Ring of Seven [Online Version]

Chen Hao hung up the phone, and silently lit a cigarette.He knew that Zhou Jue had already noticed that he was abnormal towards him, but Chen Hao felt that it was not the time to speak out.After all, even he himself is not sure what kind of feeling this feeling belongs to.

He looked at the information in front of the computer, frowned and thought, and said silently: "What kind of ending is it? Sister?"

On the second day, everyone was racing against time to complete the work at hand. This posture was definitely no less than that of the criminal investigation team. Everyone basically did not chat, fight or joke.Explain things clearly in the most direct and direct words, and then move on to the next task.

By noon, everyone was a little bit overwhelmed, and the progress slowed down significantly.Fat San wiped his sweat and came back from the outside: "Brother Chen, I've got you what you want. The next few chapters of Skinny Monkey and Lao Jiu are still outside for you to check. If there is any news, I will fax it over."

Chen Hao took a few glances at the documents, and marked out the key points with a marker.Then he flipped through an ancient book like a brick, and added something on the paper.Before finishing writing, the phone rang. Chen Hao was still writing with one hand, and picked up the phone with the other: "Hello?"

Zhou Jue said: "I found it, you want me to go to the things about Huihunxiang. I have collected at least 20 miscellaneous pieces of information for you now, and it is up to you to integrate them. I will meet with Shouhou later. I will be back in the afternoon .”

Chen Hao replied: "Yes." He hung up the phone, using only two words.

Fat Sanjian didn't have any work for the time being, so he slacked off on the stool, looking at the room full of A4 papers, forms, photos, books, and newspapers.Looking at Chen Hao who was buried in these things, he suddenly felt that the internal structure of this person might be made of steel bars.

Fat San sighed lazily, and suddenly he heard Chen Hao slam the table and say, "It's it!"

Fat San didn't understand: "What did you say?"

Chen Hao ignored him, but continued to rush into the pile of books.The expression was very weird, Fat San felt as if he knew when he was about to be released, so he was making final preparations.The feeling is less anxiety than metaphorical terror.

With him, there will be an unspeakable overflow of anxiety.Chen Hao stopped turning over the materials, his eyes were fixed on the front, but he felt that he didn't look at anything.

He just stared at it still, without any warmth in his eyes, until...

"We're back!"

Zhou Jue pushed open the door, he put down his backpack, took out a stack of materials and said, "Here comes the thing. As expected, the fragrance of returning souls is real. There are traces of it in many legends from ancient times to the present. Now all Fantasy stories and horror novels are all related to it. But there is a very weird saying among them, that the incense of returning souls is closely related to a certain ancient spell."

After finishing speaking, he put up a note and said: "In the "Xiangpu" written by Hong Chu in the Song Dynasty, there is such a record that Xu Zhao, the master of heaven, met Su's son Dege, and he said that he was good at returning soul incense. Among them, a stick is like white sandalwood incense powder, pinched in the furnace, and the smoke curls straight up, better than borneol. Dege chanted slightly and said: "Xu Zhao of the East China Sea wants to see the ancestors. May this cigarette be used as a guide to see all of them. Parents, Zeng, Gao.'Dege said, those who have passed away for more than 80 years cannot return.'

Therefore, it can be determined that the Resurrection Incense is a prop of a certain ritual or spell, which is closely related to a Resurrection Ceremony. "

Chen Hao looked at the information he brought and didn't answer, Zhou Jue approached Chen Hao, and said in a low voice: "I think this is one of the reasons why those damned people are still alive, for example, Lao Jiu... "

Chen Hao waved his hand and said, "I'm not sure yet, Lao Jiu is the key. I feel that his situation is not that simple. At least he hasn't done anything that threatens us now, so we still classify him as one of the seven." one."

Seeing that Chen Hao didn't agree with his inference, Zhou Jue shrugged his shoulders and said he didn't care.

Chen Hao pointed to the drinking fountain and said, "Where are Skinny Monkey and Lao Jiu?"

Zhou Jue understood that he asked himself to drink water first, and he said while pouring water: "The things they found are even better than mine, but these things will not be found for a while, and they cannot be brought out. In the end, they were only Allowed to watch, they are copying with pens."

