Ring of Seven [Online Version]

The old man's expression was too serious, but the few people who should have asked the question looked at each other, but they didn't understand the situation.Chen Hao asked vigilantly, "I don't understand what you mean."

This time, the old man was a little speechless. He thought for a moment, as if he was organizing his words, but his brows became more and more tight, and he sighed with great determination: "Stop it, it's not you if you continue." accessible range."

Zhou Jue asked: "The Li family?"

The old man paused again for a long time, he shook his head and said, "No..."

Chen Hao smiled slightly and said, "It's the amber that fixes the soul."

Mr. Ma looked up at Chen Hao, and he said: "You call it this name... It is not easy for people to live, so more people hope to live their lives in a dull way. Such an idea is reasonable, but if there is a chance , so that you can really get in touch with that impossible possibility, what will you do?"

Chen Hao looked at Mr. Ma, but did not reply. Mr. Ma had a complicated expression on his face. He said, "I will try to realize it... This is the driving force for the inheritance of the Li family. The Li family has no so-called family concept, as long as everything wants to continue The people they study are all their clansmen. They rely on ideas to pass on to future generations."

Chen Hao said calmly: "But a monster was created..."

Mr. Ma nodded and said, "Yes, a monster. In the end, the closer you get to that possibility, the more you look like a monster. Maybe for a person, breaking through life and death is already a complete monster."

After saying this, Mr. Ma stood up, looked at them and said, "So the Li tribe has been just studying how to turn people into monsters. The existence of this kind of people without ghosts or ghosts is a mistake in itself."

Mr. Ma kept his eyes on Chen Hao: "No matter what your reasons are, I want to tell you that anyone who tried to dig out the secrets of the Li tribe in the past and present has nothing to say in the end, and some weird things must follow. Then A strong sense of despondency..."

Mr. Ma closed his eyes and pursed his lips as if he was extremely frightened. Zhou Jue still didn't give up. He asked lightly, "Professor Ma, what's going on with Guo Pu? Why did you ask us to ask Guo Pu?" What about Pu?"

Chen Hao glanced at Guo Mei coldly, and Guo Mei immediately averted her gaze.

Mr. Ma waved his hand and said, "Don't blame Guo Mei, if she hadn't told me, maybe you would have gotten deeper and deeper."

Chen Hao said: "Do you think that we also came here for the art of immortality?"

Mr. Ma paused, and said, "Isn't it? That's why Chen Rulan came here five years ago."

Zhou Jue found that they had a misunderstanding with Mr. Ma, maybe Mr. Ma misunderstood.They were regarded as the heirs of the Li family, and they went there to ask for the spells in Guo Pu's tomb.He looked at Mr. Ma, then at Chen Hao, and said in a stumble, "No, there may be a misunderstanding, we..."

Chen Hao interrupted Zhou Jue's explanation, he said: "What did Rulan tell you five years ago? She disappeared for five years, but I am still here, and I am still here with these people. Please tell me , otherwise the next five years may be our disappearance..."

Mr. Ma looked at Chen Hao's aggressive eyes. He seemed to want to see something from Chen Hao's eyes. Finally, he shook his head in confusion and said, "Your sister wants documents related to Guo Pu's tomb. At this time, I don't know." Knowing the existence of the Lipid Clan, I came to this conclusion through various collections and speculations in the past five years. Finally, I found in the family tree of the Guo Pu branch that Guo Pu also joined the Lipid Clan, but eventually became a member of the Lipid Clan. Jing Chun, the defeat is also Jing Chun. It is said in the literature that he found a piece of tribute in the tribute to Emperor Jin and Yuan, which is said to be similar to the soul-returning incense that appeared in Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty. Through this object, Guo Pu completed the pilgrimage of the Li tribe. An extremely complicated spell, including the use of yin and yang swaps, using the yang evil on the male corpse and the yin evil on the female corpse to form a battle, and finally revive the dead. The whole process is extremely complicated and dangerous. If there is a slight difference, It will be beyond redemption, the caster will be imprisoned forever, and the resurrected person will not be able to rest in peace. Guo Pu, as the only person who knows the secret art, only tells his son the essentials of this method, and maybe later generations will not be able to reappear like Guo Pu. For such a supernatural alchemist like Pu, this spell was finally buried in history, and then came the Boxer Rebellion in the late Qing Dynasty. The god seemed to predict that the world would be disrupted, and unexpectedly reappeared in the world. Helplessly, there was another bloodbath, and then all the people who came into contact with it No one has a good end. The dead are dead, the missing are missing, and even the survivors are crazy, extremely bleak."

