After Marrying the Lord of the Underworld

16 hours ago, Meihua Community.

There is a new hot pot restaurant in the community, open 24 hours, the taste is good, the price is low, and you have to wait for an hour or two to wait for a table.Zhao Hu took a few brothers to sit outside, drinking some wine, cooking some beef, mutton, or duck intestines, and before he knew it, it was early morning.

The brothers were all slightly drunk, their faces and necks flushed.

Zhao Hu was not full, so he beckoned and called the waiter: "Hey, you guys are pretty smart, hiccup, serve me another dish."

The waiter responded and turned back to the store.

Just as Zhao Hu was about to light a cigarette, the brother next to him said with his tongue out, "Hu, Brother Hu, your drinking capacity today is really bad."

"You're the one who talks too much." Zhao Hu slapped him with a smile, "Come on, let's fill it up again! Whoever doesn't finish the drink will be the grandson!"

After another round of drinking, he became even more drunk, leaning on the back of the chair and talking strange things.Zhao Hu's drinking capacity is good, and when he was drunk, he remembered that the dish of brain tea hadn't been served yet.

——The waiter forgot to specify.

He cursed in a low voice, waved vigorously, and scolded anyone who caught him: "Where's the food?! Why haven't my brains been served yet!"

The passerby was puzzled: "I'm not a waiter."

Zhao Hu became even more angry: "Then you don't hurry up and become a waiter! If you don't become a waiter, will your brains fall from the sky?!"

boom! !

Suddenly there was a loud bang.

Before Zhao Hu could react, he heard the screams from the people next to him! !

He had never heard such a terrible scream, and the wine immediately woke up halfway. When he turned his head, the table collapsed, the hot pot was overturned, and a body was lying straight in the middle, with red and white patches spread out, and the blood was covered with brains. The table was covered.

Zhao Hu: "..."

……

Chu Banyang put down the phone, supported his head, and said, holding back his drunkenness, "Something happened in the Meihua community, I'm going over there. Take your time."

His gaze was still on the diamond ring on the table.

Just as Lu Yingjiu was about to speak, Xiao Li skillfully took out a piece of talisman and slapped his master on the head.

The effect is immediate.

The blush on Chu Banyang's face went down immediately, and he sobered up.The daze in his eyes receded, he paused for a few seconds, and his brain restarted.

The ears are still red.

——That was obviously not the effect of alcohol.

"Meihua District..." Xiao Li murmured, "I remember that there were several cases of homeless people disappearing nearby, and it was even on the news. Why are there all kinds of bad things there? How bad is Feng Shui?"

Lu Yingjiu called to stop Chu Banyang: "Let's go there together."

It must not be easy to be able to specifically notify Chu Banyang of the incident.

Chu Banyang looked at Lu Yingjiu, and said calmly, "Why do you want to go with me? I don't need your help."

Well, the usual Chu Banyang is back.

"Okay," Lu Yingjiu said, "Then I won't go."

Hearing this, there appeared on Chu Banyang's face a three-pointed hesitation to speak but a three-pointed twisting, a three-pointed pretentious arrogance and a three-pointed curiosity--full of emotions made that handsome sculpture-like face somewhat look ... a little tangled.

After a few seconds, he said proudly, "If you really want to go, I won't stop you."

Lu Yingjiu: "..."

He ignored Chu Banyang's awkwardness, and asked again: "You didn't notice that there was something wrong with the diamond ring just now, did you?"

Chu Banyang asked strangely, "What diamond ring?"

From the way he looked, he probably didn't remember what nonsense he said just now.

Yeah.

Otherwise, with his thin skin, it is estimated that he will remember it for a lifetime, the kind that is automatically played back every night.

Lu Yingjiu showed him the diamond ring again, and Chu Banyang looked at it for a while: "Isn't it just an ordinary diamond ring, and it has no evil spirit. Why do you still go out with the diamond ring?" His expression was a little complicated, "... ...going to propose?"

"No. It's hard to explain in one word. I'll explain it to you later when I have a chance."

Chu Banyang hesitated to speak, and wanted to reach out for the diamond ring, to study carefully whether there was any problem, but just as he stretched out his hand——

Hey!

