Urban Night Returner

Although Pai Gow accepted the commission, he didn't understand porcelain: "What is a soul bottle?"

Zhong Lecen thought for a while: "The soul bottle is also called the barn jar or the barn altar. It is a kind of funerary object, so it is also called a funeral jar. It is a utensil for storing food for the dead. It is a representative artifact in the Three Kingdoms and Jin Dynasties. .”

Pai Gow picked up the photo and looked at it carefully: "Since it's called a bottle and a can, it should look like a jar, right? This one looks like a small gatehouse."

Zhong Lecen nodded: "That's right. Most of the soul bottles are jars or jars with plastic patterns on the bottle mouth. However, in 74, a pavilion-style barn was unearthed in Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province, and it is now in the Jiangxi Provincial Museum. That is The shape of the gatehouse-style soul bottle is rather special, and the coloring techniques used are very rich, including blue and white, underglaze red, red glaze, blue and white—" He suddenly realized that he had gone too far, smiled embarrassedly, and put The latter words were swallowed back.

Shen Gu rubbed his hair: "It's not finished yet, why don't you say it?" He really likes to see Zhong Lecen's blissful expression when talking about these things, as if his whole body is shining brightly.

Zhong Lecen glanced at Pai Gow in embarrassment: "It's getting too far..."

Pai Gow has been smoking, and the smoke covered his face. Only then did he laugh: "Listen to my sister-in-law, it's really insightful. It's black porcelain and a soul bottle. It seems that this thing should be real. Quite worth the money."

Zhong Lecen frowned slightly, Pai Gow's words sounded like unwashed rice to him, not a gun with a stick, but there is always some fine sand, and you can't tell when it will hit you.

Shen Gu didn't care about Pai Gow's words, he smiled and rubbed Zhong Lecen's hair again, with a fond smile in his smile: "He's quite good at this kind of thing."

Pai Gow's face was a little dark, and he put out the cigarette: "No wonder the grandma Zhengfang values ​​this thing so much. But she is also a layman, just knowing that this thing is valuable, she can't tell what it is like a soul bottle."

Shen Gu said casually: "It's not surprising. For them, it's enough to know that this thing is valuable. But how do you plan to get it back?"

Pai Gow smiled, and leaned back in the chair again: "How else can I get it? How can I get it back as she took it away?"

Shen Gu frowned: "This is illegal."

Pai Gow burst out laughing: "Leader, if you can go through legal channels, why do you want us?"

Shen Gu looked at him with a headache: "Your father agrees to you doing this?"

Pai Gow's face darkened suddenly: "Him? As long as he has his proud eldest son, don't care what I do."

Shen Gu didn't speak any more.Pai Gow was silent for a moment, then grinned: "I said team leader, you can do more."

Shen Gu slightly raised his eyelids: "Really?"

"Of course. In the past, you wouldn't have talked so much to me." Pai Gow deliberately stared at Zhong Lecen up and down, "Is it because of my sister-in-law? Sure enough, Wenrou Township is the Hero Tomb."

Zhong Lecen's face turned red, and Shen Gu was about to stop the conversation, but he smiled, stretched out his hand and generously took Shen Gu's arm: "Yeah. Actually, I didn't expect that Shen Gu could be so pretty sometimes. nagging."

Shen Gu raised his eyebrows: "Worry?"

Zhong Lecen's face was still blushing, but his hand pinched him underneath: "That's right!"

Shen Gu retracted his arm helplessly, and clamped his hand: "You are good at temper."

Pai Gow watched silently, and lit another cigarette.Shen Gu turned his head and frowned: "You're addicted to smoking again!"

Pai Gow smiled and pinched his cigarette again: "No, aren't you happy today?"

Shen Gu shook his head: "Forget it, it's your idea anyway, I'm used to not getting oil and salt. But I still have to say, be careful, this job, if you have a chance, just change it. What's the point of betting with your dad? Don't be angry, isn't he also your father?"

Pai Gow lowered his head and smiled for a while: "I see."

After leaving the barbecue restaurant, Pai Gow said goodbye.Shen Gu gave him the address of Kangjia Garden and asked him to come and play when he had time, and then he took Zhong Lecen to the station, tightening his arms threateningly: "I said, are you so brave? How dare you dare to stand in front of my brother?" You said I was long-winded? Huh? What do you think should I do?"

Zhong Lecen glanced at him quietly, thinking that this person really can't be shrewd in everything, and he is still relatively slow in some things: "What should I do? I said you can't do it with a few words?"

