Urban Night Returner

"Four pillars are full of shade!" Zhong Lecen slapped his palm violently, "How could I have forgotten, Xiaoxi, your birthday is also a cloudy year!"

Lang Yiming coughed, and asked: "Who is that person? I think he used the soul-restraining talisman. At that time, I thought this girl could not escape. Who knew that the soul-restraining talisman didn't work, and I don't know what happened in the middle." What happened, anyway, this girl narrowly escaped death."

Xiaoxi was still at a loss: "What soul arresting charm? Is it this?" She took out a crumpled piece of yellow paper from her pocket, and said timidly, "This is pasted on my wrist by my sister, but, I don't think there's anything wrong?"

Zhong Lecen snatched the piece of paper and looked it over several times: "It's a soul arresting talisman. It's your birthday, right? It's strange, why didn't it work?"

Shen Gu frowned: "From this point of view, that person is undoubtedly Zuo Mu. It seems that he seemed to be in a hurry. He couldn't get Bingbing's soul, so he attacked Xiaoxi. But how did he know that Xiaoxi is also full of shadows?" of?"

Xiaoxi whispered: "That person is a friend of my senior sister. Once I went to karaoke with my senior sisters, this person was there. My senior sister knew my birthday, maybe she told that person. That person When I got out of the car, I didn't pay attention to it, but Yiming yelled at me to run quickly. Who knew that person threw a piece of paper out, like a thunderbolt—Brother Le Cen, how is Yiming? There is no way?"

Zhong Lecen looked at the pale Lang Yiming, and sighed: "It's not life-threatening, but if a lightning strike strikes, it will definitely damage a hundred years of practice. I can't do anything about it. As for the injuries on the body, how many Let’s bask in the moon. What I’m wondering now is why the soul-trapping talisman doesn’t work for you? If the date, month, and time are all correct, it’s impossible that it won’t work.”

Xiaoxi took the talisman from his hand and looked at it for a while, then asked, "What is this writing?"

"It's your birthday!"

"Oh, that must be wrong."

"What?" Zhong Lecen was surprised, "What do you mean it's definitely wrong? This is also your birthday that Konghua said."

Xiaoxi stroked her hair: "My brother doesn't know. My mother had dystocia when she gave birth to me, and the one on the bed next to her had dystocia at the same time. I was in the middle of the night, and the other was in the early morning. The difference is only a few hours. The doctor I got confused and recorded the birth time of the two of us backwards, so the birthday on my ID card is wrong, it should be one day earlier than that."

Zhong Lecen let out an ah, speechless, and said after a long time: "You, you girl—this is, very lucky."

What Shen Gu thought was another matter: "How did Mr. Lang know that he wanted Xiaoxi's soul?"

Lang Yiming moved his body, tried his best to make himself sit less reluctantly, and sneered: "How would I know. It's just that there was a female ghost standing next to this girl, wearing a tattered human skin, and the exposed flesh was burnt. It was like charcoal, and this girl was still talking to others without knowing it. I just told her to stay away from that female ghost, who knew that the man next to him raised his hand and it was a Five Thunder Sky Heart Curse... Fortunately, this silly girl is not real The four pillars are all yin, otherwise, I can't stop it at all."

Xiaoxi shuddered and stared wide-eyed in horror: "What nonsense are you talking about, that girl is my senior sister! We used to live in a dormitory building on the first floor when we were in school, and we went to K to sing together. I have known her for several years. Years, how could she be a ghost!"

Lang Yiming shrugged: "Although I don't have sharp eyes, the human skin worn by that female ghost is torn, and she smells like rotten flesh. Even if my eyes may be wrong, my nose smells good."

Xiaoxi heard him speak very solemnly, thinking about how many words she had said to that "senior sister" today, and even held hands with her, she felt the hairs on her wrist stand on end where she held it, Can't help but take out the paper towel and wipe it hard.Zhong Lecen sighed, took out a piece of talisman paper and wiped it carefully on her wrist, seeing that there was only a thin layer of blood on it, she shook her head and said, "It's okay, it is indeed a ghost wearing a piece of human skin, and there are still stains on it. What about the blood, but you didn’t get anything on it. What’s the name of your senior sister and where does she live?”

Xiaoxi stammered, "I don't know... I don't know her very well either, she's two years older than me. Because there wasn't enough room in the freshmen dormitory building when we first entered the school, we put the six of us in high school. In the dormitory building of the first grade. The senior sister lives across from us, so we only know each other. I know her name is Mo Feifei, but she is a foreigner. I heard that she found a job in Binhai after graduation, but I don’t know where she works. I don't even know where I live."

