Crown of Silence

Chapter 106 Old Ghost

"Listen carefully, the next thing is important."

Ye Qingxuan said: "First of all, I have to tell you that you have awakened the Nine Heavens Ring and have been recognized by it, so you will be the master of the Ye family from now on.

In other words, your words and deeds in the future will represent the "Ye family" in the dragon vein blood, but your father has already run away from the East after committing a crime, so you don't have to care about this.

However, this zither has been passed down from your grandfather's grandfather's grandfather. You know, old things have many rules, there is no way.

Before you become a formal musician, I am afraid you can only use part of its functions. So, use it for now, at least you can save some money to buy musical instruments.

If you think it is really not suitable, it doesn't matter if you change it. Anyway, it is an antique, just put it as a souvenir."

Ye Lanzhou said these irrelevant words with a relaxed look, not afraid that his ancestors would set off a thunder and kill him.

"To be honest, the blood of dragon veins is not as good as you think, and many things are quite troublesome. I ran to the West because I hated this.

So, when you were born, I sealed your talent. I plan to let you choose whether to unlock it when you are an adult. But if I am not here, you can only unlock it by yourself when you reach the resonance level."

Ye Lanzhou spread his hands helplessly: "If you urgently need some secret book, talent, or something like that, I can only say sorry."

Ye Qingxuan almost vomited blood when he heard this.

Others are cheating their fathers, but you, the father, are really good at cheating your own son!

"Ahem, sorry, it's my mistake, don't take it seriously.

But there is one thing I hope you can pay attention to."

In the moonlight phantom, Ye Lanzhou's expression became serious: "Listen carefully, Ye Zi, before you become a resonance-level musician, absolutely, absolutely, absolutely don't check anything about me.

I have erased all the memories of many people about me, but there are still a few monsters that cannot be erased. So before you are strong enough to protect yourself, don't explore those things anymore.

This is not good for you or the people around you.

For you now, my only advice is: if you are still in Avalon, leave here as soon as possible. It is best not to have anything to do with the Shadow of Avalon.

That was the sin left by Mad King Arthur hundreds of years ago. The royal family has been cursed for it, and Anglu will pay a heavy price for it. So, until that day comes, you must never enter the Shadow of Avalon, understand?"

Ye Qingxuan listened to Ye Lanzhou's message in astonishment, and after a long time, he couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Father, you're talking too late."

He has already developed a close relationship with this city, and even the Shadow of Avalon almost penetrated into it. Now the hooligans in the entire downtown area know that their heads are related to the Shadow of Avalon.

"I'm afraid you are not doing well now, right?"

Ye Lanzhou in the moonlight phantom suddenly said, "I set this song as the key to unlock, because only when you are most confused and in the most painful time, you can understand it.

If you need help, go to that old ghost. Although that old ghost sometimes doesn't recognize his relatives, he is the most trustworthy person in the whole Avalon.

He owes me a lot of favors, you can trouble him as much as you want."

'Old Ghost'?

Ye Qingxuan was stunned.

He saw this name in the notes left by Ye Lanzhou. On the score of Black Friday, it was written that this song was inspired by communicating with the old ghost.

But who is the old ghost?

In the image, Ye Lanzhou pinched his chin and thought: "I remember what his name is now? Suddenly I can't remember it. I remember it's called..."

At this point, his image shook.

The moonlight faded.

"Hmm? It seems that there is not much time left? It can only end here."

He smiled helplessly and waved to the boy: "Well, goodbye, Ye Zi."

In the flickering image, there were vague chaotic sounds, like explosions and roars.

Ye Lanzhou looked back, his eyes dimmed, and couldn't help sighing: "These guys are faster than I thought."

As if he couldn't hold it back anymore, he lowered his head, covered his mouth, and coughed softly. Blood dripped from his fingers and fell on the white clothes like moonlight, turning scarlet and beautiful.

"Sorry, I have a cold recently."

He smiled with difficulty, touched the corner of his mouth, and put on a nonchalant smile, waving to Ye Qingxuan: "Take care of yourself, Ye Zi. Don't be like me."

Ye Lanzhou slowly retreated, dust fell on his white clothes, and he looked a little embarrassed

The moonlight gradually dimmed, his face became blurred, but his eyes looking at the boy were full of reluctance and relief.

The basement returned to darkness.

In the dissipating moonlight, a farewell whisper from a long time ago came: "Ye Zi, it's great that you can become a musician."

In the darkness, the boy stared at the place where the moonlight dissipated, and lowered his head after a long time.

"Yeah."

——

Late at night, the door of the basement opened silently.

Ye Qingxuan carefully poked his head out from behind the door, looked around cautiously, and nodded with satisfaction after confirming that there was no one around.

Very good, everyone fell asleep.

He tiptoed towards the hall, which was empty and deserted. The starlight illuminated the tables and chairs. In the silence, there was only the sound of crickets outside the door.

