Xiaoye slowly moved his neck, and Tianji's voice came from the phone again.
"I don't care if you are a gang boss or not, but one thing you have to remember is that you are still a member of the Zhongnanhai bodyguard. I heard that you are in Harbin now. Come over and I will wait for you at the base."
Xiaoye was stunned at first, and just when he was about to speak, a blind tone of "beep" came from the phone. He sighed inwardly, "Damn, this phone company hangs up the phone really fast."
In desperation, Xiaoye came to the secret base in Harbin.
When Xiaoye opened the door, he saw Tianji sitting solemnly, with several cigarette butts lying in the ashtray in front of him.
Xiaoye nodded, "Leader."
Tianji coughed and said, "Here you go, sit down."
Xiaoye sat down on the side and asked: "Are there any tasks again?"
"Yes." Tianji nodded, with a helpless look on his face: "Hunan."
"It's so far away again!" Xiaoye said a little dizzy: "What happened this time?"
"The Hunan Public Security Department forwarded the news that they have a 'Phoenix Temple' in Phoenix Mountain. It was originally a very good tourist attraction, but now it has seriously affected the local tourism development. They are not sure what is to blame.
Not sure, but I hope we can send someone to take a look right away."
"Phoenix Temple!" Xiaoye's eyes widened in surprise, and he said with a helpless smile: "Leader, even if you don't like me now, you still have to find some good reason to make fun of me. Return to 'Phoenix Temple'
Well, you thought we were filming a mythical movie! Even the phoenix came out!"
Tianji was a little unhappy when he heard this and said: "What nonsense are you talking about? I don't have time to make fun of you. Indeed, there is such a 'Phoenix Temple' in Hunan."
"Really?" Xiaoye was still a little doubtful: "Are you really not lying to me?"
Tianji was a bit dumbfounded and said, "You kid still doesn't believe it! This is the official document from the Hunan Public Security Department. I just arrived here yesterday. You can read it yourself."
Xiaoye took the official document and read it. It was very brief, but it was true. He couldn't help but touch his nose and said strangely: "Hey, there really is a 'Phoenix Temple'. I thought it was made up by those movie writers out of thin air."
Tianji glared at Xiaoye and said, "You kid really watches too many movies. I'll leave this task to you. Go back and prepare. There will be a special plane to take you to Liujia Town early tomorrow morning."
"No way, it's so far!" Xiaoye said with a troubled expression: "Boss, let's talk about it. I'm very busy recently and I have something to do. Can you replace me with someone else?"
Tianji also shook his head helplessly, "It's more troublesome. You are the only one here who is best suited to deal with these monsters and ghosts. Brother and sister Wang Huan both have missions."
Xiaoye had no choice but to stand up and said: "Okay, I'll go back and pack up, and I'll set off tomorrow."
Tianji warned again carefully, "Okay, be careful. The relevant leaders will discuss the specific situation with you when you get there."
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Hunan, Phoenix Mountain.
At this time, it was already evening and the breeze was blowing.
In the distant horizon, the fiery red sun has not yet completely set, and the beautiful golden clouds in the sky cover the entire earth, making it look particularly magnificent.
Suddenly, there was a loud rumbling sound in the sky, and the crows in the surrounding mountains and forests were immediately alarmed. They fluttered and flew into the air, just like a large cloud of black sand rising from the plains.
On the ground, a group of people immediately raised their heads high and looked to the sky expectantly.
Soon, a helicopter jumped out of the sky with a rumbling roar and landed straight down.
As soon as the helicopter stopped, Xiaoye unbuckled his seat belt, jumped up, and said hello to the pilot: "Brother, thank you."
The driver also smiled and replied, "I wish you good luck."
Xiaoye jumped off the helicopter and watched the huge steel monster soar into the air again before carrying his luggage and walking toward the group of people who had been waiting for a long time.
"Comrade Xiaoye, welcome, welcome, I am Qian Zhikun, director of the Municipal Public Security Bureau. It is an honor to meet you." At that moment, a dignified middle-aged police officer came up to him with a smile.
Xiaoye also shook hands with the other party politely and said, "Hello, Director Qian."
