Chapter 2 Chapter One

Chang Sheng squatted in the shadow of the bungalow opposite the old house, with a cigarette dangling from his mouth.He had a dry addiction, and he didn't dare to light it, for fear that the red cigarette butt would expose himself in the dark. Three days ago, the criminal police team received a case transferred from the 110 Center. In the western suburbs of the capital, near the legendary Yazhai, a body was found on the roadside. The body was discovered by sanitation workers in the early hours of the morning. The skin was peeling off like a gourd of blood. The eyes of the deceased were full of shock and fear.

This was a homicide case, and the victim's death was horrific, which could be regarded as a vicious homicide case.For decades, Beijing, the capital, has never had a similar case. After on-site testing and forensic examination, Chang Sheng knew that there were many body parts scattered around the corpse, but DNA testing showed that these scattered body parts came from more than a dozen different people.Although this news was not released to the public, the bad nature made the detectives who were used to seeing bloody feel terrified.According to the judgment, the murderer is likely to be a perverted killer.

There is no impenetrable wall in the world, and journalists who have always been well-informed are like mercury pouring down the ground, penetrating every hole.I don't know who in the police station leaked the word, or took advantage of the reporter. The news spread out within three days, and caused a lot of trouble in the media and on the Internet.Reporters made a big fuss after getting the news.Some said that the excessive social pressure led to the emergence of murderous maniacs; some suspected that after the crimes committed by organ trafficking gangs, they killed people and abandoned their bodies.

One stone caused a thousand waves, and there is a view that most people agree with on the Internet. The place where the corpse appeared is strange—that Yazhai is a famous evil place in Beijing. As the ancient capital of the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties, Sijiu City has left countless legends, some mysterious, some weird, some frightening.Curious people have also explored these boundaries, but most of them have no details, and there seems to be a layer of fog shrouded in it. This old house of nearly 1,000 square meters can be preserved in Beijing, where every inch of land is precious, and it has not been destroyed in the hands of real estate developers. It is all thanks to a small sign at the gate—a provincial cultural relic protection unit.Another theory is that this is also one of the evil places in Beijing, and the developers with great powers are very particular about Feng Shui, so they didn't start here.

When doing local chronicles, people who are addicted to textual research conducted textual research on this house many times, but found nothing.Judging from the size of the house and the green brick floor, the house should have been built in the early Ming Dynasty.The eaves are soaring, and there are unknown animal head carvings on it. From the perspective of the Ming Dynasty's institutional system, a house of this size is at least a first-class official residence, and only a family of an extremely respectable official can have it.The Ming Dynasty had the most stringent jurisdiction over the institutional system, and leapfrogging to build houses was usually killing without pardon and beheading.Throughout the history of the Ming Dynasty, no courtier dared to blatantly overstep.

This makes it even more weird.In the early Ming Dynasty, Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang established his capital in Nanjing, and all the high-ranking officials lived in Nanjing.At that time, Beijing was the gate of the northern country, deeply disturbed by the Mongolian and Yuan dynasties, and no one would build a residence in Yandi, Beijing.Just like telling you now, if you are asked to go to Afghanistan to build a house, I am afraid that no one wants to go, and no one dares to go. After Zhu Di succeeded in sweeping the north, he moved his capital to Beijing and built four or nine cities. All the princes and first-rank officials moved to Yanjing, but most of the houses were within the nine gates of Beijing.If anyone is willing to live in this position, I am afraid that most of them are some mountain woodcutters, but these people will definitely not have such a hand.

What's even more strange is that there is another strange thing about this house.It used to be called "Crow's House", and it was also passed down by the common people as "Unlucky Grave". The late Ming Dynasty was also the last Little Ice Age in history.Although the ancients did not understand these things, they were not ignorant of weather changes.At that time, the weather across the country was suddenly cold, and the harvest of the fields decreased. The royal family of the Ming Dynasty called on the people to open up wasteland and grow grain. Some people thought that this place was spacious and had cultivated fields here.But I didn't expect that this land was so evil that within a radius of several miles, no matter what crops were planted, no matter how diligently they were cultivated, there would be no harvest.

Every time dusk falls, the overwhelming crows are pitch-black, like a black cloud in the sky, all of them linger and roost here, and their "croaking" calls are even more disturbing. Some people speculated that this place might be the private residence of some dignitary of the Ming Dynasty.There may have been buried servants who were buried deep under it, so there is a corpse in the ground, which makes it impossible for a blade of grass to grow here.Many people actually believe this statement.According to folklore, crows choose to live in the dead and rotting, and the overwhelming crows are the best proof that this is a cemetery.

Since then, the house has been abandoned in the years, and no one cares about it anymore.Until the period of the Cultural Revolution, a group of Red Guards from all over the motherland saw the spaciousness of the house and took this house as their stronghold.At the beginning, a group of young people were lively, full of voices, and revolutionary slogans and songs continued every day.However, some of them advocated "destroying the four olds", and if they wanted to smash the old house, they burned, smashed, beat, and robbed everywhere, which caused trouble. For unknown reasons, many of those Red Guards disappeared mysteriously, and have never been seen again.As for the two survivors, one had abscesses all over his body and his skin fell off. When he ran out of the old house, the carrion from his body kept falling off, and the smelly blood spilled all the way.

The other one seemed to have seen the scariest thing in the world, and was stimulated. From then on, he went crazy, kept screaming, and his eyes were as wide as copper bells.In the end, the man died in a mental hospital within three months, with a strange smile on his face. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, this house was rated as a cultural relic because of its ancient history.However, it is located in a remote place, and it is impossible to tell which historical figure's residence it is, and it lacks celebrity effect.Therefore, this house has not received much attention, let alone tourists, and the relevant departments have left it alone, but no one has proposed to repair it.

