Chapter 7: The Master of the Dead City
Then one or two coughs sounded, and they were immediately suppressed.
The sound of fingertips tapping on the table sounded, and everyone's eyes shifted, and the man looked up from the dim light to the middle of the wall.
At the same moment, a silver light quickly flashed beside the man, and after the light, a young girl stood beside him barefoot, or more precisely, floating beside her.
Seeing the people sitting at the scene, there was no trace of surprise in the girl's eyes. She smiled softly, but there was no warmth in her eyes.
"Hello to the five masters," the girl lifted the hem of her skirt with both hands, took a half step back with her right foot, and tapped her toes on the ground, and bowed downward.
The white silk European and American aristocratic long skirt has rose-red lace on it, and the lace with a soft texture trembles slightly on the skirt. The long golden hair slid down her shoulders with the girl's movements, like starlight pouring down in unison.
She just stood there, smiling softly.
The man who had tapped his fingertips on the table spoke, and before he spoke, he lifted the girl up with both hands, and although his hands could not touch the girl's hands at all, his movements were still appropriate.
"You're really getting more and more beautiful in less than half a year. Oh, your hair is like being sprinkled with golden sunlight, that's warmth, that's hope......" The man did not skimp on his praise at all, and he used the most beautiful words from beginning to end, from the color of the dress to the thin thread on the dress.
The girl didn't have a shy look on her face, but looked at the man without a trace, and then said, "Thank you for the compliment." ”
After thanking him, there was nothing else to say.
It was the man who was called the hall master, not only did he not feel that he was left out after listening to the girl's words, but he struck his hands together and laughed: "Hahaha, Fairy, you are still as polite as ever, speaking of which, you specially changed your clothes today, right?" To meet this group of old men? ”
He stretched out his finger and pointed to the group of people sitting across from him, and specially bit the word 'old man'.
The old men he pointed at had no intention of rebutting them, except to glance up at him occasionally.
"What, you're not convinced?" The man flipped his palm, his knuckles on the table with a crisp, thump.
"That's enough, there's no need for the Jade Hall Master to go toe-to-toe with a few of us."
The person who spoke leaned back in the chair, sat with his legs folded, and spoke in a light and fluttering tone, and the momentum was also vague.
The Jade Hall Master snorted coldly, turned his head and asked, "What?" The head of the Ye family can't sit still? Why were you so active when you set this rule behind my back? ”
"This rule?" The Ye family master's legs changed up and down, "You mean, whoever catches the escaped Yuan Li body is the next heir of the Punishment Hall?" The head of the Ye family leaned forward suddenly, his hands and ten fingers crossed on the table, and after walking along the round table with a seemingly absent gaze, he shook his head and said: "This has nothing to do with me, you know, I can't take any advantage of this rule." ”
After all, the person who was arrested was his favorite daughter-in-law.
The Jade Hall Master didn't have a little bit of clarity in his heart, but he just wanted to take this opportunity to make trouble.
It's been half a year, and he said in this conference room half a year ago that Xia Ke is his heir, but it didn't take long for Xia Ke to be sent to Devil City and become a Yuan Li body.
Even now, there is no news at all.
said that the parents of these big families did not make any small moves behind their backs, and he absolutely did not believe it. These families wish they could divide up his punishment hall.
What kind of heart each one has, I'm afraid only they know in their own hearts.
"It doesn't matter who it has to do with or who it doesn't have to do with it now. If you dare to carry my back on me, you have not been afraid of me. Naturally, I can't punish you for being a yellow-level exorcist, after all, they are all characters with heads and faces. But that girl is a grudge-minded person, if she can't come back, forget it, when she comes back, a few of you still have to think about how to apologize! ”
The Jade Hall Master sat back in his seat, "What I'm going to say next is the point of today," he half-tilted his head and smiled at Fairy, his previous serious tone suddenly changed, and he said a little flatteringly, "Fairy, I'm sorry for you." ”
Fairy had already occupied behind him, and now after receiving his order, he bowed slightly, "No trouble, it should be." ”
After bowing her head for only a second, she looked up at the family heads in front of her, "Today's content will be explained by Fairy to several family heads." ”
After getting the approval of the heads of the house, Fairy walked towards the smooth wall.
From behind the Jade Hall Master to in front of the smooth wall, it was only a few steps, but even these few steps, Fairy was surrounded by a lot of data boxes.
When she arrived, all the data boxes were sent into the slick walls.
