Chapter 453: Lao He
The feature of "eight arms and eight eyes" can be said to be very impressive to Chu Xiuwen.
He had never seen the projections of the "eight-armed and eight-eyed monster", whether it was a dream projection or a reality illusion, nor had he felt the effects of the related fears.
However, through his old classmate Guo Lin's father, Mr. Guo, he saw the multi-armed "gatekeeper" in the process of being rescued from a heart attack, and the eight-armed and eight-eyed wood carving he saw in Qi Haoguo's new home a year later, and associated it with Xiang Kun.
He believes that Xiang Kun may have some kind of special talent or tool that can use the power of the existence of the "Eight Arms and Eight Eyes", so when Xiang Kun saves Old Man Guo and shocks Qi Haoguo, they will all see the existence of the monster of "Eight Arms and Eight Eyes".
Moreover, Chu Xiuwen speculated that Xiang Kun was not the only one who had this ability, they should have an organization, and other people could do it.
After all, when Xiang Kun was in Thorn Tong before, there was also a case in another city where a criminal suspect was shocked by the "eight-armed and eight-eyed monster".
Chu Xiuwen knew that someone in the Xia family had been kidnapped, and he also knew that "Doctor Xia" Xia Libing and Xiang Kun were very close, so he took the initiative to help Xia Libing's third uncle contact Qi Haoguo and let Qi Haoguo use his connections in Myanmar to help.
If he remembers correctly, the people of the Xia family were kidnapped in Montamira.
The day before yesterday, the news that the people of the Xia family were kidnapped in Montamira came, and today there was news of the appearance of the "eight-armed and eight-eyed monster" in Montamira, if it was not related, he would never believe it.
Chu Xiuwen took a sip of soup as if casually, and said, "Don't always look at your phone when eating, how can you say that I am also your elder." ”
When he heard this, he immediately sat upright, a little embarrassed.
Chu Xiaoting said with a smile: "Come on, second uncle, don't you often look at your phone when you eat, I heard my dad say that the second aunt often talks about you, but you told her to make full use of the fragmented time!"
Chu Xiuwen couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed, this niece really doesn't play cards according to the routine, is he an uncle who doesn't want to lose face?
However, he still took advantage of the situation to "change the topic" and said: "By the way, what you just said, what kind of place is Meng in Burma, what kind of monster is going on? Is it a rumor?"
"It's not a rumor, there are a lot of tourists who have experienced and seen in Montamira have posted about it, from all countries, and most of the descriptions are similar. Chu Xiaoting said.
"I think it should be last night that some natural phenomena happened in Montamira that we cannot describe and understand in detail for the time being, which caused a drastic change in the magnetic field in a certain area of Montamira, and even affected people's senses and thinking. Zicheng couldn't help but express his opinion.
Chu Xiuwen followed their words and said, "Oh, that means that monster is just an illusion produced by some people, not a real existence?"
Chu Xiaoting said: "I don't think it's an illusion! If it's an illusion, not everyone will see a giant with eight arms and eight eyes!"
Zicheng lifted his glasses and said, "That's why I said that the changes in this environment should have had an impact on the senses and thinking of the human body in the area." The image of the eight-armed and eight-eyed figure is likely to be something that does exist and has a similar appearance, such as some buildings, trees, or stone statues, under the influence of the environment, in the vision of the affected person, projecting the appearance of a giant with eight arms and eight eyes. So you see, many witnesses have different descriptions of the giant and the monster in detail, some say that it is two stories high, and some say that it is like a mountain, at least a few tens of meters. Some said that the monster looked like metal, looked angular and reflective, and some said that the monster was full of sarcoma and still bleeding juice. So what they see is the same thing, but it is not the same thing, which may be directly related to their location and surrounding environment. Of course, this is just a conjecture on my part. ”
After hearing this, Chu Xiaoting frowned slightly, but nodded thoughtfully: "Hearing you say this, I also agree with your judgment." ”
Chu Xiuwen was also stunned when he heard it, and felt that what he said was indeed quite reasonable, quite like that, could it be theoretically a similar way to achieve it?
After all, Zicheng and Xiang Kun have a good relationship, and they have known each other for a long time, maybe they know something?
But judging from his self-contained demeanor and the way he expressed the content, Chu Xiuwen thought that he should not know, otherwise he would not have made these speculations and would not have said something.
