Burning fire

When Zhou Qizun arrived at the entrance of the supermarket, the boss just opened the aluminum alloy roller blind.

He is undoubtedly the first guest today.

Zhou Qizun still remembered that years ago he caught a bastard in this supermarket who attempted to steal. At that time, he grabbed the little turtle by the ear and kicked him.

Who would have thought that in the blink of an eye, people would disappear in just a few days.

Zhou Qizun went straight to the counter: "A box of hard red from the Great Hall of the People."

He saw it at a glance. There was really a skull necklace hanging on the chewing gum shelf on the left.

——There are two big black gemstone eyes on the skull.

Such a shocking chain probably belonged to Jiang Liu.

"Your cigarette." The boss handed the cigarette to Zhou Qizun.

"Thank you." Zhou Qizun paid the money, then pointed to the necklace and asked casually, "This necklace is quite unique, boss, where did you buy it?"

After asking this question, the boss immediately looked helpless.Business was not busy early in the morning, so he had time to chat with Zhou Qizun: "What, how can I buy this thing, a kid came to the supermarket to buy chocolates yesterday, and he had no money, so he insisted on using this thing in exchange. I agreed .”

Boss: "Actually, this broken iron chain is worthless, I really don't need it, and it's a skull, and I don't like it, but the other party is a child, and it's just a bar of chocolate, so that's all. I told him, it's not an example. "

Zhou Qizun squinted his eyes and looked at the skull necklace again, and naturally picked up the boss's words: "Which kid is so ugly?"

"I don't know whose family it's from. My parents didn't come together, otherwise I wouldn't have accepted the necklace...Huh?" The boss suddenly pointed at the door, "Cao Cao Cao Cao is here, it's him."

Zhou Qizun looked at the door, and a little boy about eight or nine years old just opened the door and walked in.Being pointed at by the boss like this, he was like a thief who saw the handcuffs, turned his head and ran away in fright!

"You stand!" Zhou Qizun yelled, and quickly ran after him.

"Hey, sir, your cigarette! It's hard red!" The boss was a little confused, staring at the cigarette in his hand, and said to himself inexplicably, "Why are you running?"

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The little brat was destined not to be able to run away from Zhou Qizun, and the brat didn't run a few steps before he was hugged by Zhou Qizun and put on the road.

"Put me down! Let me down!" the boy yelled, kicking his arms and legs indiscriminately.

Zhou Qizun was kicked to the ground, he didn't care about 21, he raised his hand and slapped the child's backside: "Shut up, don't howl, I'm not a bad person, I have something to ask you."

Guessing that the slap was quite heavy, the boy closed his mouth after being slapped, but kept whimpering, sucking his nose and crying.

Only then did Zhou Qizun realize that this bear was shaking all over.

Zhou Qizun had no choice but to put the child on the flower bed by the roadside.

Spring has not yet fully bloomed, and the flower beds are still bald.The child staggered and sat down on the dirt.

Zhou Qizun picked him up again, and patted the dirt on his back: "Why are you running? What did you do wrong? You ran so fast."

The child was twitching violently, as if he couldn't breathe, Zhou Qizun finally gained some conscience, knowing that he was scared enough by the little man.

He stretched his hand along the child's vest, took out another mint from his pocket, peeled it off and stuffed it into the child's mouth.

Zhou Qizun said rudely, "I'll give you candy."

The boy was so hot by the peppermint candy that he immediately turned his head and spit the candy into the flower bed.But this time, he didn't cry anymore.

"Come back?" Zhou Qizun squatted down opposite him, looked up at him, "What's your name?"

The little boy was still afraid of Zhou Qizun, but being blocked by Zhou Qizun on the street, he had no choice but to poke his chin into his collar and whisper, "My name is Jin Mingyu."

"Oh, Jin Mingyu." Zhou Qizun smiled.

Perhaps repairing the bastard is addictive, Zhou Qizun deliberately asked: "You just told me that? Are you afraid that I will be abducted and sold for you?"

Hearing this, the boy burst into tears again, and his grandma moaned crookedly: "You said you're not a bad person..."

