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【Phantom in the picture-09】

The wedding scene was very romantic, with a long red carpet on the ground, the crystal chandelier above the head cast a light like broken diamonds, a lot of white roses were inserted on both sides of the red carpet, and the scent of roses floated in the air.

Yue Xingwen looked around and found that the whole wedding venue was full of guests, but the groom and the bride could not be seen.

Jiang Pingce asked in a low voice, "Where's the newcomer?"

Yue Xing Wen said: "The wedding should not have started yet. The groom and bride will not appear until later."

Ke Shaobin saw a familiar face in the guest seat with sharp eyes. He pointed to the front row and said, "Look at the mother and child, are they the woman and child holding a parasol that we saw in the garden before?"

Yue Xingwen followed his gaze and saw the woman with a gentle smile and the little boy sitting beside her. Behind the mother and son was sitting the nanny, still holding a snow-white baby in her arms. kitten.

The appearance of the 13 of them did not attract the attention of the audience, as if they were a mass of air.

Yue Xingwen said: "The illusion in the painting, the people in the world in the painting can't see us, everyone can look around for clues."

Everyone looked at each other and split up to find clues.

Yue Xingwen and Jiang Pingce walked side by side on the red carpet, listening to the conversation of the guests on both sides.

A woman whispered gossip with her friend next to her: "I heard that Miss Alyssa's husband is the heir to the Brown family, and he looks talented. This couple is a match made in heaven!" "Yes, they are still childhood sweethearts together. When I grow up, I can finally get married smoothly, which is really enviable."

Yue Xingwen and Jiang Pingce looked at each other and continued to walk to the side of the mother and son.

The little boy asked, "Mom, why hasn't my aunt come out yet?"

The woman smiled and said, "The bride needs to touch up her makeup, and the wedding doesn't start until 5 o'clock in the afternoon."

The little boy looked aggrieved: "I'm so hungry, when can I have dinner?"

The woman whispered: "After the wedding, there will be a buffet dinner, and there will be your favorite steak."

Hearing what he likes to eat, the little boy's eyes lit up, and he immediately sat up straight in the seat.

Yue Xingwen leaned into Jiang Pingce's ear and asked in a low voice, "The little boy calls her auntie. It seems that the bride is this lady's sister?"

As soon as the words fell, a couple of newlyweds appeared at the end of the red carpet.

The young and beautiful woman, with an off-white veil on her head, took up the arm of a handsome young man and walked to the red carpet, and the guest seat immediately burst into warm applause.

Yue Xingwen said alertly: "Her wedding dress is very similar to the dress in that painting."

Jiang Pingce nodded and said, "It seems that she represents the painting "Girl in a Light Veil". We have found all the heroines in the three paintings."

The two looked at each other and looked at the newlyweds on the red carpet together.

The combination of handsome men and beautiful women is a perfect match. The young man has a gentle smile, and the bride seems a little shy, bowing her head slightly. Amid the cheers of the guests, they walked side by side on the red carpet and came to the oath of the church.

A priest said gently: "Today, under the watchful eyes of God, we are gathered here to witness the wedding of Mr. Brown Jack and Miss Roland Ellis. Please, Mr. Brown Jack, would you like to marry Roland Ellis? Miss Liz is a wife, cherish her and protect her from now on, regardless of life, old age, sickness or death, health and wealth..."

The priest's voice echoed in the auditorium. When the young man on stage said "I do", his voice was clear and his smile was gentle. The bride also had a happy look on her face. The two exchanged rings in the sound of blessings from relatives and friends and hugged and kissed.

The whole auditorium is full of romance and sweetness.

Yue Xingwen looked at Jiang Pingce and found that the latter looked serious and kept his eyes on the guest seat. He followed Jiang Pingce's gaze. Among the guests, the bride's parents were sitting in the first row with smiles all over their faces; her sister, the woman with the child, also had a smile on her face. The babysitter was expressionless, clapping along with the others like a machine.

Yue Xingwen asked softly, "That nanny is in a bad mood?"

Jiang Pingce said: "From the beginning to the end of the wedding, she has never smiled. Moreover, in weddings, usually, nanny is not invited to attend. Her relationship with this family is definitely not simple, and she may also know the bride."

At this moment, Liu Zhaoqing typed on the research group channel: "I heard the guests in the corner talking that the Roland family is a well-known local businessman and has two daughters. The youngest daughter is today's bride, Alice, and the eldest daughter That is the lady with the child, called Daisy. Both sisters are married to wealthy families."

Yue Xingwen asked, "Where's Leia's nanny?"

Ke Shaobin followed closely and said, "I heard someone gossip. Liya used to be a rich lady, but because of the bankruptcy of her family, she was adopted by the Roland family. She grew up with the two sisters of the Roland family, and they are like sisters."

adoption?

Jiang Pingce glanced at Yue Xingwen and said, "Two of them are sisters, and the other is an adopted girl at home. The relationship between the three is definitely not easy."

