"Correct. Remember our address novel: Look at this fairy tale. She flipped to one page of the book, pointed to the story titled "The Female Water Demon," and read a passage word for word: "At the bottom of the well lived a female water demon, who lured people to the well, and then sucked up their blood and threw their bones down." Look, what happened to Dr. Blank and the men she killed! ”

I frowned, a little noncommittal, "It doesn't make much sense, after all, there are so many explanations for a story that has to be brought into real life." ”

"Alright, you can continue to listen to my explanation." Regia was not angry when she saw that I did not believe me. She asked, "The second person in Amber Town to die is Dr. Blank's beautiful nurse, 26-year-old Ms. Crane." She died on her way home when a group of mobs inexplicably kidnapped her. The men stripped her naked, tied her up and put her on the table, cut her flesh with knives and roasted it over the fire, and sprinkled salt on her wounds. Until she died of excessive blood loss. When the mob were all caught, they were confused about their actions. He said he wanted to do that, so he did it. ”

She flipped through the book again, pointed to a story called "The Robber's Son-in-law" and said, "Look at this paragraph. Once upon a time, there was a mill owner who had a very beautiful daughter. As my daughter grew up, the father began to think that if there was someone who could satisfy me to marry her, I would marry her to him, so that she would have a good night's stay. Soon a suitor came, who looked rich and behaved very well, and the mill owner, who could not find anything dissatisfied with him, promised to marry his daughter to him. But the daughter did not love him as much as the bride loved the bridegroom, and soon after, when she saw him or thought of him, her heart trembled with fear.

One day, he said to her that you are my fiancée, why don't you come to my house and have a look?. So she secretly went to her fiancé's house and found out that it was a robber's den. She curled up under the table and saw the robbers stripped the captive women and put them on the table, cutting the flesh with a knife and sprinkling salt on the wounds. You see, it's like Ms. Crane's death. ”

Seeing that she still couldn't convince me, she said again, "The third person who died is from the police department's archives department." She has no connection to Madame Roger's case, only managing incriminating evidence and relics. She also died. When the police found her, she got into the refrigerator and froze herself to death, and she couldn't die anymore. And her situation is almost similar to this story. ”

Regia flipped through the book and pointed to another fairy tale from The Crystal Coffin, "This story is about a little tailor who once got lost in the forest and was taken to a cave by an elk. In that cave, he saw a crystal coffin. In the coffin made of ice lay a princess, frozen as if waiting to be awakened. ”

Speaking of this, Regia's words paused, "Did I tell you about the lady who took care of the relics, and after she died, the police found a suicide note in front of the refrigerator?" ”

"Nope." I shook my head.

"And guess what her suicide note is?" Regia didn't wait for us to guess and reveal the answer: "She wrote a passage before she died, meaning that she sealed herself in the refrigerator and waited for her prince to unfreeze herself, and then she could live happily ever after." This woman is very interesting, she is in her 40s, she is not married, and she still has the dream of Prince Charming. That's kind of weird! ”

"Nor does this mean that their deaths are related to the book." I remained skeptical.

"You're really hard to handle!" Reguia rubbed her eyes, "Officer Drey's death is the fourth. Do you know his situation? ”

"Know, but not much." I kept silent, after all, I learned about it through the old man's detective agency, and it was easy to arouse suspicion if I said too much.

He killed his wife and strangled his son. Strangely, Dre was supposed to be a strict wife and was very afraid of his wife. He was also a good father, and if anyone dared to hurt his son, he could not even take his life. But that night, after killing them, he shot himself. "She opened the book" and this paragraph can correspond to one of its stories. You see. ”

She pointed to the article "The Jealous Husband" and read, "The husband who has always been cowardly suspects his wife of an affair, and plans to punish her in the middle of the night, while everyone is asleep." He strangled his wife, and he strangled his son, who was not like himself. In the end, he committed suicide. It's cruel, isn't it, it's a bit like a fairy tale. It is completely reproduced in reality. ”

Hearing this, my sanity began to waver.

