Chapter 40: In-depth Investigation
"I need to know the history of this town. Zhou Lie came to the hotel counter and talked to the boss.
"If you want to know the history of this town, you can go to the mayor, I still have to receive those guests, please don't disturb me. The innkeeper replied with a grim face.
It's no wonder that, in their opinion, we outsiders have been spreading rumors not long after we arrived, and if it weren't for business, we would probably have been kicked out.
In fact, the people on the street now look at them with suspicion and vigilance, and at this time, Zhou Lie realizes that it is too risky and radical for Randy to convince the townspeople.
There is no way, now Zhou Lie can only try to find people who are willing to provide him with information, and he also told Randy and the others his thoughts and asked them to collect information.
"Big brother does you want to listen to the story?" The crisp girl's voice sounded at Zhou Lie's feet, and Zhou Lie looked down to see that it was the little girl who was the waiter, and the daughter of the innkeeper.
"Yes, brother, I really want to know the history and legends of this town, little sister, are you willing to tell me?" Zhou Lie squatted down and said with a smile.
"Of course, I'm the best at storytelling. The little girl's eyes lit up and she said, "My name is Anna, and what is your name? ”
Seeing the little girl's blazing eyes and the words that he heard from somewhere, Zhou Lie burst out laughing.
"My name is Zhou Lie and I'm from the East. ”
"I know you're from the East, and the Orientals have black hair and eyes, and they're easy to recognize. ”
Zhou Lie and Anna sat down at the wine table, and Anna began to talk about the origin of the town.
"According to my grandmother, we were originally a village, but fifty years ago, my grandfather, who was now a lord, was hunting in the woods next to the town, and found that we had a river running through the village, and said that the terrain was good enough to be developed, so it gradually expanded and became what it is now. ”
"The Running of the Bull Festival is a custom handed down from the previous church, it is said that the ox symbolizes the harvest, and we need to reward these cattle every year, so there is this festival, but it is said that this is the case, but the festival has gradually become the current appearance under the control of the lord, and the reward object has changed from the cow to those farmers. ”
"And every year the pastor of the church comes to the service, but it is a little strange that he has not come in recent years. ”
"Haven't any of you gone out of town to have a look?" Zhou Lie asked.
"Why go out of town, it's self-sufficient, and there are guests coming and going, bringing a lot of fun things, and we don't have to go that far ourselves, right?"
"Then when did the church pastor you mentioned stop coming? ”
"Well, two years ago. ”
"Two years ago?" Zhou Lie asked suspiciously, "If you think about it carefully, was it two years ago?"
Anna nodded and said, "I can't be mistaken, Anna counts, there were two bull runs, and those priests didn't come, so it was two years ago." ”
However, the Marston Empire unified the Western Continent six years ago, and this place must have fallen before Auslin, and with the land being conquered, the church here will also be cleared, so it is absolutely impossible for a priest to come to this town two years ago.
"Anna, let me ask you, what time is it, what year and month and date it is, do you remember?" Zhou Lie asked as he tried to stabilize his voice as much as possible.
"Of course, it's March 15, 1227 in the Yuan calendar. ”
Hearing this answer, Zhou Lie's heart felt as if he was struck by a thunderbolt, this year, the Western Continent has not yet been unified, and the army of the Marston Empire was blocked outside the capital by the Shengyou Army, and it was not until 1228 that Oslin broke the city, and the current time is March 1, 1234.
Counting up, Sunday of this week is actually the day after tomorrow, and according to the townspeople of this town, it will be 3 days later.
Time is completely wrong, it's not just an independent peculiar space, it's not even time.
But that's right, this town has been circulating in these seven days, and time naturally doesn't move forward, which is also something he should investigate first when he realizes that time here is in a loop.
Zhou Lie patted Anna on the shoulder and motioned for the little girl to continue.
The origin of Luyin Town, the evolution of the customs of the Running Bull Festival, various legends and celebrity deeds in addition to this, as well as the events of the last two years, Zhou Lie asked Anna one by one, so he had an immature conjecture.
"That's why I like the Bull Running Festival the most, because there will be a lot of guests in our house that day, and at the end of the day, I will make a lot of money, and then my mother will buy me delicious and fun food. Anna was still there happily talking about her anticipation for the festival.
"Hey, Anna, come over and help, don't gossip there. The innkeeper's voice came from the counter, and the little girl stuck out her tongue, jumped out of her chair, and trotted all the way to her father's help.
