Doling man

The watchman knocked the gong three times, and said "be careful of the fire and candle" to drive away the ghosts and gods.Li Chengtian was in front, and Cheng Huan was in the back. The two walked slowly, looking at a little light not far away.

"us……"

"Shh..." Li Chengtian put his index finger to his lips and signaled quietly.

A few black shadows rushed past, the hurried footsteps became louder and louder, and there was a shout in the air: "No...you..."

Cheng Huan looked suspiciously at Li Chengtian.Li Chengtian turned a corner without haste, and in front of him was a young man in a white robe, who was shivering while hiding at the bottom of the alley wall.He looked at several black figures with blue light around him in horror, and said tremblingly, "Who are you...don't come to me...don't..."

The black shadow hovered in the air at a high speed, making a strange and small sound, and flew towards the little scholar in the next moment! "Ah—" the boy shouted, covering his eyes with his hands in fright, wishing that time would completely lose pace.

Another green light flashed, and a warm and magnetic voice came from in front of the boy: "It's all right, just open your eyes."

The little scholar opened his eyes cautiously, looked at the man in black robe in front of him, and said, "Thank you...thank you..."

"Want Want..."

He looked down and saw a little black dog was jumping at his feet, growling ferociously, which made him take a step back in fright, leaning against the wall and saying, "Just now... what were those just now?"

The elder brother in black robe said lightly: "Lonely ghost?"

"ghost……"

The little scholar collapsed against the wall, grinning with red eyes, and said with a distorted expression, "Why are they pestering me?"

"Want Want..."

The little black dog yelled a few words and was about to jump up. The elder brother in black robe bent down and stroked the dog's head. Then the little black dog squatted down obediently and hummed.

The little scholar raised his head and took a serious look at the person in front of him. The black robe covered his head and covered his whole body, so he couldn't see his face clearly, let alone the expression on his face.After a long time, I heard the man in black say quietly: "Because you died not long ago, and there is a lot of resentment. They think you smell good, so they are naturally willing to pester you."

"I... I... I just died??" When the little scholar heard this, his teeth and jaw trembled helplessly.

"Haha! The little scholar stuttered." The little scholar looked around and was sure that this was the third voice besides him and the big brother in black.

"Don't look for it! Wang!"

"what?"

The little scholar yelled out in shock. He looked at the little black dog in front of him and fainted decisively.

The man in black patted the little black dog on the head vigorously, and said, "Didn't you not be allowed to speak casually? It's scaring people."

"He's not human...Wangwang..." The little black dog twirled his tail twice and said, "Hurry up, I want to go home and eat meat."

Not far away, Cheng Huan turned his head and silently glanced at Li Chengtian beside him. Li Chengtian raised his hand and covered his face. Most people would want to poke their eyes blind when looking at old photos of themselves more than ten years ago. , still with sound.

The black-robed man threw his right hand, and the soul washing flute in his hand was glowing with green light. He put it on his lips, and the surrounding music suddenly sounded melodious. After two flashes, all the characters disappeared.

"I...can't save him?" The man in black spoke very slowly, as if he was thinking or doubting.

The little black dog asked, "Why is this happening?"

The man in black shook his head, stretched out his right hand, and the little scholar suddenly turned into a blue light, he took it into his palm, and said: "Take it back first, if you throw it on the street, sooner or later, you will be eaten by wild ghosts until there are no bones left."

One person and one dog turned around, walked towards Li Chengtian and Cheng Huan, and passed through their bodies.Li Chengtian held Cheng Huan's hand tightly, and the two followed, walking through the night together.

In a small quadrangle courtyard, a moonlight shines on the yard surrounded by fences. Both sides of the path are filled with flowers and plants, and an osmanthus tree is planted in the center of the yard.There is a thatched shed next to it, with a pot and a stove.The man in black walked to the stove, threw half a chicken skeleton wrapped in kraft paper on the ground, and said, "Eat it, don't scare him."

"Woooo."

The little black dog didn't care about people, he groaned and chirped casually, and started a war with Bones impatiently.

The man in black entered the room, stretched out his palm, and the blue light gradually floated onto the bed, transforming into the appearance of a little scholar.He looked at the person on the bed and was a little curious. What did such a well-behaved person go through to attract so many ghosts with such a heavy resentment.

He took out the flute for washing the soul and put it to his lips. The sound of the flute filled the air. The soul lamp slowly rose from the top of the little scholar's head, but it was not the usual white light. It flickered back and forth like colorful neon lights. gone down.

