When the cross-border plane arrived in Onelia, it was already early morning in Dragon Kingdom and it was already nine o'clock in the evening local time. The six-hour time difference is not easy to adapt to. He Chang yawned several times when he got off the plane. Wang Ming also looked tired and gently rubbed the center of his eyebrows while walking.
Without much greeting, the group followed the airport pick-up staff and took a boat to the hotel to stay.
The sound of rushing water was particularly clear in the night, and the breeze blew by, making everyone feel better. Wang Ming, who was on the same boat, raised her mobile phone to take pictures. Qin Dewang looked around, her eyes passing by the churches, bell towers, palaces, arch bridges and houses shrouded in night. She was surrounded by rich exotic customs, and her mood was filled with a novel and cheerful feeling. , and there is an indescribable silence.
Soon after, the driver stopped the boat and docked. Everyone stepped onto the land in twos and threes and were welcomed into the room by the front desk of a high-end hotel.
Taking into account the fatigue of the long journey, the receptionist did not force a dinner with local characteristics, but prepared room service on call for all guests. He Xu, who had been "harassed" by Qin Jue for a long time on the plane, waved his hand and refused dinner, asking the juniors to eat when they were hungry, while he went back to his room to rest with his hands behind his back.
After confirming that Shen Zhenzhen and others had also checked in successfully, Qin Jue settled the dinner in the room.
While she was still free tonight, she took out her notebook and wrote down the difficult knowledge points she had squeezed out of Mr. He today. While she was chewing and reviewing, the night wind carried bursts of music. Qin Jue stood up and walked to the window lattice to look out. What she saw was the clear water canal and the poetic and picturesque buildings along the bank. The sound of the accordion lingered at the end of the blue waves. She was silent. After watching it for a while, I suddenly felt the urge to go out for a walk.
Qin Jue obeyed this sudden will and dressed up and went downstairs.
The hotel where she stayed was brightly lit, reflecting her leaving figure. Canals were densely covered in this water city like spider webs. Qin Jue walked along the waterways step by step, feeling every drop of tenderness flowing in the moist air.
After walking for about a quarter of an hour, the music gradually got closer, and it turned out that someone was playing in a boat. The Venazzola boat, which was completely black and had bright red seats, carried the accordion player and floated slowly on the river. Qin Jue stopped on the shore, made eye contact with the musician and made sure that she didn't mind turning on the recording device before pressing the radio button. Turn the switch to record the sound of water, wind and melodious piano together.
The unknown tune ended, and the musician raised the brim of his straw hat. Under his slightly curly brown hair were a pair of eyes that were reflected yellow by the street lights.
She pointed to the pointed corner of the boat: "Gondola."
"Gondola?" Qin Jue repeated.
The musician smiled, nodded, and then made a gesture of invitation.
Qin Jue then stepped onto this "gondola" pointed boat with a long and narrow hull and tilted nose and tail. She had already seen a 61-key portable electronic keyboard placed on the seat. When she touched it, she found that it was indeed a battery-operated keyboard. It is very convenient to use.
A string of smooth piano sounds came from the speaker of the electronic keyboard. The musician smiled and responded to the melody with a melody, having a musical conversation with the travelers from a foreign country.
The two of them "talked to each other", sometimes talking to each other, sometimes saying the same thing. This impromptu chat lasted for a full hour before it stopped, and the guests and the host had a great time on the boat.
Before the bells in the distance stopped ringing, Qin Jue put down his electronic keyboard, walked ashore lightly, smoothed the wrinkles on his clothes, bowed slightly and held hands in a salute.
The musician greeted the stranger's friend with a brisk riff. The notes danced around Qin Jue's ankles, dripping like dewdrops on her swaying clothes when she turned around.
Qin Jue walked back in the farewell song. After a while, the music gradually became blurred and disappeared. She stopped and looked back, and accidentally discovered a movie theater that was still open.
Touching his pocket and confirming that he had the paper currency uniformly used by the EU Federation with him, Qin Jue walked in. As soon as he raised his eyes, he saw the banner of the Venazzola International Film Festival. The Hou Cinema was full of "Four Special Nine" The posters of previous award-winning films from the "Big" Film Festival are arranged in order by year, like a pocket-sized film history museum.
She quickly met Tang Nuo's eyes with a childish face.
Of course, this Tang Nuo is not a real person, but a still image on a movie poster.
""The Mysterious Case of Ethan Town"..." Qin Jue read out the English title.
It is the work that Tutu won the award at the Aisul Film Festival.
This film is banned in the Dragon Kingdom. Qin Jue has only seen the few remaining official posters on the Internet. Now that he has seen the real thing, he can't help but be stunned by the impact of this film.
After briefly communicating with the ticket seller at the cinema in English, Qin Jue learned that "The Mystery of Ethan Town" happened to have a midnight screening, so he bought a ticket and entered the screening room.
She was the only one in the huge hall. After several foreign language commercials were played, the lights dimmed, and only the screen flickered on and off. The atmosphere was a bit eerie.
Qin Jue's face was calm and unafraid. He sat in the center and waited for the film to start.
A rustling sound came from the speakers, like dense insects crawling across the grass. Two policemen from Country A, who were holding flashlights in the dark night, first appeared on the screen, and the story began.
This is a suspense film, set in country A, in the last century. "Ethan Town" is a subjective fictional place that does not really exist in reality.
At the very beginning of the movie, a tragic incident is described through the mouth of the police. The deceased was a resident of the small town of Ethan, named Bert. He was male, 42 years old, and a widower. He used to be enthusiastic and had a good reputation in the town.
But it was such a friendly neighbor who was found dead in his garden one morning. According to the information from the police investigation, he died in a miserable manner. Not only was he disemboweled, his lower body was even more bloody, with multiple signs of being chopped, and the murder weapon was still unclear.
The main plot is thrown out: Who is the murderer?
The police in Country A quickly identified several suspects. During the investigation, small stories were thrown out one after another, and the good image of the deceased Bert was gradually overturned. It turned out that he was a hypocritical villain who packaged himself as a good listener. , a compassionate figure who has strong empathy and is keen to tolerate and comfort others. He uses this to learn everyone's unknown secrets, and then takes advantage of others' confessions, brainwashes them with words, and reaps benefits for himself.
As Bert transitioned from "innocent victim" to "dead innocent", the suspects were also eliminated one after another, and finally only a mother and daughter living on the edge of the town remained.
Among them, the mother is the face of Longzhou. According to the memories of the town residents, this mother came here to settle alone a few years ago with her daughter who was suspected of being mixed. She usually makes a living by doing odd jobs. There is nothing special about her except that she is a little lonely. .
The police in Country A turned their probing eyes on the mother and daughter.
In the case of extremely scarce clues, a police officer dared to practice and used props to reconstruct the tragic condition of the body based on the autopsy report, and came to the conclusion that "the murder weapon was a kitchen knife" and "the murderer was less powerful than an adult."
He therefore deeply suspected that the real murderer was his daughter who was only in her early ten years.
This inference sounds very absurd, and as expected, it was opposed by other colleagues. During the debate, the police superiors decided to first understand the background of the mother and daughter before considering it - after all, they currently have no motive for the murder.
As different countries are involved, the speed of police investigations has also slowed down, but the time spent is not meaningless. The new developments have hit everyone's hearts like a heavy hammer.
The results of various investigations revealed that this mother originally lived in a small village in Longzhou. Before leaving the village and going to country A, she had killed six fellow villagers.
She is a murderer on the run.
The original script is purely fictional and has no prototype.
Closed tomorrow (10.22)
(End of chapter)
