Musician Mr. Bundy is born with eye disease. He is forty-one years old, has no family, and lives alone in an apartment in the lower city. Xia De admires this kind of blind man who lives alone. Although he may have been used to groping in the dark for more than 40 years, he has the courage to survive alone, which makes Xia De, who has never tasted the taste of blindness, feel great admiration .
The alley where Mr. Bundy lives is called Rotten Fish Alley. From the way it is named, it is known that this is just an inconspicuous place in the city. The location of this alley could not be found on the travel map of the city. Only on the map left by Detective Sparrow could one find it in an unremarkable corner in the north of the city.
Detective Sparrow used a pencil to write small characters to make a note for this alley. The content of the note was that loan shark gangs could be found around Rotten Fish Alley, and people who sold illegal drugs could even be found through certain codes. .
Shad set off from Place Saint Teresa, first took a carriage to the Piazza della Piazza in the lower city, and then walked northward along the northern street of the lively Piazza della Piazza, together with the children who were running wildly.
The weather is not bad today, and Xia De didn't leave in a hurry.
He chose the northwest one at the five forks at the end of the street, turned into the street, and walked inward at the second alley. After carefully avoiding the feces and garbage piles on the ground, he covered his mouth and nose with his collar turned up, walked through the alley, and came to the intersection of the slums centered on a big locust tree.
Continue to walk west along the slightly open alley, passing through the old dilapidated apartment buildings standing here, and knowing that you are on the right road by observing the direction of the gas pipe under the wall.
After passing a dark, empty building that had been burned by fire, Shad finally saw the towers on both sides, and the gray stone suspended corridor connecting the two towers.
After crossing the doorway under the promenade, the scope of Rotten Fish Alley was reached. It was only after entering that Xia De understood how the alley was named. The whole alley was filled with the smell of dead fish, which was different from the smell of murlocs that Shad had smelled in Lengshui Harbor and the smell of fresh fish.
He speculated that a nearby house might have been used as a warehouse by the fishery operator, otherwise there would be no reason for this strong smell to appear here.
Xia De was very worried that when he returned home, Miya would be smelled by his own body.
Mr. Frank Bundy, a blind musician who lives alone, lives on the first floor of the apartment at No. 13 Rotten Fish Lane. Xia De followed the faded and rusted number plates to find the house. After knocking on the door, he hesitated to see a gap in the door.
The door was not locked at all.
Of course he would not rashly break into other people's homes, so he stood at the door and shouted:
"Is Mr. Frank Bundy at home?"
If that gentleman is not at home, it is only possible to perform in the Nuoshan Opera Troupe.
I was worried that no one would answer, but I didn't expect that almost as soon as Xia De finished yelling, a violent man's voice came from the house:
"Bundy? He's dead."
Then came the sound of footsteps, and a man with a big beard, a head shorter than Xia De, but slightly fat, came out. Although his voice is grumpy, he looks kind.
"died?"
Xia De on the steps in front of the door was a little surprised:
"Sorry, I'm looking for the blind musician Frank Bundy. Is he really dead? How did this gentleman die?"
he asked hastily.
"I am the landlord of this house, who are you?"
But the bearded man didn't answer the question immediately, but asked with a frown. Shard immediately put his hand in his pocket, and pulled out a one-shilling piece:
"I am this."
"Oh I got it."
Squinting his eyes to look at the coin, after taking it into his hand, the man's tone became much softer:
"You are late, Frank committed suicide in the middle of last month. Right in my house, he got some illegal drugs, and after taking a large amount, he shouted manically in the house and ran around. Upstairs Frank was dying when the tenant went upstairs to see what was going on. The poor man gave his suicide note to his upstairs neighbour, and died on the way to the hospital... oh, what a poor man."
The man shook his head sadly.
According to Detective Sparrow's information, Frank Bundy lived here for many years. As the landlord, the bearded man must have known the blind musician for many years, so it is normal to have such emotions when talking about his death.
"Middle of last month..."
Xia De was in a bit of a dilemma. In the middle of last month, the [Blood of Mercury] was coming to an end. He did not expect such an accident to happen to this commission at that time.
Originally, I just wanted to check on Frank Bundy's recent situation. After the visit, I went to the client to submit a report. Now it seems that it is still necessary to investigate carefully:
"Sorry, were his eyes still healed before he died?"
"Yes, so we can't understand it. Since he finally healed his eyes, there is no reason to give up the hope of survival."
"So, have you read his suicide note? Where is the suicide note now? I want to know the reason for that gentleman's suicide."
Saying that, Shad handed out a 1 shilling coin again.
The reason for not using MI6's ID is that it is completely unnecessary. If ID is used for all trivial matters, it will greatly increase the chance of exposure of Shade's identity.
