At five o'clock in the morning, the sun has not had time to clear the clouds, and the dark campus is still in a hazy sleep. There had just been a heavy rain last night, and there was standing water on the eaves and the ground, and a cool breeze was blowing through the air.

Located in the northeast of the playground is a Western-style school building, which is the drama performance building of the art college, where several large and small performances and rehearsals are held day and night, with costumes and props.

The uncle on duty was wrapped in a military coat and fell asleep on the table, and on the monitor, a woman in a red Hanfu walked slowly through the picture.

The door to the rooftop squeaked, and the girl in the red Hanfu came in slowly. The sleeves and skirt are butterfly patterns, butterflies fluttering vividly, this Hanfu is absolutely top-grade in ancient craftsmanship, if you change the pattern to use it as a wedding dress, it is not too much.

The girl wore a pair of embroidered shoes made of satin, with a peony flower on each of them.

The wind on the rooftop is gusting, and the view here is wide and bright, and there are some weeds on the ground, mud and sewage after the rain. Because there are early students who come here to practice and speak out on weekdays, the security guard specially gave permission not to lock the iron gate.

The girl stopped on the outer edge of the rooftop, strands of messy hair on her shoulders. The eyes on his face are glazed and the dark circles are heavy. It seems like I've stayed up for a few nights and haven't slept all the time. She looked tiredly at the light of the clouds slowly overflowing over the playground, and jumped down, leaving only a pair of red embroidered shoes on the rooftop.

Because it was an emergency, it was too early. Shocked by the teachers at the school, the school quickly blocked the news. A large number of school security guards quickly came to surround the scene, and then ambulances and public security departments also arrived as soon as possible. In order to avoid the deterioration of the situation and the expansion of the impact, the school unanimously announced that it was an accidental fall from the building, and the public security department also launched an investigation into this strange jumping incident. The campus is filled with more panic and speculation.

Near noon, Lin Xiaoxiao and Xi Fei were sitting lazily in the store, and Lin Xiaoxiao yawned and said while drinking soy milk.

"Little Fat Fei, do you think I eat leek-stuffed buns or leek-stuffed dumplings at noon?"

Xi Fei glanced at her coldly.

"Whatever you eat, you might as well eat it directly. ”

"You.....!"

Lin Xiaoxiao was about to punch him with a fist, but he hadn't spit out the curse yet.

I saw two patrolmen with file bags appear in front of the store, and one of them, a small patrolman, pointed to the gate of the east fence.

"Let's ask at this store," he said, opening the door and walking inside.

Lin Xiaoxiao glanced at it, and the two patrolmen had gloomy faces, and they were still looking around when they entered the store. I muttered in my heart that the patrol was coming, but don't be the boss breaking the law.

He frowned and spoke.

"Second master, wait! What's the matter with coming? Our tavern knows the law and abides by the law, and doesn't break the law! All the certificates are still complete!"

Xi Fei was relatively timid, thinking about which one this was playing, he muttered quietly behind Xiaoxiao's back: "It won't be the boss who evades taxes."

"Are you the boss of the East Fence?"

The patrol looked Lin Xiaoxiao up and down, and looked at the fat man behind her from time to time.

"The big boss is not here, I have the final say! ”

Lin Xiaoxiao didn't figure out what was going on, but in her bones she felt that she was the boss and she was quite proud to speak.

"Oh, yes. We have something we want to ask you about."

The two patrolmen sat opposite Lin Xiaoxiao and took out their notebooks and file bags from their bags.

Hearing this, Lin Xiaoxiao hurriedly changed her words.

"Uncle Patrol, I'm just a student and came here to work. I can't be the master, the boss is abroad. Why don't I contact your boss and you'll come back another day?"

"In that case, the boss will contact us. Do you know the person above? ”

The patrol handed the photo to Lin Xiaoxiao.

Lin Xiaoxiao looked at the photo as a result, and soon, Lin Xiaoxiao recognized that this girl was the student who jumped off the building in the school this morning. The incident of jumping off the building has already spread in the school, and it also includes photos and materials of the students who jumped off the building.

Lin Xiaoxiao thought that if she knew about this girl, then she would have to ask endlessly, so she replied directly that she didn't know about this person.

