"No...no." Chi Xiaoduo said with a pale face and lingering fear.
"What happened?" Yang Xingjie realized something was wrong, and asked solemnly, "Why are you wearing slippers when you go out?"
"It's okay." Chi Xiaoduo changed his mind. He felt that if he called the police through Yang Xingjie now, it might bring Xiang Cheng a lot of trouble, so he didn't say anything, and replied: "I was so happy that I forgot to change my shoes. I want to invite you." Have a meal."
"I doubt it." Yang Xingjie said with a smile.
He had a very handsome smile. He sat across from Chi Xiaoduo, poured tea for him, snapped his fingers, and ordered refreshments. This weekend, the teahouse was very crowded and very popular, and there was a policeman accompanying him. Chi Xiaoduo felt relieved a little. .
Yang Xingjie's observation skills were very keen, and he asked, "Did you get bullied by your roommate?"
"No." Chi Xiaoduo said with a smile, "What are you thinking about?"
Yang Xingjie said, "Have you got a new phone? Let me see."
Chi Xiaoduo showed him with his mobile phone, and opened other interfaces for Yang Xingjie to play with. The two chatted for a while, and Yang Xingjie said: "Is your health not good recently? I heard from Brother Wang that you often work overtime. Passed the exam." Let's have a good rest."
"It's time to rest." Chi Xiaoduo said shyly, then suddenly had an idea and said, "I've often had strange dreams recently."
"Dream?" Yang Xingjie raised his eyebrows and said with a smile, "The reason for spring?"
"No, no, no." Chi Xiaoduo hurriedly said, "It's not a spring dream, it's a strange... supernatural dream."
"You don't have enough yang." Yang Xingjie said, "Move here and live with me."
"Is it because of zero?" Chi Xiaoduo said blankly.
Yang Xingjie laughed out loud, Chi Xiaoduo felt that he was being molested, and said seriously: "I often dream of monsters, strange black birds... something, with nine heads."
"Think about it by day, dream at night." Yang Xingjie said: "Stop watching teenage comics."
"It feels the same as the real thing." Chi Xiaoduo asked, "Do you believe that there are monsters in this world?"
Yang Xingjie thought for a while and said, "When I was growing up in Hengqin, I heard old people say that there are monsters."
Chi Xiaoduo raised his heart and asked, "Why?"
"Every plant, every tree, the earth, mountains and rivers, all have spirits." Yang Xingjie said: "These spirits may be absorbed by animals when they gather together because of Fengshui and aura, but they will not be randomly absorbed by animals. We see."
Is that so... Chi Xiaoduo thought for a while, then asked again: "Ghosts, is it the same?"
Yang Xingjie flipped through his phone, opened Yahoo, pulled up a chair, sat next to Chi Xiaoduo, and said, "Look at this post about ghosts."
With one hand on Chi Xiaoduo's shoulder, Yang Xingjie opened a post about ghost stories on his mobile phone.
"From a scientific point of view." Yang Xingjie said: "Ghosts are also a kind of natural force, they exist in another dimension, just like you burn paper money in July and a half, no matter where it is, even in the bedroom, At the end of the burning, there is always a gust of wind blowing over, which means that relatives are coming."
"That's right." Chi Xiaoduo remembered that as long as there is burning paper in TVB dramas, there must be a gust of wind in the end, so he couldn't help but shudder, and hurriedly said: "Stop talking!"
Yang Xingjie laughed loudly, looked sideways at Chi Xiaoduo, his face flushed. Chi Xiaoduo was so shocked that his face turned pale, Yang Xingjie took advantage of the opportunity to leave him, took a sip of tea, the blush on his face subsided, and joked: "Japanese talk a lot about monsters, we Chinese don't talk much about it, mostly about ghosts and gods."
Chi Xiaoduo understood, nodded, and said, "They are monsters and strange cultures."
"In the mountains, spirits in the water will occasionally come out." Yang Xingjie said, "In the metropolis, such strange things basically don't happen, because there are so many people, and if there are monsters, they rarely enter the city."
Chi Xiaoduo hummed, and said, "If you encounter them in the city, aren't they all very powerful monsters?"
"Maybe." Yang Xingjie said with a smile: "A very powerful monster, do you think it will come to stare at you?" Yang Xingjie looked Chi Xiaoduo up and down, and said, "Unless there is something monster on you that you want."
Chi Xiaoduo felt that he was being molested again, and looked at Yang Xingjie boredly.
"If there are monsters." Chi Xiaoduo thought for a while, and then asked, "What do you think they think of us?"
