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As the night deepened, the rain in the mountains and forests became heavier and heavier.

In front of the only postal window in Dongshan County, the small truck that has completely unloaded its goods is parked outside. The old tower that is going to take time to deliver letters to the surrounding villagers tomorrow morning is sitting in front of the small TV provided by the post office and is struggling to adjust it. Antennas, and from time to time, I have to take a look at the dark sky outside the window.

He has lived in Dongshan for 40 to [-] years. Except for the frequent floods in the uneven mountains in the early years, he has never seen such a strange and abnormal day tonight.

The thunder and lightning rang out for four to five minutes just now, causing serious problems in the power supply of half of Dongshan County.

Many people in the county, including Laota himself, were so frightened that they immediately turned off the available power at home, but after a while, although the terrifying thunder on the dark mountain stopped, the rain suddenly picked up again.

And for a while, he was not sure when the heavy rain would stop. Old Ta could only play with this TV that had not been touched for many years, but when he turned it on, he found that the lightning on the top of the mountain The power supply was affected, and the signal was interrupted, causing large snowflakes on the TV, and I couldn't even hear what was playing in it.

"...January [-]th...January [-]th...Lunar...Lunar New Year...Ga...Ga...Year of the Rooster...Year of the Rooster...Is coming soon...Gah...Gah...the past la...ha...ha..."

The distorted colored spots on the TV combined with the human voice really give people a vague feeling of chills behind, and the old tower who was struggling to adjust the antenna didn't pay attention to this at the moment, just kept his head down and kept repeating He kept clapping, but the harder he clapped with his hands, the more strange the sound from the TV became.

And it seems that he also found that his own method that has no scientific basis at all cannot solve the current predicament. The old tower with a face full of helplessness and depression first picked up the lighter next to him and lit a cigarette for himself, and then stared at it for a long time. Looking at the vivid Dragon God New Year pictures on the wall, he muttered silently,

"What is that Gentiana Qin guy doing in the sky again? Why did he start spreading the rain as soon as he came back today... Now this winter is not dry in the mountains... Why is it suddenly windy and rainy in the middle of the night..."

After saying this, Lao Ta took another puff of the cigarette at hand and didn't take it seriously. It was just a very casual verbal complaint, and he himself immediately forgot after saying it.

However, the next second, when he was gently rubbing the bridge of his nose, he inadvertently raised his head and looked outside the window of the post office where the lights were not turned on at all. Drenched all over, he looked like a water ghost in a frightening mess.

"Who...who is outside?"

Trying hard to control the volume but still shaking, Lao Ta stared at the silent person outside, picked up the enamel cup next to him and wanted to throw it out.

But as soon as he raised his hand, the man suddenly moved, and he was almost scared by the man who appeared and disappeared in the middle of the night and screamed directly. After finally suppressing the fear in his heart, he leaned forward and took a look carefully , the old tower whose eyes widened unconsciously was shocked at first, then hurriedly took out the key from the drawer to open the door, and ran out again, staring in disbelief, standing pale in the heavy rain, with a faint back on his back. Looking at the tall and thin man, he said,

"Hey...you...why did you come here suddenly in the middle of the night?! Come in, come in...what happened on the mountain...your body...why is it still like this?"

"..."

"Why don't you talk? You can't be... just walked from the mountain to the county town in the rain, can't you fly... Also, this person... this person suddenly appeared from nowhere... ...? What are you holding in your hand..."

"..."

Because the head and body of the person on the back were tightly covered with a coat, the old tower who pulled Qin Gentiana and that person together in a moment of anxiety couldn't see the unconscious person very clearly. The specific appearance can only be judged from the exposed bloody trousers and shoes that he should be a young man.

And hearing Laota's tone of concern and eagerness to ask himself, Qin Gentiana, whose face was turned pale by the frozen lake on the mountain just now, and whose whole body was convulsed and trembling sickly, first lowered his head and wiped his face with difficulty. The rain on his face, and then he let go of a bloody round object that he had been holding tightly on his right hand.

