Vikings: Journey of the Juggernaut

Chapter 11 'Truth' in the Mist

Early morning, central residence.

People looked at the tribal prophet who was walking on the street with curiosity and a little fear, asking people a few questions from time to time.

"Why did the prophet come out today?"

"I heard that Granhan's son disappeared. It should be to investigate the matter."

"It's true that I haven't seen that scoundrel Huobo for many days. He's missing. That beast also stole a chicken from me last time."

The people who were whispering timidly noticed that the spokesperson of the gods, whose whole body was covered by a white cloak and whose face was also wrapped in circles of white cloth, with only a pair of eyes exposed, looked over and quickly lowered his head slightly.

For mysterious people like the prophet, they always have a kind of awe in their hearts.

This generation of prophets is different from previous generations. They have a special obsession with finding out the truth of things. If someone even loses a sheep, it may lead to his pursuit.

Because he was dressed entirely in white, he was also known as the White Prophet.

"If any of you know about Huo Bo's situation, you can tell me." A hoarse voice reached everyone's ears.

"Hobo once boasted to me at the banquet four days ago that the beautiful widow whose husband had just died had been flirting with him."

"I saw Hobo had a conflict with Staff, and Staff threw him to the ground, and his forehead was bleeding."

"I touched several women at the banquet..."

……

In the evening, Prophet White walked out of Staff Farm.

Before coming, he actually knew that a timid guy like Huo Bo would not mess with a raider of this level.But after all, it's just my own conjecture, and the conjecture is not fact after all.He needed to personally confirm that this farm did not smell of human death.

When pursuing the truth of the matter, Prophet Bai prefers to eliminate unlikely people and places first.It is extremely difficult for a person to disappear without being discovered in a dense central residence.

The whole afternoon before that, he took the lead in visiting all the women who had been harassed by Huobo at the banquet. These women crowded in the central residence were all small people with no background, otherwise they would not be bullied by Huobo.

As expected, there was no smell of death.

Right now, there is only one last place left, Bastion Farm.There are no people around the farm, so it is much more convenient for one person to disappear.

A beautiful widow whose husband had just died, a boy who was the most diligent but at the bottom of his generation, and a mute little girl...

The information about this family emerged in Seer Bai's mind, and he had a rough guess about the truth.When Hobo saw that the widow's husband had just died and there was no man at home, he took advantage of his physical strength to come to the house and harass her. It was nothing more than this.

Since the person has disappeared for so many days, the result is probably:
In the first case, during Huobo's harassment, he was resisted by the widow or family members and died accidentally.

As for active murder, according to the information collected, the widow has a noble temperament, the boy never causes trouble, and the little girl is still too young...

The probability of this family taking the initiative to kill someone is not high.

Of course, the information collected is not necessarily accurate and may be unexpected.

In the second case, the widow had an affair with a raider who had a family. Huobo came to the door and accidentally discovered the adultery between the two, leading to the tragedy of being killed and silenced.

Such tragedies are not uncommon in the North.

……

Stepping on the remaining light of the setting sun, the white prophet quietly entered Bastian Farm.

This is a small farm that is not big. Following the smell of death, we quickly found the burnt land.He stretched out his hand wrapped in white cloth and touched it with a little soil. His eyes were a little intoxicated: "It's a poor guy who has turned into ashes!"

The moment when he was about to find the truth always made him particularly intoxicated.

A dull voice came from behind: "Who are you and why are you here?"

Prophet Bai slowly looked back: "It doesn't matter who I am. As for why I appear here, I think you know better than me."

The woman's brows furrowed slightly, then relaxed.

She knew that this day would come sooner or later, but she didn't expect that the day after Granhan came back, someone would check on her door.But it doesn't matter if you can't hide it, you don't need to worry in panic anymore, this matter can be solved completely.

"Tell me!"

The hoarse voice reached her ears, and the woman suddenly remembered who the person in front of her with only his eyes was.It is rumored that the prophet of the Mistcrow tribe is wrapped in white cloth. He is a person with terrifying observation of the truth of things.

"You are Seer Bai, right?"

Seeing that this man did not deny it, Itia continued, "I did kill Huobo."

"On the night of the banquet, Huobo came to your door drunkenly and harassed you. Then you had a quarrel and ended up fighting?" Bai Xianzi said casually.

"Yes." Itia did not deny it.

"If I guessed correctly, Huobo failed to take advantage in that conflict." Prophet Bai noticed the calluses on the woman's palms formed by holding weapons for many years.

"Well, I defeated him." Yitiya also did not deny it.

"Then I have a question. Did you kill him accidentally, or did you kill him maliciously after defeating him?" The vertical pupils locked the woman's eyes.

The woman paused for a moment and frowned: "I accidentally killed him..."

"You're lying." Prophet Bai turned his eyes back and started walking towards the longhouse.The woman's expression, eyes, and hesitation all told him that she was telling lies with her eyes open.