"Uncle Patrol, I don't know this. I remember all the customers who came to the store, but this girl never came. ”

Seeing that the two students in front of him couldn't ask any valuable clues, the patrol left a phone call, and after instructing him to report the situation in time when he heard something in the future, he got up and left the tavern.

When the patrol left, Xu Huiling walked in leisurely from outside the door. At this time, Lin Xiaoxiao was holding a mobile phone and instigating Xi Fei to call the boss, but Xi Fei retorted and asked Lin Xiaoxiao to say.

Xu Huiling walked over and took the phone, sat on a chair and looked up at the envelope and said.

"No need to fight, the boss knows about it. ”

Lin Xiaoxiao and Xi Fei were quite surprised when they heard this, and asked in unison:

"What did you say?"

Xu Huiling held her head with her hands, looked at the two of them with blank eyes, and said:

"You'll find out in the evening, the owner said let's pick up what was delivered outside the store in the evening. ”

Time passed little by little, and Lin Xiaoxiao and Xi Fei were playing Monopoly chess heartlessly. Xu Huiling had nothing to do, and opened another bottle of red wine and drank it. Xu Huiling has been drinking the boss's red wine every day since she came, and she will always only pick the expensive one.

Lin Xiaoxiao saw it and said to Xu Huiling.

"I said Lingling, don't be expensive. What if the boss comes back one day and finds out, the money from the sale is not enough for you to drink. ”

After hearing this, Xu Huiling simply poured a whole glass, supported her head with both hands, and slowly licked the red wine in the cup with her tongue.

"The boss won't care about me, he himself will drink whatever he tells me on the phone. ”

Seeing that the clock on the wall had passed past 12 o'clock, Lin Xiaoxiao and Xi Fei were playing Monopoly with great energy. I don't feel anything inside or outside the store at all.

Xu Huiling's eyes suddenly turned blood-red, and she said "here" to herself, then got up and walked outside the store.

Seeing Xu Huiling walk out, Lin Xiaoxiao and Xi Fei also followed. Standing behind Xu Huiling and looking at the corner outside the store, the two of them turned pale with fright and their legs were weak.

In the corner outside the store, a pair of red embroidered shoes are neatly placed, and each shoe is embroidered with a peony flower. These shoes are exactly the same as the ones in the photos taken by today's patrol, at such a point in time. The sudden appearance of such a pair of red shoes made the atmosphere particularly weird.

Xu Huiling didn't seem to be surprised, and she was about to go to the store with her shoes in the past.

Xi Fei shouted when he saw this.

"Ah, Sister Ling. This shoe, it is said that someone jumped off the building this morning, and a pair of red embroidered shoes were also placed on the roof. ”

Lin Xiaoxiao took a deep breath, and her tone trembled a little:

"Dead fatty, you don't want to say that this shoe came by itself, do you? ”

The two yelled and ran back to the store.

Xu Huiling walked back to the store with her shoes and looked at the two who were almost scared. He said slowly, "You can see these shoes because you signed a contract with the East Fence." What you signed looks like a labor contract, but in fact it is a book of two realms. ”

Hearing this, according to Lin Xiaoxiao and Xi Fei's thoughts, they should have quickly pulled out their legs and ran, but the two of them sat on the chairs limply.

Xu Huiling continued:

"The Book of the Two Realms is a contract between the two worlds of Yin and Yang, and anyone who signs this book can pass through the two worlds of Yin and Yang. The naked eye can identify people, spirits, ghosts, ghosts, and demons, and is a lifelong member of the "fence" organization. ”

Lin Xiaoxiao, who was scared half to death, was driven by natural curiosity, and even stammered and asked:

"That.. That.. Fence mechanism.. What the hell is it?"

Xu Huiling took the wine glass and replied slowly.

I don't know the origin of the east fence, but I've heard that it's been several hundred years. But I know a little bit about the meaning of the name, and it is said to be related to gossip. I only know that it is a branch of the Yin and Yang Mansion, and it has set up two mansions, three gates, and three guards according to the gossip. And the "fence mechanism" is one of the three guards, and I don't know what the mystery is. ”

After hearing this, Lin Xiaoxiao's curiosity exploded, and she was afraid that she couldn't resist her curiosity. Xi Fei pouted, tears rolling back and forth in his eyes.

"That's... Then why are you looking for us?" Lin Xiaoxiao then asked, and glanced at Xi Fei on the side with disdain, as if complaining about why he had found someone like Xi Fei in the first place.

