Chapter XXIX Questions
Faust nodded: "That's right...... It seems to me that the old man's question is related to everything...... We just need to figure out what the problem is? Then everything is solved by the blade. ”
But both of them knew in their hearts that it was easy to know what the old man's problem was, comparable to ascending to the sky.
Everything seemed to be in sight, but when the two of them recovered, they realized that it was just an illusion.
The sounds in the mountains began to get more and more eerie, and I don't know how long it lasted.
Wang Feng woke up suddenly in the middle of the night, his back almost wet with sweat.
"What's wrong? Is it a nightmare? ”
Faust also hurriedly got up and asked what was going on with Wang Feng.
Since coming here, Wang Feng has been awakened by nightmares every night.
"Did you have that weird dream again?"
Seeing that Wang Feng didn't speak, Faust hesitated for a moment, and then said his guess.
"Right...... I don't know why, but since I came here, I've had that weird dream every day......"
Wang Feng was already a little broken, in the dream he saw a black object, it looked a bit like a goat, and the cry was also extremely terrifying, the guy was restrained by chains, but it made people feel frightened.
"Alas!"
Faust was also a little helpless, but they both knew in their hearts that this must be Moritia's ghost...... And there must be a huge conspiracy hidden in it.
Wang Feng had already gone to the window without sleep, and it was quiet in the dead of night, and the movement in the mountain did not disappear because of this, but became more and more intense.
At this moment, he suddenly saw a group of figures, and the old man in the inn stood in front of the crowd and shouted happily: "I don't know what you guys think...... But honestly, our kid feels exactly like his father...... You can't guess what his father looks like, don't think that only the men in the neighborhood are men...... My daughter says she hasn't read much, but he's seen things that most of you have only heard of...... I can say that her husband is the best husband within a radius of hundreds of miles. If you are like us, you can see these mountains clearly...... Then you will understand that there is no better church wedding than his...... Sooner or later, you will hear our boy standing on the top of the hill calling his father's name. ”
All the villagers looked disdainful, but these words came into Wang Feng's ears.
The old man below seemed to see Wang Feng, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and he waved his hand and shouted to the window where Wang Feng was: "You will also see it...... Then you will praise his father......"
The old man's screams were hysterical, and the other villagers looked terrified.
"I finally know why the villagers said that this old man knew how to do black magic......"
Faust sneered: "This guy is just activated by the talent...... Because of his absolute power, everyone fears him. ”
"Fear...... Did you hear what he said? ”
Wang Feng looked at Faust: "The boss's child is not simple......
Faust nodded: "Maybe we can try to investigate the boss's child......"
"In the West, goats represent demons...... Could this child be the son of the devil? ”
Wang Feng felt as if he had neglected something, so he hurriedly said: "I don't think that there are angels or demons in this world, maybe these two species are originally alien creatures. And this kid of the boss is a combination of alien and human. ”
What Wang Feng said was exactly what Faust wanted to say.
Faust smiled as he looked at the frightened villagers below, "Something must have happened when this child was born......"
Wang Feng nodded, then closed the window, and then walked to the bed: "It seems that some of them are busy." ”
"Hmm!"
The two fell asleep again.
As soon as the next day dawned, they searched around for information about the birth of the child.
"You better be careful with them, after all, that old man knows black magic."
One of the villagers sighed: "They have never had any livestock in their cowshed...... For a while the curious even secretly climbed up the hill to count the stocking in him
Our cattle ...... There were only about five or six of them, and the cattle were pale and anemic, probably suffering from some disease or plague...... It could also be because the grass is not clean, or the cowshed is very dirty. He paused for a moment and then looked at Faust and Wang Feng: "But I saw it on those cows, like strange wounds and festers from sharp weapons, and there were one or two ...... at the beginning."
The villager hurriedly looked around to see that there was no one, and then said again: "That guy and his daughter had a similar wound on their throats......
Wang Feng and Faust both glanced at each other and knew that the villager was not mistaken, and the cattle and sheep were not because of unhygienic pastures or problems with the cowshed, but because of sacrifices to some monsters.
"After giving birth to that child......"
The villager glanced at Faust and sighed, "What else can happen?" The woman began to wander through the mountains and forests again, still holding the dark-skinned baby...... But as the child grew rapidly day by day, something was wrong with his size and muscles. ”
"Something is wrong?" Wang Feng was a little puzzled: "What's wrong?" ”
"His head still has muscles, he doesn't look like a week-old baby at all, and his behavior, including his voice, makes people feel wrong......" The villager stretched out seven fingers and his expression began to become strange: "He can be a toddler in seven months...... After another month, she was able to walk normally. ”
The words of the villagers confirmed the thoughts of the two even more.
Another old woman came up to them and said, "At midnight on Halloween that year, a fire was burning on the top of the mountain...... You know the boulder! There were bones everywhere. I suspect it's his cow's...... About an hour before the fire, I saw the boy leading his mother steadily down the hill. ”
"I remember what you said...... They all seemed to be naked. ”
"Are you mistaken? The woman was naked, and the child was still wearing pants and a belt. ”
The old woman glanced at the villager: "I'm sure I'm not mistaken, since then the child has always been dressed in a completely different way than her disheveled mother and grandfather. ”
Faust touched his chin when he heard this: "It seems that the IQ is very high......"
