But everyone in the inner factory, from Lao Liu to Luo Bai who was watching the door, all said that it would be safer for Su Wen to stay in Wuning City.
If he hadn't seen Taoyao following Su Wen, Lao Liu would have even wanted to arrange for two factory guards to escort Su Wen back to the academy to prevent him from having an accident along the way.
Su Wen was helpless about this and felt that the factory had overreacted.
"Taoyao, what do you think of this matter?"
Su Wen walked out of the inner factory, looked back at the brand new inner factory, and nodded with satisfaction. The newly built inner factory finally had a new look, it was not as shabby as before, and looked like a haunted house.
Yes, not to mention the people around him, even he felt a little scared when he saw it and didn't really want to come in.
"Mysterious events, you guessed it right, are the novelist's methods."
Taoyao was holding a bunch of bamboo sticks in her hand. The bamboo sticks were filled with candied haws and peach blossom cakes. They were hung diagonally on her shoulders. Su Wen designed and made her own handbag, and there was also a bag of stir-fried sugar stuffed in it.
Chestnuts and half a pound of maltose.
"But..." Taoyao took a bite of the candied haws, chewed it slowly, and said slowly, "It may not be the novelist who did it..."
"How to say?"
What Taoyao said seemed contradictory, but Su Wen could still understand what she meant.
"I've seen that newspaper. Even though the printing is of poor quality, the layout is made of engravings. The engraving is exquisite and the knife work is stable. It was done by the same person alone... This craftsmanship is only slightly worse than mine.
Little by little..."
Tao Yao freed up one hand and made gestures with her index finger and thumb, creating a little distance so that Su Wen could see more clearly.
"Could it be a Mohist from the Mohist family who did it?"
Su Wen was a little stunned.
"What are you thinking about!" Tao Yao gave Su Wen a big look: "Mo Zhen wants to kill people and has many methods. There is no need to make things so complicated... Even if he wants to go through the depraved promotion ceremony, there is no need for such a method.
Method."
"That……"
Su Wen was depressed. He originally thought he understood Taoyao's words, but in the end he found that he understood loneliness.
"Have you seen the date... The time for these copies of "Ghost Story" is very tight. No matter how skilled the worker is, even an extraordinary person, it will be difficult for him to carve out so many characters and pages in such a short time.
"
Su Wen held his breath for a while before slowly exhaling a breath of thick air.
He originally thought that the information he found in the newspaper was detailed enough, but what he didn't expect was that Taoyao was the one who found the devil in the details.
"This means...these engravings...were not carved?"
At this time, Su Wen finally came to his senses and was a little shocked: "But... didn't you say that the carvings were made by the same person?"
"Did I say that?"
Tao Yao glanced at Su Wen with disdain: "That's a metaphor... After seeing those newspapers, I was sure that it wasn't done by humans..."
"not human……"
Su Wen thought to himself that it couldn't possibly be a ghost, right?
"Forbidden objects?"
Su Wen suddenly thought of a greater possibility.
In this world, mysterious things involving strange powers and deranged gods happen from time to time, and ghosts may also exist, but... if something mysterious happens, the right way is to guess in the direction of supernatural beings or forbidden objects. Gods
The theory of ghosts is that there is a market for ordinary people without knowledge, village men and wild women.
"Children can be taught."
Taoyao was very happy.
Su Wen's reaction was not slow, but in her opinion, it could only be regarded as a piece of rotten wood that could be carved.
"A taboo object of the school of novelists..."
Su Wen quickly figured out his thoughts, but he was shocked: "Being able to collect information on one's own, compile pictures and texts, taboo things in the plot of the storybook... and also interfere with the plot in the storybook into reality... This
Isn’t it too outrageous?”
"Ah……"
Tao Yao sneered at Su Wen's shock. Young man, you really know nothing about the power of forbidden objects. But ignorance is really a blessing. If Su Wen finds out one day, he is holding one of the most terrifying forbidden objects in the world every day.
As soon as you fall asleep, you touch your head in various ways, what kind of reaction will you have?
Pity……
Taoyao wanted to laugh when she thought of this scene, but in front of that terrifying guy, she didn't even dare to have this thought.
"Then should we tell Lao Liu and Yan Duo the news?"
Su Wen was a little worried. Lao Liu and Yan Duoruo were unconscious, but they encountered this terrible taboo object, and the situation might be very dangerous.
"unnecessary."
Tao Yao looked calm: "They will definitely not be able to find the forbidden object, they will only miss it."
"Why is this?"
"Use your brain!"
Tao Yao was very dissatisfied: "I can't understand such a simple thing, so there's no point in telling you, okay?"
"All right……"
Su Wen twitched the corner of his mouth.
But he finally figured out the key.
Since there are taboo things that cause trouble and murders keep happening, "Gangnam Strange Tales" appears at the scene of the murders.
This also means that this forbidden object can move on its own and appear at different murder scenes, leaving "Gangnan Weird Tales" as evidence of its appearance.
So Lao Liu and his party went to the so-called "Nangu County" to find the murderer behind the scenes, but they were destined to return without success.
"That's good..."
Su Wen breathed a sigh of relief at first, but then he realized that something was wrong.
The latest murder has approached Wuning City.
