On the dark mountain road, Tang Xi and Pei Qingzhi walked up the mountain side by side, followed by the remaining members of the serious crime team.
Chu Li took Xiao Liu and two police officers to escort the comatose prisoner and four students onto the plane, and flew back to the hotel first.
"You came here so fast. I heard that the flight path of a private jet cannot be approved temporarily." Tang Xi said casually.
"It did take a little effort." Pei Qingzhi replied.
However, he said it lightly, Tang Xi would not really think that he just "put in a little effort", but since he didn't want to take credit, she wouldn't insist on mentioning it.
Thinking of what Pei Qingzhi said before, she asked curiously again: "How many people have disappeared from this mountain?"
"A lot of people can't talk about it. It's probably one or two a year." Pei Qingzhi chuckled, "It will be clearer to ask the police about this kind of thing."
Tang Xi raised his eyebrows, but before he could speak, Dayang, who was following behind, ran up a few steps winkingly, and explained: "Consultant, this is not under the control of the Serious Crimes Team. After all, no body was found, so it's hard to determine whether it's a case or not." Accidents, or simply running away from home, after all, the missing are all adults.”
"People go missing every year, and there is no body yet. It can't be all accidents, right?" Tang Xi asked curiously.
"But that's the process." Dayang said helplessly, "Generally speaking, the disappearance of an adult is first reported to the police station in the jurisdiction, and then it is confirmed that there is a need for rescue or there is a possibility of a case. If there is no trace, it is difficult to identify the person. There is a possibility of an accident, and the police station does not need to spend a lot of police force aimlessly looking for a person. I worked at the grassroots level a few years ago, but I came across a family member who reported the crime once."
"Do you know the approximate total number?" Tang Xi asked.
"It's hard to say, we have to investigate. After all, these cases are scattered and there is no joint case, and..." Dayang hesitated before continuing, "There are indeed a few cases where the family members reported their disappearance and the descendants came back by themselves. What is annoying is that when the person came back, the family members did not withdraw the case, and waited for the police to look up the old case for a return visit before saying sorry and forgot."
"Da Yang, I have a task for you. Go and find out how many people have disappeared within the range of Luming Mountain over the years." Tang Xi said in a deep voice, "You have worked at the grassroots level, so you should be familiar with the police station?"
"I see." Dayang nodded, but couldn't help itching, "Advisor, is there something wrong with these missing people?"
"Whether there is a problem or not, we won't know until you bring the investigation results." Tang Xi replied ambiguously.
"By the way, Xiao Xi, have you graduated yet?" Pei Qingzhi said suddenly.
"Yeah." Tang Xi showed a smile, "Two months later, I'll be a college student too."
"Jiangnan University? What department do you want to apply for?" Pei Qingzhi asked.
"I've calculated the grades, all the departments of Jiangnan University should be able to enter, and I haven't decided which one to apply for yet." Tang Xi said leisurely, "Which department is more interesting?"
"Fun?" Pei Qingzhi was taken aback. Is "fun" a criterion for choosing a department
"Otherwise?" Tang Xi gave him a strange look, "Do you think that a person like me will build a house after applying to the Department of Architecture, or become a doctor after applying to the Department of Medicine?"
"..." Pei Qingzhi was speechless.
"My life is actually decided long ago. I can't and I don't want to change it. After all, I'm born with responsibilities. It's too irresponsible to say that it's too irresponsible. My master never taught me that way." Tang Xi said.
"Won't you be reconciled?" Pei Qingzhi couldn't help but said, "I have been arranged for the future path since I was a child..."
"Should I fight for freedom?" Tang Xi smiled.
"This seems a bit strange." Pei Qingzhi was taken aback.
"As much as you have ability, you have to shoulder as much responsibility. You are not a child anymore, how can you have so many childish dreams." Tang Xi looked at him and smiled helplessly, "Isn't the so-called dream just something that can only be imagined in a dream? "
Pei Qingzhi was dumb, and didn't speak for a long time.
"What can be achieved is the goal, and it is worth all the effort to move forward. As for the dream, it is better to dream about it occasionally, and take it as an inspiration after waking up." Tang Xi said lightly, "Perhaps there are people in the world who really regard dreams as goals. And the person who realizes it is one of thousands of people who may not appear. It is better for all of us to be down-to-earth. We have dreams, but don’t take it too seriously. If it is realized, it is the child of luck, but most of the time, It’s the norm that it doesn’t happen.”
