Shanhai Folklore Research Institute

It was late at night, and they didn't want to disturb the sleeping grandparents, but the little beast had to be caught.

Zhang Qing went back to the police station in the afternoon. He didn't know the story of Granny Deng's family, so when the white-haired old man came out to open the door, the deputy director of the Chengxi Police Station's eyes were full of shock, and he couldn't even speak clearly. It was still Lin Mian. Explained the purpose of coming.

"You said that a thief entered my house?" The three of them helped Granny Deng in the noodle shop. The old man was a little surprised, but his attitude was very good, and he smiled kindly. "Our house is so poor that only four white walls are left. What is he trying to do?"

Granny Deng didn't lie. Lin Mian looked at the empty living room. In order to pay off the mortgage, she sold everything at home except the most basic daily necessities.

"Grandma..." The little girl ran up behind Granny Deng with sleepy eyes, and called out timidly.

"Xiao Min!" Granny Deng lovingly touched her head.

"You can watch as you please." Granny Deng comforted her granddaughter in a low voice, and then went to the kitchen to pour tea for the three of them.

Wu Ting stood still, Zhang Qing quickly checked all the rooms, not to mention the small beast, not even a single animal hair was found.

"No, Xiao Li Mingming saw that little beast coming in from here." Zhang Qing scratched at the bathroom window, wondering.

Lin Mian's gaze fell on the plush toy in Deng Min's hand. He walked up to the little girl and squatted down. After thinking about it, he took out a hard candy from the beckoning cat sugar bowl, and said softly: " Your name is Xiao Min, right?"

Deng Min was bribed by Tang and nodded shyly.

"Xiao Min, can you tell brother, where did this little rabbit doll come from?" The rabbit doll is very ordinary, but it looks exactly the same as the one that was stolen before, which is a bit too coincidental.

"Xiaobu gave it to me."

Deng Min stuffed the sugar into his pocket carefully, as if he planned to stay and eat it slowly. Seeing this, Lin Mian felt a little distressed, so he put a few more in the little girl's palm: "Small, who is it?"

The little girl opened her mouth, seeming to be very conflicted. Granny Deng who came out of the kitchen laughed when she heard the conversation between the two: "Xiao Mei is a chipmunk raised by Xiao Min. It has no tail, so it is called Xiao Mei."

Lin Mian's heart moved, and he understood everything in an instant. He kept his face calm, but asked in a softer voice, "Where is Xiaobu?"

Because of those few fruit candies, Deng Min had a very good impression of Lin Mian. She took the kind little brother to the balcony, pointed to the metal cage on the laundry table: "Brother, look, that's the little brother. .”

A big black and white cow-colored mouse squatted in the cage, watching everyone with its round eyes without blinking.

Lin Mian saw fear in its eyes, it knew they were here to catch it, but it still sat firmly on the spot.

Perhaps the moment it felt the aura of the great witch, it knew it couldn't run away, and returned to Room 901 just to see the grandparent and grandson for the last time.

"Grandma Deng, we need to take this old... chipmunk away." Zhang Qing scratched his head and said with difficulty, what's the matter? magic.

Granny Deng looked at the cage and then at the three of them. She didn't know why she had agreed to catch the thief and why she took their pet away, but she still nodded in a daze in accordance with the principle of cooperating with the police. Deng Min pursed her mouth and tears flowed silently down.

The death of both parents and sudden changes in the family made the little girl's personality very restrained. When other children encountered this situation, most of them would cry, or roll around, but she just buried her head in her grandma's arms and did not look at Huazhi Mouse, sad alone.

Lin Mian was affected by her emotions, and felt uncomfortable. After losing her parents, it must be Xiaomei who has been by her side all the time...

"We'll meet again if there is fate." Wu Ting glanced at the helpless little assistant, and said lightly.

Before Lin Mian could react, the dean had already turned around coolly and left. He grabbed the cage and quickly followed.

The suspect is a monster, and it is inconvenient for Zhang Qing to intervene in the follow-up matters, so he bid farewell to the two outside the gate of the community.

Lin Mian was sitting on the co-pilot with the metal cage in her arms, staring at the squirrel with big eyes.

"Can you speak?" Lin Mian poked at the cage, "Speak if you can."

"Squeak." There was a bit of helplessness on the fluffy face of the chipmunk.

Out of the corner of Wu Ting's eyes, he watched the interaction between one person and one mouse, and the corner of his mouth slightly hooked.

Lin Mian felt so amazing that although he had a lot of questions, he didn't know which one to ask, until he returned to the research institute.

