Card Room

Chapter 283 Chapter 4

The moment everyone walked into the piano room, the door behind them suddenly closed, and a clear "squeak" echo was issued in the quiet space. Long Sen, who walked at the end, immediately turned around and pushed the door, and found that the door was pushed at all. Without moving, he reluctantly said, "We are locked. It seems that we have to find the password to get out of this room."

Qu Wanyue walked over and observed the door carefully. "Why didn't I see where I lost the password?"

Lao Mo also went to the door and explored it carefully. He could not find any traces of switches or door locks. He said to Xiao Lou, "It seems that the code lock is not on the door. Look for it elsewhere."

Xiao Lou's eyes looked around. The room was empty, the walls and the ground were very flat, and he could not see any dark grid marks. In addition to the piano, there are no other cabinets in the house to store clues.

The escape room game is not only for entering the password to open the door, but also for various pressing, stamping, puzzle, and voice-activated institutions. For example, the first room is the voice-activated institution, which is unlocked with Christmas songs. In this room right now, since there is no combination lock on the door, the key to escape from the secret room should be the piano in the center of the room.

Thinking of this, Xiao Lou said, "The piano in the middle of the room is likely to be connected with a hidden pressing mechanism. Only by pressing the corresponding key can this secret room be opened."

Ye Qi agreed with the authentic saying, "This kind of pressing mechanism is very common in the escape room game. If the keys of the piano are connected to the pressing mechanism, the order of the keys is important. What kind of music melody?"

Xiao Loudao "Look for it."

He stepped forward and observed the beautiful woman killed carefully.

The woman was stabbed to death with a knife. She did not struggle before she died, but her expression on her face was full of horror. It should be the hands of her unsuspecting acquaintance—the murderer entered the piano room and came to her in front of her. Stabbed her directly to the front.

Xiao Loudao "There is no doubt about the cause of death, it is the sword on the chest. Her identity ... will it be the hostess at home? Lucia's mother?"

Yu Hanjiang said, "It's possible. Ordinary guests don't come to the piano room. She is sitting in front of the piano and is preparing to play the piano. Maybe when arty starts on Christmas Eve, someone asks her to play a piece of music."

Yu Hanjiang looked around. There was no furniture except the piano. It seemed that the piano was the only clue.

He squatted down to examine the underside of the piano, and then unexpectedly found that a portable recorder more than half a meter wide was hidden under the piano, and there was a horn speaker on the recorder.

Yu Hanjiang took the recorder out and took a closer look—the old-style recorder, which could be started with a battery, had a tape in it. He also used this recorder to listen to songs as a child.

Yu Hanjiang handed the recorder to Ye Qi and asked, "Will it work?"

Ye Qi nodded "Yes."

At this point, the tape has come to an end and the recorder automatically stops playing.

Ye Qi pressed the rewind, quickly rewinded the tape to the beginning, and pressed the play button again.

After a few seconds of blankness, a clear and pleasant piano tune soon sounded in my ears. The familiar melody, with a hint of sadness, many people have heard this melody, but can't remember its name.

Ye Qi was forced to learn musical instruments by his parents from a young age. He would memorize the scores of such famous songs. At the beginning, he heard what kind of music he said. A well-known composer tailor-made for piano master Richard Clydeman. There is a moving story behind this tune. "

Xiao Lou was interested in saying "story? Listen to it."

Ye Qi seriously told the story——

"One year in winter, on a snowy day, a teenager came to the Magic Academy of Dreamland. He fell in love with the school's most beautiful girl at first sight. This girl is the princess of Dreamland."

"The teenager is ordinary, knowing that he cannot be with the noble princess, he can only bury love deep in his heart. Later, he finally couldn't suppress the feelings in his heart and confessed to the princess. After being rejected, he left the dream sadly Country, but after six years, he still couldn't forget that relationship, so he returned to the country of dreams to find the princess, but happened to meet the princess' wedding. "

"The princess married a prince in a neighboring country. The people of the entire country of dreams were celebrating the princess. The man stood in the crowd and saw the princess wearing a dress and the neighboring king walking towards the church. Suddenly, he rushed out, The guard thought he was here to murder the princess, and immediately drew his sword at him, but to everyone's surprise, instead of hurting the princess, he opened his arms and rushed to the princess and said, 'I will protect you.' Then, people saw A sharp arrow shot through his chest from a distance ... "

When Ye Qi said this, he could not help sighing, saying, "The man actually saw someone in the crowd pull out a long bow and wanted to assassinate the princess, so he rushed to protect the princess. Before he died, he dreamed that the princess was wearing a wedding dress He walked into the church with him and smiled and said he was willing to marry him. This song tells a tragic story, and the wedding of a man's dream can never be achieved. "

Hearing Ye Qi's story, teammates looked different.