Now that a case is out and the public opinion is together, the police are under pressure.Only by solving the case as soon as possible can these claims be self-defeating.This kind of thankless work is too late for others to hide, and there are many people with temporary diarrhea and poor stomach.But Chang Sheng was very excited, and took the initiative to run to the captain, patted his chest and issued a military order, saying that he would do his best to win the case.The captain was very optimistic about Chang Sheng and planned to focus on training him, but seeing his temper, he couldn't laugh or cry. Chang Sheng has his own thoughts. Since he retired from the army and joined the criminal police team, he has participated in many cases, but he always feels that he has never encountered anything as exciting as in the army. In the army, he is a leader in the reconnaissance arm - the A Brigade of the Chinese Special Forces. According to this qualification, Chang Sheng can have better development space in the army.But he has a straightforward personality, always relying on ability and ignoring relationships. In the eyes of the leaders, he is a pure "thorn". This made him miss many opportunities in a daze, but he never regretted it. During the army's field survival training, Chang Sheng made another absurd mistake that makes people feel ridiculous.Special forces often have some special equipment. When surviving in the wild, there is such a multi-purpose field survival knife made of alloy.This knife is about one foot long, and besides the blade, it also contains a variety of practical tools such as metal fishing line, rabbit ring, serrations, and jaws.The alloy material of the casting knife is strong, and the blade is extremely sharp, which can easily cut off steel bars as thick as a thumb.With this knife, soldiers can be said to be even more powerful in the wild.I don't know how many people, because of this knife, their lives are easier. Others also lamented that this is a good knife, but at most they think it is a useful tool and they can't put it down.But Chang Sheng regards this knife as a brother, and thinks it is his best partner, and even sleeps with this knife in his arms.Survival in the wild was over, and the knife had to be handed back, but Chang Sheng was extremely reluctant, so he dug a hole behind the barracks and hid the knife, insisting that he lost it while surviving in the wild. But in the eyes of everyone, you still held the knife in your car on the way back to the camp and looked obsessed, and now you say that you lost the knife when you survived in the wild, which is really contemptuous of everyone's IQ. Therefore, not only Chang Sheng's first-class merit was cancelled, but Chang Sheng's application for joining the party was also rejected.Originally, the leader of the army wanted Chang Sheng to serve as a volunteer for a few years before being transferred upwards, so they asked him to work in private.Who knew that Chang Sheng had a tendon, "Even if the knife is lost, I won't be able to get it out." The night wind blew up, making Chang Sheng feel a little cold, so he took out a cigarette and was about to light it.Suddenly, the lights in the courtyard of the ancient house came on, which revived Chang Sheng immediately. Since the Xu family moved in here, some people have turned over the old almanac.On the Internet, this place has also become one of the top ten murderous places in Beijing. Tonight, it was the third day that Chang Sheng came here to stay here, and he curled up in the darkness like a leopard preparing to hunt for food.For three days in a row, Chang Sheng did not find any clues.At night, the vicinity of the ancient house is extremely deserted. People living in the nearby community would rather take a detour than take the shortcut around the ancient house. Suddenly, the courtyard door of the ancient house creaked open, and there was a burst of noisy footsteps inside, which seemed to be mixed with low whimpers and sobs. After a while, Chang Sheng saw several cars with lights on coming from a distance, and stopped at the gate of the ancient house.The people in the yard came out, led by four men, each holding the four corners of a bed sheet.The sheets were originally white, but now they were stained with blood, and blood dripped from time to time, staining the open space in front of the old house. "Police!" Chang Sheng held the gun in his right hand, took out his ID with his left hand, and walked over with a loud shout. Everyone who came out of the old house was stunned. "What's inside?" Chang Sheng pointed to the bed sheet with the finger holding the certificate. "Patient." Among the crowd who came out of the ancient house, a man who walked in the front and carried a corner of the bed sheet stood up, "I am Xu Ke, the chairman of the Xu Group..." "I don't care who you are! I now suspect that you are committing a crime. Please open the bed sheet and let me see your patients." "Presumptuous!" Tsui Hark looked gloomy, "What if I say no?" Chang Sheng stared coldly at Tsui Hark and the others, thinking whether to take them down immediately—with his own skills, these people were no problem at all. The scene was deadlocked, someone behind Tsui Hark saw that the situation was not good, quietly walked into the shadow of the doorway, and took