Chapter 39: Framed
Night.
The small red three-story building seemed to have just been built, and only Sig and Samuel lived there, and Samus had not yet returned, and there was silence all around.
Seeger was lying on the bed, looking at a yellowed ancient book, not so much a occult book, but an ordinary linguistic book.
Ancient Bailun
It is said that in ancient times, there was a powerful dynasty in the middle of the continent that established a civilization at its peak. It's just that with the passage of time, this dynasty gradually died out in the torrent of history.
Bailun was the official language of the dynasty and the lingua franca of communication on the continent at that time.
It wasn't a whim, or an interest, that the real reason why he had been studying this language book for a while was to read another book, Psychics and Alchemy that had been lying in his storage bag!
It is this Bailun language used in the full text of "Psychic School and Blood Alchemy", which was only known to Sig after he came to the royal capital, so after settling down during the day, Sieg took the time to go to the library of Hongqiao University and borrowed a language study book.
Bailun is not at all the same as the lingua franca of today's continent, and when Sig first learned it, he even thought it was the language of some other world civilization.
However, language learning is difficult to get started, and it will be much easier when you get into the state. By now, Sieg can probably read some words in Berry.
I believe that it won't be long before I can crack the mystery of the book "Psychic School and Blood Alchemy".
Occult books are treasures in the secular world, not only for mortals, but also for sorcerers, and each one will be coaxed for a frighteningly high price.
Although the sorcerer's family also had a large collection of occult books, private collections at that time were generally not disclosed to outsiders except for the family.
In this world, knowledge is power. And power, no one wants to share it. Since he entered the occult world, Sieg has only seen two occult books, one is "Introduction to the Basics of the Sorcer", and the other is "Psychic School and Blood Alchemy".
The light bulbs in the room shone brightly, dispelling the darkness and illuminating the surroundings.
On late autumn nights, a cold wind begins to blow outside. Sieg lowered his eyebrows and looked intently at the book in his hand, when a soft sound suddenly sounded in the air.
Sig's eyelids lifted slightly, and the next moment, a violently rotating bullet smashed the window glass directly and hit Sieg himself.
The bulletproof talisman that Sieg was carrying with him heated violently at the moment, rippling with a white circle of light. The rapid bullet seemed to be in a quagmire for a while, the speed dropped sharply, and the direction was disturbed by the force field, and began to shift.
Bang.
The bullet eventually hits the wall next to Sig, and an elaborate assassination attempt fails.
Sig stood up and looked out the window.
At this moment, outside the window, a black figure was like a mouse, turning around and fleeing into the darkness.
"There's an assassin!" Several thoughts flashed through Sig's mind for a moment, and then, no longer hesitating, kicked open the broken window, and chased after him with great skill.
The assassin seems to be a mortal gunman, with no mysterious powers at all. However, this man ran with a staggering figure, mechanical wooden, and a little weird.
Sigurt soon caught up with him in a remote corner of the lake, and the man seemed to resign himself to his fate.
Sieg walked over, but suddenly found a white-clothed female corpse hanging on a tree behind the man.
The female corpse hung quietly on it, her face was not as hideous as after ordinary hanging, but her face was serene, and by the faint moonlight, she could even see the other party's white face, spotless.
At the same time, Sieg also saw the appearance of the person who assassinated him, which was a humanoid puppet made entirely of pieces of wood and iron.
The puppet had a musket embedded in its arm, which seemed to be the one used to assassinate Sigurt. When Sig was a certain distance away from the golem, the golem suddenly turned around and jumped into the lake, causing a wave of water before quickly disappearing into the lake.
Sieg paused and didn't chase after him.
"It's actually a puppet, it seems that the other party's identity has some origins. Sieg touched his chin and said secretly.
This kind of humanoid golem is not cheap, and building one requires not only a strong knowledge of mechanics and golemology, but also a lot of occult knowledge. This kind of puppet on the market has always been priceless, and generally only some big nobles will hide one or two in their homes.
Sieg looked at the white-clothed female corpse hanging from the tree again, a little confused.
"Why do I feel, as if the puppet is deliberately bringing me here, what is it trying to do?"
Disheveled.
Suddenly, there was a noise in the trees in the distance, and then a white mist of vapor rose.
Someone is taking pictures with a steam camera!
Soon, three figures came from the woods towards this side, and the three of them fanned around Sieg with an unkind expression.
"I've finally caught you, Killer!" one of them said viciously, glancing at the woman's corpse.
"Hahaha, I didn't expect that the murderer of this serial female corpse case was actually a guest entertained by the vice principal, I don't know how many people will drop their jaws when it spreads. "A chubby blonde boy plays with taste, he has a steam camera hanging from his chest, and several reels of film have run out, and he is the one who has just taken pictures.
"The human and material evidence is all here, this time it depends on where you run. The last man looked excited and pointed to the steam camera.
The three of them seemed to be students here, and the man at the head was the slightly chubby young man, who was gorgeously dressed and looked like he was born into a wealthy family.
"It's not something I did, and I'm just here. Sieg shrugged his shoulders and showed innocence.
He has also heard of the serial female corpse case, it seems that a series of strange female corpses have been found in the area near Hongqiao University recently, whether it is the police or the mysterious people of the Guards Corps, they can't find out why.
"Hmph, what we saw with our own eyes, you still want to deny. The chubby blonde boy said excitedly, "Now you have the handle in our hands!"
"Oh?" Sieg was a little moved, and he trembled his eyebrows slightly and said, "It turns out that the humanoid puppet just now was sent by you, and it was your idea to guide me here?"
"What a puppet, we don't know. The chubby young man put his hands behind his back, his eyes drifted into the distance, whistling, and said with a disapproving expression: "We happened to pass by here, and we just happened to see you, the murderer, committing murder." ”
"It's just that we happened to be passing by and didn't know anything. ”
"Hehe, boy, you'd better be honest with us, or we'll tell us what is happening, and your future in the Guards will be completely ruined. ”
The other two attendants threatened with a wicked smile.
"Sure enough, it's you. "Sigurt still doesn't understand that these three people are pretending to assassinate, but they are actually trying to make an immortal jump.
Thinking of this, he also became interested, clasped his hands on his chest and said, "Who are you, I really don't want to offend you, right?"
He didn't know what these three people were trying to frame him for, and where did the corpse of the woman in white be returned, could it be that they were murderers?
"It doesn't hurt to tell you. The chubby young man took a few steps forward with a proud face and said, "Uncle, I am the son of a shareholder of the [Red Fox Company] and one of the leaders of the republican student movement. ”
Sig had heard of the Red Fox Company, a large company that spanned several countries on the East Coast, mainly engaged in overseas trade, and was said to be rich enough to rival the wealth.