The man in black took the flute and said, "What should I do with you?"

At the end of the conversation, the little scholar twitched his eyelids, opened his eyes after a few moments of delay, and asked, "Who are you?"

The man in black didn't speak.

The little scholar sat up and stretched out his hand, trying to take off the hat on the head of the man in black, but the man in black suddenly grabbed his hand, and the little scholar said timidly: "Can I see your appearance? Because you may be This is the last person I will see in my life." The man in black thought about it and let go of his hand, and the little scholar slowly opened the hood on his head, with clear lines, thick eyebrows and black eyes, a pair of eyes that had washed away the leaden brilliance of the years, sparkling With God, the little scholar said: "You look like a general, very dignified and mighty."

The black robe said: "How do you know I'm not?"

The little scholar couldn't believe it, and said in amazement, "Are you really a general?"

The man in black pursed his lips and smiled, but didn't speak.

The little scholar asked: "I... what will happen next?"

The man in black shook his head and said, "I don't know."

The little scholar looked frustrated.

Seeing his pitiful appearance, the man in black couldn't bear it, and said, "Can you live here temporarily?"

The little scholar suddenly showed joy, and asked cautiously: "How long can I live?"

The man in black thought about it and said, "As you please."

The plain face of the little scholar was instantly filled with surprise: "Really?"

The man in black nodded, patted the back of the little scholar's hand and said: "Since you are destined to be a ghost, it would be boring to be cold and cold. Since you can't feel life, old age, and death, you should feel sour, sweet, bitter, and spicy." , feel the temperature." He put his finger in his mouth and bit it, squeezed out a little blood on the little scholar's brow, the green blood flowed from the top of his head to the whole body, and the glistening green light circulated in the blood.

The man in black said in a deep voice, and Cheng Huan, who was in the distance, silently recited along with him: "The bricks and the tiles are tactful, and you will not be alone from now on."

When the words fell, Cheng Huan pulled Li Chengtian's hand and asked, "Why did you take me in?"

Li Chengtian said: "You are the only person I have been unable to save since I was a guardian of the soul. That's why I came here again after 300 years to complete what I hadn't done 300 years ago and help you enter reincarnation."

When the two opened their eyes, they had already returned to the office, and they looked familiar again.

Cheng Huan thought about it and asked, "Why did I become a soul saver?"

Li Chengtian said: "At that time, I was really a general. People were devastated on the battlefield, and the people were in dire straits. I was haunted by ghosts all day and all night. I left for 16 years. When I went back, you were gone. Xiao Hei said, the king of hell I called you to be a soul saver, and I thought to myself, that's fine, since you can't be a human being, then find a job first, it's better than becoming a lonely ghost, maybe when the time comes, you can go your own way again .”

Cheng Huan's face darkened, and he walked up to Li Chengtian and hugged him. Although his voice was flat, it was not as deep as usual, and he said slowly: "Li Chengtian, is reincarnation really important? For me, without you, How much joy is there in life, and what is there to fear in death? Looking at it this way, you are not too attached to what you do for my own good."

He let go of his hand and looked into Li Chengtian's eyes.He paused every word: "As long as you are happy in your heart, there is no difference between a moment and a lifetime." After he finished speaking, he gently kissed Li Chengtian's lips.

When Li Chengtian left the office, he hummed a ditty all the way.

Lin Le saw it, and immediately leaned over, and said slyly: "Hey, Mr. Li, look at your place is so beautiful!"

Li Chengtian glanced at Lin Le, forced himself to be calm, and said modestly: "You're welcome, you're welcome!" He put away his expression, and asked in a low voice, "How's the photo investigation going?"

Lin Le called up the photos from the computer, minimized the window, pressed the keys quickly with his fingers, the map on the screen jumped back and forth, and when the red dot appeared, he said, "Look, Wu Lan, the deceased in the case of Gu Ning's dismemberment, and the one who died for no reason Zhang Dong, and Wang Nian, the victim of the school violence case, have all participated in this historical group looking for good sources. The daily communication in the group is normal. I think they should have joined the group before they started to communicate with each other. They met in the photo Do archaeological activities in this place on the road."

Li Chengtian said: "The three people who were killed were a reporter who had no bottom line, a worker who was full of lies, and a teacher who preyed on children. These three people gathered together, and they can do archaeology seriously. Isn't it funny? You They are smiling so wickedly in the photo, they must be prepared. By the way, there is another man in the photo?"

