Chapter 2 Chapter 1 The Golden Key That Fell From the Sky

When I was young, I read children's books. Every Chinese New Year, there would always be one or two articles explaining why it was called "New Year".It is said that "Nian" turned out to be a very ferocious beast. Every time a certain time came, it would come out once and eat people when it saw it. "Nian", a ferocious beast, is also afraid of red and noise, so red paper is pasted on the door of every house, and firecrackers are set off.On the second day, when people met each other, they saw that each other was doing well and hadn't been eaten by "Nian", so they cupped their hands and congratulated each other.

Children nowadays don't seem to like this kind of legend very much. At least, there are very few children's books that introduce this kind of legend. If "Nian" is a ferocious beast, then what does this beast look like?Like a lion or a tiger, how big is its appetite and how many people does it have to eat to be full? Why is it not more or less, and it comes out every two hundred and sixty days?Whether the legend is a legend, these questions, because no one can answer them, so they should not be delved into.However, Chinese New Year is still Chinese New Year. After this night, everyone should congratulate each other when they meet.

The people on the street were crowded, and everyone seemed in a hurry, as if they were rushing to do something, but Wang Qiying doubted whether these people really had something important to do. Everyone is busy, except Wang Qiying, who is leaning against the iron railing, which is at the exit of the pedestrian tunnel. All kinds of people rush out like a tide, only he is lazily leaning on the iron railing, even There's room for a few yawns. Wang Qiying yawned twice and slapped his mouth. A few people were talking loudly in front of him as they passed by. Wang Qiying didn't want to move because he had nowhere to go.

He is a homeless man, during the day, he sits and walks around, and at night, he finds a place where he can bend down to lie down, and then, the second tomorrow, this is his life. Few people paid attention to him, and occasionally someone glanced at him, and they all looked pitiful.However, Wang Qiying didn't feel sorry for herself, but instead thought that those people who were rushing to and fro in the street without knowing why were much more pitiful than him! However, there is one point that is the most troublesome, this point, he is no different from everyone else, he will be hungry.And now, he's hungry!

He is often hungry, and whenever he is really hungry, he no longer stands, but sits down, puts the broken hat on his head in front of him, and sits for an hour, or two hours, the broken hat Within, maybe a dozen coins, and he would be able to solve the problem of hunger. Wang Qiying was very unwilling to do that, but his stomach forced him to do that. With a sigh, he took off his hat, grabbed his hair like a mess of grass, squatted down, put down his hat, lowered his head, and closed his eyes. Eye. He could hear how many coins were being thrown into his battered hat, one, two, three, and the more people passed the faster the coins came.But suddenly, he froze, and the sound didn't sound like a coin.

He looked up, peeked into the hat, and saw a rather large key with a two-inch plastic tag on it. He raised his head again and looked forward, trying to see clearly who dropped the key, but all he saw were people coming and going like the tide, and he didn't even know where the person who dropped the key came from. Which side it comes from, and which side it goes to. Wang Qiying stretched out his hand and picked up the key. A short chain and a shiny golden key were held in his hand. They were heavy and heavy, as if they were made of gold. Wang Qiying was stunned for a while, and then he realized that the key was gold, and he had already seen clearly the plastic tag attached to the short chain, which was double-layered, with a piece of paper sandwiched in between.

On that piece of paper, there was a very neat line written: "This key is gold. If you sell it, you can get a richer life than now, but..." After writing here, there is an arrow below, indicating that there is more to come.On the other side of the paper, Wang Qiying twisted the film hard, took out the paper, and opened it. On the second side of the paper, it was written: "If you follow this address, in the blink of an eye before the new year, At twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, open the door and go in, there will be something you never expect will happen. Friends, you choose yourself!"

Below that, is a line of addresses. Wang Qiying was stunned, what's going on?How could such a thing happen?Isn't someone joking with himself? Thinking of "joking", Wang Qiying couldn't help laughing bitterly. Since he became a homeless man, everyone suddenly became strangers, except for the urchin who stood far away and threw stones at him. He couldn't recall anyone joking with him. Moreover, that is really not like a joke. This key seems to be really made of gold, and it may have three or two weights. If you sell it, you can really live a comfortable life for a few days.

