While Wen Xiuzhi in the capital was discussing nervously, Xu Yan fell into a deep sleep - it was not correct to say that Xu Yan was sleeping, and he fell into a state of waking up but not waking up, like a dream but not a dream.

In the dream, Xu Yan stood on the top of a certain peak. He looked up, and above him was a black and red sky, dense dark clouds covered the land, and there was not a single ray of sunlight in sight. He lowered his head and looked down, and at the foot of the mountain, a red, black-brown earth appeared, and the earth was red, and countless red flames rose into the air from time to time, and the whole earth cracked and dried up, burning in the flames, constantly falling apart and falling, stirring up fire and dust, accompanied by thick black smoke that soared into the sky.

On the top of this mountain, a man and Xu Yan stood face to face. The man's upper body was ****, his chest and shoulders were covered with strange lines, his messy black hair hung down, covering his eyes, and blood was oozing everywhere on his body, especially his hands, which were full of black and viscous plasma, splashing on the ground drop by drop, and the smell of blood was tangy.

Xu Yan sensed the danger: the man in front of him, his whole body exuded an aura of extreme danger and blood. He subconsciously wanted to stay away from the other party, but suddenly found that the other party's face was actually very familiar - the other party's face was exactly the same as his own!

Xu Yan was shocked, and he shouted, "Who are you?"

Hearing Xu Yan's shout, the man suddenly opened his eyes -- Xu Yan was terrified: The other party's eyes are by no means human eyes! Human eyes will never be without the whites of their eyes, and the other party's eyes are as red as blood, revealing an indescribable evil smell. It looked at Xu Yan strangely, revealing a mouthful of snow-white and sharp teeth. A low and ugly evil voice shouted to Xu Yan: "I, it's you!"

Xu Yan was furious. He shouted angrily, "No, I am by no means you!"

The man smiled evilly at Xu Yan, a black light shot out of his eyes, and the black light expanded in a moment, forming an endless shadow canopy, completely enveloping Xu Yan......

Xu Yan suddenly woke up from his dream, and the clothes on his back were soaked with sweat. Thinking of the scene just now, he still had lingering palpitations - the dream just now was too real. Thinking of the monster he had just stared at him, the evil in his red eyes, and a certain familiar and palpitating taste, his heart was pounding.

Xu Yan frowned deeply: he vaguely remembered, tonight, in addition to this dream, he seemed to have done a lot of things, he seemed to have hit someone, who did he hit?

Xu Yan hugged his head, he recalled: When he went to the hotel with Zhao Yanran tonight, he seemed to have met a hooligan named Zhao Liu. I deliberately provoked them, and then I got into a fight with them. Then, he seemed to have beaten Zhao Liu's companions as well...... It seems that in addition to being a hooligan. And beat up others?

But who did you beat? Why can't I remember?

The more memories he had, the more blurred Xu Yan became, and he faintly felt an ominous feeling. I feel as if I've got into a big trouble.

At this time, the phone rang. Xu Yan glanced at it, but it was the number of his senior sister Zheng Qiuyi. He casually pressed the answer button: "Hey." Hello, Senior Sister!"

There was silence on the phone for a second, and then Zheng Qiuyi's hesitant voice sounded: "Senior brother, you ...... Are you alright?"

Hearing Zheng Qiuyi's strange question, Xu Yan was also stunned: "Senior sister, in the middle of the night, you are looking for me to ask this?"

Perhaps sensing that Xu Yan's tone and voice seemed to be normal, Zheng Qiuyi also raised her voice suddenly, and she shouted angrily: "What am I looking for you to do? I said, junior brother, what did you do tonight, don't you know yourself? Isn't it interesting to pretend to be stupid?"

Xu Yan smiled bitterly: "Senior sister, I'm not pretending to be stupid, I do remember that I took someone to dinner tonight, and then I got into a fight...... There was a hooligan named Zhao Liu, and his companions, and I remember beating them up very hard...... But for some reason, I don't remember what happened. ”

Hearing Xu Yan say this, the microphone suddenly fell silent. After a long while, Zheng Qiuyi said, "You wait for me for two minutes, and I'll go to your house to find you." With that, she hung up.

Soon, before two minutes arrived, Xu Yan heard a knock on the door, he went over to open the door to take a look, but saw Huang Xi and Zheng Qiuyi standing outside the door, looking at him in surprise - especially Huang Xi, she looked at Xu Yan carefully for a while, and then exchanged a look with Zheng Qiuyi, and then she asked, "Director Xu...... Is that you?"

Hearing Huang Xi's strange question, Xu Yan also smiled dumbly: "Huang Xi, why did you come here in the middle of the night? You don't even know me anymore?"

Hearing Xu Yan's voice, demeanor, and tone, Huang Xi was relieved, and she showed a smile -- this is the normal Xu Yan! The evil Xu Yan just now has disappeared, and now he has returned to his normal state.

