Just after midnight, Nian Hao called. Zhao Cui came out of the bathroom, wrapped in a bath towel, and wiped his sparse hair with a square towel in his hand. Zhao Cui looked at the phone, waited for the bell to ring for more than thirty seconds, and then slowly opened the call icon.

"Can you come out?" said Nian Hao, "you shouldn't be asleep this time." ”

"I didn't sleep, just to give me a reason. ”

"I want to abolish you. ”

"That's good news, and it's very pleasant. ”

"Is it so pleasant to die?"

"Of course. ”

"Then you should die now. Nian Hao's tone was cold.

"But will it work for you if I'm dead?"

"It didn't work. Nian Hao said, "Everything has happened, and you have to do your own thing well before you die." ”

"You're for Yao Luoxuan. ”

Nian Hao was silent. Zhao Cui continued: "This should be your original purpose. And has been sticking to this purpose, it is very uncomfortable to live. ”

"Do you want to hear the reason?" said Nian Hao again.

"Yes. Zhao Cui replied.

"Weapons and firearms, can you take care of them? Hundreds of thousands of arrows and crossbows have been discovered, but I didn't tell you. Otherwise, how could you be so calm?"

"I'm still in my position, but I've been decentralized. ”

"You don't care?"

"Tube. But what are so many crossbows for? You've got to let me know something. ”

"I don't know, but I want you to find out. ”

"Can I ask you a question?"

Say. ”

Zhao Cui pondered, lit a cigarette, and then asked, "Can you guarantee that I won't die?"

After hearing this, Nian Hao agreed, and he said, "I can only guarantee that you will not be killed by others." ”

"When I heard you, I was relieved. Where is the address, I'll see you now. ”

"Okay. After Nian Hao reported an address, he agreed to meet Zhao Cui at 2 o'clock in the morning, and hung up the phone.

After putting down the phone, Zhao Cui took out his wallet and flipped out a photo on the most surface. Above is the young him, and his wife, and his son, who has just completed the moon. They just snuggled, a happy family. Zhao Cui opened his mouth and laughed at himself: I will never see you again.

At 2 o'clock in the morning, Zhao Cui found a small park according to Nian Hao's address. There was a light rain in the sky, sparsely falling, and although it wasn't violent enough, the damp clothes made people feel a little uncomfortable. What's more, in this kind of weather, the rain mixed with the cold is biting, which can't help but make Zhao Cui tremble a few times. Nian Hao walked out of the darkness, and when his figure fully appeared, Zhao Cui saw him. Nian Hao was wearing a brand-new black jacket, black jeans, and black high-style shoes, and the most eye-catching thing for Zhao Cui was that Nian Hao was holding a long sword in his hand.

"This thing is also a controlled knife. Zhao Cui said. He rubbed his hands together and put them to his lips and sighed. Wisps of hot air erupted from the body, and quickly disappeared under the impact of the drizzle.

"I often put it in the shadow. Nian Hao replied.

"You're not joking, are you?"

Nian Hao shook his head. "No jokes. ”

"You are the ancient sword of the Qin Dynasty?"

"You also have research?" As he spoke, Nian Hao handed the sword to Zhao Cui.

Zhao Cui took the sword, looked at it carefully, and then returned it to Nian Hao. After Nian Hao received the sword, he casually stuffed it into the shadow. This scene surprised Zhao Cui, he quickly relieved himself and said: "The hilt of the sword is the style of the Qin Dynasty, but the material of the sword body is so weird. ”

"The copper smelting technology of the Qin Dynasty, coupled with the trace metal elements that were only discovered in modern times. ”

"Is that an antiquity?"

"More than 2,000 years. ”

"Well, it doesn't seem like a dream. Your sword is hidden in the shadows. ”

"You don't seem strange?"

"It's no surprise that I went from Asia to Europe and back again in one day. Zhao Cui stretched out his hand, pointed at Nian Hao, and explained to him: "I tracked your mobile phone signal. ”

"Looks like you're ready, that's good. ”

"What are you talking about, hundreds of thousands of arrows and crossbows, they can't be antiquities of the Qin Dynasty. ”

"Yes. ”

"I remember that some time ago I found a batch of antiquities from the Qin Dynasty. They were sealed by the institute's personnel. Zhao Cui pondered for a while and asked, "You won't point to these, will you?" ”

Nian Hao nodded and said, "What I found is an arrowhead, and it is a prismatic arrowhead, and the estimated number is more than 100,000." ”

"I know this, but I don't know the exact amount, it was found in an underground warehouse in Shanghai, where Japanese agents used to store weapons. It has not been noticed for many years, and now after being discovered, the police station in the jurisdiction did not arrive at the scene, and the Cultural Relics Bureau sealed it. What exactly it is, I only know that it is an antiquity of the Qin Dynasty. It turned out to be an arrowhead. ”

"During the Qin Dynasty, the arrow was composed of three parts, the arrow cluster, the arrow shaft, and the arrow feather. The previous batch was just arrowheads, but today it seems that the feathers that match these arrows have been found. The preservation is quite good and can be used at any time in general. However, it seems to be hidden. ”

"You want to know where these things are?"