Yue Xingwen agreed: "Lia used to be a rich lady, and her family's bankruptcy may have a secret. If her family's bankruptcy was actually done by the Roland family, then she is likely to come back to take revenge after knowing the truth?"

Liu Zhaoqing said, "Have you noticed the elderly couple sitting in the first row? They are the parents of the bride, and they may be the elderly couple among the three bodies we found."

The wedding ended with applause and the guests were invited to the cafeteria for dinner.

The parents of the bride who were sitting in the front row were helped to leave the scene. They passed by Liu Zhaoqing. Liu Zhaoqing took a closer look and found that one of the couple's legs was not very neat, and the other had a slight hunchback.

Liu Zhaoqing said: "The bride's mother has mild hunchback symptoms, which is consistent with the mild deformity of the corpse's spine. The characteristics of osteoporosis and intervertebral disc herniation are also consistent with their age."

Ke Shaobin said excitedly: "So, two of the dead buried in the garden are the parents of the bride?"

Liu Zhaoqing said: "There is a high probability that it is them. The body of the third young woman is still uncertain."

There are currently three young women, corresponding to the three paintings in the studio.

The girl in the veil is the youngest daughter Alice at the wedding scene today; the woman with the parasol corresponds to Daisy, the owner of the castle, and her son Dean; the woman with the ermine corresponds to Leah, who lives in the nanny's room.

Who is the deceased? Who is the murderer?

Yue Xingwen felt that the most suspicious person at present was Liya. If the murderer was Liya, it would be more in line with the clues and themes in the current painting. She used to be a rich lady, and was adopted after the family went bankrupt. She stayed in the Roland family as a nanny. It is very likely that he will be jealous, kill the hostess Daisy, and replace her.

But this is just their subjective reasoning based on clues in the painting, without any substantial evidence yet.

Leah stared sharply at Mother and Son Daisy in the garden, and stared blankly at the bride at the wedding...these behaviors were abnormal. Moreover, wherever she goes, she has to hold the cat, but the woman in the painting is holding a mouse. Does this mean something else?

Yue Xingwen couldn't understand for the time being, he said, "Continue to find clues."

The romantic wedding scene soon becomes empty, the phantom in the painting disappears, and everyone returns to the studio.

There were three paintings hanging on the walls, and the castle was pitch black. This scene change made everyone feel like a dream. Yue Xingwen frowned at the three paintings and said, "We have found the corresponding characters for the characters in the three paintings. After the wedding, there should be something else happening. Where is the next illusion?"

Jiang Pingce said: "Dinner. Just now, the little boy asked his mother when he could have dinner. Daisy said that there will be a buffet dinner after the wedding."

Yue Xingwen's eyes lit up: "That painting "The Last Supper" next door?"

Jiang Pingce nodded and said, "Well, that painting should also have a mechanism."

Yue Xingwen said: "Go back the same way, go to the room on the right side of the second floor, and find the mechanism in the painting."

Everyone exited the studio on the left and returned to the studio on the right through the hallway. There was a huge oil painting "The Last Supper" on the wall. The **** and the Twelve Apostles in the painting were lifelike, and the expressions on each face were different.

Yue Xingwen walked over and moved the painting, but the painting seemed to be fixed on the wall, motionless.

Jiang Pingce frowned and said, "Can't you move?"

Yue Xingwen was helpless: "The way the organs are opened is different."

The three paintings in the studio just now can be moved, and if the order is changed, the illusion in the paintings will appear. What should I do with this painting? Everyone stood in front of the painting and observed it carefully. Suddenly, Xu Feixue said, "Look, there seems to be a crack between the person on the right side of **** and the people around."

Yue Xingwen brought the alcohol lamp closer and took a closer look. Sure enough, the little man seemed to have been painted and installed by himself, and was not completely integrated with the surrounding paintings.

Xu Feixue's eyes lit up: "I see! The theme of the painting "The Last Supper" is betrayal, and the traitor is Judas, who is second to the right of Jesus. As long as we find the traitor, the hallucination of the illusion in the painting can be opened. !"

Yue Xingwen nodded: "It makes sense!"

Xu Feixue took a step forward, gently placed his finger on the "Judas" in the painting, and pressed it hard.

Sure enough, the side wall rumbled and a door appeared.

Yue Xingwen walked in with everyone without hesitation. The scene in front of me is indeed the dinner scene after the wedding banquet. The bride and groom have already changed their clothes. The bride took off her wedding dress and wore a silver evening dress with diamonds. She sat at a long table with her sister, parents, Leah and others. superior.

There were 13 people on this long table, the same as the 13 in "The Last Supper."

The bride, groom, parents of both parties, Daisy's family of three, Leah, and three unfamiliar faces, dressed in neat suits, looked like the groom's brothers.

Yue Xingwen and Jiang Pingce looked at each other and whispered, "13 people, the last supper, there should be traitors on this table."