Ring of Seven [Online Version]

"Ding dong! Ding dong!"

Just when Zhou Jue, Chen Hao and others saw the critical moment, their progress was interrupted again as expected. Everyone raised their heads, and Chen Hao signaled everyone to stop first, and he went to open the door.

As soon as he opened the door, he found that it was none other than Feng Laojiu.He was holding a package in his hand, and he might be in a hurry to walk up the stairs, and he seemed a little out of breath.Chen Hao let Lao Jiu enter the room calmly, and Feng Lao Jiu exchanged polite greetings, and found that Zhou Jue, Fat San and Shou Hou were all there, so he walked up to them and said, "I guess you are here. When I called Zhou Jue at your house, your mother said that she hadn't seen you in the early morning, let's not talk about this, I'm here to give you something."

After Chen Hao pointed it out, everyone knew that this old nine was a master liar, and his acting skills had reached the level of an actor.So although there was no repulsion on the face, none of the eyes did not show vigilance.

There was a strange look in Lao Jiu's eyes, but he still said flatly: "I just received a courier, and the recipient is Zhou Jue. Guess who the sender is?"

Zhou Jue asked, "Who is it?"

Lao Jiu nodded his glasses, pointed at Chen Hao and said, "It's his sister, Chen Rulan."

Zhou Jue turned around and asked Chen Hao, "What's going on?"

Chen Hao continued to shake his head sullenly and said, "I don't know, let him continue talking."

Lao Jiu nodded and said: "The delivery place is in Nanjing. I felt something strange and rushed to send it to you."

Zhou Jue said: "This is too strange, why is it a courier from Nanjing again, she can't send me a courier package, because we have never met."

Lao Jiu took out a courier hard paper bag from his bag, and handed it to Zhou Jue, who found that the courier had been opened.He glanced at Lao Jiu, and he admitted that Lao Jiu was opened by him.He explained: "It's because the sender is Chen Rulan, and she is said to have been missing for five years. That's why I was curious. Sorry, I opened it without permission."

Zhou Jue waved his hands to let Lao Jiu stop talking.He took out the things inside and found some old-fashioned film rolls, four boards wrapped with old newspapers, and a piece of paper inside, which wrote: So far, all the information has been delivered.Don't forget the appointment of seven people.

Zhou Jue handed the piece of paper to Chen Hao and the others. Chen Hao looked at himself on the paper and said, "This...the handwriting is indeed my sister's."

Zhou Jue questioned: "Could it be that your sister is not dead?"

Chen Hao shook his head and said, "I don't know..."

Fat San finally caught a chance to speak, and he asked cautiously: "I don't care who wrote this, but it said that all our information has been received? What do you mean? This thing Is it all the information?"

Chen Hao put down the piece of paper and glanced at Lao Jiu, he said, "When did you receive this courier?"

Lao Jiu said: "In the morning, I went to the door room to get my reference materials. I saw that the reference materials were accompanied by this courier, which was also delivered to our dormitory."

Zhou Jue looked at Chen Hao, but the latter nodded calmly, as if accepting this explanation.But Zhou Jue knew very well in his heart that there must be something wrong with this old nine, and he must have something to do with "Ring of Seven".

Chen Hao picked up the photo and looked through the light. Although the film was not as good as the photo, he could still see some shadows roughly.Through the sunlight, he found that there were people and scenes in these photos.If it wasn't taken from Lao Jiu, it would probably be similar to that kind of scenery photo.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Lao Jiu said, "If there is nothing else, then I will go back too, and I still have papers to write."

Seeing that he was about to leave, Chen Hao stopped him and said, "Student Feng, we have a book here. Are you interested in reading it together?"

Feng Laojiu tilted his head and looked at Chen Hao, but from the moment he turned around, Zhou Jue found a trace of evil in Feng Laojiu's eyes. This feeling was something Feng Laojiu would never have in the past. , but it was so inconspicuous that Zhou Jue thought it was just his illusion.

Feng Laojiu said with a smile: "I'm really in a hurry, next time."

Chen Hao couldn't listen to Feng Laojiu's words at all, he arbitrarily copied the ring of seven from the desk, and flew towards Feng Laojiu.Zhou Jue's heart tightened, and fortunately the book was thick enough, otherwise, if he threw it like an Indian pancake, it would probably become a straw paper.