As soon as Xu Huiling was about to speak, the computer video next to her was bounced off. A figure appears on the screen, but the face is not clear.

"Hi good evening, everyone, it's nice to see you all during this month of dark and windy times. ”

Xu Huiling sneered.

"Boss, it's early in the morning"

"Forehead ....."

Lin Xiaoxiao stuck her head out and began to cry.

"Hey, boss, I'm Xiaoxiao, why don't you take you to cheat like this, what the hell is .............. ”

The boss lit a cigarette and said slowly.

"Anyway, you've already signed it, you can't change it, accept your fate. Now, I'm going to give you a brief explanation of the true meaning of the East Fence Tavern. This tavern is the "hedge mechanism" of the eight institutions, which belongs to one of the three guards. The responsibilities in the three guards are different, and the "fence" is responsible for breaking the grievances between people and ghosts between yin and yang. I'll tell you about the rest later.

The boss paused and continued.

Xu Huiling was arranged in the past, and she used to be a member of the "Fence Organization". Next, you need to do a good job of normal work, and cooperate with Xu Huiling to investigate all the letters with the word "fence" and the fire paint seal. The fire-lacquered letter with the word "fence" is a letter for help in the world. The organization that received the letter needs to help the person seeking help to resolve his grievances with the ghost. The letter sent to the "fence" organization must be written by the person concerned, and after writing, the word "東篱" should be written on the seal of the envelope with his own blood, and the envelope should be sealed in blood. The letter was then burned at midnight so that the Underworld Ghost would pick up the letter and deliver it to the mailbox in front of the Tavern by 2 a.m. The content can only be seen when the person on the fence opens it. And the meaning of the existence of our tavern is to settle the grievances between yin and yang, remember to keep secrets, otherwise you will also disappear. ”

Lin Xiaoxiao listened to the cold in her ears, how could she feel like she was on a thief ship, and now she even took her life, she didn't believe that all this was true, what kind of yin and yang, isn't this the plot in a supernatural novel.

"Boss, we understand, how to explain the jumping incident that happened this morning? What does the letter mean? Hello?"

Lin Xiaoxiao didn't seem to have a bunch of questions to ask, but the computer screen was already dead black. The boss has long been offline.

"The letter was not received, and it was probably intercepted. Now the only clue is embroidered shoes. Xu Huiling pointed to the embroidered shoes on the table, and then swallowed all the wine in the cup.

At this time, Lin Xiaoxiao's fear had been completely overshadowed by curiosity. For Lin Xiaoxiao, experiencing such an incredible thing is destined to be extraordinary.

And Xi Fei, the fat man, was still sitting there with a confused face. It took a long time to hold back a sentence:

"What does it mean to have two chrysanthemums on your embroidered shoes.........?"

"Don't be a fool, are you? That's a peony. ”

Xu Huiling glanced at Xi Fei and put some wine in the cup. Start talking to yourself:

"Peony .. Peony.. What is the special meaning of this peony?"

"Then how are we going to find out? You can't go to the patrol, can we?"

As soon as Lin Xiaoxiao's words fell, he saw Xi Fei pointing at himself with his finger, and said with a smile on Lin Xiaoxiao's eyebrows:

"Look at me, I can find out. ”

"Well, then it's up to the fat man. He's a computer whiz. ”

Xu Huiling drank a whole bottle of red wine, stood up and said to Lin Xiaoxiao again.

"That's all for today, I'm so sleepy. ”

Because she was working outside, Lin Xiaoxiao temporarily lived with Xu Huiling. What happened today was still pressing on Lin Xiaoxiao's heart, and she couldn't sleep all night.

The next morning, Lin Xiaoxiao, who was in a daze, received a call from Xi Fei, and Xi Fei's urging voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Hey.. Xiaoxiao.. Xiaoxiao"

"What the hell, fat man. It's only six o'clock. ”

"I have made a major discovery, call Sister Ling to come to the store, come quickly." ”

"Dead fat, it's too early to leave the store. If there are any major discoveries, wait until you get to work. ”

"No, it's big, it's big. It's about the girl who jumped off the building yesterday. Feed... Hello"

"If you wake up Sister Ling, you know how big her temper is..."

