Chapter 10 Chapter Nine: Insanity

Bai Su listened, but didn't answer, she was waiting for Huang Chan to explain further. Huang Chan said: "The matter is actually in Mr. Wei's favor—isn't that Shenmu residence enough to arouse his curiosity?" Bai Su smiled: "Obviously not enough." Huang Chan took a deep breath, and she took out the two photos of nude monks and nuns. Bai Su's reaction after seeing the photo was the same as mine, so there is no need to repeat it. Then, Huang Chan told Bai Su: "Those are not real people, but two wooden statues—" Bai Su also laughed, expressing his disbelief.

Huang Chan took the opportunity to propose: "Mr. Wei, please go and have a look to understand. Naturally, Sister Bai will go with you." Bai Su moved: "Where is it?" Huang Chan said: "In the secret room of the state's top secret headquarters." Bai Su shook his head: "He won't go, and he won't believe that it's not a real person, he will think it's your trick." Huang Chan sighed: "I still have some information—" Bai Su didn't wait to finish speaking, and said: "He doesn't know how to read it either. Last time, if he didn't mistakenly think that the materials were collected by Xiao Guo, he wouldn't read them either."

Huang Chan stayed for a long while before saying, "Sister Bai, please let him take a look at these materials." Bai Su's perception at the time was that Huang Chan had an irresistible charm when he made such a request, so he said, "I'm afraid it won't work by myself, unless you are willing to go to see him with me." Bai Su's words made Huang Chan overjoyed. She raised her hands high and let out a cheer. So, there was the story of Bai Su bringing Huang Chan to see me. So, what about Song Ziran? Under the leadership of Huang Chan, Bai Su arrived at Shenmu Residence.When she saw Song Ziran, she couldn't help being surprised.Song Ziran was originally, although not as fat as his sister, but he was also fit and strong.But at this moment, he was so disgusted that he smelled of wine (people who are drunk or intoxicated all day long are not as elegant as described in the poems), with fluffy hair and sloppy beards, they are all wanderers under the overpass Chinese.

Bai Su and Huang Chan appeared in front of her together, but he didn't even look at Bai Su, his eyes were fixed on Huang Chan's body, his body trembled at first, he grabbed the wine bottle and took a few mouthfuls, Shaking his head vigorously again, he shouted: "I saw Fangzi again, this hallucination is really good, I can see Fangzi, and I see Fangzi again." Obviously, after drinking, he had hallucinations from time to time and saw Huang Chan, so at this time, Huang Chan really appeared in front of him, and he also thought it was a hallucination. Huang Chan also looked at Song Ziran, with an extremely complicated expression on her pretty face, with a lot of bewilderment and helplessness, but also a bit of love.

Bai Su was on the side, after seeing the situation, she realized that Song Ziran's situation was much more serious than she imagined. Although she had gone through many unbelievable experiences, she had no experience in dealing with such situations. , so for a while, she didn't know what to do. At this time, Huang Chan spoke—the voice sounded very flat: "It's not your hallucination, I'm really here." Song Ziran listened to Huang Chan's words and reacted strangely.He took a big sip of wine first, then shook his head, and smiled miserably, with an extremely ugly smile: "You say that every time, but when I want to touch you, you disappear, this time I don't fall for it , I would rather you stay in front of me for a while longer."

Song Ziran's words were very clear and well-organized, not like a drunk person at all. But after Bai Su heard this, he only felt a chill from the top to the heel - Song Ziran's situation is by no means as simple as unrequited love, his mental state is fundamentally in a pathological state.That's a delusional hallucination.He hallucinated that Huang Chan appeared, and he could even communicate verbally with the hallucinated Huang Chan, which is the main symptom of delusional patients. And all of this was caused by Huang Chan. At this time, Bai Su remembered what I said about this kind of people, in order to achieve their goals, they can do whatever they can. She stomped her feet heavily to express her dissatisfaction.