out his mobile phone. After a while, Chang Sheng's phone rang.Chang Sheng took a step back vigilantly, and picked up the phone. "Close the team!" came the captain's familiar voice from inside. "But……" "Close the team!" "No! I just found a clue. Captain, you..." Chang Sheng's anger and shouting gave Tsui Hark and others a chance. These people stuffed the sheets into the car and started the engine quietly. When Chang Sheng noticed, the car had already driven out and started to accelerate. In a rage, Chang Sheng threw his phone to the ground, and rushed over to grab Tsui Hark by the neck.Unexpectedly, after the car drove out, Tsui Hark knelt down on the ground with a plop, and burst into tears, his voice piercing, "Dad! I said I wouldn't go back to China, but you insist on coming back, why are you doing this!" Back in the team, Chang Sheng started growling like an irritated bear, looking around for the captain, trying to reason, but he couldn't find anyone.The captain knew Chang Sheng's violent temper, so he went home before he came back.Hearing from the colleague on duty that the captain was not there, Chang Sheng went out without looking back, and went straight to the captain's home in Dongzhimen. The sleepy-eyed captain looked at him and smiled wryly.Chang Sheng asked relentlessly why he had to close the team at a critical moment when he had the key clues. "Oh," the captain sighed, "Chang Sheng, you have been in the industry for a long time. I know that we policemen look majestic, but there are some people that we can't afford to provoke. To tell you the truth, I also feel sorry for you." I got angry. But this is a call from the higher up..." "I don't care about that much, I just know that human life is at stake, and the heavenly king and I will go to jail for breaking the law!" Chang Sheng stood at the door with his neck straightened, refusing to enter the captain's house no matter what he said, "Well, I won't let you Embarrassed, tell me which boss is calling you? I'll ask him to argue!" "You are just a rock-headed person." The captain shook his head. "I really can't tell you. If I tell you, it will make a big fuss." "Then I'll post on Weibo online. I don't believe there is no reason." The captain was a little annoyed, and glared at Chang Sheng, "Why are you so mean, this dog's temper doesn't change, no matter how strong you are in handling cases, life will be difficult in the future." "Why, will you still be retaliated against? I don't believe it anymore, the leader of the police station is wearing a pair of pants with the fucking suspect?" The captain held out his hand, "Chang Sheng, give me the gun." Chang Sheng looked at the captain vigilantly, and turned his body, "Boss, what do you mean?" "I knew you would make trouble. Now, you start to take your annual leave." Chang Sheng's face was so gloomy that water could be wrung out. He looked up and down the captain, as if standing in front of him was a stranger, "Are you kidding me? Well... well, Li, I misread you!" On the way back, Chang Sheng cursed as he walked.He bought a bottle of Erguotou from the supermarket and got drunk. Suddenly, Chang Sheng threw the wine bottle to the ground, "Fuck, I still don't believe it, what can I do if I'm on vacation, I'm not going anywhere, I just want to see what's wrong with this. I don't believe it , this family can cover the sky with one hand." His eyes lit up, as if he had thought of something, he said to himself: "How could I have forgotten him. At the critical moment, he has to help brother no matter what." The person Chang Sheng remembered was Liu Ji, and the two had known each other for only three days.Speaking of the acquaintance, Chang Sheng really felt a little incredible. That day, Chang Sheng went out to perform a mission, and on his way back, he passed by the West Railway Station, only to find that several guys looked flustered and walked past him pretending to be calm.The pockets of several people bulged a lot, judging from the raised edges and corners, they should be wallets. Who but a thief goes out with a few wallets?So Chang Sheng took his heart, used his skills as a scout, and quietly followed behind the group of people. The thieves walked to a secluded place and were about to share the spoils, but Chang Sheng caught them right away.These few people jumped over the wall in a hurry, desperately wanting to resist, so they drew out their knives and rushed over.As a result, three times, five divisions and two divisions were easily brought down by Chang Sheng.Chang Sheng called the station sub-bureau. The sub-bureau said that it was short of manpower and asked him to escort a few thieves there by himself. Walking to the South Square, Chang Sheng was stopped by a smiling young man. This young man was about the same age as Chang Sheng, handsome and gentle, and he looked like a scholar.Chang Sheng thought that this was another member of the theft gang. Seeing his accomplice was arrested, he stopped here to do something tricky.He stood still with a mentality of watching a joke. He didn't think that the young man opposite could bring him any trouble. The young man glanced at the thieves, "Dude, please return my wallet to me. I just arrived in Beijing and I'm still waiting for the money to be used urgently." Chang Sheng looked at the young man in