After Marrying the Lord of the Underworld

For a moment, Jing Xian was shocked in his heart.

Then a pounding heart was too soft again.

He almost held Lu Yingjiu against the floor-to-ceiling windows, and he could kiss her with just a slight bow of his head.And he had never, ever wanted to do it so badly.

Lu Yingjiu spoke again in his arms.

His voice was low, hoarse, and sounded inexplicably gentle: "But, Jingxian, you have to go. I won't let you stay by my side."

Jing Xian's movements froze.

Full of joy and tenderness seemed to freeze in an instant.

"咚咚-"

There was a light knock on the door.

Xiao Ning poked her head in very untimely and lowered her voice: "They are gone, come with me."

Seeing the intimate movements of the two, he was taken aback for a moment, but he didn't think about it.

Lu Yingjiu sighed silently, and said to Jingxian, "Let's go first."

He wanted to move forward, but Jing Xian didn't give way, and still stood in front of him.

Lu Yingjiu looked up helplessly and said, "I'll explain it clearly to you."

Jing Xian paused for half a second, then stepped aside.

Following Xiao Ning, they walked along the dark corridor.

The evidence room is just ahead. After the three of them swiped their work badges, the light at the door turned green and the security door opened automatically.There is also a door there, covered with talisman paper, and various symbols are painted on the door.

Xiao Ning took out a lot of talisman papers from her body, pasted them here and there, and finally made a trick.

Their clothes are windless and automatic.

A few seconds later, the newly pasted talisman paper began to burn and turned into fly ash.

That door opened.

Lu Yingjiu said, "Why is it so complicated now?"

"Hey, isn't it for the sake of safety?" Xiao Ning said while walking, "We are also very annoying, and we have to bring so many talisman papers when we come here."

He flicked on the light.

What appeared in front of my eyes was a dense collection of physical evidence storage cabinets. Except for the combination lock, every cabinet was covered with talisman paper.

Xiao Ning took them and asked them to wait on the periphery.He walked all the way to the depths of the fifth row of cabinets, entered the password, and made a series of complicated gestures before the talisman paper slowly flew up and landed obediently beside it.

He said, "Come here."

After Lu Yingjiu and Jingxian passed by, Xiao Ning took out a box and opened it.

Inside the box were various physical evidence, including fingerprints, hair, the victim's mobile phone, and several pieces of blood-stained talisman paper.

Xiao Ning said: "Chairman Chen has already explained the situation to me clearly, you don't need to look at other physical evidence, just this is enough."

He took out a mobile phone in a pouch.

This is an old-fashioned flip phone, even if it was placed 6 years ago, it is also a backward style.The screen is very small, only half of it is not damaged, and the characters on the keyboard of the mobile phone are almost worn out. It can be seen that it has been used for many years.

It looks like someone has stepped on it severely, or it has fallen from a height.The cable of the mobile phone is broken, the screen cannot be turned on, and the memory card is also broken. I can't find any data, and the large and small parts are scattered into pieces.

Xiao Ning explained: "This is Chen Minlan's cell phone. It was in Chen Minlan's hands when I found it. But maybe it was Chen Yanyan...well, I mean Fan Xin was too flustered at the time, thinking that Chen Minlan was going to call the police, so she flew away. After kicking it, the phone hit the wall and broke like this."

Lu Yingjiu said: "How strong is that, to be able to kick like this."

In my impression, Fan Xin didn't have much strength, she was soft and weak.

Xiao Ning said: "Well, one is that this mobile phone is very old, and it is not very resistant to drops; the other is that Mrs. Chen has a habit of smashing walnuts with her mobile phone, and she has to smash a dozen of them a day... Forever and ever, the mobile phone is originally It's on the verge of breaking. Look at the dents on the sides, it's all walnut-cracking."

Lu Yingjiu: "..."

Xiao Ning laughed a few times, and continued: "It was damaged like this when it came back from the evidence collection at the scene. My senior sister was in charge of the evidence collection, and she said it was impossible to recover the data."

"At that time, no one had any hope. They just put away the rotten mobile phone and put it in the physical evidence room. A few days later, when the senior sister came to the physical evidence room, she heard the ringing of the mobile phone. The sound of "ding dong" was very short. It's a notification tone for a text message."

"According to the logic, several mobile phones were turned off after the forensics was completed. This kind of thing should not happen."

"Senior sister followed the sound and found that it was the evidence cabinet of the Miemen case. She thought that some mobile phone was still on, but when she opened it, it turned out that the screen was on and it was this rotten mobile phone."