Feng Laojiu didn't expect that the "book" would come flying across. He subconsciously took it with his hand, his expression was very surprised, and there was still a little anger.

Chen Hao crossed his fingers and propped his chin: "You are familiar with this book, right?"

Feng Laojiu replied: "No, it's the first time I saw it. I only heard about it from my second child before."

Chen Hao glanced at him meaningfully, then turned to Zhou Jue and said, "Where did we see in front?"

Zhou Jue was taken aback, and he quickly recalled: "Well, we saw Lin Xu and the others met a newcomer, and then entered the secret room together. There was a dead man wearing the same shroud as them in the secret room."

Chen Hao covered his mouth and said for a long time: "Everyone has been watching for so long, but they still haven't been interrupted, but there must be something or someone interrupting us at a critical point. It makes us stop at a certain point, and then strange things will happen. The occurrence of mutation according to the program in the book..."

Zhou Jue nodded and said, "That's right. If it's man-made, it's a logical error according to the theory of probability. But if there's a certain kind of supernatural power, then..."

Chen Hao said: "If these things are really left by Rulan, then so much information is all collected in her hands. Although I know she is very capable, she cannot complete so many things alone. Yes, there must be someone with her, that is to say, there must be other helpers in the group of seven of her generation."

Zhou Jue felt that he had caught the meaning of Chen Hao's words: "You mean... there are people around Chen Rulan, so why did she still fail? Could it be that these things in our hands are not enough?"

Chen Hao shook his head, his brows were tightly furrowed: "It can only explain one problem. They must be very close to the truth, but they are still one step away, and all previous efforts have been wasted. That step is critical!"

Fat San couldn't sit still when he heard this, he interjected: "Then, doesn't that mean that we have many unstable factors that we cannot know?"

Chen Hao nodded, and he went on to say: "That's right, but don't forget that we got Rulan's clues for free, and continued to go down based on her, so we took advantage."

Zhou Jue understood: "You mean, we can use these things to simulate what Chen Rulan encountered..."

Chen Hao snapped his fingers, nodded and said, "Smart!"

The two found that they were too absorbed in their thinking, and the people around them were looking at them with very strange eyes, so their expressions were also very awkward.Each coughed and avoided looking.Chen Hao noticed that Zhou Jue's slap was a little red.

Fat San shrugged his shoulders meaningfully, and the thin monkey who had been silent at this time also showed a little excitement at this time, because at least after this analysis, they felt that they seemed to be one step ahead of the ghosts in this book. Take the lead.He urged everyone to continue to return to the topic.

At this time, Feng Laojiu who had been holding the book had already put it down silently, and the thin monkey inadvertently swept behind Feng Laojiu. In fact, he had been paying attention to Feng Laojiu's expression.He found that the black cat had been lying on the ground less than three steps away from his feet at some point, and it was moving very strangely. Its tail was up, its front legs were lying on the ground, and the hair on its body seemed to be standing up, but it It didn't bark, but looked like a dumb cat with fried fur.

And Feng Laojiu stared at the cat from the corner of his eyes.When he noticed that the thin monkey was looking at him, he quickly looked down at the book in his hand, but the thin monkey realized that he just hadn't opened the book.

Chen Hao also noticed these subtle movements of Feng Laojiu. He smiled and said: "So, Feng, after hearing this, are you interested in reading this book together? This book is related to the lives of three of your friends." , and maybe it's about you too."

For some unknown reason, Feng Laojiu pondered for a long time with a sullen face, and then raised his head and said, "This...it's okay."

Fat San saw the thoughtful expressions on everyone's faces, looked at him, and then at him.But no one spoke anymore, he said: "Then, shall we continue reading? Don't stop."

But unexpectedly, Feng Laojiu stopped him and said, "Let's look at those films first. If it's really what Mr. Chen said, then we should grasp the clues we have already..."

Fat San showed a distrustful expression before he finished speaking, Zhou Jue said at this time: "I agree with Lao Jiu, these films come from unclear, we should look at the clues first."

So besides the weird novel, there was also a bag of film that I didn't know if it could be developed or not.

Both things are very tempting, with temptations of a different nature.But in the end everyone still chose the film, who let people be "all the information".