"Yes. You're just curious about what these things are for?"

"It's still a bolt. Zhao Cui said, "If there is a matching arrow shaft, then the volume occupied is large." It's just that what are these things used for? Are they used to destroy the world? Ancient things are not lethal anymore. ”

"Not necessarily. Nian Hao said: "The Qin Dynasty's bow and arrow penetration is very powerful. The kind of body armor at the police station is probably not able to resist it. ”

"That's going to have to be done by so many people. Zhao Cui said.

Nian Hao shook his head, ignoring Zhao Cui's words, he said, "I want you to help me find these things." ”

"And then?"

"I'm going to ruin these things. ”

"Reason, this needs reason!" Zhao Cui said. "There has to be a reason for everything. ”

"I want to live my life well. Nian Hao said.

Zhao Cui sighed, he took out a cigarette, handed one to Nian Hao, lit it himself, and said, "Let's be honest, how much trouble I have caused since I investigated Yao Luoxuan." ”

"It's not that you're in trouble, it's just that you're in trouble yourself. Nian Hao waved his hand: "It's also to blame you for being a criminal policeman." If it were any other police officer, it might have been someone else who came to talk to me today. The first thing you have to do is to figure out that you're not in trouble, but I'm going to choose you for the best way. ”

"Chose me?"

"You can actually transfer Yao Luoxuan's information from the military, this is the reason why I chose you. ”

"Do you know that I am investigating Yao Luoxuan, and that I am transferring information from the military?"

Nian Hao smiled coldly, but he still shook his head and said, "First of all, let's talk about cooperation first." I want you to help me find out where these arrows and feathers are? Secondly, I also want to know how much information there is about Yao Luoxuan in the military, and what it is. ”

"Those antiquities, if they can still be used, I will check them for you. Such a dangerous thing is related to the safety of the people. Although I have no power, I also have a responsibility to protect. Zhao Cui said. This tone is true, he knows that he is at least a police officer. Sighing, Zhao Cui continued: "Yao Luoxuan's information in the military, but I don't know why I want to check it for you. ”

"Then do you know why I want you to help me find out these things?" Nian Hao continued to sneer: "In addition to wanting to live well, I also want Yao Luoxuan to enjoy life. ”

Zhao Cui threw the cigarette on the ground, looked at the young man, and said, "At first, I checked Yao Luoxuan because of the murderer's relationship. ”

Nian Hao immediately interrupted Zhao Cui's words, and he said: "That murderer, I will hand it over to you, her purpose is very simple, to grab money." There are so many electronic payments these days that almost no one has cash. I finally squatted down to one, and I grabbed it. But this kind of guy has something to do with these antiquities. Think about it, if there are many people with this kind of skill, what will happen if they use these things. How much resistance do you think the existing armed forces can have? And, as you can see, I can hide my sword in the shadows, do you still think my words are fake?"

Zhao Cui tilted his head and thought about it. "At least for now, I can still believe it. However, since it is all true, something must have happened. Can you show some means of proving it that I don't know about?"

When the words fell, Nian Hao disappeared on the spot, and appeared behind Zhao Cui in the next second. Zhao Cui turned around and looked at him in surprise. Nian Hao raised his hand and pointed to a tree in the distance. Zhao Cui looked over, only to see that the trunk of the tree instantly cracked, broke into three, and then fell down with a bang.

"If there are a lot of guys like me in this world, then aren't those arrows dangerous?" asked Nian Hao.

Zhao Cui nodded, and responded: "I'll help you, as long as you don't prevent me from getting the truth I can touch." ”

Nian Hao nodded.

"Can we change places? It's too cold in here, how about getting to my house?"

"Those things, some of you police officers know the relevant information, maybe there are file records, don't you go to the public security bureau to check the information?"

