eighth story

"Ah...?" Even Wu Qinyang himself was stunned this time. The heroic sacrifice he expected to be decapitated in a different place did not come true. He leaned back and lay directly on the ground.Wu Qinyang felt that his heartbeat was beating like a drum, and his chest rose and fell with the rapid panting, so he couldn't help stretching out his hand to cover his chest to calm his violent heartbeat.

However, the feeling of weak legs and feet was only for a moment, and Wu Qinyang soon became nervous again. After all, the beast only stepped back temporarily, but still stared at him eagerly.Wu Qinyang swallowed subconsciously. The cold red eyes of the beast reminded Wu Qinyang of the scene in Journey to the West, Zhu Bajie yelled at Monkey King, "Brother Monkey! The monster is here with two lanterns", and then Monkey King He bared his teeth and said, "You idiot! Those are the eyes of a monster", and then he couldn't laugh or cry to himself. At this time, he was thinking about something messy.

Wu Qinyang held his breath and watched the beast stop in front of him like a mountain. In the dark sky, he could only see its furry outline. His body leaned forward slightly, and he snorted hotly. .Wu Qinyang observed him, and moved cautiously to the side for a while, the beast's copper bell-like eyes followed immediately, and its front paws pawed at the ground impatiently, but this time it did not pounce.

The stalemate may last only for a moment, or it may be very long. Wu Qinyang wondered in his heart why Uncle Yin hadn't come yet, it was terrible, but suddenly he saw a figure gradually emerging from behind the beast, and couldn't help but said: "It's you!" !"

The man walked out from behind the beast. He was the one he had seen in Zhu Tianzhang's shop and the bakery. It seemed that he should be the little boyfriend of the deceased Liu Chunhua. met youth.At this moment, he put his hands in his pockets, and his expression was as cold as ice. It was not at all the obedient and flattering expression to the woman in Zhu Tianzhang's shop before.Wu Qinyang was gouged out by him, and he was very unhappy. He couldn't help asking, "Hey, why didn't you kill me." He raised his chin and gestured to the beast that was ready to go.

The young man raised his hand and touched his lips with his thumb. His voice was thin and high-pitched, and he said coldly, "You ask me? You should ask the person behind you! If it wasn't for someone doing something to you Mark, do you think you can still live till now?" As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to caress the back of the beast, but the beast didn't seem to appreciate it, and twisted away.

The young man was quite embarrassed for a moment, and he gave Wu Qinyang another hard look.

Wu Qinyang didn't pay attention to the change of expression on the young man's face at all. He turned his head away when he said the two words behind him. Looking at it like this, he was very surprised, and said in surprise: "Brother?!"

Xuan Jue held a simple red paper lantern in his left hand. Inside the thin paper was a dancing candle, but only a short candle head was burning.Wu Qinyang didn't know why Xuanjue was carrying a lantern. He was puzzled, but he was startled by the strange scream of the beast. He quickly turned his head and saw the huge head of the beast lying on the ground, with hair like Standing up like a needle, he let out low growls, causing the surrounding ground to tremble slightly.

The young man was also taken aback. He never expected that this seemingly invincible beast would have something to fear, let alone a small red paper lantern with such power. Seeing Xuan Jue walking step by step, I also took a few steps back and shouted loudly: "Who the hell are you!"

Xuan Jue didn't seem to see him at all, and turned a deaf ear to his shouts, just walked over, stretched out his hand, and said in a low voice, "Yang Yang."

Wu Qinyang's heart trembled immediately, and he whispered: "Brother..." He quickly reached out and shook Xuan Jue's hand.

There was still a layer of shattered bricks in the palm of his hand, and he fell to the ground with a disheveled face, looking pitiful and bullied.Xuan Jue pulled him up from the ground, the red paper lantern was casually hung on the handlebar of a bicycle, he spread his palm, and carefully brushed away the crumbs in his palm.Wu Qinyang stared at him blankly, feeling that Xuan Jue was really gentle and miserable at this time, those twinkling eyes were like tiny stars twinkling in the night sky, as if the Milky Way in the sky had fallen into them.

