Chapter 47 Upstairs and Downstairs II: Basement
The game between the detectives and the murderer in the house is gradually becoming white-hot. The house itself has become their battlefield. The real builder and owner of the house are lying in the cold sofa mezzanine on the top floor, looking so pitiful and helpless.
Oil paintings of the Demon and the Knight are hung on the wall, with four pairs upstairs and four pairs downstairs, all of which are with the Cuckoo Bell.
We have already described the fourth pair downstairs, and the space behind him has now been used up. So are the four pairs upstairs really ordinary oil paintings? There is really nothing tricky about it?
Of course, this is an excuse that cannot be believed. However, the cuckoos are still stuck in the nest and the four paintings are still stuck to the wall. It can only be said that unless the mechanism here is not on the cuckoo clock, we have to believe that they have no effect.
All these props, both true and false, are important for the murderer and for the detectives. The rest of the living room on the top floor has been investigated by the detectives.
So the key should be found on the cuckoo clock, but why did the colorful cuckoo that could have called time suddenly refuse to leave the house after everyone left? Who stuck to its feet?
These are issues that we cannot understand yet. The detectives and actors are acting in the dark, and they will definitely find an opportunity to confirm again.
When the forensic doctor and the maid act in an open place, the scope of action is greatly limited, and the only thing that can be relied on is the wisdom of the forensic doctor. This is also a headache for the actors.
Apart from the cuckoo clock and oil painting, there is actually nothing to see on the top floor. Everything we discovered before can't be regarded as a secret room or a secret passage, because it is the equipment that is normally needed when building a house. No one thought of building a secret room or a secret passage when building this villa.
Now, it was not until the murder that everyone began to pay attention to the house and worked diligently to serve everyone, but never cleaned or let everyone take a look at the dark corner.
Okay, let’s take a look at the bottom floor, which is the bottom floor, the one called the basement that has not been described seriously yet.
The living room where Mo Haiyou is actually all in the basement space, which is larger than the above space, because it does not divide the mechanical room, room or living room, and is summarized in general.
However, even in such a large basement, it was filled with the former Lady Lucifer who loved demon props. It would be very difficult to find something from it. No wonder Xing Meimi had to stay in the basement for so long in the morning to organize props. Without Yuya's help, this family was really difficult to handle, especially the former Lady Lucifer's hobby.
Recalling Xing Meimi's narrative carefully, let's find the place where Xing Meimi is imprisoned in the basement.
In fact, after entering the small door at the bottom of the kitchen, the bathroom is not far from the door. Together with the bathroom behind, the area is actually quite large. It is much larger than the bathrooms of ordinary people.
There are showers and bathtubs in the bathroom, and modern equipment is also well-equipped. There is no direct access to the bathroom. There is a square space between the bathroom and the kitchen door.
Standing at the door of the kitchen door facing the bathroom, there is a bathroom on the left side and a large mirror; on the right side is the door leading to the basement. It is a very simple door, so it is the type commonly used by ordinary people and does not have much anti-theft effect. But, think about it, who is going to steal those demon props?
You have to be careful when entering the basement entrance door, because its threshold is directly the first step leading to the basement, and it is a very long, narrow staircase with a very curved, and a very large slope. It is really easy for unfamiliar people to roll down.
Ignoring the stairs, we went directly into the basement. There was no door at the entrance under the stairs. Perhaps it was because it was more convenient to carry things, so it was not installed.
Don’t think you can move at will when you enter the basement. It is much more dangerous than the stairs. First, the basement is as big as that. Although there are many fluorescent lights installed, it still cannot be illuminated. Moreover, there are too many large props from former Lady Lucifer. The roof of the basement is not high, and some props have achieved the full effect of shading the sun. Second, when you get off the stairs, first of all, there are a bunch of headless knights' corpses on the left side of your feet. You can’t even see them. Some of the blood stains and broken holes on them are very realistic. Fortunately, there are two fluorescent lights in the corner of the wall at the entrance of the basement, which can be regarded as a little "comfort" to the timid people.
Third, after crossing the headless knight's "corpse", it is not as good as you imagined that you can walk inside directly. You have to sideways and shrink your shoulders and rub through the intervals of various large props. Fortunately, the two maids in Lucifer Villa are petite people. If you meet a big man like Xie Yunmeng, you will be squeezed to death!
Then, it goes without saying that when you need to take something, you can only turn on all the lights. Sometimes you also need to bring a high-power flashlight and search in the basement endlessly, which is not only time-consuming, but also physically exhausting.
But we still cannot know the correct location of the maid being kidnapped! Because there are too many places to hide people like the maid described. For example, a large cabinet with a petite maid sitting behind, of course, she cannot see the scenery in front. But when she falls down, can't she see a gap from the bottom of the cabinet?
And those magic boxes! Well... Anyone with feet, a little bit hanging at the bottom, or a height higher than the maid when sitting, can be counted. Therefore, it can be described as confusion.
This is also the reason why Yun Yeyao has not explored in depth the location of the kidnapping with the forensic and criminal police after seeing the situation in the basement.
So since you cannot clearly understand the location where the maid was kidnapped, you can only catch the real murderer and let him tell the facts himself.
However, the basement, which was originally stuffed and airtight, suddenly appeared in the corner of the deep, and there was a strange open space behind most props. It was impossible to see that place when entering the door.
A small piece of open space must have been piled up with some things, and there were traces left on it, but now it has taken away these things because of the use of some people. So what are these things used for?
Judging from the traces of dust, these must be some large pieces of props, which also have a certain amount of weight, because the floor is slightly sunken.
There is also a black thing not far from this small open space. The wall is inlaid with a black thing. It looks not tall. It looks like a doghouse, but it is all black and black. And a little black gray or Mars appear from time to time. Anyway, it reminds people of things like incinerators.
And in this so-called incinerator, there are really something hidden now, maybe it is the evidence that the actors and the detectives are looking for, but they don’t seem to have thought of it yet. Moreover, the things in the open space and incinerator are taken away or placed in after the actors enter the basement.
Alas! We should be worried again. After the actor finally left the basement, everyone gathered in the living room. Who has this opportunity? Is it a snooping person hidden in the dark? This can clearly tell everyone that the snooping person hidden in the dark cannot move, so the detective can only think of others.
There is nothing we can say in the basement, so let our gray brain cells become active quickly, and the stars at night are waiting for Villa Lucifer to return to its illumination!
Chapter completed!