During the Qing Dynasty, there was a grocery store in the city of Xuzhou . There was a lot of things sold in the shop, with a variety of things, ranging from literary, calligraphy and painting to daily necessities, almost everything was available, and the price was fair. This is why the shop's business has always been very good.
The shop owner is a young peddler named Zhang Zifang. He is very busy on weekdays. Except for looking at the shop, he is not here on the 15th day of every month. And in the past few days, he has not purchased goods from other places, but has more important things.
Zhang Zifang is not only a peddler, but also a famous tomb robber. There are many Han tombs in Xuzhou. When Zhang Zifang first started, he successfully stole a general's tomb and made his fortune by relying on the treasures in it. His shop is also a special channel for selling stolen goods and is relatively safe.
However, Zhang Zifang also has troubles, and his troubles are also simple, that is, he is too ugly and does not like it from women. He is still a bachelor in his thirties and is often laughed at by his colleagues. It may be God’s retribution. After all, digging people’s graves will damage their good deeds. In addition, they often enter the tomb, so the yin energy is too heavy. Although Zhang Zifang is only in his thirties, he is full of old age. His hair is mostly white, his body is hunched and short, with green bean eyes and toad nose. He feels disgusted at him at one glance, let alone like him.
Despite this, Zhang Zifang was also crazy when he was young. He was obsessed with a girl named Yuxiang. Yuxiang is a clean courtier and a local courtier who plays a good piano player.
Zhang Zifang spent a lot of money just to spend a good night together. Yuxiang was also very nice to him and never disliked her appearance. She thought she had finally found a confidant, but who would have thought that after spending a lot of money on her, Yuxiang actually ran away with another person. Only then did he realize that everything was lying to him, just to empty his pocket.
This incident hit Zhang Zifang a big blow, and he had no intention of marrying a wife for many years. Most importantly, no matchmaker is willing to say he is close to him. As he grew older, Zhang Zifang became more and more interested in marriage events and spent money to ask matchmakers for help, but most of them were in a state of chaos and there was no news. But not long after, Zhang Zifang had no time to interfere in this matter because his business was snatched away.
I don’t know when it started, a shop that was exactly the same as him was opened opposite the grocery store. The boss was a young and handsome little white-faced person. As the saying goes, when you walk with your peers, you can see that the man is like him, and the nature of this shop is the same.
Zhang Zifang didn't think much about it at the beginning. After all, his store has been open for many years and has a lot of reputation. But over time, he found that his business seemed to have been snatched away by the opposite door. Zhang Zifang thought the other party was of high quality, so he sent someone to inquire, but found that the things in the shop were completely inferior to him, and some of them were even fakes.
Despite this, countless people are still willing to consume in their stores. Seeing that the other party's shops were crowded, I was deserted. If this continues, my shop will probably be closed.
Just when Zhang Zifang was helpless, he suddenly found a bronze mirror hanging on the door of the other party's leather shop. The bronze mirror is very beautiful, crystal clear, and it seems to disappear under the sunlight. It is very strange. Could it be that the good luck brought by this bronze mirror? If this is true, then he will have to study it carefully.
Zhang Zifang found that the boss opposite would guard the door every day, as if he was recruiting business, but in fact he was just taking care of the bronze mirror, which also further demonstrated the power of the bronze mirror. In order to get the bronze mirror, Zhang Zi put it at night and secretly sent someone to light the backyard of the other party's shop.
It was late at night and it was hard to control the fire when it was discovered. Zhang Zifang took advantage of the chaos and sneaked into the shop and stole the bronze mirror.
After returning home, he sat in front of the bronze mirror to study. The bronze mirror seemed to be warm, and there was no cold touch in his hand. There was a layer of patterns on the surface, like a flower or some kind of beast.The mirror body is made of black ice and is very smooth. Just as Zhang Zifang was confused, a woman's voice suddenly came from his ears. He looked back and saw that the Yuxiang he had loved was standing behind him, and his smile was as sweet as a flower, making people feel pity.