Doesn't this mean that the forbidden object has arrived in Wuning City?
"Doesn't this mean that forbidden objects will cause trouble in this place?"
Su Wen's heart skipped a beat.
According to past experience, trouble will always come to his door for no reason, and maybe this forbidden object belonging to the novelist will come across him.
Su Wen, who was about to return to the report workshop, took Tao Yao back to the inner factory and reported the information Tao Yao thought of.
It's a pity that Lao Liu and Yan Duo have left the inner factory at this time, and the only person qualified to take charge of the overall situation... is actually himself!
Su Wen could only bite the bullet and called Zhao Tianzhu and Hu Tianxing, asking each of them to bring a team of factory guards to strengthen detection in the city. If they noticed the emergence of extraordinary power, they should rush to deal with it quickly.
Seriously considering the lack of strength of the factory guards, Su Wen also found the Yamen of the Governor's Office and asked the Yamen to dispatch a group of arresting officers to assist.
After doing all this, Su Wen breathed a sigh of relief. When he returned to the workshop, it was already dark.
"it's useless……"
After running around with Su Wen for a day, Taoyao was very patient as she watched Su Wen busy up and down.
But after returning to the workshop, Tao Yao expressed his opinion: "It is impossible for ordinary officials and ordinary extraordinary people to discover such taboo objects. Even if they are discovered, it will not be a good thing for them."
"Something has to be done."
Su Wen said with a wry smile.
In fact, he wanted to ask for help from the senior brothers of Qingshan Academy, but at this time, the debate between Qingshan Academy and Heshan Academy was at a critical moment. The inner factory could not get too close to the academy, otherwise it would create a situation where Qingshan Academy and the inner factory jointly suppressed Heshan Academy.
This scene will arouse hostility within the Confucian sect, and public opinion will reverse, which will be difficult to handle.
"Usless effort, no matter how much you do, is just a waste of effort."
Taoyao didn't take it seriously.
"Then what do you think I should do, just stand by and watch the forbidden things continue to kill people?"
Su Wen was very dissatisfied with Tao Yao's negative attitude; "You are still a Mohist extraordinary person. It's not like Mohist scholars are all hot-blooded knights who draw their swords to help when the road is rough... How did you get to Sequence Four?"
"Hmph...the method of stimulating generals is of no use to me."
Tao Yao was unmoved. Su Wen's little tricks had no effect on her. Instead, he said lazily: "Without external prompting, it is unlikely that taboo objects will actively harm others. From "Strange Tales"
Compare the contents recorded above with real-life cases, and you will find that the people killed and injured in the murder were actually innocent. They themselves attracted the approach of taboo objects, and then triggered the corresponding plot. In the end,
What we saw happened."
Seeing Taoyao begin to analyze the plot, Su Wen quickly moved a small bench and sat aside to listen carefully. He even brought a pen and paper and began to take notes seriously.
"This is right..."
Tao Yao was very satisfied with Su Wen's serious attitude: "In other words, taboo objects are selective in approaching some people, not people who are full of evil. Taboo objects don't look at them at all...well, there are some people who are not so bad.
But we can summarize it this way: characters who have not touched the similar plot of "Silver Screen Chrysanthemum" will not be noticed by taboo objects at all, which also means that most people are safe."
Su Wen finally understood why Taoyao looked so calm.
It turns out that she had figured out the key to the matter a long time ago. It was determined that the crime of forbidden objects was guided by the plot. It would only target specific characters and incidents. Even if it caused harm, the impact would not be very wide. Most of the people who died were
Damn it, from a certain point of view, taboo objects are simply doing justice to God.
"wrong……"
Su Wen soon realized that Taoyao's analysis was problematic.
The killing range of forbidden objects expands with the development of the background world of the storybook "Yilin screen chrysanthemum".
Although the protagonist, a high-ranking official in Dongguo, will eventually receive retribution, before the retribution comes, this unscrupulous guy has done countless unscrupulous things and killed many innocent people.
Waiting for the forbidden objects to punish the bad guys according to the plot, it is unimaginable and uncontrollable how many people the bad guys will kill and how much damage will be caused by being guided by the forbidden objects in reality.
So Su Wen can't be as calm as Taoyao.
He receives dozens of taels of silver from the inner factory every month and enjoys the high benefits provided by the inner factory. Not to mention, without the inner factory to help him open up his joints, "Qingshan Daily" wants to find a place to open a workshop in Wuning City
, it can’t be that fast. Regardless of the famous name of Qingshan Academy, if you want to do something in the secular world, don’t expect the local government to cooperate. Although the court has not said it, the governor’s office can be placed next to Qingshan Academy to guard Jiangnan Road.
The governor is at least a sequence four extraordinary person, and his intention to monitor Qingshan Academy is obvious.
Of course, Cui Lizheng, the Sequence 4 governor, was only second-rate to Qingshan Academy, but the court tried its best. After all, the number of Sequence 5 extraordinary beings in the Liang Dynasty was limited. Guarding the borders, the capital was already stretched thin, and the inner factory had already taken Nangong
If it is placed in Wuning City, it is impossible to free up a sequence five governor to guard Qian Haoran. Even if a sequence five is really released, it will just look lonely, so just be willing to do it.