The time hourglass only returned the events that happened within three seconds, and the critical point of the events was exactly within the fourth second when Chi Xiaoduo was scratched.
"I guess that monster is very powerful..." Chi Xiaoduo moaned.
Xiang Cheng: "..."
Chi Xiaoduo: "The sum of the energy... can only hold back time for two to three seconds, and the wound is only half healed... Compared to the last time, the total value of the disordered energy of the helicopter sweeping the Exodus Committee building is even greater, and the energy is all concentrated On that monster... on..."
"Stop talking!" Xiang Cheng said.
Chi Xiaoduo had no choice but to remain silent.
Xiang Cheng remained silent, and disinfected Chi Xiaoduo's wound with alcohol first, then sprinkled golden sore medicine, wrapped the bandage, and tightly closed Chi Xiaoduo's eyes.
"Pain?" Xiang Cheng said.
"It's... not bad."
Chi Xiaoduo's wound hadn't fully healed yet, and the monster bird's grab just now almost killed him completely.
Xiang Cheng got up, kicked the tea table, and the tea table flew into the wall and shattered completely.
"Don't... make noise." Chi Xiaoduo said weakly, "It's so noisy."
Xiang Cheng clenched his fists, his eyes were red, and he stood panting.
"It's because I underestimate the enemy." Chi Xiaoduo said, "I didn't expect...it's better now, you...look at Sigui."
Xiang Cheng replied: "The enemy is a big monster, even Sigui is no match, you shouldn't have come here."
Chi Xiaoduo said: "I mean my fault..."
Xiang Cheng suppressed his resentment, and replied, "I didn't say that."
At that moment, Chi Xiaoduo almost felt that Xiang Cheng's demonic energy was about to emanate, as if he would be completely demonized at any moment.
"Control yourself." Chi Xiaoduo said with eyes closed wearily.
Xiang Cheng gradually calmed down, and inspected Sigui again. Sigui's claws were broken, and his wings kept fluttering. Chi Xiaoduo said, "Sigui, hold on too."
Xiang Cheng fixed Sigui's bones and wrapped them with a splint.
"You take a break." Xiang Cheng said.
When the alcohol was poured on and the golden sore medicine was sprinkled, Chi Xiaoduo only felt a burning pain in his chest, but now he felt better, a burst of coolness. A little skin trauma was normal, or so he thought.
Xiang Cheng sat in the room smoking a cigarette, heaved a long sigh, buried his head in front of the sofa, opened his red eyes, and looked at Chi Xiaoduo without blinking.
"correct… "
"Don't talk." Xiang Cheng replied: "Don't say anything, just lie down."
Chi Xiaoduo could feel that Xiang Cheng's anger hadn't calmed down, but for some reason, he felt very happy instead, so he reached out and touched Xiang Cheng's face.
"Listen to me..." Chi Xiaoduo said weakly, "I... If I die, husband... After I die, you must marry Zhou Wanyuan..."
Xiang Cheng: "..."
"I lied to you." Chi Xiaoduo smiled and said, "It's nothing, look, it's fine." He patted his stomach as he spoke.
"Don't shoot!" Xiang Cheng hurriedly stopped.
Xiang Cheng couldn't laugh or cry, his expression was both uncomfortable and funny.
Chi Xiaoduo tried to move, but it didn't hurt. The golden sore medicine was very effective in analgesic, but he bled a little and felt a little dizzy.
"It really doesn't hurt." Chi Xiaoduo said, "Don't be angry, I'm more worried about your demonization."
Chi Xiaoduo recalled the scene by the river just now, and couldn't help feeling a little scared. If he died, Xiang Cheng would definitely go crazy, and that monster could be said to have caught Xiang Cheng's weakness.
"If I die." Chi Xiaoduo said, "Will you be demonized?"
"If you're really dead." Xiang Cheng said, "I'd rather be a demon."
