The days of being a spiritual mentor in Meiman

Chapter 3175 The Detective is about to die (Twenty-six)

The Pale Knight's guess was indeed correct. Schiller found a family photo in the oldest man's pocket. Judging from the location, the family composition was indeed as the Pale Knight said.

And an important detail can be seen from this photo, that is, there is a pasture behind the house of this family, which is likely to make a living from breeding.

Schiller turned the photo over and found a line on the back of the photo: "To my sweet little Jenny on her 6th birthday - Daddy Hef."

It seems that Hef is really the father of the 6-year-old girl outside, and the people who died here should be his wife, son, father, daughter-in-law, etc.

The first thought that others had after seeing the photo was, could this be the family who drank the mutton soup?

The owner of the diary once mentioned in the diary that he felt very sorry for the 6-year-old girl. Jenny's appearance and the words behind the photo all corresponded to this clue.

"But how did they die here?" Bruce frowned in confusion, looked back at the little girl's body in the distance and said, "Although the diary does not say how they died, it can be seen from the date of the diary. It can be seen that this must have happened several days ago, how could the body be so well preserved?"

Schiller was also thinking about this issue. The temperature in the lighthouse was not low, and it was not supposed to have a preservation function. However, judging from the state of the bodies in the lighthouse, they should have been dead for no more than 24 hours.

This does not match the time of death of the family mentioned in the diary, indicating that the Prowler appeared, but it does not rule out that this family is different from that family, or that the speed of time in the lighthouse is different. Problems or something like that might be possible.

It is known that there is no shortage of food in the lighthouse, and there are many ways to replenish liquids, so it is unlikely that their family is attacking each other because of robbing survival resources, then it is possible that they are controlled by monsters.

Schiller suddenly thought that although the diary said that the family was crazy, it did not say that they were all dead. Maybe they ran out and hid in the lighthouse. After hiding for several days, the monster still did not appear. Let them go and let them kill each other until they perish.

After searching around the sixth floor, there was nothing else but corpses, so Schiller went up to the sixth floor. On the sixth floor, Schiller found a bedroom with a lot of letters on the bedside table.

The recipient column all says "Andersi", but there are several different names in the signature, which proves that these are letters written to Andersi by several different people. Schiller feels that this Andersi He should be the keeper of the lighthouse.

Seeing the familiar names at the end of the signature, Schiller knew that the highlight was coming, because the people who sent letters to Adsey included Harold, the owner of the diary, Jeff, the last survivor in the lighthouse, and even Madeleine.

Some people may wonder why there are so many handwritten letters in stories with a modern setting. Normally, shouldn't they all be phone calls or direct emails?

It can only be said that this is overestimating the quality of the communication network in the United States. Some extremely remote villages in the United States do not even have electricity, let alone signals.

When many people watch some American blockbusters, they wonder why they didn’t call for rescue or call the police after a car accident. In fact, it’s not that the protagonist is stupid, but that there is no signal at all.

Even in the suburbs around big cities, the phone signal is terrible, and the network signal is even worse. As long as you find that traces of human civilization activities are gradually disappearing next to the highway, then there is no hope that you can call for rescue. You can only ask for help. What a blessing.

Based on Schiller's understanding of this village, their most efficient means of communication may be wired telephones. Of course, there should also be mobile phones, but they should be used more by young people.

The fastest way to convey news within a village like this is to bring a verbal message. When the information is complicated, it is better to write it on paper.

Schiller began reading the letters in order.

Then he discovered a problem - they, a group of outsiders, had already come to the village long before the Prowler incident broke out.

In this kind of small village, basically all the villagers know each other, and there are almost no outsiders. Once they see a new face, it is a big event in the whole village, and they do not welcome strangers.

The first letter was sent by Jeff to Andesi. It mentioned that the richest fleet owner in the village hired a doctor to treat his wife. I heard that the doctor was a college student who graduated from a prestigious university. He complained in the letter that the boss would rather spend money to hire a bad guy who didn’t know where he came from than hire a good sailor like him.

So Schiller knew that Jeff was actually a sailor, and it was true that Bruce said he came here to investigate a rare case, but this rare case was the wife of the owner of the boat racing team in this village.