He knew that since yesterday, neither Xiang Kun nor Doctor Xia had been in Chongyun Village.
As for where he went, whether he went to Myanmar or Montamira, he didn't know.
He knew that Xiang Kun should have an official background, but he didn't know if the large-scale hallucination effect of the "eight-armed and eight-eyed monster" that appeared in Mengtamira this time was a special countermeasure by the official against the local riots attacking Chinese and tourists, or was it a separate action carried out by Xiang Kun in order to save Xia Tianhuo?
At this time, Chu Xiuwen didn't know that Xia Tianhuo had been rescued, and instinctively felt that the appearance of the "eight-armed and eight-eyed monster" in Montamira was related to the rescue of Xia Tianhuo.
"Where are you reading this news, is it the headline today, or is it Penguin News?" Chu Xiuwen asked.
"You can also watch it from those news apps, but most of them are also translated from articles on foreign social media or news platforms, and many of them are directly transferred from netizens on various domestic platforms. I'll send you what we watched, many of them were posted by the people who witnessed it in Montamira last night, first-hand information. Chu Xiaoting said, sharing the few articles she and Zicheng had just read with the second uncle through WeChat.
Chu Xiuwen also ignored the fact that he had just warned the two young people not to look at their mobile phones when eating, and he directly held his mobile phone at the dining table and flipped through those articles and discussion posts.
At noon today, the official announcement of Myanmar has been issued, saying that the riot that occurred in Montamira last night was caused by the fierce fight of several local underworld forces, and the local police in Montamira have taken strong and effective action to stop the riot in time, and said that no tourists were killed in this riot, and the relevant personnel have been severely punished by the law, and the Montamira police have the ability to maintain local law and order and the safety of tourists.
Obviously, the Burmese authorities tried their best to avoid the mass attacks on Chinese merchants and tourists that night, and also deliberately avoided talking about the monsters or giant visions that affected many people and even shook the entire international Internet.
However, the discussion on the Internet has not been affected by the official announcement of Myanmar in the slightest, and the focus is still on the illusion of the "eight-armed and eight-eyed monster", and all kinds of speculations and discussions are still emerging.
After eating with Zicheng and Chu Xiaoting, Chu Xiuwen called Qi Haoguo directly and asked him if he had heard about what happened to Montamira.
"Yes. On the phone, Qi Haoguo's answer was very simple, he didn't say much, and he didn't even mention helping Third Uncle Xia Libing contact the forces in Myanmar to help.
Just when Chu Xiuwen thought that Qi Haoguo might not know much about what happened in Montamira, and didn't know about the "eight-armed and eight-eyed monster", and was about to relay some of the content he had just seen to the other party, Qi Haoguo sent out an invitation: "Are you free now, I bought some new good Tieguanyin, come and try it?"
Chu Xiuwen readily agreed and drove to Qi Haoguo's mansion in Tongshi Town.
Qi Haoguo, who was sitting in the bedroom and putting down his mobile phone, raised his eyes to look at the custom glass cabinet placed on the wall directly opposite the wall of a bedroom, where there was an eight-armed and eight-eyed wood carving that he specially found someone to create according to his description.
Qi Haoguo got up and slowly walked to the glass case, slightly excited.
But it has nothing to do with the wood carving itself, although he tried his best to restore the details of the "eight-armed and eight-eyed monster" he saw at the beginning, and the master who was commissioned by him to make the wood carving was also very good, but looking at the wood carving itself, it did not have the psychological impact that the "eight-armed and eight-eyed monster" brought to him.
His emotions were mainly heard from Montamira.
Qi Haoguo knew that Meng Tamira had been shocked by the news of the "eight-armed and eight-eyed monster", much earlier than Chu Xiuwen, and the way to understand the news was also more comprehensive and direct.
Yesterday afternoon, after Xia Tianhuo was saved, Xia Libing's third uncle called him to tell him about the situation, after all, he had to ask him to inquire about the news and establish contact in Montamira through his connections.
The reason why Xia Tianhuo got out was the kidnappers' infighting, which naturally had nothing to do with Wu Lun, who Qi Haoguo asked for.
At first, he only regretted that he couldn't take this opportunity to rebuild his relationship with Xiang Kun through the Xia family.
But when he tried to contact Wu Lun again, he found that he couldn't get in touch no matter what, which made him feel a little strange, so he tried to contact some other old relationships of Montamira, of course, other people were naturally not big guys like Wu Lun.