Shen Gu smiled and patted him lightly: "Okay, why not, the big wife is the biggest!"

Zhong Lecen glared at him.Shen Gu laughed, and his expression gradually became serious.Zhong Lecen poked him lightly: "What's wrong? Are you angry? You're so stingy."

Shen Gu smiled and grabbed his restless hand.It was almost dark, but no one paid attention: "No, I was thinking about Pai Gow. How could this kid retire, and why would he want to become a private detective!"

Zhong Lecen rested his chin on his arm: "You are allowed to retire, and others are not allowed to retire!"

Shen Gu's face darkened slightly: "If it wasn't for that incident, I wouldn't have retired. Pai Gow is three years younger than me, and 27 is the age of playing. How could I retire?"

Zhong Lecen felt a little regretful, and rubbed against him: "I'm sorry——"

Shen Gu stroked his hair: "Forget it. If you retreat, you will retreat. I am worried now. There are many shady behaviors in the private detective industry. That kid in Pai Gow has always been lawless. I am afraid that he will fall into it."

Zhong Lecen hesitated: "He came out of the army..."

Shen Gu laughed: "It doesn't matter where the Pai Gow kid came from. When he was a soldier in the company, he was the leader of the squad leader with hairy hair and wings. He made trouble for the squad leader every day. But he was good at shooting and fighting. Their company commander He loves talent, so he thought it would be better to send him out to practice hard, so he sent him to participate in the selection. Even if he was selected, this kid still refused to obey discipline. In the end, the captain challenged him and punished him, so he was considered a person who obeyed. I heard something about his family. When he was a child, his father had a childhood sweetheart, who was suppressed by the family and married into a wealthy local family. His father left his hometown when he was sad. He was quite old and married a wife, but his relationship has always been bad. It is said that he often quarreled. Later, his mother died, and his father went back to his hometown, and he married his former girlfriend back. It is said that the married man died , it took a lot of effort to get her husband's family to agree to remarry, but she couldn't stay here, so I came back with his father."

Zhong Lecen listened carefully, and sighed: "It's so dramatic, after so many years, it's great to finally be together."

Shen Gu smiled wryly: "It sounds good, but it's not good for Pai Gow. Because his parents have always had a bad relationship, Pai Gow was a little homeless—you know, the rebellious psychology of adolescence, and he didn't learn well. Fighting and truancy all day... Later, his stepmother brought a son who was one year older than him. It was said that he was pretty good, good at studying, and well-behaved. His father liked this son very much. It’s not easy, after all, he’s not his own son... But compared with such a person, Pai Gow is even more unpopular with his father, and he is even more rebellious... So his character was also developed at home. His father graduated from high school He was going to send him abroad, but he wanted to be a soldier... In short, the more he was not allowed to do things, the more he wanted to do them. He was often punished for this in the team. He was almost in danger when he was on the first mission, and he came back. I also beat him up—at last I learned a lesson that time, and became more honest after that. I’m afraid that no one can control him now, and if something goes wrong, I can’t deal with it.”

Zhong Lecen blinked his eyes, feeling that he had nothing to say, so he remained silent.The phone rang in good time, and Zhong Lecen picked it up, and Zhong Leyang's cheerful voice came from inside: "Brother, where are you enjoying yourself?"

"Nonsense! Where are you?"

"Oh, I'm done. Kong Hua said he would treat us to dinner, so I won't go back. Let's live together! How about it, your brother, I'm sensible? Tell my sister-in-law, treat me to dinner later!"

Zhong Lecen quickly hung up the phone, but Zhong Leyang's voice was too loud, and his ears were too good. The phrase "sister-in-law" penetrated into his ears clearly, so he grinned: "What did he say?"

Zhong Lecen felt his legs were a little weak, and wanted to jump away from Shen Gu: "No, it's nothing, Le Yang is talking nonsense..."

Shen Gu continued to show eight teeth: "Really?"

Zhong Lecen plucked up the courage to fight back: "That Pai Gow just now called me that..."

Shen Gu leaned close to his ear: "Why, do you have any opinions?"

Zhong Lecen felt that his scorching breath was blowing in his ears, half of his face was so hot that he could fry an egg: "No..."

Shen Gu slid his hand to his buttocks in satisfaction: "It's not too bad, wait, go back and clean you up!"

