Whispering Poems

Chapter 1171 Special Profession

Professor Martin is a thin, middle-aged man with thick black hair who wears glasses and looks in his 40s.After confirming Xia De's identity and shaking hands with him, he told about his own affairs.

The professor's Delarion language is very standard. Among the people Shad knows, only Miss Pavo can compare with him:

"This time I asked Louisa to find you because of my troubled son."

The professor reluctantly handed the photo frame standing on the table to Xia De. In the photo is a group photo of Professor Martin and a young man who doesn't look very happy. The facial features of the two are very similar.

"My wife passed away due to illness more than ten years ago. I did not marry another woman, but raised Herbert alone. I must admit that when children from single-parent families grow up, most of them will have somewhat different personalities. Flaws. Anyway, 17 year old boy ran away for a woman. Yes, that happened last weekend and I thought he would be back soon, but never did.”

"You want to entrust me to get Mr. Herbert Martin back?"

Xia De asked, Professor Martin nodded, with a very sad look:
"I'm pretty sure that he will never leave Tobesk. He's not that brave. Please get him back and persuade him to go home. You can use any method that doesn't cause permanent damage. In addition , and please do not tell other people about this commission, but if Louisa wants to publish it, she can use a pseudonym."

"No problem. If I'm still in this city, I don't think this kind of entrustment to find someone will be a problem for me. Excuse me, what is the identity of the other protagonist in the story, the lady whom your son has taken a fancy to? I Think, I can use her as an entry point."

While talking, Xia De took out his notebook to record.Minia was pressed under the notebook as a backing board, and the cat had no problem with it.

The professor touched his nose, and it took him a long time to spit out the sentence:
"...Sociable, no proper job, frequents clubs and parties. That's about it."

Xia De expressed great sympathy for this gentleman.

In fact, Xia De doesn't often do the entrusted work of finding people. On the contrary, he is better at finding lost pet cats.But since it is confirmed that Mr. Martin Jr. is still in the local area, Xia De thinks that it should not be a problem to find him in a day or two.

So, after bidding farewell to Professor Martin, he and Mia started today's action.The professor provided the "work place" of the lady his son was obsessed with. Although it was daytime and the other party was probably not going to work, Xia De decided to try his luck.

The 17-year-old Mrs. Herbert Martin's obsessed woman calls herself "Miss Norma". She is not a street warbler in the traditional sense, but holds special roles in the city's high-end clubs.

The "Good Mister Club" is located in the west of Tobesk City, and it is nominally a club where antique collectors gather and establish.When Shade came down from the carriage on this winter morning and saw the club, the three-story building stood on the left side of the stone-paved street with few people. On the left side of the club was a high-end tobacco store. "Tobacco Franchise License" is nailed; on the right is a high-end fur shop, where ladies hang out.

Not everyone can enter this kind of high-end club.To enter not only need to pay membership fees, but also need to be introduced by acquaintances.But fortunately, the reputation of "Leggard's Hamilton" is still very useful in this city, especially after the "big case" some time ago.

Not long after explaining his identity, Xia De was invited into the club and met today's manager on duty, Mr. Chelsea.

This is a tall middle-aged man with thinning hair.He warmly welcomed Xia De, and when he heard that Xia De wanted to investigate the "staff" of the club, he hesitated a little and happily expressed his willingness to cooperate.

So Xia De successfully obtained the residence of Miss Norma, and learned that the lady hadn't appeared for several days.But that's the way most people in this profession are, so it's not surprising.

"By the way, is Mr. Herbert Martin a regular at your club?"

Xia De did not forget to ask about this, and Mr. Chelsea nodded after recalling:

"He comes once or twice a week, but Mr. Martin doesn't understand antiques, he just comes to have fun with friends. He and Miss Norma are quite familiar, yes, probably the relationship you think. However, with Norma Miss Ma is not the only man who maintains a friendly relationship with him, they know each other and have not had any conflicts."

Xia De nodded:
"So recently, Miss Norma and Mr. Martin, have there been any abnormalities?"

Mr. Chelsea recalled again:
"Miss Norma is nothing unusual, at least I haven't observed it, but I have heard that Mr. Herbert Martin and his companions talked about the topic of 'resurrection'. Oh, don't think too much, Miss Norma Alive, at least until the last time the two of them were seen."

Xia De frowned slightly. He hadn't heard of any relatives and friends of Mr. Martin Jr. who passed away recently.