Chen Hao said: "There are also some messy records. Zhou Jue's things don't mean much to us, but the ceremony of returning to the soul incense is probably more valuable. Zhou Jue, please tell me about the ceremony. "

Zhou Jue sipped his tea and said: "This thing is not in the data, I found out about it when I was talking with the administrator, he told me that in China, the soul-returning incense is the most important means for people to return to life. In the Wei and Jin Dynasties, it was There is a way to make the dead and the living reunite specially by using the incense of returning souls, but they are not together forever, but only for a few months. When the yang energy is exhausted, they will die again. He told me a story, saying that there is A woman married a scholar. The scholar went to catch the exam, but did not come back after three years, and there was no news at all. Then the woman remarried, but died. Later, the scholar became an official and came back to find his wife. The wife died, and the scholar was in pain. Blowing the flute, I didn’t expect my wife to come out from the door. Speaking of getting together with him, the two lived a married life, and finally the woman gave birth to a child. Xiucai always thought that the death of his wife was a rumor, so he didn’t suspect that this would give birth to him. Is the woman with the child a human or a ghost? When the child is finished, he finds out that his wife is dead, and has been dead for a while. Later, the boss said that the woman is actually the female ghost brought back from the soul-returning incense. She was in a state of neither death nor life, but after giving birth, all her yang energy was exhausted, so she became a real corpse again."

Chen Haodao: "This is probably based on a small story in "Sou Shen Ji". It is similar to the story of the reunion of the soul and her husband. But he has no follow-up."

Pang San said: "If it is true as what the second child said, the little whip of the Qing Dynasty in this story is also wearing a shroud, which is the same as Lin Xu and the others. Then the so-called seven people have lasted for a long time. How many people are seven?"

Chen Hao said: "No, the continuation of the Seven has its purpose, but there must be some special meaning in that book, and even though the man from the Qing Dynasty was indeed wearing a shroud, we cannot be sure that wearing the shroud is the Seven. It can only be said that wearing the shroud is to avoid an evil spirit, but one thing is certain that the tomb robber must have something to do with the Seven. So I..."

Before he finished speaking, the phone rang again, Chen Hao picked up the phone and said, "Hi, who are you looking for?"

A thin monkey's voice came from the other end of the phone: "Something has happened! Lao Jiu is gone."

Chen Hao quickly asked: "Didn't I tell you to look at him?"

The thin monkey said angrily: "Old Nine has made a plan a long time ago, he is definitely not the original old Nine. Well, I can't make it clear on the phone now, I will come back first. You wait for me."

After speaking, he turned off the phone, and from the previous conversation, Zhou Jue and Fat San probably learned something.When Chen Hao told them that Lao Jiu had run away, the expressions of both of them froze instantly.

Chen Hao said: "Be safe and don't be impatient, the sudden disappearance of Lao Jiu this time may be a breakthrough for us."

Zhou Jue asked, "What do you mean?"

Chen Hao showed a smile, and he took out a small instrument and said, "GPS positioning system, everyone has seen the jailbreak."

Fat San whistled and said, "This thing is expensive."

Chen Hao said: "Let's wait for the thin monkey to come back first. Then we will see what other clues the old nine will bring us."

Zhou Jue looked at Chen Hao, and the two smiled meaningfully at each other.

Finally, the three of them waited until Shouhou.He rushed in sweating profusely, and before sitting down, he began to say: "Brother Chen, the white note you got for us did enter the archives of that research institute, and there are indeed information about the things you want there." .But they didn’t let us take pictures or make copies of the materials, and finally they only agreed to let us copy them by hand.”

Chen Hao said as a matter of course: "That's for sure. Most of these things are ancient relics. If you are asked to take pictures, they may be used as fakes. No matter what kind of white paper this discipline is, it is useless."

The thin monkey nodded in understanding, Fat San interrupted and asked, "What are you looking for? So mysterious?"

Shouhou said: "The information given by Brother Chen is a document on the evolution and history of spells. It also talks about the trial methods of these spells."

Chen Hao said, "Did he disappear after copying?"

The thin monkey said: "That's right, he copied the second half, and I copied the first half. After I finished copying, I wanted to see his progress, but found that he had disappeared. Hey! I should let him copy it. I stared at it. His people will do."