astonishment, feeling a little disbelieving in his words.I caught these thieves in the North Square. Even if he really lost his wallet, and saw that he caught these thieves in the North Square while searching, he would definitely come to ask for them on the spot. South Plaza stopped himself? Moreover, how could he be sure that his wallet must have been stolen by these thieves?If it can be confirmed, then the early police also caught these thieves.There is a policeman almost every few steps at the West Railway Station, and they will not waste any time to let the thieves escape. Thinking of this, Chang Sheng became interested, and he was not in a hurry to send a few thieves to the station branch office. He deliberately asked the young man, "You lost your wallet. Maybe other thieves stole it. Are you so sure that the wallet is with me?" "Brother, why don't you check to see if there are any of the thieves you got with my ID card in the wallet. By the way, my name is Liu Ji." Chang Sheng took out the wallets he found from the thief, opened them one by one, and was stunned.Sure enough, there was the ID card of the young man opposite in the wallet, and the smile on the photo was exactly the same as the young man's smile at the moment. "How do you know?" Chang Sheng blurted out. The young man smiled mysteriously, "It's calculated, do you believe it?" Chang Sheng pondered for a long time in his heart, half-doubting about this statement.In Beijing's Temple of Heaven, Temple of Earth, and Lama Temple, there are quite a few fortune-telling and divination businesses. Every day, faithful men and women come to ask about good or bad luck and their future.But for this matter, Chang Sheng felt that it was a bit too mysterious.He was not sure, just relying on the time of a person's birth or the few palm prints on his hand, he could judge a person's good or bad luck, or the luck in front of him. However, when Chang Sheng was a scout, he also encountered many strange things that modern science could not explain, which made him feel that the world is not as simple as what he learned in books or imagined by most people. There is a special factor in it. However, since it was confirmed that the wallet belonged to this young man, Chang Sheng would of course return the wallet.However, according to the procedure, the young man needs to go to the branch office with him, fill out a lost and found form, and then make a record, which is in line with the rules. Liu Ji took his luggage and followed Chang Sheng to the sub-bureau.Chang Sheng chatted with him casually: "Is this your first time in Beijing?" "No, I have traveled before, but this is really the first time I want to settle down in Beijing and live all year round." "Do you have relatives or friends?" "No." "Weird." Chang Sheng muttered.Although it is not the Tang Dynasty today, the saying "living in the capital is not easy" still applies.We all know how high housing prices in Beijing are, even renting a house is a big expense. Looking at the young man's few simple pieces of luggage, he obviously thinks about living in Beijing too easily.At first I thought he had something to rely on, but now it seems that there is something unclear.But no matter how you look at it, the young man in front of him doesn't mean to be young and frivolous. Liu Ji seemed to have seen Chang Sheng's thoughts, and smiled lightly, "However, before I came, my grandfather gave me an envelope, which contained the address of my family friend in Beijing. But he told me, wait until I find a place After staying for a long time, it’s not too late to look at the address in this envelope.” "How old is your grandfather?" Hearing what he said, Chang Sheng asked dumbfoundedly. "Don't worry, my grandfather is definitely not confused." Liu Ji raised his eyebrows, "His divination skills are much higher than mine. I believe he must have a reason for doing so." Seeing him mentioning his grandpa with high spirits, he looked leisurely and fascinated, but after he went to work, he moved out from home to live alone, and the room was spacious.Chang Sheng thought that this young man was interesting, so he might as well invite him to live with him temporarily, to see if his grandfather could figure out this little accident that happened suddenly. Moreover, Chang Sheng also has his own thoughts. If Liu Ji can really count, although he doesn't need to pay rent to live in his place, but when he handles the case, he has such a half-immortal by his side, which can be said to be an extra crime-solving radar. Not too much. The two chatted while walking, and Chang Sheng proposed the idea of ​​letting Liu Ji temporarily settle down with him.Probably seeing that Chang Sheng was competing, Liu Ji agreed generously. In his words, he felt that his grandfather was omnipotent since he was a child, and he wanted to let his grandfather stumble once, which was a relief from his depression. When the two arrived at the branch office, the branch office saw someone delivering their grades to the door, and the procedures were handled quickly.Hearing from Chang Sheng that Liu Ji was one of the owners, the people in the branch thought that when Liu Ji's wallet was stolen, the thief was caught by Chang Sheng, so they didn't think much about it.After everything was done, the two of them went out to take a taxi