A Weird Theater That Started In London

Sicker is a painter, born in Munich, to an English mother, who not only owns several properties in France, but also has a residence in the East End of London, so the guy travels a lot between the two countries.

Hearing this, Lu Li suddenly had a flash of inspiration. He thought of the provocative letter sent to the police station last night.

There was an inconspicuous red spot on the letter, and I didn't pay much attention to it at the time. I preconceived that it was the murderer who deliberately dripped the victim's blood to satisfy his own morbid psychology.

Now that I think about it, the colors are not quite right.

Perhaps it is the paint used by the painter when drawing?

In the afternoon, our informant bribed Sickert's neighbor. The old woman claimed that he lived a rough life. He often played with some warblers until late at night and painted some indecent works.

Therefore, the informant specially bought some paintings from Sickert's personal gallery.

With that said, Linnai stopped reading, opened the briefcase under his arm, took out a few sketches from it, and handed them to Lu Li and George.

Is this a tribute to the masters of the Renaissance?

Venus of Urbino

Lu Li frowned. He felt that Sickert's painting seemed to imitate this world-famous painting, but the color was darker. The rain beat on the glass window, the moon was hidden behind the clouds, and a woman was lying on her back on the bed.

shameless!

At this time, George, who was sitting by the side, shook his fist fiercely. It seemed that he was influenced by the paintings in his hand.

Mr. Detective, I think this guy is the most suspect. Why don't you go to his residence first.

As he spoke, he handed three paintings to Lu Li.

The first picture has a name!

Murder in a Nameless Town Part One

The room was dimly lit and the atmosphere was gloomy and silent. On the iron bed lay a sleeping woman, with hair curlers on her head, her face turned to the wall, her face was a little rosy, as if she was slightly drunk, and beside the bed, a woman was sitting. The well-dressed man clasped his fingers together and bowed his head in thought.

murder?

From a detective's point of view, Lu Li felt that this should describe the murderer's psychological struggle before the crime, while the victim didn't know about it and fell asleep.

Sure enough, when he turned his gaze to the second painting, he froze for an instant.

Murder in a Nameless Town II

In another secret room, a well-dressed young man wearing a deerstalker hat sat on the edge of the bed, folded his arms, and stared at a blond woman. The woman's hands were bound and she was struggling, with a ferocious expression, as if her soul was trembling. , and the sheets were stained with blood.

Apparently, this depicts the murderer interrogating the victim with the attitude of a high-ranking judge.

Murder in a Nameless Town Part Three

The scene changed again, still on the iron bed, the woman was lying on her side alone, her legs were curled up, and there seemed to be no wounds on her body, but her face was painted a bit blurred, making it hard to see clearly, and the white bed sheet was also changed to red unconsciously , the man also disappeared.

If this painting hadn't been named as a murder case, Lu Li would have thought it was normal, but the style of the painting was a little weird.

However, judging from the progress of the first two paintings, the last picture is definitely a killer!

However, under the painter's brush, the strange woman seems to be sleeping peacefully, and everything is like a dream.

Could it be hinting at the murderer's spiritual world? A man commits such a crime out of impulse, and when he calms down, he feels no guilt and feels that he has done a good deed, and the woman sleeps peacefully in the cradle of the heavenly father.

Well, the last item is purely Lu Li's personal speculation. Anyway, the thinking mode of pathological artists and mental patients cannot be brought into it by normal people.

Mr. Lasker, don't make a decision with preconceived ideas. One whole night is enough for us to visit one by one.

Lu Li put the four paintings back into his briefcase, then leaned on the soft cushion, and took a long breath, as if he had been stimulated by something.

Frankly speaking, he felt that the two known suspects were not good people. Even if it wasn't Jack the Ripper himself, he must have committed murder and arson behind his back.

Mr. Linnai, please continue to talk about the last suspect.

Okay, several informants involved in the interview agreed that this man named Aaron Kosminski is very suspicious.

Um?

Lu Li straightened up. He hated other people's preconceptions, especially in a job like an informant. You should definitely not carry private goods. Objective descriptions are best, so as not to interfere with the judgment of detectives and the police.

However, Mr. Lasker's informant skills are very good, and he can dig out any breaking news and details, which makes him inevitably raise some expectations.

Aaron Kosminski was born in the town of Kolodava, Poland under the rule of the tsar. In 1881, due to the economic depression and the fear of the tsar's butcher knife, the immigrants fled to London. Soon, he and the same escaped Other Jewish refugees who came from here settled in the slums of Whitechapel.”

It is reported that one of his older sisters and two older brothers also left Russia to live in the Whitechapel district. After that, his widowed mother also immigrated here.

During this period, Aaron has been working as a barber, claims to be proficient in medicine, and often provides paid services to other refugees around him.

Barbers provide medical services?

It sounds magical, but it does exist. Although modern medicine has started, the concept of bacteria has been proposed, and even masks have emerged as the times require.

However, in this era, there are still many faithful believers in the bloodletting therapy advocated by ancient Western medicine.

What's even more absurd is that today, barbers have developed a complete set of tools and operating systems. In addition to shaving, shaving, pulling teeth, and bleeding, they can also do the work of surgeons.

For example, amputation.

Lu Li felt that such a description was a bit inappropriate. It should be said that barbers are the ancestors of surgeons.

What evidence is there that he is extremely suspicious?

George was a little impatient. Hearing now, he felt that the eldest grandson of the emperor was more suspicious than this refugee. Even if this guy had a suspicious background and his family had a very bad reputation in Western countries, there was no substantive evidence. Everything was nonsense.

Well, the neighbors claimed that two days ago, he was still a normal person, ahem, although he had some bad habits...

When Lin Nai said these words, Lu Li saw that he was acting a little awkward, he hesitated to speak many times, and couldn't help asking: What is it?

Uh, it's the kind of craft work that hurts the body, and picking up garbage to eat.

That's it?

Lu Li curled his lips, speechless, he thought it was some important clue.

It's worth noting that this guy often hides in a remote corner recently, talking to himself, saying don't eat me, seems delusional and afraid of being eaten by others.