There was a slight sound, but the velvet diamond ring box was tightly closed.

If it weren't for Chu Banyang's quick reaction, his fingers would have been pinched. Judging by the momentum of the box, he was determined and angry, as if he could pinch his finger bones.

Lu Yingjiu: "..."

Chu Banyang: "..."

Lu Yingjiu said: "Look, that's why I can't explain it in words."

Ye Feng and Xiao Li next to him didn't pay attention to this at all.

When he paid the bill and left, Xiao Li came over again and said, "Master, what brand of imported milk powder are you talking about just now? My aunt just gave birth and wants to buy it."

"...Imported milk powder?" Chu Banyang managed to get out of his train of thought from the diamond ring, and glanced at him inexplicably, "What milk powder, how could I mention milk powder? You can listen to what your master is saying, and you are too inattentive .Go back and copy the books."

Xiao Li:? ? ?

Chu Banyang came by car, and the black Bentley was parked on the street.

Five minutes later, the four stood by the car, looking at each other.

Chu Banyang said, "I've been drinking."

Lu Yingjiu: "Me too."

Xiao Li said: "I drank two or three sips...it probably won't work anymore."

The eyes of the three fell on Ye Feng.

Ye Feng: "Ah... I have only had my driver's license for two days, and parking is difficult. Do you really want me to drive?"

Chu Banyang said: "I won't ask you to pay me if I get too late. This is the cheapest car in my family. I bought it because someone hit me."

Xiao Li said: "Brother Ye Feng, if you have a driver's license, it means you are capable. You really don't have to worry about it."

Lu Yingjiu: "..."

He had a bad premonition.

They got into the car, Ye Feng fastened his seat belt, and held the steering wheel guiltily.

He was really scared.

Lu Yingjiu and Chu Banyang, not to mention the whole country, are at least half of the ghost exorcists south of the Huaihe River.

Now he is very afraid that he will bump the country.

Chu Banyang said in the back seat: "On the 18th, that is, yesterday, someone in the community called the police saying that there was a falling sound at two o'clock in the morning, and almost hit a table of guests eating hot pot. We need to hurry...

boom! !

Everyone leaned forward, and Xiao Li's head hit hard in front of him, making him dizzy.

Looking up again, a van was lying across the middle of the road.

Half of the world of exorcising ghosts finally collided directly, creating a depression in the boss.

Lu Yingjiu: "..."

Chu Banyang: "..."

Five minutes later, Ye Feng decided to stay alone and wait for the traffic police, while the other three took taxis.

Chu Banyang briefly explained the case in the car, and Xiao Li nodded beside him, but Lu Yingjiu hadn't heard a sound for a long time.

When he turned his head, he saw Lu Yingjiu tilting his head towards the window, and only saw the beautiful jawline and a slender neck at the neckline.

Didn't sleep well, started to catch up on sleep again.

Xiao Li also took a look, and suddenly heard Chu Banyang ask: "What are you looking at?"

"Nothing, nothing," Xiao Li stammered, "Master, keep talking! I'm listening carefully!"

"Go back and copy the books a few more times." Chu Banyang said lightly.

Carrying Xiao Li's wailing, the taxi galloped on the road, speeding all the way, and finally stopped at the entrance of Meihua Community.

The red and blue police lights were flashing, several police cars blocked the gate of the community, and several policemen were in the community, evacuating the rest of the people.

So a group of people at the main entrance of the community blocked everything.In the hot summer, when people get excited, their heads are covered with fine beads of sweat.Old men in sweatshirts, aunts in flowered shirts, young men with angry faces... Looking at the black and white area, it is hot to look at, and the smell of sweat permeates the air.

"Why did you kick me out?!"

"What is the situation now! I want to complain!"

"Did no one explain the situation?"

"Am I breaking the law when I go home?"

Lu Yingjiu quickly glanced at the scene, this time the news was tightly sealed, the reporter didn't squeeze in like a fly smelling rotten meat, otherwise it would give him a headache.

Several of them stepped forward.

When the police saw them approaching, they hurriedly said: "The community is closed, and people who have nothing to do with it should not approach!"

