[Town Soul] Zhao Yunlan Small Theater

Wang Zheng felt that this was the busiest night she had ever been in the Special Investigation Department.

After nightfall, the office's phone kept ringing, and Longcheng Hospital alone reported eight cases at once, and these cases were even transferred directly to the Special Investigation Office by the General Administration without procedural review.Because the circumstances of the case are too weird, there is no other explanation except for the actions of the boundary: for example, the mother who has been single in the pregnancy test gave birth to five babies in one go; ;The vegetative person who had been lying in bed for three years suddenly woke up-this is a good thing, but the male's accent has changed into an old female voice. Of course, this can be explained psychologically by hysteria. Went to the dean's room, and spoke exactly what happened to him when he was a child in the tone of the dean's long-dead grandmother... When Wang Zheng answered the phone, he instinctively felt that there seemed to be some trouble in the world. Under the cover of a confusing veil, why did he make such an obvious behavior this time?Wang Zheng immediately called Zhao Chu's cell phone, and Professor Shen answered it, saying that Yun Lan had already fallen asleep, and if there was any case, put it on hold and talk about it tomorrow.

But the alarm phone kept ringing.

Sang Zan's Mandarin was not good enough to answer the phone, but he could faintly hear something wrong from the conversation just now. After thinking for a while, he went straight to the end of the corridor and entered the duty room through the door.

Since the afternoon, Chu Shuzhi has been sitting on the edge of the bed rubbing all kinds of things made of bones, with a consistent expression of bitterness and hatred on his face.On the contrary, Xiao Guo was probably too tired, so he leaned against the wall and fell asleep after sitting on the chair for a while.Sang Zan stopped by the bed and looked at Guo Changcheng who was already sleeping soundly on the bed. Chu Shuzhi covered him with a blanket.

Chu Shuzhi asked: "What's wrong?"

Sang Zan stammered about what happened in the duty room, his face was full of expressions of "do you feel something is wrong".

Chu Shuzhi has always been a conspiracy theorist, and after staying in the land for a long time, he has never had a good impression of the land.In other words, since Yin Bing Slashed, he felt that the boundary was a bit wrong, and they seemed to want to test something on Zhao Chu.After listening to Sang Zan's words, he thought for a while with a sullen face: "I feel that there may be troubles in the realm, or in the three realms. I guess they did this tonight to lure Zhao Yunlan over."

After saying this, he stopped the meeting again.He is not willing to speculate on Shen Wei, but the facts forced him to think in this direction: "After the Yin soldiers killed me last time, I called Zhao Chu, and Professor Shen answered it. Now I doubt whether he I didn't tell Zhao Yunlan my guess about the land boundary at that time."

When Liu Jianhua was interrogated, he felt something was wrong.It stands to reason that after Yinhun avenged his revenge, he would be brought back by the land boundary, but that time, the land boundary ignored Yin Soul and let him continue to haunt the hospital by pretending to be deaf.If you think about it further, Chu Shuzhi even suspects that Ji Jie did this just to wait for Zhao Yunlan to use Yin soldiers to kill him.Thinking of this, he frowned and asked: "The last time Zhao Chu went to your library to take two books, what are they?"

Sangzan's super-strong memory made him think for only two seconds: "Shang, the ancient fan kiss dew, and the number of souls."

""Soul Book"?" Chu Shuzhi raised his eyebrows. How did this book of sorcery, which has always existed in the world, end up in the library?

It seems that it was no accident that Zhao Yunlan used Yin Bing to chop.

Even he knew the origin of "Book of Souls", Shen Wei could not have known that Zhao Yunlan learned Yin Bing Zhan only after reading that book, so why did he ignore the actions of the land boundary?What is he hiding?

Chu Shuzhi glanced at Sang Zan, and the other party immediately understood his purpose, turned around and went to the director's room, and fetched the burning incense specially used for summoning errands.

As soon as the flame touched the burning incense, it suddenly went out. Chu Shuzhi tried it three times, but the result was the same.

Someone cut off the connection between the special investigation office and the land boundary.

And who this person is is self-evident.

Chu Shuzhi put away the lighter: "I'll go to the boundary."

Sang Zan didn't stop him. He had experienced many civil strife in the Hanga tribe, so he was familiar with all kinds of conspiracies, so he also had the same guesses as Chu Shuzhi.Besides, in the past two days, Chu Zhao really looked very wrong.But he still added: "Professor Shen, I don't regret it."

Chu Shuzhi knew that he meant that Shen Wei would not harm Zhao Yunlan, so he didn't speak, but just looked back at Guo Changcheng, picked up the bone whistle and went out.

