I've heard this urban legend

"Xue Fei, who are you looking for when you go to the airport in the middle of the night?" Wu Shuo asked while driving.

"I don't have a flight to take... I just want to find someone, and this person should be on this road." Xue Fei looked at the guide in his hand.

He has been looking for the man in the composite portrait since the afternoon, but he quickly discovered that this guy should have transportation, he is not idle, and the location is always changing.

The situation can be regarded as relatively stable now, because it has been driving to the airport.

"I heard you recently opened a grocery store?"

"It's a thrift store."

Wu Shuo frowned and asked, "How are you and your boyfriend doing? How did you open a thrift store?"

"Is there any logical relationship between this?"

"Yes, your boyfriend is so rich, why do you open a thrift store?"

Xue Fei will not be able to explain clearly for a while, and he doesn't want to explain, "Just let me experience life."

"I think so too." Wu Shuo said confidently, "commonly known as idle."

At this time, Xue Fei's phone rang, and he picked it up, and Li Ziwen was on the opposite side, "I sent you a sketch portrait, there is news so soon?"

Li Ziwen said: "Because the style of the school uniform is drawn in the half-length sketch portrait, it is a bit difficult for ordinary people, but for me, I can find it in one search. It is the style of the school uniform of Shinan No. 25 Middle School... [-] years ago."

"25 years ago?" Xue Fei grinned, thinking, what a ghost.

"That's right, 25 years ago. Let me tell you another amazing news. I also found the person in the portrait. It's called Han Lun. Guess why it was so easy to find?"

"It seems that he is a celebrity, either won an award, or killed someone."

Li Ziwen said: "You are really right. When I looked up the news in the past, I found a piece of news in an old newspaper. It was probably a pair of high school students. Because of conflicts, one of them asked the other to come to the campus. 45 Stabbed to death in the flower bed of the school, and the murderer then committed suicide by drinking the pesticide he carried with him."

"..." Xue Fei frowned, "Why does it sound like a vendetta?"

"It's a vendetta. What kind of killing can it be? The two are good friends, but because the deceased had better grades, he applied for a college that was much better than the murderer when he applied for the exam. The murderer felt resentment in his heart, and out of jealousy, Moved the knife."

Xue Fei asked back, "Is the deceased male?"

"Yeah, I just said that the two are friends. Read the report yourself and send it to you." Li Ziwen hung up the phone.

Xue Fei quickly received a screenshot of the news from the other party, with the title: What made him angrily stab his friend 45 times?

After reading the whole article, the reporter concluded that she was jealous.

A good friend studies better than myself, but when it comes time to apply for the exam, he finally loses his mentality and kills to vent his anger.

But Xue Fei could remember He Ling's description. In the dream, she and that person felt like they were in love.

In the end, he lay down in the flower bed, looked at the sky full of stars, and saw the other party's face full of tears, heartbroken.

Xue Fei grinned. He had a different idea from the reporter, but he didn't blame the reporter. After all, it was reported 25 years ago.

At this time, he suddenly saw two cars parked on the side of the road, one of which was a taxi with a broken window, and the driver was being beaten.

At the same time, the guide stopped moving.

Here it is, "Stop!"

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The driver covered in broken glass was dragged out of the cab. He found that the person holding him was a young man. In terms of physical strength alone, he might not be inferior to him.

"You fucking meddle in your own business!" he roared angrily.

Not only did the other party not let go, but he even kicked him. Although he was hit and his body hurt, this action also separated the two of them. He immediately rushed back to the cab, looking for tools at hand.

When he found the wrench, he planned to fight to the death, but before he could swing it, he was knocked down by the opponent's backhand punch.

"Stop! What are you doing?"

At this critical moment, the driver found another car parked beside him, and a person protruded from the rear window, who seemed not very old.

The person who came asked what happened and got out of the car, "What's going on?"

At this time, Duan Fei, who was frightened in the car, got out of the car, pointed at the driver and said, "He is a bad guy...he wants to rape me, but fortunately this kind man saved me."

Hearing what the girl said, Xue Fei understood what was happening in front of him.

