Seeing that Xu Yan drank a few cups of noodles and didn't change color, this time it was Wen Xiuzhi's turn to have a bitter face, he hurriedly said: "Come on, let's eat some food first, talk slowly, and taste this shredded potatoes first-by the way, brother, look at your figure and eyes, you don't have more than ten years of hard work in martial arts, can't you come?"

Xu Yan was stunned for a while before he reacted--what was Wen Xiuzhi talking about? He was practicing martial arts? He had been practicing for many years? Did he make a mistake? With his motor nerves, he often couldn't even jump a one-meter pole, and he still practiced martial arts?

"Brother Wen, I haven't practiced martial arts, and I haven't practiced in my life. ”

Wen Xiuzhi smiled very naturally: "That's because I looked away." But looking at Xu Yan's eyes, it looks like a practitioner -- you really haven't practiced martial arts? That qigong, you should have practiced it, right? I heard Yaoyu say that when you saved my old man, it seemed that you were using kung fu to save people!"

Xu Yan explained vaguely: "Oh, Brother Wen, are you talking about this? I haven't practiced martial arts, but when I was in elementary school, I met an old man who taught me to practice a breathing technique, and I didn't understand anything, but I still insisted on practicing, although it didn't have a big effect, but it was still very refreshing to practice." ”

"Oh, that's it, this is really a master in the folk - that old man, is it still there?"

"I don't know where the old man is, but he often wanders around our elementary school, picking up tattered and old things, and I don't know what his name is, but I know that he is called 'old old man'. I moved twice after graduating from elementary school, and I haven't seen the old man since—I heard some of my classmates say that he died a long time ago. ”

Again, there is no proof of death.

Wen Xiuzhi peeked at Xu Yan a few times, and looked at Xu Yan with a frank face, he couldn't figure out whether this young man was lying or telling the truth - uh, it didn't matter, just assume that he was telling the truth.

Wen Xiuzhi raised the cup with his hand and touched another cup with Xu Yan, maybe because he had a lot of debts, or maybe because he was numb, Xu Yan didn't shirk at all this time, and drank it all in one gulp.

Xu Yan hadn't eaten for a whole day and night, although he had achieved a little success in cultivation, but eating was a kind of psychological inertia, and when it was time to eat, he wanted to eat even if he wasn't hungry. He swept the table in a whirlwind.

Wen Xiuzhi has been chatting with him, but Xu Yan is eating happily, and he doesn't have much time to deal with Wen Xiuzhi, so he can only respond to him with a "woo" in his mouth.

Wen Xiuzhi chattered endlessly, Xu Yan didn't care much about him, but when he was silent like this, Xu Yan was curious, he put down the dishes and chopsticks, and asked, "Brother Wen, you seem to have something to worry about?"

"Alas, isn't it the work of those things? The urging from above is getting tighter day by day, and we are hundreds of people, wandering around the country like this, tossing and turning for many months, the money is spent like running water, and the time has passed day by day, but there is no progress in the investigation -- Brother Yan, to tell you the truth, as the person in charge, Brother Wen is under a lot of pressure! This joint task force has dragged on for another month or two without any results, and I am afraid that the top will have to be replaced. When the time comes, I'm just afraid that I'm going to sit on the cold bench somewhere, brother. ”

After a few glasses of soju, Xu Yan also felt a lot closer when he saw Wen Xiuzhi: "How can this be? The leaders above are too unreasonable, how can it be so easy to investigate such a complicated case thoroughly?"

"Alas, brother, the affairs of the army are like this, the boss will not reason with you in a long way, if you get the thing done and solve the case, then you are a hero, and there is no problem with meritorious service awards and promotions; This time, in particular, this task force is of great concern to the leaders of the CPC Central Committee, and the authorities have attached special importance to it. If my brother and I fail this trip, I'm afraid that this cold bench will sit on the old age, and I may not be able to turn over in this life - the future of my life, I'm afraid that's it. ”

Wen Xiuzhi sighed, at the beginning, he said that this was just to arouse Xu Yan's sympathy, but as he spoke, he gradually entered the love xù, and really began to worry about his situation: Yes, since the establishment of the task force, the intelligence department, Hundreds of elite forces from various departments of national security and public security have traveled all over the country to conduct investigations and do practical work, and the funds spent alone are almost 2 billion.

Even if I don't give myself any punishment in the face of my father, but in the future, I don't want to think about any reuse opportunities - as I said, I am a colonel in this life, and the Venus that represents the general is afraid that I will not have a chance with me in this life.