Chen Hao waved his hand and said: "Then it means that the things we want are in the second half, otherwise he won't disappear outright."

The thin monkey immediately said: "Then I'll go back now and copy the second half!" After speaking, he got up and left.

Chen Hao said to Fat San: "You also go with him so that he can take care of you."

Fat San grabbed the backpack and said, "There are a few, we'll be right back."

After the two of them went out again in a hurry, the house became quiet again.Zhou Jue said, "Is that black cat still there?"

Chen Hao was stunned for a moment. He didn't understand why Zhou Jue suddenly thought of the cat. He pointed to Chen Rulan's room and said, "It's been in the room all the time, and won't come out. It's okay, I'm allergic to cats and dogs. If he doesn't come out, I will You can also focus on the investigation."

Zhou Jue hesitated for a moment, but he still said: "I think this cat is too strange, why didn't it appear sooner or later. It just appeared after I encountered that book. And it seems to know the meaning of the ring of seven." like anything."

Chen Hao put down the materials, he looked at the door and said, "It's not the only strange thing, all the strange things we encounter now must have a source. Now I'm waiting."

Zhou Jue asked, "What are you waiting for?"

Chen Hao looked into Zhou Jue's eyes and said firmly, "Wait for the sixth person."

Zhou Jue narrowed his eyes and looked at Chen Hao. He approached Chen Hao, and Chen Hao was startled by his actions for a moment.He was holding his breath and didn't know how to deal with it.Zhou Jue said calmly: "Actually, you still have a lot of things you haven't revealed to us."

Chen Hao pretended to be expressionless, but Zhou Jue caught the look of avoidance from his eyes.He patted Chen Hao on the shoulder and said: "Those who hide it don't know it. The secret you hide now may be known in the future. If this is the case, why do you need to do it again. Tell it in exchange for everyone's trust."

Chen Hao pressed the hand on his shoulder, Zhou Jue felt his hand was very hot, Zhou Jue smiled guiltyly.Chen Hao said: "I don't say it because if I say it now, you will lose hope of continuing to investigate. I don't want you to despair."

Zhou Jue frowned and asked, "What kind of news is it? Is it... an error in that book?"

When he finished speaking, he clearly felt that Chen Hao's strength was getting stronger, and Chen Hao said, "Did Mr. Gu tell you?"

Zhou Jue didn't answer, Chen Hao let go of his hand, Zhou Jue didn't pull it back, but said with more force: "No matter what, I will give you absolute trust. I hope you will do the same."

Chen Hao said with a smile: "When is it your turn to be equal to me? No more credits?"

Zhou Jue was stunned for a moment, then smiled and withdrew his hand and said, "Hehe, we are all brothers who live and die together, credits are really nothing among us brothers, and I don't need you to give me a high score. Pass Long live, don't fail the exam..."

Chen Hao laughed loudly, Zhou Jue laughed too, and the two of them leaned back and forth until they couldn't stop laughing.Zhou Jue clutched his stomach and said, "I didn't expect that SB's way of laughing like this is really enough to relieve stress."

Chen Hao gradually stopped smiling. He looked at Zhou Jue and said, "Are you going to Nanjing with me tomorrow?"

Zhou Jue hummed and said, "I said that I will give you absolute trust. This is not false."

Chen Hao went on to say: "Even if you are behind your good brothers?"

Zhou Jue bit his lip and said, "No, I can't betray them, you are my most trusted person just like them."

Chen Hao's eyes began to blur, and he said in a low voice, "The most trusted person..."

Chen Hao didn't say anything more, and continued to study the information at hand.After a long time, he said: "Why are you still standing there, come here to help. Forget about Fat Three in front, you want to be lazy too?"

Zhou Jue let out an oh, and went to help with the work.They never brought up the previous discussion, but a sense of uneasiness and hidden worry was buried in the hearts of both of them.Zhou Jue understands that the current state is actually as fragile as a piece of paper.It cannot stand the test.

Zhou Jue chose to remain silent, while Chen Hao chose to keep concealing.They are deliberately maintaining the relationship between each other.But the reason is not clear and clear.

At this moment in the darkness, there was a pair of faint green eyes staring at their actions, and there was a sneering smile in their indifferent eyes.

