Outside the window, the cold wind howled. I saw the snowflakes fluttering, as if they were slowly falling on dance steps, and before I knew it, the world was already a piece of Qiong Yao.

The coal fire in the return air furnace was still very strong, and a faint blue flame erupted from the pores. I shuddered, feeling that the temperature of the coal fire was not enough to keep me warm, but rather that it was getting colder and colder the more I roasted.

After Meng Guangping finished telling the story, his eyes stared out the window, and a deep and calm light shot out of his pupils; The owner of the bookstore still read his book and never said a word.

After a long time, Meng Guangping turned his head and looked at me: "Xiao Li, it is really fate to meet again!" ”

I already understood his profound intention of arranging this "chance encounter" tonight, and responded lightly: "Fate is determined by heaven, and it belongs to man-made. Director Meng, I understand your good intentions, but you must know that I am only a small pawn, and I have little role in the whole thing. Even if your goal is achieved today, it will not change the outcome of the whole thing. ”

I couldn't help but grab a grip on the document bag in my hand.

Meng Guangping cupped his eyes and said warmly: "You are studying criminal investigation, do you know the butterfly effect?" ”

I know what he means, as long as there is a problem in my link, the direction of things will change after that.

"I know. But it is only a theory after all, and it is not necessarily used in practice. ”

"How it will end, no one knows until it appears; And if in the course of the incident, we can persuade a person who helps the evildoer, it is also a merit. ”

I didn't dare look him in the eye, so I had to glance to the side. When my eyes swept over the bookstore owner, I noticed that the book he was reading was a line-bound book, and the name seemed to be "Water and Land Illustrated Notes".

The "evil" mentioned by Meng Guangping is related to the content of the Chinese bag in my hand.

A few months ago, the district bureau was instructed by a big man to bring down one person in our joint prosecutor's office. This person is a well-known political star in the country, and only because he is in the way of others does he attract bad luck.

It is said that in this person's capacity, our public security organs at the district and county level would not dare to touch him, but the actual rule of officialdom is that as long as there is a heavyweight leader's instructions, the ants can also bring down the elephant, and this is called a victory of the legal system.

The political drama in life is far more exciting than the palace fighting drama.

In this game of thrones, my boss and I are firmly on the side of the big guys: who wants to pass up a good chance to make the difference?

We are confident that it will be an ironclad case that will stand the test of history.

After all the operations are completed, only one confession is needed in the end. Tonight, in the interrogation room, after nine hard fights with this man, we finally took him down!

At this moment, this heart-pounding confession is in my file bag.

There may be many people who know these insiders, such as Meng Guangping in front of him. He went around in circles for a long time, just to persuade me to turn back and stop aiding and abetting with a confusing-sounding story of cause and effect.

My vigilance is mentioned at the highest level. His mouth was circling with Meng Guangping, but his eyes were looking around, trying to make sure if there were only these two bad old men around.

After months of careful planning, how can you allow you to destroy it with a few words? Although Meng Guangping is the deputy director of the Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, this title is not a deterrent to me at all; If I'm sure there aren't any more helpers, if these two people want to be strong, I can do it with one hand.

Meng Guangping said to me in a very calm tone: "When Lu Mo planted thorn trees, he would not be able to hang up his children's clothes in his new year." Officer Li, your car has been repaired, it's time to hit the road. ”

I almost forgot about this stubble!

I got up to say goodbye, not wanting to have too much to do with him. When I walked out of the old bookstore, I did not forget to be vigilant, and I kept an eye on the movement behind me until I got into the car safely.

As soon as it started, there was no problem with the car. I don't know when Lao Meng's friend repaired the car, and he doesn't need a key?

None of this matters, I have to move on.

The car slipped a meter or two, and I was suddenly shocked: I have run this Long March road no less than 100 times, because it is still in the early stage of development, except for some pitiful sheds on both sides of the road, all of them are bushes and barren grass, and there is no façade at all, where is the old bookstore?

It was entirely because of Meng Guangping's influence that I ignored this point just now.

I opened the car door and reconfirmed that the roadside was deserted, and in the direction of the old bookstore just now, there was only an old locust tree shivering in the wind and snow.

"Hell!"

I quickly hid back in the car, my little heart pounding, and I couldn't calm down for a long time.

I also found that there was an extra book in the passenger seat, and the title of the book was called "Water and Land Illustrations".

