Card Room

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[Chapter 475, solving the case within a limited time]

Qu Wanyue has never seen a horror movie since she was a child. Her parents are both scientific researchers and they have never told her ghost stories. Now, seeing the room full of memorial tablets with her own eyes, she thinks of the bride who got married in this yard last night. , all the hairs on her body were about to stand on end - it was true that she had been alive for such a long time and still saw ghosts!

Long Sen is not afraid of ghosts, but he is still confused by the rotation of day and night in the secret room.

As a sports school coach with "well-developed limbs and simple mind", Long Sen knew that his IQ was at the bottom of the team, so he simply gave up thinking, looked at Xiao Lou, and asked seriously: "Professor Xiao, the room is full of souls, what did we do last night?" The bride we saw must be a ghost bride, right? Does it mean there is something wrong with the cause of death of this family, and what we want to investigate is their cause of death?"

Xiao Lou is not yet sure about the theme of this secret room, but Long Sen's theory is the most likely. He stood by the tree and thought for a while, then said: "The death of this family must not be simple. You stay outside, Han Jiang and I will go in." have a look."

Long Sen and Qu Wanyue nodded and stood guard under the trees near the yard, pretending to chat but actually keeping watch.

Yu Hanjiang took advantage of the fact that there was no one around, so he directly activated the Qing Gong card and flew Xiao Lou into the courtyard from the treetops.

This yard has been abandoned. It seems that no one has cleaned it for a long time. The weeds in the garden are almost higher than the knees. Last night's violent storm broke several branches of the old trees in the yard, and the broken branches and rotten leaves were piled all over the ground. a mess.

Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang avoided the branches, walked lightly, and walked forward one after the other.

This is a typical large family, with several small courtyards connected by arched corridors. There is also a pond in the middle of the courtyard. Although the water in the pond has dried up due to no one taking care of it for a long time, the surrounding The stone steps and pavilions are all exquisitely built, and the Feng Shui layout is also very particular. When nothing happened, the family must have lived a prosperous life.

The two walked around the pond and entered the hall.

Unlike the mess in the yard, the hall is actually very clean. There were no signs of fighting in the house, and the tables and chairs were neatly arranged. As Qu Wanyue said, there is an altar table in the middle of the hall with a large number of spiritual tablets placed on it.

Xiao Lou counted carefully and found that there were three rows from top to bottom, a total of 16 spiritual tablets. On each spiritual tablet, their names were written in red pen.

The family's surname was Zhao, and the one in the top row was called "Zhao Chengrui." Xiao Lou said softly: "In the mourning hall, the elders' tombs are usually placed at the top. Could this Zhao Chengrui be the Zhao family's grandfather?"

Yu Hanjiang said "Hmm", walked to the memorial tablet, glanced at all the names, and said: "Anyone not named Zhao should be the woman who married into the Zhao family. The first row is the grandparents, the second row is the parents, and the second row is the parents. The third row is the younger generation. But there are four spiritual places in the third row, which one is the ghost bride who got married last night?"

The four names in the third row are Zhao Zeping, Zhao Ze'an, Zhao Zeshun, Zhao Zesui...

Xiao Lou touched his chin, looked carefully at the three rows of memorial tablets, and said, "The last word of the names of this generation of the Zhao family is 'peace and success'. When the elders chose the names, they obviously hoped that the children would grow up in peace and safety. Big. These four names can be used by both men and women. Just from the names, there is no way to tell which one is the girl who got married last night."

Yu Hanjiang said: "There are so many spiritual tablets on the altar table. Are all the family members dead?"

Xiao Lou frowned slightly: "Is it... a tragedy of annihilation?"

Yu Hanjiang turned around and looked inside the house.

The furnishings in the hall did not look like a violent fight had taken place. He now does not have the luminol used by modern police to investigate crimes, so he can only rely on his eyes. He glanced around and didn't find any residual blood. It didn't look like the scene had been cleaned after the family was killed. It was more likely that the murder didn't happen here.

Yu Hanjiang said: "Let's check the entire yard first to see if there are any clues."

Xiao Lou agreed: "Well, since the bride last night was married from this family, she must have her own boudoir in her natal family."

The two left the mourning hall and turned to the backyard.

The backyard is divided into many small courtyards. The southern courtyard is separated by an arched door and is the residence of maids and servants. There are countless rooms in other courtyards, which shows how huge the Zhao family is.

The layout of the courtyard was comparable to a maze. Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang had to mark them with arrows and check each room one by one. The two first found the residence of the elders of the Zhao family. They found many handwritten scriptures, Buddhist beads and other things in the house. The old people in this family obviously believed in Buddhism.

Then there is the residence of the parents' generation, which is nothing special. Many exquisite medicine bottles were found in one of the rooms, with the names of various medicines marked on them with paper labels. There should be someone in the Zhao family who studies medicine and knows how to refine pills. medicine.

The room styles of the younger generation are quite different from those of the older generation. Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang quickly locked the four rooms. In order to facilitate the arrangement of clues, the two named the rooms A, B, C, and D, and made temporary marks with arrows of different colors.

Room A, in addition to the reception room and bedroom, the other suite is the weapons room. There is a row of wooden sword racks on the wall, with seven swords of different lengths hanging on them. These weapons should look very precious. The owner of this room I really like collecting famous swords.