Chu Banyang took out a black leather ID and showed it to them—the Blue Lantern Society has long-term cooperation with the police.In the past two years, the police have just set up a special department to deal with ghost exorcists. When encountering a supernatural event, just say hello, and the people in the meeting will be unimpeded.

When the policeman saw him, he let out a long breath: "You are finally here." He turned around and roared, "Old Liu! He is here!"

He made way sideways and opened the iron gate of the community.In the community, an old policeman came up to meet him, the back of his blue uniform was completely wet with sweat.

He raised his hat to breathe, wiped his sweat again, and said, "Come with me, just call me Lao Liu."

Lu Yingjiu followed Lao Liu and looked around as he walked through the neighborhood.

It is a very common community structure, with a small garden in the center, and most people were evacuated out of the community.The police are still very cautious when encountering such a nasty supernatural event.

Lao Liu led them all the way into a small road, passed through the gaps in the buildings, and came to the corner of the community.There is a small open space, a hot pot restaurant has just opened, and there are a few round tables around it.

Before approaching, Lu Yingjiu smelled a foul stench.

Like rotten eggs that have been left out for three days in the middle of summer, but more disgusting than that.Flies buzzed about.Several policemen and forensic doctors stood at the scene, and the yellow warning tape was drawn in a big circle.

Lu Yingjiu walked over, in the middle of the long grass, two corpses stood side by side, covered with white cloth.

Lu Yingjiu said, "Look at the corpse."

Old Liu went over and uncovered the white cloth.The stench in the air billowed, Xiao Li retched and leaned against the wall.

Lu Yingjiu knelt down beside the corpse.

A man and a woman, wearing ordinary clothes.

The man jumped from the seventh floor of the top floor, his leg was broken, and his white bones were exposed.The female corpse was very intact, without trauma, she was lying on her back, her eyes were closed peacefully, her skin was delicate, her lips were rosy, as if she had just fallen into a deep sleep.

Lao Liu explained: "We received the alarm in the early morning, and when we came to the scene, there was only a male body. Before we had time to deal with it, we removed the table he smashed, and in a blink of an eye, another girl lay next to him. You said this situation, who would dare to continue to deal with it."

Lu Yingjiu said, "What's the situation between the two of them?"

Lao Liu said: "The male deceased named Zhong Aiguo, 35 years old this year, was an employee of an insurance company and had just resigned three days ago. We contacted friends and family members, and they all said that Zhong Aiguo did not show any intention of committing suicide. The female deceased Her name is Ji Cai, she is 28 years old, she used to be a teacher," he hesitated for a few seconds, "she was confirmed dead a year ago."

Lu Yingjiu glanced at the corpse and asked, "What is the cause of death? Why wasn't her body cremated?"

"The autopsy has no results, and the cause of death cannot be found." Lao Liu said, "Without conclusions, no one dared to burn her, so she was kept in the morgue. At that time, I also suspected that it was a supernatural case, so I invited a ghost exorcist to come over." , no results." He glanced at the female corpse again and shuddered, "She's here by herself now, it's so fucking evil."

Lu Yingjiu looked at the corpse carefully.

There is no Yin Qi, and no abnormalities can be seen.Looking up again, the buildings around me are against the blue sky.

This is an old community, the walls of the buildings are peeling off, mottled in large pieces, and the anti-theft windows are full of reddish-brown rust.But the view from the top floor is very good. If you watch the blue sky fall from above, you may feel like a bird for a moment.

Lu Yingjiu looked away and asked, "Which hospital's morgue is the female body in?"

Old Liu replied: "The Second City Hospital."

"Go and investigate all the suicide cases in the city in the last eight months, focusing on those who fell and died near the city's second hospital." Lu Yingjiu stood up, "There are too many people outside the community now, tell them all to evacuate, don't Leave one person alone. The community monitoring will call it out for us."

Several ghost exorcists from the Blue Lantern Festival came to the scene, and Chu Banyang arranged for them to paste runes on the scene.

Ten minutes later, Lu Yingjiu was already sitting in the monitoring room of the community, with a notebook with snow-white pages spread out on the table.