"You must not think so." Chi Xiaoduo patted Xiang Cheng's head solemnly, and said, "The monster killed me, so you have to avenge me."
Xiang Cheng didn't answer, but just looked at Chi Xiaoduo quietly.
"Let's not talk about that." Chi Xiaoduo moved a bit, sat up, Xiang Cheng kept him from moving, and changed him into pajamas and pajamas.
"It really doesn't hurt anymore?" Xiang Cheng asked worriedly.
"The sore medicine is very effective." Chi Xiaoduo replied, "I'm fine, don't ask me to get stitches, I'm going to lose my temper."
"I underestimated the enemy carelessly." Xiang Cheng sighed, and said, "I can't leave you half a step from now on."
Chi Xiaoduo relayed Cao Bin's words, and Xiang Cheng replied after listening, "It's enough to save my subordinates, I'll call Cao Bin over, have dinner, and settle Xuan He Zhi's bill personally, and let him come back too."
Huang Shan asked the hot pot restaurant to deliver food, and Xiang Cheng, Cao Bin, Chi Xiaoduo, and Xuan He Zhi began to eat hot pot in the presidential suite. Chi Xiaoduo had just been injured, so he couldn't eat spicy food, so he could only drink porridge.
After listening to their report today, Xiang Cheng said, "Who is your uncle? I have lived in Chongqing for so long, why have I never heard of it?"
"The big hermit hides in the city." Xuan Hezhi said: "Uncle Shi only measures things, not people or ghosts, not famous."
"Who attacked you?" Cao Bin replied.
"A monster." Xiang Cheng replied.
"Is it the same level as you?" Chi Xiaoduo asked.
Xiang Cheng didn't answer.
Chi Xiaoduo asked again: "From the Holy Land?"
Xiang Cheng shook his head.
Everyone was full of doubts. Chi Xiaoduo thought that Xiang Cheng was just inconvenient to talk about, but Xiang Cheng replied: "There is no him in the Holy Land. I saw Jian Wen today. What is the origin of Jian Wen? Do you know?"
Xiang Cheng looked at Cao Bin, Cao Bin thought for a while, and replied: "Jian Wen belonged to the special operations team in the previous term. There were six people in that term, and five of them died because of an accident."
"He drove the committee?" Xiang Cheng frowned.
Cao Bin explained: "He is a special agent of the National Security Bureau, and his real identity is a higher-level person who is responsible for supervising the relationship between the Drive Committee and monsters. The Supervision Department has dealt with him several times before, and he belongs to a secret department of the Drive Committee. won't show up."
"Doesn't usually show up?" Xuan Hezhi said.
Cao Bin replied: "The Ministry of Supervision is mainly responsible for supervising the administrative work within the Drive Commission. There will be a document exchange every year, and the department that is connected is the Special Operations Team."
"I don't understand." Chi Xiaoduo said in a daze, "Why is he not only in charge of the expulsion committee, but also affiliated with the Ministry of State Security?"
"The Drive Commission itself is a subordinate organization of the Ministry of National Security." Cao Bin said: "It's just because of its special status, it is an invisible organization. It has not reached the level, and there is no written record."
"The drive committee has a history of more than a thousand years." Cao Bin said, "You also memorized it in the exam."
"Yeah." Chi Xiaoduo recalled the historical route of the Drive Committee, and said, "Since the end of the Qing Dynasty, a fault line has formed."
Cao Bin said: "Originally, the role of the special operations team was to take care of all the things that registered exorcists couldn't solve, including some big monsters that rarely appeared, and sky demons that recur every thousand years... Previously, the headquarter of the exorcism committee screened out the abilities. An outstanding exorcist, submitted to the National Security Bureau, established after approval. But in Zheng Que's generation, something happened, and the accident process, I don't know the details."
