43. Panic
Chapter 43:
Zhang Jin sat at the mouth of the stove burning with firewood in horror, looking at the raging fire in the stove cave in a daze, his face was already baked red. Above the stove hole, in a large iron pot, there was a sizzling sound, and the billowing smoke spread the smell of meat from the pot.
Thinking of what happened more than an hour ago, Zhang Jin unconsciously shuddered, and when he decided to get rid of the memories of those people, he did not hesitate at all. But now after calming down, there is a panic in my heart. Even the constant smell of stewed old hens between his noses could not seduce his appetite.
The two firewoods in the cave were quickly burned out in the fire, and the firewood was broken into several black pieces of wood ash by a red charcoal stick with a little black vein.
The fire in the cave was gradually extinguished, and the warmth became intimate with the body as the cold air of the late autumn night came into contact with the body.
Zhang Jin got up stiffly, picked up the bowl and chopsticks and filled himself with a bowl of chicken, but found that he had no appetite at all. Reluctantly drank some chicken broth, poured the remaining half bowl of chicken back into the pot, and turned around and walked towards the hall.
He hadn't thought it before, but now standing in the hall, he realized that the house was very big just in the living room.
I didn't want to go to school, and I didn't dare to go. Thinking that the eggs in the utility room had not yet been fully pickled, Zhang Jin returned to the kitchen and took out a dusty blue and white porcelain jar from the cupboard in the kitchen.
When I returned to the hall again, I locked the door of the main house. Then he locked the door of the utility room, and then squatted in the utility room and slowly made the most ordinary pickled eggs with wine and salt water.
......The roar of the siren suddenly sounded in his ears, and Zhang Jin disappeared into the utility room without thinking too much.
This time when he entered the space, Zhang Jin came to a room full of bookshelves and books, but he didn't observe much, just made sure that this was that magical space, so he sat on the ground with weak legs, and the picture of the police breaking into the house and holding a gun to arrest him was still playing out in his mind.
Or the police handcuffed him in front of all the teachers and students and took him away, and the laughter of his classmates.
Or the whole village knows that he used evil means to erase people's memories, and one by one accuses his parents of not teaching their children well.
Zhang Jin curled up tightly, buried his head in his knees, and a whimper gradually sounded in the room.
"Grandpa, mother......" The murmuring voice carries a thick despair and helplessness, when people are the most vulnerable, the people who want and fear the most are always the people who think they are closest to in their hearts.
Although Zhang Jin still remembered that his grandfather had also taught him that he must not be merciful to the enemy. He did not show mercy when he did it to those people, but now, he was very afraid, and he was helpless except fear in his heart!
I don't know how long it took, Zhang Jin woke up from his sleep in a daze, and when he looked up, he found that he was in a room full of books. It turned out that he had just fallen asleep unconsciously.
When she woke up, Zhang Jin no longer seemed to be as frightened as before, but she still unconsciously thought about what happened before she fell asleep.
He left no trace at the scene, and as long as his actions were not discovered, and the police could not find any evidence that he had done it, which he had established before leaving.
He could also be sure that there was no danger to the lives of those men before he left, unless someone came after him to make up for each of them.
After squatting quietly on the ground for a long time, Zhang Jin looked around unconsciously. It's a room like a study, a bit like my grandfather's study. With a flash of an unknown image in his mind, he knew that this was the study in the room in the space that he had been afraid to enter.
There are many books in this study, and after covering all the five elements gossip and Qihuang medicine stone classics from ancient times to the present, it also brings together many martial arts and Taoist classics that have long been lost in the past 5,000 years in China.
Dense books stretch from the lowest level of the shelves to close to the roof. Because each of them has an area, it doesn't get messy.
Martial arts classics, if they were placed in normal times, would be easy to arouse Zhang Jin's interest, and maybe he would be happy to take a few copies to his eldest brother and younger brother. But at this moment, he couldn't lift his spirits at all. After getting up from the ground, he stared at the silent study for a moment and then disappeared into the room.
It's not that Zhang Jin hasn't thought about hiding all the time, but he also knows that hiding can't do it!