Zhou Lie looked at Anna's back as she ran away, was silent, and after a few sips of wine, he left the hotel.
Randy and Layla frowned when they heard the information Zhou Lie had collected from Anna, especially Randy, who kept muttering 1227 in his mouth, as if he was recalling something.
"What did you think of?" asked Zhou Lie.
"Well, in 1227, when I was on a campaign with the strongest army of the Empire, the enemy villages and towns I passed through were basically destroyed if there was any resistance, and although a few towns were obedient enough to avoid destruction, they definitely did not include this town. ”
"I asked, and no one here knew there was a war. "None of the shopkeepers knew why the church had disappeared, and even me in Tionlis knew about the war that Marston had waged, and the townsfolk couldn't have known about it." ”
"So you guys are concluding that. Zhou Lie asked.
"It may be that someone moved the village out of its normal space-time area to avoid being destroyed by the military, but in the end there was no chance to put it back. Layla said.
"But that doesn't explain why it's circulating in these seven days, if it's Layla, you're going to do it, are you going to let it circulate?"
Layla thought for a moment, then shook her head and said, "It's already a hassle to move a town out of the normal time zone, not to mention the need to make it recycle every seven days, it's a step that I and I will never add to it, and it's just to save people, so there's no need to do it." ”
"And this magic isn't perfect, otherwise we wouldn't have strayed into it. Zhou Lie added.
"That's why. ”
Layla and Zhou Lie fell into deep thought, and Randy on the side also crossed his arms and fell into deep thought.
"There's no point in thinking about it any longer, the townspeople here say the same thing, and if there's anything that causes this place to go into a loop, let's see what happens on the seventh day, after the festival. Randy said with a frown.
Seeing Randy's expression, his intuition told Zhou Lie that the other party had thought of something, but since the other party didn't say it, Zhou Lie didn't plan to ask, in this case, there was no need to hide it between them, but since the other party had concealed it, it was best not to get to the bottom of it.
"Then let's see what happens on the seventh day, and if it happens again, Layla and I will remember it. ”
In the next few days, it was still as usual, and everyone still diligently inquired about the news and investigated unusual places in the town, but unfortunately, no clues were found.
Sunday is the date, the time is always fair, no matter what you do, it will flow forward at the same speed, until the last comes, Zhou Lie pulled Randy Leila this time, in the square, still waited for a long time, only to see the pot-bellied lord appear, and then the bull running competition began, and even the winning cow was the same as last time.
"Where did this lord come from?"
"Keep up. ”
This lord who has been looking for a long time in the town, just appeared inexplicably, as if out of thin air, Randy and Guilford, with a group of adventurers, closely watched each other, since there is no other party's mansion in the town, then he must go back, as long as he can find where he lives, it can be regarded as a breakthrough.
And Zhou Lie and Layla both rested in their rooms in order to prepare for the arrival of the evening, and they had participated in this festival once before, so there was no point in participating again.
So by the time the two of them heard Randy's report, it was already dusk.
Rubbing his sleepy eyes, Zhou Lie stretched his waist, opened the door, and saw Randy with an anxious face, "Miss Layla, bring her over quickly." ”
Seeing Randy, who was like ants on a hot pot in front of him, Zhou Lie also felt that things didn't seem to be good, and directly knocked on Layla's room, and Layla opened the door, and the two squeezed in.
"Listen to me, and believe what I say. Randy said with a trembling expression on his face.
"What the hell is going on to make you nervous like this, your usual calmness. Zhou Lie looked at the other party's expression and couldn't help but taunt.
Layla was a little dissatisfied because Zhou Lie and the two forced into her room, but when she saw Randy's solemn appearance, she still sat on the edge of the bed, ready to listen carefully.
"That lord, vanished into thin air!" Randy said, arranging his words.
"Huh, how did it disappear?"
"We started to follow him from the square, the lord first visited the shops in the city, then ate in the tavern, and finally rode out of the town, we followed, and then in the blink of an eye, the lord's group was just gone, you know, outside the town were all flat fields, there was no hiding place, it was impossible to hide. ”
"So we sent a few adventurers to explore the way, and then I saw it, and they just disappeared into thin air. Then we followed, and found that we were back at the entrance of the town, and the adventurers were also there, but the lord was gone. ”
When Layla and Zhou Lie heard the news, they wondered in their hearts, could it be that the initiator was this lord, and he had fixed this town for these seven days, so that he could come and enjoy the festival every seven days?
Unbelievable.