Well of Mystery

The so-called "see each other late", at the end of the day, Bai Xiuqi didn't leave Hua Yinyang's studio until around three o'clock in the afternoon.He also made an agreement with Huayang that he would visit her again when Huayin came back next time.

Before leaving Xuanjing Apartment, Bai Xiuqi went back to Jiang Chenglu's house to pick up the bag.This time he paid more attention and found that the cherries in the plastic bag had been wiped out.There are still two or three colorful feathers on the table on one side.

Bai Xiuqi has never seen such beautiful feathers, which are similar in size to ordinary budgerigars, but richer in color, and there are round eye spots at the end similar to peacock tail feathers.He couldn't tell what bird it was, so he stole one and put it in his pocket.

Jiang Chenglu didn't notice his small gesture, turned around and handed Bai Xiuqi's bag over, and asked, "How do you feel about this apartment?"

"It's a bit weird, but it's interesting. But judging from your previous reaction, it seems that I don't recommend opening a studio here."

"It's not recommended."

Jiang Chenglu shrugged his shoulders: "This place belongs to your family. Don't you just listen to you when you flatten and round it? It's just that the situation in the apartment is more complicated. You can't understand it right away. If you want to enclose land here, please listen to my suggestions."

Follow your advice?Bai Xiuqi asked back: "Then what if I want to burn Xuanjing Apartment to the ground and build a new building?"

"It can't be done." Jiang Chenglu looked into his eyes seriously: "With me here, no one can tear down Xuanjing Apartment, including you, my little boss."

It took Bai Xiuqi more than an hour to get home from Xuanjing Apartment.

When he opened the door of the apartment, the setting sun just came in from the floor-to-ceiling windows opposite, coating the light-colored teak floor with a layer of golden yellow.

The exhaustion of running around for a day finally started to break out, Bai Xiuqi threw the bag on the sofa, and couldn't wait to smoke out a cigarette to light it.There was a condescending bay window in the living room, which was arranged as a cushioned couch. He sat on it and opened the window.

Opposite the building is a newly opened wetland park, sparsely populated.At the end of spring and the beginning of summer, the eyes are full of beating greenery, and the aromatic chemicals released by the plants give the air a sweet fragrance, which forms a wonderful contrast with the withered taste of the plants in the cigarettes.

Bai Xiuqi suddenly had a feeling of "violence", and found an ashtray to stifle the cigarette.

It's not early, and it will be dinner time in a while.Although she has lived alone for six or seven years, Bai Xiuqi's cooking skills are basically zero.Going out to eat, or ordering takeaway are two common choices-but today he doesn't want to do these two things, but misses the bowl of potato soup at noon.

It seems that I should learn it, and the taste of home-cooked food is also quite good.

The sun was setting, and the light quickly dimmed.Bai Xiuqi got up and turned on the light, and brought a sketchbook and a pen by the way.He unfolded a blank page, but froze just after landing a dot.

Who do you want to draw?

Is it the man from the Republic of China who died sadly in his dream... or the impoverished, cheerful and easy-going gatekeeper, Jiang Chenglu?

……

Bai Xiuqi slowly raised his left hand and pressed it to his lips, stroking back and forth, looking for the feeling in his memory.

At this moment, he heard the vibration of the mobile phone.

The call was from the police station, with the test results of the bouquet of daffodils.Blood and tissues do not belong to humans, they should be poor animals like cats and dogs.

At present, there is no good way to stop this kind of intimidation. Even if the suspect is caught, as long as he does not commit substantial infringement, he can only be detained for five to ten days or fined.

The final conclusion is: continue to observe and pay attention to retaining evidence.If the other party makes further moves, notify the police immediately.

Bai Xiuqi nodded and wrote down the contact information.After a while, Li Kun also called. He first blamed him for not answering several calls, and then asked about today's harvest.

"Ah, the studio decided to be there."

Bai Xiuqi smiled: "Your family is engaged in real estate, please introduce me to a more reliable decoration team."

"Success." Li Kun agreed very happily: "Take me to see that geomantic treasure sometime."

Choosing a date is worse than bumping into it, so Bai Xiuqi simply agreed with him to go again at noon tomorrow.

Putting down his phone, Bai Xiuqi went to the study and turned on the computer, wanting to see if there was any shortcut on the electronic map to bypass the Jiuli Huaicai Market and drive directly into Jiangcheng Road.

After a short waiting time, the floor plan of Jiulihuai area appeared in front of his eyes.

Empty, really empty.

Most of them are khaki, occasionally interspersed with a few dark blue straight roads.The gray Jiulihuai farm settlement and the nearby farmland are particularly conspicuous.

In addition, the center of the map is also a touch of dark green - the east-west hills are like a long eyebrow gently slashing across.There is a huge square building under the eyebrow arch, which is Xuanjing Apartment.

"It really looks like a well." Bai Xiuqi said to himself, "It also looks like an eye."

Bai Xiuqi's grandfather once said that the so-called "well" is a channel for communicating the energy of heaven and earth.In the tombs of ancient emperors and nobles, there was a golden well dug under the coffin, which was the way for the soul of the tomb owner to enter and exit...

