[Qi Gu] Amber

1988 summer

Feng Luanhu turned around early in the morning: "Let's go and see Luanfa. I'm always a little worried that he lives in the building of Zhao's house."

Song Luanshui picked his teeth: "What are you worried about? It's just a broken house with no one living in it. Is it really haunted?"

"You're not afraid of being haunted, why would you rather sleep on the street with us than live in a small western-style building with Chaos Fa?"

Song Luanshui blushed, "I...I don't like to take advantage of the dead!"

Cholera Bu said: "Let's go and have a look, after all, so many people died there."

The three teenagers talked and laughed, fearful and excited about ghosts and gods, and together they found the small building of the Zhao family.They also have a friend named Zhang Luanfa, who is also the master who usually hang out together. A few days ago, he pried open the door of Zhao's small building, and he just stayed there and refused to leave, saying that he wanted to live the addiction of living in a small western-style building. .

Everyone in Qingtian town knew that Master Zhao dragged his family back from the provincial capital to live in the small building 15 years ago, and within a few days it was discovered that the whole family had died inside.It is said that they ran around committing crimes for money and murder, but in private, everyone said that they were killed by ghosts living in the building.

"Master Zhao doesn't live in this house all year round, and the lonely and wild ghosts who come from outside treat him as his own home. If he sees people coming again, he won't want to."

"Haha, Master Zhao's family turned into ghosts after they died. I wonder if they can defeat those old ghosts and take back their house."

"If the chaotic law becomes a ghost, we will burn more sticks to him, and let him drive away other ghosts, and then we can live in a mansion."

The door was pushed open, and sunlight and laughter flooded into the musty small building together.

All the furniture was covered with white cloth, only a boy in red was lying in the middle of the living room.

His pupils dilated, his face was distorted, foam overflowed from his half-opened lips, and his body was already stiff.

In the palm of his hand lay a piece of amber containing a gray moth with unusually large compound eyes.

he died.

1992 Spring

This is Qi Shaoshang's second year as the captain of the criminal police at the Qingtian Town Police Station.

Before he came here, he was mentally prepared, knowing that this position might be an idle job in a small town like this.There are not many people in Qingtian Town, a remote place next to the mountains. The policy has changed a lot in the past few years, and the market economy has risen. The younger people have flocked to Shenzhen to earn a lot of money, leaving a bunch of old and weak women and children, even dogs. Can't fight, can there be any criminal cases?Qi Shaoshang stayed here for three years, but he didn't do any of his own work, but he went from place to place, saved cats and opened locks, and stabbed no less than ten hornet's nests. People often wrote thank you letters to him, saying that he Lei Feng's spirit is to help others, good comrade.

It's all free.

That day, Qi Shaoshang had a cigarette in his mouth, and was lamenting that Qingtian Town was a town, but it might not be as good as a village along the coast. Said: "Brother... the master, the epidemic prevention station reported the crime, and someone was killed!"

The cigarette in Qi Shaoshang's mouth fell to the ground, and he stayed for five seconds before he realized it. He got up immediately, and all his anger was swept away: "Let's go to the scene."

Mu Jiuping's face was livid: "Big, big boss, wait for me for a while, I'll go to the canteen and ask Miss Wang for a needle hoop."

Qi Shaoshang was puzzled: "What do you want that for?"

"Dispel evil spirits," Mu Jiuping cried, "The people at the epidemic prevention station said that that person was killed by a ghost!"

The epidemic prevention station in the town was just established at the request of the state. There are a few white coats in it, and they don’t see patients. They go to the neighborhood committee to distribute some prevention and control pamphlets. Vaccines; fortunately, they don’t need money, and the townspeople are still cooperating with their work.

Probably due to some considerations, the epidemic prevention station is located very far away, almost on the edge of Qingtian Town, and a little further north is Dashan.It was the first time for Qi Shaoshang to come back, and he was taken aback when he arrived, and asked Mu Jiuping: "Is this really an epidemic prevention station? Did you go the wrong way?"

No wonder he was suspicious, in front of him was a dilapidated two-story western-style building. Although the garden was full of vegetables and the swimming pool was dry, exquisite carvings could still be seen on the rusted doors and windows. It is also a mansion of a capitalist.

In such a place as Qingtian Town, Qi Shaoshang never knew that there was such a once magnificent house.

