Urban Night Returner

As soon as he walked out of the small hospital building, Zhong Lecen yawned: "I'm really sleepy and starving to death."

Shen Gu put his arms around him: "Go back to eat. Don't go to the clinic, just catch up on sleep."

Zhong Lecen leaned on his shoulder: "Actually, I can't sleep. You said, Zuo Mu didn't succeed this time. But if he really wants to use the solar eclipse to do something, there are only a few days left, and he will definitely have to." What to do. Now he is in the dark, we are in the light, it is really impossible to guard against, what should we do?"

Shen Gu murmured: "What do you think he will do? Find another person who is completely yin? Or like harming the Wu family?"

Zhong Lecen shook his head thoughtfully: "I don't think so. There are not many people with four pillars in full shade, and Zuo Mu is not a household registration policeman. It is a coincidence that he can find out about Bingbing and Xiaoxi. Think about it, if he There is still a candidate who is completely yin in four pillars. Will he spend his energy to toss the Wu family? How can it be so coincidental to ask him to find someone who is completely yin in four pillars in the past few days? The method of the Wu family, the first is It takes more time, and second, how many blood relatives hate each other so much that they want to kill the whole family? This is harder to find than Sizhu Quanyin. So I don’t think Zuo Mu can use these two methods.”

"Then is there another way?"

Zhong Lecen held his face together: "I really can't think of it. Turning into a ghost after death is easy to say, but it requires great perseverance and many conditions. To take revenge is to turn into ghosts after death. When they die, they wear red clothes and kill themselves--"

Shen Gu asked: "Why are you wearing red clothes?"

"Red is the color of a stranger. When you wear red clothes when you commit suicide, the door god will think that you are still a living soul, and will not prohibit ghosts from entering and leaving. So you see, there are many conditions for this, not to mention having a strong obsession. In just a few days, I think Zuo Mu is really unlikely to get a ghost, so it is even more unpredictable what he will do next."

Shen Gu nodded silently, and was about to speak when he turned around suddenly: "Who?"

Zhong Lecen turned around and saw a small head protruding from the edge of the iron gate: "Bai—little rabbit?" It's really not good to be called Bai Luobo, why is she Fang Ningyuan's little treasure now.

Bai Luobo looked at Shen Gu timidly, and approached Zhong Lecen in a circular motion with his feet: "I, I have something to tell you."

Zhong Lecen tried his best to put on the most kind smile: "What's the matter?"

The white radish took out something, which was a fragment of a porcelain plate.The plate was already broken into dozens of pieces, and it became even more broken when it was dropped in Fang Ningyuan's office. Although Shen Gu cleaned it up, there might still be some pieces splashed into the corner and not seen.The white radish held the fingernail-sized fragment, like holding a bomb that would explode at any moment, and looked at it with some fear: "This, the smell on this, I have smelled it before."

Zhong Lecen and Shen Gu cheered up at the same time, and Shen Gu grabbed him as soon as he stretched out his hand: "Where did you smell it?"

Seeing him stretching out his hand, Bai Luobo instinctively shrank back, but the speed of Shen Gu was too fast, and he was about to grab his shoulder, but now he grabbed his wrist.Bai Luobo jumped up and struggled in fright, seeing tears were about to come down, Zhong Lecen hurried to break Shen Gu's hand: "Don't scare me."

Shen Gu let go of his hand in embarrassment, Bai Luobo immediately jumped behind Zhong Lecen, and stared at him with half of his face showing fear.Shen Gu couldn't laugh or cry: "Remember when I grabbed you and robbed people on the street, weren't you still very arrogant?"

Bai Luobo replied tremblingly: "At that time, I, I didn't know that you were a hunter."

Shen solidly held his head.Zhong Lecen stroked the white radish's hair soothingly: "Don't be afraid, he hasn't been a hunter for a long time now. Tell me, where have you smelled this thing?"

Bai Luobo whispered: "Just a month ago, I went to the market to buy vegetables, and I saw a woman at the door of a building. She had this kind of smell on her body, a burnt smell, and a smell of blood. I just I found it strange that these two smells were not from the same person, I was afraid that she had killed someone and had this smell, so I ran away quickly."

