A train with a blue background and three white lines rumbled into the platform from the sea. In the distance was the setting sun, reflected on the sea.
The car door opened and the passengers got out dragging their suitcases, looking exhausted and dusty, and met their waiting relatives and friends. The scene immediately became noisy and lively.
On the contrary, the screening room was silent, and the audience's eyes were bright, with surprise and fear of the unknown, as well as an unrestrained desire to explore.
This long worm-like thing is a sea train. It is not a ship, but it can float on the sea.
Many people got out of the box-shaped carriage, and the audience couldn't understand how this was possible
Le Han and Rong Shenghua were sitting in the back row of Hall No. 1. They were deeply moved by the cooperation between the cinema and Yuguizhai yesterday. After thinking hard all night, they rushed to buy tickets for the first show.
At this moment, looking at the sea train, the two of them had a light in their eyes, without blinking, and they couldn't tell for a moment whether this was something that existed in fantasy or it really existed
The old conductor and the young conductor came down from the operating room and revealed some information about this sea train during their conversation, such as the use of floating light power instead of steam power, the unique shapes of the front and rear of the train with special meanings, and the newly replaced carriage wallpaper using a pattern favored by a royal family a hundred years ago.
Most of the time, such details are not for advancing the plot, but serve to portray a world that is close to reality.
For the people of the Dawu Dynasty, this short episode contains many mysteries - what is floating light power? What is steam power? What is the difference between the two? Who invented the sea train? Are ordinary people not afraid of being punished for using the imperial property privately
The platform is the terminal. After all passengers get off, new passengers get on and go to their new destinations.
The camera jumps very quickly, with each character going up from different doors and entering different carriages.
The sea train set off again, rumbling past the audience.
Some audience members rubbed their eyes and muttered quietly: "There are so many people, I can't remember them all."
The person next to him comforted him: "Just take your time and you will understand it later."
There are indeed a lot of characters appearing at the beginning. Their clothing and appearance are not so easy to distinguish for the people of the Dawu Dynasty, and it is indeed easy to be face-blind at first glance.
At this moment, the audience is more concerned about the sea train than the plot. It runs fast and steadily on the sea as if it were flat ground.
It is completely different from the horse-drawn carriages and cargo ships that the people of the Dawu Dynasty knew.
Outside the car window, thick gray-blue clouds were piled up and the dusk was heavy.
In the carriage, there was a mysterious man in a dark brown robe, a group of people in black suits carrying heavy suitcases, a woman in luxurious clothes with her daughter, a gentleman who claimed to be the editor-in-chief of a newspaper, a girl who claimed to be going to Taicheng to look for her relatives, an old earl with a lame leg and sharp words, and a couple who were going to return home to get married... They drank red wine and talked under the dim light, or took out poker to amuse themselves, and some people were leaning against the window, drowsy.
As a story, this beginning seems a bit bland.
As the night deepened, the novelty of getting on the bus wore off, most passengers began to rest, and some got up to go to the bathroom.
"Bang-"
A heavy gunshot woke everyone up, and the first dead person appeared.
The shooting took place in the restroom connected to the first and second carriages. Passengers who heard the noise rushed to the crime scene from both ends. Bright red liquid seeped out from the crack of the restroom door, and everyone's brows were furrowed.
The guests in the screening room were all agitated, and it turned out to be a murder case, and it started before they could react.
Le Han narrowed his eyes and rubbed his fingers over the embroidery patterns on the cuffs.
When he watched the trailer, he paid close attention to the heavy sound, as if it was some kind of signal.
Now it seemed to be a signal for "murder", and he wanted to know where the sound came from.
On the screen, several male passengers worked together to break into the restroom. The victim was a young man, lying face down on the ground with a bullet in the chest. He was dead.
After investigating the scene, the identity of the victim has not yet been determined.
There are also doubts about the bloodstains seeping out from the crack of the bathroom door. The victim was shot in the chest with his legs facing the door, and the fatal wound did not cause that much bleeding.
Whose blood is it
Who killed this man
The people of the Dawu Dynasty were exposed to this type of film for the first time and began to immerse themselves in the situation and guess the murderer.
"Who could it be?"
"I think it's that lame old man. He looks like a bad guy and speaks so harshly."
"It's not impossible. I think there's something wrong with the editor-in-chief of the newspaper. He always looks at people with an uncomfortable look."
The audience did not know what the editor-in-chief of a newspaper was like, so they began to analyze it based on their personal perceptions.
Xie Xu heard this from the side and couldn't help but interjected quietly, "In that case, aren't the group of people in black and the mysterious man in the robe more suspicious?"
Chen Yuning's eyes showed understanding. No wonder there were so many shots at the beginning. The murderer must be among the group of people who appeared.
Chen Yuning couldn't help but refute Xie Xu: "The group of black-clothed men didn't show up after getting on the train, so there shouldn't be these two carriages. We can rule them out as suspects for now. As for the man in brown robe, he looks very similar, but he may not be the murderer."
Xie Xu frowned: "Then who do you think the murderer is?"
Chen Yuning shook his head: "The relationship between the characters has not been revealed yet, there are not enough clues, and it is impossible to infer the murderer."
