The Eye of Evolution

Bai Xiaowen sat outside the high wall of the mayor's mansion, like a stone statue. He stood up and opened his eyes until the evening.

Li Shuyi has been watching the wind for him. When she saw Bai Xiaowen stood up, she asked quickly: "How, have you found anything? For so long, I was worried that I would be found."

Bai Xiaowen said with a smile: "The mayor's study room is equipped with a magic alarm device, and the shadow assassin almost exposed. Fortunately, I gave the cat a cat, and it did not cause the guard's suspicion. I could only wait until the mayor Hale The moment Mu himself entered the study, he sneaked in. "

After a short pause, Bai Xiaowen said again, "Fortunately, it was a hard work and it was not wasted. I now conclude that there is something wrong with Highlem."

"Is there any evidence?"

"There is no direct evidence, but Highham's behavior is very suspicious. In the study, he has been flipping through a book called [Tyrrell Collection]," Bai Xiaowen said, "normal reading is a The pages were read slowly, or quickly browsed. However, Mayor Haylem turned the pages quickly, stopped to check, and then quickly turned the pages again, again ... he was too purposeful. "

"Listening to you, it really doesn't look like normal reading, it's a bit like a secret agent connecting to a secret code." Li Shuyi said.

Bai Xiaowen nodded: "The page on which he checked was written with the sentences in [Tyrrell Collection]. It looks like a good excerpt, but in fact, it should be a concatenated sentence."

"Since it is determined that he has a problem, how can I get evidence next?" Li Shuyi frowned, "If only I could get that page of paper, we can study what the content of his connection is."

Bai Xiaowen laughed: "It's not difficult. I know the content on that page is important, so I will carry it back."

Li Shuyi: "..."

Bai Xiaowen laughed loudly: "Let's go back to the home of the sheriff Yahan, find a copy of [Tyrrell Collection], and study what secrets are hidden in the connector password of the mayor."

The two walked back all the way. As he walked through an alley, Bai Xiaowen suddenly frowned slightly, turning around and yelling, "Who is it?"

Li Shuyi's hand was put on the hilt.

"My lord, it's me ..."

Gid narrowed his neck and came out of the alley, his expression a little panicked.

"Do you follow me?" Bai Xiaowen narrowed his eyes, a dangerous light appeared in his eyes.

Gide hurriedly said, "Sir, where do I dare to follow you ... I came to visit you specially. But you have been at the sheriff's house, and I have not had a chance yesterday ..."

"Say, find me something."

Gide said carefully, "I represent all members of the Crow Organization and are willing to be loyal to the Lord ... We are still useful, I hope the Lord will allow us to survive."

At the beginning Bai Xiaowen was a little bit confused, and this change in the style of the crow organization really surprised him. However, Bai Xiaowen instantly remembered his previously dead servant, Qiao Shuya, and probably understood the psychology of Jide and others, and regarded him as a moody and powerful murderer ...

Although Bai Xiaowen didn't think the crow organization could play any role, it was a good thing that Gidden came to surrender. He nodded and said, "I see. Then I ask you a question."

Gide felt cold, and nodded again and again.

"Go get me a book, and it's called ... Tyrrell Collection. My time is limited, the sooner the better." Bai Xiaowen said.

Originally, Bai Xiaowen thought this was a simple request, but he did not expect that Gide was bitter: "Master, that kind of poetry and essays are all things that the aristocracy decorates the facade. People like me at the bottom have no channel to do it ... There is no special book store in Qizhen. Nobles buy books and order them from the traveling caravan. If adults want this book, they must wait at least a week before the traveling caravan arrives.

"For one week, what do I want you to do?" Bai Xiaowen snorted.

Gide almost knelt on the ground in shock: "My lord, please be angry ... otherwise I'll steal it from the mayor's house. It is said that there are several bookcases in his study, and this one should be available."

"Fart!" Bai Xiaowen cursed. "I live in the house of the mayor's son-in-law and sheriff Yahan. You want to steal a book from the mayor's house? I was found by Yahan and convicted me of theft?

