Urban Night Returner

It was past ten o'clock in the evening when Shen Gu returned home.Looking up from downstairs, the window was really bright.The yellowish light is like gentle eyes, staring at him in the night.A slight smile appeared on the corner of Shen Gu's mouth.Home, what is home?Home is not just a house, there is someone waiting for you to go back at night, that is home.

Entering the door briskly, Zhong Lecen really didn't sleep, and was sitting in front of the computer, when he heard the sound of the key opening the door, he ran into the kitchen: "Have you eaten yet? I'll warm it up for you."

Shen Gu followed into the kitchen: "Just drink some porridge, it doesn't need to be so troublesome."

"No trouble, just heat it up in the microwave. Is it cold?"

Shen Gu smiled slightly: "It's not cold." The winter in Binhai City is really not winter for him, let alone just entering December.

"How's it going?"

Shen Gu shook his head: "It's not right. Zuo Jian wants to pull you to help, and he and I can't take care of it." He and Zuo Jian went to investigate the case of the car accident first. According to insiders, the two people in the car at that time I was originally a couple, the woman wants to break up and the man doesn't let go, there have been a few times.Friends of the two said that the woman got next to a richer man, so they wanted to dump the man. Regarding the sudden U-turn of the double yellow lines, many people expressed one meaning - I am afraid it was the man's sudden change. Can't think about it, we have to die together.This reason would have been enough to fully explain the cause of the car accident, if it wasn't for the gray shadow captured by the camera.Most people would regard this as a shadow cast by the light, but Zuo Jian and Shen Gu didn't think so.

"The camera can actually capture ghosts? Then what kind of yin and yang eyes do you need?" Shen Gu still felt a little unbelievable.If it wasn't for Li Qiang climbing the tower crane, he might have regarded the gray shadows on the video as ordinary shadows.

"Not all cameras, not only cameras, and not all ghosts can be photographed. In fact, old-fashioned cameras are better for photographing ghosts. Of course, the conditions must be suitable."

"Why are old-fashioned cameras better? What conditions are suitable?"

Zhong Lecen shook his head: "I don't know about it, and no one can explain it clearly. But I have indeed seen pictures of ghosts, the outline is quite clear, but the front is blurred, like a layer of dust on the lens. "

Shen Gu nodded.Ever since he met Zhong Lecen, he has deeply realized that there are still many unexplainable things in this world.

"The matter of Diba, is it also related to these gray shadows?"

"I didn't find out." The owner of the disco and the waiter all said in unison, saying that the two deceased were punks, and it wasn't a day or two since they were jealous over a woman, but they probably took soft drugs like ecstasy that day. Excessive, especially excited, so at the end of the quarrel, they drew their swords and faced each other.The woman they were talking about sang in a disco, probably because the police had seen it too much, and treated Zuo Jian and Shen Gu like dead pigs who were not afraid of boiling water, claiming that they had nothing to do with them, that is, she went out by chance Eating a meal or something is like expressing that he is absolutely not responsible for human life.

"The lights in the disco are already flickering, not to mention that none of the dancers will pay attention to the shadows of the people next to them." What's more, not everyone can see it.

"But you still suspect that this matter is related to the other two matters?"

"Yes." Shen Gu nodded ponderingly, "I think there is actually one similarity between these three things. It is that the person involved had this idea in his heart, but he didn't put it into practice."

Zhong Lecen understood as soon as he heard it: "Are you saying that it was because these gray shadows possessed themselves that they took action? Well, this seems to be something that Yan Ling would do."

"Yanling?"

"Well, they are actually a kind of ghosts, but their existence comes from human language. Do you know the saying that 'a word becomes a prophecy'? In fact, prophecy is also a spirit of speech, but such things generally only have the power of evil, because Their power comes primarily from language that is tinged with resentment and malice."

"In other words, Li Qiang once said that he wanted money to climb the tower crane, the man in the car accident also said that he wanted everyone to die together, and the two gangsters who were fighting must have said that they wanted to stab each other to death."

"Yes." Zhong Lecen frowned and pondered, "but what is more strange is that it is actually very difficult for the spirit of speech to exist. Because of course what people say in life is not just complaints or hatred. There are bad words, but there are also good words. When the two are balanced, words The power of the spirit is also negligible. Such a large number of crimes that appear at the same time... I have never seen it. Where does their power come from?"

Shen Gu pondered and said: "Others don't mind, I have talked with Li Qiang's wife about the matter of climbing the tower crane, and I have also learned about it with the owner of the Internet cafe and the workers who work with them. These couples are really not that kind. A person who complains about others. If Yanling comes from that kind of origin according to what you said, at least Li Qiang is impossible."

Zhong Lecen held his chin and fell into deep thought: "So it's not Yanling?"

Shen Gu remembered those black handprints on the computer screen in the Internet cafe: "Could it be from somewhere else?"

"But where did it come from? Where did its power come from?"