Lu Yingjiu looked at the phone again.

It's so rotten that it's impossible to turn it on, let alone receive text messages.

When this matter was mentioned, Xiao Ning also felt chills on her back, and swallowed: "Senior sister was also very scared at the time and wanted to call someone over, but she only needs to press lightly, and she can see the content of the text message."

"They speculated that the old lady must have left clues about the murderer at the last moment of her life. This is simply too important to the case. Therefore, the senior sister clicked on the text message because she was afraid of missing the opportunity."

He stopped here.

Lu Yingjiu asked, "What's the content of the message?"

Xiao Ning hesitated and said, "...how about you just watch it yourself."

He pressed the power button of the phone, and the phone, which was so rotten that it was almost a pile of parts, actually turned on.

He handed the phone to Lu Yingjiu.

The boot process lasted more than 30 seconds.

After a white light, the text message finally appeared.

The screen was broken, with grotesque colors and distorted fonts, split by several cracks:

【Your time has come】

"..." Lu Yingjiu's pupils narrowed for a moment, and he subconsciously looked up the text message.

Recipient's mobile phone number: 186xxxxxxx029

Lu Yingjiu looked familiar with this number, thought for a few seconds, and then remembered: it was his old mobile phone number.

This is a text message to him.

Lu Yingjiu's head was in a mess.

Countless questions flashed through his mind: What is the content of the text message?Does Chen Minlan know herself?Could it be that she has something to do with the fake wedding she met?Why didn't he receive this text message back then?

Six years ago, Chen Minlan tried to contact him.

And 6 years later, her ghost also took the initiative to come to her door, as if she wanted to tell Lu Yingjiu the unfinished news.

He was in a state of confusion, and his left hand was suddenly held by Jing Xian.

The grip is light but reassuring.

It was like being under the sea, Jing Xian hugged him tightly from behind, the warm body temperature overwhelmed the cold and dark sea water.

At this moment, the tide that was about to submerge Lu Yingjiu also seemed to have disappeared.

Lu Yingjiu took a deep breath and shook her head.

After calming down, he was able to think carefully again.

He looked at the date of the text message, it was 【2015.12.10】

Recall that his mobile phone number was changed together with the mobile phone.He should... He should have changed it in the second half of 15, around November. If you go home and look for it, you can find the receipt or electronic invoice.

Although he couldn't remember the exact date, he remembered that it must have been before December.

In other words, Chen Minlan sent a message to his old mobile phone number.

But it was impossible for Lu Yingjiu to be received.

Xiao Ning looked at his face and asked cautiously, "Mr. Lu, are you okay?"

Lu Yingjiu: "..."

He let out a long breath and rubbed his eyebrows: "It's okay."

Xiao Ning said: "They listed you as a suspect back then because the text message, especially the content of the text message, was so weird that it could even be interpreted as...some kind of threat, a threat to the criminal. But the evidence is not enough, You stayed in City Z for another 2 months, and before the investigation started, they let go of their suspicion of you."

Lu Yingjiu asked, "Why didn't you show me this text message?"

"It's a bit embarrassing to say," Xiao Ning scratched her head, "Only the senior sister saw the text message, and she couldn't open that phone again. She has a good memory and has a good photographic memory. She can write down your phone number at a glance. , It’s a pity that I didn’t have time to take pictures, so I could only dictate to others—this greatly reduces the credibility. If it weren’t for her high position, it would probably be regarded as nonsense.”

Lu Yingjiu glanced at the lighted cell phone in his hand: "Then how can it be used now?"

"It was only recently that it was turned on again." Xiao Ning said, "It was about two months ago. President Chen also advocated a re-investigation of you because he saw this text message."

As far as Lu Yingjiu knew, the investigation on him really started two months ago.

The time is right.

According to Yu Gong, Chen Zheng did have the right to investigate this clue.Chen Minlan is Chen Zheng's elder and mentor. He has always been worried about the Miemen case and feels full of doubts.

In private, he didn't want Lu Yingjiu to stay any longer, and this was an excellent opportunity.

As for whether Chen Zheng believes that Lu Yingjiu is the murderer, I am afraid that only he himself knows.

Lu Yingjiu held the phone and remained silent for a long time.

He seemed to want to imprint every word and every detail of the text message into his soul.

Then Lu Yingjiu gently handed the phone back: "Take it back, I've finished reading it."

Xiao Ning took the phone, put it back in the box and put it away.