Shen Gu thought to himself that it was the gall of a rabbit, and there was no cure: "Do you remember where that building is? That woman entered the building door?"

Bai Luobo blinked and nodded: "As I remember, it's near the market. The woman came in with some vegetables at the time, so she must be living there."

Shen Gu and Zhong Lecen glanced at each other, and said, "Hurry up and tell us the location!"

The building that Bai Luobo mentioned was next to the Nanshan Market, and next to it were live chickens and pigeons that were slaughtered and depilated on the spot. The air was turbid with the smell of blood.

Shen Gu's sense of smell was originally keen, but after taking off the jadeite pendant, it became even more acute. This bloody smell couldn't help but make him frown: "Live in this kind of place?"

Zhong Lecen also covered his nose, and nodded while looking at the house number: "It is estimated that Xie Zhujun is afraid that people will smell the bloody and rotten smell of her human skin. This is the building, what should we do? Take the photos and ask about it?"

Shen Gu shook his head: "No. It's easy for us to find Mr. Xie Zhu now, but finding her is not our goal. Our goal is Zuo Mu. If we meet Zuo Mu now, how sure are we to catch him?"

Zhong Lecen shook his head: "I'm not sure. What do you mean, don't startle the snake?"

"Yes. We're keeping an eye on him. It's best to figure out what he wants to do before we can prescribe the right medicine. If the Special Affairs Department doesn't send someone, we'll find a way to find someone ourselves."

"By the way, I called Le Yang over. He was sent to the training camp by the second uncle a while ago. It is estimated that the training will be over, so let him come over to help. My biggest weakness now is still not enough spiritual power. With Le Yang, almost all the spells are fine."

"And Zuo Jian! This is a member of their Zuo family, and he should do his part. I just don't know what happened in his family. The last time I ran back and there was no movement, I'm afraid there may be some trouble. Otherwise, drag that prairie wolf here to help?" Shen Gu was talking, when his expression suddenly changed: "I saw Mr. Xie Zhu."

"Where is it?" Zhong Lecen looked around immediately, but Shen Gu stretched out his hand to block him: "You, it's better not to look." In fact, he really didn't recognize Xie Zhujun from his appearance, although he had already seen it from the photo He firmly remembered the appearance of Xiaoxi's senior - he recognized it from the human skin.

It is said that Shen Gu has seen the world, he has seen broken arms and legs, opened his stomach and exposed his intestines, and he has seen the pieces of fried meat, but he has never seen a whole piece of human skin, although it is covered with a piece of skin. The light green cheongsam skirt, but the human skin on the two exposed arms has been dried and damaged in many places, and there are still places that have not been scraped cleanly, dragging a small strip of rotten human flesh. A leg bone that had been scorched black, and almost no toe bones left... In the entire market, there was only such a skeleton covered in human skin, and it was difficult for him not to recognize it.

Zhong Lecen took a look, his face turned pale, he suppressed the feeling of nausea in his chest, and said in a low voice: "Zuo Mu is really possessed, how can he do it..."

Shen Gu turned his face to face himself: "Don't look at it anymore. It's just strange, why Xie Zhujun still wears this human skin after they lied to Xiaoxi?"

"In this way, she can come out during the day. Otherwise, although she can transform, she can only appear at night. I think she has been a ghost for so many years, and she also wants to feel the sunshine."

"But that's not the reason for her to kill others." Shen Gu clenched his fists tightly, and Jin Tiezhiying felt the anger of the owner, jumping out of his palm.

"What do we do now?"

Shen Gu looked around without a trace: "Zuo Mu didn't show up." Xie Zhujun came out alone, with a bamboo basket in his hand, and he walked gracefully, but it was a pity that there was a graceful skeleton, so people could see The people who saw it felt cold from the heart.

The morning market was very lively, and Mr. Xie Zhujun came out to buy vegetables, and he would stop and look at every stall, full of interest.Shen Gu observed her actions and frowned: "Zuo Mu may not be here." Although Xie Zhujun was interested in everything, he didn't buy anything edible. She was a ghost, of course she didn't need to eat, but Zuo Mu was Personally, if Zuo Mu also lives here, he must buy some food.

"Then we're here to watch?"