Zhong Lecen thumped the head of the bed hard, and said to Shen Gu: "It seems that Zuo Mu felt that it was inconvenient for that female ghost to come out during the day, so he got her a human skin to wear."

Xiaoxi felt nauseous at what he said.Although Fang Ningyuan is a doctor and has done a lot of surgical operations, but remembering that the human skin was completely peeled off from the human body, he couldn't help but feel his stomach welling up.When the white radish heard the peeling, it probably remembered the furs on the street, and shook into a ball.Only Shen Gu had a strong nerve, and asked calmly: "Xiaoxi, do you have a photo of your senior sister? If so, it is estimated that your senior sister may have died."

Zhong Lecen sighed: "For sure. And the blood on the human skin is not dry, it shouldn't be long since it was peeled off. Zuo Mutao, he is really crazy!"

The more Xiaoxi heard it, the more frightened she became: "I seem to have photos, but I have them, but I, but I put them at home."

"We'll go home with you to get it."

"But Yiming is hurt—and there is no one at home today. Dad is on a business trip. Mom went to Shanghai to see grandma the day before yesterday. It's just me and the nanny at home..." Xiaoxi trembled more and more as he spoke.Originally, she was ignorant and didn't feel scared, but when Zuo Mu threw the Five Thunder Talisman to injure Lang Yiming, she was startled.But because he didn't know that the senior standing next to him was a ghost, it didn't matter much.But now that Lang Yiming said this, thinking that the people around him were just wearing human skins, the cold air came out of his heart, and he didn't dare to stay at home anyway. As for leaving Lang Yiming alone In the hospital, it is even worse.

Lang Yiming sighed, stretched out his hand to touch her hair, then retracted his hand in mid-air: "Forget it, otherwise, you can come live with me at my house today. What kind of ghost Ren is, you are always safe in my house .”

Shen Gu asked Zhong Lecen in a low voice: "Is that okay?" Of course, maybe Zuo Mu would also find that the Soul-Storting Curse didn't work, so he would stop attacking Xiaoxi.But it is also possible that this person has become perverted, and he insists on being obsessed with his obsession, so what should he do?

Zhong Lecen also said in a low voice: "It should be no problem. There are many monsters in that place. Some monsters are not visible, but they are very powerful. There is not only one stream in Binhai that is full of shadows. There is no need for Zuo Mu to go to the monsters for her." apartment."

Lang Yiming heard them talking, and said flatly: "You are right, the monster apartment is our territory, no matter who wants to go, they have to weigh it."

Xiaoxi was stunned for a while before he thought of the meaning of the word monster, hesitated and hesitated, and finally asked in a low voice: "What kind of monsters are there?"

Lang Yiming said angrily: "It's all ferocious beasts, what kind of lions and tigers are everywhere, are you afraid?"

Bai Luobo poked his head out from behind Fang Ningyuan, and retorted in a low voice: "He's lying, there is no lion, only a white tiger." Lang Yiming glared at him, and he shrank back behind Fang Ningyuan with a swish.

Xiaoxi looked around, not knowing what to do.Zhong Lecen sighed: "Xiaoxi, Mr. Lang is right, you can go live with him in the monster's apartment for a while, and you can go home after Zuo Mu's matter is resolved. We have been busy dealing with Zuo Mu for a while, indeed I can't care about you either."

Xiaoxi nodded obediently.Konghua is not here, of course she just listens to Zhong Lecen.Zhong Lecen added: "Don't go out during this time, call my cell phone if you have something to do. Let's check about your senior sister first."

Before he finished speaking, Shen Gu's cell phone rang, and Xiao Heizi's voice came from the other end: "Brother Shen, I'm afraid something is not quite right."

Shen Gu frowned: "What's the matter?" In the past few days, there have been too many things that are wrong.

"It was the last time I just came back, do you remember? My mom called and said my dad's friend's son died."

"Oh, you said his surname is Wu, right?"

"That's right, it's Uncle Wu. At that time, his eldest son had a heart attack and died. My mother asked me to help with the funeral. I just found out today that his second son and grandson both had heart attacks and were hospitalized!"

Shen Gu felt something was wrong when he heard it: "How could it be such a coincidence?"

"That is to say! Now his second son is hospitalized in Jinan, and his grandson is in Binhai Hospital. What do I think, why do I think this is not an ordinary coincidence, Brother Shen, where is Brother Zhong? Can you come and have a look?"

