Soul Echo

"...The evidence is not enough."

After listening, Zhong Ye said calmly: "The information is not enough to prove my guess now."

Hill bishop took a deep breath, "but it's very close."

Then, he let several clerks sit down.

They just sorted out the general context of the nineteen years, and now the records that are full of low tables are not enough to just figure out these things.

"Parrish." Bishop turned to look at his assistant, "How many of the documents that were involved in recording that incident nineteen years ago are still alive? Or, how many still live around Lyon? ?"

As bishop's assistant, deputy bishop has the right to act on behalf of bishop.

Every half a year, bishop or vice bishop will organize staff to condolence to retired clergymen, not only to ensure the retirement life of clergymen, but also to learn some things from the mouths of those old clergymen. A secret only they know.

These secrets are often useless, but they can be used occasionally. When they really need to be used, it is a time of crisis.

Parrish was the most recent organizer to offer condolences, and he knew more than Hill himself.

Parrish didn't think much and replied, "One died unexpectedly five years ago, another moved to another city with his child, and the other three are still alive. ”

In the church, most of the clergy who serve as clerks are middle-aged and elderly people. They have been edified by time and become calm, they will not add oil and vinegar, and they will record what happened in accordance with strict regulations.

Most of them don't have the ability to cast the dive technique, and they don't have superb combat skills, but their presence is essential for a church, even in some small churches, there will be pastors Do clerical work.

That's why, for the past nineteen years, 'all the clerks were retired'.

Before the several current clerks began to tell the records, Supreme Sun Cult sent someone to ask the remaining three clerks to come back and help them recall what happened.

So, shortly after Parrish's deputy bishop answered, the door to the reception room was pushed open, and an old man on crutches, a senile, entered the room with the help of an apprentice.

The apprentice spoke in the ear of the old man, reminding him of the purpose of coming back this time, the old man nodded, indicating that he already knew.

A clerk in the room brought a chair from the corner of the room and invited the old man to sit down.

The old man was not polite, got into the chair and put the crutches aside.

The cloudy eyes blinked and looked at Hill's bishop for a while before questioning: "You are... Hill? Long time no see, how did you grow so big in a blink of an eye? "

Hearing the old man's exclamation, Hill Bishop smiled bitterly, "Mr. William, we only met last year..."

"...Oh, I am Head!" The old man was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't help sighing, "My memory is getting worse and worse, if it was when I was young, let alone last year, even several decades ago. Remember... by the way, I heard that you called me back to ask some questions, what do you want to ask?"

Looking at him like this, I really doubt if he can think of nineteen years What happened before...

The two bishops were still hesitating, and Zhong Ye asked directly: "Old Mister, we want to know about the psychedelic flooding incident in Lyon's upper class nineteen years ago. "

hearing this, the old man's face suddenly became serious.

"Nineteen years ago..." The old man gently took a deep breath, and everyone's eyes were focused on him.

The old man fell into memory, and while recalling, he spoke in a low voice: "I don't seem to have told you about this matter yet... The beginning of that matter may have been in twenty-one years. A few years ago, or twenty-two years ago, but this was just a guess by a few of us at that time, and there should be no records.

"At that time, we suspected that the problem of hallucinogens was brought from the capital. Yes, because two of the aristocrats who were suspected of being the source of the most doubts back then had been to the capital, and it was not half a year after they returned from the capital that hallucinogens gradually became popular.

"Because the nobles refuse to tell the truth, we have no way to determine who is the 'source'. We only vaguely know that hallucinogens were circulated at noble gatherings, but which time was it? Or how many times, we can't be sure.

"After hallucinogens became popular, the nobles did not want their handles to be held by others, so they chose to secretly buy from outside-this should be in the found in the records. ”

Several current clerks glanced at each other and stepped forward to rummage.

The old man was immersed in his memories, not disturbed by the movements of several clerks, and paused. After a while, he continued: "The strange thing is that the hallucinogens they bought are all the same, and they themselves feel a little strange about this, because they are not only shopping around Lyon, but also in other areas. The hallucinogen dealers who can provide them with 'goods', but everyone buys the same hallucinogen -- this, they didn't know at first, and it was only confirmed in later exchanges. ”

Hearing this, Hill bishop took a deep breath and clenched his hands on his knees.

This kind of thing seemed to be just a coincidence at the time, because Hallucinogens are strictly prohibited, and no wizard or alchemist will risk being wanted by the church to develop new hallucinogens.

And the church is always watching the hallucinogen market, if there is a new hallucinogen When hallucinogens appear, they will immediately notice them, and they will follow up. It is easy to catch the hallucinogen dealers through the 'only supply channel', so most hallucinogen dealers will not choose to take the risk.

even more how, the research and development of new hallucinogens can not be completed overnight, it takes a lot of time and money, if they had that spare time, they would have sold countless copies of hallucinogens and made more money

Therefore, there are only a few hallucinogens on the market. From the perspective of the time, the probability of this matter being a 'coincidence' is greater.

"But this It's a coincidence that those hallucinogen dealers were selling the same hallucinogen to other people before - after finding out about these things, all hallucinogen markets were destroyed by our church, and then somehow, that kind of The hallucinogens gradually disappeared from the market..."

Because behind these things, there is an invisible hand pushing and manipulating!

It has been since then ...

Zhong Ye frowned, and has been consciously promoting the development of these things since more than 20 years ago. Although it may have been interrupted for a few years in the middle, but he has no intention of calculating, and now the situation has developed into a situation. Seriously.

"Now you suddenly invite me back and ask me about these things..." The old man looked up at Hill, Parrish, and then at Zhong Ye, who was obviously an 'outsider' Adventurer, "Is the hallucinogen problem back? "

The old man has been retired for many years. As a retiree, he should not care about the affairs of the church. This is a common practice for all clergy after retirement, even the cardinal bishop and the pope are the same - or , they should be more so.

If you are too concerned about the affairs of the church and point your fingers from time to time, it is easy to cause chaos in the system of power, which is not beneficial to the development of the church.

When people get old, their life scope will be limited to a circle, and things outside the circle will generally not attract their attention.

Hill Bishop pondered for a while, and selectively explained the facts - only He talked about the 'flooding of hallucinogens' without mentioning Zhong Ye's speculation.

After listening, the old man eyes wide staring angrily, panting with rage, shouting: "These guys! I really don't even want to die for money! If it was in my time, I'd cut them all down! "

Nineteen years ago that incident ended with 'all hallucinogen dealers are executed, nobility who use hallucinogens are not allowed to inherit titles, all incumbent nobles must abdicate' because Compared with the Supreme Sun Cult, which is full of martial arts, the nobles are really unbearable.

Not long after the old man finished telling the past, two more old people came together.

——Zhong Ye They also need these old documents to confirm each other and supplement the facts of that incident.

There may be errors in one person's memory. If several people tell their memories, they can confirm each other. , you can reduce errors and omissions!