After leaving Dr. John's house, Wayne took advantage of the night to visit several carriage shops in the town, and then rode a horse along the town's roads, visiting every household. In particular, we focused on visiting the townspeople who lived on the edge of the town. The advantage of a small place is that most people know each other. When Wayne saw someone, he would stick his head out and ask if he had seen Dr. John in the past two days, and then ask if any horses or carriages were lost recently. That's basically it. In simpler cases, the other party will simply shake his head or say no; in more complicated cases, it will just be a brief greeting or a few questions out of curiosity. Extremely efficient. Wayne's reason for doing this is simple: Dr. John was a respectable man, and he usually traveled in a horse-drawn carriage. He was single and lived alone, so he didn't have time to take care of horses. Therefore, he didn't raise horses himself, and that's why he had to hire a coachman for a long time.
Assuming that what the coachman said was true - Wayne actually felt that the coachman should be basically trustworthy, because as long as he didn't come to report the case, Wayne had not yet confirmed that there was anything wrong with Dr. John - then where did Dr. John go, who disappeared after returning to the town? On the bright side, he might not have realized that his affair had been discovered, so he might have simply had an accident and was kidnapped or robbed and killed. To think of the worst, it is that he or his accomplices realized that his identity might have been exposed, so he fled for fear of punishment, or was silenced by his peers. In a western town like Blackrock, outside the residential area, there is basically a vast wilderness. It takes more than 20 kilometers to get to the steam train station. It is simply unrealistic to want to leave the town by walking. So if no one has seen Dr. John in the past two days, and the townspeople have not lost their horses or carriages, then the probability that he or his accomplices are still in the town becomes very high. Then if we send someone to search it carefully, we will probably get something. If someone lost his horse or carriage, the possibility of him escaping would be greater. Anyway, just looking at the ten skulls piled up in Dr. John's house, his current identity is already very questionable. There was neither online shopping nor the Yiwu toy market these days, so it was impossible that those skulls were bought. So even without discussing the issue of faith, he is now at least guilty of theft and desecration of a corpse. Taking a step further, even if those skulls were of slaves or indigenous people, if his disgraceful and bad habits were discovered, he would at least be expelled from the town by the residents. Wayne asked around in the town but didn't get a positive answer. He was about to call someone to start a thorough search, At this time, the bartender Tony, who had already been asked by Wayne once, ran over hesitantly and asked Wayne why he was looking for Dr. John in such a hurry. As soon as Wayne saw Tony's horrible look, he probably guessed that it would be a bad result, so Wayne sighed: "Tell me, when was the last time you saw Dr. John?" Tony saw that Wayne's expression had changed, so he answered honestly, "Yesterday afternoon...he even rode away with my horse. What happened?" Wayne decided to scare him, "We found at least ten bodies in Dr. John's house. You helped him hide his whereabouts, so now you are an accomplice." "Ten corpses?!" Tony's eyes widened. "What will be the verdict for the accomplice's crime?"
"Hang him," Wayne patted Tony on the shoulder, "Don't worry, the noose you get will be thicker than his, so you'll be more comfortable on the gallows." Tony took two steps back, "I just took $100 from him, sold the horse and kept it a secret for him! I didn't participate in the murder!" "I see," Wayne nodded, "You made a profit by selling an ordinary riding horse for $100." After Wayne finished speaking, he rode away on Little Chestnut Hat. Little Chestnut was holding his head proudly at this time. He was a racehorse with a pedigree. In the eyes of the sucker, he was worth at least thousands of dollars. "Should I go to the police station and turn myself in to you?" Tony shouted from behind. "Just go home and ask Uncle Sam and you'll know." Wayne answered him without turning his head. Humph, you bastard, you only cause trouble for others. You won't learn your lesson unless you get scared a few times. … Now the criminals are planning to attack the town. As the sheriff, Wayne cannot possibly leave the town at this time. So Wayne calculated the date and thought that at most he could go to the steam train station within the town tomorrow to try his luck and see if Dr. John planned to leave on the steam train tomorrow morning. If Dr. John has already fled the town in another direction, then there is nothing we can do but ask the mayor whether to offer a reward. Then when Wayne returned home, he saw Lina...seemingly performing a ritual? Lina sprinkled salt on the floor of the living room to make two concentric circles, made many mysterious symbols inside, and lit several candles in several directions around them. Then, with a serious expression, she brought a basin of water and placed it in the middle, sprinkled essential oils and herbal powder, and finally gently placed the lower half of the moth, which had been eaten by Peter today until only a layer of skin was left, into the basin. It should be said that a blonde sweetheart like Lina who is always smiling and seems to have big breasts and no brains, Once her face becomes expressionless, she is even more intimidating than when a cold and beautiful girl like Inissa frowns. So after Wayne entered the room, he didn't dare to disturb her. He just quietly closed the door and stood by to watch, and by the way, he turned on the double vision to observe. In the void just above the magic circle, many lines suddenly appeared out of thin air, and then these lines began to become disordered, and then intertwined and entangled with each other. Wayne felt that the invisible eye in his body suddenly closed as if it was hit by direct sunlight. At the same time, my nasal cavity felt cold and blood started flowing out. His heartbeat seemed to skip two or three beats at this moment, cold sweat broke out from Wayne's back, and all the muscles in his body became tense. The spiritual intuition came out belatedly at this time, ringing like an alarm bell in Wayne's heart: Don't look! Don't look! You will die if you see this! Wayne quickly retracted his neck, covered his nose and lowered his head, imitating Lina and only daring to stare at the basin of water.
After the moth's abdominal skin was placed in the center of the basin, ripples slowly began to appear on the water surface. The water waves rippled back and forth in the basin, and the moth's abdominal skin floated with the waves, then was gradually pushed away by the waves, and finally touched the edge of the basin. Lina sprinkled essential oils and herbal powders again, then extinguished one of the candles with her hand. Only then did Lina let out a long sigh and raised her head. Seeing Wayne covering his nosebleed, Lina smiled as brightly as ever, "Wayne, you're back? I found out the approximate direction of that guy from this morning." Wayne was still in shock, and his accelerated heartbeat had not yet slowed down. Um, I also think that you have definitely found the other person, and the result is probably pretty accurate... What the hell is this? Almost sent me away...