馆的老馆长提着一个袋子走进了商店.
即使几天前经文管事件已经过去了,我仍然感到无比紧张.
我的手颤抖得厉害,把电话掉在了桌子上.我赶紧拿起电话,勉强笑了笑,向他打招呼:"策展人,像你这样大忙人亲自来这里,真的给我这个简陋的店带来了荣誉.
我感到内疚,试图尽可能地奉承他.
但老馆长经验丰富,不会被奉承所左右.他轻笑道:"李大人,你挺能干的,说话也挺流畅的!
我尴尬地笑了笑,问道:"馆长,如果你需要什么,可以直接打电话.不用大老远来.
他爽朗地笑道:"你的电话每个要五万块钱.像我这样的老头子,也负担不起这个!
然后他把袋子放在桌子上."你叔叔让我找一些东西.我路过,所以我把它们带过来了.
知道他只是在送东西,我终于放松了.我打开袋子——里面有八卦镜,五皇币和朱砂.
我给他泡了点茶,正要问叔叔有没有付钱,老馆长说:"博物馆最近收到了一批新的古董.其中一件看起来...有点奇怪.
"啊!旧物品往往有点奇怪,这很正常!"我赶紧试图转移话题.
这个老家伙真的知道如何选择他的时机.
并不是我不想帮忙——只是博物馆 70-80% 的文物来自地下.我的祖父曾经警告我,埋在地下的东西会带来各种麻烦,如果可以的话,我应该避免它们.
见我试图躲开,馆长直接说道:"你叔叔让你看看处理一下.你什么时候有时间?
我的脸瞬间沉了下来.
我什至无法勉强微笑.
在我们的属灵交易中,有一条潜规则:不要与外人交朋友.
Otherwise, you'll end up working for free.
If I had known my uncle would get me those supplies this way, I'd have gotten them myself.
An old Bagua mirror, untouched Five Emperor Coins—I could have bought those at an antique market for twenty to thirty thousand yuan. As for the cinnabar, same quality and amount would only cost a couple hundred at a Chinese medicine shop.
But since the items were already delivered, and now I owed a favor, I couldn't refuse.
I figured I'd just treat it as serving the public.
I said, "Curator, I've still got something to do today. I probably won't be free until tomorrow."
"No rush, no rush!" he said cheerfully, pulling out his phone to save my number. He finished his tea in one gulp and left smiling.
I immediately called my uncle to confirm. After confirming it really was his request, I didn't argue. I hung up and swapped out the large jar on my altar for a small bowl filled with cinnabar.
Cinnabar wards off evil and neutralizes negative energy—it would block the heart-piercing effect of the Blood Basin Mirror.
Then, I used the Five Emperor Coins to set up a Qi-gathering formation next to the tea table and placed the Bagua mirror diagonally in the center.
With this setup, the negative energy from the Blood Basin Mirror would be absorbed by the Bagua mirror.
The formation across the street wasn't fully formed yet, so its backlash was still weak. I covered the Bagua mirror with a red cloth to suppress its power.
Once that formation was complete, the mirror's energy would strike back hard.
Whether it would hit He Xiaolong or Sun Chao—that would depend on who wanted to harm me more.
But my bet was on Sun Chao.
After setting up the anti-curse array, I went to a stall down the street and bought two little goldfish for the fish tank.
These little guys are super fragile—any small environmental change and they die quickly.
Perfect for monitoring the Blood Basin Mirror—just in case Huang Jiu was right and they really brushed it with human blood to boost its power without me noticing.
After finishing all that, I closed up shop and carried Huang Jiu home.
Got dinner along the way too.
Huang Jiu kept checking on me every so often to see if I was okay.
With the cinnabar protecting me, the chest pain was gone, but he still wasn't convinced. He thought I should just break the formation since it was safer.
I knew what I was doing was risky, but I couldn't just dismantle the array without letting them suffer a little. I wouldn't feel right.
That whole night, I didn't dare sleep. I sat cross-legged on the bed, using Dao energy to protect my heart.
Early next morning, I rushed to the shop and checked the goldfish—they were still alive and well.
But the cinnabar in the bowl had faded to a light red, and there was a faint red mist hovering around the Five Emperor Coins.
Looks like the Blood Basin Mirror would fully activate by the afternoon—just in time to give Sun Chao a little surprise.
Thinking about that revenge made me feel great. I was about to head out to celebrate with some buns…
But before I even stepped outside, my phone rang.
It was the old curator. He said the museum was closed for the day and asked if I could come by to take a look.