Chapter 8: The Prologue of the Past in the Mirror
Gusts of wind whistling in my ears. There are many rumors about this abandoned film and television city. These kinds of rumors sound absurd and unreasonable, but when you are really in the city, you really feel that there are layers of weirdness shrouded in every corner of the surroundings.
The wind howled again, and the eerie feeling raged unscrupulously. The gravel and fine sand on the ground were swirled into a vortex by the rampant wind, and then scattered and fell back to the ground.
The wind did not show any signs of fatigue, nor did it mean to stop. Yan Chuqing didn't know if he was hallucinating, but he always vaguely heard the sound of people talking in the wind. If you listen carefully, it seems to be saying: Leave, leave......
After taking a hard puff of the cigarette and feeling that most of his stomach was deflated, Yan Chuqing threw the cigarette butt on the ground and stepped on the cigarette butt with high heels.
I looked at the cigarette box and counted the twelve cigarettes left. Yan Chuqing took out another diagonal light and put it between his lips, closed the cigarette case and put it back in his pocket, and took out a lighter from his pocket and lit a cigarette. With the same slender cigarette between her slender fingers, accompanied by the smell of mint, she walked towards the depths of the studio.
There was no light in the film and television city, and even the night sky that looked up seemed to be covered with a huge curtain without a trace of starlight and moonlight.
Yan Chuqing only relied on the lit cigarette in her hand to see the way, she walked very slowly and looked back from time to time as if she was waiting for someone......
More than ten minutes later, a black SUV drove outside the film and television city, and stopped not far away.
Nie Xuyang opened the car door, turned around and said a few words to Ye Mei in the car, then put on his headphones, put his hands in his pockets and walked in the direction of the film and television city.
Nie Xuyang walked into the film and television city, if he looked down at this time, he would find that his footsteps almost overlapped with Yan Chuqing's footprints.
Before he had taken a few steps through the door, Nie Xuyang smelled something he was not familiar with, but it was stored in his olfactory memory. If it weren't for the wind, the smell would have been stronger, and he would have been able to distinguish it more quickly.
Suddenly, Nie Xuyang almost slapped his head, this is the smell of Yan Chuqing's smoking, during the time of following her, Nie Xuyang has already figured out Yan Chuqing's habits, she smokes, what brand of cigarettes she smokes, what kind of smell, he has an impression.
He guessed that if the smell of smoke could still be smelled a little, there must be cigarette butts left behind by smoking. Nie Xuyang squatted down and searched carefully around. Sure enough, he found a cigarette butt about five paces away from him.
He stood up and walked in, crouching down to look at the ground every ten or so steps he took.
Nie Xuyang felt like a roaring dog, constantly sniffing the residual smoke in the air. Walking more than ten meters away, the smell of smoke was a little heavier, and he squatted down, and now all lighting equipment could not be used, so as not to startle the snake. He fumbled on the ground for a long time and picked up a cigarette butt again, and smelled the smoke that had not yet dissipated.
Before coming here again, Nie Xuyang found a map of the distribution of the film and television city, and the whistleblower in that mysterious phone call had informed Nie Xuyang of the approximate location of his tryst with Yan Chuqing and Ye Mei's husband, and now with the cigarette butts along the way, he was even more sure that Yan Chuqing was here. He even thought about it after the lawsuit was over, he would persuade her to quit smoking, this smoking is not only not good for her health, but also will expose her whereabouts, and people have to pay attention to some details when they do bad things...... Nie Xuyang's monologue muttered to himself in his heart.
When Nie Xuyang was studying the distribution map of the film and television city, he also read some information about the film and television city by the way.
When the city broke ground, 23 golden pears were dug out of the ground, which are said to be made of solid pure gold. I invited experts to come and say that it was a cultural relic, but I couldn't say which era, and the cultural relics naturally had to be handed over, but the boss of the film and television city named the film and television city "crystal pear" with the homonym of the golden pear, and created a five-story "golden pear" sculpture in the most central position of the film and television city.
When this "golden pear" appeared in front of Nie Xuyang's eyes, he could imagine how wealthy the boss here was at that time. The "golden pear" body called the sculpture is composed of golden alloy plates and yellow glass, and from the data, the owner of the film and television city at that time also specially found someone to polish 23 crystal pears inlaid on this sculpture.
