Dream Guide

Aoki stared blankly at the rapidly receding rows of cypress trees outside the window. The mountains in the distance were covered in thin mist, casting huge mountain shadows.

Seeing Qingmu's silence, Hu Xing burst out laughing and joked: "You haven't really killed anyone, have you?"

Aoki turned around and said: "How could I tell you police about the murder? Don't ask me such idiotic questions in the future!"

"you……"

Hu Xing was so angry that she wanted to pick up the steering wheel and smash it on the green wood. She really didn't know what brand of paste was in this guy's head!

"Okay, then how do you know the scene in his dream is not true?" Hu Xing said angrily.

"Have you heard the story about the Indians who couldn't see the boat?" Aoki asked.

Hu Xing shook her head.

“On October 12, 1492, Columbus discovered the American continent and landed on Watling Island in the Bahamas for the first time. At that time, when their fleet approached Watling Island, the Indians on the island were unaware of it. Until the Europeans appeared in front of them, the Indians were still wondering where these people who looked like them came from. In fact, the main ship 'Santa Maria' was 23 meters long, and the entire fleet When the mast is opened, the scene is so spectacular that it is impossible for normal people to not see it."

"The reason why the Indians turned a blind eye was that they had no concept of the sailboat in their minds, nor any memory of it. When the sailboat appeared, their consciousness made a judgment of 'selective blindness' in a short period of time. Because they cannot give a reasonable explanation to what they see in front of them through the combination of brain memory."

Hu Xing thought for a while and said: "I seem to have remembered what you said. I have seen stories about this before, but I always thought it was a rumor. According to what you said, it makes sense. They are not actually eyes. It’s not visible, but it’s not conscious, so even if the brain receives the visual information, it doesn’t respond in time, right?”

"That's right!" Aoki said, "The materials that make up dreams all come from our memories. It's impossible for people to see things beyond our cognition in dreams. In other words, you can't dream about things you haven't seen before. .”

"For example, a British person who has never been exposed to Chinese will not dream about Chinese characters when he dreams. Even if he has heard about the characteristics of Chinese characters such as squares, pictograms, etc., he will only simulate one use in his dreams. It was a combination of letters, images, or fonts that he had seen such as cuneiform, and it was impossible to dream of real Chinese characters with horizontal and vertical dots."

"So, all the ghosts, gods, demons, and aliens we see look like humans with noses and eyes."

Aoki paused briefly, glanced at Wu Xing, and then continued:

"Freud regarded sex as the most important component and cause of dreams, because sex is the most instinctive need of human beings. Both men and women have dreamed of the body of the opposite sex, but it is difficult to determine who that person is, especially when Teenagers, they may have never seen a complete body of the opposite sex.”

"People often dream about the person of the opposite sex they like, but because they have never seen his (her) body, only the face is real, and the body may have been peeked at when your neighbor's aunt was taking a shower when you were a child, or It's like an actor in an island country action movie. If the person you like is not so sure, even the face in your dream will change."

Hu Xing said: "Are you saying that what that guy dreamed about was not a specific person at all, but a combination of all the women he had ever seen?"

Aoki nodded and said: "Yes, maybe he loves it, maybe he hates it."

"It's incredible." Hu Xing suddenly recalled many dreams she had had, and her face suddenly became hot.

The car turned into a small road, surrounded by small stone mines, many of which were filled with water. They stopped at a large pond.

Vice Captain Gao got out of the car and pointed to the pond in front of him and said: "This used to be a large stone mine. After the ban, some people used it as a fish pond to raise fish. Later, an accident occurred and it was rectified, and it has been abandoned ever since. The victim is It was discovered here, but this is not the first scene, so there are no valuable clues.”

Hu Xing just wanted to check again, but she heard Qingmu say: "Oh, yes, there can't be any clues here! So, deputy captain, please go back, we are going back too!"

Play with me!

Vice Captain Gao's eyes widened and he really wanted to sink this guy to the bottom of the lake. He really couldn't stay with us any longer, so he got into the car without saying a word, slammed the car door, pointed at Aoki and said, "Boy, I remember you!"

Wu Xing found it funny. Anyway, she didn't like the arrogant Vice Captain Gao with his big belly, so she didn't come out to smooth things over.

Seeing Vice Captain Gao's car drive away, Hu Xing asked Aoki: "What are we doing now?"

Aoki said: "Why don't you have the final say?"

Hu Xing thought for a while and it seemed like this was what happened, but then she realized that she had been led into a ditch by this guy. It was obviously you who asked to come and see the scene, okay? When he came, he said he didn't want to watch anymore, which made the deputy captain of a county criminal police brigade so angry that he couldn't even say anything.

Hu Xing said: "We police also need to listen to the opinions of the people."

Aoki said: "Then go back to sleep."

Hu Xing said: "I knew you were going to be poor. Okay, what do you want to do? Tell me!"

Aoki said: "You have investigated Ma Fuqing, do you know where he lives?"

"I know." Hu Xing said.

Aoki said: "Turn on the navigation and find out the route from here to Ma Fuqing's house."

"Oh, why do I realize that your tone of voice is becoming more and more like our Shi team." Hu Xing teased and turned on the navigation, and then exclaimed, "Ah! It turns out that it is so close, less than fifteen kilometers."

She pointed out the navigation results to Qingmu: "This is our current place, and it belongs to Lu County. This is Ma Fuqing's home, and it belongs to Tong County. I didn't expect the two places to be so close."

Aoki shook his head and said, "This is nothing to see."

"Then ask me to check the navigation!" Hu Xing said angrily.

Aoki said: "You policemen should investigate slowly. Let's go see if Ma Fuqing is there now."

…

Regarding Ma Fuqing, Hu Xing was unable to find any more information from the system. She only knew that he was an ordinary villager in Majiabang, Tong County. He worked out of town all year round and had an elderly mother and a mentally disturbed brother at home.

Qingmu and Hu Xing first walked around Majiabang, then parked the car in the open space at the head of the village and entered the village.

The weather was very hot and there was not a lot of people to see outside. It was with great difficulty that I met an aunt and asked for directions.

"Oh, you look for Fu Qing, it's at the back, on the second floor."

Qingmu and Hu Xing thanked their aunt, turned a corner along the path, arrived at the door of Ma Fuqing's house and rang the doorbell.

Doorbells in rural areas are either broken or extremely loud. Hu Xing once recalled the recess bells on the primary school campus.

An old lady opened the door and asked who they were looking for. They said they were looking for Ma Fuqing.

"Why are you looking for him?" The old lady looked a little unfriendly.

Hu Xing said: "We are Ma Fuqing's friends..."

Before she could finish her words, the old lady slammed the door and said coldly: "Not here."

Hu Xing was rejected and almost wanted to take out the certificate for official business. She and Aoki looked at each other and continued to ring the doorbell.

After another half day, the door opened.

This time it was Ma Fuqing who opened the door.