Mu Jiuping lowered his voice and said: "This is the old house of the Zhao family. They thought they went to Taiwan, but they brought a whole family back to live in it [-] years ago. They only lived there for three days, and the whole family died there. This place is haunted! Later, it was haunted. People in the town said that the house has been empty these years, and it has long been a haunted house. If you have to live in it, you will have trouble with ghosts. Isn’t that fatal? But the epidemic prevention station didn’t believe it, saying that there was no money to build a house To confiscate this place, no, dead people!"

Qi Shaoshang glared at him: "It's fine to talk about these things in private, but it's still like this on the scene. Are you worthy of the national emblem?"

Seeing that he was really angry, Mu Jiuping raised his chest and raised his head: "I, I'm not afraid! The ghost has also caught him, and sent him to Beijing to show the chairman!"

Qi Shaoshang shook his head, thinking that you still think this is a feudal society, and if you have any rare treasures, you have to give them to the emperor to open his eyes.

He rang the bell at the entrance of the epidemic prevention station, and shouted loudly: "Where is the person? I belong to the criminal police team!"

The crisp bell jingle bell rang.

The deceased was called Jinlin, the head of the epidemic prevention station, not a local, and had arrived in Qingtian Town more than a month ago.

It was fine when I left work yesterday, but when I came to work this morning, everyone found that Jinlin was lying stiff in the dry swimming pool, her eyes were still open, and she was out of breath.

There is no forensic doctor in Qingtian Town. Before Qi Shaoshang came, he called the county police station. The forensic doctor said that he would arrive later. Jiu Ping was optimistic about the scene, and walked towards the staff of the epidemic prevention station: "Everyone is here? Let's find a place and take turns talking about today's affairs."

He actually doesn't like to do things without rules like this, but the conditions are limited, not to mention Qingtian Town, I am afraid that there is not much place in the capital that can allow him to go through a complete set of procedures.

A tall and thin middle-aged man stood up and said to him: "Comrade policeman, go to our reference room and talk, oh, and Xiao Gu, he is in the room."

Qi Shaoshang noticed that he was a little unnatural when he mentioned "Xiao Gu", glanced at the nameplate on his chest, and remembered his name: Gao Jixue.

A group of people entered the small western building.

In the living room, there are sofas, coffee tables, and even a piano that I don't know if it can be used. A tall young man is sitting on the piano bench, flipping through newspapers.

Qi Shaoshang stopped in his footsteps.

He never thought that this "Little Gu" would be Gu Xichao.

Together with the dead golden scales, there are a total of five people in this epidemic prevention station, which shows that the country attaches great importance to health and epidemic prevention.The other four were three men and one woman. Gao Jixue was the one who made the decision before, and he was the deputy station master who had never seen a bright face. The other was a pudgy middle-aged man named You Zhiwei. It was Gu Xichao.

Gu Xichao.

For the first time, Qi Shaoshang felt that it was good to not follow the rules, otherwise he would have avoided it.

But he still had to put on a show. He made these people from the epidemic prevention station line up, and followed him into the reference room one by one to take notes.

Qi Shaoshang entered the door first, he turned his head and glanced at Gu Xichao, that person wandered silently at the end of the line, separated from Fu Wanqing in front of him by a long distance, and did not give Qi Shaoshang a single glance.

Like not knowing him.

Qi Shaoshang felt tight in his chest and wanted to hit someone.

Gao Jixue talked a lot: "I came to work as usual today, and when I walked in, I saw the eldest lady—that's Fu Wanqing, we all call her that—and saw her standing by the swimming pool looking silly, and thought something had happened to Xiao Gu again. , it turned out to be Xiao Huang, the station master. I wanted to pull him up, but the eldest lady called me, and I found Xiao Huang, the station master... I said, Xiao Huang, the station master, is stupid in reading. If you don’t believe there is something wrong with this house, you insist on moving in. Before Xiao Gu lived here, he called that ghost upper body, and everyone saw it! The station master Xiao Huang just didn’t let us ask for leave. No, something happened—it must be Ghosts kill people, Xiao Huang has amber next to him!"

You Zhiwei had already relaxed when he sat down: "Oh, when Xiao Gu found Hu Po before, I felt that something was going to happen. A young boy with such a positive vigor would let these evil spirits get on his body. My kind, hehe, Comrade police you I understand, anyway, I can stay in this house for a while. When I came today, I saw Lao Gao and the eldest lady guarding the swimming pool, and the station master Xiao Huang was lying sideways in it. When I heard that Xiao Gu called the police, I also I didn’t dare to look more, so don’t come after me.”

