Volume I: Chapter 43: The Gate of Hades (1)

"Kid?" Xiahou was startled for a moment, ignoring the tie that had not yet been tied, he turned around and held Chen Xuan's delicate shoulders, his two eyes were facing hers, and his expression was a little stiff, "Are you pregnant?" ”

Chen Xuan smiled and didn't speak, just nodded slightly.

"I'm going to be a dad!" Xiahoudun suddenly shouted excitedly, hugged Chen Xuan's request, and hugged her.

"Be careful," Chen Xuan asked Xiahoudun to let go and stood on the ground, "Don't be light or heavy." ”

Xiahoudun looked at Chen Xuan, smiled, and was so excited that he didn't know what to say, he hugged his beloved wife tightly, kissed her forehead, and suddenly said with some guilt: "But when you were pregnant, I had to do an extraordinary task, and I couldn't take care of you by your side." ”

"It's just a week, it's okay." Chen Xuan leaned his head on Xiahoudun's shoulder and helped him tie his tie, "Okay, let's go, the drivers will be in a hurry for a while." ”

Xiahoudun nodded, picked up the suitcase, kissed Chen Xuan's cheek, and said, "Take care of yourself." ”

"Got it. I'll go back to my parents' house in the next few days, don't worry. Chen Xuan replied happily and sent Xiahoudun to the door of the room. After Xiahoudun put on his shoes and opened the door, Chen Xuan handed him the down jacket, "Pay attention to keeping warm, you must be careful." ”

Xiahoudun smiled and took the down jacket and kissed Chen Xuan again, "You must take care of yourself." ”

"Something has changed, send me a letter." Chen Xuan said, then waved his hand and said, "Go quickly, bye-bye." ”

"Bye-bye, go back." After saying goodbye to Chen Xuan, Xiahoudun went downstairs and got into the car that had been waiting there for a long time.

Walking with Xiahoudun is Zhang Jianyun, a member of the field service section of the Yuanrang Group, his witty mind and quick reaction are the main reasons why Xiahoudun chose him as his deputy this time, and he is good at sniping, and he can perfectly cooperate with Xiahoudun's melee work. Zhang Jianyun gave up his studies at a prestigious university in his sophomore year, and received two years of special training at the special agent headquarters of the Spirit Record Bureau, and obtained the agent qualification certificate of the Spirit Record Bureau. The person is energetic, speaks decently, and does things neatly, which makes Xiahoudun very satisfied.

The car took them to Yandu Station, and the high-speed rail went directly to Xudu Railway Station, and after arriving, a special car picked them up to the guest house of the Northern Operations Department of the Linglu Bureau. Xiahoudun and Zhang Jianyun got out of the car, and after Xiahoudun waved to the driver and thanked him, the car drove away.

Xiahoudun picked up his luggage, and planned to enter the door, go to the conference room of the guest house arranged before, and walked two steps, and found that Zhang Jianyun was still there motionless looking up at the guest house, so he reminded: "Xiao Zhang, let's go." ”

Hearing Xiahoudun's call, Zhang Jianyun came back to his senses, held his suitcase, and followed Xiahoudun to the guest house, "Team leader, this is the guest house?" ”

"yes." Xia Houdun walked, carrying his luggage in one hand, and did not forget to arrange his tie and shirt collar with the other.

"It's spectacular!" Zhang Jianyun admired and followed Xiahoudun into the hall. Seeing the exquisite and luxurious decoration in the hall, Zhang Jianyun became even more excited, "It's so luxurious, I want to live here." ”

Xiahoudun turned his head to look at Zhang Jianyun, pouted and smiled, "Okay, if this mission is completed well, I will grant you a week off to let you relax here for a few days." ”

"Really?" Zhang Jianyun's eyes lit up, and he nodded firmly, "Then I must work hard!" ”

Xiahoudun smiled again, and took Zhang Jianyun into the conference room. When I entered the door, it turned out that someone had arrived earlier. Cao Ren was still wearing a suit that matched his temperament, sitting on the sofa, crossing Erlang's legs, and smoking a cigar leisurely. Behind Cao Ren stood a very young-looking beauty, with delicate facial features, long flowing hair, and khaki leather and slim pants on her body made her look very shrewd and capable, but her expression was too serious, giving people a feeling that it was difficult to communicate.

