Chapter 11 Chapter 10 The Depot Process

Lansi didn't need to tell me, the ghost had already heard my words and reacted. Not only was there a reaction, but I, Bai Su and Lansi could all feel that reaction. This is really great. Under such circumstances, the communication between the two parties is simply smooth. The voice I heard was: "You don't have to speak ill, I will never be afraid of you." The expressions of Lan Si and Bai Su let me know that they heard the same words.But the next thing I heard, it made me very discouraged. What I heard was: "Where is the treasure box?" That was exactly the question I was going to ask him, and he asked me!

Lan Si scolded coquettishly: "I was about to ask you, why did you ask us instead?" That soul may have a very bad temper, or may be in a bad mood, but when Lan Si asked him, there was no news again. Lansi said some more threatening words, but it didn't work.Bai Su winked at Lansi, and said: "We all need to find that treasure box, first let me tell you the reason why we found that treasure box, because that box is related to the disappearance of two people— -" Bai Su was also really patient. She continued to tell the story of Yi Lin and Wen Baoyu's disappearance, and finally said: "The most strange thing is that the box is also missing. We can't figure it out. Can you have some idea?" ?”

Bai Su spoke very earnestly. To humans, such an earnest tone is naturally useful; but to ghosts, whether it will work or not is absolutely unpredictable.After Bai Su finished speaking, we all held our breaths and waited for a while. After a while, I thought there was no hope, and then I heard a long sigh, and then, that voice spoke. The voice sounded filled with emotion: "Alas! That treasure box...is really unfathomable, to the extreme. I also knew the magic of the treasure box, so I have wasted so many years, so I dare not try it lightly!" This passage sounds a little confusing, and just as I was about to ask, Bai Su took a sharp breath: "You know that you can find a way to survive through this treasure box, but because you fully understand the wonder of this treasure box, so You dare not try, do you?"

After a while, the voice replied: "Yes." I admire Bai Su's deduction in that passage. Now the identity of the soul communicating with us can be roughly determined, and he is the one who is being questioned by those souls. When being questioned by a group of souls, he has not responded. I can also make further inferences on the basis of this inference-this soul may be the owner of the treasure box. He knows that the treasure box can lead to a way of life, or play a role in a way of life, but he does not know further details. He was attached to that board, and other souls attached to the antiques in the thrift shop, communicated with each other for a long time, and said things such as treasure boxes and ways to survive.Whether those souls died unjustly or died naturally, in short, they all "reached the end of the road of death".The life form, through death, becomes a soul form being.It is not very comfortable to think of this form of existence, so I look forward to living, but this soul has scruples and dare not try, which caused constant quarrels.

It is precisely because of their constant quarrels that the messages sent by Youjin are quite strong, and they are received by Yi Lin by accident, so Yi Lin went to a thrift store to buy boxes, and then the disappearance of Yi Lin and Wen Baoyu came into being. In other words, the box is always the key, and everything is derived from it. I was about to say what I thought, but Bai Su nodded to me, which means that she also thought of a lot, at the same time, she said: "You are too afraid to try." The voice sounded bitter: "How dare you try something that is completely unpredictable. What if you don't even protect your soul?"

It seems that he understands his current situation very well. I knew Bai Su thought the same as me, so I asked quickly: "You don't dare to try it yourself, there are so many of your companions who are eager to try, why don't you let them have a try?" The voice hummed: "What do they know? When they heard the way to live, they were overjoyed. How could they know what the way to live meant?" The three of us asked in unison, "What do you mean?" The word "way to survive" is naturally the key among the keys, and we are all eager to know the answer.

The voice stopped coming out, and the three of us looked at each other to make sure that none of us felt any more messages from the soul.I took a breath, thinking that this ghost is very treacherous, it seems that only by speaking bad words to him can I get further information from him. Just as I was about to speak, Bai Su touched me lightly, signaling that she would handle it, and then I took back what I wanted to say. Bai Su said: "You don't want to tell, it's no wonder you, you were bitten by a snake once, and you are afraid of grass ropes for ten years." The voice suddenly said: "What did you say?"

At this time, not only the voice asked this question, but I also wanted to ask Bai Su, what does it mean? Bai Su smiled and said: "I said you are 'once bitten by a snake, ten years afraid of grass rope'. Have you never heard of this saying? You got a cornucopia and made a fortune, but you didn't know how to restrain yourself, showing off everywhere, It finally led to a fatal disaster──” When Bai Su said this, I heard that voice let out a mournful moan. As soon as I heard Bai Su say "you got the cornucopia", I naturally raised my hand on my head and hit it. I blame myself: I should have thought of it long ago!

