[Zhongyingmei] My brother's name is Hannibal

Hannibal came to his senses. He patted Mia on the back and got off the bed to straighten the hair that ran over her face.

There was a distance from the bed to the window. Hannibal put on his shoes and lifted the curtain to walk to the window. The dark brocade curtains blocked all the light outside. When Hannibal pulled the curtains open, Mia squinted. Eyes retracted themselves into the quilt to resist the sudden white light.

Hannibal's room is on the second floor, a good spot to see the tributaries of the Seine River. The light outside is not very bright, but it is enough for Hannibal to see the small river not far outside the manor. With a swollen figure and a tattered pink skirt, it looked like a child.

The woman wearing a shawl was dressed gorgeously, and her hair was pulled back with a hairpin studded with diamonds. She looked very sad, and waved away the hand of the maid behind her who wanted to come forward to help, and walked directly into the not deep road. In the small river, the river water in autumn is not warm or even a little cold at this time.

At the dawn of this ordinary day, what happened was enough to startle all the residents of the town and cause panic.

The little girl named Ma Lili disappeared two days ago, and her mother reported it to the police before she was found.Adeline Toland was at home alone because her husband and son were traveling, and of course only her youngest daughter and her were left besides a few servants at home.

Because the strong husband at home made Adeline's personality weaker than other noble ladies, she brought the maid to report the crime and did not attract much attention from the police station, and she even recalled the rather perfunctory answer of the white bearded police officer She, "maybe went out to play and forgot the way home, maybe I will be home in a while, ma'am."

On the first night, Adeline searched around but did not see Ma Lili. She couldn't sleep all night. Before dawn, she went to the police station to inquire again. Another young man was on duty. He called Yawning and telling her that there is no news from Ma Lili.

With red eyes, Adeline led her servants to search around. She visited the neighbors one by one and knocked on their doors.

"Excuse me, have you seen my Ma Lili?"

Billijit stood next to Mrs. Zi, with a regretful look on her face, "Yesterday when Mrs. Adeline asked me, her eyes were all red, and her face was very haggard... I remember Miss Ma Lili as a very well-behaved girl. The child is also quite beautiful."

Billijit sighed, as if realizing that the current atmosphere is not suitable for talking about such things, she took out the scented tea from the cupboard from the housekeeper of the Holmes family, and put it in the teapot with a smile on her face, "I heard It's made of flowers grown at Mrs. Holmes' estate, and it still smells delicious."

Mia leaned over and smelled it, and it was indeed very fragrant, with a hint of nectar.

Mrs. Adeline is already a little crazy, her decent makeup is no longer there, the tip of the hairpin is crookedly exposed from her hair, there are two curly hair on the side of her face, and she still wears the yellow dress that was wading in the river. The skirt, after being wet and blown dry, was half-clung to her calves in a disfigured way, and the servant beside her couldn't pull it back. No one knew why the usually weak lady had such great strength. Grab someone and ask her, "Did you see my Ma Lili?"

Many wives with children dare not look at that kind of madness. If they knew that their child died in the river two days after disappearing, even the body was swollen, it would probably be close to madness.

In the end, Mrs. Adeline was pulled back by the strong manservant. He couldn't let Mrs. Toland lose face, which had been ordered when Mr. Toland was at home.

The wives who saw this scene on the street shook their heads, and Madam Adeline's hoarse voice could still be heard in their ears, "Ma Lili! Ma Lili! Come home, mom is waiting for you at home!"

They tightened their grip on the child beside them, and they had to be alert until the police station issued the cause of death and the characteristics of the killer.

Maybe Ma Lili accidentally fell into the river and drowned while playing by the river, but who knows, Ma Lili is a good child and never goes to the river to play alone.No matter what the result is, silent panic filled the whole town, and there was no escape. The circus still set up a stage in the town to perform, and the clown performance that worried the parents did not appear again.

