Chapter VII The Rose of Louis XIV
Su Qiucheng doesn't like to write, and many customers don't allow video recording, so he relies on recording and archives.
The so-called "Louis XIV Rose Case" is actually an old case. The parties have entrusted many major offices to investigate in the past two years, but there has been no progress. In the end, they simply offered a public reward of 300,000 yuan to solve the case. Su Qiucheng intervened in just because of the bounty, and Su Chunfeng continued to handle it because of the bounty.
From the recording, we can hear that Su Qiucheng is indeed not a person with clear thinking and outstanding ability. He often asks some nonsense, and Su Chunfeng chooses relatively useful parts to listen to.
The person involved is a famous writer named Bai Yundong.
"Mr. Bai, why is your villa called Tumi Villa? This name is quite rare, and it seems to be related to flowers."
"You are right. Tumi is the flower that blooms the latest in spring. When this white rose blooms, it is the ultimate spring. Some people like to describe it as the peak of life. Influenced by this little Bourgeois statement, my wife named the newly built home Tumi Villa."
The writer's words are indeed literary.
"Haha, it's quite appropriate to call Tumi Villa. The Half-mountain Road by the Sea is one of the best locations in our Jiahe City. If you build such a large villa, it's simply the pearl on the crown of the city, and the Temple of the Gods on the top of Mount Olympus. It's... Alas, it's a pity that it's haunted."
"Mr. Su, you are a professional and it is not appropriate to determine that haunted before you investigate it clearly."
"This is not what I believe. It's like this outside. At present, the possibility of haunting cannot be ruled out."
"I don't like the word haunted. The villa is currently on sale. If you can attract buyers, you can also earn an additional agency fee."
This owner is a bit of a stolen bell.
"Haha, it sounds like the problem is really serious. It may not be easy to sell it at this time. If an ordinary house is a big price reduction, someone may buy it. It is not easy for you to fool a rich man into taking over the deal. I don't have the ability to make agency fees.
Back to the topic, I did some homework before coming. Your villa was completed in March of the previous year, and Louis XIV roses appeared in the May Garden, and then continued to spread and grow, eventually strangling all other plants and covering the inside and outside of the villa."
"Yes, this is the case. The problem is that these roses cannot be removed. I pulled them out, shoveled the roots, burned them or even poisoned the soil. But no matter how I did it, the roses I dealt with the previous day always regenerated strangely the next day."
"As far as I know, these roses are watered from time to time at night, but I have never found anyone who waters them. Is that true?"
"That's true. Every now and then, at some point in the early morning, the whole villa was filled with mist and the roses were soaked. I asked an expert to identify that the spray was actually sea water. According to the principle, the plants would be watered to death, but the roses were as beautiful as before.
Many of your firms tried to investigate before, but they eventually returned in vain and did not even have a decent conclusion yet."
"For more than a year, the guys involved in the survey did not find the source of the rose or the irrigation gardener. Are there any signs of other biological activities?"
"No, no one or no animals, roses just appear out of thin air and continue to spread."
"If you encounter such a thing, your life will definitely be troubled. Will anyone be hurt because of it?"
"That's not. My family and I moved out after living in less than two months."
"I know you are a famous writer and a well-known materialist, but I still want to ask if you have encountered strange things during the construction of the villa, such as digging out unusual things."
"Everything is normal. Something has been investigated in this regard. The land is very clean and ordinary, and there are no graves nearby...the so-called unlucky...things."
"It's not very serious. In fact, Louis XIV is a very good rose variety, symbolizing honor and authority. It is said that Napoleon and his wife like it very much. Since there has not caused any losses, why not adapt to it? Just treat everything as normal."
"This is easy to say. If you have a chance to find a stitch in front of and behind your house, you will see black and purple flowers blooming, and every morning when you open the window, each flower will look at you like a face. The rich fragrance fills all the space all the time, infecting the furniture and clothes in your home, and even turning out an old book from the bookcase, it will smell like roses. Can you still live in peace of mind in this situation?"
