Mary's Nineteenth Century

Birds chirping in the brook, the sky is gradually getting brighter.

The door of the wooden house in the forest was open, and three cents of the gold coins on the table had been collected by each of them.

Georgiana couldn't tell exactly what was going on, she never thought that she would ask for compensation from the kidnapping and murdering crime, which was simply too absurd.

But after the conversation before dawn, when she regained consciousness, she had packed the 139 gold coins.Now with the gold coins wrapped in old cloth in his hand, he sat in the carriage.

This morning, 06:30.

Mary drew water from a nearby stream and brought it back to the cabin kitchen to boil and cool.

At 07:30, the three drank warm water and shared bread.

Ready to hit the road.Except for the gold coin compensation, the main purpose is to take away the murderer's body.

Why take away the body?The answer is simple, it is to clarify the whole case in order to find out the identity of the perpetrator.

In theory, it is possible to arrange for someone to come back to pick up the corpse afterwards, but who can guarantee that the corpse will not be destroyed or other accidents during the time when the three of them leave.When conditions permit, directly take away the corpse and the evidence that can be carried in the house, so as to avoid extravagance.

However, this carriage is not spacious, it is just right for three people, and there is no room for an extra corpse in the carriage.

"Okay, it's fastened. When you're out of the jungle, hire another carriage to transport the body as soon as possible."

Marie suggested that the body be tied up under the wagon first, and the first pass went without a hitch. "Mr. Watson, I need you to drive now."

Watson glanced at the shroud, took the reins, and finally climbed into the carriage.

"Oh! This is really a miraculous experience. On the day I learned equestrianism, I never thought that today would happen, and I actually carried it with me in the car..."

Considering Georgiana in the car, he didn't say the word corpse.

But Watson couldn't help asking, "Mr. Minton, are you a bit regretful that we couldn't transport the bronze coffin in the basement?"

Mary nodded, "Mr. Watson, you are right."

In fact, Mary didn't get much rest.First, he traced the bloody symbol on his face in the mirror, then went back to the basement to check carefully, and copied all the runes on the wall and the coffin.

She believed that she did not take any risks, and did not open the coffin for safety reasons.While the other two were taking a nap, she went to the stream to fetch water, went back to the house to wash her face, and then used some special cosmetics for camouflage left by the murderer in the workshop.The so-called difference is a thousand miles away, even if the acquaintances of the original owner saw "Mr. Minton", they would not regard the two as the same person.

"You may be wondering why I pay so much attention to the basement."

Mary did not hide the matter of transcribing the runes, "Because that coffin was the reason we were arrested. Remember? The revolving lantern number is 142857."

"Of course I remember, it is the key for us to find out the password to open the door."

Watson came to his senses. He first told Georgiana about the previous situation, and now he can finally ask the ins and outs of his arrest. "Mr. Minton, what's the matter? What's the mystery of this number?"

"The revolving lantern, I assume that both of you are familiar with it, the exquisite ornamental lamp from the east. When the candle is lit, the candle will not go out, the lamp will not stop, and the cycle will continue to rotate."

Mary took out a pen and paper and drew a simple diagram. "Here, we are not talking about its rotation principle, but its cyclical characteristics. When dealing with the number 142857, it is not difficult to find the following characteristics by multiplying it from 1 to 6."

乘1得142857，乘2得285714，乘3得428571，乘4得571428，乘5得714285，乘6得857142。

“一目了然，所得乘积很奇妙，仍旧是1、4、2、8、5、7这六个数字，只是数字前后位置发生了变化。当142857乘以7，则得999999。”

Mary pointed to the repeated numbers, "It's a wonderful reincarnation of numbers. If you are interested, you can continue to multiply and find out more interesting numbers."

It is enough to discuss the multiplier of 1-7 here.

Referring to the rumors, the discovery of revolving lantern numbers is in the Egyptian pyramids, and the numbers that reincarnate endlessly are covered with a veil of mystery.

Mary pointed out, "The murderer believed in the mysterious power of ancient Egypt, and the dark god Apophis was the name he chanted before his death. What day is it?"

what day?

Georgiana was puzzled, "April 4, today's vernal equinox. Three days later, Sunday will be Easter."

