[Qi Gu] Amber

Qi Shaoshang was in a daze all morning, which made Mu Jiuping very uneasy, and finally even boldly said to him: "Master, why don't you ask Miss Ying to show you, in case you really provoke me?" What is unclean!"

Qi Shaoshang tapped him on the head: "Go, read the party constitution in front of the national emblem."

Mu Jiuping said awkwardly: "Spiritual..."

Qi Shaoshang ignored him, and buried his head in the files of everyone in the epidemic prevention station, but he became dazed again after looking at it.

Last night he stayed at the epidemic prevention station overnight, not because he really thought that the small building was haunted, but in fact it was more selfish, in order to get closer to Gu Xichao.But he also knew that Gu Xichao didn't talk about sleepwalking when he woke up, he didn't talk about sleepwalking, since he had encountered those strange things, if it wasn't haunted, then someone was doing it.

So after Gu Xichao turned off the lights to rest, he became more vigilant and did not move the bedding prepared for him.Afraid to startle the snake, he also turned off the light, lurking in the darkness like a leopard.Surrounded by silence, Qi Shaoshang waited silently. In order to stay awake, he had some blood racing to imagine what Gu Xichao would be like across the wall; his legs were long and his waist was strong, so he could pinch him while he was asleep. As long as no marks are left on his face, Gu Xichao won't find out at all...

But then what?

Qi Shaoshang couldn't remember the ending of this squatting at all.Is he asleep?When did he fall asleep?Is there any movement at night?Besides him and Gu Xichao, has anyone else visited this small building?

Qi Shaoshang knew nothing.When he regained consciousness again, he felt pain all over his body, and his mind was at a loss. Someone shook him from the side and called "Comrade Police", so he managed to open his eyes, and was shocked to find that he was pregnant. Gu Xichao, who was not wearing much, was hugging Gu Xichao, whose upper body clothes disappeared. The two of them lay together in the abandoned swimming pool in the garden of the epidemic prevention station.

At that time, Qi Shaoshang saw Gu Xichao rubbing against his chest, opened his eyes in a daze, and had only one thought in his mind: it's over, I didn't buy him buns for breakfast.

However, Gu Xichao didn't say anything, broke his arms and ran upstairs to get dressed.Even when Qi Shaoshang went to say goodbye to him before returning to the police station, he gritted his teeth and reiterated that they are not even friends now.

Qi Shaoshang was very sad to hear that.

He has always loved Gu Xichao, even though this feeling would be classified as a disease, even if Gu Xichao had disappeared for several years without hearing from him, even though he hadn't thought of Gu Xichao's name in recent years, but this love unexpectedly It has always been there, like a seed that has been dormant for the winter, seemingly lifeless, but as long as the spring breeze blows, it will germinate.

Gu Xichao is his spring breeze.

Qi Shaoshang pressed his temples.What's the use of thinking about it?Judging from Gu Xichao's attitude at this moment, I'm afraid he can only wear it down slowly, and he should get back to business.

In the morning, the forensic doctor in the county came out with the results. The conclusion was sudden death, and there were no injuries on the body. Judging from the autopsy report, it was a complete accident.

Qi Shaoshang can't accept the conclusion of "accidental death", and of course it doesn't mean that he will be inclined to "ghosts kill people", even though everyone in Qingtian Town thinks so--in a small place, this kind of thing, you can hide it if you want Can't live.

Fortunately, he, the captain of the criminal police, has a lot of free time. The director didn't stop him when he heard that he wanted to investigate the case. He also called him to find a relationship and asked for the files of these people in the epidemic prevention station. Except that Gu Xichao was transferred temporarily, the files Before arriving in the county, the other people's files had already been piled up on Qi Shaoshang's table.Even so, he still has only Mu Jiuping as a leading soldier, and he can run errands, and Qi Shaoshang has to do these detailed things by himself.

