Chapter Seventy-Four: The Tower

Chu Xia said: "Xiang Jingtian's whole family has disappeared into the building, no one knows where they went, but the strange thing is that before they disappeared, Xiang Jingtian once left a will, if he died or disappeared for more than a year, this building will belong to his younger brother Xiang Jingdi." ”

Therefore, a year after Xiang Jingtian's family disappeared, Xiang Jingdi became the new owner of this building.

At that time, the police in Chinatown also intervened in the case to investigate, but no matter how they investigated, they couldn't find out whether Xiang Jingtian was killed, there was no sign of suicide, and there was no motive for suicide, they even investigated Xiang Jingdi as a suspect, but the two brothers had a very good relationship, and it can be said that they did not distinguish each other, and finally ruled out the possibility of Xiang Jingdi committing the crime.

After Xiang Jingdi got the building, he didn't live in it like his brother, but directly sealed it, and found countless people to investigate the reason for his brother's disappearance.

Because the bounty is offered, and the hero doesn't ask where he came from, that is, no matter what you do, as long as you can find out, give a reasonable explanation, and come up with evidence.

Chu Xia looked at Wei Chiran and said: "In the next ten years or so, there are a total of twenty-six investigators with names and surnames, all of whom disappeared after entering this building, without exception. ”

Wei Chiran frowned: "Twenty-six people? In other words, the building was built in 1955 and completed in 1960, so when did the first boss sell him? ”

"In 1965, Xiang Jingtian bought it and carried out some decorations and some decorations, it took about half a year, moved in in 1966, he disappeared in 1967, and his younger brother Xiang Jingdi obtained ownership at the end of 1968 and began to investigate the reward. ”

Wei Chiran wrote down what Chu Xia said: "Ten years, that is, in 1978, about thirty people have disappeared? You have to count the Xiang Jingtian family who disappeared before, right? ”

Chu Xia said: "Xiang Jingtian's family is a family of seven, which means that as of 1978, there are as many as 33 missing people. ”

33 people? Won't the police of country T investigate such a big case? And Wei Chiran didn't know about the existence of this case since he entered the police academy.

Chu Xia saw Wei Chi's doubts: "Every country has more or less unexplained cases, and each country has its own special and independent department to deal with these cases, but it is PW who deals with this kind of case in country T, but PW was formed decades later, and when it was formed, they dealt with drug dealers and black police, so this kind of case was shelved and stored in the archives, and no one touched it, because there were also several law enforcement officers missing in that building." ”

Wei Chi asked Chi Ran: "Law enforcement officers? The police? ”

Chu Xia said: "Yes, police, in 1978, because there were too many missing people, the police forbade Xiang Jingdi to continue to offer a reward for this matter, you know, there are too many people who want to get rich overnight and take risks, just like gambling, but according to the law, he did not break the law, so he reached an agreement with the police, he gave the police five years to investigate the matter, and if he couldn't find out, he had to continue." ”

The T country police sent their own elite, a five-member squad, to prepare for two years, and in 1980 they entered the Diming Tower, began to investigate, and kept in touch with the outside world.

The police also recorded all of their radio conversations, but on the fifth day the group entered the building to investigate, they were all missing.

Wei Chi wondered: "Can the technology at that time achieve real-time calls?" ”

Chu Xia shook his head: "No, they will just report to the outside every hour according to the specified time, and the five people must all report, nothing happened in the first two days, and some unexpected things have occurred since the third day, and the five people began to disagree, began to blame each other's shortcomings, and even turned out old things, and made a small report to the superiors, in short, it was very strange." ”

After the fifth day, there was no news of the five people without wires, and the police thought it was strange, but no one wanted to check what was going on.

Under the premise that there was no way, in the end, he could only persuade Xiang Jingdi to pay money, and hired two outlaws to enter the building to check, and warned him to return immediately after checking.

When the two outlaws entered the building, they found all sorts of things left by the policemen, but they couldn't find the recordings they had left in accordance with the regulations.

Wei Chi heard this and asked, "Recording materials?" ”

Chu Xia said: "Yes, at that time, they were required to use a tape recorder to record all the conversations from the moment they entered the building, but although the tape recorder was there, the tape was gone. ”

Wei Chiran heard it strangely: "But, you said before, now there are three more families living in this building, aren't they missing?" ”

Chu Xia said: "You will know what's going on after you listen to me." ”

After the police disappeared, the number of missing people became 38 people, and the police did not dare to take care of this case anymore, they reached an agreement with Xiang Jingdi, in order not to cause panic, closed the news of the building, Xiang Jingdi can investigate by himself, but the police will not admit all the missing people who entered the building later.

To put it bluntly, the police can't manage it, they don't want to take care of it, and they don't have the ability to manage it, so they just act as if nothing happened.

Xiang Jingdi also felt that this matter was too bizarre, but he couldn't let go of his brother's disappearance, at this time his body could no longer support it, he was terminally ill, and his time was short.

Xiang Jingdi decided to go in and investigate on his own, completely ignoring his family's obstruction.