Itia paused and kept up: "I was indeed lying just now. The truth is that after defeating the scoundrel, I finally killed him ruthlessly."

"Then you are really vicious and vicious."

"Uh? Uh..." This sentence caught Idiya off guard.

"You hesitated."

After a while, the two walked to the door of the longhouse.

The vertical pupils scanned the scene around the long house. The door wall was slightly deformed by the impact, and there were traces of an ax falling on the ground. He said, "Did you kill him here?"

"Yes." Itia admitted. "You're lying again!" The vertical pupils turned around, with a hint of doubt in their eyes.

She seems to be wondering why this woman likes to lie so much, and she rarely tells the truth when she opens her mouth.Those ordinary-looking women who live in the central area are very honest.

"What did I say wrong?" Yitiya was also confused, but this time she did not hesitate.

"I don't smell blood here." After Prophet Bai said these words, he walked out of the house without looking back.

It wasn't until he walked dozens of steps that he stopped and sniffed slightly: "After Hobo was defeated in the longhouse, he escaped here and was killed."

The woman was slightly silent, feeling that the prophet in front of her was indeed very special and terrifying.People have been dead for five or six days, but they can still smell blood, and can easily deduce the truth of the matter.

A hoarse voice came to my ears again: "I know you didn't kill the person, so tell me, who killed Huo Bo?"

A flash of memories flashed through Itiya's eyes, and she secretly sighed that Rayleigh was still too young and acted too impulsively.

But no matter what, whether it was a lie or not, as the head of the family, she should resist everything and not let little Lei Li bear the responsibility of killing someone.

Itia turned back and said, "I'll kill him."

Upon hearing the woman's answer, Prophet Bai's vertical pupils gradually turned cold.

This woman is still lying at this point! !

Still lying! ! !

The hoarse voice ignited with anger: "You are deceiving the gods!"

"Yes."

A strong stubbornness suddenly arose in Itiya's heart, and she looked directly into the cold vertical pupils in front of her, but her tone became softer and gentler, "I'll tell you again, it was me who killed Huo Bo, what else do you want to ask? "

call--

Simply incomprehensible.

Seer Bai calmed down and his tone became calmer: "Your adulterer must have an unusual identity and be very good to you, otherwise you wouldn't be so sheltered..."

"You are talking nonsense!"

Itia's never-changing tone changed a little, and she directly interrupted the prophet, "I am innocent. Where is the adulterer? Please stop slandering me."

"There is no adulterer?" Bai Xiezi was stunned. This was unreasonable.

But judging from the woman's demeanor and tone when she said this, it was clear that what she was saying was indeed the rare truth.

It has been determined that Hobo was not killed by a woman, and it was obvious that he was intercepted and killed on the road after his defeat in the longhouse conflict.

If he hadn't been caught because of adultery, who would have stopped him there to kill him.

Could it be those two children?

If there was no extramarital affair, the only way she could be so protective would be the two children who were part of her family.

Zhutong looked at the woman again and spoke faster: "So, it was the cruel Mellie who rushed out of the longhouse and killed the severely injured Huobo..."

Itia immediately retorted: "Merri doesn't know how to kill."

"What you are saying now is also true."

……

After Prophet Bai left a sentence, he was already walking out of the farm, and he also got the answer he wanted in his heart.

If it wasn't Mellie, it had to be Rayleigh.

A young man never causes trouble. If he is found guilty, he will kill him ruthlessly.

interesting!
Although the truth of the matter is clear, the truth must be rigorous and you still need to meet the person.After waiting outside the farm for a while, he saw the young man returning with his sister.

The first thing that caught his eye was a pair of eagle eyes.

The two pairs of eyes met, and Prophet Bai was the first to speak: "Leili, was it you who killed Huobo?"

"Yeah." Riley didn't deny it.

"What's the reason for killing him?" Bai Xian asked next.

Reilly replied: "The right person who comes to the door will be killed."

"What do you mean by the right person who came to your door?" Bai Xian's eyes flashed with doubts.

Reilly continued: "With the help of his death, maybe I can find an answer..."

The sound suddenly stopped because a strange sound suddenly reached his ears, pulling him out of his dazed state.

"what did you do to me?"

Reilly felt as if he had become a wooden person just now. Faced with this person's question, he instinctively answered it without thinking.

"There is no malice, just a little mushroom powder, which can make people express their truest feelings." Bai Xianzi was very surprised. The purpose of the young man's murder seemed to be different from what he originally thought he would do out of anger.

Unfortunately it was interrupted.

And the little girl named Mellie in front of me, I don’t know why she is not affected by mushroom powder.

The little girl also stopped pinching the screeching crow at this time, raised her head and stared fiercely at it.

So fierce! !
"Don't worry, mushroom powder, you can also call it hallucinogenic powder, will not cause serious side effects, and it may even bring unexpected gains." Bai Xianhe explained while showing what he thought was a kind smile to the little girl.

The smile was blocked by the white cloth and no one could see it.

(End of this chapter)