Regia continued reluctantly, "Look at my father tonight, as if he had been cursed. He admitted that he was affected because he read this fairy tale. I thought my mother was going to take me away, so I killed her. My father thought that if he killed someone, he would definitely be imprisoned for the rest of his life. And I have no one to take care of me, and I will live a terrible life. That's why I want to die with him. This mindset is so absurd that it's like a ghost possessed. No, it's a curse. Madame Roger's curse. She must be killing people for fun according to the plot of this book. ”

"That Madame Roger, why did she do that?" Andrew was scared, and he asked weakly.

"She's a madman, she's a vampire. How could I possibly understand the way of thinking of a madman vampire. Regia pursed her lips and said disdainfully, "The story also reflects the fact that she is a banshee. ”

I scratched my head, and just as I was about to explore this issue in depth, the phone that I had thrown on the table suddenly vibrated violently. I nodded apologetically from her, picked up the phone, and glanced at the screen. It was the old man who introduced me to the messenger who called. I put my phone to my ear and connected it.

After about ten minutes, I hung up the phone with a cloudy face. Turning to look at Regia and Andrew, my tone was a little bitter, "That vampire madman, Madame Roger, she's dead." The police found her body in an ancient well. Also found was her son, Little Roger. The two of them were sucked up all the blood in their bodies, and they were soaked in water, and the salvaged ones were simply miserable after death. ”

I paused, "Supposedly, she's been dead for more than a week. ”

"How is that possible! She died almost at the same time as Dr. Blank! Regia's eyes widened and she screamed in disbelief.

"So your vampire conspiracy theory doesn't hold up now." I scratched my nose.

"Madame Roger, she's definitely a banshee." Regia insisted on her point of view, turning the pages of the book, "You see, in the story of 'The Water Demon,' she did die in a well. She wanted to kill a child who was imprisoned by herself, but was killed by the alert child. ”

"Aside from the topic of the story, even if that Madame Roger is a youkai, she is only a known dead youkai now. Death is not worth talking about. By the way. Andrew, today, no. Yesterday, the lawyer who gave you your uncle's relics also died. What's his name? "I recounted what I had heard.

"Klaus."

"Yes, it's Klaus. He was killed by his own wife. He died a terrible death. The whole family is dead. "I try to calm myself down" Klaus's wife doesn't seem to be able to have children, so they adopted two children several years ago. Yesterday evening, my wife got a juniper tree to plant in the garden. That night, his wife killed two children, one buried under a juniper tree, and the other made soup for her husband to drink. In the end, the wife hanged herself in the kitchen. Klaus, on the other hand, desperately vomited, trying to vomit all the contents of his stomach, but he vomited so much that he actually vomited out his internal organs. ”

Andrew, who was drinking water, suddenly squirted all the water in his mouth in disgust.

"This story, this story I've seen." Regia immediately turned to one of the pages of the book, "Look. This story stops "Juniper Tree", a long time ago there was a family whose ex-wife was unable to have children, so they prayed under the juniper tree, hoping for another child as beautiful as snow. The ex-wife gave birth to a child but died in childbirth. So the man married another wife, and the stepmother also wanted to have children of her own. So she killed her ex-wife's children and buried half of them under the juniper tree as a sacrifice. Half of the soup was cooked for the man to eat, and the corpse was destroyed. The unaware male owner also praised the deliciousness of the soup, and even said that it was delicious. ”

I listened to her narration and gradually fell silent, and after a long time, I slowly said, "Let's look at this from some other perspective." ”

"What other angles?" Andrew asked well.

"This book, for example." I took the book and pondered for a moment, "Actually, the cause of everything, and even the connection of all people to death, is not in Madame Roger. Maybe this book makes more sense. ”

I took out a blank piece of paper and wrote down the names of all the people who died in the order of their deaths, "Imagine why these people die in order." What did the first person who died and then the person who died do more or less? Why did they die first? And why, some people killed their wives and children, while others were killed by their wives and children, and some killed themselves. Or was he killed by a mob on the road? ”

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