Chapter 80
Chapter 80
"Are we still chasing?"
"Chase."
"You have a clue"
"En." Li Chenzhou nodded: "Not sure yet"
Gu Fang didn't speak, but Li Chenzhou went on to say, "Be careful these few days."
there is a situation"
Li Chenzhou coughed: "There is something weird here."
Then they all fell silent, and after a few seconds they started talking about something else.
Qiao Jiu took out the veil, wiped his hands, listened to the voices in the opposite room, and found out what he wanted to know.
It was no different from what he had guessed before, Li Chenzhou and Gu Fang were both policemen, he knew about these things, but from Gu Fang's mouth, he could also know that Li Chenzhou was a powerful person, and this time he came to Huaizhou for a murder case.
What they said meant that the murderer was in Huaizhou.
"Oh, I don't know when I can go back..." Gu Fang sighed: "I don't know if Xiaoxiao misses me?"
"Oh right, boss, what did Doctor Yu tell you before you left?" Gu Fang said in a playful tone.
"Nothing to say."
"No," Gu Fang choked on his cold tone: "You really don't have any feelings for doctors."
"No."
"No way," Gu Fang raised his voice: "What's wrong with Doctor Yu? He has excellent professional skills and is gentle. The key is to be pretty.
You can't even look down on someone like this, your vision is too high. "
"There is no disdain."
"Well, that's what it looks like"
"I didn't look down on it," Li Chenzhou said, "I just don't like it. Dr. Yu is excellent, but we are just colleagues. Don't mention this matter in the future, it's not good for the doctor."
Gu Fang clicked his tongue: "You think so, but Doctor Yu doesn't think so. Boss, I didn't say that, you are old and young, what kind of person do you like, at least let us know so we can find it for you. Hey hey hey, what kind of expression do you like?"
"I'll tell you when it's over." Li Chenzhou said, his voice was extraordinarily gentle this night.
Qiao Jiu took off the mask, the candlelight in the room was weak, his face was reflected in it, and he couldn't see clearly, the water in the basin shook slightly and rippled, he raised the corners of his mouth and showed a stiff smile.
The next morning, Xiao Xing ran over and stood by the pillar, but didn't come over, and just looked at Qiao Jiu with wide eyes.Qiao Jiu waved at him, and he turned and ran.
Qiao Jiu looked at his small figure going away, and doubts arose in his heart. Suddenly, he turned his head and saw Tang Qing, Li Chenzhou and Gu Fang standing behind him.
He looked at them without saying a word, and his heart gradually sank. When they stood behind him, he felt a little
nothing.
Li Chenzhou and Gu Fang didn't speak, but Tang Qing laughed: "When did you get up?"
Qiao didn't answer for a long time, Tang Qing was not angry, and sat down beside him: "I want to go out for a walk, can I?"
He glanced at him, and Gu Fang also looked at him expectantly. Qiao Jiu nodded, indicating that it was ok, but after thinking about it, he said, "I need to remember the way."
Everyone understood Qiao Jiu's meaning. The alley outside twisted and twisted, and they got lost if they didn't pay attention.
Tang Qing smiled evilly: "Don't worry."
When going out, he gave Qiao Jiu a wink by the way.
Qiao Jiu sat motionless on the chair without even looking at Tang Qing.
Gu Fang looked at Tang Qingyuan's back: "Then I'm going out too..."
As he spoke, he waved with Li Chenzhou and Qiao Jiu.
Qiao Jiu lowered his head and took a sip of his tea. He had some thoughts in his mind, but they were not very clear.
Not far away, Li Chenzhou stared at Qiao Jiu, wondering what he was thinking, and smiled from time to time.
Three days passed in a blink of an eye, Qiao Jiu took several corpses to the ancestral hall, it was noon, the sun was scorching the sky, the sun was scorching the earth, and the bright light shot straight on the people, Qiao Jiu put on his hat and walked in the up front.
The expressions of the people behind him were not very good. The weather in Huaizhou was cloudy these days, and this was the first time this happened. Gu Fang was sweating profusely, feeling that he was going to be melted in a second.
The surrounding air was filled with heat waves, Gu Fang looked up at the sun in the sky, his eyes hurt, he quickly retracted his gaze, blinked before opening, Tang Qing was right in front of him, a black light appeared on his wrist, Gu Fang looked around and saw such circles everywhere, and quickly closed his eyes again.
There are houses on both sides of the road, but the strange thing is that there is no shelter on the road they walked on. He is like a poor bug, spread out in the sun and exposed to the sun.
The ancestral hall is far away, surrounded by many windings, and the weather is so hot that Gu Fang almost vomited when he arrived.
He didn't know how he persisted. He clearly felt that he was going to die of heat in a second, but he also felt that he could bear it a little longer.
So he came here.
As soon as he arrived at the door, a gust of cold air blew towards his face, as if it had penetrated into his body, Gu Fang shivered.
The ancestral hall is very particular, with tall halls and exquisite carvings. There is also a gold plaque hanging in the main hall, with four words written on it: All things return to the ancestors.
Gu Fang was taken aback. He had also seen a few ancestral halls, but the inscriptions on those golden plaques were usually inscribed with family surnames. The ancestral hall is really different, there is no surname origin, no clan honor, no tablet in the lobby, only long paper hanging, one after another, layer after layer, when the wind blows, you can still see the , the paper is yellowed and looks very old, but it is not damaged at all. The one hanging on the top is still very new. There are some strange patterns drawn on the paper, which are very similar to the amulet that Qiao Jiu gave him before. It says It is full of densely packed characters, which looks like a personal name.