Shen Gu looked around at the buildings around him: "Go to the opposite building and find a place, so as not to be discovered by Zuo Mu."

Zhong Lecen's eyes just stared at Xie Zhujun: "Look, what does she want to do?"

Shen Gu turned his head and saw that Mr. Xie Zhu stopped in front of a stall selling potatoes. There was a woman picking up potatoes with a little girl of three or four years old. Mr. Xie Zhu bent down to talk to the little girl.The mother was concentrating on picking potatoes and bargaining for the price. She turned her head and glanced at Xie Zhujun. She probably saw that she was a young girl, so she didn't take it seriously. She turned her head and focused on the potatoes again.At this time, a few more people crowded over, somehow the little girl was separated by people, and when Xie Zhujun withdrew from the crowd, the little girl had already been held by her hand, obediently followed her away .

"What does she want to do? Why did the child follow her?"

"Mindcraft." Zhong Lecen's face changed, "She, could she be trying to suck the child's blood--"

Shen Gu clenched his fists: "I can't wait for Zuo Mu anymore. I can't just watch her kill the child! Let's go!"

Xie Zhujun led the child in his hands, and walked around behind the stalls on the side of the road, obviously afraid of being seen by the child's mother.Shen Gu couldn't see the expression on the hardened human skin, so he couldn't be sure what she wanted to do for a while.The little girl asked Xie Zhujun to hold hands, her chubby little face had a dull expression, and even her movements were somewhat mechanical, but she walked very fast. Within a few minutes, the two walked into the building door and closed the anti-theft door behind their hands.

An anti-theft door couldn't stop Shen Gu, and it opened after a few strokes.The old corridors are narrow and dark. At this time, those who go to work and those who go to school have all left. The corridor is very quiet. I can hear the soft footsteps in front and a soft voice: "Does the baby eat candy? It's here." Mom at home will give you sweets..."

If he didn't know that it was Mr. Xie Zhu, Shen Gu would definitely feel that it was the deep love between mother and child, but when he thought of the human skin that Mr. Xie was wearing, he just felt creepy.

The door clicked, cutting off Xie Zhujun's whispers.Shen Gu jumped up to the first floor in three steps and two steps, and saw two faded red paper couplets pasted on the door, the content was nothing more than spring coming to the world, but there was a new ink on the edge of the red paper. At first glance, the pattern drawn in a circle looks disorganized, like a child's scribbles, but Zhong Lecen nodded at a glance: "This is drawn by Zuo Mu. If strangers other than Xie Zhujun open the door forcibly, Zuo Mu will be alarmed." Mu."

Shen Gu hesitated for a few minutes, and suddenly there was a cry of a child in the room. Even through the door, Shen Gu heard it, and his face changed slightly: "I can't care so much anymore, get out of the way!" The old door was kicked crookedly with a bang, and Shen Gu rushed in, only to see Xie Zhujun sitting on the sofa with the child in his arms, and the little girl was twisting and crying: "Mom, mom--"

Xie Zhujun was startled, and turned his head to look at Shen Gu.Shen Gu saw the deep-set eye sockets of the skeleton from the crack in the human skin, felt disgusted, raised his hand and pointed at her with Jin Tiezhiying: "Put the child down!" He wanted to do it when he entered the door, but the child was sitting in Xie Zhujun's arms. In the middle of the day, he was afraid that the child would not be able to stand the cold air of Jin Tietzhiying, so he was a little bit wary for a while.

Xie Zhujun's reaction was a bit unexpected. She jumped up and put the child behind her: "Who are you? How did you break into a private house?"

Zhong Lecen followed with a spell in his hand, and said in a low voice, "Be careful, don't hurt the child."

Xie Zhujun looked at the two of them: "You guys, are you mages?" She took a step back and suddenly took out Zhang Fu from her skirt.

Zhong Lecen said hurriedly: "Ghost exorcising talisman! It must have been given to her by Zuo Mu. She is originally a ghost, and it is very easy to summon Yin with Yin. The ghosts summoned may not be as powerful as Zuo Mu's, but the Yin Qi must be special. Heavy, be careful!"