In Room B, there is a small study room next to the bedroom. There are many ancient books on the bookshelf, such as "The Book of Changes", "The Analects of Confucius", "Mencius", etc. The owner of this room likes reading very much. It is worth noting that there is a cradle in the bedroom with a child's toy in it. Xiao Lou picked it up and looked at it - it was a small red rattle.

Room C looks like a girl's residence. The bed curtains and sheets are all pink. There are many flowers on the windowsill of the bedroom. Unfortunately, most of the flowers have withered now. Only a pot of cactus as big as a palm is still alive. There is a pair of white handkerchiefs on her desk, with a pair of mandarin ducks embroidered on it. There are colorful needlework next to the handkerchief, and the embroidery has not been finished yet.

The last room is also the girl's residence. There is a bright red word "Happy" on the inner window.

Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang looked at each other and searched the room carefully.

Unfortunately, this room had the fewest clues. Nothing special was found in the desk, drawers, or cabinets. The wardrobe and jewelry box were half empty. The girl probably took her favorite jewelry to her husband's house when she got married.

The two walked to the window and discussed in a low voice.

Xiao Loudao: "The young people we found have four rooms, two boys and two girls. In ancient times, the older sister usually got married first, and the younger sister got married later. What we can confirm so far is that room D is the boudoir of the ghost bride who got married last night. . Room C is her sister’s room. I found a half-embroidered handkerchief on the table with mandarin ducks embroidered on it. What do you think?"

Yu Hanjiang said: "According to your analysis, my sister is not married yet, but she should have a sweetheart. She wanted to embroider the mandarin duck handkerchief and give it to him. Unfortunately, the man died before the embroidery was completed."

Xiao Lou nodded: "I think so too. The mandarin duck has a special meaning, not to mention the mandarin duck embroidered by hand, most likely it is given to the sweetheart." He paused and then said: "There are many books in the rooms of the other two men. It should be the eldest brother Zhao Zeping, he is married and has a child."

Yu Hanjiang agreed: "Well, the one with all the weapons is the second child, who doesn't seem to be married yet. The question now is, how to order the four children? The eldest should be a boy, the second, third, and fourth, who is the boy? Who is the woman?”

Xiao Lou thought about the four names carefully and said, "I feel that Zhao Ze'an and Zhao Zesui are girls, and Zhao Zeping and Zhao Zeshun are boys. The four brothers and sisters of the Zhao family may be in the order of eldest brother, second sister, third brother, and fourth sister. ?”

The corner of Yu Hanjiang's lips raised slightly: "That's what I guessed too. As for whether it's accurate, more clues are needed to verify it."

Xiao Lou said: "There is another key."

Yu Hanjiang said tacitly: "A child's toy?"

Xiao Lou picked up the rattle he found in the eldest brother's room and said, "The cradle and children's toys were found in the eldest brother's house, which means that he was married and had children. However, the tombs of his wife and children were not found in the Zhao family mourning hall just now. . Generally speaking, the spiritual tablets of couples should be placed side by side, for example, the spiritual tablets of their parents are placed together."

Yu Hanjiang added: "And there is incense in the mourning hall. When we entered just now, the three sticks of incense were still lit, and more than half of them were burned. This means that not long ago, someone came to place incense on the Zhao family's memorial tablet."

Xiao Lou said: "This person is probably the survivor of the massacre—the boss's wife or child?"

Yu Hanjiang nodded in agreement: "I think so too."

The two looked at each other. Along the way, they have experienced so many secret rooms, and their tacit understanding in investigating cases has become stronger and stronger, and they can always think of going together. From the distribution of spiritual positions and room investigation, they have figured out the general relationship between the characters in the Zhao family.

The key characters are the bride and the wife and children of the missing eldest son.

What we still don’t have a clue about is—what happened to the Zhao family?

Was the scene where I saw the bride getting married last night a hallucination at night, or a reappearance of a scene that had happened before?

this point is very important.

If the second lady died before getting married, what they saw last night might be an illusion of "marrying a ghost wife" in the underworld. But if she died after getting married, what they saw might be a "reappearance of the past" caused by the ghost's obsession.

Xiao Lou suggested: "Let's go to the inn and inquire about it before talking."

Yu Hanjiang took him and flew out of Zhao's house.

Qu Wanyue and Long Sen had been waiting outside. When they saw the two people coming out, Long Sen immediately stepped forward and asked, "Professor Xiao, have you found any clues?"

Xiao Lou simply explained: "The younger generation of this family has four brothers and sisters. The eldest brother is already married and has children, and the one who is married is probably the second young lady. What we need to figure out now is what happened to the Zhao family back then, and how could they be wiped out?"

Long Sen nodded in understanding: "Yeah, do you want to go to the inn?"

Yu Hanjiang said: "Let's go. I'll ask Lao Mo what's going on there. We'll meet up at the inn later."

He pressed the voice earphone, connected to the team voice channel, and whispered: "Everyone, please pay attention, this case of the secret room is more complicated. In the house where the bride got married last night, we found a room full of souls, and the Zhao family suffered a tragedy. Exterminate the whole family. Old Mo, where are you and Liu Qiao?"

Lao Mo quickly replied: "I took Liu Qiao to the house where the baby was born last night to check. It was an abandoned yard with no one. I asked the nearby residents and they said that this family lived in the house many years ago. He disappeared suddenly, I don’t know if he moved.”

Liu Qiao added: "She disappeared inexplicably overnight. The young lady of this family had just given birth to a child. The neighbors nearby wanted to see them the next day, but their whole family disappeared."

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