mousepad-d2 Chapter 384 Rumors
Chapter 384 Rumors
Owen successfully discovered the basement hidden under the tombstone, and while they were exploring the basement, Julian also gained something.
There were many onlookers who found the body of the tomb keeper, and many of them saw the tragic death of the tomb keeper in the confessional.
Through their descriptions, Julian was basically sure that the gravekeeper was strangled to death, and from the statements of those people, he found that the murderer also hated the gravekeeper very much. Reverend Adam is slightly better.
"It seems that the possibility of personal enmity is greater, and this person obviously hates Adam more." Julian muttered to himself after reading the information Jason handed him.
"If he hated Adam, why didn't he kill Adam first?" Jason asked at the right time.
Julian looked at the records in the materials. After the death of the gravekeeper, Pastor Adam was frightened and couldn't recover for several days. He even mispronounced the words when praying. Everyone was very considerate and pretended not to notice. It was Adam himself who brought up the fact that he was not in good shape, suspended all activities, and went to Old Chick's hotel to open a room.
Julian didn't answer Jason's question. Instead, he said to himself, "It's fine to ask for a rest if you're not in good shape. Why do you want to go to Old Chick's hotel?"
Jason replied casually: "Isn't it good to sleep in a church? After all, it's a place where someone just died."
Julian smiled slightly: "Does the pastor of the church mind this kind of thing? Don't forget, he has a very good relationship with this gravekeeper. When his friend died, he was not sad or angry, but panicked? What do you think? Is this normal?"
Jason immediately reacted: "He has a guilty conscience! He was frightened by the death of the gravekeeper. The reason why he left the church was that it was a bit dangerous and hoped to be safe in Old Chick's hotel, but why did he choose the hotel?"
Julian reminded: "There are many people."
"Yes!" Jason suddenly realized that Adam was just an ordinary person who was very good at preaching, and he didn't have the corresponding strength.
Regardless of his outstanding performance in the small town, he is very popular with the townspeople, but the higher the level, the more he relies on his strength. No matter how high Adam's prestige is, no matter how good his reputation is, if he really goes to the Holy City, he will at most be treated as a mascot It is basically impossible to come to power.
Therefore, he would rather stay in the small town because here, he has a lot of power to speak, and even the mayor has to give him three points of courtesy.
"So..." Jason said clearly: "The reason why the murderer killed the gravekeeper first was to put Adam under psychological pressure? He wanted to torture Adam?"
Jason didn't get promoted by brute force. Despite his thick appearance, he is actually very careful. Julian reminded him a little and he understood.
"It should be like this." Julian thought so too.
"Then the murderer should have a deep hatred for Pastor Adam and the gravekeeper, but he hates Adam even more."
"If I'm not wrong. Adam probably joined forces with the tomb guards to do something bad. Adam is the mastermind, and the grave guards are the accomplices." Julian squeezed his fingers and asked suddenly: "During your investigation, Did you ask if there was any accident in the town? Especially about children?"
Jason recalled it for a while, and said in surprise: "There is really one, it is said that seven or eight years ago, a family moved into the town, and it was a woman with her two children. It seems that the woman was very restless. Many men in the town have hooked up. Some people said that he had seduced Pastor Adam, but he was severely reprimanded by the pastor. Later, she bit back, saying that Pastor Adam touched her daughter after the literacy class. The townspeople Who would listen to the lies of her being a romantic widow? Even her daughter couldn't stand her mother using her to insult Pastor Adam. She ran away from home in shame and indignation, and was later found dead in the woods behind the mountain. Even her body was killed by wild animals. I ate it."
"What happened to that widow?" Julian asked without commenting immediately.
"Because he slandered the good old Adam, the residents in the town treated her very badly. She lost her job and her daughter. It seemed that she died of illness not long after." Jason recalled how the townspeople mentioned this woman. With a disdainful expression, he couldn't help frowning.
When they were investigating, many townspeople mentioned this woman. According to them, that woman was the only one who said bad things about the pastor and even slandered him for so many years, so they were all deeply impressed by her.
"How old is that woman's son?"
Jason was taken aback for a moment. He suddenly realized that in this story, the widow clearly had two children. The daughter was dead, but what about the son?Why does it seem like the townspeople are ignoring their son?
He looked through the collected records again, and found that there was really no record about his son, so he immediately became vigilant.
"Go and ask again to see if those townspeople have any impression of that son, and then..." Julian paused, thinking of something, his face a little ugly: "By the way, since they all said that the widow She's very flirtatious, and has been involved with many men, so... who exactly are she involved with?"
"Is it necessary?" Jason didn't understand. Is a widow's affair worth asking so clearly?