On the screen, the video recordings within three days are being played at 3x speed.The picture quality of the community surveillance is not good, and staring at it for a long time really hurts the eyes.As the scene changed, his brown pupils trembled slightly, without any emotion, like cold amber, or some kind of preying feline.

A few policemen and security guards were behind him, all of them held their breaths. Old Liu was on the phone outside, applying for data on suicide cases—in fact, not everyone can command these people so easily.

After all, ghost exorcists are just collaborators. It is inevitable that there will be people with ulterior motives, parallel imports, and parallel imports with ulterior motives... Therefore, many confidential documents will not be leaked to them at will, and they need to be reviewed. here.

This time Lu Yingjiu was brought in by Chu Banyang, and the few people agreed that he was also from the Blue Lantern Festival—in fact, just a few days ago, he was indeed, at the level of the boss...

Moreover, Lu Yingjiu stood there casually, but couldn't hide the sharpness between his brows, like a knife that had just been unsheathed, with a glint of snow.

That kind of confidence is engraved in the bone.

No one will question it.

Xiao Li had just finished vomiting, and his face was frighteningly pale.

He supported the wall in the corner, and said weakly: "Brother Lu, has he always been so aura..."

"Yeah." Chu Banyang replied, "Since I knew him, he is still a bit worse than me."

Xiao Li: "...Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm) that you are right, Master)."

Chu Banyang gouged him out.

Xiao Li: "Master, you are right!!"

The video is over.

Lu Yingjiu wrote [9:15] in his notebook, drew a circle, and asked, "Does Zhong Aiguo have obsessive-compulsive disorder? For example, he must complete a certain thing at a certain point in time."

The policeman replied: "His relatives and friends have not mentioned it."

The community security also shook his head and said, "I don't think so."

Lu Yingjiu tapped the pages of the book with the tip of his pen: "In the past three days, Zhong Aiguo has arrived at the gate of the community at 9:15, started walking the dog at 9:45, and then appeared again at 10:10 to take out the trash. The deviation does not exceed half a minute. If we talk about this alone, it may be explained as a habit, but his previous behavior, such as going to work or returning home at noon, was irregular. And you look at this action."

He changed the surveillance screen to the one at the gate of the beloved country.

The angle of the camera was just right enough to capture the main entrance of Unit 3.It was two nights ago, at 9:30, Zhong Aiguo stood downstairs at home and made a phone call.Holding the phone in his left hand, he suddenly raised his right hand, trying to use his right hand to touch something next to his head, but found nothing, and put it down again.

He called for 10 minutes, and this action was repeated three or four times.

A policeman said, "What does he want to touch?" He felt his hands and feet were cold, "It can't be his shoulder, what the hell is lying on his stomach?"

"No." Lu Yingjiu shook his head, "Most ghosts will be captured by the camera. Moreover, his action is more like a habit."

"Get used to what?"

"Flip your hair." Lu Yingjiu said, "Long hair."

"Zhong Aiguo took a new ID photo half a month ago, with short hair, and the entry photo six months ago also had short hair."

"It's not that Zhong Aiguo has long hair, it's not 'he'. The obsessive-compulsive routine is not 'he'." Lu Yingjiu put down the pen, "At that time, he was already possessed by ghosts every night. "

As soon as these words came out, the temperature seemed to drop a bit.

Several people in the room looked at each other, feeling a chill.

Lu Yingjiu loosely folded her fingers, leaned back in the chair, and said, "Has the suicide case data been retrieved? I want to see if there is any contact between the victims."

"Old Liu is still asking outside." The policeman immediately said, "I'll go out and ask."

He was about to push the door when it slammed open, almost hitting his nose.

Old Liu rushed in and said in a panic, "They sent me a photo!"

He turned his phone screen towards the crowd.

The photo was sent by a colleague who stayed behind. It is a little blurry, as if it was taken in a panic.

The two bodies were photographed.

Ji Cai's appearance is different from before.She opened her eyes, turned her head sideways, and stared at the camera with her dark eyes.

"Fuck me—" The policeman took a half step back suddenly, his scalp was numb, "This is really—"

Lu Yingjiu said, "Give me your phone, I'll go there."

