"What's going on?"
I looked at Qi Nan in surprise and couldn't help saying, "Didn't I say I won't take any missions for the time being? I won't take any urgent missions, and I'll take any missions that can be delayed for a while, and I'll go after I've adjusted my physical and mental state!"
After Cao Yuan's incident, I was exhausted both physically and mentally, and I wasn't really suitable for going on missions in this state, which was not suitable for others or myself, so I told Qi Nan to follow the old rules, not to take any urgent missions, and to leave the non-urgent missions in a backlog, and to wait until I felt that my mentality had adjusted before going on missions.
Qi Nan's face showed a trace of difficulty: "Xiaotian, I have heard about your story, and I have always done what you said, but this time's mission... we really can't refuse it!"
"What do you mean?"
I couldn't help but frowned slightly: "Don't worry, sit down and talk."
Qi Nan glanced at the door of my ward, then sat down beside my bed, lowered her voice and said to me: "This mission was commissioned by the department that handles some special events in our country. It didn't go through the Tiandao League, but directly found us through interpersonal relationships. If you want to refuse, can you refuse?!"
"What?"
I couldn't help but widen my eyes and couldn't help saying: "Sister Nan, aren't you pushing me into the fire pit on purpose? The Tiandao League has clearly stipulated that we cannot deal with government departments!"
"Who said that?"
Qi Nan glanced at me, hesitated for a moment, and then slowly said: "The Tiandao League doesn't allow us to say it, in fact, it is afraid that the organization will be exposed to the world. A department that specializes in dealing with all kinds of strange things is suddenly exposed in broad daylight. Isn't that really uncomfortable? Can the organization continue to exist? However, the Tiandao League does not exclude us from dealing with relevant government departments in our private capacity!"
I thought carefully about the rules of the Tiandao League, and it seems that this is really the case in this regard. The words are vague and suggestive!
After hesitating for a while, I asked, "Do the people in the government believe us? In their eyes, aren't we a bunch of people who are cheating people out of money? They should be thankful that they didn't arrest us in the police station. Will they trust us?"
Qi Nan looked at me unhappily and said, "Xiaotian, tell me, are there ghosts and zombies in this world?"
I nodded. Of course there are. I have been encountering evil spirits since I received the Baipi Knife in July. I have seen these things with my own eyes. Others may not admit it, but I absolutely admit that on this planet, in addition to the world where the living live, there is another world where the dead live!
If I deny the existence of those things, wouldn't that be denying my own profession and existence!
"Isn't that the end?"
Qi Nan rolled his eyes and smiled bitterly: "Since you can encounter those things causing chaos, how can you not encounter people at the national level? In such a big country, there are so many magical things happening. What you have seen is just the tip of the iceberg. The public officials have to see the overall situation. How can they not know the things you know like a mirror? It's just that the things we deal with cannot be seen in the light, so the public officials didn't announce them directly, otherwise there would be chaos in the world, right? For the sake of stability, This kind of thing cannot be admitted even if you die. Even if it is from the government, it is handled by a special agency for confidentiality. Ordinary police officers or other public officials don't know! This time, people from that department came to us. Those people are just like us, but they are working for the government, while we are working for the Tiandao League! "
After saying this, Qi Nan hesitated for a moment and said to me: "Sister, let me tell you the truth. In fact, your father also helped the government to deal with this kind of thing in the past!"
My father also dealt with it?
I was stunned and couldn't help but face the matter. After thinking about it, I asked Qi Nan: "Then tell me about this case in detail. I guess the government officials came to entrust me with a task. I'm afraid it's not a simple task?"
"I don't know."
Qi Nan shook his head and said: "They didn't tell me, but I think this task is just one word - dangerous! The thing your father did for the government officials was very dangerous. He almost didn't come back after he went in, but we can't refuse this thing, right? If we piss off the government officials, we will have a bad result!"
I agree with what Qi Nan said. The people should not fight with the officials. The profession I do belongs to the marginal area. The people I can't afford to offend are the government officials. If they really come to me and I can't refuse, they will put any hat on me when they are angry. So, if this government official opens his mouth, I really have to roll off the hospital bed and go over!
"How did they find us?"
I asked, "Could it be that the man who invited my father before is here again?"
"This man, he is really an acquaintance, his name is Zhang Zhenlin, but I guess you don't have any impression of him, he has always been a person walking in the dark."
Qi Nan sighed and said to me, "To be precise, this man should be your father's colleague, he used to be a member of the Tiandao League, a little Tianshi of the Tianshi Dao! But this man is very honest, I don't know what happened, he said frankly that he couldn't stand what the Tiandao League did. He learned this skill for the balance between the yin and yang worlds, for the righteousness of the people in the world, not to become a slave of a family, so he blatantly rebelled against the Tiandao League and joined the public group that specializes in dealing with supernatural events. Everything he did was aboveboard, very embarrassing, you understand? ? As a result, not only did the Tiandao League not recognize him, even the Tianshi Dao refused to acknowledge the existence of such a person. In other words, this person was a Taoist disciple who abandoned him. However, he was smart and did not do anything extreme. At least he did not expose the Tiandao League. Therefore, even if he betrayed the Tiandao League, the Tiandao League did not really send assassins to kill him. After all, the government was backing him up, and the Tiandao League was still cautious about doing things. In addition, he did not break the window paper, so everyone was clearly divided into Chuhe and Han, and no one knew him.
Because of this person's special identity, the people of the Tiandao League were indifferent to this person, except for your father. Your father did not know why he was particularly respected. The two were close friends in private. There were several times when your father was drunk and kept giving a thumbs up to this person, saying that Zhang Zhenlin was a A man of steel and integrity, this man did what your Ge family had wanted to do for generations but didn't dare to do!
Later, when Zhang Zhenlin came to him for something, he agreed to it, but I didn't know what the specific task was. I only knew that your father was covered in blood after he came back and stayed in the hospital for more than half a month. He often sighed on the hospital bed, saying that your Ge family had guarded the entire Shanxi area for hundreds of years, but he didn't expect that there would be such a big loophole in the land.
Anyway, this Zhang Zhenlin seems to be not simple, and the task he came to me for is probably really deadly! "
I fell into silence, thought about it carefully for a while, and then said: "Sister Nan, does this person know the news of my father's death?"
"I know, he was there at that time, but he didn't attend your father's funeral. "
Qi Nan sighed and said: "Uncle Li said that he stood outside for a whole day and night before leaving. You know the weather on the day your father built his tomb. It rained like God peeing. Uncle Li didn't let us enter your life. We all worshipped your father's tomb from a distance. Only that man stood there for a day and a night. He said he didn't dare to disturb your life trajectory and could only bid farewell to his old friend from afar!"
At this point, Qi Nan seemed to have guessed something, sighed and said: "Although this person didn't say what the matter was this time, he gave a reason. He said that human life is a matter of life and death, and it can't be kept secret. This time, your Ge family can be used!"
I fell into deep thought, hesitated for a while, and finally nodded: "Sister Nan, you should help me invite this person. I can't refuse his task for emotional and rational reasons."
"He has come, but he just asked me to come in and say hello to you. "
Qi Nan sighed, glanced at me and left the room.
After a while, a very loud voice sounded outside the door: "My nephew is in this ward?"