A shadow in the mirror

In the ancient Jiangnan water town, there was a family named Li. The Li family has been in business for generations and is well off, but recently they have encountered a series of strange things. Mr. Li, the master of the Li family, is nearly sixty years old, healthy and healthy, and loves to collect antiques, especially mirrors. His study was filled with mirrors, large and small, square and round, each of which seemed to tell an old story.

On this day, Master Li received an ancient mirror from other places, the mirror body is carved with exquisite patterns, the mirror is smooth as new, but strangely, there always seems to be a touch of dark shadow in the mirror, looming. Master Li did not care at first, only as a mirror reflection of the illusion. However, as time went on, the shadow became clearer and clearer, and even began to move in the mirror.

At first, the dark figure just stood quietly in the mirror, like a silent bystander. But gradually, he began to make various movements, sometimes shaking his head gently, sometimes sighing slightly. Feeling uneasy, Master Li called in the town's most famous Taoist priest, hoping to dispel the evil in the mirror.

The Taoist priest went to his study and examined the ancient mirror carefully. He closed his eyes and muttered, then suddenly opened them and said to Master Li with a solemn expression: "This mirror is not extraordinary, it seals an ancient soul." This soul has been trapped in the mirror for hundreds of years, and now it is awakening and seeking a substitute to return to earth."

Master Li was shocked when he heard the words, and hurriedly asked, "What should I do then?" The monk mused for a moment and said, "Only by finding the root of this soul can the seal be lifted completely." But the process is fraught with danger, and one mistake could lead to even greater disaster."

Master Li was determined to save his family, and he asked the Taoist priest for guidance. The priest told him that to find the source of the soul, he had to go back to the original owner of the mirror. After some investigation, Master Li learned that this mirror once belonged to an ancient family - the Su family. Sue's family was destroyed in a fire, and only one mirror survived and has been handed down to this day.

Master Li took the Taoist priest to the ruins of Su's house. The ruins were overgrown and desolate. The Taoist priest looked around the ruins and finally found a stone tablet in a corner. The stone tablet is engraved with the Su family tree and a curse text. Originally, the ancestors of the Su family had committed serious crimes and were cursed to be trapped in the mirror for generations, unable to survive.

Taoist priest told Master Li that in order to lift the curse, we must find the blood of the descendants of the Su family and wash the curse words on the stone tablet with its blood. However, the Su family has been extinct for hundreds of years, and it is not easy to find their successors.

Just when Master Li was at a loss for ideas, he suddenly remembered his granddaughter Xiaoling. Xiaoling is ten years old, intelligent and very similar to the portraits of Su's ancestors. Li master heart move, perhaps Xiaoling is the descendants of Su family blood.

He took Xiaoling back to the ruins and used her blood to wash away the cursed words on the stone tablet. Suddenly, a plume of black smoke rose from the stone tablet and rose into the sky. The black smoke hovered in the air for a long time and finally dissipated.

Back home, Master Li looked at the ancient mirror again and found that the dark shadow in the mirror had disappeared. He was relieved that the disaster had finally been averted. However, he can not help feeling in his heart: the world is impermanent, the human heart is unpredictable. Sometimes, an inadvertent collection can cause so much trouble. From then on, Master Li no longer dared to collect antiquities at will.