Richard's eyes sharpened and he analyzed carefully.
The secret of the White Stone Tower and the Black Spirit King is a treasure, this is certain. The most important thing about a treasure is the word "hide" - it must be hidden, hidden in an unknown place that no one would think of. Otherwise, if it is easily found by others, what kind of treasure is it
In the ballad, it seems that the captain's death, the captain's sleep, and... the captain's grave are emphasized many times.
By the way... Is there any place more suitable for burying treasures than a grave? Many times, the funerary objects in a grave are themselves a treasure! It was through this opportunity that the White Stone Tower and the Secret of the Black Spirit King were combined into one.
Maybe this guess is not very reliable, but there is every reason to investigate.
So the question is, who is the captain in the ballad? Where is the captain's grave? Does it still exist
Richard was thinking about this, looked at Ruth and was about to ask, when suddenly a memory suddenly jumped out and was forcibly inserted into his mind.
Those were the words of a person once. To be more precise, they were the words of a man who met the sneaky Alex in the cemetery outside the city a long time ago.
"I... came to pay homage to my family's ancestors..."
"I... don't want others to know that I am a descendant of my ancestors. I am afraid of embarrassing them, so I choose to worship in the middle of the night..."
"My ancestor... was not a big shot, but a big shot, a legendary figure... "
"My ancestor... was a captain..."
"My ancestor... did many great things in his life. The last time he went to sea, he experienced various disasters and returned safely with all the crew. It was just him who died of overwork... "
"My ancestor... hymns praising his deeds are sung everywhere... It is the pride of my entire Alex family... "
Richard raised his eyebrows.
Um? coincide? ! Or is it…
Richard looked at Ruth and asked, "What's the name of the song you just translated for me?"
"captain!"
"What captain?"
"How do I know who the captain is!" Ruth almost went crazy.
"Think about it carefully." Richard said, "Tell me the exact answer and I will let you go."
"..." Ruth was silent for a long time and said, "The full name seems to be... something... Father, Captain Alex..."
"Father, Captain Alex?" Richard narrowed his eyes and said to himself, "Captain Alex? Captain Alex? This coincidence... is a bit too much! But according to logic, it does make sense. As for whether it is true or not, let's go and see You will know at first glance. Then..."
Ruth was twisting her body on the ground and said, "I... can I leave?"
"Leave." Richard said.
Richard's words were as sweet as the sound of nature to Ruth's ears. She struggled to stand up and ran outside.
Richard suddenly twitched his nose and asked Ruth, who had not yet gone out, "What's the smell? Do you smell it?"
"I... I don't know, I don't know, I don't know, I don't know anything..." Ruth moved faster, quickly knocked open the door to the room, ran out of the room and disappeared.
Richard looked at Ruth's back, his eyes flickered, but he didn't go into details. After all, his purpose was just to decipher the secret, and he didn't want to waste energy and time on other things. The next moment, Richard followed Ruth out and disappeared into the darkness.
…
In the dark slum in the north of the city, the wooden building where Alex is located.
In the wooden building room, there was a blanket on the floor. Alex was sitting on it. There were some bills and coins scattered around. Alex frowned and looked at it, muttering something in his mouth, and was calculating the accounts.
Beside Alex, a woman exuding a mature aura was taking a nap leaning on Alex's shoulder. Alex's movements were slightly larger, and the woman woke up with a start.
The woman looked at Alex and complained a little: "Little Alex, you haven't rested yet. It's already late. Go to bed!"
"Well, Mrs. Amanda, if you are sleepy, just go to bed first. I will go to sleep later..."
"That's not possible, I'll wait for you." The woman said firmly.
Alex's fat body couldn't help but tremble: "But, I still have a lot of accounts to settle."
"Then let's leave it until tomorrow." The woman yawned and said, "With so much work every day, when will you finish it? What will you do if you are exhausted? So, don't be busy all the time, and take a proper rest. Just rest." The woman said, kissed Alex on the cheek, and pulled Alex towards the bedroom.
Alex was horrified and kept saying: "No, Mrs. Amanda, don't..."
"What?" The woman's face immediately dropped and she looked at Alex, "Little Alex, do you dislike me?"
"No, no, how could it be?!" Alex quickly apologized, "I just really have something to do. By the way, someone will come to discuss business with me soon."
"Really?" The woman was doubtful.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door.
"Bang bang bang, big brother Alex?!"
"Bang bang bang, big brother Alex?!"
"Look, it's true!" Alex quickly pointed to the door and said to the woman.
The woman's eyes flashed and she said, "Okay, I'll trust you this time. I'll go to bed first, and you should go to bed early."
"Okay, okay, Mrs. Amanda, I will go to bed early." Alex said, walked out of the door quickly, exhaled lightly, and looked at the people outside the door. He saw a tall man in his twenties. The exposed skin on his neck, wrists, etc. was brown, which was the result of being exposed to high temperatures for a long time.
