Dow and Carbon-Based Monkey Breeding Guidelines

Chapter 874 The Boatman and Ainades

A girl sits on a rock top,
Unparalleled beauty, unparalleled charm,
She combed her golden hair,
Gold jewelry sparkles.

She combed her hair with a golden comb,
And sing a song;
The tune is so beautiful,
There is breathtaking power.

The boatman in the boat,
Sudden pain in the heart;
He does not look at the rocks in the river,
Just look up at the rock head.

I believe in boatmen and boats
Swallowed at last by the waves;
It was Lorelei with her voice,
Did it.

——Heincily Heine, "Lorelei"

Doppler Kron came with a branch slung over his shoulders like he was carrying a police baton.His face was wrinkled like dried orange peel, and his small eyes seemed to be closed when they were open, so people who didn't know him often thought he was drunk.But he has a lot of alcohol, and his wine taste is not bad. Moreover, among those retired old policemen, he has drunk quite restrainedly.Most of the townspeople liked him, along with his clumsy and troublesome grandson, Philippe Colón.

"Ha!" he said when he saw Luo Binhan, "Look who's here?"

Luo Binhan said, "Why did you call him here?"

As one of the oldest residents of Regenberg, the only thing Old Cologne understands is his mother tongue.Both he and Luo Binhan looked at Yu Xiaorong.She was sitting at the table, her eyes circling the parcel.Luo Binhan knocked twice on the table in front of her, and she reluctantly and without guilt squinted at him.

"I thought you went upstairs to call the police!" Luo Binhan said, "What did you call him for?"

"He's a cop too."

"I reckon he'll be retired for at least ten years?"

"So Mom won't know about it right away."

Luo Binhan expressed doubts about this.He didn't know much about Doppler Köln, except that the old Köln lived north of Regenberg near the woodlands.After retiring, he partnered with others to run a dog farm there, mainly training large guard dogs, and also helping surrounding residents deal with family pets.He knew this because Leo's father was the hound that Doppler Kron had trained.The old man had a knack for keeping dogs, but he probably wasn't a bomb disposal expert even in his days as a security policeman.

"This is ridiculous." He said to Yu Xiaorong a little reproachfully, "What are you doing?"

"He likes me very much." Yu Xiaorong said calmly, "I often take Leo to his place for a walk, and help him feed other dogs. If I tell him not to tell his mother, he will definitely not say .”

This explanation was immediately confirmed by Leo's enthusiasm.Just as Doppler Colon walked into the living room, Leo, who was originally in a slump, leaned over and sniffed at his muddy trouser legs.Old Colon rubbed its chin and tail vigorously, praising it for being so energetic.After Leo's freshness wore off, he gently pushed it aside.Leo walked away slowly, and carefully peeked at Luo Binhan a few times.

"So," he tapped the package on the table with the tree trunk, "this is it?"

Yu Xiaorong nodded.

They didn't talk about more details, presumably Yu Xiaorong had already talked about it on the phone.Doppler Colon turned and walked out of the house, whistled in the front yard, and a black-backed wolfhound galloped down from the van he was driving.It sat down in front of Doppler, panting heavily while waiting for the master's order.Colon led it to the table with a stick and a password, and let it sniff and sniff at the mail package.The smell of the postal package seemed to annoy it, and it quickly turned around and walked away.

Doppler repeated the command again. It lazily touched its nose, and gently pushed the mail bag away with its paws. Its eyes were already fixed on Leo in the corner, and it quietly wagged its tail.It goes without saying that they must be old acquaintances.

"Looks all right," said old Colon, lighting the package. "Not explosives, not cocaine, not gas. Shall we open it now, girl?"

In Luo Binhan's shallow German vocabulary reserve, "explosives", "cocaine" and "poison gas" happen to be all in it, all thanks to Yu Xiaorong's great achievements.And when old Cologne tapped the branch on the surface of the package and looked at Yu Xiaorong expectantly, he fully understood what the last sentence was asking.

He lightly touched Yu Xiaorong's arm: "That dog?"

"Its name is Derek." Yu Xiaorong said, "It was sent to Cologne a year before you left. It worked for the customs until it was injured and retired. Cologne liked it very much and spent a lot of money on treating its legs."

"Ah, so it's another retirement note." Luo Binhan said, and Yu Xiaorong immediately took a peek at him, "But it's not foolproof, right? It might not have smelled it."

"Derek is very reliable. It can smell the sealed dry powder from hundreds of catties of fruit."

"Are you sure it can smell all explosives too?"

"It has dealt with time bombs hidden in airports before."

"That doesn't answer my question."

Yu Xiaorong turned her head noncommittally.She exchanged glances with Old Cologne, and the latter grabbed the mailbag without authorization and walked into the yard outside.Luo Binhan heard him say "It's better not to stay at home" and words such as "clutter", "splash", "flying insects".With a bit of a headache, he turned to look at Antie-Pierre on the stairs - she had been watching the movement below, resting her chin in boredom on the round head of the statuette of Cooper, for no reason at all. I am troubled by the postal package.Luo Binhan couldn't help suspecting that it might be a wrong decision to call her here, but thinking in a positive direction, the possibility of some kind of supernatural curse hidden in this package was greatly reduced.Anti-Pierre was Chen Wei's apprentice after all, and he repeatedly comforted himself with this incident.

