The exhibition hall is in the south, the center is the lounge, and the north side of the lounge is the creation room, Hua Zihan was unhappy in the creation room, took the unhappy painting and ran more than 20 meters to the exhibition hall, put the exhibition hall trash can in the center of the aisle, shredded it and set the painting on fire.

This kind of lie does not even have any basic sincerity.

There are many paintings hanging in the exhibition hall, including oil paintings and ink paintings, and in the center of the exhibition hall is a small bar serving drinks. The whole exhibition hall looks so clean and clear. The little butler explained: "The burn is not bad, it has been cleaned, and this carpet was mended in the morning." ”

Su Cheng squatted down and asked, "The trash can is here?"

"Yes. ”

"Had a guest last night?"

"Yes, a classmate of the third young master passed away, and more than a dozen classmates from abroad came to City A to mourn, and the body said goodbye yesterday morning, and gathered here last night. ”

"What time do they leave?"

"Around twelve o'clock. ”

Su Cheng asked, "Such a big manor, is there no guest room?"

"I don't know, they probably don't want to bother people. The little butler replied.

Zuo Luo admired it and asked: "It's not all Hua Zihan's works here, sixty percent of them are written by others." ”

The little housekeeper nodded: "Yes, most of them are modern oil paintings, all of which are well-known painters, mainly collected by foreign oil paintings after World War II, and some of the painters are still alive." ”

Su Cheng looked at it for a while: "Most of Kos's works are Mr. Hua Zihan, and Mr. Hua Zihan is really a talent, and even Kos can only be regarded as a little famous." ”

The little butler was very embarrassed and surprised to look at Su Cheng, how do you know?

"The representative of non-real abstract art shows that the artist's impulsiveness is distinguished from geometric rationality, resulting in a contrast difference. It is a school of painting that broke away from automatism and surrealism......"

"Speak human words. ”

"You don't understand human language. "I can't understand it, but I can't stand it. A square piece, painted with yellow, with a difference in color depth, to express the artist's impulse, this thing can be called a work of art, it belongs to a non-real abstract art oil painting. To expand a little more, there are geometric diagrams in it, such as triangles and squares, but the surrounding area is painted in a mess, and I can't understand the meaning at all, so it belongs to this genre.

The little butler was shocked: "I didn't expect this police officer's oil painting level to be so high? No wonder people say that the Z department hides the dragon and crouching tiger." ”

"Hehe, you have to learn more. Su Cheng replied very modestly, it was not modest, it was indeed for the sake of eating. Su Cheng said: "There are not many Kos paintings, and the six paintings here are his entry-level works, are there no mature works?

The little butler was stunned for a long time, and didn't know how to answer: "No, right? ”

"Girl, you are so modest. Su Cheng said to Zuo Luo: "Just now I said that the two are the pinnacle of Coase's works, and the red, yellow and blue compositions with the best reputation are only a few million dollars. But art is like this, when it is unpopular, no one wants a dollar, and once it is hot, tens of millions of dollars cannot be bought. In fact, there are a few people who actually buy art and appreciate it. ”

Zuo Luo felt that Su Cheng had returned to the memories of his youthful years in the Wudu Orphanage, and Zuo Luo said: "Yuxin, you also know that you can't lie at all, what happened?"

The little housekeeper said: "Officer, there is nothing wrong, a small fire in a private home did not cause much damage, I think you, as a good police detective, should put resources where you are needed more." "The attitude is tough.

"Excuse me. The chief housekeeper and a man in a suit appeared, the man walked over, showed his documents, and a court document, and said: "I am a lawyer, this is an order issued by the court, in order to protect personal privacy, everyone in the Hua family is obliged to remain silent about the fire in the early morning, because the fire did not cause casualties, and the property damage belongs to individuals, and they decided not to accept the police investigation and take full responsibility for the consequences." This is the signature of the person I was at the time, you can see it. ”

"Don't look. Su Cheng looked at the lawyer and smiled, and then said: "It's getting more and more interesting, what a big deal, you first made up a clumsy lie, Mrs. Hua went to the court to get the notarial deed in her busy schedule, can you tell me in private, what was burned?" I'm very curious now." ”

The lawyer was unmoved: "I'm sorry, your investigation should be over." Even if there is a fire hazard in a private home, it has nothing to do with the law. If you harass any more members of Fahrenheit Manor or related personnel in connection with this case, it does not rule out the possibility that we will put you in the dock. ”

"Understood, understood. Su Cheng looked at his watch: "Big housekeeper, you see that the time is not early, we haven't eaten lunch yet, are you thinking that you can do your best to be a landlord and invite us to drink a glass of water?"

