Dominate the Treacherous Realm

　　 Regarding the report of Mr. Corpse’s illegal gathering, the professor also agreed. He has lived here all his life and has deep feelings for Nolan. Although Mr. Corpse's party also provided a lot of help, he also understood that the other party was probably not a good person, otherwise there was no need to hide there.

　　 Since there is a professor, there is no need for Jenkins to go to the black market to make additional commissions. The professor will find an opportunity to report this matter in the near future. As for the excuse not to worry about Jenkins, the professor's life experience is more abundant than his. This kind of thing is just a trivial matter.

　　Professor's original plan tonight was to go to an old friend's house to buy some antiques in addition to attending the party. This is for his private collection, not for diverting his career to grab business with his father.

　　 Because I was worried about the lack of time, I just wanted to see the goods. Now that I don’t have to go to the party with Mr. Corpse, I have plenty of time to complete the acquisition.

　　 "Want to go together, Jenkins? Anything else tonight?"

　　 asked the professor.

The two stood at the corner of the street waiting for the soldiers in military uniforms to march past. Jenkins thought for a while. Hathaway and Britney are probably enjoying a wonderful dinner. Dolores is with Alek. Sia went into the city and went to the city public library. As for chocolate, the cat is served by a maid in the manor and there is a delicious supper, so he doesn't need to worry at all.

　　 "I'm fine tonight, but would it be a bit impolite to follow you to someone else's house rashly?"

　　 he asked.

　　 "Oh, it's okay, I'll just say that you are my student, your name is...you can think of one yourself."

This old friend of Professor 　　 was his classmate when he was still in elementary public school. Now he has a wonderful career—librarian. That gentleman is now the administrator of the Nolan City Public Library and basically lives there.

　　 is said to be a city public library, but unlike the Sage’s Church Library, which is free to believers, the former is chargeable, and it charges anyone, and the price is very high.

　　 The charge here is just equivalent to "tickets", if you want to borrow books or copy copies, you need more expenses.

This kind of city-owned library can be found in major cities. Although there are not a few visitors in a regular day, it is also a necessary public facility in the city. It is separately allocated from the tax for management, repair and protection. The citizens are also proud of having libraries in their cities.

　　 Talking about the professor’s old friend, Jenkins remembered that he had something to ask. The professor had some impressions of the so-called "Moon of Flowing Fire", which was the name people used to call June a long time ago, but it has since changed.

　　 "Why became the current [Starry Sky and Long Night Moon]?"

　　 Jenkins questioned, walking along the street with the professor. The street lights make their shadows long. It is a peaceful night.

　　 "There are many sayings, but the mainstream view believes that this is just a change in folklore and has no special meaning. What do you think of this title?"

　　In the eyes of professors and most people, the change in the name of the month is normal. But for Jenkins, he vaguely guessed the relationship between gods and masters, and he also knew that the existing righteous gods did not have this number from the beginning, so he believed that [Flowing Fire] should correspond to someone who no longer serves as the righteous god. Old god.

　　 It's a pity that the professor can't provide more clues, because no one has ever thought about it as "disrespectfully" like Jenkins.

"Arrived."

　　The library at night is of course closed, so the professor took Jenkins to find the back door in the alley. I knocked on the heavy wooden door several times before I heard footsteps.

　　 Not long after, an old man wearing a coat and holding an oil lamp crouched on his back opened the door. The door shaft of that door hadn't been derusted and oiled for a long time, and when it opened, it made a very harsh "squeak" sound. Jenkins also looked to the side nervously, and then remembered that this is not an illegal activity.

　　 "Burnes, you really came on time, come in, the weather this year is really strange, it was so cold in April."

　　 "Sieffer, it's because you are too weak. I have advised you many times not to sit down all the time. Since you are older, you should move around more often."

　　 "Who said I am older? I am only more than sixty years old."

　　 The two embraced for a while and then began to talk, during which the professor also introduced Jenkins' student status, but Old Sever didn't care about him.

　　 The back door of the library leads to the backyard and warehouse. Because of strict fire and moisture resistance, the exterior of the walls here is quite well decorated. Even the steam pipes, gas pipes and sewer pipes on the walls look different from the buildings next door.

　　 The old man lived alone in a house that looked like a library building. The house was attached to the wall of the library. After pushing the door open, Jenkins saw that the two were connected by a small door.

　　 The room is not small in size, warm and dry. This is a library specially designed for administrators.

　　 On the side of the living room next to the library wall is a large bookshelf, and densely packed books are arranged in three rows from top to bottom.

　　 There is an open book on the coffee table with a pencil in it. On the left side of the yellowed paper page are densely packed letters, and on the right side is a sketch drawn by pencil. The grid line used for standard drawing is faintly visible. This is a rare manuscript book nowadays.

