Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Ghost Behind It
"This place isn't normal."
Xu Lang rubbed his arms and muttered softly, "If it weren't for the yin qi, I would have eaten this building." ”
"What did you say?" Qin Xiaolu, who was walking in front of him, turned around and asked.
"Nothing, let's go." Xu Lang was afraid that she would be worried, so he said perfunctorily, but secretly called the spirit officer and asked him to pay more attention.
The two went upstairs all the way, Xu Lang only glanced at a few times, and found that there were not many people living in this expensive area.
In the four houses on the first and second floors, there are three of the anti-theft doors that are rusty, the paint on the old-fashioned iron door is mottled, even the Spring Festival couplets on both sides have faded, and there is a thick layer of ash in front of the door, which has obviously been uninhabited for a long time.
When they reached the third floor, Xu Lang looked at Qin Xiaolu stopping in front of an anti-theft door, and his face changed even more. Without reminding him, he could clearly feel that the source of the yin qi that permeated this building was behind this door!
"Fawn!" He suddenly became nervous and grabbed Qin Xiaolu's arm.
"Huh? Why? ”
Qin Xiaolu turned his head and looked at him suspiciously, "We've arrived." ”
This girl doesn't know if it's because of her nerves or her yang energy, and she doesn't even notice anything abnormal around her. In her perception, this building, like many old-fashioned tube buildings, was just a little shady.
Xu Lang opened his mouth, and he didn't know what to say, when suddenly the voice of the spirit official suddenly sounded in his ears: "1000 terror points, I will guarantee you that you are safe and sound." You know, I never mess around. Here's definitely worth the price. ”
During this time with the spirit officer, Xu Lang certainly knew that he would not bargain indiscriminately. He didn't want to refute this, he just didn't expect the crisis here to be worth the price.
"Huh? What are you doing with your mouth open? Blocked nose? Qin Xiaolu looked at Xu Lang's stunned appearance and opened his mouth in front of him, which was really a little funny.
"No, I didn't expect it to arrive so soon." Xu Lang smiled at Qin Xiaoluhan, and on the other side, he gritted his teeth and silently replied in his heart: "Deal." ”
"Weird and weird." Qin Xiaolu glanced at Xu Lang, complained, and then raised his hand and began to knock on the door.
"Bang bang, bang bang."
A dull knock echoed in the hallway, but no one opened the door for a long time.
"Not at home?" Xu Lang stood behind and couldn't help but say.
At this moment, a trembling voice came from the side: "Girl, don't knock, this family is unlucky." ”
Xu Lang and Qin Xiaolu turned their heads to see that an old woman was going downstairs when they heard the sound.
She leaned on the railing, leaned out half of her body from the corner of the corridor, and looked at the closed door of the old criminal police captain's house, her wrinkled face was full of fear, and even her voice was low, as if she was afraid of being heard by something.
"Grandma, you're joking, I'm a relative of this family, what can be unlucky about his family, tell me?" Xu Lang smiled at the old woman, wanting to say something.
Who knew that the old woman's face suddenly turned cold: "Neighbors for decades, what relatives does Lao Chen and their family have, can I not know?" If you don't listen to persuasion, forget it! ”
As soon as the words fell, the old woman seemed to feel fear, and disappeared from the corner of the corridor, the speed of which formed a huge contrast with her age.
"Hey, hey, did you see that?"
Qin Xiaolu's voice instantly rose an octave, "Did that old lady disappear just now?!" ”
Xu Lang didn't say anything, just frowned and looked at the place where the old woman disappeared, with a look of doubt.
Of course he saw the scene just now, and it was only then that he recognized that the old woman was actually a ghost.
But according to his previous experience, not to mention that this ordinary ghost can't come out in broad daylight, even under the protection of the Late Night Paradise, Huang Xinxin and other ghosts come out during the day, and their bodies are somewhat transparent.
If you want to be like this old woman, this way is not shallow.
"Is it because of the yin in the corridor?" Xu Lang turned his head to look at the door of the old criminal police captain's house surnamed Chen.
"Keep knocking!"
The spirit officer's voice sounded in his ears again, urging impatiently, "I don't know anything! Fuss. ”
Xu Lang smiled bitterly, ghosts have seen a lot, but they can make the spirit officer offer a high price, so that the ghosts are afraid, and the old criminal police captain behind this door may not be hiding what kind of terrible existence is hidden!
Xu Lang hesitated, but finally raised his hand.
But before he could knock on the door, the security door "creaked", opened a crack, and an old face was revealed, which was actually another grandmother.
Xu Lang couldn't help but smack slightly.
When the grandmother saw Xu Lang and them, she was obviously stunned: "Who are you looking for?" ”
Xu Lang had already been made all the grass and trees by the previous ghost mother-in-law, and he looked at this grandma with wide eyes, but Qin Xiaolu squeezed it up, handed out the letter of introduction, and said with a smile: "May I ask if it is Old Captain Chen's house?" We are from the public security system, and we want to ask him to know some of the cases he has handled in the past. ”
"Oh, look for my old man, come in."