Song Tianran's full energy was concentrated on Huang Chan, and he didn't pay attention to Bai Su's existence at all. Huang Chan looked at Bai Su, her eyes were bewildered, and she wanted to ask Bai Su to forgive her.Bai Su's heart softened, so he could only sigh lowly. Huang Chan said to Song Ziran: "I didn't lie to you, come here, we can shake hands." As she spoke, she stretched out her hand. Song Ziran was so nervous that he hesitated for a long time before slowly reaching out.His hands were trembling violently, and when his fingertips touched Huang Chan's hand, his whole body felt as if he had been subjected to electrodes, and he yelled, retracted his hands, took several steps back, and gasped for breath.

Huang Chan didn't know what to do, looked at Bai Su, Bai Su sighed: "I came too late, he has lost his mind." Huang Chan said repeatedly, "I'll call the doctor immediately." Bai Su sighed: "You guys are going too far." Huang Chan smiled bitterly: "Sister Bai, his nerves are too fragile." Song Ziran tilted his head and listened attentively to Huang Chan's words, feeling very bewildered.Huang Chan said softly: "Mr. Song, someone will accompany you to the hospital later—" Song Ziran immediately said: "I will go wherever you tell me to go. I just ask you to always appear in front of my eyes, and I will never want to touch you again."

Huang Chan nodded and sighed, her expression even more helpless. When I heard Bai Su say this, I was startled and angry, and lost my voice: "This kid lost his mind and went crazy." Bai Su smiled wryly: "It's exactly this disease." I said in amazement: "This... he is... in the hospital now?" Bai Su nodded: "Yes, Huang Chan guarantees that he can get the best treatment and recuperation treatment." I closed my eyes for a while, and even sighed several times.Bai Sudao: "I have consulted experts. It is said that Song Tianran's situation is not serious and has a good chance of being cured. Moreover, after the cure, most of them will forget the cause of the disease and form partial amnesia - this is very important for Song. Naturally speaking, it’s a good thing.”

I murmured, "I hope so." After Bai Su finished talking about Song Ziran's situation, I had already set up the equipment for viewing miniature materials, put the materials in the box in Bai Su's hand into it, and watched with Bai Su. After watching it for a while, Bai Su and I looked at each other, feeling thirsty. Because the content of the material is so unimaginable, Bai Su and I are both people with rich imaginations, but we also feel dizzy one after another, as if we have suddenly entered another dimension. After finishing reading, Bai Su and I were silent for a while. I took a bottle of wine and drank from the mouth of the bottle, and Bai Su also drank. It was not until the bottle of wine was finished that we each let out a long sigh. People looked at each other and asked each other with winks: "What should I do?"

