Probably, that's the so-called feng shui rotation.

In the most glorious era of the Evangelical Church hundreds of years ago, Philemeralds was a place that everyone was fascinated by, and a dream city in everyone's hearts.

There were people with devout clergy and prayers day and night, there were untold kingdoms dedicated to the Church, the Medici treasury was home to most of the wealth of the Western world, and there were others with gates to kingdoms that were guarded by the Templars.

Countless people, countless stories, countless desires and greed, it is like the incarnation of God on earth, it seems that once you get there, it will fulfill all your desires.

Lorenzo didn't really understand people's yearning for a certain place of extreme gambling, but when he actually came to Old Dunling, he understood a lot.

People have some kind of obsession, but those obsessions are often difficult to achieve in the end, no matter how hard you try, you are only struggling on the verge of failure.

It was a desperate, powerless despair.

But no one can accept this, they need a goal of hope, hundreds of years ago it was Fei Lengcui, now it is the old Dunling, they yearn for this miraculous city, as if in this miracle, they can find the way to fulfill that obsession.

Thinking of this, Lorenzo couldn't help laughing, after all, he was also a stowaway, so long time had passed, he couldn't remember how long he had been swimming in the sea at that time, the sun was exposed, the wind and rain were blowing, maybe it was too tragic, and that memory was already a little blurry.

He had thought he was going to die at sea, and the great ship Holmes had died before he could begin his plundering career

But maybe because he is also a person with obsessions, Lorenzo survived after all, and when he woke up, he was soaking in the shallow water, and the old Dunling was close in front of him.

"I don't know if those stowaways will despair when they see the real old Dunling. ”

Prey looked at the gray silhouette of Old Dunling, where there was steam technology beyond the world's comprehension, and incredible behemoths swam in the air, filled with fog as if it were another world.

Old Dunling does have a miracle, but that miracle is not available to everyone, and Preese is also a person who came for that miracle, but in the end he can only be a police detective, and all his wishes and ideals have become cheap, and now he is just retiring.

It's a ruthless city that will wear away all your sanity and passion, and you'll end up losing yourself in the cogs of complexity.

The stowaways were like pilgrims, who came with great difficulty, only to see the dazzling miracle, but not the bones that lay beneath the prosperity.

"Aren't you going home to sleep?" asked Lorenzo.

"Do you think I'll be relieved that someone like you is doing the case alone?" Pree.

Lorenzo looked at Pree's dark circles.

"Honestly, you should trust people more. ”

"Just you?" said Pree, as if he had heard some joke.

"Well, Mr. Holmes, I must admit that you can be called a ...... in some way Gifted. "Pree," but trust you, forget it, it feels like letting the criminal go, and he'll be back after breakfast. ”

Lorenzo frowned, thought for a moment, and replied seriously, "This kind of thing, it sounds like I can do it." ”

"You'll be back?"

"What if?"

The two walked out of Sualan Hall while chatting, due to the lack of police, this time they didn't have any carriages to use, and it seemed that they could only move forward on two legs.

"A cargo ship from the Emerald Fried, the stowaways were hiding in the containers, they were well hidden, and if it weren't for the increased vigilance of the mission, they might have gotten past it. "Pres.

"You didn't catch them?"

"They were very agile and escaped from the docks at night, and the mounted police chased them all the way, and finally disappeared...... In fact, this case is not important, there are every case of this kind of smuggling, we found one case, maybe ten cases escaped our attention. ”

Lorenzo checked the number in his heart, and he was completely confused.

"With so much influx, you're not in a hurry?"

Hearing this, Preece looked at Lorenzo with some disdain, "So do you remember where you came to Old Dunling first?"

Where?

This brought back Lorenzo's memories of thinking that the demons were dead and that he had come to Old Dunling only to retire, so he left all his past and memories behind, and he rarely thought about them when his life was stable.

But after calming down, he met the darkness again, Lorenzo had not died in his discovery of demons, and the night of Presence was only one of many conspiracies, and his mission was not over.

"I remember...... Downtown?" Lorenzo.

As a stranger, he had no formal papers, and could not enter the outer city, let alone the inner part of Old Dunling, and he was almost like a dead man at that time, and the only place to accept him was the lower town, where he met the shrike.

"Yes, Downtown, it's a mess there, but I have to admit that thanks to its existence, all the garbage is gathered in one place. "The vast majority of stowaways end up in the lower city, and they don't have much to do with that kind of ghost place for long."

Of course, there are people who can climb out of it, but waiting for them is also a mechanical life...... It's not a beautiful city, at least it's for a few. ”

Lorenzo heard this viciously, "The class gap of all evils!"

Presce gave Lorenzo a blank look, a little unaware of what the detective was doing.

"On the contrary, Lorenzo, I envy your life. ”

Lorenzo was a little confused, he stopped and looked at Pree.

"You envy me?"

Absolutely, there are people who envy this kind of outlaw life.

Preese nodded earnestly.

"How awesome!"

Lorenzo was a little at a loss, how could he be virtuous, and he would be envied by others...... It's a weird feeling.

I only heard the detective continue, and his voice was a little lonely.

"You see, you're an outside detective, you work when you want to work, you take a break when you want, and you never look like you're worried about money...... I really envy you, Lorenzo, you have so much fun every time, you belong to the kind of person who has no fun and has fun, it's like no trouble. ”

Lorenzo was stunned by him, and paused for a long time before he took out a cigarette from his arms, which was the one that Kestrel bought for him, but Fu Zhang was Joey.

The hand that lit the cigarette trembled slightly, like some heart-saving medicine, and Lorenzo inhaled heavily.

