Chapter 124: The Myth of Opposition
However, as soon as she finished speaking, a young man in a black shirt and blue morning dress, sitting on a nearby chair, echoed excitedly:
"Oh, "The Flame of Twelve O'clock"? It was the monster thief who used the bell tower to set up a mechanism when it automatically rang at noon, which made the flames ignite, attracted the attention of the police and the guards. He took the opportunity to have the pendant on Mrs. Stirling's chest, right?"
Yao Yan couldn't help but turn his head to look at him, the man looked very excited.
But I don't know why he was excited.
Is it a novel or...
"Yes." Yao Yan imitated Mrs. Bisso's tone, "It's this one."
"Sure enough! This is also a book I like very much!"
After the young man finished speaking, he seemed to remember something. He smiled awkwardly at the people around him, then lowered his voice and said to Yao Yan:
"Oh, sorry, I'm..."
"Igonaris Kiryon, I know." Yao Yan found the name of this person from the original owner's memory.
Unlike her husband, the noble municipality, the municipality officer, Alding was a civilian.
This person is the younger brother of the municipal official.
However, the relationship is not very good, and the political forces of the nobles and civilians are opposite.
However, it is not consistent with Rome, which is suspected to be a prototype.
This society, which is close to modern productivity, has long passed the period of large manors and slave labor, and the social foundation and system are plausible.
It can only be said that it was just a Roman Republican skin.
Moreover, there are other more complex factors, such as...
After she said the other party's name, she continued:
"Has Mrs. Kiryon come, too?"
Although the municipal magistrate himself was a civilian, his wife was a man from another noble power.
"No, she and her father went to a friend's wedding." The young man, Igonaris, was stunned for a moment, then shook his head quickly and explained.
"Is that true? Is it rejected that I wanted to hold a wedding ceremony on the Heavenly Ladder, which led to the entire Gilorian family becoming a laughing stock. I could only find a place to do it quietly?"
Yao Yan familiarly imitated Mrs. Bisso's mean tone and made words like her personality habits that would mock Kiryon, and immediately looked for remedies to avoid unnecessary trouble:
"You have more hope than those old nobles. Those old and decadent old things should have been buried long ago."
She looked like she was also dissatisfied with some people in her family.
Igonaris's expression of excitement at first subsided, and his smile disappeared a little, and after her words, his smile returned to his mind.
However, before he could speak, Yao Yan spoke:
"Do you know that ancient book?"
He turned back to the previous topic.
Although it was very stiff to turn back to the topic, it was obvious that neither of them paid attention to it, or rather, they both cared about the ancient book.
And Yao Yan also realized this.
The drama is probably about to end, and they have no time to confirm it.
If it doesn't spread now, there may be no time after that.
Looking up slightly, Yao Yan glanced at the sky outside the airship window.
At this time, he also heard the other party's response:
"No, I haven't heard of this book, can you tell me?"
Igonaris looked curious.
Yao Yan didn't say much, but just embed the core of the fire eater story he made into the story of "The Flame of Twelve Points".
It’s not a coincidence, but the novel “The Flame of Twelve Points” is similar to other novels from earlier times. At that time, Sunstone had not been used on a large scale and was a discovery of the “technology frontier”.
Detective novels are closely related to criminal investigation, and many of them are even written by professionals.
The novel "Strange Thieves" describes the struggle between the "Strange Thieves" and the detectives, the police, and the wits of the stolen companies or the nobles. They either use ancient times to write about the clever mechanisms of ancient times, or go to the forefront of technology and use technology to hit readers' information gaps.
In this world, the sunstone itself is an "antique" related to the Sun God myth, and it is also a "technology frontier" that is being fought for by major technology companies.
He used Mrs. Bibisso's volume to "explain":
"In that ancient book, a monster called the Fire Eater was recorded. They were able to swallow flames and then generate gems, those gems, that are sunstones."
"These monsters are not afraid of any flames and light, and can even swallow light and fire."
Speaking of this, Madame Bisso's voice was amplified a little again:
"In the record of that ancient book, even if all kinds of things are lit at night, the reason why it is still impossible to see anything is that it is swallowed up by monsters like Fire Eater."
"Ah? The monsters swallowed the flames and light at night?"
Tris said in confusion, with an obvious expression of surprise.
Night is called night because there is no light, and day is called day because it will be bright.
Cause and effect are reversed?
What a strange legend.
Tris' puzzled gaze made Yao Yan smile. He was not sure, but said:
"In the description of this book, it is said that the Sun God and the Fire Eater are the same monsters. The Sun God represents the daytime and the Fire Eater represents the night. Both have the same status."
I have read various folk legends and myths, and learned about the common points of various myths. Yao Yan is very skillful in making up such myths:
"The fire eaters are also called the gods of the night or the gods of the dark in some remote areas."
"The power of the two was originally equivalent, but the Sun God has been killed by the Fire Thieves."
"At night, there is only the blood of the Sun God, and only the light of the Sun Stone can illuminate the darkness."
"But, during the day, because the Sun God is dead, all creatures can leave shadows during the day."
Simple and clear, easy to understand the myth of binary opposition.
Yao Yan knew that creating a myth out of thin air was not so easy to believe. It is the easiest to embed fabricated myths into the myths that already exist and are widely known to people.
Moreover, he also took advantage of the natural laws of this world.
That is, at night, there will be no light other than sunstones that can illuminate the darkness.
only.....
"Hahaha, the sunstone illuminates the night, hahaha!"
At this time, a burst of laughter came from behind the three of them, and a man with a beard laughed.
After all the three of them turned their sights, he stopped laughing and quickly reached out and gestured:
"Then what, by the way, the sunstone will only heat up, and without light, it won't heat up."
"This story is so fake."
Tris nodded repeatedly, these myths completely violated the laws of nature.
However, Yao Yan did not react much, just said:
"After all, it is a handwritten book with unknown origins. It even says that the fire thief is the subordinate sent by the fire eater, with the purpose of killing the Sun God."
"Hahaha, all the fire thieves have come out. It's so fake. It's indeed a myth that ancient people talk nonsense. Now no one will believe it."
The bearded uncle laughed again.
However, some people who had noticed this because of the movement and laughed when they heard Yao Yan's words, then some people stopped laughing.
Sure enough, adding the fire thief into the story is a good choice.
All the ingredients are false, and the rumors created in this way are too credible. However, nine truths and one false, eight truths and two false, at least they are mixed, and it is easier for people to believe.
After all, even if things like humans are completely dead, the judgment mechanisms of like and yes are still vague, and in most cases they do not have accurate quantitative calculations.
Seeing the expressions of the guests at the auction that was disturbed by him, Yao Yan also relaxed a little.
I spent a day creating the effect of spreading fake books, but it was not as good as the effect of spreading on such occasions now. Should I use newspapers and magazines to publish short stories?
It would be great if there was an Internet in this world.
All kinds of rumors ferment very quickly.
But the rumor is too large, and it is estimated that it will drain his power once, just like before turning into a flame giant.
It would be great if the scale of rumors could be accurately controlled.
However, there is no if.
Chapter completed!