The person called Miss Liu heard Meng Xiaotao's request, although he was a little embarrassed, but he nodded and agreed.
I don't know if it is related to her own profession. When she speaks, she is literary, but the narrative is very clear.
"This thing, oh yes, it is the phoenix crown in your mouth." Ms. Liu smiled, her eyes fell down at the phoenix crown on the counter, and continued, "Actually, I don't know the origin of this phoenix crown, I only know It was passed down from my ancestors, and it has been passed down since a certain grandma."
"It is said that every woman who marries our family wears this phoenix crown when she gets married."
Miss Liu pursed her lips and smiled, and then continued, "When I was a child, I also saw this phoenix crown, but the elders in the family didn't let me move, so I always felt curious, but I never touched it."
She paused, and sighed slightly, "Now that the elders are all dead, and only this thing is left, I don't know how to deal with it. Then I heard others talk about this place, so I came here."
Miss Liu told the story carefully.
Meng Xiaotao listened quietly to her words.
In fact, she was a little tangled.
When she was struggling, Gu Huaiyu walked out of the inner hall.
I didn't expect a customer to come to the store, and his expression was a little surprised, but it quickly returned to its original shape.
She handed it to Meng Xiaotao and told her to put it away.
"You put this on the shelf first, there may be guests who need it later." Gu Huaiyu asked.
After Meng Xiaotao answered, she took it.
Then Gu Huaiyu greeted Miss Liu again, and the two introduced each other.
Gu Huaiyu's gaze fell on the phoenix crown, to be precise, it fell on the phoenix crown, the phoenix's body.
She pondered for a long time, "Miss Liu, I can probably know a little bit about the origin of your thing."
Gu Huaiyu raised his eyes to look at her and smiled at her, "After I explain the origin of this thing to you, you can decide whether to sell it."
Miss Liu was a little surprised. I guess she didn't expect the other party to know the origin of Phoenix Crown, and she suddenly became interested.
After Meng Xiaotao put the things in place, she ran over in a hurry, sat on the edge, supported her cheek with one hand, and looked like listening to the story.
Gu Huaiyu glanced at her, but didn't say anything, and slowly spoke, explaining the origin of the phoenix crown.
"Who actually wore your phoenix crown, I don't know." She paused and glanced at the shape of the phoenix and the blood-stained area on it.
She tapped the table with her fingers, "But I still know the main function of this phoenix crown."
"Phoenix crowns are generally used as an important accessory in weddings. I think you should know this too."
Miss Liu nodded, "Ms. Meng has already told me about this, and I have also learned a little about it before."
Gu Huaiyu gave a hum, and then continued, "Then you should know that ordinary women are not allowed to wear phoenix headdresses when they get married. Rarely."
"Especially this, it's not really a phoenix yet."
Meng Xiaotao was a little stunned, and then asked, "Isn't this a phoenix? I see the general shape and some features of this, no matter how you look at it, I think it is a phoenix pattern."
The dragon and phoenix in each period have different performances.
It is said that at the very beginning, the dragon looked like a ferocious pig with a short snout in people's mouth.
However, in the later stages, the image of antlers, camel head, rabbit eyes, snake body, fish scales, eagle claws and bull ears is basically maintained.
It's different from the dragon.
Phoenix seems to be divided into several types from the beginning.
The most advanced one is naturally the six-tailed phoenix.
Then came the offspring of Phoenix.
There are five types: Honghao, Qingluan, Grenada, Flock and Tomb.
Gu Huaiyu roughly described the characteristics of Phoenix's offspring.
Meng Xiaotao didn't hear anything. On the contrary, it was Miss Liu. When she heard about the characteristics of the grave, her eyes couldn't help looking at the bird on the phoenix crown.
I carefully counted the other's tail feathers in my heart.
Gu Huaiyu gave the answer directly, "The grave carved on this is the tomb of the descendants of Phoenix."
She didn't seem to have the slightest taboo, she reached out and touched the grave bird.
"Grave birds generally live near the head of the grave and guard the safety of the tomb. They are also called grave head birds."
Gu Huaiyu thought for a while, "In fact, if there is still a tomb, I should still be able to see the descendants of the grave bird."
Unfortunately, people now advocate cremation or water burial.
There are fewer and fewer grave birds that can be seen.
"Speaking of which, Miss Liu should also know the origin and purpose of this phoenix crown, right?" Gu Huaiyu looked at her.
Miss Liu seemed to have thought of something bad, her face turned pale, but she nodded slowly, "I can probably guess it too."
She tightened her lips, her complexion was not so good, and she said slowly, "When I was young, I saw the genealogy and some of the content written on it. I didn't understand it before, but I know it now."
It was about thinking of something infiltrating, Miss Liu's speech was not as clear as before.
"I saw on that genealogy that all the women above who married into our family died prematurely within twenty-five years."
"For no reason, all at the age of twenty-five, the body will suddenly become weak, and eventually die without illness."
Meng Xiaotao looked surprised, and Gu Huaiyu calmly looked at her.
"I think Miss Liu will send this phoenix crown in the middle of the night, there is a reason, it shouldn't be the kind of reason to get in the way at home." Gu Huaiyu said lightly.
Seeing that her purpose had been revealed, Miss Liu smiled awkwardly, her voice was also lighter, "I won't hide it now."
So she told what she had experienced.
"I have had nightmares every night since last month..."
It turned out that since Miss Liu's 25th birthday last month, when she was cleaning the utility room at home, she found the phoenix crown and repeated the same nightmare every day.
At first, it just seemed that someone was whispering something in the ear, a little confused.
Miss Liu didn't care either.
But the dream continued on the second and third day.
Although they are not all the same, it makes her feel that those nightmares are all connected together.
At the beginning, it was just a small voice.
Then, it was accompanied by the sound of crying.
It slowly evolved into some people crying and some laughing, and even some people sang their throats there, raping and singing something with their shrill voices.
It sounded like those who sang funerals.