After finishing speaking, Mr. Ma paused for a long time. During this period, no one interrupted, only the sound of heavy breathing. Everyone knew that what Mr. Ma said was true, and it was completely consistent with the clues they had now.

Mr. Ma saw that none of them spoke, each lowered his head thoughtfully.He sighed and said, "So I didn't stop Rulan at the beginning, because I didn't know that this matter was so terrible. Although you asked about Chen Rulan, I think you can only investigate at most. With your ability, you should It’s not enough to come into contact with such confidential things. It’s not something that ordinary people can find out about the Li family, and even if you find the Li family, you may not be able to find Guo Pu. So I don’t want to say too much, I’m afraid you will get stuck instead. But I didn’t expect you to find out, it’s not easy...how did you know..."

Mr. Ma spoke as if he was praising Chen Hao's professional academic ability. Chen Hao breathed out, he glanced at Zhou Jue, and then said: "Teacher, we are definitely not descendants of the Li tribe. We are fighting for death." Fusheng has no interest, but just wants to live a good life in his lifetime. What we are investigating now is for Sister Rulan. At least... as her younger brother, I don't want her to just disappear without knowing why."

Seeing Chen Hao's assurances, Mr. Ma really had no way to continue. He just repeatedly stated that the Li clan was in dire straits, but it was even more weird when he came into contact with Guo Pu's lineage of the Li clan's art. It will not end well.Chen Hao nodded humbly: "In that case, let's go first. Teacher, don't worry, we really didn't think about inheriting the mantle of the Li tribe, we just came here for Rulan and ourselves."

Mr. Ma still wanted to say more, but Chen Hao and Zhou Jue had already left the house. Before Chen Hao left, he took another look at Guo Mei, who smiled embarrassedly at him.Chen Hao turned his head expressionlessly.

Suddenly, Mr. Ma called Chen Hao's name. Chen Hao turned his head. Mr. Ma looked at him with painful eyes, as if he couldn't bear him to leave. Chen Hao bowed respectfully and left Mr. Ma's room.

After leaving the room, Fat San said, "Second brother, you almost gave us away. Luckily, brother Chen is smart."

Zhou Jue rolled his eyes at him and said, "I was careless, but I think Professor Ma really has no malice."

Feng Laojiu said coldly: "Who knows, everyone wears a mask these days, and maybe even I don't know the sincerity behind the mask."

Zhou Jue sighed and said, "Hey, at least we know from the other side that the clues we have are all right, and the right way is a good start."

The thin monkey said worriedly: "But we don't know the address of Guo Pu's tomb, and we don't have any clues. According to this situation, Professor Ma will definitely not tell us."

Chen Hao lit a cigarette, took a puff and said: "The records of Guo Pu's tomb are very messy, but what is certain is that there is Guo Pu's tomb on Yungen Island, that is, there is no corpse. According to records, Guo Pu was killed by Wang Guo in Nangang, Wuchang. There is also a saying that he was buried in Zhenjiang. But to be honest, as a Fengshui master, his acupressure technique is already the top of the top, and he must be cautious when setting up a grave for others. , It’s even more exaggerated to estimate ourselves. I think only we can’t think of it, and it can’t be done without him.”

Fat San sighed and said, "I have to ask old man Ma again? It sounds like he really wants to know some clues? I always feel that this old man is hesitant to talk."

Chen Hao nodded and said: "That's right, because he is the top gold and stone research expert in the country, he can read many confidential documents, and in addition, he will also come into contact with many undecrypted texts and clues. The highest decryption time for these things can be Reaching 100 years means that you can shut up for the rest of your life."

Suddenly Chen Hao looked back at the apartment, Zhou Jue asked him what was wrong, he shook his head and said, "I seem to hear the old man calling me again..."

The thin monkey walking at the end said, "No, I didn't hear that. Brother Chen, you are tired."

Chen Hao covered his forehead and nodded, Zhou Jue patted him on the shoulder and said, "It's okay, let's go back first. Tomorrow we are begging to see, maybe there will be a turnaround."

