OBS Chapter 2756 Professor Yukwood
Chapter 2756 Professor Yukwood
Chapter 2756 Professor Yuk Wood
Shade had attended charity auctions before, such as the one before Iluna's Chosen Ceremony.
The auction process of this charity auction is the same as those he has participated in in the North Country. Different auctions will be held in different rooms, and guests can enter and exit any auction with their wine glasses and bid on what they like.
Therefore, time is left before the auction officially begins so that guests attending the auction can walk around the rooms of the manor and determine the location and auction time of the items they are interested in.
The voices of people talking to each other standing in front of the glass in the corridor will even be covered by the sound of rain. This is really the perfect social occasion.
Prince William of Anjou really showed up at the manor just as rumored, but Shade just looked at him from a distance and had no intention of approaching him. However, before the auction started, when he was checking out the second floor with Miss Danister holding his arm, he saw Mr. and Mrs. Bennett also appearing here.
The Kant family and the Bennet family are distant relatives, so their appearance is not too surprising. However, this time the Bennets did not have their children around them, which was different from before.
"Their third daughter just went through this kind of thing, and people who knew her would definitely gossip about it privately, so it was the right choice not to bring the children out at this time."
Miss Danister said.
Shade also didn't pay too much attention to the Bennets, as they would not be the protagonists tonight. He and the red-haired girl continued to wander around the first and second floors of the manor, which were open this time, while observing the structure of the house.
The fire that year almost burned this place to the ground, so the second floor of the rebuilt house does not have much black smoke, but the first floor is different:
"Compared to the daytime, the power of the devil is more obvious now. But if it is only this degree, I still can't be sure whether it is the remnant of the fire three hundred years ago, or the devil has reappeared here."
"So do you think there's going to be a second fire here?"
The red-haired girl asked lightly, and Shade was unable to answer.
Some of the items auctioned in this charity auction were obtained through previous fundraising, and some were from Director Kant's own collection. Among them are not only antiques, but also some modern artworks and musical manuscripts of celebrities.
Of course, the origin of each piece is legal and clear.
When Shade and his friend were strolling around before the auction, they also paid attention to the auction items. Shade originally thought that there would be nothing that interested him here, and the Rhodes cards that were being auctioned did not arouse his curiosity because he could not take them out for use by "Shade Hamilton". However, he was eventually attracted by a book:
"Riverwood Town and the World Tree?"
The yellowed book was placed in a glass cabinet in the same room with other ancient books. When Shade read out the title of the book, the red-haired girl who was looking at the knight's armor on display on the shelf beside him also looked over and read out the label below the book:
"Donated by Professor Yuk Wood of the Folklore Department of Vista University. This book was printed in 1621 and was written by an unknown folklorist. It is in perfect condition."
Although the surname "Wood" is one of the seven major families in Moon Bay, it is a common surname in Vista Woodland. For example, Baron Cumming's mother, Erica Wood, the lover of young Cumming, had the surname "Wood" before she got married. The word "Wood" also means wood, which generally represents a family of lumberjacks in a lumberjack town.
“A total of 100 copies of this book were printed that year.”
Suddenly, a voice came from behind. An old gentleman with gray hair wearing reading glasses and outdated formal clothes smiled and nodded at Xia De:
"I am Professor Youke Wood, who donated this book. Are you interested in it?"
"of course."
Shade shook hands with him, and was reminded that he was a first-ring warlock. At such an old age, he was only a first-ring warlock. Either he awakened his talent in old age like Priest Augustus, or the old professor's talent was very poor.
"I'm travel writer John Watson, and this is my assistant. We've come to this woodland city for the Moondance Festival, and it's very interesting."
Shade smiled and said:
"Could you please tell us the general content of this book? Or, is there any story behind this book?"
Professor Wood seems to be easy to talk to and is happy to share his knowledge:
"It is only in modern times that Ximu Town has become as prosperous as it is today. In the era of Ximu Town, there were very few outsiders here, and even people passing by by train rarely stayed here.
An unknown traveler came here alone and wrote this book and published it at his own expense. Although there was a bookstore in the town at that time, you know how hard it was to sell such a book. Later, the over 1821 copies that were piled up were donated to the local library by the bookstore about years ago. After the fire in , only the last three copies were left in the library.
