After the Red Emperor's head was cut off by the Wind-Mocking Sword, the vampires present were convinced and knew that the previous "farce" was over.
Even the men and horses of the Tribunal were stunned. They felt that the Red Emperor was much more powerful than they had heard before, and these two Easterners seemed to be even more powerful than the Red Emperor.
Archbishop Ka Xiu helped Luo Wei and Yin Xiu lift up from the ground, and then took a look at the Red Emperor's body on the ground.
"You three, is there anything else you need my help with?"
"No need."
Laura Fana smiled and said: "For your trouble, I can definitely ask my men to handle the next thing."
"Including autopsies?" Yin Xiu suddenly asked.
"Huh?"
Laura Fanna didn't understand what Yin Xiu meant.
Yin Xiu didn't answer her, but went to verify one of her conjectures.
He walked to the Red Emperor's body and touched the blood on the ground with his fingers.
Bloody Memories, activate...
There was nothing, neither the familiar darkness nor the balls of light.
The hard condition for activating [Bloody Memories] is that the target dies within three hours. If it exceeds three hours, it will be the same as now, and nothing can be read.
Even now he found that the Red Emperor's blood was indeed extremely cold and not like a living person, but Yin Xiu could not connect this with the fact that the Red Emperor had been dead for a long time.
After all, they had fought fiercely before and had said many things.
Yin Xiu stretched out his hand towards the mask, paused, then turned back to Laura Fana and said: "Close your eyes first, this may be a rotting corpse."
"Don't treat me like a flower that grew up in a greenhouse. As a vampire noble, what haven't I seen?" Laura Fana said disdainfully.
"It's good if you've seen it."
Luo Wei also squatted down to help, "I remember that I handled a corpse before. It was a gangster who was beaten to death by his enemies and dumped in the pond.
It happened that the weather was hot at that time and the water in the pond was almost dry, so the body was lying inside, half in the water and half in the mud.
When I went to deal with it, I could smell a dead rat that had been soaked in expired milk for half a month.
The corpse was half dry and half wet, with the lower body immersed in the water. It was soaked like a giant. One leg could be as thick as your waist. When you pick it up with your hands, it is all sticky and greasy, like sesame paste.
It’s even worse up there, they’re all covered in maggots as big as your little finger, densely packed, starting from...”
"Hey!"
Laura Fana covered her eyes and nose and backed away.
Yin Xiu gave Luo Wei a thumbs up, "You are getting better and better at teasing your cousin."
"It's not a joke," Luo Wei looked serious, "I never joke about corpses, they are all true."
"Huh?"
Yin Xiu retracted his hand and stood up immediately.
"Since you are experienced, why don't you come?"
"I'll do it?" Luo Wei's Adam's apple visibly twitched.
"That's right, this is your old profession, Yongtan." Yin Xiu extended his hand to signal again.
"I'm just a police detective, not a forensic scientist."
There was no other way, Luo Wei could only step forward and said to Yin Xiu: "Do you have any gloves?"
"Yes."
Yin Xiu took out a pair of technician gloves from his pocket and threw them to him, "No need to return them to me."
"Okay, then I'm here."
Luo Wei took a deep breath and said that he was about to put on gloves, but Yin Xiu was already far away, almost standing side by side with Laura Fanna.
"How about..."
Archbishop Cassius suddenly interrupted Rowe, "Actually, over at Westminster Abbey, the Tribunal has a professional anatomy room there.
It is usually used to study the corpses of some victims, or to bring in some werewolves, vampires and other things to study. There are many tools there, and most importantly, there are forensic doctors.
It is always more convenient and superior than dealing with it here. ”
"Then you have been really helpful, Archbishop Cassius."
Luo Wei quickly threw the gloves back to Yin Xiu.
"How about we go there?"
Yin Xiu nodded, "That's exactly what I meant!"
Seeing that the two agreed, Kaxiu made a gesture to the back, and immediately several demon hunters came over and carried the body onto a carriage.
Then another carriage came.
Yin Xiu and Luo Wei boarded the carriage, and when Laura Fanna was about to follow them, she was stopped by Card Xiu.