"Xiahoudun?" Cao Ren glanced at the door of the conference room and laughed.

"What are you laughing at?" Xiahoudun took a few steps forward, put the suitcase on the ground, and sat down beside Cao Ren, "What's so funny?" ”

Cao Ren took out the cigarette case from his arms, handed it to Xiahoudun, and said, "I'm laughing happily." Two team leaders were summoned for this operation, and I was just thinking about it, don't be sent by Dian Wei to cooperate with me. ”

"No, no, no." Xiahoudun waved his hand and didn't take Cao Ren's cigarette, "Isn't Dian Wei good?" ”

Cao Ren smiled disdainfully, put away the cigarette case, and said, "Dian Wei has strong personal ability, this is beyond doubt. However, the evil team is all melee team members, and there are no snipers in any of them, so this kind of mission can only be delayed. ”

"Oh?" When Xiahoudun heard Cao Ren say this, he was a little curious, and he leaned closer to Cao Ren and asked, "So, do you know about this mission?" ”

Cao Ren smiled, took out a cigarette and lit it, "Yes, I already sent someone to inquire just now." ”

Seeing Cao Ren's response, Xiahoudun hurriedly said, "Then you should talk about it." ”

Cao Ren spat out a long pillar of smoke, glanced at Xiahoudun unhurriedly, and said, "Stop the demons from destroying the Hades Gate." ”

"Demons? Destroying the Gates of Hades? Xiahoudun stared at the carpet and muttered quietly, then raised his head again and asked, "Where is it?" ”

Cao Ren took his cigarette, paused for a while, and said: "The news came, saying that Lu Bu found a demonic movement in the mountains near Xudu in the morning, so he sent the team that was arranged in Xudu there before, and the demonic qi has stabilized, and it has been three hours. Our task is to cooperate with Lu Bu's actions in accordance with the instructions of the department. ”

"Mountain warfare?" Xiahoudun thought for a while, suddenly smiled proudly, and said, "It seems that it is a wise move for me to bring a remote team member." ”

Cao Ren glanced at Zhang Jianyun, who was standing aside, and asked Xiahoudun, "This little brother is your sniper?" ”

"Oh, I forgot to introduce you." Xiahoudun stood up and pulled Zhang Jianyun by the hand, and introduced Cao Ren to Cao Ren: "This is an elite member of our group, Zhang Jianyun from the Field Service Section. He said to Zhang Jianyun again: "Xiao Zhang, this is the leader of Cao Ren." ”

Cao Ren smiled, pinched off the unfinished cigar, stood up and patted Zhang Jianyun's shoulder, "Not bad, young man, you have the ability to look at it." ”

Being praised like this, Zhang Jianyun bowed slightly embarrassedly, and said with a smile: "Team Leader Cao praised it falsely." ”

Cao Ren smiled, and suddenly turned his head to gesture to the leather-clad beauty standing behind him. The beautiful woman stepped forward, came to Xiahou and bowed slightly, and said, "The member of the Field Service Section of the Second Action Group, Ling Yuyan, has met Team Leader Xiahou. ”

Xiahoudun, who had long known that Cao Ren was strict with his subordinates, naturally didn't think much about it, just nodded and responded.

Zhang Jianyun on the side was dumbfounded, he had never seen such a beauty as Ling Yuyan, both his appearance and temperament made Zhang Jianyun a little excited, but seeing that the other party was an "iceberg beauty", it was not easy to talk to him, so he had to blush and bow his head slightly.

Who would have thought that Ling Yuyan stretched out his right hand to Zhang Jianyun and said with a smile: "Zhang Jianyun, right?" My name is Ling Yuyan, please take care of me, and I hope we will have a happy cooperation in the future. ”

"Huh? Oh! Zhang Jianyun, whose face was flushed, hurriedly stretched out his hand to respond, "You, hello, my name is Zhang Jianyun." Please look after me in the future. ”

Everyone could see that Zhang Jianyun was attracted by Ling Yuyan, but seeing that his team members were a little overwhelmed, Xiahoudun changed the topic and teased Cao Ren, "Hey, Cao Ren, I didn't expect that there are still people in your group who can laugh?" ”

"What do you mean by that? I won't laugh. Cao Ren said, then stepped forward and patted Zhang Jianyun, leaned into his ear, and whispered: "This Ling Yuyan in our group is still single." ”

"Huh?" After listening to what Cao Ren said, Zhang Jianyun's face turned even redder, and his head lowered even lower.

