The next morning, Zhou Qiao got up early, had breakfast, and started wandering around. He found that the commercial atmosphere in Jingdezhen was quite strong. There were various signs on the streets selling Ming and Qing ceramics, ancient jades from the Han Dynasty, antique calligraphy and paintings...
Zhou Qiao was spinning around randomly and accidentally bumped into someone. The person cursed and said:
"Who the hell walks without eyes?"
Zhou Qiao wanted to apologize, but he looked up when he heard the voice, oh... wasn't this one of the native folk he met in the deep mountains and old forests?
He was a fat man about thirty years old, wearing a brand-name suit, a thick necklace around his neck, a gold ring, and gold earrings on his hands. He had a nouveau riche look, which was completely different from what he saw in the deep mountains and forests. Seeing Zhou Qiao, he was stunned for a moment, then he said with a smile: "Hey, little brother, you are quite handsome."
Zhou Qiao glanced at the other party and said with a faint smile, "Who did you just scold?"
"I..." Fatty paused, "You hit someone, why are you blaming it on your buddy?"
Zhou Qiao smiled and said: "I was planning to apologize, but who knew you would say something dirty?"
The fat man chuckled and said: "Little brother, you are a foreigner... You are here to travel, right? Meeting you is fate. I will take you around and see some good things." After saying that, he stretched out his fat paw and patted Zhou Qiao. Zhou Qiao immediately frowned and hid.
The fat man retracted his palms nonchalantly, rubbed his hands together and said with a smile: "Little brother, I'm sorry...my hands are a bit too strong..."
Zhou Qiao ignored him and turned around and walked forward. Fatty quickly chased after him and said with a smile: "I'm not a liar, little brother, don't leave in a hurry... Let's make friends... My name is Zhang Bawan. People are most loyal, what is your last name, little brother?"
The fat man followed Zhou Qiao with a playful smile, "Brother, I am a local, I know where the good things are... Little brother, do you want to go and see them..."
Zhou Qiao was wearing a pair of newly bought clothes today, with a bulging cowhide bag slung across his body. He thought that the other party must think that he was a rich man. If the other party knew that he was a corpse exhumer, the bag would not contain RMB. It was a few yellow charms, a bell, and some sundries. I didn’t know what to think. Looking at the other party, he suddenly smiled and said, "Okay, let’s make friends... I don’t need to give you the last name Zhou."
When the fat man heard this, he beamed with joy, "I knew Brother Zhou was a cheerful man, let's go..." He pulled Zhou Qiao forward.
Seeing how enthusiastic the other party was, Zhou Qiao couldn't bear to brush off the other party's good intentions, and let him pull him. The two came to a remote place. There was a small shop in the corner with an ordinary storefront. On the plaque were engraved three large characters: "Collect treasures" building".
Zhou Qiao asked: "Is this the good thing you mentioned?"
The fat man nodded: "Yes..." After saying that, he walked straight in.
"Even though Shibao Building looks shabby on the outside, there are definitely good things inside..."
The two entered the shop. The walls were covered with antique calligraphy and paintings. There was a table by the window with a pot of green plants next to it. There was a row of cabinets in the corner. Zhou Qiao carefully looked at the furnishings in the shop.
This treasure building should be the treasure room of these tomb robbers. There are many things in it, including ceramics and jade. There is only one box on a cabinet shelf, which surprised Zhou Qiao. Zhou Qiao can smell the contents inside The smell is actually "coffin fungus", which is very rare. It is said to be able to cure all diseases.
When Zhou Qiao's eyes moved to the cabinet shelf on the other side, his expression changed. There were actually several pieces of bronze on that counter! Although these pieces of bronze are rusty, they are indeed authentic! Zhou Qiao observed carefully that these bronzes were simple dishes, bowls, tripods and other items.
Although it is severely rusted, the carved patterns on it can be vaguely recognized, and Zhou Qiao also noticed that the colors of these dishes and bowls are different. One of the bronze bowls has the brightest color, and it seems to be from the Tang Dynasty, while the rest of the objects are Nothing special.
"Hey, Brother Zhou, looking at you like this, you know your stuff." The fat man came over and said,
Zhou Qiao said perfunctorily: "I just know a thing or two."
