Chapter 30 Text messages from 6 years ago

Jingxian was shocked for a while.

Then a thumping heart became too soft again.

He almost wrapped Lu Yingjiu around the floor-to-ceiling window, and he could kiss him as long as he lowered his head slightly. And he had never, so desperately wanted to do it.

Lu Yingjiu spoke again in his arms.

His voice was low, a little hoarse, and sounded inexplicably gentle: "But, Jingxian, you have to go. I won't let you stay by my side."

Jing Xian's movements froze.

Filled with joy and tenderness, it was as if ice had formed in an instant.

"Dong dong-"

The door was knocked softly.

Little Ning came in very uncomfortablely and lowered his voice: "They are gone, come with me."

He was stunned for a moment when he saw that the two were acting intimately, but he didn't think about it.

Lu Yingjiu sighed silently, and said to Jingxian, "Let's go first."

He wanted to move forward, but Jingxian didn't give way and still blocked in front of him.

Lu Yingjiu raised her head and said helplessly, "I'll explain it to you."

Jing Xian paused for half a second before stepping aside.

Following Little Ning, they walked along the dark corridor.

The evidence room was just ahead. After the three of them swiped their work cards, the light at the door turned green, and the security door opened automatically. There is also a door there, which is covered with talisman paper, and various symbols are drawn on the door.

Little Ning pulled out a lot of rune paper from the body. Here are sticking here, sticky there, and finally pinched.

Their clothes are windless and automatic.

A few seconds later, the newly attached talisman began to burn and turned into fly ash.

That door opened.

Lu Yingjiu said, "Why is it so complicated now?"

"Well, don't you think about it safely?" Little Ning said, "We are too annoyed, and we have to bring so many runes."

He snapped the light on.

What appeared in front of him was a dense collection of physical evidence storage cabinets. Except for the combination lock, each cabinet was covered with talisman paper.

Little ning takes them, and then let them wait a little on the periphery. He walked all the way to the depths of the 5th row of cabinets, lost the password, and squeezed a series of complex gestures. The runes flew slowly and fell beside him.

He said, "Come here."

Lu Yingjiu and Gong Zong passed, Little Ning took out a box and opened it.

Inside the box were various physical evidence, including fingerprints, hair, the victim's mobile phone, and several blood-stained talismans.

Little NING said, "President Chen has given me clear the situation. You don't need to see other physical evidence, just look at this."

He pulled out a cell phone in a small bag.

It's an old-fashioned flip phone, and even 6 years ago, it's an outdated model. The screen is very small, only half of it is not damaged, and the characters on the keyboard of the mobile phone are almost worn out. It can be seen that it has been used for many years.

It looked like someone had stepped on it hard, or it had fallen from a height. The cable of the mobile phone is broken, the screen does not light up, the memory card is broken, and no data can be retrieved, and the large and small parts are scattered into pieces.

Little Ning explained: "This is a chen minlan's mobile phone. When it was discovered, it was in the hands of Chen Minlan. But maybe it was Chen yanyan ... Uh, I said that Fan Xin was too panicked at the time, thinking that Chen Minlan was going to call the police, Kicking in one foot, the mobile phone hit the wall before it was broken. "

Lu Yingjiu said, "How strong is that to be able to kick like this."

In my impression, Fan Xin didn't have much strength and was weak and weak.

Little Ning said: "Uh, one is that this phone is very old, and it is not very resistant to falling; the other is that Mrs. Chen has a habit, that is, I like to smash wallet with mobile phones. It's on the edge of the bad. Look at these lateral deresses, all knocked out of walnuts. "

Lu Yingjiu: "..."

Little Ning laughed a few times, and continued: "It is broken from the scene to obtain evidence. It is like this. It is my sister who is responsible for obtaining evidence.

"At that time, no one had hope, but put away the rotten mobile phone and put it in the evidence room. A few days later, when senior sister came to the evidence room, she heard the phone ring. The "ding dong" sound was very short, it should be It's the tone for text messages."

"According to reason, several mobile phones are turned off after forensic collection. This kind of thing should not happen."

"Senior sister followed the voice and found that it was the evidence cabinet of the murder case. She thought that some mobile phone was still on, but when she opened it, it turned out to be this rotten phone that was lit on the screen."

Lu Yingjiu looked at the phone again.