Shen Gu nodded.He wasn't afraid that Mr. Xie Zhu could come up with some "ghost" tricks, but he was afraid that the child wouldn't be able to bear it.Sure enough, Mr. Xie Zhu shook the talisman glowing with black light, and wisps of black mist emanated from the talisman, resembling a human being but not a human being, and the temperature in the room dropped several degrees immediately.Throwing a five thunder talisman was originally the best solution to this kind of ghostly aura, but Zhong Lecen was afraid of accidentally hurting the child, so he didn't dare to use it rashly.Wisps of black air gradually gathered into a human form, but he was afraid of the gold and iron hero in Shen Gu's hand, so he didn't dare to approach it for a while.

The black air formed a thick layer.There was a building in front of the house, so the light wasn't very bright, but now even the sunlight coming in from the windows seemed to be dimmed.The little girl was looking back and forth with tears in her eyes, but at this moment she probably felt cold, and cried again: "I want a mother!"

As soon as the child cried, Xie Zhujun seemed a little panicked, and suddenly threw the spell at Shen Gu and Zhong Lecen.After throwing it, a cloud of black air rushed over following the spell, and the temperature around Shen Gu and the two of them suddenly dropped a few degrees.With a wave of Shen Gu's hand, Jin Tiezhiying swung in a circle, and the black energy that bore the brunt was cut in half, but the latter rushed over immediately.But Xie Zhujun turned around and picked up the child, stepped to the window in one step, opened the screen and jumped down.

Both Shen Gu and Zhong Lecen were taken aback, Zhong Lecen pushed Shen Gu behind his back: "Hurry up and save the child, I'll handle it here!"

Shen Gu used Jin Tiezhiying to split a path, rushed to the window and turned back: "Can you do it alone?"

Zhong Lecen shouted anxiously: "Hurry up and save the child, I can do it!"

Shen Gu hesitated for a moment, but looking downstairs, Xie Zhujun had already landed on the ground with the child in his arms.There was a piece of weeds under the window, and the ground was still soft after it rained just now. She was cushioned under the child, and her entire head had been thrown to one side, and a long cut had been split in the human skin, exposing the scorched skeleton inside.The child has not moved in her arms, and it is not known whether it was dropped or frightened.When Shen Gu looked down, Xie Zhujun got up, hugged the child with one hand, stretched up with the other hand to pull his neck bone in place, then turned around and ran away.Shen Gu didn't hesitate any longer, and jumped down as well, the golden iron hero in his hand turned into a hook shape, hung on the window frame and stretched automatically, until it fell to the second floor, the golden iron hero escaped from the window frame and took it back into his hand.Shen Gu slightly bent his knees, lightly landed on the ground, and chased after him.

The sun was gradually rising, Xie Zhujun tried to tighten the cracked human skin while running, and when the sunlight fell on the skeleton, wisps of black smoke rose up, as if it had been burned by fire again .While running, Xie Zhujun took out the talisman from his skirt and stuck it on his body, but the summer sun is the most yang, and although it is not yet noon, it is not something that the talisman can resist.Xie Zhujun ran a few steps, the road between the buildings had come to an end, the road was in front of him, the voices of people were noisy, and the sun was unobstructed.Xie Zhujun saw that it was impossible for him to run out with the child, but Shen Gu had already chased after him, and finally threw the child aside. When Shen Gu rushed to pick up the child, he took out a spell and disappeared on the spot. , leaving only a piece of dry human skin spread out on the ground, like an old raincoat that has aged.

Shen Gu picked up the child and looked at it, he was breathing evenly, but he closed his eyes and did not wake up.Shen Gu guessed that Xie Zhujun might have been tricked by something, so he had no choice but to hug him back and let Zhong Lecen find a solution.But when he ran up to the third floor with the child in his arms, he saw that the door he had kicked open had been tilted to one side, and there was a strange fluctuation in the air.Shen Gu's heart trembled, and he rushed in, but the room was already empty, and there was no sign of Zhong Lecen at all.Shen Gu's heart skipped a beat, as if he had stepped on a cliff, and his whole body sank suddenly.He forcibly suppressed his heartbeat, which was already a little abnormal, and scanned the room-they and Xie Zhujun never really started to fight, so the furniture in the room was not touched, but now a coffee table moved, Shen Gu bent down I went to have a look, and found a little blood stain on the corner of the coffee table...