Chapter 2 the second part

3. The coffin of Monkey King I quietly opened the door. The windows were shut by thick velvet curtains, and even though I had left the door open to let in the light from the outer hall, the room was still dark and dreary. Liu Er sat on a chair in the corner, with his upper body bare. "I'm home." Liu Er put down the scissors, picked up the folding scraper for barbers, and carefully began to clean the short hair on his chest.His head was raised, his eyes passed me, looking somewhere. I bought the flat-head scissors and the long scraper specially. The hair on Liu Er's body grows faster again, and it can grow nearly one centimeter per hour.So it must be cut short first, and then scraped with a knife.

Next to it is the window sill covered by curtains, and occasionally through the gap blown by the wind, you can see the outside of the window.Liu Er has lived here for three days, and he always sits in this position, the position where it is easiest to see out of the window.But when the wind blows the curtains, he rarely looks out.Even if there is, it is just a glance. From morning till night, he sat and shaved.Starting with the palm of his left hand, he shaved both hands and chest clean, as did his feet.He only cuts the hair on his legs with scissors, and it is very short.His hands are very flexible, and his arms can be bent to any place behind his back. He groped and cut off the hair on his back without my help.

Finally, his face. On the first day, he still shaves in front of the mirror, but now, he takes a piece of toilet paper and wipes it on the blade, then sits on a chair and shaves his entire face.When shaving, his eyes did not close, but stared blankly at a certain place in front of him, as if there was an invisible mirror there. It takes more than an hour to shave in a circle, and the palms that were originally shaved clean grow hair again.So he scratched it again, and it started again and again.While scraping, the palm of the hand holding the knife keeps growing hairs. Just thinking about this feeling makes me feel terrible, but now the six ears are just there, constantly scraping silently, scraping. with.

The hair I shaved every day was packed in a large black garbage bag, which was full. I tied the bag tightly and went downstairs to throw it away at ten o'clock in the evening. "I'm going to order two bowls of tonkotsu ramen for takeaway. What more do you want? I have their takeaway menu here." I waved the beautifully printed promotional menu in my hand. "Order one more serving, I want to eat two servings, okay? Now my appetite is bigger than before, these things grow so fast, and it consumes a lot of energy." Liu Er laughed. "Don't worry, there will always be a cure." I said.

Liu Er's eyes moved a little and landed on my face. "I'm going to call for takeaway." I turned around and walked out.He pinned all his hopes on me, but I dared not look him in the eye. In the middle of the night, I woke up to go to the toilet.After hearing the closed door, there was a very soft whimper, or maybe a low laugh, I couldn't tell the difference. I wanted to knock on the door, but my hand stopped at the last moment. Sleeping on the sofa bed in the study, I carefully thought about the so-called "non-humans" I knew one by one, but I still didn't know who to turn to to help Liu Er.

What Lu Yun is good at is the illusion that makes people not pay for their lives; Shui Sheng retains a certain degree of body transformation ability, oh, and his water skills are very good; Xia Houying and Lu Yun have similar abilities, unconsciously using hints to control the behavior of others.There is also Sir D who is more unfamiliar than Xia Houying.That's all, when I think of it, my friends are still mainly normal people. Which of these people can cure this strange disease of full body hair? The day before yesterday, I went to Huashan Hospital, found Liu Er's attending doctor, and in the name of a reporter, got to know his opinion.This senior expert actually had no opinion, and kept pouring out his surprises to me.

Atavisms, though rare, are not unheard of.But like Liu Er, who grew into a hairy man overnight, if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would definitely think it was an extremely absurd fabrication.But even as the attending doctor of Liu Er, he couldn't understand how human hair could grow hundreds of times faster than normal.What made him even more stunned was that after just a few days of itching, the size of the pores on the patient's body shrunk to one-third of the normal size, and the number increased by 200% or more. The simple blood test report in the first few days showed no abnormalities, and various physical signs were quite normal, except that the body temperature was around 37 degrees Celsius, which was slightly higher than the general standard.Just when a detailed inspection was about to be carried out, Liu Er escaped.The expert regretted it very much. If the cause could be found out, it would be no problem to publish a paper in an international authoritative medical journal.

However, he told me frankly that even if the cause is found, it may be difficult to formulate an effective treatment in the short term.After all, this is a strange disease that has never been seen before. The doctor finally took my hand, hoping that we could find this patient as soon as possible, Huashan Hospital can consider exempting his medical expenses, and treat him with the best expert team. It's just that this free treatment is for more patients or more hospitals, it's hard to say. The doctor's attitude is so clear, and he doesn't know the magician who can fix everything by saying "disaster retreat", how to deal with Liu Er's disease, is it possible that he will shave his hair in my bedroom for the rest of his life until he dies?

I thought a lot in my mind, and I didn't know when I fell asleep. When I woke up, my body was sticky with sweat. bedroom.Liu Er was still sitting in the shadow, pinching the handle of the spatula with three fingers, more carefully and gently than the day before. I walked up to him and sat on the edge of the bed. The six-eared knife stopped. "I have been to Huashan Hospital and met your attending doctor." I said. He stared at me, waiting for me to speak. I told him everything the specialist told me, including free treatment, and the hope of a cure. "You only went to Huashan Hospital?"

"I don't know anyone who can cure this disease," I confessed to him. He visibly shook. "But..." I hesitated. "But what, tell me!" Liu Er suddenly became excited, holding the spatula tightly, leaning forward. "Our country has an official secret agency with the best scientific researchers, the most advanced experimental technology, and they have extensive contact with what I call 'inhumans'. I have a friend who is a researcher at that agency .” "Organization X, you said, Organization X, people's friends are called Liang Yingwu, I remember, can they help me?" Liu Er's hand clenched even tighter, his face was only two feet away from me ten centimeters.