Wu Qinyang's throat choked up, he was speechless, and after a while, he put his arms around Xuanjue's neck, greedily inhaled the cool fragrance from Xuanjue's body, and murmured: "Brother..." As if A kitten that had been abandoned miserably, but was picked up again by its unbearable owner, the low voice of calling lingered in Xuan Jue's ears, and a damp heat lingered in Xuan Jue's ears.

Xuan Jue's heart softened, and he patted his back to comfort him, "Yang Yang, it's fine."

"Hmm..." Wu Qinyang responded, but was still reluctant to let go of him, but thinking of the great enemy in front of him, he reluctantly let go of the hands holding Xuanjue's neck, and stood beside him.

The beast was still roaring on the ground, trembling all over, its eyes were cracked, and the blood red eyes really seemed to be bleeding.Seeing that the situation was not good, the young man took a few steps back, turned around and ran away when Wu Qinyang rushed to hug Xuan Jue, panicked, he didn't even dare to turn his head, for fear of being caught, he had already run away At a distance of tens of meters, something hit the inside of his knee suddenly, and he felt numb and sore. He couldn't stand still and couldn't run anymore, and fell face down on the ground.

"Ah... um..." He turned around in pain, hugged his knees, trembling and moaning uncontrollably.

Wu Qinyang secretly lamented that Xuanjue's wrist strength is amazing, and he can even use hidden weapons. He didn't know that Xuanjue almost dislocated his wrist because of this swing, and almost let out a scream, thinking of Wu Qinyang It was only when he was still by his side that he could bear it, and Wu Qinyang interpreted the painful expressionless expression as a hidden coldness.Xuan Jue calmly helped his throbbing and painful wrist, ignored the wailing young man, took out a palm-sized box from his bosom, opened it, and poured out a section of about With something more than ten centimeters long, he took out his father's lighter from his pocket, lit the fuse on the thing, and threw it out casually.

The sparks on that thing flickered, and then made a crackling sound.

Only then did Wu Qinyang see clearly that it was actually a string of small firecrackers.

With the sound of firecrackers, the beast let out a deafening roar, causing Wu Qinyang to subconsciously cover his ears.Then the beast seemed to have exhausted all its strength, and fell down convulsively, with foul-smelling saliva flowing out of its wide-open mouth, as limp as if its bones had been pulled out.

Only then did Wu Qinyang have the opportunity to take a closer look at this ferocious beast by the light of a lantern at the side. A thick horn protruded from the head, and a light brown mane surrounded the head and the soles of the feet, covering it. The hair on the body is smooth and dark brown, but at this moment it looks messy because it once exploded.A tail is shaped like a sharp knife, and the toes also show a sharp cold light. Looking at the ground once pulled by its front paws, all the floor tiles have been broken and turned up. There are several deep ravines that make Wu Qinyang rejoice that it just now It's not about scratching it with one paw, otherwise there will be something on him.

Wu Qinyang breathed a sigh of relief, and asked Xuan Jue, "Brother, this is..." I always felt that I had never seen this kind of animal.

Xuanjue said: "This is the Nian beast."

At this time, the sky covered by darkness began to slowly recover its original light. The lights of Wanjia gradually appeared as the darkness faded, and the noise of people gradually came from the surroundings. The candles in the red paper lantern The head, too, had burned itself out and quietly extinguished.

Wu Qinyang was very surprised that Yin Hao was standing not far away. Yin Hao came over and patted Xuan Jue on the shoulder, and said in a deep voice, "It's hard work."

Xuan Jue smiled, but remained silent.The young man who was crying and screaming over there had his hands cuffed and was dragged from the ground on one side and one on the left. He was brought into a police car, and medical staff came to carry away the unconscious Zhu Mingyue and his wife. Ma Shanshan.It wasn't until this time that the big rock in Wu Qinyang's heart finally fell to the ground, and he looked down at the Nian Beast that had softened into a ball of mud on the ground, and asked Yin Hao, "Uncle Yin, what should I do... drag it back?"

