At midnight, the streets that had just rained were muddy, and the air was filled with the smell of dampness and even decay. Han Shan was hungry, so he found a noodle restaurant and sat down. On the night of early spring, the weather is still relatively cold, and most of the businesses are closed at this moment, so it is not easy to find a small shop that is still open.

The shop is not big, the boss and the cook are the same person, Han Shan ordered a bowl of pork rib noodles, and the boss who was cleaning up in the back kitchen raised his hand and motioned to Han Shan to wait for a while.

Han Shan sat quietly in his chair, staring up at the dim ceiling, his left hand, which was missing his index finger and ring finger, was tapping wildly on the table, listening carefully and even hearing the rhythm, with this rhythm, Han Shan's mind returned to that day five years ago......

A border town on the border between Yunnan and Laos, a lively wedding scene.

The glamorous bride held Han Shan, who was dressed in a suit, and toasted the relatives and friends who came to congratulate her.

Han Shan is a pianist from the north, and he just married a beautiful girl from a local town in Yunnan. The first time Han Shan traveled to Yunnan, he fell in love with this girl, and when he decided to stay with this girl for the rest of his life, he also decided to stay in this beautiful town and spend the rest of his life with his lover.

Han Shan grew up in an orphanage, with no relatives and not many friends, but the girl's family is a big local family, and hundreds of relatives and friends came, and the wedding scene was very lively.

Just when everyone was not happy to push the cup and change the lamp, a group of people suddenly walked in at the wedding banquet and stood at the door. Han Shan observed them, there were seven people in this group, three Chinese, four Southeast Asians, all fierce and vicious, with a foreign beast written on their necks, Han Shan traveled south and north to see a lot of knowledge, but he had never seen such a tattoo.

The noisy scene just now suddenly quieted down, everyone looked at the seven people who broke in with trepidation, one of the seven Southeast Asians standing in the middle raised his hand and pointed to the nearest table, and the other people sat down unceremoniously and began to enjoy a table of chicken, duck and fish, and several local Yunnan villagers at the same table stood up with interest and sat elsewhere.

When the Southeast Asian who gave the order also sat down and began to ignore eating, everyone's hanging hearts seemed to fall, and the scene gradually returned to a lively state, and the seven people just bowed their heads to eat, and did not have any other effects, as if nothing had happened.

After a round of wine, Han Shan, who was full of suspicion, asked the bride in a low voice: "Do you know them?" ”

The bride replied in a low voice: "I have heard of them, it is said to be a gang of border drug dealers, I remember what it seems to be called the caracal gang, and there is a stronghold of them in the town. ”

When Han Shan heard the words of the drug dealer, he hurriedly took out his mobile phone: "I have to call the police." ”

The bride hurriedly stopped Han Shan: "Shan, don't, it's useless." This group has been entrenched on the China-Laos border for two or three years, and the police of the two countries have not been able to arrest them.......

The bride's voice trembled, as if she remembered something terrible, and she couldn't go on.

"But what?" Han Shan asked.

"The person who called the police, the whole family disappeared overnight, no one knows if this gang did it, but since then, no one dares to call the police, and although these people dump into the mainland through the town, they have never harassed the local people, like today, they should be hungry, and they will leave after eating, mountain, let's not meddle in our affairs, good and evil will be rewarded, let God clean them up." The bride frowned and comforted Han Shan.

Seeing his lover's frightened appearance, Han Shan's heart softened, and the hand holding the mobile phone was put into his trouser pocket, Han Shan gave up calling the police, after all, today is the day of the wedding, and more things are better than less, so he continued to drink and talk with everyone.

But there was a strange wave in Han Shan's heart, he always felt that the strange beasts tattooed on the necks of these seven people were staring at him with eyes, I don't know if others also felt the same way, Han Shan didn't dare to look directly at these seven outlaws, so he asked an old man next to him in a casual way to ask them.

The wedding scene was noisy, and the seven people couldn't hear the conversation between Han Shan and the old man.

"Old man, what kind of animal are the tattoos on their necks?" Han Shan asked.

"That's not an animal, it's a legendary mythical beast, called a caracal, because of the belief in caracals, so these people call themselves caracals." The old man spoke with a strong local accent and talked to Han Shan.

