The scoundrel pointed to the not too high mountain in front of him: "Scott was caught on the mountainside, this place is quite remote, if it weren't for a few backpackers who happened to come here to hike, I'm afraid Sko would have died here and no one would have found out." ”

I looked at the mountain in front of me, the altitude is not too high, about 100 meters, but the whole mountain is very huge, it stretches all the way, there is no end in sight, it is not so much a mountain as a mountain.

I dragged my chin slightly with my hand and tapped it gently: "Scoundrel, do you know why Sko came to this mountain? Or rather, what are the more peculiar things on this mountain. ”

The scoundrel thought for a moment and clapped his hands sharply: "This is the witch holy land. ”

"Witch Sanctuary?" Gu Qianmo asked curiously.

I looked up at the mountain again, turned to the scoundrel and said, "What do you mean, tell us about it?" ”

The scoundrel nodded, found a big stone and sat down, looked at us and said, "You can sit down too, I don't know much, so I'll give you a rough explanation, but it will take a lot of time." ”

Seeing that Gu Qianmo and I had each found a place to sit down, the scoundrel cleared his throat and said slowly like a commentary: "We in Western Europe were very popular witches in the past, and some people called them witches, legend has it that witches are very powerful, they can use all kinds of magic, and they can also mix many terrifying potions, of course, their most famous thing is to fly around on a broomstick." And the mountain in front of us was the sacred place in the hearts of witches at that time, and it is said that there lived a witch named Viskelline. Her power is strong enough to summon gods. A large number of witches in order to learn witchcraft and magic from her. Migrated here, the slaughter of witches in the Middle Ages, you all know about it, right? ”

I nodded slightly, looked at Gu Qianmo, who was dazed, and said, "From the beginning of the fourteenth century to the end of the seventeenth century, the church has been instigating a large number of kings in Western Europe to slaughter witches, in the past nearly three centuries. The witches slaughtered by the church add up to tens of thousands, and in the texts this massacre is called 'Judgment Day'. ”

Hearing me say this, Gu Qianmo couldn't help but cover her mouth: "How can this be?" ”

I smiled wryly and shook my head: "Actually, the death of those witches is just a sacrifice of kingship and faith, in the Middle Ages, as long as they do not believe in God, they will be regarded as heretical, and witches do not believe in God, they believe in Mother Earth." The Christian church saw it as a heresy against God that had to be severely punished, so the fight against witches became God's 'divine mission'. It's ridiculous, and even in the Bible, there is a saying that is specific to witches, saying, 'A woman who does sorcery will not let her live.'" It is because of this sentence that not only witches, but even a large number of innocent women were burned alive in the Middle Ages, as long as Christianity suspects that you are a witch, then you must die, and the tragedy is no less than the holy war launched by the church back then. ”

The scoundrel shrugged his shoulders and continued my words: "Yes, so I don't believe in Christianity, if there is really a God, I don't have to live a sneaky life every day, okay, let me continue, it is recorded that in that year, the church caught more than 200 witches on this mountain alone, and after these witches were executed, no one dared to come to this mountain, because it was rumored that there were witch ghosts on this mountain, and all those who went up the mountain would be caught and eaten by them, until these days, Gradually, some people are willing to go up the mountain. ”

I glanced at the mountains in front of me again, and it seemed that this time it was probably related to witches, and I turned my head to look at the scoundrel: "This mountain, will you go?" ”

The scoundrel smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Don't say it's me, I'm afraid that no matter who comes to this city, there will be no way to complete this mountain, over the years, there are few people who dare to go up the mountain, let alone people who are familiar with the mountain road, finally, Mr. Luo, if you want to go up the mountain, can you not take me?" I was a little scared. ”

I stood up, waved my hand at him and said, "Then you can go." ”

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Looking at the back of the scoundrel leaving, Gu Qianmo asked with some doubts, "You just let him go?" He's not familiar with mountain trails, but he's better than us, right? ”

I looked at the stone steps not far away, and took the lead in walking over: "I'm afraid what we have to face next, I'm afraid it's not something that a scoundrel can accept, let him go early, and it's not without benefit to have less contact." ”

