Whispering Poems

Whispering Poems Chapter 472

2021-11-17

Chapter 471 Death of the Blind
Musician Mr. Bundy's eye disease is born, he is forty years old One year old, without a family, living alone in a downtown apartment. Shade admires such a blind man who lives alone. Although he may have been accustomed to groping in the dark after more than 40 years of life, Shade, who has never tasted the taste of blindness, has the courage to live alone.

The alley where Mr. Bundy lives is called Rotten Fish Alley, which is just an unremarkable part of town from the way it's named. The location of this alley cannot be found on the travel map of the city, only on the map left by Detective Sparrow, you can find it at the corner of Northern Part of City unremarkable.

Detective Sparrow used a pencil to write small words to make a note for this alley. The content of the note is that there are gangsters with loan sharks around Rotten Fish Alley, and even those who sell illegal medicines can be found through certain passwords. people. .

Shade starts from Saint Derain Square, takes the carriage to the Anthem Square in the lower city, and then continues north along the north street of the lively Anthem Square with the crazy running children. .

The weather was fine today, and Shade didn't go too fast.

He chose the Northwest-bound 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 raised collar, walked through the alley, and came to the intersection of the slum centered on a large locust tree.

Continue west along the slightly open alley, through the old dilapidated apartment buildings that tower over here, and know that you are not going the wrong way by observing the direction of the gas pipes under the wall.

After passing a dark and uninhabited empty building that had been burned by fire, Shade finally saw the towers on both sides, and the grey stone suspended corridor connecting the two towers.

Crossing the doorway under the promenade is the scope of Rotten Fish Alley. After entering, Shade understands the naming method of this alley. The whole alley was filled with the smell of dead fish, which was different from the murlocs and fresh live fish that Shade had smelled in Coldwater Harbor.

He speculated that a nearby house may have been used as a warehouse by a fishery operator, otherwise this strong smell would have no reason to appear here.

Shade was worried that when she got home, Xiaomia was smothered by her own stench.

Frank Bundy, a blind musician who lives alone, lives on the first floor of the apartment at 13 Rotten Fish Lane. Shade found the house along the faded and rusted door numbers. After knocking on the door, he hesitated to see a gap in the door.

The door is simply unlocked.

Of course he wouldn't rush into someone else's house, so he stood at the door and shouted:
"Is Mr. Frank Bundy at home?"

If that This gentleman is not at home, so he can only perform in the Nuoshan Opera Troupe.

I was worried that no one would answer, didn't expect almost after Shade finished shouting, a grumpy man's voice came from the house:

"Bundy? He died I'm done."

Then there were footsteps, and a man with a big beard, a head shorter than Shade, but a slightly fat man came out. Although his voice is grumpy, he looks kind.

"Dead?"

Shade on the front steps was a little surprised:

"Sorry, I'm looking for blind musician Frank Bundy, may I ask Is he really dead? How did this gentleman die?"

He asked hastily.

"I'm the landlord of this house, who are you?"

But the bearded man did not answer the question immediately, but asked frowned. Shade immediately reached into his pocket and pulled out a one-shilling coin:
"I am this."

"Oh, so that's how it is."

Squinting, looking towards the coin, after taking it in his hand, the man's tone softened a lot:
"You're late, Frank committed suicide in the middle of last month. Right in my house, he I got some banned medicines. After taking a lot of it, I screamed and rammed around in the house. When the tenant upstairs went downstairs to check the situation, Frank was dead. The pitiful person gave the suicide note to the upstairs. My neighbor died on the way to the hospital, what a pitiful person."

The man shook the head with some sadness.

According to Detective Sparrow, 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"

Shade is a little embarrassed. The [Blood of Mercury] thing is coming to an end in the middle of last month, didn't expect this commission will be at that time Such an accident happened.

I just wanted to see the current situation of Frank Bundy. After the visit, I went to the client to submit a report. Now it seems that we should investigate again with caution:
"Sorry, was his eye still in a healed state before he died?"

"Yes, so we can't understand, he Since I finally cured my eyes, there is no reason to give up hope of survival."

The landlord said.

"Then, have you read his suicide note? Where is the suicide note now? I want to know the reason for that gentleman's suicide."

Speaking, Shade handed it out again A shilling coin.

I don't need MI6's certificate because it's completely unnecessary. If I use the certificate for every little thing, it will greatly increase the chance of exposure of Shade's identity.

