The mystery of serbia's "Lady in Blue Dress" evil painting

The beautiful scenery of the Balkan Peninsula, the Serbian town in the Sava River Valley, the rumors of the ancient houses that have been independent for generations, the blood stains of blue velvet fragments, the strange death of the ruins of the monastery, the old news and old events accompanied by the strange portrait of the "Lady in the Blue Dress".

Trick painting

　　Alberto Jewell, an art teacher at an ordinary secondary school in France, divorced his wife a year ago. In order to afford three young children, he had to register with a well-known art website to imitate the paintings of 18th- to 20th-century European and American artists for a fee of 200 to 500 euros each.

　　In late 2017, Alberto received an email from a client from Serbia, sending him several portraits of people, informing him that they were portraits of family ancestors that needed to be repaired due to their age. Due to the tedious and time-consuming process of restoring the old painting, he was reluctant to take over at first, but the other party soon doubled the bid code and promised to bear the round-trip air ticket and local accommodation for him and his children. Alberto calculated that the New Year's holiday would not only earn a lot of money, but also take his children to travel abroad.

　　On New Year 2018, Alberto rushed with his three children to a small river valley in the middle reaches of the Sava River in Serbia, where they were greeted by a pharmacist in his fifties named Militsa Janovic-Yatović. He lives alone in an old house far away from the townspeople, talks elegantly, lives a simple life, has little contact with the outside world, and is more addicted to some of the family's collections in his spare time.

　　On the night of the check-in, Miricha took out a written agreement for Alberto to sign, and the content was no different from the previous online communication. In order to allow Alberto to concentrate on his work, Mirichsa deliberately converted the living room into a temporary studio and hired someone to take a few children out every day. However, the employer also attached a clause on the spot, requiring fathers and sons not to go to the top floor without permission, and his explanation was that he was a bit of a cleanliness fetish, so he opened up the top floor as his own small world. Alberto saw that the living arrangement was extremely appropriate, and after all, he was in someone else's home, and immediately expressed his willingness to abide by the agreement.

　　Milicat took out some of the family's old oil paintings to repair Alberto, mainly to clean up the mold of the picture, add faded parts, etc., although the operation is somewhat cumbersome, but there is no too high technical difficulty. The paintings were originally hung all over the house, and every time Alberto restored one, he hung them back in place.

　　One day, Alberto was in urgent need of several special paints to find Miricha, the other party walked out of the bedroom and then closed the door with his backhand, this detail made Alberto realize on the one hand that Mibetto did not want others to disturb the "space" of his bedroom, on the other hand, because he was standing outside the door, at the moment of the door opening and closing, he actually saw two hanging pictures on the wall of the room. Although he did not know the content of the hanging paintings, judging from the frame imprints, the two paintings were not among the works he had restored.

　　A few days later, Alberto's youngest daughter, Juna, fell ill with the flu and had to isolate her from other children in accordance with her doctor's advice. To this end, Milica asked a young girl in the town, Tajana, to help take care of it.

　　But Tajana herself is still a high school student who has not played enough, and with four-year-old Zhu Na, she is confined to the more limited living room in the downstairs side hall, which is naturally boring. One afternoon, the two sneaked into the storage room in private and poured out some miscellaneous old goods. It happened that Miricha went downstairs, saw the situation, and immediately rebuked the two in exasperation.

　　At this time, Alberto also walked out of the studio to check, only to see a few old toys scattered on the ground, as well as old paintings wrapped in a large piece of faded old tarpaulin. Alberto reached out and tore open the decaying tarpaulin, revealing two portraits of a young woman in a blue velvet dress. Curiously, however, the eyes of both portraits were hollowed out.

　　When Tajana saw it, she blurted out, "Hey, isn't this painting the evil 'Lady in Blue Dress' in the legend?" ”

　　"Shut up!" Militsa said and hurriedly grabbed the two paintings. Alberto, however, heard a little panic in his stern voice.

