Chapter 44: The Devil in Red
Officer Liao's investigation results are like this, this family is surnamed Wang, and the old Wang family has been a big local family since the Qing Dynasty-txt e-book download/It is said that such a big family should be easier to investigate. The family portrait also leaves a very obvious clue, one of the men's clothes embroidered with the mark of a spinning mill before liberation. But in fact, it really has to be investigated, but the hardships are unimaginable, it is really hard work, Officer Liao said that he has been running this matter for the past few days, and now there is a result.
Why is it so difficult to investigate, it turns out that the old Wang family suffered a catastrophe before liberation, and the whole family destroyed the 'door', and this family photo became a swan song. Officer Liao told us that he did not investigate carefully, and it is likely that the people in this portrait were killed in that disaster.
In other words, Lu Ling painted a very ominous family portrait.
This 'gate' tragedy has not been announced to the public for some reason. It's just that some words are included in the county records at that time. Lu Ling would not draw such a picture for no reason, if the family portrait really confirmed her past life, this case of destroying the 'door' must have a big secret.
Officer Liao meant, please let Erlong and I go on another trip to understand the details of this 'door' case. Of course, this matter will not be done in vain, and there will definitely be a statement in the organization in the future.
I'll check with Erlong, things have developed to this point, how can there be a beginning and an end, since that's the case, let's go on a trip, anyway, we are all idlers.
Officer Liao provided a phone number. Let's go to the local police station to find Officer Song, who is a classmate of his police academy and a buddy, who will help if there is anything.
Erlong and I simply packed up our things and went, and the place where the tragedy occurred was in a neighboring city. The neighboring city is an ancient city with a long history, especially in the middle and late Qing Dynasty, where almost the entire province of the giant merchants gathered, and they gathered a lot of financial resources in their hands, so that many famous 'men' families were born in the local area. Most of these rich people are hoarding land in the countryside to build houses, and slowly in the years. A very complete rural clan system has been formed.
I have also traveled here once, and when I went to the ancient town in the countryside, I saw the old ancestral hall that has been preserved to this day, and I remember it very much.
This time we went to a place called Huayang County, a small county town is not big, but the history is extremely long, and there are many celebrities after the late Qing Dynasty. As soon as we arrived, we contacted Officer Song. Officer Song was in his forties and calm and sophisticated, and Officer Liao had already gotten angry with him, and he said to us, "We want to investigate that past." The best way is to go to the county library, which has a historical archive room, which collects most of the local history after the Ming Dynasty, and there must be a record of the extermination of the 'gate' case before the liberation. Dancing eBook"
He drove us to the library and was greeted by a special 'door'. The county archives bureau already knew about this matter, and the county chronicle office sent a local middle school teacher Wang who specializes in studying local history to receive us. Mr. Wang is in his fifties, wears thick glasses, and looks good. He welcomed us warmly and poured us tea. After chatting, I learned that his establishment was still in the county No. 1 middle school, and if there was something to do, the county chronicle office could temporarily 'draw' him over. When talking about local history, Mr. Wang's eyes lit up. Officer Song said: "If you want to talk about history, here Mr. Wang is called second, and no one dares to call it first." "The regimental commander is dead.
Teacher Wang hurriedly waved his hand: "Don't dare to say that, I just love these things in my spare time, and with the convenience of the county chronicle office, I can often see some things that I can't see in the market." History is much more interesting than fiction. â
"Teacher Wang, maybe you know the purpose of our visit." I said, "We want to learn about the case of the Wang family's destruction of the 'door' before the liberation. â
Erlong took out the hand-painted family portrait printed color version that had been prepared and Lu Ling and handed it to Mr. Wang.
Mr. Wang was originally smiling, but when he took this color version of the picture, he was stupid and didn't speak for a long time.
We saw that there were strange people looking at each other, and Officer Song asked tentatively, "Teacher Wang?!" â
Teacher Wang raised his head, took off his glasses and wiped his eyes, and looked at us: "Where did you get this photo?" â
"It's not a picture," I said, "someone drew it." â
Teacher Wang trembled suddenly, and didn't speak for a long time.
"Mr. Wang, what happened?" I asked anxiously.
Teacher Wang unfolded the picture, pointed to a seven or eight-year-old child in the last row with his hand and said, "This is my second uncle." â
"Huh?" We were surprised, but we didn't expect that Mr. Wang was the descendant of this family.
Mr. Wang's next sentence made us even more surprised that our mouths couldn't close together.
"There are a total of twenty-one people in this family photo, except for my second uncle, everyone else died in that tragedy." Teacher Wang smiled bitterly: "Fortunately, my father was studying abroad at that time and avoided this catastrophe...... The huge old Wang family was left with their two children in the end. Fortunately, my dad is alive, so I am here. â
"What the hell happened then?" I asked.