He followed the missing person guide all the way to find here, and found that the young man in the synthetic portrait was beating a person lying on the ground. He thought he was a bad person, but he didn't expect him to be a good person who did what was right.

Wu Shuo, who brought Xue Fei here as the driver, also got out of the car, came to help together, and subdued the driver.

Xue Fei said to the young man: "We hold him down, you should call the police."

The young man nodded, without any expression on his face, neither angry nor impatient, as if he had completed a very ordinary thing.

But Duan Fei, who escaped from death, was still in shock, standing aside with her arms around her shoulders, not knowing what to do.

The young man called the police, and then said to Duan Fei, "Wait a minute, the police will be here soon."

The driver who was pinned to the ground yelled, "Stop meddling in your own business, I remember what you look like, just wait for me."

"You're quite arrogant." Xue Fei snorted, "Let's talk about it after collecting the soap in the prison. You think you can come out in a short time."

Duan Fei came back to her senses, trembling with anger at the other party's arrogant attitude, "I tell you, I recorded what you said just now, and it's evidence. You just wait until you get out of jail."

The driver was not convinced, and cursed all kinds of dirty words.

Duan Fei took a rag full of oil spots from the car and stuffed it into his mouth, and the world finally became quiet.

Xue Fei asked Duan Fei, "Are you not injured?"

Duan Fei shook her head, and said to the young man who rescued him first, "Thank you, thank you so much, may I ask your surname?"

The young man didn't seem to want to tell her who he was, so he hesitated before saying, "My surname is Tang, and my name is Tang Duo."

"Thank you, Mr. Tang." Duan Fei asked Xue Fei again, "And you, I really appreciate you three."

"My surname is Xue, and my name is Xue Fei."

Wu Shuo also reported his name.

Duan Fei kept thanking her, and Xue Fei was a little embarrassed to hear that, but thinking about it, the girl almost had an accident, and she was afraid of it.

But I don't know if it was Xue Fei's illusion, he always felt that Tang Duo was unhappy, and there was even a feeling of regret between his brows.

The police dispatched the police and took all relevant personnel back to the police station to record the transcripts.

Xue Fei thought to himself, luckily he was not a policeman in the same area, otherwise he would have already attracted attention due to his frequent visits to the police station and his involvement in various murder cases.

Xue Fei and Tang Duo recorded the notes first, Duan Fei took a while and contacted a friend to pick them up, so the two of them left first.

Xue Fei went to find Tang Duo, and it was purely accidental that he was involved in the murder of the driver.

But he had a vague feeling that Tang Duo was not involved by accident.

Walking out of the police station, Wu Shuo went back first, while Xue Fei stopped Tang Duo, "Can I delay you for a few minutes?"

Tang Duo thought for a while, stopped, turned around and said, "What's the matter?"

Xue Fei found that Tang Duo looked very similar to the composite portrait, but the eyes were different. Normally, the eyes of the composite portrait should be duller, but Tang Duo's eyes were more fishy than those in the portrait.

"...I have something to say." Xue Fei said: "Did you sell a paperweight with a tiger pattern, an inkstone with a lotus pattern, and a candlestick to Dazhi's thrift store in the beginning of spring this year?"

Tang Duo showed a particularly unnatural smile, "No, you've got the wrong person." After speaking, he turned and walked towards the car parked by the side of the road.

Xue Fei said: "That tiger-striped paperweight killed someone."

Tang Duo shook his body, turned to look at Xue Fei, frowned and said, "Killed someone?"

"Ah."

Tang Duo bit his lip and sighed.

His performance fully shows that he has an understanding of the tiger pattern paperweight. Under normal circumstances, he should be surprised. How can a paperweight kill people? People use paperweights to kill people, but he didn't. It seems that he was prepared for this.

Xue Fei said: "I didn't mean to accuse you, but I want to know, since you know that there is a problem with the paperweights, why did you sell them again. If there are some things, let's not go around around the corner."

"What about the paperweight?"

"It has been mailed to a Taoist temple, and the Taoist priest of the Taoist temple has dealt with it."