"Sometimes I really don't think you are at this age." Pei Qingzhi said.
"Perhaps." Tang Xi looked at him, thinking that we were originally the same age, but said, "What kind of person do you think has the richest life experience in this world?"
"Huh?" Pei Qingzhi was taken aback for a moment, and after thinking about it, it was a bit difficult to answer.
Life experience, this is a question without a standard answer. Who is not experiencing it in the industry
"It's a dead person." Tang Xi said.
"You mean, ghost?" Pei Qingzhi understood.
"Yes, who can experience more than ghosts." Tang Xi smiled lightly, "I am a celestial master. I have seen too many joys and sorrows since I was a child. How could it be the age on the surface."
"That's true." Pei Qingzhi nodded.
Perhaps because of Tang Xi's presence, the journey was very peaceful. Back at the Hot Spring Hotel, you can see that the helicopter has parked in the open space at the entrance.
In the lobby, apart from Manager He, several staff members, and security guards, there were only two teachers, Wu Hai and Ning Yilan, and the students had already been ordered to return to their rooms.
In the corner of the sofa area, a beautiful doctor in a white coat was helping Liu Weiwei clean up the scratches on her body. Han Jia's injury was relatively minor, just a little bit of skin. Zhang Mei was sitting next to him, cleaning him with alcohol cotton, and putting on a band-aid. .
On the other side of the lobby, Chu Li was on the phone with his back to the door, while Xiao Liu and two police officers guarded Zhang Dayou who was still unconscious.
"You're back, are you okay?" Han Zhen, who had just reported to the teacher, came up to him.
"What's the matter?" Tang Xi shrugged nonchalantly, and looked at Ning Yilan again.
"I told the teacher that I met a murderer." Han Zhen shrugged.
It's not a lie, it's just a part of it cut out. Anyway, even if the truth is told, people who have not experienced it themselves will not believe it, and it will be vague.
"It's good to know." Tang Xi was also very satisfied. Although Xie Changan's ability is very useful, it is very tiring to make up stories, and Han Jia and Zhang Mei have to donate money. It is best to know how not to talk nonsense.
As long as it doesn't spread widely and doesn't cause social unrest, it doesn't matter. Given the family backgrounds of the Han family and the Zhang family, they will be exposed to this aspect sooner or later.
"It's good that we're all back. It's already very late. Teacher Wu and I settled down the other students, and we're already ready to come out to find you." Ning Yilan walked over.
"what!"
"Boom!"
Just as Tang Xi was about to answer, at this moment, there was a loud noise not far away.
As a young police officer cried out in pain, Zhang Dayou suddenly jumped up, hit the forehead of the policeman closest to him with his knee, and ran away.
"What are you doing!" Chu Li turned around holding the phone and drew his gun with one hand.
At this time, the team members who followed Tang Xi up the mountain were still at the gate, and when they saw this, they dispersed and formed a circle.
Zhang Dayou saw that it was impossible to go out directly, the nature of the crime he committed was bad, if it was really necessary, he couldn't guarantee whether the police would kill him directly, so he changed his mind, immediately changed direction, and rushed towards Ning Yilan.
"Ah!!!" Ning Yilan exclaimed, her face turned pale, she even forgot to run away.
However, seeing him running this way, Chu Li froze for a moment, and didn't pull the trigger.
Tang Xi rubbed his temples, sighed, raised his foot, tripped lightly, and grabbed his arm to hold him.
Zhang Dayou's hands were handcuffed behind his back, his center of gravity was unstable, coupled with inertia, he suddenly couldn't stop his momentum, and staggered.
Before the police caught up, Tang Xi turned around, elbowed Zhang Dayou hard on his stomach, then grabbed his front lapel, and threw him neatly over his shoulder, smashing him to Xiao Liu's feet.
"Pfft—" Zhang Dayou spit out the sour water in his stomach, and lay on the ground like a boiled shrimp, huddled up in pain, unable to get up for a long time, which shows that Tang Xi's attack was serious.
"Hiss—" Xiao Liu couldn't help touching his lower abdomen, and gasped, it hurts just looking at it!
Counselors are so ruthless.
"What are you doing in a daze?" Tang Xi said angrily.