"I know." Xuan He Zhi said, "Zheng Que's brother was originally in charge of this special operations team. The exorcism committee of the Qing Dynasty was called the Exorcism Division. In charge of the special operations team. Later, the Gorefiend betrayed, and after the founding of New China, Lafayette was promoted to be the director of the entire headquarters, and the special operations team returned to the National Security Bureau, but I really don’t know about Jian Wen.”
"He's not an exorcist either." Xiang Cheng said, "No mana."
Cao Bin replied: "He is not an exorcist, he is a mortal, and the special operations team can only have five people. Once a person dies in this team, he must be added at any time, but because the National Security Bureau and the Exorcism Committee have always been difficult , so they added someone to it, the sixth person, Jian Wen."
"The other team members are dead." Cao Bin explained: "Jian Wen is still alive, and this establishment has been maintained. It is affiliated with the National Security Bureau. Now Minister Zhou wants to take back his authority, so he has set up a new special operations team, which is you Five people, but because Xiang Cheng rejected him, the list was not sent up until your Kaifeng incident, and now I am afraid it will not be established."
Xiang Cheng's expression was a bit complicated, and he remained silent.
"The special operations team is supposed to clean up the mess for the exorcists." Chi Xiaoduo said, "In that case, it's really important."
"It's the Field Service Department that cleans up the mess." Cao Bin said, "Ge Gentoru Leda is doing things, such as being seen to catch monsters. There is no need to use Lihun Pollen. What kind of video broke out on the Internet? This is called cleaning up." Mess."
"The purpose of the special operations team is to save people and kill demons."
Cao Bin nodded his thanks to Xiang Cheng who poured wine for him, and said: "If the exorcist finds out that he can't deal with the demon, your five-member team will be dispatched at this time, and it will be very dangerous."
"Jian Wen has no skills." Xuan He Zhi waved his hand and said, "I can only shoot."
"He is different from an exorcist." Cao Bin said: "As long as he can achieve his goal, he can violate all rules and regulations. In the process of handling a case, this person can do whatever he can, and even form an alliance with a group of monsters to deal with another monster." Monster, that's why Minister Zhou wanted to take back the authority of the special operations team and put it under his own control."
"Alliance with monsters." Xiang Cheng grasped a certain point.
Chi Xiaoduo took a look at Xiang Cheng.
"Yes." Cao Bin replied: "The Special Operations Group has its own news channel."
Xiang Cheng narrowed his eyes.
Chi Xiaoduo probably realized the danger of Jian Wen. Although he is a mortal, he will pose a great threat after getting involved in the matter between the exorcist and the monster. Some monsters offer an exchange. In the same way, he can also be aware of the events that happened in the expulsion committee.
After dinner, Xiang Cheng didn't make any further decisions, he only said that we would talk about it tomorrow, and when he returned to the bedroom, Xiang Cheng untied Chi Xiaoduo's pajamas, and the bandages were covered in blood.
"How could this be?" Xiang Cheng murmured.
Chi Xiaoduo looked down and found the wound on his body.
"Is there no way to heal?" Chi Xiaoduo asked.
Xiang Cheng didn't answer, and changed Chi Xiaoduo's medicine, Chi Xiaoduo said: "There is no poison on the claws, so I don't feel bad."
Fortunately, Sigui was not scratched, Chi Xiaoduo changed the bandage again, and Xiang Cheng was at a loss for a while.
"Look." Chi Xiaoduo pointed to the lower abdomen and said, "Healed here, right?"
He looked in the mirror for a while, but Xiang Cheng couldn't judge, so he said, "Let's see a doctor."
"Which doctor is so heaven-defying." Chi Xiaoduo said: "Even the wounds of monsters can be healed, it's fine."
"Does it hurt?" Xiang Cheng asked.
"It doesn't hurt at all." Chi Xiaoduo said, "Really."
Xiang Cheng said: "We must find that monster immediately..."
"Don't be stupid." Chi Xiaoduo said, "It's the middle of the night, where can I find it. It will be fine when I wake up tomorrow."