It was still raining outside, Chu Shuzhi walked to the antique street with a sullen face.He was guilty back then, and was taken back to the land by the messenger, so he naturally knew that the big locust tree was a transit point connecting the land and the world.It's just that Zhao Yunlan went to the special mediation office later, and never went there again.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help frowning.Back then, Zhao Yunlan hired him into the special mediation office, which had an agreement with the land boundary.With the shackles of merit, he Chu Shuzhi was restricted by the soul-suppression order, and when the shackles of merit were removed, the soul-suppression order could not restrain him, so it was up to him to decide what to do.It stands to reason that there is only more than a month before the penalty expires, and Zhao Yunlan also understands his character, so there is no need to hastily put the shackle of merit in advance without discussing it with himself.Then, the reason why he did this is very intriguing: either he was afraid that there would be some troubles in the land and he could not take care of him, or...Zhao Chu was afraid that he would not be able to wait until the day when he took off the shackle of meritorious deeds.

Chu Shuzhi's eyebrows twitched, can't wait?Could it be that he really couldn't wait for a month?What kind of trouble did Zhao Yunlan encounter?

Chu Shuzhi turned his head irritably, and found a figure carrying a satchel far behind him.

"Xiao Guo!" He couldn't help but yelled, feeling a little angry for no reason, why did this kid follow him out secretly regardless of any danger?

"What are you doing here? Go back!"

Guo Changcheng shook his head. He was in a drowsy sleep just now, and in a trance, he only heard Brother Chu say to go to the land boundary.After waking up, he managed to get rid of Brother Sang Zan, and followed Brother Chu all the way to the Antique Street.Probably because of the heavy rain, Brother Chu never noticed that he was following him, but just buried his head in his thoughts.

"Brother Chu, are you going to the land boundary?" Guo Changcheng asked loudly, wiping his rain-soaked hair.

Chu Shuzhi glanced at him, but didn't speak.

Guo Changcheng confirmed his guess, and trotted up to Chu Shuzhi: "Brother Chu, you... are you going to settle accounts with them? It's really wrong that the shackles were put on you by the land boundary, but it's been released now. Don't be angry, okay? Besides, Director Zhao won't let us leave the office. It would be dangerous for you to go out so late. Why don't we discuss it with Director Zhao tomorrow? He must be looking for you, right? No, there are more Professor Shen, he is the black robe envoy..."

Chu Shuzhi cut off Guo Changcheng's ramblings with a sullen face: "Since Zhao Yunlan said that he is not allowed to leave, then what are you doing?"

Guo Changcheng was stunned for a moment: "Then why did you come out, Brother Chu?"

Chu Shuzhi glared at him: "Go back!"

Guo Changcheng has always listened to Chu Shuzhi's words, but this time he refused to go back anyway, instead he grabbed Chu Shuzhi's right arm: "Brother Chu, are you really going to the land to take revenge? Let's go back first, shall we? "

Chu Shuzhi pulled out his hand suddenly: "What do you know. Get out of the way!"

Guo Changcheng staggered, and grabbed Chu Shuzhi's right hand again.

Chu Shuzhi simply shook off him.

Guo Changcheng sat down in the stagnant water, got up immediately, and wetly tugged at Chu Shuzhi, his eyes were like a puppy looking at its master eagerly.

Chu Shuzhi wanted to beat him up, but looking at Xiao Guo's eyes, he finally lowered his raised hand slowly.He sighed: "Xiao Guo."

Guo Changcheng looked at him seriously.

Chu Shuzhi suddenly smiled, and Guo Changcheng looked at the corner of his mouth with a bit of cynical evil.

"Do you know why I wear the merit shackle? I once killed a person." He raised his hand and gestured at Guo Changcheng's neck: "A child under six years old."

"That's the kind of people who are just getting started. In order to find a cricket that jumped into the grave, I cried and ordered my housekeeper to dig my grave. Later, I hung him upside down, yes, just like you He was stabbed at the place, drained the blood, turned it into bacon, and ate it in bites... Oh, in fact, I ate more than that one person, I ate many people..."

Chu Shuzhi deliberately lowered his voice, and whispered in Xiao Guo's ear: "Do you know what human flesh tastes like? Human flesh is slippery and greasy in the mouth, brittle bones crackle, and the internal organs are fishy and smelly. When it came out of the stomach, it was boiling hot, as if it had just been pulled out of a pot..." He looked at Guo Changcheng maliciously, and licked his lips lightly: "I am a zombie."

Xiao Guo shivered involuntarily, and slowly let go of his hand.

Chu Shuzhi felt a burst of joy, similar to the kind of vivid "going out" joy when showing the ugliest side of himself in front of the person who tried his best to hide it. He suddenly understood why human beings encounter emotional trauma. Sometimes I choose to go bungee jumping. The feeling of breaking the string so tight that it bounces away with a hula is really cool.He smiled again, Xiao Guo, this young man who would sigh for a long time looking at a wounded stray dog, after knowing that he is such a murderous demon, he will definitely not follow behind him like before and call him Brother Chu Alright.

