Chapter 6: Prelude
"How?" In the Building of Time, Ouyang Xiu said to the others.
"Nothing out of the ordinary."
"Yes......" Ouyang Xiu sighed, the moment he just stepped into the Tower of Time, he understood that the Tower of Time couldn't hide people at all, because the bottom floor of this building was empty, there was only a ladder leading to the big clock above, and the door above was always locked and couldn't be opened at all, so the afterimage was not here at all.
However, for the sake of insurance, Ouyang Xiu still checked with the others, and now, they are going to the Hitomi Building, which is also the last building, to check.
"Huh? What about Menghan and Uncle Wang? When he was about to set off, Ouyang Xiu found that the number of people was actually less than half, and he couldn't help asking.
"They!" Zhou Zheng pointed out the door, "I'm going to the toilet......
Before he finished speaking, the huge collision sound overshadowed Zhou Zheng's voice, and when he heard the sound, he found that the door had been opened, Yuan Li hurriedly ran in, and when he saw Ouyang Xiu and them, the expression on his face seemed to be much more relaxed, and he slowly ran to their side, and said breathlessly: "Hurry up...... Let's go, it's too late if you don't leave! ”
"What?" Ouyang Xiu screamed in surprise, took out his mobile phone from his pocket and looked at the time, and found that it was not even 7:30, and asked rhetorically: "It's not even nine o'clock, why are you in a hurry, it is impossible for the afterimage to come in advance." ”
"No...... No! Yuan Li shook his hand, "Yes...... It's an exhibition. ”
"Didn't you say it started at 8 o'clock?"
"Grandma advanced the time, starting at 7:40, and closing the door of the Shadow Building at 7:35, in this way, no one wants to come in, and they can't get out, it can be said that it is a little means to deal with the afterimage."
"In this way, you go first, let's wait for Uncle Wang and Menghan."
"I saw and told them before I came here," Yuan Li said, "even Zheng Hanfei and Di Luo have also passed, and now I will send you." ”
Hear this. Ouyang Xiu could only nod, followed behind Yuan Li, and hurriedly ran towards the Shadow Tower, there was not much time left, so they didn't know if they could catch up.
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"Zheng Hanfei, Menghan, you ......" After walking into the Shadow Building, Ouyang Xiu was a little surprised by Zheng Hanfei's clothes, the slightly shabby suit had long disappeared, replaced by a suit that was even more gorgeous than Ouyang Xiu, and Qu Menghan and Wang Bo also changed into corresponding gorgeous clothes, in comparison, Ouyang Xiu looked a little shabby.
"Your clothes are there!" Zheng Hanfei pointed to a room in the back, "Grandma Yuan Cui said that we will also be on stage today, so we can't wear too shabby, so she prepared a set of clothes for all of us." ”
"I'll see you then." Dropping these words, Ouyang Xiu hurriedly walked into the room. It seems that Ouyang Xiu sometimes cares a lot about his clothes.
"Hey, Xiao Hanfei!" At this time, Zhou Zheng greeted Zheng Hanfei, who seemed a little surprised, and he couldn't speak.
"Zhou ...... Inspector Zhouzheng, why are you here! ”
"Of course, I came to see the exhibition." Zhou Zheng said something as a matter of course, and then whispered a few words in his ear: "Of course, I also came over to see how the duel between you and the afterimage is." ”
That's the real purpose. Zheng Hanfei rolled his eyes at him, and Zhou Zheng could only smile awkwardly at this.
"Give!" Qu Menghan handed Zheng Hanfei a glass of juice, "Quench your thirst first and relieve your tension, so as not to know what to say after you play." ”
"I'm not a child." Zheng Hanfei took the juice with a smile, glanced at Qu Menghan's second-longest finger among the five fingers, the index finger was wearing a ring, and subconsciously asked, "......What is this ring?"
"Matching the costume." Qu Menghan shook in front of Zheng Hanfei's eyes like a little girl, as if she was showing off, "How about it, it's good-looking." ”
Zheng Hanfei nodded, the silver ring was also inlaid with a white water chestnut gem with a diameter similar to that of the star in the shadow, he had to admit that it was a beauty to wear on Qu Menghan's hand.
"It's ...... Pineapple juice?! When Zheng Hanfei drank the juice, his face suddenly became a little strange, and he complained to Qu Menghan, "Why do you give me this." ”
"Of course I'm giving you this! Don't you know? Pineapple contains special amino acids, which are known as "happy hormones" that help the body overcome mental depression and relieve tension. ”
"I'm not used to pineapple juice." Zheng Hanfei returned the juice to Qu Menghan, and suddenly, his pupils shrank slightly, as if he had seen something strange.