He looked at the thick paper and felt a little uncomfortable. If these are all dead people, how many people should there be?
He shouldn't have affected his emotions because of these things, and most of these people should have died naturally, but for some reason, he felt extraordinarily cold in his heart.
There were many people around, some elderly people and some young men, women and children were not seen, they were standing in the ancestral hall, the young people were standing near the door, the old man and Qiao Jiu were standing inside talking What, they formed a circle, with four coffins in the middle, and beside each coffin stood a dead body.
Gu Fang remembered that the face of the corpse was originally blue, but now it was much paler.He touched the sweat on his forehead, thinking that corpses are also afraid of the sun.
But he saw Qiao Jiu again in a blink of an eye. His hat had been taken off. Although he was wearing a mask, he could still see below his nose. His mouth opened and closed, and he didn't know what he was talking about. He seemed to be breathing very steadily.The same goes for the people around him, who obviously looked seventy or eighty years old, and they still didn't blush or heartbeat after walking such a long distance in this weather.Thinking of this, he went to see Li Chenzhou and Tang Qing again.
These three people all have foreign surnames, and they can't help much. They can't enter the ancestral hall and can only stand outside.
He knew about Li Chenzhou, he had good physical strength and endurance, although he had no expression on his face, the sweat still rolled down his head in big spots.And Tang Qing, with a pale face, leaned against the pillar with his head half down, panting continuously, looking exhausted.
Gu Fang also imitated leaning against the pillar, and when he raised his head, he saw four corpses crawling towards the coffin with their buttocks up.
Although the movements were stiff, the corpse was indeed correct.
Gu Fang: "...
Qiao Jiu waited until the corpse climbed into the coffin and lay down, then took out the pen and dipped it in cinnabar to draw amulets on the coffin. You can't stop, you have to do it in one go.
Standing by the door, Li Chenzhou looked at Qiao Jiu without blinking. He was not as silent and introverted as usual. When he picked up his pen, he felt like flying. In a trance, he seemed to see another shadow. Zhang Yang raised his head recklessly, waved at him, and smiled at him.
It has been an hour since the pen was written, and Qiao Jiu's breathing has become a little short, and some blood has faded from his face, making him look pale.
Qiao Jiu took out a talisman and threw it into the porcelain basin at his feet. A flame ignited in the porcelain basin. After waiting for a while, he took out another stack of talisman papers, and the people in the ancestral hall came to him one by one. , received the talisman paper and put it in the brazier.The fire was not too small, but there was no trace of smoke.
A group of people came down, and a young man in his twenties took a small cup and scooped out some ashes from the brazier. The fire was still burning, but he didn't seem to see it, so he stretched his hand straight into it .
Gu Fang closed his eyes.
Before closing his eyes, he saw the complex expression on Tang Qing's face.
After a while, he heard footsteps coming from around him, opened his eyes, and saw all the people in the ancestral hall came out, the young man who put his hand into the brazier was at the end, passing by Gu Fang When he was around, he smiled at him.
Hands are fine.
Gu Fang looked at the brazier, it was still burning, the fire was not strong, and nothing else was added to it later, it should have been extinguished long ago.
But it doesn't.
Qiao Jiu held a small cup in his hand, which contained some black things, which were the ashes left by the burnt talisman papers. He walked around the four coffins, and there was a black circle around the coffins.
The wind blew in, and the paper hanging on the wall was blown, but the circle made of ashes did not move at all, and the same was true for the small flame in the brazier.
Even though he has seen so many things that cannot be explained by science along the way, Gu Fang is still a little unbelievable.
Tang Qing's voice suddenly sounded: "I'll go back first."
Gu Fang glanced at him, then at the sun in the sky, it was still very poisonous.
Qiao Jiu's eyes fell on Tang Qing, and after a while, he nodded: "You guys go back first."
Gu Fang actually didn’t really want to leave here. After all, the sunlight outside is really poisonous. It’s only eleven o’clock now, and the sun hangs quietly in the sky, not moving at all. He thought desperately, maybe he won’t move anymore .
If you really don't move, it will take seven or eight hours until night, so it's better to go back just now.
but...
Gu Fang looked at Tang Qing and asked sincerely: "Do you remember the way back?"
Tang Qing: "..."
Qiao Jiu knocked on the coffin, there was not much movement, but it attracted the attention of several people.
He glanced outside the door: "Please take them back, please."
Gu Fang looked outside the door, and sure enough, he saw a pair of white and tender hands pawing on the threshold.
The threshold was very high, and in the next second half a child's head protruded from behind, blinking at them with big watery eyes.
The child looked at Qiao Jiu, with a soft voice, as if he still didn't know how to speak: "Go...go back."
"Yes." Qiao Jiu didn't blink: "It's troublesome."
Gu Fang: "..."
The child's hands were clenched into fists, and he looked at Gu Fang again: "Go!"
As he said, he was about to climb inside.
"Oh my little ancestor..." Gu Fang ran over quickly: "Slow down..."
Tang Qing looked back at Qiao Jiu and followed Gu Fang.
Qiao Jiu sat next to the coffin and drew talismans. After drawing two pieces, he suddenly stopped what he was doing, and turned to look at Li Chenzhou outside the door:
"You don't go back"
Li Chenzhou shook his head.
Qiao Jiu glanced at him, then looked away again, and picked up the pen to draw the next picture.
Then, he heard Li Chenzhou's voice: "I'll accompany you."
The movements of his subordinates stopped, and the ink formed into balls.
This talisman is useless.
The author has something to say:
I made this chapter with button recognition, it's too painful...
It's really painful not to save the manuscript...
(will catch bugs later)
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