That soul is naturally Shen Wansan's soul! It was Shen Wansan who was communicating with us back then, the owner of the cornucopia, and also the owner of the treasure basin. The gold lacquer description on that board was left by him.After he was killed by Ming Taizu, his soul was attached to that board (wonder why it was not attached to the treasure box), until now. He is the owner of the treasure basin, so he naturally knows the secret of the treasure basin, but he doesn't fully understand it, so he "dare not try it lightly". The matter became clearer and clearer, and I couldn't help but dance a little, and said loudly, "Mr. Shen, hello."

Although I have many, many strange experiences, it is also a strange and interesting thing to say hello to a famous person who was rich and famous during the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, so my voice is full of joy. But that voice was so dry that there was no joy in it: "It's not good at all!" I "haha" smiled: "Then who can blame you, you have a way to survive, but you dare not go." That voice—the soul of Shen Wansan (hereinafter referred to as Shen Soul) said angrily: "You know what the way out is!" I was in a good mood: "I just don't know, so I asked you."

Shen Hun was angry: "I don't know either." I asked: "It's impossible for you to be completely ignorant, it's just that you don't know everything, right? You might as well tell us and share with us." After I said this, Shen Hun didn't respond for a while, and I said again: "You should also know that the three of us are ordinary people, and your current identity is already known to us. The most important thing is that the treasure basin Now that your whereabouts are unknown, even if you tell everything, you will not lose anything, and the situation is very different from when you were known to have a cornucopia." These words were quite convincing, so Shen Hun reacted, and he sighed: "It's a long story." I was very happy: "Don't be afraid, just speak slowly, we have plenty of time." Unexpectedly, these words elicited a strong reaction from Shen Hun. He sneered, "You have plenty of time? Hehe, after you are born, you run towards death. This journey of death is like a snap of your fingers. You have plenty of time?" I took a deep breath, and for a moment, I was choked up by Shen Hun's words. More importantly, Shen Hun's words are very consistent with some of our previous assumptions. Before Wen Baoyu disappeared, when we discussed the meaning of death, we had thought that the road of life is the road of death.Shen Hun said the same thing now. Of course, Shen Hun has already experienced death, and he has a deeper understanding that the road of life is the road leading to death. Fly fast. I said in a deep voice: "Yes, you are right, I made a slip of the tongue, please make a long story short──Life is extremely short, don't waste a single moment." For my immediate "admission", Shen Hun seemed to appreciate it very much, and he even said admiration: "A child can be taught." I said, "Please talk about your business again." He remained silent for a long while before sighing, "I really don't know where to start!" Bai Su said: "Let's talk about how you got the treasure box and treasure basin first." He didn't answer right away, but let out a weak voice.I was afraid that he didn't know how to start, so I reminded him: "There are many legends about you, but few official records. You are a legendary figure of a generation. It is a pity that you are lost in nonsense legends like this. If you tell us in detail , we can help you write a biography, so that you, a legendary figure, will be famous in history." There is a saying that "below three generations, there is no one with a bad reputation", my words greatly touched his heart, and his voice was excited: "Now, what do people say about me?" I said: "Say you saved a group of frogs, and the group of frogs repaid their favor and gave you a cornucopia." There are many legends about how Shen Wansan got the cornucopia, but there are not many records that belong to the following formula. Only in "The Collection of Lanterns" has a more specific record. I quoted it when I described this story. Fortunately, there are not many words. To quote again—this time, it is a great pleasure to have Shen Wansan himself confirm whether this record is true. The record says thus: "When Shen Wansanwei was at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, he saw a fisherman holding more than a hundred frogs. He filed the matter, bought them with shovels, and put them in the pond. Afterwards, they made a lot of noise and couldn't sleep because of the noise. When they drove them in the morning, they saw the frogs all surrounded by one. Clay basin. It’s different, and it’s a hand washing tool. Wansan’s wife even left a silver note in the basin, and the silver note is so full that it can’t be counted. It’s the same with money and silver, because it’s a rich man in the world.” I was very impressed with this record, and I can roughly remember it, so I recited it at that time. After reciting it, I asked, "How? Is it true?" Shen Hun's answer was: "About 30% is reliable." I was overjoyed: "Thirty percent of the rumors are true, which is already pretty good. How