Whispering Poems

Chapter 1781 Sheep

The two continued to draw cards, and the old gravekeeper in a good mood did not forget to continue the story:

"The legends of the villagers are not much different from the rumors you can hear in other places. They believe that there is a ghoul hiding in this cemetery, but it is not interested in corpses or living people, but occasionally They will go to the village and steal the chickens, ducks, geese and sheep raised by the villagers."

Xia De glanced at his hand cards:

"But is it really a ghoul? Could it be a wolf, a fox or something wild?"

"The church also thinks so. The church sent people here to conduct routine inspections, but you also know that there is no evidence for such rumors, and there has never been a living casualty, so the investigation ended up being fruitless."

The old man shrugged, looked at the cards in his hand, and smiled confidently:
"Two cards are suspended. Today's luck is a bit too good. The moon is 10, the flower is 9, and I have 19 points."

Although Xia De didn't stop playing cards, he also showed his own cards:

"I am Sun 5 and Sun 13 now, so I will continue to draw cards and hope not to blow up."

He lifted the corner of the third card, and flung it against the chair.There was a cracking sound when the card hit the wood, and the two probed to see, flower 2.

"20 points, I will win the second round."

Xia De breathed a sigh of relief, and the old gravekeeper didn't care:

"Go on, let's watch the third game now. I don't believe it, you still have 20 points in the third game."

The two reached out to touch the cards, and the local story continued:

"So has anyone actually seen that ghoul? Not a strange shadow, but a real monster."

Xia De was very curious about this, while the old gravekeeper shook his head:

"Of course not if you exclude those drunkards' claims. However, if you are interested, you can go to the row of dilapidated houses on the east side of Lower Griol Village. Some people say that they have seen strange things there. The house originally belonged to Mika's family, but their family moved to Pukhov village more than ten years ago. The house has been empty, and maybe the people who were seen were actually homeless."

After finishing speaking, he kept silent and concentrated on the last round of the game.

In the third round of the game, after the two quickly drew out their respective two cards, they both stuck the two cards together, then held them in front of their eyes and slowly unfolded them, and then both showed confident smiles.

They moved to the third card together, and then showed the final result:

"Flowers 3, 11, and 5 are all the same suit. I am 19."

This is the result of the old gravekeeper, and Xia De arranged the three cards in his hand on the chair in turn:

"Moon 4, Sun 4, Star 13. Sorry, it's 21 o'clock."

He flicked the three stacked cards with his hand, looking at the chair surface with obvious wood grain, the thick cards and the three points, he felt that the pressure accumulated by various things in the past few weeks disappeared at this moment up.

The old gravekeeper looked at the result in surprise, and nodded after a long time:
"Well, losing to blackjack is not a bad result. Young man, what else do you want to ask, just keep asking."

"Put aside the ghoul's questions, but I actually have other questions."

He smiled shyly, and pointed to his "Moon 4":
"Your moon four is [Urban Legend: A Street that Doesn't Exist]. I don't know, are you willing to resell this card?"

Xia De really likes the card with the image of a deserted street under the moon:
"I can buy it at a premium to the market price."

He is very sincere. After all, true Rhodes fans will not easily sell their cards:

"Don't rush to refuse, I will offer you this price."

Write a number in a notebook and hand it over:

"With this money, you may be able to visit more places and meet more players in your later years. Maybe you will be able to participate in the next big city players."

The old gravekeeper touched his chin hesitantly, then glanced at the attractive number again:

"I won't sell my own Rhodes cards easily, and I even want them to stay with me in the grave. But your proposal is not as good as we have three more rounds, no, it is five rounds, it is not good, it is seven If you beat me, how about I sell it to you?"

"That would be great, so we'd have time to get on with the ghoul story."

Sunlight poured down from the church door, illuminating Shad's face and the scattered cards beside him.Foreigners may occasionally miss this kind of spring morning in the future, after all, the weather is really good.

An hour later, Shade left the cemetery with the [Urban Legend · Non-existent Street], and added it to his real deck in a place where no one was around, and assimilated it with [Precious Object] .

