Ring of Seven [Online Version]

At night, Cui Niang burned a pot of rabbit meat, and she cleverly spread the corn into pancakes to eat.In this way, at least half a bag of corn can be used to its fullest effect.After eating, Lin Xu drank another bowl of herbal medicine.I felt my whole body start to heat up, and my palms and forehead began to sweat non-stop.Liu Fei said that the effect came out, and when all these sweats were pulled out, the cold air would be forced out of the body.The typhoid fever is mostly cured.

In the midwinter night, the north wind outside the house is like the groan of a tuberculosis before death.The sound was colder than the wind.Cuiniang hugged her knees and stared blankly at the fire.She sang a local ditty, the voice was very low, as if Cui Niang sang it just for herself, the voice was like crying.Cuiniang stretched out her hand as if trying to grab something, but when she opened her hand there was nothing, she shook her head and sang even more sadly.

Lin Xu was sweating profusely and felt extremely weak.He leaned helplessly against the corner.Greedily snuggled up to the temperature of the campfire.After Liu Fei had eaten, he kept his head down and played with his daggers, as if he had something on his mind.

There was no conversation among the three, they were waiting for the remaining four.Lin Xu weakly touched the parcel on his chest.He hasn't had a chance to open it yet.During the day, he hurried on the road desperately, and at night he was forbidden to open the package.But the strange thing is that he seems to have a kind of fear of this package, this package itself has a kind of magic power, which makes people seem to want to stay away from it.Lin Xu thought that a few years ago he learned from the veterans of the army that there were foreigners selling cultural relics in the Western Regions. A Portuguese named Sidek bought a Buddha head from a herdsman. That night The herdsman shivered and shoved the money back into Steke's hand, wanting to get back the Buddha's head.Of course he refused, the herdsmen were very frightened and almost wanted to rob him.In the midst of pushing and shoving, Steke shot and killed the herdsman.Then strange things came one after another. Some people in their expedition team committed suicide inexplicably, and then they heard strange chanting sounds, and then Steck began to have hallucinations incessantly.He hasn't left the Hexi Corridor yet.Then he went crazy, and finally Steke hugged the Buddha's head and went back to the place where they found the Buddha's head alone. Since then, no one has seen Steke's figure again.But Gu locals said that they found a stone resembling a Sidek face on the remnant wall of the stone city, with a very ferocious expression.

He suddenly thought of the thing in his arms, which was somewhat similar to the Buddha's head, as if those things were utensils belonging to the underworld, and living people could not pick them up.Otherwise, it is equivalent to holding the key to open the gate of the underworld.

Lin Xu stretched out his hand from his bosom, and suddenly the door of the broken house was pushed open, and a gust of cold wind mixed with ice and snow unscrupulously rushed into the broken house.There were many people standing outside the door, and they stood in shadows at the door.Cui Niang hid behind Lin Xu in fright, while Liu Fei was already holding the flying knife in his hand, ready to shoot down the first person who entered the gate...

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Zhou Jue pinched the bridge of his nose and put down the book. He found that several people couldn't hold it anymore. Maybe everyone was extremely tense because of these continuous strange things, so they would be several times more tired than usual when reading for a long time, and Zhou Jue found that The more they look behind, the font will become more and more blurred, as if a person with normal vision suddenly becomes a highly myopic person in just one hour.

Fat San's fat face just leaned against the table, in Zhou Jue's eyes, it looked like a pickled pig's head.He put down the book and said, "Let's take a 10-minute break and read again."

Fat San shook his head and said, "Ten minutes' rest is not enough this time, give me an hour to take it easy."

The thin monkey glanced at him and said, "An hour? Do you still have a car to go back?"

Fat San shut up, because his mother had already called before him, expressing an ultimatum to him.Zhou Jue sighed helplessly and said: "This kind of reading is really too difficult. Everyone also found that we were obviously dizzy and blurred after seeing a stage, and Fat San even had severe vomiting during the last break. This is not normal at all.”

Chen Hao added: "In addition to my own factors, there will always be coincidental external influences. These things are too unimaginable."

Zhou Jue closed the book, and Chen Hao handed him a box of Fengyoujing. After wiping his temples, Zhou Jue felt more focused, not as uncomfortable as before.Fat San rolled his eyes and said with a long face, "Mr. Chen, I'm also your student. How do you know how to serve tea and essential oils to classmate Zhou Jue? It's too discriminatory."

