Chapter 216 The golden cicada escapes from its shell
When the incident happened, the entire Dunling was sleeping as usual, surrounded by the Teme River, wandering around the empty streets boredly with lanterns on patrol.
The religious rules and traditions have not faded in the old city. Without a night service place, few people are willing to go out. The cold and wet walk among the colonnades, soaking clothes, and coating the building surfaces and exposed skin with water droplets.
So when passing by the white stone building, the night watchman didn't immediately realize what was happening. He just felt that there was a bright red light above his head, radiating heat that could be felt even from a long distance away.
And within a short moment of doubt, the red heat reached a level that could not be ignored.
He looked up and saw that the dome that should have blended into the night was illuminated by a twisting and changing light. A long red tongue with jagged edges spurted out from the open window, swallowing up the ashes of the paper pages rising and flying in the heat. There was a burst of explosion and roar, and the sound was heavy.
Things overturned, swallowing and grinding like the hot mouthpiece of hell.
A piece of paper with sparks burning in one corner was carried to his feet by the foehn wind. The poor man who happened to be on duty finally understood what had happened and tried to wake someone up to control the fire.
But there were only a few people left in the college at night, even though it was close to the river. The fire was only brought under control at sunrise recently. It is hard to say whether it was the effect of those buckets of water or whether it subsided on its own after all the combustibles were burned.
When Green received the news the next day and arrived in a hurry, the development of the matter was completely different from what he originally imagined. Several suspected parties were buried in the flames without exception. Even the remains were difficult to identify. The identity could only be guessed based on the accessories and location.
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When he wanted to contact the informant to learn about the internal situation, Brother Wadding regretfully told him that the informant who had finally been developed would no longer be able to provide clues in the future.
In just half a day, Green, standing in front of the fire, experienced a wealth of inner changes, from shock, confusion, to anger, and back to confusion.
The situation inside the fire scene further strengthened his judgment. In addition to the haze that had not settled completely and needed to be filtered by a mask, there was a strange smell floating in the air, similar to what you would smell when re-oiling a burned-out lantern.
the smell.
Everything was in an indistinguishable charred state, like a large furnace that had been used for many years, covered with burning carbides. If the teachers and students who had entered first had not checked the list and used lime to draw a rough range around the bones that were difficult to collect, I am afraid that
It will be impossible to count the number of people for a while.
Not to say completely certain, I am at least 90% certain that this was a premeditated action.
It's not that he didn't think that Professor Morrison would notice it, but as the recognized leader of the medical school and royal advisor, in the worst case, even if he is found to have an affair with a heretic, there are ways to reduce the punishment, and the more he will do, the more he will lose his reputation.
He was dismissed from his post and returned to the manor outside the city to retire, and the church would reasonably gain the right to deepen its control over the medical school.
Under the conditions of early discovery, there are countless ways to clean up everything before the trial court closes the net, leaving no evidence at all.
Rather than like now, a funeral was held for the identity of Professor Morrison, and by the way, the informant who had finally been installed in the college was solved, and the Inquisition was offended.
All in all, excluding the possibility of accidents that can be basically ignored, this kind of behavior is as crazy as amputation of hands for elbow pain, amputation of legs for knee pain, or amputation of limbs below the head for cervical spondylosis. It has no redeeming qualities except that it can completely get rid of the investigation.
The completely incomprehensible behavior brings heavy doubts and a kind of horror that shakes the soul blessed by the gods, just like a long shadow with a dark back suddenly appeared under the water, and its full picture is unknown. It was only discovered after the ship sailed into the tributary.
That was not a shoal, but a fishing target.
The most terrifying thing is that the long shadow never appears again, but it will always swim in the depths of the disturbed soul, and from time to time there will be ripples that wake people up from their dreams.
Green was convinced that he had to find it, because it was far more than a stain that could not be erased in his life. It also gave people an indescribable feeling of strangeness and insecurity when walking in a city that they thought was completely familiar.
There must be some unimaginable truth behind Morrison and the potion whose efficacy is only known.
This is why, after roughly understanding the basic information of the visiting scholar, he decisively decided to handle it personally and followed him here.
"I thought you would know more." The professor was only a little surprised when he heard the distinctive rubbing, and showed a little thoughtfulness, but was noncommittal about the rest, as if he had heard the news.
It looks like old news that has been around for a long time.
The big man wearing a suit of armor, Brother Wattin, retorted, "Then what do you know?"
I know a lot, Kraft really wanted to say that, but considering the different situations of both parties, most of what he knew could not be explained normally, so he had to choose to say it.
"Anyway, thank you very much for sharing. I won't talk about my views on that strange fire. I think only those in the medical school would think it was an accident." He pondered his thoughts and felt that the establishment of some consensus would be conducive to communication between the two parties. "
Professor Morrison must have been involved in far more serious crimes than stealing corpses and heresy."
"So, let this inference be true. We must figure it out before it turns into a big trouble that no one can handle, and deal with it as soon as possible."
"If there were any clues, the Tribunal would have done this half a year ago. Of course, if you are willing to use your identity to provide some information about the academy, that would be great." Regarding the loss of his informant, Vadin was obviously still concerned about the loss of his informant.
It seems that the Inquisition has not been able to quickly develop a second person who can enter medical school and is willing to serve the church.
Green was not so direct, and just suggested: "Professor Kraft, I would like to swear by my faith in Heavenly Father that the content described is true. To be fair, should you explain more frankly what you are doing and why?"
Where are you coming from?"
This question stuck with Kraft. Before being asked, he had never seriously thought about the answer, or he felt that the reason was sufficient and obvious, just like water flowing from high to low.
To say it's for justice, it's not necessarily true; for yourself, it seems that as long as you don't get involved in the first place, there will be no benefit.
There is no ambition to use the power of one person to help the world, nor is there any grief and indignation to seek justice for anyone in particular. He only acts according to basic logic. This kind of logic spans most of the kingdom, and it seems that it is not enough support to go back to this point.
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Green observed Kraft's silence, and the thin-shell feeling he had briefly noticed in the tomb reappeared on him, as if this extremely muscular body was actually the smooth white shell of a crisp bird's egg.
"I'm just curious, I want to know what's going on. Why don't you give me a rubbing of that manuscript, maybe it will inspire me."
"After you prove that your medical skills do not involve any violations, there will be no problem."
"So what are you waiting for? Let's go now. I hope this can be the first step in building trust. After all, we have the same goal."
