The Trial Game of Life

At the end of the call, Tang Cuo asked Qi Hui to tell Zhou Dahai to find a way to check the attic.Dahai was trapped in a mere basement for so long this week, and was scared to death by Yu Wangyue, a non-aggressive ghost, which shows that he is not very reliable.

"Let's sort out the current character relationship and timeline first." Tang Cuo turned to take out the cloth bag, and took out the things he got from the study and Yu Wangyue's room one by one.

The three of them sat down in a circle by the telephone. Qi Hui could still understand Tang Cuo at the beginning of the analysis, but he became more confused and had to ask questions.

"Wait, I can understand when you say that the servant girl wants to climb into the master's bed. Why is the corpse dismemberment case related to the servant girl?"

At any rate, it was a teammate, a grasshopper on a rope. Tang Cuo patiently took out the half of the note he had harvested after the mirror and the old pen in the maid's room, and said, "You write two words."

Suspiciously, Qi Hui wrote two words casually, but the writing was not very smooth, because the nib of the old fountain pen was a little split, and the hook was easy to catch on the paper when writing.

But what does this mean?

Qi Hui carefully looked at the words on the half of the note, compared the two, and finally found some clues.The words on the note also seemed to be written with this broken pen, so the maid was indeed suspicious.

"Maybe she is the ghostwriter? Shouldn't maids be closer to Madam? Madam is sick, maybe she can't hold a pen anymore." Qi Hui asked.

"But the characters seem to be traced out, and the pauses in the gestures are unreasonable." Tang Cuo said.It is different for a person to write freely and smoothly, and to trace other people's gestures. If the servant girl is a ghostwriter, there is no need to deliberately forge the lady's handwriting.

The maid secretly hid the old pen, and forged the madam's letter to secretly communicate with the man in the attic, just for the sake of the madam's position.This is consistent with her motive to seduce the master by dressing up carefully before her death. Unfortunately, the master didn't seem to appreciate it and killed her with a single shot.

Blinking and blinking, Qi Hui followed Tang Cuo's train of thought, "The fact that the note was discovered by the guests was also deliberately arranged? The family scandal must not be publicized. If this matter is known to outsiders, the lady will die a miserable death."

Tang Cuo didn't answer, but when he solved the case, he was never stingy with trying to figure out the criminal's psychology with the greatest malice.The servant girl must have played a dishonorable role in this matter, but she also underestimated the master's love for his wife.

Although that love has been mixed with infinite hate.

"Yu Wangnian's diary fell beside the servant girl's body. Many papers were stained with blood, but a few pages were still clearly visible." Tang Cuo picked up the diary, turned to one of the pages, and read: " June 1924, 6, I hate her, but I still love her. I know her heart may not be with me, but she will be buried with me."

"Huh." Qi Hui didn't know what to say when he heard the words like burial of love.

Jin Cheng smiled knowingly, "Do you think June 1924, 6 is the time and space you are in?"

Tang Cuo nodded, "That's right."

Qi Hui was even more curious about the complicated polyamorous love, "So Madam and Yu Wangyue are still the one in the attic, do they have... er, cross-border love?"

Jin Cheng shrugged, "If not, then Yu Wangnian made his home like an iron cage, poisoned his wife, locked up people in the attic, most likely An Jiahe from the Republic of China."

Qi Hui: "An Jiahe? Who???"

Tang Cuo: "Don't Talk to Strangers."

Hearing this, Qi Hui finally remembered this TV series that was a childhood nightmare, even as a man, he shivered.

Tang Cuo took out a group photo of the family of four and continued: "On January 1923, 1, the four of Yu Mansion were alive and well, at least on the surface. On December 3, 23, Yu Wangyue died. Wangnian set up a mourning hall for him in the basement, but spread the news of his study abroad in newspapers. Obviously, Yu Mochizuki’s death was concealed. On June 12, 25, a guest found a note from a maid and smashed it in the mansion. His insidiousness was silenced."

Jin Cheng answered: "In 1926, the maid was killed instead of being seduced. It is reasonable to suspect that Yu Wangnian already knew the fact that the note was forged. Even though he was so angry when the incident happened that he couldn't distinguish it carefully, it was his wife's handwriting. , is the person he is most familiar with, he would rather kill people than spread the matter, and he would not accept the maid's bed climbing, so he won't be able to discover the authenticity of the handwriting for so long."

Double reasons led to the maid's death. Before she died, she saw Yu Wangnian's diary and learned that no matter how hard she tried, she would never be able to achieve her wish. She might have been pissed off.

Tang Cuo: "The butler is Yu Wangnian's confidant. He has participated in all the affairs. There is no doubt about it. Madam should also have someone who can help her in this mansion. This person is probably a middle-aged maid. She Although you are greedy for money and steal things, since you are greedy for money, it means you can be used."

Qi Hui: "What is she doing for Madam?"

Tang Cuo: "Pass the note."

Qi Hui: "Didn't you say it was faked by the maid???"

Tang Cuo raised his eyes to look at Jin Cheng, Jin Cheng understood his meaning in seconds, and Qi Hui was at a loss when their eyes intertwined.

