Chapter 173 Shadows on the Street Corner

"so?"

Seeing that the other party fell into the trap, Yao Yan still looked like that, staring at the other party with crow eyes, with a silent attitude.

Facing Yao Yan's silence, Arnold did not stop speaking. He spoke without politeness:

"In the Dark Ages, there were indeed arakkoa and ratmen among the races to which the Church of Bones belonged, but there was no doctrine of eating corpses."

He took out another document from the document bag:

"I went to all the libraries in the city to search for text and book research on the records of the Church of Bones. I read a total of 31 books."

As he spoke, the huge one eye on Arnold's face fell on Yao Yan's face:

"There is no record of the teachings of the Church of Bones. In the first half of the Dark Ages, the Church of Bones had completely perished."

He turned to the other side, glanced at the text on it, and said:

"The 'death words' of your arakkoa people say that after the deceased dies, only the bones should be left behind, and the flesh and blood should not disappear with death. When the deceased passes away, all flesh and blood should be removed, leaving only the bones."

"However, I have also confirmed through book records and information from various channels that the content of the death words does not say who needs to remove the flesh and blood, nor does it say what to use to remove the flesh and blood."

"Indeed, there are cases where people complete their last words by eating, but this does not mean that this is the mainstream of last words."

Arnold stared at Yao Yan very seriously:

"In the Dark Ages, there were indeed descriptions of death words that prevented plague and environmental pollution to a certain extent, but they did not say that this was done through eating."

Yao Yan heard Arnold's serious voice:

"Where did your previous description come from?"

Arnold conducted such a detailed investigation?

After hearing this, Yao Yan only hesitated for a moment, and then said the answer he had prepared in advance:

"A funeral song that is spread by word of mouth among us arakkoa."

Immediately, he spoke in a proficient tone with a slightly operatic voice:

"My sins are so serious in this world."

"Ask the messenger of death to take me to the place where my sins are washed away."

"I will be judged."

"Put my blood and flesh on the scales, and weigh them against the feathers of truth."

"If my flesh is heavier than feathers, then my sins are unpardonable and must be swallowed up by the angel of death."

"If my flesh and blood were lighter than feathers, I would be guiltless, then I should regain my name, my flesh and blood should return to my bones, and return me to the earth."

"Yes, Lord of Death, I shall leave from the underground and return through the portal between the earth and the earth."

"I will walk by day and wander by night."

"I am the one who travels between life and death."

"The lamp in the chamber of the dead will light my way forward, and I will make death farther away from this world."

"Disease, killing."

"I should be a beacon for the living to keep disease and killing away from this world."

"Only sin can judge the living, not disease and killing."

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Based on the mythological poems circulated during his lifetime, Yao Yan made up a poem of "last words on death".

The words are as simple as the early myths, rather than the writings that are piled up with gorgeous rhetoric after later generations.

Such poetry made Arnold frown.

The results he found should be correct.

However, such poems don’t sound like they were made up right now.

Unless the arakkoa deliberately wanted to deceive him, and specially prepared a poem to deceive him.

Arnold didn't mind making the worst assumptions about people, but he couldn't think of a motive.

Why did the other party deliberately try to deceive him and make up all kinds of things to deceive him.

There is no answer to this point, and for some reason, Arnold cannot immediately deny this poem that he has never heard.

After repeating two lines of the arakkoa hymn in front of him in a low voice, Arnold stroked his pipe and looked at the arakkoa Nord, whose name was somewhat similar to his own, with a critical look:

"Is there anything else you need to investigate? As an offer, we can cooperate on a long-term basis."

Yao Yan thought for a moment. Although sometimes smart people can take better advantage than fools, it is also easy to overturn.

This magic-eyed detective likes to seek evidence everywhere, and you can use this to find the person who wrote the pen. However, the actions of this magic-eyed detective may attract the attention of the target. If he is found by following the clues, then he himself It's a bit dangerous, and I might have to forcefully retreat and leave this world.

Therefore, although this magic eye detective is a very good tool, it has as many shortcomings as advantages. However, I don't know if Lao Jia has noticed that he specially investigated the rat tribe.

If Lao Jia noticed it, he should be able to roughly locate his location through his special investigation of the area near Nord's house.

However, maybe Lao Jia is not nearby.

Otherwise, Lao Jia shouldn't have been able to detect it if he sent such an obvious signal through this magic-eyed detective.

Or maybe Lao Jia is also guarding against something, whether he is guarding against Yao Yan or the Yan people of this world, it is possible.

After a brief thought, Yao Yan rejected the magic-eyed detective Arnold:

"I can't think of anything that I would need a detective to help me investigate, and besides, I don't have that kind of money."

Yao Yan did not forget to maintain the frugal character of Nord, the original owner.

After hearing these words, Arnold picked up the pipe again, took a deep breath, and puffed out the smoke and said:

"Well, if we have a chance to see each other next time, you are welcome to come to me for investigation. This offer will also be effective when you come to me next time."

"That's really good news, but I don't want anything to happen around me that needs to be investigated by a detective."

After saying goodbye to the detective with keen senses, Yao Yan returned to the Sky Burial Funeral Home.

Unlike other funeral homes, sky burial is a niche funeral method, not to mention that sky burial funeral homes have added various links and have become a luxury service.

For a few days, the funeral home has not received any new business.

Yao Yan also tried to keep quiet and not make any abnormal moves. He had already quietly ignited the fuse that made people pay attention to the writer again by fanning the flames and exaggerating to Gregor.

In this case, he kept quiet and motionless, which could help him get rid of suspicion.

He just hoped that the fuse he ignited would not be extinguished by something in the middle of the process.

Whether it was dog urine or puddles.

However, he did not intend to do nothing at all.

Through various books, he quietly increased his understanding of the world.

To influence the worldview, you need to understand the worldview first.

He still understood the principle that sharpening the knife does not delay the chopping of wood, although he could not accurately quantify which stage of sharpening the knife his understanding action could correspond to.

However, he estimated that he could probably do it.

However

A few days later, Yao Yan's slightly quiet life suddenly ushered in some changes.

In order to fit in with the matter of finding a detective to investigate, Yao Yan, who was walking home, suddenly stopped near the area where he lived.

The sharp claws pierced the ground lightly, and Yao Yan turned his head slowly.

He didn't find anything in the area where his crow eyes swept.

However, when he was about to turn his sight back and continue walking, he suddenly saw a figure in the shadow of the street corner.

This familiar scene made Yao Yan think of the familiar name.