Yang Xingjie thought for a while and said, "I think they hate people, what do you think?"
"Why?" Chi Xiaoduo said.
"Think about it." Yang Xingjie said indifferently: "The scope of human activities is getting bigger and bigger, taking up all their homes. Places with good weather, suitable for living, and convenient transportation have all become human cities. We are all City people don't have the concept and feeling of land, but you can think about it. The home where the ancestors lived for generations is bulldozed and becomes someone else's place. In the past, if you change your home again, it will be gone. If you change again, you will be driven away again. In the end, you can only live in places where people can't go, such as on snow-capped mountains or in no-man's land on the plateau. It's lonely and desolate. I must hate us. .”
Chi Xiaoduo made sense when he thought about it. If he had worked hard all his life, saved up money to buy a flat, and was bulldozed by some inexplicable people, separated from his family, and left his hometown, it must be very painful.
"But the demon is so powerful." Chi Xiaoduo said, "I watched some spells and so on on TV. Isn't it a matter of minutes to make trouble?"
"Soldiers will block you, and water will cover you." Yang Xingjie replied casually, "People have countermeasures. When I was in the police academy, I saw a lot of files of ghosts. Of course, the higher-ups wouldn't say so clearly. But many homicide cases and disappearance cases have been filed, and those that cannot be explained by science will be classified as 'special cases'."
Chi Xiaoduo's heart beat wildly and said, "And then?"
"Then a backup will be made." Yang Xingjie said, "It will be forwarded to the 'relevant department'."
"What department?" Chi Xiaoduo asked curiously.
Yang Xingjie shrugged and said, "I don't know the exact name of the most mysterious 'relevant department' in history."
Chi Xiaoduo knew that this involved some secrets, so he definitely couldn't say it, but Yang Xingjie saw that Chi Xiaoduo didn't believe him, and explained seriously: "I don't hide everything I know from you, huh? I really don't know."
"Thank you." Chi Xiaoduo said with a smile.
"You are a tight-lipped person." Yang Xingjie joked again: "It should be safe to tell you some secrets, but sometimes I feel a little panicked, so I have to calm down."
Chi Xiaoduo didn't pay much attention to this sentence, and suddenly remembered the day when he and Xiang Cheng had Japanese food: [What is your ideal? ] Chi Xiaoduo asked.
[World Peace.] Xiang Cheng said lightly.
Chi Xiaoduo understood in an instant! Xiang Cheng must belong to that "relevant department"! Immediately, everything became coherent in his mind. The memory in the two videos that he forgot might be because he saw Xiang Cheng handle the case and was hypnotized!
Xiang Cheng is on the side of justice! Chi Xiaoduo suddenly felt that he had been wronged, and was a little anxious to go home.
"Let's make a bag." Chi Xiaoduo said, paid the bill by the way, and asked Yang Xingjie, "What about you?"
"Go to work." Yang Xingjie rubbed his face and said, "Shall we have dinner together tonight?"
"No, Xiang Cheng hasn't eaten breakfast, nor lunch." Chi Xiaoduo said, "I have to go back first."
Yang Xingjie took a taxi and sent Chi Xiaoduo to the car. Chi Xiaoduo was preoccupied and felt that he might have made a mistake to blame Xiang Cheng. Looking back, he saw Yang Xingjie standing on the side of the road with people coming and going. He seemed a little lonely.
Chi Xiaoduo waved to him, but Yang Xingjie didn't see him, and left without looking back.
Back at the door of the house, the elevator dinged, Chi Xiaoduo came out with the lunch box, and saw Xiang Cheng sitting at the door of the house, holding one knee in a daze, with only a small black triangle all over his body, long arms and long legs, just sitting like this.
Chi Xiaoduo: "..."
Xiang Cheng: "..."
"Open the door!" Xiang Cheng said with a dark face.
Chi Xiaoduo had a miserable face and apologized repeatedly.
"sorry Sorry… "
Instead, Xiang Cheng said, "It's me who should say I'm sorry."
"No no." Chi Xiaoduo took the key to open the door and said, "It's my fault."
"Listen to me." Xiang Cheng suddenly pulled his wrist, hugged Chi Xiaoduo in front of him, and said, "Don't run away this time, I'm sorry, Xiaoduo, I don't want to lose you as a friend."
Chi Xiaoduo was caught off guard, and was hugged by Xiang Cheng, with his ears pressed against his bare chest, feeling his body temperature and heartbeat, his whole body froze, and was held motionless by Xiang Cheng.