Chen Hao patted Zhou Jue's hand, nodded and smiled and walked forward.Looking at Chen Hao's appearance, Zhou Jue recalled the expression on his face saying that Chen Rulan was dead. He felt that this person's feelings were too repressed, and he would always bury everything in his heart until those things made him Heart burst like ground.Zhou Jue secretly clenched the arm that patted Chen Hao's shoulder, he thought maybe this buddy had reached his limit.And what he needs most is Zhou Jue's full trust.But Zhou Jue asked himself if he could give it?He found that he had no way to answer.

Zhou Jue felt that the only reason why Chen Hao worked so hard was because of Chen Rulan. He began to compare himself with Chen Rulan, he paused, and suddenly became uneasy. Why did he think so?It's so stupid to do that.He followed behind Chen Hao expressionlessly, but when he looked at Chen Hao's back, his heart gradually became irritable.

At this time, he suddenly found that Ye Wei had been staring at him with great interest. Zhou Jue was a little embarrassed, but Ye Wei still smiled calmly, but he said very softly: "Interesting, frustrated..."

Zhou Jue frowned and asked, "What do you mean?"

Ye Wei didn't speak any more, but passed Zhou Jue and walked forward.The thin monkey looked at Ye Wei's back in disgust, and said, "This man is simply a zombie, he doesn't feel like a living person."

Zhou Jue nodded, he also thought so in his heart.Ever since he had this magic stick, even the half-dead Feng Laojiu looked more like a normal person.As soon as he finished saying this sentence, he found that Feng Laojiu walked past him suspiciously, and there was always a faint stench coming from his body. Zhou Jue and the thin monkey looked at each other, coughed awkwardly, and then Quicken your pace.

Back at the hotel again, the sky was already slightly pale.It will be daylight in just over an hour.Everyone didn't feel sleepy, Zhou Jue filtered everything back and forth in his brain, every time it made him feel powerless and irritable.But I don't have the strength to watch "Ring of Seven" again.Lao Jiu was the first to say that he wanted to go back to his room.

Then Ye Wei smiled and said: "If there is nothing else, I will go to sleep for a while."

Chen Hao said: "Everyone is tired now, let's take a rest before morning. Let me also have time to think about how to talk to Mr. Ma."

Fat San looked at his watch.Said: "Succeed, I really can't take it anymore. After such a toss, I guess I will either be frightened or driven crazy in the end."

The thin monkey glanced at him, interrupted his complaint and said, "It's meaningless to say that now, the more you talk, the more tired you are, it's better not to think about anything, anyway, one day is a day, and two days are a day."

Zhou Jue nodded in agreement and said, "That's right, the most important thing now is to stay awake and physically strong. The more chaotic we are, the more we have to see clearly."

Fat San and Thin Monkey sighed at the same time after speaking. Everyone knew that it was easy to say. We were all ordinary people, and it wasn't like special forces who got such a good psychological quality.So everyone went back to their room listlessly, Zhou Jue followed Chen Hao just as he was about to enter the room, when suddenly he felt as if the door of the innermost room of the hotel opened.But no one came out of it, and there was no movement, as if it suddenly opened automatically.

Zhou Jue clutched his forehead and quickly walked into the room and closed the door.Chen Hao asked him what was wrong, he shook his head and said, "It's okay, I seem to be getting nervous too."

Chen Hao pressed his temples: "Whether what happened to us is real or not, I finally understand why Rulan was so uneasy before. She carried all the uneasiness and doubts by herself."

Zhou Jue looked at Chen Hao, since he told Mr. Ma about Chen Rulan's death during the day, he became a little frustrated.Perhaps in a sense, Chen Hao still can't accept the fact that Chen Rulan is dead, he hopes that these are all fake, his fantasy.

And Zhou Jue didn't think so, maybe when he woke up the next morning he found that he was still in the dormitory, the old nine was memorizing his economics by rote, the fat three was still sleeping soundly, and the thin monkey was lying on the ground Do the 120th five push-ups.He could wipe the sweat from his forehead and tell them with a smile that he had a very real nightmare, and there was a very strange book in the dream.They could laugh at him, and it was all a joke.

However, every time after half dreaming and half waking up, Zhou Jue was disappointed to find that they were still in the nightmare, and he still hadn't gotten rid of it.And his partners are also struggling in nightmares.Which is real and which is an illusion?

The most terrible thing is not a nightmare, but a nightmare that cannot wake up.People will never be able to wake up, and they will always be on the verge of nightmares.

Chen Hao was still sitting on the edge of the window sill smoking, Zhou Jue turned over and wanted to sleep for a while, but his sleepiness could not overwhelm those complicated thoughts.Chen Hao squeezed out the cigarette end and wanted to smoke another one, but found that there was no cigarette.