But Gu Xichao's influence is too great, Qi Shaoshang only looked at Jinlin's files all morning, his mind was in a mess, as if he had picked up many points, but couldn't connect any of them, as if he was facing a piece of paper that was broken all over the place Pieces, completely unable to put them back together.

At this time, someone shouted outside the office: "Master, someone is looking for you!"

Qi Shaoshang went out and saw Gu Xichao sitting on the bench at the registration office with two long legs outstretched, his eyes were exactly the same as those of children waiting for their parents to pick them up from school.

Gu Xichao said: "In fact, I checked the Zhao's small building myself, and I found such a small discovery. If you show me the relevant information of this case, I will tell you."

Qi Shaoshang refused: "I am the people's policeman, how can I do this for my own benefit."

Gu Xichao raised the stakes: "I can still read the materials and analyze the case with you; you have only one stupid big man under your command, how busy you are?"

Qi Shaoshang was a little tempted: "Then can you listen to me?"

Gu Xichao weighed it up: "It's too much."

Qi Shaoshang made a move, and touched his face as fast as lightning: "What kind of thing is too much?"

Gu Xichao glared at him: "I hope Comrade Qi Shaoshang knows how to measure."

Qi Shaoshang smiled: "Okay, no kidding, I do have some headaches here. But speaking of it, why did you think of coming to help me? What did the epidemic prevention station say?"

"To be honest, I care about Zhao's house very much. It's a curiosity. I can't let it go if there is no result." Gu Xichao was not polite, and had already started rummaging on Qi Shaoshang's desk. "The epidemic prevention station will not be opened for the time being. It's time to work, let's wait until a new station master is arranged." He looked up at Qi Shaoshang with a smile: "Besides, even the people's policemen wearing the national emblem were haunted last night, and they were too scared to enter the door. .”

Qi Shaoshang let him sort out all kinds of documents on the table, and said, "Hey, Gu Xi told you that these two ghosts got on us and took off my shirt. They did it last night. What?"

Gu Xichao said: "What can I do, let's go swimming."

"The swimming pool is out of water."

"Perhaps when those ghosts came out, the house was as new as when they were alive. There was a banquet and music playing in the house, and there was naturally water in the swimming pool." Gu Xichao found the autopsy report and said while reading it, " Qi Shaoshang, do you think we should go for a gastric lavage, and you can't tell what happened to the food that the ghost ate when he got on his body."

Qi Shaoshang thought about it for a while: "If it's mud, it's not good, it's unhygienic. It's better to be bugs, and the nutritional value is higher."

Gu Xichao said, "I'm going to see the corpse."

Qi Shaoshang thought for a while: "Okay, I'll make a call to Forensic Doctor Lao, and we'll go to his place after lunch. You're here right now, so let's go to the archives room first to look for the file."

"file?"

"Yes, the case of the Zhao family's extermination, and the rumored death incidents related to the Zhao family's small building, maybe there are records left in the archives."

Gu Xichao nodded: "It's just right, I also have a big question that I haven't solved yet."

"what?"

"What's the meaning of amber?"

The results of the archives were not ideal.The only recorded related incident is the death of a homeless man four years ago. The deceased broke into the small building of Zhao's house without authorization. When several of his friends went to find him, they found that he was dead.The conclusion was also sudden death, so the case was closed as accidental death, and the relevant materials were very crude.As for the rest of the young children who disappeared and were found dead in the small building, and the workers who came off the night shift and found the small building turned on the lights and went to check and finally died, including the case of killing the Zhao family that shocked Qingtian Town, no similar records were found.

Gu Xichao was choked by the dust and sneezed a few times: "The earliest files here are from 78. Even if there is a file for the Zhao family's incident, it is probably gone. For other things, the rumors may not be true."

Qi Shaoshang said: "I don't believe you haven't inquired about the Zhao family's affairs. As for the others, this one alone is interesting. Just looking at it this way, it's exactly the same as your station master's affairs."