Zhou Qizun rolled his eyes and snorted coldly.Xin said that the current children's awareness of prevention is too low, it is simply stupid.When will bad people admit that they are bad?

The sun is brighter than before. It is the weekend, but the road is always busy with many people walking past them.

Zhou Qizun sighed, and stopped bullying the child. He held the child's shoulders, and finally said something human: "Don't be afraid, I won't take you to other places. This is the main road, and there are people around. You are safe." of."

Zhou Qizun: "I'll just ask you a few questions, tell me, I'll buy you chocolate, okay?"

Jin Mingyu wiped his big dirty tears with his hands, and nodded towards Zhou Qizun.

Zhou Qizun was worried that this kid would be scared out of his wits, so he didn't get right to the point, but asked something else: "Tell uncle, why did you come out by yourself, where are your parents?"

"No father." Jin Mingyu lowered his head and said loudly, "Mom is at home."

Zhou Qizun was silent for a while, then asked again: "How old are you?"

Jin Mingyu muttered: "Eight years old, second grade."

Zhou Qizun nodded, took out a tissue and wiped Jin Mingyu's nose: "Which supermarket do you always go to? Why did you run away just now? Like a thief."

Jin Mingyu paused for a while this time, pursed his lips and said, "I'm afraid that the boss will ask me for money. I don't have any money, but I want to eat chocolate. All the children in the class eat chocolate, and my mother doesn't want to buy it for me... ..."

There were no trash cans around, so Zhou Qizun could only put the snot paper in his pocket: "Didn't you trade the necklace with the boss? Why are you still afraid that he will ask you for money?"

Jin Mingyu's eyes rolled twice, and he stopped talking.

Zhou Qizun moved closer to him, lowered his voice, and said calmly: "I understand. The necklace is not yours, so you are afraid."

"Say!" Zhou Qizun suddenly asked sharply, "Where did you steal the necklace?"

"It wasn't stolen! Brother Jiang Liu gave it to me!" Jin Mingyu quickly opened his mouth to retort, but as soon as he said the words, he immediately covered his mouth with his hands, as if he said something that should not be said, and regretted it.

Zhou Qizun hurriedly pulled his hand off: "Do you know Jiang Liu?"

Zhou Qizun: "Speak! If you don't speak, I'll send you to the police station and tell the police uncle that you stole other people's necklaces."

"I didn't steal it!" Jin Mingyu cried again, "I didn't steal it!"

He shouted loudly: "Brother Jiang Liu gave it to me. I said to lend him the magic bead, and he gave it to me!"

"What thing? What beads?" Zhou Qizun was dumbfounded.

Jin Mingyu cried too loudly, many people around had already looked over, Zhou Qizun had no choice but to ask Jin Mingyu: "Where is your home? Take me to find your mother."

Jin Mingyu must have had contact with Jiang Liu. Now that Jiang Liu was killed, Jin Mingyu couldn't explain clearly, so he should always ask his mother for clarification.

"Let's go." Zhou Qizun became irritable, without mercy, he pulled Jin Mingyu's sleeves and walked forward, "Don't cry, cry again and go to the police station."

When Jin Mingyu heard this, he hiccupped and stood still on the spot, not daring to move.

Zhou Qizun twitched, so he had no choice but to drag him back to the supermarket to buy a bar of chocolate, and feed the candy into his mouth, this kid was finally obedient.

Tsk, what a bear.

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"Are you familiar with Jiang Liu?" Coming out of the supermarket, Zhou Qizun turned his cigarette holder twice in his hand, then stuffed it back into his trouser pocket, and tried not to smoke in front of the child.

"Well, very familiar." Jin Mingyu puffed up his cheeks and gnawed on the chocolate.

Zhou Qizun looked worried. ——This child is unprepared, and even a little familiar. He is definitely a product that can be lured to the Northwest with a piece of sugar.