It's rotten like this, it's impossible to turn it on, let alone receive text messages.

When it comes to this, Little Ning also felt that it was cold behind and swallowed: "Sister was also very scared at the time, and wanted to call someone over, but she could see the text message content as long as she was gently pushed."

"They speculated that the old lady must have left clues to the murderer at the last moment of her life, which is simply too important to the case. Therefore, senior sister was afraid of missing the opportunity, so she clicked on the text message."

He stopped here.

Lu Yingjiu asked, "What is the content of the text message?"

Little ning hesitated: "... or you can watch it yourself."

He pressed the power button of the mobile phone, and the mobile phone, which was so rotten that it was about to become a pile of parts, actually lit up.

He handed the phone to Lu Yingjiu.

The booting process lasted for more than thirty seconds.

After a white light, the text message finally appeared.

The screen is broken, with bizarre colors on it, and the fonts are distorted, split by a few cracks:

【Your hour has come】

"..." Lu Yingjiu's pupils shrank for a moment, and subconsciously looked above the text message.

The recipient's mobile phone number: 186xxxxxxx029

Lu Yingjiu looked familiar with this number. After thinking about it for a few seconds, he remembered: it was his old mobile phone number.

This is a text message sent to him.

Lu Yingjiu's head was in chaos.

Numerous questions passed through his mind: what was the content of the text message? Does Chen Minlan know herself? Could she have something to do with the fake wedding she met? Why didn't he receive this text message back then?

6 years ago, Chen Minlan tried to contact him.

And 6 years later, her ghost also came to her door, as if she wanted to tell Lu Yingjiu the unfinished news.

He was in a state of confusion, and Jing Xian suddenly grabbed his left hand.

The grip is light, yet reassuring.

It was like when he was under the sea, Jing Xian hugged him tightly from behind, his warm body overwhelmed the cold and pitch-black water.

At this moment, the tide that was about to drown Lu Yingjiu also seemed to disappear.

Lu Yingjiu took a deep breath and shook his head.

After calming down, he could think carefully again.

He looked at the date of the text message, it was [2015.12.10]

Recall that his mobile phone number was changed together with his mobile phone. He should... He should have changed it in the second half of 2015, probably in November. If you go home and look for it, you can get back the bill or electronic invoice.

Although he couldn't recall the exact date, he remembered that it must have been before December.

In other words, Chen Minlan sent a message to his old mobile phone number.

But it was impossible for Lu Yingjiu to receive it.

Little Ning looked at his face and asked carefully, "Mr. Lu, are you okay?"

Lu Yingjiu: "..."

He took a long breath and rubbed his brow bone: "It's okay."

Little Ning said: "They listed you as a suspect that year, because this text message, especially the text message content, was very weird, and could even be understood as ... some kind of threat, threatened to the criminals. After you stayed in City Z for 2 months, the investigation had not yet begun, and they let go of doubt you. "

Lu Yingjiu asked, "Why didn't you show me this text message?"

"It's a bit embarrassing," Little Ning scratched his head. "The SMS was only seen by the Sister Sister, and I couldn't open it after that mobile phone. Unfortunately, I didn't have time to take pictures, and I could only give it to others — this greatly reduced the credibility. If it wasn't for her position, it would probably be treated as nonsense. "

Lu Yingjiu glanced at the mobile phone that was on in his hand: "Then how can it be used now?"

"That is, recently, it can re -start it." Little Ning said, "It was about two months ago. President Chen also advocated a re -investigation of you because he saw this text message."

As far as Lu Yingjiu knew, the investigation into him really started two months ago.

The time is right.

For the public, Chen Zhengzheng has the right to investigate this clue. Chen Minlan is Chen Zheng's elder and mentor. He has always been brooding about the annihilation case and feels full of doubts.

In private, he didn't want Lu Yingjiu to stay any longer, this was a great opportunity.

As for Chen Zheng's heart, whether he believes that Lu Yingjiu is the murderer or not, I am afraid that only he himself knows.

Lu Yingjiu held the phone for a long time without saying a word.

He seems to want to imprint every word and every detail of the text message into his soul.

Then Lu Yingjiu gently handed the phone back: "Take it back, I've finished reading it."

Little ning took the phone and put it back in the box again.

The process of going out of the evidence room is as cumbersome as when entering.