The process of going out of the evidence room is as cumbersome as that of entering.

After finally getting out of the layers of talisman paper seals, Lu Yingjiu and Jingxian took the elevator downstairs and left the building through the back door.

The evening breeze was cool, and they walked forward side by side.

There was a small alley from the back door. There was no street light at all. There was a stray cat in the corner. It was dirty and was licking its fur. It looked up at the two of them vigilantly, then turned and ran away.

Other than that, there were no other living creatures, and the road ahead was pitch black, as if there was no end in sight.

Jing Xian wanted to say something, but was interrupted softly by Lu Yingjiu: "Jing Xian, please let me be alone first."

So Jing Xian didn't say a word, and stayed quietly by his side as usual.

Back in front of the car, Lu Yingjiu opened the door and got on the co-pilot, fastening the seat belt.Jing Xian started the car, the headlights turned on, and the bright yellow beams stretched to the distance, illuminating the floating dust in the air.

Lu Yingjiu suddenly said, "Do you want to go to the bar?"

Jing Xian was stunned for a moment: "I have no problem."

"Then let's go." Lu Yingjiu said, "I want to have a drink."

Fifteen minutes later, the car stopped at a remote street corner.

There is a very small bar here, with wooden tables and chairs placed outside, the signboard is also made of wood, illuminated by yellow-brown lights, surrounded by a circle of delicate flowers, it looks like it has been carefully cared for Pass.

They found a table outside, facing the deserted street.

At night, this southern city finally cools down. Take a deep breath, and the slightly cool air moistens your heart.

Lu Yingjiu was not interested in the types of wine, so he ordered the most common cold beer, and placed a large glass in front of him.

Jing Xian originally wanted to order some whiskey, but Lu Yingjiu glanced at him lazily: "You don't want your driver's license anymore, do you want to deduct 12 points? Give me the list, and I'll order something else for you. Drunk ghost, I don't see it very often."

Just after getting the drink list, Lu Yingjiu changed his mind again and said, "Forget it, you drink the bar, at worst, call a substitute driver."

This time it was Jing Xian who didn't want to.

He said, "You should help me."

The tone is expectant.

So 2 minutes later, a large glass of strawberry milk was placed in front of Jingxian.

The pink is tender and tender, cute and lovely.

Jing Xian: "..."

The drink ordered by the daughter-in-law has to be drunk even if it is magma.He just took this pink glass and watched Lu Yingjiu take a few sips of wine.

Then, Lu Yingjiu said, "I was born to attract ghosts, and I can see many things that others cannot see."

"It's like the road at the entrance of the primary school. All the students walked happily. Only I can see that the road is full of ghosts, under street lights, in the lake or on the wall. Most of them maintained a miserable state of death. Some have no heads, some have no limbs, and they wander between the heavens and the earth only by their obsession."

"Every ghost wants to find me."

"Or they want to talk to me, or beg me to settle their grievances, or want to kill me."

He took another sip of beer: "At first I was very scared. I couldn't figure out why it was so difficult for me to live a simple life for others? Why do so many people in the world come to me? ?”

"My family has invited me many ghost exorcists, but they have no choice but to give me some talisman papers that are not very useful to drive away the lowest level ghosts."

"But the monsters and monsters I met, if they saw them, they would probably scare them to death. What's the use of that talisman paper?"

The water droplets on the wine glass slowly slid down, wet Lu Yingjiu's slender fingers.

He looked at Jing Xian.I saw Jingxian sitting in a well-behaved manner, listening to him attentively, and holding the glass of strawberry milk—the strawberry milk has already been drunk by a third.

Lu Yingjiu smiled unconsciously.

It was a smile that he didn't even realize.

He went on to say: "It is very expensive to hire a ghost exorcist for a long time. My family is not well-off, so I can't afford it at all. I thought, since the talisman paper is useless, I should imitate it and draw it myself. So, every day I They all get up at four or five o'clock, imitate drawing talisman paper, and take it with them when they go out."

"At the beginning, the talisman paper was useless, like a piece of waste paper. But the more I drew, the better I got, and soon I was better than those ghost exorcists."

He shook the beer glass in his hand, and saw the clear liquid swaying in it with a yellow-brown light.

"I always thought that everyone could do this. Until one day when I was using talisman paper, I met a fortune-telling master on the street."

"When the master saw the talisman paper, he was so excited that he stopped me and asked me who drew it. I answered him that I drew it myself."