Because of a piece of chocolate, Jin Mingyu has already convinced Zhou Qizun: "The relationship is very good. Brother Jiang Liu always buys me delicious food. But I haven't seen him for a long time. Mom can't mention him again. I mentioned Brother Jiang Liu the day before yesterday." , and was beaten by my mother."

As Jin Mingyu said, he rolled up his sleeves, and Zhou Qizun saw a few marks on his arms, which were drawn by something like a belt.

Zhou Qizun's face sank, he pulled Jin Mingyu in, walked around to the side by himself, and walked on the side of the road: "You said magic beads, what are they?"

At the mention of this, Jin Mingyu's eyes lit up: "I picked it up, it's a very magical bead, you can sleep with it without fear of the dark, and you can have good dreams! It has magic! In the dream, my mother even bought me chocolates! "

Jin Mingyu: "I told Brother Jiang Liu, take him to my house to get beads, get beads..."

Jin Mingyu said with a broken face: "Mom and uncle fought again, brother Jiang Liu disappeared."

Zhou Qizun: "..."

The child spoke incoherently, gibberish, and had magical fantasies.No matter how fast Zhou Qizun's mind turned, he still couldn't understand half a fart.

Fortunately, Jin Mingyu's house will be here soon.If you have anything to say, it's better to ask his mother face to face.

"This is my home." Jin Mingyu pointed to the front.

It is a very simple residential building, ordinary, nothing to mention.The building is a bit old, but not too run-down.

There is a canteen downstairs, which should have closed down or hasn't been open for a long time.The canteen has no brand name, and there are two windows facing the street.The window was small, about two feet square, dirty and covered with a layer of newspaper.

When Jin Mingyu and Zhou Qizun passed by, there was a sudden movement from the window, "creaking", like a groan coming out of a broken throat.

Zhou Qizun turned his head to look, and saw a head poking out of the window.

It was the head of an old man with thinning white hair and a bald spot on the top of his head. There were not even half a hair growing in several places, only bald spots with scars.

The old man bent his eyes and grinned at Zhou Qizun. He said in an erratic voice, "I'm dead, why am I dead? If you die, you can't wait."

Zhou Qizun: "..."

The old man opened his mouth horribly, and his expression was also weird.Zhou Qizun frowned, the sky was bright and bright, almost got goosebumps all over his body.

If it wasn't for Jin Mingyu next to him, and he didn't ask clearly about the bum, Zhou Qizun might have stepped forward to see what the old man was up to.

"Go quickly." Zhou Qizun dragged Jin Mingyu and hurried forward.

The old man stared at Zhou Qizun's vest from behind until he couldn't see it anymore, and the smile on his face disappeared instantly.He shrank his head back from the window.

"What's the matter with this old man?" Zhou Qizun muttered to himself, and then asked Jin Mingyu, "Which door do you live in?"

Zhou Qizun was stunned when he lowered his head—Jin Mingyu's eyes were empty, as if his mind was wandering, and he didn't hear Zhou Qizun's words at all.

"Jin Mingyu?" Zhou Qizun bent down and called out.

Jin Mingyu was still sluggish as before, staring straight ahead in a daze, without responding to Zhou Qizun.

"Jin Mingyu!" Zhou Qizun had to slap his face twice, "Jin Mingyu!"

Jin Mingyu was shocked suddenly, and fell into Zhou Qizun's arms.He trembled like a twitch for a while, then raised a pair of big confused eyes, and asked Zhou Qizun: "What's wrong?"

"..." Zhou Qizun touched the child's forehead, "Are you okay? What happened to you just now?"

"What's wrong with me?" Jin Mingyu was still confused.

His appearance...Zhou Qizun's heart skipped a beat—Jin Mingyu looked like he was possessed just now!

At this second, Zhou Qizun suddenly thought of Zhang Jueming. ——Maybe he was startled out of a stress reaction, and when he encountered something evil, he would think of Zhang Jueming.

"It's okay." Zhou Qizun shook his head, telling himself not to be suspicious, everything should be done with science and evidence first.

Maybe Jin Mingyu was just slipping away just now, or even had some kind of illness...

Zhou Qizun lowered his gaze, stood up straight and asked again: "Which door do you live in?"

