Chapter 986 "Ethan's Small Town Mystery" (Part 1)

When the international plane arrived in Onelia, it was already early morning in Longguo and nine o'clock in the evening in the local time. The six-hour time difference was not so easy to adapt to. He Chang yawned several times when he got off the plane, and Wang Ming also looked tired, gently rubbing his eyebrows while walking.

Without much greeting, the group followed the airport pick-up staff to take a boat to the hotel to stay.

The sound of the water splashing was particularly clear under the night sky, and the breeze blew, and everyone's spirits improved a little. Wang Ming, who was on the same boat, raised his mobile phone to take pictures. Qin Wukong looked around, and her eyes swept through the churches, bell towers, palaces, arch bridges and houses covered with a layer of night. The rich exotic atmosphere surrounded her, and her mood was both novel and refreshing, and indescribably calm.

Soon after, the driver stopped the boat and docked. Everyone stepped onto the land in twos and threes and was welcomed into the room by the front desk of the high-end hotel.

Considering the fatigue of the long journey, the reception did not force a dinner with local characteristics, but prepared room service on call for the guests. He Xu, who had been "harassed" by Qin Jue for a long time on the plane, waved his hand and refused dinner, telling the younger generations to eat if they were hungry, and went back to his room to rest with his hands behind his back.

After confirming that Shen Zhenzhen and others had checked in smoothly, Qin Jue solved the dinner that was delivered to his door in the room.

Taking advantage of the fact that she was still free tonight, she took out her notebook and wrote down the difficult knowledge points that she had squeezed out of Mr. He today. While she was chewing and reviewing, the night wind brought bursts of music. Qin Jue got up and walked to the window lattice to look out. What caught her eye was the clear canal and the poetic buildings along the coast. The sound of the accordion lingered at the end of the blue waves for a long time. She watched quietly for a while, and suddenly had an urge to go out for a walk.

Qin Jue obeyed this sudden will and got ready to go downstairs.

The hotel she stayed in was brightly lit, reflecting her departing back. The canals are like spider webs in this water city. Qin Jue walked along the waterway step by step, feeling the moist air flowing with tenderness.

After walking for about a quarter of an hour, the sound of music gradually approached. It turned out that someone was playing on a boat. The Venazola boat, which was completely black and had bright red seats, was carrying an accordionist and drifting slowly on the river. Qin Jue stopped at the shore, made eye contact with the musician, and confirmed that she didn't mind turning on the recording device. Then he pressed the radio switch to record the sound of water, wind and melodious piano.

When the unknown song ended, the musician raised the brim of her straw hat. Under her slightly curly brown hair were a pair of eyes that were illuminated by the street lights.

She pointed to the pointed corner of the boat: "Gondola."

"Gondola?" Qin Jue repeated.

The musician smiled, nodded, and immediately made an invitation gesture.

Qin Jue then stepped onto the narrow and long "gondola" boat with raised bows and sterns. She had already seen a 61-key portable electronic keyboard on the seat. When she touched it, she found that it was indeed a battery-powered model, which was very convenient to use.

A series 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 foreign travelers.

The two of them "talked to each other", sometimes talking to each other, sometimes speaking in unison. This impromptu chat lasted for a full hour before it stopped. The guests and hosts were all happy on the boat.

The bells in the distance had not stopped yet. Qin Jue put down the electronic keyboard, went ashore lightly, smoothed the wrinkles on his clothes, and bowed slightly to hold his hand.

The musician greeted the stranger friend with a light music segment. The notes jumped around Qin Jue's ankles and dripped like dewdrops on her sleeves as she turned around.

Qin Jue walked back to the farewell song. After a while, the music gradually faded and disappeared. She stopped and looked back, and unexpectedly found a movie theater that was still in operation.

After touching her pocket to confirm that she had the paper currency used by the EU Federation, Qin Jue walked in and saw the banner of the Venazola International Film Festival as soon as she looked up. The Hou Cinema was full of posters of the award-winning films of the "Four Special Nine Major" Film Festivals, arranged in order by year, like a pocket-sized film history museum.

She soon met the eyes of the young-looking Tang Nuo.

This Tang Nuo was of course not a living person, but a still image on a movie poster.

"Ethan's Small Town Mystery..." Qin Jue read out the English title.

It was the work that Tutu won the award at the Aisur Film Festival.

This film was banned in Longguo. Qin Jue had only seen the few official posters on the Internet. Now that he saw the real thing, he couldn't help but be secretly shocked by the impact that came to him.

After a brief conversation with the ticket seller in English, Qin Jue learned that "The Mystery of Ethan Town" happened to have a midnight show, so she 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 in the hall dimmed, and only the screen was sometimes bright and sometimes dark, and the atmosphere was invisible and a little gloomy.

Qin Jue had a calm face and was not afraid at all. He sat in the middle and waited for the movie to start.

A rustling sound came from the speakers, like dense insects crawling across the grass. Two A country policemen with flashlights in the dark night first appeared on the screen, and the story began.

This is a suspense film, set in A country, in the last century, "Ethan Town" is a subjective fictional place, and it does not really exist in reality.

At the beginning of the movie, a tragedy was described through the mouth of the police. The deceased was a resident of Ethan Town, named Bert, male, 42 years old, a widower, who 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 own garden one morning. According to the information from the police investigation, he died miserably. Not only was his stomach ripped open, but his lower body was bloody and there were many marks of being chopped, and the murder weapon was still unclear.

The main line was thus thrown out: Who is the murderer?

The police in Country A quickly locked on 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. He packaged himself as a compassionate image who was good at listening, empathetic, and keen to tolerate and comfort others, so as to learn the unknown secrets of everyone, and then take advantage of others when they confessed, brainwash them with words, and gain benefits for himself.

As Bert changed from "innocent victim" to "deserving death", the suspects were eliminated one by one, and finally only a mother and daughter living on the edge of the town were left.

Among them, the mother has a Longzhou face. According to the recollections of the residents of the town, a few years ago, the mother came here alone with her suspected mixed-race daughter to settle down. She usually makes a living by doing odd jobs. There is nothing special about her except that she is a little lonely.

The police of Country A set their sights on the mother and daughter.

In the case of extremely scarce clues, a police officer was brave enough to practice. He compared the autopsy report and used props to restore the tragic state of the body, and concluded that "the murder weapon was a kitchen knife" and "the murderer's strength was less than that of an adult."

He therefore deeply suspected that the real murderer was the daughter who was only in her early teens.

This inference sounded very absurd, and as expected, it was opposed by other colleagues. During the debate, the superiors of the police decided to understand the background of the mother and daughter before considering it - after all, at present, they have no motive for committing the crime.

Involving different countries, the speed of the police investigation has also slowed down, but the time spent is not meaningless. The new progress hit everyone's heart like a heavy hammer.

The results of multiple investigations showed that the 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.

Original script, purely fictional, without a prototype.

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