74. Orphanage

After saying goodbye to Robert and the psychic twins, Zhang Xuan, Lin Rin, Ah Leng, Bai Siliang and Smith set off to the place where the two lived.

Although they were wealthy, the Smiths didn't live in Beverly Hills.

It's New York.

The two of them have a very nice villa in the bustling metropolis of New York, with three floors, the first floor is the hall, the second floor is the bedroom, and the third floor is the collection of the two of them.

Most of the collection is placed here.

There is a security guard at the door, and the monitoring system is very complete, so ordinary thieves can't sneak in at all.

Unless it's some powerful thief.

However, although the collection of the two people is good, it can't attract those big thieves.

Under the leadership of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, Zhang Xuan and his entourage came to everyone's collection hall and found that most of the antiques here were some modern antiques, such as relatively old antiques were very rare.

Because of the relatively short history of the United States, there are no valuable antiques, at most some commemorative coins, or valuable newspapers, or even some silverware.

Of course, in addition to some antiques from the United States, the Smiths also have a collection of antiques from abroad.

It was here that Zhang Xuan saw a jade pipe, as well as a delicate snuff bottle.

"Where's the antique?" asked Zhang Xuan.

Mr. and Mrs. Smith looked at each other, and the two of them walked over to a safe, opened it, and took out a box covered with Bibles.

Open the box, and there is a very interesting doll lying inside.

Dolls are found all over the world, with New China, Japan, and Europe being the most developed.

In the new country, there are Peking Opera dolls, or clay dolls and the like. Of course, in ancient times, it was not called a puppet, it was called a silk man, which was one of the traditional handicrafts of the new country. It originated in the Tang Dynasty. To make silk, we should choose the best silk, silk, yarn and silk as raw materials.

Through the delicate manual operation of more than a dozen crafts such as sculpture, painting, costumes, headdresses and props, the artists made the ladies and theatrical characters of the past generations.

Even older ones are witch dolls.

Japanese dolls, on the other hand, are called humanoids, which originated around the Edo period in Japan and first appeared as children's toys. After hundreds of years of development and change, the art of human shape has won the admiration of people for its exquisite shapes, gorgeous costumes and various hair accessories, and has become a favorite interior decoration item of the Japanese people.

The origin of the dolls is in Europe in the 18th century, when it was one of the more glorious eras of alchemy, and most of them were spherical joint dolls.

The doll in the Smith couple's collection is a spherical joint doll that originated in Europe, and from the outside, it looks like a very retro little boy with a cheerful smile on his face.

This kind of puppet, ordinary people like it when they look at it.

It is estimated that the original Smiths also bought this doll back because of this feeling.

Zhang Xuan looked at the puppet carefully, shook his head and said, "This is an ordinary collection, there is nothing special about it. ”

"What do you mean?" said Mrs. Smith, somewhat unsure.

Zhang Xuan said: "I mean, whether the children you meet laugh or are pushed downstairs, they have nothing to do with this puppet, this is an ordinary puppet, there is nothing special about it." ”

"How could it be. ”

When Mr. and Mrs. Smith heard Zhang Xuan's words, they couldn't help but be stunned for a while.

Zhang Xuan said: "You can recall what antiques you bought before the laughter of children appeared in addition to the dolls. ”

Mr. and Mrs. Smith thought for a moment, shook their heads, and said, "No." ”

Zhang Xuan asked a different question, "After you bought this doll, there was a child's laughter, right?" ”

"Yes. ”

"So what else did you buy before this doll? Zhang Xuan asked.

Husband Smith recalled, saying, "I seem to have bought a candlestick before this doll. ”

Mrs. Smith said: "It's not a candlestick, the candlestick was bought three months ago, I think it must be this puppet, if it's not this puppet, why can't this puppet be destroyed." ”

Smith's husband Dons nodded, "Yes, this puppet is very evil, whether it is axe splitting or fire, it has no effect, it is really evil." ”

"There's some truth to what you say, so I'll give it a try. Zhang Xuan nodded towards Lin Rin, and Lin Rin immediately handed over a pistol. Zhang Xuan took the pistol, aimed at the puppet, and suddenly turned his head and asked, "If I break this thing, I don't have to compensate for it." ”

Mr. and Mrs. Smith nodded hurriedly.

Touch!

Zhang Xuan fired without hesitation, and the bullet dragged out, shattering the puppet's head in an instant.

"Apparently, it's not it. ”

Smith's husband immediately widened his eyes, looking at the puppet whose head was smashed by Zhang Xuan in disbelief, with a look of bewilderment, "Why, why is this happening." ”

He obviously didn't care whether he used a knife to chop with an axe or burn it, and someone else would break it with one shot.

Could it be that this puppet is also bullying the soft and afraid of the hard.

Zhang Xuan handed the pistol to Lin Rin and said, "Take me to see the candlestick." ”

Smith's husband nodded, and took Zhang Xuan to the front of the candlestick, Zhang Xuan glanced at it a few times, shook his head and said, "It's not a candlestick, okay, I looked at other things." ”

The two of them didn't say a word, and took Zhang Xuan to look at their collections.

After reading it, Zhang Xuan suddenly understood a little and said, "Mr. Smith, and Mrs. Smith, I have good news here, there is no problem with all the things you bought, and there are no murderous spirits staying on it." ”

"What's going on with the child's laughter. Mrs. Smith asked, palpitating.

"Then I'll have to ask the two of you. ”

"We?"

"Yes, what I want to ask is, did the two of you ever go somewhere before the laughter of the children appeared? Perhaps, it is not impossible that you met evil spirits in these places, and then brought them home. ”

Mr. and Mrs. Smith glanced at each other, and immediately said in unison, "Orphanage!"

Zhang Xuan raised his eyebrows.

Mrs. Smith immediately said, "We went to an orphanage the day before the child's laughter, and you know, we couldn't have children, so we wanted to adopt an orphan, so we went to the orphanage the day before. ”

Zhang Xuanyi clapped his hands and said, "In that case, then let's go to the orphanage, maybe we can find some clues." ”