"I don't know whether they can cure you, but there is no doubt that they are much stronger than the expert team at Huashan Hospital. This is the place I can think of, the most promising place to cure your disease, and they should not charge .but..." I said "but" again. "Why, what's the problem?" Six ears' hot, hot breath sprayed on my face. "But they are not medical institutions, they are research institutions." I stared at Six Ears and said slowly.I had thought of Agency X a long time ago, and it was because of this reason that I didn't make up my mind to tell him until today. "Research institute?" "Yes, if they are willing to accept you, it will only be because you have research value, not because you want to save lives and heal the wounded." "You mean, take me as a research object?" Liu Er's hand gradually loosened, blood dripping onto the ground.He held it too tightly and too hard just now, and his hand touched the blade, but he didn't realize it. "Yes, I think they may be interested in this kind of mutation produced by the human body, and you are willing to send it to your door, so it is inevitable to do some experiments. Of course, they will not want to dissect you, but the way of treatment, and living conditions Patients in the hospital are definitely different. If you want to cure this disease, you have to pay a price, maybe you can be cured in the end, or maybe you can’t be cured.” I saw Liu Er was in a daze, and I knew it was difficult for him to make a decision at the moment.After all, if a person wants to be an experimental product, he will not be willing until he is helpless in the end.But I see that Liu Er is almost at the last step. "I'm going to the newspaper office, think about it carefully." I stood up and walked out of the room so quiet that I could hear the sound of blood dripping: "Also, your hand was cut." At around two o'clock in the afternoon, I received a call from Dali Zhang. "Hey, that's it, let's start another game tonight. How about it? I've seen you kill all directions." His energetic voice immediately kept my ears at a considerable distance from the receiver. "I have something to do tonight, you can find someone else." Leaving Liu Er at home to play cards by myself, I'm not in the mood yet.Even though I was just watching TV with him.He is now becoming reticent, which is a growing concern. "Or tomorrow." "Tomorrow... I'm afraid I won't be able to survive this period of time." I smiled wryly. "Why are you like this?" The other end of the phone muttered a few words in a low voice, and suddenly said: "Which one are you dating, last time I saw a beautiful woman by your side, what's her name, Ye Tong?" "Nonsense." I solemnly reprimanded him. "No matter which one you pick up, let me tell you, quickly teach her all eighteen martial arts, and the way to play with her is the kingly way." Dali Zhang spoke earnestly. After talking nonsense with Dali Zhang for a while, I hung up the phone, and saw Yuan Lie walking in front of me, and immediately thought of Liu Er at home, and my mood sank after a little bit of relaxation. Regarding Liuer, I faintly feel that something has been missed or missed.I frowned and thought for a while, but I don't know where the tail slipped. "Institution X, why don't you wait any longer, and yourself, can you pay attention to me again, maybe your strange friends, there may be someone in their circle who has a solution." At night, he looked at me anxiously. Say. I sigh and nod. It seems that he has not been forced to the last step, so just wait, I believe that one day he can only choose X organization.I can't think of any other way to help him. At ten o'clock, I went downstairs with a full black garbage bag. At the intersection of a path in front of the dumpster, I turned right and handed the bag to a man. "Did he agree?" Liang Yingwu asked. I shook my head: "He doesn't want to make himself a test subject, so you can test these hairs first." "These..." Liang Yingwu weighed it lightly. "It doesn't take much, let's do a genetic test first, but it's best to have his blood." "I'll find time to ask him. It's just to draw some blood. I don't think he will be too repulsive." Back home, Liu Er was not watching TV in the living room, nor was he on the chair in the bedroom.I was shocked when I saw him in the bathroom.It's not because of his appearance, the image of the whole body covered with hair does feel alienated when I see it for the first time, but I have gotten used to it in the past few days.But Liu Er was actually looking in the mirror. I remember that he had never stood in front of the mirror these days. "I've had an idea in my heart for a long time." Liu Er said to the mirror. "What?" I was frank in my heart, not knowing what would stimulate Six Ears when I saw myself in the mirror. Liu Er turned around and looked at me: "I don't look like a monkey." I shook my head quickly: "What are you thinking?" "No, I mean..." Liu Er showed a hint of confusion on his face: "You have had many strange encounters, some of which are completely unreasonable, tell me, could I... Could it be that I was possessed? " "Possession?" I was taken aback, and suddenly knew what he wanted to say. "In Shunchang, on the day when I started to