He performed ordinary throwing balls, or other funny performances, and the strange nursery rhyme and Ma Lili's death in the laughter were consumed in a few days. There are no traces left.

They lived their lives as usual, drinking a few glasses of light wine or barley wine with friends in the tavern after work, and then went home to spend time with their wives.

Until the police station reported a second woman who reported that the child was missing, the previous Ma Lili case did not make any progress.

Ma Lili had been soaking in the water for several days, and there was no clue, except that she was drowned.

She didn't have any scars on her body. It could be seen that she had struggled in the water, her lips were bruised, and there was still sand in her mouth.

The lady who came to report the case was dressed plainly, and the clothes were a little pale.

She tried to calm down, but she still clenched her fingers so nervously that they turned white, "I went to the market with my daughter, her... Her name is Sarah, she has a pair of beautiful green eyes, there were a lot of people at that time, I I let go of her hand, and when I looked back, I couldn't find her..."

She whimpered, clenched her hands into fists and pounded on her leg, "I should hold on tighter, why did I let go?"

The death of Ma Lili finally aroused the panic of the residents at this moment. The second child disappeared, and it was on the road of the cafe with many people, leading to several small alleys.

"We will find your child as soon as possible. Her name is Sarah, right?" The police officer seriously wrote something on the paper, "Six years old, the time of disappearance is seven o'clock in the morning..."

They are assigning police officers to go to the river to look for it, because last time the child fell in the upper stream of the river, and there were her footprints in the wet soil.

"Look, clown!" A child held by his mother looked curiously at the clown in red and green pants holding a child. He seemed to recognize the child. When his mother turned his head, he shouted again, "Shah Hey, are you playing with the clown? Your mother has been looking for you for a long time."

The six-year-old girl was eating crispy candy, talking to the clown vaguely, "My family is here, please put me down, and thank you for the candy, I like it very much."

The woman who was waiting for news at home rushed out when she heard her daughter's voice outside, and when she really saw her daughter, she ran over and hugged her, her voice choked, "Sarah, where did you go! I'm really scared to death by you!"

The clown stood by and watched for a while, the bird on his back hopped up to his shoulder, wailed like a flute for a while, and finally snuggled up against his neck.

The second missing case ended soon, and all the police officers who went out to look for it were called back. Although a little tired, they had to be glad that the child was fine, and the trust of the police station did not drop again because of this.

Residents' love for clowns has exploded.

"It's fine." Robert watched the circus performing on a stage not far away from the window for a while. This day's performance showed a festive atmosphere, and most of the residents gathered around the stage in the evening. Watching the performance, when the clown's solo performance appeared, the applause could be clearly heard in the manor.

When the song of the robin is played again, the children don’t even need to look at their parents’ faces. They sing this song together happily and with a special excitement. When the robin appears, the children who can’t sing The school in the town slowly learned the song.Usually if you don't learn what is popular in school, some people will always be isolated.

So there was an unprecedented collective chorus in this performance. Although the parents still had some grievances in their hearts, they did not stop them.

The children looked at each other. Instead of being stopped like last time, they felt a kind of support. After the song ended, many residents put their coins into the black box held by the clown. In the hat, although some people only get a few bucks, it is also the treatment that the circus did not have a few days ago.

Robert closed the windows when the song sang, and he told Billijit to close all the windows in the room, and he walked around the living room, looking a little angry, "What a nonsense!"

Billijit and the valet quickly ran to close all the windows, and finally locked the door, and turned on the lights in the house, and it became bright again.

Mrs. Purple comforted him to calm down, and Robert hugged her, "You know I hate this song, Shikibe."

"I know." She hugged his back from behind, and whispered softly with a soft tone unique to Asians, "I know, why don't we play a song."

The singing was melodious, and Robert was walking slowly in the living room with Mrs. Purple in his arms, cuddling each other, as if no one could get in their world of two. Hannibal looked out the window, and the circus performance on the stage had already come to an end. At the end, the crowd dispersed with their children one by one. It was time for them to go home and do their own things.