Could it be said that the depression around Xuanjing Apartment has something to do with this "well"?

Bai Xiuqi does not believe in evil.

He thought for a while, and then typed two key words "hangrudder road" and "abandoned" into the search bar.The search content about the reasons for the failure of Hangduo Road's development quickly jumped out.

Although it was a long time ago, after some patient searching, he still found valuable content.

Jiang Chenglu also mentioned that there was originally a big river in front of Xuanjing Apartment, but later the river dried up and became a road.But at the riverbed, the subsurface flow has not been cut off, and the soil is soft and seepage.

At that time, in conjunction with the construction of Hangduo Road, an underground civil air defense project was built at the entrance of Xuanjing Apartment.However, due to serious water seepage in half of the excavation, it had to be interrupted.

The soil is loose, and it seems that the scientific reason for the depression in this area is here.

But time has passed, and today's construction technology is believed to be able to overcome this problem. Didn't Dingli Real Estate already take pictures of the farmhouse in Jiulihuai?

Next time Jiang Chenglu is arrogant again, he will use this to refute him.

Bai Xiuqi smiled, got up and turned on the heating switch of the water dispenser, and made himself a cup of coffee.

Gotta do something serious tonight.After all, he is not a great painter like his grandfather. Although he was able to avoid many things he didn't want to do by relying on his family's wealth, he didn't allow himself to be too slack. Five hours later, everything was silent outside the window.The mist rising from the wetlands dimly reflected the moonlight.Bai Xiuqi took off the glasses that he only wore at work, got up to wash his hands.

On the easel, the unfinished paintings are still unpainted, but on the floor there are sketches that have been discarded.

On the torn or crumpled paper, there is only the same man.

Or sit, or stand, or turn your head and smile, or stare and be angry... all of them are not satisfied by the painter without exception.Perhaps Bai Xiuqi still hasn't figured out who he is painting.

It's late at night, and it's time to rest again.After washing up, Bai Xiuqi didn't go to tidy up the studio, he went straight into the bedroom, lifted the quilt and poured in.

The bed was bought a little too big, and one person's body temperature is not enough to warm all the places.

For some reason, he remembered waking up in Jiang Chenglu's bed at noon today.The traces of rouge on the chest have been washed away, but for some reason, it feels hot instead.

Bai Xiuqi turned over, letting her skin cling to the cool sheet.After a while, the tiredness of his body swarmed in like a tide, dragging him into a dark and sweet dreamland.

This time, Bai Xiuqi clearly felt that he was dreaming, and the time in the dream was still ancient times.

He was wearing a black robe, with a silver knife on his waist, his loose long hair was tied in a bunch behind his back, and the pearls at both ends of the black hairband dangled slightly.

And the strangest thing was that he was still covered by a wide black veil, which was covered with dark silver flame patterns.

The surrounding light is dim, and it is a deep and windowless stone corridor.The torches on the wall were burning, but they emitted a strange blue light.

"Mysterious Lamp"

Bai Xiuqi actually knew the name of this kind of torch, and also knew that this kind of faint blue flame could make people feel peaceful, and even had a hypnotic effect.

There are black iron gates on the walls on both sides of the corridor.As he walked forward, pairs of eyes of different colors lit up in the dark room on both sides, looking at him vigilantly or contemptuously, and there were faintly seductive words and the sound of chains.

Bai Xiuqi remembered - this is a heavily guarded prison, and he is an idle jailer.All that needs to be done is to routinely inspect the ghost lamp and the situation of the people in the prison every day, and distribute food to the mortals in the prison once a year.

Yes, once a year.Because this is not a prison on earth.

Bai Xiuqi was very sure of this, but he couldn't remember where the prison was.

The black veil on his body can help him resist the gloomy light of the Xuanming Lantern.Otherwise, with his ability, he would not be able to advance even half a step.Today is not a day for feeding, but he still keeps walking towards the depths of the prison.

The monotonous corridor finally came to an end.What appeared before his eyes was an arched stone door, the blue light shining inside the door seemed to be more eye-catching than the corridor.

Bai Xiuqi took a deep breath, and walked into the archway. Under his feet was a series of steps that sank steeply, and he was plunged into the blue sea of ​​fire.

In a huge cave hall, there are iron chains and charms hanging high on the top, and a pool of burning blue light below. The reliefs of King Kong warriors and deep and shallow charms are carved on the four stone walls-this existence like a net of heaven and earth, but Just to trap a person.

Bai Xiuqi untied the token from his waist and threw it on the fire pool. Standing on it, he slowly crossed the fire pool and came to the huge cage trapped in the center of the pool.

The cage was black, but it was impossible to tell what material it was made of.Every fence is a dragon, and every dragon scale is engraved with fine golden runes.

And the person to be trapped by such a big battle is sitting in the cage at this moment.He has silver hair, but his eyes are rare golden, and there is a long shackle on his feet, which constantly emits a faint gleam.

This person has Jiang Chenglu's face again.