Embers Ad Infinitum

Chapter 187: Folklore

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Just after Teresa finished explaining, Shang Jianyao next to Jiang Baimian laughed:

"It's fun to wear a mask."

He used the Red River language.

Although it can't be said to be fluent, but after the destruction of the old world for so many years, the Red River language in different places has changed to a certain extent, and Teresa's own accent is not the same as the one popular in Weed City.

"What?" Teresa looked at Jiang Baimian blankly, seeking answers.

What he means is that because of wearing a mask, you can only judge whether a person is a red river species or a gray soil species from the commonly used language, so that it is not good to talk about the gray people in front of us... Disguise is good, when disguised to When everyone can't tell the difference from the outside, things become interesting... It's like the material embodiment of the concept of "personality" in psychology... Hehe, when people in grey language all master Honghe language, when you also fully master it Grey earth language, how can we distinguish between the enemy and us, and form gangs? Form "Animal Mask Party", "Character Mask Party" and "Monster Mask Party"? At this moment, thoughts flashed through Jiang Baimian's mind.

In the end, it all boiled down to one sentence:

"He hasn't played with masks before."

Without giving Teresa a chance to ask questions, Jiang Baimian said "um":

"The cause of death given by the police was excessive fright?"

Teresa nodded slightly:

"They are too perfunctory, this cause of death cannot convince me."

The cause of death is not necessarily fake, the point is what caused the excessive fright... Jiang Baimian asked thoughtfully:

"Does Mr. Herwig have any heart problems?"

"No, he has always been in good health. Whether it is running, jumping, or fighting, he has performed well." Teresa answered with great certainty.

Shang Jianyao raised his hand, and without waiting for Jiang Baimian's consent, he asked curiously:

"You only talked about his performance in running, jumping and fighting, what about the rest?"

Teresa shook her head:

"I'm just giving a few examples.

"Seriously, he didn't do well in bed."

Pfft... Jiang Baimian almost choked on his own saliva.

What is this!

Long Yuehong coughed, only Bai Chen was calm.

Teresa then explained:

"This is also a common problem for all believers in our denomination.

"We have to be vigilant at all times, even when doing that kind of thing, be distracted by what's going on around us and be on guard against our partner's abnormal reaction.

"In order to protect our own safety to the greatest extent, it is the consensus of everyone to shorten the time."

Papapa, this time, besides Shang Jianyao, Jiang Baimian also applauded.

She felt that not being so was not enough to express her feelings.

She never imagined that the word "vigilance" would change the daily life of Hongshiji so profoundly.

The only reason why Long Yuehong didn't applaud was because he was stunned.

Even Bai Chen was a little curious:

"Are you going to sleep together?"

"No." Teresa answered truthfully, "Distance is our true friend. When anyone thinks about it, they will make an appointment in advance."

"Where's the child?" Jiang Baimian asked.

"You can sleep with one of your parents until the age of 1, and then you have to separate." Teresa looked around. "Let's not waste time on these issues."

Only then did Jiang Baimian realize that he was so obsessed with understanding folklore that he forgot his hunting mission.

She glared at Shang Jianyao:

"What exactly did you want to ask?"

"Ask if Herwig is good at holding his breath." Shang Jianyao answered confidently.

"Hold his breath... He can swim at an average level." Teresa expressed understanding. "Anyway, there is nothing wrong with his body, and Weller said he didn't find any other problems."

"Are Weller's autopsy results trustworthy?" Jiang Baimian quickly entered a professional state.

If it wasn't for the fact that the body had a hidden disease, then the death method of being too frightened would have a high probability of being related to the awakened person.

At least Jiang Baimian now knows that two abilities can cause similar causes of death:

Nightmare Horse's "Real Nightmare" and "Sorcerer" realms control the heart.

"Although Weller is an outsider, he is also a native of the Red River, so he won't be too partial. Unfortunately, his level is limited. He was originally an ordinary doctor, and his specialty is not in this area." Teresa tried her best to express her conflicting thoughts.

When Jiang Baimian nodded lightly, Shang Jianyao asked again:

"Why do you say 'Grey Whisperers' instead of 'Grey Earth People'?"

In Honghe dialect, the former requires an extra suffix, which is more eloquent.

"The dust is the dust of all people," Teresa replied.

Jiang Baimian secretly "tsk":

"If we take this task, how will the reward be calculated?"

"I will go to the guild to combine this task with the task of finding arms, and the reward is half of the arms." Teresa said without hesitation.

It’s very rich. After completing this task and adding the materials I have saved before, I can almost buy an old model of military exoskeleton device... Jiang Baimian nodded:

"We do our best to finish."

She turned to ask:

"What do you know about the looting of arms

"Is that group of robbers always active in the surrounding area, or did they just appear out of nowhere?"