He returned to the bed and found that Zhou Jue finally couldn't suppress his sleepiness and fell asleep. He sat on the side of his bed and looked at Zhou Jue's face stupidly.He looked at Zhou Jue's brows which had not been relaxed, thinking that even in his dream he was under that kind of weird entanglement.He whispered slightly: "Don't be afraid..."

Gradually, as if hearing Chen Hao's whisper, Zhou Jue stretched his brows and began to breathe evenly.Chen Hao laughed silently, he stretched out his hand to push away the bangs covering Zhou Jue's forehead, looking at Zhou Jue's sleeping face, Chen Hao felt as if there was some power in his heart that pulled his chaotic emotions back.He slowly bent down and gently covered Zhou Jue's lips with his lips, and Chen Hao left immediately after just one touch.He was a little nervous whether Zhou Jue would wake up, but Zhou Jue just twitched his eyebrows a little and continued to sleep soundly.

Chen Hao realized how embarrassing he was, he scratched his hair and fell on the bed, feeling guilty like a child who got into trouble.He didn't really close his eyes until he was sure that Zhou Jue was fast asleep and he didn't notice what he was doing in front of him.

But at this time Zhou Jue slowly opened his eyes, he didn't dare to turn over, he was afraid that Chen Hao would find out that he was actually awake.He opened his eyes and looked at the ceiling. For the first time in history, he realized what it means to have a heart like a deer.And those complicated and repeated thoughts in the brain were covered up by three words.Now there are only three words in his chaotic brain, like rolling billboards, playing "Kissed...Kissed...Kissed..."

Until a sudden knock on the door interrupted the playback of the scrolling subtitles, Chen Hao turned over and got out of bed and opened the door. Zhou Jue was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat. Fortunately, he was pretending to be asleep, and he didn't fall asleep after doing it for a while, otherwise the two of them would be together. I really don't know how to say hello.

When I looked at the door, I found that it was the waiter of the hotel and two policemen with big caps. Their expressions were very serious, and they couldn't see why they came.Zhou Jue also followed.One of the older policemen looked at the two and asked, "Do you know Ma Tujian?"

Chen Hao said: "Yes, he is my teacher."

The policeman glanced at Zhou Jue who was next to him and said, "Some people saw you coming out of Ma Tujian's house. What did you go to his house for?"

Chen Hao replied: "Professor Ma asked us to go to ask some questions about Guo Pu's tomb. We are also studying."

The policeman asked suspiciously, "Research?"

Chen Hao took out his ID and said: "I am a teacher of folklore, and these are my students. I took them to Nanjing to investigate the folklore of the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties in Jian'an period. So I came here yesterday to say hello to my mentor. , and by the way raise some folklore and historical issues."

The police looked at the documents, then at Chen Hao and the two of them, he nodded and said, "Ma Tujian is dead. We hope you will follow me back to the police station for investigation."

Chen Hao glared at the policeman, but the policeman still said blankly: "Before he died, he left a suicide note, which has you and a name named Chen Rulan on it."

Chen Hao looked at the police with his lips pursed, and he finally said, "Teacher...how did you die?"

The police said: "It is preliminarily speculated that it was a suicide. He hanged himself on the gate of his house, and according to the playback of the community monitor, you are the last group of people who have seen Ma Zhujian."

Chen Hao clenched his fists, resisting the overwhelming emotions and continued to ask: "What about the suicide note?"

The policeman said with a look of embarrassment: "At present, this suicide note is properly preserved by our police. It is true that this suicide note mentions that you and Chen Rulan have the right to read it, but we cannot understand the meaning of those words. This suicide note is very written. strange."

Zhou Jue took a look at Chen Hao, but Chen Hao still had a pale face, and he said, "Then can I take a look?"

The two policemen looked at each other, and the old policeman thought for a moment and said, "Yes. Please come back to the police station with us. We still have some questions to ask you."

After coming out, Zhou Jue discovered that Fat San and Thin Monkey had also been interrogated. It is estimated that everyone had a tacit understanding and insisted that Chen Hao led the team to study, so they didn't cheat.And according to the young policeman, the autopsy report showed that the time of death was within an hour after they returned to the hotel.They have ample alibi.So although they are suspicious enough, a group of people traveled from Shanghai to Nanjing just to murder an old man, which is too creative.

Chen Hao suddenly thought of something, turned around and asked the old policeman, "So has anyone else been here besides us?"

