Yancheng Special Office

Luo Wenxiu leaned his head on the back of the chair, and said to himself: "It doesn't matter if you don't admit it, I will always have a chance to find out your true face."

"I said you didn't intend to accept my overtures, why are you so eager to investigate my identity?" Su Jian said: "Don't forget that curiosity killed the cat, and then it will be 'fired'."

While talking, Su Jian had already parked the car, and the two walked through the empty corridor all the way to the ancient books reading room of the library.Su Jian found the myths and legends with ease, and then dug out a series of ancient books recording monsters such as "Shan Hai Jing", "Mysterious Monster Records", "Natural History" and handed them to Luo Wenxiu.

"Look for it."

Luo Wenxiu looked at the thick stack of books in his hand, and said with a difficult expression: "You don't have the ability to automatically retrieve content or read ten lines at a glance, and you can immediately sense which page is on what you are looking for?"

Su Jian glanced at him incredulously: "May I ask how much you misunderstood me?"

Luo Wenxiu smiled awkwardly, and turned to find an empty seat.

Ancient books are boring and mostly obscure.Liberal arts has always been Luo Wenxiu's weakness, so at the beginning, he found it boring to read, and the sound of perfunctory flipping through the book made a lot of noise.As time goes by, it seems that I saw the fun, and I plunged into it and became addicted.

The time passed minute by minute with the movement of the clock on the wall, and half a day passed in the blink of an eye.Luo Wenxiu saw that his neck was stiff, so he remembered to raise his head to rest for a while.When she raised her head, her eyes happened to meet Su Jian who was opposite her.

When Su Jian was concentrating on his desk, there seemed to be a quiet power in his body, which was beyond his appearance and age, like a kind of innate deterrence, able to stand still like Mount Tai in any crisis.

Even if he was reading, sitting opposite him could read these obscure ancient prose calmly. It was no wonder that he fell asleep immediately after sitting on the sofa in Su Jian's office that night.

Luo Wenxiu stared at Su Jian in a daze, Su Jian seemed to sense his gaze, raised her head and approached him, and said with a smile: "Finally, I found that my face looks better than a book?"

It was rare for Luo Wenxiu not to hate him, and asked seriously: "I was wondering why these legendary monsters have disappeared, or...it is difficult for ordinary people to see them in modern society?"

"Because their era has passed. When the world was chaotic in ancient times, the Three Realms were not yet clearly separated, so gods and monsters can walk more freely in the human world."

"What then?"

"Later, the Three Realms gradually established their own order. That is to say, in the heyday, humans, gods, and demons lived in peace, the human world was filled with aura, and mountains, rivers and rivers were all individuals with independent lives. This period lasted for about 500 years, until Shakyamuni Buddha died, and then 1 years later, which is now called the Dharma-Ending Period, the spiritual energy of the human world is exhausted, the gods and Buddhas do not come out, and the mountains and rivers gradually sink."

Luo Wenxiu asked, "Where are those gods and monsters? Where did they go?"

"Go back to where they should be. The human world was originally sandwiched between gods and demons. Since the spiritual power of the human world collapsed, it was like losing the only bridge. The connection between the three worlds has since been broken."

Luo Wenxiu digested Su Jian's words, and drew inferences: "It shouldn't be all broken, right? For example, the dark spirit I saw, and this monster, there may be others... They also came by chance. From the human world, right?"

Su Jian nodded, "That's right, although the spiritual power of the human world has collapsed, there are still some tiny holes in this world, just like the parallel world you are talking about now, some monsters will accidentally break in... and some animals will break through. It is by looking for the remaining spiritual power of mountains, rivers and rivers to cultivate into essence, but since the founding of the People's Republic of China, a large amount of land has been rebuilt, and the spiritual veins have been completely destroyed. little demon."

Luo Wenxiu flipped through the book in his hand while listening, and suddenly felt that the words from a long time ago were full of the power of ancient times.As if a small seal had been poked open in his memory, a slowly moving picture appeared in his mind:

On the top of the snow-capped mountains, everything is covered with pure snow, the howling wind is mixed with the whispers of the mountains, and the melted snow water gathers into rivers all the way from Karakoram.

