Chapter 16: Old Stories (2)

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(The following is the account of Officer Liu Hanwen.) ）

Brother Jiang asked me a question abruptly, and said, "Xiao Liu, now, there are only two of us in this office, I ask you a question, you don't need to worry too much, just answer calmly." ”

I nodded and said, "Brother Jiang, may you ask." ”

Brother Jiang sighed and asked, "Xiao Liu, do you believe that there are ghosts in this world?" ”

Although I had long expected that Brother Jiang's question must not be an ordinary problem, the moment Brother Jiang said this question, I still had a feeling that I couldn't believe my ears. After thinking about it for a moment, I said, "I don't believe it, although I heard a lot of ghost stories when I was a child, but I haven't seen it with my own eyes after all, so it's still hard to believe." ”

Brother Jiang nodded, seeming to be quite satisfied with my answer, thought for a while, and said, "This answer of yours is exactly the same as when I was young." ”

I didn't speak, quietly waiting for Brother Jiang's next words.

Brother Jiang lit another cigarette and said: "You know, China is actually not a pious country, many people have always stayed away from ghosts and gods, and some people's attitude towards ghosts and gods has always been to believe in some or not, if there is any natural or man-made disaster, people will remember to go to religion and ghosts to seek comfort." Therefore, the Han people have always been not pious enough to treat ghosts and gods. ”

I nodded, what Brother Jiang said has a certain truth, in China, there are indeed many such phenomena, on weekdays, spend all day drinking, without any religious beliefs, and once there is a disaster, they are in a hurry to burn incense and worship the Buddha. Although this situation may seem comical, it is also human nature, because only when a person is extremely helpless can he place his hope on the external strength of the spirit, that is, the so-called strength of faith.

I thought about it for a while, and asked Brother Jiang tentatively: "Brother Jiang, what does it mean to listen to your words, do you believe that there are ghosts and gods in this world?" ”

Brother Jiang shook his head and said, "I believe that there are ghosts in this world, but I don't believe that there are any gods in this world. Speaking of this, Brother Jiang immediately smiled bitterly twice and said, "Of course, this is just my own view of the world. When I was young, I also believed that seeing is believing, so I didn't believe in any ghosts in this world. After all, we are in the profession of criminal police, and over the years, I have seen a lot of all kinds of corpses, and many seemingly terrifying corpse reactions and phenomena can actually be reasonably explained through science. ”

"So, you've seen ghosts?" I asked curiously.

Brother Jiang sighed and said with a wry smile: "Xiao Liu, you also know that I am usually not good at talking, and I always have a commanding tone when I say anything, and I am concise and to the point, which is my style." I nodded, and Brother Jiang continued: "My language skills are not very good, so there are many things that I may not explain very clearly, so you will just listen." ”

After a while, Brother Jiang continued: "Let me tell you this, I have never seen a ghost, but in fact, gradually, due to the occurrence of some things, I gradually became suspicious - seeing must be true?" I'm afraid not necessarily. I don't have any proof that I've seen ghosts, but you, what proof do you have to prove that the people you've seen in your life, they're all human? ”

As soon as Brother Jiang said this, I only felt a cool breeze blowing from behind me, and there was a strange atmosphere of despair in the entire office, and for a while, I felt even more panicked.

"Well, you haven't really thought about such a question." Brother Jiang said, "I have already said just now, many strange phenomena that occur on corpses can actually be explained by science, but what about those corpses that have not been found? ”

I was stunned for a moment, and Brother Jiang continued: "Not to mention the whole world, it is the whole of China, every year, every month, every day, there are many, many people who disappear mysteriously, and even evaporate from the world. We don't have the bodies of those people, so we can't conclude that they are dead, but they are like a wisp of smoke, erased forever from the world, and no trace of them can be found. ”

"Brother Jiang, do you mean those supernatural phenomena? What kind of ghost ship or ghost train like those in the West? I asked.

"That's just one aspect, the question is, what will these artificialities go away." Brother Jiang saw that I didn't react, so he continued: "Because they have seen some things that should not be seen, in this world, there are some things that have always been the secrets of a few people, and these people do not want the secrets to be leaked, so once someone knows these secrets, those few people will immediately erase those who have peeked into the secrets." ”

After listening to it, I felt a little mysterious, and I always felt like a conspiracy theory, so I asked, "Is this ...... It's just a conjecture. ”

Unexpectedly, Brother Jiang's attitude was very firm, and he said to me very seriously: "It's not conjecture, it's a fact." ”

"Then how do you know the Dao?"

"It's simple, because I'm one of those few people." Brother Jiang said in a flat tone: "And you, you are about to become one of these few people, and you will succeed me and become one of the few people in the Northeast, and this is a task that you must accept." Speaking of this, Brother Jiang's expression seemed to reveal a hint of apology, and then said: "I'm sorry, Xiao Liu, you have no choice." ”

"Why do you say that?" I was somewhat surprised.

"Because ......" Brother Jiang lowered his head and said, "If you refuse, then you will soon disappear from this world." ”

As soon as I heard this, my heart suddenly cooled. Will rejection disappear in this world? Although Brother Jiang's eyes were full of apologies at that time, his words were undoubtedly naked intimidation and threats.

However, out of curiosity and my natural adventurous spirit, when I heard Brother Jiang's words, I was a little worried and a little excited, so I asked, "What kind of task is this?" ”

Brother Jiang pondered for a while and said: "In this world, there is a group of people, not to mention how good they are, but they do have some special abilities that ordinary people do not have. ”

"Superpowers?"

Brother Jiang shook his head and said, "This group of people is on two completely different paths from the vast majority of people in this world. Unlike most people who have begun to accept the convenience brought to us by modern Western science, this group of people, to this day, still strictly follow the wisdom of the ancients, they have mastered the countless ancient mystical arts, and do some things that ordinary people dare not even think of. Because this group of people is generally concentrated in the south such as Yunnan, Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan, Hubei and other places, and what they do is somewhat similar to witchcraft, therefore, over time, people who know these secrets call this group of people Southern Witches. ”

"Is this a criminal syndicate?" I asked.

When Brother Jiang heard this, he seemed to be quite disappointed, and his body lay heavily on the office chair, and after a long while, he spoke: "Xiao Liu, your thinking is too rigid, at this time, you should stop looking at the problem from the perspective of the police." This is also to blame me, I didn't make it clear to you just now, in fact, the few people I mentioned who know the secret of the Tao are not all police, I am just carrying out the investigation, most of the people are elite criminal investigators in the country. And the people who know these secrets are not only policemen, but also soldiers, scholars, businessmen and even some mountain people who have not been born in remote mountainous areas for a long time. And the Nanwu we are going to investigate, they are by no means a criminal gang, and what they want to do is definitely not a murderous and money-making business. ”

"So what are they going to do?" I asked.

Brother Jiang paused and said, "This probably sounds a bit suspenseful, what they have to do is to rebuild the value system of the entire world. ”

"Rebuilding the value system of the entire world? What does this mean? I asked.

Brother Jiang shook his head and said, "I don't really understand the meaning of this sentence either, it's just what another person who knows these secrets told me. ”

"Who?"

"You may not have heard of him, because in recent years, he has almost completely retired from academia, his name is Fan Jiyun, he is a historian, but also a metaphysician, a truly remarkable person."

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