"Oh, what kind of beast is this caracal? Can this group of people believe? ”

"I don't know very well, it's just a rumor, this caracal is very vicious, it feeds on the evil thoughts of the world, but the evil thoughts are not a specific thing, it feeds on evil thoughts, so how can it be eaten? So when I was young, the older generation said that this caracal eats only those who have evil thoughts in their hearts. ”

"Hahaha, old man, it seems that the legend is false, there shouldn't be anyone in this world who is more evil than these seven people, right? If these caracals really existed, why didn't they eat them? ”

"True or false, who really knows, but young man, there is one thing you don't know, this caracal cannot survive alone, it must parasitize on the body of extremely evil people in order to achieve its purpose of devouring evil thoughts. And according to the older generation, this thing has no eyes, and only when it smells evil thoughts, the caracal will give birth to a pair of evil eyes, staring at the person with evil thoughts in their hearts. ”

"Old man, you're laughing again, don't you see the caracal on the neck of those seven people, don't they all have eyes, according to what you say, the people who came to my wedding today will be eaten by the caracal?"

"You... You see it...... Hideous eyes? The old man's face was so frightened that he even spoke intermittently.

"yes, don't you see? Seven pairs of eyes, as if staring at me. Probably due to the effect of alcohol, Han Shan actually raised his hand and pointed at the seven outlaws who were feasting.

The old man patted the shoulder of the young man sitting next to him: "Ade, look at the caracal on the necks of those people, do you have eyes?" ”

The young man named Ade put down the chicken leg in his hand, craned his neck to look at it, turned around and said, "No, yes yes (Yunnan dialect, referring to uncle)." ”

The old man called out to the bride who was laughing and chatting with her friends: "Girl, do you see the hideous on those people, do you have eyes?" ”

The bride complied with the old man's wishes, and also glanced at the seven members of the Caracal Gang and replied: "I didn't see the eyes." ”

Han Shan suddenly felt that he might have drunk too much, shook his head vigorously, rubbed his eyes, and then carefully looked at it, that's right, the seven hideous and vicious eyes on Wen's body were staring at him motionlessly!

Suddenly, the old man stood up, picked up the wine glass in his hand, and raised his voice to the highest: "I see... Ahem...... I think it's almost over, the groom is about to get drunk, let's send the bride and groom into the cave room early, okay to give birth to a noble son early? Let's give the groom a final toast, and then send off the bride and groom, okay? ”

Yunnan town has a very strong sense of big family, the prestige of the old man is very high, the status is similar to the patriarch from ancient times to modern times, even if everyone has not yet enjoyed themselves, but the old man's proposal is not daring to disobey, so everyone holds up the wine glass together to congratulate Han Shan and the bride on the happy wedding, and then drink it all, the bride holds the groom, accompanied by a few friends to the door.

Immediately walked to the door, and when she passed by the table of the Caracal Gang, the bride's heart rose to her throat, but she did not dare to slack off.

It passed, without any surprises.

When she arrived at the door, the bride was just about to open the door of the hotel, and a hand was on Han Shan's shoulder!

"I heard that the groom is a pianist, and there is a piano in the corner, and he plays a little song to help our boss." A one-eyed Chinese man in the Caracal Gang detains Han Shan.

"I'm sorry, but my husband has drunk too much and can't play for you today." The bride turned around and stood in front of Han Shan.

"Don't you give face?" The one-eyed man deliberately exposed the eerie pistol at his waist, and he didn't know how many lives had been mutilated under this gun.

Being guarded by his beloved woman at a dangerous moment is a great shame for Han Shan.

"I'll play, don't embarrass anyone." Han Shan put his arms around his lover's shoulders and turned sideways to protect him in his arms.

The one-eyed man sat back in his chair. Han Shan gently pushed his lover to the side of his friend, staggered close to the piano and sat down: "The state is not good, the playing may not be very good, you are more bearable, you are ugly." ”

The flowing music resounded in every corner of the room, and everyone in the room listened to it with fascination, and the seven villains also enjoyed it with their eyes closed. At the end of the song, the boss of the caracal gang took the lead in applauding, and the bride ran to Han Shan in warm applause, and Han Shan, who stood up, opened his arms and prepared to welcome his lover's embrace.