"Forget it." Shen Gu touched Zhong Lecen's hair, "It's so late, don't think about it."

"The left team needs my help? Then I won't go to the clinic tomorrow."

"Well. So think about it tomorrow. I'm going to bed later. Don't think about it so that you can't sleep well at night." Zhong Lecen is a person who has something on his mind and is prone to insomnia. If you let him think about it endlessly, he won't need to sleep tonight Fell asleep, "Is there anything going on today?"

"Oh, that's right. Grandma called and said that she will go to Lijiang for a week in a few days, and let us take the glutinous rice balls over the weekend and take care of them for a few days."

"Grandmother... how does your tone sound?" Ever since Shen Zhiyun was picked up from the nursing home last time, Zhong Lecen has been urging Shen Gu to go to Shen Zhiyun's house every three days.At the beginning, the grandparent and grandson had nothing to say, and Shen Zhiyun didn't pay much attention.Later, I went there more times, and gradually I was able to say a few words.Now that Shen Zhiyun would call first to say something, it has really changed a lot.In the past, she would only call Shen Gu the night before she was about to leave to pick up the cat immediately.

"Grandma's tone is very good, and she asked why you didn't come back so late."

Shen Gu exhaled, and hugged Zhong Lecen gratefully: "Thank you."

Zhong Lecen blushed slightly: "Thank you. By the way, my QQ is still open. Le Yang wants to talk to me."

Shen Gu washed the dishes, put away the dishes, and followed him: "What are you talking about?"

Zhong Lecen stepped aside, and the two squeezed into a chair: "There is a student in Leyang School who committed suicide, and he is also investigating. Something is wrong."

Shen Gu frowned: "There are so many ghosts?" Isn't that too much?

"There's a total solar eclipse this year."

"Total solar eclipse?" Shen Gu almost forgot that there will be a total solar eclipse this year.It seemed to be August, oh yes, at that time he seemed to be chasing a fugitive who robbed a bank outside, let alone a total solar eclipse, even if the sky fell, he might not have noticed.

"A total solar eclipse is yin in the middle of yang, and the yin is even worse, which may open the gate of ghosts. Although this total solar eclipse did not open the gate of ghosts, it is normal for the yin energy to flourish while the yang energy declines, and when ghosts gain power, it will flourish."

"Does this happen every solar eclipse?"

"Almost. Besides, there will be another solar eclipse next year. The distance between the two solar eclipses is too close, I'm afraid..."

"Then is the word spirit related to the solar eclipse?"

"I'm afraid it doesn't matter. Word spirits are different from ordinary ghosts. They don't have their own grievances or obsessions. Whether it's yin or yang, it doesn't have much influence on them."

Shen Gu shook his head, speechless to the fact that there are such complicated classifications of ghosts.While they were talking, Zhong Lecen chatted with Zhong Leyang while typing.Zhong Leyang didn't say a few serious words, while talking, he kept sending some weird expressions, which made Zhong Lecen laugh.Shen Gu doesn't use QQ very often, and he doesn't use these emojis very much. He just finds it interesting to see Zhong Lecen smiling happily.

Zhong Leyang coquettishly complained on the computer: "Brother, your vacancy is so lenient. I go out with my classmates too late at night and he will talk about it, what a mother! Brother, I still want to live with you."

Zhong Lecen laughed: "Let's take your class, isn't winter vacation coming soon? Come back then."

Zhong Leyang sent over with a smiley face: "Brother, you don't feel sorry for me, and the life with Warlord Shen is too sweet, have you forgotten my brother? Then what, I crawled along the wire to find you?" After finishing speaking, another picture was sent. In the picture, a long-haired woman was crawling out of the computer, but the face under the hair looked like Zhong Leyang, which made Zhong Lecen lean back and forth.

Shen Gu glanced over, but was suddenly shocked, and stood up loudly: "Computer!"

Zhong Lecen sat on half of the chair, was shocked by Shen Gu's shaking and almost fell off: "What's wrong?"

Shen Gu didn't have time to talk, he leaned over and compared his hands on the side of the screen.At that time, the marks he and Zuo Jian saw on the computer screen in the Internet cafe seemed strange, but now he suddenly understood that they were actually fingerprints, but those fingerprints were not left by the "person" standing in front of the computer, It was left by a "person" who drilled out of the computer.

"Drilled out of the computer?" Zuo Jian heard Shen Gu's shocking conclusion early in the morning, and his eyes lit up immediately, "Yes! Go check it out right away, who did Li Qiang contact on the computer before he died! You Wait for me, I'll call the people from the technical team, I can't play with computers. Hey, is Young Master Zhong going too?"

Zhong Lecen smiled: "The left team can just call me Le Cen, don't be so polite. My brother is the heir of the Zhong family's generation, not me."

Zuo Jian scratched his head: "Really? Haha, I haven't been home for several years, so I don't know much about these things. Mr. Zhong sit down first, and I'll bring the technical team with me, let's go together."

