Chapter 22: The Missing Squad
"......Where did the cicada come from?" Shen Qingming picked up the corpse of a dead cicada, looked at it in his hand for a long time, and said, "This doesn't look like a cicada, right?"
The old Chinese medicine doctor asked: "How can it not be a cicada, our Chinese medicine has a blind desire to be a cicada, which is used for wind, heat and cold, the beginning of fever, sore throat and hoarse voice, measles impermeability, rubella itching, red eyes, rapid and slow convulsions, tetanus syndrome, and children's night crying." Don't look at my medical skills, it's still okay to remember the medicinal properties. ”
Shen Qingming put the corpse of that thing in front of the old Chinese medicine doctor: "Look at this cicada, there are no compound eyes, but a little more pupils, the mouthparts are short and thick, and there are a little jagged, and the size is not smaller than the usual cicadas." ”
The old Chinese medicine doctor asked him, "Then what do you think of this?"
"I can't say it, just ask him when Chen Lao comes back, but I feel that this cicada doesn't eat meat, right?" Shen Qingming couldn't say what was wrong with this cicada for a while, "There are many different things in the mountains, and it's not easy for me to make conclusions." ”
While they were talking, Yang Xu and the three of them, who had gone to the woods to investigate the situation, hurriedly ran back, and Zhang Ge still had a burning rune paper in his hand. Yang Xu breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the two of them were safe and sound.
Lin Sheng asked them: "What happened in the village just now? No one was hurt, right? We just entered the forest for a while when we saw that the village was suddenly surrounded by a thick fog, and Boss Yang was worried about you, so he hurried back." ”
Shen Qingming said: "Everyone is fine, don't worry too much." It had rained suddenly, and it was dark, so the fog spread and trapped us in the clinic, but fortunately the fog suddenly subsided, and there was no big mess. ”
Yang Xu also said: "This fog came strangely, but we only came when we were not there, as if there was spirituality." ”
"Do you suspect that someone is manipulating the dense fog behind the scenes?" Shen Qingming heard Yang Xu's words, and said, "By the way, after the fog subsides, there are a lot of dead cicadas left, I don't know if it has something to do with the fog?"
Yang Xu had no clue after watching the dead cicada for a long time, so he had to shake his head.
Surprisingly, Zhang Ge spoke at this time: "This is called an empty cicada." In the book, it is a cicada born of a soul that has lost its body and wanders for a long time in the world without support. It was also the first time I had seen such a creature. ”
Yang Xu asked: "Since there is a record of this cicada, is there a record of the dense fog?"
At the mention of this, Zhang Ge couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Who would remember that kind of thing? something that I can't touch once in eight hundred lifetimes." ”
Eight hundred lives are blessed.
"Hey, hey, hey, fog, fog, fog! It's a big fog!" Hearing the fog, Han Chen seemed to remember something, laughing and clapping his hands, "The fog is coming, the fog is coming." ”
"Oh yes, this is Han Chen, when we found him, he happened to be walking around the health center, so we quickly brought him in, and before he could sit down, a thick fog struck, and then he came back. Shen Qingming explained, "The most important thing is that he is in a very poor mental state. ”
Lin Sheng said, "Isn't that crazy? Why don't we take Han Chen back to Qincheng first, and contact the doctor to do a psychological rehabilitation operation on him." ”
"It makes sense, mental illness is cured early. Yang Xu nodded, Shen Qingming saw his thoughts, obviously wanting to leave here early.
"I also think that I should bring Han Chen back to the city first. Shen Qingming echoed.
Seeing that everyone had no objections, Lin Sheng said: "It's decided, when Chen Lao and the others come back, let's go back to our home, and bring more people to Luming Village another day to find out." Boss Yang rest assured, the money promised to you before will not be less. ”
Now that it's been discussed, everyone won't be entangled anymore. Just wait for the people who went to the forest to come back, and then you can set off and leave. Shen Qingming had been staring at Han Chen all afternoon, hoping to see some secret. After trying for an afternoon, he found that Han Chen was particularly sensitive to the word fog, and at the slightest mention of it, he would be highly concentrated.
"We in Chinese medicine call this disease hysteria, which is caused by the seven emotions, and the main disease is in the heart. The old Chinese medicine doctor was idle, so he came to see the patient Han Chen, "It's a pity that I'm not good at learning and can't prescribe the right medicine." ”
The two of them had a chat to kill time, and Shen Qingming asked him, "Dean, how long have you been here?" ”
"It's been a little time, it's been almost seven or eight years, right?" said the old Chinese medicine doctor.
"How does the dean feel about this village?"
The old Chinese medicine doctor said: "It's not as weird as you think, and it's not so normal. I always feel that the villagers here have a sense of alienation, everyone is far away, except for relatives who hardly interact with each other, unlike other villages. ”
Shen Qingming: "Does this fog often appear?"
Old Chinese medicine doctor: "Can it appear once in a few years? This year is a big one." Anyway, I don't have the need to go out as a stranger, and I've always been honestly shrunk in the health center on foggy days, and I really haven't noticed that the fog here is so evil. ”
"It's not easy for you, either. ”
The old Chinese medicine doctor sighed and said: "Who says it's not, people live a lifetime with a wild goose, which one can live an easy life?"
Shen Qingming smiled and said, "Oh, I didn't expect you to also have a bit of philosophical cultivation." ”
Old Chinese medicine doctor: "What bullshit philosophy, I listened to the host of the broken temple in the mountains, that old man is still a little interesting, any ancient book can talk about it, what is dedicated to assassinating the king's bureaucracy Comet through the moon, Nie Zheng stabbing Han puppet Bai Hong Guanri, bin Laden stabbing Bush plane crashing into the building......"