itch, we went to a water pool, and I drank a lot of water. The tour guide said that the water contained the power of the Monkey King, and incredible things would happen if I drank it. I know it's absurd to think like this, but the timing is so coincidental, tell me, could there really be such a thing as possession?" Liu Er said in one breath, obviously this question has been in his mind for a long time, but it is only in the atheism system He grew up under the circumstances, and he couldn't believe it. "But I've never heard of such a thing as possession." I frowned and said, but in my heart, Liu Er's words moved me.During the day, I felt that something was missing. Now that I think about it, it is the relationship with the so-called Monkey King.Usually, if a person has an emergency, the cause of the disease is very close to the onset time. If it is a chronic disease, the incubation period may be very long.The sudden onset of six ears, my subconscious mind has already thought that there may be a connection with the previous tour, but this idea is too bizarre, so it just flashed in my mind, my logical ability automatically deleted it, and I couldn’t find it back . "If you think about it again, did it really start to itch that night?" Liu Er nodded affirmatively: "I didn't feel it at all before, but it suddenly started to itch that night." "There are quite a few people who drank that water with you. I'll contact them tomorrow." "And I drank so much that I drank a bottle afterwards." I nodded, Liu Er's move left a deep impression on me. "Possession is not necessarily the case, but it may also be a problem with the water." Hearing what I said, Liu Er also agreed: "I was bored in the room for the past few days and thought about it, so I thought of possessing my body. You are right. There is probably something wrong with the water. I don't know what kind of virus I swallowed. If it is true If Sun Wukong is possessed, it is impossible to just have long hair, which is too inferior." I frowned. Liu Er also felt that saying this was a bit self-inflicted, so he stopped talking in embarrassment. Although I was suspicious of the water, I had to go to Shunchang again to get a sample.I called several members of the tour group, and of course I didn't directly ask if I had long hair on my body. I just asked for warmth and achieved my goal.It seems that except for Liu Er, no one has a strange disease after returning from a trip.This made me even less confident about my already uncertain doubts.However, the development of the world is sometimes more coincidental than storytelling, and I immediately have the opportunity to go to Fujian again. After lunch, I went to the toilet to wash my hands, and heard the sound of water flushing, and then the doors of the two compartments opened almost simultaneously, and Su Shixun and Wang Liushi stepped out.These two people are well-known in the society. Su Shixun is from our mobile department, and Wang Liu is from the literature and art department. These two people often tell jokes about feces when eating, and they are disgusting in all kinds of ways. They are the ones who can chew meat while saying "dead children wrapped in maggots and dipped in feces". The plan had a fairly far-reaching impact. This time the two met in the toilet, of course there was nothing good to say. "Hey, you've finished setting off the depth charges." Wang Liu smiled sweetly. "Well, put four or five at a time." Su Shixun replied. "It's okay, is the splash suppressed?" It made me laugh, but it's a pretty practical question. "Oh, it's said that the depth charges can't suppress the water splash. The deeper it is placed, the higher the splash will be. There is no cure." "Yes, yes, I still haven't escaped." Wang Liu patted Su Shixun on the shoulder: "The revolution has not yet succeeded, and comrades still need to work hard." My stomach hurts from laughing, Su Shixun followed me out of the toilet, I pointed my finger at him: "You guys are so awesome." Su Shixun raised his eyebrows: "It's normal." Seeing that he was not very happy, I joked: "Why, didn't you release the depth bomb just now?" "Oh, Zong Er asked me to go to Fujian the day after tomorrow to interview something about the Monkey King's tomb. I have something to do at home in Shanghai. It's really troublesome." Su Shixun sighed. "The Tomb of the Monkey King? It's in Shunchang. I visited it during my vacation this month. But isn't that old news?" "The tomb of the Two Saints has detected something below it, it's not the Clothes Tomb, and it's about to be excavated to see if there is really the Great Sage Equaling Heaven and the Great Sage Tongtian." Su Shixun looked at me obsequiously: "Well, so you just went there Come on, you know the land well, can you do me a favor?" "What?" I pretended not to know, secretly happy. "Don't pretend, you can go to Shunchang again, Zong'er will definitely be fine there, and you will feel more at ease when you go to him." "It's a business trip again, and I'm exhausted. What's the benefit?" Su Shixun was angry: "Please, this is big news. It's not a matter of minutes to get a bonus for writing a few big articles at your level. It's all money, brother. If it weren't for me who couldn't run