So the soldiers split into two groups, with Chen Hao and Pangsan going to edit the photos, while Zhou Jue, Shou Hou and Lao Jiu stayed to read this book. In fact, what Zhou Jue and Shou Hou wanted to read was not only this book, but also Monitor Lao Jiu's hidden mission.

Zhou Jue hugged the cat and sat opposite Lao Jiu, while the thin monkey leaned against the cabinet with his arms folded.Lao Jiu's eyes were always wandering, he looked at the book for a while, and the cat in Zhou Jue's arms for a while.And the black cat never barked after Lao Jiu came, it looked at Lao Jiu vigilantly, like a first-class scout.

Zhou Jue only occasionally said some words to ease the atmosphere in order not to let the atmosphere become too frozen. Zhou Jue smirked and said, "I don't know what will be in this photo."

Lao Jiu shook his head, while the thin monkey kept silent, he just looked down at his toes.Lao Jiu said, "What do you think this book will bring to you?"

Zhou Jue felt that this remark was a pun, so he took a careful look at Lao Jiu, who had a very calm look in his eyes, which made Zhou Jue slightly lessen his taboo towards him.He replied: "Haha, I don't know, maybe let us reveal a certain big secret."

Lao Jiu laughed, he didn't answer Zhou Jue's words, after a while he stood up slowly, and the thin monkey also changed his standing posture, he looked at Lao Jiu vigilantly, Zhou Jue felt that the thin monkey's surveillance was too explicit Yes, waved to him.Lao Jiu went to the toilet and closed the door.The thin monkey returned to its original posture and leaned against the wall, but its eyes were fixed on the toilet.

Zhou Jue said to Shouhou in a low voice: "Shouhou, don't be too revealing, loose on the outside and tight on the inside. Don't arouse his fear."

The thin monkey shook his head and said, "No, he doesn't care about our eyes at all. He must have his purpose when he comes back."

Zhou Jue understands what Shouhou means, but Zhou Jue's personality is at least polite on the surface, so he doesn't want to use this way to get along with Lao Jiu.If he could choose to believe his words, this kind of person has a slight Stockholm syndrome to some extent.

The thin monkey glanced at him, but nodded and sat beside Zhou Jue.Lao Jiu came out of the toilet, sat back in his seat, looked up at the clock and said, "Haven't they come back yet?"

Zhou Jue said, "It won't be so fast. Now that digital cameras appear, many places to process film are gone."

Lao Jiu snorted, looked at the incomplete photo on the side of the book and said, "Where did this thing come from?"

Thin Monkey frowned, he looked at Zhou Jue, Zhou Jue said, "This is the clue left by Chen Rulan."

Lao Jiu let out another oh, and then he didn't dare to be interested in Zhang Dongshi.It's just that Zhou Jue found that there seemed to be something blurry in the reflection of the glass cover where he used his fingers at first.Because he didn't think too carefully about this photo, he didn't see through many details.After being pointed at by him, his attention accidentally hit the blurred image.

Zhou Jue picked up the photo with sharp eyes and quick hands. It happened that there was a magnifying glass on the desk. He looked at it in a well-lit place and found that it seemed to be a person's foot. It was normal to have a foot shadow on the projection of the cabinet, but He found that this foot was not standing on the ground, but that he was flying vertically on the floor with his toes facing the ground, and what made him feel the chills from behind was that this foot was actually wearing a pair of red embroidered shoes.Those are a pair of birthday shoes worn by the dead!

Zhou Jue's hand holding the magnifying glass was shaking, and the foot seemed to be shaking back and forth. He hurriedly asked the thin monkey to look at it together, and the thin monkey finally saw the half of the shoe that was perpendicular to the ground.Suddenly sweat broke out on his forehead.

Zhou Jue looked up at Lao Jiu for the first time, and Lao Jiu smiled meaningfully at Zhou Jue. Zhou Jue held back the doubts and fears in his heart, turned his head and said to the thin monkey, "Who is this photo?" shot?"

Skinny Monkey frowned the most, and he said intermittently: "You, don't you think that the person who took this photo is the one with these shoes?"

Zhou Jue said with a guilty smile: "Could it be... that the ghost took this photo?"