Fu Wanqing was gentle and gentle: "I came to open the door first as usual, because Xiao Gu sleepwalked before and slept in the swimming pool for several mornings, so I looked there, I didn't expect my cousin... Later, Boss Gao came Yes, I saw my cousin yelling, and Xiao Gu came out and went back to the house to call the police. Master You came when he called. Amber? Yes, my cousin has it at hand, and Xiao Gu also found something similar in the house before. Yes, I heard... it has something to do with the previous owner of this house."

The last one to come in was Gu Xichao, he and Qi Shaoshang looked at each other for a while, showed a mocking smile, pulled out his chair and sat down: "Long time no see."

Qi Shaoshang said, "I thought you would introduce yourself again."

"Introduce what? Let me praise you as 'heroic'?" Gu Xichao looked him up and down with raised eyebrows, "I didn't expect you to be here."

Qi Shaoshang straightened his back involuntarily: "Gu Xichao, are you not guilty at all when you see me?"

Gu Xichao stared into his eyes: "Why am I guilty?"

Qi Shaoshang was speechless for a moment, turned over a page, and wrote down Gu Xichao's name: "Let's start."

Gu Xichao was in a daze for a moment before realizing that what he was talking about was a transcript. After clearing his mind, he said, "Although the incident happened today, the strange incident started half a month ago. They all told you, right?" , this house is eccentric."

Qi Shaoshang stopped writing in his hand: "Are you also afraid of ghosts?"

Gu Xi leaned forward, leaned on the table, supported her head with one hand, and asked, "Why can't I be afraid of ghosts?"

Qi Shaoshang looked up at him.

In the past in the library, Gu Xichao used to concentrate on reading books, while Qi Shaoshang sat opposite him, looking at him with his head propped up; now that they meet again like this, it is like a projection cast by fate.

When Gu Xichao talked about things here, he was much more organized than the other three.

The epidemic prevention station used to have only four people. Gao Jixue and You Zhiwei were both locals. The station manager, Jinlin, was a college student who returned from overseas. It is very rare these days. It is said that it was to take care of his cousin, also known as "Da "Miss" Fu Wanqing.

Qi Shaoshang couldn't help but ask: "Being able to study abroad, the family must have some skills, so Fu Wanqing is really a big lady? Could this matter have something to do with their family?"

Gu Xichao looked at him with a half-smile, "How do I know, I'm not a policeman."

Qi Shaoshang was stopped by him, so he could only write down this item for verification: "Go on."

Gu Xichao is kind and kind: "I was transferred half a month ago. It is said that Xiao Huang, the station manager, applied to the Ministry of Health to say that there was not enough manpower."

"What did you do before you came here?"

"There are relationships?"

"Have."

"It's almost the same job, in Anhui, go to the countryside, check sick and dead animals and deal with them."

Qi Shaoshang nodded: "You said before that the strange things here started a long time ago?"

Gu Xichao nodded, took out a small object from his pocket and placed it on the table.

It was an amber with a gray moth sealed inside, not beautiful, even ugly.

Gu Xichao said: "They told me that the appearance of amber means death."

Gao Jixue and You Zhiwei are locals so I don't say much, Jinlin and Fu Wanqing's family conditions should be good, and they also bought a residence in the town, only Gu Xichao was temporarily transferred, alone, and finally Jinlin made a decision to let Gu Xichao Chao lived in the epidemic prevention station.

At that time, Gao Jixue raised objections, saying that the house was not clean, and that it was just for office use. If there were occupants, something might happen. The story of Lou's final death.But Jin Lin made a decision, and Gu Xichao was really unable to go out and find a place to live, so they finally opened the second floor and moved Gu Xichao's luggage inside.

At first, it was just a strange noise at night. Gu Xichao checked it and found that it was the sound from the water pipe, so he didn't pay attention to it, and even slept more peacefully at night than usual.But Fu Wanqing, who came to open the door in the morning, reminded him several times in private, remember to lock the door when you come back at night, medicine equipment is still quite expensive, if you lose it, the station master Xiao Huang will be angry.

But Gu Xichao remembered clearly that he had locked the door.

This kind of thing lasted for a week. On the weekend, Gu Xichao woke up and found an amber next to the pillow.

Gao Jixue was staring at the amber with fear on his face: "Amber, amber sent by a ghost."