away, I would still find you? Go? I owe you a favor." So after buying a box of instant noodles for Liu Er, I embarked on a journey to Shunchang again. Tourism at Nantianmen has temporarily stopped, but it is clear that the number of tourists here will surge several times in the near future. There has never been so much media attention here.When I arrived in Shunchang, the initial excavation work had already started. Some newspaper reporters even arrived two days earlier than me, and had sent back a lot of gossip. In fact, the archaeological excavation of the Shuangsheng Temple was originally between archaeological discoveries and lace news.Almost no Chinese would believe that the monkey head described by Wu Chengen, which can change seventy-two times, is really a monkey, and it is buried here.But it is for this reason that makes things more dramatic.Everyone wants to know what is under the Shuangsheng Temple. As for the Great Sage Tongtian, that is just a supporting role. The day before I arrived, a colleague who arrived early interviewed a scholar who specialized in textual research. The scholar claimed that Sun Wukong was just a green forest hero with a strange appearance and kung fu skills. His story spread among the people and was later processed by Wu Chengen Therefore, it is still very possible to exhume his remains in the Temple of the Shuangsheng. This news excited everyone who followed this matter, and of course, as a reporter, I also felt more pressure. With the Shuangsheng Temple as the center, a large quarantine area was drawn, and reporters were not allowed to enter at will.At first, in order not to destroy the original state of the Shuangsheng Temple, instead of digging directly from top to bottom, a passage was made obliquely from the side in order to transfer things out of the passage. Unexpectedly, when the passage was halfway through, it was found that it was blocked by the wall of the tomb, and a stone house about the size of the Shuangsheng Temple was built underneath instead of just two coffins.As a result, the wall of the tomb had to be pierced, but the original appearance could not be completely preserved. How unprofessional, I muttered to myself. Fortunately, what everyone is paying attention to is the two large coffins of finely carved nanmu that were discovered after breaking through the wall of the tomb! Really! When the coffin was dragged out of the aisle and exposed to broad daylight, the "click" sound of the shutter was as dense as beans.All the reporters, including me, were red-faced—this time there was a big draft. The first thing to be opened is the wooden coffin of Tongtian Dasheng, and the best things should be put last. It is extremely depressing that only Xinhua News Agency reporters are allowed to take pictures beside the wooden coffin, and all other newspapers can only use Xinhua News Agency's picture draft.This is the protection of precious cultural relics, and it also reflects the authority of Xinhua News Agency. I stood outside the circle and tiptoed to look in. The Xinhua News Agency reporter snapped the shutter, but I couldn't see anything. Probably the reporters in the outer circle were screaming fiercely. We were allowed to get closer, but we still didn't have a good angle to take the mirror, and we could barely see a white-skeleton corpse dressed in silk and satin. Several archaeologists over there have already got up and opened the nails on the coffin of the great sage, struggling to remove the coffin lid.Everyone's eyes immediately focused on the past. The moment the coffin lid was opened, a reporter from Xinhua News Agency who was standing by to take pictures suddenly exclaimed "Ah".The expressions on the faces of the archaeologists next to him were also very surprised. I put my feet up like a ballet dancer, but I still couldn't see anything. The question didn't last long. There was nothing in that coffin, it was an empty coffin! The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment, and the frustrated expression quickly spread to the faces of every reporter. Some funerary objects were also unearthed in the tomb. These and the clothes worn by Tongtian Dasheng together prove that the previous textual research is correct. The tomb owner died and was buried around the end of the Yuan Dynasty. I thought it was a high promotion, but now it flies to the sky and falls down without fart, and the supporting role can only play a one-man show.The Great Sage Tongtian looks like an ordinary person, at least from the perspective of the skeleton.Relevant parties took some samples and prepared to go back for testing. We don't hold much hope for this.It's just an ordinary rich man in the Yuan Dynasty who called himself the Great Sage of Tongtian in such a remote place. In the following time, I tried my best to make up for this eclipsed news.Hard work pays off, the scholar who once said that Sun Wukong is a hero of the green forest, this time published his bold speculation. He still insisted on his original conjecture about Monkey King, and added that judging from the temple built on the top of the mountain and a considerable number of burial objects, the Great Sage Tongtian was very powerful in the local area during his