Bloody

　　A few days later, Milica took the initiative to tell Alberto about the origin of the so-called "Lady in a Blue Dress" painting: according to legend, his ancestor was the head of the guard of Stefan I, the founder of the medieval Serbian Nemanya dynasty, who snubbed his wife for following the monarch for many years, causing his wife to meet a painter at the ball. However, when this young and beautiful woman who did not understand the world decided to break up with her husband in spite of the world's criticism, she found that the painter with the heart had no intention of sharing her true feelings with herself, but instead weighed the pros and cons and found another noble lady to marry. On the wedding night, the disgraced woman came to the cave room in a blue dress dressed as a prom, drew her sword and stabbed the negative artist, and then committed suicide by poisoning herself. Before dying, she stabbed herself in the eye, regretting that she had made a big mistake without eyeballs. The leader of the guards, who had suffered an emotional blow, soon retired from his post and returned home, hanging a portrait of his wife in his home. Since then, the town has begun to spread "weird" occasionally, and from time to time some people say that the ghost of the "Lady in the Blue Dress" wanders outside the old house in the dark, and the criticism is very evil in the street, causing great trouble to The Militscha family.

　　Milica took out two paintings and said, "Since you already know the original commission, why not restore and renovate the two paintings." ”

　　Alberto's careful examination of the two dilapidated paintings also noticed something strange: first of all, judging from the painting materials that one was about the beginning of the last century, the other was only a work of more than twenty years; The second two portraits are of two women with different temperaments. Although he did not believe in the so-called ghost of the "Lady in the Blue Dress", he thought of Militscha's various words and deeds, and his intuition seemed to have unknown hidden feelings.

　　Just when Alberto was confused, a strange thing happened in the family: once when little Juna went to play in her father's studio, she accidentally saw the portrait of the "Lady in the Blue Dress" that was being repaired, and pointed to the figure on it to show that she had seen the "sister" in the painting. At first, Alberto thought it was a child's misnomer. Unexpectedly, two days later, when Tajana was caring for the young Juna to get up at night, she was shocked to see the ghost of the "Lady in the Blue Dress" appear outside the house, and the statement was convincing and colorful.

　　Frightened, Tagana offered to quit her job, and Alberto considered that his daughter was in urgent need of care, so he had to go to great lengths to reassure him. However, Tajana informed the local rumor that the portrait of the "Lady in the Blue Dress" was very evil and would bring all kinds of ominence to witnesses, so she insisted on staying away.

　　Seeing Alberto's disbelief, Tajana mysteriously secretly informed that twenty-seven years ago, Mirichscha's cousin had disappeared after attending a ball and had not been heard from since. The cause of the whole thing was that the young girl dressed up as the "Lady in the Blue Dress" that day, so everyone thought that it was the result of accidentally contaminating the evil nature.

　　Hearing this new "plot", Alberto subconsciously connected with the two oil paintings, and as if he had realized it, he unconsciously added greater curiosity and privately inquired about the old things with the townspeople.

　　It turned out that Michael Richard did have a cousin, who lived in his family because of the death of his parents at an early age, and was much spoiled by his cousin's family because of his lonely life. After the death of Richard's parents, he took on the guardianship of his cousin alone. When my cousin was seventeen years old, she met a college student of the art college who went to a nearby monastery for a vacation to sketch, and the two fell in love at first sight.

　　After learning about it, Michael Richard found that the college student had a loose temperament, no place to live, and had intersected with the underworld, and naturally opposed his cousin's association with him. However, the rebellious cousin not only turned a deaf ear, but even ran away from home. Later, Mirichsa called the police to search for him many times, and accused the university student of abducting his cousin, who is still a suspect in the missing case.

Just as Alberto was trying to find out more with a "gossipy" mentality, something unexpected happened: Tajana quit her job and left Militsa's house without returning to town.

A few days later, his body was found in the ruins of a monastery in a nearby valley. The autopsy resulted in a fall from a ruined boulder that hit her head fatally, but strangely, she was clutching an old blue velvet fragment in her hand.

Mystery

　　Alberto was depressed, and Miricha apologized for this, so he offered to terminate the restoration work and voluntarily paid an additional fee as compensation. However, Alberto did not reluctantly leave, and after stopping his scheduled work, he took his children to a small town inn to inquire more about the rumors of the "Lady in Blue Dress" painting.

