As the saying goes, danger often comes when you least expect it.
Although we had made so many preparations in advance, we still did not expect that when the mystery of the curse of the villa was about to be revealed, the last thing we wanted to see happened. The man who had just moved into Rowling
The Filipino maid in the family became the new victim of the curse of the haunted house of the Rowling family.
Last night, after discovering the body of the Filipino maid, the Rowling family called the police. The police quickly arrived at the scene to conduct an investigation. They also took the Rowling family away to the police station for recording.
Before that, I, who had also appeared at the scene, left the villa first with the third fat man who happened to come back from the mountain. Due to our status, the third fat man and I could never be detained by the police for investigation.
However, because the incident occurred so suddenly, I left many clues in the villa. Not to mention whether Rowling’s parents would confess me, the cell phone I left behind at the scene was a big clue.
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Fortunately, Zhang Mo knew what was going on here, and first asked San Pang and I to return to the hotel to wait for him and Lin Qianyi to come back. Then he called Mr. Z and asked him to pretend to be me and go to the police station to explain everything.
, as long as Mr. Z’s identity is known, it makes sense why I left the scene before the police halfway.
However, perhaps because the villa was notoriously notorious, this murder case attracted the attention of the police. In order to investigate the truth of the case, the police's investigation lasted for a long time, until the second day.
At noon that day, we got the news that Mr. Z came out of the police station.
Following Zhang Mo's instructions, after leaving the police station, Mr. Z took Luo Lin to the hotel where we were staying temporarily and met with the four of us.
After a night of noisy, both Mr. Z and Rowling looked very tired. But even so, as soon as they saw us, they couldn't help but immediately ask about what happened last night.
"Ah Mo, I spent the whole night trying to scare the police for you, and now the police have believed that it was me who showed up at Rowling's house last night. Considering that I took such a big risk, can you tell me honestly?
Us, what happened last night? How come someone died despite everything going well?"
Zhang Mo glanced at Mr. Z, took a deep breath and said, "Even if you don't ask this question, I will tell you. But before that, I hope to ask Miss Luo what happened at your home yesterday.
Something special?”
Luo Lin shook her head in confusion: "Mr. Zhang, I don't know what you are referring to?"
"Then let me put it another way. Did you touch that oil painting yesterday? It was the family portrait."
"It was indeed moved. Our family had a general cleaning yesterday. My father felt that the painting was not suitable for placement at home, so he asked Aunt Maria to put it in a wooden box and move it to my father's car. He originally planned to
I sent that painting to the auction house for auction today..."
Speaking of this, Luo Lin suddenly remembered something and said in surprise: "That's right! That painting should be on my father's car? Why did we see it in the house last night?"
Zhang Mo did not immediately answer Luo Lin's question. Instead, he turned to look at us and said, "Did you see it? It seems that the problem did appear on that oil painting."
Hearing this, we looked at each other and couldn't help but nodded. In fact, before Luo Lin and the others came over, Zhang Mo had already told us our guess that the curse of the villa was probably related to the oil painting.
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At this moment, Luo Lin finally couldn't sit still when she saw that we seemed to be playing riddles with each other and didn't give her the answer. She stood up and asked me emotionally: "Four-Nine"
, what the hell are you doing? Mr. Zhang, do you mean that the curse in my family is related to that oil painting? "
"Yes. Arlene, do you remember that we saw the people in the oil painting moving last night?"
"No, no. I may have seen it wrong at the time. The light in the stairwell was very bad. I may have seen it wrong..."
"No, you read that right, the people in that painting really moved! According to Zhang Mo's investigation, all the clues point to that oil painting! The curse we have been looking for is actually in that oil painting.
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"Really, really?" Luo Lin's face suddenly turned pale.
I explained: "Arlin, you also know that Zhang Mo and the others have been looking for the son of the rich man who once lived in the villa, as well as the woman of another American businessman. According to the two of them, this
The biggest difference between the two families is that the American businessman liked everything in the villa very much. Until they finally moved out of the villa, he had no intention of throwing away anything in the villa.
On the other hand, the rich man's family had planned to sell the oil painting before something happened to their family."
"Wait..." After listening to my explanation, Rowling quickly came up with her own speculation, "So you are saying that the curse in our family is actually caused by that oil painting? Because my father wanted to
The act of selling the oil painting activated the curse? Isn't this reason too far-fetched?"
"Arlene, if you think about it carefully, on the day your father asked Maria to move the painting, something happened to your family. If you want to call it a coincidence, this is too coincidental. And you also saw that at that time, there was an accident.
The people in the painting did move, so if there is anything in your house that is most suspicious, it must be that oil painting!"
"Actually, it's more than that." Lin Qianyi suddenly said, "I have also gone to several galleries in the city to inquire. In fact, they also contacted the couple who died in the villa four years ago.
A gallery was preparing to sell the painting. But on the day they agreed with the gallery to deliver the painting to the gallery, they died in their own homes."
Mr. Z asked us: "So, as long as someone wants to sell the oil painting, the curse in the painting will start killing people?"
Zhang Mo did not completely agree with Mr. Z's statement: "No, the conditions for triggering the curse should be simpler, rather than something as complicated as selling a painting. I think it is probably as long as someone takes the oil painting out of the villa.
Take it out and the curse will be triggered."
"It's such a ridiculous reason?" Rowling sighed and shook her head. If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, I'm afraid it would be hard for her to believe what we just said. It was just taking an oil painting away from the villa.
Letting people in the villa die, this kind of thing sounds like a fantasy and is not realistic at all. However, last night, we all saw with our own eyes that the people in the oil painting came to life, so
To say that the curse has nothing to do with oil painting would be to deceive oneself and others too much.
Taking a deep breath, Rowling asked, "Now that we know the source of the curse, what should we do?"
This question really asked us.
In fact, before Luo Lin and the others came over, I asked Zhang Mo, if the triggering conditions for this curse are really as he guessed, how should we deal with this incident?
Judging from how Bureau 749 handled similar curse incidents in the past, we generally have two options. The first option is to bring the items that caused the curse back to the Bureau for secret containment, but this method is different this time.
But it didn't work in the incident. Because if things are really as we guessed, then I'm afraid we will be attacked by a curse as soon as we take the oil painting out of the villa. And under the attack of the curse, even Zhang Mo may be
There is no guarantee that you can escape intact.
The second option is to completely destroy the cursed object. But there is another problem, that is, not all cursed objects can be destroyed. It is like the ancient mirror that I once encountered that can cast a curse.
, it is a cursed object that cannot be destroyed. No matter how many times it is smashed, the ancient mirror will return to its original state. For this reason, Zhang Mo is not sure whether the oil painting can be destroyed.
[Author's digression]: I wish you all a Merry Christmas