Gu Qianmo followed, looking at the steps leading to the depths of the dense forest: "Are you so sure that we are going to encounter those terrifying things?" ”

I nodded: "Yes, it's just that there are a few questions that have not been answered, the first is that Scott went crazy in the castle, why did he appear here, is there something strange here that attracts Sko to come here after he goes crazy?" Also, the scoundrel shouldn't be lying, so to put it mildly, Scott called a ghost when he ran out of the castle, why was he called a werewolf when he was caught here, and what did Scott come into contact with and see during the time he disappeared? The second is where the countess has gone, we have also looked for it before, there is no body of the maid in the closet, and the body of the count in the basement is also missing, if it is really as the letter says, then there should be a total of two bodies and a ghost in the castle, but they are all gone. If nothing else, I feel like we can all find the answers to these things here. ”

Gu Qianmo pretended to nod and agreed: "So that's the case." ”

"Yes, that's it, but are you sure you really get it?" I casually cleared the weeds blocking the mountain road and turned to ask.

Gu Qianmo thought for a while, and finally shook her head firmly: "I don't understand!" ”

Looking at her appearance, my feet slipped, almost fell to the ground, and I smiled helplessly, I was about to throw the weeds in my hand aside, and I was stunned: "No, Martin is lying!" He didn't come here to arrest Sko at all, his purpose was just to bring us here. ”

Seeing me stop, Gu Qianmo also stopped, she tilted her head to look at the mountain road, and said suspiciously: "Impossible, right?" Why did he lie to us? ”

I waved the weeds in my hand and smiled: "How is it impossible, if they really caught Sko here a few days ago, why are there still weeds blocking the road, not to mention that they came to catch Sko, even the backpackers in the mouth of the scoundrel should not exist, as for why they deceived us here, I don't know for the time being." ”

Gu Qianmo's face had a slight trace of anger, she trusted my words very much, and when she heard me say this, she turned around suddenly: "I'll go find the scoundrel and Martin to settle accounts." ”

I sat down on the steps casually: "No need to go, I'm afraid the scoundrel was also deceived by Martin, but it's nothing, if you think about it, we don't know Martin at all, why did he lie to us?" ”

Looking at me, Gu Qianmo sat down beside me helplessly: "Okay, let's talk quickly, did you find anything again?" ”

I nodded, tossed the weeds in my hand aside, and said, "Yes, if you think about it, since Martin doesn't know us, he doesn't have any conflict with us at all, but why did he lie to us?" It proves that there must be someone behind him who directs him. ”

Gu Qianmo tilted her head and thought about it, and finally gave up helplessly: "I can't think of it, you say it quickly, who will instruct Martin to lie to us?" ”

I smiled and stretched out three fingers: "There are three people who are the most suspicious, the first is the disappeared countess, but her possibility should be the smallest one, before she is determined to be alive or dead, I still don't want to doubt her, maybe it can be regarded as a preconceived idea, after all, she invited us back here, it stands to reason, it stands to reason that she can't ask someone to lie to us, if she really wants to lie to us, she can come forward herself, the effect is much better than Martin; The second is another ghost that appeared in the castle, the ghost who wanted to kill the countess in the letter, but we can't say for sure whether it exists or not, so we will put it aside for the time being; The third person is the most suspicious. ”

Gu Qianmo was a little dizzy when she heard it at this time, and she almost blurted out and asked, "Who is the third?" ”

At this time, two of the three fingers I stretched out had been withdrawn, and I looked at my last finger that was still standing up and said, "Organizer! ”

Gu Qianmo almost jumped up, she looked at me with some surprise and said, "Organizer? How can it be! ”

I put that finger in front of Gu Qianmo and waved it slightly, "How is it impossible?" You know the organizer's work, although his strength is strong, but he rarely does it himself, likes to use all kinds of strange means, my guess is that the organizer is helping us, we have no way to find the next clues, he commanded, or controlled Martin to give us such a fake news, to lead us here, so that we can find new clues, so, the suspicion of the main board, the largest. (To be continued......) (To be continued......)

PS: I received a letter from the editor of the starting point, saying that I can be on the recommendation list of potential rookies, and I don't know if it's good or bad, it's better than nothing, continue to thank you for your support