Embers Ad Infinitum

Seeing Song He, Jiang Baimian first roughly repeated the conversation between his team and Han Wanghuo.

After Song He heard this, he was quite sad:

“To me, he’s just a real person.

"pity……"

Jiang Baimian didn't know whether he was regretting that Han Wanghuo finally decided to leave, or whether he was regretting that he did not dare to go further, could not serve as a bishop, and could not come up with a substantial enough promise to retain Han Wanghuo, so he could only sigh. .

After Song He sighed, he shook his head and smiled:

"No wonder I have been asking Han Wanghuo to find a Hongshiji girl to really settle down, but he is unwilling. He said that the Sheriff will definitely offend many people and put his wife in danger. It is better to wait until the town guard is actually established and established. Establish a set of public security laws that everyone is willing to recognize and abide by, and accumulate enough savings to consider resigning from the position of Sheriff."

Obviously, Han Wanghuo was afraid that his scales would be seen by those close to him, so he would rather not get married.

"Liar!" Shang Jianyao said with emotion.

Jiang Baimian knew why Shang Jianyao said this - he had previously regarded Han Wanghuo as a confidant because he had the ideal of "if the law and order is not peaceful, how can we take care of the family?"

Of course, this is just a one-sided confidant.

Thinking of this, Jiang Baimian casually said with relief:

"At least Han Wanghuo is very serious and hardworking in maintaining order in Hongshiji and performing his duties as peace officer and captain of the town guard."

At this time, Long Yuehong suddenly thought of a question:

"Then before he comes to Hongshiji, why doesn't he find someone to get married with? On the dusty earth, two people who can help each other are better than one person who is alone."

This way there will be no problem of discrimination.

When others were thinking about the answer, Bai Chen said calmly:

"He may look down on other people."

Jiang Baimian was startled for a moment and agreed deeply:

"Too."

Although Han Wanghuo is a sub-human, he always regards himself as a real human being deep down in his heart. Naturally, he looks down on other sub-human groups. At most, he has enough sympathy, kindness and understanding for them, and there is no need to get married. talk.

In a sense, he is also a racist, but he stands on the side of humans and has natural sympathy for other ethnic groups.

Long Yuehong thought about the fish-man's appearance and expressed her understanding of Han Wanghuo.

If he were asked to find a fish-man girl as his wife, he thought it would be better to be single.

As for the mountain monster, he could barely accept it, and at most he didn't kiss much.

Song He saw that the topic was getting more and more off-topic, so he returned to the topic in time:

"So, your final conclusion is that Han Wanghuo did not betray the intelligence to the coalition forces?"

"Preliminary conclusion." Jiang Baimian did not give a definite answer, "I can only say that as far as the current situation is concerned, from the perspective of motivation and position, Han Wanghuo has no reason to betray Hongshiji, but as the investigation deepens, it is very clear that Some new clues may emerge, and by then, there may be different answers.”

What he said was so precise that Song He was stunned for a moment.

He thought for a few seconds and suddenly smiled:

"Why do similar words sound so familiar to me? Isn't this what I often see when I report to the headquarters?

"You, it seems, are from some organized force..."

Only when it reaches a certain scale and has a sound internal organization, this "official document style" will appear.

Jiang Baimian didn't expect to be so clueless, so he could only laugh twice:

"Relic hunters will also be more cautious when dealing with clients with certain backgrounds."

The two sides talked a few words on this topic, but both tacitly agreed not to raise the issue of whether to restrict Han Wanghuo's actions, assuming that the other party had been cleared of suspicion.

"I'll go back and talk to Han Wanghuo again to see if I can dispel his idea of ​​leaving." Finally, Song He expressed his attitude.

If you don't use the "Friendly" ability, there is a high probability that it won't work... Jiang Baimian said "hmm" and then said:

"Warning Song, we have a suspect and would like to apply for contact with them."

"Apply?" Song He thought again and asked, "A person from the 'Underground Ark'?"

Smart man, you are really full of wisdom accumulated in so many years of life... Jiang Baimian answered calmly:

"Yes. It would be best if we could contact Mr. DiMarco directly."

Song He hesitated and said:

“‘Underground Ark’ has a high status in the church, and I can’t force them.

"Well, I will first try to invite some of Mr. Dimarco's housekeepers to come to the church and have a chat with them. If any problems are found, I will report them to the headquarters."

"Do you need our help?" Jiang Baimian was eager to give it a try.

Song He glanced at them suspiciously:

"Being not.

"You just wait here."

The location they are currently in is the corridor behind the hall, a small living room with sofas, coffee tables, and chairs.

The walls here are also painted red, mixed with gold.

After watching the warning person Song He leave, Jiang Baimian said "Hey":

"What a pity. I shouldn't have mentioned this matter and went directly to the elevator downstairs to contact the people from the 'Underground Ark'.