The thin monkey didn't smile, but the corners of his eyes twitched.Zhou Jue was also frightened out of his wits by his own thoughts.They looked back at Lao Jiu, who smiled and said, "Maybe, a ghost really took the picture. Could this ghost be Chen Rulan?"

Zhou Jue breathed a sigh of relief, his face was pale, and he said: "This possibility is too small, because Chen Rulan should have had no accident at that time. She...was one of the seven! Then who is that ghost?" ?”

Lao Jiu still smiled and said nothing.The thin monkey pushed Zhou Jue, implying that he should stop talking to Lao Jiu.So the three fell into a stalemate even weirder than before.Zhou Jue found that the cat that was sleeping on the chair had already come to his feet and wrapped its tail tightly around his feet.Like pulling it back from the side of the table.

While Zhou Jue and the others were waiting anxiously, Chen Hao and Fat San were busy looking for a place to develop photos all over the street.As Zhou Jue guessed, they asked a lot of stores, but with the advanced digital technology today, they have basically changed their guns and turned into printing small business cards.

Fat San walked for more than an hour, and he was almost dragging his feet. He waved to Chen Hao who was only concerned about walking forward.Chen Hao stopped reluctantly.Fat San said while touching the sweat on his neck: "There are no more near your house, why don't we go back first, let's talk about it tomorrow."

Chen Hao shook his head and said, "No, this information is very important, and it must be washed out today."

Fat San felt that this person had severe OCD, but he couldn't hold him back. When he was about to resign himself to his fate and continue walking, Chen Hao stopped and didn't leave. Fat San thought he had changed his mind, but the facts proved that Comrade Fat San's every wish Almost all are wrong.Chen Hao just reached out to stop a taxi, and then said to him: "I guess I can't find it here, follow me, I know there is one."

Speaking of which, Chen Hao didn't even consider that Comrade Fat San only had four or six cents of hard steel in his pocket, so he dragged him into the car.The car stepped on the accelerator and went straight to the other side of the Huangpu River, then followed Chen Hao's instructions and walked into the old city with seven turns and eight turns. It was not until the driver could not drive in that Chen Hao got out of the car and walked.

Fortunately, Chen Hao brought his wallet, and what Fat San was worried about finally did not happen.Fat San looked around and found that this was an old-fashioned alley.

Chen Hao walked into an alley called Dexingli familiarly. He opened a rusty iron gate and got in from inside.Fat San followed him through an unlit alley and said, "Where are you taking me? An underground casino?"

Chen Hao said: "Have you never lived in this kind of neighborhood? I used to live here, and I know there is a photo studio here, which is closed to the public now, but the uncle still likes to use old-fashioned cameras to take photos and then develop them."

Fat San gasped for a long time, and said, "You know there is this place, why didn't you just rush here in the first place? Finding a store for developing photos is as difficult as finding a bucket that sells popcorn."

Chen Hao sneered, he pushed open the last wooden door, a ray of sunlight shone into the dark room, and there was a rat's cry inside, Fat San immediately smelled a very unpleasant smell, except mold In addition to the smell, there is also a smell of potion, mixed together, it is a bit like the smell of some kind of food gone bad.Fat San looked up and found the face of an old man appeared in the faint light. The face was as pale as if made of wax, with gloomy and dull eyes.The most important thing is that he discovered that this old man has no body!

He fell back in fright but his feet got caught in the threshold and he sat down on the ground.Chen Hao said calmly: "The old man used to open a shop dedicated to taking registration photos for people, and of course he also took portraits of the dead. This photo was taken by himself, and it is also the one he is most satisfied with. He took Come as a sign."

Fat San shook the fat on his face and said, "Put... put your photo on the door beam? Isn't this a pervert!"

Chen Hao ignored him, but walked into the house, and he shouted to the dark back room: "Uncle Yin, are you there?"

Sure enough, the sound of slow footsteps came from the dark passage, followed by a voice of yin and yang that could not be distinguished from men and women, and he replied in the darkness, "Who is it?"

Fat San was so frightened that he was out of his wits, he glared at Chen Hao, and Chen Hao showed a smile of "you know why you didn't come in the first place, right?" Fat San felt for the first time that even Zhou Jue felt What kind of character is this troublesome guy?Fat San's heart had stopped at least twice without any mental preparation.