The sad piano song of "The Wedding in a Dream" was still echoing in the room, and Qu Wanyue softly said, "This man is quite infatuated. For the princess, his life can be spared. Unfortunately, due to the difference in identity, they still cannot be together."

Shao Qingge joked, "Xiaoye, you know how to tell stories."

Ye Qi looked at Xiao Lou and said earnestly, "I think the story behind this piano song may be related to the murder, so I will tell you."

Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou looked at each other.

Could the unrealized dream wedding be related to the murder?

The piano music on the tape was finished, and the room became quiet again.

Yu Hanjiang whispered "It can be inferred from Lucia's diary that there were many people participating in arty on Christmas Eve. The hostess went to the piano room to play the piano and was killed. The murderer covered the truth of the hostess's killing with the prepared piano song. This shows that the killer must know what song the hostess will play, otherwise he will help. "

It's very simple. If the hostess says "I'm going to play a song" To Alice ", but the" Wedding in a Dream "is played on the recorder, it will naturally cause doubts of others. Since the piano music on the recorder is the same as the one the hostess wants to play, it proves that the killer was well prepared.

Xiao Lou speculated, "Maybe, the song" Wedding in a Dream "was suggested by the murderer."

There are many piano tunes. Why is there a sad tune like "Repaying Gifts in a Dream" in a happy holiday like Christmas? Unless someone deliberately suggests, find a reason like "I like to listen to this piano song best" and ask the hostess to play it.

Xiao Lou looked at Ye Qi "Xiaoye, can you pop this piano song?"

Ye Qi nodded "Yes."

No mechanism or combination lock was found in the house, and the door could not be pushed open, and only attempts to unlock it with the piano.

After understanding the meaning of Xiao Lou, Yu Hanjiang stepped forward, moving his body calmly to make room for Ye Qi.

Ye Qi sat on the spot where the body had just sat, stretched out his slender hands, and began to play the piano song of "The Wedding in a Dream" with his memory. As a result, he just finished the first paragraph and was locked before The door suddenly opened!

Ye Qi excitedly said, "It really was unlocked with a piano!"

The piano keys are connected to the hidden combination lock in the room, and the door will open after pressing the correct keys. Xiao Lou's guess is indeed correct.

There were no other clues in this room. Everyone looked at each other and went out immediately.

The cat outside the door disappeared, and there was no light in the dark corridor. Yu Hanjiang took the night pearl and took everyone a few steps, and saw another door.

Everyone walked into the door.

As before, the door was closed behind, and we needed to find out the secret code of the secret room to unlock the clue.

Everyone consciously looked around.

This is a study with a cool black and gray tone.

In the middle of the room is a desk with a picture frame on it. The photo is a photo of a family of three. Xiao Lou took a look at it. The bottom right corner of the photo reads “Wells, Shirley and daughter Lucia ’s 10th birthday photo ".

The man is dressed in a dark blue suit, handsome and handsome; the woman in a white dress is beautiful and sexy, and the little girl is dressed in a pink cake skirt, lively and cute. The picture of a family of three standing together is especially warm.

Xiao Lou looked at the woman in the photo and said, "The one who just died really turned out to be the hostess of this family, called Shirley."

There was a globe next to the frame. Xiao Lou picked it up and looked at it. If no abnormality was found, he temporarily put it back.

Ye Qi squatted down and searched the drawer under the bookcase to find a stack of printed invitations. He gave the invitations to Yu Hanjiang and said, "It should be an invitation to arty on Christmas Eve. It is very delicate."

Yu Hanjiang swept the name on the invitation.

A total of five people were invited to participate in Christmas Eve arty, including Dr. Simon, Mr. Jack, Ms. Karen, Ms. Martha, and Ms. Susan.