The clown didn't like to talk. The other people in the circus planned to go to the tavern to celebrate because they had gained a lot today. The man performing the bicycle patted the clown on the back. He had a mustache and relatively dark skin.

"Hey buddy, thanks to you I can make more money today, everyone is exhausted these days, how about a drink at the pub tonight?"

The clown's makeup hadn't been removed yet, he sat in front of the mirror and shook his head, then turned his head and grinned at the man.

The man took a breath and patted his chest, "Brother, don't smile at me when you're wearing this horrified face, okay, I don't think it's even worse to find a woman tonight and see their red lips Woke up."

There was laughter in the temporary small room, the man looked back at the laughing crowd, and spread his hands, "Hey guys, I don't know what's so funny about this, have you figured out how to celebrate? Could it be that you want to celebrate?" To spend the night with them?" He pointed to the lions in the cage, causing another fit of staccato laughter.

The lion groaned and fell down again, without any threat. It moved its front legs to make itself more comfortable and then closed its eyes for a nap.

This was destined to be a night full of expectations. The noise outside gradually quieted down as the night came. Robert and Mrs. Zi went out for a walk. Walking on the path at night in autumn is a good choice.

On a rare and ordinary day, Hannibal was walking behind Mia. A few tens of meters ahead were the Earl and Mrs. Zi. They were far enough apart that they couldn't hear what each other was saying.

Because of recent events, the Earl occasionally turned his head to look at Hannibal and Mia behind him, and Billijit did not come out because he had to deal with some things, so the Earl needed to pay more attention to child care.

Mia was picking up beautiful stones on the sandy ground of a tributary of the Seine. When Robert looked back, he couldn't see the color of Mia's clothes clearly. He just saw her squatting there with her butt pouted and didn't know where she was. Fiddle with something.

He stopped, Madam Zi also looked back, Hannibal also squatted down and said something to Mia.

"Children!" Robert shouted loudly, putting his hand to his mouth, "Don't play in the water, it's too dangerous!"

Mia looked up when she heard the voice, and Robert waved at her.

She picked up two rocks, wiped the sand and put them in her pocket, and Hannibal picked up one, still playing with it when he stood up.

Robert stood there looking at their approaching figures. Mia was bouncing around and turned around to urge him in Hannibal's direction, "Hannibal, you walk so slowly."

Hannibal took two quick steps, and they walked up the path, stepping on hard ground, and looking at the side, there were rows of trees, the trunks of which were blocked by low bushes.

In the dark, the shadow of the tree shaking could still be seen by the moonlight. Mia was caught up by Hannibal. She ran a little faster after playing around, then turned around and made a face at Hannibal.

A dog barking appeared in the bushes. Mia stopped and looked into the woods. With the sound of leaves being crushed, a big dog running towards her was only two meters away from her.

Robert ran over and yelled, "Go away! Go away! Mia, don't move now!"

Not to mention Mia can't move. In her previous life, she ran away in fright when she saw a dog running towards her. She was bitten severely and then had a butt needle for a month.

But the big dog came aggressively, opening its mouth to show its fangs. She stood there with her neck shrunk and covering her face, not daring to move. Hannibal kicked the rushing dog away with a cold face, and a painful whimper came out of its mouth. , Hannibal picked up Mia and stood a little further away, she still covered her eyes, Hannibal threw the stone in his hand again.

Robert stopped, and he looked at the big dog struggling to get up from the ground. It was very thin and had lost its hair very badly. It was panting there, its tail dragging weakly behind it, and a balloon was tied to the base of its tail. .

The big dog must have been suffering from rabies. It shook its head and ran away, howling loudly.

"No injury, are you?" Robert walked over quickly and checked Mia with Hannibal for any injuries. Mia patted her clothes with a look of luck, "It didn't bite me..."

