musicians of old

Chapter 189 Sense of Gaze (4K [-]-in-[-])

"Dong dong dong" the sound of trotting leather shoes on the ground sounded.

Aged in his thirties, wearing a straight railway uniform and white gloves, the train conductor quickly stood in front of Lu, followed by seven or eight flight attendants.

"Mr. Adair, there should be some failure in the steam power system. Emergency braking has been completed, and there is no indication of a dangerous accident yet."

The conductor's answer was clear and quick, but his expression and tone were obviously flustered.

How could he not know that the person sitting on this train today is Master Adair of the Tiolein Railway Company?

Not only did he know, but he also knew that Master Adair's trip this time was to resign from the branch office and go to the imperial capital to take up the post of safety and compliance production director of the head office.

Since this itinerary was confirmed to be included in his responsible trains, the number of times he organized investigations in the past half month has exceeded the cumulative amount of the first 7 months of this year!

Potential safety checks, maintenance of mechanical components, optimization of passenger services, personnel training assessments...all the risk points in all railway accident cases have been gone through, and the key points that have had symptoms have been checked continuously. Sanitation cleaning in the car, fresh food and tea, all crew members canceled their vacations to review various business knowledge...

I just hope nothing goes wrong on this trip.

This trip is halfway through, and there is a problem with the steam power system, what are you kidding?
Hell, maybe all the blind spots have been scanned, and finally found that the coal has been forgotten?

The car was silent for a few seconds.

Lu's face was naturally angry. Although he knew that from the current statistical frequency of the entire empire's industrial system, it is common for small accidents to happen, but he just rushed to the imperial capital with the title of "Safety and Compliance Production Director" , we met on the spot...

The train suddenly loses power while running at full speed. Is this a joke?Just in case something unexpected happens...

All security incidents are superficially coincidental and accidental.

And while discussing the railway accident with friends... as the person in charge, it was simply emotionally unacceptable.

The train conductor reported to Lu with a professional smile pretending to be relaxed, but he had already put on a bad face in his mind, and scolded the gang under him fifteen times.

"What are you still doing in a daze? Has the telegram been sent? It has been sent...then go find the cause and overhaul it!" The train conductor, whose forehead was already sweating, hurriedly issued orders, and the surrounding staff all said yes, and quickly dispersed.

"This kind of accident is really ruining the mood." Lu sat down again.

"It's just a matter of probability... where is it now?" Fan Ning glanced at the car window, and it was about four or five o'clock in the afternoon from the height of the sun.

It doesn't matter to him, even if this kind of thing is put in the previous life, it will happen often.

Isn't it just a train failure, the arrival at the station is late... Without the burden of related positions, the mentality will be naturally peaceful.

Starting so many days in advance, I don't have anything to rush to the imperial capital to do.

Lu replied: "The normal journey time is 7 hours and 46 minutes, that is, it will arrive at the Central Station of the Fort Santaram Railway at around 6:[-] pm. Now the train is about to enter the administrative area of ​​Fort Santaram."

Fan Ning reached out to pick up the "Gentlemen's Ghost Stories Collection", read a few supernatural novels casually again, raised his head and asked, "Is it possible...mysterious factors are involved?"

"You said now?" Lu was stunned for a moment, and then he realized, "Oh, you mean the accident rate of production safety in the imperial capital... Well, if it is a mysterious factor, how does it work? It seems difficult to understand... "

Sheeran tried to make a guess: "For example, the hidden organization has invisibly influenced people's behavior patterns, making them more prone to risk-preferring decision-making? This possibility is not impossible...Caron, do you still remember us? During the short trip in the small town of Gogol, I talked about the recent common adventure accidents, including those who got stuck on the reef while surfing, those who were seriously injured by parachuting from an airship, and those who died while exploring caves mentioned by the old police officer.”

Lu said: "If it is done by a secret organization, it will cause the imbalance of production safety accidents in some areas to soar, but I have analyzed internal data. First, the rise of the dioceses as a whole is very balanced. Secondly, individually, the accidents in factories have increased. The volume is also in line with its historical situation. In previous years, the performance was good, and the increase in accidents was relatively small; in previous years, the performance was poor, and there were relatively more new accidents.”

"—In other words, the increase in production safety accidents in Fort Santaram in the third quarter of 913 in the new calendar is in line with the laws of mathematical statistics! If there is a mysterious factor involved, it means that this secret organization has almost evenly affected all of the imperial capital. Industrial enterprises, this... this is too scary."

Fan Ning showed deep thought, and he felt that Lu's analysis was also reasonable.

