Urban Night Returner

"... That's it, so, Su Wan, you didn't change your life with me, so it's not like you can only live to be 30 years old."

"Ah?" Su Wan said a single-syllable word, and stood with a blank face, completely at a loss.

Zhong Lecen looked at him apologetically: "I'm sorry, I haven't figured it out all this time, I've caused you all these years..."

Shen Gu frowned slightly.What is there to be sorry for?If I really want to say sorry, Su Wan should also say something to Zhong Lecen, right?

Su Wan seemed to understand it only at this time: "Le Cen, then we - what I said last time..."

"Well, I'm sorry, you see, I'm already solid."

Su Wan looked at Zhong Lecen in disappointment.Shen Gu walked over and hugged Zhong Lecen's shoulders possessively: "Say goodbye to Mr. Su, it's almost noon, and we have to move."

As soon as Su Wan heard the "we", his face turned gray again, as if he had been hit by a stick in his head.Zhong Lecen looked at him in embarrassment, but patted him lightly under Shen Gu's gesture: "Then let's go, you have to live well. After the bidding is over, if you have time, come to our house to play."

Shen Gu had no intention of inviting Su Wan to play, but seeing the sentence "our family", he waited generously for Zhong Lecen to finish the sentence before pulling him into the car and leaving.Su Wan stood there, his eyes following the car, with a look of disappointment on his face.Zhong Lecen lay prone on the seat and turned his head to look back, with a look of resentment.Shen Gu patted him: "Sit down and put on your seat belt. He's 30 years old, and he's not a three-year-old kid. Don't worry."

Zhong Lecen sat down obediently: "I just feel—"

"Hey, you can't just think about other men!" Shen Gu protested, "Think of me as a dead person?"

Zhong Lecen's full of sadness was completely disturbed by him, and he burst out laughing: "Stop talking nonsense, have you forgotten the spirit of speech? By the way, Le Yang said that he also has the spirit of speech, and it seems that Rouge is only one of them."

"Speaking unscrupulously on the Internet, according to what you said, it's not surprising that Yanling appeared. Didn't Le Yang already report the incident and the forum was also blocked?"

"But there is more than one forum like this. Closing this one doesn't completely cut off the source of the words."

"Think about it again, don't you? There are some things you can't stop, so don't worry about it."

"You used the wrong words!" Zhong Lecen accused, "That's not how people worry about the sky."

Shen Gu didn't bother him with the language issue, and pointed out the facts: "It's here."

Zhong Lecen resentfully shut up and was about to get out of the car, but Shen Gu suddenly grabbed him and pressed his head into his arms: "Don't look back."

Zhong Lecen was stunned, and guessed: "Who is outside? Young Master Zhang?"

"Yes." Shen Gu saw Shao Jing standing at the gate of Xiao's old house at a glance, directing the workers to dismantle the backyard. Shen Gu's eyesight was good, and he noticed something stuck to the arms of the workers' uniforms from such a distance. It looks like a piece of paper with a drawing on it.Shen Gu guessed what kind of talisman it should be, probably to protect those workers from going in and out of the backyard safely.Patting Zhong Lecen, he opened the car door: "Sit still and don't look this way, I'll be back in a while."

Shao Jing held a cigarette between his fingers but didn't smoke it. When Shen Gu walked three or four steps behind him, he suddenly turned around: "Mr. Shen is here?"

"Mr. Shao has good hearing." Ordinary people would not be able to hear his footsteps at this distance.

Shao Jing shrugged: "It's not that my ears are good, it's that Mr. Shen has a strong evil spirit."

Shen Gu took a look at the messy demolished backyard. The stone mill had been taken down, and the waterways on both sides of the yard were cut off, turning into a pool of stagnant water.Not all the walls were torn down, but sections were torn down at intervals. It looked messy, but there seemed to be some kind of regularity inside.

"What kind of formation is this Mr. Shao set up?"

Shao Jing smiled slightly: "That's right. Mr. Shen also understands this?"