"Comrade Xiaoye, let me introduce you." Qian Zhikun pointed at a fat man with a shiny face and a big belly and said: "This is Li Longjiang, the director of the Tourism Bureau here."
Li Longjiang hurriedly put on a smile, his smile was really bright, "Hello, hello."
"Hello."
Xiaoye knew at a glance that this was a standard official. That exaggerated pot belly had eaten so much fat, and he felt a little unhappy at the moment.
Qian Zhikun looked at the sky and saw that it was already dark, so he hurriedly said: "Comrade Xiaoye, it's already getting late. We've already prepared dinner. Why don't we talk while we eat."
Xiaoye nodded, "That's okay, I happen to be tired too."
He has long been accustomed to China's wine table culture.
At that moment, everyone got into several cars parked on the roadside and drove directly into Phoenix Mountain.
There is a fairly large town in Fenghuang Mountain, which stretches for several square kilometers. It seems that there should be more than 10,000 residents. The roads are clean, the buildings are beautiful, and the economic situation should be good.
As Xiaoye watched, the car turned into a courtyard, and then led into the cafeteria by the enthusiastic Li Longjiang.
This is a very beautiful and clean elegant room. There is a square marble table in it. Wine and food have been prepared on it, and it is still hot.
"Leaders, please take a seat." Li Longjiang greeted warmly, with a look of guilt and uneasiness on his face: "I originally wanted to invite the leaders to the best hotel, but Director Qian said confidentiality is important, so I had to settle here."
Xiaoye smiled kindly and said, "It doesn't matter, as long as you can eat enough."
"As long as Comrade Xiao Ye doesn't mind." Qian Zhikun breathed a sigh of relief: Generally speaking, the personnel sent by the central government are not easy to serve. However, it seems that this Xiao Ye is still easy to talk to.
Xiaoye was still confused about the current case, and felt a little anxious, "Haha, I think so, let's eat and fill our stomachs while discussing the case. This way we can have a clear mind and make a clear decision tomorrow."
"Okay, then let's get started." Li Longjiang raised his chopsticks politely, gestured to Xiaoye, and continued: "I know this matter best, so let me speak."
Xiaoye ate slowly and began to listen to Li Longjiang's detailed explanation of the case, while Qian Zhikun was enthusiastically busy adding wine and food, so diligent.
Li Longjiang's face was solemn: "The thing is like this, we are located on a transportation thoroughfare. The economic situation is not bad, but in order to further develop the economy, we decided to use the surrounding rich mountain and forest resources to engage in tourism development to increase government revenue and provide
Folks get rich.
The plan was good and very feasible, so I reported it to the city and it was quickly approved.
We immediately took action and prepared to send a group of prospectors to the surrounding mountains and forests to conduct detailed field surveys and estimate which tourism resources would be developed and how much funding would be needed.
At this time, we encountered a big trouble. There was a large forest growing on the mountainside. When we sent people to investigate, no one dared to go."
Xiaoye was a little confused, "Why?"
For a moment, except for Xiaoye, the other two people in the room fell silent, and their faces could not help but look a little frightened.
After a while, Li Longjiang slowly said: "Because there is an old legend. There is an ancient temple in that forest, called the Phoenix Temple. It is a place where fierce ghosts gather. If mortals go in, they will go there without success.
So, for hundreds of years, almost no one dared to walk to the edge of the woods."
"Oh, that's right." Xiaoye understood, but was a little confused: "However, legends are legends after all. Is this just a scary rumor?"
Hearing this, Li Longjiang shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Director Qian and I are not locals, and we couldn't believe it at the time. He thought to himself: The world is clear and clear, science and technology is the first, and Marxism-Leninism is at the forefront. How can we believe that there are any ghosts and gods? So, we forcibly assigned four people
A staff member went to the large forest to survey."
Having said this, Li Longjiang's expression was full of guilt, and his face darkened: "I just didn't expect that these people didn't come back that night.
The next day, Director Qian and I were very worried and immediately sent four policemen with weapons into the forest to check. Unexpectedly, there was still no news. At this time, Director Qian and I realized: in that forest,
There might really be something terrible in that Phoenix Temple.
