Chapter 11: Cohabitants
Liu Zhenyan's office.
“…… That's the way it is, the two dragons fought each other during the Republic of China, and the warlocks also hunted for dragons during the Republic of China, I thought, maybe there is some kind of connection between these two things. Yan Yunkai looked through the files of the fishing village incident that Xie Zhi had sorted out, and at the same time recounted the things he had known for a long time.
From the discovery of dragon scales in the fishing village, to the fight between the two dragons mentioned in the weasel case, and then to the dragon hunting incident in the Republic of China that I heard from the mouths of the elders, the dragon clan, which has not yet appeared in the world's field of vision, has gradually had a hidden outline.
Liu Zhenyan was holding an unlit cigarette, and the page displayed on the computer was still the post that Yan Yunkai had posted with a small account before, and there were many replies at present, but there was no useful information.
"Even if there are really dragons in the world, I guess it will be difficult for us to find them, right?" Yan Yun opened and closed the upper file.
Liu Zhenyan laughed and said, "Just ask the demon committees in various regions to keep an eye on it, anyway, you don't have a clue, don't focus on this kind of thing." The soldiers are coming, the water is coming to cover the earth, and the third prince of the East China Sea also called Nezha to have cramps. He took out his lighter, lit a cigarette, took a deep breath, and said, "It's good to have a sense of crisis, but on the bright side, maybe those two dragons just came to the world to see it out of curiosity, and maybe they flew away early." ”
Yan Yunkai knew that he was relieved, he couldn't help laughing, and said casually: "I'm not nervous, but I've been working for a long time, and I take all powerful existences as the object of guard. ”
Liu Zhenyan smiled lightly, spit out a white smoke ring in his mouth, and lowered his head. A faint smoke covered his eyebrows, and he held a cigarette in his finger, dyed with the smell of the world, and the moment he lowered his head, it was like a god and Buddha on the incense-filled hall, with merciful eyes but high above the temple.
"The development of human society has so far, many difficulties are not easy, whether it is a human or a demon, since you want to enjoy the benefits of the world, you have to abide by the rules of the world. Even if it is a human being, the existence of 'black households' will affect social security, not to mention those monsters with magical powers, they are like people who wander among civilians with firearms, regardless of whether they have criminal tendencies or not, they must be paid more attention. He raised his head, continued to swallow the clouds and mist, touched his shiny bald head, and at that moment, the image of the master was destroyed all at once, "Maintaining the stability and balance of this world is the fairness of the common people." Besides, we didn't shout and kill those demon beasts from the beginning, we just helped the unregistered population solve the problem of household registration, and we were obviously serving. ”
Yan Yunkai crossed his fingers on his lap, and after listening to the words, he smiled implicitly: "If you don't listen, don't listen, the monk recites the scriptures." ”
Liu Zhenyan pointed to the door: "It's good to go, don't send it." ”
"Well, actually, I think you have a point, it's my magic barrier." Yan Yunkai stood up and buttoned his suit slowly, "Since you said look for it slowly, I won't be in a hurry for these two dragons." Let's go. ”
Liu Zhenyan dusted off his cigarette ash and responded: "Well, you explain it and let the demon committee pay more attention." ”
Yan Yunkai smiled and bowed his head, and took the door with him after going out.
At noon, Zhou Yi came to work with several lunches and entered the team leader's office: "Takeaway." Shmm, barbecued chicken thigh rice, braised beef rice, shrimp fried rice, drinks in this bag. ”
Wang cut over to rub the rice and picked up the barbecued chicken legs, Yan Yunkai took one casually, and while breaking the disposable chopsticks, he motioned for Zhao to come over to eat.
"Brother Yan, what you said in the text message in the morning, I asked my grandfather at home before I came to the unit." Zhou Yi opened the Coke, plugged in the straw, and put it in Wang Xi's hand.
Zhou Yi's grandfather is called Zhou Chengzheng, who is the earliest leader of the Ninth Division, and after retirement, as a consultant, he occasionally makes some suggestions on the work of the Ninth Division. The old man is almost 90 years old, and his body is still very strong, and the old man has rarely asked about the nine things in recent years, probably because he thinks that the juniors can take the lead.