But later, a crew in this film and television city needed to shoot a blasting scene, and an accident occurred when the staff discharged explosives. The accident killed seven and injured eleven, and the seven dead also included the heroine of the show and the big boss of the film and television city.
At that time, the bodies of the heroine and the big boss were found in a temporary shed built at the filming site, and because of their appearance when they died, it aroused many public associations, which caused quite a stir.
After the accident, the family members of the big boss started a property lawsuit against each other. The company is also in a uproar because of its different factions and positions. There are also constant rumors in the film and television city that some people see ghosts, and the more the rumors spread, the more evil they become, of course, there is also the possibility of adding oil and vinegar to it, in short, one is more terrifying than the other, and the crew has gone one after another.
The death of the big boss gradually brought the film and television city into decline, and made the once brilliant golden pear permanently lose its brilliance.
Nie Xuyang remembered that there was this paragraph in the information he read, and felt that his scalp was numb and shuddered. He couldn't help but start criticizing Ye Mei's husband and Yan Chuqing again in his heart, where the tryst was not good, so he chose this place.
He glanced at the sculpture again, not to mention, at first glance at this sculpture Nie Xuyang felt ugly, but after looking at it twice, he actually felt that it was not bad, the shape of the pear was very much like a graceful girl, but it was a little round and jade. In this dark moment, this sculpture can still shine automatically, and I don't know where it reflects a trace of light. He thought he would be blinded if he was in the sun, but if the moon hadn't struck tonight......
Nie Xuyang woke up before he could finish thinking about the adjective, he didn't come here tonight to see this sculpture.
After passing by this conspicuous marker, it should not be far from Yan Chuqing, Nie Xuyang found a cigarette butt again, he shook his head and felt that Yan Chuqing's addiction to cigarettes was too big, right? He thought about it again and dismissed the idea he had just made, Yan Chuqing should be very nervous now......
Yan Chuqing raised the collar of her windbreaker, although this action did not have any effect on the pervasive wind, she looked around and could vaguely see that this should have been a scene for a cottage in a costume film. She found the fourth thatched hut in the scene as she had agreed and walked in.
The lighting conditions were so poor that Yan Chuqing was almost blinded after walking into the thatched house. She stood with her back to the wall.
She took out a cigarette and a lighter from her pocket, and the last cigarette snapped and lit it, and she glanced around in a hurry by the faint light of the lighter.
Almost a cigarette had passed, and a deep man's voice sounded behind her. "Here we go."
Even if she was prepared, Yan Chuqing's heart seemed to skip a needle at that second, and she had a bad thought that she didn't understand, and it seemed that something would happen today. She turned around, and there was only a meter between them, but she couldn't see the man clearly.
The person Yan Chuqing is waiting for is not Ye Mei's husband, but an "insider" who has never met.
The man was dressed in a full suit of black clothes and pants, and he also wore a black hat and a mask, but the whites of his eyes could not be seen.
Yan Chuqing walked to the door of the thatched hut and looked at it, and then came back: "Is it you calling me?" Who are you, and how do you know those things? ”
"You don't need to know who I am, you give money, I give you news, our business is that simple."
"The money, I can only give half of it first, if what you said is lying to me, then wouldn't I lose my wife and soldiers."
The man in black was dressed in the best protective color, and if he didn't pay attention to him, the man would be indistinguishable from any of the scenes and objects here.
This sentence was the first sentence Nie Xuyang heard outside the thatched house, and he thought that the man and woman inside were the husbands of Yan Chuqing and Ye Mei.
The wind swallowed up some words, and the whole sentence was intermittent, Nie Xuyang wondered, why did Ye Mei's husband still ask Yan Chuqing for money......
Nie Xuyang half-squatted outside the thatched hut and felt that he still couldn't hear clearly enough, so he used this strange posture to move a few steps to the door of the thatched hut.
Yan Chuqing and the man in black are still negotiating.
"Don't negotiate terms with me, give me the money. The money is in my account, and I promise to know everything, you think"
Yan Chuqing weighed for a moment: "If you want me to give money first, you only need to answer me one question, if you are really an insider, then this question is not difficult for you." ”
The wind stopped for a while, Nie Xuyang could hear the conversation inside clearly, and he was confused: who is Yan Chuqing and here, and what is the truth of the matter?