and went straight to Chang Sheng's house. Chang Sheng lives on the edge of the Third Ring Road in Xicheng District, Beijing.When he arrived at his house, Chang Sheng directly helped Liu Ji carry the luggage into the house.Chang Sheng didn't even bother to pour Liu Ji a glass of water, so he urged him to take out the letter and open it.Liu Ji took out a white envelope from his close-fitting clothes, and pulled out a piece of paper from it. The paper is high-quality rice paper, and a line of sloppy writing is written on it with a brush.This calligraphy is strong and strong, and the stroke is vigorous. If it is used to participate in some calligraphy competition, it will definitely cause a sensation. After Liu Ji read it, his expression changed, and he opened his mouth to ask, "Your surname is Chang?" Chang Sheng was stunned, and after reacting, he took the letter paper over.The address written on the letter paper was the same as Chang Sheng's, with the words "Chang Zhai" written at the end. When Liu Ji heard the door knock, he turned his face away from the computer screen, glanced at it, saw that it was Chang Sheng, and turned away again. Chang Sheng, who was ordered by his boss to "stop the investigation and go home for vacation", was already suffocated, but he was even more annoyed when he saw Liu Ji, who he thought he could pinch and count, appeared calm and calm. It's not sure if he didn't hit one place, but he figured out his embarrassment and put on such a posture on purpose. "Yeah, dude, you're free. I haven't been online for half a week since you came here." Liu Ji quickly manipulated his mage to fight the boss (boss), without turning his head, he said, "You think I'm willing to come, but I'm also very angry, it's not all because of my grandpa." Chang Sheng took a bottle of beer from the refrigerator, sat down on the sofa and took a few sips.Liu Ji had already "exploded" the boss at this time, turned his head, and stared at Chang Sheng with a half-smile, "Why, did something not go your way?" "I'm fine, but I see that you are not going well." Liu Ji smiled and counted slightly, "This has nothing to do with me, does it? It's because you encountered a problem. Was it cut off by your superiors about work?" Chang Sheng stared at him, as if he wanted to see the flowers on his face, and said after a long time: "Jiehe, you should play mahjong. Hey, there is a way, no wonder my grandpa also called you a little fairy. Help me quickly." Brother, do the math, where is the breakthrough in this case. Otherwise, I will pay your rent from now on, hehe..." After Liu Ji moved in, on weekends, Chang Sheng went back to his parents once, and told Liu Ji's story from beginning to end as an anecdote.The parents were very surprised. Chang Sheng's grandfather also came to be interested. He asked if Liu Ji's hometown was in Zhejiang.The old and the young chatted for a long time. After Chang Sheng's grandfather came out, he admired Liu Ji very much and asked Chang Sheng to entertain him well, saying that the two families were indeed family friends. "Tell me about the case, let's see if I can help." Seeing that Chang Sheng was a little angry, Liu Ji hurriedly smoothed things over. Chang Sheng poured the rest of the beer into his mouth, wiped his mouth, told the story from the beginning, even complaining and cursing, and finally threw the beer bottle to the ground, concluding his statement, "Damn, What an evil place, this means that there is a gang committing crimes, using the evil place as a cover. I think the Xu family is relying on power to suppress people." "The surname is Xu, evil land?" Liu Ji's face became serious, and the words of his former grandfather in Beijing flashed in his mind, "Start as usual, come in when you meet Xu, and you will be enlightened if you enter evil." Others are talking nonsense, but when grandpa said it, he really believed it.Could it be that this series of events is really predestined, and there is an invisible thread manipulating one's own destiny? In fact, Liu Ji's background is not small, he is from Qingtian, Zhejiang.Although the family background is not obvious, it has a remarkable background. It is the direct descendant of Liu Bowen, a strange man of a generation.There is absolutely no falsehood in this point, it is not a common practice of climbing the dragon and attaching the phoenix. Liu Bowen, named Ji, styled Bowen.In the official history, this person was also a great hero in the founding of the Ming Dynasty. It can be said that he held up the white jade pillars in the sky and drove the purple golden beams in the sea.Leaving aside the records in official history, in folklore, Liu Bowen is even more legendary and mysterious. He is another figure after Zhuge Liang who can pinch and count, is wise and close to demons. Such a heaven-defying ancestor, in terms of prosperity and wealth, can be said to be at his fingertips, but Liu Bowen did not leave much blessing to his descendants. Liu Ji learned from his grandfather since he was a child that before Liu Bowen died, he left three ancestral precepts.One is that the descendants of the Liu family cannot do business for officials.He lamented that he had done too many things against the heavens, that his descendants would be unlucky when they became officials and businessmen, their fortunes