Then he knew a piece of news that made him a little puzzled, there was news circulating in Montamira yesterday, saying that it was the forces of the Guihai people who killed Tengli, the only son of the big boss.
He knew that before Xia Tianhuo was kidnapped, the biggest possibility was that he was in the same car with that Tengli, so the person who killed Tengli was most likely the person who kidnapped Xia Tianhuo.
If this news is true, the whole Montamira knows about it today, why didn't Wu Lun tell him?
Of course, because Xia Tianhuo has already escaped, he is just curious and confused about this, so he continues to pay attention to the follow-up development of this matter through more channels.
As a result, he learned that night that the "eight-armed and eight-eyed monster" had appeared in Montamira and shocked all the thugs.
Shortly after the early hours of the morning, before the relevant news on the Chinese Internet fermented, he had already learned the specific situation through people who had witnessed it locally in Montamira.
Qi Haoguo's hand holding the mobile phone trembled slightly when he heard the Chinese boss, who was also in his forties, running a factory in Montamira, and quite high-ranking on the phone, excitedly and incoherently describing the huge, multi-armed, and multi-eyed "giant" he saw.
After repeatedly confirming the scene seen by the Chinese boss and confirming that the "giant" he saw, except for the size and some details, the basic characteristics were basically the same as the "eight-armed and eight-eyed monster" he saw at the beginning, Qi Haoguo's excitement was no less than that of the boss on the other end of the phone.
This feeling is a bit like being repeatedly doing a big question that no one else knows before the college entrance examination, firmly believing that it will definitely be examined, and when the day of the college entrance examination is over, the test paper will be sent down and handed, and the question will be on the exam paper.
It's like listening to a niche song silently, almost no one else has heard it, and suddenly one day, I saw that song dominate the screen in major media and on various lists, and it instantly became a phenomenal song.
At one o'clock in the morning, after he finished his call with the Chinese boss of Namontamira, he went to the bedroom with a heart and looked at the eight-armed and eight-eyed wood carving.
A long time ago, after facing up to his inner fears, Qi Haoguo had already reshaped and clarified his life pursuit and code of conduct. But knowing the existence that guided him to find his true self, after Montamira came in such a shocking way, although he could not see or feel what happened to Montamira, he still had a strong feeling of being uplifted and inspired, and his will became stronger.
However, looking at the wood carvings carved by himself in the bedroom, he did not have the slightest idea of kneeling down or praying or praising them, because his heart, his spirit, had been really touched, and he knew that it was not a god that needed to be worshiped in the traditional sense.
To honor it is to recognize one's own fears, and then to obey the needs of one's heart and truly be oneself.
When you want to help others, do what you can, do your best, don't care if you can get praise and gratitude from others;
When you think something is wrong, don't do it, even if it brings benefits and the risk is small.
When you feel that certain things and certain people are important to you, then you try your best to maintain and pursue them, don't be bound by realistic conditions, and look forward to the future;
When you feel that you should take on a responsibility, then stand up and take it, even if it is hard and difficult.
These things are easy to say, but in fact they are very difficult and difficult, and Qi Haoguo is far from doing it, but he is in the direction of "obedience".
Because you know what your true fear is, as long as you are "obedient", you can continue to move in the other direction.
And the farther he goes, the more determined he becomes, and the feeling of being extremely "determined" mentally is very amazing.
Qi Haoguo's family did not move to Tongshi Town with him, and the only junior "Little Liu" who came with him was arranged to go to the "Youlong Hotel" to help, and the aunt who cleaned the housework was also sent out by him to buy, so when Chu Xiuwen arrived, Qi Haoguo was the only one in the entire three-story building.
After a brief greeting in the living room, Qi Haoguo told Chu Xiuwen about the "inside information" he got through Montamira's channels.
