Early the next morning, Lawrence appeared at the door of the antique store with a middle-aged gentleman wearing a tuxedo and a top hat. At the same time, he held a wooden statue about the same size as his forearm in both hands. If you look carefully, then
You can see that the top of this wooden sculpture is pitch black, and it has obviously been burned by fire.
Standing opposite them was an elderly man in his 50s, who was also wearing a tuxedo and a top hat. He was also holding a Britten-style cane with a topaz inlaid in his hands.
"——Yes, that's what happened. In the end, we successfully eliminated the evil spirit, and the problem of the mysterious black shadow in your store was also solved." Lawrence gave a rough description to the 50-year-old man in front of him.
How to eliminate the evil spirit yesterday. During the whole process, the old man opposite said nothing and just looked at Lawrence quietly.
"You mean you discovered that the black shadow was an evil spirit, and when you eliminated the evil spirit, you burned the statue of me?" After Lawrence finished speaking, the old man opposite him asked.
He is Henry, the owner of the antique shop. This Mr. Henry seems to be a kind-hearted gentleman, but his harsh nature is fully revealed when he opens his mouth.
"Sir, let me say it again." Lawrence felt a little tired when facing such an unreasonable guy, but he still emphasized one fact. "We have stipulated in the contract before that the inevitable consequences caused when solving problems
The loss is not our fault, but your statue is the sustenance of the evil spirit, and it burned itself after we eliminated the evil spirit."
"Then why don't you think of ways to strip the evil spirits from my antique?" Henry the shopkeeper said, "If you choose to strip the evil spirits, you won't destroy my antique. I think you people can solve extraordinary problems."
This should be taken into consideration at the time——"
"Old Henry, that's enough." The middle-aged gentleman who came with Lawrence finally couldn't stand it anymore. "I don't know much about supernatural beings. But I know one thing, the evil spirit's sustenance and the evil spirit itself are one.
Even if the entrusted object is not destroyed when the evil spirit is eliminated, new evil spirits will easily grow on it. Do you want to sell such a dangerous thing on Lime Tree Street?"
"No, of course not." Old Henry glanced around nervously, and then said to the vice president of the Lime Street Autonomous Committee who was standing next to Lawrence. "Sir, I just want to protect my
It's just legitimate rights and interests. By the way, please wait for me, I still have to check if there are any other losses in my store."
After saying that, he rudely grabbed the key to the store from Lawrence's hand, then turned around, opened the door and walked into the antique store. After watching his figure disappear into the slightly dark store, the vice president spread out helplessly.
With both hands, he turned his head and said to Lawrence: "Old Henry has always been like this, but since his family has been running antique shops on this street since his grandfather, sometimes we don't have much to do with them.
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"This is why the Linden Street Autonomous Committee will complete this task as a prerequisite for accepting you into this street. If you can deal with the most difficult people on this street, then we believe that you can naturally
I get along with everyone on this street." The middle-aged gentleman shrugged as he said that. It seems that Old Henry's reputation on this street is not very good, so that the vice president is concerned about this matter.
Prefer newcomers like Lawrence to your old neighbors.
Old Henry walked out of his shop ten minutes later. It was obvious from his dull expression that he didn't notice anything else that Lawrence and the others had destroyed yesterday.
After walking out of the store, Henry Sr. continued to argue with Lawrence about the burned figure. He even asked Lawrence to compensate him 100 yuan according to the price.
Lawrence repeatedly explained that it was not his fault, but Old Henry always insisted on the fact that his statue was burned, even if the vice president explained many times to no avail. In desperation, Lawrence could only use his trump card to threaten him with
Report the entry of evil goods into the store to the Church of the Lord of the Dawn.
This threat finally worked. Old Henry no longer insisted on asking Lawrence for compensation, but he also refused to pay Lawrence the 25 yuan he deserved, saying it was as compensation for destroying the statue. The good vice president worked hard to win over the burned statue.
The charred statue was also given to Lawrence.
"I have tried my best." When leaving the door of Old Henry's antique store, the middle-aged gentleman who was the vice president said. "Old Henry has always been like this. To be honest, I can get this from him today.
The statue has exceeded my expectations. I just mentioned it casually, but I didn’t expect him to actually give this to you."
"Yes, so I'm very grateful for your help." Lawrence smiled politely. He actually felt that the only reason why old Henry was willing to give this statue to him was because he was a little worried about this kind of thing happening again after knowing that this thing was a carrier of evil spirits.
Once again, after all, according to legend, nothing good happens to those who have anything to do with evil spirits.
After returning to the detective agency, Lawrence told Saifei and Fatina the result of the entire matter. After hearing the process, they both expressed dissatisfaction because they did not expect that some people could be so stingy.
"By the way, why did you come back with this piece of charcoal? Why didn't you find a place to throw it away?" After scolding old Henry a few words, Saphire focused his attention on the burned piece of charcoal held by Lawrence.
on the statue.
"Anyway, this is the first business we made after we opened the business. It might as well be kept as a souvenir." Lawrence put this thing on the table and continued, "And I'm also a little curious about what this is.
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After saying that, he placed an identification technique on the statue on the table. Unexpectedly, the content contained in the long string of information floating in front of him made him wake up with a jolt.
[In the southern continent, the statues used by the indigenous gods of the Sun Dynasty, the first generation of the Sun God War God and the God of War Veropochetri, were used in blood sacrifices. However, after the death of the gods, the statues have lost their divinity and are now completely destroyed.]
[Because the statue has the unique ability to block magic detection, this statue was later used by tribal elders to store treasures. Now, it is not empty.]
Lawrence had read about the god Veropochtli before in his studies. According to records, he has always been known for his cruelty and moodiness, so in the end, he was stabbed in the back by the feathered serpent in the divine war triggered by the arrival of the colonists from the Old World.
Overthrown by gods and people. This also led to the fact that to this day, Quetzalcoatl, a member of the good gods, is still the patron saint of the Sun Dynasty, whose land area has shrunk by more than half.
Lawrence might have been interested in studying things about gods at other times, but now, he had been attracted by the last sentence of the information he had observed before.
"Which of you has a knife? A screwdriver will do, too." Lawrence straightened up and said to the two ladies watching. "I found something was wrong with this statue. After I just entered through the crack on the top, I felt that the statue seemed to be hollow.
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"Use this." Fatina took out a small blade from her body and handed it over. As a rat-man, she was filled with all kinds of little things. "Hurry up and open this statue and take a look. Maybe
What treasures are there?"
"Yeah, hurry up and do it." Saphiel also said, "Generally, things that can be hidden in such places are often relatively precious things. I can't wait to see what is hidden here.