lifetime, and this power most likely came from His elder brother, the Great Sage Equaling Heaven, is a so-called brother relying on his brother's power, a fox pretending to be a tiger.However, in the troubled times at the end of the Yuan Dynasty, it was inconvenient to transmit information. Since the Monkey King was a hero in the green forest and engaged in high-risk work, he might have died in the chaos.So when his younger brother died, in addition to building the Shuangsheng Temple, he also placed an empty coffin for his elder brother. This argument is quite self-justifying, I wrote it down and sent it back to the agency, and it became an exclusive article on the interpretation of the empty coffin of the Monkey King. This time the media has tantalized the appetite of the public, but let it go gently, the Monkey King is still illusory after all. But I have one more catch. Among the people receiving the reporter was an old acquaintance—Zhang Ting from the Cultural Bureau of Shunchang County.I pretended to be interviewing the British expert who I met in the Temple of the Two Holy Ones.When he saw me, he asked why he didn't call him last time and whether the manuscript was written. It was a bit embarrassing for him to ask me this, and he said haha, saying that he felt that the materials were not enough and the news points were not enough.Saying this made me feel hot all over my face, which was beyond professional level.If I encounter someone who doesn't give me face, I will immediately ask me why I don't have enough materials to actively interview him. Fortunately, Zhang Ting heard what I said, but he said enthusiastically: "There are not enough materials, and now I have another news here. Several British experts went to the Shuangsheng Temple again. The rabbit picture was very interested, so I brought a special testing instrument. But I still couldn’t find out what kind of tool was used to engrave it. I said it might have been written directly with fingers, but they didn’t believe it.” I laughed and said, "How can you believe it? They are all about science. Human fingers are fleshy, and they don't read martial arts novels." Zhang Ting said with a smile: "I just said it casually. Those experts didn't find nothing. The result of their appraisal is that the time when the Three Rabbits were carved on the stone was about 50-100 years later than the stone inscriptions in the Shuangsheng Temple." I was taken aback: "Didn't you say that the Shuangsheng Temple was built at the end of the Yuan Dynasty? So the stones were put into the temple only in the Ming Dynasty?" Zhang Ting shook his head: "It's not the Ming Dynasty, it was actually moved in last year." "last year?" "It's a coincidence that someone saw this stone on the side of a road in our county last year and wanted to get it off the road so as not to affect traffic, but he saw the picture above. He didn't care at first, but after a while he saw it in the newspaper. News." "Didn't care?" I interjected, "This picture is amazing. If I saw it, I would think it was something extraordinary." Zhang Ting smiled: "You...you are still young, and the people here don't think this picture is so amazing, it's honest." I seemed to feel that he didn't say anything, but it was inconvenient for me to say something, so I just listened to him. "Don't look at the Xinhua News Agency's news about the Shuangsheng Temple this year. In fact, last year this temple became popular in Fujian. Our county newspapers did a lot of reports, and the detailed pictures of the few monuments were published in two editions. Then People saw the picture of the three rabbits on the photo and thought of the stone, so they called our bureau. They sent someone over to take a look. The stone was there, but the picture was still the same picture, but it really looked like it was painted by hand. After discussing it, it was moved In the temple." I thought of Tang Seng's conclusive words about this stone, and I couldn't help shaking my head.I can't believe the words of the tour guide. Although the picture of the three rabbits is very mysterious, I thought it had nothing to do with me at the time, so I didn't pay attention to it seriously.There are too many mysterious things in this world, how can I manage them, let alone now that I have been entangled in one of them. "Do you have any special legends about Monkey King here? For example, possession or something?" I pretended to ask Zhang Ting casually. "Possession? There is no such thing." Zhang Ting shook his head straight. "Then... is there any family whose children look like Monkey King?" I continued to bite the bullet and asked, feeling like a paparazzi reporter for a tabloid. "Sun Wukong is a monkey head, how can anyone look like it, isn't he a hairy boy?" Zhang Ting smiled, looking at me with a strange look, which made me shut up sensibly. In order to show off to Zhang Ting, I wrote a small article discussing the relationship between the mysterious picture of three rabbits and the Shuangsheng Temple, and posted it on the "Morning Star".Zhang Ting saw it online the next day and even called to thank him. The first thing I did when I got back to Shanghai was to give Liang Yingwu a bottle of water that I took time to