Xiao Lou came and looked at the invitation, and while writing down the names of five people, he analyzed, "Two men and three women, except Simon is a doctor, the other four are still unidentified. Being able to attend a private party, this The relationship between the four and the host must be very close. "

Qu Wanyue found a lot of books in the bookcase, and took out and said, "Will the hostess Shirley's profession be a pianist? Or a teacher in a conservatory? There are many professional books on piano in the bookcase."

Ye Qi was rummaging through the desk drawer and found a printed form and a delicate wooden box. He took the form and glanced excitedly, "Shirley is indeed a pianist, and she is very famous. I found A schedule for her tour! "

He spread the form out on the table, and saw that it said--

Concert in Tokyo, Japan on November 25th.

Piano performance in Oslo, Norway on December 7.

December 12, piano performance in Frankfurt, Germany.

Xiao Lou said clearly. "No wonder Lucia's diary mentioned that her parents were too busy during this time and did not accompany her. It turned out that her mother had been busy performing abroad." He walked over and asked "What's in the wooden box?"

Ye Qi opened the wooden box and found that there was a number puzzle inside, all the numbers were filled in, only the middle ones were empty, and a note next to it was "Christmas gift for Shirley, you can complete the puzzle. Get it-love you Wells. "

Ye Qi handed the wooden box to Xiao Lou. "Professor Xiao, this number puzzle is a bit strange. What do you think the password will be?"

Xiao Lou took a wooden box and saw that this digital puzzle is not a 9-grid grid. The entire puzzle is a 6x6 total of 36 grids, of which 24 have been filled with numbers and 12 vacancies remain. The filled numbers can't find any regularity. The horizontal and vertical rows cannot be added or subtracted. According to the Sudoku method of 19, there is no answer.

Xiao Lou looked at the puzzle seriously and thought that since it was a gift from the husband to his wife, these 12 vacant figures are likely to be related to his wife. He looked at the schedule of Shili ’s overseas performance this month, and then looked at the globe on the table. .

Xiao Lou's eyes suddenly flashed. "Liu Qiao, find a few places on the globe for Shirley to perform!"

Liu Qiao stood right next to the globe. He heard the words and immediately rotated the globe to find Tokyo, Japan, Oslo, Norway, and Frankfurt, Germany.

Xiao Loudao "check the latitude and longitude of these cities."

Liu Qiao facing the globe quickly found out the results, saying "Tokyo, Japan is 35 degrees north latitude, 139 degrees east longitude, Oslo, Norway is 59 degrees north latitude, 10 degrees east longitude, Frankfurt, Germany is 50 degrees north latitude, 8 degrees east long ..."

Xiao Lou fills the latitudes 35, 59, and 50 of the three places into the six spaces in the first row, and then fills in the remaining puzzle spaces with the longitude 139108 of the three places.

Sure enough, a "snack" came from the ear, and the mezzanine of the organ box was opened.

Ye Qi couldn't help feeling "Globe, it was originally used to check latitude and longitude!" When he saw the globe just now, he thought, should he turn around a few times to unlock it?

Xiao Lou saw detailed place names on the arrangement table of the hostess ’performance, and the table was just placed with a globe. It was only thought that the city's latitude and longitude might correspond to digital puzzles. This“ connection thinking ”is very important in the escape room game One of the tricks.

Below the box is a sapphire necklace and a greeting card.

The greeting card reads-

"Dear Shirley, we have been married for ten years. You have been very busy these years. You often go to perform all over the world. My company is also very busy. We ca n’t afford to spend too much time with each other. But please Believe that no matter where you go, my heart is with you.

Shall we all take a break after Christmas this year?

Take your baby girl around the world. I think this is the best gift to Lucia. "

After reading this greeting card, Xiao Lou looked at Yu Hanjiang. "The family is rich. The male owner is the company owner and the female host is the pianist. They live in a luxurious villa, but they are too busy to spend time with their daughter. Daughter He was also taken care of by the babysitter and family doctor while he was ill. "

Yu Hanjiang nodded. "The original plan of the male host was to travel around the world after Christmas. So on Christmas Eve, many people were invited to open arty at home. . "

The hostess's body was found in the piano room. What about the hostess?