Otherworldly Merchant

Chiba took us to a warehouse behind the hall dedicated to the storage of sacrificial goods, which was well organized, with a heavy scent of incense, and a row of bamboo shelves with beautiful clothes, drums, fans, and more.

She walked into the depths of the warehouse, knelt down in front of a mahogany cabinet and prayed with her palms closed for a while before opening the mahogany cabinet.

Inside the cabinet is a wooden box with a copper handle at each end in an old style. She dragged the box out, with red lines wrapped around it, and a few broken Buddha Buddhas on it, and I was surprised to ask, "Where did you get these symbols? ”

Chiba said the spell originated in her grandmother's life. There was a demon in this box, and a Chinese gentleman surrendered the demon and affixed these symbols.

The paintings of the Tibetan King Bodhisattva are different, as if a set of boxing techniques had been passed on to each apprentice. I looked closely at these spells. The Dragonfly Phoenix pen painting on them has quite a grandfather's divine rhyme.

I'm assuming it wasn't Grandpa? Nor did he mention that he had been to Japan, perhaps the rest of the Jiangbei Zhang family.

“Can I see this box?” I asked.

“Yes.” Chiba nodded.

I moved the box to the front. The box was very carefully sealed. The red line spread out over it was a six-mang star seal array. Several Tibetan Buddha charms served to reinforce the seal, obviously by the tall man.

However, the symbols were already incomplete, had no effect, and the red line had been bitten off a few places, and the seal had long been broken.

“Has this locker been locked?” I asked.

“Only I and the great priest have the keys to the cabinet.” Chiba replied.

The T-shirt man picked up the broom and swept a bunch of dead flies out of the cabinet. Chiba was shocked and asked me what was going on.

I checked the bottom of the box and found that a hole had been drilled, and then I pinched the body of a fly and sniffed it under my nose, smelling blood.

I exchanged my eyes with the T-shirt man, and I've figured out why, someone deliberately sabotaged it!

I explained to Chiba that the fly was raised in crow blood, and the yin gas was very strong. Someone stuck them in the hole at the bottom of the box, and the seal itself was very cheerful, and the yin and yang were extremely hot, and the fly would begin to destroy the seal out of biological instinct. Although the power of a fly is limited, many flies run out of life and end up biting the seal.

This method is also very creative, I think the covert troublemaker must be very familiar with Chinese magic.

Chiba didn't know much about yin and yang theory. He blinked his eyes and asked me, “What happens if it breaks? ”

“The demons inside will run out.” I said.

“Could Mr. Zhang please seal it again? ”

I shook my head: “The water is hard to collect, it has escaped, and it makes no sense to seal this box again. By the way, can you open it? ”

“Okay!” Chiba untied the red rope outside and opened the box.

My eyes lit up and it was actually the fox statue in it, well protected by a layer of silk cloth.

I was kind of wondering, didn't Chiba have this thing with the trolley show in the evening? But look at the dust on it, it hasn't been opened in a long time.

Chiba smiled and said that every year, the exhibition is a fake product that can be imitated by craftsmen. Authentic products are so precious that even the younger witches are forbidden to look at them.

I want to take it out and check it out, Chiba said wait, go get two pairs of gloves and let's put them on.

This fox statue is made of sterling silver, heavy and has oxidized dark surfaces over time. Me and the T-shirt guy handed it out carefully and placed it on a canvas. The statue is shaped like a squatting fox with his ears on his head, thin, kind of like a dog, fabulously unique, and even the fur is realistic.

This should not be an unusual object, as a magic instrument of the Emperor's era, which tends to put something else in it when casting, such as the Shirley son of a high priest, the blood of an emperor, the bones of a monster, etc.

But I didn't notice the gloom. Instead, I felt a clear threat on that counterfeit this afternoon.

“Why is this place empty?” The T-shirt man pointed to the fox's eye socket and asked.

“Lord Silver Fox's eyes are empty?” Chiba's face was puzzled.

“No, there should be two eyeballs here.” The T-shirt man said.

“I don't know, I've only seen it three times, no eyeballs.” Chiba nagging said.

I guess, "We saw a demon fox on the hill that turned into a white teenager, and tonight we saw another demon fox that turned into a girl. Are they the eyes of this silver fox? ”

So the fox I saw at the festival in the evening was supposed to be the girl, and she was attached to the fake, which made me think it was a shady thing. She saw the Buddha Charm, King of Tibetan, which I gave to the owner of the Kanto boiler, and quietly unveiled it, put it here, and then tried to trick us into it. I just don't get it. Why would she do that? Doesn't that seem to do her any good?

I told the T-shirt man my guess, and the T-shirt man said, "She probably wants us to help Miss Chiba, right? ”

“In other words, the boy in white helped to abuse him outside, and the girl wanted him to turn back, but she couldn't do it with her strength, so she plotted this scene and brought us here.” I analyzed: “But the boy in white is far from the hill. Should we go back? Maybe Yamaguchi is looking for us all over town. ”

“Jiulin, who do you think broke this seal?” The T-shirt man asked.

“Did that boy do it!” I suddenly realized: “What do you mean, he'll come here again? ”

T-shirt men nod their heads.

Chiba listened to a misty water next to her, and I told her about what happened on the hill and what the demon fox was doing tonight, and she covered her mouth with surprise: “Are they the incarnations of Lord Fox Fairy? ”

“Seems so.” I said to Chiba, "It's really my job to subdue these sneaky cunts. ”

“Shady, what is that?” Chiba asked puzzled.

I explained to her the origin of the shadow, and after listening to it, Chiba said: “This is wonderful, please ask Mr. Zhang for the help of the shrine, I will pay for it and tell the great priest. ”

“We're here, it's not cheap!” I said with a smile.

Chiba frowned and said seriously: “There is not much savings in the shrine, I hope Mr. Zhang's price is fair...”

I was a little reluctant to tell her the rules of the line, and I had to take care of things.

After all, this thing belongs to the rank of a national treasure. Don't say Chiba can't take charge, and the great cleric of the shrine probably won't agree, right?

I glanced at the T-shirt man and asked him for his opinion, and he said softly: "This was entrusted to us. ”

I thought about it. Just think of it as a good deed and preserve the relationship between the two countries.

“Wonderful!” Chiba said with joy, "Thank you, Mr. Zhang and Mr. Chuichi. ”

That's when Yin Xinyue called and asked why we haven't come back yet. I just found out it was 11: 00, so I said goodbye to Chiba.