"Okay, come and pick us up, we're in the hospital."

Little Heizi drove over in a short while. As soon as Shen Gu and Zhong Lecen got into the car, he began to introduce the situation: "Uncle Wu is actually a good friend with my uncle who has passed away. He came from a landlord family and was a member of the Cultural Revolution. He suffered a lot during that time. In order to let his son have a good future, his family asked him to draw a clear line with the family. At that time, there were a lot of books, porcelain and so on in his family. They were all four old, so his father got them. Some were buried, and then asked my son to expose himself. My uncle and he were in the same school at the time. My family is a working-class proletariat with young roots. My uncle is very prestigious in the school. I think Uncle Wu is actually quite If you are decent, just speak up for him and say, "You can't choose your origin, but you can choose your path." Since you have drawn a clear line with the bourgeois family, you should give him a chance to reform and so on, so that he can become popular. Guards. Later, when they went to the mountains and went to the countryside, they were assigned to the same production team. In winter, the hay stockpiles of the production team caught fire. My uncle and Uncle Wu got up in the middle of the night to relieve the fire and saw it, so we put out the fire together. The production team should praise them, my uncle It’s about how Uncle Wu was vigilant against the revolution, and how he was so desperate to protect the collective property. Then that year, a recruitment quota was assigned to them, and my uncle gave it to Uncle Wu. You think at that time, the landlord’s family background could When he joined the army, Uncle Wu was so grateful to my uncle. After he joined the army, although he had a problem with his family background, the production team gave him a certificate saying that he had made meritorious service and was educated—he really had Culture is not comparable to that of the Red Guards who just knew how to engage in tandem at that time—the company commander valued him very much. It was on the border, and he was sacrificed later... Because of this, Uncle Wu remembered my uncle's kindness all his life, and sent money to my grandparents every year. Later, after my grandparents passed away, he sent money to my dad. Later, he returned from the army and worked in the Public Security Bureau, and then retired and returned to Binhai. He still has close contacts with our family. His two sons did not serve in the army. One likes to do business and the other likes to teach. I felt a bit regretful, so he was very happy when I was admitted to the police academy, and he gave me a navy version of ASP. He has two sons and a daughter. In Binhai. The elder brother who died a few days ago was only 33. He said he had a heart attack. At that time, I thought it was strange. My elder brother has always been in good health. He also goes for a physical examination every year, but no heart disease was detected. Why did he suddenly Died? In just a few days, the second sister-in-law called to say that the second brother also had a heart attack and was hospitalized, and they all issued a critical illness notice. Fortunately, the second brother is a businessman, rich, and is hanging on with imported medicine. Yesterday, my sister said that her son was found to have a congenital heart disease, a defect in the mitral valve, and had to be operated on immediately. The child was only two years old, and everything was normal when he was born. Why did he suddenly have a heart defect? ​​The more I thought about it, the more I thought about it. I feel something is wrong, and all three of them have heart problems, so how could it be such a coincidence? So I want Brother Zhong to go and see if it is really such a coincidence, or there are other problems."

Zhong Lecen frowned: "Indeed, what a coincidence. Three people in a row have heart problems. If there is no family medical history, it is really unbelievable."

"Yes, yes, so Brother Zhong, please take a good look. Could it be that there is something in the house? To be honest, you always talked about porcelain and porcelain a few days ago. When I thought that Uncle Wu also had a collection of porcelain at home, I thought I don’t feel at ease—here we are, it’s just around the corner ahead.”

Wu's family lived in the family compound of the army, and it was quite quiet at this time.Xiao Heizi greeted at the gate, and led Zhong Lecen and Shen Gu to look at it from the gate.

"From the location of the community, there is no problem. And the Wu family lived here for a day or two, right? Why haven't there been any problems before?"

Shen Gu added: "Also, your sister didn't live here after she got married, right? Why did something happen to her child?"

Xiao Heizi rubbed his ear: "That's right. Then let's go upstairs. I told my sister that Uncle Wu doesn't believe in these things, and with so many things happening, he's not in good spirits these days, so I didn't tell him. At this time, he is usually taking a nap, and my sister will open the door, and we will quietly take a look in the room."

The person who opened the door was a woman in her early thirties, wearing a light-colored suit, with a dignified and capable appearance, but her face was very haggard. When she saw Xiao Heizi, she smiled a little: "Xiao Wu, are you here? These two are——"

"Sister, this is Dr. Zhong, this is our team leader Shen, I told you, let them take a look. Brother Shen, Brother Zhong, this is my sister, Wu Ying. Sister, Uncle Wu has a rest?"