"But... But"

Before the phone hung up, Lin Xiaoxiao looked at the door, and Xu Huiling was already leaning against the door with her head drooping.

"What major discovery?" Xu Huiling asked Lin Xiaoxiao with a sleepy expression.

"The fat man said it was about the girl who jumped off the building yesterday. ”

Lin Xiaoxiao sat up from the bed and replied with a dull gaze.

"Let the fat man wait for us in the store, and I'll wash my face. ”

After speaking, Xu Huiling turned around and left.

Lin Xiaoxiao held up the phone and yelled at the other end of the phone.

"Dead fatty, Sister Ling asked you to wait in the store. ”

Not long after, Lin Xiaoxiao and Xu Huiling came, and Xi Fei sat in front of the tavern, holding the computer on his chest, leaning against the wall, and fell asleep.

"Little fat man, you take your life..."

Lin Xiaoxiao leaned into Xi Fei's ear and said in a weird voice.

The three of them sat in the store in a daze, Xu Huiling held her head in her hand and looked at Xi Fei with rolled eyes.

"Little fat man, why did you get up so early today?"

"Sister Ling, I didn't sleep. ”

Xi Fei looked tired, with two huge dark circles under his eyes. Coupled with a round face, it looks like a panda.

"Tell me about any major discoveries, and I'll bury you if it's not big. ”

After Lin Xiaoxiao finished speaking, he put the breakfast on the table.

Xi Fei turned on the computer, grabbed two xiaolongbao, stuffed them directly into his mouth and chewed them.

"I hacked into the school's system yesterday and copied the schoolgirl's file. ”

After Lin Xiaoxiao listened, she didn't feel sleepy. I turned the computer and looked at it.

"The deceased Zhang Han, female, 22 years old, height 165, weight 46 kg, third-year student majoring in fine arts, from Kunming, Yunnan, blood type AB, hobby ,......"

"What kind of mess is this, are you sure your discovery is significant??"

Lin Xiaoxiao looked at Xi Fei beside him, and saw that this little fat man was not listening to himself at all, and was only concerned about eating the buns in front of him.

"Look at the point, look back, look back. ”

Xu Huiling opened her mouth to speak, and just wanted to get the buns. found that the remaining buns on the table had all been stuffed into Xi Fei's mouth.

"The point .. Focus.. Ah, there is"

Lin Xiaoxiao cleared her throat and learned a broadcast tone.

"According to the report provided to the school by the patrol, the deceased fell from a height. Comminuted fractures of the whole body, blowout injuries to internal organs. The third rib of the left chest was broken and pierced through the heart, and he died on the spot. ”

"Are there any other injuries?"

Xu Huiling thought for a while and asked.

"Uh, other injuries. What is recorded above is that three small pinholes were found on the top of the head, which does not rule out that the deceased had undergone traditional Chinese medicine physiotherapy such as silver needles before his death. ”

"That's not a silver needle, it's a soul needle. ”

Xu Huiling finished drinking the soy milk in her hand, closed her eyes, and said something in her mouth.

"Take its soul and cut off its grievances. The red-clothed confinement is not allowed to give birth. ”

After listening to Xu Huiling's words, Lin Xiaoxiao and Xi Fei felt that the hairs on their bodies stood up. Hurriedly asked:

"Sister Ling, what does this mean?"

"I think this girl was killed, don't ask. You close the shop first, go back to bed, and come to the store at 11 o'clock at night. I'm going out for a trip, don't be late for the night. ”

Lin Xiaoxiao hurriedly asked.

"Sister Ling, where are you going?"

"Find a helper. ”

After speaking, Xu Huiling got up and left. Leaving Lin Xiaoxiao and Xi Fei with big eyes waiting for the little eyes, they sat there.

Xu Huiling stood at the door of the tavern, looked back at Xi Fei, and spoke.

"Chubby paper, please check this girl's interpersonal relationships and family background again. ”

With that, he walked out of the tavern and drove away.

"Xiaoxiao, is this thing reliable, why do I feel that this thing is so evil?"

"I'll know it in the evening, hurry up and check the information. ”

Lin Xiaoxiao looked at Xi Fei, who was dumbfounded in front of him, and stood up.

"Then you're in the store, I'm going back to sleep. ”

"Don't, don't, I'm scared alone. Shall I go to your house?"