The policeman paused, and he said: "No, according to the situation captured by the community camera, you were the only ones who went to Ma Tiaojian's house and walked out that night. No one went in or out except you last night."

Zhou Jue's heart skipped a beat, as if another piece of ice fell on his heart. If he followed the information given by the police, how could Guo Mei, who was beside Professor Ma that night, explain it.But out of caution, Zhou Jue just glanced at Chen Hao, but this subtle move was also caught by the old policeman."Any questions?" he asked.

Chen Hao said: "At that time there was another classmate of the teacher named Guo Mei."

The young policeman opened his notebook and recorded this clue, and then said: "Okay, if you have any clues, please let me know immediately. Maybe this will help solve Professor Ma's death."

The six people were brought into the police station. Chen Hao asked to see Professor Ma's body, and the police agreed.However, due to the large number of people, after everyone discussed it, Chen Hao and Zhou Jue followed the police to see the body, and the rest waited in the reception room of the police station.

Zhou Jue's mentality is a bit subtle, after all, it always makes people feel a little chill to see the dead body of a person he doesn't know very well, and this person died without a clear explanation.

Zhou Jue repeatedly adjusted his mentality. At this time, the young policeman had already led them into the elevator and arrived at the basement floor. Contrary to Zhou Jue's imagination, the passage here was very brightly lit, and the aisle was very clean. The pale walls and The milky white marble floor was illuminated by the same white lights, as if the whole passage were glowing.

The little policeman didn't have any discomfort with this, and he led the two of them straight into the registration office of the mortuary.There was a small window, and an old man with a gloomy expression sat inside. He looked at the little policeman and nodded, and then the little policeman asked Zhou Jue and Chen Hao to sign respectively.The old man stood up slowly and brought the two of them to an iron door. Compared with the aisle in front, this iron door looked a bit old, with yellow rust spots on it.The old man opened the iron door and led the three of them in.As soon as he entered, Zhou Jue felt a bone-piercing chill coming towards him from the front, as if strangers were denied entry here.

The old man held the registration book and looked at a row of cabinets against the wall. The name of the deceased was written in the card slot on it. He hummed and opened one of the drawers. Immediately, Professor Ma's body appeared in front of Zhou Jue and Chen Hao. The corpse was so pale that it was almost like white paper after being frozen.White cold air vaguely surrounds the corpse.There is a deep strangle mark on Professor Ma's neck.The body was covered with a white cloth, covering Professor Ma's entire body.The professor at this time is like a dummy model, without any sense of reality.

Chen Hao kept looking at Professor Ma's body. He didn't look away, but said to the police, "Can I see the body parts?"

The old man said: "Yes." After he finished speaking, he opened the plastic bag, and there was a very scary knife mark on the stomach of the corpse. Signs of medication."

Zhou Jue breathed out. In fact, it was a very ordinary corpse with no signs of life. Chen Hao stared at the professor's corpse silently, and then he said, "Okay, can we read the suicide note again?" ?”

The little policeman said: "Yes, and I hope you can provide clues."

Suddenly the old man said: "The deceased had been taking sedative drugs for a long time, so he should be suffering from some hallucinogenic mental illness."

Chen Hao stopped, and he asked, "Hallucinations?"

The old man said: "That's right, he took a lot of sedatives before he died, and the dose is really exaggerated."

Zhou Jue looked at Chen Hao, Chen Hao moved his lips, but he couldn't hear what he was saying, the old man urged them to leave impatiently.The little policeman said: "Then I will show you the suicide note first, maybe you can understand what it is."

Just after they walked out of the gate, the old man suddenly snorted, and he said to himself: "It's strange, where did the sticky notes on the corpse's feet go? That bastard is so careless, if he messes up the corpse, how can he turn his head up?" Confession?"

The little policeman said flatteringly: "Hey, no one dares to mess around in your old place. Maybe they accidentally dropped it when pushing in."

The old man glanced at him and said, "I hung the sign and pushed the corpse in. What do you think?"

The little policeman shut his mouth in embarrassment, he turned his head to Zhou Jue and said, "Let's go first, go to Lao Chen to get the suicide note."

The three of them left the morgue and walked toward the elevator. Zhou Jue vaguely heard the old man talking to himself in the morgue: "Why did the sign fall off? That rope has the effect of warding off evil spirits...how did it fall off?" ?”

Zhou Jue turned around suddenly, the old man had already come out with them.