Chen Hao said to the darkness: "It's me, Ah Hao, who came to ask you for help."

Finally that Uncle Yin came to the door, his face was exactly the same as the face in the posthumous photo, Fat San opened his mouth, and his heart stopped suddenly for the third time.Uncle Yin looked at Fat San's face darkly, then snorted and said, "Who is this little fat man?"

Chen Hao smiled and said, "It's my student."

Fat San found that Uncle Yin was a lame man. No wonder he walked for so long to get out. He limped to the door and found an oily wire in the dark. There was some light, but it was only a forty-watt light bulb.The light bulbs are all greasy, so the lighting power is greatly reduced.

At this time, Fat San discovered that there are all kinds of posthumous photos hanging here, some are black and white, some are colored, and some are black and white and then colored.This is the weirdest, it's like taking ghost pictures.But Fat San thought, if all the photos are taken of dead people, then of course they are all ghosts.Then he immediately saw the photo of his favorite idol, "Zhang Baizhi", and at that moment he burst into tears...

Uncle Yin pointed to a bench in the corner and said, "Sit down, I'll pour water for you."

Chen Hao pointed to the bench and said to Fat San, "Sit down."

Uncle Yin brought two enamel cups from the back room and handed them to the two. Fat San found that the tea in the cups could no longer be called tea. The Tangmen poison in martial arts movies probably had this form.He squinted at Chen Hao, and sure enough, Chen Hao just put on a show and didn't drink the tea.

Chen Hao politely "drank" a sip of tea and said to Uncle Yin: "Master, can you help us develop some photos, we are in a hurry."

Uncle Yin hummed, and Chen Hao took out the rolls of film from his bag and said, "That's it."

Uncle Yin pulled it out, looked at it and said, "Come and pick it up tomorrow afternoon."

Chen Hao frowned and said, "Can't it be done right away? Uncle Yin, we are really in a hurry."

Uncle Yin looked at Chen Hao and said, "What's wrong with this photo?"

Chen Hao lowered his voice and said seriously: "It is related to my sister's whereabouts."

Uncle Yin was taken aback, and asked, "Where is Ru Lan? This is a big deal."

Chen Hao nodded and said: "Yes, so please do me a favor no matter what. Hurry up and get out."

Uncle Yin took out a pack of big front doors from his trouser pocket, lit it and said, "OK, I'll wash it out for you right away."

After Chen Hao thanked Uncle Yin, Uncle Yin took the films and went to the back room, and then they heard the sound of Uncle Yin starting to rummage through boxes and cabinets.

Chen Hao said to Fat San: "You go back first, tell Zhou Jue and the others that I will go back and join them as soon as I get the photo."

Fat San said with a look of embarrassment: "I want to too, but I don't have the money to take a taxi back."

Chen Hao took out the wallet from his pocket helplessly, then gave him a red ticket and said: "That's enough, let them go home after you go back, I can't live with so many people here, if the skinny monkey really has no place to live , but you can live here with me."

Only then did Fat San leave the room with a sigh of relief.When he turned to leave, Uncle Yin came out of the room, wearing a blue overalls.He looked at Chen Hao gloomyly, and the latter just looked at him indifferently.

Uncle Yin said: "The incident five years ago finally happened to you."

Chen Hao froze for a moment, a trace of pain appeared on his indifferent face, he looked at Uncle Yin in disbelief, and asked, "You..."

The latter's face was buried in the darkness, and his expression could not be discerned. Chen Hao didn't expect that he knew about that matter. From Uncle Yin's tone, he felt that Uncle Yin knew more than he imagined.

Uncle Yin laughed strangely a few times, which sounded like someone was pinching the old duck's neck and whimpering.Chen Hao wanted to ask, but he didn't.

Uncle Yin said with a smile: "You are very smart. Your sister always praises you. She doesn't want anything to happen to you."

Chen Hao replied in a calm tone: "I don't want her to have an accident, but now I just want to know her life and death, and what's going on!"

Uncle Yin sighed helplessly, and he said: "What should come will always come, you can't escape, your sister just doesn't want you to participate in this matter, so she stopped everything, and at the last time She saved these messages for you, and she still hopes that you will be safe in the end."