"Behead first and show later!"

As long as you have non-video phone contact, the possibilities are endless.

——After many experiments, Shang Jianyao determined that the "reasoning clown" cannot expand its scope of influence through too complex electronic products. Currently, the only thing it can use is a loudspeaker.

"That's right." Shang Jianyao said that he thought so too.

Bai Chen looked at them each and reminded:

"Isn't the original intention of doing this to maintain a good relationship with the vigilant sect?"

Thinking of "the gaze from behind the door", Jiang Baimian nodded with "sadness" on his face:

"In the face of this kind of sect, we still can't be too willful."

Fortunately, she was wearing a mask so no one could see her expression.

"You have beaten up fake 'priests'." Shang Jianyao pointed out.

Jiang Baimian let out a "huh" sound:

“Can anti-intellectual sects and vigilant sects be the same?”

At least "The Last Man" doesn't like to "watch" his own territory as much as "Yugu" does.

Moreover, the "Old Tune Group" has never broken into an official anti-intellectual church.

After talking and laughing for a while, Jiang Baimian suddenly raised his head and looked at the vent in the small living room.

"I found you!" Shang Jianyao quickly became excited and said loudly.

Soon, the mesh baffle of the vent was removed, and Viel revealed his face with a few freckles, looked down with green eyes and said:

"Do you want to investigate the 'Underground Ark'? I heard Song Warner contacting Di Marco's housekeeper."

Jiang Baimian responded with a smile:

"Do you have information you want to sell to us?"

Vier showed his signature smile:

"Please beg me, and I will tell you if you beg."

As soon as he finished speaking, Shang Jianyao suddenly jumped up and rushed over.

Then, with the help of his chair, Shang Jianyao jumped up and grabbed the baffles on both sides of the vent.

This frightened Veere into retracting his body and retreating a long distance.

He asked urgently with great annoyance:

"what you up to?"

Shang Jianyao raised his head and said with a smile:

"Catch you, tie you up, and beg you."

"..." Veyer frowned and looked at this guy, unable to understand the logic of this.

Regarding the interaction between the two, Jiang Baimian and the others had no intention of stopping it, and seemed to be happy to see it happen.

Viel quickly stepped back and didn't stop until he almost entered another section of the ventilation duct.

He looked at the entrance where the light shone in, hesitated for a moment, and said loudly:

“The guards of the ‘Underground Ark’ mentioned one thing while chatting:

"DiMarco is a very cruel man. No matter what mistakes he makes, servants will be killed if they are hit or discovered by him. Sometimes, if they encounter him in a bad mood, they will be killed even if they have not made any mistakes. die."

After hearing this information, Jiang Baimian frowned slightly and also solved a previous doubt:

Why does "Underground Ark" regularly purchase and train servants?

With the scale of the "Underground Ark", it would be enough to get a group of servants in every ten or eight years.

Because Di Marco was brutal, the attrition rate of servants was alarming and needed to be replenished regularly? While Jiang Baimian was thinking, he signaled Shang Jianyao to come down.

Then, she asked towards the vent:

"Where are the bodies of the dead servants?"

It's impossible for so many corpses to be piled up in the cold storage of the "Underground Ark", right?

Vier's voice echoed in the ventilation duct:

"The 'Underground Ark' has an exit on the other side of the mountain range, and the bodies seem to be buried nearby."

Another exit means there is an entrance... Jiang Baimian was about to continue asking when Vier shouted again:

"That's all I know, I'm giving you an advantage!"

His voice faded away, as if he had been transferred to another place through the ventilation duct.

The "Old Tune Group" looked at each other and waited for a while, finally waiting for the warning person Song He to return.

Song He said without much change in expression:

"I have interviewed Mr. Dimarco's three butlers, and it is initially confirmed that they have not revealed anything about Bishop Renato to the fishmen and mountain monsters.

"As for the entire 'Underground Ark', apart from them, only Mr. Dimarco knew about it. As for whether Mr. Dimarco had told anyone else, they didn't know."

Jiang Baimian considered and said:

"Can I chat with Mr. DiMarco via video call?"

"No." Song He shook his head, "Unless the new bishop arrives."

This made the "old team" a little disappointed, and they could only turn to investigating other people on the list.

By noon, they returned to the hotel camp and cooked with the ingredients they had purchased.

While they were busy, Lehman, a smuggler from "United Industries", came to visit them again.

The businessman, who looked like a farmer from Honghe and had obvious rosacea, rubbed his hands and said in a somewhat awkward tone in broken gray dialect:

"I heard from my friends that you seem to be investigating DiMarco from the 'Underground Ark'?"

"It's a mission we took before that has something to do with Mr. Di Marco." Jiang Baimian replied in a tight tone.

Lehman showed a slight smile and said:

"Maybe you don't know that the matter I want to entrust you with is also related to the 'Underground Ark'."