Escape the Library

【Phantom in the picture-11】

Jiang Pingce took out the map he drew before and checked his ideas with Yue Xingwen.

Because there are too many illusions, it is easy for everyone to get confused. Yue Xingwen simply marked the space map drawn by Jiang Pingce, and wrote the names of the paintings found in each world. In this way, everyone looks very intuitive. .

Liu Zhaoqing looked at the "map" organized by the two of them, and touched his chin thoughtfully: "We only have three portraits of women and the illusion mechanism of "The Last Supper". open?"

Yue Xingwen said: "Go back the same way, go to World C, and see if the painting "Starry Night" has any connections."

Under the leadership of Yue Xingwen, everyone went back the same way and came to the studio where they first saw the hanging paintings of "Starry Night".

Xu Feixue said at the time that the painting was drawn during Van Gogh's treatment in a mental hospital. The beautiful village under the deep night sky and the giant tree rising like flames formed a sharp contrast. One side was calm and the other was crazy.

Yue Xingwen looked back at Xu Feixue and said, "Do you have any ideas on how to open the mechanism of this painting?"

The painting could not be moved, and there were no figures on it. Xu Feixue took a step forward and observed it carefully for a moment, then guessed, "Is it above this tree? The flaming tree shot straight into the sky, and the tip seemed to point to some secret."

Hearing this, Jiang Pingce walked over quickly, stretched out his long arm, held up the alcohol lamp, and looked up carefully in the direction pointed by the tree. After a while, he found a star-shaped mark. Jiang Pingce reached out and pressed it down. I pressed the button, and the wall on the right cracked open in front of my eyes.

Yue Xingwen said: "Another illusion, everyone be careful."

Everyone entered the door one after another, and the scene in front of them made everyone stunned in place-they came to the door of the ancient castle at night.

Under the moonlight, the sunflowers in the garden are in full bloom, the entire castle is brightly lit, and clusters of gorgeous fireworks bloom in the air, like a fireworks show in a playground.

Ke Shaobin looked up at the beautiful night sky decorated with fireworks, and said, "It must cost a lot of money to set off so many fireworks? Is it to celebrate Alice and Jack's wedding?"

As soon as the voice fell, the firework characters of "HappyBrithday" suddenly appeared in the sky.

Yue Xingwen looked at the entrance of the castle, there was a dining table next to the garden, and there was another birthday cake on the table. The little boy with a cute crown on his head is looking up at the sky with joy, his mother Daisy and his father Rhodes are by his side, and behind him are his grandparents, grandparents, nanny Leia, uncle Jack, aunt Ai Liz—both families were present.

Yue Xing Wen said: "It's the two families celebrating the little boy's birthday."

Van Gogh's "Starry Night" oil painting, corresponding to the beautiful night of Dean's birthday. The fireworks show lasted for half an hour, and the two families really put a lot of thought into celebrating the birthday of this little boy.

After the fireworks ended, the two families got together for a meal. The delicate birthday cakes were distributed on several plates. Mrs. Roland, who had a slightly hunched back, said jokingly, "Alice, when will you and Jack have children? Have a younger brother or sister? , will you give us Dean company?"

Dean said excitedly: "I want a sister, preferably a twin sister!"

Daisy patted her son's head with a light smile: "Twins are so easy."

When Alice was asked about the child, her face was obviously embarrassed for a few seconds, but soon, she smiled shyly and said, "Mom, we just got married, and we have been thinking about the world of two for a few years."

Her husband was beside her, pretending not to hear anything, and eating cake with her head down to herself.

In order to ease the embarrassment, Daisy took the initiative to round up the field and said, "I'll go get some fruit wine that I brewed and give everyone a taste."

She turned to leave, and Rhode smiled and said, "I'll go help."

The husband and wife temporarily left the restaurant in front of the garden and walked into the kitchen of the castle. Leah was silent for a moment, then got up and said, "I'll go to the bathroom."

Yue Xingwen immediately asked the female classmate to follow Liya, while he and Jiang Pingce followed the couple in person.

In the kitchen, Rhodes was opening the cabinet to look for wine glasses, when Daisy suddenly said with a sullen face, "Do you still have contact with her?"

Rhodes was stunned for a moment, then turned his head: "I don't know what you're talking about."

Daisy sneered at the corners of her mouth: "Pretend to be a good husband and not good in front of parents and children, but in private she keeps a mistress outside. Every time she goes on a business trip, she doesn't come home for ten days and a half, just go to her. Is it right there? This time, if it wasn't for my son's birthday, I don't think you, a busy man, would be able to come back."

Rhodes face changed, he turned and leaned on the cupboard, looked at her coldly and said, "Today is my son's birthday, do you have to quarrel with me on my son's birthday?"

Daisy said: "I just want you to restrain yourself. After all, you are still my husband in name."

Rhodes sneered: "Didn't you also have a boyfriend before you got married? He almost fell out with the family because of him, and this matter spread all over the place. Who knows what happened between you two."

Daisy's face turned pale, her fingers trembling and clenched the edge of the table: "You never believed me? Since I married you, I have completely cut off contact with him, unlike you!" She seemed to be annoyed, His eyes were red and his voice trembled uncontrollably.

Rhode shrugged and said, "Our parents made us become husband and wife in order to strengthen our ally. We are just tools for family marriage, don't be so sincere. Play your own way, I don't care about you, don't interfere with me. ."

