"Bang! Bang bang bang bang!"
Facing the oncoming man, Richard's movements were crisp and agile, including chokeholds, elbow strikes, knee strikes, back throws...
With the blessing of the magic patterns of "Brute Power of Wind" and "Light Spirit of Wind", it couldn't be easier to deal with a group of ordinary people who have not been trained at all.
In just one moment of meeting each other, all the people who rushed up were put to the ground by Richard, screaming in agony.
Originally, there were more people who wanted to rush up to teach Richard a lesson and show their loyalty to the boss. But now after seeing Richard's methods, they all stopped in place, looked at each other, and subconsciously Start backing up.
The bald man who was the boss saw it and finally yelled angrily: "You losers, go ahead and beat him to death! Come on, come on..."
The bald man was speaking, but his voice suddenly stopped because Richard walked up to him. The group of men of the bald man had simply retreated to the corner without even looking at the bald man, as if they were just passers-by.
Although the bald man was filled with hatred, he also realized that the situation was unfavorable. He swallowed his saliva with a "gudong" sound, put on a new expression, and looked at Richard with a smile on his face: "Well... this brother, this gentleman , I don’t mean to offend, you see…”
"Stay here, don't move." Richard said to the bald man.
"Ah?" The bald man was stunned for a moment, and the next moment he felt Richard's serious gaze on him, he nodded sharply, "I understand, I promise not to move, I swear."
"That's good." Richard said softly, ignoring the bald man and walking straight towards the stunned singing and playing woman on the wooden platform of the tavern.
The woman looked at Richard, more frightened than anyone who saw the fight. Her whole body was shaking and her face was pale. Seeing Richard getting closer and closer, he couldn't help but said: "You... what do you want to do? I... have a husband, I have a son, I... "
"Snapped!"
A silver coin appeared, held by Richard between two fingers, and then slapped on the wooden platform.
The woman was stunned.
Richard spoke up, too lazy to talk nonsense, and said simply and directly: "I don't have any thoughts about you, but the song you just played and sang reminded me of something very important. I hope you can play and sing it again. You sang well, this one The silver coin is yours.”
"Um, um..." The woman wanted to say something else, but she immediately stopped when she noticed Richard's slightly impatient expression. Glancing at the shining silver coins on the wooden high platform, she was a little tempted. After all, she could only earn a few silver coins after working hard for a month. The next moment I stopped talking and started playing and singing.
The harp was plucked, and the sound floated from the throat.
"...Crying, Guni Spirit Dance, Sacrifice, Heng'er Yingyu..."
"Snapped!"
Richard shot out another silver coin, which startled the woman and stopped her singing.
Richard said: "Do it all over again."
"Uh, yes." The woman said honestly, took a deep breath, and started playing and singing again.
This time, Richard rapped on the wooden table along with the music, as if accompanying the woman.
"... snap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap..."
"...Crying, Guni Spirit Dance, Sacrifice, Heng'er Yingyu..."
"Snapped!"
Richard took out the third silver coin, his eyes became a little sharp, and he said to the woman: "Again!"
"Yes." The woman began to play and sing for the third time, and Richard also followed the beat, percussing along with the woman's music.
"... click, click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click click!" Richard's fingers stopped tapping, and it was already confirmed: this is the rhythm, this is the melody. All this time, what was tormenting his earworm was the song played by the woman!
Yes, absolutely!
He had listened to the woman's song many times before, but each time he did not remember it carefully, so it was only the subconscious mind of his brain that stored the relevant information. When the sentence in the Black Spirit Empire book was parsed out, it activated the subconscious mind, which in turn triggered earworms.
So, the secret hidden in the books of the Black Spirit Empire is this ballad
Richard looked at the woman and asked seriously: "Where does your song come from?"
"I learned it from my mother." The woman answered carefully.
"No, that's not what I asked... Um, okay, where did your mother learn it from?"
"My grandmother..."
"Who did your grandmother learn from?"
"My great-grandmother..."
"..." Richard was silent for a while, then took a deep breath and said, "So, this song has been passed down in your family, right? Who was the first person to sing it?"
"this… "
"In other words, how many years ago did your family first sing this song?"
"It should be two or three hundred years ago." The woman said uncertainly.
"At that time..." Richard's eyes flashed, "At that time, the East Coast was not what it is now. It should be ruled by the Black Spirit Empire, right?"
"Um, um..." The woman looked confused, obviously not understanding history at all, "Maybe... maybe."
The woman was not sure, but Richard was already sure.
Going forward in time, two to three hundred years ago was indeed the era when the Black Spirit Empire ruled. The songs sung by women should also be folk songs from that time.
In this case, everything will correspond.
The person who originally designed the secret of the White Stone Tower and the secret of the Black Spirit King hid the key information in a ballad in order to keep it secret, and the tune of this ballad was hidden in many books. In this way, the possibility of some people deciphering the secret by luck and randomness is basically eliminated.
So the question is, what is the key message hidden in the ballad
"Snapped!"
Another silver coin was slapped on the wooden platform.
Richard looked at the woman and asked: "What are the lyrics of the song you are playing and singing? In other words, what is the content? Don't use that ancient language, translate it into words I can understand, and tell me."
"This..." the woman looked embarrassed, "I don't know."
"Huh?" Richard raised his eyebrows.
The woman waved her hands in fear: "I really don't know, I won't lie to you. My mother taught me to sing this song. She learned it from my grandmother, and my grandmother learned it from my great-grandmother." came, and then my great-great-grandmother…
In fact, for a long time, my family no longer knew what this piece of music meant, nor what it represented in the ancient language. They just played and sang it simply. This may be related to the demise of the Black Spirit Empire you mentioned. After all, the empire is gone, and some of its ancient languages will naturally be lost. It is not lost, and only a few people know it. "
Richard stopped talking, because what the woman said obviously made sense.
But the truth cannot be eaten, and the truth cannot help decipher it. You must find someone who understands the ancient language of the Black Spirit Empire.
The face of the great scholar Suradi flashed in Richard's mind, and he rejected it.
The great scholar Suradis is indeed very knowledgeable, and he may have done some research on the ancient language of the Black Spirit Empire, but... he can't trust the other party. Ever since he got the auction invitation ticket from the other party, he had suspected that the other party's identity was unusual. Later, the other party recommended him to go to the Forbidden Bookstore, and this suspicion deepened again.
Admittedly, he didn't think the great scholar Surades had any ill intentions toward him, but it was better to be cautious about secrets like the White Stone Tower and the Black Spirit King.
So who should I look for
Thoughts were racing in Richard's mind, and the next moment a name jumped out.
It is said that among the few people who have come into contact with him, there is indeed one person who is more suitable to solve this matter than Surades.
In a sense, the other party is flowing with the blood inherited from the Black Spirit Empire and enjoying the wealth left by the Black Spirit Empire. Maybe the glory of the Black Spirit Empire is no longer there, but the other party is a witness to the existence of the Black Spirit Empire. If the other party doesn't know the ancient language, then maybe no one knows it.
"... She is rich, her father is rich, her relatives are rich - her whole family is rich! The country she lives in is... a legacy of a powerful empire... "
"...The empire unified the entire east coast, plundered a lot of wealth, and buried it all underground... She... lacked everything except money... "
Bucky's words once sounded in Richard's mind. Richard let out a breath, his expression became serious, and he read the name to himself word for word: "Ruth!"