Whispering Poems

Whispering Poems Chapter 439

2021-11-03

Chapter 438 Hanged Ghost Alley

"However, even to gain goodwill, give this."

Dorothy's eyes lingered on the pearl on the table, which is very similar to the cat caught by Shade:

"It's a pity to have such a beautiful pearl Sending .cough cough, I mean, if you want to please the queen, and for the possible future title, this is the right gift."

"The title? Dorothy, I don't care about that."

Shade shook his head and said:
"If you like this pearl, keep it."

Although Shade always feels that he is short of money, he can actually cash it in his hand. There are many more to cherish items.

"No no, let's send it out, although you don't care about the title, but."

Dorothy looked up towards Shade, and Shade also looked towards her. The blond girl didn't speak immediately, but waited for the two sides to look at each other for a few seconds before watching Shade softly continue to finish the sentence.

Shade couldn't really guess what kind of thoughts were in her beautiful eyes:
".Lescia cares."

"Meow? ”

The cat held by Shade stared at the eyes that were prettier than pretty girls, and looked curiously towards Dorothy, while Shade opened his mouth slightly to express his surprise.

Because of this sentence, Shade has been thinking about it all day. Even the report paper of Professor Garcia's "Closed Space" course, which was prepared to be completed during the day, was delayed until the evening.

Although the report was long, there was a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment when the parchment volume ended with a final stop:
“Mia, go to the side!”

The cat was trying to use its paws to smear the ink that wasn't dry.

Auguspriest and August agreed to meet at midnight, but the meeting place was outside the Northern Part of City, so Shade left early at 10 o'clock in the evening. After thinking about it, he still went out with Mia, who wanted to stay at home and didn't want to go out. In Shade's view, Augustus priest is a very reliable person. Since he said there is no major event, there should be no major event.

The night in Tobesque in mid-August is still not much cooler. I found the carriage at the intersection of St. Derain Square. I heard that I was going out of the city to the cemetery in the suburbs. The driver would not say anything to take Shade out.

Even if Shade promises to double the fare, the prudent driver is reluctant to do the business. In the end, Shade could only ask the driver to take him to the Anthem Square in the Northern Part of City, and then find another carriage near the Anthem Square in the downtown area, which is also very lively at night, take him to the edge of the city, and then walk towards Hanged Ghost Road ahead.

The night is quiet and peaceful in the St. Teresa Square in the center of Tobesque, with only the sound of patrolling police and the occasional stray cat, the strange rays of light and elegant shapes of the three-wheeled moon The rays of light of the gas street lamps illuminate the earth together;
The neighborhood of the Xingcheng Square is noisy and dangerous, with warblers, gamblers and drunkards patrolling nearby, the rays of light of gas lamps and kerosene lamps, dangerous And it is full of temptation;

As for the small villages and towns outside Tobesque, it is dead silent. It is still a civilized area, and even with the urban area, only the low city wall of the old era is used as a physical property. Barrier, but the fire of the steam age still stopped abruptly here.

Residents outside the city have no spare money to waste kerosene lamps at night. As for here, whether they are connected to the gas pipeline of the urban infrastructure project, only the civil servants of the city hall will know.

Even the carriage in the downtown area was reluctant to send Shade out of town at this point in time. So Shade hiked through the small village just outside the city, just as he did with Dorothy the last time he visited Mr. Copps' cemetery.

The building is low, but the straw by the wall and the chicken coop built by the yard make it full of life.

Shade's biggest complaint wasn't the bad smell that neither he nor the cat wanted to breathe, but the uneven ground beneath his feet. Luckily it didn't rain in Tobesque yesterday, otherwise it would have been a quagmire.

The small village he was passing through was called Upper Glenn, an out-of-town village adjacent to Lower Tobesque, like Lower Glenn in a low-lying area a few miles away. After passing through the small village of the Northern Part of City, and further north, it completely left the scope of the royal capital, and that was the real Tobesque countryside.

The road called "Hanged Ghost Trail" is not far from Upper Glenn Village. Aside from the street signs, Shade was only able to confirm the existence of the road at the edge of the detailed city map left by the former detective.

The unnamed cemetery leading to the Hanged Ghost path is a cemetery shared by several nearby villages. Although it is a rural cemetery, it is well-equipped, including a burning site, a gravekeeper's hut, a church, and a crypt.

And the dead tree on the Hanged Ghost path where Augustus priest and Shade agreed to meet, is located at the end of the path, and further ahead is the gravel road paved by the villagers for the cemetery.

The dead tree was far beyond Shade's imagination. He originally thought it was just a small dry sapling. Didn't expect it to be a towering tree that didn't grow any leaves even in summer.

