The Book of Death by Heart Poison

At the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, the south is still under the scorching sun, but the remote seaside in the north has already slumped after the first wave of cooling.The sea wind roared, pushing pale waves cascading towards the shore.

The old people who have lived in Minqian County all their lives always say that the sea here is violent, and the sea breeze does not chase away the waves, but the corpses that come up from the bottom of the sea. There are corpse chasers in the south, and there are corpse chasers here.

On the gloomy pier, there stood a few people who looked like college students. Their colorful clothes added a lot of color to the gray and white world.

Due to the strong wind and waves a few days ago, the boat from Minqian County to Fanglong Island could not set sail, and they had been staying in a hotel in Minqian County for several days.

"It's really unlucky, why did you encounter this kind of weather?" The girl with green hair stomped her feet and stretched her neck to look into the distance. "If you delay for a few more days, I might fail this semester."

"I'm all out to play, so don't think about that." The tall, thin boy wearing glasses said, "Who didn't ask for leave to play?"

The girl choked: "Your liberal arts major, my engineering major, can you compare?"

The boy with glasses choked back: "How dare you skip class in engineering, if you don't fail the course, who will fail?"

The girl got angry, "You!"

"Okay, what's the fuss about it?" the boy in a black tracksuit smoothed things over, "I asked the boatman just now, and he said that the wind should die down soon, let's wait a little longer, maybe we can go to sea at noon. "

"Really?" The girl was happy again, clasped her hands together, and prayed, "God must bless us to go to the island today, we really can't delay any longer!"

The long-haired girl who had been sitting quietly on the bench finally said, "It won't work here to pray to God."

The green-haired girl turned around, frowned, and looked unhappy, "I'm just talking casually."

The long-haired girl smiled contemptuously, "It's too casual to 'talk casually' about things related to the gods. Aren't you afraid that the gods will blame you for being disrespectful?"

The boy with glasses shivered deliberately, "What kind of god is not a god, don't you feel panicky?"

"I'm just reminding you, don't take asking gods and Buddhas as a child's play, either pray sincerely, or shut up." The long-haired girl narrowed her eyes, "Don't you know the truth that it is easier to ask gods than to send them away? ?”

Her skin was extremely fair, her hair was extremely black, and her expression was cold. When she said these words, she looked strangely mysterious.

The green-haired girl hurriedly said: "Then what did you mean when you said that it doesn't work if you ask God here?"

The long-haired girl said blankly: "Because there is a god here. Why, didn't you do your homework before you came to travel?"

"What god, what god?" The green-haired girl was a little interested, and simply walked to the bench and sat down, "Let's hear it."

The long-haired girl glanced at the green-haired girl quietly, and said, "Half God."

"Hey——" the green-haired girl elongated her voice, touched the goosebumps on her arm, "Why does the name sound so wicked? Isn't this half-god a good god?"

The long-haired girl asked back, "Why, do you think gods are good gods?"

"At least Bodhisattvas and Buddhas are good gods." The green-haired girl put her hands on her knees, her eyes were innocent.

"Really?" The long-haired girl smiled lightly, "No sorrow and no joy is the cruelest, how can it be considered good?"

The green-haired girl was dumbfounded, and urged: "Sigh, don't be a fool, let's talk about what half-god means first!"

Unknowingly, the boys also gathered around.

The long-haired girl said: "I heard that there used to be a bad custom on Fanglong Island. If you have any wish to fulfill, you will catch a virgin and cut her body in two. The upper body stands at the door of your house, and the lower body Buried in a specific place. The souls of those who were killed linger, and they need to help the murderer fulfill their wish in order to find the lost lower body. These virgins are collectively called half-cut gods."

The green-haired girl stood up in surprise, "How is it possible! You made it up!"

The boy with glasses frowned.

"Don't believe me." The long-haired girl seemed in no hurry to convince her companion, she lowered her head and started fiddling with her phone.

The green-haired girl became even more curious after screaming, "Then, what about now? Do people on the island still do this?"

"Who knows?" said the long-haired girl, "I heard that the last half god died more than 40 years ago. If there is no record, it's hard to say."

The boy in the sportswear said: "Now is a society ruled by law. These feudal habits have long since disappeared. If someone is really made into a half-god, that is a serious criminal case. Does the police not care?"