Grandma didn't answer the letter, opened the door and invited the two of them in, and then shouted into the house, "Lao Chen, someone is looking for you." ”
The voice fell,
A strange shadow was reflected on the ground at the door of the study, and then, an old man slid out of the door of the study with great difficulty, shaking his wheelchair with difficulty.
"Who?" The old man looked up at Xu Lang and the others.
At the moment when his eyes met the old man, the hairs on Xu Lang's body exploded.
He never thought that he would see such a thin person, the old man's whole face was completely sunken, this is no longer something that can be described by skin and bones, this is completely a skeleton that is still alive.
He put his hands on the armrests of his wheelchair like two handfuls of dry wood.
What's more, at this distance, a strong yin qi that was in no way inferior to ordinary powerful ghosts was emanating from the old man's body.
That yin qi was like an ice blade against Xu Lang's throat, making him instinctively activate the eye of yin and yang, and immediately, he saw a back figure with teeth and claws attached to the old man, with his head down, as if he was greedily sucking something.
I don't know if I felt the gaze of the eyes of yin and yang, this ghost suddenly raised his head and showed an extremely gloomy smile at Xu Lang!
Xu Lang's face tightened, and the fists hanging on both sides of his thighs clenched violently!
"Excuse me, young man, I scared you like this, didn't I?" Although the old man was thin, his eyes remained sharp, and he keenly noticed Xu Lang's movements, and said with a smile.
At this time, Xu Lang's yin and yang eyes had been closed, and he couldn't see the ghost anymore, hearing the laughter of the old criminal police captain, he suddenly felt very relieved, and even that cold feeling seemed to be dispelled a lot.
It could be heard that although the old man was tormented by illness, he did not lack the tenacity to fight against bad luck, his voice was weak but open-minded, his face was full of sickness, but his eyes were still strong, as if no suffering in the world could defeat him.
"No, it's just a bit of an accident, there are really not many old people like you who are in a wheelchair and are in such good spirits now." Xu Lang half-truthfully complimented, turned his head and gave Qin Xiaolu a look, and motioned for her to go up and introduce.
"Captain Chen, hello, I'm Qin Xiaolu from the Yangshu Town Police Station, this Xu Lang."
Qin Xiaolu introduced himself, walked up with the letter of introduction in both hands, and said, "We have some situations and want to know about ...... with you."
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When Qin Xiaolu told Old Captain Chen about the ins and outs of the matter, Xu Lang excused himself to go to the toilet and walked away, looking at the old criminal police captain's home all the way.
Maybe it was because the old man's parents were sick, and the room was filled with a strong smell of medicine, but it was cleaned very clean, and there was a warm feeling, but Xu Lang noticed a detail, the potted plants on the table were withered and yellowed, and they obviously couldn't stand the erosion of yin qi.
"The old man won't be able to survive for a few months, and it is estimated that it will be the most recent thing." The spirit officer suddenly spoke.
Xu Lang's heart twitched, although he had just met with Old Captain Chen, for some reason a feeling of pity rose in his heart for no reason.
"Is there no way?"
"Mother-in-law. What can be done about this! ”
The spirit officer said in an indifferent tone, "Let me tell you this, you really didn't find the wrong person this time, the yin qi on this old man's body is the same as the well in the forest farm last time, and he must have been contaminated with a curse when he was handling that case." ”
After a pause, the spirit officer continued: "It's just that I don't understand one thing, the forest farm has been abandoned for almost thirty years, and with the intensity of this curse, it is absolutely impossible for him to live to this day, there must be something wrong here." ”
"Huh?"
Xu Lang's eyes lit up, and he said in his heart, "Then if we figure out what is going on here, will we be able to save Captain Chen's life?" ”
"I don't know."
The spirit officer replied very simply, "It's useless for you to ask me, ask the person." ”
Xu Lang nodded silently, opened the bathroom door, and walked out.
From a distance, he saw that the communication between Old Captain Chen and Qin Xiaolu had not yet ended, and the two didn't seem to have a smooth conversation, and the old criminal policeman kept shaking his head, as if he was refusing something.
Seeing this, Xu Lang had no choice but to put his idea on the wife of Old Captain Chen, who was busy in the kitchen on the side.
"Grandma Chen."
He walked over and asked in a low voice, "I don't think Grandpa Chen's health is very good, what's wrong?" I know a few well-known doctors, and I'll take them back and see them? ”
At this time, Captain Chen's wife happened to pick up two cups of tea, she estimated that because she had lived in an environment full of yin qi for a long time, her face was not very good, and there was no blood on her lips, but when she heard Xu Lang's proposal, she still shook her head with a wry smile.
"Xiao Xu, you have a heart, but don't bother. The old man of our family is sick, and it is really strange, when he didn't retire before, he ran around every day, he was not at home all day long, his body was still as strong as a cow, he had to eat several big bowls of rice at a meal, but he retired from retirement, this body and bones looked like a day was not as good as a day, and now he was thin like this, he ran to many hospitals, and he couldn't find out the root of the disease. ”