"I'm asleep. I haven't been able to sleep well these days. I finally fell asleep just now. Dr. Zhong, team leader Shen, please come in. I'm sorry to trouble you."

Shen Gu waved his hand: "It's nothing, this is our duty. Ms. Wu, please show us each room."

"Okay. My dad, though, doesn't really believe in these things, if—"

"We understand this. If Mr. Wu wakes up, we won't say anything."

The Wu family's house is spacious and bright, and it is a rare house facing south in Binhai City.The entrance hall was separated from the living room by a screen, made of mahogany, on which were painted six exquisitely broken-branched flowers.In the living room, a mahogany bench is used instead of a sofa, and a large porcelain vat with red carp is placed next to it. Calligraphy and paintings are hung on the wall, which is completely in the style of Chinese classical style.Zhong Lecen walked around the living room and shook his head at Shen Gu: "It's okay here. Although the fish tank is not placed in a good position, it doesn't affect anything. The main reason is that the house has a good orientation and the living room has large windows. Even if there is a little bit of yin, it is also illuminated by the sun."

"The two of you this way, please." Wu Ying immediately pushed open the door next to him, "This is my dad's study, and it's also his collection room."

Zhong Lecen yelled as soon as he entered, with a hint of envy in his voice: "This study is really nice!"

This study is the largest room in the Wu family, and it connects two bedrooms, one bright and one dark.The desk is placed under the window in the open room. On the left and right sides, from the ceiling to the floor, there are two rows of bookshelves all over the wall. There are books on them, some of which are old thread-bound books.Curtains are hung in front of the bookshelves, which are airy and clean, and also prevent direct sunlight from hitting the books.Zhong Lecen's eyes were immediately glued to the book, and he couldn't take it off: "This is a lonely book!"

"Does Dr. Zhong like this?" Wu Ying smiled and opened the curtain of the bookshelf, "Most of the old books here are left by my grandfather. In our family, my father likes this. We don't know much about it. However, I heard people Saying that some ancient books are too old may be—is there such a situation?"

Zhong Lecen pushed his glasses: "Actually, I don't really believe in this. The so-called making ancient things into essence must first have a basis for becoming refined. Things like books are inanimate, so what can be used to make them refined? There are ancient paintings instead. It is fine, but the painting has images, and only when there are images can there be proofs; but words and images are different, especially after the seal script, the original image of the words has changed a lot, and there is no proof."

Wu Ying half-understood what he heard, and only knew that the young man meant that there was nothing wrong with these books, so she pushed aside a six-curved bamboo screen in the middle of the room: "This is my father's collection room. However, there are no antiques left." In the past, my grandfather really had some antiques. They were all smashed when they were broken. Now I can’t find such things. Even if there are similar ones, they are expensive. We can’t afford them. But my father collects things It’s not about being expensive, as long as it’s novel and he thinks there are merits, he can collect it and entertain himself.”

Zhong Lecen squinted his eyes and smiled: "Old Mr. Wu, this is the samadhi of collecting. I like it, I am happy to see it, and I feel happy. This is the highest state of collection. If you only collect it because of how much it is worth, wait for it. Its price has risen, so that’s called a copper merchant!” He said, walking among the rows of Duobaoge, “Well, this purple clay pot is real purple clay, although it’s not an antique, but the workmanship is simple and simple, this style is imitation Shi Dabin’s is somewhat similar. I guess it has been used for some years. The so-called purple cloud on the outside and jasper on the inside is indeed true... This snuff bottle is made uniquely, and the material used is not very good agate , but it's rare that the knife is vivid, and the pretty color is used really well, it must be something from the Ming Dynasty..."

Wu Ying's face was slightly surprised when he heard it.Before she got married, she often stayed with her father in this room. She often heard his father talk about his beloved collections.Now this young man took a casual look around, and what he said was similar to what her father usually said, which really surprised her.Originally, when she saw these two people so young, she still had some doubts in her heart, but she didn't show it because of Xiao Heizi's face, but now she has to look at them with admiration.

Shen Gu saw the change of expression on her face a long time ago, and shrugged - Zhong Lecen looked at these things, didn't he see them for sure?Of course, he can't see what's coming, just follow along.

"Shen Gu!" Zhong Lecen's voice suddenly rose a little, "Come here."

This is a situation.Shen Gu hurried in, followed by Xiao Heizi and Wu Ying.Zhong Lecen was standing in front of a shelf against the wall, pointing to a plate on it: "Bodiless porcelain!"