　　 "Sit down first, I'll get what you want. Burns, I have to say that you are lucky. If you write to me later, I may have to deal with these books to the antique shop."

　　As a librarian, there are other benefits besides a more comfortable life. For example, you can read books for free, or when the library eliminates some books, you can take the lead in buying them at a lower price.

　　 Books eliminated from the library are generally of average value and more severely damaged. In addition, every year, according to the purchase volume of the year, some books that have not been read for a long time are obtained from the warehouse, and the processing method is determined after the identification.

　　It is this type of book that the old administrator wants to sell to the professor. Since the professional appraisers found by the audit of the city hall have not found their value, it is better for them to fall into the hands of people who understand the value.

　　 This is also part of the gray income.

　　 As for the "reason" for selling his own collection, it was because the administrator Mr. Sever was leaving Nolan recently. His son, who works on the other side of the mainland, brought out a new generation for the Sev family before he got married. Marriage is a must, and Mr. Sever is already very old. After going to the east coast for the wedding this time, he decided to accept his son's invitation to live with their family and never return to Nolan. So some books that can't be taken away, I plan to find the right people to deal with them.

"Some time ago, we found some books to cushion the legs of the table in the side warehouse. I don't remember when they were put in the warehouse. I wanted to come a long time ago. Plus the few books that you originally promised, you can pick whatever you like. Still use the negotiated price in the letter."

　　 Hearing this sound from the next room, Jenkins consciously got up to help move the book. The old man was not welcome, pointing to a stack of books **** with a rope and fixed with metal clips in the corner of the wall, and ordered him to move out.

　　 These books are very heavy, and they have a strong musty smell, but unexpectedly the damage is not serious. After they got it in the living room, the three of them spread out the books one by one, checked the content and completeness one by one, and then classified them separately.

　　 Jenkins is not very knowledgeable about book identification, because few people go to the old antique shop to sell ancient books. But the professor knew this business very well, and while flipping the book, he spread the knowledge to Jenkins. From the eyes of another old man, it really seemed to be teaching students.

　　 Jenkins is not very interested in these books, and after reading it for a while, he feels a little bored. But the professor was still there to check carefully, and the old librarian on the side saw that Jenkins had nothing to do, and he actually chatted with him about school life.

　　 Jenkins has undergone higher education, but Jenkins has not. He is limited to a limited number of lectures and visits to the life of colleges and universities in this era. But fortunately, his archaeological professionalism is not bad. He avoids the details of life and only talks about appraisal experience, so he can barely fool the past.

Seeing that Jenkins' head was analyzing the slate printing technology of the ancient Shikali Empire, the old administrator seemed to suddenly remember something. He asked him to wait a while before entering the inner room again. After a while, he was holding a book about the size of a book. The slate came out.

"Why don't you help me see what this is. This was the top floor of the Nolan Post Office collapsed last week and people found it in the walls of the attic. Although it looked like the cover of a book, we didn't know it after it was sent to the library. What is this, so I bought it for 3 shillings... I hope you don’t tell me, this is really a worthless stone with a strange carving."

　　 I knew it was solid when I got it in my hand, and when I looked at the thickness, it was almost the same as a normal dictionary. Jenkins put on his gloves again, took a book from the side that the professor had already turned over, and stacked it with this heavy slate, and found that the slate was even smaller than the manuscript "Linhai Handbook" 215 years ago. some.

Chapter 1288 Chapter 1267 Robbery in the Library

　　 This stone looks like a rectangular parallelepiped, but all six surfaces are pits and bumps, like it has been eroded by standing water or wind for a long time. Jenkins couldn't tell what kind of stone it was. After all, the old man didn't teach him geology. This is not one of the few stones commonly used in rituals.

　　 The only side with traces of manual processing is regarded as the front by Jenkins, which indeed looks like the cover of the book. In the middle of the upper part, the lines with deep cuts are superimposed on top of each other. I don't know if it is a scratch or an ancient text. Looking down at the middle position, the symmetrical distribution of identical vine patterns are located on both sides and extend to the bottom of this side. They are connected together in the middle of the bottom. The connection is the only raised part of this side—a small black. stone.

　　 The gloved fingers stroked it, and the texture felt like coal.

　　 On the lower middle part of this side, surrounded by patterns are five small pits distributed in a ring shape, or called five depressions. The shapes of these five depressions are exactly the same, all of which are equal polyhedrons on each side.

　　 "Should there be something inlaid here?"

　　 Jenkins asked suspiciously.

　　 "I feel that way too, but there is nothing extra in the wall of the post office."

　　 The old man said regretfully.