"The vernal equinox was celebrated in ancient Egypt much earlier than in Europe. Today is supposed to be an ancient Egyptian festival."

Mary is not sure about the specific situation in this world, "Using the pyramid as the coordinates to accurately locate, when the day and night in spring are exactly half a minute, it is the "Wind Wind Festival" in ancient Egypt to celebrate the recovery of all things.The festival may also be lost by now. "

The day when all things are revived, the wonderful reincarnation numbers in the pyramid, plus those strange rune graphics.

It should be mentioned here again that the Greek historian Herodotus described an ancient Egyptian sacrifice.Sacrifice the animals with the seal on their heads to the gods, expecting to transfer disasters and punishments to the animals.

"I suspect that the symbols painted on our faces by crimes with blood have the meaning of sacrifice, and also the meaning of escaping the punishment for others to suffer."

Mary said, "At present, there is a general inference that the murderer constructed a sacrificial ceremony and wanted to use three living people to sacrifice to the dark god Apophis. Resurrect the dead in the bronze coffin, or obtain some kind of energy."

By what criteria are victims selected?

The revolving doors gave the murderer a choice.Three people were selected as sacrifices, with their birthdays as the internal connection, which corresponded to 142857 respectively, and the ceremony was completed on the special festival "Wearing the Wind Festival".

"Oh, God!"

Georgiana covered her heart, "My birthday is January 1th."

Mary nodded slightly, and this was exactly the same.

原主2月5日生，华生7月8日生，乔治安娜1月4日生。

“那么开门密码为什么是排除了142857，选择「6、3、0」再加六个「9」？”

Watson thought about the law, "Mr. Minton, according to your deduction, does it mean that the deceased in the bronze coffin was born on June 6th. Six 30's mean that the energy is extremely abundant, and this day happens to be the criminal's birthday. On the seventh day of the sacrifice, will some kind of boundary between life and death be broken?"

"Indeed, I deduced so when I deciphered the code."

Mary couldn't make a conclusion because the murderer was already dead.

"There is no more information at the moment. According to the murderer's way of destroying corpses and eradicating traces, he doesn't even have a check on him. He should have exchanged all the money into gold coins and is about to run away."

This means that it may never be possible to completely restore the murderer's mystical theoretical system.

Mary shook her head regretfully, "It's just my ignorance, my ignorance of those cuneiform characters written in blood."

Watson: I always feel like I was shot while lying down.

If this is all considered lack of talent and learning, how should he evaluate himself?

Watson didn't think about embarrassing things, and changed the subject, "In any case, what this criminal did is too ridiculous. There is no way to be resurrected from the dead, and there is no way to gain power through sacrifice. It is already 1869, and we should believe in medicine to save people, but It’s not about kidnapping and murder.”

Who said no?

Mary does not think that today is an era where order and science are paramount.

Looking back at the history of the world in the past life, let alone whether scientists in the nineteenth century mostly studied occultism, it is said that most ordinary people believe that the dead have the ability to heal.

In Berlin, Germany, after the criminals were executed on the guillotine, the hangman sold the cloth strips stained with the blood of the guillotine at a high price, and people looted them all.

Before public hangings were abolished in London, England, corpses hung from the gallows were always vandalized.People would steal parts of corpses because it was believed that different parts had the corresponding ability to ward off different evil forces. ①

The world should be much the same.

Mary looked at Watson and asked, "I don't know what happened to the gallows rope. It was once very popular, wasn't it?"

Watson's complexion was not very good.Last year public hangings were finally abolished in Britain, where executioners could make a fortune selling their ropes.

"Although I have great respect for Pliny the Elder, the ancient Roman encyclopedia writer who left a great "Natural History", people should update some views. For example, hanging people's ropes tied to the head can heal Headaches, that's a taint to medicine."

Public hangings were abolished, but the hangman's sideline continued.In a way, the rope used to hang people has become a sought-after commodity, because there are still people who want to believe in the power of hanging ropes to cure diseases.

Mary got the answer she wanted and glanced out the carriage window.

Outside the window, the sky is clear and the sun is warm, and the vegetation is lush.

In this era, wisdom and ignorance coexist, beauty and evil intertwine, faith and doubt coexist.What kind of life can be lived, everyone has different choices.