Zhao Cui snorted coldly: "You said earlier, my home computer is connected to all the networks, and I can find it." I'm afraid that Nian Hao doesn't believe it, Zhao Cui added: "The location of your mobile phone was also obtained by me at home." ”

"Okay. ”

Then the two came to Zhao Cui's home. Nian Hao saw Zhao Cui's computer and looked at the operating system on it in surprise. Zhao Cui patted his chassis and showed off: "This is the highest configuration that I spent a lot of money to buy." ”

Nian Hao didn't answer, he walked to the table, picked up a Chinese cigarette on it, took out one of the packs, opened it and lit it for himself. After a moment's hesitation, he shoved the rest of the cigarette into his pocket. Zhao Cui saw this and said, just smoke, I have it.

"Boy, I'll let you out, we haven't talked about it yet. ”

"You seem to already know something. ”

Zhao Cui smiled: "I know a lot of things, but everything about you this time is really weird." ”

Nian Hao frowned, and he asked, "You found it from Yao Luoxuan." ”

Zhao Cui nodded and said, "Yao Luoxuan was stunned by a car bomb when he was on a maintenance mission in that country in Africa. It happened in March, and it took me three months to recover after returning to the country. This is her fact. In terms of months, she should have woken up in June. But all the records say that she was blown up in May and lost consciousness. All were restored in June. March and April, these two months seem to have been obliterated, as if this world does not exist at all. ”

"But how do you know?" asked Nian Hao.

"Internal information, two identical materials, just different in time. At first I thought it was a recording error, and even the person who provided it to me thought it was so. However, these two pieces of information, after identification, are not fake. There are two copies of real information, but the time is different. Why? And then I asked my informant to look into what happened in that country in March and April. Those two months coincided with the days when rebels and government forces in that country were fighting in the streets. Quite simple fact, but I found a record in their country. Zhao Cui said, and flipped out two photos from the computer, one of which showed a street full of smoke and the backs of two running people. The other was taken seconds after the photo, with one of the men showing a side face.

Zhao Cui pointed to the side face and said, "This is you." ”

Nian Hao nodded and acknowledged.

"March, April, two months, you are with Yao Luoxuan. Needless to say, the person next to him was wearing the uniform of the peacekeeping force, and in terms of figure and the lines of each body, it was obviously Yao Luoxuan. So, for these two months, you are with Yao Luoxuan. Zhao Cui made a judgment, and then said: "However, the photo is obviously you at your current age, but how old were you at that time? You are now seventeen years old, and it has been twelve years since then, and you should be five years old." Why did you end up over there at the age of seventeen? Did time travel back? No. I don't know no, there's no time travel, it's that you just show up in that place, no reason, no excuse, just show up over there. ”

"You have a lot of imagination. Nian Hao snorted coldly.

"Because of one of my informants, he's from the accounting agency. Zhao Cui said.

Nian Hao took a heavy puff of cigarette: "Your informant?

Zhao Cui shook his head: "I won't say much about the specific reasons." My informant, I'm here to protect, revealing too much of his news, will get him into trouble. If you want to believe me, I'm definitely not from the accounting company. ”

"And what do you know about it?" asked Nian Hao.

"If I say it, you have to believe me. ”

Say. ”

"I don't know exactly what kind of society they are, but they are looking for something that has turned back from the future to the past, and then to the present again. Zhao Cui took a sip of tea, moistened his lips, and continued: "And this kind of person will affect everyone he touches." ”

"Do you believe they're only looking for people like that?"

Zhao Cui shook his head: "Of course I don't believe it." I don't even believe their words, but this picture proves everything, the person on it is you. ”

"Definitely?"

"You have to believe in the discrimination technology of the computer, your face, although there are many in the world. But may I ask you, why do you still kiss Yao Luoxuan, why do you want to pester her. You've done it all, aren't you the people up there?"

Nian Hao nodded and said, "It's me." But what does it matter what we're going to do now, you seem to have been investigating me. ”

After saying that, a cold smell permeated the entire room, and Zhao Cui felt it, and he recognized the suffocating feeling from this smell.

"You want to kill me?" Zhao Cui asked, "You can kill me, but if there is one less me, won't someone else appear to take my place?" But even if I was used, I couldn't do it, and if I wanted to get involved, I would have to sacrifice a little, wouldn't it? Simply put, it took me hours to sort out my thoughts when I learned about these things. I can assure you, whether they're being used or not, I won't bother what you're doing right now. But now, it seems like you've bothered me first, and then let me pay attention. ”

"I seem to be caught up in by you again. ”

"It's not 'us,' and besides, I didn't go around you. ”

"Alright, let's get down to business. ”

Zhao Cui nodded.

Nian Hao looked at the photo above, and a tear fell from the corner of his eye.

Twelve years ago, the small African country, with its wars and devastated lives, had such barbaric behavior in today's civilized society. It's outrageous.

