The son-in-law of Mr. Hachishaku

Chapter 251 Panacea and Vampires

Two pieces of news have been making the rounds in Saint-Denis recently.

The first is that a very, very wealthy aristocratic lady came to the city and was keen on buying land, pastures and minerals, and many people made a fortune as a result.

The second piece of news is less pleasant.

A horrific serial murder occurred in Saint-Denis, and the crime style was exactly the same as the ritualistic cases many years ago. The victims' bodies had shocking bite marks that resembled the bites of hyenas or dogs. Often there is handwriting scrawled in blood next to the body.

Some attributed the victims' deaths to yellow fever, as was the case in Armadillo, New Austin, to the west, but most believed it was vampires.

Because the bloody words left by the murderer clearly stated:

He was resurrected by sucking the blood of the girl. After drinking the blood of seven people, he would transform into a mortal again.

Although the Saint-Denis police claimed they had caught and hanged the culprit years earlier, the discovery of a fifth victim sent the city's residents into panic.

The police seemed unwilling to spend manpower and material resources to hunt down a "dead" murderer. They only issued a mediocre warning, reminding all residents to avoid traveling at night, but nothing more happened.

There wasn't even a wanted manhunt or a bounty for the killer.

When Bella saw the relevant news in the newspaper, everyone was shocked. Are the law enforcers in Saint Denis so irresponsible?

"I now strongly doubt whether my mother's investment in Saint-Denis will be properly protected."

Li Ang, who was enjoying afternoon tea, said: "You can rest assured that even if Mayor Henry lets go of a hundred murderers, he can't miss one wealthy investor. Especially when the finances of his current state government are quite tight. Down."

"He tried to seek help from Cornwall, but the conditions were quite harsh."

Bella was not interested in this aspect, so she brought the topic back to the murder: "You couldn't have done it, my dear? After all, you are a real vampire."

Looking at the eldest lady's narrow eyes, Li Ang replied slowly: "If it was me who did it, there would be no corpse left, let alone any words written in blood. It's simply too stupid."

"It's true that you are very suspicious, dear young lady."

Bella angrily threw the newspaper in her hand at her lover: "Stop looking down on others. I might as well go find a few more treasure maps while I have time to suck blood."

Li Ang caught the flying newspaper, flipped through it, and found a lot of interesting content.

For example: Cornwall ordered the first turbine-powered ship in the United States, which is said to be the fastest ship in the world; the Lemoyne raiders who were driven out of Rhodes Town have fled to Texas; The Valentin Bank, which was robbed by gangsters, is being rebuilt; Mayor Henry Lemieux plans to hold an annual dinner, and celebrities from all walks of life in Saint-Denis will be invited; European powers compete in Africa, and the clouds of war envelope the world (World War I broke out in 1914) .

And the most important thing is that Detective Pinkerton discovered that the Van der Linde Gang's hideout had been abandoned just a few days ago.

Li Ang was watching intently when the eldest lady slowly came over and touched him like candy.

"Honey, let's go catch the vampire, shall we?"

"Catch vampires?" Li Ang put down the newspaper: "My wife and two sisters are upstairs, go and catch them."

The furious Bella pushed him hard: "Why are you so annoying? You know you know that's not what I said!"

Li Ang will be happy if he makes the eldest lady angry.

Seeing that he still had the nerve to laugh, Bella became even more angry. She swung her pink fist and hit him on the back: "You are a heartless man who bullies me all day long."

After a few punches, Daniela came down from upstairs and said, "Sister, can you stop bullying my brother-in-law all the time? I heard it all from upstairs."

"I bullied him!?" Bella's eyes widened: "You are also heartless, don't even think about entering my room tonight!"

The third lady didn't care: "He can come to my room, I don't mind."

After hearing this, Bella immediately warned Leon: "Don't go, you must accompany me to catch vampires tonight!"

