The Whispering Verses Chapter 554: Fiancée

The female bard Ashara with a very powerful singing voice that Mrs. Sangmei mentioned seems to be from Fort Midhill, the "mountain city" in the southeastern part of the kingdom. She has dark red hair, but her appearance is not very outstanding.

The poetess appeared on time at seven o'clock, wearing a red soft flower hat on her head, a white shirt on her upper body, a brown vest with silver buttons, and a pair of trousers on her lower body.

Regular customers clapped and cheered, and some even threw coins at the bar stool.

The female bard seemed to be used to this situation. She sat on a high stool and played the lute, and her singing told an ancient love story.

Outlanders ultimately don’t know enough about the culture of this world, but Iluna has heard this story. This is a very traditional love legend between a princess and a prince, which involves adventure, witchcraft and so on. What rescued the sleeping princess was a kiss described by the poetess with vibrato. She really understood the details of the kiss. , described in great detail, which once again reminded Xia De that this was a hotel in Lower City.

Such a detailed description must not be heard during the day.

Although he lives in the lower city, Mr. Toby Julian is not a so-called poor man. He runs his own grocery store. Although he is not rich, he can at least survive in the city.

When Shade and Iluna looked for the address and found Mr. Julian's home on Roswaal Street in the north of the city, it was already 7:50 that evening.

This street is one of the better neighborhoods in the north of the city. On both sides of the street are a mixture of three-story apartments and shops. Gas pipes and steam pipes are neatly covered with the walls facing the street. Mr. Julian lives at No. 8 on this street. He converted the first floor into a shop selling groceries, and his residence above the second floor.

It is already night, and there are no grocery stores open in the middle of the night in this era. Although it is a bit too absolute to say this, in the chaotic downtown area, there will definitely be no one operating at night.

The shop was closed, and Shade originally planned to knock on the door directly, but Iluna pulled Shade around the neighborhood, and then found the gas meter on this street in a nearby alley.

It seems that this neighborhood was newly built in the past few decades. Old-fashioned residential apartments usually have gas meters inside the house.

"The captain told me that before investigating a person, we should try our best to find and check the other person's gas meter reading, confirm whether there are any abnormal readings, and make a preliminary judgment on the investigator."

Iluna taught Shade her experience. Shade opened the lid of the box containing the gas meter inside the wall and saw that it was an old city gas meter. Depending on whether gas is used or not, the internal gear rotation will cause the reading to change. Each household's gas meter has two readings, one reading represents the past cumulative reading, and one reading represents the new usage reading.

At the end or beginning of each month, the gas company staff responsible for checking the gas meter will use special metal slots to push and pull, and through the complex mechanical structure inside the gas meter, the readings of the latter will be added to the former and the latter Then it will be cleared directly and a new round of reading accumulation will be carried out.

By comparing it with the previous reading, you can confirm whether someone has tampered with the gas meter. There is usually a piece of cloth tied next to the gas meter box with the time when the number was last checked written on it. This style of gas meter was widely used in the Old World.

After the operation in the Dark Realm, Shade somehow gained the ability to see in the dark. This may be related to the fact that he swallowed part of the power of the Dark Box. But Shade couldn't deduce anything after seeing the numbers clearly, while Iluna stared at the readings and quickly nodded and came to the conclusion:

"The reading is normal, consistent with what the captain told me, the gas usage rate of a mixed building of shops and apartments."

Xia De was curious whether the captain of Blackstone Security Company had worked in the city tax department before.

After knocking on the door, it took a long time for someone to come down from the second floor. After asking about their identities through the door, and then seeing Iluna's ID through the crack in the door, and confirming again and again that they did not look like robbers, the cautious Mr. Julian was willing to let them in.

Mr. Julian did not live alone. There was a woman wearing a black veil with fair skin who always lowered her head. She didn't speak much, and Mr. Julian embarrassedly told Shade and Iluna that she was his fiancée.

Everyone came to the second floor. Mr. Julian received the two of them in the reception room on the second floor, and the lady in a black dress went to prepare hot tea for them. After the three of them were seated, Shade looked at the simple interior decoration and asked curiously:

"Why don't you plan to decorate your house?"

