When Aiwass left the magnetic hammer, it was almost dawn.
He was completely unaware of the passage of time. What finally reminded him was Qi Hui's words, "Are you hungry? Why don't we go out to eat something and drink something strong?"
Magnet also drank until morning yesterday and only woke up in the afternoon. Now that I am in high spirits, I can just have breakfast and go fishing with William.
Aiwass had no choice but to say "I'd better go back and take a rest" and declined on the spot. Then I went to the second floor and found Sherlock.
Last night’s room allocation was that Jack went to the master bedroom to sleep on the magnetic hammer bed, and gave up the room to Sherlock and Aiwass. Lily, on the other hand, went to Haina's room and slept with her.
In the end, it can only be divided like this. Even if Lily can live with Aiwass, Haina and Sherlock cannot sleep together.
After returning to the room, Aiwass was surprised to find that Sherlock was still awake.
Or maybe he had already slept, but when Aiwass came in, Sherlock in his pajamas was seriously lying at the table writing and drawing.
Seeing this scene, Aiwass almost laughed out loud.
Because this is too much like a child setting up a table to do homework
Hearing the sound of the door opening, Sherlock glanced back coldly. After realizing it was Aiwass, I ignored him and continued writing and drawing.
"What are you writing?"
Aiwass closed the door and came over to take a look at "Not Sleeping"
He was a little confused. It looked like some kind of mind map, which consisted of a few words, and then several lines were separated, pointing to different words, and then some conjectures were densely written in smaller fonts on the middle line and next to the words.
Hearing what Aiwass said, Sherlock slapped the pen on the table.
He flipped forward a few pages in his little book, held the book in the middle with his fingers and handed it to Aiwass.
"You haven't slept all day, just watch it from the beginning."
Sherlock said briefly, "I just asked Haina and Auntie something. I also went to interview Mr. Jack. . The clues that can be sorted out are almost the same.
"In short, we are in trouble. "
"How troublesome"
Aiwass asked, "Are you talking about the speed of time here, or that they have no name, or that they are the Wild Hunt Legion here?"
“Both are, but neither are. ”
Sherlock replied, “I confirmed a very important point and it cleared my mind. First of all, there are no young people in their thirties in this village. "
Hearing this, Aiwass withdrew his eyes from the book and turned to Sherlock.
Aiwass confirmed, "Are you saying no or not?"< /p>
Noticing Aiwass’ serious gaze, Sherlock smiled with satisfaction, “When I told Haina, she was still a little confused. failedReact immediately.
"Yes, that's what I meant. At least thirty years ago, there were no newborns here.
"To be precise, among the young people in this village, the oldest was two. Sixteen years old. There is no young person older than twenty-six years old, and those above are all aborigines whose ages and names are unknown.
“I first suspected this because I found that the old supervisor William didn’t actually know Meg. When I mentioned Meg to him, he had to pretend to think about it and knew that Meg Who is Ge?
“At his age, this is impossible. So I went to ask Haina’s mother and learned that he came here about sixty years ago.
“But he looks to be in his sixties now. Moreover, when Haina’s mother said this, it was as if she saw it with her own eyes. She looks to be only three years old now. She was in her early teens, but when I asked her her age, she just smiled and said nothing."
Sherlock said seriously, "So I thought of a possibility
"Here. Are all the people really alive?"
"Don't think so yet. "
Aiwass pondered for a while and replied, "First of all, make sure one thing. People here will die. And they can leave at any time. ”
The former is like Aiwass’s grandfather.
The latter is Haina’s biological father and her biological father’s teacher, the original old blacksmith in the village. Hai Na’s father left Yingjia Village and never came back; and the old blacksmith did go to the royal capital to study when he was young.
“So at least I’ve confirmed that this is not a ghost village. Yes, they are all alive. Can’t Jack grow up too? The same goes for Haina. "
Aiwass affirmed, "I can't tell the difference between the living and the undead. Compared with this, I think what's more terrible is that the people here have no names. "
As he said that, Aiwass shared his investigation results with Sherlock.