This film is more interesting than expected, but it’s a pity that the Prince of Jin didn’t come today.
There was a banquet in the palace, so the Prince of Jin and his family had to go to the palace early and had no time to spare.
In fact, those who can get the post are all the same and need to enter the palace early.
But Xie Xu and Chen Yuning wanted to watch "Sea Train" anyway, so they sneaked out early in the morning and planned to watch it before returning to the palace.
As it turned out, the film did not disappoint.
At the critical moment, the conductor appeared and revealed the identity of the deceased - a jewelry merchant, who was on a business trip to deliver a beautiful pigeon blood ruby to Taicheng.
Because the jeweler often took the sea train, the conductor had an impression of him, and the two chatted for a while when checking tickets today.
After the identity of the deceased was determined, the motive for the murder was also speculated to be ruby.
The breakthrough in finding the murderer is the blood at the door that does not belong to the deceased. The murderer is likely injured during the crime. The next step is to check the passengers in the car, and those who are injured are the murderer.
Halfway through the interrogation, the lady's daughter Anne was found with a clean bandage on her wrist.
Anne was only thirteen years old, with an oval face, twin ponytails, wearing a gorgeous black puffy skirt, and a sharp look.
She was not panicked when the conductor grabbed her wrist and dragged her up from her seat. Instead, her mother, Mrs. Sera, anxiously explained that her daughter's wrist was sprained when she fell off her horse a few days ago. She was unwilling to untie the bandage for everyone to see.
The lame old earl scolded loudly and impatiently, forcing Anne to untie the bandage to prove her innocence.
The passengers in the car looked at Lady Sera and Anne. Although they did not force them, the meaning in their eyes was the same as that of the old count.
"Ah ah—" A woman's scream interrupted the interrogation, and something seemed to have happened again in the carriage behind.
The second dead person appeared.
This time the crime scene was the bathroom connecting the second and third carriages, and the deceased was Janet's lover Chad.
Chad and Janet were the couple who were planning to return home to get married, and Janet was the first person to discover them.
They were passengers in the second car, and they were also subject to interrogation after the jeweler's death. But Chad was in a hurry, so he told Janet that he was going to the bathroom before the interrogation of the first car was finished.
As he never came back, Janet felt strange and got up to go to the bathroom to look for him.
She knocked on the door but no one answered. She felt uneasy. Then she saw blood seeping from the crack in the door and screamed in fright.
When everyone broke open the bathroom door, they found Chad's death was very similar to that of the jeweler, he was shot in the chest and died instantly.
But this scene was even more horrifying, with blood spurting everywhere.
Soon, everyone discovered that Chad's right forearm was wrapped in a bandage and soaked in blood. When the bandage was removed, the wound was still oozing blood.
Ah this...
The passengers exchanged glances, and Mrs. Sera pointed at Chad's body and said loudly: "He is the murderer. The wound on his arm is still bleeding. It must be him."
But what is the motivation
The ruby on the jeweler's body was indeed missing, and the conductor and the lame count began to search through Chad's body.
No ruby was found, and everyone's attention gradually turned to Janet, who was still crying.
If it was really Chad who killed the jeweler to steal the gem, then the gem should be with him.
As a result, nothing was found and things became confusing.
And who killed Chad
There are many connections between people, which are intertwined, light and dark, and complex and difficult to understand.
Sometimes when you can’t find the hidden thread, start with the most obvious relationship.
Give up emotion and look at the people and things around you rationally.
Janet noticed the unclear meaning in everyone's gaze, raised her head uncomfortably, and asked with a sob, "Why are you looking at me like that?"
The audience was not calm.
"They suspect this woman is the murderer?"
"This woman doesn't look very strong. It's impossible for her to kill an adult man easily. Besides, aren't they planning to go back to their hometown to get married?"
"I can't figure it out. Who is the murderer?"
Kuba stood in the aisle of Hall No. 1, one arm clasped across his chest, the other hand raised to touch his chin, his eyes wide open, trying hard to find clues from the details revealed in the picture.
On the train, everyone forcibly checked Janet and Chad's luggage and searched Janet's skirt, but the ruby was not found.
Who is the murderer
This became the question in the minds of all the audience in the cinema.
The other passengers racked their brains to find the real murderer. The brown-robed man who had been sitting in the corner of Carriage 3 since the beginning stood up silently, blocked the door connecting Carriage 3 and Carriage 2, pulled out a Gatling gun from under his robe, and shouted loudly: "You are being held hostage by me, put your hands on your head, squat down, and don't move!"
The accident happened suddenly. The passengers on the train and the audience in the theater were stunned for a moment and did not react.
But Gatling's deterrent power was strong enough, and the passengers on the train quickly squatted on the ground according to the instructions of the man in brown robe, trembling like fat sheep waiting to be slaughtered.
The man in brown robe is a robber. According to information received from other sources, there are several wealthy and powerful people sitting on this sea train.
He originally planned to take action when it was darkest at night, but murders occurred one after another along the way, and the passengers in the first-class carriage wanted to move to the back carriage for safety.