Mr. Wang looked at this picture and gently 'groped' with his hands: "I saw the file of the case at that time in the county annals, because of my life experience, I was very interested in this case, and 'spent' many years to visit some insiders of the year, only a few words together, barely able to sort out a look, but there are still many details missing." What the real situation is will always be a mystery. â
"This family photo," he said, "an old man once told me that the old mother of the family was ...... before the accident in the old Wang family," he pointed to the white-haired old lady in the middle of the family photo: "This old mother is too much of my 'milk' and 'milk', she gathered the main members of the family together, hired a famous painter from the provincial capital, and drew a family photo." I've never seen this picture, so I guess this is it. â
"Teacher Wang, what do you mean," Erlong was surprised: "This family photo is indeed a zĂ i?" Did you really have such a family photo a long time ago? â
Teacher Wang wondered: "Of course. Otherwise, how did you get this painting? â
I smiled wryly. What should I say, do I tell him that this is a painting drawn by a 'girl' student in the second year of junior high school with memories of her past life?
However, this matter is really evil, a painting painted by Lu Ling did exist a number of years ago. It's incredible that the two fit together across time. Maybe there's a force in the dark.
"Where's the original painting?" Erlong asked.
Teacher Wang said: "Soon after the tragic death of the whole family, a fire broke out in the old house, and the contents were almost burned. The original painting has also been lost. Whether it was burned or lost is not very clear. How did you come up with your paintings? Where is the author of this painting? â
I smiled bitterly: "Mr. Wang, the person who painted this picture...... Encountered something and is now missing. â
"Oh, that's right." Teacher Wang nodded, he looked at us thoughtfully, thinking that we had come to investigate an old case from several years ago for this.
"Can you tell me what happened?" I asked.
Teacher Wang said: "In fact, the murderer of this 'door' tragedy is in this painting. â
Not only was Erlong and I surprised, but even Officer Song was 'spirited', and he asked curiously, "Who?" â
Teacher Wang took a deep breath and pointed to the old lady in the middle of the family portrait, and then slowly slid his fingers upwards and landed on the young woman in red behind her.
"It turned out to be her." I nodded.
This 'woman' was very eye-catching from the beginning, she was beautiful and 'fine', and her fair face 'color' matched her bright red clothes, which attracted people's attention.
"Such a weak 'girl' killed the whole family?" Officer Song asked with a smile in disbelief.
Teacher Wang's expression was very stern: "I have more say in what happened to the whole thing. Well, come with me, and I'll explain it to you. â
We followed him out of the library. Mr. Wang drove a second-hand small broken car, although the car was old, it was enough to run in the county. Officer Song didn't follow, he had other tasks, and he received a call to go back to the station. He told us that he would tell him about it and he was very curious.
Teacher Wang drove the car and took Erlong and me out of the county seat. A few kilometers away is a modern new countryside, and now it is the beginning of the 'spring' season, and new shoots have emerged on the ground, and a piece of emerald green. We turned into the dirt road, and after a short time, stopped.
It's a bit remote from the village center. We saw a dark abandoned house not far away, there were about three or two large rooms left, no 'door' and no window, and a big 'hole' in Hesse. The surrounding area is overgrown with weeds, and the artemisia grass is almost buried at the entrance of the big 'gate'. Although it was broad daylight, the whole house exuded a thick 'gloomy' atmosphere.
"There, it was the old mansion of the Wang family." Teacher Wang said.
Sure enough, it was a murderous house, I nodded secretly, the 'yin' qi was so thick and extraordinary.
"It hasn't been demolished for so many years?" Erlong asked curiously.
Teacher Wang snorted coldly: "Who dares to demolish?!" This is a murderous house, which is said to be haunted, and the sound of sobbing can be heard in the middle of the night. In the past, many families lived in this area, but because of strange things, they all moved away. Someone sleeps at night and hears a knock on the door, gets up and opens the door, and looks at ......"
"No one outside?" I say.
"Wrong. When I opened the door, I saw a red-clothed woman standing in the distance with a bloody face standing outside. Teacher Wang took the picture of the family photo, pointed to the 'woman' in red and said, "This is the murderer." â
"What's even more evil is such a thing, there used to be a family living here, there was a little 'girl' child, playing outside, at dusk, she felt someone pat on the shoulder, and when she looked back, there was a 'woman' standing behind her with no expression on her face, very beautiful, dressed in a big red dress. This 'woman' asked the little 'girl' how to get to the Wang family's old house. The little 'female' child sued her. When he turned around again, the 'woman' in red was gone. When the little 'girl' child came home, the whole family panicked, why, there was a precedent here, and if you see a 'woman' in red here, it means that you are going to die. This 'female' person is the murderer of the Wang family's 'gate' tragedy, and she is also a very resentful 'female' son, after her death, her soul cannot rest in peace, and she has become a ghost. Teacher Wang said, he was a little scared.
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