He turned around and strode towards the big locust tree.

Suddenly, a thin arm grabbed him.

It's Xiao Guo.

"Brother Chu," Guo Changcheng's voice was a little cautious: "Haven't you already been punished, please don't mention this again in the future?"

Chu Shuzhi's body shook.

Guo Changcheng approached him carefully as much as possible: "Don't you stop eating people now? Actually...it's really nothing. The land boundary has taken off your shackles, which means everything is wiped out."

Chu Shuzhi was stunned, he had always been ashamed of being punished, or in other words, from the bottom of his heart, he was still ashamed that he, the corpse king, had tortured and killed a little boy.He didn't want to admit his fault, and never let people mention it, but he kept it in his heart.The last time Zhao Yunlan had said something similar to him, it seemed that the guilt was over and it was over, don't worry too much about these things, he didn't fully comprehend it at the time.But now, when Xiao Guo said similar words, he felt so deeply.

Perhaps, the words spoken from the mouth of this most innocent young man are the words that touch my heart the most.

Chu Shuzhi nodded, and said in a low voice, "My sin has been forgiven."

Guo Changcheng smiled.His smile came completely from his heart: "That's great. Brother Chu, then let's not go to the boundary to settle accounts, shall we?"

Chu Shuzhi stared at Xiao Guo, he didn't see himself as a different kind, and he didn't want to alienate him or fear him because of what he had done in the past.This young man who exists like a "Holy Father" is still worried that he will be impulsive and risky at this time.

He involuntarily stretched out his hand and rubbed the other party's wet hair: "I'm not out to take revenge. I suspect that the boundary plan is not good for Zhao Yunlan, and Shen Wei is hiding something. I want to go down and see what happened."

"Professor Shen?" Guo Changcheng was a little unbelievable. He lowered his head and thought for a while, then immediately looked up at Brother Chu: "Is it for Zhao Chu? Then I will go with you. Brother Chu, I am worried that you will be in danger in the boundary." .”

"Are you worried about me?" Chu Shuzhi felt that he should laugh at him, but his words were very gentle: "I am the corpse king. You are a mortal who has gone down to the world, and I have to pay attention to protect you. Go to the place and wait for me to come back, be obedient."

Guo Changcheng was disobedient, he always insisted on what he believed, he didn't want to imagine what would happen if Brother Chu went to such a terrible place alone, so he hurriedly said: "Since there is a conspiracy in the land, how can you Going alone? I’m fine, I won’t hinder you, don’t I have…do you have something for me?” He lowered his head and rummaged in his satchel, opened the bottle of cow’s tears and applied it to his eyelids, and looked for it again. Holding the electric prod in his hand: "I still have this weapon, nothing will happen! Anyway, Brother Chu, I must follow you!"

Chu Shuzhi looked at the child in front of him.He looked very ordinary, his thin body was drenched in the heavy rain like a feathered bird, but his face was filled with a firmness that was hard to deny.For some reason, Chu Shuzhi suddenly saw a circle of white light flashing past his head.

It is similar to the meritorious white light on the head of Lord Buddha.Chu Shuzhi couldn't believe it. He looked at Guo Changcheng again, and reached out to help him put the electric baton back into his satchel.Handed him another blindfold.

"Swallow this. You can walk freely in the land boundary within twelve hours."

Guo Changcheng immediately chewed the talisman paper like chewing gum.

Chu Shuzhi patted him on the shoulder: "Let's go."

With a nervous expression like entering a haunted house in an amusement park, Guo Changcheng followed Chu Shuzhi into the big locust tree.

It was early in the morning when Daqing appeared at the door of Zhao Yunlan's house.

If it is not necessary, he is very unwilling to disturb the two-person world of Lao Zhao and Professor Shen at such a time.As a qualified cat, he has long understood what will happen if a pet light bulb with no eyesight appears in front of its owner.But the reality made it impossible for him to keep his eyesight.

In the evening, he and Zhu Hong went to Yaoshi. Under Zhu Hong's series of questioning, Uncle Snake finally revealed the truth slowly: the seal is about to be broken.

The seal is about to break.Daqing couldn't believe his ears.As a well-informed ten-thousand-year-old cat, he naturally understands what it means for the Great Seal to be broken.He shook his dizzy head, and saw the answer in Uncle Snake's firm eyes, this is really not a joke.

The Great Seal is about to be broken, and it is destined that the Three Realms will be reduced to chaos.For some reason, Daqing suddenly remembered the scene when he was sent down the mountain by Kunlun ten thousand years ago. At that time, he had just eaten the green fruit on the big sacred tree, and he was still in a weak cat-shaped state absorbing spiritual power, but he also saw it after going down the mountain. There are dead bodies all over the place, and howling all over the road.As a kitten, Daqing experienced for the first time what it means to lose one's life in charcoal.He still remembered that until Kunlun sent him to Penglai Mountain, his mood did not fully recover, and he still kept lying on the ground with that depressed feeling, forgetting to say hello to Kunlun who left.After that, he never saw Kunlun again.