"Sit down." Xiahoudun sat back on the sofa, opened a bottle of mineral water on the coffee table, and took a few sips.

Cao Ren nodded and sat back as well. Zhang Jianyun sat opposite Xiahoudun at this time. It's just that Ling Yuyan has been standing there straight, turning his gaze to Cao Ren, who had just sat down.

Cao Ren pointed to the empty sofa opposite him, next to Zhang Jianyun, and said to Ling Yuyan: "Team leader Xiahou told you to sit, you can sit down, you don't have to look at the eyes of this seat." ”

"Yes!" Ling Yuyan listened to Cao Ren's words before sitting down.

"Why are demons destroying the Underworld?" Xiahoudun suddenly asked, "How can they open the Hades Gate?" ”

Cao Ren picked up the grapes on the side and ate them, and said, "According to Xun Yu, there should be a problem within the Spirit Record Bureau, and someone took advantage of the intersection with Yin Si's work to find out the moving coordinates of the Hades Gate and its weak position. ”

"Something went wrong?" Xiahoudun was suddenly startled, "What's the problem?" Who did this to you? ”

"If I knew, wouldn't I have to go on this mission?" Cao Ren responded half-jokingly, and then analyzed it seriously, "They should be going to cooperate with the inside and the outside, open the underworld in the middle of the night, release some evil undead, and use these evil spirits to create chaos in the world, so as to increase the utilization rate of demon barriers and the rate of human demonization." ”

Xiahoudun listened to Cao Ren's analysis, thought for a while in a daze, shook his head, and said, "That's not right. ”

"Isn't that right?" Cao Ren just wanted to stuff a grape into his mouth, but when he heard Xiahoudun say this, he stopped, "What's wrong?" ”

Xiahoudun said: "If the demons want to create chaos in the world, then they only need to send the demons, and fight guerrillas with us, it is not easy to be discovered, so why bother to destroy the underworld." ”

Cao Ren put down the grapes, thought about it with a puzzled face, and said, "Yes, why is this?" ”

"And the corpse spirits we met last time," Xiahoudun looked at Cao Ren anxiously, "The combat effectiveness of the blood spirits after the corpse is not as good as before, so who are the corpses of them?" What is the purpose? ”

"That's right," Cao Ren said, "the corpse-like blood spirits don't seem to have an organization or purpose, and for such a long time, we can't find the reason for their formation, and we don't know who did it." ”

"Look at this." Xiahoudun took out a crumpled square towel from his arms and handed it to Cao Ren.

Cao Ren opened the square scarf and saw a blue and white batik printed with a young girl's picking flowers, so he asked, "Batik?" ”

Xiahoudun nodded and said, "You smell the smell above." ”

Cao Ren smelled it, pondered for a while, and said, "This should be the smell of batik." ”

"Isn't that exactly what we smell when we defeat the Necrophils?" Xiahoudun reminded Cao Ren.

Cao Ren glanced at the square scarf in his hand and said, "Indeed, do you have any new discoveries?" ”

Xiahoudun didn't speak, just shook his head.

"Report!" Suddenly there was a sound outside the door.

"Come in!" Cao Ren responded.

Outside the door, a man wearing the combat uniform of the commando team of the Spirit Record Bureau walked in, stepped forward and stood upright, and said loudly: "Report to Team Leader Xiahou and Team Leader Cao, the task order has been issued, please let the two team leaders go." ”

"Got it, thank you." Cao Ren responded, then stood up, tidied up his clothes, glanced at his watch, and said, "Let's go, Brother Xiahou." ”

Xiahoudun let out a long breath, glanced at Zhang Jianyun, then looked at Cao Ren, and said, "Let's go." ”