The other party works in a simple glass-making workshop outside Baishi City. It is impossible to make complex large glassware, but it is still possible to make some small decorative items.
Alex looked at the other person and asked aloud: "Koba, how about my contact with you today? What did your boss say?"
"Our boss said that the goods you ordered can be made, but they can be better or worse. The quality is different and the price is also different. Our boss asked me to bring three samples. You can take a look first. "
As he spoke, the man took out three glass test tubes from his arms.
The man shook the glass test tube with the finest workmanship and the highest transparency, and said, "Brother Alex, this is the best, and the price is two silver coins each."
The man shook the roughest and turbid glass test tube again and said, "Brother Alex, this is the worst. You can buy three of them for one silver coin. If the quantity is large, it can be even cheaper."
"What about this one?" Alex asked, pointing to the last glass tube.
"This one." The man shook the glass tube, which was relatively average in terms of workmanship and clarity, and said, "This... our boss said it costs one silver coin. If you are not satisfied, you can discuss it, but … It can’t be too low.”
Alex narrowed his eyes and thought for a moment, "This test tube costs two silver coins each, I bought it!"
"Ah?" Koba was stunned, thinking he heard wrongly, "That brother Alex, the best one is only two silver coins a piece."
"I know." Alex said aloud, "But I think you can just buy two silver coins for this medium-sized glass tube."
"I… "
Alex looked at Koba who still had a dull look on his face, and slapped him angrily, "You're stupid! The two silver coins I said were the price given to you by the buyer, but it's not my price!"
"Huh?" Koba was even more surprised.
"Forget it, let me make it clear to you." Alex said, "I didn't buy this glass tube, someone entrusted me to buy it. As long as the quality is up to standard, I can give you a higher quotation, but it's too much You have to give me the part."
"Oh, that's it." Koba finally understood, "How much will I give you?"
"Give me a silver coin for each glass tube."
"..." Koba was speechless for a while, looked at Alex and said, "Brother Alex, take all the extra."
"Didn't you make money too? Don't tell me that you gave me a silver coin and a glass tube as compensation. I don't believe you have such good intentions."
"That's much less than what you make. You just open your mouth and the result is a silver coin. We still have to provide materials and work hard..."
"Stop talking nonsense and just say whether you can accept this batch of goods? If you can't do it, I'll find someone else!"
"No, no, no, we'll take it. Of course we will. But how many glass tubes do you want specifically?"
"According to what the rich friend said, let's take a look at five hundred."
"Oh my god! Five hundred, isn't that 1,000 silver coins?! Converted into gold coins, it's also 50!"
"Tch, look at your potential!" Alex rolled his eyes and said, "Isn't it just a few dozen gold coins? Let me tell you, the rich friend behind me always uses crystal coins to pay the bill. Pay it! 50 gold coins are just a few low-grade crystal coins. If I give you a high-grade crystal coin, you won’t be able to exchange it!"
"Yes, yes, yes." Koba nodded repeatedly, showing great respect to Alex.
But after a while, Koba glanced at Alex and asked aloud: "Brother Alex, that rich friend behind you must be very powerful if he is so rich, right?"
"Of course."
"In this case, if he knew that you defrauded him of his money, wouldn't it be..."
"What are you talking about? How can this be called cheating money? How did I cheat money! It's you who offered two silver coins for a piece of glass. I just used the money to buy your glass tubes. As for you giving me money in addition, That is your choice and has nothing to do with me.
Besides, the rich friend entrusted me to do the work. He paid for it. As long as I got the job done, he didn't care at all how much I made in the process. Also, as the entrusted person, shouldn’t I get some hard work pay? "
"Yes Yes Yes."
"understand?"
"I understand... I understand." Koba swallowed his saliva and whispered, "It's just that you are like this, are you really not afraid? Are you really... not guilty or guilty?"
"What am I afraid of? What am I guilty of? What am I guilty of?" Alex spat, "I tell you, I have a clear conscience! Even if I swear in the name of my ancestors, I... ahem... In short, just get things done. It’s over, don’t worry about it so much!”
"Well, it's..."
…
Outside the city, the cemetery.
Richard appeared here and walked to the tombstone of Alex's ancestor that he had seen before. He observed the surrounding ground and thought about how to explore.
The best way is of course to dig up, but... does this count as digging up ancestral graves
By the way, he also entrusted Alex to help with work, but here he was digging the graves of Alex's ancestors. This...
Stepping forward, Richard chose a spot next to the tombstone, leaned down, and put his hand on the ground.
With a "crash", the "Earth and Stone Control" spell was fully activated, the ground sank slightly, and then with a "crash" a black hole appeared, exposing a downward passage.
"Well, as expected, my guess is not wrong." Richard looked at the passage that appeared, his eyes flickering.
As for the guilt of digging a grave, it doesn’t exist at all…
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