Chapter 14: The River
The day after telling Fang Yuan that he was leaving, Wen Xuan got up early in the morning and quietly went to the office to take away his things.
As for why he went quietly, it wasn't that he was afraid of parting sadly, it was purely because he already had a gap in his heart.
When he got home, Wen Xuan threw his things on the sofa casually, and immediately ran to the bed to get ready for a good night's sleep. By the way, think about what the dragon left him in his head, and see if there is any method of conjuring spirits to extradite him.
After all, the dragon has survived since the Battle of Zhuolu Field, and it must be more than one person to whom its remnant soul is attached.
Since the ghost thing is true, then the Fang Shi and the like that Bao Buqi Xianqin said are also true in the world. Maybe there were pre-Qin monks among the people who were attached to the dragon back then. If there is really a method of extradition of spirits in the belongings left by Wei Wei for him, then he will not have a clue where to find Tang Tang.
And to be honest, it's been a long time since he's been a forensic doctor.
Just as he was about to sleep with his head covered, his cell phone suddenly rang.
Wen Xuan lifted the quilt, looked at his phone, and found that it was Wen Tangzhi's phone.
After seeing the phone, Wen Xuan felt a little inexplicable, after all, Wen Tangzhi basically maintained a "free-range" mentality except for the time when he came over to "teach" him once after he had an accident, not that Wen Tangzhi treated him badly, but Wen Xuan felt that he was no worse than his own son.
Thinking of this, Wen Xuan probably guessed that Wen Tangzhi must have something to do with him, so he immediately connected the phone.
"Xuan'er, are you busy?"
Wen Xuan chuckled in his heart, could it be that Wen Tangzhi already knew about his resignation? Thinking of this, Wen Xuan couldn't help but reply with a little guilt in his heart: "No, I left yesterday. Daddy, what's the matter? ”
Hearing the news of Wen Xuan's resignation, Wen Tangzhi on the other end of the phone was silent for a long time, and finally he sighed and said helplessly: "Resigned?" Alas, it's okay, although the forensic doctor's job sounds good, but after all, he works with corpses all day. In the end, it's still a bit unlucky, and it's okay to leave the job. ”
"Oh. Dad, don't you blame me for being impulsive? After all......" Hearing that there was no tone of blame in Wen Tangzhi's words, Wen Xuan breathed a sigh of relief, wondering if he was too sensitive, so he cautiously asked again to confirm.
"Strange? Blame you for what. You are not a three-year-old child, you have your own ideas, I can only support you as a father, as long as you don't break the law, you can do anything, by the way, what do you want to do in the future, tell your father. I'm done with this time, and I'll help you run it in the future. ”
When Wen Xuan heard Wen Tangzhi's words, he was suddenly a little moved in his heart: "Well, thank you, Dad." ”
". Say thank you to father and son. ”
Just when Wen Xuan was about to ask Wen Tangzhi what was the matter when he called, he heard Wen Tangzhi's voice on the phone: "By the way, I almost forgot." The people in the hometown said that they wanted to build the ancestral hall. That's why we need someone to talk to. You also know that it's almost the end of the year, and I can't get out of it, and they are urging me to do it, so I want to call and ask if you have time to go over. It just so happens that you left your job, so you will go over for me. ”
As soon as Wen Xuan wanted to agree, he heard Wen Tangzhi continue: "By the way, Xiaowen's girl is about to go on vacation, she, I don't know what's wrong recently, I don't want to go back for a long time and want to go back to see." It just so happens that you two haven't seen each other in a while. Take a break with her. Disagreement is not allowed. Alright, I'm going to get busy. ”
Listening to the beep on the phone, Wen Xuan lay down with a wry smile, looked at the ceiling, and muttered helplessly: "What is this, why can't you hide from this girl for so long!" ”
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After the winter solstice, the days get shorter and the nights come earlier and earlier.
After all, people in the mountains don't have any nightlife habits, and most of them go back to the house early.
Therefore, at this moment, the lights in Wenjia Village are bright, accompanied by the shining starlight in the sky, making the heavy layer of snow on the ground look like pure white crystals.
Probably because of the cold weather, there is still a constant noise of insects on weekdays, but tonight it died down early, so it seems that this small mountain village formed by the mountains and rivers is exceptionally quiet tonight.
Squeak, squeak......
The sound of tired footsteps sounded as the owner stepped into the heavy snow. Probably because it was so quiet tonight, the footsteps were particularly obvious.
At this time, a figure slowly revealed its figure in the moonlight.
"Whew, this hell weather is cold." Wen Ansheng rubbed his frozen hands and complained quietly. But complaining, although complaining, but the way to go, still has to go.
Speaking of which, although Wen Ansheng is only in his forties, and he was still a famous prodigal when he was young, although he later changed his ways and turned to the right, but he was really not very popular in Wenjia Village a few years ago.