Although the official version of Montamira is that there were no tourists killed last night, it seems that the riots did not cause any trouble. But in fact, 29 people died and nearly 1,000 were injured last night, but among the deaths, 17 were caused by local forces, 12 were seriously injured by legitimate defense when attacking Chinese shops, or they were killed by internal strife and attacked each other, and none of the tourists died. Oh yes, remember when you contacted me yesterday, you mentioned Wu Lun? That guy also died last night, killed by his own men, for what specific reason, I don't know for the time being. ”
These news are indeed not visible to Chu Xiuwen from the relevant news on the Internet, but he knows very well what the real reason for the small casualties of tourists is, and he is not concerned about the inside story, he doesn't care at all about Wu Lun, what bigwigs, and what thugs die or not, what he really cares about is the illusion of the "eight-armed and eight-eyed monster", so he took the initiative to mention:
"Have you seen the discussion on the Internet? The vision that appeared in Montamira last night? According to the accounts of the people involved and eyewitnesses on the Internet, I always feel ...... It's a bit like the eight-armed and eight-eyed wood carving I saw last time in your house?"
After Chu Xiuwen finished speaking, he stared at Qi Haoguo's face, wanting to notice the change in his expression.
This was a fairly direct temptation, but Qi Haoguo's expression did not change much, he still continued to make tea very calmly, and then said seemingly casually: "Brother Chu, what is the biggest fear in your heart?"
Qi Haoguo naturally wouldn't reveal what he knew about the "eight-armed and eight-eyed monster", but it was not a way to discuss it.
He knew that Chu Xiuwen also had some information that he didn't know, and he definitely knew some secrets of the "eight-armed and eight-eyed monster", and he wanted to try it out.
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Sheep City.
After Zhao Feng and Wang Dean returned from Iwancheng, they returned to the task force and continued to follow the command of the leader of the task force to track down the traces of the suspect Guo Tianxiang.
It's just that the investigation has not progressed, and even if Micho, who had been in contact with the suspect for a long time, was found before, and received a lot of cooperation, it was not possible to further lock down the suspect's whereabouts.
It is only certain that the suspect went to Liushi to meet a person before he finally disappeared, but he did not see him.
The task force has made great efforts to ask colleagues from the technical department to help with the investigation, but it has not been able to determine the identity of the person the suspect wants to see.
Zhao Feng and Wang Dean went to Pancheng before, originally to investigate Guo Tianxiang's activities in Star City in his early years, to see if Guo Tianxiang could be hidden in Pancheng.
Wang Dean was working in Iwaki before joining the task force, so he and Zhao Feng partnered to investigate.
However, after completing the task of the task force, the two of them "by the way" found an excuse to visit the eyewitness and reporter of a case handled by Wang Dean before.
To be honest, the process of chatting with the blind girl named Li Jun for more than an hour really impressed them.
Because the two of them were "popularized" about birds for more than an hour, and when they talked about bird-related issues, the girl really talked endlessly.
But don't really say it, the content that Li Jun said is really more than ninety percent that they have never heard before, which is quite novel.
Even if they didn't take the initiative to leave in the end, they thought that Li Jun would be fine to talk for a few more hours.
They saw the canary as they wished, but according to their observations, they did not see any difference between the bird and the other canaries.
Because Li Jun's father, Professor Li Yang, was next to him, it was not good for them to directly ask about the strange performance of the canary captured by the dashcam in the suspect's car that night, otherwise it would mean that they came to "question" Li Jun for the case, then not only could they not continue to talk, but they would have to be held accountable when they turned back.
So they can only pretend to ask how to cultivate "guide birds", but according to Li Jun, her ability to train canaries into guide birds is directly related to her own familiarity with birds, and it may be difficult for others to imitate them. However, she also put forward her own set of related theories, and proposed some possible methods for the domestication of "guide birds", which can be tried by the staff of the "blind school" mentioned by Zhao Feng.
Although no evidence of the canary was unusual this time, after ending the meeting with Li Jun, the two had the same feeling:
"This girl doesn't feel like a blind person at all. ”
She has a very certain sense of her surroundings. ”
"She has a gentle attitude and a soft voice, but when she speaks, she is very confident. ”
"This girl is special. ”
But these are very subjective feelings, and they did not find any substantial evidence.
And both of them also liked this optimistic, erudite, intelligent, enthusiastic, and righteous blind girl, and they didn't want to have even the slightest impact on her because of some rash investigation.
Just when the two stayed in Yangcheng and wanted to put aside the investigation of the "multi-armed monster" for the time being and focus on Guo Tianxiang's pursuit, they saw what happened to Montamira on the Internet and saw the personal experience descriptions of those involved.
Just when they were shocked to check the relevant information on the Internet, the leader of the task force called them over, and this is a separate conference room to introduce them to a leader.
However, what made them very puzzled was that the leader did not report any title, but only called himself Lao He.