The long-haired girl laughed sullenly, "It depends on the police."

The green-haired girl shrank her neck, "The more I talk about it, the more mysterious it becomes."

The topic of the half-god didn't last long. At noon, as expected by the boatman, the wind and waves subsided, and it was finally time to set sail.

The ship is a dual-purpose ship for cargo and passenger transport. The ship is a bit old, mottled and old.

Most of the people who boarded the boat were people living on Fanglong Island. They brought large and small bags, and they seemed to have come to the county to complete a large-scale purchase.But there are also several groups of tourists, carrying outdoor bags and pulling suitcases, full of anticipation and joy.

Compared with those well-known domestic islands, Fanglong Island is not even considered a tourist island. Only in the three or four months of summer every year, people from around Minqian County go to the island for a short trip, and very occasionally young donkey friends come to explore .The commerce on the island is not on a large scale, and people live an old and conservative life, relying on the sea to eat the sea, which is praised as "original ecology" by travel friends.

After the boat sailed a distance, the green-haired girl's excitement faded away, and when she looked back, she found some people were looking at her with strange eyes that she couldn't understand.

She suddenly panicked, subconsciously pulled the long-haired girl's sleeve, and whispered: "They are so strange."

The long-haired girl also turned her head, but smiled lightly.

The green-haired girl asked suspiciously, "What's wrong with you?"

"Remember the half-god I told you on the pier this morning?" The long-haired girl looked at the green-haired girl meaningfully, "The girl who is made into a half-god must not only be a virgin, but also beautiful."

Saying that, the long-haired girl glanced back again, "Maybe in their eyes, you are the best candidate to become a half-god."

The green-haired girl's eyes widened, goosebumps all over her body, "Don't scare me!"

The long-haired girl said nonchalantly, "Ask yourself."

"No, didn't you say that this kind of thing hasn't happened for a long time?" The green-haired girl unconsciously raised her voice, as if to embolden herself, "I don't have a half-god for a long time!"

Although the sea is very windy, the cabin is relatively quiet.The green-haired girl's voice attracted everyone's attention.

Those eyes looking at her seemed to be mixed with countless viscous emotions.

"Hush—" the long-haired girl put her index finger on her lips and said with a smile, "Look, they've all noticed you."

After returning to the capital from Nanfu City, Hua Chong led a criminal investigation team to two cities and solved an old case that had not been solved for six years, as well as a corpse case. August, September, and October lasted for three months There was hardly any rest.By the end of October, it was finally temporarily vacant.

But Hua Chong himself did not feel relaxed.

Because Liu Zhiqin's birthday is coming.

When Hua Chong is busy with the case, everything else has to be sidelined, but once he returns to life, he considers himself a person with a sense of ritual.Things like birthdays, of course, can't be sloppy.The gift was a pair of shoes that he had been fancying for a long time, and it cost him half a month's salary. On the way home, he bought a bouquet of red roses in a very tacky way, and he thought of stuffing the leather shoes into the flowers in an ingenious way.

It's a pity that neither the shoe box nor the leather shoes themselves are big enough to be stuffed into a flower.

Hua Chong tossed and tossed for a while, gave up, and planned to send shoes and roses together. There was no shortage of romantic and practical gifts.

However, the roses could not stand being ravaged, several of them had been damaged by him, and they looked like wild roses picked up by the roadside.

Although Hua Chong had a sense of ceremony, he didn't stick to the trivial details, stuffed those wilting flowers back, and waited for Liu Zhiqin to come back.

Liu Zhiqin was called back by the information warfare team recently, and he didn't follow up with the previous case.Hua Chong's culinary skills are worrisome, and he seldom cooks, but he still cooks a table of dishes very attentively. As soon as he turned off the fire, he heard the sound of the keyhole.

Shou Xing is back.

Tomorrow is her birthday, but Liu Zhiqin knew that Hua Chong would definitely be cooking dinner at home.He could also guess what the gift was, because not long ago Hua Chong asked him in an indirect way if he liked a certain pair of leather shoes.If there is no accident, Hua Chong should also buy a bunch of flowers, the kind of red roses without decorations at all.

When Hua Chong appeared with flowers in his arms, he lowered his eyes and smiled, thinking—sure enough.

However, to his surprise, some of the roses had wilted, and after asking, he found out that Hua Chong actually wanted to be romantic like others, and stuffed his shoes into the bouquet.