Xia De actually meant that since the other party was getting married, the house should be decorated before the marriage.

"I'm quite used to this style, and the store is also busy. It's not good to delay the business by decorating rashly. Although we are living as one, it will become two people, but it is not easy to make money here."

Mr. Julian said.

It was getting late and they did not exchange too many pleasantries. Iluna told them the purpose of their trip and revealed the progress of the corpse theft case in the cemetery.

Of course, when Shade handed the other party a photo to confirm the location of the tomb, he "accidentally" touched the other party's hand, which made the voice in his ear confirm that Mr. Toby Julian was indeed an ordinary person.

When they heard that the corpse robbery case was brought up again, Mr. Julian was calmer than they thought. He basically answered all the questions normally and said that as far as he knew, his sister had not offended anyone.

"She was a very kind person during her lifetime. I can't think of anyone who would do such a vicious thing out of hatred after her death."

Just in time the veiled lady came in with a saucer, so Mr. Julian stood up and distributed the cups to her. When the lady approached, Shade instinctively felt that something was wrong with her. He stood up under the pretext of helping to create an opportunity to "touch" for confirmation, but Mr. Julian always intentionally or unintentionally stood in front of the detective and his fiancée.

"Is there an element of whispering or profanity?" Valley

Xia De, who sat down again, asked carefully in his heart.

[At least without direct contact, no trace of the elements is perceived. However]

She paused deliberately as if to whet Shade's appetite:

[Don’t change the expression on your face, something is a little strange. 】

"What happened?"

Shad listened as Iluna continued to ask Mr. Julian about the situation, while the strange lady walked out of the door with a saucer. Looking at her back, there is nothing special about this person.

[The other person was not breathing, his body temperature was much lower than that of a normal person, and he never blinked once. In layman’s terms]

Shad took a deep breath and nodded, as if agreeing with Iluna’s words about the investigation:

"The other party is a dead person!"

He came to the conclusion in his mind, then froze for a moment, and thought of a more terrifying possibility:

"I hope I won't have nightmares tonight."

Mr. Julian, who had always been calm, finally showed some symptoms of emotional control when he finally mentioned the young man who abandoned Miss Julian and caused her to hang herself:

"Sorry, I really don't want to mention that person."

"So do you know the other party's address?"

Iluna said, Mr. Julian sighed and nodded, and told the two of them the address. After asking for the information they wanted, Shade and Iluna did not intend to stay any longer. They comforted each other a few more words, then stood up and left.

Mr. Julian sent the two of them downstairs and watched them walking side by side along the street toward the far intersection. He extinguished the lights on the first floor and hurried to the second floor. He leaned out of the window and made sure that the two of them were far away, and then he felt relieved.

Shad and Iluna stopped at the intersection. They were the only two people on the street under the moonlight. Only a few houses facing the street still had lights on:

"No matter how you look at it, this Mr. Julian doesn't look like he's getting married."

The girl with long brown hair sighed slightly:

"The so-called fiancée has problems, and he also has problems himself. I originally thought he was a good person."

Shad raised a more terrifying possibility. He looked up at the moon in the sky. In the social days of summer and autumn, the monsoon was very obvious, blowing away the mist over the city for a long time. Standing in the city, you could see the starry sky, and the silver moonlight reflected in his eyes:

"When Mrs. Sangmei provided the news about the wedding dress, I thought Mr. Julian was a pervert who liked to wear skirts. But now I feel that he may be more perverted. The fiancée we just met is actually his sister's. corpse."

Eluna was not surprised at all. Although her "other self" was definitely not as sensitive as Shade's, she also saw the clues:

"Sorry, judging from the current situation, I may have involved you in something terrible again."

As her words fell, a chuckle in Shade’s ear prompted:

[Outlander, you feel the "whisper". 】

"Where?"

[Look behind you. 】

Turn around, the corpse bride wearing a veil and holding a sharp knife stood in the moonlight. The long shadows in wedding dresses spread toward them, swaying under the moon.

Meow~

In the distance of the city, a shrill meow came from somewhere. Looking at the bride in the moonlight, the wind was blowing the layers of gauze skirt. The autumn night breeze was really a bit chilly.