"Don't take the application form?" Xiahoudun sat back on the sofa and looked at Cheng Shangqian blankly, "If you don't fill out the application form, you won't be able to go to the headquarters for approval, and when the time comes, manpower and material resources will be scarce, and it will not help you investigate the case." ”

"No, don't tell the Spirit Record Bureau, it's a secret between the two of us." Cheng Shangqian shook his head and said.

Xiahoudun was stunned for a moment in surprise and said, "But ......"

"Things are not that simple...... Cheng Shangqian interrupted Xiahoudun's question, and then, he took out an envelope from his jacket pocket, took out a few photos and a hardcover notebook from the envelope, and handed it to Xiahoudun, "I felt that this matter was very strange from the beginning, although at that time there was no such a large action group as now, but the Spirit Record Bureau still has investigators, this is the Spirit Record Bureau's own people have an accident, and it is a supernatural incident, of course the Spirit Record Bureau will go all out to investigate this matter." However, after a period of investigation, there was no clue at all, and it should not be the case with the strength of the Spirit Record Bureau, so I suspect that there is an internal ghost within the Spirit Record Bureau, and someone is secretly preventing the investigation of this matter. ”

"How can this be ......," Xiahoudun replied casually.

Cheng Shangqian nodded and continued: "With this question, I personally investigated for a long time, until not long ago, when I was cleaning up my belongings when I retired, I found a notebook that my brother left in my desk for some reason, which wrote that he privately made a calculation of the balance formula of yin and yang particles, I don't know what the specific content is, but what is certain is that it is a study of the origin of the fighting spirit, and he thinks that the calculation results are quite shocking, and he is hesitant to notify the council. He didn't write down in his notebook what the result was, but the record was three days before his accident. ”

"The result of the calculation and the car accident for no reason." Xiahoudun muttered quietly, took the photo from Cheng Shangqian's hand, and looked at it carefully, "Is there any suspicious person?" ”

"He has two assistants, and he is the most suspicious." Cheng Shangqian said, "One is called 'Ye Qiang', who mysteriously disappeared shortly after Shang Yuan's death, and now he has not been found, and the other is called 'Qiu Daochong', who behaved very strangely and later took over Shang Yuan's work." Although they are all suspicious, there is no definite evidence to prove that any of them is the murderer of Shang Yuan. ”

After hearing this, Xiahoudun nodded slightly, not thinking too much, but focusing most of his attention on looking at the photos. He suddenly noticed that a silver medium-sized van had been knocked out of shape in a photograph, and the bodies of an unidentified male and a female who were also unidentified could be seen twisted upside down, and a baby lying in a pool of blood. Xiahoudun pointed to the photo and asked, "Were there any eyewitnesses at the scene at that time?" ”

"Nope!" Cheng Shangqian replied, "This is also the most regrettable lack of evidence." ”

Xiahoudun nodded, suddenly frowned again, and showed the photo to Cheng Shangqian, "Look, this place does not conform to the laws of physics." The car crashed like this, and the steel beam should have fallen and hit the baby, but here the steel beam was like something was holding on. ”

"That's right," Cheng Shangqian also frowned, looking at the photo, "If you don't say it, I haven't even noticed." ”

"And here," Xiahoudun pointed to the pool of blood under the baby and said, "This blood is obviously not from the baby's body, and it is not the second uncle and second aunt, whose pool of blood is this?" ”

"This ......" Cheng Shangqian began to tremble with excitement while listening to Xiahou Dun, he patted his legs and closed his eyes sadly, "Shang Yuan, what happened back then!" ”

"Uncle." Xiahoudun wanted to comfort Cheng Shangqian, but he stretched out his hand and found that the tea was cold, so he turned around and shouted, "Xiao Liu, bring a new cup of tea!" Seeing Liu Wenjing come in and take away the teacup, Xiahoudun said to Cheng Shangqian again: "Uncle, don't worry. Since things have happened for so many years, there is no hurry for this day or two. In this way, you leave the information with me, give me some time, and I will investigate it myself. ”

Cheng Shangqian didn't speak, sighed deeply, forcibly controlled his emotions, he looked at Xiahoudun trustingly, and then nodded silently.

