Originally, the atmosphere in this town was already so eerie that it made people shudder, and Heatherana's words made everyone tremble, and Nangong Sanba immediately raised a small crossbow and aimed at the staircase: "Are you sure?"
Why didn't I feel anything?
”Without saying a word, Vivien threw out a small bat to check the movement on the second floor, the bat fluttered around it, Vivien shook her head: "There is no one up there, not even a ghost." ”"Tsk, I'm a little panicked now."
Hao Ren rubbed his arms and muttered, he had experienced many things that were a hundred times more dangerous than here, but sometimes danger and scary were not the same thing - the atmosphere and weirdness of this town made people feel creepy, and they didn't feel much when they first came in, but as they stayed here longer and longer, Hao Ren also felt more and more unsteady.Everything here exudes an inexplicable and grotesque atmosphere, not only the flames floating in the firepit, but also something in the air that cannot be seen or touched.Probably because of the ubiquitous spirits that give me goosebumps."
Check this house first," Vivien began to direct the sentinels to investigate every corner of the mansion, "it's very likely that the wizard was hiding here. ”"Then I'll change into human form first, the aisle of this old house is too narrow, and the tail can't be turned," Nangong May beckoned to Hao Ren, "Give me clothes." ”The team dispersed to check the situation of the abandoned house, and Hao Ren and Vivian went to the second floor of the house to check.The interior of the mansion is complex, and although it is not even magnificent when viewed from the outside, the interior still has the intricate structure that the aristocracy of the era enjoyed.The whole house consisted of a longhouse and two separate small buildings on either side, most of the building materials were thick planks, the first floor of the longhouse was a hall and several compartments for servants and cattle to rest, and the second floor of the longhouse had straight corridors and many rooms, which were supposed to be the residence of the lord and his family.The whole mansion was lit up, and on the blackened wall panels hung every few meters an oil lamp, all of which were in the same dry condition, floating a few millimeters above the lamps without fuel, the common denominator was that there was no temperature.Hao Ren and Vivien slowly explored the second floor, the wooden floor creaking beneath their feet, as if they were overwhelmed and ready to collapse.Hao Ren noticed that some of the rooms in the corridor were still covered with thick carpets, which were dyed with a layer of gray-black like the surrounding things, but their original ornate patterns could still be faintly seen in these dark colors.Vivien bent down to check the lines on the carpet, revealing a look of nostalgia: "It looks like a high-end product from Italy."
Nobles......
Even the nobles of such a remote town have to use this level of luxury, and such a blanket should be enough for a commoner family of five in the town to spend half a year. ”"There's ash everywhere here, too," Hao Ren touched his hand as he pushed open the door of another room next to him, "It's inside the house, but the dust is just as bad as outside."
It seems that the ashes are unusual......
I'm afraid it's also an unnatural product. ”Behind the door was a small room, and the decoration was not ornate, and it did not look like a place for lords or noble relatives.Vivien looked at the furnishings in the room and deduced from her knowledge of the era: "It must be the residence of a butler, counselor, or similar high-ranking servant."