　　A few days later, Alberto took the initiative to contact Milica, saying that he had found the clues. After the two met at the guest house, Alberto told him a little mysteriously: "The sighting of the ghost of the 'Lady in the Blue Dress' that Tagana said before her death was something I thought was mysterious, but these days I think I have some details and other ideas." ”

　　Mirich saw his serious look and unconsciously asked why.

　　Alberto then informs Tagana that after witnessing the ghost of the "Lady in the Blue Dress", she had called a girlfriend to consult the town's public library to check the relevant materials, and one of the overlooked details mentioned that the iconic blue velvet ball dress was studded with many expensive gems. He said meaningfully: "Why did she leave your house and run to such a remote abandoned monastery?" ”

　　"Oh? What do you think? Mirich Richard asked with a slight frown after hearing this.

　　"Why don't you start with two paintings?" Alberto sighed for a moment, "Let's see if we can find out the mystery." ”

　　The next day, Alberto went to Miletscha's house again, and after a careful examination, he asked, "Hey, who made that blue velvet ball dress that your cousin wore back then?" What about skirts? ”

　　"The skirt was sewn by my cousin's mother before she died." Miletsa stammered and said, "She went to the prom in that dress and was seduced and eloped by that damn bastard." ”

　　"Do you have any other blue velvet ball dresses at home?" Alberto asked, "Like the one in the rumors?" ”

　　"Of course not, it's just an unverifiable rumor." Milicat flatly denied it.

　　"Since there is no skirt, why did the police find a little blue velvet fragment in the dead Tajana's hand?" Alberto Road.

　　When Milica listened, he eagerly inquired. So Alberto pointed to the portrait of her cousin and said in a very professional tone that although the style of her blue velvet ball dress was made to imitate the old work, the inlaid buttons at the neckline and cuffs were extraordinary treasures in terms of color and oil gloss.

　　Alberto said thoughtfully, "Isn't it true that she has seen the ghost of the 'Lady in the Blue Dress'?" Or even received some kind of supernatural mention? Mirichel listened and fell into deep thought.

　　It was night, and Mirichsa avoided the main road and took a detour to the ruins of the monastery where Tajana died, only to see him take out the tools he had prepared and prepare to pry open a few overgrown stone slabs. When it was too late, several flashlights illuminated, and the police officers who were tracking them stood in front of them unexpectedly.

　　It turned out that Mirich Richard had always loved his cousin, but when his father died, he accidentally learned that the old man had left half of his property to his cousin, and although he was dissatisfied, he did not object to the family affection. When the cousin is about to reach adulthood, she has a disagreement with her "problem" boyfriend and threatens to take away her own property and the "prodigal son" in the eyes of her cousin. It happened that at this time, the part of The estate that Mirich Richard had inherited was lost due to investment errors, and all kinds of resentment accumulated under the evil thoughts, so the impersonation boyfriend killed and buried the cousin who attended the ball to the ruins of the monastery where the two often met, and married his boyfriend for abduction.

　　However, it backfired, and when Mirich Richard tried to get back his cousin's property in a logical way, he found that the account was empty. In the years that followed, his life became increasingly difficult because he could not find the missing property, so much so that he had to find Alberto to restore the old family paintings, intending to sell them to distant relatives and friends.

　　At this time, while caring for Alberto's daughter, Tagana inadvertently found the diary of Militsa's cousin from the storage room. When Militsa found out, he was afraid that the old sin would be exposed, so he pretended to be the ghost of the "Lady in the Blue Dress" and went out of the house, and after making "preparations", he repeated the trick to fake and accidentally "killed" Tagjana.

He thought he had done a perfect job, but the police got a glimpse of it, so he found Alberto and set up a joint situation, not only to make the truth of the old case clear, but also to find that an investment fund left by Mirichscha's father in the name of inheritance had long been liquidated due to the broker's default. Mirichscha regretted learning the truth, and what awaited him would be a harsh legal sentence.