There was nothing we could do at this time, we didn’t dare to send people in again, and no one dared to go in again, so we had to report to the city and ask for a ruling from the city.”
Qian Zhikun said at this time: "Yes, in order not to affect local stability and the overall socio-economic development, the municipal party committee and the city government attached great importance to it and immediately reported it to the Ministry of Public Security, which is why Comrade Xiaoye arrived.
"
Xiaoye knew: Only Qian Zhikun here knew his true identity, and Li Longjiang was too low-level, so he was only informed that Xiaoye was a senior inspector sent by the Ministry of Public Security.
He tapped his fingers, forgot to eat, and fell into deep thought for a while.
After thinking for a while, Xiaoye suddenly asked: "By the way, what's going on with that Phoenix Temple? At first, I thought it was Ling Xun who was making fun of me."
"Oh, I know that." Qian Zhikun, who had been unable to speak, rushed to say, "But it's a long story. Legend has it that it was in the late Qing Dynasty, when society was in turmoil, wars broke out, and it was like a vast wilderness.
, hungry corpses are everywhere. The life of the people can be described in one word: miserable!
At that time, there was a rich man in Fenghuang Mountain. He was dedicated to worshiping Buddha, so he showed great kindness and built a charity village in the woods to the east, which was a place to collect the dead. This was to provide relief to those poor people who were born at the wrong time and died at the wrong time.
Everyone has a destination.
However, it is said that people who die in this way may turn into ghosts due to too much resentment, and the forest where the righteous chamber is located also has a strong negative energy.
Therefore, in order to prevent accidents, the rich man asked someone to build a bronze statue of Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva and keep it in the village, and also asked someone to guard it and burn incense.
So, because there were Bodhisattvas and people offering incense, Yizhuang became a temple. Why was it named Phoenix Temple?
It is said that it was because the rich man had a very beloved concubine who suddenly died of illness while building the temple. Therefore, in order to commemorate her, the rich man named Yizhuang Phoenix Temple, and the word "phoenix" is the name on it.
It’s also the name of the rich man’s concubine.”
"Ah!" Xiaoye suddenly realized: "No wonder, but why did such a good temple become so terrible later?"
"Alas!" Li Longjiang sighed and said, "It wasn't the war that was raging. Legend has it that later, the war became more and more severe, and the rich man couldn't stay here anymore, so he moved his family to other places. As soon as the rich man left, Phoenix
No one took care of the temple, and the guards were nowhere to be found, so the Phoenix Temple gradually fell into decline.
Later, I heard that a large number of refugees came from Henan. Since they had nowhere to live, they went to Lanruo Temple to live together. After all, they heard that the place was quite big.
Unexpectedly, since those people entered the woods and the Phoenix Temple, no one has come out again.
As a result, word spread that Phoenix Temple was haunted, and for hundreds of years, no one dared to set foot in that forest."
"So that's it." Xiaoye touched his nose out of habit and thought: "It seems that there is really something unclean in there. Otherwise, it is impossible that the eight people before and after have gone and never returned. However, you don't have to worry,
I'm very good at dealing with this kind of incident, so I'll go into the woods early tomorrow morning to take a look."
"Comrade Xiaoye, is it too safe for you to go alone? How about I send some armed police to help!" Qian Zhikun was a little worried. After all, Xiaoye was very young. If something went wrong, he would not be able to afford it.
.
"Haha!" Xiaoye laughed, with a somewhat proud expression on his face: "There are really not many things in this world that can catch me, so you don't have to worry."
Qian Zhikun nodded repeatedly, as if he was relieved, "That's good, that's good. I'll leave everything to Comrade Xiaoye."
Qian Zhikun's frown finally relaxed, "In this case, we are relieved. Come, Comrade Xiaoye, eat more. Once you are full, we will arrange to send you to the best hotel to stay."
"Well done." After understanding the case clearly, Xiaoye quickly filled his stomach and was sent to the only three-star hotel nearby.
Lying on the hotel bed, Xiaoye began to think about:
What should be in Phoenix Temple? Is it a demon, a ghost, or a zombie?
Xiaoye thought and thought, and his brain gradually became heavy and confused, and he fell into sleep unconsciously.