Jide really knelt down on his knees: "Master, I didn't expect this ... By the way, since you live in Yahan's house, you can borrow books from Yahan's wife Ginny. It is said that Ginny likes reading When I married Yahan, I brought many books from my family. "

"You know Ginny?" Bai Xiaowen was a little curious.

Jide's face was a little bit red: "This ... Ginny was the dream lover of the young people in Hodge Town, but our low-level civilians have no courage to pursue ..."

Bai Xiaowen shrugged: "Well ... you don't need the book. You can do one more thing for me."

Jide's face looked like a dog's legs: "Please, my lord."

...

Back at Yahan's house, I met Ginny. At this time Yahan hadn't returned home, Bai Xiaowen directly proposed, hoping to borrow a few books to read the following and pass the time.

Ginny was very happy and generous. They led the two to the bookshelf and let them choose. She herself went to the kitchen and started preparing dinner.

Bai Xiaowen narrowed his eyes, and found the [Tyrrell Collection] in the corner, and immediately pulled it out.

"Ginny is really a book-loving person. You can see the pages of this book are yellow and wrinkled. I don't know how many times they have been turned." Li Shuyi said.

"Well, check it first. For security reasons, all of our conversations are on the team channel." Bai Xiaowen said through the team channel.

Li Shuyi (Team Channel): "OK."

"The first sentence:‘ There are our family in the town, please take us with you! '”Bai Xiaowen recalled the contents of the excerpt paper page that Helem was holding in his hand, and retelled smoothly.

The sound of flipping through the books sounded. Finding such a common sentence from a book is difficult, at least a waste of time, for two people who have never read the book. However, what Bai Xiaowen is not afraid of is reading. After reading it, he can memorize the whole book. The ancients called it “one line at a time and ten lines at a glance.”

"It is page 21, line 18." After Bai Xiaowen turned to the corresponding sentence, Li Shuyi recorded the page number and line number according to Bai Xiaowen's prompt.

"Second sentence:‘ That iron man jerk, dare to lie to me! '”Bai Xiaowen said, squinting.

"It's page 40, line 5."

"The third sentence ..."

The sentences written on that page were all recited by Bai Xiaowen, and then compared with [Tyrrell Collection], the page numbers and line numbers were recorded one by one. In the end, the two got a long list of numbers.

"What do these numbers ... what do you mean?" Li Shuyi raised her cheeks and looked to Bai Xiaowen for help.

"This is a relatively common digital password. Have you noticed that, regardless of the number of pages, all the lines in it do not exceed 26?" Bai Xiaowen gently tapped his finger on the desktop and said with a smile, "Each line The numbers correspond to a Latin letter. Combining these letters yields a code word. "

"Is the order of the alphabet? The number 18 corresponds to R ... 5 corresponds to E ..." Li Shuyi was a little surprised, and she wrote the letters one by one against the numbers of all the lines.

A string of secret words finally surfaced:

"The foggy moon was at Yepi Wharf on the 12th."

Li Shuyi read the words softly and said: "Time and place are available. It seems this is the code for the connector."

Bai Xiaowen nodded: "Yes, I looked at the date. The foggy month is the second month of the Kuroshio continent of the year, which is this month. The twelfth day ... is today. In other words, tonight, in Ye Di Wharf, the two sides will meet. "

"In the slave trade of sin, we are coming as messengers of justice." Li Shuyi said with a smile.

"We still have to find a way to let Yahan witness this scene with his own eyes," Bai Xiaowen thought more. "The goal is to assist the security officer Yahan to solve the case of missing people. That is, if Yahan does not agree with our conclusions, , I'm afraid we are not considered to be completing the task. "

...

At dinner time, Yahan returned. He was somewhat downcast and not very interested.

"What's wrong, is there no progress?" Bai Xiaowen asked.

Yahan nodded slightly: "Two more residents are missing, just last night, the Western District."

Bai Xiaowen was outraged: "The black hands behind the scenes are too shy!"