He thought, is this the original usage of roses?

"Turn off the lights and blow out the candles." Hua Chong urged with a lighter.

After he came back from the shopping mall, he went to the supermarket to buy vegetables non-stop, and then started cooking. He didn't have time to change his clothes. He was still wearing trousers and a shirt. It's no different when the Special Operations Squad is in a meeting.

In addition to the rich but not necessarily delicious dishes on the table, there is also a chocolate cake. When I bought it, Hua Chong spent a long time choosing it. I think those with a lot of fruit are too girly. Only this chocolate cake is more suitable for Liu Zhiqin’s aura. But after ordering it, he thought it was too simple, so he asked the master to add some carvings. He was satisfied, but in fact the whole cake was a bit nondescript.

Liu Zhiqin didn't say that the cake was bad, and obeyed the order to turn off the lights.

Hua Chong took out a candle and inserted it. It was the number "3".

Under the candlelight, Hua Chong's outline is soft and almost dreamy, his eyes are extraordinarily bright, and two clusters of golden flames seem to be swaying in the clear amber.

Liu Zhiqin immediately didn't want to blow out the candles.

He wanted to kiss Hua Chong's eyes more than to blow out the candles.

Hua Chong was always puzzled, seeing Liu Zhiqin refused to blow out the candles, staring at himself without blinking, beckoning: "Hurry up, make a wish before blowing out, I'm already hungry."

Liu Zhiqin smiled helplessly.Hua Chong urged him because he was hungry.

But if you think about it carefully, this is indeed Hua Chong's style.

Liu Zhiqin closed his eyes, the bridge of his nose and eye sockets were more three-dimensional under the shadow.Just as Hua Chong was attracted by his eyelashes, he lowered his head and blew out the candle on "3".

"Alas—" Hua Chong raised his voice, "Is that how you blow it?"

Liu Zhiqin turned on the light and said with a smile, "Didn't you say you were hungry and asked me to hurry up?"

"That's not your quick way." Hua Chong seemed to have forgotten that he was still wearing an apron, and didn't mean to take it off at all, "Have you made a wish?"

Liu Zhiqin said: "Yes."

Hua Chong: "What a ghost!"

Liu Zhiqin: "..."

"It's less than two seconds, what can you wish for?" Hua Chong took out the candles while scolding, and prepared to cut the cake. "Birthday is only once a year, so you're just going through the motions."

Liu Zhiqin felt amused.Hua Chong is really comparing himself with him, but last year, I don't know whose birthday he didn't even bother to go through the cutscene. The candles were not plugged in, so he wanted to eat cake.

Hua Chong himself is too lazy to make a wish, but asks him to make a wish. The double standard is justifiable.

As if his wishes were more valuable.

"I'm hungry." Liu Zhiqin simply imitated Hua Chong's tone last year: "Don't dawdle, divide the cake and eat."

The cake is a small size, but it is still too much for two people. Besides, the cake is only a pre-dinner dessert, and the highlight is still a table full of dishes.Hua Chong gave Liu Zhiqin a small piece, and his own piece was bigger. After eating, he pushed the white chicken to Liu Zhiqin, "This is the first time I make it, it may not taste very good."

Even if there is no bottom line to think that Hua Chong is good everywhere, Liu Zhiqin still has to admit that Hua Chong's dishes are really not delicious.

But he can endure it and finish all the dishes.

But after Hua Chong tasted it, he sighed, "Brother Xiaoliu."

Liu Zhiqin: "Huh?"

"I'll invite you out to eat seafood tomorrow." Hua Chongchen said, "The fish I cooked seems a bit fishy."

There are two big dishes on the table, one is boiled chicken that has no other taste except spicy, and the other is braised fish in brown sauce that has not completely removed the fishy smell.Liu Zhiqin was about to say "it's okay", Hua Chong said again, "Aren't you going to work tomorrow?"

Liu Zhiqin nodded, "It's over today, rest tomorrow."

The information warfare team targeted the transnational organ trafficking organization "Galaxy" at the beginning of the year, and its leader "Galaxy" was arrested at the border some time ago. Liu Zhiqin has been staying in the capital during this time, not following the special operations team to investigate the case, but dealing with the follow-up network Track work.Today Liu Zhiqin looked at "Yinhe" through the camera. He was a very young man, pale and thin. His actual age was above 30 years old, but he looked only 27 or 28 years old.