was the situation at the beginning?" Shen Hun faltered for a while: "Actually, although the whole thing is my experience, I am still vague, as if in a dream. Could it be that life is like a dream, and dreams are like life?" He felt emotional again, and I wanted to ask him, is it because of this that he has never understood the meaning of the way of life, and dared not try it. But Bai Su said to me first: "Just tell the truth." Shen Hun said: "Everything is predestined, and I don't blame anyone. Early that morning, I went out to make a living and walked along the river. There were three bridges on the river. It didn't matter which bridge I crossed first. In the past, more than The second or third bridge, that day, missed the first bridge, and this is how we met." When he started to narrate like that, even I felt emotional, because life is impermanent, a seemingly insignificant decision can often affect a person's life, but all of this seems to have been arranged in the dark. I often say that when a person leaves home, whether to go left or right can often determine his future life. This is what Shen Wansan said at the beginning of his narration. I asked calmly, "After crossing the first bridge, what did you encounter?" Shen Hun said: "At the first bridge, someone is selling frogs──If I don't pass the first bridge, I won't meet them, and everything will be over." I ignored his exclamation and asked, "Is there really a fisherman selling frogs?" A fisherman selling frogs at the bridgehead is a very common thing in daily life, and I can hardly imagine how things developed, let alone why Shen Wansan saved these frogs on a whim.He didn't make a fortune at that time, no matter how good-hearted he was, it was difficult to buy all the small creatures waiting to be slaughtered in the market and release them. Therefore, there must be twists and turns, that is for sure. Sure enough, when I asked, his answer was hesitant, and he said first: "This frog seller...is not a fisherman, and the seller...is hard to say...a frog!" For a moment, I didn't understand what he meant, and he said again: "The frog seller is just a wanderer. He usually spends three tiles and two houses, and doesn't do his job properly. I'm sorry he doesn't have the patience to catch frogs, besides—" I sighed: "As you said, life is short, so please give me a summary." Bai Su glared at me: "It's up to Officer Shen to say what he said in detail, and there must be a reason for it!" I was dissatisfied, and wanted to say "It's not the same who sells the frog", but since Bai Su said so, I held back and kept silent. Shen Hun said again and again: "Yes! Yes! It's because the Floating Wanderer was selling frogs, so I looked twice before I saw the strangeness. There were dozens of frogs in that basket, look It looks like a frog, but... until now, it is still hard for me to say whether it is a frog, or maybe it is... a frog fairy, so it is different from ordinary frogs." He explained it for a while, and I finally understood a little bit. The basket of frogs he saw was quite different from ordinary frogs, but I couldn't tell what it was. It can be seen from this that it was a basket of dozens of "frog-like objects". Bai Su was very attentive: "How big is that frog?" Shen Hun said: "It's bigger than normal frogs, about the size of four normal frogs. At that time, there were a lot of onlookers, and some people talked about it, saying that this frog is so big, I don't know if it can be eaten or not." Bai Su asked again: "The frog basket is an ordinary bamboo basket?" Shen Hun said: "No, it's dark in color, like a wire basket, but it's not heavy. I hold a basket with frogs in my hand, and I feel very light. The holes in the basket are thin and dense... I always think about it." I suspect it's the Frog Fairy." I snorted, "Maybe it's the frog spirit." Bai Su corrected my words: "It is a creature whose appearance is quite similar to that of a frog." I heard Bai Su say this, and my heart suddenly moved. I have always been thinking wildly, and I will suddenly gallop away.At this time, it suddenly occurred to me that in this story, I had a certain idea about spirits and monsters, what kind of spirits and what kind of spirits I imagined, and what kind of life forms they all have changed. But this idea can't explain why non-living things can also become spirits. For example, brooms often become spirits, which are lifeless. At this time, I said it was a "frog spirit", and Bai Su said it was "a creature similar to a frog". Her statement explained the problem.There should be a situation where the spirit is a creature similar to something—the broom spirit, which is a creature shaped like a broom. Naturally, this kind of creature is not unique on the earth, and most of them have excellent abilities, so they naturally become ghosts. This can be said to be a major discovery I made unintentionally. At this time, of course, let it go. That basket of "frogs" benefited Shen Wansan a lot, so he suspected that it was a "frog fairy". In fact, Bai Su's statement was the most acceptable: a creature similar to a frog. I hurriedly said: "Please continue." Shen Hun said: "The boy who is floating can listen to people talking about whether he can eat it or not, so he