"Of course, mysterious factors must always be taken into consideration." Lu said, "The Special Patrol Office has deployed a lot of investigation work, including the tasks of various organizations with knowledge, as well as the tasks of the Police and Security Bureau. You will set foot on St. The atmosphere can be felt in the land of Taran Fort."

"Also, there is indeed a little strangeness, although it has almost nothing to do with the production accident..." Lu bowed his head sideways, and took out a binder from his briefcase.

After opening it on the desktop, everyone saw a lot of small-sized black and white photos inside.

Fan Ning stretched out his hand, plucked it casually a few times, and then his pupils shrank suddenly.

These photos are partial shots of what appears to be a domestic setting, but there is a candle in each photo!
Candles are of different heights and thicknesses, and placed in different positions, some are on the table, some are in candlesticks, and some are stored horizontally, but the only thing in common is their unique shape.

They appear to be two candles joined together, the cross-sections forming two intersecting circles, and the wicks also joined together in two strands.

"It's strange." Seeing that everyone was lost in thought, Lu explained the source of the photo, "I arranged for the subordinates of the imperial capital to take pictures during the investigation at the homes of some of the parties involved in the railway accident."

"What I can tell you is that I'm sure that the candle itself is fine, it's just custom-made in an ordinary store... During the investigation, the person concerned felt guilty about his work mistakes, but he couldn't explain why. He only explained that this is the current Santaram The trend of the castle, the merchants also saw the business opportunities to make it, after all, Tiolein often had some strange trends these years, and I still couldn't figure out the popularity of ferns in the past few years..."

"This candle may be related to the Transcendence Club." Fan Ning shared it after thinking for a while.

When he first investigated the watch factory, he found this candle in the office of the experience officer "Erov".

Later, in some documents of the last century, he further learned that the Transcendence Club believes that the God of Lost Sources "watches death" and "heart flow" have a "twin relationship", and that one "born in eternal death" is stronger than the "barren" phase. , a "death to live forever", stronger than "cocoon", at that time he had guessed whether this kind of candle would be their unique sacrificial item.

After Fan Ning's concise explanation, Lu expressed his gratitude for his sharing of secret information, and then lowered his voice slightly: "I will try a promotion related to 'Jin' in the near future, which depends on the staffing of the Special Patrol Office It will give me an advantage in running for the House of Commons on the industry, energy and transport committee, and it will open up some new jobs."

The group of people with knowledge grasped by the Special Patrol Office is divided into two categories: investigators and outsourcing members.

Investigators are naturally the most comprehensive and core group of the Special Patrol Office, but outsiders are also of real value, and they belong to the official knowledge of the Special Patrol Office.

The House of Commons controls the real power of the empire, and the class of big factory owners controls the House of Commons.As an organization of informed persons representing the interests of the authorities, people from the class of factory owners are more likely to be recruited as investigators. At the same time, the Special Inspection Office will also allocate a small amount of legally informed persons to each chaebol family.

"Of course, no matter what, the first thing I do when I arrive in the imperial capital is to start the investigation and rectification of the railway system. It is unrealistic to unilaterally criticize the quality of the practitioners. First, cancel the damn password officer 2-shift system. Changed to 24 hours and 3 shifts, while optimizing the safety supervision process and promoting technological upgrading..."

The flight attendant had informed all the passengers on the radio inside the carriage, during which Roy also came to ask about the situation twice, but more than an hour later, the train still stopped firmly between the fields,

During such a long journey, everyone always finished their conversation. Joan changed several postures to enjoy the scenery outside the car window, but the monotony of stillness made her stretch out bored.

"What's going on, the maintenance work of these guys hasn't happened yet." After muttering, Lu got up and left the carriage.

"It's been a while." Fanning also stood up and moved his body.

When he saw Kaprun still buried his head in the middle of a pile of scores, sliding his palms back and forth, and muttering words, he finally sat across from the conducting assistant.

"I'm curious, do you not sleep every night and don't rest during the day?" Fanning asked, looking at Kaprun's well-defined dark circles.

Kaprun raised his head and smiled mischievously: "I'm studying the differences between academic conducting methods and those conducting masters with strong personal styles... I always find that what my teacher taught me before is different from what I saw at the performance scene. "

Seeing that Fanning was sitting across from him, he seemed to have enough time now, and there was a possibility of giving him advice, so he hummed the melody of an overture to an opera by Meyer, and at the same time moved his palms slightly.

