Chapter 2: The Scarlet Ballad

The voice...... At first, Zheng Hanfei cared about nursery rhymes very much, and did not recall them in a short time, but after thinking about it carefully, he suddenly felt that this voice was very familiar, especially the sound of the violin, he suddenly understood who it was, turned his head with difficulty, and saw a friendly face and the iconic antique violin, yes, he was the Clifford they were looking for.

To be honest, if it weren't for Clifford's personal invitation to him and his bet with Zhongli Wan'er, he really didn't want to see Clifford, just Clifford's "enthusiasm", he couldn't stand it, thinking back to everything on the "Sea Tranquility", he now suspects that Clifford is a homosexual.

"oh~boy, long time no see." Clifford put away his antique violin and opened his arms, wanting to give Zheng Hanfei a big hug, but Zheng Hanfei was obviously prepared, dodged and dodged the attacking Clifford, so Clifford directly hugged Ouyang Xiu who was standing behind him.

Ouyang Xiu, I'm sorry! Zheng Hanfei silently begged for Ouyang Xiu in his heart, and at the same time he was a little curious, he really wanted to see Ouyang Xiu withdraw from the immersion and see a man holding him, what kind of expression would be on his face at that time.

It turned out that Ouyang Xiu's endurance was very strong, but the duration was also short. Seeing Clifford hugging him tightly, he just blinked, and then under Zheng Hanfei's surprised gaze, he patted Clifford's shoulder, and when he saw Clifford looking up at him, Ouyang Xiu pointed to Zheng Hanfei who was standing aside watching the play, which seemed to mean that you hugged the wrong person.

"Oh, I'm sorry!" Clifford let go of Ouyang Xiu, with a slight apology in his eyes, in this regard, Ouyang Xiu just patted the dust on his body and shook his head, indicating that he didn't mind. Just when Zheng Hanfei thought that Ouyang Xiu's calmness could reach the point of being like a god, he saw Ouyang Xiu squatting directly on the ground, retching non-stop, covered with cold sweat, he should have been disgusted by Clifford's hug.

"Tell me, what the hell is looking for me?" Ignoring Ouyang Xiu, who looked so embarrassed, Zheng Hanfei straightened his hair, at least three or four meters away from Clifford, and said, "Also, I want to ask you a question, I heard Ouyang Xiu say that when the Ocean Tranquility sank, only you weren't there, where did you go at that time?" ”

"Boy, that's what's wrong with you." Clifford shook his finger and corrected Zheng Hanfei's impatience, "If you want to ask people questions, it's best to ask them one by one, this is the least respect for people, if you ask too much, you don't know how to answer, no matter how anxious you are, do you know?" This is the first lesson I taught you. ”

Speechless! Very speechless! Completely speechless! Zheng Hanfei wiped the sweat from his forehead and was silent for a few minutes before he spoke: "I know, I want to ask you, why did you leave the "Ocean Tranquility" early? Could it be that you already knew that the "Ocean Tranquility" was going to sink, so you prepared in advance, that is, you were one of the murderers of that incident? ”

"Your imagination is very rich, what you say has a beginning and an end, and every sentence is reasonable, but unfortunately, what you said is completely incorrect." Clifford denied Zheng Hanfei's speculation, "I have a special ability to foresee a sense of crisis in advance, so I made corresponding preparations before boarding the ship in order to escape." ”

"If you have this special ability, why did you even go aboard the Sea Tranquility in the first place? If you don't come, you can avoid all the disasters! Obviously, Zheng Hanfei obviously didn't believe Clifford's lies, squinted his eyes, and met Clifford's eyes, as if he wanted to see Clifford's true thoughts.

"I think so." Clifford's company suddenly collapsed, and said in annoyance, "It took me a lot of luck to get that ticket, and if I don't go, I won't regret it!" Besides, this ability of mine is sometimes good and sometimes not effective, in this case, of course I want to try it, although I still feel a little scary when I think about it now, but it is also a good reward to know you. ”

In the end, Clifford looked at Zheng Hanfei with a fiery eye, Zheng Hanfei's eyes were almost blind, he now believes more and more that Clifford is gay, when Zheng Hanfei saw Zhongli Wan'er keep looking at him with a look that seemed to understand something, he suddenly understood that Zhongli Wan'er must have misunderstood, it was really like shouting that I was wronged, but thinking of Zhongli Wan'er's ability as a little witch, he gave up, since he had misunderstood, then continue to misunderstand, this little witch in the province is demonic, As a result, the depiction became darker and darker in the end, and at that time, it was really impossible to jump into the Yellow River and wash it clearly.