Lin Le said: "According to the traffic and travel data, the person traveling with them is Wang Qi, 35 years old. I borrowed the video data of the car at that time, but this person only has a record of going, but no record of returning."

"Didn't come back? What about the others?"

Lin Le frowned and said, "Other people have it. In addition, I checked the missing persons, and there is no information about this person. According to the population records, there is no family relationship."

Li Chengtian asked: "Where are they going?"

Lin Le said: "Yunshan County, located between Mucheng and Jingcheng, is the source of the Binhe River. This county covers an area of ​​about 4600 mu, and there are small mountain villages in the county. The villages are all self-sufficient, and the floating population is very small. After a while, Lin Le didn't see Li Chengtian speaking, so he asked again, "Deputy Li?"

Li Chengtian thought carefully, and said, "What is there in this place? By the way, are there any historical relics in the county? The older ones."

Lin Le checked and said: "There are no relics, but there is an ancient village called Tongbai Village. By the way, it used to be called Fulu Village, Chengjia Village, and... Pangu Village. More than ten years ago, the village stayed behind. Looking at the old people and children, if I go to count these few years, there are no people left. There are only a few dilapidated houses left, and it is a dead village.”

"Pangu Village...Lin Le, print out all the documents for me." He stared at the computer screen for a long time, and said, "I have to go and see it myself."

Early the next morning, Li Chengtian drove the car with Cheng Huan from Jingcheng towards Mucheng.

Cheng Huan really didn't want to turn his head to look at Li Chengtian. Early in the morning, he was half asleep and half asleep and was thinking about it, but when he opened his eyes, he saw the old hooligan wearing sunglasses and a jacket, dressed in a wild outfit, and smiling at him .

Cheng Huan calmed down and charged with guns.

"Did I criticize you as fake?"

"Are you planning to stay here for a long time?"

"Okay, then take your time on your own way."

After Li Chengtian heard this, his face turned green, and he cheekily urged Cheng Huan to wash his face and brush his teeth, or else he would lie sprawled on the ground and not move.

As soon as he got on the highway, Cheng Huan's cell phone kept ringing.Li Chengtian turned his head and took a look, and said: "It's the fourth time to hang up, it's not easy for this old man, why don't you take it."

Cheng Huan frowned, picked up the phone, and said, "Hello—"

There was Song Deling's standard octave-high howl on the phone, and Li Chengtian couldn't help trembling through the microphone: "The main team and the deputy team asked for leave at the same time, and they asked for three days in a row, who... who gave you the leave ?”

Cheng Huan said concisely: "Well, what's the matter?"

In order to protect his ears, he accidentally held the phone too far away, and his mouth was far away from the receiver, so the sound didn't come into the phone. Song Deling felt that there was no sound on the phone, so he yelled twice, but Cheng Huan still didn't answer.

He lost all sense of security in an instant, self-reflection might have been too serious, and he said in a slow tone: "Rest is rest, I know that you have been working hard on investigations a while ago, and you don't have much time for vacation, but even if you are going to collide, shouldn't you Report to me, and I can make arrangements."

"Oh..." Cheng Huan understood now, and said slowly, "You misunderstood, you didn't bump into each other, you made an appointment to go out together, and Li Chengtian was right next to me, what else do you have to explain?"

"Ah? One piece... no... no... go back early!"

Cheng Huan hung up the phone, turned around and saw Li Chengtian pursing his lips happily, and asked, "What are you laughing at?"

Li Chengtian said: "This old man Song is quite unlucky to meet you. Do you know? You have a kind of temperament, which is very touching."

Cheng Huan asked, "What temperament?"

Li Chengtian said: "You can enjoy every embarrassing moment calmly."

Cheng Huan put his hands behind his head and said, "I am most annoyed by people chatting nonsense. Time is so precious, why don't you use your brain to choose a way of expression that can hit the nail on the head and be concise."

"..."

Li Chengtian stopped talking, silently closed his mouth, and concentrated on driving.

Cheng Huan casually flipped through his phone, and explained some things in the group, then raised his head and said, "Master Wu also asked for leave, saying he is going back to his hometown."

"Going back to your hometown? Isn't he a errand? Where's your hometown?"

Cheng Huan said: "I don't know, I have to walk for two days every year, old man, there are always things to think about."