"That's good, that's good." Robert exhaled, Hannibal had already prevented Mia from walking on the ground alone, and Mia skillfully lay on his back, Hannibal intended to hug her, But Mia was already on his back and he didn't say anything more.

Mrs. Zi held Robert's arm, "Go back."

Occasionally people passed by on the road. When they were about to return, they ran into Sherlock and the butler who came back from the hospital. They stopped by Robert's side in their car, pulled down the window and greeted them, "Need me to give you a ride." Cheng, Lord Lecter?"

Robert waved his hand, "No need, this place is not far from the manor, we came out for a walk."

Mia lay on Hannibal's back, she looked at the open window in the back seat, the curly-haired boy was sitting there upright, and the boy also glanced at her when she looked over.

The car started up again, Mia scratched her hair, and Hannibal carried her back to the manor.

It was early in the morning, and a few people from the circus were drunk in the tavern, their cheeks were flushed and they crossed their shoulders and smiled on the road. The tall and fat man who also came out of the tavern was belching rudely, still holding the wine in his hand. The bottle was walking unsteadily in the alley.

The alley was not wide, and his size and walking style almost occupied the entire alley. The little gray lamp went out with a squeak above his head, and the man was cursing again, and he accidentally kicked a large after a stone.

Leaning against the wall, he gulped two more sips of wine, the yellow-brown liquid dripped from the corner of his mouth and got into his thick beard.

In the darkness, he seemed to have bumped into a man. The man was a butcher in the town. He was very strong and spoke rudely. At this moment, he was a little out of his mind.He stretched out his hand and pushed the person in front of him. The person hit should be much shorter than the butcher. He was pushed back two steps, stepping on the yellow leaves floating in from the alley and making a creaking sound.

"Don't you have eyes!" he spat. "Short, maybe you need me to get you two pairs of pig's eyes."

There was no sound from the other side, and the butcher still staggered out of the alley.

It was rare for Mia to get up early. Mrs. Zi made her a small kimono last night. Brown-purple flowers were sewn on the light-colored fabric. It was prepared very early, but it was only shown to her when it was finished yesterday.

Hannibal had one too, but he kept it in his closet and didn't wear it.

Mia was very enthusiastic about the new clothes. She sat in Mrs. Zi's arms and combed her hair, lovingly touching the flowers on her clothes.This is probably the cuteness of girls, and this is what boys don't understand.

"Go to the market to buy something, Mia, do you want to go?" Mia felt that she was almost drowning in Mrs. Zi's voice. When she spoke, she was too gentle, and she would touch Mia's forehead with her fingers.

Subsequently, the market turned into a trip for four people.

Billijit followed behind to see if there were any fresh fruits and vegetables to buy. Mia refused to let Hannibal hug her. She wanted to walk in the kimono she was wearing today, but Hannibal lowered his head and poked her face.

"The butcher didn't do business today." Billijit said in a low voice, Mia saw a relieved look on her face, and Madam Zi didn't have much reaction.

The butcher's stall was not cleaned up yesterday or he wiped it twice in a perfunctory manner. The thick wooden board where the meat was chopped was still sticky with blood clots. , It's uncomfortable to smoke.

"Ma'am, let's go over there and have a look." Billijit fanned the wind, frowning and looking disgusted.

Mia also held her nose, and Hannibal picked her up and stuffed her into his arms with an expressionless face. This time Mia didn't refuse, it was really too bad.

"Hey buddy, isn't he here today?" A regular customer smells the stall next to the butcher, and they're often seen talking dirty together, sharing a sleazy hobby.

The man in the apron was chopping ribs. He didn't even raise his eyes when he heard the question, and he was cursing. It seemed that he had just shaved his beard a few days ago, and now his mouth was covered with green stubble. He drank too much and slept like a dead pig at home!"

He chopped again, and the minced meat sticking to the ribs splashed on the man's face, and the red meat foam stuck to his face as if he didn't feel it, but he didn't wipe it off, and continued to chop the next piece of meat.