"You must be a very good person." Chi Xiaoduo whispered.
After parting, Chi Xiaoduo said to Xiang Cheng, "Let's go into the house."
Xiang Cheng finally returned home, first put on the sportswear Chi Xiaoduo bought for him, put away his cell phone, and Chi Xiaoduo let him have lunch, thinking why are you getting dressed so quickly, and run around naked for a while, then I took a look.
Xiang Cheng sneezed, as if he had caught a cold, Chi Xiaoduo said, "I'll find medicine for you."
"It's okay." Xiang Cheng said, "I'll be fine. I'll tell you something later. Don't be too surprised."
Chi Xiaoduo said, "What are you going to tell me?"
"I'll talk about it later." After lunch, Xiang Cheng cleared up the dishes, let Chi Xiaoduo sit down on the sofa, went in to get things, Chi Xiaoduo looked at him curiously, this time he wasn't too surprised, and waited for Xiang Cheng's answer. Explanation.
Xiang Cheng came out with his woven bag in one hand, took out a red sheet, shook it out, and spread it on the coffee table.
"I'm an exorcist." Xiang Cheng said, "If you want to make a video, you can record it. Do you want to record it?"
"No recording, no recording, this bed sheet..." Chi Xiaoduo said cautiously.
"It's not a bed sheet, it's a demon-suppressing banner." Xiang Cheng replied, "Remember this ghost car?" He pointed at an embroidered nine-headed bird among them solemnly.
Chi Xiaoduo: "..."
Then, Xiang Cheng took out things one by one. The first thing to put on the table was a string of copper coins.
"This is an ancient coin." Xiang Cheng said.
"What do you mean?" Chi Xiaoduo curiously reached out for it, glanced at Xiang Cheng, and said, "Can I touch it?"
Xiang Cheng nodded, and Chi Xiaoduo saw that on the ancient coin, the four characters "Shanhai Mingguang" were engraved around the square hole. He didn't know much about history, and he didn't know which dynasty issued this coin. Come here, show Chi Xiaoduo the back.
Four strange faces are engraved on the back of the copper coin.
"Subduing Demon Heavenly Venerable Wei Hu." Xiang Cheng said, "The patriarch of our exorcists."
Chi Xiaoduo looked at Xiang Cheng dumbfounded.
"Shanhai Mingguang." Xiang Cheng said: "It's about an ancient battle between humans and monsters."
"Big war..." Chi Xiaoduo twitched the corner of his mouth and said, "Are there really demons in this world?"
Xiang Cheng replied: "Yes, and there are many more in ancient times. Five thousand years ago, human beings defeated the demon race and the demon race, and the demon race hid in the world and lived together with humans; The power of the clan has been completely defeated."
"The ancestors worshiped beasts and enshrined them as totems; after the great war, people worshiped gods, and gods are, in the final analysis, new tribal totems."
A concept vaguely appeared in Chi Xiaoduo's mind, and he was so shocked that he said, "Three thousand years ago, was it Yin Shang?"
"Yes, it's the Battle of Muye." Xiang Cheng said, "I heard what my dad said."
Chi Xiaoduo said: "Then there are still many demons now?"
"Not many more." Xiang Cheng said: "With the pollution of many heavenly veins and the digging of earthly veins, there are fewer and fewer beasts that can be cultivated into demons, but there are still some."
Chi Xiaoduo's world view has been completely overturned. Marxist philosophy and materialism all disintegrated in front of him.
Xiang Cheng said: "In order to protect the human world, our ancestors passed down the profession of exorcist to protect you secretly, just like the police. It's just us, the police without a system."
As he spoke, a momentary gloomy flashed across Xiang Cheng's eyes, and he added, "Now we have an organization."
Chi Xiaoduo: "..."
"This video." Xiang Cheng turned on Chi Xiaoduo's cell phone, shook it towards him, and said, "You accidentally discovered the process of me collecting demons and recorded it. I thought I had deleted it, but I didn't expect it to appear again." ok, what's going on?"
Chi Xiaoduo said cautiously: "Because I set the photo library to automatically sync... that's how..."
In front of Xiang Cheng, Chi Xiaoduo took his mobile phone and explained to him. The topic jumped from strange power to Apple database. Xiang Cheng watched Chi Xiaoduo's operation seriously and said, "It's amazing."
"No, no, yours is more amazing." Chi Xiaoduo said hastily.
"Your magic." Xiang Cheng said: "Science is even stranger. To be honest, I have never understood how a computer is made. A small square, plugged into a board and connected to a mouse, can..."