Zhou Jue was embarrassed by the words, covered his mouth and coughed to avoid the eyes of everyone. Chen Hao threw the essential oil in front of Fat San and said: "Learning to be treated differently is a prerequisite for entering society. Classmate Li Chenhao, Don't you think I'm teaching you how to integrate into society early?"

Fat San suppressed his face and picked up the essential oil, while the thin monkey folded his arms and kept shaking his head.At this time, Feng Laojiu remained silent all the time. He didn't seem to be in a daze under the influence of books, but instead seemed to be in some deep thinking.This made Feng Laojiu's series of elusive actions make everyone else feel uneasy.

Chen Hao said: "Then everyone will come here first. Let's make a summary."

Zhou Jue agreed, "Brother Chen, tell me."

Fat San spat in a low voice: "Thousands of clothes, ten thousand clothes, flattery and no clothes..."

Chen Hao coughed lightly, picked up the mug next to him and said: "We have gained a lot this time, it can be said that it is more than any time before. First of all, we know the names of all of them, and we also know that they have An apprentice doctor named Gazi died, and someone has replaced him. Other than that is the corpse of the tomb robber and the piece of amber. :”

Chen Hao got up and walked to the bookshelf. He took out a document from the archives and said: "Ru Lan's document contains records about this amber. She mentioned a mysterious thing. Through the integration of documents, I found this thing It was probably mentioned in the mythology."

Everyone asked, "What is it?"

Chen Hao smiled and said, "Maybe it's the fragrance of returning souls."

Zhou Jue shook his head and smiled, "Returning Soul Fragrance? Are you talking about the one where Cheese returned to life?"

Chen Hao said disapprovingly: "That's right, there are records in China and Japan, and it is said that it has the miraculous effect of 'the fragrance can be smelled for hundreds of miles, and the dead body is on the ground, and the breath is alive'." But it has the miraculous effect of removing putrefaction and regenerating muscle, but this Resurrection Incense Yexi is not the same thing as the ancient one.”

Fat San hurriedly said: "But, but! Resurrection incense should be a kind of spice. Why is it amber?"

Chen Hao continued to explain: "Amber itself is made of solidified rosin. If it is heated at high temperature, it will melt. The melted turpentine has a fragrance, which can be used as a spice called rosin, or rosin. According to the records of "Ten Continents in the Sea", the soul-returning incense is the highest tribute from the Yuezhi Kingdom in the Western Regions to Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. It is as big as a swallow's egg and as black as a mulberry. Those who have died within three days will be alive after being smoked. Its shape is similar to gemstones, and it is likely to be a special rosin. Because Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty missed the late Mrs. Li, he didn't think about tea and food, so Dongfang Shuo used "Baihe Zhixiang" , 'Grass of Dreaming' and the legend of reviving Mrs. Li and reconnecting with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty."

Zhou Jue was puzzled and said, "Since there is the incense of returning to the soul, why did that corpse turn into a zombie? Shouldn't he be revived?"

Chen Haodao: "The unofficial history records are unavoidably embellished. Now we can only say that there is such a thing, but its effect can really achieve the effect of bringing the dead back to life, so we don't know. But one thing is certain, it has a strong anti-corrosion effect. effect. But here comes the question again, why is only the chest part of the corpse body? So he is not sure yet. At least he has a similar effect to the soul-returning incense."

The thin monkey who had been silent all this time said: "Maybe this is the so-called 'immortality'? You think that since there is a heart in the chest, if its heart is beating, then it can be said that it is not dead."

Chen Hao pinched the bridge of his nose, and he wrote down the three words Huihunxiang in his notebook. At this time, he listed all the names of all the people in the book, and made a corresponding relationship table. Things that everyone elicits.

For example, Lin Xu, he wrote several of his characteristics after these two words, while those who did not come out did not.

He printed out a copy for everyone and said, "Let's stop here and continue tomorrow."

Fat San lowered his head and asked, "What's the task for tomorrow?"

Chen Hao glanced at Zhou Jue and said: "I hope that tomorrow I can find out the relevant information about Huihunxiang and the meaning of those strange patterns. This thing is very important. I think Cui Niang brought Lin Xu into that ancient tomb on purpose." , and the reactions of Cuiniang and Liu Fei in the ancient tomb can also be seen that they must know something."

Fat San collapsed and said, "Could it be that the progress is too fast? I can hardly breathe."

Chen Hao didn't speak, but looked at Zhou Jue and Shouhou and said, "Is there a problem?"

