Bizarre Detective Agency

  Chapter 318

  The soundproofing of the Jones brothers' residence was poor, and muffled voices could be heard from the other side of the wall.

   After meeting them briefly, Lu Li went to the old craftsman's residence again.

  The hut was still cluttered with nowhere to stay. The old craftsman was sitting on the cot in the corner, holding a pipe, squinting at Lu Li after the smoke filled him, and pointed to the door: "See if it fits."

   The sound of the wind outside did not seem to affect the old craftsman.

  Lu Li tilted his head and picked up a handicraft pointed to by the old craftsman.

  The metal pipes with obvious rough splicing traces stretched twistingly, forming a structure like an ancient rune.

Ignoring its simple and weird appearance, Lu Li found the two pipes on the left and right sides of the "Rune" and judged how to use it: it would be attached to the fireplace, the boiling steam would drill up into the right pipe, and then on the metal wall Condensate, follow the pipe to the left, and then fall into the basin that follows below.

  The whole distillation equipment is made of iron pipes and a part of wood. The rust problem cannot be avoided after long-term use, but it is better than using lead pipes.

   "It's reinforced as you said. If there is any problem, bring it back to me. It will cost 40 shillings in total." The old craftsman coughed a few times and said hoarsely.

  Lu Li put down the distiller temporarily, took out 100 shillings and put it on the table beside the old craftsman.

   The pungent smell of tobacco wafted, and Lu Li stepped back and said, "Do three more."

  The old craftsman glanced at the 100 shillings on the table and said after a moment of silence, "Thank you."

   Lu Li had already turned around and left the old craftsman's hut with the still.

   The cold raindrops no longer fell, which is surprising, the light rain actually stopped temporarily.

  The Jones brothers were waiting in front of the carriage, carrying today's food.

   Several people got into the carriage, Lu Li pulled the reins and slowly left the street.

  …

   Elm forest.

  The carriage was quiet and silent, and the four brothers seemed to be preoccupied with each other, especially under the rendering of the forest mood.

   At a certain moment, one of the four brothers suddenly asked Lu Li, "Do you know what happened to Zenster!"

   The boss didn't have time to stop him, he quickly grabbed his brother, apologized to Lu Li, and at the same time expected Lu Li to respond...

   "I can't tell you."

   Lu Li's answer made the boss show some disappointment.

   "Why?" Another couldn't help asking.

  Lu Li looked at him and said calmly, "It's not that you can't speak, it's that you can't listen."

  The three brothers wanted to say something, but they were stopped by the boss. He seemed to know something, and there was a hint of tentativeness in his tone: "Is it...that...?"

  Weird is an unspeakable horror in the cognition of most people. While the truth is that only some of the weirdnesses get in the way of calling it, most weirdos don't matter what they call it.

   However, people naturally cannot tell the difference between weirdos.

"Yes."

   "It's really weird..." Someone exclaimed, and quickly covered his mouth to keep himself from reading it.

   The boss was so upset, but he continued to ask: "Will Belfast be attacked...?"

   "I don't know." Lu Li said.

   So he wants to build a refuge.

  The carriage fell silent again, except for the sound of the wheels on the road and the ominous whine of the wind blowing over the woods from outside the carriage.

   Amid the pervasive negativity, the carriage came to the front of the cliff.

  The Jones brothers returned to the cave, and after a while, the clanging sound of excavation sounded again.

  Lu Li accompanied Anna to visit Annie for a while, and then took advantage of the short sight of goodness to come to the cliff to observe the surroundings.

  Standing on the cliff, you can clearly see three sides of the view.

  The sea, the bay, the port, the whole city, and beyond, the oak forest on the other side of the bay, all revealed.

   The leaden, lifeless sea was littered with boats, including some small wooden boats. They are scattered tens to hundreds of meters offshore, catching very few fish.

  The port seemed deserted, perhaps because the ships had all set sail, and only a few cargo ships, cruise ships and fishing boats were docked at the port.

   After looking at it for a while, his body was a little chilled by the sea breeze, and Lu Li returned to the cave.

   The sound of excavation resounded, but compared to yesterday, the Jones brothers were obviously absent-minded.

   Fortunately, more than half of the excavation was done yesterday, and the rest was enough to complete in one day.

   After a while, Lu Li walked down the cliff. Anna thought he would go back to the carriage and wait, but he walked straight past the carriage and went down.

"Where are you going?"

   Anna, who was following behind, asked curiously.

  Lu Li looked around: "Look around and see the tree king in this area."

   As an outsider, and will stay here for a long time, it is necessary for Lu Li to say hello to the owner here.

The voice of    fell, and Lu Li listened intently and seemed to be waiting for something, but apart from his unchanging emotions, there was nothing in this dead forest of dead trees.

   There was no ethereal consciousness to guide Lu Li and tell him the location of the tree king.

   But it wasn't too hard to find. After ten minutes, Lu Li felt a gradually richer forest mood a few hundred meters away from the cliff.

   In the forest ahead, an elm tree that is much thicker than the surrounding area is revealed.

  As Lu Li walked in, the mood that had been bleak after Annie fell into the forest became clear again.

   They didn't completely let go of their vigilance against Lu Li.

  Lu Li stopped and stopped more than ten meters away from the tree king. After observing the surrounding situation, he turned and left.

   He just came to visit, and now he has finished visiting.

   Anyway, they have a long, long time to get acquainted.

  Return to the original road and go back to the carriage in front of the cliff. Anna fiddled with the distiller for a while, but didn't understand its purpose, and Lu Li had no intention of explaining it, so he had to sit down with Lu Li and read the novel to continue reading.

  Lu Li picked up today's three newspapers and opened them one after another.

  The first and second pages of the three newspapers are the same, and they are all occupied by the disappearance of Zenster and Cultivation Garden. Compared with the "Investigator Weekly", a lot of key information is missing.

   or it is cut down to be known by the common people.

   In the rest of the news, Lu Li noticed a strange text message.

  【The Principality of the Lennon Islands is scheduled to depart from Harsco Harbor three days ago】

   Their destination was the Ellen Peninsula, originally planned to arrive at the port of Zernst, but after the terrifying faceless giant destroyed there, they changed their destination to the port of Rodster.

   In this case, they did not choose to go back the same way.

   After a brief stop in sight, Lu Li looked at the last weather forecast.

   It will be light rain today and tomorrow, but the day after tomorrow, the rain will change to moderate rain.

  The meteorological professor expects the rainy season to arrive in 3-5 days.

   The slightly delayed rainy season gives people a little respite, giving them some time to face what’s to come.

   (end of this chapter)