Everything in this world seems to have life. The ancient glaciers communicate slowly by the echoes of cracking, and the grass and trees swing their branches in the wind and caress each other.

And the ones running on the ground and flying in the sky are all rare and exotic beasts that he has never seen before.

Luo Wenxiu didn't know why this picture suddenly appeared so clearly in his mind, as if it was a real memory.

As if inspiration came suddenly, Luo Wenxiu lowered his head again, and turned the "Shan Hai Jing" in his hand to the chapter of "Overseas South Classic", and pointed out a passage from it: "The country of disgusting fire is in the south, and the body of the beast is black. To make fire Out of his mouth... the country that hates fire, do you know it?"

Su Jian stared at Luo Wenxiu meaningfully, then turned around and entered keywords on the public search screen, and an ancient book called "Compendium of Materia Medica" popped out of the search results.Su Jian took the book from the shelf, flipped through it for a while, and stopped on a page.

——"There are fire-hating people and fire-eating beasts in the south. The country is close to Black Kunlun, and people can eat coals of fire. The fire-eating beast is called Huo Dou, and it often coexists with suspicion."

The accompanying picture was a picture of a beast very similar to what they had seen.

Fudou is its name.

Luo Wenxiu snatched the book and read it several times. The more he read it, the more he felt that the monster he had seen was what the book said. "What do you mean by living with suspicion just now?"

"It means that suspicion breeds dark ghosts. You have to know that people's hearts are the most untrustworthy thing in this world."

As Su Jian said, she closed the book, "Anyone who has evil intentions will definitely go to those people who have ghosts in their hearts first. Just like Gao Bo's obsession, he always suspects that there are people outside his wife. It gave us a chance to take advantage of the disaster."

Luo Wenxiu said: "Then where are we going to find it? We can't arrest everyone who has ghosts in their hearts and try them one by one."

Before Su Jian could answer, Luo Wenxiu's cell phone rang, and after the call was connected, Yu Yu's voice seemed to be urging his life: "Hey, hello, are you at the unit or are you at the unit..."

"I am at the library."

In the next second, Yu Yu hung up the phone.

Luo Wenxiu just felt baffled, and then Su Jian's phone rang.I saw that Su Jian's expression gradually became serious after she got on the phone, and she frowned at the end of the talk.

Luo Wenxiu: "What happened?"

Su Jian put down the phone, her eyes drifted out of the window: "Someone fell from the archives building of the library."

When Luo Wenxiu and Su Jian arrived at the archives building, the police were cordoning off. Su Jian took out his work card from his pocket and handed it to the uniformed brother. Just as he was about to briefly ask about the situation, Luo Wenxiu happened to see Yu Yu just parked the car in the square.

Luo Wenxiu waved at him, and Yu Yu walked over and said, "I called you and wanted to pick you up, but you're already here. If you don't work well during working hours, who are you dating in the library?" Woolen cloth?"

Su Jian's gaze was attracted by the noisy voice, and Luo Wenxiu coughed in embarrassment and said, "Can you shut up your mouth, I will check the case with our director in the library."

Yu Yu was startled, followed his gaze and saw Su Jian smiling at him perfectly in line with business etiquette.The man was dressed in casual clothes, with one hand in his trouser pocket, and the other waved in his direction: "Hello."

Yu Yu didn't expect that the director of the office in Yan, who was elusive, was such a harmless white-faced scholar, and for a while he even forgot how to greet the leader.All he was thinking at the moment was why Luo Wenxiu, the straightest man in the universe, would describe him as "good-looking"—but real people are more than just good-looking... With this face, this height, this figure, no matter what Wherever you put it, it is at the level of a standard male model, okay? !

Yu Yu excitedly said "Ouch": "So it's Director Su, I've admired you for a long time, you don't know how much I yearn to go to your department to observe... Hey! See, I said something wrong again when I said this nonsense, the office It is the secrecy department, how can it be observed casually..."

Su Jian didn't seem to mind, and was even very enthusiastic: "Want to come to visit? No problem, can't you just tell Officer Luo and ask him to bring you here directly? It happens that there are few people in our place, and there is usually a lack of people like you... …upbeat and fun people."