Yan Yunkai originally sandwiched a chopstick dish, but when he heard this, he put down the chopsticks again and asked, "What did Grandpa Zhou say?" ”
Zhou Yi lifted his glasses and said, "He was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't expect me to ask this, and asked who told me that there had been a dragon in the Republic of China." You didn't say that it was inconvenient for the party to disclose this, so I had to say that I heard it while chatting with a colleague. Then he said that there seemed to be such a thing, except that most of the people who went to look for the dragon died. ”
"That's it?"
"He also said that this happened in 1938 and 1939, and my grandfather only went north to return to Beijing in 1939, and my grandfather was only ten years old at that time, so it should be really unclear." Zhou Yi said, and then asked, "Brother Yan, do you want to ask the monsters that were active near Beijing during the Republic of China?" Maybe someone will know. ”
This year is too sensitive, Zhao Thief paused, raised his eyes slightly, noticed that Yan Yunkai was looking at him with a smile, simply raised his head, glanced at him openly, and continued to bury his head in eating.
Yan Yunkai saw that Zhao Thief really reacted, thinking that he was not very slow in matters about himself, and he was half a beat slow at other times, and sure enough, he didn't care about those dispensable things.
Yan Yunkai said: "I don't think I can ask anything useful from the seniors, let's investigate this matter slowly, if you track down that dragon too high-profilely, it may cause a lot of speculation from all sides, make up rumors, and get into trouble." ”
Zhou Yi nodded.
After a day or two, other colleagues in the unit also replied to text messages, and they didn't find out anything from their parents, but they figured out a little: the warlocks in the Republic of China suffered heavy casualties in the past two years, and they were inseparable from the dragon.
There was no more way to do this except to patiently pay attention to more clues, so it was put on hold for the time being.
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The work of the Nine Divisions is very busy when it is busy, and it is extremely idle when it is free.
It has been so peaceful lately that the demons and monsters seem to have been dormant, and in July and August, the weather is very hot and humid, and the capital is like a huge oven. Except for those who have been in charge of the unit all the year round, such as Wang Xi, everyone else is not very happy to go to the unit.
There was nothing to do on this day, Yan Yunkai and Zhao Thief went to the unit to order an egg, and left work early. Passing by a supermarket on the way, I went in to buy some food, Yan Yunkai planned to cook by himself at night, and he was really tired of eating takeout all day.
He was actually very lazy, and he easily refused to cook, and every time he was tired of eating takeaway with heavy oil and salt outside, he would go back to his parents to improve the food. But now that there are more people in the family, it's not good to leave others and slip away by yourself.
The two have been together for more than a month, Yan Yunkai has cooked at home a few times, he doesn't like to hire people to do housework, and it just so happens that Zhao Thief is not a lazy eater, so the two reached a tacit understanding: one cooks and the other washes dishes.
Zhao Thief's appetite is not very strong, and he has no pursuit of food, which makes Yan Yunkai very satisfied. The food I made by myself was cheered on, and I felt satisfied, so the frequency of cooking increased.
"Porridge or dry rice tonight?" Yan Yunkai took out the key to open the door, "It's been hot lately, and I don't have any appetite......"
Zhao Thief stood behind him, carrying two large plastic bags in his hands, looked at the door, and said lightly: "There are people inside." ”
Yan Yunkai was stunned for a moment, thought of something, smiled helplessly, and said, "It's okay, let's go in." He opened the door, pulled out the key, put it on the shoe cabinet, glanced at a pair of high heels in the hallway, and shouted, "Mom? ”
He changed into slippers, took the bag in Zhao Thief's hand, and didn't go to his mother, Ms. You, first took out the contents of the plastic bag and stuffed them into the refrigerator.
At the door, Zhao took off his suit jacket and draped it on the back of the sofa chair, inadvertently glimpsed a donkey bag on the sofa, and glanced indifferently at the room, just in time to bump into You Daidai coming out of the study with an unfathomable face.
As soon as You Daidai came out, she met the eyes of the strange man, was bluffed, and then her eyes were deep, staring at Zhao Thief.
Zhao Theft: "......"
