"However, even if it's for gaining favor, sending this..."

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

"It's a pity to give away such a beautiful pearl... Ahem, I mean, if it's to please the queen, and for possible titles in the future, it's just right to give this."

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

Xia De shook his head and said:

"If you like this pearl, keep it."

Although Xia De has always felt that he is short of money, in fact, he still has many precious items that can be cashed in.

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

Dorothy looked up at Shad, and Shad looked back at her. The blond girl did not continue immediately, but waited for several seconds for the two sides to look at each other before watching Xia De continue to finish the sentence in a soft voice.

What kind of thoughts are contained in her beautiful eyes, Xia De really can't guess:

"...Lezia cares."

"Meow?"

The cat held by Xia De stared at Dorothy with eyes that were prettier than pretty girls, while Xia De opened his mouth slightly to express his surprise.

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

Although the report is long, there is also a sense of satisfaction and accomplishment when the final period is marked on that roll of parchment:

"Mia, go to the side!"

The cat was trying to smudge the wet ink with its paws.

I made an appointment with Priest Augustus to meet at midnight, but the meeting place was in the northern outskirts of the city, so Xia De set off early at 10 o'clock at night. After thinking about it, he still went out with Mia, who wanted to stay at home and refused to go out. In Xia De's view, Priest Augustus is a very reliable person. Since he said nothing serious, it should really be nothing serious.

Tobesk night in mid-August is still not much cool. I found a carriage at the intersection of Saint Teresa Square. I heard that I was going out of the city to the suburban cemetery.

Even if Xia De promised to double the fare, the cautious driver would not do this business. In the end, Xia De could only let the coachman drive him to the Singing Square in the north of the city, and then find another carriage near the Singing Square in the lower city, which is also very lively at night, drive him to the edge of the city, and then walk towards the hanging ghost path .

The night at Saint Teresa Square in the center of Tobesk is quiet and peaceful, only the patrolling police and the occasional stray cats will make a little noise, the strange light of the three moons and the light of the elegant gas street lamps, together illuminating the earth ;

The vicinity of the Psalm Square in the lower city is noisy and dangerous, with wandering warblers, gamblers and drunkards wandering around, the light of gas lamps and kerosene lamps is dangerous and full of temptation;

As for the small villages and towns outside the city of Tobesk, they are dead and silent. This is still a civilized area, and even the city is only physically separated from the city by the low city walls of the old era, but the flames of the steam age are still here. and stop.

Residents outside the city don't have the spare money to waste kerosene lamps wantonly at night. As for whether the gas pipeline for urban infrastructure projects is connected here, only the civil servants of the city hall know.

Even the carriages in the lower city were unwilling to send Xia De out of the city at this point in time. So as on the last visit with Dorothy to Mr. Copps' graveyard, Shad walked through the little village outside the town.

The building is low, but the straw on the wall and the chicken coop protruding from the yard make the place full of life.

What Xia De was most dissatisfied with was not the bad smell that neither he nor the cat wanted to breathe, but the uneven ground under his feet. Fortunately, it didn't rain in Tobesk yesterday, otherwise it would definitely be a swamp.

The small village he was passing through at this time was called Upper Glen, and like Lower Glen, a few miles away in a low-lying area, was an out-of-town village adjacent to Lower Tobesk. And after passing the small village in the north of the city, and then going north, it completely left the scope of the royal capital, which is the real Tobesk countryside.

The road called "Hanged Man's Trail" is not far from Upper Glen Village. In addition to erecting street signs, Shad can only confirm the existence of this road at the edge of the detailed city map left by the previous detective.

The unnamed cemetery leading to the hanging ghost trail is a common cemetery for several nearby villages. Although it is a countryman's cemetery, it is well-equipped with incinerators, gravekeeper's huts, churches, and underground burial chambers.

The dead tree on the hanging ghost path where Priest Augustus and Shad agreed to meet is at the end of the path, and further on is the gravel road paved by the villagers for the cemetery.

That dead tree was far beyond Xia De's imagination. He thought it was just a dry sapling, but he didn't expect it to be a towering tree that didn't grow any leaves even in summer.

It just stood bare in the center of the Hanged Ghost's alley, and its branches stretched out along the trunk to grow in all directions, like tentacles spreading in the dark night, or the hands of an old witch in a fairy tale.

"But speaking of it, the prototypes of the old witches in most existing fairy tales seem to be witches from the Fifth Epoch."