"That's called CPU, CPU is normal, okay? Supernatural power is called magic!" Chi Xiaoduo until now, still can't accept everything Xiang Cheng told him, as if people from two planets with completely different worldviews come together Together, tsk tsk amazed.
Xiang Cheng took the mobile phone and said, "Don't you think it's amazing that such a small piece is so colorful and can still surf the Internet?"
"Okay, let's not argue about who is more amazing." Chi Xiaoduo said: "Although I think particle colliders are also amazing... Science is similar to magic, but we are all used to it. Let's continue. I can probably accept a little bit of what you said."
Xiang Cheng nodded, took out the snuff bottle, and put it on the bed sheet.
"This is called Lihun Pollen. Just a little bit of it can forget what you are thinking about, as well as the cause and effect of the matter. For example, if you saw me catching a demon, then you would keep thinking about it. At this time, you smell Lihun Pollen. , it will follow the clues and forget all the incidents, especially for people who have just fallen asleep, because after falling asleep, the mind will automatically recall what happened before going to bed."
Chi Xiaoduo opened his mouth, suddenly realized, and Xiang Cheng said: "So when you were curious about it, you thought about smelling it and smelling it in your mind... Finally, you smelled all my pollen."
"This is the rope for binding demons." Xiang Cheng took out a roll of red wool.
"Magic Subduing Pestle."—Metal Staff.
"Flying Dragon Umbrella." Xiang Cheng showed Chi Xiaoduo the long black umbrella with the ribs poking out.
Chi Xiaoduo: "..."
"Shi Gandang." Xiang Cheng spread his hands and showed Chi Xiaoduo: "It can only be used for a short time, and when it's over, it must be placed in the sun again to recharge and gather spirits."
"Amulet." Xiang Cheng flipped over the straw paper, showed it to Chi Xiaoduo, took out another stack of red paper, and said, "Red talisman."
Chi Xiaoduo: "..."
"What's the difference between a talisman and a red talisman?" Chi Xiaoduo raised his hand and asked.
"The red one is stronger." Xiang Cheng replied, "You should use it sparingly."
It turned out to be a talisman plus, Chi Xiaoduo understood.
"This is..." Xiang Cheng said to Chi Xiaoduo while holding a bag of soybeans.
Chi Xiaoduo sat beside Xiang Cheng with his knees hugged, and said, "I know this, it's soybeans!"
"Smart." Xiang Cheng said.
Chi Xiaoduo asked inexplicably, "But what's the use of soybeans?"
Xiang Cheng put down the soybeans and made a gesture of "sprinkling", Chi Xiaoduo suddenly realized.
"What about this?" Chi Xiaoduo took out a black pillow from the woven bag and waved it a few times, but Xiang Cheng blushed and quickly grabbed it. Chi Xiaoduo asked, "Is it a broken magic pillow?" ?”
"No." Xiang Cheng blushed and put the things back into the woven bag, and said, "It's just an ordinary pillow."
Chi Xiaoduo: "..."
"Is this a demon scarf? Why is it for Shubao?"
"... used as insoles..."
Xiang Cheng put away the good things and said, "Do you trust me now?"
"I believe it." Chi Xiaoduo chuckled, then his expression changed, and he almost threw the table flying, his heart was overwhelmed, and he roared that he believed in your size! What the hell are these! Also sprinkle beans into soldiers! Wrapped in a red sheet, you can attract monsters, and you can think of yourself as a Buddha!
"Hehehehe..." The corners of Chi Xiaoduo's mouth twitched unnaturally, thinking that you should at least demonstrate something, for example, some behavior that violates Newton's laws of physics, such as putting a disc on your back to shine in the world, and so on. Putting up a six-pointed star array to summon the great devil from another world is too difficult, at least perform a skill that makes the cup fly!
A bird chirped outside the window, and a silver bird flew in.
"This is my companion." Xiang Cheng said to Chi Xiaoduo, "It's Ah Huang."
"But isn't it white?" Chi Xiaoduo said, "Why is it called Ah Huang?"
Xiang Cheng shook his head and said, "That's what my father called it, and it was with me before I was born." He whistled at the little bird and said, "It's a phoenix, look."
In an instant, Chi Xiaoduo finally got his wish and saw the expected scene that violated Newton's laws of physics, and was opened the door to a new world.
The little silver-white bird spread its wings lazily, the wings glowed, and then scattered beautiful light powder, Chi Xiaoduo reached out to catch it, the silver light powder was like a galaxy, spinning in the living room, forming a beam of light The belt, as the bird retracted, the light belt flew away.