I picked up the book with a shudder and opened it, the first page similar to the preface:

Zhao Wenhe was in charge of the mound mountain and asked the Bodhisattva of the Great Wish Jizo King. He said: "Birth, old age, sickness and death can be treated, and the hearts of the people in the world are difficult to save." Hearing that the Buddha has hell, rewarding the good and punishing the evil, I don't know how deep it is? Wide geometry? How many sins can be tolerated? ”

The Bodhisattva said, "Hell is not in the world, but in the hearts of people." The mind is boundless, so hell is boundless and immeasurable, and can accommodate all living beings; All beings are reincarnated in the six realms, and hell is the greatest evil, and those who can suffer from the eighteen kinds of suffering can eliminate their sins and prove Bodhi. ”

He said, "Where does sin begin?" When will sin finally be? ”

He said: "It starts from the bad karma of the past, and finally the good results of the future, and the middle is immeasurable." ”

At that time, the Bodhisattva appeared in the body of the king of Yama, closed his eyes, and invited Zhao Wenhe to travel around the eighteen layers of hell. Everywhere they passed, not a single inch of grass grew, but the evil spirits sank and suffered, and their sorrows and sorrows were indescribable.

Returned to the Jade Qingjing Yuan Shi Tianzun. Tianzun sighed three times, and Xu Zhaowen followed suit.

……

I can still understand this half-ancient text, which is nothing more than saying that Buddhism and Taoism learn from each other and how to discipline people's hearts, so they all got out of hell.

Judging from the story that Meng Guangping told before, this book was compiled by people in Sizhou Tanmen, and its authority seems to be questionable; But it appeared strangely in my car, how dare I ignore it?

Turning back, it is shocking, and it is a picture of the eighteen layers of hell sorted out on the basis of the two theories of Buddhism and Taoism, with text explanations. And after only a cursory look at the first nine prisons, I was already in a cold sweat:

In the first picture, several imps push a prisoner to his knees, while another ghost pulls out his tongue from the prisoner's mouth, puts one foot on the prisoner's shoulder, and drags it back so hard that the tongue is pulled out to be more than two feet long.

The annotation says: The Prison of Tongue Pulling. Men and women, and those who have transgressed the hadith, who speak sophistry, and who deceive spirits, let him fall into this prison.

In the second picture, a few imps strip a prisoner of a crime naked, beat him with sticks, and drive him into a large vat filled with water, and several imps pour countless ice cubes into the tank.

The note says: Ice Hell. Men and women who are close to evil friends, who disobey good teachers, and who are not filial to their parents, should be imprisoned.

In the third picture, several imps ripped off the shirt of a prisoner, one imp pressed the prisoner's chest and slashed open the prisoner's chest with a sharp knife, and the other imp stretched out his claws and pulled out his heart from the prisoner's chest, which was extremely bloody.

The annotation says: The Prison of the Heart. Men and women, who are mercenary, who disregard human morality, and who corrupt the norm, should fall into this prison.

In the fourth picture, several imps set up a prisoner and hung it in the air, under the prisoner was a large pond, and another imp pierced the blood vessels of the prisoner with a sharp blade, and all the blood in the prisoner's body was poured into the large pond, and the water was bright red and inhumane.

The annotation says: Prison of the Pool of Blood. Men and women, and those who disrespect the dead, disturb the spirits of the dead, and raise the coffin and hair, shall fall into this prison.

In the fifth picture, several imps throw a prisoner into a steamer, which is placed on the stove, and another imp pulls the bellows next to the stove, and a fire is blazing in the stove, and the steamer is steaming.

The note says: Steamer Prison. Men and women who tell right and wrong, sow discord, slander and harm others should be imprisoned.

In the sixth picture, several imps push a prisoner to the ground, and another imp drives several fat cows to run back and forth, and the hooves of the cows are all trampled on the prisoner's body, until the prisoner's flesh and blood are blurred.

The annotation says: The Prison of the Bull Pit. Men and women, wives and daughters, men and women, men who buy and sell, and those who destroy people's houses, shall be imprisoned.

In the seventh picture, several imps tie a prisoner to a stake, and two other imps stand on either side of the prisoner, pulling a large saw, and sawing the prisoner in two.

The annotation says: The Prison of Sawing. Men and women who have unrestrained lust, wanton proclamation, and great loss of personal virtue shall fall into this prison.

In the eighth picture, a few imps tie a prisoner to a stone bed with chains, and another chisels chiseled his head with a nail until the nail pierces the head.

The note says: The Prison of the Skull. All men and women, who do not keep their bodies upright, pretend to use the way of heaven, and accumulate wealth through their arts, should fall into this prison.

In the ninth picture, a few imps strip a prisoner naked and tie it to a towering bronze pillar, and several other imps light a fire under the pillar and heat the pillar until the prisoner's skin is charred and rotten.

The annotation says: The Prison of the Bronze Pillar. Those who harm people's lives, trample on the gods, and die without repentance should fall into this prison.

Fragments of the story skipped through my mind one by one, and I didn't dare to look back.

With the steering wheel in hand, I hesitated: I didn't know whether to keep driving forward or turn around and go back......

——End of the book——