However, although his grade is not particularly old, he is considered to be the highest generation in Wenjia Village, and because of his personality, if there is any neighborhood dispute or something in the village on weekdays, he also likes to meddle in things.
Although it is not good for him to be nosy, after all, the people in the mountain village have great respect for their elders, so everyone is willing to listen to him talk a few so-called "fair words".
But at the end of the day, that's all about neighborhood disputes. Everyone is unwilling to completely tear their faces, as long as someone gives everyone a step down at this time, except for those who are stubborn and unsophisticated, ordinary people will also go down the slope.
Although it is such a simple truth, everyone who knows a little bit about the world understands it, but because basically every time Wen Ansheng will go in and mix it up, over time, Wen Ansheng feels that his face in Wenjia Village is still okay.
No, not long ago, he proposed to repair the old ancestral hall in the family, and at that time, the big guys agreed to think it was good.
As for him, because he is an elder, and he brought up this matter, which also gave him face in the village, he has been quite concerned about this matter recently.
No, he was busy with materials in the city all day today, and he didn't come back until almost ten o'clock.
However, speaking of which, there is a river similar to the Huancheng River outside this Wenjia Village, and the name of this river is not exquisite, but on weekdays, the people of Wenjia Village have to cross this river regardless of entering and leaving Wenjia Village, and there is no bridge in this river, and the villagers rely on the boats at the entrance of the village to go out of the village on weekdays.
Probably because of the cold weather, Wen Ansheng walked in a special hurry tonight, he had to walk for more than an hour on weekdays, but today he had only walked for about half an hour on the mountain road, and he had already seen the outline of the river that proved that he was about to go home.
"Alas, it's finally here. But it's cold to me. Wen Ansheng happily took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it and took a hard puff.
"Whew." Comfortably exhaled a puff of smoke rings, Wen Ansheng went to the shore to find a ferry.
But he walked along the river bank for more than an hour, and he did not see a single boat.
This made him feel a wave of anger in his heart, and he wondered in his heart that this group of little cubs in the village had actually rowed the boat to the other side? I don't know how to leave a boat for myself.
Just as he was about to take his mobile phone out to make a call, he suddenly saw a vague figure on the river walking towards the other side of the river.
"Huh? What's the matter, could it be that it's too cold today, and the river is frozen? He looked at the figure on the river with some confusion. He hesitated for a moment, but because it was too cold, he couldn't care so much for a while.
He thought that the person on the river was fine walking on the river anyway, and he should be careful at best.
Thinking about it, Wen Ansheng began to climb down the river bank by the moonlight, he looked at the ice reflecting the moonlight, hesitated for a moment and still felt that it was better to be careful, so he held the river bank with one hand, and stretched out his left foot and stepped on the ice on the river fiercely.
"Whew." Looking at the ice surface that had been trampled hard by himself without a trace of cracks, he rubbed his face and said with a smile: "It's quite strong." I said, "Why don't you have a boat today?" ”
After saying that, he stepped on the ice, and when he stood on the ice with his whole body, he felt the heaviness coming from his feet, and he immediately walked towards the opposite shore with confidence and boldness.
In a few moments he caught up with the figure who was hurrying on the river.
Originally, he wanted to taunt this person, but when he was playing to speak, he suddenly felt a little hairy in his heart, and his back was suddenly cold.
This inexplicable feeling made him immediately dispel his original thoughts, and at this time he walked quickly as if he was being chased by something.
The next thing that frightened him happened, because the "figure" that was originally separated from Wen Ansheng by Liu and Wen Ansheng should have been surpassed by him soon after he increased his speed, but after he had been gone for a long time, that figure was still so far away from him, and it seemed to be ...... It seems that Wen Ansheng and that figure have actually been standing still all along.
Wen Ansheng's heart began to pound, after all, this cold day and this incident happened again, which inevitably made people panic.
Wen Ansheng coughed a little timidly, this cough was not only to give himself courage, but also to hope that the figure could look back at him, so that he could feel at ease.
At this time, the figure seemed to hear Wen Ansheng's cough, and stood there without moving.
Wen Ansheng subconsciously swallowed his saliva, and continued to walk forward with courage. It's just that at this moment, his mouth has been chanting: "Amitabha, ancestor bless, Amitabha Buddha ......" Just as he was about to pass by the figure, he also closed his eyes in advance.
But to his surprise, a pair of hands suddenly grabbed his ankles, and the cold and piercing feeling suddenly spread all over his body from bottom to top.
He screamed in fright and hurriedly opened his eyes to run away, but when he opened his eyes, he saw a face covered with hair.
The miserable white hands slowly strangled his neck.
Bang.
The ice under his feet shattered, and a pair of equally white arms stretched out from the river, tearing and dragging Wen Ansheng frantically.
A scream suddenly echoed in the air, and it didn't take long for everything to be quiet again.
It's as if nothing had happened.