"Is there anything else about them?"
Wang Feng also wanted to know about this.
The villagers and the old woman looked at each other.
"They can't talk about their family...... Especially their cub, who is only 11 months old, began to speak, and the accent is not our accent, and the three or four-year-old children are not as good as him. ”
The old woman thought for a moment and frowned: "Anyway, as long as that child has a mouth, it makes people feel that something is wrong, but I can't say what is wrong...... Weird...... The tone in which he said made people feel a little frightened, and it was completely different from his face. ”
"Sounds pretty old, doesn't it?"
Faust looked at the old woman.
The old woman nodded, and then continued, "That guy inherited his mother, and his grandfather's short chin...... And the appearance is really very ugly, the lips are very thick, the pores are large, the complexion is black and yellow, the hair is rough and curly, the ears are also growing very fast, and the whole face is like a goat......"
Wang Feng seemed to understand when he heard this: "Then do you hate him very much?" ”
The villager shook his head: "At first we hated his mother and grandfather...... But now we don't hate that kid, we fear it...... He always stood in a circle of stone pillars with a very large book in front of him and shouted a name......"
"What's the name?"
Wang Feng asked.
"I forgot what it was called...... But it's terrifying, otherwise would those dogs be able to bark like that? ”
The old woman sighed: "And their family keeps buying some cows, although they buy a lot, but they can't see those cows......"
"When you say this, I suddenly remember, their house is in the back mountain, it seems that a place has been enclosed, and a farmhouse has been built, and the back half is completely buried on the top of the hillside, and the old man can complete so much heavy manual labor alone......"
The old woman scratched her hair and began to gossip: "If only he weren't crazy, but let's talk about it."
It's also strange that he seems to be extra sober when he is doing those carpentry jobs, and he can calculate everything? Not long after the child was born, he began to work and keep the room in order. ”
Wang Feng and Faust couldn't help but feel nervous when they heard this, and an idea popped up in their minds: Maybe that guy wasn't crazy, but pretending to be crazy......
"The doors and windows of their house are sealed with wooden strips, and a strong lock is installed, but his craftsmanship is indeed good, and the decoration is already crazy."
The villagers couldn't help but feel numb when they thought about this: "A few of us have been to the child's room before, but his second floor is nailed tightly and we are not allowed to enter...... But it looks like it's been carefully choreographed and placed on the bookshelf. ”
The villager paused and said in the old man's voice, "These things are useful to me...... So said the old man, mending a torn page with paste as he spoke. ”
"Those books worked for him...... What books would be useful to him? Faust's eyes lit up, and then he looked at Wang Feng.
Wang Feng naturally understood what Faust meant, and continued to ask.
"What else did the old man say? It's about the books he put in them, and the pages? ”
"The old man said that this thing is for children, and all the things that children learn are on it, so he will repair those things...... I've seen some of them before, and the text on them is just like ghost drawings...... How can a child understand? I guess he was just holding that book for show. ”
The villager was stunned suddenly, and then quickly closed his mouth.
The old woman was also startled, and quickly lowered her head, busy with the needlework in her hands.
Wang Feng and Faust turned their heads to find that the old man was standing behind them at this moment.
"What are you doing here? Do you want to ask my lovely grandson again? I advise you not to do this, or his father will kill you. ”
The old man narrowed his eyes, and then slowly walked away.
The old man in the room between the two was gone, relieved.
"It really scared the hell out of me...... Why is this old man always elusive? There's definitely black magic. ”
The old woman patted her heart and then looked at Wang Feng and Faust: "When I was still one year old and seven months old, I was already very big, and I spoke very fluently, and I was so smart that people were scared...... Every day at home, he studied his grandfather's books, and there were strange pictures, and the old man would teach and test the contents of his books in the afternoon...... Their house is almost finished, and anyone who has seen it will find it odd, because one of their upstairs windows has been converted into a wooden door, and this window is located in the lens of the east gable, close to the hillside. ”
The villager seemed to have thought of something, and hurriedly said to the two, "Anyway, I can't think of why a wooden plank was used to build a walkway from the ground to that window...... However, when I walked from their house, I was dizzy by a strange smell...... I've never smelled such a terrible stench," his expression became hideous, as if he smelled the smell, which also reflected his vivid memory of the smell.
The two of them asked a little more about the child, and they also knew that the mysterious sound in the mountain was emitted by the child.
"The boy was only four years old, and he looked like a ten-year-old child...... And they will recite words in a remote language, and sing in strange tunes......"
Wang Feng rubbed his temples, but a smile appeared on his face: "Finally have some eyebrows...... There were very few people visiting their homes, and they were not welcomed. ”
Faust nodded and then looked at the villagers again: "Is there any other information about this?" ”
Seeing that the two wanted to listen to it again, the villagers did not refuse: "There was a fish seller who saw that the woman had been staying downstairs, and the second floor kept echoing with screams and footsteps, so the fish seller asked the woman what happened upstairs?" What was her father doing with her son, but the woman wouldn't say anything, so the fish seller pushed the locked room leading to the second floor...... He turned pale with fright, and showed fear...... Everyone wanted to know what was going on in that room. ”
Faust and Wang Feng also understood that the house that the villagers were talking about was an important clue.