Zhou Jue pursed his lips and looked into his eyes, and the two replied firmly, "No problem."

Fat San glanced at Lao Jiu, Lao Jiu just listened to their conversation silently, Fat San nodded helplessly and said, "I'm fine..."

Thin Monkey continues to live in Chen Hao's house, Fat San insists on going the same way with Zhou Jue.Lao Jiu was like an outcast, going home alone.The thin monkey felt a little bit sorry, after all he had the worst relationship with Lao Jiu in the past.Zhou Jue saw the unspeakable hidden meaning.So let the three of you go back together.Anyway, the bus is gone, only taxis.

In the middle of the night, it is very difficult to rent out.The three stunned sticks blew the cold wind for about [-] minutes before they got one.Because Zhou Jue was not far from Chen Hao's residence, he got out of the car first, and Fat San wished to change homes with him.Under the urging of the driver, Fat San waved to Zhou Jue with a mournful face.Zhou Jue glanced at Lao Jiu worriedly, and Lao Jiu showed an indifferent smile.Zhou Jue could only say with a pun: "Fat San. Lao Jiu, be careful on the road, and call me when you get home to report your safety."

After speaking, he closed the car door and walked into the community.

In the end, Fat San had no choice but to bite the bullet and stay with Lao Jiu. The driver was listening to the radio, which seemed to be telling a story, and it was a ghost story.The driver listened with gusto, and seemed to be saying that a group of people were hiding on the top of the snow mountain. They were skiers, and one of them had died at this time.But the others couldn't leave here, they could only escape the wind and snow with a corpse.

Fat San was so frightened that his face turned pale.Lao Jiu just looked sideways out of the window and didn't listen at all. Fat San himself was very timid, so he didn't dare to talk to Lao Jiu.He just kept peeking at Lao Jiu's side face.

The driver noticed Fat San's strangeness, and he smiled and said, "This classmate, why are you staring at your classmate honestly? She is not a girl."

After hearing this, Lao Jiu slowly turned his head to look at Fat San, who was so frightened that he quickly moved his buttocks and sat outside.Lao Jiu looked at Fat San mockingly. When he laughed, Fat San found that his lips seemed to be a little purple, and his skin was still shedding.

Fat San smiled guiltyly: "No, I'm also looking at the shop outside the window. Hehe."

Fat San made an extremely stupid excuse, Lao Jiu shook his head with a smile and said, "Fat San, why are you so afraid of me?"

Fat San laughed and said, "How could it be? I'm not afraid of you at all. Look at us... we are brothers, right?"

Lao Jiu smiled more meaningfully: "Of course, we are brothers who live and die together now. Didn't Chen Hao say that each of us has been influenced by books."

Fat San nodded vigorously, trying to please the old nine, but in fact he was a monster in his heart.But he still called him brother.

Lao Jiu continued to look out the window, but the voice of the man telling ghost stories on the radio was almost inaudible, and he suddenly exclaimed.When the driver hears a scary place, he will also roar along with him.Fat San was so frightened that he was sweating profusely. He cursed Zhou Jue to abandon him and run away, which was not moral enough.

Fortunately, the driver drove very fast, and the old nine arrived soon.Lao Jiu slowly took out 20 yuan from his pocket as his fare.When Fat San took the money, he felt his hands were very cold.

Lao Jiu waved to him and got out of the car.Fat San kept watching him disappear into the darkness.Fat San felt that Lao Jiu was swallowed up by the night.

The driver continued to start the engine, Fat San saw that Lao Jiu had left, and finally put down the courage to raise his throat.He patted his head to ease his nervousness.The driver looked at his movements and said with a smile: "Do the students go home so late now?"

Fat San said lazily, "Well, the university is on vacation."

The driver turned the steering wheel and said, "My son is also a college student, he is from X University."

Fat San smiled and said, "Oh, what a great university, it's very popular when you come out."

The driver chuckled and said, "Yeah, all the money I make now is for this kid. By the way, why are you so nervous in front? Is it your classmate who went down?"

Fat San patted his stomach and lied: "It's my classmate, I don't dare to listen to ghost stories, hehe, especially at night, master, you are really awesome, you are not afraid to listen to ghost stories while driving."

The driver said inexplicably: "What are you talking about? I heard Teresa Teng, not a ghost story."

When Fat San heard this, it was as if someone had his ribs removed.Slumped on the seat, he found that Teresa Teng's singing was indeed coming from the radio.But a man's deep and cold voice came out from the singing: "One of them is a ghost... One of them is a ghost..."

