~： The fifth year story 119, the wealth that robs the mind

"Visit Wang, have you found it."

The idiot fiddled with the flame in the fireplace and asked.

Tan shook his head and said, "No. They all said that Viscount Wang might have run into the courtyard outside by himself. Although this mayor’s mansion is not big, it is not small. It’s really not a good idea to find someone out. It's simple. Now everyone is going back to rest and preparing for a big search tomorrow. In addition... there is one more thing, I think it is necessary to say.

"………………what's up."

"key."

Tan took out the room key he carried with him, shook it, and said, "You should know that Old Bald wore the keys of all the rooms in this mansion? But when we searched the old Bald's room and body Later, no trace of this set of keys was found."

"……………………"

"Little brother, you know what this means. It means not only empty rooms, but for the sake of safety, we will also decide tomorrow to search everyone's rooms to see if there will be anything unusual. Even if it is not for the key, To be on the safe side, this is what it should be."

The idiot nodded, and after thinking for a while, he said again: "About that prophecy..."

"Do you mean, the prophecy of the'Road of Ten'?"

"…………………………"

Frankly shook the child in his arms, smiled, and said, "Unfortunately, I don't know much about this prophecy. The specific details are completely in the hands of those people. However, I guess they won't say anything about it. Give any clues about this prophecy."

Having said this, Tan suddenly lowered his voice and whispered: "Because, this prophecy seems to contain a treasure. A treasure that can make people rich and enemies!"

"And more importantly..."

"This treasure is likely to be left by the mayor of Nanqius Town, Zaro Start."

The idiot suddenly looked up, and immediately turned to the shop window where the trophy was placed.

Tan also followed the idiot's eyes and looked at the trophies, but she didn't care too much. Instead, this woman began to remember, the corner of her mouth raised a playful smile--

"You should also know that this small town has a special product called Fire Dragon Tongue? This is a very expensive medicinal material that can treat people's throats. However, due to the single effect of the medicine, the cultivation process is cumbersome and the output is small. Characteristics, so it has never been regarded as a kind of medicinal material for making wealth."

"However, more than fifty years ago, the Mayor of Staat began to grow this medicinal material in large quantities regardless of the opposition of the people, and the people who came to buy it began to flow abnormally, and the price of fire dragon tongue went up. It has become a kind of precious medicinal material, which is very expensive."

"This town has also begun to become richer. As the mayor, Stadt also has a lot of wealth. He spent a lot of money to repair such an artificial lake and small island in the middle of the lake, and built this luxurious town. The chief mansion. For a while, the entire town almost became a legend, which surprised and envied the Bucks King at that time."

"But soon things changed."

Tan's complexion became somber and cold, and his tone of voice was calm, but it was too quiet and terrifying.

"More than thirty years ago, just as the mayor of Staat was in high spirits, he suddenly disappeared. No one knows where he went, just like the world has evaporated, disappearing without a trace. Then, his Wife, son, grandson, etc., anyone related to him was either missing or was found dead violently on the side of the road. The whole town began to panic. Someone proposed to report the Imperial Army, but no matter how the wind blows the sand In the report, everything seemed to fall to the ground without any response."

"Finally, all the people related to Mayor Start disappeared or died. After the death of the mayor, the prosperous fire dragon tongue trade quickly decayed. The whole town once again returned to the previous sluggish situation, until now. right now."

"…………………………"

"Little brother, what are you thinking?"

"I... seem to know something."

"Oh? What do you know?"

Tan's expression was calm, and he didn't seem to be surprised by the idiot's words. After thinking for a while, the idiot finally said: "Since Mayor Start can accumulate so much wealth in just 20 years, there should be other treasures besides building the mayor's mansion."

"Haha, that's right. Go on."

“After the mayor’s disappearance, those wealth must have remained in some form and hidden somewhere. Through the weird fire dragon tongue transaction, the accumulated wealth must have reached the point where people can die for it. In order to make one's own future If someone finds it, Mayor Staat must have left some clues so that people can find these wealth."