Xiahoudun also smiled and nodded, he put the photo and notebook back in the envelope, and then suddenly asked, "By the way, uncle, I want to ask you something about Chen Xuan." ”

"Xiao Xuan," Cheng Shangqian suddenly smiled and said, "If you want to ask anything, just ask." ”

"Oh, that's the case," Xiahoudun asked with some embarrassment, "Did Chen Xuan have a friend named Xiaowen or Xiaolun?" Or do any relatives in the family have names like that? ”

"Len? Wen? Cheng Shangqian thought for a while, shook his head and said, "No......" Just halfway through his words, Cheng Shangqian saw Liu Wenjing coming in with a teacup, so he stopped talking, watched Liu Wenjing put down the teacup, thanked her, and watched her walk out of the door before continuing: "No, relatives at home don't have these two words." There doesn't seem to be any friends, neither boys nor girls, Wen at the beginning of the rain, and no patterns. What's wrong? ”

"Not much, just asking." Xiahou thought that maybe he really thought too much, so he didn't mention it again. Xiahoudun glanced at the envelope in his hand, pointed to the teacup and said, "You drink tea." ”

"No need." Cheng Shangqian stood up, tidied up his clothes, and said, "I'll go back, go back and clean up, and I have to cook for my grandson at noon." ”

Hearing this, Xiahoudun put the envelope on the coffee table, stood up as well, and hurriedly said, "I'll drive you back." ”

"No need," Cheng Shangqian smiled, waved his hand at Xiahoudun, and said, "Home is not far away, I'll just walk back." ”

Xiahoudun took a deep breath and said, "In that case, I'll send you downstairs." ”

Cheng Shangqian nodded at Xiahoudun, then put on his coat and walked out of Xiahoudun's office.

Xiahoudun sent Cheng Shangqian off and returned to the office. He looked at the envelope on the coffee table, looked at it for a while, then sat down at the office desk and turned on the computer. Xiahoudun opened the website of the Linglu Bureau, first searched for Cheng Shangqian's name, and found that all the information was as Cheng Shangqian himself said, the content was detailed and all the honors and awards were listed, and then he searched for Cheng Shangyuan, which was the same as Cheng Shangqian said. So Xiahoudun found the research link on the source of the fighting soul and the application document for suspending the research of the fighting soul at the bottom of Cheng Shangyuan's homepage, and clicked on it in turn, but the content displayed was blank.

Xia Houdun frowned and closed the page. I opened the page of the accident file record again, and began to flip through the records of Cheng Shangyuan's car accident page by page.

"Team Leader!" Suddenly, Liu Wenjing knocked on the door outside the door and said, "The section chiefs are all here, and it's time for a meeting." ”

"Oh, thank you." Xiahoudun bookmarked the current page, closed the browser, took out a document from the briefcase, and followed Liu Wenjing to the conference room.

At the end of the day's work, Xiahoudun was ready to go home. Since Xiahou Yuan said that he was going to go on a date with Ding Yao in the evening, Xiahou Yuan gave Xia Houyuan the car keys and squeezed the subway back home.

opened the door, entered the house, put the briefcase on the shelf next to the shoe cabinet, and was greeted by a hug from Chen Xuan.

"It's so fragrant, what are you doing?" Xia Houdun changed his shoes and looked into the kitchen.

"I made your favorite radish pork rib soup." Chen Xuan looked at Xiahoudun with a smile, glanced at the door again, and asked in surprise, "What about Xiao Yuan?" ”

"He's gone on a date," Xiahoudun put his shoes in the shoe cabinet, "I probably won't come back tonight." ”

"If you don't learn well, how do you discipline your younger brother?" Chen Xuan pouted, kissed Xiahoudun gently, and ran back to the kitchen to continue preparing dinner.