"So, if you use 10 points to evaluate Mr. Martin's 'love' for Miss Norma, how many points can you give?"

Mr. Chelsea gave the answer without thinking this time:

"10 points. That young man loves that lady deeply. However, after all, he is a young man of seventeen or eighteen, which is normal. Maybe when he is a few years older, he will be able to understand what love is. .”

Shade was thoughtful, and hoped that Mr. Martin Jr. would talk about "resurrecting from the dead" with his friends, which had nothing to do with his disappearance.

The west of Tobesk City is a gathering area for nobles, but there are also cheap rental apartments.Miss Norma lived at 6 Honey Lane, two blocks from the Good Mister Club.

It was Friday morning at this time, and most of the people living nearby went out to work, so Xia De knocked on the door and waited for a long time, but no one came to answer the door.Considering Miss Norma's rich nightlife, if she was at home, she would probably be fast asleep, so she didn't hear the knock on the door.

[Do you want to come again at night? 】

"She" asked with a chuckle.

"Come again at night, she may go out, I am impatient, spend the whole afternoon watching here... at least make sure that lady is at home."

From the corner of the eye, he scanned the left and right sides. Although there were people on the street, most of them were in a hurry.So Xia De stretched out his finger and knocked on the door lock——

click~
"It's really careless. The tenants here actually forgot to lock the door before going out."

He muttered in a low voice, opened the door a gap, and then got in sideways, and the door was closed again.

The interior area of ​​the Honey Lane apartment is mostly small, and you can feel crowded and narrow after entering it.Stepping on the creaking stairs, I came all the way to the third floor where Miss Norma lived. There was a nameplate with my surname on the wooden door, and a note was glued under the nameplate:
"If you don't clean up your stinky perfume in the public restroom, I will ban you from using the restroom."

This was probably posted by the landlord.

Xia De didn't go in directly, but knocked on the door a few more times.After waiting for a while, after making sure that no one answered, he opened the door and walked in.

The small living room of the narrow apartment is about the same size as Shade's bathroom. There are three doors in the front, back, left, and right, respectively leading to the dining room, kitchen, bedroom, and a balcony facing the sun.

After Shade walked in, he glanced around, and then looked down at the letters piled up on the floor mats that had been stuffed in through the delivery opening of the door:

"The oldest letter was sent three days ago. Could it be that Miss Norma really eloped with Mr. Martin?"

He flipped through the envelopes of those letters a little. Judging from the crazy words written on the envelopes, most of them were letters from Miss Norma's admirers. This lady seemed very cunning and charming.

The cat lying on its shoulders made some unhappy sounds at this time, because the fragrance in the room was too strong, and it was still the smell of low-quality incense.This smell has no source, like the smell of incense that has been permeating the house for many years.

Since the letter from three days ago has not been checked, Miss Norma is naturally not at home.Considering that this matter needs to be reported to the client, Xia De did not immediately go through the things in other people's houses privately, but stood still and apologized softly before taking action.

"However, we must first determine whether this is a homicide—the echo of blood."

There was no large area of ​​fresh blood in the living room. After putting on the shoe covers, Xia De came to the bedroom, and then saw fresh blood stains on the bedside table and the picture frame hanging by the bed, and the blood stains had accumulated over the years, like two There was blood everywhere.

"Is there a clue?"

There were Miss Norma's personal items in the bedside table, and Xia De didn't mess around with it.He stood by the bed and looked at the hanging painting again. This was not a cheap decorative oil painting. From Shade's appreciation, the painting level of this painting was quite high.

The picture is a landscape of rolling mountains, but this is not a landscape painting, but an almost malicious depiction of the dim yellow sky, strange figures in the shadows of the mountains, and the strange shapes of the continuous mountains.

There are indeed people who like this style of painting, but in Xia De's view, there may be some problems in it.

He took off the oil painting on his feet, and saw a locked hidden compartment on the wall.As for the back of the oil painting, there is a sentence written obliquely in very exaggerated cursive letters:

[May the earth be with you and me. 】

And after Xia De noticed these words written in dark blue letters, the dark blue turned into blood, and then the blood flowed down the back of the picture frame.

"It seems to be in trouble."

Xia De sighed slightly. At this time, the dark wind blew through the closed room, and after a muffled bang, the bedroom door was closed by the wind.The light transmitted from the curtains was extremely weakened, and with the sound of creaking and creaking from below the floor, the palm of the evil spirit stretched out from below the floor and grabbed Shad's ankle.

(End of this chapter)