would not be obvious, and they would worry about losing their families and families; the so-called wealth in China is not more than three generations, because the ancestors were overdrawn due to the help of luck Due to the luck of the hit, I can't suffer from it.The second is that the Liu family must be passed down from generation to generation, but the descendants of the Liu family are not allowed to take concubines or marry young children because of this.The third is that the descendants of the Liu family have a destiny. When the descendants of the Liu family appear, they need to fulfill their destiny, so that the Liu family can get rid of poverty and become rich and prosperous from now on. Strange to say, since Liu Bowen, when the descendants of the Liu family got married, their first child must be a boy.But no matter how hard we try, there will be no more imports at home.According to Liu Ji's grandfather Liu Zhong, this is Liu Bowen's cultivation, to the point where he can't follow what he says.That is to say, as long as Liu Bowen's words are uttered, they will become true, which is no worse than the golden words of the emperor Lao Tzu in the legend. Along with the three wills, there is also Liu Bowen's superb housekeeping skills throughout his life.Although Liu Bowen was proficient in military books, war books, and stratagems, his housekeeping skills were in divination, fortune-telling, feng shui, and thaumaturgy, which few people believe in now. Few people know that Liu Bowen's mentor is Lai Buyi, a great geomaster in the Song Dynasty.Lai Buyi is a legend in folklore.This person was born in the Northern Song Dynasty, so I don't know how old he lived.It was not until the Southern Song Dynasty that the footprints became apparent.He is mostly active in Lingnan, and his footprints are all over Guangzhou and Fujian. He specializes in searching for dragons and acupuncture points. It is said that Lai Buyi's geomancy method has the power to change the dynasty and change the dynasty by relying on Fengshui and earth energy to breed a real dragon. Lai Buyi's mentorship has always been mysterious.It is said that he passed on the mantle of Zhuge Kongming during the Three Kingdoms period.The inheritance of their sect is quite strange, they pay attention to fate, the apprentices they accept do not necessarily have to be in this world, and they don't have to be handed down, as long as they meet talented people, perseverance, and have the third eye, they can be accepted as disciples. Inheritance, the secret method handed down will naturally appear in front of the successor through various arrangements of the previous generation. Liu Bowen learned the art of geomantic omen. It coincided with the troubled times at the end of the Yuan Dynasty. The court divided the people into three, six, and nine grades according to their ethnicity. Even a kitchen knife could only be used by one family.The people were outraged, so he wanted to use his own skills to see if he could overthrow Meng Yuan and establish a new dynasty, so he traveled around the world, looking for the dragon's lair, and ended up passing through Fengyang, Anhui, and met the young monk Zhu Chongba.Liu Bowen was shocked, looking at the face of this young monk, he looked like a 95-year-old monk.But only ten miles away from the temple where Zhu Chongba became a monk, a top-quality dragon cave was discovered. Under the traction of heavenly secrets, everything is a definite number.Liu Bowen paid for the tomb and helped the young monk move the bones for his parents.It's just that although Zhu Chongba was grateful, he didn't know that the tomb bought by Liu Bowen was the Wulong Chaoyang Cave, which is the sun of the world. With the power of Fengshui and the help of Zhu Chongba's life, forty years later, Zhu Chongba changed from a monk to an emperor, changed his name to Yuanzhang, established his capital in Nanjing, and established his country as Ming.But at this time, the world is unified, and no enemy needs the help of the yang energy of the Wulong Chaoyang acupoint to conquer.With the accumulation of yang qi, Zhu Yuanzhang was increasingly forced by the yang qi of the Zhiyang acupoint, and his personality changed drastically-headstrong, irritable and authoritarian, and began to slaughter many heroes.The way of heaven is fair, there is no deviation, five dragons bred real dragons in Chaoyang point, there must be advantages and disadvantages, and no one can solve this disadvantage. Liu Bowen was well aware of the power of Wulong Chaoyang Point, so he resigned early to seek a way out, and asked Zhu Yuanzhang for a large piece of land. His appearance as a greedy citizen made Zhu Yuanzhang feel that his ambition was not in the world, so he resigned smoothly and returned to his hometown in Qingtian. It can be considered a good end. Because of passing down such skills, the Liu family has a very high prestige in Qingtian.For hundreds of years, in the eyes of the neighbors, the Liu family have been "little gods".Neighbors from ten miles and eight villages would come to Liu's family for divination when they encountered any problems. When building a house or building a tomb, they had to ask the Liu family for help. For hundreds of years, the Liu family has tried their best when encountering this kind of thing, but they