Until a long time later, he saw the reincarnation of Kunlun who had lost his divine book.

Daqing shook his head fiercely, and somehow felt that the corners of his eyes were wet.Today, ten thousand years later, would he still let Kunlun arrange his retreat, and face the chaotic world by himself?

After Zhu Hong learned from Daqing what the broken seal meant, she kept crying and wanted to go back to the special mediation office to find Zhao Yunlan, but was locked in the room by Uncle Snake in desperation.Daqing knew that in this situation let alone Zhu Hong, he was afraid that even Elder Snake would be unable to do anything, so he hurriedly greeted him.Leaving the demon city.

Only then did he understand why he felt a sudden sense of uneasiness in the hospital.The inexplicable impulse that made him run all the way to the big locust tree was not his cat's brain twitching.Rather, as a well-cultivated god cat standing at the top of the Yaozu pyramid, Daqing, like other senior Yaozu elders, immediately sensed the loosening of the seal and instinctively grasped the fact that the Yaozu patriarch's body was loose. Called by Uncle Snake, he wants to rush to Yaoshi to discuss the next step.If Daqing had sighed sullenly that day, if he hadn't stopped so modestly and politely that day, maybe he would have known that the seal was about to be broken one step earlier.

...but so what?Old Zhao couldn't help it, even Professor Shen who was beside him as a black robe envoy couldn't help it, so what could he do?

He placed the people in the Special Investigation Office, but did he want to face the chaos of the Three Realms just like ten thousand years ago?But he is just a mortal now, what other magical book can he discard?

In a panic, Daqing rushed to the antique shop next to the big locust tree, and exchanged his own bell for a word from the shopkeeper who seemed to be a profiteer.Then he ran to Lao Zhao's house.

He raised his hand and slammed the doorbell.

The deafening ringtone echoed twice in the corridor. When Zhao Yunlan was single, he had the habit of eating chicken crazily with headphones on, so he installed a louder doorbell for his home. Generally speaking, if that lazy old Zhao didn't If you forget to install the battery, the doorbell will wake up the whole house once you press the doorbell.

Not to mention pressing it twice.

Just when Daqing raised his right hand and was about to tap the small fish-like button again, the door clicked open.

It's Shen Wei.

He didn't wear glasses, and he put on a top casually. Daqing could tell at a glance that the clothes belonged to Lao Zhao.

Cough, did I disturb their...something?

Daqing shaved his hair apologetically: "Meow, I'm sorry. Is that...Zhao Chu at home?"

"He's asleep." Shen Wei said gently, "Is there anything urgent?"

"Meow, it's okay, excuse me... Oh no, I have something to do, I'm here to deliver something to Chu Zhao."

Daqing took out the box that Zhu Hong had given him from his pocket and handed it to Shen Wei, watching Shen Wei open it, the plump water dragon beads glowed moist and warm in the darkness, somehow, Daqing felt that this piece of white light was coming from The box slowly diffused into the room.

"This is the water dragon ball." Daqing explained: "I wish... Meow, yes, it was given to Lao Zhao by the Yaozu."

Shen Wei nodded and closed the box.

"And..." Daqing stretched his neck behind Professor Shen, but he didn't see Lao Zhao, and he was still only sleeping before the catastrophe came!No matter how humble and courteous he tried to be in front of the black-robed envoy, Daqing still had the urge to explode.

"Is the seal about to be broken? What about Old Zhao?!"

Shen Wei looked at him: "I will accompany him."

Daqing didn't expect to be stuffed with dog food at this time, so he couldn't help but choked: "Um, like this, I just learned a method, I don't know if it will work or not. Anyway, you can try it. In fact, it's just a sentence , 'Where the Yellow Spring is, there is the soul lamp.' Professor Shen, you are the black-robed emissary of the land boundary, so it is not difficult to find the soul lamp!"

Shen Wei's voice stagnated: "Okay, thank you."

Daqing nodded, and left with great insight.

Shen Wei was stunned for a while before closing the door.He glanced at the box containing the water dragon ball in his hand, turned around and wanted to go to the room.

Zhao Yunlan stood behind him and looked at him.

Shen Wei stopped in his tracks: "Why are you awake? Daqing came just now and asked me to give you this."

Zhao Yunlan said: "When I woke up and saw that you were not by my side, I was a little worried. I thought you were messing around in the kitchen again."

His voice was a little eager, and Shen Wei lowered his eyes: "I won't."

Zhao Yunlan took the box from him and put it away without even looking at it.Shen Wei heard him sigh slightly.

"Shen Wei," Zhao Yunlan said, "accompany me to the special mediation office."