Chapter 13 2. Weird text

A few days later, a strange thing happened to the Yucun family in Omori Kotai. The Yucun house is built in the middle of the vast land with continuous hills, far away from the houses, and is lonely.Although it is lonely, one can still see the grandeur of the house. Among them are red brick foreign-style houses built in the middle of the Meiji period, which inherit the style of Goten-zukuri. The courtyard is equipped with natural rockery, ponds, and gazebos. Create a forest. A classic clock tower stands on the roof of the tall red brick bungalow, which is a famous place in Tamamura.In fact, the Tamamura store is like a general Japanese gem merchant. In addition to buying and selling gems, it also engaged in the manufacture and sale of clocks at the beginning of its opening. The logo of the store is the clock tower on the roof of the Tokyo store.It's a pity that the clock tower collapsed during the earthquake. When it was rebuilt, the owner of Yucun thought it was out of fashion these days, so he simply took it back to his home and decorated it on the roof of the bungalow as a souvenir.This is the origin of the bell tower of Wangcundi, a scenic spot.

Nearby middle school students are used to calling this place the "ghost tower" of Yucun, which was inspired by Leixiang's "ghost tower".However, this statement is not groundless. A lonely mansion is built in the middle of the hilly mountains, and a classical red brick building stands in the middle of the mansion. It always feels like the "ghost tower" in the story. The diameter of the number plate on the clock tower is as long as two rooms, which is very huge.Although it is a classical wind-up clock structure, it is quite delicately made.Even after a major earthquake, it is still accurate.Now the thick steel hands that are as high as people walk as usual, and when the time comes, they will ring like church bells.

A detached mansion and a ghost tower on a lonely hill, and the Tamamura family who lived in it was targeted by evil thieves.These backgrounds really gave birth to weird crimes. Naturally, there is no need to describe how terrified the Yucun family was when faced with the strange events that followed.They asked the police station to send criminal police to stand guard at the door, and hired more male servants, trying to deal with the invisible enemy with complete precautions. Erlang witnessed the whole process of the murder case, and Taeko was in constant panic because of the nightmarish premonition. It is not difficult for the two of them to fall into panic, but it is not difficult for them to figure out where the fear of their father Yucun came from. Reasons to be afraid of murderers.Although he didn't say anything, could it be that he knew the true face of this terrifying vengeful ghost?Once Erlang brought up this incident unceremoniously, Tamamura replied vaguely:

"I have absolutely never had a grudge against anyone, and neither has your uncle Fukuda. I don't think he will have a deep hatred with anyone. However, I believe that the murderer is definitely not targeting our brothers. He is going to destroy the entire Yucun family. You'd better not Keep asking. Just thinking about it makes me break out in cold sweat. How could such a thing happen..." Erlang broke the casserole and asked the end, but Yucun refused to reveal more. It is said that one day, Tamamura Jiro went out to play with friends in Tokyo all day, and he returned to Omori's house in the evening.Unexpectedly, as soon as he entered the gate, he accidentally glanced at the courtyard behind the bushes, and found a very strange scene.

On the wide sand field at the other end of the grove, there are leisure facilities such as tennis courts and swings, and several large numbers 8 are drawn on the sand.It seems that it should be drawn with a tool such as a branch, and the handwriting is very poor. Nothing, it must be a prank.But this trivial matter made Erlang feel another meaning.Reminiscent of the fact that Fukuda's death was also predicted by numbers, he couldn't remain indifferent. He couldn't just leave like this, so he opened the bamboo door and walked into the courtyard.The number 8 starts from the very center of the sand, and there is one every other room or so, extending to the other end of the bungalow.

Erlang staggered towards the weird writing.After turning the corner of the bungalow, I saw Shinichi squatting on the ground in front of him, holding a nail-like object and drawing countless 8s. "Xiao Jin, why did you draw so many 8s on the ground?" "Ah, Uncle." Shin turned around in surprise, "I was told that if you write many 8s like this, good things will happen." "Who told you that?" "A strange uncle." Erlang's heart twitched for no reason. "Where?!" "It was just over the gate." "What kind of person is that?"

"An uncle who looks a little old, in a suit." Although Erlang didn't think this was a terrifying trailer like the Futian murder case, who was the other party?Why teach such a boring thing? As if being attacked by a demon, Erlang walked into his study in the bungalow with complicated emotions.Looking at the courtyard from the window, Shinichi continued to write 8 tirelessly. At this time, an old man named Yinji, who had recently been hired to clean the courtyard, approached Shinichi from behind, holding a slingshot made of rubber bands and forked branches. "Young master, grandpa gave you a fun thing." Yinji called Jinyi with a smile.

"what is that?" "This is called a slingshot, have you seen it?" "What is it for?" "It's for shooting birds, but you can also shoot other things. Here, take a look." The old man said, picking up a stone and tightening the rubber band. "Grandpa is a good slingshot. Watch me hit the leaves of the star anise gold plate. Second piece from the top." Snapped! "How about it, isn't it great? Next... Hey, what is your sister drinking on the balcony. Oh, she has a sullen face, it must be very bitter tea. Young master, look carefully, this time Grandpa is going to hit That cup."

Hearing the old man's words, even Shinichi couldn't help showing suspicion, let alone the grown-up Erlang.He wondered in his heart, is old man Yinji crazy? Immediately afterwards, the stone bounced out with a "snap".From the balcony above Erlang's head came the sound of "clang" porcelain breaking, followed by Taeko's scream of "ah".The stone hit the teacup accurately.On this day, the weather was unseasonably warm, and Taeko went out to drink tea on the balcony. "Oh, grandpa, what are you doing? Isn't this too scary?" "Ah, Miss, I'm so sorry. I just wanted to show the young master a hand. I aimed at the sparrow on the roof, but accidentally missed it." The old man lied nonchalantly.

"It almost hurt me. Look, this rock is too big, please don't make such jokes again." Taeko complained. The old man scratched his head and remained silent.It's just a trivial matter in life. However, this seemingly insignificant episode is very important in the sensitive Erlang's heart.He watched him go with eyes full of fear.Are these two strange things just Erlang's suspicion and unfounded worry after all?The next day, and another day, as the days passed, Erlang gradually realized that the situation was not so optimistic.