"I don't know, I'm just guessing."

"Oh—" Shao Jing nodded casually, "From tonight onwards, Mr. Shen must come here before dark and leave after dawn."

Shen Gu thought about it: "My work cannot guarantee the regularity of time, what if I can't stay here at night for something?"

Shao Jing frowned, hesitated for half a minute, and took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket: "If you really want to leave at night, cut a piece of your hair and light it together with this cigarette, and put it in the room. The cigarette can be lit for about three hours, and you must come back before the smoke goes out."

Shen Gu glanced at the cigarette in his hand, they had been talking for several minutes standing here, the red flame on the cigarette butt was bright, but there was no ash burning out.Moreover, Shao Jing never took a puff of cigarettes. Obviously, the cigarettes were not meant for people to smoke.

"Mr. Shen, come here, and I can leave. The house will remain as it is now. Please don't move the courtyard walls. I will come back in three months. It is estimated that by then, Mr. Shen's task will be completed." " Shao Jing was talking, when the phone rang suddenly, he picked it up and listened to something, and immediately frowned: "Where are you going? Did I tell you not to meddle in your own business? Listen to me, Mai Mai, don't Make some trouble! Where are you? Just stand there and don't move, I'll go over now!" Hanging up the phone, he only nodded to Shen Gu, and hurried away in his car.

wheat?Shen Gu suddenly had an idea——the child whose surname was Mai that Zhong Yi mentioned was borrowed by Zhong Lecen, could it be Mai?But then he was a little funny.How can there be such a coincidence that everyone will come to Binhai?The world is too small, isn't it?

A car sped up from the other side of the road, and almost braked suddenly on the side of the road in front of Shen Gu, the door seemed to be knocked open, and the person who came out—Shen Gu frowned slightly, he knew Xiao Qingfan , or in other words, another soul in Xiao Qingfan's body?

Xiao Qingfan obviously came towards Shen Gu, because as soon as he came out, he rushed straight in front of Shen Gu: "Why are you here? Do you really want to live in this house?"

Shen Gu frowned imperceptibly.Xiao Qingfan's tone was very similar to the soul hidden in his body that had shown up before: "What's the matter?"

Xiao Qingfan seemed to realize that her tone was inappropriate, so she managed to calm down a bit: "I heard that you are going to live here? This is not suitable for you to live in, so don't agree to them."

Shen Gu looked at him carefully: "Do you know why I came to live here?"

"Of course I know. But this place is too cloudy to live in."

"I'm so angry, I don't care."

"Who said you don't care?" Xiao Qingfan looked anxious, "Zhang Jingcun used the Great Sun Tathagata Golden Wheel Curse, the yang energy is too strong——"

Shen Gu raised his eyebrows: "Mr. Xiao, you just said that this place is too cloudy to live in."

Xiao Qingfan realized that he had slipped his words in a hurry, and his face changed slightly: "Anyway, you can't live here, I'm doing it for your own good."

"Oh." Shen Gu nodded unhurriedly, "Then why can't we live there? Is it because the yin energy is too heavy or the yang energy is too heavy?"

The expression on Xiao Qingfan's face seemed to be watching her beloved things being damaged little by little: "Suqin——no, I mean, you really can't live here, it's not good for your health! Just listen to me, okay? Okay? I won't hurt you!"

Shen Gu stared at him, and suddenly asked: "Who are you?"

Pain flashed across Xiao Qingfan's face, although it was short, it made his cheek muscles tremble slightly, obviously he was gritting his teeth: "I——you can't remember now. But just wait Wait, when I get the Sanshengquan water, you will be able to recall everything. But now you must listen to me, otherwise even wearing that piece of jade will hurt you, please listen to me, okay? I beg you."

Shen Gu didn't expect that he would use such a begging tone, he was stunned for a moment: "Sanshengquan?" He had already gone down to the Sanshengquan, but why did Xiao Qingfan get the water from the Sanshengquan?What did he want him to remember?