At least, he can... the smell of sleeping on the bed again, he hasn't slept on the bed for a long time.Although some people say that money can only buy a bed, not sleep, Wang Qiying knows with absolute certainty that it is also much better to be unable to sleep in a bed than to be unable to sleep on a concrete floor. Thinking of this, Wang Qiying quickly held the key tightly in his hand.People were still passing in front of him like a tide. There were already seven or eight coins in his broken hat. He picked up the seven or eight coins and put the hat on.For many years, he didn't walk in such a hurry. He was caught in the crowd and walked forward. After walking through many streets, he came to a gold shop on a side street.

He rushed into the gold shop at once, and when everyone in the gold shop looked at him with strange eyes, he realized that his tattered clothes did not match the yellow gold. In order not to be misunderstood, he hastily opened his hand, he has been holding the golden key in his hand, once he opened his palm, naturally everyone can see the golden key in his hand. He walked to the counter and smiled: "Boss, please take a look, how much does this weigh, and how much is it worth?" A clerk, still full of doubts and fears, reached out his hand at last, took the key from Wang Qiying's hand, wiped it on a black stone, and looked even more surprised, as if he was holding the key in his hand. , like a poisonous centipede, hurriedly placed it in Wang Qiying's hands again: "Go, go! Go to another house!"

Wang Qiying's whole body became hot, her face flushed immediately, and she said loudly, "Why? I want to sell it to you!" The clerk's voice was even louder: "We don't accept thieves..." Before he could finish his sentence, another clerk tugged at his sleeve, but the clerk didn't say any more, turned around and ignored Wang Qiying.Wang Qiying heard what the clerk hadn't finished speaking, and he patted the glass on the cabinet: "Do you think I stole it? Speak cleanly and don't spit blood!" Several customers in the gold shop walked out with horrified expressions, while Wang Qiying was still making noise, a policeman had already walked in. Seeing the police, Wang Qiying became discouraged. A homeless man has the experience of being scolded and driven away by the police at least three times a day. Over time, he develops a habit of walking away as soon as he sees the police. The policeman who came in was tall and tall. As soon as he came in, he yelled: "What are you doing?" Wang Qiying didn't say a word, just lowered his head, and went out. When he passed by the policeman, the policeman stretched out his hand and grabbed one of his sleeves. Wang Qiying struggled, and the sleeve was pulled After getting down, Wang Qiying quickly ran out of the gold shop.But when the policeman chased him out, Wang Qiying had already run out of the policeman's sight range. In fact, he didn't run too far, but just ran down a street, while running, while looking back, so, he bumped into me all at once. Because of something, I wanted to find someone in this narrow side street, so I looked up at the house number while walking, and Wang Qiying bumped into me, and I realized that I was knocked back half a step by him. Immediately reached out and grabbed him: "What are you doing?" Wang Qiying said repeatedly: "I'm sorry, sir, I'm really sorry!" At that time, I didn't know his name, but he was a tramp at a glance, and his speech was very gentle, so I "hummed", let go of my hand, and continued to move forward. go. He glanced at me, and suddenly followed me: "Sir, I have something to ask for your help." I glanced at him, he had already handed the golden key to me, and said: "Sir, please look at this!" I was stunned for a while, and picked up the golden key in his hand. As soon as I got it, I knew it was real gold. I looked at him again. Although I didn't say anything, the expression on my face , but it was very obvious, so Wang Qiying immediately said: "It's not stolen, sir, it was given to me by others, and you can give me as much as you like." I weighed the golden key, shook my head and said, "I'm sorry, unless you can tell who gave it to you." Wang Qiying said with a bitter face: "I don't know, really, I was squatting on the side of the street, waiting for someone to give me alms, and suddenly someone threw me this key, by the way, and this piece of paper!" I fumbled and took out the piece of paper. I couldn't help but stare at the words on the paper for a while. This kind of thing doesn't seem to happen in the real world, it should be something in the fairy tale world!This kind of thing is very attractive, just imagine, a golden key, a mysterious address, falls into the hands of a homeless man, and with this key, one can enter this mysterious address, no one knows, enter there After that, what happens. I looked at Wang Qiying, although I was sure at a glance that the key was indeed pure gold, and at the same time I immediately concluded that it was a hoax.From the looks of it, Wang Qiying looks like an intellectual, and all of this may have been made up by him. And this pure gold key is just the "bait" at the beginning of the scam.But for a while, I couldn't