Zhang Zifang was shocked. He thought it was an illusion, but he actually touched the jade fragrance when he stepped forward. Yuxiang did not refuse, and fell into his arms and became close to him. Everything was like a dream. The next morning, Zhang Zifang woke up and thought it was a beautiful dream, but when he smelled the fragrance left on the bed sheet, he didn't dare to make a decision.
Until night, the fragrance of jade came again, and this time Zhang Zifang was completely in trouble. Since then, he has never left the door all day long. Some friends come to fight him, but he says he has a beautiful woman to accompany him at night and can't leave. He also says that he is about to get married to Yuxiang.
Everyone was shocked after hearing this. Didn’t Yuxiang run away with someone else, is she back? But she, a stunning woman, could not help but fall in love with an ugly man like Zhang Zifang? It can be seen that Zhang Zifang looked confident, and everyone could not help but have some doubts.
Until this day, Zhang Zifang went out for the first time. Because he did not know how to control himself, Zhang Tianyu's face was withered, his face was pale, and he looked like he was about to be idled. On the way home, he met a Taoist priest who traveled around. The Taoist priest saw at a glance that Zhang Zi released his essence and was definitely in chaos, so he took the initiative to go forward and talked: "Young Master, there are real things in the world. Although the fake things are beautiful, it is a shattered mirror flower and water moon after all. I hope the young master will understand and look back in time!" After listening to it, Zhang Zi seemed to understand something, but he refused to admit it and turned around and wanted to leave. The Taoist continued to stop him. Seeing that he couldn't listen, the Taoist said bluntly: "Young Master, your energy is leaking. If you don't listen to advice, then prepare for your funeral!"
After hearing this, Zhang Zifang was slightly stunned, and his emotions became a little more stable. Seeing this, the Taoist priest took out a talisman from his arms and handed it to him, and asked him to press it under the pillow at night, and then he would understand. Zhang Zifang did not refuse, and after nightfall, he put the talisman down.
After a while, Yuxiang appeared. Zhang Zifang looked at her with a gloomy face. Yuxiang stepped forward and was about to ask what was going on, but as soon as she sat on the bed, she suddenly bounced up and looked at him with horror. Zhang Zifang finally asked the sentence: "I know you are not real Yuxiang, who are you!" After hearing this, the Yuxiang in front of him smiled: "Is it important who I am? Isn't you what you want to be with your beloved every night?"
Zhang Zifang was silent for a moment, and finally shook his head: "Fake is fake, and there will be a day when it will be exposed, and I was so desolate. It's been too long, and I can hardly tell the difference between true and false. Thank you for your advice! "
After saying that, the Taoist priest broke into the door. Yuxiang's face changed slightly after seeing the Taoist priest. He turned around and wanted to run away. The Taoist priest did not chase him. Instead, he pulled out the peach wood sword, shot a spell, and stuck it to the bronze mirror at the head of the bed. Then he pointed suddenly. As the peach wood sword and the bronze mirror contacted, a crack appeared on the surface of the bronze mirror instantly. A scream sounded, Yuxiang fell to the ground and could not rise up. Finally, it turned into a ball of blue smoke and floated back into the bronze mirror.
At the same time, the boss of the shop opposite also came over and explained everything. It turns out that this bronze mirror is called the Heart-Surface Mirror. Anyone who has been illuminated by him will reflect the desire in his heart and be infinitely magnified by the Heart-Surface Mirror, resulting in hallucinations. At first, the boss there just wanted to make money through the heart-calculating mirror. Who would have thought that it absorbed too many people's energy and actually had a tendency to become an essence. Later, it was taken away by Zhang Zi, which almost killed his life.
Finally, the Heart Smile was taken away by the Taoist priest to deal with it, and Zhang Zifang and the boss of the shop opposite also reached a settlement. Many years later, Zhang Zifang finally met someone who could stay with him for the rest of his life, and turned his back to justice after marriage and never fought back.