　　 After confirming that there is no aura in the blink of an eye, Jenkins began the normal identification process. But no matter how he compares his existing knowledge, he can't determine the age of this item from those simple patterns.

　　 vines as patterns are a very common habit, and those symbols like cat's claws scratching at all are completely out of Jenkins's scope. Not to mention the five ring-shaped depressions that make up the main body of this side. This thing may be a trace of some protrusion in the wall.

　　 In the end, he could only apologize to admit that his level was not enough, and the professor who had verified those ancient books also looked at the slate with interest, and finally came to a conclusion similar to Jenkins—no conclusion.

　　 It can be seen that the old librarian Mr. Seaver is very disappointed. He probably thinks that since the professor can't identify it, this is probably really not a valuable thing.

　　 So he put it aside casually, and settled the gold pound for those ancient books with the professor. The professor decided to buy most of them, and he looked very happy.

　　 I thought that tonight's visit would end like this, because there were only two dozen books that were not worth hiring, so Jenkins and the professor planned to move back together.

　　While he and Mr. Sever tied the ropes for the books, he suddenly heard a strange noise in the backyard outside the house. It was like someone stepping in over a wall, and Jenkins was familiar with this sound.

　　 Before he could react, with a muffled sound, the foot of the man in black boots kicked open the door of the house. The three busy people in the living room all looked at in surprise at the door, where three people were standing with a black cloth covering their faces.

　　 "Robbery!"

The person headed by 　　 raised his pistol and aimed at the front professor, while Jenkins, who was standing in the innermost part of the room and bent over looking for the rope, immediately reacted, squinting his eyes and quickly muttering:

　　 "You can't see me, you can't see me, you can't see me!"

The lie was immediately believed by everyone here. The three men who hadn’t noticed that there were people inside, rushed into the room and forced Professor Burns and Mr. Sever to the corner; they knew that Jenkins should be bent over in the corner. The professor and Mr. Sever were surprised to find that he had disappeared.

　　 "Hand over valuable things, we will not hurt people."

The man headed by 　　 spoke in a blunt Fedicteli language, his muzzle pressed against the professor's heart. His two companions scattered into the other rooms connected to the living room, seemingly looking for something valuable.

　　 "The wallet is on you, sir, can you take the muzzle off? I have a heart attack."

Professor 　　 glanced sideways at the location where Jenkins disappeared, and then pretended to be weak. The old administrator, Mr. Syver, also had a frightened look on his face, tremblingly talking about where he was hiding the money.

　　 "You just squat here and don't move. We will leave after we get the money."

　　 The man with the gun lowered the muzzle, then took the string from the side to bind the book to Professor Burns and Sev. After that, he didn't care about the two old people anymore, but joined his companions in the action of overturning the cabinets.

　　 Jenkins, who was standing next to the professor, looked at the actions of the three people, and felt that the three ordinary people did not seem to be robbing, but as if they were looking for something.

First of all, the masked robbery of the librarian who lives alone was originally quite outrageous, and it was clear that both Mr. Minsieff and the professor had told where their money was. They also got it, but instead of leaving immediately, they continued to work. Rummaging in the house.

　　 You must know that this is the central area of ​​Nolan City. Even though the house is not on the main road like the main entrance of the library, it is not far from the city hall. I don’t know where their courage comes from.

　　 rummaged for half an hour and messed up everything in the house, but it seemed that he hadn’t found what he was looking for. Finally, the man with the gun returned to the corner with the gun, and this time he pointed the gun at Mr. Siever rudely:

　　 "Say, where did you hide the stone slab found at the Nolan Post Office last week?"

　　 "So I came to look for this~"

Professor Burns at the side of 　　 suddenly realized, and then said to the man holding the gun:

　　 "The stone slab is behind the door that you kicked."

　　 People always have the so-called blind spot of vision. Three people searched for half an hour, but no one thought of looking behind the door. Hearing the answer given by the professor, the man immediately turned around to look for it, and then was hit by the bodies of the two flying companions.

　　 The three men rolled into a ball on the ground, and even the pistols in their hands flew out. When they were struggling to retrieve the gun, they heard an exaggerated anger, and then they saw the old professor directly use physical strength to open the rope that bound him.

　　 He reached out and picked up the gun that had fallen in front of him, and then nodded at Jenkins who had thrown the other two over on the other side. After checking and reopening the safety of the pistol, he pointed to the three people on the ground and asked:

　　 "Okay, now it's your turn to answer the questions. Who are you? Why are you looking for this slate?"

The three robbers are not ruthless people who can face the gun, maintain their dignity and keep secrets, but they cannot give the answers that Jenkins and the professor want, because they are desperate foreigners hired by usury. I found them, and while helping them pay off their debts, they paid a £3 deposit to each, asking them to find a way to get the whereabouts of the slate.