Teresa's mood became a little excited again:

"It must have been done by the Grey Whisperers! They just want to take back the arms trade!

"It's not them, how can there be such a powerful band of robbers around the Red Stone Set?"

After speaking a little hysterically, she took two breaths and said:

"Herwig didn't tell me too much about this before he was alive. He just said that the group of people had a lot of firepower and cooperated very well. They all wore masks and made disguise. There were about ten people who came forward and hid some in secret. .

"If you want to know more, you can go back to the hotel camp and ask Lehman in room 127.

"He's a smuggler from United Industries, my husband's partner, and he and his caravan brought these arms. As a result, they were robbed not long after the transaction was completed."

"Okay." Jiang Baimian asked for some details, stood up, pointed to the ventilation duct where Herwig died, and said to Shang Jianyao, "Climb in and take a look."

"Han Wangwen checked and found nothing." Teresa stood up, "it may have been found, but he destroyed it."

"We'll be relieved to check it out ourselves." Jiang Baimian didn't give up because of this.

Shang Jianyao immediately pulled over the table, took off the grille of the vent, took a flashlight for a while, and then crawled in.

It's not too dirty here, and it's obvious that people often hide in there, and there are no obvious traces left.

Shang Jianyao crawled along the pipe for a while, and the deeper he went, the narrower he felt.

With the help of the light of the flashlight, he checked it carefully, and finally withdrew, jumped off the table and said:

"There is no trace of other people's activities."

"Well." Jiang Baimian looked at Teresa, "Is that sheriff there?"

"He went to the area where grey-speaking people often hide, saying that no matter what, there will be procedures that should be in place." Teresa couldn't pick out Han Wanghuan's problem on the bright side.

Jiang Baimian sighed:

"Then let's visit Mr. Lehman first."

"Okay, as soon as possible, he doesn't know when he will return to 'United Industries'." Teresa urged.

When the four of the "Old Tune Group" were about to walk out of the "gunfire", Shang Jianyao suddenly turned around, wearing a monkey mask and said:

"last question.

"Do you have any children?"

"Yes, two." Teresa was quite puzzled, "Why are you asking this?"

"Body function is normal." Shang Jianyao commented solemnly.

Jiang Baimian knew that this guy was stunned again, and took advantage of this topic and asked casually:

"How old is the child?"

"The older one is fifteen years old and the younger one is twelve years old. After that, we agreed not to have children and used some products produced by 'United Industries'." Teresa did not hide it.

After saying goodbye to the widow, Jiang Baimian took Shang Jianyao and the others all the way back to the fifth floor, ready to enter the parking lot.

At this moment, she turned her head and looked around at the Redstone Collection, which was so quiet as if no one existed, and sighed softly:

"It's really a necessity to accept vigilantism here."

"Why?" When Long Yuehong listened to Gaudi's explanation, he felt that they joined the vigilance sect too easily, even if the corresponding teachings could indeed improve their probability of survival.

It's not that you don't believe in vigilance sects, so you can't raise your guard and hide yourself!

Jiang Baimian retracted his gaze and sighed:

"The Redstone Collection is a market town formed by the DiMarco family exchanging materials with the outside world.

"Its members come from all over the world, speak different languages, have different customs, and have different looks and characteristics, so they will inevitably be divided into small groups one after another.

"Because of the single source of trade at that time, these small groups should be more competitive, and they may often conflict with each other. You assassinate me, I assassinate you, you ambush me, and I ambush you.

"Normally, this will gradually evolve into the form of Weed City, but at this time, vigilance sects have come. In this place where people are extremely mistrustful, their teachings are like a duck to water, not only improving people's survival probability. , and it also rationalizes, sanctifies, and softens this distrust, so that a relatively stable set of redstone exists."

"Gaudi is a mixed race." Bai Chen pointed out a fact.

Jiang Baimian nodded:

"There may be love between two groups that hate each other, and there will also be neutrals.

"Gaudi should represent the third largest group in the redstone set, the fusion faction."

While they were talking, they got into the car, exited the Redstone Set, and returned to the hotel camp.

Room 127 is at the other end, closer to the small lake in the old world park.

Outside this simple house, there were two sturdy-looking men, both of the Red River race, dressed in black, fully armed, and stern.

Shang Jianyao moved closer and "looked down" at the other party:

"We are relic hunters, looking for Lehman to investigate the robbery of arms."

This time he was "contacted" because he might need to make "friends".

When he asked, Jiang Baimian swept around and found that around Room 127, there were several simple houses looking at it.

Lehman has a lot of subordinates... As she muttered to herself, a guard knocked on the door and entered the house to report.

After waiting for a few more minutes, the guard came out and said to Shang Jianyao:

"Mr. Lehman has two words for you:

"One, we had already left at the time, and what happened next is completely unclear;

"Second, if there are only four of you, it's better to give up as soon as possible and change your mission."