Tang Duo had a strange expression, "...well, this is also a solution. By the way, who are you?"

"I'm just an ordinary person, but who are you? I think it's more important. Can you seal a human soul into a paperweight?" Xue Fei said, "I already know that the paperweight seals a murderous demon king."

Tang Duo saved Duan Fei, so it can be seen that he is not a bad person.

Encapsulating the soul of a serial murderer in a paperweight is already out of good intentions.

Tang Duo was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "So you already know all of this. Well, I sealed it, because I don't want these souls to pollute other souls."

Xue Fei was confused, "Can you tell me in detail?"

Tang Duo shook his head, "Since you have dealt with the paperweight, I have nothing to say."

Xue Fei didn't want to end the conversation like this. He always felt that Tang Duo's appearance would be of vital help to him in finding his father, but if Tang Duo wanted to leave, he couldn't go up and use violence to stop him.

Suddenly, he thought of something, and said: "...Actually, you don't want to save Duan Fei today, right?"

As soon as these words came out, Tang Duo suddenly looked at Xue Fei, his eyes met, as if someone had seen through his mind, Xue Fei found that his eyes were a little flustered.

Xue Fei pointed to the coffee shop not far away, "Go there and have a drink and chat, I treat you."

Tang Duo nodded in agreement, and the two walked into the store, ordered cold drinks, and sat facing each other.

Although it is open 24 hours, there are almost no customers in the coffee shop during this time period, and there is no other sound except for the music playing.

Xue Fei's volume became smaller unconsciously, and he whispered: "Tell me about what happened just now, I don't think you actually want to save Duan Fei."

"Why do you say that?" Tang Duo asked back, but the tone of questioning was not strong, it seemed to be tacit consent.

"I feel like you saved someone, and I've been depressed. To put it bluntly, I seem to regret it."

"Is it so obvious?" Tang Duo asked with a wry smile.

Xue Fei nodded, "Yes. At first I thought it might be because you were too tired, but later I found out that you were not tired, but simply regretting it."

Tang Duo leaned forward slightly, "What about you, actually, I don't believe that you passed by by chance. That road leads to the airport, and I didn't see you say that you were going to delay the plane."

Xue Fei didn't hide anything, and directly told the truth, "I'm just looking for you."

"How do you know where I am?"

"I have my own way, just like you can seal the soul into a paperweight, I can find someone I want, it's hard to understand."

Tang Duo accepted Xue Fei's statement, "You are looking for me because I sealed the soul of a murderer into a paperweight, and you are curious about me? Since you know the Taoist priest, you shouldn't be surprised by someone like me That's right."

"You regret saving Duan Fei." Xue Fei smiled and said, "Saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. Why do you regret it? Do you think Duan Fei will endanger society in the future?"

Tang Duo shook his head.

Xue Fei said: "Then I'll guess again. You think that the driver will harm the society after serving his sentence. Why don't he kill Duan Fei this time and be sentenced to death directly. Considering that Jiao Wenjun, who was sealed into the paperweight with tiger patterns, is a serial murderer, I There is reason to be skeptical. If serial killers were caught and sentenced to death for their first crime, there would be fewer victims.”

Tang Duo sighed and said with a smile: "Are you a private detective? How long have you been paying attention to me?"

"I'm not a driver detective. The reason why I came to you is because of that tiger-striped paperweight. What I said just now is just speculation."

Tang Duo lowered his eyes and readily admitted, "You are right, I really think so. If Duan Fei dies, the driver will be sentenced to death, and there will be no other victims. But now, He will be sentenced to a few years at most, and when he comes out, he will not be able to control himself, and will commit crimes again, and it is unknown how many people will die by then."

"Why do you think so, don't you believe in prison reforming people?"

Tang Duo couldn't help laughing, and said firmly: "It's natural, and it can't be changed."

"It seems that you are a supporter of the theory of born criminals, but this theory has been eliminated. Now it is believed that family environment and social environment have a greater impact on whether a person commits crimes."