"Vampire?" Daniela suddenly became interested: "Where is it? I want to go too!"

Bella picked up the newspaper on the ground and threw it to her sister: "Read it yourself." Then she continued to domestically abuse her husband.

Li Ang screamed from time to time: "Move to the left, yes, yes, it's comfortable!"

The eldest lady was tired of beating, and the third lady also finished reading the news.

"Someone dares to ruin our family's reputation. He must be brought to justice!" Daniela said righteously.

Bella rubbed her sore arms and agreed strongly: "Yes, we must not let him run away."

Li Ang originally thought they were joking, but he didn't expect them to be serious.

The two ladies actually felt that the St. Denis vampires were ruining the reputation of the Dee family by killing civilians.

A weird sense of honor.

"Okay, then I'll reluctantly go with you."

Li Ang finally agreed, and the two sisters were very happy, and one of them gave them a kiss.

"If you had done this earlier, I would have agreed."

"Go away!" X2

In line with the principle of sisters working together, the eldest lady wanted to invite the second lady to act together, but Cassandra was not interested in this.

"With this little time, I might as well read more books. I've almost finished reading The Giant's Prayer Book."

Bella now gets dizzy when she hears prayers. She is no longer the little girl who loves to study.

And Aqina has been obsessed with being a big landowner recently. She holds a map all day long, looking for land to buy, and has no time to play around with her daughters.

"Then just the three of us, let's go!"

Bella specially borrowed two cloaks from Melina and dressed herself and her sister up mysteriously, claiming that this would make them look professional.

Bayek ordered his servants to hitch the carriage in advance, but they refused to sit and had to ride the horses themselves.

Li Ang complained: "You might as well fly over there, that's what the novels say."

"Shut up!" Bella glared at him: "If I had known I wouldn't take you out, I would have ruined the atmosphere."

Daniela supported: "That's right."

Li Ang raised his hands in a gesture of surrender: "Okay, okay, it's my fault. In addition, I would like to thank you two ladies for bringing me, a country bumpkin, out to see the world."

"You are wise." Bella raised her chin proudly: "As a reward, I allow you to help me mount my horse."

Daniela immediately raised her hands and said: "I want it too!"

Li Ang helped the two wealthy ladies onto their horses one by one and received a two-dollar tip.

The trio then left the mansion on Flavian Street.

Saint-Denis is still lively and prosperous in the evening. Many people choose to go out at this time, or go for a walk in the park, or go to the theater to watch a wonderful performance.

Although the nightlife in 1899 was not as varied as in later generations, there were still many places suitable for recreation.

Li Ang and the two sisters rode horses and strolled through the streets, observing the night view and life of the big city while looking for clues left by vampires.

You can often see ragged homeless people and beggars on the street. This is probably some kind of traditional American culture. After all, this kind of situation is still common two hundred years later. But at that time, we couldn't call them homeless people, they should be called urban explorers.

In order to get information about vampires, the two sisters gave a dollar to a homeless man.

The tramp was very brave. Although he could not provide information, he gave the sisters a bottle of snake oil in return and said: "Being able to give it will make it look like I am not begging. This feels great!"

Li Ang watched the whole process, then took out a piece of paper and a brush, signed his name, and handed it to the homeless man.

"The newly opened mining company east of the city is recruiting workers. Maybe you can give it a try."

The tramp instantly understood that he had met a kind-hearted big shot. After being grateful to Li Ang, he happily left with the note.

"Another day of kindness?" Bella teased.

Li Ang replied with a smile: "It's just convenient. I'm afraid I'll go to hell after I die."

Daniela held the dirty snake oil bottle with her fingers: "What is this? Is it really made of snakes?"

Li Ang took the bottle filled with amber liquid and explained: "It also has another name, deceptive snake oil. The main ingredients are herbs and some compounds. It claims to be able to cure all diseases, but it is actually pure IQ. Tax. If you feel useful after drinking it, it must be a psychological effect."