After a short paragraph, he said: "Look, this is the standardized positioning of the academic school. The human body is divided into two halves on average, with the waist as the bottom, the head as the top, and the left and right shoulders as wide. The four directions of up, down, left, and right are clearly defined. , the left and right hands move laterally within their respective ranges, the midlines meet and cannot cross... I have spent a lot of training to keep myself from breaking the rules, but I feel more and more restrained. I have also tried to learn from the masters and make decisions based on emotional fluctuations. All kinds of dramatic actions, but then the music will go out of control..."

"You said, is it because my basic skills are still not in place?"

"Let me take a look at the six dot-line patterns of the three beats." Fan Ning is indeed a bit bored at the moment. He has neither music to listen to nor piano practice. He leans leisurely on the sofa and plans to watch Kaprun Basic skills.

卡普仑依言照做，按顺序打了2/4、3/4、4/4拍子的点状挥法和线状挥法。

The so-called dot swing method means that the beat points in a group of beats are processed more prominently, and the movement trajectory of the gestures in between is a rigid straight line. This is suitable for some joyful styles and bright rhythms, such as marches and other passages.

The linear swing is the opposite, the beat points are relatively less prominent, and the movement trajectory of the gesture is a soft and irregular curve, which is suitable for some soft, soothing, lyrical or sad passages.

"You have practiced very solidly." Fan Ning commented, "The hitting line, reflection line and shooting point are clear and stable. Well, the emotional control of most pieces of music will be able to handle it.”

Kaprun first showed a smile, but the next moment his face suddenly turned pale, and he clenched his fists and tightened his body. Beads of sweat emerged from his forehead, as if he was in great pain.

"Are you okay?" Seeing his reaction, Fanning's expression changed.

I have never known the mystery of the "cocoon", and my spiritual sense can only sense subtle abnormalities at the level of the spiritual body, and is not sensitive to the level under the protection of the etheric body.

Kaprun reluctantly raised his hand and waved it, signaling not to worry, then took out a small bottle from his trouser pocket, poured a small light green tablet into the palm of his hand, and swallowed it with the water next to him.

Fan Ning frowned. In just a few seconds, his spiritual sense had already seen the heterogeneous light and shadow of the small pill, which seemed to be an extraordinary medicine.

After a few minutes, Kaprun's tense body gradually eased. He took the hot towel from the attendant, wiped off the sweat from his forehead and neck, and then forced a smile: "Professor Fanning, look, If my basic skills are good enough, can you arrange some time in your busy schedule to—”

"Are you sick?" Fan Ning interrupted him, "It seems to be serious, are you sure you are still doing such high-intensity work and research?"

Kaprun rolled up his sleeves, revealing his arms with large bluish-purple bruises.

"Leukemia." The voice of the assistant conductor was calm, "The time of diagnosis was in June last year, and the doctor judged that the expected survival time was 6 months. Later, with the support of the higher-ups, I spent some money and found a certain pharmacist. It should be A person like you, he got me some special medicine, and if I’m lucky, I can live for two years. The medicine works well, and I can maintain a normal life during this period.”

Fanning frowned, subconsciously counting the time.

"However, from the second half of this year, bone and muscle pain has gradually become normalized. It is still within the tolerable range, with occasional exacerbations, and additional doses need to be taken to relieve it."

Fanning recalled the day he first became the permanent conductor, and the conversation he had with Kaplan after the rehearsal: "So the second reason why you didn't finish talking last time, is this?"

Kaprun was silent for a while, and traced the notes on the table with his fingers. After a while, he said, "Do you think that a person's life is just a huge prank?"

Fanning's eyes flickered for a long time, and he was about to say something——

"The car door is open." Lu on the other side said even more angrily, "The work report in the morning was compiled in a decent way, and something happened. With this kind of investigation efficiency, what are you working on down there?"

Only then did Fanning realize that the sky was getting dark at some point.

The steam power failure lasted from four or five o'clock to more than seven o'clock.

The two flight attendants hurriedly claimed that it was the case and opened the door of the No. 1 car.

Lou strode down the steps and jumped off the train.

Fan Ning also took a few steps forward, stood at the door of the carriage, and poked his head forward a little, ready to check the situation.

There is no lighting facility in this rural field, and there is still fog. The technicians who were overhauling on the railroad track immediately hit a beam of light to Lu's feet, and several other people had already got under the car, and several beams of strong light rotated among them. shine.

After watching for a few seconds, Fan Ning suddenly felt an electric current rushing through his body, and his scalp instantly went numb.

In the dark night far away, it seems that there are a pair of eyes staring at him!

　Thanks to Abelus, Plum Blossom 8, and Caiyun Fengliu for their rewards on August 23~Thanks to Qilin who doesn’t love Jianshan and loves mathematics, and looks up at the stars, and Wang Situ’s monthly pass

　　
　
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