Tan covered her mouth and smiled reservedly: "Exactly right, little brother. This is a wealth that can take away the minds of others. It is precisely because of this wealth that these talents will gather here. It is also because of this. Fortune, this plague will spread here. It is also because of this wealth..."

At this point, Tan suddenly paused, lowered his head, his complexion turned pale.

"My daughter and I... will be trapped here. And my husband will..."

The snow outside the window seems to be heavy again.

The black crystal fell from the deep darkness, lightly covering the world, as if trying to cover something...

Tan didn't go on. She lowered her head and wiped the corners of her eyes. When she raised her head again, she regained a gentle smile. After a long silence, she suddenly stood up, walked to the window, and took out a box with various trophies inside, greeting the idiot.

"Little brother, we can't sleep anyway, how about coming to play a game."

The idiot looked at the long box in her hand and then at the trophies in the window. After thinking about it, he said, "What game."

Tan put down his daughter and let her sleep on the sofa. Then, she opened the box and took out about a hundred sticks that looked like bamboo sticks, and said: "This is a little game called a fun stick. The rules of the game are very simple. I am holding this hundred and zero now. A small stick, then let go and let it fall freely. After that, we take turns to pick up these small sticks, but we can only take one at a time. If there are more than two small sticks moving in the process of taking, then even if it fails, Change to another person."

"It repeats this until the last stick called the'golden stick' is taken away, and the game is over. Then there are more sticks in the hands of someone else to decide the outcome."

The game is indeed very simple, and the idiot understands it after listening to it a few times. He sat down and began to play this kind of little game carefully, but he was thinking about certain things in his mind.

While playing, time gradually plunged into the night.

The fire in the fireplace crackled and made a lethargic sound.

Idiots and Tan were playing this game boringly, while thinking.

Obviously... this woman still has a lot of things to say. Moreover, there are many contradictions in her body, which makes it difficult to explain.

But she did not say.

Is it because the time has not come yet? Or is it because she is still wary of herself in some places?

………………Do not.

Because... it's normal to be alert.

The idiot exhaled and picked up a stick with his little finger. But because of too much effort, other sticks were affected. It is precisely because of this touch that he lost this game.

The night is already very deep. Tan smiled, but the sitting posture was a little unstable. She rubbed her eyes, then covered her mouth with a handkerchief and yawned gently. Finally, she couldn't hold it anymore and suggested to pick up the game, lying on the sofa with her daughter in her arms, and pulling over the blanket that the idiot covered yesterday. After a while, there was a soft snoring sound.

............ Idiots are waiting......

He sat next to him and waited for another half an hour.

It was not until the woman finally fell asleep that he stood up, walked to the fireplace that was about to go out, took out the tongs, and took out a piece of charcoal.

He crushed the charcoal and sprinkled it around the sofa where Tan was lying. Then he took out a piece of charcoal, crushed it, and sprinkled it on the front door, window, ventilation pipe, etc. He didn't lie on another sofa until he finished all this, looking at the ribbon wrapped around his left arm and closing his eyes.

"Tonight, it's very busy for the murderer~~~"

The blood pupil opened, laughing.

"For such a fun night, you are willing to be a bystander, which makes me a little uncomfortable. But for your permissiveness, I also find it interesting, so I won't pursue it."

"…………………………"

"Hey hey, why, thank you for my magnanimity? By the way, although the information is limited now, are you interested in guessing the whereabouts of the Mayor Start who disappeared 30 years ago and who did it? , What did you do?"

"……………………The information is limited, and it is impossible to judge."

"Hehe, too. After all, it's really hard to judge after such a long time, hehehe... isn't it?"

The dim laughter floated strangely. The idiot opened his eyes slightly and raised his right arm. I saw the blood-colored pupils staring at him playfully, and the ridicule and contempt in it was self-evident.

"………………Do you understand?"

"Hehe, how is it possible? I'm just a brain sword with a very low IQ, I don't know anything, I don't know anything. I'm not a prophet, how could I know what happened so long ago? You can't even be an idiot Regarding matters of judgment, of course I, a fool, can’t judge, right?”

Put down his right arm and no longer look at that pupil. The idiot turned his head, looked at the fine snow falling outside the window, sighed slightly, fell asleep...

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