It is not difficult to see that this village is a very primitive small fishing village. The men go to sea to work as sailors, and the women keep some animals at home. Jeff's family should be structured like this.

However, the wife of the fleet owner who owns a ship did not know what strange disease she had contracted, so she had to go to a big city to seek medical treatment. This finally attracted Bruce's attention, and she followed the last ship of the year to this little-known place. small village.

Then there was a letter from Harold, the owner of the diary, to Andersi, the lighthouse keeper, which mentioned that the sheriff of the village who died in the incident had been buried, and a new sheriff would be sent to the neighboring town soon. I just hope nothing will happen this time.

Schiller realized that this might be the origin story of Night Owl. He was transferred here because of the death of the sheriff of the village.

And Madeline's letter surprised Schiller. The letter was very long and finally revealed her motive for coming here and part of the truth.

"I feel very sad, Andy. It has been almost 20 years since we last met at Yale University. I used to think that your choice to return to your hometown was a waste of your years of hard work, but now I understand that maybe you are right."

"After my family died, I was supported by my relatives. It was a very difficult time, but fortunately I got through it. I worked hard to go to college, met good teachers, and made many friends. I thought they would help me."

"But when I was running for the death of my family, they all avoided me. Only you were willing to talk to me. I was very Thank you very much, Andersi. "

"I am writing this letter to tell you that about two months ago, I lost the lawsuit against the Siltec Medical Insurance Company again, and this time no court is willing to accept my lawsuit again. I think it's time to give up."

"I am very happy about your invitation to relax, and I have decided to visit your beautiful hometown, but I still have one thing I want to do. If you can understand me, I will be very grateful. "

From this letter, Schiller got two most important pieces of information. The first is that Madeline came to this village at the invitation of her college classmate Andersi.

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The second is that Madeline's family did not receive normal insurance compensation for their death, and they may not even get normal death compensation, which forced her to live under someone else's roof.

Schiller instinctively felt that the insurance company's refusal to pay may be closely related to Madeline's suicide and the current situation in the village.

From the few words that Madeline revealed, Schiller could infer that her family conditions were not bad, and could even be said to be very good. Such a family would not be stingy in buying insurance, and once a family member died, the insurance company would probably have to pay a huge amount of compensation.

Schiller continued to read and found that the next letter was also written by Madeline.

"... Thank you for your concern for my family, Andy, they should be living well in heaven now. As for the lawsuit... I don't want to explain too much, because it is meaningless."

"But I am indeed a little worried that you will misunderstand that I am making trouble or defrauding insurance. I must tell you that my demands are legitimate, and it is that damn fraud insurance company that has repeatedly shirked their responsibilities."

"I don't want to mention my sad story, but I still have to say that they refused to pay the accidental death insurance in the name of my family's death due to mutual attacks, and even sued me in return. Insurance fraud, they said our family has never been harmonious, this kind of deliberate murder is not covered by their insurance. "

"They are a bunch of liars! A bunch of devils who shirk responsibility! My family and I have always been good friends, and our family is very harmonious. They were controlled by those monsters, so they killed each other. You will definitely believe me, right? "

After reading this letter, Schiller basically understood that the insurance company refused to pay because Madeline's family members died of their own killing, just like the father killed the mother with a gun, and then the father was killed by the son.

Generally speaking, the compensation for accidental death will not be paid in this case, especially when both the killer and the killed are insurance beneficiaries. This is a serious suspicion of insurance fraud, and it is no wonder that Madeline has been defeated repeatedly.

Schiller is not sure whether there is insurance for strange events in this world, but he thinks that Madeline's choice to study strange things later may also be to prove that her family was indeed killed by strange things and belonged to accidental death, so as to recover her insurance money.

This reminded Schiller of the family that died in the lighthouse. It was obvious from the scene that they also killed each other, which meant that the monster they encountered might be the same as Madeline's, that is, the mysterious wanderer.

But these letters proved that Madeline also came here before the Wanderer incident broke out, which means that Madeline did not come here chasing the Wanderer. On the contrary, it is possible that Madeline brought the Wanderer here.

What does she want to do?

After sorting out Madeline's logic in his mind, Schiller felt that if it was impossible to get back the compensation and seek justice for his family, then the only thing she wanted to do was probably to make the insurance company that refused to pay the price.