Chapter 221 220. You looked like a thief just now

  After reading the current manuscript of "Mouth of the Madman", Drizzt felt a little dizzy.

The beginning of the story begins with the disappearance of a novelist, a famous horror novelist. He left the beginning of a new novel and disappeared. Everyone talked about it. The investigative detective and two of his The assistants were attacked in the teahouse. They defeated the attackers and went to the publishing house to look for clues to the novelist. The beginning happened to be stuck here.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the content of this novel is almost exactly the same as Lu Zin's experience so far, except that there are some more plots in the novel. It is mentioned that the detectives have found that the novelist may be possible through the investigation of clues provided by the publishing house. Went to a small town not far from the city.

  And this manuscript was obviously given to the editorial department by the ancient capital two weeks ago. As for writing, it must have been earlier.

If you just write that the detective responsible for the investigation was attacked, it can be said to be a fixed part of this kind of novel, but the detective has two assistants, one man and one woman, which corresponds exactly to Lu Zin and Xia, and at the time of the attack. The two used a wonderful technique to defeat the attacker and almost unanimously.

  More importantly, when the three of them returned to the detective's office, Lu Zie's actions to hug the orange cat were also described in the manuscript.

  "The power of prophecy?"

Shia first thought of the corresponding magic, but the prediction itself was not accurate. After all, it was only a display of possibility. No one relied on that thing to make decisions, and in the abandoned city, it is obviously not reasonable for a writer to have such an ability. If the ancient capital really predicted, then why would he disappear?

   "The beginning is really perfect, isn't it, it makes people look forward to the follow-up."

  Qian editor carefully put away the manuscript.

"really."

  Drizzt caught him and asked again.

   "Other than that, do you have any clues?"

  "The ancient capital has often been without people for several days since some time ago. He said he went to Beihan Town to collect materials, but I don’t know where Beihan Town is. Do you know?"

  Money editor is bitter.

   "I don't know."

  Lu Yi shook his head.

   "According to the description in the novel, the novelist in this story went to a small town in the north. So, Beihan Town should be north of the abandoned city?"

  Xiasi ropeway.

  "Only two days' journey to the north of the abandoned city has there been a city. It is not called Beihan Town, but Hanxu, it is a mining city."

   Drizzt explained casually.

   "The ancient capital might have gone to Hanxu?"

   Lu Yi asked.

   "It is possible that the novel always has a prototype. The Beihan Town and Hanxu described in it have certain similarities, and the answer may be found there."

   Drizzt nodded.

  He had just finished speaking, and suddenly he was in a daze.

  Thinking about it carefully, in the story of "Mouth of the Madman", it was the detectives who got clues from the editorial department and decided to go to Beihan Town.

   Then and now, just as now and now.

"What's wrong?"

   Seeing that Drizzt's face was wrong, Xia asked immediately.

   "No, it's nothing."

  He adjusted his mood and asked more about the details of editor Qian’s exchanges with the ancient capital before leaving the publishing house.

  "We are now investigating exactly at the pace of the novel. How is this novel written?"

   Coming to the street, looking at the passers-by, Drizzt sighed.

   "Is there a possibility that we are in a novel now?"

  Lu Jie had a whim.

  "."

  Drizzt didn't want to talk to Lu Zan.

   "Are we going to the ancient capital's home?"

  Xia is not too much in Lu Zin's statement.

   "Go and see."

  The three people went to the third ring without stopping. Although it is said to be one ring and one ring, in fact, these urban areas have no real walls to distinguish them, only the streets.

  At the third ring road, the road suddenly became clean, just as if someone was cleaning it at any time, the smell of excrement mixed with it disappeared, instead there was a fragrance of birds and flowers.

  There are also rickshaw drivers here, but both the car and the clothes of these people are newer and cleaner than the outside, and even their mental outlook is different.

  Even, when these coachmen looked at the dusty Drizzt, Lu Zin, and Xia on their coats walking from the fourth ring street, they could still see a little contemptuous expression.

  Lu Jie was a little surprised at the attitude these people showed here, but it was reasonable to think about it.

  In some eras, slaves also took pride in their masters, and even sold out their compatriots for their masters, as it has always been in history.

  The houses here are all single-family villas. The wealthy people in the abandoned city are not only unwilling to share the house with others, but also because they often hold parties. A bright hall and elegant garden are indispensable.

  Compared with other places, this place is more secluded.

   "It's quiet here, and there are no people on the street"

  Xia couldn't help but sigh.

   "Yes, maybe they all went to work and inspected their own industries."

  What else Drizzt wanted to say, Lu Zie interrupted the two directly.

   "Let's talk about something else."

  Drizzt and Xia looked at Lu Kizumi weirdly, not knowing what's special about it.

The three people walked along the road until they came to the villa at the end of the ramp. The garden of the villa was obviously poorly maintained. It was a mess. The weeds had already taken away the space for the growth of normal flowers and plants. The barbaric growth spread to the walls and made the whole house. The house looked ghastly, and the conditions inside the house were not visible from here. Drizzt first strolled around outside the yard.

   "I found one thing."

  Lu Zin looked at Drizzt who came back, and said seriously.

   "Why, are there traces of the ancient capital?"

   "You looked like a thief just now."

  Lu Yi replied.

".go away."

  Drizzt took the key and opened the iron gate of the yard, and the rusty gate made a crunching noise, just like what is often seen in horror movies.

  Drizzt walked in front, Lu Zie was at the end, and the three of them came to the door of the room.

   Pushing the door open, Drizzt first smelled a rancid smell.

   "corpse?"

  He quickly denied this conjecture, because in the kitchen sink, a mass of yellow and green things swelled and flowed out. It was moldy food, and the rancid smell came from this.

Turning on the light, Lu Zan saw that the furnishings in the entire room looked depressive, dull, and uncoordinated. He could see that the cabinets and tables were not placed diagonally, absolutely killing obsessive-compulsive disorder. There were photos on the cabinets. , But only the ancient capital alone.

  It can be seen that this is a rather handsome young man with melancholy characteristics between his eyebrows and eyes, which is indeed a benchmark for literary youth.

   looked around on the first floor and found no clues. Drizzt was about to go up to the second floor to check.

  At this moment, Xia suddenly raised her hand.

   "Shhh."

  She motioned for the other two to be quiet, and then lowered her voice to speak.

   "There is movement upstairs."

   crunch——

  At the same time, from the heads of the three people, the sound of something stepping on the wooden floor came.

  (End of this chapter)