His wife couldn't rest assured, although she didn't dare to go in to live, but she still had the courage to go in to see him every once in a while.

Strange things happened, Xiang Jingdi lived there for two years and did not disappear, but he was also unwilling to leave the Diming Tower, which was already known as the Dragon's Tower, and made a will, after his death, his descendants were not allowed to set foot in this building for half a step, otherwise he would lose the qualification of the heir.

But at the same time, it was also written in the will that thirty percent of the estate was left as a reward for unlocking the secret of the tower.

This will is no problem at first glance, but in fact there is a contradiction, seventy percent of the estate is handed over to others to divide, and each person can't share much, but the thirty percent can be saved and can be inherited by someone alone, but his relatives are not allowed to set foot in this building, which is equivalent to losing the qualification of the heir.

However, it was not stated that the heirs were not allowed to send someone to investigate the secrets in the building, in short, according to the will, there are many loopholes that can be drilled, and I don't know if Xiang Jingdi was unintentional or intentional when he made the will.

Wei Chiran analyzed: "Seventy percent of the inheritance is inherited by relatives, and the remaining thirty percent is inherited by those who solve the secret, which means that the remaining thirty percent is the most tempting for relatives or outsiders, I think those thirty percent should be cash or something, right?" ”

Chu Xia said: "It's gold, not cash." ”

Wei Chi nodded and said, "No wonder." So, Xiang Jingdi didn't disappear in the building, but eventually died of a terminal illness, right? ”

Chu Xia said: "That's right, two years later, he left the Dragon's Mansion and was admitted to the hospital, he died, and then I never heard of anyone missing in the building, of course, there are still a lot of people who went to investigate, but as far as I know, they are all hired by his descendants." ”

Wei Chiran thought in his heart that in 1980, the police disappeared, and the number of missing people climbed to 38, and then Xiang Jingdi entered the building and spent two years peacefully, that is, he left in 1982, and then died in the hospital, and no one disappeared after that.

Wei Chiran asked: "Since 1982, how many people have lived in it?" ”

Chu Xia raised his mobile phone: "I have transmitted all the information to your mobile phone, you read it first, digest it, and then I will take you to meet the landlord." ”

Wei Chiran asked, "Landlord?" That is, the descendants of Xiang Jingdi? ”

Chu Xia nodded and said: "Yes, that's right, there are three of his descendants, three brothers and sisters, called Xiang Jin, Xiang Yu and Xiang Man, Xiang Jin is the eldest brother, Xiang Yu is the second sister, and Xiang Man is the third brother." ”

Wei Chi thought for a moment and said, "I must have seen one of them, right?" I think that the three families that live there now should be investigators hired by the three siblings. ”

Chu Xia said: "That's right, you can understand it at all." ”

Wei Chiran said again: "In other words, one of the families has a problem, or the employer is very disappointed, so it was decided to change people?" ”

Chu Xia shook her head: "No, don't change people, just add you in, I said, add you to a total of four households." ”

Wei Chiran asked, "So, who is my employer?" And why did he hire me as an IT nerd? ”

Chu Xia looked at the phone and said: "The person who chose you is the eldest brother Xiang Jin, he screened five people, all of whom are IT, we used our own methods to erase the other 4 people, of course, not to kill, but to make them unable to participate, and in the end they can only choose you, as for the reason, I don't know, you can ask him when you meet." ”

Wei Chiran looked at the information on his mobile phone and was surprised to find one thing, that is, the real names of the three brothers and sisters were not what Chu Xia said before, because in the registration file, the eldest brother Xiang Jin is called Xiang Wei, the second sister Xiang Yu is called Xiang Mei, and the third brother Xiang Man is called Xiang Xiao.

After Wei Chiran raised this question, Chu Xia replied: "The name in the original file was given by Xiang Jingdi, that is, their father, but you also know that it is very taboo to name with these words, so they are called Xiang Jin, Xiang Yu and Xiang Man to the outside world. ”

Wei Chiran looked at the name in the mobile phone information: "The charm is two kinds of things, and the spirit is one, why isn't the third brother called Xiang Xiaowei?" There is also Xiang Jin, Xiang Yu and Xiang Man's words are combined together to be Jin Yuman, there is still a hall word, it should be Jin Yu Mantang, the name takes a four-character idiom, but only one word is missing, this is also a taboo, the name is used to charm the ghost, it is even more taboo, what is the purpose of Xiang Jingdi? ”

Hatsu said: "If you want to know, find out for yourself." ”

Wei Chi nodded silently, just guessing in his heart what the intention was?

ι­‘charm魍魉 four words, ι­‘ represents a dragon without horns, charm represents a goblin, and 魍魉 represents a monster. The three brothers and sisters of the Xiang family have three weird names, shouldn't the original name of the third brother Xiang Man be called Xiang Xiaowei? Why just one word? Not complete.

In addition, the name claimed to the outside world should be Jinyu Mantang, why is there a separate lack of that hall character?

Is there a connection between the names of the three siblings of the Xiang family and this building?