Zoro said: "He is joking, let's go." ”

The big and small housekeepers and lawyers sent them all the way to the manor, and the two got into the car, and then Zoro's car couldn't start: "I'm sorry, the car broke down." ”

Zoro got out of the car, opened the hood, and began to check. Su Cheng leaned against the door, lit a cigarette, and smiled at the three of them who were not walking and not leaving. Zuo Luo and Su Cheng were very strange in their hearts, what was the situation of this fire, which made the Hua family so nervous.

When the butler was about to call a tow truck, the car was repaired, and the two got into the car and left the manor. Zuo Luo looked at Su Cheng: "It's weird." ”

Su Cheng thought for a while: "I think lawyers also think it's weird, and the little housekeeper is no exception." From the analysis of the current situation, first of all, the Hua family has a perfunctory attitude towards the fire, making up a lie casually, and has no intention of lying at all. But I didn't think that the police at the police station were serious, and they continued to make up lies, but the head was not good, and there were loopholes everywhere, because of the special nature, the police did not pursue it again. ”

"It went all the way to us, and they found that the lie didn't come true. Zoro said: "Mrs. Hua personally took the lawyer to the court, got the court documents, and asked the police not to harass the members of Fahrenheit because of this matter." What's the direction?"

"Direction? Wasn't Hua Zihan there last night? Hua Zihan, who was partying with his classmates, admiring the artworks, and drinking some wine, began to burn things after his classmates left. Let's find out from their classmates, and I think the situation will be clear. ”

……

Soon Su Cheng and Zuo Luo found a classmate Hua Zihan at dinner time, and Hua Zihan said that last night was indeed very strange. The party at the beginning was normal, and the housekeeper also arranged a place for the students to live. But after David and Hua Zihan went to the bathroom together, Hua Zihan's face was pale, he didn't say a word, and he lifted the drink served by the little butler, let the little butler get out, and his temper became very irritable, which made the classmates startled, because Hua Zihan had never shown such an attitude. When everyone asked, Hua Zihan told everyone that there was something going on today, so let's disperse. Everyone had to disperse.

Zoro asked, "Who is David?"

The classmate replied: "David is our classmate, he is already quite famous in France, and he can be said to be the most successful artist among us. ”

"Can you contact David?"

"No, he doesn't like his mobile phone, so he simply doesn't bring it with him when he comes to City A. The classmate said: "But I know that he lives in the Shopee Hotel, and he persuaded us to leave last night, saying that please understand Zihan's bad mood." When we went back, we asked him what was wrong, and he said it was okay and asked the driver to send it to Shopee Hotel. ”

Su Cheng and Zuo Luo thanked their classmates for the information, shook hands with them and said goodbye, and the two got into the car and drove to the Shopee Hotel. Zuo Luo showed his ID and inquired at the front desk: "Mr. David lives in room 1916." ”

The two of them knocked on the door of room 1916, and there was a sign on the door that said "do not tidy up", and no one responded for a long time, so they asked the service desk, and the service desk replied: "I didn't see Mr. David go out, but we often have trouble, and it is impossible to be at the service desk all the time." "Do not tidy up generally means that people are not in the room, but please ask the waiter not to tidy up the room.

Su Cheng looked at the waiter's hand: "What's wrong with the hand?"

"Before eating, there may be guests throwing cigarette butts and the carpet burning, and when I was in a hurry, I slapped it with the palm of my hand, and it was burned, and it was not a big deal. "It's not burning, it's like a cigarette, burning slowly, without an open flame.

Zoro said: "Let's go to the first floor and wait, this is my phone, when you see Mr. David, call us." ”

"Okay. ”

……

At 8:30 p.m., David hadn't come back yet, and the two took turns to go to the snack bar opposite to eat something, at this time Su Cheng couldn't bear it anymore and called: "Song Kai, invade the Shopee Hotel surveillance, I want to see when David went out." "David's message has been sent to Song Kai.

Song Kai called back about twenty minutes later: "The surveillance shows that at 11:58 last night, David entered the hotel and returned to the room. Went to breakfast at six in the morning, went out and came back at about eleven. Eleven o'clock is called for food delivery. At 2 p.m., David went to the swimming pool and returned to his room at 3:30 p.m. It has not appeared on the surveillance footage since. But ......"

"But what?"