"Oh, yes, I'm sorry!" Xiao Liu sneered, and quickly ordered someone to detain Zhang Dayou, and called two more guards.
"What a desperado." Tang Xi shook her head.
"Students Tang, Tang, Tang Xi..." A weak voice came from behind.
"Huh?" Tang Xi turned around and asked in confusion, "Teacher Ning, what's the matter?"
"You, he..." Ning Yilan was shocked, pointing at Zhang Dayou who was dragged away like a dead dog, stammering and unable to speak a complete sentence.
"So I'm really a police officer." Tang Xi was innocent.
Han Zhen next to her twitched the corners of her mouth, stepped back, and suddenly felt that there was something wrong with her before, that's why she felt that Tang Xi needed to rely on the Tang family, and felt that she was quite pitiful. Who is this poor man? So before Tang Xi didn't beat him up personally, did he really have a good temper
"Xiao Liu, bring a few people and show me tonight that the suspect is dead, and if something goes wrong, go home." Chu Li roared angrily.
"Yes!" Xiao Liu replied with a bitter face.
Seeing this, Pei Qingzhi turned around and ordered, "Xiaohe, open the No. 2 building that is not in use today, and lend it to the Municipal Bureau for use."
"Okay." Manager He hurried to find the key.
Tang Xi raised her head and stared at Chu Li quietly, her eyes were so cold that the hairs on the back of one's back could stand on end.
"Why?" Chu Li looked a little horrified by her.
"Pay me for a school trip, pay me for my vacation!" Tang Xi glared at him.
"..." Chu Li looked at her for a while, finally sighed, patted her on the shoulder with sympathy, and said earnestly, "I have already said, don't think so much about your Conan physique , it is still too late to decide to apply for Public Security University!"
"Get lost!" Tang Xi was in a hurry.
"Pfft..." Pei Qingzhi lowered his head and laughed, but couldn't help it.
"Don't think I won't beat you!" Tang Xi said angrily.
"You have never defeated me." Chu Li replied.
Although they often "discuss", Tang Xi would not use Taoism against Chu Li. She was looking for Chu Li as an opponent and partner because she was honing her physical skills. It's not the same, but Tang Xi always suffers in terms of physical strength. This is the natural difference between men and women, and there is nothing he can do about it.
"It's a shame that you, the serious crime team leader, tied with me, a high school student." Tang Xi gritted his teeth.
"Girls are too violent, be careful not to marry." Chu Li sighed, and raised his hand to rub her hair.
"Those who plan to marry Jinghui for a lifetime are not qualified to say anything about me." Tang Xi retorted with a sneer, dragged the person aside, and shouted, "Doctor, please take a look at his injuries."
The beautiful doctor had just treated Liu Weiwei's wound, stood up, and said with a wry smile: "Miss Tang is still the best, this police officer Chu doesn't have the consciousness of being a wounded patient at all."
Tang Xi gritted her teeth, and secretly cursed her careless guardian.
Chu Li had no choice but to unbutton the cuff button of his left shirt with one hand, pull up the sleeve, and said nonchalantly, "It's just a little scratch, don't worry about it—"
Before finishing a sentence, the following words were swallowed back, and there was a dead silence.
"What's going on?" Pei Qingzhi grabbed his wrist, his face full of shock.
But he saw three scratches on Chu Li's arm side by side. As he said, it was indeed a very slight trauma. Even if it was ignored, the bleeding would have stopped a long time ago, and it would heal within a few days. However, what was strange was that the skin near the wound showed a large area of black, and it was still slowly eroding towards the surrounding normal skin color at a speed visible to the naked eye. And the most frightening thing was that the blackened skin trembled slightly, as if something was crawling under the skin, ready to burst out at any time.
"Ah!" Liu Weiwei, who had just treated the wound and was still sitting next to her, could see it most clearly, and couldn't help screaming in fright.
"Xie Chang'an!" Tang Xi's face darkened, and he shouted, and quickly pulled down Chu Li's sleeve.
The next moment, time seemed to freeze.
The only ones who were not affected were Tang Xi, Chu Li and Pei Qingzhi.
"Let them think it's just an ordinary injury," Tang Xi said.
"What the hell is this?" Pei Qingzhi couldn't help asking.
"I'll talk about it later, I'll first force out the resentment that entered my body—go inside." Tang Xi made a decisive decision.