"Yes, Sanshengquan." Xiao Qingfan's eyes flashed with enthusiasm, "Trust me, I will let you remember!"

"Mr. Xiao, no matter what you want me to remember, but I have promised to move in, I'm afraid I can't break my promise."

Xiao Qingfan became a little anxious: "Isn't it just to block the Yin Qi in the backyard? Leave this to me, and I'll take care of it!"

Shen Gu looked at him suspiciously: "How to solve it?"

Xiao Qingfan's face was a little impatient: "Although Zhang Jingcun was born with the six-character mantra of Buddhism, it is not easy to use it. Why does it take three months for the real Great Sun Tathagata Golden Wheel Mantra to clear away these yin energy? This house is gone , I can get rid of these yin qi today, you stay away from here, the farther the better."

The more Shen Gu listened, the more suspicious he became. The name "Zuo Mu" had already come to his lips, and he almost wanted to call out to test him, but at this moment the cell phone in his pocket rang, and it was from Xiao Heizi: "Brother Shen, come here quickly, Missing case!"

Shen Gu didn't have time to talk to Xiao Qingfan, so he took Zhong Lecen to the nearest station and drove to the bureau.Xiao Heizi was there, and next to him was a couple who were crying to death.

"what happened?"

Little Heizi told the story again.The husband and wife's two daughters are real estate brokers, and they took a guest to several places to look at houses on New Year's Eve.As a mother, I was a little anxious, and felt that I should go home early on New Year's Eve, so I made a phone call at seven o'clock.The mother and daughter were still talking on the phone, and the daughter said that the house had been finished and the customer had just driven away, so she would go to the station to take the car home.When the mother said what bus to take, take a taxi and come back.Just as I was talking about this, I heard my daughter let out a muffled cry, and the phone was cut off.Call again, but it is not in the service area.The husband and wife panicked and hurriedly searched everywhere while calling the police, and finally asked the location of the balcony where the daughter planned to go to the daughter's colleague.As a result, the police who rushed over searched all the places, and finally found the girl's small bag on the ground outside a Xinlouzao community, with a few drops of blood splashed on it, but nothing else.

"No witnesses?"

Xiao Heizi shook his head: "It's a new building, and no one has lived in it yet."

"Are there signs of a struggle at the scene?"

"It says there is nothing in the materials. And everything in the bag is there, and there is a lot of money, but there is no mobile phone."

"Go, go to the scene and have a look."

It was indeed a new building that hadn't been occupied yet.Shen Gu saw a sale advertisement in the newspaper, the starting price was as high as [-], and it was said that it sold very quickly.There are six buildings with no more than twenty households.The girl's bag was found on the road not far from the gate of the community, close to the wall of the community.Shen Gu stood at the scene of the incident and looked around. It was a hard non-slip brick floor, and there were really no traces of struggle.The on-site inspection report said that the bag was dropped on the ground, and the zipper was still well pulled, and it didn't look like it had been torn.

Shen Gu stood in front of the fence, looked around, and said hello to Xiao Heizi: "Go and have a look at Building 4. Are there any residents?"

Xiao Heizi has already obtained the check-in information from the guard: "There are three."

The guard followed them anxiously, asking repeatedly: "Comrade police, could it be robbery and murder? But I really didn't hear anything at that time!"

Shen Gu took a look, and the guard room was indeed only a hundred meters away from the accident site: "Is it because the firecrackers are too loud, and you didn't hear them?"

"How can there be any sound of firecrackers? There are not many families living here, but at twelve o'clock, two families came down to set off some fireworks. It was very quiet all night."

"Didn't you say it was sold out?"

Little Heizi curled his lips: "What! That's what the real estate projects say. In fact, most of them are for publicity, making people feel that the supply is in short supply, so that the price can be raised. Then there may be real estate speculators, who can't buy it."

Shen Gu nodded and asked the guard: "Do you remember what happened at that time?"

