Chapter 6 5. Miserable paintings

"I'm fine, thank you." After a while, Erlang finally woke up from his dizziness and stood up.It's just that he couldn't bring himself to speak up for the time being.They—Erlang, inspector, and scholar—stand in a corner some distance from the corpse in horror, looking at each other's pale and convulsed faces.The mother-in-law and the maid just glanced at the lower body of the corpse, and they were already out of their wits, staying in the corridor and not daring to come in. "It's too miserable, it's really too miserable." After a while, the inspector turned his face away and muttered hoarsely to himself, as if he was talking about a secret that he didn't want others to hear.

No wonder everyone is scared out of their wits.Futian's body is really strange, this is obviously not an ordinary murder.It was the first time that everyone saw a headless corpse. It turned out that the corpse with nothing on its shoulders and only the torso was so terrifying.A lifeless and bloody behemoth lay limply on the ground.In other words, the murderous gangsters beheaded and took away Futian's head. That scene was simply a replica of Fangnian's miserable painting, it was so frightening that the teeth chattered.Fangnian's paintings contain a sentimental beauty amidst the misery and fright, but what is in front of him is a vivid and bloody real scene.Blood gurgled from the cross-section of the shoulder, an indescribable smell of blood filled the room, teeth were chattering frighteningly, the hairs all over the body stood on end, the pores dilated, and the ice-like cold wind penetrated directly into the body.

But why on earth did the murderer take the head?It would be understandable if the murderer was a robber, but even if it was revenge, killing the other party would be enough.Unexpectedly, the gangster was like the righteous man in the old days. After killing someone, he chopped off his head and carefully took it away.From a modern point of view, the means are extremely grotesque. No, no, the abnormality of this murder case is not limited to this, there are even more weird places.The delicate wild chrysanthemums sprinkled on the corpse, and the mournful funeral music played by the fife, even the smallest details are so elegant and romantic, adding an indescribable weirdness.

However, this is not the only thing that is unbelievable. There are even more bizarre things. The four words "unbelievable" are not enough to describe it. It stands to reason that such a thing can never happen in the world.Regarding the notice letter that was delivered to the closed bedroom every morning, everyone felt an indescribable fear and wonder in their hearts.Right now, not just a piece of paper, but a head disappearing out of nowhere in a closed room.No, not only the head, how the murderer who killed Fukuda sneaked into the room and how he left, there is no more reasonable explanation except for the magician's stunts.

Of course, this cannot be answered by the reasoning ability of patrols or Tamura Erlang, scholars, etc.They were so scared out of their wits by the bloody corpse that they couldn't even fully understand how incredible the current situation was for a while. Fortunately, due to his profession, the inspector could not continue to be at a loss like ordinary people. He suppressed his nausea, resolutely approached the corpse, and dutifully inspected the horrific incision section.The neck had been severed by a sharp blade—probably a saw—less than a professional surgeon's, but no less deft.On the carpet where the head was supposed to be, the blood flowed all over the floor, and it was almost solidified.

Then, the inspector carefully searched under the bed and behind the furniture.The search was bizarre and disturbing. At first the inspector thought that the detached head might be hidden in some invisible corner, but his uncomfortable search was still in vain.In addition, apart from the regularly scattered wild chrysanthemums, there were no clues about the murderer in the room. A well-trained inspector knows exactly how to deal with this situation.Although he is not as ambitious as Detective Lecoq, he abides by the rules. He invites everyone out of the bedroom, closes the dilapidated door, and does his best to preserve the scene.Even though it was late at night, he still called the Metropolitan Police Department and urgently reported what happened.

As soon as the emergency notification was received, the Metropolitan Police Department quickly contacted the Boyue Police Department who was in charge of the case and was on standby at home.About an hour later, the police department led two criminal police officers to the scene.During this period, the inspector was not idle. He checked the door locks of the entrance and the back door, looked for footprints outside the house, and questioned the servants. He did everything he was supposed to do in an orderly manner, but to no avail.The ground in the courtyard was dry, and no footprints were found, and the locks of the entrance and the back door were also normal.Of course, the servants also don't know what to ask.

When the Bo Yue Police Department arrived, the district police officers and the victim's elder brother Tamamura had arrived with the eldest son Ichiro, as well as the neighbors who were good friends on weekdays, and many people gathered in the house at once.Although there were many people coming, the whole house was silent, as if they had entered a kingdom of mutes.