Helplessly, he had to take action in advance.
One passenger was so frightened that his legs went limp and he accidentally fell down, and his companion turned around to help him up.
The man in brown robe raised the Gatling gun and fired mercilessly, "Da Da Da", almost sweeping away the two passengers.
The train was so quiet that you could hear the sound of waves hitting the carriages.
The screening room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
What weapon is this
So horrifying.
Chen Jingshan and Liu Gennong were in screening room No. 3. After watching the trailer of "The Sea Train Serial Murder Case", they made an appointment to watch the feature film together.
Liu Gennong became the most popular storyteller in the city of Liangjing by rewriting the scripts of films in theaters.
But the film "Searching for Deep-Sea Behemoths" that had been shown in the cinema before was really difficult to adapt into a storybook, which frustrated him greatly.
As for this time's "Sea Train", just by watching the trailer, he knew it would be a hit in Liangjing, and he couldn't wait to invite Chen Jingshan to join.
The more he watched, the more excited he became, and he was also wondering in his mind who the murderer might be.
At this moment, he was frightened by the weapon in the brown-robed man's hand.
Even if one cannot fully understand the weapon, one instinctively feels fear.
In another screening room, the audience was also shocked by Gatlin.
Wan Baozhu and two maids sat in the middle of the back row.
Cuizhu and Qingfei huddled together, with their eyes empty and not daring to look at the scene behind them. Wan Baozhu frowned, his eyes full of solemnity.
However, the fear did not last long. After the man in brown robe looted the valuables, he retreated outside the third carriage.
The last shot shows him collapsed in the bathroom, his belongings scattered all over the floor, and he was shot in the chest and died.
Before the passengers could recover from the shock of being robbed, a third victim appeared, killed in the same manner.
Most of the passengers were exhausted, but they didn't dare to relax.
If you don’t know the rules of the dead and can’t find any clues to the murderer, you might be the next person to die.
Xie Xu kicked the backrest of the front seat. He was restless but didn't dare to relax for a moment. "Who is the murderer?"
In the lobby lounge area, Lu Yao was reading a book in the corner with a glass of orange juice at hand.
Fu Chi just inspected the screening rooms on both sides and walked to Lu Yao's side. "The audience is going crazy. You can hear their collapse outside, asking 'Who is the murderer?'"
Lu Yao looked up, a smile in his eyes, "This is the most attractive part of suspense movies."
Fu Chi sat down opposite her, "What are you looking at?"
Lu Yao lifted the book and revealed the back cover.
Fu Chi's eyes moved slightly, "Is this the original novel of "The Sea Train Serial Murder Case"? "
Lu Yao nodded: "You also know the author."
Fu Chi looked at the author's name again, his eyes showing doubt: "I have no impression."
Lu Yao reminded: "She works at the furry shop."
Fu Chi was stunned for a moment, his eyes were firm: "Jiuhua."
The film was bought from Eden Sea, and there were only a few human employees working in the furry shop.
Lu Yao closed the book and stroked the cover with his fingers. "I didn't pay attention when I bought it. Jiuhua was also surprised and thought I bought it because I knew it was her work."
"The Sea Train Serial Murder Case" is adapted from Jiuhua's early unpopular novel of the same name, and the story is set in the year 2530 of the Maritime Calendar.
The sea train that appears in the movie is the only real sea train in the Sea of Eden, connecting a small island rich in tropical fruits.
The entire journey is less than ten kilometers, but it is one of the most important transportation routes in the Sea of Eden.
The historical development of the Sea of Eden is not exactly the same as Lu Yao's world, but the development of scientific and technological civilization has a sense of the same goal.
For example, the floating light power that appears in the movie is a renewable, pollution-free energy source taken from the ocean, which is very similar to the electricity in Lu Yao's world.
The clothing and level of civilization development of the characters in the movie are similar to those in the early 19th century in Lu Yao's world.
Jiuhua learned that Lu Yao had bought the film version of "Sea Train" and brought her a set of the original novel when he came to work the next day.
Lu Yao has already read most of the book, and through Jiuhua's writing, he has learned a lot about the history of the Sea of Eden.
The seeds of civilization are gradually being spread. I wonder in which direction the Dawu Dynasty will develop in the future
Does the existence of cinemas bring blessing or disaster to the people
It seems that there is no conclusion yet.
After the premiere of "The Sea Train Murder Case", the audience came out of the screening room with dazed looks on their faces, as if they had run out of energy.
The plot was so powerful that someone ran to the ticket counter as soon as it came out and threw his money bag over, "Give me another ticket for The Sea Train Serial Murder Case!"
The murderer was found, but I was in a rush when I watched it for the first time and didn't notice a lot of details. I had to go back and watch it a few more times before I understood it.
There were more than one such customer. Many young people bought tickets to return for the show after watching it for the first time to pore over it.
Xie Xu and Chen Yuning stood at the door for a long time. The murderer in the end turned out to be... The ending was too unexpected and it was a little hard to accept for a while.
Unfortunately, they didn't have time to watch it again today, and finally left in despair.
Wan Baozhu saw Lu Yao in the rest area and walked straight towards her.