ruins his business, and he will be hostile to people. I looked at the basket of frogs at that time, and saw the frogs inside through the basket hole. The frogs, their eyes were burning, all of them were looking at me, and... moreover, they seemed to hear cries for help in their ears, and what they vaguely heard was... croak, save us, croak, save us. It was clearly a group of frogs asking for help. I call for help." Hearing this, the three of me, Bai Su and Lansi couldn't help saying "ah", and I already understood all of Bai Su's ideas. The group of creatures that looked like frogs on the earth were sending out a distress message, and Shen Wansan received the message. Shen Hun continued: "At that time, I was very surprised, so I asked that Floating Boy where the frog came from. The Floating Boy refused to say it first, but I said it. If he told the truth, I bought his. That’s why he said he picked it up by the edge of a pond, including the basket.” Bai Su asked again: "When you find it, is it a whole basket?" Shen Hun replied: "That's not a question. I've regretted the misbehavior of the floating boy, so why dare to ask. I bought this basket of frogs with everything I had, and went to the side of the pond—" I interrupted him: "Didn't you hear what the frog said to you on the way?" Shen Hun said: "You...you are so special...how do you know that Frog Fairy is talking to me?" I said: "Since they asked you for help and you saved them, they should be grateful." Shen Hun sighed: "I don't know if they were talking to me... half of it was my own thinking. I carried the basket and came to the edge of the pond, thinking to open the basket to release the animals, but I couldn't open it. At this time, I heard someone say: "You don't need to open it, just immerse the whole basket in the water." I was very surprised, no one was looking around, and the eyes of the frogs in the basket were shining. I asked myself: "Could it be that the frog in the basket is Is it a fairy frog? If it is a fairy frog, I saved them, and the frog fairy will be rewarded.'” When he said this, he sighed again, and in the sigh, there was a sense of self-blame. I think, under such circumstances, it is not surprising that Shen Wansan has such thoughts, it can be said to be human nature. Shen Hun continued: "I was thinking this way, when I heard someone ask again: 'What kind of reward do you want? If you are rich in the world, then gods are nothing less than gods!' Alas, I really thought so at the time, and the frog fairy once awakened me with words, but I was still stubborn!" He said, sighing again. The three of us held our breaths and listened to him saying that the process of Shen Wansan becoming the world's richest man was mysterious and inexplicable, and it was an adventure to listen to the person himself. He sighed a few times, and I wanted to ask a few times, but Bai Su stopped me.After a while, he said: "After I thought about it myself, I came back to the humane way: 'The richest man in the world, what's so difficult, it's just that when you get there, it's not necessarily a blessing. You have to think about it clearly.' I laughed out loud in my heart: "There is no need to think about it. To become the richest man in the world, why not do it? It may not be a blessing, I'm afraid I can't." I thought, and then I immersed the basket in the water, only to see that the basket split in two as soon as it entered the water. ...the frogs jumped out one after another..." When he said this, his tone was extremely hesitant, Bai Su asked: "Now, you should see clearly, is that really a frog?" Shen Hun's tone was even more hesitant: "It should be... If not, what is it?" Bai Su and I glanced at each other, our hearts were clear, we both knew that the basket was indeed full of creatures that looked very similar to frogs. Shen Hun said again: "At this time, I heard a voice saying: 'Tomorrow morning, if you come here again, you will be able to fulfill your wish.' At that time, all the frogs had submerged in the water. I was in a trance, like In my dream, I went back and told my wife, and she said, "It's okay to go and have a look tomorrow morning." So I got up early the next day and went to the pond again." At this time, I already had a rough concept—this concept was naturally formed based on the narration of Shen Wansan's soul. Shen Wansan received a distress signal shaped like a frog, and rescued those "frogs", and those "frogs" fulfilled Shen Wansan's wish of "being rich in the world" by giving Shen Wansan a cornucopia. That cornucopia is actually a solar metal duplicating instrument. Even today, people on earth can't even touch the edge, so of course it's not something on earth.It can be deduced from this that the frog-shaped creature is not a creature on the earth. Frogs on the earth are typical in terms of physical structure, and they are often used as examples in terms of biological anatomy.It is also understandable to say that the creatures on a certain planet look very similar to the frogs on the earth. (Does the legend of the "Frog Prince" in the West also originate from this?) The whole fact is that a group of extraterrestrial creatures somehow fell into disaster on the earth, and Shen Wansan rescued them in a critical moment.