"Fuck off, you old man, are you afraid of a ghost?"

"Just... It is.... I'm afraid of ghosts."

Xi Fei looked aggrieved and hugged the computer he had just closed.

"Ahh West bar. Then I'll go sleep on the couch, and you'll check here. ”

Lin Xiaoxiao frowned, glared at Xi Fei, and turned around to go to the private room.

Xi Fei saw that Lin Xiaoxiao was not leaving, so he began to put the computer away and began to tap the keyboard until it was drummed.

At this time, Lin Xiaoxiao and Xu Huiling drove to the suburbs.

The car gradually moved away from the street lights, and on the suburban roads, I could only see Xu Huiling's car lights looming in the paths.

Xi Fei, who stayed in the tavern, finished the school's household registration management system and investigated Zhang Han's family background. began to hack Zhang Han's various social accounts again, wanting to see if there would be clues in the social software used by the girl.

Lin Xiaoxiao in the private room was lying on the sofa, tossing and turning, unable to sleep in peace. In his ears was the sound of Xi Fei crackling on the keyboard, and his mind was thinking back and forth about what he had experienced in the past few days. From the beginning of receiving the admission email to what the boss said in the video today, Lin Xiaoxiao felt a chill down her spine.

Xu Huiling, on the other side, drove to a construction site that had been abandoned for a long time. This was originally intended to be a villa area, but due to financial problems, it has become an unfinished building for many years.

Ms. Xu's car pulled to a stop in front of a building in the middle, which was overgrown with weeds. There seems to be a miasma all around, and the headlights are extremely faint here, and there seems to be some vague shadows around. In the blur, you can see those shadows wearing armor and holding Changge.

Xu Huiling, who was in the car, looked around and lit a cigarette. Then he held it in front of him with both hands, closed his eyes, and muttered words in his mouth.

"Heaven and earth, sun, moon and stars, summon the gods of Fengdu. With the air to come, chasing the essence of the appearance. Regardless of gods and ghosts, or demons and spirits. The eight generals heard my call, and they were anxious to see the true form. ”

After Xu Huiling finished speaking, she opened her eyes and smoked. Slowly, I saw the miasma outside the car dissipate, and those fleeting shadows were nowhere to be seen.

After a while, the sound of chains dragging was heard from the back of the car, accompanied by the sound of several people in armor walking. Several black shadows came to the back of the car and stopped.

Xu Huiling, who was sitting in the car, heard these voices, and her eyes slowly began to turn blood red again.

Feeling the sound stop, Xu Huiling opened the car door and stood out. He threw away the cigarette butt and kept his back to the dark shadows behind him.

"The girl who fell from the building today has traces of a soul needle on the top of her head. The reason is unknown, but after the child, I used the soul attraction technique to summon his soul. Ask the reason, and bring it back to hell. ”

After Xu Huiling finished speaking, she sat back in the car and drove away.

A few dark shadows were yin, and they looked at each other and began to talk to each other.

"There's going to be a party in hell today, I heard it's a pool party. ”

"yes, what should I do? Why don't you go overtime?"

"No, no, no, you go overtime, I'm going to the party. ”

"Stop, don't abandon or give up. ”

"Why don't we go to a party together?"

"But who's going to do the overtime work?"

"Let the little black and white go, these two goods like to earn overtime pay...."

A few yin chasms as they spoke, and then disappeared into the miasma.

In the tavern, Lin Xiaoxiao and Xi Fei were sitting in front of the computer gossiping about Zhang Han. Xi Fei gulped down potato chips and listened intently to Lin Xiaoxiao's analysis. At this time, Lin Xiaoxiao and Xi Fei were only talking, and they didn't notice that Xu Huiling had come back and were standing at the door.

"This girl is very beautiful, why is she so tendoned? Weibo is either food and scenery, or all kinds of selfies. There's nothing suspicious about this, besides, it's estimated that Uncle Patrol has already investigated these things. ”

"Xiaoxiao, I think you're just jealous of other people's good looks. ”

"Fuck your uncle, dead fatty. The information you checked is not the point.,Hey.,Wait, what's in this encrypted album?"

"This one is encrypted, and it hasn't been cracked yet. ”

"Hurry up, hurry up.... Hurry up. ”

"Give me ten minutes, this password is a bit complicated. ”