Early in the morning, Chen Xuan was busy preparing breakfast in the kitchen.

Xiahoudun sat at the dining table, picked up the coffee, just took a small sip, hesitated for a moment, and then looked into the kitchen and asked, "Chen Xuan, what kind of person is your uncle?" ”

"Uncle?" Chen Xuan didn't react for a while, "Early in the morning, why did you think of asking him?" ”

Xiahoudun didn't answer Chen Xuan, and continued to ask, "Then do you know about your second uncle?" ”

"Second uncle?" Chen Xuan stopped what he was doing, turned around and looked at Xiahoudun with a confused expression, "His name is Cheng Shangyuan, and he passed away when I was in elementary school." What exactly do you want to ask? ”

"It's nothing, it's just that I suddenly remembered and asked." Xiahoudun took another sip of coffee, put down the cup, and began to recall the information about Cheng Shangyuan that he saw in the office yesterday evening. There is almost no information about Cheng Shangyuan on the internal website of the Spirit Record Bureau, but the CD I got from Qiu Daochong yesterday contains a very comprehensive introduction to Cheng Shangyuan's resume, and the relevant research papers also have intercepted paragraphs and relevant indexes. This made Xiahoudun wonder, the information he got in his hand seemed to be specially made, could it be that someone knew Xiahoudun's intentions in advance and specially prepared it for him.

Chen Xuan prepared breakfast and sat next to Xiahoudun, "Hasn't Xiao Yuan gotten up yet?" Look at it. ”

Xiahoudun's mind was not at this table at all, but he didn't react at all when Chen Xuan said it, and his mind was still thinking about Cheng Shangyuan. He thought that this matter was too bizarre, and he originally thought that it was just a more complicated incident entrusted by his uncle, but now it seems that this matter may involve many things within the Spirit Record Bureau.

"Hey!" Chen Xuan waved his hand in front of Xiahoudun's eyes, "What's wrong?" Lost your soul? ”

"Huh?" Only then did Xiahoudun react, "What's wrong?" What did you just say? ”

Chen Xuan pouted helplessly, "I asked you why Xiao Yuan hasn't gotten up yet, let you go and see." ”

"Xiahou Yuan ......" Xiahou Yuan thought about it carefully, recalled the scene when Xiahou Yuan was on field duty in the unit yesterday, and remembered that he received a call at night, "Oh, he didn't come back yesterday, he worked overtime until late, and he slept in the unit." ”

"Then I'll take the box and fill him with breakfast, and you can bring it to him later." Chen Xuan said, got up and went to the kitchen to get the crisper box.

"Done!" Xiahoudun nodded absentmindedly.

"What the hell is going on with you?" Chen Xuan walked out of the kitchen, holding a fresh-keeping box in his hand, and looked at Xiahoudun with a confused expression, "Why are you absent-minded when you wake up early in the morning?" ”

"Ah," Xiahou calmed down and looked at Chen Xuan, "Maybe there have been too many things in the past few days, and I'm a little tired." ”

Chen Xuan walked to the table, packed some breakfast into the box, closed the lid, and then sat down, pouting, and looked at Xiahoudun.

Xiahoudun didn't know Chen Xuan's intentions, and looked at Chen Xuan blankly, "Why are you looking at me like this?" ”

Chen Xuan stretched out his head and kissed Xiahoudun and said, "Isn't this something to carry alone?" ”

"I'm ......" Xiahou stopped talking, it wasn't that he didn't want to share things at work with Chen Xuan, but the matter entrusted by his uncle was too complicated, and if he continued to investigate, he didn't know what kind of trouble it would cause, so he didn't want his wife to worry. But when he heard Chen Xuan say this, he could only kiss Chen Xuan back and echoed, "I'm sorry, it's my problem." ”

"Fool, I'm sorry for what to say." Chen Xuan smiled, and then put the crisper box containing breakfast on the table into a cloth bag, "Okay, let's eat quickly, and send breakfast to Xiao Yuan when you're done." ”

"Hmm." Xia Houdun nodded and began to eat breakfast.

After breakfast, Xiahoudun drove Chen Xuan to the unit first, and then came to the action group, ready to start a new day's work. As soon as he stepped into the door of the office building with a cloth bag containing breakfast, he saw Xiahou Yuan walking out with sleepy eyes, stretching his waist.

"Where are you going?" Xiahoudun stepped forward and asked.

"Huh? You've all arrived......" Xiahou Yuan rubbed his eyes, "I'm going to go out and eat something." ”

"Sensei is out," Xiahoudun handed the cloth bag in his hand to Xiahouyuan, "Your sister-in-law has prepared it for you." ”

Xiahou Yuan took the bag, opened it and took a look, "Yes, I have the skill of my sister-in-law, what else do you eat outside?" ”

"Yesterday's Remnant Spirit Seal, how was it handled?" Xiahoudun asked.