At the same time, all the dim lights in the conference room were gone, and only the data frames on the walls remained.
Fairy's finger crossed the air, and several photos appeared on the wall in succession, "These are all photos sent back by the exorcists, and from different angles, this lonely city built in the wilderness looks particularly weird." Of course, there's more to it than that. ”
Her fingers continued to sweep across the void, and the photographs continued to appear, but all of them were only in the distance. In other words, no one has ever walked into the city.
The outline of the lonely city is particularly blurry in the photos, as if something is disturbing, except for a few photos that can barely see the outline, most of the photos were taken in extremely harsh sunlight or extreme weather, not to mention the outline of the lonely city, the photos are either overexposed or can only appear black.
The photographs on the walls are finally frozen in a large vista with only one city on the horizon, surrounded by wilderness.
The shooting time of this photo should be good, avoiding noon and extreme weather, it should have been taken on a cloudy day, except for the overall dark tone, the outline of the lonely city is already the clearest among these dozens of photos.
"Several heads of the family must have also noticed, these photos can only give us a clear outline of the lonely city, and it is difficult to judge the specific size and scale," Fairy's finger swiped again, and this time the photo on the wall was changed, "only this one." ”
The lonely city in the photo is indeed much clearer than the others, at least it is a panoramic view. The outline of the city is much clearer, but the only thing that is obtrusive is the few blurry strips that appear in the photo.
"The shadows add up to a hand," Fairy pressed her palm against the wall, no difference except for being a little thinner than the shadow.
After several of the family owners present saw Fairy's action, they all had inquiring looks in their eyes.
"So, here's the problem."
Retracting his palm, Fairy's gaze swept over everyone present.
"Why did the person who took this picture block the camera with his own hand? Know that the more information a photo represents, the more they get paid. For subjective reasons, they worked desperately to reach the lonely city, and they would never do such a thing to reduce their own remuneration. ”
"Speaking of objective reasons," Fairy put her hands on her chest and her chin slightly raised, "what is the external factor that caused the photographer to have to cover his shot?" ”
Several of you here are all elderly people, so they naturally understand what the reason is.
What external factors can there be?
It's nothing more than being discovered, so I subconsciously want to block the lens.
"But here comes the problem again."
Without waiting for the housekeepers to answer, Fairy's finger swiped again, and the photo on the wall changed again.
This time, it's an enlarged version of the previous photo.
As Fairy's finger zooms in, the clarity of the photo does not change, but the scene inside becomes smaller and smaller. Finally, between those shadows, several family heads saw something different.
"That...... Be...... What the? ”
The head of the Shangguan family stood up tremblingly from the chair with a cane in one hand and a tabletop in the other, his eyebrows had already turned snow-white, and he was wearing a blue-gray hat on his head that would only appear during the reform period.
He squinted as if trying to see the picture on the wall, but the accumulation of forehead lines on his forehead was getting thicker and thicker.
"Again...... Nearly ......"
The withered fingers suddenly let go of the crutches, lifted them and pointed tremblingly at the wall. Fairy, as the most humanized computer terminal, did not follow the orders of the head of the Shangguan family.
Instead, he replied apologetically, "I'd love to do what you want, but this is already the extreme of this photo, and continuing to zoom in will only destroy the clarity of this photo." I don't advocate that. ”
"Near-"
The head of the Shangguan family roared and shouted the word, but Fairy's body did not have any tendency to move.
The two sides were at a stalemate, and in the end, the head of the Shangguan family even wanted to hold the table and walk to the wall, but was stopped by the jade hall master halfway.
"Your old man should sit down."
With a playful tone, the Jade Hall Master grabbed the shoulder of the Shangguan Family Master with one hand, and quickly removed the hand that the Shangguan Family Master was propped on the table with the other hand.
Without support, the head of the Shangguan family could only let his body fall downward, and the master of the jade hall also took advantage of the situation to help the head of the Shangguan family back to his position.
The Jade Hall Master's movements were extremely fast, and there was no pause in a series of movements. After the head of the Shangguan family sat back in his position, the two hands of the master of the jade hall were already pressed on the shoulders of the head of the Shangguan family. The head of the Shangguan family wanted to stand up again, but he was pressed back by the two hands of the master of the jade hall.
"What is the head of the Shangguan family doing in such a hurry?" The Jade Hall Master bent down and whispered in the ear of the Shangguan Family Master, his gaze swept over the other Family Masters around him, and asked a little discordantly, "The other Family Masters are still sitting." ”