Jin Cheng was in a good mood, so he took the initiative to explain: "Didn't I say that? In this time and space of 1926, there was a torn note in the attic, which was written by Lin Wan to Yu Wangnian, saying that he would be let out."

Tang Cuo nodded.This note is actually one of the proofs that the maid forged the letter, because the signatures of the two are different, one is "Your Wanwan" deliberately intimate, and the other is "Lin Wan".

Judging from Lin Wan's ghost's attitude towards Mochizuki, even if there is affection between them, it tends to be Lin Wan's one-sided.If there is no special feeling, then Lin Wan is out of guilt.

"This also proves one point." Tang Cuo said: "Yu Wangnian did conceal the news of Yu Wangyue's death, because even Lin Wan thought that the real Yu Wangyue was locked up in the attic."

Qi Hui: "What about the one in the attic?"

Jin Cheng tilted his head and thought for a while, "A substitute?"

Then this stand-in is too miserable, Qi Hui sincerely mourns for him.

At this moment, Jin Cheng asked Qi Hui to stand up and make a phone call, and after two calls, he finally got through.Over there, Zhou Dahai ran out of breath, but he finally brought them a relatively useful clue.

"There is no orthographic letter under the bed, but there is blood in the cracks in the attic floor. When I crawled under the bed to look, I found a used needle inside, and there were medicines in the drawer, but I only knew one aspirin. "

Aspirin is a Western medicine. During the Republic of China, it was all imported. It was very expensive and there were few channels to obtain it.Tang Cuo didn't think that Yu Wangnian would be so kind to a stand-in, and since there hadn't been any orthographic characters under the bed, it was indeed Yu Wangyue who was locked in the attic before.

The attic occupant was shut in after him, and the timing was right.

But which unlucky ghost would be so unlucky?What does he have to do with this story?

Without further ado, Zhou Dahai continued to look for clues.

Tang Cuo picked up the work booklet he found from the housekeeper's body. The booklet is very small, so it only records the events of the past month, and the words are very concise.

Looking carefully, Tang Cuo finally saw something interesting.

February 1:

Change new medicine for Mrs.

Reinforced doors and windows

February 1:

recruit new maid

The records for two consecutive days are on the last page of the booklet, which means that January 1th may be the time of the butler's death, that is, today.

Of course, it could also be January 1th.

Replacing new medicines, strengthening doors and windows, and recruiting new maids, these three things all point to one piece of information, that is—the news that Lin Wan wants to let the attic tenants go has leaked.

Jin Cheng said: "Looking at it this way, the maid may be the first one to be killed in the 1926 Miemen massacre. Her behavior angered Yu Wangnian. He was unwilling to kill his wife, so he killed the servant."

Tang Cuo was thoughtful, and basically agreed with this inference in his heart.

The death of the maid may be the last straw that breaks the camel's back. Lin Wan, who is lingering in the sick bed, cannot wait for her return, so she should be aware of the revelation.But the effect of the new medicine must be stronger, Lin Wan died in despair and turned into a ghost.

However, Lin Wan's cause of death is still doubtful, because her ghost showed trauma, and she definitely did not die simply because of changing the medicine.

The maid would not kill the wife before successfully climbing into the bed, let alone the maid and the housekeeper. The one in the attic is still locked up, so who killed Lin Wan?

Who killed her and made her feel so resentful?

Tang Cuo gradually felt that the story was developing in an extremely dark direction. He turned the booklet forward again and noticed another piece of information.

February 8:

The lady said she wanted to play the piano, and I secretly found a new piano teacher for her, but I lied that the lady was taking German lessons.

This record is very special, because the butler is a rigorous and boring person, all his records are concise and to the point, only this one shows the cause and effect, and even expresses his emotions.

Even though he did it secretly, he still recorded it completely. Why?Because he felt ashamed, he simply exposed the lie where Wang Nian could find it, and waited for the judgment of fate?

But it doesn't matter what he thinks, the important thing is—Miss is learning the piano.

There is a piano room at home, but they have to go outside to learn secretly, which shows that it is taboo to learn piano in the mansion.On the one hand, is it because of the sound of the piano at midnight, and on the other hand, is it because of the old piano teacher?

The butler's words are also very interesting, "a new piano teacher", there must have been one before that.

"The one locked in the attic?" Jin Cheng raised his eyebrows.

"If your substitute theory is true, Yu Mochizuki can play the piano, and the piano teacher can also play the piano. Assuming that there was a piano teacher before the mansion, then the teacher must come to teach at such a rich family." Tang Cuo road.

A corner of the story has been added.

However, these are only guesses at present, and there is no evidence.Tang Cuofu put away the big pile of things again, and decided to go back to Wangyue's room to take a look.

He went downstairs in a hurry just now, and he hasn't searched carefully yet, and Yu Wangyue is there, so it can be regarded as a temporary safe zone.

Qi Hui was still left to guard the phone.

The work of guarding the phone is boring and frightening. Although there are no ghosts like Lin Wan on the first floor, the little ghosts wander back and forth in their respective areas, and sometimes come to visit.