After that, Gu Xichao began to sleepwalk.

No matter how he fell asleep on the bed, he would wake up in the dry swimming pool. His colleagues looked at him more and more strangely. Gao Jixue often discussed with You Zhiwei in private how he was possessed by ghosts.Gu Xichao was not very familiar with them, now he is even more alienated, and his heart is not very happy, he tried various methods to stop sleepwalking, but to no avail.Today he woke up and found that he was still sleeping soundly on his own bed. Before he could be happy, he received the news of Jinlin's death.

Beside the corpse of Jinlin, there seemed to be an piece of amber.

Qi Shaoshang wrote down everything he said: "To confirm, do you actually have a problem with sleepwalking?"

Gu Xichao wondered: "How can I know if I'm lying down or sitting up when I'm asleep? Comrade policeman, you've lived in the same room with me for so many years, do you know that I have a problem with sleepwalking?"

Qi Shaoshang paused for a while, and then said: "Maybe there is." He closed the notebook in his hand and held it in his hand: "Now I think you were sleepwalking when you were with me; those days were so good, It's like a dream."

Gu Xichao said: "If you want to say this, you are the one who sleepwalks."

The forensic doctor took away Jinlin's body, and Mu Jiuping took away Jinlin's personal belongings.

But Qi Shaoshang stayed.

Not only did he stay, but he also inspected Gu Xichao's room on the second floor, and found that his cup was still the same one, he still used Zhonghua brand pencils for memorization, and he had a hurdle vest stuffed under his pillow, and he still wore it when he wanted to sleep. of this.

These discoveries made him somewhat happy.

Gu Xichao ran up: "Qi Shaoshang, what are you doing?"

Qi Shaoshang said, "Search the scene."

Gu Xichao raised eyebrows and raised eyebrows: "Do you need to turn over my bed at the search site?"

Qi Shaoshang folded his quilt: "Necessary, these are all evidence."

Gu Xichao snorted: "That's right, I'm the only one in this building at night, and I'm still the number one suspect."

"Isn't the first suspect a ghost?" Qi Shaoshang suddenly remembered something: "You called the police, and that's what you told Lao Ba about killing a ghost? How did you say that you scared him like this?"

"I'm telling the truth," Gu Xichao was a little puzzled, "I said that my place is an epidemic prevention station. Our station manager passed away, and my colleagues thought he was killed by a ghost. Now I am very scared and need the help of the people's police."

Seeing his serious face, Qi Shaoshang smiled, "Okay, the people's police will live here with you tonight to help the people catch ghosts."

He stood up straight as he spoke, and gave a military salute upright, Gu Xichao looked at him and smiled, showing his white teeth.

But he couldn't stop laughing, and said, "Qi Shaoshang, we've already finished."

Qi Shaoshang asked: "Isn't it okay to be friends?"

Gu Xichao said, "No."

"why?"

Gu Xichao touched the cup on the table with nostalgia: "You know why."

Qi Shaoshang thought it was absurd for a moment, Gu Xichao said kindness to him, and at the same time touched the cup he gave him with such an expression, he didn't know why.

But he still made a "we all know" expression, he has always been proud of being a bosom friend with Gu Xichao, and he didn't want to admit that he would gradually lose sight of Gu Xichao.

Gu Xichao put down his glass: "Do you really want to live? I'll find you a room."

Qi Shaoshang nodded and followed him on his footsteps.

The floorboards creaked under their feet.

Because of the Golden Scale incident, the epidemic prevention station got off work early.Qi Shaoshang went back to the police station in the afternoon, urged the county for the autopsy report, read the information of everyone in the epidemic prevention station that Mu Jiuping had found, went to the residence of Jinlin, and finally returned to Zhao's small building on the meal , just in time to grab Gu Xichao's half of the rice.

Gu Xichao watched him pick up the rice in the bowl, and said sullenly, "I'm out of breakfast tomorrow."

Qi Shaoshang's mouth was full, and he comforted him: "It's okay, I'll get up early tomorrow morning and go to the town to buy you buns."

Gu Xichao suddenly asked: "Do you really believe that I didn't kill the golden scale?"

Qi Shaoshang choked a bit after eating, and served himself a bowl of soup: "If you were capable of killing people so much that you can't even tell how you did it, you wouldn't have beaten Xian Yuchou to a bloody mess back then, making your graduation certificate even worse. No, now give the dog an injection here."