......As soon as he appeared in the utility room, a knock sounded in his ears, Zhang Jin's heart instinctively shrank, and at the same time, the temperature difference between the space and the real world made him goosebumps, and when he wanted to dodge again like a frightened bird, a voice made him stop moving, "Zhang Jin, Zhang Jin?"
It's Dongfang Yao! Zhang Jin was stunned. The constricted heart quietly fell back into place.
"Zhang Jin, are you in there?"
"Brother Yao?" Zhang Jin called tentatively, but his voice was a little hoarse because of the previous crying.
The person outside the door seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and then heard the other party laugh and say, "What are you doing in the utility room at night?
"No!" Zhang Jin said in a low voice, then stepped over the egg at his feet and walked over, but before opening the door, he was nervously silent, and only after vaguely determining that Dongfang Yao was alone outside, did he open the locked door neatly. As soon as the door opened, Dongfang Yao's face with a gentle smile appeared in front of Zhang Jin: "Brother Yao......"
"Poof, you don't have a hobby of sleepwalking, is it that Mr. Zhang has a hobby of letting you sleep in the utility room?" Dongfang Yao said, and after seeing the scene behind Zhang Jin, he said differently, "What are you doing here?" Why did you get so many eggs?
"Pickled eggs. ”
"......" three jars?
"Uh-huh, cough-cough!" Zhang Jin finally realized that his voice was a little wrong, and quickly coughed a few times, "I, I thought of a medicinal diet therapy method and wanted to give it a try." ”
Dongfang Yao's gaze fell back on Zhang Jin's face, and he, who had been a scout, was sensitive to Zhang Jin's abnormality.
"I'm not in a hurry. In the end, Dongfang Yao still chose to ignore it, he could see that this child was trying his best to cover it up. Since the other party wants to cover it up, then he pretends not to know for the time being.
Despite this, Zhang Jin never dared to look at him directly, for fear that the person opposite would find something, and even when he spoke, his head was lowered as much as possible.
This kind of action made Dongfang Yao, who had just decided to ignore it, couldn't help frowning, this was not what he wanted! Even if he pretended, he wanted the other party to pretend to be more comfortable, instead of looking so obviously frightened.
"This time is half a month at the shortest. The longer it is marinated, the better the effect. Zhang Jin said, "I made several kinds of them, and you can eat them when the time comes." ”
"Well, I thought I'd be able to eat it soon. ”
“……”
"I'm really not in a hurry!" Dongfang Yao saw Zhang Jin's appearance, and his heart was helpless and distressed, "You can take your time." Now that the weather has cooled down, and the temperature is especially low at night, did you just fall asleep in the utility room?"
"Well, I, I don't know ...... either"
"Zhang Jin!" Dongfang Yao's brows suddenly frowned, interrupting the other party's words, "Did you do what happened tonight?"
Zhang Jin: (⊙o⊙)!
Zhang Jin's expression made Dongfang Yao confirm the conjecture in his heart, although he had already guessed it, but when he saw the other party's helpless and panicked appearance, he still felt uncomfortable.
couldn't refuse, Dongfang Yao stepped forward and pulled the person into his arms one by one, and tightly imprisoned the other party with his arms.
"A lie needs a lot of lies to fill, you don't have to be like this!" Dongfang Yao had just finished speaking, and he felt the trembling of the person in his arms, and immediately said, "I have caused you trouble in this matter." Don't worry, it's okay. The lives of those people were not in danger, and the doctor tentatively determined that they were the sequelae of drinking too much. ”
“……”
Dongfang Yao gently patted the person in his arms: "If you encounter such a thing again in the future, you can sue me." In my opinion, your methods are still too light! It's just a matter of dealing with a few scum, and you don't need to pay any attention to any tricks, you just beat them into pigs' heads, and the police will just go through the procedure and finish the matter. ”
Zhang Jin, who was tightly imprisoned by Dongfang Yao, was shocked by his head, this was too far from the police he thought!
However, when I think of the outfits of those people, they are not good people at first glance, and maybe the police uncle will also think that they have a lot of enemies