Gouwei and Hu Qiaoqiao hadn't come back from their work, and the staff dormitory in the backyard seemed deserted. Lin Mian put the cage on the coffee table, and neither of them felt sleepy, so they decided to interrogate the suspect Huazhishu overnight.

"Come out." Wu Ting casually leaned back on the sofa, and nodded with his fingers.

The chipmunk disappeared from the cage in an instant, and then sat down on the floor so that its figure could be seen. It became about the size of a four or five-year-old child, but it still looked like a cow mouse.

With a grunt, Huazhishu got up from the ground and bowed to the two: "My lord!"

Xiaomei's voice was not quite what Lin Mian had imagined, it was a little shrill and a little hoarse, in short, it was quite social.

This is a social rat.

But in Lin Mian's eyes, it was a big fluffy ball, still in black and white, not to mention how cute, he really wanted to rua, but out of politeness, and the fact that the theft case had not been interrogated clearly, he tried his best to restrain his crime hand.

"You stole things for Granny Deng and Xiao Min, right?" Lin Mian pointed to the single sofa beside her, motioning for it to sit on.

The Chipotle Mouse sneaked a glance at the silent Wu Ting, waved his hands again and again to say no, the human in front of him had a clean breath, and he didn't feel any malice, but the big monster next to him made his inner fluff blow up. Well, it's just covered by the long coat so you can't see it.

"Xiao Min's family has been kind to me, and now they are in trouble...I, I just want them to live better..." The chipmunk hung his head dejectedly.

"Yes?" Lin Mian raised an eyebrow.

The flower branch mouse nodded: "I was just an ordinary flower branch mouse, only a little smarter than other mice. My first owner was a very nasty little boy, who always pulled my tail hard and put I threw it into the water, and I couldn't bear it and escaped from the house.

After that, I wandered around, and I stayed in every sewer in Sichuan City. Hunger and threats from other animals made me survive several times.On the day I met Xiao Min, I was being hunted down by a wild cat, because I had been hungry for several days and had no strength, so I was quickly caught, and the wild cat bit off my long tail..."

The squirrel's eyes darkened when he said this, and Lin Mian subconsciously glanced at its round buttocks. The place where the tail was broken was completely covered by the fur, and it was completely integrated, so it couldn't be seen at all.

Huazhishu sighed and continued: "Xiao Min rescued me from the wild cats and took me back to her home. At that time, her parents were still alive, and they helped me build a nest and adopted me together.

I thought that the rest of my life would be peaceful and happy, until an accident happened, Xiao Min lost her most important relative, and lived with her grandma, life became more and more difficult.

I can see all this, I am very anxious, but I am just a chipmunk, I have nothing but cuteness, I am eager to help them, this desire is extremely strong, it is deeply rooted in my mind.

When I woke up one morning, I found that I was not in the metal cage, but lying on the floor tiles of the balcony. My size had also grown, and I could even understand the greetings of the office workers downstairs. I yelled, and it turned out He spoke human words. "

Lin Mian couldn't help but interrupted, "Then can you become a human?"

The Chipmunk shook his head.

Lin Mian felt a little regretful, and Wu Ting explained, "It should be that this squirrel's obsession with helping Xiao Min's family is too deep, and the recovery of its spiritual energy has caused it to unintentionally open its spiritual wisdom. In the words of you humans, it is a success." Refined, but far from reaching the stage of transformation."

After hearing the words, the Chick nodded fiercely like a chicken pecking at rice, and blew Rainbow Fart like it didn't want money: "My lord is right!"

"Xiao Min loves chocolate and rabbit dolls. After the death of his parents, the grandparents and grandchildren lived in poverty. These two things have become luxury items for them. I can't bear my little girl to be wronged, so..." Hua Zhishu The two little paws scratched each other, and then secretly glanced at Wu Ting, his voice became lower and lower, "So, I went to the next building to get... I got something."

Lin Mian was amused by its sneaky look, and deliberately asked with a straight face, "What about the diamond ring and cash?"

Huazhishu was dejected, like a criminal detained by the police: "I later learned that grandma worked so hard to earn money to pay off the mortgage, so I wanted to relieve her pressure..."

Lin Mian said earnestly, "It's good that you want to repay your kindness, but you used the wrong method."

"Hmm." The whole rat was listless, and its two round ears drooped.

Lin Mian asked where it hid those valuable things, and the chipmunk answered them one by one.

"Dean, what are you going to do with it?" Lin Mian whispered to Wu Ting, the dean could only feel the little assistant's breath on his neck, which was numb.