Yu Yu lost his direction on the spot after being praised like this, and wished he could follow Su Jian immediately, the little awe he had left in his mind for the leader disappeared in an instant.He also didn't realize that what he just said inadvertently happened to hit the leader's flattery, and the shot was just right.

Luo Wenxiu watched from the side as the two sang together, tried to interrupt several times but found that he couldn't get in the conversation, even rolled his eyes a few times, the topic of the two finally turned back to the case itself.

Su Jian smacked her lips and asked in a serious manner: "Officer Yu, ordinary cases won't alert the police station in Yan so early, did something... special happen here?"

Yu Yu nodded and said, "There was a charcoal palm print on the deceased's chest. The Criminal Investigation Division has seen this mark more than once, so the first time it saw it, it was classified as a similar case in the previous period, and directly applied for a transfer letter."

Su Jian frowned, and went to the grass with Luo Wenxiu to take a brief look at the corpse. There was indeed a black palm print on the chest that was so familiar.

"Another one, how many are these..." Luo Wenxiu murmured, "The serial murder case also involves supernatural events. I'm afraid no one will dare to pick up this hot potato."

Su Jian raised her head and glanced at the building, only to feel that the building was filled with a gloomy atmosphere, as if something hadn't gone far.So he got up and pointed to it: "Go, go upstairs and have a look."

This archives building belongs to decades-old buildings, hidden behind the new building of the library, shrouded in layers of shade.There are still many creepers on the walls, but because there are not many people entering and leaving the old building, the staff who climbed the vines on the windows are too lazy to take care of them.Therefore, once entering the building, the sun can't shine in, and the atmosphere of the whole building instantly becomes cloudy.

The deceased was a young man in his 20s, and the outdoor surveillance captured that the deceased fell from the overhead floor of the roof of the top floor.However, due to the blind spot of surveillance, no one knows what happened to the deceased on the top floor. We can only know from the coke palm prints that he also encountered the same monsters as in the previous cases.

Luo Wenxiu went upstairs and said, "It doesn't stop in broad daylight—Director Su, I have a question... Aren't demons and ghosts afraid of the sun?"

Su Jian, who was walking in the front, spoke casually: "Most demons are afraid of the sun, but isn't this disaster born with fire? They are not afraid of fire. Do you think he can still be afraid of strong light?"

Yu Yu, who had followed in happily all the way just now, his eyes lit up after hearing this: "Huodou? Is this the name of that monster? So you already know the details of the opponent?"

Luo Wenxiu said: "I'm not sure yet, it's just that I have some clues at the beginning."

Luo Wenxiu felt that what Su Jian said just now made sense, but Su Jian added: "But the time interval between this thing coming out to harm people is getting smaller and smaller, exceeding the frequency of monster beasts' activities in the past. I always have a hunch, He didn't just want to harm people, but more like... he was in a hurry to find someone."

Su Jian's voice became softer and softer. Although it was a guess, her tone revealed unquestionable judgment.Luo Wenxiu wanted to ask again, but found that he had already reached the top floor.

To go up to the overhead floor of the roof, you must walk up the stairs to the fourth floor, and then walk up the entire floor from the separate stairs at the other end.The fourth floor seems to be a place where discarded library items are piled up. The entire floor smells very musty. Except for the area where people walk, it is barely clean. Create a layer of dust.

Under the cold corridor, Yu Yu suddenly shivered out of nowhere for some reason, and couldn't help but said, "Why is my back suddenly so cold..."

"Cold?" Luo Wenxiu squinted at him and said quietly, "Maybe you have a female ghost on your back."

Yu Yu felt a chill, and walked away cursing: "Get out, you have to recite it, the female ghost likes a kid like you who loves to die..."

Su Jian walked behind Luo Wenxiu and Yu Yu, and silently lit a cigarette, but he did not see him smoking.In front of him, when the floating dust raised by footsteps flew up and fell again, it seemed as if he encountered an illusory entity in the air, covering it and drawing a looming shadow in the air.

Su Jian cleared her throat, and flicked the soot in her hand towards the shadow, and the soot fell evenly on the ground along with the floating dust, as if nothing had ever existed there.