The task assigned by Chen Hao to Zhou Jue is to monitor the GPS locator. Zhou Jue basically only needs to pay attention to the location of the old nine, and then record them one by one.And Chen Hao is still collecting, and finally he found the pen and said: "Okay, now I have done the basic preliminary work, and then I will wait for the information of the thin monkey and the secret that the old nine brought us. Clicked."

Zhou Jue pointed to the GPS device and said, "He's leaving Shanghai! The direction seems to be towards Nanjing."

Chen Hao smiled and said: "Then it's true, he just wants to get that thing before us."

Zhou Jue said, "Returning Soul Fragrance?"

Chen Hao squinted his eyes and said, "No, this thing is not the soul-returning incense. The function of this thing is actually the opposite of the soul-returning incense."

Zhou Jue asked, "What is that?"

Chen Hao said: "Solid soul amber."

Zhou Jue was puzzled and said, "I checked so many documents, but there is no record about this thing."

Chen Hao looked at Zhou Jue with his arms folded and said, "Of course not, because I gave the name Guhunpo, and if you find it out in the literature, then I'm a ghost."

Zhou Jue found that he couldn't keep up with this guy's thinking again, and Chen Hao continued to explain impatiently: "Of course it's impossible to find it, because it only talks about it in a few words, but every time it appears In troubled times, everyone just regards it as an ominous sign that the dynasty is about to change."

Zhou Jue continued to ask: "Could it be that no one studies it further?"

Chen Hao finally showed an expression of appreciation. He nodded and said, "Of course there is someone, and this person is very famous. His name is Guo Pu."

Zhou Jue took a deep breath and said, ""Book of Qingxiang"? The author of "Book of Burial"?"

Chen Hao said: "Yes, Guo Pu is a person who has a deep study of Shushu and Taoism, but he has been burdened by war all his life, and his thoughts are extremely negative. , it is estimated that this thing also came from the Qing Nangshu. But Guo Pu is extremely cryptic about it, not even mentioning its name. He only talked about its general shape and function. It is not easy to keep a few words and phrases to this day .”

Zhou Jue looked at the GPS and said, "What do you think is the importance of this thing?"

Chen Hao said: "I don't know, but have you ever thought about a question, that is, if this novel is not fictional, then someone must have survived. And the chance of survival is this soul-fixing amber? So This thing is very important.”

Zhou Jue didn't answer, just stared at the GPS, he whispered: "This thing must be in hand."

Chen Hao patted him on the shoulder and said, "That's why I'm in a hurry to go to Nanjing."

Sure enough, when Thin Monkey and Fat San came back again, the information they brought back was indeed a copy of Guo Pu's "Funeral Book". What Thin Monkey copied before was some opinions on magic and Feng Shui, which are actually quite profound. Shrewd, but it doesn't work for me and us, and it's really a very cryptic description at the end.It is written in classical Chinese, and the general meaning is this: During the reign of Emperor Jin and Yuan, Emperor Yuan summoned Guo Pu alone, saying that a rare treasure was offered in the Western Regions, and the palace people looked at it as incense for returning souls.Emperor Yuan was overjoyed.Calling Guo Pu into the palace, Guo Pu saw this stone and said that if it is the soul-returning incense, it must have the effect of bringing the dead back to life, and an experiment can be done.So Emperor Yuan called an eunuch and ordered him to commit suicide.Guo Pu obstructed and said that if human life is used, even rare treasures will be infected with evil spirits, and then decided to use a deer for the experiment.In short, the deer came back to life after receiving it, but strange things also happened.Guo Pu wrote to the emperor, saying that this is not the fragrance of soul-returning, it has the opposite effect on the fragrance of soul-returning. In short, it means that this thing should be hidden by the emperor, and it should not be shown to others, otherwise it will cause disaster.After finishing speaking, I left.Later, according to historical records, Guo Pu was involved in the rebellion of Wang Dun, who was stationed in Jingzhou, and was killed.Things that have not been mentioned by this name until now have also been buried under the loess with Guo Pu's death.

Zhou Jue asked: "Then Brother Chen, why do you call it Guhunpo?"

Chen Haodao: "Because as expected, combined with the plot in the novel, this thing actually plays the role of sealing the soul. In fact, to put it more bluntly, this thing seems to be able to control the soul of the dead."