"Bang!" A gunshot rang out.

The beautiful bride fell at the feet of Han San. The bullet penetrated the bride's chest from the back and hit Han Shan's left hand, two fingers broke in response, and the blood stained Han Shan's white shirt and Han Shan's eyes red.

White smoke was still emitting from the cold muzzle. Han Shan knelt down in front of his lover and held his lover's face with his hand.

"You dare to call the police?" The one-eyed man put down his pistol and said coldly, "You think we can't hear it, your phone is dialing the police, and your music has Morse code in it!" ”

What a gang of drug dealers who are not simple! Han Shan was stunned, his lover's death had covered up the pain in his fingers. Han Shan held his lover's head tightly in his arms, he wanted to cry, wanted to roar, but opened his mouth wide but couldn't make a sound.

The scene was chaotic, everyone hid in horror, pushing and shouting, the seven devils took out their guns, shot one by one, and killed one innocent person after another like a target, Han Shan, who had lost too much blood and was grief-stricken, passed out in the interweaving of screams and gunshots.

This is Han San's wedding. A scarlet wedding.

Midnight. Han Shan woke up, and the young policeman who was staring at the class quickly picked up the intercom to inform the leader.

This is the hospital, and Han Shan is lying on the hospital bed, only feeling dry mouth.

A group of policemen entered Han Shan's room, two young policemen helped Han Shan to sit up, and an older policeman was very attentive and brought Han Shan a glass of water. Han Shan raised his left hand and wanted to take the water cup, but found that his left hand was wrapped in thick gauze.

"It's a pity that the rescue was not timely, and two fingers can no longer be saved." The captain of the police said regretfully.

"I ...... My wife, she? Han Shan opened his mouth and barely made a sound.

"I'm sorry, the bullet pierced her heart, and your wife was killed on the spot," the police captain couldn't hide his pain and self-blame, "Mr. Han Shan, I know that maybe it's not the right time to say such a thing, but I still want to represent the police force and express my gratitude for your risky behavior of calling the police this time, although it has caused irreparable losses, but your actions have helped us crack the largest drug trafficking gang on the China-Laos border in recent years, thank you very much." ”

"Have they all been arrested?" Han Shan asked weakly.

"Yes, but by the time we arrived at the scene, the seven of them were already ......"

"Already, what?"

"They've all been killed."

Han Shan's eyes widened, and his eyes showed that Han Shan's heart was very shocked.

"That's right, according to our investigation of the scene, this group of thugs was frantically shooting the innocent people at the scene, but one of them, the one-eyed drug dealer, I don't know why, suddenly turned the gun and killed six of his accomplices, and then rushed away, but in the hotel corridor, it was cut by a mysterious person, and we have not yet found the murder weapon that killed the one-eyed drug dealer......"

"It's just black eating black, nothing incomprehensible."

"At the beginning, we also deduced the same, but according to a large number of investigations and analyses by our police, there is absolutely no evidence that this is a pure black eating black phenomenon, and this caracal gang of seven people is unusually united, and there should be no infighting because of interests. Now that the gangs are all dead, we may never know the truth. The police captain shook his head and sighed, "Mr. Han Shan, I want to ask a question, please don't mind." ”

"Just ask."

"Did you know anyone from the Caracal gang before that? Especially that one-eyed drug dealer? ”

"I don't know, and it's the first time I've seen them."

"Forgive me for asking, because there is one thing that we find very strange, when the one-eyed drug dealer kills six of his accomplices, this man actually hugs you in a coma in full view of the survivors, and ......" The police captain lowered his head, a little embarrassed to continue.

"And what?" Han Shan asked.

"He kissed you on the cheek and burst into tears."

The police officers left the ward, and Han Shan looked up at the ceiling alone, feeling sick in his heart, he really wanted to tear his face off. While disgusting, Han Shan couldn't help but think of his lover's gentle and beautiful face. Gradually, Han Shan fell into a deep sleep in painful thoughts and was immersed in darkness.

In the darkness, there was a pair of glowing eyes staring at him, and an unusually sharp dagger!