He followed Yu Xiaorong into the yard, and pressed her against the door with his hand, so as to prevent her from running to Old Kelong to join in the fun.Yu Xiaorong glared at him, but Luo Binhan just pretended not to see it.During this time, Old Cologne had already pulled out an extremely old dark blue EOD barrel from the truck, and the side of the barrel was shockingly covered with minced meat and black-brown wet dog food remnants.Then there was a long pair of high-cut shears, which was probably used to take care of trivial matters for the unruly vicious dog locked in the cage.

Doppler Colon whistled as he lowered the mail package into the EOD barrel.He may trust that wolfhound named Derek, but after all, even a pious person still looks left and right when crossing the road.Anti-Pierre also quietly went downstairs, standing behind Robin Han and looking around.Old Cologne turned his head and found her, with a bright smile on his face, he waved his hands and greeted her warmly.He was so overjoyed that it was hard to feel that he was unaware of the tragedy that had happened to his grandson.

"Hello, girl!" he said, "go get me a chair!"

Onti ran back to the living room to fetch a chair.Old Cologne pulled out half a sausage roll wrapped in old newspaper from his driver's seat.He swallowed the bread roll in a few mouthfuls, then used old newspapers to cushion Yu Xiaorong's chair, and then stepped on his boots.He raised the high pruning shears, slowly slanted into the explosion-proof bucket, and cut a corner of the express delivery.During this period, Luo Binhan never forgot to hold down Yu Xiaorong, just like holding down a hound that wants to sneak out to have fun.He himself couldn't look away and let his breath flow.The moment the box is no longer sealed is the most dangerous moment, and they all know that.Alarm clock bombs are child's play these days, and light sensors and gas sensors are all too readily available.Cutting a small corner may not be much safer than taking it apart directly.

Old Colon finally closed the scissors.For about two or three seconds, he remained motionless, staring at the scene inside the EOD barrel.Derek squatted beside the truck, sticking out his tongue, staring at his master honestly and calmly.It may be the most confident one in the audience, and it will never conceive the scene of a loud bang in the EOD barrel, blowing up the old Cologne next to it to a bloody scene.No, it shouldn't be.The EOD barrel is enough to deal with a small equivalent of explosives, and the express package is not heavy.

"Looks all right," Colonel said ten seconds later. "At least it's not explosives."

He beckoned Derek to go up and smell the situation.At this moment, Leo also got out of the living room and slipped towards Derek wagging his tail.Luo Binhan stopped holding down Yu Xiaorong, and they all slowly gathered around to check the situation inside the EOD barrel.A corner of the package had been cut open, and the inside was dark and seemed to be very empty.Old Cologne didn't let them touch it, but patiently enlarged the hole with scissors, and then shone in with a small flashlight for observation.Standing by his legs, Luo Binhan vaguely saw that the package was empty, with only the bottom layer containing something.

"Like a board," said old Colon. "What do you think, Jania?"

Yu Xiaorong turned and entered the door, and walked out with thick chemical-resistant gloves.This time, Luo Binhan didn't stop her, but took a pair of small scissors to cut the carton a few more times for her.The light coming through the hole was enough for them to see inside: lying inside the cardboard box was a particularly flat object, wrapped in layers of tape and tarps.There are also some special childish cartoon stickers on the tape: there are several colorful shells and starfish, a canoe, an Indian making a grimace, a wolf wrapped in an old lady's scarf, a dark purple almost An octopus rolling its eyes.

Luo Binhan had no clue about these stickers.Before he had time to ask, Yu Xiaorong reached out his hand recklessly and took out the flat thing.Suddenly she became extremely bold, and even snatched the short scissors from Luo Binhan's hand, and cut off the adhesive tape almost violently.Luo Binhan was surprised and nervous, but he couldn't touch the suspicious object with his bare hands.

"Why are you angry?" He asked inexplicably, "Did you take gunpowder?"

With a straight face, Yu Xiaorong shook off the thick tarpaulin.A gray pebble rolled out first and hit Luo Binhan's foot.Luo Binhan was about to pick it up in his coat pocket, but Anti-Pierre grabbed the stone into his hands before him, and then hid it directly behind his back.Luo Binhan looked up at her, but she just looked back innocently.He didn't go after her because there was obviously something else in the tarpaulin.

Yu Xiaorong tore off the tarpaulin.What was put in there wasn't disappointing, but it wasn't worth the trouble: it was just another framed painting.The background of the painting is a deep forest filled with mist, and a silver-white river passes through it, and a woman in white gauze is walking barefoot on the river.It carried a certain mysterious and remote atmosphere, which made Luo Binhan immediately see Anti-Pierre's reaction.As a result, Anti wasn't looking at the painting at all. She concentrated on playing with the gray pebbles she picked up, with obvious liking in her eyes.

