"...I really can't remember. Anyway, I saw it in Xincheng. I was born here and never left..." The nurse felt the expectations of everyone and was very sorry for not being able to help everyone.
Looking at the disappointed crowd, Ke Xun could only clapp his hands to cheer everyone up: "Actually, this is also a clue, at least we know that the three characters Yubeiguo appeared in the form of artistic signatures! Although I think these three The characters should not appear on the paintings. The people we asked, such as drivers, passers-by, and nurses, are not from the art world, and it is impossible to pay attention to art works, even well-known famous paintings. People will pay special attention to signatures."
This is indeed the case. In the past, there were many famous paintings from ancient and modern China and foreign countries, but the general public would only pay attention to the pictures, not the signatures or seals.
"If it's not in the painting, it's in a place that people are familiar with in the city, such as the iconic buildings in the city center, or the famous square..." Mu Yiran speculated.
Ke Xun took out the map from the inner pocket of his clothes at the right time: "This thing doesn't seem to be bought for nothing, maybe it can help us."
Mu Yiran looked at Ke Xun, feeling that the other party was like a timely rain, and when he needed it most, he conjured up a map of the heart city area like magic.
Qin Ci felt that there were too many branch lines in this painting, and his brain was already very tired, but at the moment he had to fight hard and said: "Well, let's assign today's task arrangement: some people go to the city's landmark buildings. Looking for the signature, another part of the people went to the door of the hospital to wait for the expert. If we can really give away the beast for free as the old lady said, maybe we can get the 13kg beast earlier, and that may be more helpful. To see the next situation clearly.”
"Can I ask how much the beasts of Xiao Qinxian and sisters weigh? Don't tell me it's another full two kilograms." It was Wei Dong who spoke.
Qin Ci nodded helplessly: "You guessed it right."
Wei Dong scratched his head: "Xiao Qinxian's sister doesn't count as one of us. So, we are equal to an extra kilo of beasts?"
Zhu Haowen: "If that's the case, if all the beasts come from our bodies, then we will have only one survivor left in the end."
"Bah, hurry, pee, it's unlucky!" Wei Dong grabbed Zhu Haowen's hand in a hurry and asked him to touch the wooden door, "Hurry up and touch the wood, hurry up and pee!"
Zhu Haowen was expressionless: "Bah."
Su Benxin didn't know what to think, and suddenly said at this moment: "I think we must have someone to stay, there is real-time surveillance in the hospital ward, and the scene of Xiao Qinxian's accident last night should have been captured by surveillance. Maybe it can be obtained from surveillance. In the video, I saw some clues. - Besides, there is a phone in that ward, didn't everyone suspect that Xiao Qinxian might have answered the phone?"
Qin Ci thinks it makes sense: "Then..."
Su Benxin: "I'll stay. After all, Xiao Qinxian is a lady. It might be more appropriate for me to watch her video."
"Well, I hope the most thrilling scene doesn't leave a psychological shadow on you."
"I don't care if there is a shadow or not at this time. Besides, I will use fast-forward to see it, so it won't delay Luo Wei's afternoon trip." Su Ben thought.
So, the itinerary was decided like this: Su Benxin stayed in the hospital to watch Xiao Qinxian's video; Zhu Haowen, Qin Ci, Wei Dong and Zhao Yanbao went to look for autographs near several landmark buildings in the city; Luo Wei, Ke Xun and Mu Yiran went Visit the legendary master at the door of the hospital.
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The back door of the hospital is completely different from the front door. The back door is small and faces a small street. It doesn't feel like a big hospital at all.
Ke Xun's eyes pierced through the sparse pedestrians, and almost no one stopped here, and he couldn't even see the kind of tall man with peculiar bones in his imagination.
Luo Wei's face looked thinner and paler, but this did not prevent him from looking for someone with sharp eyes: "The old lady said that the expert would be at the back door of the hospital every weekend and would stay all day. I think , that shouldn't be a pedestrian."
If it is not a pedestrian, it can only be a person who has stayed here for a long time.
At present, there is only a fruit stand at the entrance, a maternity and baby products store opposite, and two restaurants.
Ke Xun first glanced at the owner of the fruit stand, a young man who looked like a nutria with a shrewd look: "My fruit is much cheaper than the front door! Hey, look at these strawberries, they are very sweet! Count you six! Calculate your ten yuan and two catties, let's make friends!"
Ke Xun was thinking about buying fruit to find out, but Mu Yiran pulled his sleeves: "It's her."
It was an old scavenger in ragged clothes, guarding a pile of junk, sitting at the base of the wall on the street.
When the three of Ke Xun walked over, the old lady was excitedly matching the bottle caps for the beverage bottles she had picked up, 'assembling' a complete bottle, and shaking her ears to hear the sound, but she didn't know if she was listening. what.