Tang Duo said: "You should think of it this way. Those who can be changed by the surrounding environment are not born criminals. But some people, their souls are polluted as soon as they are born, and they are destined to commit crimes. Obviously their parents gave enough love, but they obviously didn't. I have suffered any harm, but I will go on the wrong path.”

"Pollution? You sealed the murderer's soul into the paperweight before, so this time, do you think the driver just now was also a natural criminal? If he killed Duan Fei this time and was sentenced to death, you would also seal the murderer's soul into the paperweight. Is his soul sealed in a certain artifact?"

Tang Duo readily admitted, "Yes, maybe this time, I will choose a stubborn rock in the wild."

"...Why?" Xue Fei asked puzzled, "To prevent these souls from reincarnating? But these murderers are not qualified to be reincarnated as humans, right?"

Tang Duo smiled wryly, "If you believe in the theory of reincarnation, then we have nothing to talk about."

Xue Fei said: "It's not that I insist, it's just that many people think so. If you want my point of view, I...in fact, I don't know these things very well. However, I think, just like a person's body has unique DNA, so does the soul. It should be the only one. The soul in this life is yourself. After reincarnation, the soul matches the new body and has a new code, so it is not your soul.”

Tang Duo listened carefully to Xue Fei's words, and said with a serious expression: "If you say that, then we may still have the possibility to continue talking. In some religions, there is no such thing as reincarnation, and life is a one-way journey to spend a lifetime , when you die, you will be judged, go to heaven or go to hell, both heaven and hell are eternal, but some have the word purgatory, cleanse your sins in purgatory, and then go to heaven, as for those in hell, you will stay forever There."

Xue Fei is also very curious about the world after death, "But some religions talk about reincarnation. You suffer in this life and enjoy happiness in the next life. And you can also find evidence of reincarnation. For example, a child can tell something he has never experienced. For example, a few days ago, a weather host said that his six-year-old son was able to talk about things in the far southwestern region, and that he had children in his previous life, and he would have time to visit them in the future, how can this be explained?"

"But you should also find that those who talk about these are children. As they grow older, they will gradually forget the so-called past life and become a completely new person, and they will no longer remember the things of the previous life." Tang Duo said: " Why do you think this is?"

"The soul is unstable?" Xue Fei said: "The theory I heard before is that the soul is a kind of energy."

Tang Duo said: "To use a metaphor, a drop of water falls into a basin full of water, and there is a small hole in the bottom of the basin. When the water drips in, a drop of water flows out. You say, the drop that flows out , is it the same as the drop that fell into it?"

"Yes and no."

Tang Duo said: "That's right, it's neither, maybe it's dripping water, but maybe it doesn't. This is the soul. After a person dies, the soul disperses, or melts into mountains, rivers and lakes, or merges with other ghosts to become a new soul." The soul of a person enters the fetus in the pregnant woman's womb and comes back to the world. Those children who can remember their previous lives may just absorb more part of someone's soul, but after all, it is only a part. As time goes by, it will naturally forgotten."

Multiple souls are mixed in the soul pool and finally become a brand new soul.

Xue Fei thought of Xiao Can, he was a mixture of several monsters, and finally became a brand new individual that was different from any previous monsters.

It just retains part of the memory of the previous plantain essence.

"I think, I understand, why did you say that the soul will be polluted when born."

Tang Duo smiled and said: "You understand now, what will happen if Jiao Wenjun's soul enters the soul pool, maybe a dozen or twenty violent madmen will emerge. Of course, not all of these people will commit crimes, but It’s not a good thing. Besides, the driver today, I’ve noticed him a long time ago, he’s carrying the soul fragments of a murderer who drives a truck around in the 90s and kills street girls.”

"..." Xue Fei said: "...So you firmly believe that even if he is released from prison, he will continue to commit crimes?"

Tang Duo nodded, silently took a sip of his cold drink, and looked at Xue Fei.

Xue Fei said: "So you think, instead of waiting for him to be released from prison and not sure how many people to kill, why not kill Duan Fei now?"