"I'm very sorry, Count. The only vampires and werewolves who can enter the Inquisition are dead or half-dead. Although you are a noble, it would be against the rules to let you in."
Laura Fana frowned, then stomped the ground hard.
"Do you think I am willing to go? You also said that I, a dignified earl, would go to the tribunal, but you thought I was arrested!"
Seeing her mumbling and reading endlessly, Yin Xiu stuck her head out of the car window again.
"How about you go back and wait for news from us?"
"Then if you find anything, don't hide it from me."
"Don't worry," Yin Xiu smiled, "Without your help from Count Nicholas, the two of us would be unable to move forward in Dunling. If I find anything, I will definitely not hide it from you."
"It's good that you know!"
After hearing what he said, Laurana reluctantly waved to them and watched their carriage leave.
After the carriage started moving, when he thought of the scene just now, even Archbishop Kaxiu, who was very skilled in cultivating qi, couldn't help but sigh.
"Although I say bad things about people behind their backs, I have to say that Count Laura Fana is the most unique noble I have ever met.
I have met many great earls and princes, both vampires and humans, but she is the first one who does not take noble status seriously and only takes advantage of it without being bound by it. "You mean you only want to take advantage of it, but don't think about taking any responsibility?" "Yin Xiu asked.
"Almost," Card Xiu smiled, "But there's nothing wrong with it, right? It's just that many people can't do it due to various restrictions."
"No offense, but I thought the priests of the Tribunal were more..."
"Are you talking about the kind of person who reads the Bible every day, excerpts a sentence from it, and quotes from the Bible?"
Cardiff smiled and said, "I have never been. If I had a choice, I would rather open a small church in a rural area in Sicily, distribute bread to the farmers there every day, and grab a handful of candies for the children. Such a life, It's much better than fighting and killing.
Moreover, although it is a bit presumptuous to say so, I have to say that the Tribunal is not as sacred as others think. How can I put it, it is relatively sacred and clean, that's all. ”
After a pause, as if he felt that it was inappropriate to say this again, he took out a sherry from under the car seat, and then took out three wine glasses like a magic trick.
"Ordinary red wine is not rich enough in taste and strength. When I was in Southern Europe, I often drank this sherry wine. It is not that strong, but it is more distinctive than red wine.
So it doesn't hurt people, but it really makes people feel the benefits of it. It's good for people who like to drink, and it's good for people who don't drink much. There are even people who don't drink. You just need to hand the glass to them. Put it in front of your nose and ask him to smell it, that's enough. ”
Of course, Yin Xiu and Luo Wei would not refuse this invitation. At this time, their serious injuries had not yet healed, and they needed a glass of wine to replenish their strength.
However, Ka Xiu's words seemed to be not only talking about wine, but also hinting at something to Yin Xiu.
So Yin Xiu smiled and said: "Archbishop, our matter with the Red Emperor is just a personal grudge and does not involve other matters."
"Personal grudge?"
Ka Xiu touched his chin, "I heard that the grievances of Easterners are different from those of us in the West. In Japan and Kyushu, there have always been grievances that transcend monetary interests.
For example, a samurai knew that he would die, but he wanted to avenge his master, took the life of his enemy, and then committed suicide by caesarean section in front of everyone.
There is also a certain assassin who, even if he uses strong acid to disfigure himself and swallows charcoal to destroy his voice, still has to complete his mission and assassinate someone.
The Eastern concept of revenge is unending. After the father dies, the son will continue. It tells the story of feuds and family hatreds that go on and on.
This is really something that is difficult to understand, or a rule that makes us Europeans confused.
For example, in Sicily, a war broke out between two families, and the leader of one party was killed. The leader's son succeeded as the new family leader, and continued to be called "Your Excellency."
At this time, the enemy family made him an offer that he could not refuse. With the guarantee of one or several families, and the new family leader agreed to these conditions, the two sides no longer had any grudge, the war stopped, and there was no need for revenge. .
Not only has the hatred disappeared, but the two parties can even continue to do business and work together on something.
Because in the eyes of Sicilians, everything is just business and nothing else.
When I kill you, it's often not because I hate you, but just because it's business. Even with a personality like Count Laura Fana, she will abide by this rule. ”
"That's the difference between us."
