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Traveling all the way to Beiping, Liang Jixuan had a rare dream.

It was almost dusk, and the sky with a fish-belly white belly was ignited with a billowing red glow, burning through half of the sky.The turbidity and gloom are layered down, it is almost autumn, and the night is coming earlier.Liang Jixuan was carrying the suitcase with a satisfied expression on his face, he hadn't had such a good sleep for a long time.Little Hei nestled in his arms, lowered his head and licked his paws, the little ancestor who had run away on the boat, came into his room through the window near the shore, jumped onto the bed and trampled him awake with the little pad up.The ghosts and ghosts appear and disappear on weekdays, but when it comes to the critical moment, nothing goes wrong.

Liang Jixuan was in a good mood, hugging Xiao Hei, stroking his furry belly, pinched his little paws and pressed it a few times, Xiao Hei was so comfortable that he spread his belly generously for him to rub.Liang Jixuan was about to kiss his kitten's face, but Xiao Hei stretched out his little paw with a look of disgust, and pressed it against his mouth. "Don't you really have a living person living in your body," Liang Jixuan teased him, shaking the back of his limp neck.Xiao Hei thumped and rolled in his arms, then ran away from him without paying attention, leaving Liang Jixuan alone on the spot, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

He was in a hurry, and he only took a suitcase with him, packed some changes of clothes, and left all the medicine syringes and reagents at home.It was nearly seven o'clock in the evening, but the sky was so gloomy that there were two rumbles of thunder faintly, perhaps the sky was about to change.The beeping of the pier sounded, and the saxophone's 'going home' announced that the last boat had entered the port.The passengers on the last flight were almost gone, and the reunion rickshaw drivers scattered around and went to pick up jobs elsewhere, leaving only a few sporadic ones waiting for individual passengers in place.

Liang Jixuan staggered the peak, picked up his luggage and got off the boat. He looked around and got on one of them.

"Young master, where are you going?" The driver of the car put a sweat towel on his shoulders, and his pretty round face broke into a solid laugh.

Liang Jixuan hesitated for a while, "Let's go to Xintong Road."

"Come on! Young master, sit still." He held the two long handlebars with both hands, bent his waist and exerted strength.This car is fast and stable.

"Master, what are you doing here on Xintong Road?" The driver is a young and talkative guy who always wants to strike up a conversation with him every now and then. Slightly."

"Isn't there a newspaper office? I have some things to do there." Liang Jixuan answered vaguely.

"Ha, Minsheng, is it Minsheng? Ah, Minsheng Newspaper, I know that place well, and one of the editors in it is my regular customer." , Something happened to the Minsheng newspaper."

"Well, what happened?" Liang Jixuan felt uneasy.

"Hey, it's not a big deal. A few days ago, didn't there were college students in this city engaging in a student movement? This folk voice newspaper has always used radical terms in terms of current affairs. No, it was closed again. Ten days and a half months," the driver advised him, "My lord, I think you should find a place to live first, and then go in a few days. You see, it's not convenient for you to carry things, so go there I can’t find anyone now, there is no gatekeeper there at night.”

Liang Jixuan was stunned for a moment, "I'd better ask you to take me to have a look, I'll give you twice the fare. But please wait for me at the door when the time comes, if there is no one, then please take me back. I have some urgent matters now, and I have to see it with my own eyes before I can give up."

"Hey, that's fine," the car guy was happy to do this cheap business, of course it was the old man who spent the money, and he didn't care what the old man was spending the money for.

Xintong Road is located on the far side, quite far from the pier. When we got there, it was already late at night, and the road was even more deserted. There was no one in sight. The rickshaw stopped suddenly and stopped at the entrance of a small alley.The alley is narrow, and there is no light inside, and rickshaws cannot enter. "Young master, you can go inside this alley, and you will reach the end." The coachman lowered his head and wiped his sweat, then lit a small lantern, "I am waiting for you right here, don't worry about me I won’t leave. You take a look inside, come back when you’ve had enough, and I’ll drag you back to the city.”

Liang Jixuan was frightened, and he hesitated.

"I said, young master, why don't you just take my car and go straight back? Look at this shady man, is there anyone there?" The driver still advised him.

"Wait for me for a while, I'll come back after I have a look." Liang Jixuan still didn't give up, and got out of the car with the suitcase.He gritted his teeth and plunged into the alley.The alley is dark, and you can't see the length clearly. You can only vaguely see the boundary of the inch below you by the light behind you.He lowered his head and just walked forward dully.Not long after, it came to an end. The alley was only about [-] meters long, so it was not as scary as it looked from the outside.

Inside the alley, there is an old house that looks like a folk house. There is a small sign hanging on the plaque at the door. Through the moonlight, you can faintly see the four beautiful small characters of "Minsheng Newspaper" written on it. "Huh..." Liang Jixuan breathed a sigh of relief, this is finally the right place.

Peeling through the crack of the door and looking into the courtyard door, Liang Jixuan saw that the courtyard was empty, with no sense of life or light, maybe there was really no one, so he was discouraged.Before leaving, Liang Jixuan still struggled to knock on the door. "Ahem, who is it?" There was an unexpected response from inside the door, an old male voice.

"Thank you! There are people inside the door, you go back first!" Liang Jixuan was a little excited, and shouted out of the alley.The lights that had been on outside went out, and the alley was plunged into darkness again.Liang Jixuan's heart twitched suddenly and he couldn't help but hung up again. He waited for a long time, until beads of sweat broke out on his forehead, but the reply from the door never came again.Liang Jixuan couldn't help worrying, maybe he just heard wrong?Thinking about the remoteness of this place, he began to worry about how to go back.

After a long time, until Liang Jixuan's standing legs became numb, just before he gave up, a little light suddenly flickered inside the door.The light came out from the crack of the door, and shone on the ground and on the top of his shoe.Liang Jixuan rubbed his hands happily.

The door creaked and opened slowly. The lock shaft must have not been oiled for a long time, and the friction sound was harsh. "I'm getting old, my old bones can't walk anymore, and it's troublesome to get up at night, who is it?" An old man came out tremblingly from the door. He put on a brand new silk gown and carried a A white paper lantern.

"Ah! Isn't this editor-in-chief Liang? Why did you come here suddenly at night? It's so cold, come in quickly." The old man looked at Liang Jixuan and hurriedly pulled him into the room, "You are still ill, it's so cold Just don’t move around, there’s no time to talk about anything later, young man, you can’t toss yourself just because you’re young.”

Before Liang Jixuan had time to explain, he was dragged into the People's Voice newspaper office.

The door creaked and closed.

tbc.