Nie Xuyang's thoughts were pulled back by Yan Chuqing's question.
"Why is my surname Yan and my sister's surname Qin?"
Nie Xuyang was depressed, what is the problem? One father's surname and one mother's surname. Wait, Nie Xuyang remembered that when she investigated Yan Chuqing, she didn't find out that she had a younger sister, although this has nothing to do with the divorce case, but Nie Xuyang still feels that he is not perfect, and he will have to be more rigorous next time.
The man in black's answer was exactly what Nie Xuyang thought: "One is your father's surname, and your sister is your mother's surname." ”
Yan Chuqing said coldly: "My mother's surname is He at all, and her surname is Qin at all!" ”
Nie Xuyang was like a stunned person who couldn't figure it out, and he began to beat the drum in his heart, so tortuous? Could it be her mother's remarriage, her half-sister? It seems that this Yan Chuqing grew up in a single-parent family......
"Are you kidding me? Lao Tzu wants to give you a good look! ”
There was a lot of commotion inside, and someone should have scuffled.
After a while, Yan Chuqing began to call for help, her voice was very unsmooth, and Nie Xuyang heard that it was a sound of not pinching her neck and shouting.
I don't have to study the content of the whistleblower call in detail to see why it is not the same as what happened inside, and now it is important to save people first.
Nie Xuyang, who rushed into the thatched house, saw the man in black pinching Yan Chuqing's neck and pressing her against the wall.
"Stop, let her go."
Nie Xuyang's stop only had a second-in-effect effect, and the man in black was already enraged, and the strength of his hand was even greater.
In fact, being a lawyer is Nie Xuyang's backup choice, his first choice is to take the police academy, but he was born frail and sickly, and he has never passed the sports performance, and he has never had a chance to get his favorite profession.
Not surprisingly, Nie Xuyang couldn't beat the man in black, and before the man let go of Yan Chuqing's neck, he only stretched out a foot and kicked Nie Xuyang far away.
Nie Xuyang wanted to call someone to help, but the terrible thing was that before the person arrived, Yan Chuqing was about to die.
Whether you can beat it or not, you have to fight again, and you can't watch Yan Chuqing being strangled to death.
Nie Xuyang still struggled to get up, he touched something with his hand holding the ground, and when he picked it up, it was Yan Chuqing's lighter.
Nie Xuyang lit the lighter: "You let go, if you don't let go, I'll grab a handful of straw and light it and throw it at you." ”
This sounded a little unreliable, so the man in black still didn't let go.
Nie Xuyang really picked up the straw from the ground, lit it and held it in his hand.
The man in black saw a fire rising behind him, and finally let go of his hand: "I'm just scaring and scaring her, why are you so serious?" ”
Yan Chuqing gasped for breath.
The man in black felt that something was wrong, and turned around and wanted to leave, but was dragged by Yan Chuqing: "You...... Who are you? ”
The wind came stronger after a short break, and the momentum was too strong to uproot the thatched hut.
The wind broke into the thatched hut and blew away the fire in Nie Xuyang's hand, and for a while, the whole house was full of flames
The man in black pushed Yan Chuqing away: "I knew that I wouldn't be here today, this is a life-threatening thing, you go crazy yourself, our account will have to be settled again." ”
The fire was uncontrollable in just three or two minutes, Yan Chuqing seemed to be unable to walk, Nie Xuyang helped Yan Chuqing to find an exit in the smoky thatched house.
Yan Chuqing couldn't open her eyes because of the smoke, she didn't expect such an accident today, she thought that her death time was coming, and she would die with this man: "Are you Nie Xuyang?" ”
"How do you know my name? You shut your mouth, the smoke will smoke you. Nie Xuyang didn't give up yet, he covered Yan Chuqing's mouth with his hand, trying to make her inhale less cigarettes.
Yan Chuqing pushed his hand away, since he was going to die, he was not afraid of these smokes: "You have followed me for so long, of course I know you." ”
Nie Xuyang didn't react again, he finally found the exit, he thought that everything would wait until he got out, he walked to the door with the groggy Yan Chuqing, and then he had no memory.
When someone arrived, they found that they were no longer awake, Yan Chuqing was lying on the ground, Nie Xuyang was by her side, his hand was on Yan Chuqing's head, and a broken wooden beam was pressed on his back.