The regular customers left resentfully, and went to other stalls to buy meat.

Mrs. Zi was strolling in the market unhurriedly with a small purse. A man in a black leather hat and a black leather apron scooped a fish out of his bucket, splashing the whole body of the fish seller alive. water.

It was salmon. Mrs. Zi walked a little faster. She bent her back to look at the fish in the big wooden basin. After asking the price, she picked out a few and asked the stall owner to pack them and take them back.

Her expression became more cheerful because of this, and then she bought some fruits and vegetables before returning home in good spirits.

Serge stepped on the brakes, which was the only way back to the manor, but at this moment there was the unique sound of a police car.He pulled down the car window and put his head out to look. Two police cars were blocking the intersection, and a man in police uniform waved the car to stop on the side of the road.

Putting his head back, Serge turned his head and told Madam Zi the situation outside, "The police car blocked the road, maybe something happened Madam."

Billijit was sitting in the back, and she stretched her head to look at the situation outside, "There won't be another child missing, my God."

Mia grabbed the cushion and stretched her neck to look, but was pulled back by Hannibal, "Don't look..."

After waiting 10 minutes, Serge got out of the car to check the situation. He closed the door and reminded them to pull up the windows.

Mia leaned on Hannibal's body and peeked at the police officers walking around outside from the gap beside the seat. Hannibal couldn't see her peeking, but only squeezed her palm when he hugged her .

The meat is crispy and warm.

Mia was itchy from being pinched, and she patted off his troubled hand, "Hannibal, itchy." Hannibal then hugged her obediently, waiting for the driver Serge to return.

Serge came back in his leather coat, took off his hat, straightened his hair and put it back on.He opened the door and sat in, with a vague smell of blood.

He cast a scruples glance at the two children behind him, leaned close to Mrs. Zi's ear and told the situation outside, "The butcher is dead, he was strangled to death by a fishing line... Madame, do you want to go back first? It will probably take another hour before the road clears."

"Then get out of the car." Madam Zi turned her head and told Billigit, "Don't let them see the scene."

Billikit nodded and got out of the car first.

The scene wasn't very bloody either. Mia was blocked by Billijit and Hannibal on the outermost layer, so she couldn't see anything.Billijit forced her composure to straighten her back and refused to look at it. When she looked down and saw the blood splashed on the grass under her feet, her breathing was stagnant, and the hand holding the bag clenched subconsciously.

Hannibal blocked Mia's right view with his hands, and Mrs. Zi walked ahead, carrying her bag. He smelled a strong smell of blood and passed one meter away from where the butcher was lying, so he couldn't help but voted for it. line of sight.

He was tall enough that he could see the bearded man in casual gray clothes lying on the ground through the gaps between the police officers, his eyes popped out, his beard covered his lips, blood from his neck was dripping on his body, his clothes It was also soaked through, blood red.

His corpse was like pork exposed to the air, the clothes were torn from the neck, revealing the blood-stained white belly and the fat filled with fat, Hannibal withdrew his eyes and bit down lip.

The Butcher was not well behaved in the town, not only because of his foul language, but also because of an incident a few years ago that made everyone look down on him.

The song Who Killed the Mockingbird was also closely related to a child death case a few years ago. Although it hasn't happened again in the past few years, the residents of the town have a deep taboo on this song.

A few years ago, when this song was passed on, it didn't attract much attention. Except for the strange tune and the strange lyrics, the adults didn't stop the children from singing.

"Who killed the mockingbird? It was me or me..." The children passed on one by one, and finally children began to disappear one after another. When the third child disappeared, the body of the first child was lying in the woods. Found in a tree hole.

He was strangled to death in the hole by the rope, and the little feet wearing shoes were still placed outside the tree hole, covered with leaves. If you didn't walk over and look carefully, you wouldn't be able to tell that there was a child here.

Until a hunter was chasing a rabbit in the woods, he smelled an unspeakable stench. The child's body had been soaked in rainwater in the tree hole and had begun to rot.