Xiang Cheng used cotton to absorb the blood oozing from Chi Xiaoduo's chest, and it stopped.
Chi Xiaoduo was a little dizzy, and said, "I want to sleep, I'm fine."
"Observe all night." Xiang Cheng said.
Chi Xiaoduo suddenly remembered the middle-aged man who was caught dead on his seat in the Fengshui shop in Guzhen, and suddenly connected the two things.
"I know!" Chi Xiaoduo said, "The monster that caught me..."
"Hush." Xiang Cheng frowned deeply, signaling Chi Xiaoduo not to be surprised, and replied, "It's the same monster that killed and robbed Master Xuan He Zhi."
Chi Xiaoduo lay down on the bed and said, "What is that?"
"I don't know, I will definitely catch that monster tomorrow." Xiang Cheng replied, "Kill it again. Huang Shan has already gone to investigate."
Xiang Cheng looked irritable, but Chi Xiaoduo said, "Don't act rashly."
Xiang Cheng replied: "Do you think the one who attacked me was a monster brought by Jian Wen?"
Xiang Cheng cut to the point with one sentence, and everything was connected.
The two faced each other for a moment.
"That is to say." Chi Xiaoduo said: "In order to solve our case, Jian Wen contacted Jing Hao?"
"Not necessarily." Xiang Cheng said: "Jing Hao is not necessarily sure, but the monster that attacked us may have something to do with him."
Outside, Huang Shan knocked on the door, came in, and reported back: "Boss, there is indeed a team of people searching the banks of the Jialing River."
"Are there any local ones from Chongqing?" Xiang Cheng asked.
"No." Huang Shan said, "None of them are exorcists."
Xiang Cheng and Chi Xiaoduo understood each other.
Xiang Cheng is always worried about Chi Xiaoduo's wound, but it has been bandaged up, but he can't take it apart often to look at it, his heart hurts to death, but Chi Xiaoduo can't help comforting him that it's okay.
In the middle of the night, Chi Xiaoduo dreamed again. He dreamed that the snake wrapped around his body and kissed him tenderly. He woke up and saw that Xiang Cheng was breathing evenly and fell asleep. So he hugged Xiang Cheng and kissed him. With a sip, Xiang Cheng also woke up, turned around and pressed against him, kissed Chi Xiaoduo's nose bridge, rubbed each other's naked bodies, the smooth touch of the skin, and the intertwined sexy breath made Chi Xiaoduo feel like he was in a dream.
"Does it still hurt?" Xiang Cheng said.
In the dream, Ba Snake's eyes were glowing, as if a nebula was spinning in his eyes.
At dawn, Chi Xiaoduo woke up in a daze, feeling even more dizzy.
Hearing the sound of Xiang Cheng getting out of bed, he tried to sit up.
"Better?" Xiang Cheng went to open the curtains.
"Well, I feel much better." Chi Xiaoduo was still sleepy, and when he lifted the quilt, there was a large purple-black imprint on the quilt.
Xiang Cheng: "..."
Chi Xiaoduo stared at the blood in a daze.
"It's getting serious." Chi Xiaoduo said.
The wound still couldn't heal, Xiang Cheng changed Chi Xiaoduo's medicine, Xiang Cheng said: "It will get better, let's act together today."
Chi Xiaoduo said: "Don't worry, I'm hungry, let's eat something first, the porridge I ate last night is not enough."
During breakfast, Huang Shan reported that according to the monitoring of his subordinates, the local exorcists in Chongqing seemed to have received some news and were preparing to go out collectively to carry out a mission, and the destination of the mission was along the Yangtze River.
"Xuan He Zhi." Xiang Cheng said: "You go to the Drive Committee to inquire about the news, don't take their ropeway."
Cao Bin said, "I'm not fit to show up."
"You bring the dog with you." Xiang Cheng said, "Help my subordinates find out the news and see what's going on along the Yangtze River."