Julian took a deep look at him, and said softly, "Maybe if you know who is close to her, you can find out about that son."
Jason immediately became serious when he heard the words: "I'll go right away."
Julian watched him leave and sighed silently.
Thanks to the social news, he knew very well that in many cases, rumors did not represent the truth, especially in such a relatively closed place, where most of the townspeople had no education and were easily led by others.And judging from the news that Jason and the others inquired, the widow should be pretty and easy to be coveted by others, and many times, when a man is attracted by others, his wife will not blame her husband, but instead anger those attractive woman.
Julian didn't know whether his guess was right or not, but he knew that rumors could really kill people. He hoped that he was wrong, but judging from Adam's guilty conscience after the death of the gravekeeper, maybe his guess was just right. is the truth of the matter.
The development of the matter did not exceed Julian's expectations, or...he had already expected it when he confirmed that Adam was not as perfect as he showed, and the truth of many things involving him was quite different from what others said.
Jason went to ask many people again, and most of the women who claimed that the widow was a female cousin were echoing what others said, but no one knew where this saying came from.There was even a rude woman who dragged her neck and said that her husband had been seduced, but before Jason could ask carefully, the woman was dragged home by her collar by her husband.
Most of the remaining men who claimed to have had an affair with the widow were bragging, and the details of the so-called affair came from a group of old bachelors and hooligans who had nothing to do all day long, and the truthfulness was worrying.
In the end Jason came to the conclusion that the woman from out of town had never been emotionally involved with men, yet the whole town was rumored to be having an affair with her.
This was the first time Jason felt the horror of rumors. Hearing those people spreading unfounded facts everywhere, even the death of a woman, this rough man couldn't help but shiver.
After he returned to the church, he was speechless to Julian.At this moment, recalling that before he thought that a widow's affair was not worth investigating at all, he wished to find a crack in the ground and slip into it.
The truth was so shocking that Jason even wondered if those people he had investigated in the past were also hiding the sensational truth behind their backs?
"Don't think too much." Julian slapped him on the shoulder: "Just pay more attention in the future."
Jason nodded vigorously. He really learned his lesson this time, and he will definitely think more about it when he encounters similar things in the future.
Julian summed it up: "Adam and the gravekeeper did something bad together. Adam was the mastermind and the gravekeeper was the accomplice. It may have something to do with the child, and in the town..." He paused and asked Jason: " Besides the widow, did anyone else have any trouble with their children?"
Jason frowned and said, "Children are inherently weak, and it's normal for some to die, at least except for the widow's daughter because the reason for her death was... amazing, so everyone was very impressed. As for the other children who died normally, they Never mentioned it."
Julian tapped the table: "Ask again, we must investigate clearly, how many children have accidents in Adam's work here for more than ten years... No, not only accidents, but all deaths must be counted. Whether it was an accident or a disease, I need to know the total number. Also, pay special attention to some children who are dead or missing. I think the cemetery of the gravekeeper may not be that simple."
Jason quickly went out to investigate again. With the experience of the previous two times, he came back in less than an hour this time.
"The standard of living in the small town is not stable, and there are not too many children. The total number of dead and missing people over the years is only seven, including the widow's daughter."
"continue."
Jason looked at the records: "What they have in common is that they have all taken literacy classes, and their grades are excellent, and..." He paused, and he might have discovered something: "These children are all good-looking."
Julian glanced at him, and found that Jason's face was gloomy, and the brows raised slightly: "What's wrong with you?"
"It's nothing." Jason shook his head: "It's just that I have a very cute daughter, who is six years old this year. As long as I think of her being in such danger, I can't help but want to wipe out those scumbags who hurt children." Kill them all."
"Maybe the murderer thinks so too." Julian said meaningfully.
The children, who were beautiful, disappeared in the end, and all of them had attended Adam's literacy class. This was also a combination of clues, and Julian felt that he had probably guessed what that scumbag Adam had done.
Owen Diary:
The basement was built very deep, and the decoration inside was unbelievably luxurious.
The income of a pastor cannot support such expenses, so... Pastor Adam, let me see what secrets you are hiding!
A perfect saint on the surface turned out to be such an evil and shameless scum in private. I think those townspeople must never have imagined what the perfect Adam in their eyes had done.
Wait, there is something hidden under this basement? ? ?
Wow!
This is really an unexpected harvest!
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感谢在2020-03-2700:07:35~2020-03-2801:43:55期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~
Thanks to the little angel who cast the rocket launcher: 1 black heart and white lotus;
Thanks to the little angel who threw the landmine: Wuyouzi and his daughter-in-law;
Thanks to the little angels who irrigate the nutrient solution: 20 bottles of wind blowing wine; 10 bottles of Sanqiu;
Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!