The sun sets, and soon after nightfall, the whole town is engulfed in boundless darkness, and the town that is relatively dilapidated and bleak during the day becomes more and more ghostly at night, and the forest outside the town is from time to time with the long roar of unknown beasts, and the owls who stay on the branches of the trees are still staring at the townspeople who are still walking outside at night, their eyes reflect the green glow, coupled with the darkness that is difficult to reach out and the chirping of the surrounding insects and rats, which makes people feel extremely terrifying, just walking in such an environment is a very test of people's courage.

Due to the remote location of the town, located in the mountains and forests, the traffic is very inconvenient, and the townspeople generally live a poor life, so the infrastructure projects in this closed town are very backward, the road is only a dilapidated cement road, similar to street lights, water pipe network, communication facilities and other infrastructure construction is nothing, although in recent years, in the town with the efforts of the mayor of the town, the town has been electrified, However, the quality of life of the townspeople has not improved much because of the electricity, and their daily routine is still based on the change of day and night.

The reason is simple: there are not many families in the town who have access to electricity, and in this town, apart from the mayor and the church, there are only a few large families who can afford to pay the electricity bill.

There are only a few houses left in the town that the lights are flickering in such a darkness, as if the sparks are about to go out, there are no street lights in the town, Wu Ming and the others can only use the light brought by the hazy moonlight to pass through the town roads that are more difficult for ordinary people than during the day, but fortunately, they are all different from ordinary people, and this darkness is not difficult for them. Soon, under the map navigation of the stealth agent, Wu Ming and his entourage came to the bell tower spire in the center of the town with little effort.

The house next to the bell tower minaret Wu Ming looked up at the bell tower minaret that was seven or eight stories high, when he saw this somewhat dilapidated bell tower, he couldn't help frowning, an indescribable sense of familiarity was entrenched in his heart, but every time he was about to think about it, he always felt that something was hindering his thinking, causing that layer of window paper to never break, he shook his head, threw those weird feelings out of his mind and looked around again, Finally stopped at the building with lights on next to it, it seemed that this was the place, and the mayor of the town who could afford electricity might be the mayor.

Wu Ming refers to the small bungalow with only one floor next to the bell tower minaret, the light of the electric light shines through the window of the bungalow, dispelling the darkness around the house, and the door of the bungalow is also hidden, it seems that there is a faint light behind the door, it should be that someone deliberately did not close the door.

Alex pushed the door in a rather imposing manner, and Wu Ming and his party also rushed in like a great enemy, so it didn't look like they were here to help keep vigil, but like they were here to smash the field, looking at the gradually crooked style of painting of his own vote, Wu Ming's thoughts couldn't help but go a little off: if there were townspeople who didn't know the truth at this time passed by the door of the mayor's house, I am afraid that there would be robbers in the town the next morning, and rumors such as he robbed the town mayor Rogge last night would go away.

But knowing that it wasn't time to wander, he immediately forcibly stopped his thoughts and returned his attention to the present.

The furnishings in the bungalow were very simple, there was a table in the living room, on which there were many documents, Rogge sat at the table with a pen in his hand and carefully processed the documents, after a short period of astonishment and fright, the expression on his face immediately became extremely surprised, he stood up suddenly, walked quickly to Alex in three steps and two steps, although he hesitated a little, but still firmly held the other party's broad hand.

It's great that you and your friends are willing to come and help!

Having said that, when Wu Ming entered the door, he obviously saw that Rogge's body was trembling with fright when he found the old hunter, and he was also a little hesitant when shaking hands

After a few people got to know each other briefly, and after knowing each other's names, Rogge immediately turned the topic to the topic: I think Alex you can see some problems in the afternoon, the situation in the town is very chaotic now, and the appearance of the pied piper coupled with the witch curse ingrained in the minds of the older generation has made many people panic now, those thoughts

It's okay for those who go to church to pray for peace of mind, but the real troublemakers are the older generation who stand firm to arrest all those suspected and hold a witch trial to prevent the witch curse from returning

As the mayor of the town, I couldn't have allowed the town to carry out such ridiculous persecution and lynching, so I formed a vigil to find out the piper, but after the witch trial ceremony was disrupted by another stranger, the situation began to fall into chaos, and many people also withdrew from the vigil Speaking of this, Rog sighed a little and his expression became a little gloomy, but he immediately cheered up: So you can really help me a lot to come

Wu Ming heard the town mayor take the initiative to talk about the witch, so he followed his words and asked: What is the witch's curse? Why is it that in this era, there are still people who engage in witch trials?