Seeing Wen Xiuzhi's dejected appearance, Xu Yan was also moved by compassion. He said, "Brother Wen, I can't blame you for this matter at all. The strange cases that occurred were not man-made at all, and no matter how much your task force investigates, it is impossible to achieve any results. ”

Hearing Xu Yan say this, Wen Xiu's heart was ecstatic: This kid really knows the reason!

He didn't dare to look up at Xu Yan, for fear that Xu Yan would see the excitement in his eyes. He pretended to be drunk, drooped his head, and shouted indistinctly, "It's not artificial? It's not man-made, isn't it natural?"

Xu Yan thought seriously for a while, nodded and said, "Brother Wen, you are really right. You might as well treat these strange cases that have happened recently as natural disasters, just like earthquakes, typhoons, and tsunamis, which really have no reason to say. Even if there is a reason, it is not something that we humans can stop.

Brother Wen, according to what the younger brother said, your task force has been abolished, you can't find anything, and it's just a waste of manpower and financial resources if you investigate. ”

Hearing Xu Yan say it with great certainty, Wen Xiuzhi's heart was pounding with excitement. At this time, he was almost certain that Xu Yan must know the reason for the matter. Thinking that his hard work for more than half a year finally had a result, and the result was right in front of him, even if he was as calm as Wen Xiuzhi, his body couldn't help but tremble slightly - in Wen Xiuzhi's opinion, it was easier to get the truth out of the mouth of Xu Yan, a college student with no social experience, than to take something out of an open box.

Excited in his heart, Wen Xiuzhi didn't show any clues on the surface: "Brother, if you say this, brother, I also believe you, but I'm afraid that the chief above won't believe it! Such hundreds of people have inexplicably gone crazy and become murderous demon kings, with thousands of dead and injured, and you tell the boss that this is a natural phenomenon, then they will definitely refuse to agree - even if it is a natural phenomenon, there must be a reason!"

Even if it is a typhoon or an earthquake, there must be a mechanism and reason for its formation, and so many murderous madmen can't suddenly appear out of thin air? If I follow the report like this, the boss will definitely think that my brother and I are shirking responsibility, and they will still have to clean me up when the time comes. ”

Xu Yan smacked his mouth, he admitted that what Wen Xiuzhi said did make sense, so many people suddenly went crazy, if it was a natural phenomenon, it was indeed difficult for normal people to accept.

"Brother Wen, if you want to say the reason, there really is, but I'm afraid that if I say it, the leaders above will be even more unacceptable. ”

"Brother Yan, don't be afraid, you haven't said it yet, how do you know that the leaders above can't accept it? I tell you, don't lie to the TV, the real central leaders, their thinking is very open-minded, they can accept a lot of new thinking, and even some theories seem unbelievable to you and me, and the leaders above will also seriously investigate and consider - Brother Yan, even if you tell me that this is an alien making trouble, the above can understand, anyway, this is also a reason, right?"

Wen Xiuzhi said this, and Xu Yan felt better. He nodded and said, "That's good, I'm really going to say it, Brother Wen, don't laugh at me! If you don't believe me, you can treat me as a drinker, and forget it." ”

"Hehe, Brother Yan, you just have to say it, who else can laugh at you?"

"That's good. Brother Wen, you are an officer in the army, but do you believe in the underworld, ghosts, and ghosts?"

Wen Xiuzhi frowned slightly, but he didn't simply answer "believe" or "don't believe", but asked Xu Yan instead: "Brother, the underworld you are talking about is the underworld mentioned when the old man was strangely ill?"

"Brother Wen, you know?"

"Well, you cured the old man's illness, and when I went back, my sister and brother-in-law told me about you, and they also told me what you said—Brother Wen, do you think that these crazy people, like my old man, are also affected by the influence of the underworld?

Xu Yan is very lucky: he has met a very good communication partner, Wen Xiuzhi not only has a broad vision, but also has a keen mind and a strong ability to accept. Not only did he quickly understand his theory, but he was also able to draw inferences, which saved Xu Yan a lot of effort.

"Brother Wen, you guessed it right: a gap has appeared in the passage from the underworld to us, and the evil qi has entered our world. When encountering these evil spirits, some people will get sick - like the old man, who is covered in black qi and dying and will soon die, while others will become bloodthirsty thugs, losing their minds and killing innocents. ”

Wen Xiuzhi listened attentively, he put his hand in his pocket, secretly turned on the recording function of the mobile phone, and asked: "Brother, do you mean that the appearance of those crazy people is the same as that 'atypical rapid weakness of organs', because of the appearance of the underworld?

"Hades...... To be honest, Brother Wen, I didn't understand this theory myself. According to my understanding, the underworld should be another very evil world that is different from our world, and that evil world is separated from us by different dimensional levels, and is not in the same plane...... Uh, I said that the concept of this plane, Brother Wen, you should be able to understand it, right?"