After finally getting out of the layers of talisman paper seals, Lu Yingjiu and Jingxian took the elevator downstairs and exited the building through the back door.

The evening breeze was cool, and they walked forward side by side.

There is a small alley coming out of the back door. There are no street lights at all. There is a stray cat in the corner. It is dirty. It was licking its fur.

In addition, there are no other living creatures, and the road ahead is dark, as if there is no end in sight.

Jing Xian wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Lu Yingjiu softly: "Jing Xian, please leave me alone for a while."

So Jing Xian didn't say a word, and stayed by his side quietly as usual.

Before returning to the car, Lu Yingjiu opened the car door and got on the co-pilot, fastened his seat belt. Jingxian started the car, the headlights came on, and the bright yellow light beam extended to the distance, illuminating the floating dust in the air.

Lu Yingjiu suddenly said, "Do you want to go to a bar?"

Jing Xian was stunned for a moment: "I'm fine."

"Let's go then." Lu Yingjiu said, "I want to have a drink."

15 minutes later, the car stopped at a remote street corner.

There is a very small bar here. The wooden tables and chairs are placed outside. The signboard is also made of wood. It is illuminated by yellow-brown lights. Surrounded by delicate flowers, it looks like it has been carefully taken care of. Pass.

They found a table outside and faced the deserted street.

At night, this southern city finally cools down, take a deep breath, and the cool air refreshes the lungs.

Lu Yingjiu was not interested in the variety of wine, so he ordered the most common cold beer and placed a large glass in front of him.

Jingxian wanted to order whiskey, but Lu Yingjiu glanced at him lazily: "You don't want your driver's license, do you want to deduct 12 points? Give me the list and I'll order something else for you. Drunk ghost, I'm not uncommon."

Just after taking the drink list, Lu Yingjiu changed his mind again and said, "Forget about your drinking, it's a big deal to hire a driver."

This time it was Jingxian who didn't want to.

He said, "You better help me."

Tone with anticipation.

So two minutes later, a large glass of strawberry milk was placed in front of Jingxian.

Pink and tender, cute and lovely.

Jingxian: "..."

The drink ordered by the daughter-in-law has to be drunk even if it is lava. He took this pink cup and watched Lu Yingjiu take a few gulps of wine.

Then, Lu Yingjiu said, "I am a natural recruit, and I can see a lot of things that others can't see."

"It's like the road at the entrance of the primary school. All the classmates walked over happily. Only I can see that the road is full of ghosts, under the street lamps, in the lake or on the walls. Most of them maintained a miserable state of death, Some have no heads, some have no limbs, and only rely on obsession to wander between heaven and earth."

"Every ghost wants to find me."

"Or want to talk to me, or beg me to settle their grievances, or want to kill me."

He took another sip of beer: "I was very scared at first, I couldn't understand why it is so difficult for me to live a simple life for others? Why are there so many people in the world, but ghosts want to find me? ?"

"My family has hired a lot of ghost exorcists for me, but they have no choice but to give me some useless talismans to drive away the lowest-level ghosts."

"But if the bulls, ghosts, snakes and gods I met, if they saw them, they would probably scare them to death. What use can that little talisman be used for?"

The water droplets on the wine glass slowly slid down, wetting Lu Yingjiu's slender fingers.

He looked at Jingxian. saw Jing sitting quietly, listening intently to him, and holding the glass of strawberry milk—one third of the strawberry milk had already been drank.

Lu Yingjiu smiled unconsciously.

Even he didn't realize the smile.

He continued: "It is very expensive to hire a ghost exorcist for a long time. My family's background is not good, and I can't afford it at all. I thought, since the talisman paper is useless, I should imitate it and draw it myself. So, every day I They all get up at four or five o'clock, imitating the talisman paper, and take it with them when they go out."

"At first, the talisman paper was useless, just like a piece of waste paper. But the more I draw, the better I get, and I will soon be better than those ghost exorcists."

He shook the beer mug in his hand and saw the clear liquid swaying in it with a yellow-brown light.

"I always thought that everyone could do this. Until one day, when I was using the talisman paper, I met a fortune-telling master on the street."

"Master was so excited when he saw the talisman paper, he grabbed me and asked me who painted it. I answered him, I painted it myself."

"In the end, do you know what he said?" Lu Yingjiu smiled. "He said that I would lie to people at a young age—he is clearly the biggest liar himself."