"But it's too brief, and the original materials have not been archived." Gu Xichao took the file and read it carefully again, "This reporter, Feng Lunhu, can we still find it now?"

Qi Shaoshang came over and read the informant's information with him: "Try it, I'm afraid he will go south to earn money, and it will be troublesome."

Gu Xichao looked at the file: "The name of the deceased is Zhang Luanfa, and the reporter is Feng Luanhu; I happen to know that there is a man named Song Luanshui in the town. Do you think this person is the one mentioned here?" The other two One of the 'friends'?"

"It's very possible," Qi Shaoshang pinched Gu Xichao's fingers, and turned a page together, "How do you know there's someone named Song Luanshui? I haven't even known about it since I've been here for almost two years."

Gu Xichao said: "The sorbet he sells is delicious."

Qi Shaoshang's voice was soft: "It's not hot yet, don't be greedy for cold."

I ate lunch in the cafeteria of the police station. Qi Shaoshang didn't have any extra lunch boxes, so he had to take out a bowl for Gu Xichao without soup. One of them took chopsticks and the other took a spoon, facing the high pile of rice in the lunch box. The food is eaten fiercely.

Gu Xi moved towards the chopsticks and pushed the eggplant away: "You eat this."

"It's not good to be picky eaters." At the end of the day, Qi Shaoshang still pulled the eggplants onto his meal, "Actually, Sister Wang's eggplants are pretty good."

Gu Xichao resolutely refused to taste it: "I can still swallow the fried eggplant box."

Qi Shaoshang shook his head: "You just love these sweet fried ones, children's taste."

Gu Xichao retorted: "It's better than someone who claims to be an old world, goes out to drink with others, and comes back wearing a bed sheet to sing about the drunken concubine—speaking of it, I vaguely heard that you are called 'big master' here?"

Qi Shaoshang said slowly: "It's just a fancy name. The day I first came, these old men tried to drink me, but they were all drunk by me, so they gave me the honorary title of "Big Master"—it's good to practice alcohol. .”

Gu Xichao: "The Taoist said that you are just bandits in police clothes."

Qi Shaoshang didn't argue with him, and gave him a spoonful of diced chicken: "Eat."

They were offering sacrifices to the Temple of the Five Viscera, and Mu Jiuping took the lunch box, and after hesitating for a while, he sat opposite them: "Master, this is..."

Qi Shaoshang said, "This is the master of the great village."

Mu Jiuping was taken aback: "Brothers don't even know."

Qi Shaoshang said: "The incense we worshiped last night, I brought it to my brothers today, it's really interesting."

Mu Jiuping remembered where Qi Shaoshang went last night: "Ah, ah, he can't be that ghostly young man in the epidemic prevention station, right?" After passing by, he changed the direction abruptly and touched the national emblem on the hat.

□□If you hang this up, it will definitely be useful.Mu Jiuping comforted himself.

Gu Xichao swallowed what was in his mouth: "Master Dazhai? You are still playing like the real thing, don't tell me you brothers are still in order of one, two, three."

Mu Jiuping said with a face of "Master Dazhai, you really understand" and said: "Yes, I am ranked eighth. It is good for Master Dazhai to call me the eighth."

Gu Xi threw it at a nail and didn't hit anyone, so he lowered his head to pick up the rice in depression; Qi Shaoshang saw his unhappy face, grinned gloatingly: "Old Ba, did you get any results from what I asked you to inquire about this morning?"

Mu Jiuping shook his head: "Even the old people have their own explanations about the Zhao family's affairs. Everyone knows the curse of amber, but half of them don't know what amber is. They think it is a gem or something, and say it was given by the evil spirits." Buying money for life, killing people like this is not a crime.”

Gu Xichao was full, and put down his chopsticks: "Old natural amber is quite valuable, but I got it from Zhao's small building, which is made of artificial turpentine, so I'm afraid I can't afford it."