We read those materials quickly, and we read them for more than four hours.The content of the material is very complicated. After I simplify it, I will organize it again. If it should be long, it should be long, and if it should be short, it should be short, so that everyone can understand the content of the material in the shortest time. Let me start with the conversation between two generals recorded in the data. That was only a few decades ago, the city was surrounded, and the defenders surrendered after considering the situation, becoming the Surrendered Army.The descending army was ordered to lay down their weapons and go out of the city to accept the reorganization. The generals of the descending army, the commanders of the winning army, and the senior generals of both sides met. In that situation, the victor was naturally high-spirited, and the surrendered generals forced a smile on their faces, creating a very strange atmosphere. After drinking for three rounds, the commander of the victorious army suddenly asked: "This city is an ancient city with many scenic spots and historic sites. If the siege begins, the artillery fire will be blind, and it will inevitably be damaged. Your army will give up fighting and preserve the national heritage. It deserves credit.” The general who surrendered the army heard such words, although he was a little bit dumbfounded, he still had to say "yes" repeatedly, how dare he burst out the word "no" from his teeth?In the past, he held a military talisman in his hand and commanded the army, but now he surrendered the city. Although he has the merit of "preserving the national heritage", only his own heart knows the sweet and sour taste. (It should be noted that in the process of sorting out and summarizing the materials, I gathered some materials that could be concentrated together to make the whole thing easier to understand.) (Some of the conversations at this meeting quoted a lot of information, which is very important for understanding the whole thing.) (The same is true for some things that happened later - I deleted all the things that had nothing to do with Shenmuju. Those were very boring records, and they seemed to be very laborious.) General Jiang squeezed out an unnatural smile from the muscles on his face, coughed a few times, and said, "This city——" As soon as he opened his mouth, he only said two words, and he felt that it was inappropriate.A few days ago, when he guarded the city, he naturally said "defend the city", but kept silent "the city must not be lost".But now that he has handed over the entire city to the enemy army, this city has nothing to do with him anymore, so it is appropriate to call it "this city", isn't it?But for a while, he couldn't think of any suitable address, and he couldn't hold his breath, which caused another cough, but it just happened to cover up his embarrassment. Fortunately, the victorious general has a rough style, and he is not a person who sticks to words—he didn't hear anything wrong, and just looked at him, waiting for him to introduce the famous places of the city. General Jiang coughed for a long time, then blushed, apologized repeatedly, and then said: "In the ancient city—everywhere, the strangest ones are the 'Shenmuju' and the two 'Shenmu'." Speaking of "Shenmu Residence" and "Shenmu", General Jiang's face showed confidence, and he repeatedly emphasized: "That is so weird that it can't be weirder." In one sentence, he used the word "weird" three times in a row. In addition, he has been a general for many years. His voice is so loud that everyone can hear him. For a while, everyone fell silent. Come down, I want to hear what he said about the "strange thing". The officers of the surrendered army, who have been stationed in this city for a long time, naturally know where the "Shenmuju" and the "Shenmu" monsters are, but the victorious army knows nothing about it, and everyone is full of interest.As for the surrender, no one made a sound, so as not to disturb the other party's interest in listening to strange things. For a moment, the entire banquet hall was truly silent.General Jiang's expression was quite different from the embarrassment just now, he cleared his throat, and was about to say that "strange thing". But before he opened his mouth, a voice sounded not far from him, calling the number of General Jiang, and said: "The friendly forces are all materialists, and they have never believed in ghosts and gods. For my own responsibility, it seems that this kind of strange power and chaos is not suitable for publicity, I wonder if Junzuo thinks so?" General Jiang followed the sound and saw that the person who was talking eloquently was one of his division commanders.This major general and division commander, whose body was as straight as a coffin board after standing at attention to report to him on weekdays, now has no time to please Sheng Jun and be good-looking, and reprimanded him in public! General Jiang's face turned blood red, and he really wanted to rush over and slap the division commander twice.But his status did not allow him to have such awe-inspiring prestige in the past, so he pressed the table and trembled all over, causing the cups and bowls on the table to collide with each other and make a lot of noise. As far as Sheng Jun was concerned, he seemed to appreciate the teacher's words very much, and they all