fill in that small pool for testing. "Did the last result come out?" I asked anxiously. "It's only been a few days, how can it be so fast, you thought it was a blood test. You need to test this bottle of water quickly, and the results will come out together if it goes well." I shrugged: "Okay, okay. Are you really interested in You Hong's situation?" Liang Yingwu nodded: "It's a bit interesting. Judging from the changes in his skin pores, it is an extremely rare mutation of human signs. And the abnormal growth rate of his hair also broke the human physical record. Perhaps there is some kind of powerful The hormones are at work. If such a hormone is found, it will be a major discovery." When Liang Yingwu said this, he took a deep breath. He had done this several times just now. "Damn it, it's your smell." Liang Yingwu scolded, "I can't get it off no matter where I go." I sneered: "I just took a long-distance train. The newspaper office doesn't pay for the plane ride. How can you be such a bitch? Men don't need to pay so much attention." I was a little annoyed, Liang Yingwu always paid too much attention to these details. "Go, go home and take a shower." Liang Yingwu returned the travel bag to me and drove me into the taxi. Throw the luggage into the living room, and tell the story of Monkey King's empty coffin with Liuyan who is hiding in the bedroom and shave, and tell him that there is basically no possibility of being possessed, and he is determined to go to the X institution to be an experimental animal... Before entering the door That's what I thought, when I opened the lock, I took two steps inside and then stopped. Liu Er Duan sat on the sofa in the living room and watched the TV—it should be Liu Er Duan. The TV was not turned on, and the smooth black and bright screen showed the appearance of six ears.I'd love to describe it as a humanoid plush toy, but this toy is neither cute nor ridiculous. His face is completely covered by hair, and if he is not smoking, it is impossible to tell which side is the front. Yes, he is smoking.The cigarette butts flickered on, and the hairs hung down on both sides, looking dangerous and easy to burn. "You haven't shaved in days?" I asked. Liu Er turned his head - it should be.He flicked the ash in the ashtray, took another slow puff, and pressed the cigarette away, the smoke seeping out of his hair. "It's not interesting." He said lightly: "It's not interesting to shave and grow again. That's it." "That's it...?" I nana didn't know what to say. "That's it, wait until it's too long. I found that after it grows, the growth rate will slow down." I looked at Liu Er, his body was long and thick, and I vaguely saw that he was wearing a pair of white shorts and nothing else.But the body is completely invisible, and even the contours of the hands and feet are almost gone. Isn't that too long? He became more and more strange. "I took a water sample, and it has been sent to X institution for testing, and the test results of your hair will come out soon. But it is best that you provide a blood sample first, a little is fine, you are not afraid of pain?" I reluctantly smiled. Liu Er stood up slowly, behind the clump of black hair, there were deep eyes. for a long time. I stood at the door, facing him, not knowing whether I should go in or not. "Wait." Liu Er said. etc? Six ears turned and walked into his room.It used to be my bedroom, but now the world of more than ten square meters seems to have no familiar feeling at all. I bent down slowly, put on my slippers, and walked into my house. Six ears, something must have happened. In the stuffy air, I thought so. 4. Tenants I don’t know A few pieces of dark green tea leaves float on the water. I pushed the porcelain cup to the six ears. He picked up the cup, the water was boiling hot, but through the thick hair on his palm, he seemed to have no scruples. Bringing the rim of the cup to his lips, he took a sip and put it down again.Strangely, the long hair around the mouth did not get much tea.I thought he'd need to stroke it with his hand while drinking. "What do you want to talk about?" Liu Er said. I withdrew my eyes from his chin: "The water is very hot, drink it slowly. Isn't it troublesome for you to live like this now?" "Just get used to it." Liu Er held the rim of the cup and slowly turned the cup: "You have to get used to it, don't you?" "But this way, won't it be too hot?" I didn't say another sentence, Liuer never turns on the air conditioner, which is simply too abnormal. "I like the feeling of sweating, I think I need to sweat some." Do you like it... At least I never found that the hair on the six ears was soaked with sweat. Since he put the scraper aside, the hair on his body has been fluffy.If I wrap myself in a fur coat on a summer day like this, the sweat will soon soak the clothes. "Liu Er, you have changed, you are a little strange." I stared at him. "Is it just a little strange?" Liu Er's smile was imperceptible, his body swayed slightly, and his hair suddenly swelled and spread out in a circle, like a black cat seeing its prey: "No, I don't think anyone is more strange than me There is a monster sitting in front of you." He stood up, covered himself with fur, and