When the fat man heard this, he became even more excited, "It seems that Brother Zhou is really not an ordinary person..."
Zhou Qiao said: "There's no need to talk too much. You just said there are good things. Are these all antiques here?"
The fat man nodded: "They are all genuine. Look at that bottle..."
Zhou Qiao looked in the direction pointed by the fat man, and sure enough there was a beautiful rosewood box on a counter with a layer of red paper on it. The lid of the box has been opened, and you can vaguely see a small and exquisite bottle lying inside through the gap. This bottle looks like a wine bottle, but there are some differences. There are two round holes at the bottom of the bottle, like A tube containing liquid.
The fat man picked up the bottle and shook it in front of Zhou Qiao: "This is not easy..."
Zhou Qiao asked curiously: "Isn't this just a wine pot?"
The fat man shook his head and said: "It's not that simple. I dare to say that this was definitely used by Emperor Qianlong..."
Maybe, anyway, Zhou Qiao has no interest in this thing. Regardless of whether it is from the Qianlong period or not, in his eyes, this thing is just a dead object without any value.
Zhou Qiao looked around inside. The fat man came over and asked if there was anything he was interested in. He could sell it to him at a low price as a favor. Zhou Qiao walked around and walked to the box he saw first. Pointing and saying:
"How to sell this"
The fat man's expression changed and he asked again
"Are you...sure you want this?"
"Um"
……………
Zhou Qiao nodded, "How much?"
The fat man pondered for a moment, "I can give it to you, Brother Zhou, for free, but you have to owe me a favor. Brother, I can see that you are not an ordinary person."
"Don't come to me about murder and arson..."
"Don't ask me about digging graves..."
Zhou Qiao whispered. As soon as he said this, the fat man quickly looked around and saw that there was no one else nearby. He quietly breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Brother Zhou, who are you..."
Zhou Qiao said: "I'm just a corpse exorcist."
"The Corpse Exorcist..."
The fat man recited it several times and said, "No wonder I can't hide it from you, brother. I didn't expect it."
Zhou Qiao smiled and said, "You do know how to count."
The fat man gave a bitter smile, "For people like us, in addition to being able to make a living by practicing the ancestral craftsmanship, those who work in our profession may die one day. The world is difficult, and we have to risk our lives for money. We have no choice. "
"You do understand people"
"Sigh, it's not so easy to make money these days if you don't fight for yourself."
The fat man poured out his bitterness to Zhou Qiao, and secretly told Zhou Qiao that he and two other sworn brothers dug an ancient tomb in a deep mountain a few days ago, but found nothing. He was also injured by the mechanism in the tomb and suffered heavy losses. , the other brother is still lying in the hospital, Zhou Qiao looked uncomfortable, touched his nose and changed the topic.
The two chatted for a while, and when it was time to eat, the fat man suggested going to eat hot pot.
Zhou Qiao happily agreed. After the two left Shibao Building, they randomly found a restaurant, ordered a few dishes and sat down to wait for the hot pot.
After the hot pot was served, the two began to cook the dishes.
The fat man drank a few glasses of beer, his face turned red, "Brother Zhou... hiccup... if brother gets into trouble one day, you can't just ignore him."
Zhou Qiao smiled and said, "As long as it doesn't violate the rules, it's easy to discuss." After three rounds of drinking, both of them were a little tipsy and had almost eaten. Zhou Qiao rushed to pay the bill. After all, the fat man gave away the coffin mushrooms. I gave it to him, and I was really embarrassed to let him spend more money. I didn’t want to get drunk and lose my balance, so I ran into a soft embrace. When I looked up, I saw that it was a charming-looking girl.
The girl is about 20 years old, wearing a light blue suspender belt, high heels, black hair shawl, and her charming appearance is pleasing to the eye.
Zhou Qiao took a step back awkwardly, and the girl was also stunned.
Zhou Qiao was also very embarrassed and quickly apologized, "Sorry, my foot slipped just now..."
When the girl came to her senses and was about to say it was okay, her companion quit. A young man of the same age as Zhou Qiao cursed angrily, "Where did you come from? Where did you hit it? It's blinding you."