Gu Xichao was not to be outdone: "You, a high-achieving student who is valued by the teacher, are you squatting here, saving cats from trees every day? It's more meaningful to give dogs injections. Do you know how many people die of rabies every year because the people don't pay enough attention to it?"

Qi Shaoshang sipped his soup in suspense, thinking that what Gu Xichao said made sense.

After eating, the two of them spent a while together, pointed out the political and economic situation at home and abroad, and then went back to their rooms.Qi Shaoshang brought a copy of the Water Margin in his bag, so he just took it out to read it at this time.He planned to watch tonight to see whether Gu Xichao was sleepwalking or not.

He and Gu Xichao are college roommates, it's interesting to say that the two of them are students of biology.I don't know who recruited who first, anyway, on a golden autumn day, the two went to the mountain to look at the maple leaves, and they kissed each other after seeing the maple leaves.

That was the happiest period of time for Qi Shaoshang, he and Gu Xichao had a kind of natural understanding, the sweetness was all sweetened on the same taste buds.Young and bold, they had kissed in all sorts of places; they hadn't considered exactly what this love could bring other than sweetness, and they hadn't even had time to contemplate the future.

It wasn't until Xian Yuqiu, who was at a higher level, discovered the clues, and humiliated Gu Xichao viciously.

Gu Xichao beat Xian Yuqiu hard.

The beating made Xian Yuqiu unable to hold the instrument steadily anymore, and Gu Xichao had to drop out of school.He bid farewell to Qi Shaoshang under the bare maple tree, they kissed deeply, and then Gu Xichao said: "Qi Shaoshang, let's do this, don't see each other in the future."

"I can go to you, I will graduate in another year, no matter where you are, I can go to you," Qi Shaoshang promised incoherently at that time, "We are not sick, we are in love."

Gu Xichao said, "I'm dying."

After that, Gu Xichao still disappeared from his life, and Qi Shaoshang worked hard to graduate and became a policeman through various connections.At that time, he naively thought that becoming a policeman would give him the convenience to find Gu Xichao, but he didn't expect to find someone unsuccessful, but an old criminal policeman favored him and led him on this road hand in hand.Although Qi Shaoshang has a good understanding, he has a straightforward temper. Two years ago, he investigated a case and found a big man, and he was exposed anyway. In the end, he was found out about the gossip he had with Gu Xichao when he was in college. In the end, he was said to have a bad style. All the way down to Qingtian Town.

Qi Shaoshang leaned against the wall, imagining that Gu Xichao was leaning on the other side at this moment, he wanted to laugh a little.In fact, I feel a little bit concerned about coming to him now, doesn't I?

Suddenly, he heard a strange clicking sound, and immediately rushed out to pat on Gu Xichao's door: "What's wrong?"

Gu Xichao stuck out a head: "It's a water pipe."

Qi Shaoshang couldn't believe it: "How can there be such a big movement in the water pipe?"

Water pipes can indeed move so much.

Qi Shaoshang and Gu Xichao each had a toothbrush and brushed their teeth in unison. The water pipe vibrated slightly in front of their eyes, making a terrifying sound.

Qi Shaoshang rinsed his mouth: "This movement is like stuffing a nest of mice into a water pipe."

Gu Xichao is used to hearing it: "It's okay, it should be the influence of the groundwater. When the water level changes at night, it will make a sound."

Qi Shaoshang nodded: "Go back to your room, you sleep as usual, I will keep watch."

Fu Wanqing was the first to arrive the next day. Even though Jinlin had an accident, their work still had to continue; these were all reports to be sorted out and sent to the province, so they had to pay attention.

When she opened the door, she was relieved to see that the door was locked; but when she passed the swimming pool, she couldn't hold back and took a habitual look inside, which left her dumbstruck.

Qi Shaoshang and Gu Xichao were both lying in it, Qi Shaoshang was topless and wearing uniform pants, Gu Xichao was wearing a hurdle vest and big pants, the two hugged each other and slept soundly, with their heads against their heads and their legs entwined. Legs, moving the palm of the hand from time to time, it is necessary to rub the opponent's body twice.

Gao Jixue and You Zhiwei arrived one after another and joined Fu Wanqing's side. The three of them stood by the swimming pool together, looking worriedly at the two sleeping soundly inside.

In the end, the deputy station manager Gao Jixue said: "Let's get them up first, don't catch a cold."

The person who was possessed by a ghost became two?

It really is a haunted house.

Tbc