Whispering Poems

Whispering Poems Chapter 473

2021-11-17

Chapter 472 Music Score Before Death Yes, so Shade spent two hours in the afternoon visiting and asking different people in the Nuoshan Opera Company.

Similar to what the bearded landlord said, people here also said that Mr. Bundy was happy for a few days after his eyes were healed three months ago, but then his mood changed. Gloomy, gradually become afraid of the dark, afraid of being alone.

He became neurotic all over, and even made some mistakes in the troupe's performances.

The people in the opera troupe did not notice the situation of taking illegal drugs mentioned by the bearded landlord. In their impression, Frank Bundy was a friendly and extremely self-disciplined person. Mr. Bundy didn't even smoke, but only tried to touch the Rhodes card after his eyes were healed.

As for the suicide note, the musician spent a lot of space writing his own life on it, lamenting his own life. The following inheritance distribution is consistent with what the bearded landlord said. Finally, he mentioned the location of the cemetery that the musician chose for himself, and thanked his neighbors, landlord and friends of the Nuoshan Opera Troupe for their care over the years.

The date of the suicide note is the day Mr. Bundy committed suicide. The text is clear, and the arrangement of the property and the cemetery is very organized. It's just that the way of writing is very crazy, and those letters are like a terrifying language written by a crazy maniac in a crazy state after seeing the unknowable existence.

Because Mr. Bundy used to be blind, Shade also specifically asked the troupe if he could write normally before, and learned that the musicians could write, and the font was good.

"Well, it's getting more and more wrong."

So Shade asked for the manuscript of the musical score that Mr. Bundy wrote after his eyes were healed. After comparing it with the suicide note, the detective believed that the suicide note was indeed written by Frank Bundy himself. But the clear writing ideas and crazy writing style made him very concerned.

The musician did not mention the reason why he became mad in his suicide note, nor did he write the reason for suicide, but simply wrote at the end:

[I was in deep darkness but Not bemoaning fate, but why now let me see the light. ]

[I'm so tired. ]

The penultimate sentence is basically the same as what the bearded landlord said, which made Shade more and more suspicious that it was the eye problem that caused the musician's suicide.

Frank Bundy also left a lot of relics in the band. The band leader asked Shade to open the door of the storage room and let him rummage on the shelves.

So Shade checked the musician's notebook, personal clothing, water cup, unused tea bag, pencil sharpener and other items one by one, but after checking them one by one, he didn't see anything in the cardboard box. Journal.

It has only been about three months, and he has not yet developed a good habit of writing a diary.

The only items that finally caught Shade's attention were two items, one was a notebook with a score written by Mr. Bundy himself, and the other was a small, flat, curved bottle with the bottom of the bottle. There is a small amount of clear yellow, oil-like liquid.

The notebook was purchased by Mr. Bundy after his eye disease was cured, and each page has a date. After regaining the light, the musician wrote at the rate of one song a week. It's just that the further back the date is, the more slender, sharp and frantic the musical symbols written in black ink are. On the last page, it is almost exactly the same as the font on the suicide note.

And the liquid in the bottle, only the bottom layer of the bottle is left. After Shade carefully poured them onto his fingers, the voice in his ear actually suggested that there were traces of a very small amount of spirit in the liquid.

Not four elements, but pure spirit, because the traces of mysticism are really weak.

"Is the content so weak, is it diluted, or is it only occasionally contaminated with traces of spirit? Can this be considered a potion?"

Out of caution, Shade told the Opera troupe. After Chang informed, he took away the notebook with the music score and the empty bottle.

And before leaving, Shade learns what those liquids are for. Many in the band have seen the musician Mr. Bundy drop the liquid into his eyes, claiming that it was the medicine prescribed by the ophthalmologist.

"Things are getting more and more complicated."

Because of the investigation and questioning in the Nuoshan Opera Company all afternoon, by the time Shade left the orchestra with two leads, it was already Close to the evening of the day.

See you late, and Shade has no plans to take advantage of the night to visit the ophthalmologist and the client, Mr. Mandis, who is involved in the commission, let alone go to the Three Cats Hotel in Anthem Square to continue. to investigate.

It happened that the residence of the Nuoshan Opera Troupe was not far from Miss Galina's manor outside the city. Shade thought about it and decided to visit.

I didn't want to go to dinner, but to find Miss Galina and ask her to arrange a musician to play the last few tunes in the score that Shade got. Shade wants to use this to judge the specific mental state of the other person in the last period of his life.