"Let's go." Pei Qingzhi supported Chu Li and walked inside with her in the decisive battle outside.
As for the memory replacement of other people in the hall and they were found to be missing, presumably Xie Changan will perfect the logic.
"I don't need your help, actually I don't feel it." Chu Li shook off Pei Qingzhi's hand in disgust, and said helplessly.
"You don't feel it?" Pei Qingzhi couldn't believe it.
"Indeed not." Chu Li shook his head, and said calmly, "It's not that I don't want my life, or I just leave it alone because I know the scratches don't need to be treated."
"What about now? You didn't feel it when you saw it?" Pei Qingzhi asked.
"A little...disgusting?" Chu Li replied after thinking about it.
"..." Pei Qingzhi smiled wryly.
It is said that they are not from the same family, and they do not enter the same family. Sometimes I feel that Chu Li and Tang Xi have the same traits, and they are indeed very similar.
Walking into the small villa behind the hotel, Tang Xi dismissed the ghosts who came to ask about the situation, and said a few words of comfort.
Chu Li sat on the sofa in the living room and rolled up his sleeves again. After a while, the blackness seemed to spread upwards again.
"Xiaoxi..." Pei Qingzhi was a little worried.
"No problem, I can cure it." Tang Xi hooked the corners of her lips, revealing a smile.
Pei Qingzhi's expression was a bit weird, but looking at Chu Li, he swallowed his words again, but there was a little more sympathy in his eyes.
"Press him." Tang Xi said, grasping Chu Li's wrist with his left hand, and pressing on the wound with his right hand, his spiritual power seeping through.
"Uh!" Chu Li trembled all over, and instinctively wanted to withdraw his hand, but Pei Qingzhi quickly held it down.
"Don't move!" Tang Xi said in a deep voice.
Chu Li clenched his teeth, and large beads of sweat rolled down his cheeks, blurring the water marks on his shirt.
He didn't know how painful the ancients' bone scraping to cure poison was, but he thought it wouldn't be more painful than this.
"Be patient, it won't hurt more than a woman giving birth." Tang Xi increased the output of spiritual power.
"You don't hesitate to do it. Your Chu team was shot six times back then. He dug out the bullets with a dagger and continued to chase the hero who was the target for 400 kilometers. He won't be afraid of pain." Pei Qingzhi said slowly.
It's just that the word "hero" seems to have a particularly accentuated pronunciation, which sounds more like sarcasm.
Chu Li twitched his eyes, speechless.
Tang Xi let out an "oh" in a drawn-out voice. With a heartless heart, she clenched her hands tightly and twitched violently, only to see a thick black air break through the skin and rush out from the open wound.
Chu Li bit the tip of his tongue fiercely, and swallowed a muffled groan amidst the bloody smell in his mouth.
"Just be brave." Pei Qingzhi was speechless.
After the decisive battle abroad, if the Pei family hadn't invited the best surgeons at home and abroad for consultation, even if Chu Li survived, it would be impossible for him to remain active on the front line without sequelae.
After a pause, he added: "No progress!"
"I want you to take care of it." Chu Li gritted his teeth.
Tang Xi gathered her grievances together and sealed them into the Soul Cultivation Pearl, saying to herself, "It feels like it will be a troublesome thing again."
"I was just scratched by that monster's claw, and I almost lost my strength in time to hide. What is this thing?" Chu Li asked.
"I originally thought that this little demon had such grievances because of killing innocent people. Later, I found out that these grievances were forcibly poured into its body, and the murderer was someone else." Tang Xi explained, "Because the grievances were absorbed It was poured in, so it is easy to peel off, and at the same time as the wound is caused, the resentment also enters your body through the wound."
"Why don't I feel it?" Chu Li was puzzled.
"Because you are a hero." Tang Xi mocked.
"Speak well." Chu Li blacked out.
"I'm telling the truth." Tang Xi shrugged, "It's the same reason as I asked you to pour the goldfish and water from the fish pond case into the landscape pool of the city bureau. The police station is always majestic In this place, you, Team Chu, have a strong sense of righteousness, and the evil spirits would be afraid of it, if it were another person who was parasitized by such a large amount of resentment, he would have lost his mind and hurt others long ago, just like that little demon."