If it is in the game, it is normal that there is no name.
But if this matter is put into reality or in mysticism, the meaning will be different.
Because the act of "naming" itself belongs to the Tao of Twilight. The power of the road, it is the preparation for remembering.
Even a person who has died without a soul still has the power of the twilight road, which refers to this person's name.
Because there are still people who remember him and his name is still engraved on the world, so even if its body disappears and its soul disappears, the necromancers can still call it.
What they call is the "name" of the dead person.
A person only has a name, or at least one that can accurately refer to him. Only by calling him can he be accurately recorded, otherwise he will not be able to exist in history, books, or the entire world, and his existence will be obscured by others.Others devour.
Even if a person is deprived of everything, he still has his own name.
In the ancient Anxi kingdom, there was a kind of the most advanced punishment, which was more cruel than the death penalty, insulting the corpse and even imprisoning the soul. It was called "white punishment". That is to say, through ritual and violent means, the traces of this person's existence are completely wiped out.
His name will be erased, and all the things he has done will lose his name, be replaced by another person's name, or be completely destroyed. All his descendants will be killed, even his students.
The memories of all those who once remembered him and all his friends will be rewritten. Paint this person into an unrememberable blank with no face, no name, and no memories.
This kind of punishment has only been used three times in the 3,800 years that the ancient Parthian country has been passed down intermittently. Because of the existence of white punishment, there is no record of what they did to trigger this punishment, and it is not even known what era the executed person lived in.
As for Yingjia Village, it was as if the entire village had been executed as a "white punishment."
"I want to go to the swamp tomorrow. All outsiders enter the village through the swamp, and the people in the village walk through the forest trails when they enter the village."
p>Sherlock took the book back from Aiwass and frowned, "But they all said it was a forbidden area. But if it was really a forbidden area, how did they find those outsiders?"
< p>"So are you going?""Of course, let's go secretly. But since it is a forbidden area, I think it might be more dangerous, so you go with me. Why don't you take Lily and Haina with you?" Please find something, but at least take a look around."
Sherlock drew in his notebook and gave a clear plan. "Besides, we have to visit those who know you. My suggestion to my grandfather’s people is to split up into two groups after they come back.
“You and Lily go ask the elders in this village first, they may know something. This is also the secret you are here to pursue, and I am not suitable to sit in on it.
"Then there was Haina's father. Her father left unnaturally without any quarrel or taking any money. His daughter had just been born a few years ago, so there was no reason to leave without notifying anyone. Village, and never come back.
"So I suspect that either he died silently somewhere, or he knew something. If you want to know this, you probably have to ask the old blacksmith. I can just take Haina to ask about this.
"Finally, let's see where the people in this village are buried. I don't believe that no locals died in this village. Of course, if this is the case, then the value of this information will be even greater. And As long as someone dies, there must be a funeral, a tomb, and a worship ceremony. You have to ask the local priest.
"Then I'll go look around. Ina takes me thereWalk twice around suspicious places. Go find the old supervisor. Although I am not a supervisor, Haina is. She knows the details. "
Sherlock said, drawing two clear task lines in the notebook, "Swamp Elder Priest; Swamp Blacksmith Supervisor. Let's divide it up like this first, and come back after the investigation is completed.
“Because the time here is chaotic, I don’t know when it will get dark, but just in case, as soon as dusk is approaching, no matter where we are now or what progress we have made, stop immediately and return. Home. If we really can’t go back, we’ll stay at the current inquirer’s house for one night. Safety first, we don’t want to go to the swamp alone unless everyone is there.”
“Understood.” p>
Aiwass nodded seriously.
Although he looks like a child, Sherlock is after all the oldest and most socially experienced among them.
Aiwass has always followed the advice of experts.
The only problem is
In this atmosphere that feels a bit like a horror movie, it seems unlucky to separate the troops into two groups.
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