don't take any money. At most, they accept some pork and vegetables as gifts.Liu Ji once questioned that his family is not a fortune-teller who talks in vernacular, eats and drinks, and pretends to be blind. He relies on real skills, so why can't he make a fortune with this stunt. Liu Zhong's answer was that he was served by the family law.After a severe beating, Liu Ji was made to kneel for three days, completely eradicating this little thought.But Liu Ji still refused to accept it in his heart. After graduating from university, Liu Ji was unwilling to go back home to work in agriculture, unwilling to continue the tasteless life of his father's generation showing others Fengshui and divination. He stayed in the city under the pretext of wanting to take the postgraduate entrance examination, but privately opened a software company with his classmates, and wrote it himself. Some software is sold.The two of them were lucky. The source code of a piece of firewall was favored by the bank, and the company's development was on the right track. Unexpectedly, Liu Ji's grandfather, Liu Zhong, became Cheng Yaojin who killed halfway. After some calculations, he managed to find the company, brought Liu Ji back home, and refused the dividends offered by his classmates.After returning home, they were treated by family law again, saying that Liu Ji had violated the precept of not being allowed to do business in the ancestral precepts, which almost broke the rules of the Liu family. However, Liu Zhongjing's temperament seemed to have changed drastically after this incident, and Liu Ji felt that something even more strange was yet to come.Originally, it was common for the Liu family to choose places to build graves for others, but Liu Ji never participated in it.The reason is that when he was three years old, he went to play outside the village with his friends in the village, and in order to hide safely when playing hide-and-seek, he boldly hid in the mass grave.As a result, in the evening, the children returned home, but Liu Ji was nowhere to be seen.The Liu family searched around and found him in the mass grave, who had fainted. He was probably frightened or tainted by Yin Qi. Liu Ji developed a high fever. No matter how he was treated, the high fever persisted. At a young age, he was dying and would die at any time. Fortunately, Liu Zhong came back from visiting friends in Tibet. Seeing this situation, he seemed to think of something, and hurriedly performed a ritual ceremony for him. After the ritual ceremony, Liu Zhong's face, which had been well maintained, seemed to be ten years older.From then on, the Liu family issued a strict order, prohibiting Liu Ji from going to the mountain tombs, saying that Liu Ji's horoscope was very dark, and going to that kind of place would easily cause strange things to happen. But after the family law service this time, Liu Ji's wounds from the rattan canes had not healed. Liu Zhong took him out of the warm bed in the middle of the night, carried a shovel, and entered the Liu family's ancestral grave in the middle of the night, pointing at the Liu Bowen's tomb, let Liu Ji dig the tomb. The dug tomb is said to be the real body of the ancestor Liu Bowen.However, after digging three feet into the ground, there was no coffin, but a stone box engraved with gossip patterns was dug out.The stone box is exquisitely crafted, and even after hundreds of years, the lines of the gossip are still very clear.Strangely, no matter how hard Liu Ji tried, the stone box would not move at all, and the stone box could not be opened at all. Liu Zhong took out the joss stick he carried with him, and paid homage to his ancestors at the grave, weeping and sobbing bitterly, and said something vaguely.After praying, he looked at Liu Ji with kindness and complicated eyes, then asked Liu Ji to fill in the excavation without saying a word, and took Liu Ji down the mountain to go home. After returning home, the stone box was enshrined immediately, and incense was offered every day for seven consecutive days, and the pattern of the stone box was smeared with rooster blood in the morning and evening.Seeing that the pattern on the stone box became bright red and smooth, it looked like a fine lacquerware. After the seven days were over, in the middle of the night, Liu Zhong took yellow paper and cinnabar, drew a talisman and pasted it on the stone box, and the red light flashed.When the time came, he took the stone box in his hand and gently lifted it. The stone box, which was so stubborn that Liu Ji couldn't open it no matter how hard he tried, opened in response, which made Liu Ji amazed. In the stone box, there is not much space in the artificial depression, just enough to accommodate a thing the size of a mahjong tile.Taking it out of the box and looking carefully, it turned out to be a jade pendant shining with emerald green light.The jade pendant is smooth and round, like curdled fat, and as green as a puddle of deep water. After all, the Liu family was well educated. Liu Ji learned a lot of miscellaneous knowledge since he was a child, and appreciation of antiques and jade was one of them.Moreover, Liu Zhong has a hobby of collecting. Although Liu Ji is young, he has received a lot of influence and has expert-level eyesight.At this time, he can naturally see