Chapter 17 1. Garden Yoko

At this time, Yucun's family happened to gather on the first floor of the ghost tower, and faint screams kept coming from their ears.Everyone involuntarily looked at each other and listened with bated breath. It was indeed a human cry, and the voice was very familiar. "Ah, where's the eldest brother, where did he go?" Erlang asked loudly after looking around the crowd, but no one responded.A group of people suddenly turned pale and fell silent. "I'll go find Big Brother." Erlang stood up abruptly and ran to the corridor. He walked through the corridors, looking around.After going up to the second floor, he still didn't see his brother, but he realized that the voice was coming from a higher floor, so he stopped and stood at the bottom of the stairs leading to the clock tower.At this time, he could no longer hear the screams. Just to be cautious, Erlang made a decisive decision and rushed to the mechanical room on the top of the tower in three steps.

Erlang took a closer look, and there was a figure flashing between the many gears.It's him again. "Hey, isn't this Yinji? What are you doing!" Hearing Erlang's roar, the man was taken aback, and it turned out to be the old man Yinji. "Hey, Yinji! What are you doing there?" Erlang approached suddenly, but the old man Yinji showed a "just in time" expression and pointed to the unknown object lying in a dark corner.Taking a closer look, isn't that limply slumped on the ground the elder brother Ichiro that Erlang is looking for? "What's going on? Who put brother..." Erlang was stunned for a while, and rushed to the side of the collapsed elder brother.

Ichiro's neck seemed to be covered with a bright red collar, and the wound was horrific, but luckily his life was not in danger.Although dying, at least he can explain the ins and outs of the matter with a weak voice. According to Ichiro, it was the old man Onkichi who saved him.Yinji, like Erlang, ran up to the top of the tower when he heard the screams.At the critical moment, Yinji hurriedly stopped the mechanism of the big clock, tried to reverse the clock, and pulled Ichiro back before the ghost gate closed. Hearing this, on the one hand, Erlang was relieved that his brother was rescued, but on the other hand, he felt an uncontrollable and inexplicable disappointment.Is Yinji really a loyal servant?No, no, he couldn't believe it no matter what.Didn't the old man shoot a stone at his sister Taeko with a slingshot?When Taeko was attacked, who was sneaking around the door?Taeko was stabbed in the secret room, and the door of the house was locked so tightly, it is logically impossible.Unless the person who locked the door was the murderer, old man Yinji, there was no other possibility.

So, why did Yinji come to the rescue? If he didn't lend a helping hand, Ichiro would surely die.Analyzing the murderer's previous criminal methods, it is conceivable that the evil criminals wanted to prolong the time of Yucun's family being tortured by fear as much as possible, deepen their feeling of fear, and want to hear more screams from Yucun's family.In other words, this is comparable to Ling Chi torture. However, there is no definite evidence at present, and it is not good to stir up trouble without knowing it.Okay, that being the case, from now on I will simply be a detective and closely monitor this guy's every move. Although Yinji was introduced by a reliable acquaintance, it is necessary to investigate his background in detail and wait for the opportunity to find irrefutable evidence.When the time comes, facts will speak louder than words, and he will have nothing to say—Erlang secretly made up his mind.

Leaving aside the conspicuous scars on Ichiro's neck, he recovered after two or three days, but Taeko's condition was not optimistic.Still living in the surgical hospital with a high fever. One day Taeko's friend Hanazono Yoko stopped by Tamamura's house on her way home after visiting her in the hospital.In fact, visiting a doctor was just an excuse, and Yoko wanted to meet Erlang, who hadn't seen each other for a long time after the murder.Yoko is a student of a well-known female musician in Tokyo. Through Taeko's introduction, she made friends with the Tamamura family.The love affair between her and Erlang even got the acquiescence of her father Yucun.

The two avoided the crowd, sat side by side on the rocks in the shade of the trees in the yard, bathed in the warm sunshine, and chatted happily, but today they did not talk sweet words as usual. "What are you talking about? I write to you every day? It's impossible. I'm so busy with my brother and sister that I don't have time to write letters at all." Yoko's words were really confusing, and Erlang asked back in surprise. "However, every letter bears your signature." "What was written in the letter? I have no recollection at all." "I don't understand. Erlang, the letter you wrote to me is full of codes, and you pretend not to know."

"A code?" Erlang was startled, "What kind of code?" "Oh, you still ask the question knowingly. There are no words on it, only numbers. Isn't that a code?" "Hey, numbers? You mean numbers?" "Well, starting from five, the number is decreased by one a day, four, three, two, one, just like this." Erlang's face changed completely when he heard this, and he couldn't help standing up. "Xiaoyang, is this true? Terrible, those were sent by the villain who killed Uncle Futian, and my brother and sister were also killed by him."

"Oh!" Yoko screamed in fright, and his face turned pale immediately. "When did you receive the letter from 'One'? Could it be..." "Well, it was yesterday. Not only that, but under the big 'one', there is also the words 'Tell me something, I must go to the appointment tomorrow'. It is your handwriting. I just came to visit and visit Taeko on the way. Don't scare me its me." "Where did I scare you? That letter is fake, that guy imitated my handwriting. There is nothing that guy can't do." "Who?" "That's the guy. A giant over seven feet tall, good at playing the flute..."

In the middle of speaking, Erlang suddenly stopped talking.With a fearful expression on his face, he looked through the trees and stopped five or six rooms away. Yoko followed Erlang's eyes in surprise, and someone was walking slowly. "Who is that?" "Shh!" Jiro stopped Yoko with a gesture, and waited patiently until the man left.After the figure of the other party disappeared, Erlang answered Yoko with peace of mind. "That's the old man hired to clean the yard recently, his name is Yinji." "I met him at the door when I came in, and he greeted me very respectfully."

"He may be eavesdropping on us." "Can't he hear it?" "No, that's not the case..." Erlang answered vaguely.The villain not only cast a curse on Yucun's family, but also extended his claws to his lover. The monster's unfathomable evil mentality made Erlang gnash his teeth with hatred. In addition to his father, Zentaro, Jiro also conveyed the matter to the police officers stationed in the house, and asked them to send someone to escort Yoko home. Unexpectedly, when Erlang came to the hall from his father's study, he found that Yoko who was there a moment ago had disappeared.Only her brother Ichiro, who was chatting with her over there earlier, remained in the hall.

"Where's Yoko?" "Didn't I go to your study?" "My study?" Erlang was so frightened that his lips lost all color, and he turned back and rushed to his study.nobody.He ran to the corridor and kept calling "Miss Garden", but got no response, only the servant quickly approached, wondering what happened. Erlang ran to the gate like crazy, grabbed the scholar standing guard at the gate and asked: "Did you see Miss Garden go out from here?" The scholar replied that no one came in and out for half an hour. Therefore, the servant and the criminal police immediately separated and searched the house thoroughly.Unfortunately, Erlang's lover seems to have evaporated, and she can't be found anywhere.