"It's not that I don't know - Director Xu, you just now, but you were scared to death. ”

While talking, Zheng Qiuyi and Huang Xi walked into the room quickly, and Xu Yan asked in surprise: "Huang Xi, what did you say? What did I mean just now? Did we just meet?"

Hearing Xu Yan say this, Huang Xi and Zheng Qiuyi glanced at each other, exchanged glances with tacit understanding, and Huang Xi whispered: "Split personality!

Zheng Qiuyi came to Xu Yan, looked at him seriously, and asked in a deep voice, "Senior brother, what did you do tonight, you really have no impression at all?"

Xu Yan frowned slightly: "I said it just now, I remember fighting with a gang of hooligans in the hotel." I can still remember the beginning, but I'm a little vague about what happened later...... I don't even know how to get home. ”

Hearing Xu Yan say this, Zheng Qiuyi looked at him suspiciously for a while, she wrinkled her small nose and sniffed: "Did you drink too much tonight?"

"I didn't drink a drop of wine tonight. Senior sister, tell me straight, what happened?"

Zheng Qiuyi sighed: "Yanzi, open the curtains yourself and look outside the door of the community." ”

Xu Yan opened the curtains as he said. He looked out onto the road outside the neighborhood and saw a long line of police lights flashing. Next to this train of police cars. He also saw the glow of reflective vests and blast shields from large groups of police officers. Seeing this scene, Xu Yan was stunned. After a while, he asked, "What......'s this?" Are you here to arrest me?

Zheng Qiuyi said angrily: "If it wasn't for the arrest of you, could it be that our policemen couldn't sleep in the middle of the night and engaged in performance art on the road?

Now, listen to me, don't resist anymore! The more you toss, the bigger the matter becomes, and in the end no one can suppress it. Your chief has already negotiated with our boss Deng, so hurry up and turn yourself in—don't believe it. Ask Major Huang!"

Xu Yan looked at Huang Xi, who nodded solemnly: "Yes, Director Xu, Minister Wen has indeed given you an order to cooperate with the work of the public security organs." ”

Xu Yan was silent, thinking of the large row of police cars outside the door, he faintly realized that he seemed to have indeed caused a great disaster. He looked at Zheng Qiuyi and then at Huang Xi. I was faintly panicked in my heart, and I didn't dare to ask.

"I, ...... tonight" Xu Yan swallowed a mouthful of saliva with difficulty and muttered, "I...... No one was killed, was it?"

The two girls shook their heads together. Looking at him sympathetically, Xu Yan breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, it's good that no one died." ”

And then. Xu Yan turned around, and he stood in front of the window. Looking at the flickering police lights, he was silent. And then. He turned around, took out a pistol with a holster and documents, and handed it to Huang Xi: "Huang Xi, you can help me keep it." ”

Huang Xi took the pistol, but handed the document back to Xu Yan: "Director Xu, it's not that serious." You should keep your documents. ”

Xu Yan shook his head and smiled bitterly, he turned to Zheng Qiuyi, and said in a deep voice: "Senior sister, I'll go out with you." ”

Zheng Qiuyi looked at him, her eyes revealing complicated feelings. She approached, leaned into Xu Yan's ear, and said quickly in a low voice: "After you arrive in the bureau, unless I come to ask you, don't say a word! When I asked you, you insisted that you don't remember anything according to what you just said." As you remember, if a soldier on active duty commits a crime, our public security must notify your unit within 24 hours, and the political security department of your intelligence department will take over. In other words, you just have to survive the day, and that's all you need to do -- you get it?"

Xu Yan nodded: "Understood!"

"That's good, junior brother, I'll wronged you for the time being. With that, Zheng Qiuyi took out a pair of handcuffs from her pocket and shook them in front of Xu Yan.

Seeing the handcuffs, Xu Yan didn't have any opinion, he obediently reached out and prepared to be handcuffed, but Huang Xi spoke up, she frowned and protested: "Captain Zheng, it seems that there is no need for this, right? Director Xu is an officer, and he surrendered voluntarily, so it is impossible for him to resist...... Can't you save some face?"

Zheng Qiuyi sighed: "Major Huang, you don't understand - I also know that Director Xu can't resist, and this handcuff is just a formality." But the problem is that I have to take care of the emotions of the Zuojiang Branch outside, if they see it, Director Xu came out with a swagger like this, and he didn't even wear handcuffs...... The police officers were already excited, and at this time, it was difficult to control their emotions, even if they were pretending. ”

Before Huang Xi could say more, Xu Yan waved his hand: "Huang Xi, don't say it—Senior Sister is right." Put it on. ”

There was a crisp metal sound, and Xu Yan's hands were handcuffed. Zheng Qiuyi led him out of the house and went straight out of the community - fortunately, in the middle of the night, no one in the community saw it, and it didn't disgrace Xu Yan.

