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Chapter 382 Huaiguang Priest?Investigator Huaiguang! (13)

To be honest, it's hard for Ian to explain that he didn't actually come to dig up the corpses - he didn't know there were corpses here, he just came here to find clues about the matter of 'Baron Ryan harvesting the glow grass ahead of time'.

Although the Xiahui Grass has accumulated nutrients in the second year, it will be most effective when it is harvested in late autumn. It is only early summer, and Baron Laian definitely has his reasons for harvesting in advance.

Now it seems that these corpses may be one of the reasons.

Somehow they stimulated the growth of the glowweed, allowing him to harvest enough of the psychic plants earlier.

Unlike Ian, Sister Reflecting Light investigated in another direction. She was not a psychic, so she couldn't see the obvious clues to Ian, but she also found some crucial evidence.

Therefore, exchanging information is a choice that is beneficial to both parties.

"it is good."

After taking back the shovel, the nun seriously hung it on her waist, and readily agreed to the request.

The two exchanged information.

Yingguang is a nun of the Huaiguang Church, a cleric apprentice, who came here for the abnormal disappearances that occurred around the Agate Stone Plain in the past three years.

This is not something to be surprised about. After all, it is normal to accidentally disappear when you are away from home. It is a strange thing to find the bones.

In the Terra ecosystem, there are quite a few creatures that can digest their bones cleanly.

So on this land, missing is not simply missing, but also has the potential meaning of 'no bones left'.

Huaiguang Church usually does not pay attention to these trivial matters.

After all, if even monster attacks are under their control, is there still a need for the local nobles and security brigade?
What's more, there is no way to manage this kind of thing, even Huaiguang Church Jianguo can't manage it.

Having said that, the recent situation has become more frequent and serious. Since a year ago, there has even been a strange phenomenon in which an entire small business group disappeared completely before passing through the Indigo Mountain Gap, and that business group happened to be a Organized by devout Huaiguang believers.

There were so many complaints and requests from believers that they also had to take a look at what was going on.

Fast forward through.

After several months of follow-up investigation, Ying Guang, who was in charge of investigating the matter, pinpointed the source of the disappearance in Lai'an Territory.

And she also discovered that a refugee gathering place in the Western Plains that originally existed in the Laian Territory had completely disappeared. There was no one in the empty camp, and it had been decayed and dilapidated for at least a year.

This is not normal.

Due to the confrontation with Feiyan Land in the Western Territory, a large number of forts and military fortresses were built, as well as all kinds of harsh laws. Refugees continued to flow into Nanling.

Even though these refugees who lost their homes will soon be killed by the harsh environment of Nanling, there will be new refugees every season, or ordinary people who are eager to find a new hometown.

After all, tyranny is fiercer than a tiger.

Sister Yingguang believes that this incident may be related to another incident related to the "Nanling Cult", so she came here to negotiate with Baron Laian, who has a background of mountain people, and wanted to see from the other party's speech and behavior. There are some clues.

As a result, Baron Ryan did not reveal any flaws, and she could not grasp the evidence, so she could only go back to the church in the city.

After negotiating with the local staff, through the method of treatment and diagnosis, I finally got a clue from a flower sea grower. I know that in the late autumn of last year, the Viscount reorganized the planting area after harvesting the Xiahui grass. , making the sea of ​​flowers more lush.

So she came to dig the ground.

Very formal investigation process.

Ian nodded slightly. Sister Yingguang was obviously from a professional background, and she found clues every step of the way through the investigation, which was quite different from a person like himself who directly opened clairvoyance by relying on psychic powers and prophets.

And he also told Sister Yingguang what he saw and heard in the castle, the news about Baroness Leanne and her child, and the news about Xiahuicao's guarding and stealing.

Of course, the information related to the prophet is removed.

"...The news from the city proves that the baron does have a child, but he is not in the castle because of his poor health."

Her red eyes widened in surprise, and the female monk fell into deep thought.

She thought about the information in Ian's intelligence, and then nodded slightly: "I'm sorry, I was still farming in the countryside around the holy mountain six years ago, so I don't know much about the news about you southerners."

"But if Baron Nan's child died six years ago, and you perceive that there are four children in the castle, but only see three... Can I guess that the baron used some method to confuse the Lord of Lean? The cognition of everyone inside?"

farming?What a village girl, no wonder you are so good at using farm tools... I thought you were from an archaeological team.

Surprised in his heart, Ian raised his head. He looked at the rainstorm and dark clouds that kept falling, and then at the dark Laian Castle on the cliff in the distance.

He said slowly: "This is private news from the aristocratic circle, and it is spread within Nanling. Even if you are a southerner, it is unlikely that you will know."

"As for the method..."

After pondering for a while, Ian continued: "It is indeed very possible. After all, he is the lord, and he always has a way. Ordinary people don't care too much, or they don't dare to care about these gossips."

"As long as the busy farming season comes, all daydreams will disappear."

——The most important thing is that there are three psionic children beside the baron.

Who knows if they have the psionic ability to rewrite memories?It would be better to say that there must be, the old butler's unhesitating words, even Ian can't see that he is lying, which is obviously a deep belief in a lie from the bottom of his heart.

Even the old housekeeper who lives with him can be fooled, let alone ordinary people?

"Then let's summarize the current situation."

Sister Reflecting Light was very capable. She took out a small board from the package behind her, and then took notes with a waterproof pen.

This move made Ian look sideways, and complained in his heart, "Could it be possible that the executor of the Huaiguang Church is a part-time investigator?" '.

She concluded: "There are three physically and mentally disabled children in the Baron's family, and a parent and child who is 'supposed to be dead but can be sensed in psychic power'."

"There are frequent cases of disappearances around Lai'an, and some of the victims' bones appear under the sea of ​​flowers in Lai'an. Most of the residents in Lai'an have lost their memories of the baron's family. Recently, children have also disappeared in surrounding towns. .”

"The baron himself has the blood of the mountain people, and his wife is also a noble one among the mountain people. They may indeed have mastered the sublimation skills related to the primitive sacrifices of the mountain people, and even pagan sacrifices."

"He has weird things in his hands, treasures related to the inheritance of mountain people's spiritual energy... Wait, does he want to resurrect his child?"

At the end of the conclusion, Ying Guang was stunned: "But this will only create a ferocious monster... an indestructible wraith..."

"This is troublesome..."

Frowning slightly, she ground her teeth subconsciously: "The situation is serious, I think we should apply for the assistance of the Holy Church first."

This is a normal speculation. It is the same as Viscount Grant, but the target is different.

"I also think it should be reported to Huaiguang Church first, but to be honest, it may be too late."

But Ian opened his mouth and said with some regret: "The baron's plan has lasted for several years, but you have only discovered it in the past three months, and it happened that a large amount of Xiahui grass was harvested in advance some time ago, which is spiritual nourishment. The raw materials for the extraction solution... the plan has reached the last minute."

He squinted his eyes, and the water-colored halo flowed, staring at the castle in the distance: "Although my psychic power can't see that far away, my essence perception tells me that there is no one in the baron's castle."

"He's gone."

(End of this chapter)