After he finished speaking, he turned and left. When he went out, he happened to see Leah coming out of the bathroom. The cat in Leah's arms meowed, Rhode's face was calm, and he said, "Daisy is looking for a cup in the kitchen, you Help her."

Leah lowered her head and said, "Okay."

When she walked into the kitchen with the cat in her arms, Daisy had regained her gentle smile, as if nothing had happened, and said kindly, "Leah, I've poured the fruit wine, let's bring it out together."

The two returned to the table in the garden with the cups and continued to celebrate the children's birthdays.

Yue Xingwen and Jiang Pingce returned to the garden, and Xu Feixue, who was following Liya, reported: "Liya still went to the bathroom normally, and she didn't talk to other people on the way, but I noticed a detail, she checked carefully when she went to the bathroom. cat."

Ke Shaobin guessed: "The recording device she hangs around the cat's neck must have limited memory, and it won't fit for a long time recording. Maybe, every time she goes to the bathroom, it is to check the device and change the memory card?"

Yue Xingwen also felt that Ke Shaobin's analysis was very reasonable. Leah often left the scene to go to the bathroom halfway through, and still hugged the cat. She must have gone to check the bug on the cat.

Liu Zhaoqing asked, "Xingwen, did you find anything from following the couple?"

Jiang Pingce said: "This couple has a bad relationship. Daisy knows that her husband has a mistress outside."

Yue Xing Wen said: "From what Daisy said, her husband often used the excuse of going on business trips and did not go home for half a month to meet his mistress privately. Then, his mistress could not be Leia. Leah has been living in ancient times. Fort, it won't disappear for half a month inexplicably."

Ke Shaobin scratched his head in doubt: "But, in the three female oil paintings, isn't the woman holding the ermine a mistress? I remember that Xu Feixue said that at the time."

Xu Feixue said: "Yes, in Da Vinci's painting "The Woman Holding an Ermine", the heroine was the mistress of the Duke of Milan, and the Duke of Milan paid him to paint. At that time, this mistress was the most favored by the Duke. "

Yue Xingwen frowned and looked at Jiang Pingce: "Just now, Rhodes and Leia met at the door of the kitchen, and they only said a word, Leia lowered her head, and the two didn't make any eye contact, didn't they seem to have an affair? "

Jiang Pingce said, "I don't think so either."

Everyone stood in the garden, looking at the pictures of the two families celebrating their children's birthdays, and they were very confused - Rhodes and Daisy, Jack and Alice, both couples were putting on a show.

Who is the dead and who is the murderer?

Yue Xingwen was silent for a moment, then said: "Three women should be the key to the whole story, Alice in a wedding dress, Leah with a cat, Daisy with an umbrella, the young woman who died, must be among them."

Jiang Pingce said: "We want to deduce the murderer. First of all, should we identify the deceased?"

Yue Xingwen nodded and said, "Yes, only by identifying the deceased can we find the murderer's motive."

Liu Zhaoqing said with a headache: "The three women are all about 170 in height and about the same size. The corpses we dug up were stripped of their clothes. If you only look at the bones, you really can't tell who died."

Jiang Pingce suddenly said: "We can measure the data."

Liu Zhaoqing was stunned for a while, then looked back at Jiang Pingce: "What do you mean, measuring bone data?"

Jiang Pingce said: "Well. Facial recognition technology uses human facial features as several coordinate points to draw unique geometric figures. According to this principle, corpses can also be identified. Even if they are close in size, the length of each finger of them is different. , the width of the scapula, the length of the cervical spine, there will definitely be subtle data differences.”

Liu Zhaoqing thought about it carefully, and immediately gave a thumbs up: "Bone recognition, why didn't I think of it!"

Jiang Pingce looked at Ke Shaobin and said, "Let Xiaotu take a complete 360-degree image of the three women, model and analyze the skeleton data, and then compare it with the skeletons dug up in the garden to determine the deceased."

We can't do genetic identification of the excavated bones to confirm the deceased, but Jiang Pingce's method is also very useful.

The bones of adults will not continue to grow and develop. There will definitely be differences in the length of the fingers and the width of the shoulders of the three people. Then, the data measured by the bones is compared with their body data. The closest one is the deceased!

Yue Xingwen admired Jiang Pingce's calmness. He patted Jiang Pingce's shoulder with a smile, and said in a low voice, "Others will be afraid when they see a corpse. When you see a corpse, are you modeling it in 3D in your mind?"

Jiang Pingce coughed lightly: "It's not that exaggerated, I just thought of it."

Everyone left the fantasy world of "Starry Night" and returned to the first floor on the same way, and then came to the Black Rose Garden. The three corpses were placed next to the garden, and the moonlight glowed with a cold white light.

Liu Zhaoqing moved the corpse to the flat ground and placed it on the ground. Zhang Xiaonian's laser rangefinder was used, and the data on the corpse would be very accurate. The data of the three living women were measured by the robot after taking a small picture, and the error was not large.

Ke Shaobin compared the physical data of the people at the scene with the bones, and found that——

The deceased old men and women were indeed Daisy's parents, and one of them was slightly hunchbacked and could match the old lady.

However, the young girl buried in the ground was not Daisy at all.

It was Leia who was the most suspicious.