"Alright, second question." Zheng Hanfei coughed lightly and said to Clifford, "It's also the most important question at the moment, what did you ask me to do here, I don't think you are the kind of person who is idle and has nothing to do." ”

"You understand the nursery rhyme just now." Clifford sat down on the floor, regardless of whether the floor was clean or dirty, took out his antique violin, and said as he played, "Can you tell me about it?" ”

"You should be singing an excerpt from "Mother Goose's Nursery Rhymes", right?" Ouyang Xiu wiped the corners of his mouth, leaned against the wall, and said breathlessly, "I've heard that, I remember that it seems to be from "GodChild Vol5", the name is "Sunday Solomon Grandi", it seems to be something that Rong Hui people will experience in their lifetime, right?" ”

"That's right!" Clifford popped a loud note, as if to praise Ouyang Hugh for answering correctly, "But in London, the name of this nursery rhyme has been completely changed, and its name is "Sunday Earl McGee." ”

"Sunday Earl McGee?!" Zheng Hanfei, Ouyang Xiu and Zhongli Wan'er said in unison, a little puzzled, they didn't understand why they changed their names, and even Saiwen stared at Clifford with a strange look, as for whether he was asking or doing something else, Zheng Hanfei didn't know anything.

"There's a homicide in London." Clifford slowly explained the origin of the name for them, "The deceased is Earl Mackey, you should know what the count represents, right?" ”

The three of them nodded, of course they knew that the British aristocratic titles were divided into dukes, marquises, earls, viscounts, and barons, although the earl's rank was third, but the power was still relatively strong, such a big man died, and it happened in London, they vaguely felt that they were caught in a rather difficult case.

"This incident can be said to have shocked high-level figures." Clifford continued, "The big men sent a lot of shrewd and capable policemen and detectives, but each of them could only prove that the Earl had died by him, and as for the murderer, they had no clue, and most importantly, they found that the week before Earl McGee's burial was exactly the same as described in the nursery rhyme of "Solomon Grandi on Sunday", as if there was a pair of invisible hands controlling the fate of Earl McGee. ”

"Nursery rhymes kill!" Zheng Hanfei and Ouyang Xiu said what they thought of in unison, and then they looked at each other and couldn't help laughing.

"But I always feel like we're a little bit off track." Zheng Hanfei corrected, "You should know that the British novel writer Agatha Christie's "No One Survives", which is the real nursery rhyme murder, compared to it, I always feel that this case does not seem so terrible. So far, at least, only one Earl McGee has died. ”

"Don't talk about that yet." Ouyang Xiu waved his hand and asked Clifford, "Then, you asked Zheng Han to fly over, do you want him to solve the case?" ”

"So to speak." Clifford is worthy of being British, but different from the Chinese, he is not modest, and directly admitted, "It's a shame to say that such a big case happened in the hometown of Sherlock Holmes, and our police and detectives did not find any valuable clues, and the high-level people were very anxious, so I had to rush to the doctor, if Zheng Hanfei ...... No, I should say that you can't do it yet, then there is no day when the truth of this murder will be revealed, as detectives, you shouldn't want this kind of thing to happen, right? ”

"Of course not." Zheng Hanfei said what he really thought in his heart, "But I'm curious, this is a matter of the London police, what does it have to do with you, a bard?" No, your real identity is ......"

"Bard!" Clifford replied without panic and breathlessly, "This is my true identity, as for why I care about this case, it's very simple, because I have a friend who is a police officer in London, and I have a wide range of contacts, so he had to ask me for help, and I couldn't refuse, so I found Zheng Hanfei, after all, he performed well on the "Ocean Tranquility", and I am optimistic about him." ”