"Brother, hehe, isn't this what you young people often say? Brother, I've seen a lot of science fiction movies and novels, and I still understand this. But your statement is somewhat similar to what I heard when I went to the United States. ”

Wen Xiuzhi was able to understand his own statement, which had already made Xu Yan feel unexpectedly surprised, but he didn't expect that there were other people who also put forward similar opinions as himself, which made Xu Yan even more surprised: "Who said that over there in the United States?"

"It was a CIA investigative officer, named Martin Fred, who knew Chinese, and during the few days I was in the United States, he received me and accompanied me everywhere. During the small talk, we also exchanged some views.

Martin told me that he had a conjecture that these indiscriminate murderers of the berserk were not infected with some virus, but that they had been eroded by some evil force and lost their minds.

I asked him, where did that evil force come from? He thought about it for a while, and he thought that that evil force should not be a product of our world, but should come from a different world—because I was a little unimpressed with his ideas, so I didn't continue to talk to him, but looking at him like that, he should have some inside story. ”

Xu Yan was surprised: "Do the Americans think so too?"

"I don't think that's the official meaning of the U.S. government, it's just Martin Fred's own personal idea - but man, let's get back to that, is there any basis for your idea?"

Xu Yan shook his head: "I have no basis. But don't you feel strange that this strange disease is present at the same time as this mania?"

Wen Xiuzhi was secretly ashamed: he was still the person in charge of the task force, and he was only focused on the madman homicide, but he didn't notice that there was that kind of strange disease in society at the same time, his vision was still not wide enough, and his vision was still too narrow!

Wen Xiuzhi frowned, thoughtful, and said slowly: "Within us, we have given those murderous berserk maniacs a code name, called 'F Virus Maniacs'. According to the time period, the emergence of the first batch of organ failure patients and the outbreak of the first batch of F virus mania are indeed in the same period, and it is not impossible for you to say that they were caused by the same cause.

Brother, you can cure my old man's organ frailty, then, since asthenia and madness are caused by the same cause, can you also cure those patients with the frenzy of the F virus?"

Xu Yan shook his head: "I can't help it." Those who are berserk, their minds have been lost, they are no longer human. For them, no amount of medical skill can be used...... Uh, wait a minute, I think about it!"

At this time, Xu Yan suddenly remembered what Zhu Youxiang had said, he remembered that Zhu Youxiang's second senior brother made the "Exorcism Pill", the original purpose of this elixir was to rescue and treat those humans who were possessed by the demon spirit, but he accidentally used the exorcism pill on those who were eroded by the demonic qi, and the effect was very good - but I don't know, when the exorcism pill is used on the people who are taken away by the monster spirit, what will the effect be?

"Brother Wen, I said that there is no cure, but this is not necessarily. I have some ideas, maybe I can try it, it's just ......"

Xu Yan pondered again and again, and finally shook his head: "If you want to solve the problem, I'm afraid it won't work!"

Wen Xiuzhi anxiously waited for Xu Yan to say the following, and waited until his neck was long, but he didn't expect this answer to come.

He couldn't help but ask, "Why don't you use it?" Brother, you can tell me about it!"

"If you want to save people, you need to use a precious ancient elixir. And the recipe of this elixir has been lost, and the existing ones are very rare, and now one is used less than one. In this case, we will not be able to save many people, and now we are facing the frequent incidents of violent madmen all over the country - the remaining pills are definitely not enough. ”

Wen Xiuzhi groaned slightly, and he asked, "Brother, how many ancient heirloom pills are left of the kind of ancient heirloom pills you said?"

Zhu Youxiang gave Xu Yan a bottle full of pills, Xu Yan used two pills on Gong Xueting's father and Wen Lao, and there were at least fifty or sixty elixirs left, but in the face of Wen Xiuzhi, Xu Yan still made an ambush: "That kind of elixir, now there are only four left." The way it was made has been lost, and I am afraid that it is no longer possible to find it in the world. ”

"Four pills - how many elixirs do you need to save a berserker?"

"To treat the old man's yin and evil in the body, one is enough. But berserk is much more troublesome than yin and evil entering the body, and if you want to cure it, I think you need at least two elixirs. ”

Wen Xiuzhi waved his hand very decisively: "In this case, four pills are enough! Two elixirs are used to save people, if they are effective, the remaining two will be used for analysis and imitation - in this case, it should be enough." ”

Xu Yan was stunned for a moment, he looked at Wen Xiuzhi, shook his head and said, "Brother Wen, I think that we don't know the formula and pharmaceutical process of this ancient elixir, if we want to crack the imitation, I'm afraid it will be very difficult, right?"