"In the end, do you know what he said?" Lu Yingjiu smiled, "He said that I would lie to people at a young age—it is obvious that he himself is the biggest liar."

"I showed him the drawing on the spot, which proved that I did not lie. The master was so excited that he took my hand and said that I am a peerless genius. Do you want to join the glorious road of exorcising ghosts today and fight against the world side by side with him? The dark and evil forces, the world depends on the two of us to save."

Jing Xian took a sip of strawberry milk, the slightly sweetness exploded on the tip of his tongue, but it was not annoying.

He asked, "Have you agreed?"

Lu Yingjiu shook her head and said, "No, because I think he is trying to cheat me out of money."

Jing Xian said: "Then actually?"

Lu Yingjiu said: "He insisted on pulling me to make a fortune, and really cheated me of 20 yuan."

Jing Xian: "..."

Lu Yingjiu added: "The 20 yuan was the money I used to buy tutorial books. When I went home and told my mother that I lost the money, she believed that I used it to buy snacks. But there is no need to do the questions. I'm actually quite happy."

Jing Xian: "..."

Lu Yingjiu raised his glass and drank.

He continued: "The master later came to my house and said that there is a way to solve my natural bad luck. After that, it will be the matter of ghost marriage, so I will skip it."

"The master made a calculation for me, saying that I will definitely not live to be 27 years old, and there is an unavoidable death."

Jing Xian's hand retracted imperceptibly.

He said, "You'll be fine, I'm by your side."

In fact, his appearance was just for this moment.

"...Although the master is very unreliable," Lu Yingjiu smiled, obviously not believing him, "but a certain intuition makes me think that what he said is right."

"I don't think I'm more unlucky than others. After all, my talent is beyond their lifetime. However, sometimes I wonder if I really have less luck."

"Look, I'm already at the pinnacle of the ghost exorcism world. But there are still things that I don't have a clue about, and I can't control them."

Jing Xian was silent for a few seconds, and said, "Is it the 'time has come' incident?"

"Yes." Lu Yingjiu nodded, "At first I thought it was just an ordinary ghost encounter, but time and time again, the situation was completely wrong. I saw Chen Minlan's text message today, and I was sure. Years—or maybe even earlier, it existed."

"It's the only thing in my life, about ghosts, that's completely out of my control."

"I believe it is my death."

Lu Yingjiu took a long breath: "Okay, I've finished what I wanted to say, I feel comfortable."

Jing Xian wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Lu Yingjiu: "Don't mention it, we'll talk about it later." He smiled at Jing Xian.

He drank the last drop of beer, his fair face was slightly flushed, his eyes gleamed with water, and he looked at Jing Xian under the light.

At this glance, it was like a deer hoofing for fun, it plunged into Jing Xian's heart, bumping around.He pretended to lower his head inadvertently, the strawberry milk was gone, but he still felt the sweetness on the tip of his tongue.

But suddenly, he remembered Lu Yingjiu's words today.

The deer slammed and crashed to death on the iceberg.

Back in the car, Lu Yingjiu lowered the seat and prepared to take a nap.

The car drove across the street silently, the high and low buildings passing by the windows, the evening wind rolled out the curtains of several houses, and they fluttered in the wind.

After Lu Yingjiu drank, she was a little dazed, her tone was a bit vague, and she suddenly said, "By the way, about the 20 yuan——"

Jing Xian: "Huh?"

"Although my mother firmly believed that I used the money to buy snacks, she didn't scold me or beat me up. She just took out another 20 and put it in my hand, saying that next time I want to eat snacks, I can directly contact her Said. Although she doesn’t have much money, and she spent an extra yuan on groceries, she can miss it for several weeks, but it’s still possible to make me happy.”

Jing Xian asked: "Then you went to buy some snacks?"

"No," Lu Yingjiu closed her eyes, "I went to buy the tutorial book, that question is really disgusting."

They both laughed together.

After laughing, Lu Yingjiu said: "Although I am young, I have met many, many people. Some people hate me and wish I would die today, while others love me and hope that my future will be bright forever."

"Of course, extreme love and hate are a minority, and most people are in the middle." He continued, "Then Jingxian, which one are you?"

This sounds like a point question.

Jing Xian was about to answer when he heard Lu Yingjiu laugh again: "No need to answer, I know the answer."

Jing Xian: "...um."

Although he didn't grab the sub-question, his ears were slightly hot.

Lu Yingjiu said: "That's why I feel that you can no longer stay by my side. You are clear about the price for a priest to come to the world in the flesh, right?"