Rogge was a little embarrassed by the question, and his expression became exciting at a speed that was visible to the naked eye: in fact, most of the people in the town were some comparisons

I haven't seen anything in the world, so it's more feudal and superstitious old stubborn? Wu Ming answered without thinking about it.

Well, I can't say that, I can only be regarded as a person who believes in tradition more, and the town's face is more embarrassing, but he still explained stubbornly: In fact, there has always been such an old-fashioned superstitious custom in the town, whenever something unfortunate happens in the town, or something unusual happens, it means that the witch's curse has returned to the town and turned someone into a witch, if you let it go, the witch will bring more and more disasters and misfortunes

Legend has it that the curse of the witch is this kind of thing, which will turn a person in the town into a witch from time to time, and then bring disaster and misfortune to the townspeople

Alex listened to his narration, and his brows furrowed more and more: In other words, in order to prevent the witch from causing more great harm, will the so-called witch trial be held in the town?

Well, Rogge nodded heavily, obviously not very much with the townspeople's approach, according to the legends passed down from generation to generation in the town, the witch must be judged to stop the disaster from happening, these legends will be told to the children as a bedtime story, plus the town has tried the witch many times before, it seems to have some effect, so now many people in the town are convinced of this, and those who don't believe much in this kind of thing are the policemen and doctors who have returned to the town, and some people who have stayed in the city outside for a long time and are more open-minded

Hearing the town mayor's answer, Wu Ming and Alex immediately exchanged glances, and both of them looked thoughtful.

Otto listened for a long time, and finally couldn't help but speak: So your countermeasure is to let us wait for the rabbit at night, waiting for the piper to commit another crime and send it to the door?

His face and spirit were much better than in the afternoon, and he was obviously well rested in the afternoon.

It took a lot of effort to organize even such a vigil Rogge sighed helplessly, many townspeople are very fanatical about restoring the tradition of witch trials, they don't listen to any explanations at all, they are crazy to catch witches to complete the judgment ceremony and get life back on track in the town, they don't care how many innocent people will be killed and injured

Otto listened to his helpless sigh, and felt that this mayor was also very warm-hearted, and for some reason there was a feeling of sympathy rising from the bottom of his heart, and he couldn't help but stretch out his hand and pat him on the shoulder: Then only we have a few nights of vigil today?

Hesse, the town doctor, and Sergeant Gale have already gone on patrol with the others, so you can go to Abigail's area to patrol and keep a vigil, and take care of the little girl, who is still a child, and is also in the range of the Pied Piper, so I am more worried about her condition

At this time, Wu Ming, who had been pondering for a long time, suddenly said: "Rogge, if you have any ideas, you can tell us about it."

Rogge was stunned for a moment, a little confused by his statement: What?

The corners of Wu Ming's mouth twitched and showed a kind smile, and explained: Look, anyway, we are all outsiders who don't understand the rules, so we are not afraid of breaking the rules of your town, if you want to do something, we can let it go, so

He didn't make it too clear, but he knew that Mayor Mare should be able to understand the implication of his words.

Sure enough, although Rogge hesitated a little after hearing this, it seemed that he had made some ideological struggles in his heart, but he quickly realized that he really needed help, so he nodded and said: I understand, if it really comes to that time, I hope you can help

No problem, if it really comes to that time, we will definitely come to help Wu Ming heard his reply, the smile on his face became even brighter, and then a few people casually chatted a few words about where the location of their patrol was, knowing the patrol range, the mayor helped them turn out two flashlights and a kerosene lamp for lighting, and several people were ready to start patrolling the night, but at this time, everyone in the room suddenly heard a melodious and long flute sound from the window!

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