Chapter 411: Peeling off the cocoon
The Lord of Jackson is a leader who is very close to the people and is very concerned about agricultural production. When he was young, he often visited the farmland and farms outside the city, including the farm of the old Swain family.
The old ghoul's wife had just died at that time, and he was living with his son and daughter on his deceased wife's farm. How could a ghoul know anything about agriculture? He was so clumsy. In the end, it was the city lord who personally guided him, and the farm had no harvest that year.
Since then, the two parties have become acquainted. The city lord does not know the identities of the Swain family and just regards them as a few familiar civilians.
After that, Stephen Swain left here with his teacher, the mystic Leonardo. When he returned here many years later, the city lord actually knew her. Knowing that she was a mystic and an acquaintance, he treated her She was so caring that the knights in the city defense force also looked at her differently.
"So I don't want to believe that there is something wrong with Jackson, but I don't have any concerns because of him." Dr. Swain sighed, "Nick's body is indeed missing, which makes me have to doubt him. . Do you think he did this crazy thing because he wanted to resurrect his dead son?”
The film and television dramas in the previous life have already filmed all the conceivable possibilities, so I’m not welcome, dear masters.
Lin Qi sighed and said seriously: "I guess this is the reason, at least related to this, and... the other party is probably close to success."
"Yes." Dai Miss Anna echoed, "If his purpose is to resurrect the child, he cannot use the child's body as an experiment. Instead, he must hide his purpose. The best way to hide it is to keep the body where it should be." place, so there is no need to go to such trouble as them, so once the body is dug out at the risk of being discovered, it means that it can be officially implemented.”
"Then we must speed up." Doctor Swain said, "Let's start from two aspects as we discussed yesterday. As for the main envoy, since the suspicion of the city lord is getting bigger and bigger, let's target him for the time being. The core element of the disease is indeed very troublesome..."
"Wait a minute." Lynch raised his hand to interrupt Dr. Swain, "Since the other party may have dug up the body of the city lord's son, you can. Can't you track the other person by smell?"
Dr. Swain looked at Lynch sideways and said dissatisfiedly: "I always feel that your words are full of offense."
"No, no, absolutely not. That's your illusion." Lin Qi laughed dryly, "Aren't you sensitive to smells? You could smell it half a month ago."
"Indeed, it's a pity that because of myself It is impossible to track him due to the interference of the smell." Dr. Swain frowned and was silent for a moment. "We can't find the ghoul. We can just find the source of all this."
"What do you mean? ?”
"That's how it all happened." Swain explained, "If it's poisoning, we have to find the poison, if it's a curse, we have to find the method of the curse, if it's a ritual, we have to find the ritual process..."
Miss Diana showed a look of surprise: "The information of the core elements is often contained in the source, right. But this is not easier than finding the ghoul, at least that gentleman has a bigger goal."< br>
"That's why I didn't say it before." Dr. Swain nodded, "As for the core elements, I will think of ways to deal with Leonard and the four sick soldiers, and Jackson..."
As she spoke, she took a deep look at the housekeeper Rocky and the servants who were carefully patrolling.
Lin Qi asked thoughtfully: "Do you know each other?"
"Of course."
"It's not that I can't ask him, I just have to find a good excuse so that they can't see that something is wrong." Lynch and the three ladies murmured for a while, "I remember the travelers who were killed by ghouls before. Terry said buried?"
"Yes, buried here." The doctor's eyes lit up, "That's a good excuse."
Miss Diana added: "And ask directly. He makes it even more obvious that we don’t doubt them.”
"Let's go together." Lin Qi said, "We go in and out with you. This should no longer be a secret in the city. There is no need to hide it."
So, the five people discussed for a while, and then it was lively He walked out from behind the tree, as if he had just walked around the city wall, and headed towards the cemetery.
"Stop, who are you and what is your purpose?" A patrolling citizen immediately stopped them, "Are you spies of the ghoul? Let me tell you, we are experts in identifying ghouls. You can tell your identity at a glance." "Aba Aba"
Lin Qi didn't understand anyway, so he just pretended to be stupid, but the other party immediately saw Dr. Swain and smiled immediately: "Good morning, Ms. Swain. It turns out you brought them here. I thought it was you who brought them here." Where are the ghouls?"
"Don't worry, they are not ghouls, they are travelers. They are my former friends who came to play with me. There happened to be something wrong in the city," Dr. Swain said as usual. With a serious look on his face, he said, "What are you doing here? You're not trying to rob the tomb, right? Butler Rocky, you're here too. What's going on?"
"The city lord cares about everyone, let us protect our ancestors from being desecrated by those damn monsters." The middle-aged butler motioned to the patrolling people to start working, and he pulled the five people aside, "Fortunately, ghoul You shouldn’t dare to go so close to the city. You are... Oh, those dead travelers are over there. I asked them to help dig them out, so don’t do it yourself.”
“Well, then. Thank you. But why did Jackson suddenly think of the cemetery? Wasn't everything normal the day before yesterday?"
"Actually, Master Jackson also made a temporary decision," the steward looked around and whispered, "Jackson yesterday. The adults missed the young master. Looking at his portrait, they suddenly remembered the young master's graveyard. They were worried that it would be destroyed by those damn monsters, so they found a reason to mobilize manpower to patrol. Alas, the young master's matter affected the adults. It was too big. The adults just came out a few days ago and decided to forget the past. They also found someone to move all the young master’s things into the basement and locked them up. However, they remembered it again yesterday.”
Um?
Lin Qi's eyes flashed as he listened. This is probably the truth about the four South Gate soldiers who left their posts, and... moved all the relics to the basement? This isn't like forgetting the past.
Thinking in his mind, Lynch whispered beside the three ladies: "Do you think he is telling the truth?"
"Yes, obviously, unless he has received professional training." Miss Diana did not hesitate, "I'm afraid he is really just an executor and knows nothing."
"Then this locked basement is It's great, I think I can sneak in if I have the chance..."
"Dig it out"
The cheers from the side interrupted the loud conspiracies of Lynch and the others, and several travelers saw the light of day again.
The corner of Lynch's mouth twitched. A corpse that had been buried for many days was not good for his appetite. He was not interested in getting close to him, just in case the other party was as angry as Natalie. But he had to finish the excuse he made with tears in his eyes, so the group could only accompany Dr. Swain to the body.
They were all naked corpses, and like Kemit, they had shocking huge wounds everywhere. The coolies working around him were cursing the cruelty of the ghouls, but Dr. Swain was very focused on turning over the corpses with the patrolman's weapon, not disgusting at all, and even a little hungry.
Lynch looked very professional next to him, pretending to look at it and nodding frequently. However, as he watched, he suddenly discovered a problem, grabbed Dr. Swain, pulled her aside, and asked in a low voice:
“Who examined the bodies?”
“I examined two of them, what happened?”
"Don't you have the habit of doing autopsies here?"
"Huh? Why do you need to dissect?"
"I have a suggestion, Leonard, Kemit, Nanmen With the four guards and the corpses of these suspected experimental subjects, we might be able to do an autopsy." Lynch looked back at the corpses and secretly lamented that autopsies in this era were too unprofessional. "Check the stomach contents. Maybe we need to find them. The stuff is inside.”
"The source?"
"It is possible."
(End of this chapter)