"I'll take you to a place." Xiang Cheng said, "You'll believe it when you go."
"No need." Chi Xiaoduo immediately said: "I have already believed it, the male god who maintains world peace and protects the world, please accept my worship!"
Xiang Cheng: "..."
"I don't want you to believe me." Xiang Cheng said, "I have to ask one thing clearly, let's go."
Xiang Cheng packed the demon-hunting tools one by one into the sports satchel, took Chi Xiaoduo out, and asked when putting on his shoes, "Xiaoduo, do you have any questions? Don't talk nonsense after you go out."
"Yes." Chi Xiaoduo was finally able to ask the only question that had been bothering him for a long time. He asked weakly, "So you are an exorcist by profession. Is the male publicist just pretending? In other words, you are not man publicist?"
"I'm an oil pusher. I don't want to be an exorcist anymore. I want to change my career. I just got into this line of work. I don't want to be a hacker." Xiang Cheng replied.
Chi Xiaoduo thought to thank God, at that moment, he was resurrected with full blood. It doesn't matter what your job is, as long as you don't want to be a duck, that's not right... The profession of an exorcist... Chi Xiaoduo is still a bit like a dream, and I can't accept it. But a brand-new knowledge system and worldview have gradually entered his life.
You must know that as a college student who grew up under the influence of Ma Zhe's theory, collecting monsters is really amazing.
Xiang Cheng took Chi Xiaoduo on the road by bicycle, and Chi Xiaoduo asked again: "Then why do you want to be a male publicist?"
"Before I came to Guangzhou, I felt tired." Xiang Cheng replied, "I want to be an ordinary person."
"Why?" Chi Xiaoduo raised his head and looked at Xiang Cheng's profile.
When crossing the red light, Xiang Cheng stepped on the ground with his left foot, put his right hand around Chi Xiaoduo's waist on the front bar, and held the bicycle head with his left hand, and said in a trance: "No money, wandering."
"Why did you tell me this?" Chi Xiaoduo asked.
"Lonely." Xiang Cheng said: "I shouldn't tell ordinary people these things. You treat me well and don't look at me strangely."
Chi Xiaoduo smiled and said, "Drive..."
"Shh." Xiang Cheng put his finger on his lips and made a silent movement.
"Don't you have colleagues?" Chi Xiaoduo said, "You can also be with colleagues."
"They look down on me in their hearts." Xiang Cheng said casually, "They all exclude me."
Chi Xiaoduo said: "You told me this, will I be arrested to smell the powder?"
Xiang Cheng hesitated, and said: "You are half of the party involved, probably not now, and we will talk about the future."
Chi Xiaoduo: "???"
Xiang Cheng took Chi Xiaoduo across several roads, and they rode the bicycle for half an hour. During this period, they did not talk again. Chi Xiaoduo went into a Shaxian snack shop.
"Why do you..." Kuang Desheng was wiping the table, straightened up, frowning slightly.
"Investigate a case." Xiang Cheng said, "Xiao Duo, this is Brother Huang."
Kuang Desheng: "You can't take him in! Xiao Xiang!"
But Xiang Cheng ignored him, let Chi Xiaoduo walk in front of him, and entered the kitchen in the basement of Shaxian snacks. Chi Xiaoduo was bewildered, and there were black traces of oily smoke everywhere. Kuang Desheng chased him down, but Xiang Cheng opened the kitchen. Iron cabinet, said: "Go in."
Chi Xiaoduo: "???"
Xiang Cheng pushed Chi Xiaoduo in, and Kuang Desheng chased into the kitchen, saying, "Wait! Xiang Cheng! You will get me punished!"
Xiang Cheng pulled back and closed the door. When the light in the stainless steel cabinet dimmed, Xiang Cheng stretched out his hand, patted the wall, hooked his fingers to a pull ring, then pulled it up, turned it at an angle, and the wall revealed light.
Chi Xiaoduo: "..."
Xiang Cheng pushed the wall, and a strange magic circle appeared inside. The lines on the magic circle criss-crossed and emitted red light. Then Xiang Cheng hugged Chi Xiaoduo, pressed his head, and let him bury him in front of his shoulder .
The magic circle buzzed and sucked the two of them in.
Kuang Desheng ran to the cabinet, opened the door, and it was empty.
With a flash in front of his eyes, Chi Xiaoduo raised his head from in front of Xiang Cheng, facing a strange new world.