Zhou Qiao frowned and said, "Why are you talking?"
"You bitch, why did I scold you?" the young man said arrogantly.
"Snapped--"
Zhou Qiao raised his hand and slapped the young man directly on the face.
"This slap is a warning for your rude words," Zhou Qiao said
This sudden action attracted everyone in the store to watch, and the restaurant owner also came out to prevent the situation from getting worse.
"Damn it...you dare to hit me...just wait for me. I won't kill you. My surname is not Yang." The young man looked at the people around him and pointed at him, and reluctantly left a vicious threat. , pulling the girl out of the store.
The fat man hurriedly came up to him: "Brother Zhou, are you... okay?"
"fine"
"That little bastard didn't bully you, did he?"
"It's okay, don't worry, the person who can bully me hasn't been born yet" Zhou Qiao said with a smile;
After dinner, Zhou Qiao said goodbye and left. Before leaving, he left the address for Fatty, asking him to go to Xiangxi to find him if anything happened. Zhou Qiao wandered around alone before returning to the hotel. When he returned to the room, Zhou Qiao was about to wash up and rest. There was a knock on the door, and when I opened the door, I found a strange uncle.
"Little brother, I'm here to bring you boiled water." Zhou Qiao had no doubts. The uncle handed him the kettle and left.
In the evening, Zhou Qiao drank the water from the water bottle and went to bed. Suddenly he felt a little uncomfortable in his stomach in the middle of the night. He thought he had eaten too much hot pot at noon and couldn't digest it, so he didn't pay much attention to it.
Unexpectedly, the pain became more and more severe in less than a while. Zhou Qiao was covered in cold sweat from the pain, his hands and feet were weak, and he felt like nauseating. Zhou Qiao quickly got up and ran to the bathroom, vomiting out a lot of filthy things. Seeing a bunch of white bugs moving around on the pile of vomit, Zhou Qiao was disgusted and immediately realized that he had been poisoned;
Zhou Qiao endured the severe pain all over his body and took out a few golden needles from the baggage. He first sealed a few acupuncture points to relieve the pain, then pressed several key acupoints hard, made a cut on his hand with a knife, and then took out a few golden needles from the baggage. Take out a small black bottle and pour out a pill.
Corpse chasers often walk in the mountains, where poisonous insects are everywhere, so Zhou Qiao will refine some antidote medicine and carry it with him in case of emergencies. If others are poisoned by poison, they may be hopeless. Zhou Qiao is different. He has been exposed to corpses since he was a child and has been exposed to them all year round. When dealing with poisonous insects, the evil spirit on the body is usually hidden, but if it encounters danger, it will protect the body.
Furthermore, family exorcism notes contain very detailed records of Miao poison. The exorcists had their own unique methods to remove the poison. Zhou Qiaomo recited the incantation until the poison was forced out of the internal organs bit by bit. He forced the blood to flow out from his hand until the black blood turned bright red, and then he stopped the cut on his hand. Although he was not dead, he collapsed.
Zhou Qiao was paralyzed on the bed, with large beads of sweat on his forehead. He knew that the poison had been completely eliminated, but because of the excessive blood loss, he probably had to rest for a while at least. He took out his notes and searched to find out what kind of poison he had been infected with;
Snake voodoo, this voodoo in junior middle school will cause severe abdominal pain or vomiting and diarrhea. If the voodoo is not removed in time, the poison will develop and die in 48 hours. Zhou Qiao gritted his teeth and said, this time it is really a boat capsized in the gutter. Someone actually gives it to him. He had cast such a vicious poison on himself, and it was obvious that he was going to die.
I didn't expect that I would fall into the hands of the Miao people. The Miao witchcraft and poison are extremely weird, and they are good at poisoning. Not only are they good at using poisonous insects, but they also know how to refine various strange poisonous insects. This time, they have met their enemies.
Zhou Qiao didn’t know who harmed him, but it was definitely not an ordinary person. Zhou Qiao originally wanted to call the police, but when he thought of his identity, he gave up the plan;
No matter who it is, since you have poisoned yourself, there will always be a way to find you out. Zhou Qiao thought bitterly, as long as he finds out who harmed him, your life will definitely be worse than death, and you will be in pain.