"We didn't read the suicide note, and Frank asked us to send it to the Nordhill Opera Troupe. He left all the furniture he bought to me and the rest of his possessions to the Opera Troupe. Sir, if If you want to read the suicide note, you can go to the opera troupe."

Shade bit his lip, didn't expect that a simple commission would be complicated, he thought about it and asked:

"So what did the gentleman say before he died, or did he behave strangely?"

The bearded landlord stood at the door, hesitating, as if wondering if he should say it. Shade immediately went back to his pockets, but the man waved his hand and refused:

"I was just wondering if I should tell someone about the pitiful person after he died. I think you're decent, sir, too. Man, It shouldn't be messing around with my next words."

"Yes."

Shade immediately nodded.

"Well then, Frank had some mental problems some time before his death."

The bearded landlord pointed to his head and made a helpless expression:
"He seems to be afraid of something. He was blind in the past, 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 concerned about his suicide. Surprised, but not very puzzled"

The bearded man sighed and lowered his voice:

"We suspect that he was taking those illegal drugs before, so he gradually Insanity."

Shade is skeptical. It sounds like the mental problems of blind musician Frank Bundy didn't happen until the eyes were healed.

"If you want to know more about his life before his death, you can go to the 'Noshan Opera Company' and the 'Three Cats Inn' in Anthem Square, where he used to pass the time. Also, he died I have left my last words before - I was in the dark without lamenting fate, but why should I see the light now."

Shade frowned:

"Bundy Has the condition of Mr. eyes worsened again? He committed suicide because he couldn't accept being blinded again?"

"We don't know about this."

The landlord shook his head , and then gave Shade the information of the resident of the Nuoshan Opera Troupe. Next, Shade can go to the opera troupe and the Three Cats Hotel to inquire about the news, but because he wants to read the suicide note first, Shade plans to go to the Nuoshan Opera Troupe to check the situation first.

A large-scale opera troupe generally has its own station, which is convenient for daily rehearsal and administrative work. But unfortunately, as a local opera company with a small reputation, the North Mountain Opera Company is not located in the lower part of the Northern Part of City, but near the "Tobesque Grand Opera" in the south of Tobesque.

In the urban area of Tobeysk, there are generally Nangui (higher terrain, mostly aristocratic residences), Beiqiong (lower Tobesque city, lower terrain, more slums), Dongfu (There are more rich and wealthy businessmen), Xi Zang (there are relatively more textile factories, steam machinery factories and foreign merchants) and Zhongquan (Yordle Palace, Kingdom Administration, City Hall, embassies and consulates) distribution, university area Located between the core urban area, Nancheng District and Dongcheng District, most of the famous opera houses in the city are located in the south and east of the city.

So, seeing that it's getting late, Shade took the carriage back to St. Teresa 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 on the carriage again.

Although the daily life of a professional detective is very leisurely, once busy, the time is really very tight.

I didn't encounter any trouble finding the Nuoshan Opera Troupe. The Opera Troupe is located in an office building with yellowed walls, and the Opera Troupe's signboard hangs on the roof. Most of the letters made of gas pipes are missing some horizontal or vertical lines.

When Shade came downstairs, Old Mister, who was the doorman, took him as an opera fascinator who came to visit the actor and wouldn't let him in until he took out his business card.

The inside of the building is also very lively, not only the civilian staff walking around with documents, Shade even met a group of people with heavy makeup on their faces and patched sackcloth dresses at the corner of the stairs. Young girls, laughing and walking downstairs.

One of them even whistled at Shade, which made everyone laugh.

In short, after a lot of trouble, Shade finally met the head of the Nuoshan Opera Troupe. The two met in the slightly cramped office full of performance photos. The walls were covered with yellow wallpaper. Because of the color, the small office looked even more cramped.

After Shade explained his intentions, the tall, monocle-wearing middle age person looked towards Shade's business card in surprise:
"Hamilton of Rejed?"

“You know me?”

“How could someone in Tobeske not know you and need me to get you better black tea?”

“No , No, I'm on a commission to ask about Frank Bundy's situation. Excuse me, may I look at his suicide note? Also, did this gentleman behave abnormally after his eyes were healed? "

The Knight title has saved Shade a lot of trouble, and the head of the opera company, Mr. Shade, is more than happy to help Shade.

He not only dug out Mr. Bundy's suicide note from the filing cabinet, he even showed Shade what Mr. Bundy's relics were from the troupe.

As for the performance of the blind musician in the last period of his life, the head of the group allowed Shade to chat with anyone in the opera troupe at will, and to visit those who were familiar with Mr. Bundy.

(end of this chapter)