Merchant of the Underworld

In the blink of an eye, the hottest period of autumn has passed, and the weather is gradually getting cooler.

I warmed up some wine that day and was sitting in the shop drinking happily.

Li Mazi opened the door mysteriously and said, "Brother Zhang, have you heard that there is a great treasure on Lutai Mountain?"

"What baby?" I took another sip of wine and asked casually.

Li Mazi is a guy who often hangs around outside and often collects some messy news. Most of it is worthless fake news. I have long been tired of hearing it, so I don’t care whether he talks about it or not. Too interested.

"It's true this time!" Li Mazi said exaggeratedly when he saw that I didn't believe it.

"I don't know what auspiciousness has appeared on Lutai Mountain recently. Every night it shines brightly, and you can see it from a long distance away. It seems to be some kind of strange night pearl!"

"Where did you hear this news?" I didn't take it seriously: "You have been in this business for such a long time, and you can't even tell whether the news is true or false? Anything that shines at night must be a treasure, isn't it? Can't it be a searchlight? Besides, even if there is any treasure, the nearby ghost dealers have already gone to look for it, so is it our turn?"

"Hey! Little brother, this is the blame for this."

Li Mazi's eyes widened and he continued: "The light was very bright. People in the surrounding villages were very scared at first, but as time went by, there was nothing scary about that thing. Some brave ones started to go up the mountain to look for it. But that light It’s like having spirituality and being able to hide and run around in the mountains.”

"Don't forget, that's Lutai Mountain! According to legend, King Zhou collected rare treasures from all over the world and built a palace called Lutai!"

"Are you really stupid or are you pretending to be stupid?" I threw a piece of beef into my mouth and laughed at him: "The deer platform of King Zhou was built in the capital city of Chaoge. Where is Chaoge? Where is this Lutai Mountain? It's not like that. It's just irrelevant. Besides, even if it is really Lutai, countless experts and strangers have searched for it for thousands of years, and what peerless luminous pearls will be left behind? Aren't you talking nonsense? "

"Don't worry about it. Come, have a drink with me." I said and poured him a glass of wine.

Li Mazi grabbed the wine glass and drank it down in one gulp. He still refused to give up and continued to persuade me: "Brother, even if it is not King Zhou's deer platform, it is true that it emits light at night. Didn't you tell me? There is light in the middle of the night. , there must be a strange treasure, the treasure can move on its own, and it must hide a ghost. Let's go over and have a look, maybe there is something good."

"No, I'm not interested."

"Um..." Seeing that I was indifferent, Li Mazi told the truth hesitantly.

It turns out that Teacher Xia has a classmate’s hometown nearby. There was something going on at that person's house recently, and he was not very peaceful. And Li Mazi had already boasted in front of Teacher Xia about his extraordinary abilities, how he could easily eliminate all kinds of monsters and monsters.

Teacher Xia led the man to meet him and asked him for a favor.

If he doesn't go, he will be betrayed, but if he is allowed to go by himself, he still has no bottom.

It just so happened that the rumors about Lutai Mountain glowing at night were aroused recently, so he wanted to use his name to let me take a look with him.

"Brother from the Zhang family." Li Mazi blinked his eyes and said, "You have nothing to do here all day long, so just come with me to have a look, just to relax."

I looked at the anxious look on his face, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go and have a look with you, but if you play like this again in the future, don't blame me for being rude."

"Yes, yes." When Li Mazi heard that I agreed, he immediately agreed and filled me up with wine with a happy face: "Come on, let's have a drink together."

Early the next morning, we hit the road.

What happened to that family was a trivial matter. The family dog ​​brought back a dead man's bone and attracted a lonely ghost.

I used some small skills to settle the dead souls, and let their families pay their respects, and everything was fine.

We could have returned at this point, but I hadn't been out for a long time and I was a little interested. In addition, Li Mazi kept telling me about the midnight scene on Lutai Mountain, so I changed my route and headed straight to Lutai Mountain.

But I walked around the mountain for two days and didn't find any strange lights at night.

One night, while I was complaining about Li Mazi in the tent, I suddenly saw a group of birds chirping strangely as they flew over our heads.

I got out of the tent and looked in the direction of the birds. I saw a ray of light not far ahead.

The light was colorful and dazzling, reaching straight into the sky.

But there was a chilly air that overflowed, and the temperature in the mountain suddenly dropped!

I quickly used the invisible needle and approached it, but before I had gone far, the light seemed to sense someone approaching and moved quickly.

Li Mazi and I followed closely behind and chased for four or five miles, but the light suddenly disappeared.

The place where the light passed did not leave any special traces. I searched for a long time and found no valuable clues.

It wasn't until dawn that we realized that we couldn't find the way we came!

After wandering around the mountains for a long time, I finally found a small village.

As soon as Li Mazi and I entered the village, we found that the people in the village were very strange. Everyone, male, female, old and young, all stared at Li Mazi with a pair of bloodshot eyes, and there were thick black circles around the corners of his eyes. Mazi looks.

We came up to say hello, but no one responded. A few people even spat at us from a distance.

"What the hell is this place?" Li Mazi was very angry.

As I walked, I saw tall white flags hanging in front of one of the doors, and bursts of wailing could be heard.

Someone has died and there is a funeral.

Just as we were about to take a detour, a group of people suddenly rushed out and grabbed Li Mazi.

One of them, a beautiful woman in mourning clothes, cursed loudly: "What a good Li Laosan! You've been gone for eight years, and dad misses you so much that he wants to die! Now that he's back, he doesn't even kowtow." , turn around and run away?"

"Misunderstanding, this is a misunderstanding!" Li Mazi defended loudly, but it didn't help. Everyone couldn't argue and dragged him into the yard.

For a moment, I was a little confused about the situation. I didn't want to attack these innocent villagers, so I had no choice but to follow them.

That family's yard was very large, and all the fruits and vegetables they had planted were uprooted and a memorial shed was built.

There was a black and white photo hanging outside the studio, and I was stunned when I saw it.

The old man in the photo actually looks very similar to Li Mazi, but he has more wrinkles, a head full of white hair, and what's even more peculiar is that he also has pockmarks on his face.

He just looks like an elderly version of Li Mazi!