Wen Xiuzhi was full of confidence, like Xu Yan's worries were not worth mentioning to him at all. He said confidently: "The problem of imitation, Brother Wen, you don't have to worry. Now that science and technology are developed, civilization is prosperous, and the country is going all out, what kind of problems can not be overcome?

We have so many scientists, medical scientists, and so many cutting-edge technologies and instruments, I don't believe that with the modern level of science and technology and those high-end refining equipment, is it not as good as the humble alchemy room of the ancients?"

Looking at Wen Xiuzhi, Xu Yan wanted to speak and stopped-to be honest, although Wen Xiuzhi was full of confidence, Xu Yan still didn't believe that he could imitate Zhu Youxiang's elixir. Zhu Youxiang has already said that the key to the effectiveness of this exorcism elixir is that a large amount of aura is instilled in it. According to the scientific and technological system on the earth, there is no concept of aura at all. Even if the elixir was crumpled and each ingredient was carefully analyzed under a microscope, Xu Yan did not believe that the earth's technology could replicate the aura from the Ming Dynasty.

Looking at Wen Xiuzhi's confident appearance, Xu Yan was embarrassed to pounce on him, and he said vaguely: "Well, okay, I hope it will be smooth." ”

Looking at Xu Yan's anxious appearance, Wen Xiuzhi smiled slightly-this is the gap in thinking.

Xu Yan was worried that he would not be able to imitate the elixir, but for Wen Xiuzhi, this worry did not matter at all.

First, Wen Xiuzhi felt that with the scientific and technological level and mind of modern people, there were two ready-made samples, with the all-out support of the top of the country, and the most cutting-edge pharmaceutical science and technology in the country, it should not be difficult to imitate the elixir of the ancients;

Second, even if you take 10,000 steps back, even if the imitation really fails, Wen Xiuzhi has nothing to lose. Because in terms of duty, his task is only to find the cause of the strange disease and provide the country with corresponding countermeasures. As long as the elixir provided by Xu Yan is effective, even if he only saves a rampaging madman, it is enough to prove that Wen Xiuzhi has indeed found a way to deal with the rampaging monster, and it also proves the correctness of Xu Yan's theory from the side, which also allows Wen Xiuzhi to complete the task and make a difference-even if it is incomplete, but with this stage of results, he can also be freed from this task.

As for saying that the pill can't be imitated—that's not Wen Xiuzhi's responsibility. He is only an official of the Ministry of Intelligence, not the leader of the Ministry of Health or the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and it is not his responsibility that the pill cannot be imitated, so Wen Xiuzhi is really not worried about this issue.

Now, Wen Xiuzhi was only worried about one thing: whether Xu Yan's elixir was really right? Can it really cure those rampaging madmen? As long as this can be determined, other problems can be solved immediately.

He stared at Xu Yan with blazing eyes: "Brother Yan, where are your four pills now?"

"This, in my room at home. ”

Wen Xiuzhi's first reaction was to follow Xu Yan home to get the pill, but he thought for a while, suppressed his impulse, and asked, "Brother Yan, is there anything special that needs to be paid attention to when taking this pill?" - Wen Xiuzhi knew that some ancient Chinese medicine practitioners were very particular about using pills to enter the Tao, even if the same Chinese medicine was prescribed in the hands of different doctors, the effect would be different. Especially for a cultivator like Xu Yan, who has practiced internal qigong, he can't say what special luck techniques are needed to help patients digest the medicinal power with the pill he took out, and he may not be able to exert the effect of the pill in the hands of outsiders, so he may waste the medicine.

Xu Yan also didn't know what the consequences would be if those who were possessed by the monster spirit body fed this elixir: "This, if possible, it's best for me to feed it myself." I'll be able to see how he reacts. Just ......"

Xu Yan thought that he was not a civil servant, not even a student party member, so how could such a high-level secret investigation team allow himself to be involved? Thinking of this, he was slightly embarrassed.

Xu Yan asked for help, and Wen Xiuzhi was very happy. But seeing that Xu Yan stopped talking halfway through his words, and his face was embarrassed, Wen Xiuzhi was slightly surprised, but he immediately came to his senses, and he said happily: "Oh, I know your concerns, brother." You don't have to worry, you have given these four elixirs, which is a great contribution you have made to the country. As long as these elixirs are symptomatic and effective, the country will never treat you badly.

Those words that are too exaggerated, Brother Wen dare not say, but if these pills, as long as they prove to be indeed symptomatic, there will definitely be a bonus of several millions. ”R1152