looked at General Jiang with a smile to see how he would deal with it. General Jiang wanted to seek help among his subordinates, but everyone avoided his gaze, which made him understand the ugliness of human nature in an instant. If it were in a classical novel, in a situation like General Jiang, he would "shout loudly, vomit blood and die three times".Unfortunately, in fact, the chances of this happening are very few. General Jiang didn't know how to deal with it, the division commander was complacent, and the scene was naturally embarrassing. After a while, he was still a chief of staff of the Sheng army, and he relieved General Jiang with a little ink in his stomach. He said: "Folk legend Among them, there are exquisite things, and there are also dross, and we must discard the chaff and keep the chaff, so how strange is the legend of Shenmuju?" General Jiang breathed a sigh of relief, and fortunately said: "It's not a legend, it's worth seeing, it's a real thing, many monarchs in the past have come to watch it in person." As soon as this sentence caught the ears of the victorious army, everyone was curious, and the voices of asking "what's going on" kept coming and going. General Jiang drank three cups in a row before saying: "It is said that the Shenmu Residence was built in the Yuan Dynasty, and the whole house was built with various precious woods—" General Jiang then introduced the history of "Shenmuju"-this is included in the first part of the information Huang Chan gave me.General Jiang's introduction, of course, is not that detailed, but it is fascinating enough. Then, General Jiang paused for a while, thinking about how to say it, so as not to spread superstition. He said: "In the vestibule of Shenmu Residence, there are two huge white Nan trees, transplanted from nowhere, they are called 'Sacred Trees', in each of these sacred trees, there are immortals living, it is said that they are a man and a woman. " When General Jiang said this, General Sheng, a materialist, lost his composure. He sang a line with a majestic voice. What he sang was: "There has never been a fairy emperor—" General Jiang was so blocked that he could not continue, but the chief of staff of the winning army kept asking: "Is there a fairy living in the tree? But there is a hole in the tree, and there are people in the hole?" General Jiang hesitated for a long while before he said: "I don't know what the real situation is, but they say that as long as you meditate in front of the tree, you can hear the voice of the fairy, and if you are destined, you can even see the face of the fairy." The chief of staff frowned: "This is very vague. What is 'destiny'? Has anyone ever had this 'destiny'?" The chief of staff of the Sheng army was so interested in this legend, which was beyond General Jiang's expectation. General Jiang sighed: "Because of this legend, I stayed in Shenmu for three years, but I failed to become a person of fate, but once, the supreme commander—" As soon as he uttered the words "Supreme Commander", he knew he had made a slip of the tongue, his face turned blue and red, and he didn't know what to do—his "Supreme Commander" was the "Number One War Criminal" announced by the Shengjun. The responsibility for this slip of the tongue can no longer be shirked. The commander of the Shengjun snorted immediately, with an ugly expression on his face, but the chief of staff didn't care, and waved his hand: "Please go on, what's wrong with him? He was destined to see Xianrong?" The chief of staff used the word "he" to lightly represent the "supreme commander" or "number one war criminal", which gave General Jiang a lot of inspiration, and he said repeatedly: "Yes... yes... he lived in Shenmu For three days, I prayed silently in front of the tree every night, and in the end, I seemed...like...believed...there is a fairy in the tree..." On the side of Shengjun, several people shouted: "What is 'as if'? If there is, there is, and if there is no, there is no!" General Jiang smiled wryly: "He... acts inscrutable, I only remember that day, I stayed by my side all night, before the sky dawned, there was a short period of time when it was dark, I suddenly heard him say: 'Really? So, is it irretrievable?' I thought...he was talking to me. This sentence was nonsensical, and it was hard to answer——A companion is like a tiger. If you say the wrong thing, what will happen? , no one knows." The chief of staff said: "It sounds like he is talking to someone." (This chief of staff played a considerable role in the whole matter.) (It was only later that I realized why the chief of staff was so interested in the strange things in this city, because at that time, it was decided that he was the new ruler of the city, and the commander of the victorious army would lead his troops to fight and would leave soon.) General Jiang didn't know how to answer, he was hesitating, the commander of the Sheng army was impatient, and said in a voice: "This kind of thing, it's strange, it's all done by people, how can you believe it!" As he spoke, he waved his hand and called General Jiang's name: "Your Excellency, get ready and go to Beijing." How dare General Jiang continue to speak, and said repeatedly: "Yes... yes, I will go to Beijing at any time." The relevant discussions at the banquet, up to this point, everything that happened was recorded by the chief of staff