Qi Shaoshang put his unfinished mouthful of rice into his own rice bowl: "Why use amber instead of gold ingots?"

"There was a grandma who worked as a servant in the Zhao family, and said that their wife liked amber."

After dinner, Qi Shaoshang and Gu Xichao took the bus to the county police station to look at the corpse.

Gu Xichao felt a little regretful: "Stationmaster Xiaohuang is a little withdrawn and a little arrogant, but his work is still pretty good." He demonstrated how to do it: "If there is something missing in the epidemic prevention station, the stationmaster Xiaohuang will contact you. It was approved by the above, and our salary is also good.”

Qi Shaoshang thought in shock that someone could make Gu Xichao describe him as "solitary" and "arrogant", but that was what people used to say about him.But Qi Shaoshang cleverly didn't mention this: "Oh, I can't tell from the file, I thought he was a cheerful person, after all, he has stayed abroad."

"You have our files? Come back and show me."

"As far as you don't have it, it's said that it hasn't been transferred yet." Qi Shaoshang said, "The analysis of interpersonal relationships is mainly done by you. After all, you are familiar with them."

Gu Xichao turned to look at him: "I'm involved in this case, so you trust me?"

Qi Shaoshang said, "We are bosom friends."

The desolate scenery whizzed by outside the car window.

The condition of the corpse was exactly the same as the report given by the forensic doctor Lao Xueguang. Not to mention trauma, there were no suspicious traces. The only sign was that the facial expression of Jinlin was slightly distorted, making his open eyes look a little scary.This kind of evidence was used by others to prove "ghosts kill people", Jinlin was frightened; Lao Xueguang thought that he might have a heart attack, and he was in pain before he died.

Gu Xichao looked at it for a while, then asked Qi Shaoshang: "Tell me, is it possible that it was caused by drugs?"

Qi Shaoshang said: "I thought about it too, but it didn't show up in the blood."

Gu Xichao thought for a while: "Maybe, it's metabolized."

Qi Shaoshang was surprised: "This kind of medicine is unusual. It's unbelievable that it appeared in such a small place as Qingtian Town."

Gu Xichao glanced at him.

You are here, and I am here, isn't that unbelievable enough?

After finding nothing at the county police station, Qi Shaoshang took Gu Xichao to Jinlin's residence again. After Gu Xichao finished watching, the two went to Song Luanshui's place to eat ice cream together, inquired about the sudden death that year, and then Going back to Qi Shaoshang's site, he reviewed the temporarily detained personal belongings of Jin Lin; when he was able to look at the files in peace, the others were already getting ready to leave work.

Gu Xichao was a little embarrassed: "Can I take it home to see, the eldest lady is on duty during the day, I'm going to replace her."

Qi Shaoshang nodded, and secretly hid the file in his bag: "Then let's keep it quiet, and don't let others know." He asked casually: "Missy is on duty alone? I can't see that she is so courageous, I thought everyone would be so brave." Scared by ghosts."

Gu Xichao hesitated for a moment, leaned into Qi Shaoshang's ear, and said in a breathy voice: "She also thinks that there may be ghosts, but she and Xiao Huang are cousins, and they have a very good relationship since they were young. bold."

"Isn't it not allowed to kiss like this now? No wonder I heard that Jinlin returned to China for his cousin." Qi Shaoshang followed suit and whispered in Gu Xi's ear, "Don't worry, I won't say anything." out."

"It doesn't have to be like that," Gu Xichao bit his lip, "I guessed it at first, just now I saw the photo and portrait of the eldest lady in the golden scale relic, so I was a bit sure."

Qi Shaoshang led him out to register, and then turned to the garage: "I have a moped, so I'll take you back faster."

So Gu Xichao squeezed into Qi Shaoshang's back seat, with his legs curled up pitifully, waiting for Qi Shaoshang's Ula Ula to start, and grabbed the clothes on Qi Shaoshang's back.

Qi Shaoshang kicked off the ground and galloped away: "Don't worry, I won't lose you."