that this is a piece of natural Yin-Yang jade.Everything in the world has both yin and yang, and one is indispensable, but the way of heaven cannot be checked and balanced. What is contained is either the prosperity of yin and the decline of yang, or the prosperity of yang and the decline of yin.This only highlights the preciousness of this kind of yin-yang jade, which is higher than the legendary warm or cold jade that is priceless.This kind of jade can be said to be rare in a thousand years, and it is mostly produced in the jade heart of top-level beautiful jade.It takes thousands of years to form the position where Yin and Yang alternate. Yin-Yang jade is strange because one side of the jade body is cold and the other side is warm. If a person wears Yin-Yang jade, the harmony of cold and warmth of the jade itself will make the wearer feel like a spring breeze. What is even more amazing is that there is a naturally formed yellow dragon coiled in this rare jade pendant.One must know that jade belongs to the category of natural internal lines, but most of them are flaws, and those that can be pictured are extremely precious, even if the pattern is specious, it is extremely precious.Looking at several pieces of famous ancient jade in history, most of the internal textures and patterns are predestined by people based on the textures and imagination. In fact, they are just simple patterns. 可这玉佩内，黄龙五爪舒张，似翱翔于天际，麟角栩栩如生，毫毛可鉴，一双龙目更是炯炯有神，像活的一样。龙虽不大，可气势恢弘，看上去竟然有一种睥睨天下、叱咤风云的味道。 刘家是名人后代，果然藏有私货。刘季心中暗喜：莫非还有什么宝物没有取出？怪不得家境如此不好，爷爷和父亲都表现得一向淡定如常。 刘仲不知孙子如此心思，便将这玉佩递给刘季，叮嘱他千万要随身携带。次日什么也没说，丢下了“依常而始，遇徐而入，进邪则明”这三句古怪的话，让刘季按照自己的安排，北上京城。 看刘季发起了呆，常盛摇了摇头，转身回了自己的房间。他打定了主意，这个案子不能就这么结束，自己明察暗访，定要找出个端倪来。 客厅里剩下的刘季眉头紧锁—“依常而始，遇徐而入，进邪则明。” 天下竟然有如此的巧合，自己刚在常家借宿，就听说了徐姓的人住在邪地。莫非真像爷爷所说的，这是刘家的宿命？人生因缘际会，种种件件，都有一条看不清楚的线系在其后，让你挣不断，逃不脱。那么人所谓的雄心壮志，改变命运，到底可不可能实现，还是上天开的一场玩笑，人终究抵不过命运，一切成空？ 那爷爷所说的京城乃龙脉之地，过宿命而大兴盛，对于自己和刘家到底意味着什么？这些问题环绕在他的脑海中，想也想不明白。 最终，刘季索性放弃，如果说一切都已经被暗中的条条线线牢牢拴住，那人还要争些什么，反正一切都早已注定。想到这些，刘季一时间痴了。 跟着徐氏集团的秘书，刘季终于踏进古宅的大门。从建筑风格来看，这宅子是明初的建筑无疑。大门选材非常考究，历经六百多年风雨，门上那些油漆竟没有半点褪色。在当时，这是非常先进的工艺，匠人把皂角糯米入漆，才能刷出这样的效果，属于王谢堂前燕，能用的非富即贵。 仅此一点，刘季几乎能肯定古宅的主人最少是国公，这个人的爵位功勋未必会比先祖刘基低。 踏进院子，宁静异常，别有一番天地，似乎是闹市中的一方桃源。映入眼帘的是院子四角的四棵参天古树，树荫如盖，把院子遮得严严实实。斑斑点点，阳光与阴影交织，投射在院内，让整个院子里温度陡然降低了下来，让人觉得浑身舒爽。 在四棵大树之间，两边的院墙和正屋顶上，直直地雕刻着三尊同样的怪兽，怪兽形如恶虎，却长着长长的龙身，盘于墙上，栩栩如生，有说不出的狰狞。 这种镇宅，可谓前所未闻，刘季博览群书，也没有从书中看到过类似的记载。不过刘季讶异镇宅的雕工，似乎整个兽体一刀而下，线条清晰，这怪兽似乎正凝视着自己，随时有可能扑过来，意欲噬人。 不知为何，他感觉到内心对这座宅子有点隐隐抵触，鼻子里似乎闻到了淡淡的血腥味道。 秘书推开了正屋的大门。屋子里摆设的全部是老式家具，不过显然不是老宅旧物，有宋的木方桌，明的圆凳，更多的却是清朝的硬木家具，虽然昂贵，但在内行人看来，摆设得有点不伦不类。 “只是份看房的工作，月薪五千，每季度还有奖金？”刘季忽然问，“不是这房子有什么问题吧？” “是北京当地人瞎传，说房子是邪地，其实根本不是那么回事儿。”秘书挤出一个笑脸说，“只是房子太偏远，来回不方便，我们老总才愿意出这个高价。” 大概是怕他再问下去，秘书连忙把钥匙塞进他的手里，说：“这儿的房间你自己选着随便住，公司会不定时地有人来检查。不过要记住，后面的主屋不能进去，你注意别让外人进来就成。不然，我们可要起诉你违反合同！” 刘季认真地点点头，目送秘书兔子一样地离开。这让他心生狐疑，秘书似乎在恐惧什么。刘季关上古宅的门，脸上露出一个得意的笑容。 邪地“鸦宅”招人看宅，这消息几天前在北京传得满城皆知。看热闹的不少，来应征的不多。 更多人等着看是哪个愣头青，准备到这地方去赚几个卖命的钱。还有好心的在网上发帖提醒，那地方可是刚刚发生过鲜血淋漓的命案。可如今谁知道，现如今哪儿隐藏着人皮客栈，哪儿有北京的电锯杀人狂。 刘季还在认真考虑，如何去应征才能通过重重障碍进入邪地。毕竟，他现在越来越相信爷爷的话，宿命里，那地方就在等着自己。 可常盛比他还要心急，一脸谄媚，带着刘季到东来顺、全聚德、小肠陈等地吃了个肚圆，巴巴地请求刘季去拿下这份工作。 这小子最近气儿极不顺，再次回刑警队坚持要跟进这个案子，却被队长一顿臭骂，说案子到此为止。这让常盛心有不甘，他当场摔了帽子，在刑警队宣传栏上用彩笔写了大大的一行字—“警察，为？？服务！”然后扬长而去，声称即便脱了这身警服，也要把这事查个水落石出。 没想到，事儿惹大了反而好收场，队长无奈地让人擦去了宣传栏上的示威，打电话过来安慰常盛，这事也是上面的指示。常盛要查的话，可以私下悄悄地查。但从此后，队里不给常盛派遣任何任务，他可以顶着休假的名头暗访，直到他查出问题为止。队长说得爽快：“到时候我可以揣着案卷，理直气壮地去上面打爹骂娘。” 常盛想过自己去应征，或者找自己几个线人去应征。不过他跟徐克有过照面，恐怕一见面就会被认出，而那几个线人，都是街头的胡同串子，看上去贼眉鼠眼的极不靠谱，落选的可能性极大。 最后，常盛想起了刘季，为了说服刘季，除了糖衣炮弹外，他还玩起了激将，“你这个小神仙，不应该怕什么邪地儿吧？” 末了，在刘季答应他“去试下”的时候，常盛竟从口袋里摸出一道护身符塞在他的手里，说是专门从玉泉山某寺庙的一个道士手里花大钱求来的。刘季哭笑不得，把符塞回他手里，问：“你见过和尚庙里有道士吗？” 常盛看他没有拒绝，挑起大拇指称赞刘季够哥们，说以后咱俩就是比发小还瓷实的朋友。他可不知道刘季有自己的小算盘。 大概是应征的人过少，刘季没想到自己就这么轻松地过关斩将，应征相当成功。他进了宅子，拿出电话给常盛打了过去，告诉他自己已经住进了古宅。 常盛乐得一拍大腿，“行，你真是我的神仙。这样，我晚上就过去，咱们看看那个地方到底有什么古怪！再说，你一个人在那儿，我确实不放心，万一那变态杀人狂……” “不行，”刘季斩钉截铁地说，“我才来，徐氏集团肯定对我不放心，谁知道会不会暗中监视，或者有摄像头之类的东西。你得容我几天，待我把这些都排除了，才能行动。” 常盛有些遗憾地挂了电话，约定以刘季的通知为准。刘季一路颠簸而来，的确有些累了，放下电话，到侧屋放下行李，躺在床上，结结实实地睡了一觉。 醒来时，已经入夜，刘季起来伸了个懒腰，从屋子走出来顺手关了房门，想去找找附近哪儿有卖晚餐的摊点。 刚走到院内，忽然听到似乎有人敲门的声音。他马上警觉起来，回屋顺手拿起了一根棍子拎在手里，走到门边低声问：“谁？”门外传来的声音很苍老，“我，就我一个人。”从门缝里向外张望，果然，门外影影绰绰，不远处站着一个不高的人影。刘季壮着胆子，拉开了门，迅速向左右看了看，怕有什么埋伏。四下空荡荡的，并没有其他人。 门灯下，刘季打量了眼前的老者，大概六十多岁的样子，面容很陌生。老者拱拱手，抱拳说：“我姓郭，排行老四，人们给面子，喊我一声郭四爷。” 刘季下意识地摸摸鼻子，“您有事要找这家人？他们已经搬走了……” 话没说完，却被自称郭四爷的人打断了，他压低声音，“我找的就是你，不瞒你说，我是吃土行饭的，你现在看的这个宅子，下面可是有个绝对的大窑！” “我怎么相信你？”刘季不动声色地看着老者，心里冒出一个念头，要是真像老者所说的，自己的宿命也许跟下面的坟墓有关。 老者诡异地一笑，道：“敢不敢跟我走一趟。” 两个人出门，顺着路朝工地的方向走去。刘季诧异地问：“去那儿干吗？” 老者嘴一撇，这真是个嫩雏。在这片地方，还有什么地界儿比建筑工地更容易隐藏的。 “郭老四，这么晚去哪儿了，又去洗头房了？”一个浑身皮肤黝黑的男人嘻嘻哈哈地问。 “他还有那个功能吗？这么长时间，谁看他去逍遥过？估计早就不成了……” 刘季眉头一皱，看这老头对这些根本不太在意。郭老四住在厨房隔壁，那是工地上最破旧的临时房。一进屋子，顿时一股热浪包围了刘季，还带着工地刷锅水的味儿。恐怕就连工地上的工人，也不经常到这个屋子里来。 郭老四点点头，让刘季坐在靠墙稻草上，上面铺着脏兮兮的凉席。他走到门边砖头搭成的桌子前，掀开了铺在上面的桌布，露出砖堆下面放着的装水和装剩菜用的容器。 郭老四盛水的是个坛子，借昏黄的灯光，隐约能看出坛子是淡淡的青色，整个坛子看起来有些笨拙，盖子做得倒是很精巧，被烧制成荷叶的形状，和坛子扣在一起，有种说不出的独特韵味来。 “我不能现在就让你进去。”刘季忽然冒出这么一句，“但是，我有什么好处？” 郭老四有些诧异地看了他一眼，这年轻人不像自己想的那么简单，“你认识这物件？” “我爷爷也爱好点老玩意儿。”刘季轻描淡写地说，心里却压抑不住自己的震惊，他几乎片刻就认定了老者是个土行人物。这一行，爷爷曾跟刘季说过，只要是行内的老手，看似其貌不扬，每一个几乎都富可敌国。 那个盛水的坛子，刘季辨得出是元梅子青花坛！先前青花瓷被公认是出现在明朝，后来有人在西域发现元代出现的梅子青花瓷的碎片，就认定这青花工艺是在蒙元早期成吉思汗征战四海时，手下的手工艺人结合各地工艺烧制而成。只是这种瓷器至今为止只出现过一个残缺的坛子，在美国被拍出了一亿四千万美元的天价。像眼前这个没有残缺品相极好的，价值还要翻倍。 坛子边，随意摆放的陶罐，也是春秋时期鲁国最早的粗陶带内釉文物。旁边还有其他的一些器物都是古董，多数价值不菲。 如果对古董没了解，一个人要凑巧能搜集到这么多朝代、风格不同的古董，根本是不可能完成的任务。 即便是藏家，这些物件里，随意哪个都是至宝，要想通过正常途径买下，那起码要有富可敌国的身家。再说，买来的物件，谁会这么随意地像杂物一样扔在那里。唯一的可能，就是这个老人倒斗所得。 “土行规矩，见者有份儿。”郭老四在靠墙的床上躺下，不再废话，直截了当地说，“不过，能拿多少，要看你的本事了。”