The reason why the professional musicians in the opera troupe are not allowed to play is because Shade is worried that there will be problems affecting the ordinary person. It is better to be cautious about this kind of thing.

Although Miss Galina's manor is outside the city, because there are aristocratic manors, forest farms and high-end horse farms nearby, the coachmen in the city are also willing to visit. On the carriage, Shade also thought that it would be inappropriate to visit empty-handed, but getting out of the car to pick a bunch of wildflowers seemed even more inappropriate.

So in the end, I could only get out of the car in front of the gate of the manor empty-handed. After paying the fare, Steward, the manor girl who knew Shade, had already ordered someone to open the gate of the manor to welcome Shade.

"Is Miss Galina here? There is no appointment for this visit. If she is in town, can I get a carriage to take me to town?"

This saves money The cost of going back.

"Miss is in the manor, but she is meeting with important guests."

The middle-aged woman steward said carefully, and arranged for Shade to wait in the lounge. Shade also had time to look more closely at the notebook with the sheet music, but for a foreigner who knew nothing about the music of this world, the sheet music was more obscure than the ancient book.

Because at least he can read ancient documents.

Shade didn't wait long in the reception room on the second floor of the manor. The maids of the manor brought him tea and snacks, and even asked Shade if he wanted to have dinner at the manor.

But Shade still wanted to go home and have dinner with Mia, so he shook his head and refused.

And when he finally read the sheet music again, Miss Galina's personal maid, Miss Tifa Servette, pushed the door and walked in. She always seemed to wear this maid's outfit, and Shade had never seen her in anything else since she had known her.

"Mr. Hamilton, Miss has a dinner party with important guests today, so I don't have time to meet you tonight. She asked me to ask if you have something important, and if it's not urgent, I'll leave it to you. I'll take care of it for you."

Miss Galina is the powerful duchess of Delarion Kingdom, and she certainly won't be as busy as Shade. Therefore, Shade did not expect the other party to leave important things to meet with him.

He stood up from the sofa:

"It's not a big deal, I got a possibly weird sheet music and wanted someone to play it for me."

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Briefly describing the appointment of the ophthalmologist, Shade handed the notebook to Miss Tifa Serveit.

She looked from front to back and frowned when she saw the last page. She is a six-ring warlock, and she has a high probability of understanding this score, so she can see a bigger problem:

"You didn't let the ordinary person of the Nuoshan Opera Troupe play, which is a correct idea. Mr. Hamilton, please come with me and I'll play for you."

As he spoke, he beckoned Shade to the soundproof music room on the second floor of the manor house, where Miss Galina practiced the violin.

"Miss Servette, what instrument are you proficient at?"

Shade asked curiously and walked out the door with her.

“A little bit of piano and violin.”

She said it very implicitly.

In order to prevent the musical score left by the blind musician before his death from affecting the ordinary person, after arriving in the music room, the maid asked other servants of the manor to wait outside the music room, leaving only her and Shade in the room.

Shade was in this room for the first time, and compared to the so-called professional music rooms he had seen in his hometown, the decor was more expensive, with red carpet on the floor and uneven sound-absorbing walls. In pale-yellow, most of the musical instruments that can be seen are golden. The oil paintings on the walls are probably antiques. The musical instruments in the white wooden cabinets and glass windows should be worth more than Mia.

But at least the piano was black. After the lid was lifted, the black and white keys reflected the light of the gas lamp in the room, neat and cold, which Shade liked very much.

Although the worlds are different, the types of musical instruments are very similar, but to a foreigner, there is no difference, because he does not know anything about the musical instruments of any world.

Let Shade be mentally prepared, the black-haired girl carefully supported the fabric of the long skirt behind her body, and then sat in front of the piano. She turned the notebook over to the last score and stood it up. The hands that were used to pour tea almost every time Shade appeared, swayed a few times, ten slender white fingers moved up and down, and then landed on the ground. on the piano keys.

Shade, sitting on the padded high stool beside him, was still guessing the possible price of the instrument when the first musical note played abruptly, and tried again to "meter". Ya" is the unit of measurement.

And when the musical symbols broke into his ears in a row, he just felt that it was nothing at first, but then his heart became more and more irritable, and his brows couldn't help frowning.

Miss Tifa Serveit's piano technique is pretty good, her fingers are dancing on the keys, and the manic music makes Shade feel more and more uncomfortable. Although he doesn't understand music, he agrees with Brilliant's score and performers that he can express his feelings through tunes.

(end of this chapter)