When they returned to the epidemic prevention station, not only Fu Wanqing was there, but also a woman and a big dog.

Seeing that Gu Xichao and the two of them were very happy, Fu Wanqing breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Little Gu came back just in time. She needs an injection, but none of us can hold it back."

The wolfhound sniffed and stretched out its head, sniffing at the two of Qi and Gu, the hot air came out from the two rows of fangs, almost on their legs.

Gu Xichao turned a blind eye and walked over to take the things in Fu Wanqing's hands: "I'll come, miss, you can get off work as usual."

Fu Wanqing still wanted to say something, but Gu Xichao had already called out: "Qi Shaoshang, come over and hold that dog! Just put it on that table."

Qi Shaoshang was gearing up, and was about to bring that big wolfhound to justice immediately.

The strange woman let Qi Shaoshang torment her dog, and walked over to strike up a conversation with Gu Xichao: "You come to work so late."

Gu Xi scratched her black tights with her eyes: "Oh, I'm on the night shift."

"That's your friend? That's right, something happened just now, so I should find someone to accompany me." The woman glanced at Qi Shaoshang, then turned back and smiled at Gu Xichao, "Actually, I'm much more useful than him. Have you heard of me? I am Ying girl from Qingtian Town, Yingluhe."

After a bark, Qi Shaoshang and the big wolf dog rushed towards this side in the same posture; one hugged Ying Luhe, humming aggrievedly, the other hugged Gu Xichao, and complained to Ying Luhe: "You dog I haven't brushed my teeth for a few days, and my mouth smells bad."

Fu Wanqing had already packed her things. Seeing the turmoil in their place, she said, "Why don't you guys watch that dog together, Xiao Gu, and I'll give you an injection."

Qi Shaoshang immediately went over to catch the dog again: "No, I can do it alone."

In the evening, Qi Shaoshang was held down in the bathroom by Gu Xichao, and he washed the dog spittle all over his body well.

Qi Shaoshang was extremely proud: "Gu Xichao, we have been friends for so many years, this is the first time I know that you are afraid of dogs."

Gu Xichao said coldly: "You don't know much about me."

"Then tell me, look, I'm exhausted from pressing your dog today."

"I can hold it down without you." Gu Xichao poured water on Qi Shaoshang, "It's not the first day I work in the epidemic prevention station, I have dealt with dogs bigger than this."

Qi Shaoshang asked: "Why?"

"what why?"

"I'm afraid of dogs and have to deal with them, but I can't show others, aren't you tired?"

Gu Xichao looked solemn: "For the country's rabies prevention and control cause!"

Qi Shaoshang shook his head: "I don't believe it, that girl Ying wants to hook you up today, I can tell."

Gu Xi raised her eyebrows: "Oh?"

"You said she came here for the first time, but you know that you are from the epidemic prevention station. I am just a night companion. I must have inquired about it beforehand."

The jet of water in Gu Xichao's hand ruthlessly hit Qi Shaoshang's lower abdomen: "Why are you upset when a girl inquires about me?"

Qi Shaoshang let out an "Aww": "The water should be smaller, your abdominal muscles will be deflated!"

Gu Xichao was unmoved: "It's because your meat is not good enough."

Qi Shaoshang suddenly pinched his wrist and pulled it cleverly: "You should come and see, I can't pass the test."

Gu Xichao was caught off guard and threw himself into his arms, the water pipe lost his grip and flew out, instantly covering the sky with a curtain of water.

Qi Shaoshang hugged him and said, "You said we can't be friends anymore, is it because you still love me?"

There was a long silence, and both of them got wet little by little.

Gu Xichao said helplessly: "Yes, but so what? We are not students who don't understand anything."

"It's fine if you're willing to admit it. I'm not afraid that you'll be afraid. We'll have a long time to come." Qi Shaoshang hugged him vigorously for a while before letting go, "I'm patient, let's talk about this case first."