He really wanted to control the smile on his face, but because he was in such a good mood, he couldn't help curling the corners of his mouth.The bad emotions of the past few weeks about water ghosts, islands, ancient families, desires, bloodlines, etc., really all disappeared at once.Only then did Xia De remember that he hadn't played poker with others for a few weeks, and he was also among the girls at the banquet recently, so he didn't have time to get in touch with the poker players in the Green Lake area:
"I put too much pressure on myself."

He even thought that there would be nothing that could interfere with his mood this morning.

[Loyal love. 】

"She" said suddenly, Xia De was startled, but continued to walk forward without stopping:
"The facts can't be changed. Now I can't give up anyone around me. In this case, it's better to use other ways to prove my feelings and intentions for them, and to express my guilt for them. For love Loyalty? I will not lose to desire, I will definitely win. I am greedy, but I will never let go, never."

"She" smiled softly, not knowing what she wanted to express.

The old cemetery keeper said that the rumored ghoul might live in the dilapidated house on the east side of Lower Griol Village. Shade left the cemetery and walked towards the village.The weather outside the city is really good today. Even though the cloud of the conflict between the two countries is still hovering in the sky above Green Lake, for the villagers living in the countryside, this does not affect their lives.

The rural life in the steam age has not changed much because of the development of the steam industry. The farmers who go out with hoes on their shoulders are very similar to the lives of their ancestors who lived on the same land.

It's just that outsiders have heard from the newspapers about steam-mechanized large farm tools, and also heard that big grain merchants in the city have already used equipment such as semi-automatic peeling machines, but they don't know when these changes will come. spread to the countryside.

The sky was very blue, and large chunks of clouds were floating in the air, like cotton that had been trampled loose by Mia.The farmland on both sides of the country road already has pleasing and neat seedlings, and the wind blowing on the face also carries the smell of the spring country. It is probably a mixture of cow dung and soil.

Xia De did not enter the village, but walked around the village to the vicinity of the "broken house in the east".There is an apple grove separated from the village, and sheep from nowhere are eating the fallen treetops with their heads up.Its back was slightly raised, and its limbs were slender and flexible. When Xia De passed through the woods, the sheep turned his head to look at Xia De, and then continued to chew the leaves slowly.Watching it eat like this, Xia De even felt that time was slowing down.

Walking through the forest, I came to a building that did not seem to have any traces of life.A fence encloses four houses, the smallest of which has a collapsed roof.Although dilapidated, I have to admit that the scenery here is really good, completely different from the city.

Since there was no one, Shad didn't have to say hello to anyone.He jumped into the fence and inspected the houses in turn.Because there has been no owner for a long time, everything in the house has been taken away, and even the windows have been removed.

In the place where the wind is ventilated on all sides, there is not even much dust on the ground.But there are traces of a bonfire once built here, the footprints of children running, animal excrement, and even piles of firewood stored by the villagers.

After turning around roughly and finding nothing, Xia De went back to the woods to look for the sheep just now.It was still where it was just now, but a different tree was eating the leaves.

Xia De recalled it for a while, determined that the sheep did not belong to the species that likes to eat fish, and then put the [Fish Training Ring] on its horns.

The sheep with lowered bloodshot eyelids and a not-so-intelligent look looked up at Shad after the relic took effect, but then continued to eat the leaves.

"The relic is useless?"

Xia De thought suspiciously, considered his words, and asked:
"Can you talk now?"

"Yes."

Sheep drew a long tone and answered slowly.It speaks Delarion with a slight accent, and it speaks really slowly.

"I thought that once you had the ability to speak, you would speak immediately."

Xia De was relieved now, the sheep chewed while staring at the leaves and said:

"Eating is important, talking is not important. I want to survive."

It made a swallowing movement, and the grayish white wool reflected the warm light in the spring morning sun:

"Is there anything you need?"

The sheep asked, beckoning Xia De to come with it, and then found a place where he could bow his head and eat leaves.

Xia De thought the sheep was very interesting, and began to look forward to seeing if Littleah would be as interesting as this calm sheep once she could talk:

"I want to ask, have you been living near here?"

"Yes."

"Do you know the house over there?"

"Go and rest from time to time."

"Did you see anything dangerous there?"

This time the sheep did not answer immediately, but paused.Of course, it may also be due to struggling to swallow what you chew:

"Man, how do you define danger?"

(End of this chapter)