Jin Cheng gave Qi Hui some incense ash for self-defense, but this did not alleviate Qi Hui's fear, because he saw Yu Wangnian's ghost poking his head over the closet.

Now when he saw Yu Wangnian, he thought of An Jiahe, the light bulb above his head was still flashing, the increasingly dark and gloomy environment coupled with the occasional whimpering sound from the second floor, the coldness went straight to the bottom of his feet.

Qi Hui could only make crazy calls, and kept calling when no one answered.Hitting it, he felt something was wrong.

What about Zhou Dahai?

If Yu Wangyue's ghost is not aggressive, then Zhou Dahai's time and space should be relatively safe.Even if he was on the way to find clues and missed the first and second calls, what about the third?

What about the fourth?

"Zhou Dahai has an accident!" Qi Hui hurriedly yelled upstairs.

At the same time, Zhou Dahai is in the time and space.

A cold dagger was pressed against Zhou Dahai's neck from behind. Zhou Dahai was stiff and did not dare to turn his head. "Who are you? A player or an NPC? What are you going to do?"

The visitor had a smoky voice and couldn't tell the exact age, "You don't need to know, as long as you cooperate obediently and don't act rashly, I won't kill you."

Zhou Dahai quickly raised his hands, "I won't move, I promise not to move!"

The person behind must be a player.

Zhou Dahai thought so, but he couldn't figure out whether he was originally in this time and space, or came from another time and space.The information he got from Qi Hui was limited, and it is still in the fog.

And behind him, who couldn't see, someone took out a pocket watch, spread his five fingers, and the pocket watch hung down, shaking naturally. The sound of "tick, tick" sounded in an instant, Zhou Dahai couldn't see it, but a dial appeared in his mind, and it turned quickly.

The hour hand, minute hand, and second hand are turning faster and faster, so fast that the afterimage is drawn.

Zhou Dahai was in a trance, almost lost in the fantasy dream of this time, until——

"clang!"

The wall clock in the living room chimed the hour, and it was twelve midnight.

The weird and cheerful "Song of the Gods, Lambs and Crows" was also heard from the piano room on the second floor at this time. The familiar melody made Zhou Dahai's goosebumps all over his body, and his mind instantly regained clarity.

He didn't understand what happened for a while, but suddenly found that the dagger hanging around his neck was gone.

Looking back, the uninvited guest was gone.

"Oh my god." Zhou Dahai wiped off his cold sweat.

Qi Hui on the other side is also having a hard time. He doesn't know how many teammates have entered the dungeon. The only one who can be contacted, Zhou Dahai, is still in danger, which makes him very anxious.

Tang Cuo frowned in deep thought, while Jin Cheng narrowed his eyes, as if thinking of something, his eyes glanced coldly around.Seeing this, Tang Cuo gave him a questioning look.

Jin Cheng blinked his eyes twice in response.

Tang Cuo understood it, but Qi Hui didn't, so he couldn't help but feel sad--what time is it, big brother, why are you still flirting? !

At this time, there are still 1926 minutes before midnight in 56.

Qi Hui's anxiety didn't last long, because Jin Cheng suddenly crossed his body, facing the direction of the empty living room and the second floor, and said loudly, "Rong Yi, don't hide, come out."

No one answered.

Jin Cheng crossed his arms and asked with a smile, "Do you want to do a sneak attack like that five-year-old Meng Yufei who is still wetting the bed?"

When Qi Hui heard Meng Yufei's name, he thought it sounded familiar, but at this moment, a figure appeared at the corner of the stairs, slowly walking into the sight of the three of them.

Qi Hui's eyes widened, he didn't expect that there was actually someone hiding there!

Rong Yi!

He remembered who this was, number two on the red list!

Qi Hui almost blurted out another "fuck" and held back abruptly.

Jin Cheng looked at Rong Yi with a smile that was not a smile, glanced at the pocket watch in his hand, and said, "I just said who is so sneaky, it turned out to be you. The second on the red list, the dignified time controller, there is no need to do this do it."

Rong Yi's expression was cold, but his coldness was different from that of Leng Miao.Leng Miao is cold from the name to person, from the heart, while Rong Yi is cold with sorrow.

With a sad face, he is concerned about the country and the people, you can't find any happiness factor from him.

"It's you, so it's necessary." Rong Yi opened his mouth, and his voice had a vicissitudes effect.He stopped on the stairs and did not come down, fully expressing his fear of Jin Cheng with actions, and then said: "Let's make a deal. Of the three known time and space, except here, all the time has been adjusted to twelve o'clock. The sound of the zither has passed away, and there is only dawn next."

Jin Cheng smiled, "So?"

Rong Yi: "You don't know the exact coordinates of the other two time-spaces, right? If I also adjust the time here to twelve o'clock, you will completely lose the way to go elsewhere."

Jin Cheng asked back: "Do you think that with me here, you will still have a chance to make a move?"

"But right here, you still can't kill me. As long as you can't kill me, I have a chance to make a move." Rong Yi said, his eyes fell on Tang Cuo, "Do you think that your partner can fight against me?" Before shooting, find out the exact time coordinates?"

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Jin Cheng: Teacher, someone is cheating here!