At the same time, the beauty outside the city, Arthur, who was drinking snake oil, sneezed.

He had been coughing frequently recently, and Pastor Swanson from the gang gave him a bottle of powerful snake oil, saying it could relieve the symptoms. The effect is not clear yet, but it definitely doesn’t taste as good as the whiskey from the Rhodes Town Tavern.

"Hey, it turns out it was a lie."

Daniela wiped her hands on her brother-in-law's clothes in disgust: "Then I'll give it to you, you're welcome!"

After hearing this, Li Ang really put away the bottle of snake oil. It was considered a collection after all.

His useless behavior was ridiculed by the two sisters for a long time.

The three of them talked and laughed, and finally came to the location where the first murder victim died, opposite a tavern in the north of the city.

The murder scene had naturally been cleaned up by the police, but the bloody words remained and turned into white for some unknown reason.

[I drank the blood of the girl, and rose again from the dead,

Heart of Blood Circle. ]

Looking at the message written in a special font, Daniela commented disdainfully: "It's so mysterious, just like the novelist imagined that vampires are afraid of silver and garlic to make people laugh."

Having said that, the two sisters still checked the surroundings carefully, but unfortunately because too much time had passed, they did not find any useful clues.

Then, by asking nearby residents, they learned the locations of several other bloody characters.

Li Ang did not provide any help to the sisters, so as not to reveal the answer to the mystery and disturb their interest.

The second site was located in the largest market place in Saint-Denis, home to many Chinese immigrants.

At this time, there was no concept of Mandarin. They were more accustomed to communicating in their hometown dialect, which was Cantonese. Li Ang could barely understand a little bit.

Thunder monkey, handsome boy and so on.

But even so, Li Ang still liked chatting with them and treated them as if they were home.

Not long after chatting, the sisters came back looking for clues.

Bella specially wrote down the location and content of the blood letter in a notebook for Li Ang to see.

The content of this text is:

[I am fed again with the blood of life,

The cycle starts again. ]

The third lady couldn't bear such an embarrassing declaration: "I really can't stand it! After I catch him, I will expose him in the sun!"

However, Li Ang broke the ground and said: "Vampires are afraid of the sun, which is also a novelist's imagination."

Then he was bitten by an angry vampire.

Bella's focus was rather strange: "What were you talking about with them just now, so happy?"

"I don't know." Li Ang spread his hands: "They say theirs, I say mine."

Bella stretched out her finger and tapped his forehead: "Crazy thread!"

Li Ang said dumbfounded: "You learn quickly, young lady."

"Sprinkle some water." Bella's face was full of pride: "I just passed by and saw someone arguing, and I heard about it by the way."

Only then did Li Ang realize that the eldest lady seemed to have a talent for languages.

After that, he followed the two sisters around the city and successfully found all the five blood characters. Unfortunately, except that he could connect the five dots to form a pentagram, he did not find any clues about vampires. At this time, time had passed. Come to midnight where dark creatures often haunt.

Looking at the two sisters who were helpless, Li Ang couldn't bear it and revealed a few clues.

"Go to the center of the five-pointed star and look, maybe you will find something."

"Good idea!" Bella patted her lover's chest to encourage him. She actually wanted to pat her shoulder, but she couldn't reach it.

Daniella even praised: "Brother-in-law is much more useful than snake oil."

"What are you talking about!" Li Ang gave the third young lady a blow.

The center of the five-pointed star is in an alley west of a grocery store, close to the port. Almost no one comes there at night.

As soon as they arrived nearby, the three of them smelled the smell of blood through their extraordinary sense of smell.

Daniela jumped off the horse impatiently and walked into the dark and narrow alley along the bloody path, followed by Leon and Bella.

As the smell of blood gets stronger, the rumored vampire of Saint Denis is finally found.