"Then these innocent lives, could they be the ones who disappeared in Luming Mountain over the years?" Chu Li pressed his wound that was still throbbing, thoughtfully.
"It's possible." Tang Xi shrugged, "I asked Dayang to investigate the case files in the morning, let's see."
"If so, could it be... those people are behind the scenes again?" Pei Qingzhi said suddenly, "The so-called 'soul refining' you mentioned, is it a new way to inject resentment into the monster's body?"
Tang Xi was startled, looked at Chu Li, and nodded slightly.
"Okay, let's talk tomorrow if you have anything to say." Pei Qingzhi said again, "This is where I usually stay by myself. The first room at the end of the corridor on the second floor. The password is the same. There are my new clothes in the closet."
Chu Li looked at his shirt, which was covered with dust, moss and even blood stains, and had a few holes. He shrugged his shoulders, did not refuse his kindness, stood up and waved his hands and walked to the second floor.
After the resentment was pulled away, the wound that had no feeling at first became throbbing and throbbing, even throbbing with the tendon in his brain. He really needs to rest now instead of continuing to think.
Tang Xi couldn't help but sighed, and sat down on the sofa, paralyzed.
"What, are you tired?" Pei Qingzhi sat down opposite her, and poured her a glass of warm water from the thermos.
"Tired." Tang Xi did feel thirsty, and filled the glass with half a glass of water before complaining, "Pei Qingzhi, why do you think there are always people in this world who can't live a good life, and insist on tossing to death! "
"If no one bothers you, the Celestial Master will lose his job too?" Pei Qingzhi chuckled.
"I'd rather be unemployed." Tang Xi said helplessly.
"I'm afraid not." Pei Qingzhi shook his head, and said again, "Actually, even if nothing happened today, I planned to go up the mountain to find you tomorrow."
"Oh?" Tang Xi raised an eyebrow in surprise.
"I was entrusted by someone to make a connection." Pei Qingzhi smiled, "I think, since your college entrance examination is over, you should be free to contact the entrustment? It just so happens that you are in Luming Mountain."
Tang Xi thought about it, and blurted out: "Which family member of a missing person begged you?"
Pei Qingzhi was startled, and said in admiration, "You guessed it right."
"I'm not good at finding people, especially, are you sure you're dead?" Tang Xi asked.
"It is said that the other party is definitely dead." Pei Qingzhi said, taking out a piece of paper from his pocket and handing it to her.
Tang Xi glanced at him suspiciously, and opened the note, only to find that it was written with a date of birth.
Silently calculating, she couldn't help but "tsk", and casually threw the note on the coffee table.
Even if she is too poor at fortune-telling, if such an obvious death can't be seen, the master will be so angry that he will jump out of the coffin and beat her up.
"Can I take it?" Pei Qingzhi asked.
Tang Xi groaned, tapped the armrest of the sofa rhythmically with her fingers, and finally said after a long while: "The person who can let you tie the knot must not be an ordinary person?"
Pei Qingzhi was startled, but fell silent instead, and said for a long time: "They are relatives from my grandfather's side. Although after my mother passed away, I basically had no contact with my grandfather, but since I'm asking, it's hard to refuse."
When Tang Xi heard this, a look of surprise appeared on his face.
"However, I'm the one who can't refuse. It has nothing to do with you. If you don't want to accept it, you don't have to look at me." Pei Qingzhi said again.
"Chu Li will probably take over the case of Luming Mountain's disappearance, and I will also investigate it. However, after such a long time, this person's soul may have dissipated long ago, or he may have been refined by others. I cannot guarantee that the body will be found." Tang Xi Said, "If the other party can accept it, then I have no problem, and it's a matter of passing, so don't be embarrassed."
"I'll tell you." Pei Qingzhi let out a soft breath.
However, what caught them off guard was that early the next morning, before Pei Qingzhi had time to inform the client, another incident disrupted their pace.
In the early morning, tourists who started climbing the mountain at dawn came to the middle of the mountain. According to the usual practice, they wanted to have a rest and have breakfast, but found that the gate of Luming Hotel was open but there was no response. The tourists went in and took a look out of curiosity, and almost had a heart attack from being frightened.
There was blood and corpses all over the floor, and it was hard to tell how many people had died.
A few tourists scrambled and ran far away before remembering to call the police. It happened that the serious crime team was in Luming Mountain again, and this vicious case naturally turned around.
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