think of what he was trying to get back by using such "bait". Naturally, since I've determined that it's just a hoax, I won't be interested in further research, and of course I won't get involved.So, I just smiled at Wang Qiying, and at the same time, said to him with a warning: "If this is the case, then you should keep this key as a souvenir, and you don't have to go around looking for someone to listen to your story! " Wang Qiying's face turned red, and he whispered, "You don't believe me?" I still smiled: "Forget it!" Wang Qiying smiled bitterly: "Sir, I'm an intellectual, it doesn't matter if you don't believe me, but I'm telling the truth." I ignored him and walked forward by myself, but he was still following me. I began to feel a little annoying. I turned around and glared at him. He said again: "Sir, my name is Wang, and my name is Wang." Wang Qiying." When he said this, he paused for a while, and I let out a "hum", already expressing extreme dislike in my expression. Wang Qiying continued: "Although I urgently need to sell this key, I hope to have some money, but no one will pay me. Really, in this society, there is no trust between people, no one Would believe a stranger's word, no, that would be horrible." He suddenly started to complain about the society, which made me a little funny, of course I would not argue with him, I just sneered: "What's the use of you talking to me?" Wang Qiying said: "Since I can't sell it, I have no choice but to try my luck at the address stated on the note!" My attitude is still cold: "You can do whatever you want." He smiled bitterly: "Please..." Looking at his appearance, he seemed to want to ask me something, but he only said two words and waved his hand: "Forget it, now, who cares about a stranger, forget it!" While waving his hands, showing an extremely bewildered expression, he turned around slowly and walked forward. The moment I saw such a blank look on his face, I really wanted to call out to him and ask him what else he wanted from me, but I finally didn't make a sound, and he also Gradually go away. I was stunned for a while, and continued to look for the person I was looking for. After finishing my work, I returned home and didn't remember Wang Qiying anymore.I had seen the address, but since I hadn't paid any attention to it at the time, I didn't remember it either. A few days later, it was getting closer to the New Year's Eve, and the pedestrians on the street seemed to be in a hurry, everyone was busy preparing for the New Year's Eve. In the evening, I came out of the bustling business district and walked among the crowds of people. Suddenly, the pedestrians on the road were in chaos, not only running around, but also shouting loudly. It was as if a ferocious wild animal suddenly broke into the crowd. Two people ran past me. They ran so fast that they almost knocked me down. And after they ran past, I also saw the reason why it was suddenly so chaotic.There was a man, obviously a madman, holding a beef knife more than one meter long in his hand, shouting, waving, waving, two passers-by were injured, and the rest of the passers-by only cared about themselves Running for their lives, no one went to help the injured. The madman continued to run forward. It seemed that if he continued to go crazy like this, more people would be injured. I quickly took off my coat and ran towards the madman. In front, the madman suddenly raised his knife and slashed at me. At that moment, I was stunned! The madman's expression at this time was very hideous and terrifying, but no matter what, I still recognized him. He was the homeless Wang Qiying I met on the street a few days ago! That sudden stop almost killed me, the knife in his hand had already slashed in front of me, I almost heard the sighs from around me, fortunately I was very sensitive, at that moment In the meantime, the overcoat in my hand also lifted up. The beef knife slashed on my raised coat, but missed me. I kicked him in the crotch with a flying kick, and then I punched him in the jaw. Wang Qiying fell to the ground immediately. When he fell, the knife in his hand had already been dropped and fell to the ground. When he was still struggling on the ground, the police arrived. Two policemen immediately subdued him. One policeman asked me Said: "Why did you fight with him?" I looked at the policeman and really wanted to punch him, but I said calmly, "I'm not fighting with him. This man is holding a knife and beating people on the street. I'm going to stop him!" Many people gathered around to watch the excitement, but the policeman still didn't seem to believe my words, and shouted to the surroundings: "Is there anyone willing to testify?" Those people, when they flocked to watch the excitement, stretched their heads and necks extremely long, their eyes protruded extremely, and they tried to squeeze forward as much as possible, lest they be left behind, but when the police asked them, their eyes lost their energy and their necks retracted. , no one made a sound, and, I saw two people were injured just now, and those two people didn't know where they went! Wang Qiying was arrested by two policemen with their arms twisted backwards. He