Wu Ting looked at the lowered mouse, tapped it lightly with his fingers, and locked it back into the cage. The fiery red streamer flashed across the surface of the cage, forming an invisible restraint.

"Go to bed first, we'll talk about it tomorrow." After speaking, he stood up and went back to his room to rest.

Lin Mian finally took a look at the rat in the cage. The rat was sitting facing west, which was the direction of Xiao Min's house.

Still worried about its little girl...

When Lin Mian was a child, she heard many stories about monsters repaying favors to humans, such as The Legend of the White Snake, and the fox monsters in Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio. Monsters are often more persistent than humans in many things.

Xiao Min saved Xiao Wu's life, and Xiao Wu didn't want to repay her, that's all. Although Xiao Wu's actions were inappropriate, her pure and innocent conscience should be protected.

Wu Ting originally planned to deal with the chipmunk the next day, but a new task came again.

When Hu Qiaoqiao appeared in front of Lin Mian, her face was black, her hair was burnt, and a small piece of the hem of the well-crafted cheongsam was burned off.

"Sister Qiaoqiao?" Lin Mian almost didn't dare to recognize her at first sight.

"I'm so mad!" Hu Qiaoqiao left these words and ran to her room to take a bath.

Assistant Lin cast a puzzled look at the dean.

Wu Ting clicked his tongue: "Hu Qiaoqiao was in charge of an arson case this time, and the people from the special management office detected a trace of residual demon power at the scene, and handed it over to the research institute as a special incident."

The author has something to say:

Assistant Lin in the eyes of Huazhishu: This human's breath is very clean and there is no danger.

The fluffy mouse in Assistant Lin's eyes: fluffy, fluffy, fluffy...

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感谢在2021-12-0618:00:00~2021-12-0718:00:00期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angels who threw mines: Passerby A 2; Mumumumuyuxi 1;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!

Chapter 54 The thief and the arsonist (4) The outstanding blue kids these days are all taken by other big pigs...

After a while, Hu Qiaoqiao changed his clothes and returned to the office after washing, and seriously asked Director Wu to send more staff.

Hu Qiaoqiao, as a pure-blooded fox from Qingqiu, is good at illusion but is naturally afraid of fire. If it weren't for the fact that One Eye, Two Eyes and Hook Wei were not at home, she would never have accepted this task.

Wu Ting glanced at the serious Hu Qiaoqiao, he and Lin Mian were the only ones left in the research institute except Mr. Qi, if you want a little assistant to help you, just tell me!

Also send more manpower, see if you can!

Knowing that Wu Ting had seen through her thoughts, Hu Qiaoqiao smiled. She knew from the beginning that Lin Mian was by no means an ordinary human being. After getting along for a while, she became more certain of this after seeing the other party's feat of beating monsters with bare hands. Going out to work is much better than that coward with a hook tail!

Brother Wei:? ? ?Thanks, have been offended!

But Hu Qiaoqiao didn't dare to talk directly to the VIPs of Wu Ting—just kidding, Lin Mian is the assistant of the adults, maybe they will be their dean's wife in the future.

Wu Ting did not immediately agree to Hu Qiaoqiao's request, but instead asked Lin Mian, "Do you want to take this task?"

Lin Mian nodded without hesitation. The rewards for the previous missions were issued one after another. Looking at the gradually rising numbers in Alipay, he calculated that as long as he did five or six more missions, he would not only have enough money to replace the old teacher. A better cemetery, even the tuition and living expenses for the whole year of the sophomore year.

The little assistant's obsession with money made the dean not at all surprised by his decision.

"Let's go." He picked up the car keys on the desk and threw them to Hu Qiaoqiao, "You are in charge of driving."

"Okay!" It's not surprising that Wu Ting will go with Hu Qiaoqiao. If she has such a good-looking man, good personality, good cooking skills and can fight monsters, she won't want to part with him, okay?

It's a pity that the outstanding blue kids these days are all taken by other big trotters. Hu Qiaoqiao stared at the back of Wu Ting's head resentfully. The director Wu snorted coldly. Hu Qiaoqiao quickly looked away. Emma, ​​the big flat-haired demon She can't beat it!

"Then what can I do?" Lin Mian suddenly thought of the chipmunk he had put on the coffee table. The details of the arson case are still unclear, and he doesn't know how many days it will take to end. It doesn't seem right to leave the chipmunk alone in the research institute. excellent.

Wu Ting thought for a while: "Take it, maybe it will come in handy."