Yin Xiu swallowed the wine in one gulp.
"We only want the Red Emperor, and we are not interested in anything else. Whether it is the local layout or some kind of power change, we are not interested.
Just for the Red Emperor, this is why we came all the way to Dunling, although there were some misunderstandings and twists and turns. ”
After hearing what he said, Kaxiu just shook the wine glass in his hand and looked at Yin Xiu intentionally or unintentionally with his brown eyes.
"If that's the case, you won't become the next Red Emperor, right?"
"Of course not."
Yin Xiu took the wine bottle and added wine to Ka Xiu, seemingly completely forgetting that the host of this "wine tasting party" was the archbishop.
"We are very busy. We are too busy with our own affairs. How come we still have time to take care of the werewolves and vampires in Western Europe?
In fact, we would rather these guys stay in Dunling and stop running around. ”
"I will try my best to help on this point. Those guys always think that the Far East is their back garden where they can come in and get whatever they want.
But in fact, the arrival of the two of them, as well as a series of recent events, were enough to make them understand that it was time to wake up from those beautiful dreams about the East in the past. ”
Yin Xiu sighed, "For them, those so-called beautiful dreams are exactly the nightmares of the common people in the Far East. Enough of this happened in that ancient land.
I sincerely hope that this kind of thing will never happen again in the future, but I also know that hope is useless. Only by making them feel this kind of pain can these frivolous and self-righteous guys have a long memory. ”
Ka Xiu was still looking at Yin Xiu, but the way he looked at him was different from before.
At this time, there was a kind of respect in his eyes, instead of just doing his duty as a landlord and "taking care" of two strangers from afar on behalf of Father Benjamin as before.
"Our relationship with vampires is ambiguous."
Cardiff admitted: "This is not a secret. On the one hand, the Tribunal is indeed responsible for destroying these dark creatures. However, when vampires infiltrate into the upper class society and become a part of the financial and environmental environment, it is not the so-called confrontation between good and evil. .
If you want to deal with them, you don't just have to deal with vampires, but you have to deal with a lot of people behind them.
The devout, or die-hard, people who originally planned to eliminate all vampires were eliminated.
So you two, whether it's for your own good or for the safety of Count Laura Fana, the rest of the vampire stuff should stop.
Otherwise, there will be another big trouble, just for you guys. ”
"I understand, Archbishop."
Yin Xiu nodded to express his gratitude, "In the East, there is a saying that a strong dragon cannot suppress a local snake. In fact, I also know that if Laura Fanna was not in front, I am afraid that the two of us would become heart-wrenching and be beaten by all the vampires. Even attacked by those behind the vampire.
So I assure you, this is just a personal grudge and nothing else is involved. ”
"You know it very well."
Card Xiu admired Yin Xiu more and more, and felt more and more that Yin Xiu was a friend he needed to respect, so after drinking a glass, Ka Xiu picked up the bottle and gave him more wine.
At this moment, the liquid in several people's wine glasses suddenly started to shake, and then there was a buzzing in their ears.
Almost at the same time, the three of them threw aside the wine glasses in their hands and poured them down in different directions.
Bah! Bah! Bah!
Countless small gadgets that looked like tops with wings spun open the car, got inside, passed over the heads, hands, and feet of the three people, and were nailed into the ground.
The originally neat and luxurious carriage carriage suddenly became tattered.
Not only that, Yin Xiu's ears also heard the terrible sound of the driver and the camel being pierced by hidden weapons, and blood and flesh flying everywhere.
I'm afraid that the carriage carrying the Red Emperor's body in front should have suffered the same fate.
call out!
With the sound of steam explosion, another round of hidden weapons flew towards him.
Yin Xiu reached out, grabbed a top, put it in the palm of his hand and inspected it.
It was a hidden weapon made of fine steel, narrow at the top and wide at the bottom, like a gourd, and only as thick as two fingers.
At the connection between the upper and lower parts, there are three blades as thin as cicada wings, which should play a role in assisting flight.
What concerned Yin Xiu the most was that there was a conspicuous Bagua pattern engraved on the bottom of the top. (End of chapter)