A few minutes after Zuo Jian went out, there were two soft knocks on the door, and Xiao Heizi poked his head in: "Is the captain here?"

"I just went out to find someone from the technical team. What's the matter?" Shen Gu looked at him with a smile.Since he said that there are ghosts, this kid hasn't seen each other very much for a day.

Xiao Heizi looked at Zhong Lecen, a little hesitant: "I, I want to say, what you and the captain told me last time..."

"Oh, let's talk about it. Le Cen is a celestial master."

Little Heizi's eyeballs almost popped out: "Felestial Master? Really, is there really a Celestial Master?"

Zhong Lecen smiled slightly: "It can also be called a magic stick."

Xiao Heizi smiled awkwardly, and walked into the room: "Then what, I'm just a little surprised. That... I thought about it, since Brother Chen, you and the captain both said that there is a ghost, then, then I believe it too."

Shen Gu couldn't laugh or cry: "What is this?"

Xiao Heizi had a bitter face: "You guys said it so suddenly, I went back and thought about it, and there are indeed some things that I can't explain. I want to know more, it will be good for future cases. Anyway, I have to follow you. "

Shen Gu thought about it: "You have to know that these things are completely unfamiliar to you. If something happens, you don't know how to deal with it, which is very dangerous."

Xiao Heizi said solemnly: "I'm not afraid of danger when I'm handling a case. Besides, I don't understand, so please teach me. It's not like I don't want to learn."

Just as he was talking, Zuo Jian opened the door and came in: "The technical team has gone out... Oh, your kid finally showed up?"

Little Heizi leaned forward dog-leggedly: "Captain, I told Brother Shen just now, I believe what you said about ghosts last time. Are you guys going out? Take me with you."

Zuo Jian looked at him with a half-smile: "Really? We're not dealing with people, have you thought about it?"

Little Heizi raised his chest: "Thought it out!"

"Okay." Zuo Jian smiled, "Aren't you a good computer player? Come with me and check something."

Zhang Xiaoqing is already going home.But in a few days, she lost a lot of weight and her complexion was not good-looking.Zuo Jian mentioned Li Qiang as gently as possible, and her tears came out again immediately: "Internet access? I don't understand this. Besides, the owner of the Internet cafe let us use the computer because of love. How come both of us take advantage of him? Li Qiang did it himself this time. Ball ball? Hey, I think I heard him say it. I didn’t understand what it was, but I saw a little fat man squatting on the computer. Li Qiang said it was a steam goose, but I didn’t really hear it. The name... Li Qiang mentioned it back once, saying that everyone on the computer does not use their real name, and he also named one, what is it called... By the way, it is called Liu, Liu or something, he said it is a football team name."

"Wanderer?" Shen Gu, Zuo Jian, Zhong Lecen and Xiao Heizi said in unison, which startled Zhang Xiaoqing: "Ah, it seems to be."

Seeing Zuo Jian and Shen Gu coming again, the owner of the Internet cafe was a little panicked: "Comrade policeman, what's going on—"

Zuo Jian waved his hand: "It's okay, I'll borrow your computer to check things. You're doing your business, didn't we come here in casual clothes? Don't bother you."

The boss breathed a sigh of relief, served four cups of tea, and went about his own business.Xiao Heizi went into battle immediately, and sure enough, he found out the landing record of the homeless.It is basically not difficult to break this kind of password. Xiao Heizi combined the birthdays of Li Qiang and Zhang Xiaoqing, and he went up easily.

"Have you been in contact with anyone?"

"There are more than a dozen friends. However, most of them haven't spoken to each other. They seem to be playing on the farm, probably for the purpose of stealing vegetables."

"Write it all down. Go back and look up those two cases to see if they also frequently surf the Internet, and if there are overlaps among their friends."

"Okay. Hey, captain, here's a record. Li Qiang once joined a group, but he was kicked out. Oh, it was at midnight the day before yesterday, probably after his accident!"

Zuo Jian lifted his spirits: "What group is it?"

"Huh? The group number doesn't exist?"

Zuo Jian was surprised: "Already disbanded?"

Shen Gu frowned: "Such a coincidence?"

"If it's not a coincidence, then there is something wrong. Let's go and investigate those two cases again."

The harvest of this day is indeed not small.The deceased in both cases had frequently surfed the Internet during their lifetime, and Xiao Heizi found out in their QQ records that they had joined a group, and they were both kicked out of the group on the night of their death.The group numbers on the three records are different, but there is one thing in common - that is, the group number does not exist, and the chat history is blank.

"Yan Ling..." Zuo Jian repeated several times, thoughtfully, "That's right, in a place like the Internet, there are people who can say anything, and it is indeed easier for Yan Ling to gain power here. These three groups definitely have ghost."

Little Heizi blinked his eyes: "Captain, you said there is a ghost, which ghost is it?"

Zuo Jian slapped him on the head: "Let's check, find out these groups, and we will know which one has the ghost by then."