Yin Hao said: "Don't be so troublesome." Signaling Xuan Jue and Wu Qinyang to get out of the way, he actually spread out a hanging firecracker on the ground, and then took out the lighter and lit the fuze.

The sound of crackling firecrackers sounded quickly, and Wu Qinyang covered his ears, watching in surprise that Nian Beast's figure slowly disappeared in the thick smoke from the firecrackers.

The sudden sound of firecrackers caused the residents of the Wenxiu Road community to poke their heads out. Some people guessed which family had a happy event, but they only vaguely saw the flashing police lights outside the community, and they couldn't help discussing with their families.

Wu Qinyang said: "This... is this the end?"

Yin Hao said: "It's over."

Seeing Wu Qinyang's confused expression, Xuan Jue took the initiative to explain: "The so-called Chinese New Year is originally a custom of expelling the Nian beast. It is said that the Nian beast is a monster called 'Nian', and it is also called 'Xi'. The Nian beast is ferocious by nature and appears every New Year's Eve, either devouring livestock or harming human life. Later, people gradually discovered that this monster is afraid of red, light and loud noises, so every New Year's Eve people will paste red decorations and set off firecrackers for the purpose of Scaring the monster away later evolved into a Chinese New Year custom."

Wu Qinyang was still puzzled, and asked: "Then Uncle Yin used firecrackers to scare it away just now, what if it reappears at this time next year and hurts people again?"

Xuan Jue motioned him to look at the debris after the firecrackers were set off on the ground. Wu Qinyang squatted down suspiciously, and found that there were some debris of bright yellow talisman paper mixed in the red shell of the firecracker, and suddenly said: "This is..."

Xuan Jue said: "Fortunately, we can make it in time."

Wu Qinyang said: "Then it won't appear again?"

Xuan Jue said: "At least not for decades."

Wu Qinyang breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good..." Recalling the experience of this night, I only felt that the bones in my whole body were rattling. I grabbed Xuanjue's hand and leaned my head on his shoulder. "I'm exhausted..."

Yin Hao said: "Xiao Jue, take Yang Yang to the hospital for a checkup."

Xuan Jue agreed, knowing that Yin Hao might be going back to the police station to interrogate the prisoners overnight, so he said goodbye to Yin Hao, and took Wu Qinyang to leave the Wenxiu Road community.

Wu Qinyang silently followed Xuan Jue, the crisis was relieved, his nerves were relaxed, and the palm of his left hand was burning hot, probably worn out.But now he didn't have the heart to think about what happened to his left hand, he pursed his lips, suddenly let go of the hand he was holding with Xuan Jue, and hugged Xuan Jue from behind instead.Xuan Jue's heart skipped a beat, a street lamp cast a lonely shadow not far away, Wu Qinyang's voice sounded muffled: "Brother, are you still angry with me?"

Wu Qinyang clasped his fingers, wrapped around Xuan Jue's waist, and held him tightly in his arms from behind, not giving way.

Xuan Jue calmed down his disturbed mood, and replied, "I've never been angry with you."

Hearing such an answer, Wu Qinyang felt even more sad. He closed his eyes and murmured: "Brother, don't refuse me..." He said and kissed Xuanjue's neck lightly.

Xuan Jue trembled slightly, the kiss instantly swept his whole body with scalding heat, almost making his sanity faint.He managed to calm down, grabbed Wu Qinyang's wrist, and broke free from his restraint. Those eyes shining in the night were so clear and gentle, full of bitterness, but in the end he only said to Wu Qinyang: "Yangyang, Think about your father and your mother."

Wu Qinyang opened his mouth and was speechless. After a while, he lowered his head and said with a wry smile: "I...I know." But he still held Xuanjue's hand, with a look of pleading in his eyes, and turned to say, "Then...brother, tell me what's going on with this case. I'm still confused." Trying to speak with a relaxed tone, it sounds awkward.

Xuan Jue said: "Go to the hospital first, your hands seem to be worn out, I'll tell you on the way." But she turned her head and didn't look at him anymore.

Wu Qinyang could also guess how unbearable his expression was at this time, and he thought to himself like a self-deprecating, that if you survive a catastrophe, you will have a future... Who are you kidding.