After breakfast, Xiang Cheng got in the car and came out.
Chi Xiaoduo looked down at his chest and abdomen, Xiang Cheng put a pure black sweater vest over the shirt for him, and then put on the coat, Chi Xiaoduo touched it with his fingers, it was wet. When Xiang Cheng got into the car, Chi Xiaoduo immediately pretended to be nonchalant.
Xiang Cheng touched Chi Xiaoduo's forehead.
"You have a fever."
Chi Xiaoduo replied, "I'm not afraid if there's no poison. Where shall we go now?"
Xiang Cheng didn't answer, his brows were furrowed all the time, they drove, and the two returned to the ancient town. Chi Xiaoduo led the way and followed yesterday's mountain road. Halfway up the mountain, there was already a police car parked outside in the alley for watching Fengshui. , residents pointing fingers.
Xiang Cheng went up to the second floor of the building next door and motioned Chi Xiaoduo to look at it. There was a hole in the roof of the hut where Uncle Xuan He Zhi lived.
"It broke through the roof and left from the sky," Xiang Cheng said.
"Yeah." Chi Xiaoduo replied: "It should have been at night, so the nearby residents didn't notice it either. I believe it now. The bird captured Xuan Hezhi's uncle."
"How far do you think the opponent will fly?" Xiang Cheng asked.
Chi Xiaoduo looked around and replied, "It's either on the mountain or on the river. It's impossible to fly over the entire main city of Chongqing with an old man."
"That's right." Xiang Cheng snapped his fingers and said, "If you want to take someone away, there will be someone to answer you."
"I see." Chi Xiaoduo said, "You're so smart! The other party must have a plan to arrest people one night, that is to say..."
The two looked towards the river together.
"The night before yesterday, I guess a ship stopped or sailed here to meet the bird monster." Xiang Cheng's breath was obvious, and Chi Xiaoduo touched his forehead, but Xiang Cheng signaled not to worry.
"However, with so many boats coming and going along the Jialing River, how do we find them?" Chi Xiaoduo said.
"The pier is monitored." Xiang Cheng took out his mobile phone and told Huang Shan to prepare money and go to the pier to find someone.
Money can turn ghosts around. Xiang Cheng checked the records of the dock office with little effort. There were no videos, but snapshots. Every ship passed by took photos.
From the night before the day before to the night before, Chi Xiaoduo used the mouse to turn backwards, and Huang Shan outside handed cigarettes to the person in charge.
Xiang Cheng suddenly patted Chi Xiaoduo on the shoulder, and motioned him to look at a photo taken at 10:27 midnight the day before yesterday. In the night, there was a very vague shadow of a bird flying towards one of the freighters.
Xiang Cheng's eyes are very sharp, Chi Xiaoduo would never have been able to find him if he hadn't reminded him. After working with Xuan He Zhi for a long time yesterday, Xiang Cheng found out the key point in only two hours. The two recorded the number of the freighter and asked Huang Shan to send someone to check the ship immediately.
Xuan Hezhi called, and the voice over there was a little nervous.
"The Exorcism Committee has two tasks sent from Beijing." Xuan Hezhi said: "It needs the cooperation of local exorcists. I know one of the girls who was in the team next door during the exam. She revealed something to me."
"What's the specific content?" Xiang Cheng said.
"The first task is to round up a monster named 'Black Winged Roc'." Xuan Hezhi said, "This was sent over a week ago."
Chi Xiaoduo: "!!!"
Chi Xiaoduo immediately opened the monster illustration handbook that Zheng Que gave him, and the penultimate page was the Black Wing Roc!
He glanced at Xiang Cheng, and then at the monster illustrated book.
Xiang Cheng didn't answer, he stood beside the car, trembling all over, looked at Chi Xiaoduo, immediately looked away, and kneaded his brow point with his fingers.
"Okay." Xiang Cheng's voice trembled.
