Overturning the Road to Rebirth

Overturning the Road to Salted Fish Fourteen

Leaving Mela's photo studio, they walked towards the former barber shop.

According to the old lady, Berry was the last heir to the barber shop. After his death, Berry's father also died of illness not long after he was sad, and their home is still empty now.

The location is very easy to find. Walk along the Tulip Road to the end and you will find a T-junction at the end. In the center of the intersection is an independent small building, divided into upper and lower floors. Below it should be a barbershop, and the door is crookedly hung A sign with various hairstyles drawn on it. It can be seen that after a long time, the handwriting has become very faded.

There were many flower pots bustling at the door, all of which were planted with beige-colored tulips, and a middle-aged man was watering the flowers with a water bottle.

This time it was replaced by Liers to say hello.

"Hello, is this Bailey's barber shop?"

The old man was obviously taken aback, and dropped the kettle on the ground. He turned his head and saw the four of them, heaved a sigh of relief, and said angrily, "How can you suddenly speak behind other people's back?"

His face was flushed, showing a very dry state, especially the bridge of the nose and the part under the eyes, as if he had been splashed with hot water or got too close to the fire and accidentally dried his skin, looking wrinkled. It is very scary when you scold others with a straight face.

Lils took a step back and apologized: "Sorry for scaring you, we came here as others said, is it Berry's barber shop?"

He was already very polite, and compared to them, the moment the old man turned around was really scary.

The old man hummed: "That's right, it's the shop of my neighbor who died early. What are you looking for? Old Berry and Little Berry are both dead!"

He pointed to the side, "This is my home."

It can be seen that it is a bakery, and there is a very attractive aroma, and there are two or three kittens wandering around the door, obviously also tickled by the smell.

Liars: "Well, we've been commissioned to see how Mr. Berry is doing—"

"How is it? Dead!" The old man looked at them with the eyes of "you're kidding me", "Who entrusted you to look at the dead? A ghost?"

His attitude was really bad, every word Lils said would be refuted loudly, and even after hearing their request, he looked at them like a thief.

Liers couldn't stand it any longer, looked back at the other three pitifully, Rou Ren coughed, and stepped forward to take over his job.

"The Lord loves the world, may the rain always water your tired heart."

With his right hand on his chest, he bent slightly and performed a priestly salute.Amazingly, the old man immediately put down the kettle in a panic, crossed his hands and returned to a larger congregation salute, saying: "Your pious disciples never feel tired on the way to find the rain."

After exchanging simple conversations in this way, the old man raised his face excitedly: "It turns out that it is a priest. I offended you just now. I hope the Lord will not think that I offended his disciples."

In this world, if there is really no god, Rou Ren can completely take this position, but he did not reveal his identity, and only acquiesced to what the old man thought, that he was just an ordinary priest.

Rou Ren said, "Being vigilant is not a bad thing. But can I ask you some questions?"

"I must know everything."

Rou Ren smiled, "Don't be nervous, we received a strange entrustment to see Berry in the barber shop, but we didn't know that this person was dead when we got here, just now I saw you watering the tulips at their door, it seems that you He has a good relationship with the Berry family, can you tell us about him?"

The old man sighed and said, "To tell you the truth, my name is Nader, I'm a neighbor of the barber shop, and I make the freshest bread for the town. The craftsmanship in this town has been passed down from generation to generation, and my father is also a baker. , Our two families have been neighbors for decades, the old Berry is my good friend, I treat the little Berry as my own child, I didn't expect them to die early."

Nader took out a bunch of keys from his bib. There were several golden keys on a golden circle. He skillfully identified one that looked the same to everyone, and inserted it into the keyhole of the barbershop door. When the old wind chimes jingle and the door is opened, what comes into view is a simple barber room with mirrors on the wall and many neatly placed barber tools on the table. It can be seen that it is cleaned frequently and the house is very clean.

He motioned people to go in and said: "As you can see, after they die, I will keep the keys until Old Berry's brother comes back to pick them up, and then this house will become the property of relatives, but I have been waiting for more than ten years. , did not wait."

Liers suddenly asked: "So Bailey does have an uncle?"

Nade nodded: "Old Berry's brother left when he was very young. He is ten years older than us. Even if he wants to come back, he will not be able to move at that age."