walked back to the room, slowly sinking into the darkness of the bedroom. I threw the black sack into the trash can and walked back down the path.The newly introduced solar lights on the property glow white in the grass, which I don't like very much. The bag contains some household garbage.Not so long ago I was throwing six-eared hairs in bags. I don't know where those bags are now.I hope to just throw it in the stove and burn it, so as not to cause any trouble. The phone rang suddenly. "Hello..." I pressed the answer button. In the small cafe I frequent, Liang Yingwu was already waiting for me at the seat by the window. "Is your guy okay?" He has already ordered an iced latte for me. "It's not much better." I took a big sip and smacked my lips: "It looks terrible to me, he didn't even shave his hair." Liang Yingwu frowned: "The test result of that bottle of water came out." "Oh, how?" I asked anxiously. "The content of various trace elements in the water is astonishing. Our conclusion is..." Liang Yingwu's face was a little gloomy. "Our conclusion is that the quality of this water is quite good, and it is a very good mineral water." After Liang Yingwu said this, he could still keep a straight face. "Damn, I was tricked by a guy who has no sense of comedy. But you are a good sneer." I thumped Liang Yingwu's shoulder hard, and he smiled slightly at this moment. "The test results of that bag of hair came out, and no hormones were found, but..." Liang Yingwu's face became serious again. "But what?" I knew that Liang Yingwu wouldn't fool me twice in a row, so he must have discovered something. "We conducted a genetic comparison and found that the genes in it differed from normal humans by about 2.4%." "2.4%..." I murmured. Liang Yingwu tapped his fingers on the table, and his eyebrows frowned even tighter: "If you know that the genes of gorillas and humans are only 1.3% different, and mice share 99% of their genes with humans, then you understand that 2.4 means What is it? 99.9% of the genes between normal people are the same, and between humans, a 0.1 genetic difference is enough to determine the huge difference between personality, body shape and intelligence." I gasped. The difference between the six-eared gene and normal people is twice that of humans and mice! Liang Yingwu paused, and then said: "According to what we know, those humans with special abilities, such as Lu Yun, Xia Houying, and ordinary people rarely have more than 0.3% genetic difference." "A genetic mutation occurred in the six ears?" I blurted out. Liang Yingwu shook his head slightly: "It's hard to describe it with a genetic mutation, because he has become too powerful. I don't know what caused it. Such a mutation is actually hard to call him a human anymore. Moreover, in this 2.4% In it, quite a few, are arrangements we've never seen before." Isn't Liu Er a human being?For a moment the thought flashed through my mind.Thinking of Liu Er who has been hiding in the bedroom with increasingly strange expressions and behaviors, a chill gradually creeps up my back. "This level of mutation is difficult to explain with the existing evolutionary theory. Its cause and result are huge issues. Therefore, the agency very much hopes that he can voluntarily accept testing and treatment." "Therapy? Will the genetic mutation be reversible?" Liang Yingwu froze for a moment, then shook his head silently. I sighed: "To be honest, I also hope that he will come to you, but he himself is not willing, what can I do, drive him out of the house, or let you arrest him at home? After all, it is considered a friendship, this I can't do that kind of thing." Liang Yingwu stared: "Then how long do you plan to delay? We don't know the cause of the mutation now. It's okay if it's genetic, but what if it's caused by some kind of virus? What if it's infected by this virus?" "Contagion?" I was shocked: "Don't scare me, am I fine now?" "All right now? If the incubation period is one year, five years, ten years, of course you are all right now." I was stunned, if I also grow hair on my body, should I still live? Liang Yingwu's stern face relaxed slightly: "Of course, this possibility is not very high. Such a rapid development usually has a short incubation period. If it is easy to spread, such a case will not be discovered." I just breathed a sigh of relief, Liang Yingwu said again. “不过我坚持认为，他就这样住在你这里很危险。除去基因变异不论，一个人遭遇这种事情，很容易造成心理变态，而且他足不出户，处于幽闭状态，更易出问题。” 想到六耳这几天的变化，我对梁应物的告诫无法反驳。沉默片刻，又叹了口气说：“你说的这点是很可能，事实上我已经觉得他有点不对劲了。但我实在没办法对他说'请搬出去'，他是在走投无路的时候找上我的。再看看吧，我再劝劝他。” 梁应物点点头：“你把握好分寸。” 我忽然想起刚才没来得及问的疑惑：“你说什么起因和结果都是课题，起因还好说，这结果还有什么好研究的？” 梁应物说话前有些犹豫，他看着我，说：“他现在的情况固然已经很吓人，但比起那2.4%的基因差异，你不觉得，看到的这些变化，可能并不是全部吗？” “你是说还会有新变化，或者有什么变化我没看见？”梁应物的判断让我的心脏猛抽了一下。 “希望是我多虑吧。”梁应物耸耸肩，接着叫了买单。 把记者叫作无冕之王不知道是谁最先发明的，属于让人头脑发晕的高帽子性质。其实让记者郁闷的事多着呢。 今天社会部的几个记者就很郁闷。辛辛苦苦采访的案子被宣传部一纸禁令，就全打了水漂。跑公安的杨华也是老记了，接到线报就觉得可能不好办，要被封。上海对重大刑事案件一向很忌讳，而这个又和黑社会团伙有关系。说错了，官方不承认上海有黑社会，应该叫不法团伙。 据说杨华和蓝头谈了下顾虑，说是不是看看风水再去跑。蓝头以一种俯视的姿态对杨华微笑：“小杨啊，年纪也不大嘛，怎么这么世故。记者要的是一股子冲劲，不能瞻前顾后。就是只有百分之一的希望，也要以百分百努力去跑。这种新闻，要是美联社的记者……不说他们，就是香港台湾的记者，虽然狗仔一点，但狗仔的精神也有我们值得学习的地方。” 我们机动部的地盘就在社会部边上，在蓝头走得没影的时候，就听见抱怨：“香港台湾又没有一天一个不准的宣传部。” 杨华带着两个实习记者风风火火跑出去，傍晚时分才回来，稿子写到一半，社会部的主任就带着一脸遗憾把宣传部的通知放到他面前。 于是我就听见一声非常有爆发力的“靠”！ “鬼子唐啊。”