"Captain Zheng brought that kid out!"

As soon as I got out of the gate of the community, I heard someone shouting, and a group of policemen immediately rushed over, surrounded Xu Yan, and someone shouted: "Beat him up first!"

While speaking, someone in the darkness kicked Xu Yan a few times, and someone punched Xu Yan's head, and the hands were very heavy, but fortunately, Xu Yan had already opened the aura shield, and he didn't feel pain.

Seeing the excitement of the crowd, Zheng Qiuyi was also a little panicked, she screamed: "Don't do it! Don't do it! Second team, come here! Protect the suspect!" With Zheng Qiuyi's shouting, several policemen squeezed over and formed a human wall, separating Xu Yan from the other policemen, but the policemen were still excited, the police on the periphery wanted to squeeze in to beat Xu Yan, and the policemen who protected Xu Yan formed a human wall to stop them, and the two sides were arguing fiercely, pushing each other: "I said, brother, you get out of the way...... Get out of the way, let me go in and beat that guy!"

"Brother, they are all peers, you know, ...... who break the law like this"

"Don't point your finger at me...... Don't point at me! If you point at me like that, you're welcome!"

"The city bureau is amazing, huh? hand over the murderer!"

"This is the person we arrested by the criminal investigation, and we are going to bring it back to the city bureau...... Brothers, get out of the way, get out of the way!

"Captain Zheng, the place where the crime occurred is in our Zuojiang Branch, and the victim is also a police officer of our Branch, so it should be handed over to our Zuojiang Branch!"

"Director Bai, this case is very important, and the city bureau ......has taken it over!

"The city bureau should consider the emotions of our comrades in the sub-bureau!"

"Director Bai, didn't you receive an order from Director Deng? Boss Deng made it clear that this case will be handled by the criminal investigation of the Municipal Bureau!"

"Captain Zheng, if you do this, it is disrespectful to our Zuojiang Branch......"

"No, Director Bai, we are all carrying out the orders of the leaders of the city bureau!"

The police on both sides were arguing fiercely, and the crowd was agitated like a raging sea. Xu Yan was pushed around by the crowd, and he couldn't help himself. Zheng Qiuyi led the subordinates of the criminal investigation detachment to protect Xu Yan with difficulty and put him in a police car. She also got into the police car and shouted, "Drive, drive!"

The police car moved slowly, squeezed out of the surrounding crowd, and slowly drove onto the road. Looking at the dense police lights behind her, Zheng Qiuyi breathed a sigh of relief: "I finally rushed out." If it falls into the hands of the Zuojiang Branch, I am afraid that these 24 hours will be sad -- at least you will have to break one leg!"

Xu Yan smiled faintly - he had a protective shield on his body, and it was really not an easy task to break his legs.

In the police car, no one spoke. Xu Yan was wondering what was going on tonight.

He vaguely felt that there seemed to be a completely different version of himself hidden in his body.

According to Zhu Youxiang's scriptures, this is because his recent cultivation has grown too fast, and with power comes often violence, ambition, and the desire to do whatever he wants. If a cultivator's mind cannot keep up with the surge in cultivation, then it is easy to breed demons in his mind -- to put it bluntly, just as normal people are easily controlled by drugs, cultivators are also easily controlled by all kinds of indulgent desires.

Therefore, how to improve one's mental realm while increasing one's strength is a very profound knowledge of cultivation. Those high-ranking monks, they often regard the inner demons as more terrifying beings than powerful enemies in the outside world. In order to avoid the breeding of demons, they often need to retreat and cultivate for many years, live in seclusion, do not fight with the enemy, so as not to breed violent minds, or place their affection on landscape art and cultivate their temperament, just to avoid the appearance of demons.

And like himself, in just a few months, he has entered the Qi refining period of cultivation from a complete layman, and according to Zhu Youxiang, the speed at which his cultivation has progressed is simply unprecedented. His strength has exploded, but his state of mind has not kept up, and he has not been able to reach the realm of mellowness and ease, which provides an opportunity for the appearance of demons. Since the last time I was in the 4S store, I felt the existence of the demon for the first time, and since then, it has not disappeared, but is hidden in the sea of my knowledge, and it will appear at the first opportunity.

Just like tonight, at the beginning, I knew what I was doing. But when he really began to commit atrocities, when he indulged his violent desires, before he knew it, the demons began to appear, and he unconsciously handed over the control of his body and consciousness, and finally he completely lost control and was completely controlled by it!

Xu Yan was terrified in his heart, and he vaguely understood: the bloody man he saw in his dream should be his own inner demon. If you indulge your desires, act recklessly, and commit atrocities, your demons will become stronger and stronger, and you may even swallow and replace yourself! )

PS: The pig is finally back!

I'm sorry readers, friends, the pig was delayed, came back a day late, and just got home last night, and fell asleep while writing......

I had to change it this morning~