As soon as he let go of his hand abruptly, the old tower standing in the dark heard a rumble, and his heart sank unconsciously. He lowered his head with a flashlight and found that it was an 'old boy' who had been killed alive. The torn white head.

He was so frightened that he yelled and almost fell to the ground, staring at Qin Gentiana's old tower with a pale face for a long time before looking at the man with some bloodstains and scars on his cheek, which rarely looked tired and covered his face , and pursed his lips palely, and replied,

"Come here to stay with you for a while, I'm like this...it's not convenient to go back and let other people see..."

These words sound horrible no matter what, if you don’t know him, you may think that this is a weird guy who ran out of nowhere, but Laota knew him very well, and he had his help to save his life in the river in the early years .

Naturally, he understands that His Excellency Long Jun, who has a very different identity and background, is not a particularly bad-minded scourge at all. I am afraid that he has encountered some difficulties tonight, so he simply nodded and looked at him helplessly. Qin Gentiana said quickly,

"No...it's okay, then you sit down first... Anyway, there is no one here at night, but what's the matter? This thing on the ground can't really be an 'old boy'... What happened on the mountain..."

"...nothing happened."

"Oh...Okay, then, what are you doing going down the mountain in such a hurry in the middle of the night?"

"..."

"Qin Gentiana? Qin Gentiana? Did you hear what I said?"

"..."

The old tower seemed to ask like this, and Qin Gentian, who seemed to be in some kind of chaotic and embarrassing mood, fell silent again. The completely dumbfounded old tower stared blankly at this man who had always been very cold and distant to outsiders, and everything in the background had passed. A man who seemed extremely mysterious, but he didn't understand what had happened to him to be so abnormal tonight.

And just when he was thinking that no matter what, he had to let Qin Gentian, who was obviously in an abnormal mood, into the post office first, so as not to let him and the young man who was obviously injured on his back stay outside in such a cold and wet place.

Laota, who had many questions in his heart, suddenly heard the man in front of him who had been holding his palm tightly from the beginning, begging him with some difficulty in a strange voice as if he was deeply afraid of something,

"Old Ta, it's convenient for you to help me see if the person on my back is still...alive...my hand has been shaking since the beginning...I can't stop it...so no Knowing how to make sure he's still alive..."

"..."

These words made people feel extremely stunned and unable to speak at all, although the old tower who was stunned for a moment didn't know exactly what happened to Qin Gentiana and the young man on his back who couldn't see his face tonight on the mountain. What happened, but he could clearly see Qin Gentian's hands and feet with his eyes closed, and even his whole body trembling because of some kind of fear.

"I just... fished him out of the lake... His heart seems to be still beating... But his body is too cold... and there is a lot of blood... I don't have any temperature... There is no way to send him to the hospital at this time...can you please tell me...is he still alive?"

"..."

"...just tell me if he is still alive...just tell me that he is still alive..."

"..."

Nervously repeating this sentence over and over again, Gentiana Qin, who stared at his white palm with red eyes, seemed to be unable to hear any normal sounds outside, and just asked this question repeatedly in the heavy rain of lightning and thunder. The issues I am most concerned about right now.

And at this moment, looking at him blankly, his heart was inexplicably followed by the somewhat sore old tower, as if he felt quite empatheticly aware of the nervousness in the person in front of him for a moment, not daring to personally confirm anything that was about to happen in front of him. helplessness.

So seeing Qin Gentiana holding the person in his arms with his head bowed and not making a sound, after thinking for a moment, Lao Ta, whose face looked a little old and full of kindness, still chose to bend down, and took out his duty coat hanging in the window and handed it to him. After Qin Gentiana, he quickly opened his mouth to speak soothingly,

"Okay, okay, don't worry, don't worry... I'll help you take a look, you... you can put him on the bench slowly... It's raining outside, and you've been carrying him for so long Aren't you tired coming to my place... Come on, be a little gentle, and put him down first, okay?"

These words seem to be some kind of wonderful switch, but in short, the whole person is so gloomy and depressed that it is a bit weird, and Qin Gentiana, whose hands and feet are also bloody, is willing to relax a little bit, and nods to put the strange man on his back, which he has never seen before. People are temporarily handed over to the old tower.