"Ah, hello, hello." Ms. You came back to her senses, looked at Zhao Thief, and put out an approachable smile, "The young man is a talent, I don't know how old he is this year?" What is your name? What does it do? How many people are in the family? Do you have a house in Beijing? Oh, what are you doing standing up, come, sit down and talk. ”
Throwing out so many inexplicable questions at once, Zhao Thief didn't react in his heart, but his face was very calm, he bowed slightly, and responded calmly: "Hello." ”
Ms. You smiled and nodded.
"Mom......" Yan Yunkai hurriedly came out of the kitchen, and when he saw the scene of the "confrontation" between the two compartments, he couldn't cry or laugh, and hurriedly grabbed his mother's arm and said affectionately: "Mom, why are you asking this?" This is a colleague of mine who has been transferred to Beijing and is temporarily living with me. ”
"Oh, your unit is so organized, how can you not even arrange room and board, where do you need to live here." You Daidai didn't believe it, "Alas, living together is living together, and my mother is not an antique." So, your friend isn't a Beijing native? ”
It's true that their unit doesn't arrange room and board for temporary workers...... Yan Yunkai glanced at Zhao Thief and replied, "Well, I only came to work some time ago." ”
"What's your name? How old is this year? ”
Yan Yunkai replied: "His name is Zhao Thief, this year, uh, twenty-eight?" "It seems that the ID card issued by the unit is made up like this.
"How did you know us Yunkai?"
Yan Yunkai said: "Oh, because there is contact at work. ”
Ms. You Daidai glanced at her son: "I asked Xiao Zhao, but I didn't ask you." Let's cook, it's been a long time since I've tasted my son's craft. ”
Because he knew why his mother was so interested in Zhao Theft, Yan Yunkai didn't worry about leaving the two of them to chat alone. He turned his head to look at Zhao Thief, and after getting a lukewarm look, he couldn't help but smile, gave a "you take care of it" look, and went straight to the kitchen.
Anyway, Zhao Piaoji is a silent person, and he can't force a few words when he asks him, and he won't say anything that makes people misunderstand. Yan Yun thought openly.
You Daidai sat on the sofa and looked up at Zhao Thief, who was still standing there, so tall, it was quite oppressive. She smiled, "Sit down, don't be inhibited." Auntie asked you, how long have you been dating Yunkai? ”
How long have you known each other? Zhao Thief thought for a while and responded: "Nearly two months." ”
Sure enough, they are together! You Daidai was excited, and she didn't understand why Yan Yunkai had been hiding it from her, was it because the object's material conditions were not so good, and she was afraid that her parents would not be satisfied?
"Oh...... I see you sleeping in separate rooms. You Daidai suddenly asked in a low voice, "Have you ever slept in the same room?" ”
When I was in the fishing village before, I spent the night in a bedroom, he sat on a chair, and Yan Yunkai slept on the bed, which can be regarded as the same room, right? So Zhao Thief nodded expressionlessly.
You Daidai showed an expression that was really like this, and still said tentatively: "Then how is my son sleeping?" Is there an old turnover? ”
"Good." Zhao was stunned for a moment, not understanding the deep meaning of You Daidai's question, but seeing that she seemed to care very much, she added kindly, "At that time, he was a little weak, so he slept deeply." ”
Weak!
You Daidai leaned back subconsciously in shock, her mood was very complicated, her son has never been a person who can indulge himself, he can be "weak", presumably he is very desperate for the other half and is willing to do zero ...... Her question is so far, after all, it is a private matter of her son, even if it is a mother, it is not good to ask too much.
As everyone knows, Yan Yunkai is a pure zero.
"We Yunkai are good boys." She said earnestly.
Zhao Thief bowed, after getting along for the past two months, Yan Yunkai gave him a very comfortable feeling, even if he was under the same roof, he also gave himself enough respect and consideration.
"So, I hope you treat him well." You Daidai said.
"Hmm." Zhao stole the machine and responded. He directly opened the salary cards issued to him by nine places, which can be regarded as paying off the rent. I heard that the rent in Beijing is very expensive, and I don't know if the money in the card is enough, and I heard that everyone in the office has a way to make extra money, so I can ask Wang Ju another day......