It stands bare in the middle of the Hanged Ghost path, branches grow all directions along the main trunk, like tentacles spreading in the dark night, or the hands of an old witch in a fairy tale.

"But speaking of which, the prototype of the old witch in most of the existing fairy tales seems to be the Demonness of the Fifth Age."

Shade thought, but it is difficult to put A beautiful lady like Miss Ferienne, who painted the High Level number with the hunched old witch.

This tree obviously has no life force, but it still stands here. There were a few crows parked on the branches at night, along with Mia's cry, flapping their wings and flying to the distant night sky.

Shade came 20 minutes early. He hugged the cat in the night wind, stood under the tree and looked up towards the trunk. I have to admit, if anyone wants to hang themselves, this tree is simply the best place to be.

Not only can people of all heights easily find the place to tie the rope, but it is so close to the cemetery that there is no need to drive out a special carriage for corpses. The body was dragged into the cemetery.

The cat is usually a timid cat, but he is very interested in this strange environment. Shade is held in his arms and glanced around. Shade guessed the intention of Augustus priest to ask him for help. Although the priest is not a warlock of the church, but in trouble, he can ask for help in the name of the church clergy.

Unless it's something he doesn't want the church to know about, or there's a lot of interest in it, or the priority thinks he'll be able to solve the problem.

While thinking about it, on the other side of the Hanged Ghost path, the silhouette of the priest finally appeared. He was still dressed like a clergyman, came panting with something on his back, saw Shade under the moon and the magical cat in his arms, and waved his hand to say hello.

And when the priest approached, Shade saw that he was actually carrying two shovels:

"Oh, my Mr. Dawn, this thing, this thing is bigger than expected. It's much heavier."

The priest threw the shovel under the tree and gasped for breath while leaning on the trunk.

Shade handed out the test tube with water, and the priest thanked him and drank it.

"Shovel? Priest, are you trying to dig something?"

Shade curiously asked, the priest held the tree in one hand, gasping for a nod to Shade:
"Of course, otherwise Did I bring something so heavy to sell to the grave keeper?"

"Then what are we going to dig? Is there anything under this tree? Treasures? Relics? Or corpses? ”

Shade and the cat were curious about it.

"Who said we were going to dig a tree? We're going to dig there."

Augus priest pointed to the dark cemetery not far away.

"What's buried in this corner of the cemetery? Or is there a secret in the crypt or the cemetery's hut?"

Shade asked again.

"Don't think about it, we're here to dig graves."

The priest finally adjusted his breathing, threw one of the two shovels to Shade, and took it himself. With another hand:
"Follow me, be fast, the best ceremony time ends at two in the morning. I noticed you brought your cat, it's very good, a smart cat helps To improve the success rate of ceremony."

"Wait, priest, are we really going to dig someone else's grave?"

Shade hurriedly followed the hurried priest, and the two left Hanged Ghost Road, officially embarked on the gravel road in front of the cemetery.

"It goes without saying, I really have to dig, I understand."

The old priest turned his head and looked towards Shade by the moonlight:

"Do you have a mental disorder?"

"No, of course not."

Shade shook his head immediately:

"I'm just surprised that you brought I do this kind of thing. I wouldn't be surprised if it was Dr. Schneider, you're the kind of person who sticks to the rules of the church in my heart."

"Don't be there, detective, come on Come with me. Also, why does the doctor have such a bad image in your mind? Tonight we're not Blasphemy's corpse, we're dealing with an accident. I've always believed that human nature is evil, but if it's to do good things, there's something wrong with the means It can also be accepted, everything is for the dawn and justice.”

There is no competent gravekeeper in the unknown cemetery in the countryside. be more convenient. But when the two used Shade's Illusion Technique and lurked outside the window of the gravekeeper's hut with a kerosene lamp on, they discovered that the old gravekeeper had long been drunk and slept unconsciously on the bed holding a wine bottle. .

Even when Shade and Augustus priest broke into the cabin, they didn't even bother him.

So Shade kindly covered the old gravekeeper with a quilt and kicked his shoes to the bottom of the bed. Augustus priest kindly extinguished the kerosene lamp in the room and took away a portable lantern to prevent the fire.

In the era when most poor people had night blindness, even if the grave keeper woke up, when he couldn't find shoes, the first thing he did was definitely not look towards the outside of the house, but to light up the kerosene. light.

This way, Shade and Augustus priest will always know if the other is awake.

In addition to the drunken gravekeeper and the sneaky duo, the living creatures in the cemetery include the cat on Shade's shoulder and the wild animals that live here. Shade is very glad that Xiaomia doesn't have the habit of barking.

(end of this chapter)