Chapter 80 New Discovery
Chapter 80 New Discovery
Thinking about how he had poked the old mulberry tree with his finger during the day and had just been sitting under the tree to gather the buds of spring, Ivan suddenly broke out in a cold sweat. He was so careless. It seemed that he had been a little too proud in recent days.
I didn’t expect that the oldest mulberry tree in Sanggu Territory would have such strangeness!
Fortunately, the old mulberry tree did not do anything bad. He thought about it and decided to come back during the day, without even paying attention to the tiger skin spread on the ground.
Intermittent day.
Ivan took Red, Paul, Old Hank and others to inspect four villages, get to know the people of Sanggu a little, and ask for some information about the century-old mulberry trees.
Since the lord is interested in the old mulberry tree, the people of the lord will naturally tell him everything they know.
It is not difficult to draw a conclusion from the people in charge, that is, it is an ordinary century-old mulberry tree, and half of the mulberry trees in Sangling are its descendants, and the old mulberry trees were only infected with yellowing in the following years.
This made Ivan a little disappointed.
After returning to the castle last night, he actually noticed that something was wrong. If the old mulberry tree was the culprit, then why did it look so half-dead and its trunk so brittle?
Secondly, if there was really something strange about the old mulberry tree, given its huge size, it would be impossible for the people to not notice anything if there was any movement.
After inspecting the territory, he came to the century-old mulberry tree without telling anyone else about his discovery.
"puff."
Ivan hesitated for a moment and stretched out his finger to poke the tree. The finger wrapped in fighting spirit easily penetrated into the tree, just like yesterday.
He changed several positions and poked a hole, but the old mulberry tree didn't move at all.
Sean ran over and saw this scene: "Master Ivan, what are you doing? Won't it die if you poke it like this?"
Ivan didn't even turn his head: "Sean, are you free?"
Sean quickly stated his purpose: "They want to dig up the two pools and ask if they need to build a house on top of them. It turns out that there is a wooden house and a waterwheel on both sides, and there are people who are specifically responsible for guarding the pools and delivering water to the castle."
He found that his brother's authority was growing stronger and stronger, and he felt like he was facing his father, Lede.
Ivan said casually, "Let father or Paul handle it himself."
Sean got the reply and ran away.
Ivan walked around the old mulberry tree a few times, and it looked like just an ordinary mulberry tree.
“Is there really something wrong with those moths?”
Excluding the old mulberry tree, he could only shift his attention to the absorbed moth. It seemed that it was also an ordinary moth, with the same appearance and color as the bark, no different from other moths.
It is better to have a clue than no clue. It is difficult to see moths during the day. He decided to observe them again tonight and find out what is causing the trouble.
In the study on the second floor of the Lord's Palace.
He first checked the condition of the winter water midges and found that half of the larvae that planted the Spring Buds had died. They could not last as long as the Bubble Leeches, and it was estimated that they could hardly serve as the carriers of the Spring Buds.
"Maybe I can find some larger bugs." He couldn't help but think.
The cold water midge has other values. It can be controlled using insect control techniques as a means of attack, which is a good alternative.
Whether dealing with Ekz or the silver-bone ray, he realized that he lacked attack spells. The loot he looted from Ekz that day was not an attack spell, but a book of "Tracking".
Tracking is a spell that tracks living creatures by blood or breath. Tracking targets include humans, and the spell has a range.
Like the Insect Control spell, the prerequisites for learning this spell are: elementary research on commonly used energy particles and basic courses on energy shaping.
He would take time every day to learn the knowledge of 'Basic Common Energy Particle Research' and analyze the spell models of the two spells.
Recently, the experience value of [Energy Particle Science] has increased rapidly, and it won’t take long to be upgraded to Level 2.
In the evening, the team that went to Flying Fish Port returned, bringing a large amount of daily necessities and tools. With the tools, they could make furniture. There were carpenters among the people, and the mercenaries also knew some carpentry skills.
Beeman had not finished his work and remained in Flying Fish Harbor.
As time passed, it was evening again.
At the front ridge of Sangling, Ivan did not act rashly, but gathered a group of capable people and came to the hundred-year-old mulberry tree. The four village chiefs still brought the hunters in the village to support them. Seeing that the lord seemed to have found some clues, they seemed particularly excited, and so did old Hank. The problem of Sangling deeply troubled everyone in Sangguling.
"First, surround this old mulberry tree and don't act rashly."
Although everyone did not understand the lord's orders, they still stared at the century-old mulberry tree vigilantly and surrounded it.
The siege lasted for two or three hours, but the lord did not issue a second order and did not discover anything, which made people think more.
Ivan didn't care what they thought. He first caught some moths to investigate, and then he crushed them all to death. These were undoubtedly ordinary moths.
Could it be that there were too many people and scared the other party?
"Red, Dane, Paul, and Gro stay, and the others go back."
Following his instructions, only five people were left in Sangling. The lights went out and the five people stood in the dark and observed.
More than an hour later, Ivan finally found the same situation on another mulberry tree. An 'ordinary' moth inexplicably merged into the trunk of the mulberry tree without leaving any trace.
Wood escape?
Ivan's eyes widened. He didn't expect there would be such a bug that was good at camouflage. Judging from the damage to the thousand acres of mulberry forest, there must be more than one.
Considering that the other party only harmed mulberry trees, he couldn't help but think that it might be a kind of silkworm, or a silkworm transformed into a moth.
In order to further confirm his guess, he led his men to watch until the second half of the night, until they saw the third moth merge into the third mulberry tree.
"Pity."
He landed on the ground with regret. The opponent blended in too quickly, and he jumped close but didn't even touch a single hair.
Seeing his regretful expression, Liede couldn't help but ask, "Did you find anything?"
Ivan said seriously: "Yes, I think I found the murderer who harmed Sanggu Territory."
Liede's eyes lit up: "Then what are you waiting for?"
Ivan glanced at the nearly 20-meter-tall mulberry tree and said, "It's not that easy to catch the things that are troubling Sanggu. I'll find a proper way to clear them out one by one and completely solve the problem that has plagued Sanggu for so many years."
"it is good."
His confident look made people believe in him, and Lie was in high spirits. Now Sang Gu was in a stable position.
The five people descended Sangling with a relaxed mood.
Silent all night.
The next day, Biman and his men rushed back from Flying Fish Harbor, and an unexpected person followed him to Sanggu Territory.
"She came to the mercenary group's base to look for you several times. I just invited her casually and she followed me here. You can handle it yourself." Biman said with a wink, and then left the space for the two of them.
Jiusiti looked at him with a smile: "Brother Yiwen, are you not welcome?"
Ivan said, "Of course you are welcome. Welcome to Sanggu Territory. The castle is too simple and many places are under repair. I hope you don't mind."
"I'll have to visit to know if I mind."
Jiushi was still wearing a light green dress, which was her favorite color.
After hearing what she said, Ivan was about to take her to visit the castle, but unexpectedly a carriage came straight towards them.
A noble girl leaned out of the carriage and waved to him without any reserve: "Mr. Iven, Mr. Iven."
Why is she here?
Ivan raised his eyebrows slightly and had to stand there, waiting for the Church family's carriage to approach.
(End of this chapter)