Yan Yunkai, who was busy in the kitchen, didn't know how the two people outside had a bull-headed conversation, he made dinner, and Zhao was used to helping him, so he took the initiative to come over and serve the food. He took off his apron and saw his mother looking at them with relief.
Yan Yunkai: "? ”
After dinner, Zhao went into the kitchen to wash the dishes, You Daidai was about to leave with her bag, refused her son's kindness to send her back, patted her son's hand before leaving, and said: "You said earlier, Mom won't persuade you to go on a blind date in the future." ”
“…… Well, thank you Mom. Yan Yunkai thought about it for a while, and knew that his mother had misunderstood something, so he smiled and stopped explaining. It's quite cost-effective to change the root of the ear with a misunderstanding.
Ms. You Daidai left, Yan Yunkai looked at the generous back of the man in the kitchen who was focusing on washing dishes, he didn't think there was anything, but he was misunderstood by his mother for no reason.
However, Zhao Thief's life experience is an unstable factor, Yan Yunkai doesn't like unstable things, shook his head, and threw this unreliable idea out of his head.
In the evening, Yan Yunkai took a shower, came out in a bathrobe, lay on the sofa in the living room and applied a mask, and watched the news with an iPad in his hand.
Zhao Thief found the TV remote control from the bottles and cans of skin care products on the coffee table without changing his face, and the old god was adjusting the channel on the ground, and he had long been accustomed to the appearance of a well-dressed and graceful person in front of the cohabitant, and Gay in the back of the person.
Gay is still the description of Gay Qi that he heard from You You, and Yan Yunkai had no intention of hiding his sexuality in front of his colleagues, so he naturally knew it. The issue of sexuality is not worth mentioning at all in front of the demon clan, and Zhao has never taken it to heart.
This kind of life is relatively ordinary, a few months is nothing to Zhao Thief, he has had divine consciousness since the Southern Dynasty, and after thousands of years, where are there so many impressive things.
It's October.
Qingcheng Mountain is finally going to host Luo Tian Jiao.
Chengdu belongs to the scope of the Western Theater of Operations, and it stands to reason that the task of maintaining the smooth progress of Luo Tian Dajiao should belong to four groups, but the leader of the four groups is more special, and he is a reincarnated Venerable, which is commonly known as the "Living Buddha" of the Han people. This bigwig has been stationed in Tibet all the year round, and it is easy not to go down to the snowy mountains, so it is really inappropriate to ask such a boss of Mongolian and Tibetan Buddhism to participate in the grand ceremony of Taoism.
In the unit, the team leader level is from the Dao sect, and only Yan Yun has opened.
Yan Yunkai brought Zhou Yi and Zhao in his group, Liu Zhenyan transferred You Youli in, three descendants of the Daomen and a big demon who didn't know what the demon was, arranged himself into the National Sect Bureau again, and was about to leave for Chengdu.
You You drove a red flag over and drove himself.
"I heard that there will be a lot of foreign Taoist priests coming to watch the ceremony in Luo Tian Dajiao, there should be a lot of people, the four of us, is it enough?" Zhou Yi asked.
Yan Yunkai tidied up the sleeves of his suit, and felt that the emptiness on his wrists was too monotonous, buttoned up his watch, and smiled casually: "Do you really think we are going to be security guards?" There are so many powerful Taoist leaders in Qingcheng Mountain, we don't have to worry about the usual small fights. ”
"What we need to guard against are uneasy and well-intentioned foreign forces." You You said, "If you have a long mind, when you encounter a few overseas people who have destroyed the interests of our country, the Taoist leaders of Qingcheng Mountain may be afraid that they can't make a dead move, but we can execute them on the spot." ”
The 328 Office is subordinate to the Ministry of State Security, and the Ministry of State Security is engaged in intelligence, although their unit is special in nature, but they are rarely allowed to deal with foreigners, such as onmyoji, head descending division, and even vampires on the other side of the ocean, which must be stopped outside the country.
"But there are still relatively few people who are stupid enough to hit the muzzle of the gun." Yan Yunkai said to Zhou Yi, "You haven't been out of Beijing in the past two years, so you should take a vacation and have fun." ”
You You hadn't traveled far for a long time, and after the other three were seated, he stepped on the accelerator and cheered happily: "Go!" ”