华生没有再纠结部分人对迷信的痴迷，“关于开门密码，我还有一个小疑惑。为什么是「6、3、0」，不是「6、0、3」或者「3、0、6」？青铜棺的死者，也可以是6月3日或3月6日出生吧？”

"Mr. Watson, you have asked a good question."

Mary smiled, "You must remember what I said before I entered the password, please pray for good luck to be on our side. It is a multiple-choice question, choose one of three, I bet it right."

Watson was stunned, how could it be like this?

"Please don't be surprised, luck is also a part of strength. No one can count everything, there will always be unknowns and surprises."

Mary's face is frank, she does not hide the fact that she is not omniscient, but she hides a secret.Why it is June 6th is to ask why the murderer asked the original owner to pretend to be a man.

Because of the obsession with numbers.

June [-]th, the day close to the middle of the year.Take three living sacrifices, one male and one female, and the other half male and half female, which is also a kind of symmetry.Cross-dressing happens to be half-male, half-female.

Let's look at the order of the three people's birthdays.Georgiana in January, the original owner in February, Watson in July.The original owner was in the middle, so she was chosen instead of Georgiana as the male corpse.

The reason for following the original owner is that the birthday coincides on the one hand, and on the other hand, it may also be because this face is very suitable.The appearance of this body is far from being bright and charming, at most it can be considered delicate, but it has greater plasticity that can be both male and female.

However, such plasticity is rarely exploited nowadays.Because the social trend does not respect makeup, bright makeup is often reminiscent of marginal occupations, such as sex workers.

Referring to Georgiana, the skin is fair and smooth, and the smoothness of the skin may come from some kind of powder.There are brows trimmed, but there is no obvious makeup such as dark eye shadow and bright red lips.Overall very natural, as if without any cosmetic touch-ups.

Rich people pursue a sense of naturalness, ordinary workers or farmers have no spare money, and exquisite makeup techniques have not yet been popularized. These are the characteristics of the times.

Mary despised the murderer in her heart for not being bold enough to act recklessly.He only uses cross-dressing to seek the effect of being half-male and half-female, instead of catching a man and cutting off a certain part directly to completely create non-male non-female.

For these, Mary now avoids mentioning the second half of the inference in order to conceal her identity.

Of course, she doesn't mind being suspected, and it will be more fun to meet someone who has found out the truth.

What should not be ignored right now is another matter, "You two, how did the murderer know your birthday and whereabouts? Although your birthday is not a secret, it will not be mentioned casually."

"Perhaps, the murderer asked others about my birthday as a pastor?"

Watson had a conversation with the assailant in the church, and he thought that was when he was targeted.

Georgiana shook her head uneasily, "I haven't seen that man, I'm sure I've never seen one. I only know three pastors I know well. prayer."

Mary could tell that Georgiana had a well-behaved personality, and her social circle alone shouldn't have any intersection with the murderer. "With all due respect, Miss Georgiana, you need to ask your brother to investigate carefully. The murderer kidnapped you halfway, and your specific itinerary has been leaked."

"Do you mean there is an internal response?"

Georgiana couldn't help pinching the hem of her skirt, "Someone around me betrayed me on purpose?"

"Don't be overly nervous. You should have discovered that the murderer is smart and strong. He doesn't need an accomplice in any real sense. On the contrary, getting in the way will increase the risk of exposure."

Mary signaled not to be suspicious, "The most likely thing is that someone you know has been tricked. The social season is a good time to start kidnapping, and the flow of people is more complicated than before. Not only people who participate in social events such as Marseilles and dances, but also drive If there is a batch of business activities, there will be a lot of new employees from other places."

Watson nodded, "Yes, I also feel that the news was leaked unintentionally. My whereabouts are not a secret. This year I am going to university, and the social season will start in April, as well as the interview season. Students and professors hold gatherings and salons from time to time. If you are interested, you can find out about my recent situation."

It must be admitted that the dead murderer could pretend to be kind when he was alive, otherwise Watson would not have chatted with him last year.

"Speaking of which, Mr. Minton, what about you?"

It was hard for Watson to imagine, who could count against this man who dared to compete with the god of death. "How do you think you were targeted?"

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① Refer to the book "Magic, Festivals, Animals and Plants".Author, UK, Monica Stapelberry