This kind of high-ranking servant is in charge of all the affairs of the noble family, big and small, and is hereditary and substituted for the family to which he is loyal, so he is entitled to live so close to his master.However, they do not have a title of nobility, so some status-defining decorations are not allowed to be used. ”Hao Ren nodded slightly, and when he walked into the room, he muttered casually: "Anyway, you seem to be quite comfortable with this atmosphere - I feel hairy on my back." ”"I don't feel anything," Vivien laughed, "I used to live in graves a lot, Bloodline, it's normal to deal with these things." ”The house was also covered in soot, and an oak bed was placed in the southeast corner of the house, and the bed was riddled with rotten holes in the once high-end bedding.Next to the bed was a writing desk with drawers, on which old and tattered writing instruments and some pieces of what appeared to be paper could be seen.On the other side of the room was a small stove with an unnatural flame burning silently without temperature, and in front of it lay an old rocking chair with a few rags hanging down.Hao Ren looked at this scene, and his mind seemed to have a scene in this room: a small warm flame burned quietly in the stove, illuminating the small room, and an old butler returned to the house after completing the work assigned by his master, and sat on his favorite rocking chair to rest under a blanket, and the light of the fire reflected on his face, casting a shadow on the wrinkled face of the old butler.Then the butler suddenly remembered something, stood up and came to the writing desk, wrote something on a piece of parchment, and the parchment was put away by him, and Hao Ren suddenly shook his head and regained his clarity.He felt his heart beat a few beats faster, and the hallucinations that he didn't know if they were imaginary or appeared in front of him still hadn't completely subsided.He stared at the old rocking chair in the center of the room, and for a moment he seemed to really see an old butler with a wrinkled face sitting on it, and even what happened after that was as clearly imprinted in his mind as if he had seen it with his own eyes.For a moment, the boundary between the real and the false seemed to be shaken, and Hao Ren felt that his consciousness had been withdrawn from the abandoned mansion of the current time and space, and fell into a memory hundreds of years ago.Vivien immediately noticed that something was wrong with him: "Hao Ren, what's wrong?"
”"I seem to see something, but it's different from the way Lily sees it," Hao Ren said as he subconsciously came to the writing desk next to the bed, and the whole memory of the desk was ......" he said as he casually crushed the hook on the drawer, and when he opened the drawer, he saw a lot of parchment thrown inside.There are also some heavily weathered fragments around the parchment, which are supposed to be ordinary paper that has failed to resist the erosion of time and turned into slag, but the parchment is still largely intact.He carefully took out the already fragile pieces of paper and put them on the table, and took out the data terminal: "Scan it, improve the contrast, and see what is written on it." ”The terminal scanned over the table with a thud, a blue light shining from its bottom onto the paper, and a holographic projection above it showed parsed text.Some of the handwriting has completely disappeared and cannot be restored by technical means, but other handwriting can still be seen, which is like a diary: "......
Hemerwin's suspicion and irritability were intensifying, and he believed in the superstitious beliefs that circulated among the common people, and even took the initiative to spread them......
I watched him grow up, but I started to understand him and since Karina got sick, he's like ......
Perhaps the 'scholar' was suspicious, but Hemerwin trusted him beyond measure, and the scholar touched the cross with his hand......
I'd better write it down, but to whom?
I hope that in the future, these things will not have to be circulated......"
After deciphering the contents of this paper, Hao Ren placed the other parchments in front of the terminal and asked the latter to arrange all the texts, and he found that what was recorded on these pieces of paper was more important than he imagined: it seemed that he could unlock the secrets of the town.“…… Who is that scholar?
His source could not be found, but he had credible evidence that he was not evil.He touched the cross, cleaned his teeth with clean salt, and he was not afraid of the spices I added to the fireplace—perhaps he had noticed some of my temptations, and was so open to displaying them......
But doubts lingered.The rumors in the town have not diminished in the slightest, and they have intensified, and the witch who had been expelled a few days ago was found dead this morning near the river beach, and she seemed to be trying to steal a piece of clothing, but she still did not hold out until the sun rose, and her magic did not work?
“…… The witch's body was burned, the signs of black magic were unequivocal, and I should probably repent, I had wondered if she was an innocent girl—but when the fire rose I felt nothing but terrification, the witch's body trembled violently when it was ignited, and then a huge smoke rose from the flames, and it was a terrible sight, and the ash from the smoke covered almost the entire square......
The ashes collected were larger than the weight of three grown men, and some say it was the weight of a child that the witch had eaten before.The ashes were purified by holy water and sprinkled into the bottom of the lime-covered pit............
After the witch incident, my suspicion of the scholars did not diminish a little, because the disease did not end as he said, whether it was expelling the witch or burning the witch's body, the children in the town were still sick, and the adults were starting to weaken...... ......
One night, I saw the scholar stop at the place where the witch's body had been burned, and there was no one there, but his mouth was moving, as if he had been talking to someone.I didn't dare get too close, but I vaguely heard him mention the 'other side of the door' and a man named the 'Blood King'......
There is no doubt that he is related to witches. ”(To be continued.) )