Waiting to help him, he helped the unconscious young man on his back to the bench in the post office. For the time being, he couldn't think too much about it. He first picked up the cigarette case and enamel cup and threw them to him for him to Feeling free, he felt the heartbeat under the young man's shirt and the pulse on his neck, and then leaned down to check his injuries with a flashlight.

But with such a simple action, Laota inadvertently discovered that there seemed to be a golden yellow ore hanging around the neck of this young man whose face was temporarily unclear.

But at the moment, he was stunned, and then blinked his eyes with some doubts. The old tower, who has been transporting outside for so many years and is considered well-informed, was silent for a while, and then looked up and down at the young man's clothes and wrists that did not look like locals. After putting on the expensive watch, he looked complicatedly at Qin Jiadao, who was not half a step away for the time being.

"Don't worry, he's still alive... But this young man's background is obviously either rich or expensive. You can tell by looking at this watch and this outfit that he's worth a lot of money... You don't even know if you went into the river to save him tonight." Is it a good thing... And such a person... How could a person who is older than the Chinese New Year run to the chicken coop rock you mentioned... It's really strange... Do you know him... Suddenly today The risk saved him?"

This question was a little delicate, but Qin Gentiana, whose body was dripping water, leaned against the wall with the cigarette in his hand and thought for a while, then closed his eyes and replied impatiently.

"Well, I know."

"..."

"But he probably doesn't know who I am anymore."

"Ah? What does this mean? Is there anyone in this world who doesn't know your dragon?"

The old tower muttered with some doubts. Qin Gentian, who was sitting against the wall expressionlessly, did not answer immediately. He just put his red and bloodshot eyes more on the ears of the young man who covered his face with his coat. A little bit of silver-white hair, as if silently absorbing some special temperature, I can't move my eyes away.

And then the blank mind unconsciously recalled the tattered mobile phone and photos that Yang Hua and the others had picked up. I still don't know what happened on the mountain and what caused the young man's serious injury at this moment, so The man's complexion was obviously worse.

Qin Gentiana, who had been pursing his lips for a long time, was about to say something to the old tower, and by the way continued to inquire about what happened on the mountain recently, but the old tower, holding a flashlight in one hand, knelt on the ground with a serious look on his face. Wonderful scared expression.

"Hey, the situation...the situation doesn't seem right... Gentiana Qin...where did you pick up this kid tonight..."

"……What's wrong?"

These words made Qin Gentiana straighten his back instantly, but after frowning and asking, the ugly old tower didn't choose to answer immediately, and after a long silence, he just asked a question stiffly.

"When you carried him all the way from the mountain just now, didn't you check his face carefully? Well, you wouldn't be so afraid of his death, would you... Where did this kid come from? So tense..."

These words made Gentiana Qin, who had a gloomy expression, a little irritated for a moment, and there was even a slight flicker in his eyes, but it was a pity that a person like him definitely didn't want to easily tell others about himself and this half-dead man. What kind of relationship does the guy have, so he was silent for a while, and he still said coldly with a stinky face,

"...No, it was too dark on the mountain at that time, so I didn't look carefully... What's the matter? What's the problem?"

Qin Gentiana's picture is completely trying to cover up, which makes the old tower a little speechless, but it is not easy to save someone considering the kindness of the Dragon King this night.

The old man who has stayed in Dongshan for half of his life, so that he is used to some strange things in the mountain, seems to be quite speechless. He gently lifted the clothes covering the young man's face, and was good at it under Qin Gentiana's staring stare. pointed out,

"Fortunately, you brought him to me tonight, instead of sending him to the general hospital below the mountain, otherwise there would be a big mess down the mountain... If you look at his face carefully, it's obvious that he is being masked by a human." The curse of his body is wrapped around him, and it is a sign that he is about to die soon—if he hadn’t met you tonight, his life would have passed the New Year’s Eve, and he would have died tonight The land is completely buried on the top of Dongshan Mountain!"