As for Zhou Jue, because he went back too late, several back doors were closed.He could only go in a big circle through the main entrance.The old guard at the main entrance just took a few glances at Zhou Jue, and when he found out, the residents of the community didn't interrupt and just lowered their heads and continued to listen to the semiconductor.The neighborhood is so quiet that only the slight sound of wind can be heard, and only a few windows are bright.He is an old-fashioned residential area. Apart from orange street lights, there are only small dark gardens on the road.Occasionally, a white shadow would appear from within.He meowed at Zhou Jue.Zhou Jue found out that it was a white cat, and then he remembered that the black cat was still at Chen Hao's house.Thinking that the kid was allergic to cats, he couldn't help being happy, it seemed that he was quite noisy this night.

At this time, he had already reached the building where people died.He raised his head unconsciously, and found that the family's window was still lit.It's just that the light is a strange green.

Zhou Jue's scalp felt a little numb under the light, and he was very worried about this family.Because of that grotesque funeral, he felt an indescribable sense of horror towards this inexplicable death.

He immediately lowered his head and stopped looking at the window, when he suddenly found a person standing in front of him with his back turned to him.Zhou Jue gasped and took a big step back.Because he didn't know why this person suddenly appeared in front of him, he remembered that there was no one in front of him.This person stood straight in front of him, wearing black patterned clothes, it was too dark to see what the clothes looked like.I just feel that this person is covered in darkness, compared with the darkness around him, it looks much brighter.

Faced with this sudden fear, Zhou Jue still seemed very at a loss.He didn't take any action, just stared straight at the figure from behind.It took a long time for the back figure to move, and then Zhou Jue found that he turned his head slowly, and it was a very beautiful face.It's just that the facial features are too pale, and the black clothes make this face look like it's made of wax.

Zhou Jue has never seen this person before, he is a young man in his twenties, his hair is combed very neatly, Zhou Jue thinks his eyes are very big at first glance, but after a closer look, he finds that this person's eyeballs are bigger than The average person is much bigger.To be stared at by such eyes is really hard to look straight at.

The man spoke first, "Have you seen my cat?"

Zhou Jue shook his head and said, "What cat?"

The man's mouth was very thin, he pulled out a sneer and said, "A black cat. I've been looking for her for a long time."

Zhou Jue paused in his heart, he thought of Xuanmao, and he thought to himself, but it shouldn't be such a coincidence.He smiled and said, "It's too difficult for you to find a black cat at night."

The man put his finger to his mouth and said, "Shh, listen, is there a cat meowing?"

Zhou Jue was taken aback by his actions, he actually didn't want to hear anything at all.He just wanted to go home quickly, and he said bravely, "I didn't hear any sound. It's too late and I have to go home, so take your time to find..."

Zhou Jue walked past the man, and he smelled a very fragrant smell from the man, which was very cold.It's like the fragrance of plum blossoms, and it's like the scent of incense candles for the dead.He found that the man was still smiling at him, and suddenly the man's smile disappeared. He looked at Zhou Jue coldly and said: "That cat will not bring good luck, she is the god of death, and will only follow people who are about to die .”

When Zhou Jue heard these words, he couldn't help thinking that the cat was with Chen Hao, and his heart beat wildly. Zhou Jue was immediately overwhelmed by this guilty and angry emotion, and he cursed in a low voice, something is wrong!Then quickly go back into the building.Just as he was about to close the iron door, that man came in quietly.

Zhou Jue was completely annoyed, he suppressed his anger and said, "Dude, aren't you looking for a cat, why are you following me!"

The man blinked his eyes and said, "I can't find her, so I have to go back first."

Zhou Jue bluffed and snorted.Walking quickly upstairs, the man followed him slowly.But no matter how fast Zhou Jue walks, when he turns around, he will find that this man is even more behind him.Walk very slowly.Zhou Jue was terrified, he suspected that this person might not be alone.He dragged his schoolbag and ran up like a fly.When he finally arrived at the door, he began to ring the doorbell frantically, but still no one opened the door. The man walked up to him and glanced at him with those dull eyes.

Zhou Jue felt as if he was being targeted by a monster.He knocked on the door panel with his hand and called the door as if venting.After a while, Zhou Jue's mother opened the door for him with sleepy eyes.He immediately went into the room and locked the door.

The mother sighed and complained: "Little brat, why don't you come back so late. I have to open the door for you."