Probably feeling the approach of the three men, the old lady waved her hand: "I'm blocking my light."
Ke Xun leaned to the side: "Grandma, I want to ask you something."
"I can't find out," the old lady said in an old voice, but her words were clear, and she didn't stop her work at this time, "I'll come here on Saturday."
Ke Xun's heart moved, maybe he found the right person.
Without asking any further questions for a while, Ke Xun simply squatted down and helped the old man put the plastic water bottles tied into a large bundle into a woven bag on the side.
It wasn't until the work was finished that the old man looked up at Ke Xun, because facing the sun, those old gray eyes were lighter in color, like some kind of glass ball.
"You guys, are you looking for a beast?" the old man asked directly.
Unexpectedly, it was seen through all of a sudden, Ke Xun told the truth: "We also heard people say that there are experts here who donate beasts."
When the old man heard the word 'high man', he laughed, with a teasing tone: "What do you want the beast for?"
Ke Xun and his companions looked at each other, and then told the truth: "We want to leave here, but we have to gather 13 kilograms of beasts."
The old man looked directly at the sun, as if it was a kind of enjoyment, and asked Ke Xun after a long while, "How far are you?"
"Currently there are 6 kilograms." Ke Xun replied.
The old man scrutinized the three with his gray eyes, and said slowly: "Once you go out, you will never come back, don't you regret it?"
After the question was asked, there was a long silence.
Ke Xun didn't know what he was hesitating about. He knew that this was not the place he should stay, and the world was not cute, but he always felt that it was hard to let go. It was not like the previous paintings, which made people unable to stay for a second.
What will happen if you collect enough 13kg beasts? What if the night in this world prevented death
"No regrets," Mu Yiran's voice pulled Ke Xun back, "We want to go back to our hometown."
Ke Xun shook his head, just like a shallow dream, he woke up in a blink of an eye.
Luo Wei's voice also sounded: "We are going back."
The old lady didn't ask any more questions. She fumbled for a while from a rag pocket beside her, took out three large beverage bottles, and looked at the logo on it: "This bottle is two liters, and it's still one liter away."
The drink bottle contained a red liquid that looked like tomato juice.
"There are two 500ml vials, that's enough, a total of seven pounds." The old lady pushed the pile of large and small vials to Ke Xun.
"These... these bottles are all beasts?" Ke Xun knew for the first time that there were still liquid beasts.
"It can't be compared to those treasures, but the weight is enough," the old lady sighed softly, with a hint of compassion, "The hospital is the place with the most beasts... Don't worry, these are all over, and those souls are resting in peace. , just use it."
None of the three of them thought that the old man would so happily give away the seven-jin beast, and it was to an outsider who didn't know the details.
Mu Yiran couldn't help but said: "Old man, when you pick up waste near the hospital, all you find are common plastic water bottles. Generally speaking, people who pick up waste in hospitals tend to focus more on the medical waste here - although some The collection may not be legal, but the profits are huge.”
"You look very carefully," the old lady looked up at Mu Yiran.
This is indeed the case. If only ordinary household garbage is collected, there is no need to go to the hospital door, and it is still a fixed point every Saturday, which is really puzzling.
"I came here to collect animals." The old lady said slowly, "I said just now that the hospital is the place with the most animals. Do you know where the building closest to the back door is?"
Ke Xun looked at the building, vaguely remembering that the sign at the door seemed to be maternal and child health care or something.
"That's where children are born," the old lady said to herself. "It's also where children are killed. There is a floor dedicated to abortion and induction."
The three remained silent, vaguely understanding the source of these liquid beasts.
"If you live, you will kill." The old lady looked up at the three young men. "How old are you? I can't even see that you are thirty, but you are almost twenty-five. When I was young, I liked to read books. There is such a sentence in the book: at twenty, you know the benefits of life; at twenty-five, you know that where there is light, there will be darkness; as for today's thirty, you know that there are many places where there is light and there are also many darks, and where there is joy, there is sorrow. heavier."
It was the first time that the three of them heard this sentence, even Mu Yiran, who had read a lot of books. Some words are not seen, but encountered, which will be remembered for a lifetime.
The old lady shook the empty bottle in her hand and listened to her ears, but she didn't know what she heard, and continued to say her own words: "Not everyone has beasts in their bodies, but these fetuses whose lives have been interrupted must be The beast is the beast in every mother's womb, the beast in their heart, the beast that can't get rid of in a lifetime. These beasts can be big or small, depending on the size of the pain and hatred in the mother's heart. I have seen a four The fetus formed in the moon has a heavy soul, and it is dragged by the beast and unable to move forward. When I take the beast out, I can't carry it, it weighs dozens of pounds."