The doorman has been asked several times, and immediately said: "Remember. Because there are still people coming to see the house on New Year's Eve, so I remember clearly. The person who bought the house drove away as soon as he went out, and the girl walked along the fence Go to the station. There are street lights on the road, and the station is just a short turn away. I usually have nothing to do when I get off work at [-] or [-] o’clock. Who would have thought that it would be only after seven o’clock——Comrade police, you must catch the criminals quickly. I, I feel it's dangerous. There are few people in this neighborhood, if murderers or something come in..."

Xiao Heizi recorded his words, and Shen Gu went directly to Building No. 4. There are three families living in Building 4, two on the second floor and one on the fourth floor.The two families on the second floor are young couples. One family went back to their mother's house in their thirties, and they were not at home at all; To coax the children, I went to bed at eight o'clock, because I was afraid that the sound of firecrackers would frighten the children, and the doors and windows were closed tightly. I only watched half of the Spring Festival Gala, let alone know what happened in the community until the police came to know. Someone died outside the community, which frightened the couple to death.Shen Gu looked for no clues, and from the windows of the two houses, he couldn't see where the girl's accident happened, so he went straight to the fourth floor.

The resident on the fourth floor came out after Shen Gu knocked on the door for a long time, his face was full of exhaustion: "Comrade police, we have already taken notes for you. My mother is ill again right now, and I am really out of energy. "

"I'm sorry." Shen Gu glanced into the room, "Thank you for supporting our work, but this incident has killed people, so we have to interrupt, can you answer a few more questions for us?"

The man said helplessly, "Then you can ask."

"Can I go in and take a look?"

"……come in."

The size of the house is not very big, about seventy square meters, and the furnishings are relatively ordinary. From one bedroom, an old woman's indistinct shouts and a woman's voice coaxing her can be heard.Shen Gu took a look: "That's—"

The man's face was irritated: "My mother. She was not in good spirits at first, but people came and went last night, and she fell ill again after making a fuss."

Shen Gu looked at the bedroom window, from here he could see the street outside the wall, but he should not be able to see the people clinging to the wall.

"What didn't you see last night?"

"Really not." The man sat down on the chair, "My mother was not in a good mood last night, we didn't even bother to watch the Spring Festival Gala, let alone look outside."

The old woman's voice stopped for a while, then she shouted again: "Shadow, shadow..."

The man stood up irritably and shouted into the room over there: "You don't know how to coax Mom, you keep making her shout like that, your voice is broken!"

Shen Gu looked at the situation and couldn't ask anything, so he left with Xiao Heizi and went back to the guard room: "Is there a camera in the community? Check the video."

"Yes, there is, but that location is outside the camera, and it can't be photographed. The police who came this morning have already seen it." The guard said while still calling out the video.

The video did not capture the scene of the accident, but Shen Gu still watched carefully.Because there are few residents in the community, almost no one has come in and out since six o'clock, and the video shows the green belt outside the gate, which has not changed.Shen Gu watched patiently, then suddenly reached out and pressed the fast reverse button.Xiao Heizi cheered up: "Brother Shen, what did you find?"

Shen Gu frowned and played the previous part again, and Xiao Heizi was puzzled: "This, there is nothing here?" He looked at every corner that the video camera could see, and he was sure that even if there was a mouse Running in front of the camera will also find it, but there is really nothing now.

Shen Gu didn't speak.In fact, the scene in the video didn't seem to change at all, but he just felt that something passed in front of the camera.He rewinds the video and watches it again.The green belt outside the gate grows kale, a plant that looks like cabbage, but the leaves are light green and purple.Because there is a certain distance, I can't see clearly in the video, only green and red lines.Shen Gu stared at the video three times, and finally found out why he had the feeling of "something passing in front of the camera" just now, because the leaf of the light green kale seemed to be slightly faint at a certain time. It sank a bit, then returned to its original shape.In the video this is a very blurry and slight change, even in the purple kale, because the leaf color is too dark, this change cannot be found in the video, and the light color because of the dark road surface With rendering, Shen Gu finally captured this extremely subtle change.