But in the end, he didn't say anything, he didn't refute it, he wouldn't show off to Preece how colorful his life was, after all, Lorenzo's life was happy, he couldn't imagine.

Drive weird mechas, blow up wherever you go, and flirt with the duke...... If that situation in the train at the time could be called flirting.

It's also related to the mysterious department of the old Dunling, and he's still a peerless macho man, this is a proper urban soldier king!

It's so cool!

But Lorenzo can't, almost everyone he knows is dead, and he has to fight with those demons every time, and the reason why he is so happy is because he is really depressed and crazy if he doesn't have some fun in this ghost situation.

In the same way, he didn't bother with marrying a wife, having children, buying a house, etc., after all, as a witcher, Lorenzo didn't think he could have that kind of life.

The Witcher will not live in peace, the Witcher will only die on the battlefield, this hell thing is like a curse.

Soon Lorenzo finished a cigarette, and the brief silence made Preece a little uncomfortable, but soon it came.

The Iron Serpent came from the end of the street, spitting steam like a wheezing beast.

It finally came to a slow halt in front of the two Rao, and at this point Prey noticed that there was a stop sign erected here, and he had been talking to Lorenzo and had not noticed it at all.

Despite the rise in steam technology, electricity has gradually been brought to the steel city thanks to the study of the Perpetual Pump, and it seems that they want to use Old Dunling as a testing ground to see how much glory electricity can bring.

One of these products is the steam tram, which runs on the railroad tracks above the ground and connects the whole city.

"Let's go, we'll have to go like this without a carriage, and you can sleep on the road for a while. "Lorenzo.

Preece glanced inside the car, and there were still a few empty seats.

The two of them got into the Iron Serpent, and it slowly drove to the two of them where they needed to go.

The River Thames runs through the island of Invig, and at the mouth of the sea is the port of Rendona, where a large number of foreign ships are anchored and are at the heart of trade, but there are still many ships that will not stop there, and will pass through customs and travel along the Thames all the way to Old Dunling.

The cargo ship from the Emerald had been inspected at the old Dunlin Pier, and now the two of them had to go to the pier to inspect the scene.

Preese looked genuinely tired and fell asleep as she leaned back in her chair, and Lorenzo sat down beside him and picked up the newspaper from the chair pocket.

Usually the time on the Iron Snake is very boring, and in order to pass the time, they provide newspapers intimately.

Lorenzo was reading the newspaper, and he didn't really want to let his mind sit idle.

The Vikings ended the civil war, and the pirates are now under the orders of a guy named Ragnar, who is happy about the end of the war, but in fact no one wants to see the war subside, the territory of the Vikings is barren, and now the land of the Western world has long been divided, in the eyes of those Vikings, if you want to develop, you either have to trade for money or plunder.

The Lybber also continued to rise, during the Glorious War, they remained neutral and secretly developed, and now they have built a trade network along the Rhine, and now with the abundance of land, industrial development is gradually catching up with Invig, and there are concerns about this.

As for Gaulnalo, the hatred between the two countries remains, and there is an undercurrent of peace under the surface, and although there is no conflict on the mainland, there is constant strife in the colonies outside of Invig.

The rest is the news of some countries, although they are independent countries, but in fact they are secretly controlled by various big countries, now this is protesting that, Ming that is going to attack that, basically this is the way, friction is constant, but the war has not risen.

Today, the Templars are behind the times, and the Knights Templar are behind the times, with guns and cannons in their arms, but they are still wearing heavy armor, as if they were mourning the glorious rituals of the past.

Everyone is nostalgic for the age of faith, but no one wants it back, and the power of the pope back then is now just a mascot of faith.

The world is pretty much like that, hovering on the edge of rotten and rotten.

Turning to the next page, there are some news in the old Dunling, such as the gas explosion in the northern city district, the successive explosions destroyed the entire street, fortunately, not many people were injured, but the building was seriously damaged and has been cordoned off.

Wait a minute!

The hand that was about to turn the page suddenly stopped, and Lorenzo looked carefully at the words of the gas explosion, could this be what the purification mechanism was doing?

Continuing to look down, there was news of some of the missions' visits, and I saw that there was one at the end that caught Lorenzo's attention.

The mission of the Holy Gospel Papal States will visit in the near future.

Although he had been away from it for seven years, every time he saw news about it, Lorenzo always aroused memories and vigilance.

The newspaper was written with great pride, and in the opinion of the writers, the evangelical church was finally willing to give up their pride for the arrival of steam technology, but it was too late to embrace it.

All countries have developed a certain level of industry, and they are already too far behind in this world game.

No...... Not necessarily, if the Evangelical Church can get the Book of Revelation back and complete the project of militarizing the witchers, they will still be able to regain their dominance, but at the cost of a terrible war.

Lorenzo's expression was serious, he knew very well the difference between ordinary people and demon hunters.

"Wake up, Presie. ”

After another while, it was time to reach the docks, and Lorenzo shoved Preece to wake him up.

The detective looked very uncomfortable, but he was in much better condition than before, and sure enough, he still had to sleep, but he still didn't worry about letting Lorenzo handle the case alone, not because he was afraid that the detective would die, but because he was afraid that he would cause more trouble.

Rubbing his eyes vigorously, he tried to keep himself as good as he could, and then looked at Lorenzo.

"Have you arrived?"

"Now it's here. ”

The Iron Serpent suddenly stopped, this was its terminus, and the passengers walked down.

Presie was a little sad, "I really want to go home and sleep." ”

"Let's go!"

Lorenzo urged.

As you step down from the Iron Serpent, a heavy fishy stench comes from you, countless people walk around the docks, and steamboats on the Thames pass by with billowing smoke, like a road of fog.

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