"It's basically a sure thing, and it's my turn to take care of it?" Xiahoudun untied the tie at the collar, hung it on the shelf at the door, and then walked to the kitchen door and asked, "Is there anything you need my help with?" ”

"Nope." Chen Xuan skillfully operated in the kitchen, turned around and said, "You can eat in a while." ”

"Okay." Xiahoudun shook his head, walked to the door, picked up his briefcase, and walked towards the study.

Walking into the study and turning on the lamp on the desk, Xia Houdun took out all the day's work materials and sorted them out one by one, worried about omissions and mistakes. Just when he was sorting out the information, the envelope given by Cheng Shangqian came into Xiahoudun's eyes again. Xiahoudun picked up the envelope, took out the photograph from it, and looked at it carefully.

There was another photo that made Xiahoudun have some doubts. In the center of the photo, a rescuer is examining two bodies on the ground, which should be the bodies of Cheng Shangyuan and his wife, and on the side, there is another rescuer squatting on the ground checking something. Xia Houdun looked at the place carefully and found that there was nothing there, and the rescuer seemed to be squatting there to check the ground.

"What is he looking at?" Xia Houdun frowned and muttered quietly. He put down the picture, walked to the window, stared out the window, and fell into deep thought. Xiahoudun faintly felt that there must be an amazing secret hidden in this case that had been sealed for nearly twenty years. Judging from the scene of the car accident, the van was indeed damaged due to an impact for no apparent reason, and what could be the unknown reason? Ordinary creatures and alien spirits cannot cause such great damage, and although there are only a handful of people who can have such abilities, they do not correspond to their own characteristic abilities. Who could have done it? What is the purpose of the Spirit Record Bureau's constant procrastination and reluctance to investigate further? The more Xiahoudun thought about it, the more confused he became, so he had to stop thinking first and sighed deeply.

"You've always taken on so many things by yourself." Suddenly, Chen Xuan hugged him from behind Xiahoudun, "Why don't you say it and let me share it with you?" Even if I don't understand it, it's a catharsis for you. ”

Xiahoudun was not surprised by Chen Xuan's sudden hug, perhaps his keen observation had already noticed that Chen Xuan had walked into the study, or perhaps it was Chen Xuan's hug that gave him a strong sense of security. He turned around and hugged Chen Xuan deeply, "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have brought it home for work matters." ”

"You've always been like that." Chen Xuan snuggled in Xiahoudun's arms, and said with some reproach and some concern: "You have no parents since you were a child, you have always been a father and a mother at home to take care of your younger brothers and sisters, and you are the number one in the unit, you have to make so many decisions every day, and you have to always rush to the front line, aren't you tired?" Are you really that strong? Or do you dare not admit that you also want to have a warm support? Now that you're not alone, don't be so stubborn, okay? ”

"I ......" Xiahoudun listened to Chen Xuan's words, and didn't know how to answer for a while. Indeed, he really relies on Chen Xuan, perhaps this is a big reason why he fell in love with this woman. Chen Xuan has always tolerated himself and taken care of himself, and today's conversation made Xiahoudun understand that the woman in front of him knew herself so well. And he had some scruples about her, and in the morning, because of Chen Xuan's joke, he felt shameless and a little angry, which was simply childish behavior! Xiahoudun closed his eyes a little ashamed, and hugged his wife in his arms tighter, "Wife, I love you." ”

Chen Xuan suddenly blushed and was shocked, and then laughed happily again, "This is the first time you have spoken to me so seriously." ”

"No, it won't." Xiahoudun frowned and recalled carefully.

"I love you too." Chen Xuan didn't say much, just asked on Xiahoudun's cheek, and then left Xiahoudun's embrace with a mischievous face, "Hurry up and wash your hands, the meal is ready." ”

"Huh?" Xiahoudun didn't come out of his emotions for a while, didn't react, and subconsciously replied, "Okay." ”

"After eating, can you help my sister wash the dishes?" Chen Xuan smiled and touched Xiahoudun's head.

Xiahoudun reacted at this time, thought for a while, and said with a smile: "Okay! ”

"Yes, that's good!" Chen Xuan touched Xiahoudun's head again, and walked outside the study.

Xiahoudun smiled, tidied up the things on the desk a little, turned off the lamp, and walked out of the study.