"I painted it for him on the spot, which proved that I didn't lie. The master was so excited that he took my hand and said that I was a peerless genius. Do you want to join the glorious road of exorcising ghosts today and fight the world side by side with him? The underworld forces, the world is saved by the two of us."

Jingxian took a sip of strawberry milk, and the slightly sweetness exploded on the tip of his tongue, but it was not annoying.

He asked, "Did you agree?"

Lu Yingjiu shook his head and said, "No, because I think he's trying to cheat me of money."

Jing Xian said, "What about the reality?"

Lu Yingjiu said, "He forced me to do some calculations, and really cheated me of the 20 yuan from me."

Jingxian: "..."

Lu Yingjiu added: "The 20 yuan is the money I used to buy the counseling book. I went home and told my mother that if the money was lost, she firmly believed that I was going to buy snacks. But there is no need for questions, I'm actually quite happy."

Jingxian: "..."

Lu Yingjiu raised a glass to drink.

He continued: "The master came to my house later and said that there was a way to solve my natural bad luck. Then there is the matter of ghost marriage, so I will skip it."

"The master gave me a calculation, saying that I will definitely not live to be 27 years old, and there will be a death catastrophe that cannot be avoided."

Jing Xian's hand shrank imperceptibly.

He said, "You'll be fine, I'm by your side."

In fact, he appeared for this moment.

"...Although the master is very unreliable," Lu Yingjiu smiled, obviously not believing him, "but some intuition makes me think that what he said is right."

"I don't think I'm more unlucky than others. After all, I have a talent that they can't catch up with in their entire lives. But, sometimes I wonder if I really have less luck."

"Look, I'm standing at the pinnacle of the ghost exorcism world. But there are still things that I don't have a clue and can't control."

Jingxian was silent for a few seconds, then said, "Is it the 'time has come' thing?"

"Yes." Lu Yingjiu nodded, "At first, I thought it was just an ordinary hit, but the situation was completely wrong. I saw Chen Minlan's text message today, and I was sure. This matter spanned a number of times. years—or maybe even earlier, it existed.”

"It's the only thing in my life about ghosts that is completely out of my control."

"I believe it is my doom."

Lu Yingjiu took a long sigh of relief: "Okay, I've said everything I want to say, and I'm comfortable."

Jingxian wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Lu Yingjiu: "Don't mention this, I'll talk about it later." He smiled at Jingxian.

He drank the last drop of beer, his fair face was slightly red, and there was water in his eyes, and he looked at Jingxian under the light of the light.

This look is like a little deer with hoofs and joy, it plunged into Jingxian's heart and bumped everywhere. He pretended to bow his head casually, the strawberry milk was gone, but he still felt sweet on the tip of his tongue.

But suddenly, he remembered Lu Yingjiu's words today.

The deer slammed into the iceberg.

Back in the car, Lu Yingjiu lowered the seat and prepared to take a nap.

The car drove silently across the street, the buildings scattered in different heights swept past the windows, and the evening wind rolled out the curtains of several houses, waving in the wind.

Lu Yingjiu drank and became a little confused, his tone was a little vague, and suddenly he said, "By the way, about the 20 yuan—"

Jingxian: "Huh?"

"Although my mother firmly believed that I used the money to buy snacks, she didn't scold me or beat me. She just took out another 20 and put it in my hand, saying that next time you want to eat snacks, you can talk to her directly. Said. Although she has no money and spends an extra dollar on groceries, she can miss it for several weeks, but I can still do it to make me happy. "

Jingxian asked, "Then you went shopping for snacks?"

"No," Lu Yingjiu closed her eyes, "I went and bought the tutorial book. That question is really disgusting."

They both laughed together.

After laughing, Lu Yingjiu said, "Although I am not young, I have met many, many people. Some people hate me and wish I would die today, and some people love me and hope that I will have a bright future forever."

"Of course, extreme love and hate are a minority, and most people are in the middle." He continued, "So Jingxian, which one are you?"

This sounds like a bonus question.

Just as Jing Xian was about to answer, he heard Lu Yingjiu smile again: "No need to answer, I know the answer."

Jingxian: "... um."

Although he didn't win the sub-question, his ears were slightly hot.

Lu Yingjiu said, "That's why I think you can't stay by my side any longer. Are you aware of the price of the priest's coming to the world in the flesh?"