"We didn't read the suicide note. Frank asked us to send the suicide note to the North Mountain Opera Company. He left all the furniture he bought to me and gave the other property to the opera company. Sir, if you want to read the suicide note, you can Go to the opera troupe."
Xia De bit his lip. He didn't expect that the simple commission would become complicated. After thinking about it, he asked again:
"Then what did that gentleman say before he died, or did he behave strangely?"
The bearded landlord stood at the door, hesitating, as if wondering if he should speak up. Xia De immediately went to pick out his pocket again, but the man waved his hand and refused:
"I was just wondering if I should tell others about the poor man's situation after his death. Sir, I think you are also a decent person, so you shouldn't talk about what I said next."
"Yes."
Shad nodded immediately.
"Well, Frank had some mental problems some time before his death."
The bearded landlord pointed to his head and made a helpless expression:
"He seemed to be afraid of something. He was blind before, but now he is very afraid of the dark and the sudden sound. This kind of mental problem became more intense before his death. So we are only surprised by his suicide. But not too suspicious..."
The bearded man sighed and lowered his voice:
"We suspect that he has been taking those illegal drugs before, so he gradually became insane."
Shad was skeptical. It sounds like the blind musician Frank Bundy's mental problems didn't happen until his eyes were healed.
"If you want to know more about his situation before his death, you can go to the 'Nuoshan Opera Troupe' and the 'Three Cats Hotel' in the Singer Square. I once fell into darkness but never lamented my fate, but why should I see the light now."
Xia De frowned:
"Mr. Bundy's eye condition, did it get worse again? Because he couldn't accept going blind again, he committed suicide?"
"We don't know about that."
The landlord shook his head, and then gave the information on the residence of the Shadnau Mountain Opera Troupe. Next, Xia De can go to the Opera Troupe and the Three Cats Hotel to inquire about the news, but because he wants to see the suicide note first, Xia De plans to go to the Nuoshan Opera Troupe to check the situation first.
Large-scale opera troupes generally have their own residences to facilitate daily rehearsals and administrative work. But very unfortunately, as a well-known local opera troupe, Nuoshan Opera Troupe is not located in the lower city in the north of the city, but near the "Tobesk Grand Opera House" in the south of Tobesk.
In the urban area of Tobesk, there are generally Nangui (higher terrain, mostly residences of nobles), North Poor (lower terrain, more slums in the lower city of Tobesk), and East Fu (rich people and wealthy businessmen are relatively rich). Many), Xizang (relatively more textile factories, steam machinery factories and foreign merchants) and Zhongquan (Yordell Palace, Kingdom Administration Department, City Hall, Embassies and Consulates), the University District is located in the core urban area, Nancheng District and Between the Dongcheng District, most of the famous opera houses in the city are located in the south and east of the city.
Therefore, seeing that it was getting late, Xia De first took the carriage back to Saint-Andrés Square, and had lunch with the cat. After lunch, I stayed at home for an hour to read books, avoiding the noon break, and then set off again in a carriage.
Although the daily life of a professional detective is very leisurely, once he gets busy, the time is really tight.
I didn’t have any trouble finding the Nuoshan Opera Troupe. The opera troupe’s residence is in an office building with yellowed walls. Letters, most are missing some horizontal or vertical lines.
When Xia De came downstairs, the old man at the door thought he was an opera fan who came to visit the actors~www.mtlnovel.com~ He didn't let him in until he took out his business card.
The inside of the building is also very lively, not only the clerical staff walking around with documents, Xia De even met a group of young girls with heavy makeup on their faces and patched coarse cloth dresses at the corner of the stairs, laughing Walk down the stairs.
One of them even whistled at Shad, which made everyone laugh.
In short, after a lot of trouble, Xia Decai finally met the director of the Nuoshan Opera Troupe. The two met in the slightly cramped office with yellow wallpapers full of performance photos. After Xia De explained his purpose of coming, the tall middle-aged man wearing a monocle looked at Xia De in surprise. Germany's business card:
"Hamilton of Regard?"
"You know me?"
"How could someone in Tobesk not know you... Do you need me to change to a better black tea for you?"
"No, there's no need. I'm making a commission and want to inquire about Frank Bundy's situation. Excuse me, may I have a look at his suicide note? Also, is there anything unusual about this gentleman after his eyes were healed?" Performance?"
The title of knight saved Xia De from a lot of trouble, and the head of the opera troupe was very happy to help Xia De.
He not only dug out Mr. Bundy's suicide note from the file cabinet, but even showed Mr. Bundy's relics in the troupe to Shad.
As for the performance of the blind musician in his last period of life, the head of the troupe allowed Shad to talk to anyone at will in the opera troupe and visit those who were familiar with Mr. Bundy.