afterwards. Sheng Jun's chief of staff is both civil and military, and he is a Confucian general.He not only recorded what happened at the banquet, but also recorded: "So after the banquet, even though it was late at night, he still made a special trip to visit General Jiang." At that time, General Jiang had been completely isolated, separated from his subordinates, living alone in a room, facing a uncertain future, and not knowing what to do with himself, when the Chief of Staff of the Victory Army suddenly came to visit alone, which inevitably surprised and delighted him, and flattered him , but he never imagined that the chief of staff came to discuss the weird legend of the "Sacred Tree" with him. The general who surrendered sincerely asked the chief of staff to sit down, and took out the treasured wine and offered it. The chief of staff first said some superficial words, such as "Everyone has a way out, the central government must have arrangements" and other comforting words, and then changed the topic: "The superior has ordered that this city will be governed by me. Your Excellency has been stationed in the city for many years. Feel free to teach me." The general surrendered with embarrassment: "I specialize in military affairs, and I don't know much about local affairs." The chief of staff smiled, and cut straight to the point: "I want to ask about the Shenmu Residence, especially about your attendant at the time...he was waiting for the gods to appear in front of the tree." When General Jiang heard it, he didn't understand it at first, but then he suddenly realized: To be an emperor wants to become a fairy.There is no end to human desires, and there is no difference between a materialist and an idealist. General Jiang became interested: "Sit here, talk here, why not move to Shenmuju to talk, isn't it more vivid?" This proposal was immediately agreed by the chief of staff: "I have sent a special company to guard this historic site, so let's go." The chief of staff may have already known that there is a strange phenomenon of "Shenmuju" in this city-this point, although not explicitly stated in his records, can be confirmed in his actions.If he hadn't already been very interested in Shenmuju, how could he go to Shenmuju to have a deep talk with a subdued general, Kuiye? The Chief of Staff went to Shenmu Residence with General Jiang without even bringing his guards. This was the first time the Chief of Staff came to Shenmu Residence. It can't be said that the writing is brilliant, but it is also vivid. He said that it was a moonless and starless night, the darkness was like thick paint, it can be said that you can't see your fingers.But when we got near the Shenmu Residence, there seemed to be many looming bright spots in the mid-air. It looked like a large group of fireflies were flying, but it was not the season for fireflies to appear. It wasn't until I got close that I realized that they were two big trees planted in the open space in front of the house. Each of the two trees could hold three people in their arms. They were probably thirty to forty meters high. for spectacle. Of course, they are the two big white Nan trees in the front yard of Shenmuju, which are also called "Shenmu". The leaves of the white nan tree are not big, and the reverse side of the leaves is white. Although it is in the dark, when a gust of wind blows the leaves, the white spots on the back of the leaves will shimmer with light.So little stars are formed. This spectacle alone has already amazed the chief of staff.General Jiang said: "Although the house is several hundred years old, it is still in good condition. I think it is because of the tree god's protection that no one dares to destroy it." The chief of staff didn't say anything, the two got out of the car, and the guard soldiers came up to meet him. He recognized the general, the chief of staff, and immediately saluted and let him go. Looking at two big trees: "Men on the left and women on the right, that day, he stood in front of the big tree on the left... At that time, the wife also came, but she didn't believe there was such a thing, so she only watched it for a while, left." The chief of staff came to the big tree on the left, looked up, and the sky was completely covered by the shade of the tree.In the dark, the big tree looks like a strange and inexplicable alien creature. General Jiang saw this situation, his heart moved, and he asked cautiously: "Do you also want to devote yourself to the tree god..." He swallowed the following words, because as the other party, it was impossible to worship ghosts and gods. The chief of staff was noncommittal, and after a while, he just said, "Tell me about the situation at that time." General Jiang said: "That night was the same as tonight, the sky was dark, I was surprised when I heard him say that, and then he asked several times: 'Is it really like this?' With a long sigh, Then he turned around and entered the house——from that situation, he seemed to have received some revelation." The chief of staff said coldly: "I'm afraid the tree god told him that everyone would betray their relatives, and the army would be defeated like a mountain." General Jiang didn't dare speak up, and after a while, he said: "That night...he deployed a big retreat, it's true." The chief of staff suddenly shouted loudly, and a group of soldiers rushed over.