Xia De thought in his heart, but it was difficult to equate a beautiful lady like Miss Fei Lianna with a crooked old hag.

This tree obviously looks lifeless, but it still stands here. A few crows were parked on the branches at night, and accompanied by Mia's cry, they flapped their wings and flew into the distant night sky.

Xia De came twenty minutes early. He was holding the cat in the night wind, standing under the tree and looking up at the trunk. I have to admit, if anyone wants to hang himself, this tree is simply the best place.

Not only can people of all heights easily find the place to tie the rope, but it is also so close to the cemetery that even the grave guards can drag the corpse into the cemetery without the need for a special carriage to drive out.

The cat, who was usually very timid, was very interested in this weird environment. He was held in Xia De's arms and kept looking around. Xia De guessed the intention of Priest Augustus to ask him for help. Although the priest is not a ring magician of the church, he can use the name of the clergy of the church to ask for help when he encounters trouble.

Unless it's something he doesn't want the church to know about, or there's a great interest in it, or the priest thinks he can solve the trouble himself.

Just as he was thinking, the figure of a priest finally appeared on the other side of the hanging ghost path. He was still dressed as a clergyman, panting and walking over with something on his back, saw Xia De under the moon and the mysterious cat in his arms, and waved his hands as a greeting.

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

"Oh, my Mr. Dawn, this thing, this thing is much heavier than expected."

The priest threw the shovel under the tree, and then gasped for breath while holding on to the trunk.

Xia De handed out the test tube containing water, and the priest drank it down after thanking him.

"Shovel? Priest, do you want to dig something?"

Xia De asked curiously, the priest supported the tree with one hand, gasped and nodded to Xia De:

"Of course, otherwise, would I have brought such a heavy thing here and sold it to the gravekeeper?"

"So what are we going to dig? Under this tree, is there anything? Treasure? A relic? Or a corpse?"

Both Shad and the cat are curious about this.

"Who says we're going to dig up trees? We're going to dig up there."

Priest Augustus pointed to the dark cemetery not far away.

"What... is buried in the corner of the cemetery? Or are there secrets in the catacombs or the gravekeeper's hut?"

Xia De asked again.

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

The priest finally adjusted his breathing, threw one of the two shovels to Shad, and took the other:

"Come with me, be quick, the best time for the ceremony is over by two in the morning. I noticed you brought your cat, which is great, smart cats help increase the success of the ceremony. "

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

Xia De hurriedly followed the priest in a hurry, and the two left the trail of the hanged ghost, and formally walked on the gravel road in front of the cemetery gate.

"That goes without saying, really digging... oh, I see."

The old priest turned his head and looked at Xia De through the moonlight:

"Are you mentally handicapped?"

"No, of course not."

Xia De immediately shook his head:

"I'm just surprised that you took me to do this kind of thing. If it was Dr. Schneider, I wouldn't be surprised. In my heart, you are the kind... who abides by the rules of the church."

"Don't stand there, detective, come with me quickly. Also, why do you have such a bad image of doctors? Tonight we are not desecrating corpses, but to deal with an accident~lightnovelpub.net~I always think that human nature They are all evil, but if they are for good deeds, then some problems with the means are acceptable, everything is for Dawn and justice.”

Naturally, the unnamed cemetery in the countryside doesn't have any competent grave guards. Priest Augustus originally wanted to knock him unconscious to make tonight's actions easier. But when the two used Shad's illusion to lurk outside the window of the gravekeeper's hut with the kerosene lamp on, they found that the old gravekeeper had already been drunk, lying unconscious on the bed with a bottle of wine .

Even Shad and Priest Augustus had failed to alarm him when they broke into the hut.

So Xia De kindly covered the quilt for the old grave keeper who smelled of alcohol, and then kicked his shoes to the bottom of the bed. Priest Augustus kindly extinguished the kerosene lamp in the room and took a portable lantern to prevent fire.

In the era when most poor people had night blindness, even if the cemetery keeper woke up and couldn’t find his shoes, the first thing he would do was not to look outside the house, but to light the kerosene lamp.

In this way, Shad and Priest Augustus can always know whether the other party is awake or not.

In addition to the drunken gravekeeper and the sneaky two, the living creatures in the cemetery include the cat on Shard's shoulder and the wild animals living here. Xia De was very fortunate that Mia didn't have the habit of barking, otherwise, with the night wind blowing, he would definitely be frightened once he suddenly heard cat meowing in the cemetery.

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