The water gradually became smaller, and there was a strange rattling sound in the water pipe again.

Gu Xichao said: "Let's look at the timeline. This bungalow was built by Zhao's family before liberation, and it has been well preserved. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the mayor reported it, but the country has not allocated it, and it has been idle. Until 68 or 69, The Zhao family suddenly returned to the town, and now many people speculate that they were affected by the movement at that time, but they didn't expect that the whole family died tragically within a few days after returning home."

All the news about Gu Xichao came from the mouths of the people in the town. He was good-looking, and he pleased some elderly people whose children were not around. He also knew that he lived in the small building of the Zhao family. Know everything without saying nothing.Although these memories are not very accurate, and some even contradict each other, Gu Xichao made a little integration and guessed the events of that year with a good degree of accuracy.

"At that time, the two brothers of the Zhao family came back, with their mother, their wives and children, a total of five adults and three children. In addition, there were two drivers who drove them. It is said that these people were all killed. It was cut, and the blood flowed all the way into the garden."

Qi Shaoshang said: "Old Eight Talkers, Mrs. Zhao likes amber?"

Gu Xichao shook his head: "I didn't find out about this, but there were people in the town who were hired by the Zhao family to help move things. They did see Amber. They just wanted to move, but they were stopped by the eldest son of the Zhao family, saying that this thing is too expensive. Hit, the Zhao family moved it by themselves in the end."

"The matter of the Zhao family's extermination was characterized as running around, robbery, and killing, that is to say, there was no murderer, and there was no directional evidence." Qi Shaoshang sighed, "But at that time, it didn't matter whether it was investigated or not. After that, the Zhao family's small building Continue to idle, the town began to have haunted legends, and even the deaths that actually appeared in the small building."

"But there is only Zhang Luanfa's case that can be traced." Gu Xichao drank tea with his cup in his arms, "According to Song Luanshui, the four of them were orphans and had known each other since childhood. Qingtian Town found rich relatives and came to join them. Unexpectedly, they fled and lived on the streets. When they were bored, they pried Zhao's small building. They wanted to steal furniture and sell it, but no one in the town dared to accept it. They said it was haunted. The three of them A little afraid, only Zhang Luanfa insisted on living in the small building. For the first two days, everything was normal, but on the third day, Zhang Luanfa did not come to have breakfast with them as usual. Several people were worried that he was killed by ghosts, so they dared not go to see him. It was not until noon that Zhang Luanfa came to feel at ease. On the fourth day, Zhang Luanfa still didn’t show up in the morning, so the three of them got bolder and decided to go to the small building to look for him, but this time they found Zhang Luanfa’s body.”

Qi Shaoshang said: "The corpse holds amber in its hand. I suspect that the rumors that the ghost of Zhao's small building has something to do with Amber started after this case, so there is no such thing as Amber about the rumors of Zhao's extermination." shadow."

Gu Xichao nodded: "I think someone deliberately released the rumors, and this person only realized that Amber is a point that needs to be paid attention to after the Zhang Luanfa incident... I even suspect that this person is Zhang Luanfa's 'rich relative'. "

"Do you think the Zhao family's small building is famous? But there is nothing here except old furniture, and even the garden has been turned over by you to plant vegetables. If there is something buried, you should be able to find it."

"Yes, the soil layer in the garden is normal, and the small building is also normal, but it's not like nothing else." Gu Xichao opened his hand, and an amber lay in his palm, "It suddenly appeared next to my pillow The key to the epidemic prevention station is only me and the eldest lady, I locked the door that night, and when the eldest lady came to open the door, she also confirmed that the door was locked; at that time, Amber had already appeared."

"Stationmaster Xiao Huang doesn't have a key either? Then why did he die in the swimming pool?"

Gu Xichao shook his head: "I don't know, I sometimes feel that I killed him, and I made all those weird things out on purpose, so that I can blame the ghosts after the accident."