"What's wrong? Is there anything strange on my face? ”
"Nothing!" Zheng Hanfei shook his head, and then took out the notice letter, for some reason, he seemed to have found a clue in his mind to crack it.
"Is this the teaser letter?" Zhou Zheng approached Zheng Hanfei, quickly scanned the contents on the card, and laughed, "I didn't expect it to be so difficult, no wonder you haven't cracked it after thinking about it for so long." ”
"Can Inspector Zhou Zheng solve it?" For some reason, Zheng Hanfei has a trace of expectation for the "Dragon of China" in front of him.
"Except for the time you unlocked, I can see through it at a glance, and the rest is still a little incomprehensible."
This sentence made Zheng Hanfei suddenly petrified, and he kept looking at Zhou Zheng with helpless eyes, and kept complaining in his heart whether he had seen the wrong person, what he said was all nonsense, and even helped him crack it at all.
"How's the clothes?" At this time, Yuan Li led Di Luo and Shao Le over, looked at the people with a somewhat dull atmosphere, and asked out loud, it seems that he wants to enliven up the atmosphere here.
"Very well, thank you grandma for me." Zheng Hanfei put away the notice letter, seemed to remember something, and said, "By the way, how is your sister?" ”
"Are you worried about my sister?" Yuan Li looked at Zheng Hanfei with eyes that only a man knows, and his face was full of playful abuse.
It's a pity that he doesn't understand a truth, that is, the IQ of a detective is inversely proportional to EQ, like Zheng Hanfei, EQ is close to zero, and even when he launches the second personality, let alone EQ, even the relationship is zero, you say, can Zheng Hanfei understand this?
"Huh?" Zheng Hanfei was a little confused, "What are you worried about?" I'm just asking, if you don't want to tell me, forget it. ”
"Hehe, just kidding." Yuan Li seemed to understand that Zheng Hanfei's emotional intelligence was a little low, so he said; "She's already awake, but she's so frightened by the afterimage that she doesn't want to participate in the exhibition at all, I guess she's sitting at her desk now, flipping through mystery novels."
Hearing Yuan Li say this, Zheng Hanfei's heart was a little relaxed, after all, Yuan Yu's situation was because the afterimage was killed in order to get close to him, it stands to reason that he is also responsible, and now that the other party is better, then the guilt in his heart has decreased a lot.
It is said that time flies quickly when chatting, no, Ouyang Xiu has already walked out of the room, his handsome face and gorgeous clothes have attracted a lot of attention, coupled with his light blue detective eyes and short silver-gray hair, he immediately became the focus of the venue.
Why do I look at him more and more I feel that he owes a beating? This is the first reaction of Zheng Hanfei's brain, and it seems that this has happened before.
"Seems to have disappointed you!" Ouyang Xiu ignored those gazes, and walked directly to Zheng Hanfei's voice and said, "I didn't check at all in the Hitomi Tower. ”
"I already knew that this would happen, don't worry, although there are many rooms there, Yuan Li and Di Luo and I have thoroughly checked it, and there is nothing abnormal at all." As he spoke, Zheng Hanfei patted him on the shoulder, as if telling Ouyang Xiu not to care about this.
Since there was only reasoning in the eyes of the two of them, everyone ignored them, and everyone chatted happily there, among which Shao Le's voice attracted the attention of the two: "Do you know? I know a foreign friend who once said that Chinese is really a unique script, and the example he said was very touching. ”
"Oh? What examples? A young man next to Shao Le asked, and from the excitement on his face, it could be seen that they were talking about topics of interest to young people.
"It's the word 'wood', and he said that the word is branches and leaves on the top and roots on the bottom, so it's called 'wood'."
"Of course!" The young man was a little puzzled, "Because 'wood' is originally a pictograph." ”
"I'm not done yet." Shao Le stretched out his fingers to silence him, signaling the young man not to interrupt him, "He also said that if you add another 'wood' next to the word 'wood', it will become 'forest', which means many trees, and if you continue to add a 'wood' on it, it will become 'forest', which means that there are many trees." ”
"The examples he gave are really good."
Wood? Forest? Forest? Could it be ...... Zheng Hanfei took out the notice letter again, carefully read the penultimate sentence on the trailer, and a smile gradually appeared on the corner of his mouth.
Looks like...... You've cracked another layer! In the venue, the afterimage dressed as someone also smiled slightly when he saw this situation. Only, can you crack the last layer?