lowered his head and did not make a sound. The policeman said: "Sir, please come with us to the police station once." The policeman's words sounded very polite, but they also made people feel extremely uncomfortable. It's not that a person has done a good deed, so he must want to get the praise he deserves, but no one, after doing a good deed, will be happy to be treated with suspicion. I shook off my coat, there was a rip in it, but I put it on anyway: "Okay." When I arrived at the police station, I had my fingerprints done, and when I came out again, it was already completely dark.At this time, I suddenly understood why none of the passers-by was willing to speak up when asked if they were willing to be witnesses. The madman was a stranger, and the one who was cut was also a stranger. Willing to cause trouble for strangers? Just after leaving the gate of the police station, a police car drove in, and someone in the car yelled at me: "Hey, what are you doing here again?" I glanced into the police car and saw Colonel Jack. I said: "It's nothing. I was on the street and subdued a lunatic who murdered with a knife. The lunatic injured two people, but I was brought here, and I was almost suspected of being the murderer." Colonel Jack was not surprised by my words at all, and smiled easily: "Goodbye!" The police car drove in, I smiled wryly, and continued to walk forward, but within two steps, a policeman chased me out and shouted: "Wait a minute!" I stood still and turned around. At this time, my patience had really reached its peak, but what the policeman said surprised me. The policeman ran to me and stood still: " That lunatic, he insisted on seeing you, he was making a lot of noise." I thought for a while: "Why does he want to see me? I thought, I don't have to see him!" The police officer looked at me: "Of course, we can't force you to see him, but the lunatic said that he knew you!" It's that kind of look full of doubts again. Under this kind of suspicious look, people will simply go out of their minds. I said: "Colonel Jack just went in. If the person in charge of this case has any doubts about me, you can ask Colonel Jack for information about me, and I will be there anytime!" I didn't tell the police officer how I "knew" Wang Qiying. I didn't want to say anything, so I turned around and walked forward. It was very cold, and after dark, the pedestrians on the street felt a sense of panic. Walking on the road should not have any strange feeling, but I suddenly felt a little scared. The origin of this sense of fear is that I remembered the scene on the street during the day, so many people seemed to be a neat and orderly whole, but it can be concluded that one of them suddenly foamed at the mouth, If it falls to the ground, no one will take a second look at it.There are so many people walking on the street, but in fact, everyone is lonely. Choosing to be alone is almost the same as walking alone on the desolate moon. And if I had to choose, I would rather choose to walk alone on the moon. When you are sure that there are no other people around, at least you don't have to guard against others' violations. I suddenly found that not only indifference, but also suspicion and distrust, I believe that I must be no exception, I quicken my pace, just want to get out of the crowded crowd as soon as possible. After returning home and closing the door, I felt a sense of security in my heart, but at this moment, the phone rang again suddenly. I really don't want to answer the phone, but the phone keeps ringing, I sighed, walked over, picked up the phone, I can hear the voice of Colonel Jack, his tone is very urgent , without waiting for me to say anything, he said: "Wei, it seems that there is another very strange thing, you must be interested." I paused for a while before saying, "I may not necessarily be interested." Maybe it was because my tone sounded very cold, so Jack also suffocated, and his tone was not so excited. He said: "You should be interested. This matter has something to do with you. The one who was subdued by you on the street madman, he told a very nonsense story." I became more or less interested: "I know this story, he told me a few days ago, is it related to a key and a mysterious address?" Colonel Jack cried out, "How much do you really know about this man?" I said, "Not much, but maybe more than you?" The colonel immediately said: "Wei, please come once, this matter is worth discussing, please come once!" I yawned and said in a tired voice: "I'm sorry, I'm not your subordinate, and the matter has nothing to do with me, but if you want to know more, I welcome you." Colonel Jack smiled bitterly: "When will you change your temper?" I smiled: "As long as I don't have to ask others for anything, this temper is hard to change." The colonel said: "Okay, you are right, you wait for me at home, and I will come right away." I put down the phone and paced back and forth a few times, feeling very puzzled in my heart. In such a big city, it is not news at all that a madman commits murder on the road. Within a year, there are at least a dozen cases. Why should a senior police officer like Colonel Jack have to deal with this kind of matter?