This man is tall, but very thin, with a bald head, deep-set eye sockets, and skin as white as a dead man. He is wearing pure black clothes, has a pair of provocative ears, and has sharp nails on his ten fingers. He is lying on the sixth victim There is something sucking on the person.

The appearance of the third lady interrupted him from continuing to enjoy the food.

He raised his head and said with a very strange emphasis: "It seems that you have found me."

"Ah, what a beautiful and elegant lady. Don't get close, otherwise you will become my meal."

Daniela asked disdainfully: "Are you a vampire?"

The vampire still pretended to say: "Over the centuries, people have called me many names because I often associate with undead monsters!"

At this time, Li Ang and Bella also arrived, just in time to hear his pretentious remarks.

Daniela looked back at her sister and brother-in-law: "If you are a vampire, then who are we?"

The vampire was stunned, not expecting the third lady to ask such a question.

Bella burst out laughing when she saw this: "I have never seen such a stupid vampire."

Feeling insulted, the vampire let go of the victim, drew out his dagger and walked towards the three of them: "You are provoking a real vampire, I will suck you dry!"

"We are so scared, Mr. Vampire!"

The two sisters grinned ferociously, growing fangs and claws, with billowing black smoke lingering around them.

Li Ang also cooperated by spreading his dark wings and flying into the air, completely blocking the remaining moonlight in the alley.

The originally calm vampire was frightened by the three of them and froze in place.

"You guys"

"We are vampires." Bella smiled, but her eyes flashed with a cruel red light.

Daniella was too lazy to talk nonsense and rushed towards the counterfeit with a scream like a banshee.

The man who claimed to be a vampire suddenly felt his liver and gallbladder split, and his scalp was numb. He turned around and ran away, not even bothering to pick up the dagger in his hand.

Unfortunately, the dining spot he chose for himself was a dead end.

Daniela easily caught up with the man, grabbed him by the collar and flew towards the sky.

The man screamed in terror, waving his hands and feet wildly.

He thought that someone would hear the noise and come to save his life, or even if he didn't save him, he would call the police. However, because of the recent vampire rumors in the city, people were so panicked that no one dared to go out in the middle of the night.

Daniella brought him high enough and then let go.

The scream of the man falling brought her great pleasure.

And when the fake vampire is about to contact Mother Earth, Bella will appear in time to catch him, and then throw him back to his sister.

The man just walked back and forth, up and down, being tossed around like a shriveled rubber ball.

It wasn't until half an hour later that the sisters finally let him go after having enough fun.

At this time, the vampire had long lost its initial arrogance, and lay limp on the ground like a lump of mud.

Tears flowed down his face, he cried loudly, and his pants still had a faint odor.

Daniela covered her nose in disgust: "Oh, it's so disgusting. I have to wash my hands several times after I go back."

The eldest lady agreed.

Both sisters disliked it so much that they had no choice but to let Li Ang do the final questioning.

The man is not actually a vampire, but an albino plus porphyria.

Porphyria is a genetic disease. It can be simply understood that the patient cannot absorb iron from food, but can obtain this element by sucking the blood of others to maintain life.

In addition, this disease can make people hate light, lethargy, and cause tooth marks to ulcerate, so men think that they are vampires and are convinced of it.

But judging from the situation just now, he was no different from an ordinary person, except that he was a little stronger.

Li Ang even found a pair of bat wings and several pieces of meat from him.

It was obvious that he was too into the drama.

After learning the truth, the two sisters immediately lost interest and prepared to go home.

Li Ang gave the man the ending he deserved, having his blood drained by a real vampire.

Of course it is impossible to drink it. Drinking this garbage blood from garbage people will definitely cause diarrhea.

However, the man's ancient dagger is nice, and the collection +1.

The next day, people found the man's withered body with a ferocious expression at the end of the alley. After forensic examination, it was found that there was not a drop of blood on the man's body. So far, the rumors of vampires in Saint Denis were completely confirmed.

(End of this chapter)