"What is the Black Wing Roc?" Chi Xiaoduo asked: "Xiang Cheng, have you heard of it?"
Xiang Cheng didn't answer, but asked, "What's the second task?"
On the phone, Xuan He Zhi replied: "The second task is to offer you a reward. If you want to live, you must see people, and if you die, you must see corpses. The task released last night."
"Okay." Xiang Cheng said: "Gather at Chaotianmen Wharf and prepare to track down your uncle's whereabouts. If you find him, you will find the Black Wing Roc."
Xiang Cheng hung up the phone, and said to Chaochi Xiaoduo: "Get in the car."
Chi Xiaoduo sat in the passenger seat, Xiang Cheng turned sideways, fastened his seat belt, and kissed his lips. Chi Xiaoduo had a low fever and her lips were red.
"Don't be afraid." Xiang Cheng replied, "As long as you catch it, you can be cured."
"It was the one that scratched me, right?" Chi Xiaoduo said, "What level of monster?"
"The level is not high." Xiang Cheng replied.
Chi Xiaoduo said: "I don't think your answer is quite right, tell the truth. Otherwise, I will be angry."
Xiang Cheng focused on driving, Chi Xiaoduo said: "Don't be like last time, we have been together for so long, we have experienced everything, do you still want to hide it from me?"
Xiang Cheng sighed and said, "I... probably know a little bit. My dad said it. I haven't seen it before."
"What did he say?" Chi Xiaoduo asked.
"Let me... be careful in the future." Xiang Cheng replied casually: "If one day, you meet a monster named Black Wing Roc, you must pay attention to avoid it and don't fight it."
"why."
"Because it is the natural enemy of snakes, but I'm not afraid of it."
Chi Xiaoduo felt the seriousness of the situation, he was a little weak, his blood couldn't stop, and he was always dizzy, the kind of dizziness when walking lightly, like stepping on cotton.
"It's okay." Xiang Cheng repeated for the third time: "It's okay, I will definitely catch that guy, don't be afraid..."
Chi Xiaoduo stared blankly at Xiang Cheng's profile, but Xiang Cheng turned his face away, not letting him look.
Chi Xiaoduo leaned against the car window, the sun was shining outside, and the glare made him a little dizzy.
He remembered when he was very young.
"Xiaoduo?" Xiang Cheng said.
"Yes." Chi Xiaoduo replied.
"Are you sleeping?" Xiang Cheng turned his head and asked.
"I'm thinking about the old days."
"whats the matter?"
"When I was very young... very small, there was a child in my neighbor's house, and I even forgot her name." Chi Xiaoduo said: "She was pushed by a child in the kindergarten and broke her head. Her parents They all came back to see her. I was so stupid at that time, I thought my parents would come back to see me, so I fell on purpose... "
"...my parents didn't come back." Chi Xiaoduo's voice was very soft: "but my grandma...she ran to the village with me on her back, walked all night, found the car at dawn, and took me to the hospital Stitches. She walks so fast, she has her feet bound..."
"I'm really sorry, grandma." Chi Xiaoduo said, "I became more careful later on. But I still get sick all the time. Grandma said that I was a tormenting child, either getting sick or falling down... As a result, at this age, I still didn't take good care of myself. .”
Xiang Cheng: "..."
"When I was working in Guangzhou." Chi Xiaoduo said softly, "I would get sick occasionally. At that time, I thought it would be great if I had a boyfriend, but now I don't want to get sick at all. I'm afraid you will feel bad. will be in a hurry."
Xiang Cheng's car drove slower and slower, and finally stopped at an intersection.
His two hands were resting on the steering wheel, his eyes were a little distracted, Chi Xiaoduo opened them, feeling a little dazed for a moment, Xiang Cheng waved his hands, and pinched his nose.
"I love you, Xiaoduo." Xiang Cheng choked up.
"I know." Chi Xiaoduo said sleepily, "Let's go, I'll get better."