He took Lao Liu's mobile phone and quickly walked out of the monitoring room, followed by the sound of Chu Banyang and Xiao Li's footsteps.

Going out from the dim environment, the eyes couldn't adapt to the strong light for a while, and the surrounding area was white.Lu Yingjiu subconsciously narrowed her eyes.

When his sight was fully restored, he had already walked into the alley.

There are tall buildings on both sides, and this alley is extremely narrow and cramped, as if it will be squashed in the next second.

Before he knew it, the footsteps behind him disappeared.

Or rather, everything was too quiet.

Nothing but the rustling of leaves overhead.The footsteps disappeared, the birdsong disappeared, and even the noise outside the community completely disappeared.

Looking back, there was no one there.

It was like the whole world, leaving him alone.

Lu Yingjiu lowered her eyes.

In the photo on the phone, Ji Cai's dark eyes are looking at him.

Then she slowly raised the corners of her mouth.

She smiled at Lu Yingjiu.

A gust of wind blew by, and the tree shadows danced frantically on the ground—there was a rustling sound, dry, hoarse, and intermittent, like syllables squeezed out by a dying person.

Yin Qi surged.

It was a group of little ghosts following him.

The ghost's revenge came earlier than he expected.

Lu Yingjiu looked away.

The sun and the shadows of tall buildings slanted down on his body, half bright and half gloomy.Some kind of strange color flashed through the beautiful eyebrows——

That's not fear, or impatience.

It's a kind of veiled, visceral excitement.

Some spells require blood to be used.Lu Yingjiu was carrying a small butterfly knife. At this moment, he threw off the blade, and the blade danced around his fingers nimbly. Then he clenched the handle of the knife with his backhand, and with a light swipe, he slashed open his index finger.

Bright red blood beads emerged from the wound.

But before he took out the talisman, his eyes flashed suddenly.

He heard a chuckle.

There seems to be a... aroma in the air?

Very light, very light, cold fragrance.

Difficult to describe in words.

It's as if when you are looking for plums, you suddenly bump into a crescent moon, and the misty fragrance of flowers rubs into the moonlight.

When he came back to his senses again, the sound of footsteps, the sound of wind, and the sound of people rushed over, hugging him fully.The world went back to running as if nothing had happened.

The ghost is gone.

Lu Yingjiu was stunned.

Looking down, the wound on the index finger had also healed, so clean that no trace was left.

Xiao Li followed up out of breath: "You, why did you stop here?"

Lu Yingjiu: "..."

Lu Yingjiu said, "Because I met some...interesting things."

He didn't continue forward, but returned to the alley the same way, and searched all the way back.

It was calm and there was no clue.

Lu Yingjiu stood in the middle of the alley, thought for a moment, and walked again.This time he didn't pay attention to Yin Qi, his eyes swept over the wall, the ground and the green vegetation in the corner...

When it was almost at the end, something reflected light in the corner, shining brightly.

Lu Yingjiu squatted down next to it, pulled out a piece of talisman paper, and flicked the talisman paper lightly, and it burned.With this light, he saw a little residual black-red liquid.

is blood.

Lu Yingjiu narrowed his eyes.

The ground was damaged, and he kicked it lightly, and a few broken bricks were kicked away.

Black-red blood gushed out from the ground, instantly staining the ground red.It was only then that Lu Yingjiu saw clearly what was underneath.

Broken bones, severed limbs and heads.

Crowded together with the soil, it can no longer see its original appearance.

This is not a human being, but a ghost who just followed him.

Lu Yingjiu remembered that he had seen hydraulic presses crush things, and he was moved by the violence at that time, but now, that scene seemed to appear before his eyes again: bones were broken, skulls were crushed, and the residue was thinner than paper.

The moment they wanted to rush up, some kind of weird and terrifying force pressed them alive under the ground, crushing them.

Xiao Li suddenly exclaimed: "Ah! What is in your hand!"

In Lu Yingjiu's hands, another bright red flower appeared out of thin air.

Layers upon layers, delicate and charming.

The cool wind blew up his hair, and there was a subtle touch on his forehead.

that's almost—

It was almost like a kiss.