"... I visited the West End only two days ago!" Yahan gritted his teeth. "If I get hit ... I will pay the **** guys!"

"I believe you will catch them, Mr. Yahan." Bai Xiaowen said.

"Yes, I will catch the mice and hang them up, so that all the residents of Hodge Town will have a good look at their faces!" Yahan squeezed his fists and made a crackling bone explosion.

After dinner, Ginny cleaned her clothes. Yahan picked up his helmet from the table and got out and went out: "To patrol the Southern District today, try not to go out at night."

Bai Xiaowen stood up: "Let's go together."

Li Shuyi followed: "Yes Mr. Yahan, we can certainly help."

Yahan remembered that the two could kill the voodoo alchemist, and recognized their strength. He nodded and said, "Okay. But night watching is not an easy job."

Walking out of the gate of the house, when he went to the militia assembly point, Bai Xiaowen suddenly walked in front of Yahan and stopped him.

"Huh?" Yahan cast a doubtful look.

"Mr. Yahan, if you don't want to be played like a fool, please change your night plan tonight." Bai Xiaowen said.

"why?"

"After this day's investigation, I have every reason to suspect that the patrol was mixed with black hands behind the scenes," Bai Xiaowen said faintly. "Don't you find it strange? Why do the disappearances always happen in unvisited towns Area?"

Yahan's thick eyebrows frowned: "It's impossible, I'm all great boys, they will never do such a desolate thing."

"Trusting your subordinates is a good thing, but blind trust is not advisable," Bai Xiaowen said. "If Mr. Yahan is willing to believe me, change the night watch plan and take the militia to visit the Eastern District! And the process must be The outsiders are absolutely confidential. After receiving the news of the planned changes, the militia must not leave your sight and contact the outside world ... "

"I can hardly believe you," Yahan said seriously.

"I understand that for you, I'm just a neighbourhood I've seen a few times, and only recently lived in your house, and the militias of the patrol are comrades who have fought alongside you for many years. But you can also think My suggestion, is there any loss to you, to Hodge Town? "Bai Xiaowen said lightly," There is an abandoned dock in the eastern district, called 'Yepi Wharf' ... You just have to go there and be troubled for months Can solve all the puzzles. "

Yahan stared at Bai Xiaowen's eyes, "What the **** are you hiding from me?"

"In fact, what I have investigated is too incredible. If you say it directly, you will not believe it, only seeing is believing." Bai Xiaowen said.

"... Okay. I promise you. If you can't give me a satisfactory answer tonight ... my trust in you will disappear." Yahan solemnly said.

"Trust me, I won't live up to your trust." Bai Xiaowen replied calmly.

...

Ye Di Wharf has become an abandoned dump.

Yahan took a team of patrol militias, silently ambushing among the trees on the periphery of the Dire Pier.

All militiamen, www.NovelMTL.com, were pulled over temporarily during the course of routine patrols. Bai Xiaowen also asked the militia to work in groups of two and monitor each other. No one should behave abnormally, even go to the toilet, and cannot escape from Bai Xiaowen's sight.

Bai Xiaowen's mental strength is even narrower, monitoring all militiamen.

No way, although there is no such thing as a mobile phone in the world of Kuroshio Plane, there are magic props such as "Guardian Stone" that can be used to pass messages. Although the mayor of Highham may not have such a strong sense of vigilance, he may be handed over to an "internal traitor" as a magic prop for information, but he is careful. If there is a moment of negligence, leakage of the wind, and the cancellation of the transaction, Bai Xiaowen will have to face Yahan's doubts, but it will not be clear at that time.

For Han Xiaowen's grouping and surveillance, Yahan took a tacit attitude. He is like a volcano in the pipeline, which may erupt at any time.

From mid-month to midnight, the night quay was quiet.

Suddenly, a team of horse-drawn carriages slowly came along the abandoned path, all the way to the abandoned wharf. Subsequently, several motorists jumped down, opened the back compartment, and lifted a mouthful of sacks.