The discovery of the first child really caught the attention of the townspeople, and they began to look for the second child everywhere, and finally... the second child was strangled to death in a farmland, and it was just when they started looking Died that night.

"This is called retribution," the man standing not far from the corpse was smoking a cigarette holder, talking to the old man who knew the truth, "The third child was found at the door of the butcher, so he hung it on his door. .”

The old man shook his head, "He is a cold-blooded person."

"Yeah," the man put down his cigarette holder, "when we found the kid and asked him if he heard anything, he actually said a kid knocked on his door but he kicked him out, and Billy begged him to let him go." He hid for a while, and some bad guys followed him."

The old man fell silent. His grandson was the third dead child, Billy.

If he survived, he might be as tall as him.But he didn't say anything, didn't look at the butcher's body, turned and walked to his house, his billy was gone, and it was useless to say anything.

A few years later, this song, which was taboo by the residents of the small town, came before them again. They stopped the children from singing this song, and then another case of disappearance occurred.

It's just that the way of death is different this time, and the clown who brought this song brought back the missing second child. They began to deny their original idea and who killed the mockingbird The song was not the connection that led to the disappearance, so they let their children sing it again, and only this time.

Robert's distaste for the song was at its highest when he saw the butcher's body, because he died in basically the same way as the child who had died years earlier.

The murderer was never found, he disappeared after killing the third child, without giving the residents and the police any chance to respond, and now it seems that the murderer who was called 'Mockingbird' has come again this small town.

This is not good news. They have not found the murderer of Ma Lili who died a few days ago, and now it seems that there is another person who scares them.

Mia and Hannibal were not allowed to go out alone during this time, even during the day, they had to be accompanied by servants.

At this time, relatively wealthy families in the small town began to walk around each other, and they couldn't help but think about it when they stayed at home. They might as well hug each other to keep warm. Two more gatherings might vent out some of the suppressed fear and anger in their hearts.

Sherlock Holmes was sitting in the back garden at the moment, his curly hair was well groomed and looked more docile.

Robert met them in the hospital last time, and took this opportunity to pay a visit.

In relatively good weather, Robert and his party came to another manor not too far away with presents. Mrs. Holmes seemed to be in good spirits, and Sherlock, who was standing next to her, saluted them in a standard manner. Somewhat inaccessible.

It's always been about the kids being freed and the adults talking about the grown-ups.Not only the Lecter family came to visit, but also a wealthy businessman from a hill away with their children.

Sherlock took the children to the back garden very responsibly, and then sat there to do his own thing.

Mia recognized the child of the rich businessman. It was the girl who was asked by the clown when she was watching the circus performance that day. She looked a little shy. After greeting Mia, Wenwen sat quietly. Looking at flowers on a stone bench in the back garden.

Hannibal saw the chess on the table, he was the only boy among all the children who visited, Sherlock set the chess pieces, "Would you like a game?"

Hannibal nodded. The young man's voice was very childish, but he had a calm personality. When Mia laughed to death, he felt that his whole body was shining. Hannibal looks so good-looking, Mia thought.

She had nothing to do, so she followed the example of the girl named Fenris who looked at the flowers nearby. When she was bored, she took out the woolen rope in her pocket to play with, and ran to Hannibal when she was thirsty. Drink two sips of tea.

She and Fenris each took a corner to watch flowers, Mia couldn't understand chess, she just saw Hannibal bullying a Curly who was seven years younger than him, and Curly's face was getting more and more collapsed tighter.

He will definitely have a horse face in the future, Mia complained in her heart.

Fenris stood up suddenly, she was alone looking at the flowers in the corner of the garden, even if she made any movements, she didn't pay much attention.

She looked at Hannibal's direction, and then turned her head and burrowed into the flowers hesitantly. The back garden was not closed, but was blocked by an iron railing.

She saw a black cat with a strong body, a rope tied to its tail, and a red balloon floating above it.