As if sensing that someone was observing him, "Galaxy" turned to the camera and stared at it for a long time.

Obviously knowing that "Yinhe" must not be able to see him, but being stared at by that strong gaze, Liu Zhiqin still frowned.

"Then I'll make a reservation right now." Hua Chong said as he took out his mobile phone, "That business is good. If you don't book in advance, you won't have a seat, but the price is a bit high."

Liu Zhiqin came back to his senses, and said with a smile, "I'll buy it from the seafood market and make it now."

"No." Hua Chong said, "It's your birthday, don't worry about eating, I invite you."

Liu Zhiqin was not polite to him either, and said softly, "Thank you Captain."

In the early morning of his birthday, there were inevitably some repertoires. After Hua Chong drank some wine, the two of them got into a fight and didn't get up until almost noon the next day. Liu Zhiqin woke up early in the morning, and tidied up the messy home in order. Zhu Hua Chong went to the Seafood Hotel.

This meal was paid for by Hua Chong's pocket money, and Hua Chong himself didn't care about it, but when he was shopping after dinner, Liu Zhiqin said that the seafood in the city was not as fresh as the seaside after all, and the price had also doubled several times.

Hua Chong suddenly remembered that Fenglan City, Liu Zhiqin's hometown, is adjacent to the sea.Fenglan City is in the north, not a very famous seaside city, but it must have seafood.Like him, Liu Zhiqin left his hometown after graduating from high school. He subjectively wanted to escape from his family, while Liu Zhiqin didn't have to return to Fenglan City because there was no family left there.

Hua Chong felt a little sore for a while.He always knew that Liu Zhiqin valued him very much. Sometimes he felt that Liu Zhiqin was too possessive, and sometimes he felt sorry for Liu Zhiqin.Of course Liu Zhiqin regarded him highly, because apart from him, Liu Zhiqin had no other support.He still has parents by blood, but Liu Zhiqin is the only one.

Thinking about it this way, the part of his chest became extra soft.

Liu Zhiqin noticed that Hua Chong looked at him differently, as if he had entered into the dense autumn clouds.He was about to make a sound when suddenly Hua Chong hugged him.

This is on the street, Liu Zhiqin smiled, "What's wrong?"

"Let my brother hug you." Hua Chong patted him lightly on the back, "Just now you said seafood, I think of your home."

Liu Zhiqin was a little taken aback.He mentioned seafood not because he missed his hometown.In fact, he doesn't have much deep affection for Fenglan City. The word "hometown" means family affection, past, and childhood to others, but to him it is just a city where he has lived for more than ten years.

"You must have eaten a lot of seafood when you were young." Hua Chong said: "The older generation said that eating fish is smart, no wonder you are so smart."

Liu Zhiqin smiled and said, "According to you, people living by the sea are all smart, but there is no second famous hacker Liu Zhiqin."

Hua Chong couldn't help laughing, "Aren't you embarrassed to say your own name?"

"I learned it from you." Liu Zhiqin said, "And I'm already well-known, so I'm just stating the facts, so there's nothing embarrassing about it."

Hua Chong squeezed Liu Zhiqin's hand, and walked a little bit forward, "Why don't you go to Fenglan City for the Spring Festival this year. Take me to the place where you grew up for a walk, and eat some cheap seafood by the way."

The seafood in winter is far less plump than in summer and autumn, and the winter on the northern coast is very sad.Liu Zhiqin thought about it, and wanted to say that he would go next summer, and when he met Shanghua Chong's gaze, he swallowed back the words that were on his lips, "Okay, I'll take you for a stroll."

Hua Chong was thinking about going to Fenglan City to eat seafood, and after returning home, he searched for Fenglan travel guides on the Internet.He originally planned to do his homework in advance, but when he searched for "Fenglan", all the results came up were "half-length murder cases".

He clicked on one of the links, and after reading the hundreds of words of the press release and accompanying pictures, his brows gradually frowned.

When Liu Zhiqin finished peeling the fruit and returned to the living room, he saw Hua Chong staring at the computer with a serious face.

"Brother Xiaoliu." Hua Chong took the fruit plate and asked, "Have you ever heard of the Half God when you were young?"