He took off the coat on the hanger, put it on quickly, and then took a hat and stuffed all his hair into the hat.

"Fortunately, fortunately, I was not discovered."

He looked at his blurry shadow in the mirror, and finally nodded with satisfaction: "This is almost the right way to dress."

In the silence, suddenly an arm stretched out from the side and hung on his shoulder. The sudden stimulation made his body subconsciously tense, and he almost screamed.

But then, a drunken face with a smirk appeared beside him, put his arm around his shoulders, and waved to the boy in the mirror:

"Hey, Junior Brother, you haven't slept yet?"

Ye Qingxuan saw Xia Er and forced a smile: "Senior Brother, you haven't slept yet?"

"I've been having nightmares these past two days. I dreamed of bloody things and woke up in shock." Xia Er shrugged, "I was just about to have a couple of drinks, and I happened to meet you. Do you want some?"

"No need." Ye Qingxuan laughed dryly and shook his head.

"Where are you going? You're wrapped up so tightly."

"I... go for a walk."

Ye Qingxuan racked his brains to find an excuse, and said seriously, "I've been in a bad mood these two days, I want to go out and relax. Maybe I'll figure it out?"

"Really? Then you better be careful." Charles said lightly, "Do you know how many people in the Lower City want to catch you and dream of getting rich."

"..."

Ye Qingxuan was silent. He looked at Charles' drunken eyes and asked awkwardly: "...Brother, do you know everything?"

"You can't think that I've been hanging around for nothing all these years, right?"

Charles picked his nose and looked at the kid in front of him: "Let me put it this way, the whole Lower City is like taking aphrodisiacs these two days.

In order to find you, those guys almost caught all the white-haired old men in their lair. Now all they need to do is post your notice all over the city.

You're also going to give them turkeys for Christmas. ?

Listen to your senior brother and stay in school. The teacher will protect you. At worst, just stay at home. What else can they do to you? "

"It's not a good idea to hide in school all the time, right?"

Ye Qingxuan took off his hat in frustration: "Look, I've been hiding in the academy for so long. I've read so many books, trying to find an explanation, but I still can't find a solution to the problem.

I can hide, and I don't care if I hide for three, four, five or six years. But what about you? You and Bai Xi can't stay at home, right?

We obviously did nothing wrong, why do we have to live in this kind of life where we are chased and killed even when we go to the street to buy something?

Someone has to solve this matter. If I don't go, who else can come? "

"..."

Charles was silent. He held the bottle and looked at the boy in front of him quietly. After a long time, he sighed softly, raised the bottle and drank half of it.

"Hey, don't tell me I won't help you, come with me."

"Where are we going?"

"The basement."

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In the basement, Charles turned on the lights in the corners one by one, completely illuminating the entire basement.

In the empty basement, he pushed the scrapped piano aside and walked towards the pile of things covered by dust sheets in the corner.

The pile of things that looked like scrapped machinery and some strange things occupied most of the basement. As the dust sheets were lifted, the smell of motor oil and rusted steel re-emerged.

"Brother, what are you looking for?" The boy asked curiously.

Charles looked back at him, his eyes seemed a little helpless: "Ye Zi, this is my workshop. You have been in my workshop for almost a month. Have you never thought about what this place is for?"

"No..."

Ye Qingxuan was a little embarrassed: "I usually don't touch other people's things without their permission."

"Are you always polite in such a place where it doesn't matter?"

Charles pulled the dust cloth with effort: "Come here and give me a hand."

Under the two people's strong drag, the heavy dust cloth was finally completely opened and thrown into the corner.

The sleeping workshop was finally exposed to the light again, and the unfinished creations were also reflected in the boy's practice.

A huge incomplete bat wing that looks like a steel frame; a carriage that looks like it is driven by mechanical power, but it is missing two wheels; a heavy coat made of leather that can wrap the whole person tightly, including the head, and even the eyes are replaced by two glass lenses.

There was a bronze full body armor that had long been rusted, but the opened chest cavity was full of dense chains...

"What is this?"

The boy stroked the inner cavity of the full body armor absentmindedly, observing the sequence inside: "This conduction structure is to make it move?"

"This thing... was my work when I was thirteen or fourteen years old."

Charles squatted beside him, scratching his head a little embarrassedly: "At the beginning, I was confident that I would make a mechanical puppet that could walk to play with me, and I gave it a name, called 'Pinocchio', but unfortunately, it didn't succeed in the end. The center of gravity problem is really hard to solve."

"You used so many parts just to design a walking machine?" Ye Qingxuan was a little confused.

"Ahaha, who knows what the child is thinking? Maybe he is just bored..."

Ciel stared at the puppet's heart and read the writing on it - 'My friend: Pinocchio'.

"It's all in the past, I don't need it anymore."

He pulled the dust sheet over the armor.

"Follow me, here's what's for you."