我转头对旁边坐位因为那声“靠”而直起脖子的刘唐说。 “靠，又这么叫我。你这是对一名民族主义者的污辱！”有了刚才那声“靠”，他现在这声显得绵软无力。自从这小子染了暗暗的红毛，就被和水泊梁山的天异星赤发鬼刘唐建立了某种联系。 “宣传部的通知一般下午就来了，多半是总编办公室到现在才想起送到社会部去。” “我靠，杨华太可怜了。” “我去安慰安慰他。”我站起身晃到杨华的位子，没想到他双手不停还在打字。 “咦，你怎么还在写？” “干嘛不写。” 我心里一琢磨就知道了，俯下身子低声说：“给外报？那赚得可比晨星报多。” 杨华手指飞舞：“这事情上海没媒体敢发，不过外省感兴趣的就多了。” 我点点头，现在有什么不方便的爆料全都会捅到外省媒体，各地都一样，那些大新闻都是这么出来的。 后来听说蓝头在会议上口头表扬了杨华的记者精神，在一位优秀领导者领导下的一名优秀记者，就是这个意思。 晚上我打算换换口味，买了两客排骨年糕和半斤生煎，不知六耳喜不喜欢。 把吃的放在客厅的餐桌上，我走进卧室叫六耳。 他不在卧室里。 也不在书房。 我吓了一跳，又回到卧室，打开灯确定一遍。Really do not have. 他走了？不可能啊，这副样子走到哪里去？ 想起梁应物的话，六耳的突然离去反让我心里安定了许多，但又有些空落落的。 “生煎很好吃。” 低着头走出卧室的我立刻抬起头来，六耳就坐在客厅的餐桌边，用筷子夹起一个生煎。 “你出去了？”我忙问。 "No." “那我进来怎么没看见你，几个房间都看过了。” “你没看清楚吧，我在卫生间。我这个样子怎么可能出去。”六耳抖了抖身上的毛，他不像猿猴，反倒像一只熊。黑熊。 六耳把生煎送进嘴里，咀嚼着。 “可我好像听见关门的声音。”我皱着眉说。 “一定是你听错了。”六耳的声音含糊不清，他把生煎吞下去，往卧室指了指：“你给我的钥匙我一直放在床头柜的抽屉里。再说你觉得我能到哪里去，在这幢楼的楼道里走楼梯玩吗？” 我看了一眼门虚掩着的卫生间，六耳的话没错，应该是我没注意。只是说到走楼梯，却让我不禁想到了那天深夜，我在黑暗楼道里的上下摸索。 拆了双一次性木筷，我坐到六耳对面。 “友联生煎买的，味道不错吧。” “很好吃。”六耳忽然停了筷子，看着我，说：“谢谢你。” 我一时不知该说什么，只是笑了笑。 “我这付样子，自己照镜子都觉得很可怕。”六耳揪了揪脸上的长毛：“其实我们认识不久，只说句谢谢，太轻描淡写了。” 我咳嗽一声：“吃东西，别冷了。” 这两天杨华的位子周围总是特别热闹。 南方都市报这几天连续刊登“上海特约记者葛飞”关于“上海流浪集团被神秘清肃”的报道，很快全国各家媒体都把目光投往上海。而这个葛飞就是杨华。 杨华现在自己报社只发些通讯员的小稿子，或者改改实习记者的文章，绝大部分精力都放在这案子的追踪报道上。这种事情瞒上不瞒下，只要别让蓝头知道就行。 “怎么样，有什么新情况？”鬼子唐扒着隔板压低声音问杨华。 “哎呀，这事情精彩了……”杨华拖长了声音，看样子要吊胃口。 我朝旁边的社花林海音呶了呶嘴，她扫了杨华一眼，笑道：“华哥还要卖官子呀。” 林海音原本就眼媚，比从刚才到现在一直挤眉弄眼的鬼子唐，效力天差地别。 “哈，不卖关子，不卖关子。”杨华咧着大嘴，下巴上的青春痘红得格外耀眼。 “最新情报，昨天下午的事情。这可比前两宗更厉害，我看最近这段时间你们谁去赶火车，都不会看见抱着你大腿要钱的小乞丐了。” 林海音脸一红，道：“说什么呢，什么大腿。” 几个男人都往她穿着超短裙的美腿不怀好意地瞄去。 “口误，口误。”杨华眼神忙转回来，嬉着脸道：“是小腿，小腿。” 旁边一阵赞叹声，林海音的小腿曲线比她的媚眼更动人。 “你还好好说不，否则我回去写稿了。”林海音作势要走。 她也就是一说，真怕看还会穿超短裙？ “说说说，火车站那帮小乞丐背后是有人操纵的你们不会不知道吧。” “当然，别说火车站，哪里不是。” “但火车站这股势力是最强的，手底下的小崽子不单在火车站活动，周边路上都是。年纪小的当乞丐，稍大一点就兼小偷。放出去干活都有人在旁边看着，有什么不对劲就围上去了。而且许多小家伙的领子里都藏刀片，你一揪他领子就糟糕。” 林海音的手一缩，吸了口冷气，好像自己的手被刀片割了一样。 “昨天下午不知怎么被人抄了老巢，是个已经不用的货运仓库，六七十号人没一个轻伤，有一个警方赶到的时候就死了，还有两个在医院抢救，能不能救过来很难说，脊柱断成几截活过来也成废人了。和前两次一样，团伙的头头，一个绰号蜈蚣的家伙被逼写了张认罪书。” “真是太牛了。”鬼子张击节赞叹。 “据说那家伙规定蜈蚣一定要写满三十条，写的稍慢就被断了小手指，说要是写得够快的话，警察来的时候还够时间接回去。那蜈蚣鬼哭狼嚎让周围还能喘气的一起想都犯过几宗案子。” “简直是蜘蛛侠啊。”鬼子张是个热血青年，这会子满脸的神往之色。 “可虽然手法一样，但和前两天不是一个人。” “啊？”听故事的一帮人都大感意外。 杨华挑了挑眉毛，很是得意：“市局的内线告诉我，根据那些被海扁倒霉蛋的描述，这三宗案件的手法虽然一样，而且都是独行侠，但每次出现的相貌体型都完全不一样，这次是个女的。” “女的？”几双眼睛都瞪出来。 “女的。”杨华很肯定地说。 “这么说有一帮人，而且个个都超能打？”我好奇起来。 杨华重重地点头：“的确是这样，虽然每次只出动一个，但仿佛很轻松就搞定了。” “天，”鬼子唐满脸通红：“一个打六七十个，怎么打的？练的什么功夫啊？” 杨华“嘿嘿嘿”地冷笑几声，看我们一帮人的脑袋越凑越近，忽然双手一摊：“无可奉告，我那内线死活不说。” “切！”我们齐齐怒骂。 “不过这其中肯定有鬼，我什么凶杀案没报道过，也没见那小子嘴这么把紧。今天晚上我请那小子吃饭，非灌倒他套点东西出来不可。”杨华又笑道：“反正内幕也不能一下子挖出来，文章要一篇篇写，钱才可以一点点赚。” 不用说，南方都市报给这位特约记者的稿费肯定极高。 我摇了摇头：“我简直是个城市传奇。” “城市传奇，好名字，我今天的评论题目就用这个了。可惜这伙高手行事太肆无忌惮，虽然是对黑道去的，公安机关也不能坐视。现在外省媒体炒得火热，市局已经下令限期破案了。” 一伙人欷嘘一番，看见蓝头远远走来，就作鸟兽散了。 晚上收拾东西回家前，看见杨华也干完活出报社，赶上去拍拍他的肩膀。 “你酒量行不行啊，别给人灌倒了。” 杨华头一昂：“像你这种家伙来十个我都给你放倒了。” “我怎么能比，但公安系统可个个是能人啊。” “明天等着听故事吧。”杨华掏出一小瓶解酒药冲我晃晃，原来已经做了充分准备。 楼下大门口的花坛边，两个老头穿着汗衫在下象棋，其中一个头都快趴到木棋盘上去了。对面是我同一楼层的邻居瞿老爷子，此时一把折扇握在手中，嘴里哼着京剧，扇头有节奏着虚点着，肯定正占着上风呢。 我经过的时候，冲他点点头，打个招呼。 “叫吃车了，想好没有？”瞿老爷子好胜心不是一般的强，故意在我面前说了这么一声，然后抬起头笑眯眯：“那多啊。” “等等，等等，催什么催。”对面的老头说话瓮声瓮气。 “那多啊，你有房客一起住吗？” 我吓了一跳，六耳暴露了？ "No." “要么我老花眼看错了，前天好像见个人开门进你屋的，那时候你还没回来吧。” “呃……有吗，男的女的？” “男的吧，短头发的。” 我心稍稍放下来，又问了一句：“穿什么衣服，短袖？” “这天气还有不穿短袖的？怎么你不知道？”这时候对面的老头下了步棋，瞿老爷子红炮打过去，“哒”的一声脆响，白车被痛快地吃掉，扔在棋盒里。 “应该不会吧，估摸着您老看走眼了。您下吧，我先上去了。” “好好。”老爷子没太在意，陶醉在吃掉一个车的巨大喜悦中。 “这两天，你有朋友来过吧。”我装作不经意地问六耳。 “没有。”六耳的声音从报纸后传来。 最近他越来越像个正常人，看电视看报上网，可不知为什么我心里的异样感却还是没有减少。他身上的毛似乎不再长长，但却一天天厚实起来。 "real?" 六耳慢慢地翻过一页报纸。 “当然。我现在就一个朋友。”他淡淡说。 “你身上的毛好像不再长了，要不要剃掉看看。” 六耳把报纸对折，放在桌上。 “不，剃短又会长的，我知道。” “嗯……”我还是决定把那件事告诉他：“南天门那潭水的化验结果出来了，没有问题。” "Oh?" 六耳的语气里有些意外，可并没有很急切焦虑的情绪，这让我有点想不通。这些天他整个人都平静下来，至少表面上是这样，我相信底下一定有激荡的湍流。 “根据你头发所做的基因鉴定，你和正常人类的基因相差2.4%。” “这个比率说明什么，差别很大吗？”还是那样不咸不淡的语气。 “普通人类之间的差异不会超过……0.3%”我想了想还是说了个稍大些的数字：“所以2.4%的差异，非常巨大。” “是吗，那他们的结论是什么？” “你的问题很严重，他们希望你能配合治疗。” 六耳沉默了。 “你就不想把这身毛脱掉？”我有点急了。 六耳低声咕哝了一句，我没听清，问他：“你说什么？” 六耳摇了摇头，起身走进书房，坐在电脑前。 我有点恼火，跟进去，站在他身后说：“你到底要不要治啊！” 一句话说完，我却愣住。因为我看见他在GOOGLE里搜索“人类基因差异”这个词条。 用不着点开哪个网页，他就看到了。 “我果然没有记错。”他的声音变得很奇怪：“人和老鼠之间只差1%。” 六耳慢慢转过头来：“2.4%，我已经不再是人。” 我怔怔地看着他走回自己的卧室。 “谁也救不了我，救不了了，我知道的。” “爆炸性的，绝对爆炸性！”杨华一脸的神秘。 他已经成了中心人物，围在他身边的人比昨天又多了几个。 “昨晚套出话来啦。” “到了酒桌上就好办了。听他说，现场的情形真是让人难以相信，办了几十年案的老刑警都直呼没见过。” “快说呀。”旁边人直催。 “那几个神秘人出手非常快，就拿火车站那帮人说吧，多的是打了十几年架，随便拔刀的狠角色，蜈蚣身上还有条人命，可就是没看清楚那女的是怎么出的手。据他们说神秘女子没拿武器，可警方验他们的伤口，有许多是被极锋利的利器所伤，怎么都不可能赤手空拳做到。” “这不是武侠小说嘛。”林海音吃惊的嘴合不拢。 “这还没完呢，蜈蚣向警方打赌说看见那人一步就跳起两人多高，要不是仓库的顶有五米多，险险就撞到天花板，而且有个小弟一刀砍在那人的背上，连衣服都没砍破。” “靠，天蚕宝衣吗？”鬼子唐目瞪口呆。 “一开始刑警觉得是胡扯，可后来现场鉴识专家的结论出来了，从留在地上的足迹看神秘人的步幅，绝对超出一般人的体能极限。” “那他手上有没有吐蜘蛛丝啊。” 我用手猛敲鬼子唐的脑袋：“你还真以为有蜘蛛侠啊。” 鬼子唐摸着头苦着脸：“那你说是什么啊。” “中国功夫啊，外国人都知道。”林海音一脸兴奋，问杨华：“你说是不是？” “总之这事情玄了，市局已经成立专案组，据说上面也要想法子请能人来破这个案子呢。你看吧，这事就快捂不住了，要是他再端掉几个黑窝，别说全国，海外媒体都得聚到上海来。到时候市府就难看了。现在市局那帮人的日子一天比一天难过，除了鞋印，指纹一个没采到，人像倒是画出来了，没准就要下通缉令。现正在狂分析作案动机呢。” “动机，那是高人看不顺眼就上了呗。”刘唐说话总是让我想揍他。 “分析出什么没？”我问。 “也有惩恶扬善这么一说，还有曾经吃过亏来报仇说，有某黑帮请高手抢地盘说。其实都不是很站得住脚。” “不管怎么样，这事儿就是痛快，老百姓看报道都乐呢。现在不管哪条路上，小要饭的少多了。虽然警方头痛，止不定犯罪率是上升还是下降呢。” 这是谁在说话，我回头一看，居然连宗而都凑过来了。 “哟，宗老师。”杨华笑着打招呼。 “我天天看你的特稿，你小子不错，有前途。”宗而笑呵呵。 杨华用手在嘴上做了个小喇叭，轻声道：“蓝头不知道吧。” 宗而摇摇手，背身踱开。 我在网上查“上海地下势力激烈洗盘，神秘人连挑黑帮”之类的消息，六耳在旁边很有兴趣地看着。 Doorbell rang. 我走出去，顺手把书房的门带上了。 是瞿老爷子。 “那多啊，今天又看见啦，这回戴了老花眼镜，准没看错。下午三点一刻的样子，我买菜回来，看见有个人进你家啦。” 我皱起眉，问：“长什么样，就是你上次见的吗？” “很壮实的一条大汉，我看有一米九呢，比上回见的魁梧多了，不是一个吧。你看看有没有少什么东西，是不是你的钥匙被人悄悄多配过一把？” 不管到底是怎么回事，还是别上老爷子掺和进来的好。这样想着，我的眉头舒展开来，装作恍然大悟的样子，说：“我想起来了，今天我是让一个朋友到家里来取些东西。不是什么坏人，谢谢您老费心了。” “那我就放心啦，还以为是谁呢。不过那多啊，房门钥匙可不能随便给人呐，人心隔肚皮，得防着点。我活了七十多年，见得多啦，再好的朋友，指不准什么时候给你来一手。” “是是。”我点着头，把老爷子送走。 我推开书房门，六耳还在看在网上的新闻。 不知道他听见没有，我