"Haha, whether I can live with peace of mind depends on whether I have the money to move. In fact, our world has been like this for three hundred years. It is not surprising if there are too many strange things. You can try to like these roses. It is better to change yourself than to change the status quo."
"Try it? I'm not a person who lives a life of vain. Are you here to accept the commission or enlighten me today?"
"Of course I'm here to accept the commission and also discuss the possibility of open thinking solving problems."
"Since you are so dedicated, you should really be an agent at the same time, discuss open thinking with potential buyers, and try if anyone can accept it."
"Haha, it sounds like a good suggestion. As long as you sell it cheap enough, I can accept it. How can I go to the villa for on-site investigation?"
"In the past two years, I have hired a housekeeper to take care of the villa. This is his phone number, and I will also say hello. If you want to investigate, you can go directly. Now there are still several people from the firms stationed in the villa."
"A few more questions, does anyone in your family like Louis XIV Roses?"
"No, as far as I know, my relatives and friends only know from my family that there are dark roses like Louis XIV."
"It seems you really don't like this kind of rose."
"Thank you for participating in the survey, I hope it can help my family."
Su Chunfeng has listened to the recording for the second time. This kind of investigation case that is not very dangerous and does not require professional skills is particularly suitable for newcomers to practice, so he continues to do it.
The writer is very busy and the recording is very short, so he only told a story and did not provide any useful clues.
Su Chunfeng was very serious and worked on the mind map, but the story was too simple and could not lead to anything.
As an immigrant to the new world, he dared to think of anything and could accept that everything has spirits more than the people here: "Maybe it is unknown if the rose has become a spirit?"
He really listed the possibility of becoming an elf in the map, but he was not very serious. Even the ravaged people here maintained basic rationality and did not think that plants were spiritual. All kinds of flower fairies and grass elves were compiled by poor literati. These guys even missed the flowers, plants and trees.
Su Chunfeng found the phone number of the housekeeper of Tumi Villa from the information and called. The ringtone of the music reciting made him stunned, thinking that he had called the wrong one: "Xiao Changqing, a disciple of Maoshan Yin Sect, has been practicing for more than 20 years, is proficient in the art of the Liuyao of Zhouyi, and is good at catching and pointing acupoints to eliminate demons. Thank you for your call, please wait."
This advertisement slogan I recorded myself was full of charm and accent. It seemed that Bai Yundong was really frightened and actually hired a Taoist priest to guard the house.
The phone call was quickly answered: "The qi of the heavens is surging, and my way is prosperous every day, hello."
In order to carry out business, Su Qiucheng pretended to be a Taoist priest who deceived people. There was also a full set of clothes and props for Taoist priests in the closet. Of course, he was not interested in these things: "I'm looking for Butler Xiao, has the villa changed its way now?"
"Which firm you want to see the scene? I am Xiao Changqing, butler Xiao, and I am always here. I personally recommend that you arrive at the villa around midnight. There is nothing to see if you come early."
Xiao Changqing obviously received many investigators and explained everything clearly without any explanation. Su Chunfeng reported the office and his name, and made an appointment to go and take a look.
He returned to the room several times in the afternoon, and every time he went in, he felt cold, just like walking into an air-conditioned room in the middle of winter, which made him feel upset. In the end, he simply closed the door and stopped going in.
If there was really a ghost in the room, a door might not be able to stop it, but Su Chunfeng never felt anything unusual in the living room.
The big reason why I made an appointment to watch the scene tonight is that I am not willing to spend the night at home and go out for a night before talking about it.
Hu Zuo came back just after four o'clock, with a calm look on his face: "The problem has been solved."
The Black Wind Fox’s ability to do business is really unexplained. Su Chunfeng is very happy: “So quickly, she promised to go back to handle the divorce procedures and divide the property and custody of children?”
"These are no longer problems, but we may not receive the service fee for this order."
"What's the meaning?"
Chapter completed!