Chapter 85 I. The Second Letter

   Gloomy clouds covered the sky, no rain, and the air was filled with dullness.

  This is only temporary, the radio is playing, a cloud of rain is spreading from the sea, and it will not be long before it will reach Belfast.

  Whoa——

  Lu Li opened the drawer, and the change at the bottom made a crisp shaking sound.

The    drawer contained many things, coins, crumpled banknotes, a book, and a few silver-plated bullets.

   picked up coins and a lot of banknotes, and Lu Li counted them one by one. Calculated a total of 143 shillings, which is all the money left by Lu Li after returning the carriage and returning the rent.

   is not much, even a little bit.

  Lu Li's eyes fell on the room, and Anna's casual soft humming came from the bedroom.

  If he remembers correctly, Anna's family may be rich...

  Whoa——

  Lu Li closed the drawer and put all the money in his pocket.

  The money is enough for a few days. Before making money, Lu Li has other things to solve: understand the purpose of the stone mask.

  Lu Li took off the stone mask from the bookshelf behind him and laid it flat on the desk.

   This is his first close look at the mask. The stone masks looked like some kind of sacrificial item, or something made by the indigenous tribes of uncivilized tribes. About the size of the palm of an adult, it is smaller than the general mask, at least adults can't wear it on the face. Even if it could, it would seem weird and abrupt. The material is like some kind of rock that has been knocked out of the mask by a tool like a chisel, which makes it look rough and quaint.

   This type of stone tool can be found in many similar objects in the museum's historic area.

   There was a lot of black dirt left in the gaps of the mask. Lu Li picked out a few pieces of debris and poured it into the water glass.

  The **** slowly fell to the bottom of the water, and a flocculent red mist spread out from the slag, which seemed to be blood.

   Frankly speaking, no one would put such a weird thing on their face except for a sick brain.

   And holding it, Lu Li will only add a faint aura of the inner world to himself, but has no other effect.

  As Haders said, unless you can fully understand the source of the homolog, finding someone else to experiment is the best solution.

  Lu Li doesn't need to do this, not because of self-confidence, but because he has a better way: the stone mask was found by Mark, the head of the haunted house, and he has no reason not to know the source of the mask.

   knock knock --

   The door of the detective agency was knocked at this moment.

  Lu Li looked away, put the mask back on the bookshelf, got up and walked towards the door.

   "Sir, this is today's newspaper."

   The door of the room opened, and the short newsboy raised his head, revealing his dirty little face under the brim of his hat, with a smile on his face.

  Lu Li took the newspaper and put two shillings in the palm of the newsboy's palm with the other hand.

   "Thank you sir, have a nice day."

   Newsboys have big smiles because newspapers only cost 1 shilling.

  Close the door, Lu Li returned to the desk and sat down, unfolding the newspaper.

  An envelope without a signature and stamps fell from the gap of the newspaper.

  The black eyes froze on it, after a long pause, Lu Li bent down to pick up the envelope, put it on the table, and continued to flip through the newspaper.

  【Fire broke out in a house on Oak Street: three people died】

   Sheriff Freddy confirmed that the McPhersons, newly moved from Shymfast, were killed with their daughter in the fire. The cause of death was ruled out as murder, and it was initially determined that the oil lamp lit the study and caused the fire. Sheriff Freddy reminded the citizens of Belfast that they also need to pay attention to the occurrence of fires in the rainy season-

  【The famous circus "Shadow of the Clown" arrived in Belfast yesterday and will have a week-long opening in Simp Park]

   "Shadow of the Clown" is a household name on the Allen Peninsula and is loved by children. The clown Betty, as well as a team of animal trainers, magicians, fortune-tellers, acrobatic troupes, etc., arrived in Belfast this time. Interested citizens can go to Simp Park to buy tickets to enter. The top ten visitors each day can also watch the entire program for free.

  【The lawsuit against Baron Joseph has been reviewed by the court, and Baron Joseph responded rudely]

   Following the indictment of Baron Joseph on charges of invasion of privacy, illegal confinement, rioting, beating men and not wearing underwear, the court officially replied to the plaintiff yesterday afternoon, agreeing to the plaintiff’s request, and the court will be held next Monday. Baron Joseph's response to this: "The old guys on the high platform exuded the temperature of rotting sleeves, they should have lived hundreds of years ago and not now. Even vomit that has been fermented in cans for months is not enough. Hundreds of times stronger than their [beep] liquid. I'd rather be in the same room with a seal that ate excrement than with them."

   Fire caused death? The police didn't think it was that stupid.

  If Oliver is still there, Lu Li can ask him to find out the inside story. Such as how the police station is handled, and whether the Night Watch is dispatched.

   It's a pity that I can't do it, Jojo is not suitable, even if she thinks she can.

   Folded the newspaper again, Lu Li hesitated a little, and stretched his palm to the envelope.

  …

   Workers are busy going back and forth.

   Pieces of furniture that were burnt to pitch black, and unrecognizable pieces of furniture were carried out of the gate and placed on the side of the road.

"It's been humid these days, and it was raining last night, so the main body of the house is fine, but the furniture and walls are burnt out. The former can't be used for sure, the latter can be covered with paint, or renovated, miss. ?"

   The supervisor tentatively asked his back.

   Wearing a black suit, the woman who outlined her figure raised her head and looked at the blackened outer wall of the house. The black ponytail swayed slightly behind her head, but did not turn her head.

   "The wallpaper is done, but the furniture is burnt out. The house can still be used."

   "Okay, that's right, miss..." The supervisor was about to say something, when a worker hurried out, unable to catch his breath: "Boss, go and see, there is something on the wall!"

   "What's wrong with the wall?" The supervisor asked the ponytail woman with an apologetic smile and frowned.

   "It's...there is a figure on the wall." The worker's scalp was numb, and he briefly described the dark pattern of the next family of three.

  The ponytail woman suddenly said: "The children who lived here used to be playful and always like to draw something on the wall."

"Did you hear it? Make a fuss, go to work!" The supervisor glared at the unsatisfactory worker, and explained to the ponytail woman with apologetic face: "I'm sorry, don't worry, leave the painting task to us, hurry up It can be completed in three days.”

   "No hurry, you can take your time."

   The supervisor nodded with a smile and stretched out his right hand.

  The ponytail woman stretches out her white gloved hands and holds each other.

   "Then I'll go to work first."

   The supervisor said goodbye and turned to enter the house.

The    ponytail woman watched him leave, silently took off her gloves, and threw them on the ground at will.

   She raised her head and continued to stare at the outer wall of the house while her ponytail swayed, her red lips curved.

   "It's about to start again."

   (end of this chapter)