"Oh, this." Jin Mingyu returned to normal.He stretched out his finger in one direction, and hesitated for a while after pointing, "I'll take you home, mom will definitely not be happy."

Zhou Qizun looked at him in silence for a moment, and said, "Three bars of chocolate."

Jin Mingyu widened his eyes and gritted his teeth: "Okay, it's on the fifth floor, follow me upstairs."

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The corridor was similar to Zhou Qizun's imagination, cramped and narrow.This house was definitely built by an unscrupulous developer, especially not particular about it, even the height of each staircase is different.

There was a faint musty smell in the air, and the dim sunlight came in through the small window, hitting the dust and refracting into rough light.

Zhou Qizun faced the light, squinted his eyes, and saw a few dark red scratches on the opposite wall.

He followed behind Jin Mingyu, and took a closer look as he walked forward—it looked like blood.

Zhou Qizun hesitated for a while, but took out his mobile phone and sent Gao Yan a location with a message: "Jiang Liu has a clue, I'm following."

"Here we are." Jin Mingyu went up to the platform.

There are two households on one ladder in the cavern, Jin Mingyu pointed to the door on the left: "This is my house."

Zhou Qizun put the phone back into his pocket, and was about to open his mouth to speak, when the door Jin Mingyu pointed to suddenly opened.

A man jumped out of it like a big toad, followed by a woman screaming sharply: "Get lost too! There's nothing good!"

Zhou Qizun didn't have time to grab the man, because the woman casually threw a high-heeled shoe out of the door again!

That is only hating the sky high, and the heel is seven or eight centimeters at least.This woman's hands didn't have the slightest aim, she flung her hands indiscriminately, and the heels of her shoes aimed straight at Jin Mingyu and smashed them at him!

With sharp eyes and quick hands, Zhou Qizun pulled Jin Mingyu into his arms to protect him, and only had time to stretch his arms to block it.The heel tapped hard on his forearm.

Protecting Jin Mingyu, Zhou Qizun turned his face and wanted to chase the man who went downstairs, but Jin Mingyu grabbed at the hem of his clothes desperately.

Jin Mingyu didn't say a word, didn't even cry, but shivered and wiped Zhou Qizun's snot all over his clothes.

Zhou Qizun: "..."

Zhou Qizun had no choice but to give up.He rubbed the back of Jin Mingyu's head: "Don't cry."

Zhou Qizun looked at the woman opposite, and saw that she was unkempt, thin and pale, leaning against the door frame, her body was like soft noodles without bones.

Zhou Qizun kowtowed on Jin Mingyu's head, hugged the child firmly, and said in his heart: "How can you raise a child in this unlucky place?"

At this time, the woman suddenly twisted her body and stepped out of the door frame. She opened her arms, as if wanting to hug, and rushed towards Zhou Qizunsheng!

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"Did you see him go upstairs?"

In the southeast corner downstairs, Zhang Jueming squatted by the wall and wiped the crimson soil from the mud.

"Yeah. I went upstairs with a child." Spade squatted opposite Zhang Jueming, and reported carefully, "They entered the second doorway. But Zhou Qizun was too vigilant, and I didn't dare to get too close."

"Got it." Zhang Jueming rubbed his fingers twice.

—It’s blood cinnabar again.

Cinnabar, cinnabar, also known as ghost cinnabar.In the hands of an expert, it already has the effect of suppressing ghosts and controlling evil.If it is mixed with the blood of the caster, the ability of blood cinnabar cannot be underestimated.

Whose blood cinnabar is it?

Zhang Jueming was in doubt, Spades suddenly jumped up and shrank behind Zhang Jueming: "My lord, look over there."

"What's wrong?" Zhang Jueming noticed Spade's nervousness and looked up.

Diagonally opposite and not far away, there is a dilapidated canteen.The window of the canteen was open, and an old man squeezed his head and a hand out of the window.

He twisted his face with difficulty, smiled at Zhang Jueming, and waved his hand again and again. ——He was calling Zhang Jueming over.