"Oh, it's just a picture," said old Colon.He tried his best to express relief, but his tone and expression showed disappointment and boredom, "I think it was given by your father's friend, he always has a lot of strange friends."

"Yes." Yu Xiaorong said.Her face was blushing a little strangely, at first glance she seemed ashamed to make a big fuss about herself, but Luo Binhan was proficient at interpreting her micro-expressions.He could see from her fierce eyes that she should have blushed.

Doppler Colon neatly packed up his things, and greeted Rector, who was head-to-head with Leo, back to the car.Before leaving, he patted Yu Xiaorong's head and grinned at Anti-Pierre.

"Don't worry too much about Philip, girl," said the old man cheerfully, "and, if you like, give him another chance."

Anti-Pierre also smiled at him, very charming, but the meaning is difficult to understand.She may not have any idea of ​​the relationship between the old man in front of her and Philip Cologne who once sent her flowers.Finally, Luo Binhan came out of the house and took a porcelain cup with a horse and dog pattern as a thank you gift.Old Cologne rejected the gift, but only looked at Luo Binhan with interest.He asked Yu Xiaorong to translate for him.

"We didn't have much chance to talk before," old Colon said. "I heard Jania said you went to Africa? It seems that you are also a restless person, just like her father. Come and sit with me when you have time, or we may Can I go out for a drink?"

It's hard to say no to a person who has helped so much, Luo Binhan can only say that he will visit the dog farm when he is free.He watched Doppler Colon get into the car, looked back at the yard, and found that Anti was playing with the pebble, while Yu Xiaorong was busy staring at the oil painting.They were all enjoying themselves, but he was left full of doubts.

"Okay," he was half asking Yu Xiaorong, half talking to himself, "what's going on here?"

"Maybe it was just a prank." Yu Xiaorong said coldly, "I also have some friends who like to joke. Maybe I told them at some point that you were coming."

"They still send you packages with Chinese characters?"

"They only need to click on the translation software on the Internet, and then trace the symbols they find. Or to make it simpler-there are exchange students from you in my school."

Luo Binhan began to pull his hair.He was somewhat tired after a long flight and a near-miss delivery crisis, which may be part of the reason for his dizziness at the moment.He had things about Lihai City, Jinghuang, Momoro, and Regenberg in his mind, so that a package from an unknown source made him confused.He also couldn't understand Yu Xiaorong's reaction at the moment, but he decided to call it a day.The sun was setting, and no matter how long the painting would torture them, it was time to eat dinner.

"We'd better find a box to seal this thing up first." He said to Yu Xiaorong weakly, "Be careful of anthrax bacteria, right?"

Yu Xiaorong agreed, keeping her eyes on the painting, not paying attention to Luo Binhan's warning at all.Luo Binhan strongly felt that her interest in this painting had exceeded the reasonable range, but he couldn't see anything from that painting.The woman in the painting—clearly something inhuman—has a slender and alluring figure, but is completely distorted.The clothes she was wearing were like white gauze and a layer of twisted mist.The hair and the shadows of the trees merged into one, as if the whole forest was being led by her.Her face was hazy and wet, as if two slender black holes had been cut in the clouds...but it didn't look ugly.Although the whole painting has distorted lines and disordered colors, it is made by an experienced painter.It conveys that slightly unsettling aesthetic.river monster.Water nymph.nymph.Lorelei.

"I hope there is no curse on it." Luo Binhan said dully.He originally just thought about it in his head, but blurted it out.Fortunately, this is not a particularly eye-catching sentence in their family, Yu Xiaorong just gave him a blank look: "Have you seen voodoo in Africa?"

"No." Luo Binhan insisted, "Africa is doing well now."

"The picture is a joke, I'm sure."

Although Yu Xiaorong said so, Luo Binhan felt that her expression was not sincere, but contained some kind of dangerous excitement.His tired nerves throbbed, and he recalled those moments of cardiac arrest in the past, like her mother calling to tell him that the Chinese teacher in the school had been arrested by the police, or when he heard her hapless ex-boyfriend Shot dead on the way to the police station - so much trouble for her to discover in a country place like Regenberg's surroundings!No, maybe disasters are happening everywhere, but Yu Xiaorong himself is wandering around like a small magnetic needle, heading precisely towards the magnetic field that is most likely to cause disasters.And she hasn't had a boyfriend for a while.

"You didn't hide anything from me, did you?" He asked Yu Xiaorong almost in fear.

Yu Xiaorong raised half of his eyebrows again, the dangerous light in his eyes had disappeared.But this didn't make Luo Binhan's life much easier, because he was used to how Yu Xiaorong lied to her mother.

"Why do you think I'm hiding something from you?" She asked back, "Could it be that you're hiding something from me?"

"What? Of course not!"

"Then neither do I." Yu Xiaorong said firmly, and then carried the painting into the room.

　This chapter is updated, thanks to the book friend @忘玉 for publishing the fanart in the book friend circle!very beautiful! (Д)
　　
　
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