"However, the corridor on the 19th floor is less than one minute and thirty seconds. ”

Zuo Luo glanced at Su Cheng, and went to the main desk to show his ID again: "I want to open room 1916." ”

This is a violation, and according to the law, the main station should not agree, and Zoro must explain to the prosecutor why he wants to open this room and why. However, the duty manager knew that they were agents of the Z department, and replied, "Give me the key." ”

The lady at the front desk took a key and swiped it, handed it to the manager on duty, and the three of them took the elevator to room 1916. The duty manager knocked on the door first: "Room service." ”

After three times, the duty manager inserted the keycard, Zoro nodded, pulled out his pistol in his hand, and pushed the door in. There are no lights in the room, the curtains are closed, and there is no light, but you can hear the sound of water coming from the shower room. Zoro used his pistol to press on the light switch, and it was neat inside. Zoro slowly approached the shower room: "Mr. David, I'm a police officer in City A. ”

There was no response, Zuo Luo put his hand on the shower room and gently pushed the shower open, only to see David lying in the water in his pajamas with an obvious wound on his back. Zuo Luo squatted: "Dead, sharp weapon...... Command center, Z7 Zoro calls for reinforcements ......"

Su Cheng looked at it from the side: "This is getting more and more interesting." Hey, Zoro, I think we killed someone. ”

Zuo Luo nodded: "The time of death is between 5:45 and 6:30, we left the Hua family at 3:10, found our classmates at 5:20, and arrived at this hotel at 5:40." I don't understand at all now, what did David say to Hua Zihan that led to his murder?"

Su Cheng said: "Actually, since Hua Zihan was sick, I felt that there was a problem. ”

Zoro pondered: "Could it be that David gave Hua Zihan to the bathroom...... The fact that Hua Zihan found out that he was of the same sex ......"

"Zoro, if you don't open your brain, you can scare people to death if you open it. Su Cheng said: "David didn't feel the danger, that is, David didn't think that what he said to Hua Zihan would be a threat to him." ”

"Don't be misled, it's not good to say that David's death has nothing to do with Hua Zihan. We'd better start by going through the French police to find out about David's background. ”

……

The physical evidence team entered, and then the forensic doctor entered, giving a preliminary opinion: "The time of death was ten minutes before and after 6 o'clock, and the sharp wound, judging from the wounds of the corpse, was moved to the shower room after death. The deceased did not suffer any self-defence injuries. This time, calm, sophisticated, and crisp, is not something that ordinary people can do. ”

After summarizing the physical evidence team, he gave a preliminary opinion: "The deceased may have been attacked after coming out of the bathroom, judging from the traces on the ground, the murderer waited on the side of the bathroom, and then hit him fatally, hugged the deceased tightly until the deceased died, and the murderer hugged the deceased's waist with both hands and dragged him into the shower room." This inference is relatively close to the current collection of physical evidence. ”

The technical staff reported: "At present, it is difficult to judge whether there is a hacker intrusion, and it is technically impossible to prove, but as Song Kai said, there is a minute and 30 seconds of corridor video missing." ”

Su Cheng said: "It's strange, since there is such a good hacker, so that the technical department can't prove whether there is a technical intrusion, knowing that there is a fatal case, the police will investigate the monitoring, and find that the monitoring is missing one minute and thirty seconds." So...... Why don't you wash off the surveillance? Is this showing off the technology?"

The technical department replied: "Assuming that one minute and thirty seconds is the time of the crime, to be honest, it is much more difficult to remove only this part than to wash off all the memory videos." ”

"Zoro, open another room to simulate. ”

……

The first simulation, Zoro took the elevator, walked to the room after getting out of the elevator, opened the door, entered the room, Su Cheng was going to the toilet, waiting for a minute, Su Cheng came out, and Zoro killed him.

"This violates too much physical evidence, first of all, the carpet was burned, either there were people who answered, or the smell of the carpet burning, and the waiter was transferred. And it is impossible to take the elevator, the elevator monitoring we have checked, and no suspicious people have been found. ”

Su Cheng said: "The monitoring has only been checked for 30 minutes?"

"Thirty minutes is enough, and even if we see a suspicious person, it will be difficult to connect the murders. No one took the elevator to the 19th floor for five minutes before and after the incident, and no one took the elevator to the 15th-24th floors for the ten minutes. ”

"Go on. ”

In the second simulation, Zoro took the elevator to the 14th floor, then walked to the 19th floor, opened the gap in the fire door and looked at the service desk...... Zoro stopped: "The first possibility is that the criminal has helpers and ignites the carpet at another fire door. There is also the possibility that the offender will go to the opposite side and light the carpet first, and then turn back. However, according to the visit, the attendants on duty on the 15th-24th floors did not leave their posts at that time, and the monitoring of these floors was complete. ”

"Follow the helper mode once. ”