"It's not good," Xiahou Yuan shook his head, then raised his head and rubbed his neck a few times, "Yesterday, I ran to six communities alone, and asked about the situation, and the communities are all fine, and nothing bad has happened in a few years." ”

"It's just that there hasn't been a homicide, throwing corpses or something?" Xiahoudun asked.

"Still murdering ......," Xiahou Yuan replied, "There was no quarrel!" ”

"No vicious cases?" Xiahoudun frowned and looked at Xiahou Yuan in wonder, "Then where did those remnant spirit seals come from?" ”

"Maybe it's not the remnant spirit of this era," Xiahou Yuan rubbed his face with his hand and sobered up a little, "The investigation department has made a rubbing of the remnant spirit seal, and sent it to the place for identification, the cause of the remnant spirit manifestation has not yet come out, but the year report is already available, and the three samples sent for testing, one is 3000 years ago, and the other is probably between 1500 and 2000." ”

"This ......" Xiahou was stunned for a moment, and then asked, "These thousands of years of remnant spirit seals should have long since dissipated with geological changes or building demolition, how can they still appear in this modern community?" ”

Xiahou Yuan replied: "The investigation department said that these are normal. Because not all remnant seals are so ...... How to say it, it's all so fresh......"

"Fresh?" Xiahoudun looked at Xiahouyuan in surprise and asked.

"Yes, that's the word," Xiahou Yuan smiled and continued, "It's just that some remnant spirit seals will shrink and shrink into a speck of dust after a period of time when no one governs them. ”

"So what's going on with these?" Xiahoudun asked.

"They suspect it's demons now." Xiahou Yuan brushed his hair a few times with his hand, which was a little disheveled, "Didn't a demon god appear a few days ago, now it seems that it may be that the demonic qi particles have suddenly increased, moistening these shrunken remnant spirit seals, or soaking them all." ”

"What are you talking about...... Xiahoudun shook his head, looked at Xiahouyuan, thought for a while, and then spoke again, "Then, what are you going to do with these things now?" ”

"I can't deal with it now," Xiahou Yuan looked out of the gate helplessly, "Yesterday on this night, I reported the details of each remnant spirit seal one by one according to the file format prescribed by the department, and now I am waiting for instructions." ”

"You're reporting the papers?" Xiahoudun asked, "Last night, you were typing on the computer in the unit?" ”

"Or else?" Xiahou Yuan asked puzzled.

Xiahoudun suddenly became very displeased, pointed at Xiahou Yuan, and said, "There are so many clerks, why do you want to type?" For the commander, it is not appropriate to fight in person, and the antlers are not enough? What a 'white general'! ”

"You can't say that," Xiahou Yuan stood up, "It was too late yesterday, and people are also young and old, so they can't treat people as bad people!" ”

"If you can't report it yesterday, you can report it again today," Xia Houdun taught him, "The more hectic the time, the more you need the decision-maker to have a clear brain. Thanks to you, you're a section chief, if you become a team leader and do everything yourself, what kind of work do you have to be busy? ”

"Brother, you're just interrupting me," Xiahou Yuan looked indifferent, "What's wrong with your plan to retire?" When do I have to be the team leader? ”

"I can't care about you," Xiahoudun waved his hand, "Hurry up upstairs and eat!" ”

"It's all said to let you exorcise evil spirits, why are you talking so much!" Suddenly, a man's roar came from the reception room.

Xiahoudun was stunned when he heard this, "Who is this, early in the morning." ”

"It's a client," at this time, Qiao Lili stepped forward to explain to Xiahoudun, "I came as soon as I opened the door in the morning, saying that I was asking someone to exorcise evil spirits, and I was fierce, and Zhang Qian took it." ”

"I think he's pretty evil!" When Xiahou Yuan heard this, he was angry, thinking that Zhang Qian was also busy until so late yesterday and had to face such an irritable client as soon as he went to work today, he couldn't help but feel indignant in his heart.

"Do you know what evil is being exorcized?" Xiahoudun asked Qiao Lili.

"I don't know," Qiao Lili shook her head, "just say that they don't want too many people to know about their family." ”

"A family?" Xiahou Yuan asked, "What's the matter with the family here?" ”

"The couple came with their children." Qiao Lili explained.

"Alright, you can go upstairs for dinner," Xiahoudun pointed to the stairs, then raised his leg and walked towards the reception room, "I'll go and see what's going on." ”

Xiahoudun came to the reception room, and saw Zhang Qian sitting on the sofa and the family of three on the opposite side who looked like a family of three explaining something, so he stepped forward and asked, "What's the matter, I heard movement outside." ”

"You're in charge of this?" When the adult man on the opposite side saw Xiahoudun coming in, he raised his voice a little, "Do you care about it?" ”

Xiahoudun ignored the man's rude attitude, and took the half-filled entrustment form from Zhang Qian's hand, and saw that it was only filled in with some basic information: the male was called Lu Baohua, the female was called Xing Lan, and the child who looked to be about fifteen or sixteen years old was called Lu Xing, as well as the contact number, and the rest of the oral content of the commission was not mentioned at all. Xiahoudun frowned, asked Zhang Qian, and said, "Why don't you even have a record of the narrative of the incident?" ”

"No way," Zhang Qian stood up and looked at Xia Houdun helplessly, "Anyway, it's just that the child has nightmares every day, so let's exorcise evil spirits." ”

"Constant nightmares, isn't that a directional nightmare?" Xiahoudun continued.