Zhong Lecen felt that his throat was a little dry, and desperately lowered his head to cover up his flushed face. On the way home in the car, he always felt that Shen Gu's hand was still on the spot just now, and it was so hot that it seemed to be burning him through his trousers.

A new residential area is being built diagonally across from the Konka community. The foundation has been laid, and the funds are not in place, so they are thrown there.Shen Gu and Zhong Lecen got off the 224 car and took a shortcut from the construction site.It was already dark, Shen Gu walked a few steps, suddenly pulled Zhong Lecen behind him, and shouted in a deep voice to a corner in front: "Who!"

It was very dark in the corner, Zhong Lecen couldn't see anything, but when he listened intently, there seemed to be a kind of panting sound, which sounded a bit creepy in the night.Shen Gu took out the miniature flashlight in his pocket and turned it on, a beam of light shot over, Zhong Lecen was startled: "Dog ghost!"

There was a pile of construction waste in the corner, and a big black dog was lying in the gap. When the flashlight hit it, it just let out a low growl from its throat, as if it wanted to stand up, but failed.Zhong Lecen stuck out his head from behind Shen Gu, holding the tiger bone tightly in his hand: "Be careful——"

Shen Gu protected him and took a few steps back: "This thing is hurt."

Zhong Lecen smelled it, and there was indeed a strong smell of blood in the air: "What's going on?"

Shen Gu shook his head: "Don't worry about it. Let it fend for itself."

Zhong Lecen stepped back hesitantly.The dog ghost struggled to stand up, but collapsed halfway through the stand, his green eyes were already lifeless, although he tried hard to open them, they were closing little by little.Zhong Lecen stopped in his tracks: "It seems...to be seriously injured..."

Shen Gu glanced at him: "What do you mean? You don't want to save this thing, do you? Be careful of being bitten back."

Zhong Lecen followed him for another two steps, and finally stopped: "I don't know what hurt it, if I just leave it alone...it will die."

Shen Gu sighed: "This thing will kill people, right?"

Zhong Lecen fumbled in his pocket: "I still have a bunch of magic talismans, and I think it is seriously injured, it should have no power to hurt people anymore..."

Shen Gu was speechless, and then walked over to protect him.The dog ghost's eyes were closed, his abdomen was rising and falling rapidly, and his breathing was intermittent.The jet-black fur was stained with mud, water and dust, and it was terribly dirty. There was a long wound on the back where the bone was deep, and the blood had dried up on the fur, forming lumps.Zhong Lecen carefully pasted the talisman on the dog ghost's abdomen first, and then carefully touched the wound: "It's so deep——"

Shen Gu looked at it: "Sword wound. Strange, isn't this thing very fierce, who can hurt it?"

The dog ghost struggled a bit when the talisman was attached, but his eyes opened and then closed feebly.Shen Gu frowned, in the end he took off his clothes and wrapped up the dog ghost. Just in case, he tied his mouth with a tie, and then moved up: "Let's go, there seems to be some red medicine at home."

The dog ghost still has a little weight on its body, lighter than ordinary dogs, but its body temperature is similar to that of ordinary dogs.Shen Gu didn't make any special moves, but the dog ghost just opened his eyes slightly, and didn't mean to struggle.When he got home, Shen Gu threw it on the bathroom floor: "Turn on the water heater."

Zhong Lecen exhorted worriedly: "Be careful not to wash away the talisman."

The warm water rushed down, and black and red water streams appeared on the floor tiles, probably because the hot water had irritated the wound. The dog ghost suddenly opened his eyes and stared fiercely at Shen Gu. Holding it tightly, Jin Tiezhiying emerged from his palm, flashing a threatening cold light: "What do you want?"

The dog's mouth is tied with a tie, which looks very funny.It looked at Shen Gu for a while, then lowered its head again, and gave up its resistance.Shen Gu frowned in disgust: "Did you see it? Zhongshan Wolf!"

Zhong Lecen squatted aside and sighed: "I can't just watch it die..."

Shen Gu shook his head while washing the wound: "Occupational disease. Do you think these are the pets you treated?"

Zhong Lecen pouted and handed over a dry towel.Shen Gu wiped the dog ghost, and moved to the living room: "Bring the medicine. But, isn't this thing a shikigami? Also medicine?"

Zhong Lecen carefully flipped the hair next to the wound: "Ordinarily, ordinary knives can't hurt it. Now it is actually a spirit body that has been hurt, so that it has to borrow a real body to let the spirit body rest. The medicine can only heal the wound of the real body. As for the injury of the spirit body, let it recover slowly on its own."