Qi Shaoshang said: "I do think that you are too concerned about this matter."

The two looked at each other, and the atmosphere froze for a moment.

Qi Shaoshang took a sip from the cup in Gu Xichao's hand: "Miss said how many times did the door come in the morning and the door was unlocked?"

"It should have been unlocked for three days. On the second day I lived here, the eldest lady said that the door was unlocked for the first two days, and then a day later, the eldest lady mentioned it again on the fourth day, and then there was no more. I later I checked with her, and the door was locked afterwards, although later... I sleepwalked later."

"The key here is too complicated. If you make it yourself, the locksmith will not be impressed... But you can open it from the inside... Isn't the golden scale weird at all?"

Gu Xichao opened Jinlin's file: "It's a normal resume, although it's a bit unusual. His parents are university professors, but he studied in the United States with a scholarship. After finishing his studies, he stayed in the epidemic prevention station for his cousin when he returned to China. "

"Where's Fu Wanqing?"

Gu Xichao said: "Her parents are both dead, but they have been rehabilitated."

Qi Shaoshang understood: "It's not incomprehensible to want to take care of such a cousin. How about Gao Jixue and You Zhiwei?"

"Both of them are locals. Lao Gao doesn't have a family. He usually has a bit of a bad mouth, but he doesn't offend others. Master You has a family, but he always makes trouble with his family because of the relationship between men and women-I can be sure that every day after work, they They have already left the epidemic prevention station." Gu Xichao sighed, "I'm afraid it was when I was sleepwalking..."

Qi Shaoshang interrupted him impatiently: "Come on, don't test me, I said earlier that I believe you didn't do it." He slowed down his tone: "Besides, there must be something strange about sleepwalking. Got sleepwalking."

"I thought about it before, whether it might be the influence of drugs, and I didn't even eat the food prepared by the epidemic prevention station, and ran to the town to eat, but I still woke up in the swimming pool. Later, I tried to take other drugs to control it, but... ..."

Qi Shaoshang jumped at the case: "What kind of medicine are you taking blindly! Do you want your body!"

"It's just something to soothe the nerves," Gu Xichao muttered, "Who knew it would be worse after eating it. It turned out that I just woke up and found that I had moved it. After eating it, I started to have nightmares."

"Dream what?"

"I dreamed that I was walking in Zhao's small building, and the windows were full of ugly bugs, this is the kind in amber." Gu Xichao nodded the amber, and there was a gray-black moth wrapped in it, "Sometimes there will be I dreamed of a woman in red dress with very long hair, who only flashed at the edge of my field of vision, and disappeared when I approached."

"Moth? Woman?"

Gu Xichao watched him think about the dream as if it were real, and reminded him: "I also thought about whether it was because of taking medicine that I became conscious during sleepwalking, but even if I really saw the woman in red, I would not There can't be moths that can fill a window—the moths don't even come from our country."

"What if it's because of drug hallucinations?"

"But where is the drug? I guard everyone, go to random places to eat, and still sleepwalk. Yesterday I thought you would find something, but you also got tricked, why?"

"Didn't you verify the food at the epidemic prevention station? And other people also eat here during the day, with the same ingredients."

Qi Shaoshang suddenly stopped talking.

Gu Xichao pushed him: "What's wrong?"

Qi Shaoshang stared at the teacup on the table: "The sound from the water pipe, are you sure it's because of groundwater?"

Gu Xichao suddenly changed color: "You mean, the problem is in the water... How much did you drink?"

"Just now, I took a bite out of you."

Gu Xichao almost smashed the table: "I've had two drinks!"

The night was still silent.

Despite finally realizing that there was something wrong with the water they were drinking, nothing changed tonight.Gu Xichao has always had the habit of drinking tea before going to bed, but at the moment she is already dazed, trying to hold her breath and just sit.Qi Shaoshang called him a few times, but he didn't understand what he said, so he didn't make things difficult for him, and patted his head: "Xi Chao, you go to sleep, it's about sleeping in the swimming pool for one more day."