I bought this copy from a used bookstore, and it’s one of the few copies left.”
Usually people who sell antiques will package their products with stories, and Shade doesn't know whether the story of the old professor is true. However, the starting price of this book is only 1 crown, which is one of the lowest starting prices of this auction:
"So what is the connection between Riverwood Town and the legend of the World Tree? Or, I have to buy this book to find out?"
"There's nothing to hide about this. The anonymous folklorist who wrote the book believes that the ancient local belief in the forest did not originate from the woodcutters' need to make a living from the forest, but rather from the local worship of the legendary world tree."
Mr. Wood stroked the white beard on his chin. This long white beard can easily make people look very knowledgeable:
“According to him, the Church of Nature is an outsider. Although they have integrated the local people’s worship of trees and absorbed this part of the belief into the Church of Nature’s natural worship system, they are actually expanding the belief in the World Tree to the forest and nature itself.
In his book, he says that he investigated the woodland and found a lot of interesting evidence there. He even claims to have found a complete temple related to the worship of the world tree, and he describes the architectural details in detail.
It's just a pity that this book was written too long ago, and human activities have greatly changed the terrain around Ximu Town, so it is impossible to find the temple that the author saw based on his description. "
"Is there a detailed description of the temple in the book?"
This was the key point that Shad heard. After Professor Wood nodded again, he looked at the book again with great surprise. Miss Danister could see that Shad was determined to buy it.
The price of "Riverwood Town and the World Tree" is very low, so it is one of the first batch of items used to warm up the auction. It will be sold in the first round after the auction starts in half an hour.
So Shad noted the time and location, and then chatted with Professor Wood for a while.
The so-called "Vestal City University" was actually called "Carson Creek Forestry College" more than 20 years ago. It was only upgraded to a university in recent years.
However, compared with the "Riverwood Town Music Academy" which is also located in this city but is very famous throughout the Old Continent, Vista City University is not well-known. Or because there are many schools in the neighboring royal capital, so Vista City University is probably not known by many people outside of this city.
Vista University inherited its structure from the Forestry College period and still focuses on forestry research. Majors such as literature, history, and folklore are in a relatively marginal position.
Therefore, Professor Wood's research is limited to the local city of Vista, that is, the local anecdotes and legends that have been circulating since the Creekwood Town era.
Since the topic was brought up, Xia De took the initiative to ask:
"So, professor, do you know about the fire that happened in this manor?"
This does not seem to fall into the category of "folklore", but Professor Yuk Wood still nodded:
"Of course, the fire at Hoy Manor three hundred years ago was an important node in the history of this city. In the era of Creekwood Town, the four positions of mayor, bishop, president of the lumberjacks' association and sheriff constituted the core of power in the town.
At that time, the Hoy family almost monopolized all the upper positions in the Lumberjacks Association. They were able to influence the economic lifeline of the town, so they could be considered to control most of the town. If it weren't for the fire, the Hoy family might have directly controlled the town of Creekwood at that time, and the history of Creekwood would probably have been rewritten because of it. "
Xia De had never heard of such a statement. The neighbors around Hoy Manor obviously didn't know about this kind of thing:
"So, you think they were burned to death because they blocked too many people's way in the town?"
The professor immediately shook his head:
"I didn't say that, but if a tree can be ignited, then the tree must be dry enough, or flammable. The fire was obviously not simple, and I don't believe it was just an accidental fire. If it was just an accident, the entire Hoy family should not have been burned to death.
If we look at it from the perspective of whoever benefits is the murderer, then other families in the town at that time, such as Bennet, Bronte, Wood, etc., are all suspects. Oh, the Wood family I mentioned has no male heirs, so it has nothing to do with my last name.
But there is also a saying that a group of robbers looted this place, and because of this saying, it is derived that the treasure of the Hoy family is still buried under our feet. "
Miss Danister had been acting as Shade's "assistant" and therefore had not spoken a word, but now she opened her mouth and asked:
"Professor Wood, Mr. Watson and I heard from the old residents of the old city that when the fire started, it rushed directly into the sky like a fire tornado. Is this statement correct?"