The old man turned on the lights and windows casually, because it was approaching dusk, and the small house with the back of the sun looked a little too quiet, and the owners all died one after another, which cast an indescribable loneliness and gloom. The knives and scissors were all silvery white under the light.

Nad pointed to the stairs, and they went up, and the old man continued: "If you want to know about the father and son, the key things are on the second floor, and Bailey's diary is still well placed on the table. "

The wooden stairs creaked, and Ares suddenly stopped, which attracted Xiao Liangyi's attention.

But fortunately, the two of them were the last ones, and they didn't hinder others' path, Xiao Liang asked, "What's wrong?"

Ares whispered close to his ear: "The sound of the stairs is wrong."

This staircase is neither a climbing hand ladder nor a suspended step ladder, but a handrail on one side and leaning against the wall. The bottom is all solid. The old man asked at the top: "What's wrong?"

Xiao Liang must have calmed down and said: "It's okay, I dropped my things, and I will come up immediately after picking them up."

So Ares carried him to the bottom, bent down and pretended to pick up something, then went upstairs again, and said to him before raising his legs: "Listen carefully."

He walked neither fast nor slow, but it was enough for Xiao Liang to hear clearly.

From the first to the fifth step, the sound of the wooden ladder is still relatively dull and stable, but the creaking sound becomes louder after the ladder is passed.The difference is not very big, but as long as you pay attention to find it, you will feel very strange.

Xiao Liang wrapped his arms around his neck and asked, "You mean, there's something down there?"

Ares hugged him up firmly, "I don't know either."

But what can be unified is that if there is really something, now is not the time to startle the snake.

Going up to the second floor, Rou Ren and Liers were flipping through a sheepskin book, and Nad stood aside and asked, "Kid, did you find anything?"

Xiao Liang nodded, spread his fingers, a group of cappuccino-colored hamsters rarely fell asleep, but twirled in his palm in coordination, with a restless look, "It always takes advantage of I slipped away without paying attention."

"What a cute guy." Nader took out a small biscuit wrapped in a white cloth from his pocket and asked the prime minister, "Do you want to eat it?"

The prime minister sniffed, fell back, half-sat down and declined politely.

It's really strange that this person who never thinks too much food has a day of refusing delicious biscuits?

Xiao Liang touched its hard cheeks and smiled, "Probably not because it doesn't want it, but because it eats too much."

Nad had no choice but to withdraw his hand.

Ares walked to the other two, "What did you find?"

Rouren: "It's a diary of thoughts and puberty, and it's full of love for girls."

"Elise?"

"of course."

As soon as Xiao Liang took it, he found that Xiao Baili's diary did describe his and Elise's daily life in a large space. He directly turned to the last page, looked at the date and inscription on it, and suddenly said: "This should not be The only one."

Rou Ren patted his head, "You think the same as I do. The diary has reached the last page. People who have long-term diary habits can't stop suddenly. There should be other diaries."

They looked at Nad with questioning eyes, and the old man nodded and said: "Yes, if you have inquired about Little Bailey, you should know that he died to find evidence that his lover Alice was murdered. It is said that he had a This diary was filled with my own reasoning, but it was taken away by the person in charge of the case at the time."

"May I ask, where is the person in charge now?"

Nader: "The person in charge is called Mendel, who has been missing for a long time, including the diary, which is also gone."

Missing.

Xiao Liang thought about it, and finally pointed to the purpose of their visit to the town. From this point of view, whether it is the disappearance of the townspeople mentioned by Rady or the saints and knights sent to investigate, their disappearance is likely to have something to do with Bei related to the death of Li.

Liers asked, "Mr. Nader, do you know that some church personnel came to this town some time ago?"

Standing by the escalator, Nader recalled: "It is true that people in gorgeous clothes came, and young people came to my store to buy bread, but I heard that they left within a few days."

leave?How is it possible, how can there be church personnel who abide by the rules and leave their posts without permission for several months?

They suddenly felt that they had grasped a lot of clues in half a day, but their heads were still in a mess. Although there was a lot of information, none of them indicated a clear main line. I've just borrowed one night, do you know any good places to stay near here?"

Nade told them about a hotel, and before leaving, Xiao Liang asked Ares to take him to take a closer look at Little Bailey's bedroom, and found an even more strange thing.

There is not even a photo of the daughter's boyfriend's room in the photo studio?