　　 "He said that if we succeed, he will come to see us at noon tomorrow."

　　 "But how does he know if you will succeed..."

　　 Jenkins knew something was wrong after half of the question, and immediately rushed out of the room door. Looking around, the light spot representing the level 3 bestower is quickly moving away. I wanted to summon a unicorn to catch up, but the professor also rushed out at this time.

　　 After all this time wasted, in the end, he couldn't find the mysterious person who was observing nearby.

　　 The old administrator Mr. Sever was frightened tonight. When Jenkins and the professor accompanied him to **** the robbers to Carfax Field, a street away, the old man was still shaking.

　　Because this matter is related to the giver, it is necessary to contact the church to deal with it. Jenkins was inconvenient to show up, sent a few people to Carfax Field and left.

　　 As for the stone slab as an important evidence, it was placed at the professor's place. The church should be able to find out what this is. According to this clue, if you continue to investigate, you can find the clue of the mysterious gifter.

　　 Watching the two enter the police station on the street corner, Jenkins breathed a sigh of relief and sighed for tonight's accident. I looked at the two moons in the sky covered by clouds, and planned to come to the professor tomorrow to ask about the situation.

　　 came to Wednesday like this, still woken up by chocolate as usual. Jenkins, who was a little sleepy, didn't know what was wrong, thought it was his own alarm clock, so he wanted to reach out and press it, and then pressed it on the tail of the chocolate.

　　 This move made the large manor in the early morning a bit more noisy, and it also made Jenkins' wrists more cat scratches.

　　 He still had nothing to do today. He greeted everyone when he went downstairs for breakfast, and then promised Dolores to take her to see the ice castle outside the city tonight.

　　 In the past few days, Dolores has dealt with her official duties with great enthusiasm. This time, the Stuarts’ fathers have delegated power very thoroughly. Any child who is willing to participate in government affairs can get the right to enter government functions.

But to participate means to participate in that dangerous game of the throne, so in addition to a few players such as Dolores who have already entered, the other Stuarts are more concerned with who they should support, rather than blindly. Was attracted by the power of the crown.

　　 The city of Luen is now like a big vortex, with dangers and foreshadowings everywhere in the undercurrent. Jenkins, the person who should be on the side of the center of the whirlpool, did not participate in those important things because he missed Nolan, but in fact his name has been given to most people since the first day he publicly appeared in the city. Know it.

"Speaking of which, yesterday we also received a letter from the royal family of King Fidiktelli. Your queen first greeted her father's physical condition, and then expressed her sadness for the Ruen riot on behalf of her own country. It was all formulaic. Something. Oh, you are mentioned in the letter, but instead of directly mentioning the name, it mentioned'Nolan's writer'."

　　 Dolores said while sitting at the dining table, and her sister Ajelena Stuart beside her, the little princess had decided to move to Dolores.

　　 "Mentioned me?"

　　 Jenkins put down the newspaper and looked at Dolores suspiciously.

Chapter 1289 Chapter 1268 Disaster Poem

　　 "Yes, there is only one sentence mentioned in the letter, which seems to be mentioned when talking about cultural exchanges and cultural homology between the two countries."

　　 Dolores answered nonchalantly.

"It’s better not to mention me specifically... I know, I’m just a little baron. What qualifications do I have to be mentioned alone? Speaking of the baron, someone told me last month that the royal family decided to I was promoted to Viscount. Why hasn’t there been any news that I will go to the royal capital until now?”

　　 This answer can be answered by both Dolores and Alexia. After learning about the secrets of the Williams family by accident, they investigated some things about Berdylan. Later, I learned that the next time Jenkins went to meet the queen, it might be the moment when the royal family announced the succession to the throne.

　　 There are two or three dukes with real power in Berdyran who know this. Therefore, Jenkins was not allowed to go to Bel Dylan, but the interests of all parties did not reach an agreement.

　　 Because of their interests, the nobles don't like the foreigner to be the new king; similarly, because of their interests, some people don't like the appearance of the Jenkins family.

　　More importantly, Alexia and Dolores still don’t know what the Church of the Sages is planning. Religious forces have an ambiguous attitude in the succession to the throne of the Kingdom of Fidiktelli, but they have the most important cards.

　　 There is more than one force that prevents Jenkins from returning to Berdyland. I am afraid only the participants can know what role the church plays in it.

　　 After breakfast, Jenkins decided to go to Nolan to meet with the professor again to determine how things were handled last night. Dolores has to go to the city to attend an important meeting. Now the reorganization of the Ministry of Finance and the reform of the National Bank have reached a critical turning point, and Alexia also has her own business. Dolores got it for her. Access to the royal private library.

　　 "Jenkins, will you have time tomorrow? I would like to invite you to a private salon. All my friends are here."