Lin Mian ran to the backyard when she heard the words.

The rat squatted listlessly in the cage, and the rat visibly wilted overnight, and even its smooth fur seemed to have dried up.

Hearing the sound of footsteps, it stood up alertly, saw that it was Lin Mian, and suddenly asked, "Are you here to deal with me?"

The chipmunk has been wandering outside for a long time, and it has heard about the laws of human beings and the management agencies of monsters. In the eyes of most people, mice are the four evils that everyone shouts and beat, and it has also stolen thing……

Thinking of this, the chipmunk couldn't help shaking its ears. Is it going to die? Will it have a chance to see its little girl again before it dies?

Hearing this, Lin Mian could see the complex emotions of anxiety, sadness, and despair from the fluffy mouse's face, and she was immediately happy.

This is still a play mouse.

"No, we are going out to work, and the dean asked me to bring you." Lin Mian smiled.

Huazhishu heaved a sigh of relief.

Hu Qiaoqiao saw the cage in Lin Mian's arms, and curiously stretched out a finger to poke the chipmunk's head: "Where did this little thing come from?"

Hu Qiaoqiao is different from Wu Ting, unless it is necessary, she doesn't like to restrain her breath at other times, the powerful fox clan's monster power rushed to make the mouse stumble, and shivered in a ball.

Lin Mian gave a brief account of the theft case in Jinyuan Community, and Hu Qiaoqiao couldn't help but sigh: "Although humans and monsters seem to coexist peacefully now, the conflict between the two sides is actually just hidden. There is an old saying called People who are not my race must have different hearts, and human beings are instinctively afraid of monsters.

And many monsters are not willing to share resources with humans. They think that they are the masters of this world. Human beings are like ants in the eyes of those monsters. There is such a pure and kind bond between this little thing and Xiao Min's family. It is rare. "

Lin Mian couldn't help being startled by Hu Qiaoqiao's words. Since entering the research institute, he has been exposed to more and more things about ghosts and ghosts. He has opened the door to a new world, but he has never thought about it.

why?

Probably because the monsters and colleagues around him were too friendly, and all the unfriendly monsters were arrested by the dean.

"Don't worry." Seeing Lin Mian's slightly frowned eyebrows, Wu Ting comforted softly.

Lin Mian nodded. Indeed, if the sky falls, there will be a tall man to support it. If one day there is a large-scale conflict between humans and demons, and soldiers will come to cover it up, the dean is so powerful, even if the human world explodes, He should be able to solve it too... As for now, it is the last word to do the task in front of you well.

The little assistant, who had confidence in Mrs. Dean's honey, put the metal cage containing the chipmunk aside, didn't think about it anymore, took out a notepad from her schoolbag, and quickly entered the theme of this mission: "Sister Qiaoqiao, the fire Where is the location?"

Hu Qiaoqiao put one hand on the steering wheel and scratched his chin with his fingers: "There are several places, I will take you to the Temple of the City God first, where the fire started first, and it was also the place where the special management department first detected the evil spirit."

The Town God's Temple in Chuancheng is in the west of the city. Lin Mian didn't expect that they just came back from there last night and would have to go there again today.

What made him even more unexpected was that Zhang Qing was the policeman in charge of handling the case at the police station.

The newly appointed deputy director is full of great enthusiasm for his work. Just like his WeChat name, he is a brick of the country, and he can be moved wherever it is needed!

Zhang Qing was also very surprised to see three people and a mouse. Lin Mian took the opportunity to tell the other party the location of the diamond ring, gemstone necklace and cash.

Most of the Town God's Temples in every city have a long history, and this one in Sichuan City is no exception. It has been built for at least hundreds of years. From the gate to the beams to the pillars, it is all made of wood. Therefore, once a fire breaks out, it is difficult to extinguish it.

Moreover, Town God's Temple is located in the central area of ​​the west of the city, surrounded by lively pedestrian streets and commercial plazas. Before the arrival of the fire brigade, the fire had spread and burned several shops facing the street. Although no casualties were caused, the impact was still quite large. It hit the local headlines within two days.

At that time, Lin Mian and everyone in the research institute had just boarded the cruise ship to Flying Fish Island, and they were full of expectations for the journey, so they didn't notice the fire on the news.

Lin Mian raised the cordon, and glanced at the scorched wall. The arson case happened ten days ago, and the police had already collected evidence. Under the strong request of the monks in the temple, they were allowed to repair and rebuild it.

After such a long time, the lingering evil spirit has long since dissipated without a trace, so Wu Ting couldn't tell anything.