Shen Gu frowned: "When will it recover?" In other words, when it recovers to a certain point, it will pose a threat to people other than ordinary dogs?

Zhong Lecen thought about it: "Maybe it will take a long time. Seeing that the wound is so deep, the damage to the spirit body is also considerable. It is estimated that it will be just an ordinary dog ​​in a short time, at most - a little bit fierce."

Shen Gu nodded, applied medicine to the wound, and wrapped it with gauze: "Okay. Throw it out when the wound is better, don't wait until it's all healed before biting."

Zhong Lecen looked at the drowsy dog ​​ghost: "When Le Yang comes back, let him restrain him with a few more talismans."

"You can't just leave the talisman on." Shen Gu looked around, "There is no dog leash in your clinic? It needs to be strong. A Tibetan mastiff is better."

Zhong Lecen shook his head: "I don't have this. Besides, dogs are very human. They know that you don't mean anything to them, so they won't bite people casually."

"That's an ordinary dog, but this one is not." Shen Gu rummaged through the box and found some strong ropes, tied the dog ghost's legs, and tied the other end to the table, "Placing such a thing at home is not safe for sleeping. "

Zhong Lecen watched him busy with a smile, and when he was done, she leaned over and hugged his arm: "Isn't there you?"

Shen Gu patted his butt lightly, and sat on the sofa with his arms around him, looking at the dog ghost: "Didn't this thing hold a ten-handed sword? How could it be injured in such a mess?"

Zhong Lecen looked at the sleeping dog ghost thoughtfully: "Every man is not guilty, but he is guilty of carrying a jade. It may not be a good thing to take something like a ten-handed sword."

Shen Gu nodded in agreement: "That's right. My wife is still very smart."

Zhong Lecen's face flushed, and he elbowed him: "I'm telling you the truth!"

Shen Gu picked him up by the waist: "What I'm talking about is serious business. Come on, let's settle the score?"

Zhong Lecen's feet were hanging in the air, and he quickly hugged Shen Gu's neck: "What kind of account!"

Shen Gu hugged him and walked to the bedroom: "It's rare that your brother's light bulb is willing to leave some time for me, of course we must make good use of it."

Zhong Lecen opened his eyes wide: "I still have this thing at home—"

Shen Gu disdained: "Isn't it just a dog." He kicked the door shut with his heel and kissed it directly.Zhong Lecen struggled to squeeze out a few words from between his lips: "That's a dog ghost, not an ordinary dog—"

Shen Gu pulled open his belt directly, and put his hand in: "At least keep your voice down."

Zhong Lecen was caught in the center of gravity by him, and immediately softened: "You are so annoying..."

Shen Gu gnawed on his neck threateningly: "You dare to say that, you are finished!"

Zhong Lecen twisted his body so that he could pull down his pants: "You bite—a dog!"

Shen Gu unbuttoned his button neatly, lowered his head and bit it: "Wrong, I belong to the tiger."

He didn't bite hard enough, Zhong Lecen felt itchy, and laughed out a sneer: "You just—" Before he finished speaking, his voice suddenly turned, "You—"

Shen Gu nibbled on his chest, and took off his clothes with one hand: "Keep your voice down, there are people listening outside..."

Zhong Lecen quickly covered his mouth, and there was some steam in his voice: "Take it easy—" The weather was very hot, and Shen Gu's body was a little sweaty, and his slightly damp skin seemed to be glued to his own right away. , blending into one, even the heartbeat of the other party seems to be clearly felt.

Shen Gu raised his eyes to look at him, licked it maliciously, and took a bite harder.Zhong Lecen blurted out: "It hurts!" There was a look of grievance in his eyes.

Shen Gu caressed the delicate skin on the inner side of his thigh, and moved up to kiss him: "Good boy—"

Zhong Lecen pursed his lips and refused to cooperate.Shen Gu chuckled lightly, and stroked him gently through his underwear: "Are you angry?"

Zhong Lecen's face gradually flushed, and he moaned softly from the depths of his throat, and his eyes became moist.Shen Gu looked at his intoxicated expression, and his eyes became gentle. He pulled away the little underwear that was already in the way, and was about to go deeper, when suddenly the door rang, and someone dragged in, and then Zhong Leyang was surprised. voice: "Shikigami? Brother, where are you? Kuka is too drunk!"