Yes, Yao Luoxuan at this moment, just when Nian Hao began to think about it, she who was lying comfortably at home actually began to dream, and she dreamed of the time when she was in peacekeeping. She and her comrades-in-arms rode in armored vehicles, dozens of armored vehicles in front and behind, escorting a batch of Red Cross medicines. The convoy entered a small town, and the gunfire was still loud. There weren't many people on the streets, just blacks in all kinds of uniforms, running with guns. Around the corner, about two dozen black men dressed as civilians raised their hands side by side against the wall, while four men dressed in government military style were pointing guns at them. Yao Luoxuan and his comrades-in-arms all looked at these people, thinking that it was a normal prisoner search, but they didn't expect these four people to shoot directly. One corpse after another fell to the ground in an instant. Looking at everything in front of them, they can't interfere, because it is the internal affairs of this country. As the convoy was about to leave the town, several children came running up, crying and screaming, and before the maintenance forces could respond, the so-called government forces opened fire in the distance. A child collapsed in a pool of blood, her eyes wide open as she died, looking out toward the slow-moving convoy. And when Yao Luoxuan's gaze passed by, the child's empty gaze was like a tragic sunlight shining into her heart.

A child, about five or six years old, died like this.

Yao Luoxuan shouted, she wanted to rush out and bring the murderers to justice, but was stopped by the team members and pressed her to the floor in the car. Yao Luoxuan tried his best and finally sat up. But it was pitch black, and then the dream woke up completely.

She was in the bedroom at the moment. It's a dream.

"What's wrong with you!" Han Chen shouted angrily in the darkness.

"You sleep, I can't sleep!" Yao Luoxuan also roared in a low voice, she got out of bed, groped in the dark, didn't find slippers, and walked out barefoot.

The dream was too real, making it difficult for Yao Luoxuan to calm down. She walked into the living room, lit a cigarette, turned back to the dining room, made instant coffee, and brought it back to the living room.

Yao Luoxuan was very angry, she knew that the dream was fake, but this dream made her mood that had just eased become extremely angry again. Just a few hours ago, after Yao Luoxuan and Han Chen put their children to sleep, the two actually quarreled. This time, they quarreled fiercely until their children began to weep. After the two calmed down, they realized that the reason for the quarrel was stupid. Before going to bed, Han Chen apologized to Yao Luoxuan, but Yao Luoxuan didn't accept it, she felt that she was not wrong at all. Because Yao Luoxuan just mentioned the past, he casually talked about his first love. Then Han Chen lost his temper. This has never happened before.

Long before getting married, Yao Luoxuan had already explained everything, his ex-boyfriend, and the fact that he had lived together. Han Chen acquiesced at that time, because for Han Chen, he had also had it. I don't mind, otherwise, the two won't get married. It's just that I don't know what's going on today, as soon as Yao Luoxuan said this, Han Chen lost his temper, as if he had changed someone.

calmed down a little, but Yao Luoxuan's mind was full of the scene of the girl's tragic death. At that time, she had her own mission, and she had everything that defined herself. And now that she has taken off the frame, she wonders if she would have died if she had been at the beginning, because when one child was killed, the so-called government soldiers saw that the peacekeepers did not react and began to shoot other children. As for why they did it, it was because of the deep racism that existed in backward African countries. The slaughter of the people of one tribe by another is normal in their kind of barbaric civilization.

What if I had gotten out of the car to save those children? Yao Luoxuan recalled, in addition to the one who had died, there were five other children who had fled together. Three men and two women. Yes, that's the number. I remember it very well. Yao Luoxuan thought so. But she knew that the children were still dead. Killed by those people.

Yao Luoxuan opened his eyes and seemed to realize something. Those children didn't die! They were rescued! Someone got out of the car! Yao Luoxuan thought desperately in his mind, but he couldn't see who got out of the car to save people. The picture of rescuing those children seems to have only a first-person feeling. Yes, it does feel first-person. But with this feeling, is he the one who saved those children? Impossible, Yao Luoxuan clearly knew that she didn't get out of the car at that time, she wanted to get out of the car, but was suppressed by her comrades.

Did you really suppress it? Or did you rush out by yourself? The two different scenes began to entangle, Yao Luoxuan rubbed his temples, not knowing which was real. It's just that the fact that the child is all dead has become untrue, like a lie.

But another scene came out, someone got out of the car, she shot at the government army, the children escaped smoothly, and when she wanted to get back to the car, her teammates closed the car door, banged on the accelerator, and walked around her. And the one who got off.

It's yourself!