"To tell you the truth, when I first received the police from the public, I thought it was because the candles for offerings had fallen down and started to burn. I also planned to cooperate with the fire brigade to promote fire safety knowledge in August..."

Zhang Qing showed a wry smile. It seems that since he met Lin Mian and his party in Linwan Village, the cases he took over have become more and more bizarre. I heard that even the case of the taxi driver’s disappearance in the Criminal Police Team half a month ago was finally confirmed. It was related to monsters, and it was also this Assistant Lin who assisted in the detection...

Thinking of this, the young Deputy Zhang's eyes on the three people in the research institute suddenly became complicated.

"In order to respond to the country's call to break the feudal superstition, and to prevent similar fire accidents, pilgrims have always been strictly prohibited from burning candles and incense sticks in the temple." Hearing what Zhang Qing said, the host responsible for rebuilding the Town God's Temple hurriedly explained .

"Did the master who was on duty on the night of the fire find anything unusual?" Lin Mian knew that all monks can get married now, and they would go back to their home after work, but temples with a large number of believers like Sichuan City God's Temple would have one or two people staying at night on duty.

The host nodded, then took out his mobile phone and made a call. After a while, a seventeen or eighteen-year-old monk walked in through the back door.

Lin Mian lingered on the hosted Apple 12pro for a moment, thinking, maybe this is the master of the new era...

The little monk clasped his hands together and recited a Buddhist name. He had actually told the police about the fire that night, and Hu Qiaoqiao also sent the relevant transcripts, but after all, it was not as convenient and detailed as asking in person.

The night shift in the temple is different from the night shift of the community security. The latter really stares at the gate of the community until dawn. The former just sleeps in the wing room behind the Chenghuang Temple and is not awake all night, so the little monk closed the doors and windows that night. , Played mobile games for a while and went to bed.

"There is no air-conditioning in the wing room. In the middle of the night, I woke up from the heat and planned to go to the bathroom outside to wash my face. As a result, it became even hotter when I went out, as if I fell into a big stove."

At that time, the fire hadn't started yet, so the young monk thought it was just hot weather, complained a few words and continued to walk to the toilet. Halfway there, he saw a dark shadow squatting on the courtyard wall.

The little monk was taken aback, and the sentence "catch the thief" was still stuck in his throat, and the shadow spread his wings and flew away.

"Fly away?" Lin Mian frowned and repeated, "So that shadow is actually a bird?"

The little monk nodded: "That bird is very big. I have never seen such a big bird. It is almost as tall as me when squatting there."

When it flew away, it still glanced at me, its eyes were like two small flames, as if it was laughing at me.

The little monk didn't say the latter sentence, he was afraid that a few people would think that he had some brain problems, and he would be laughed at by a bird at night, who would believe him if he said it!

Lin Mian didn't know the little monk's mental activities, but his mood at the moment was quite complicated.

A long time ago, the family next door to the old teacher raised two parrots. Every evening when they let the wind out, they would secretly jump into their yard to eat the corn that Lin Mian had dried. pain.

Since then, Lin Mian is not only afraid of sharp beaks running on the ground, he is also afraid of those flying in the sky...

Wu Ting noticed something was wrong with him, and immediately understood, his heart sank, the sharp mouth must have reminded the little assistant of bad things again!

He comforted softly: "Don't be afraid, I won't let it hurt you."

Lin Mian is not really afraid now, after all, the bird is not in front of him, he just has some psychological shadows, besides, he still has Ditai Chess, when he really encounters it, he will slap it in the face!

After completing the psychological training, Lin Mian looked at the young monk and motioned him to continue, "What happened next?"

"When I came back from the toilet, I saw that the front hall was on fire. The fire was burning very quickly and fiercely. When I saw something was wrong, I immediately ran out and called the fire alarm. I didn't even take my outer shirt, and all of them were burned." The little monk still regretted his belongings.

Lin Mian pondered for a moment, then asked, "Do you still remember the appearance of that bird?"

The little monk shook his head very simply: "It's too dark, I can't see clearly."

The author has something to say:

Assistant Lin: Our goal is to make money!make money!make money!

Dean: The little assistant is afraid of sharp mouth... Worry about people!

Hu Qiaoqiao: The dean is a big pig!

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感谢在2021-12-0718:00:00~2021-12-0818:00:00期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angels who threw mines: Mumumumuyuxi, passerby A;

Thanks to the little angel of irrigation nutrient solution: 1 bottle of Pipa Xing;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!