"As soon as I received the telegram from you, I came in a hurry, what happened?"

An old man walked into the room on the second floor of the apartment and shouted.

His legs trembled, his toothless mouth pursed, and although he looked very embarrassed, his demeanor was a little haughty, and he seemed to have lived a noble life. And now, wearing an old set of faded black clothes and a tattered hat, she is simply a flower child. Walking, staggering.

"Who? What are you?......"

The writer Blue Devil was startled by the old man who suddenly broke in outside the door, and hurriedly stood up. However, when the old man smiled "poof", he suddenly realized.

"Oh, it's you! Hakuro! ”

As always, his disguise skills are perfect, and if he hadn't remembered that he had telegraphed him, he might not have been able to tell that this was his best friend Shirarou.

"Your sudden telegram compelled me to put down what I was doing at once and hurried over. What's the big deal?"

"Nothing, I think, and not a big deal. However, I thought it was very strange. ”

"Let's hear it!" Bai Lang's eyes suddenly lit up, and his waist straightened, no longer the old man's weak appearance just now. At the same time, the true face of the strange thief gentleman is revealed to be majestic and strong.

"Okay, so let's take a look at this painting first."

"Oh my God, where did you draw this, and which dumpster did you pick it up from?"

"I bought it, no, I know it's nothing, but I fell in love with this frame, so I bought it back."

"Where did you buy it from?"

"From that filthy thrift store by the Dongjiang River. At that time, it was thrown in the corner of the wall like waste, and it was covered with dust. ”

"Oh, the frame is good, but the painting is terrible." Bai Lang took a few steps back, tilted his head and looked at the painting from a distance, "Oh, the painting is too bad." I don't know where I painted a corner of an old courtyard, but the brush is very exquisite, but this is something that the layman cannot appreciate.

"For example, the cinnamon tree on the front, the pond made of stone in front, the pavilion on the roof, the abandoned ancient well, a round stone mill lying on the ground next to the ancient well, covered with moss, and some stone benches and stone steps, all of which have become decorations in the painting. It's a pity that the painter is clumsy. The face is gorgeous, but there is no artistry. ”

Bai Lang loves art, and his appreciation of calligraphy and painting is slightly better than that of some experts.

"I can't tell how the painting went, but I thought the frame was very valuable and cheap, so I bought it back, it's a long time, right?"

"Oh? How old? It should have been something more than twenty years ago. ”

"Oh, so the number at the bottom left of this painting indicates the date of the work? And lo and behold! Isn't this 1911-10-10, written in red pen? It appears that the painting was painted on October 10, 1911. ”

"Oh...... Probably so! Bai Lang squeaked as he tried his best to think.

"Blue Devil, you said that there was something very strange and you called me on purpose, but I don't think it's strange at all."

The Blue Devil took a telescope with a tripod from the wall, propped it up by the window, adjusted the focus, and pointed it at the second-floor window of an apartment opposite.

"Hey, Bailang, come and see."

Bai Lang put his eyes in front of the telescope full of suspicion, looked at it for a while, and suddenly exclaimed: "Wow, it's so strange, it's exactly the same as this painting!" Well, the same painting, and the same score, in the bottom left of the picture is written in red 1911-10-10, who lives in that house?"

"She's a widow. …… My husband is gone, I don't know if he is dead or divorced, but there is a young girl. The widow was a woman at home all day long. The mother and daughter barely survived on this, in short, it seems that the life of the mother and daughter is very poor. ”

"What's your name?...... You know what?"

"I don't know. I heard what is the name of Ms. Aixin Jueluo. ”

"Oh, Ms. Aisin Jueluo? This is the royal family of the previous dynasty, and now most of them have changed their surnames to 'Jin', and she is still called 'Ms. Aixin Jueluo'? ”

"I heard that lady is the granddaughter of a prince of the previous dynasty. Then, October 10th is a day of great significance for her, and today is October 10th! ”

"Oh, I see!"

"That's why I called you here."

Isn't that the end of the two paintings on April 10th? What does this day mean to her?" Shirarou seemed to be very interested in this issue.

"A woman like her is busy all day long, but every October 10, from the morning into a trance, put down the work in hand, clean the room, and her daughter is not allowed to go to school, at 10 o'clock, she takes her daughter out, until it is very late and does not come home. Where exactly did she go? I don't know, but she's like that every October 10th, every year. No matter how good or bad the weather, whether it's pouring rain or strong winds, she has to go out. Strange or not, you say?"

"Oh, that's weird."

"There are two paintings, one that I bought by chance from a thrift store, and the other that seems to have been handed down by Ms. Aixin Jueluo. Moreover, the inscription of the two paintings is the same. In addition, on October 10th, Ms. Aixin Jueluo will definitely go out for a whole day and not come home, don't you think it's strange?"

"Indeed, it's weird...... But where did she go out? Don't you know?"

"I don't know. She seemed to be a taciturn lady who didn't talk to the porter when she left the house. Since it was once a year, no one noticed anything wrong. Moreover, every time it is only on October 10, it is no wonder that no one notices. ”

"So, you're the only one who noticed this phenomenon?"

"yes. At first, I didn't notice when she was out, but the day after I bought the painting, I saw through the window that there was also a painting in the opposite room. And the painting was also signed on October 10th. Because she goes out in October every year, I guess it may be the 10th, which is today. If my judgment is correct, I think she must have a great secret when she goes out, so I specially invite you to come. ”

"Everything was figured out. Do you mean to let me keep an eye here to see if she's going out today?"

"That's right...... Oh, it looks like they're starting to move! The Blue Devil couldn't help but exclaim.