What kind of mess is this?
Suddenly, there was a noise of footsteps outside, and if you listened closely, the source of the sound came from the fog. Chen Laoqin's night tour is finally back, and then it will be over if you leave here quickly, and hundreds of thousands of them will be in hand.
No, it's not the footsteps of two people.
Yang Xu was relatively close to the courtyard gate, and a carp straightened up and glanced at who the person who came was sacred.
There were three people standing outside the door, all tall and big men, and the leader shouted to Yang Xu: "Brother, help open the door." ”
Before this person entered the mountain, Yang Xu had seen it on the information. He asked, "Are you Liang Ziwen?"
Liang Ziwen looked him up and down and asked, "Are you ......?"
"Oh, I'm sent by the Yuecheng Office to pick you up. It is normal that Liang Ziwen has not seen Yang Xu, Yang Xu said, "Why did you disappear?"
Liang Ziwen said: "This matter is a long story, let us in first." ”
Before Yang Xu could speak, Lin Sheng came over and opened the courtyard door. glanced at Yang Xu dissatisfied, and said, "They are all brothers of their own family, Boss Yang is too uninteresting." ”
Liang Ziwen didn't care much: "Hahaha, it's better to be cautious, it's better to be cautious, it's not in the way." ”
At this time, the other people in the room also walked to the hall of the health center, there were three people in the missing team, and there were five on Yang Xu's side, which filled the small health center, and the old Chinese medicine doctor was too lazy to squeeze with them, and hid in the ward alone to take care of Han Chen.
"It all started when we entered the village. Liang Ziwen began to explain the cause and effect, "Then there was a sudden fog in the village, we didn't have time to dodge and were wrapped in the thick fog, the captain was separated from us when he explored the way, and the three of us were left to wander in the fog, and after the fog cleared, we found that we had reached the depths of the mountain. ”
Shen Qingming secretly touched Xiling, Xiling understood and began to write profiles.
The wet trouser legs, grass seeds on the back, and slight scratches on the back of the hands were indeed signs of coming out of the mountains and forests. The eye sockets are slightly sunken and the breathing is slightly weak, much like a sign of mild malnutrition. One member of the team had a significant cold, which could have been caused by a cold.
"Not necessarily true, but it's very likely. Xiling said.
Lin Sheng smiled: "Don't worry, your captain is also back, and he is here to recuperate." ”
Liang Ziwen was very excited when he heard the captain coming back: "What! The captain is also here? Did he say anything?"
Lin Sheng was stunned and said, "What did you say?" He didn't say anything about us, he has been delirious and crazy since he came back, and he hasn't said anything valuable. ”
"Oh, that's it......" Liang Ziwen calmed down, "I thought he would know something about the fog." ”
Lin Sheng said: "What can be known at present is that there is a kind of cicada hidden in the fog, which is called the empty cicada. It is said to be the sustenance of the ownerless soul, parasitic in the thick fog, and the rest of the words are unknown. ”
Liang Ziwen: "It seems that everyone hasn't found any clues, so it's better to leave Luming Village as soon as the people who went out come back." ”
Speaking of Old Chen, why haven't they come back yet? Shen Qingming glanced at the sky outside, it was already dying, and it was too late for them to come back. It's also strange that Qin Yeyou doesn't like to talk on weekdays, otherwise he would have noticed that there was one less person around him.
Yang Xu also thought of this question and said, "Wait, why haven't they come back yet?" Chen Lao and Yeyou are very reliable people, and they will never forget that they can't stay outside for a long time at night. ”
"You think they're trapped?" asked Leung.
Yang Xu asked, "Master Zhang, do you have any remote contact Dao techniques that can contact them?"
Zhang Ge shook his head: "I have a mobile phone, and this kind of Taoist technique will naturally be lost." ”
"You can save phone bills!" Yang Xu slapped his thigh.
I really don't know what Yang Xu is thinking.
"At the moment, the only way to save people is to go into the mountains. Yang Xu said and glanced at the fog outside the window, "The fog is not thick now, if it goes well, maybe you can find them before the fog forms." ”
Lin Sheng asked him: "What if it doesn't go well? Will we all wait to die in the fog? In my opinion, it is safest to wait until tomorrow dawn to enter the mountain to save people." ”
Yang Xu retorted: "I'll go to save people tomorrow, I'm afraid I won't even be able to find where their bodies are." ”
Lin Sheng took a step forward and said, "That's better than everyone dying outside together, right?"
"I said what are you afraid of, there are three people on our side, there are five people on your side, so many people, even if there are ghosts in the fog, they don't dare to do anything to us. The girls are timid and timid, what kind of man are they. ”
Lin grew up a little lacking in yang energy, and he hated people the most in his life. Hearing Liang Ziwen's words, he was even more furious: "What kind of thing are you! The people of the Lin family dare to provoke themselves, and they think they have lived too long?"
"Lin family, what Lin family?" Liang Ziwen was not to be outdone, "I want to see how powerful this Lin family is!"
"You don't know the Xilin family in Qincheng City? ”
Yang Xu stepped forward to stop the two and persuaded: "Now is not the time to quarrel, we are still in danger, and arguing like this will only make the situation worse." ”
"I don't know this kind of kid in general, and I don't want to spend more time together. Liang Ziwen led people to turn around and leave the hall and enter the compound, "You guys discuss whether you want to go into the mountain to save people, and come out and tell us after you have discussed." ”
Lin Sheng still didn't understand his hatred: "What kind of thing is this! If it weren't for the sake of the same Yuecheng office, I would definitely make them look good." ”