Gu Xichao's eyes were no longer in focus, so Qi Shaoshang led her to the bedside to comfort her a few times, and then fell asleep with her eyes closed.Qi Shaoshang only took a sip of tea in Gu Xichao's cup tonight, feeling a little dazed for the time being; he went to Gu Xichao to rummage in the drawer, and he found a sewing needle: "Now I'm going to try the taste of pricking my ass. "

He saw that Gu Xichao had a crowbar next to his pillow, so instead of looking for a suitable weapon, he took it and put it in his waist, covered it with his jacket, turned off the light, and lay down next to Gu Xichao to doze off.

Boil it, don't fall asleep.

Qi Shaoshang's thighs were full of fine and dense pains.

It was only then that he remembered that the tap water system in Qingtian Town had always been in good condition, and the water supply system in Zhao's small building was newly built for the work of the epidemic prevention station. After all, many related tasks required clean water sources.Qi Shaoshang had never doubted the water problem before, until Gu Xichao said that he had ruled out the suspicion of diet in a few days, Qi Shaoshang suddenly thought of the unusual sound in the water pipe.Gu Xichao is not a careless person, why did he think that such a loud sound was caused by changes in the groundwater level?

Qi Shaoshang's mind was in a mess, and he couldn't even feel the pain in his thigh.

Suddenly, Gu Xichao sat up straight.

Qi Shaoshang took advantage of the moonlight shining through the window, imitating Gu Xichao's steps, and wandered around the small building with him.

There are a total of six rooms on the second floor, except for a game room which is used as a warehouse, and the rest are bedrooms.The master bedroom with the study and small living room was locked, Gu Xichao and Qi Shaoshang each opened a second bedroom, and the furniture in the other two rooms were covered with white cloth.Qi Shaoshang searched here during the day, and didn't feel anything at that time, but now he felt his scalp tingling, almost forcing himself to quietly observe every shadow for any abnormalities.

For the first time he felt fear.

The source of this fear is not the malice hidden in the darkness, nor the conspiracy whose outline cannot be seen clearly, but Gu Xichao who is walking in front of him.

Gu Xichao's steps and demeanor were very strange, Qi Shaoshang couldn't help but suspect that the person walking in front of him was not the one he loved so much for many years, but was quietly replaced by an evil ghost.This kind of uncontrollable loss made Qi Shaoshang terrified. He thought that this night he would walk side by side with Gu Xichao in hell, fearless; but once Gu Xichao became not like Gu Xichao, he seemed to be with someone With monsters walking together, every step you take is false.

He followed the strange monster down the stairs.

The downstairs dining room has been equipped with equipment and transformed into a consultation room. He followed Gu Xichao around and walked to the living room.Qi Shaoshang silently calculated the terrain, the kitchen and the servants' quarters did not seem to be in the sleepwalking route, so they just went to sleep in the swimming pool directly?

At this time, Qi Shaoshang seemed to hear a strange footstep, which was not in the same rhythm as he and Gu Xichao.He hesitated.Do you want to see it?Do you want to startle the snake?In fact, it was his limit to stay awake and follow Gu Xichao, and he was not sure that he could hit him with one blow.

At this moment, they had already entered the living room and walked towards the main entrance of the small building.

The strange footsteps sounded behind him, where the stairs were.

Qi Shaoshang stabbed his thigh forcefully, then suddenly turned around——

A woman in a red dress with long hair covering her face stood on the stairs, with only one eye exposed in her hair, staring fixedly at Qi Shaoshang.

Qi Shaoshang seemed to be pinned, unable to take a step or make a sound.

The last image in his memory was of an oncoming swarm of moths.

Tbc

The author has something to say: Cough, so what, the construction of the rule of law in our country is relatively late, and it is a small place, so it is probably okay to violate the rules like this. . . ——forced explanation