He leaned on his chest and ignored his mother. He looked up at the clock, and it would be dawn in three hours.Zhou Jue stood at the door in a daze, he vaguely heard a slight meow coming from the crack of the door.He dared not open the door and went back to the bedroom.After the mother complained a few words, she also fell asleep.But he still couldn't feel at ease.At this time the phone rang again.

He picked up the phone, and Chen Hao's voice came from the other end.

Chen Hao said in a low voice: "Are you home?"

Zhou Jue regained his composure after hearing his voice, and said, "Finally came back alive."

Chen Hao could hear Zhou Jue's unsteady voice, and he asked, "What happened to you?"

Zhou Jue said: "It's nothing, by the way, is the black cat still at your house?"

Chen Hao whispered: "Yes, I will let the thin monkey take care of him. Anyway, this cat doesn't fit well with me."

Zhou Jue was still thinking about what the weird man said, and he said guiltyly: "If, I said, if you find anything abnormal about that cat, just drive it out..."

Chen Hao said: "What do you mean?"

Zhou Jue felt that there was no need to tell Chen Hao about the strange man's time, and he said, "It's nothing, maybe I was overthinking."

Chen Hao didn't ask, he said: "I'll tell you something. I'm going to Nanjing the day after tomorrow. Would you like to go with me?"

Zhou Jue didn't understand for a moment, he asked, "What are you doing in Nanjing?"

Chen Hao said: "I further analyzed the materials left by Rulan. I found that she still has more important things in Nanjing. I want to get them back, and check the exact addresses of those mailings."

Zhou Jue looked at the calendar on the wall and said, "There are five days left in our long vacation. If I go with you, won't the progress of the book be slowed down?"

Chen Hao said: "Maybe, but this information is very important to us. Remember what I told you earlier, maybe the piece of amber in the novel is the legendary soul-returning incense? In fact, there are many types of soul-returning incense. It may be It is the spirit-inducing incense. This thing first appeared in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. The specific historical documents are already very unfamiliar, but this thing is extraordinary, and it is said that it can attract evil spirits."

Zhou Jue was startled when he heard him talking about that piece of amber again, and he asked guiltyly, "The important thing you mentioned? Could it be the incense of returning souls? How can you be sure? What about the others?"

Chen Hao said: "I discussed it with Shouhou. The old nine is a breakthrough point. At the beginning, I and I brought him in because we wanted to observe his behavior together. At least from now on, it seems that he has already acquiesced that he is lying. Let it go." I don’t worry if Shouhou is alone, at least Fat San will be with him.”

Zhou Jue sounded reasonable, and he said, "If you want to tell me that, let Fat San go with you, and I can help Shouhou take care of it here."

After Zhou Jue finished speaking, Chen Hao didn't answer for a long time. He thought that there was a problem with the signal, so he walked to the window and fed a few times.Chen Hao finally replied: "I hope you will go with me..."

Zhou Jue was stunned for a moment, feeling a corner of his heart stop beating for a while.I couldn't think of what to say next.I only heard Chen Hao continue to say: "Because this way we can check the clues in Nanjing from the beginning to the end. Your analysis ability is better than Fat San. We can speed up the progress this way."

Zhou Jue's tone was a bit complicated, he pretended to be straightforward and said: "Okay, then when will we go?"

Chen Hao breathed a sigh of relief: "The train at 10:30 tomorrow night, we can get there at night. I will arrange the accommodation and some related matters in advance."

Zhou Jue said it was okay, Chen Hao explained some more things, and let Zhou Jue go to rest.But Zhou Jue always felt in his heart that Chen Hao had something to say, and Zhou Jue didn't want to think too conceited or extreme.He just took it as Chen Hao's trust in him.Then he closed his eyes and finally fell asleep.

That night he had a strange dream. In the dream, he went back to the time when he just entered the university. He greeted his roommates one by one, Fat Three, Thin Monkey, Old Nine... Then he greeted the fourth one.That person sat on the bed, no matter how Zhou Jue asked him, that person didn't answer.He sat motionless by the bed, and suddenly Zhou Jue realized that this person was none other than himself.Suddenly he thought, this person is Zhou Jue, so who is he!

He was woken up by this weird nightmare, at this time the genius was just getting light, Zhou Jue felt that he might have only slept for a short time.He braced himself vigorously.This nightmare was very tiring, Zhou Jue lay down and wanted to sleep for a while, but no matter what, he felt that he could not fall asleep again.He didn't know what the dream represented, but he felt something moving in his body that he didn't understand.