"Yes," Zhang Qian yawned, his face full of tiredness, "I also think it's an orientation nightmare, so let them describe it in more detail and ask them who they have come into contact with and where they have been." Preliminary analysis of the reason for the orientation of the upper body, to determine whether it is formed or not, whether it is a resentful spirit or a ghost, we can also formulate a solution. ”

"What a solution!" Lu Baohua stood up angrily, "Come here and give me an investigation first, ID card, phone number, address, I have asked enough, I can't leave, I have to ask, you are all liars, right?" ”

"Okay, you go back and rest, you were so busy yesterday so late," Xiahoudun patted Zhang Qian's shoulder, "I'll keep an eye on this for you." ”

"Team leader......" Zhang Qian looked at Xiahoudun with a sleepy feeling and some embarrassment.

"Go ahead!" Xiahoudun waved at Zhang Qian and sat on the sofa opposite Lu Baohua's family.

"I'm sorry for you." Zhang Qian nodded and walked out of the reception room.

"You're the team leader?" Lu Baohua also sat down, with an arrogant tone, "Then tell me if this can be done." ”

"Mr. Lu, right?" Xiahoudun carefully looked at the unfinished entrustment form again, and picked up a pen from the coffee table, "Whether you need to be in front of your children, I will teach you how to speak politely." ”

"Hey, what do you mean, you!" When Lu Baohua heard this, he immediately became angry.

"Okay, okay," Xing Lan, who was holding Lu Xing in her arms, patted Lu Baohua with her hand, "You shut up for a while." ”

"Don't understand what it means?" Xiahoudun chuckled disdainfully, then glanced at Lu Xing in Xing Lan's arms, and saw that the little boy who was about fifteen years old had a misty look in his eyes, thinking that this child must have been frightened a lot, and he didn't argue with the Lu treasure bottle again, "Wake up, are there bruises on your body?" ”

"What? Bruising? Xing Lan reacted for a while, and then nodded immediately, "A few days ago, our child said that he had a nightmare, but we didn't care, but we woke up in the middle of the night last night and found that there was a handprint on the child's arm. ”

"Handprints?" Xiahoudun put down his pen and pointed at Lu Xing, "Lift your sleeves and let me take a look." ”

Xing Lan hurriedly lifted the sleeve of Lu Xing's right arm, revealing a bruise in the shape of a human hand for Xia Houdun to see.

Xiahoudun propped up the coffee table, half-sat up, and looked carefully. He judged that it should be a handprint of a child about the same age as Lu Xing, very slender, maybe a girl's. The bruises are very heavy, indicating that the resentment is very heavy, but judging from Lu Xing's mental condition, this directional nightmare has not yet taken violent and cruel actions against him in his dream, which shows that this directional nightmare is still in the stage of resentment and has not completed the transformation of the ghost. This can't help but make Xiahoudun a little puzzled, judging from the information obtained from this handprint, this directional nightmare was not very old before his death, and the person being directed was this boy called "Lu Xing", and the directional resentment was extremely strong, so, what could happen between this boy and the nightmare?

"Alright, put your sleeves down." Xiahoudun said, sat back, picked up the pen, and filled in the words "Extremely high resentful spirit" in the "Event Description" column of the previously unfilled entrustment form, and then asked Lu Xing, "When you had a nightmare, did there be an obvious coherent event, or did someone with a fixed appearance appear?" ”

As soon as Lu Xing heard Xiahou Xuan's question, his eyes suddenly widened, his whole body trembled, and he didn't speak, but drilled into Xing Lan's arms.

Xing Lan hugged her son tightly and said angrily to Xiahoudun: "You are asking too much!" ”

"Looks like so." Xiahoudun was not angry because of Xing Lan's rudeness, he unhurriedly added the word "forming" to the "event description" column of the commission form, and then pressed the commission form on the coffee table, dropped one by one, put the pen in his hand on the commission form, and said, "Sign it." ”

"Signing......" Lu Baohua frowned, slowly picked up the pen, but did not sign for a long time.

"Sign!" Xiahoudun urged, "Sign it, I'll go and exorcise evil spirits." ”

"Sign it......" Xing Lan nodded at Lu Bao Vase.

Lu Baohua sighed, and then signed the commission form.

Xiahoudun smiled, put away the entrustment form, stood up, and pointed out the door, "Let's go, let's go to your house." ”