"I really think so, so I have been regretting just now. Duan Fei was saved, but I don't know how many girls will die in the future." Tang Duo said: "But let me make another choice. Duan Fei will be saved, in that kind of situation, it is really impossible to ignore the death and do nothing about it. The future has not happened yet, so leave it to the future."

"You can wait for him to be released from prison, and then secretly monitor his every move." After Xue Fei finished speaking, she couldn't help laughing bitterly, "It's too difficult. Who can keep an eye on a person."

"Yeah, especially since he will be sent to other places to serve his sentence. I can't monitor his whereabouts anymore." Tang Duo looked up and sighed, "Sometimes, I really feel too tired. As for Jiao Wenjun's soul, I put It was sealed in a tiger-patterned paperweight because the paperweight was originally quite evil. The paperweight has been around for some years and has absorbed the scattered souls around it. Compete with each other and consume each other."

Xue Fei thought to himself, this is similar to what Taoist Chiyangzi said, Jiao Wenjun defeated the original paperweight with tiger patterns, and instead used the ability of the "tiger" to raise ghosts.

"But the two evil spirits didn't consume each other, instead, one side won." Xue Fei said, "Why did you send them to the thrift store in the first place?"

"First, because the family couldn't let it go, and second, I thought the two of them fought and killed each other, who knew it was a fraudulent death." Tang Duo said: "After dealing with so many things, it is inevitable that they will miss once or twice. "

Xue Fei said: "Maybe other things in the thrift store are not so pure, and there is also a strange energy field on the body, which saved the dying Jiao Wenjun. It's like a black cat passing through the mourning hall, which is easy to cheat the corpse."

Tang Duo smiled and said, "Although you are not from the Taoist sect, your understanding of things is not bad at all."

"You just said that your ability...can detect souls?"

Tang Duo didn't speak, because he still didn't know what Xue Fei's purpose was.

"If you limit the scope to a place as small as the market and let you look for the soul of a specific person, can you find it? Even fragments are fine." Xue Fei asked.

Tang Duo smiled and said, "Do you have something to ask me?"

"I can give you a reward, as long as you ask." Xue Fei said: "To be honest, I received reliable information that my father is in a certain market, but I searched the market several times but couldn't find him. I think , his body disappeared, I can't find it. Now the next best thing is to look for his soul, there should be a whereabouts."

Tang Duo said, "Are you looking for your father?"

Xue Fei nodded, and said sincerely and earnestly: "If you really have the ability, I hope you can lend a helping hand. You can make a price, as long as I can afford it."

"..." Tang Duo said: "Although you and I met by accident, I don't hate you. Of course it's okay to help. May I ask, how long has your father been missing?"

"Three years. But the latest news says that he is in the flea market. For this, I bought Liu Dazhi's thrift store, which is the shop where you sold paperweights before. Because I discovered something strange about paperweights."

Tang Duo said: "If the scope is limited to a market, it shouldn't be difficult to find. But I have something I have agreed to do tomorrow, and it will take the day after tomorrow to help you at the earliest."

Xue Fei felt relieved, "It's okay, the day after tomorrow will be fine."

After finishing speaking, he left contact information with Tang Duo.

After Tang Duo added Xue Fei's contact information, he said with a smile: "You see that you are pleasing to the eye, and there is another reason, that is, you have never asked me why you do this business and how you do it. "

Xue Fei also laughed, "Everyone has their own reasons, haven't you asked me how my father disappeared and what I do."

Tang Duo was noncommittal, got up and walked out, "I'll treat you next time, see you later."

After Tang Duo left, Xue Fei sat on the chair by himself, listening to the slightly depressive song, and his mood fell to the bottom.

The whereabouts of his father...he had prepared for the worst.

He couldn't find his whereabouts with the missing person guide, because the missing person guide can only find living people.

And the phone told him that his father was in the market, and it wasn't wrong information, it might be from the perspective of the soul.

Maybe...his father is dead and the soul is in the flea market...

Xue Fei bit her lip tightly and looked at the night outside the window by herself. When she could control her emotions, she got up and opened the door to leave.