"You mean, someone may have entered this room after the crime and lit a fire in this hot weather?" After all, Ma Ming has been a lawyer for many years, and he is not eating dry food for nothing.

"You're smart. Zhou Yi smiled and said: "Isn't this strange enough, who would use the fireplace instead of turning on the air conditioner on a hot day?" And according to Zhang Shui, no one has opened this room during this time, he shouldn't have told a lie, after the murder, this room has become a murder room, who is willing to use it?"

"Hmm...... It's a little strange, but it's not that it can't be explained, right?" Ma Ming thought for a while and said: "Didn't you also say that the air in Xiangjiang is humid, and this small hotel doesn't have such things as a dryer, in order to reduce the humidity, maybe the management will regularly light the fireplace to dry the room? Not to mention when this furnace ash was produced, and does it have anything to do with this case, I still don't understand." ”

"You look at the flue of the fireplace. Zhou Yi said with a smile.

"Ah, this is ......" Ma Ming frowned and leaned in front of the fireplace, looking up at the flue of the fireplace, because this room was on the 8th floor, the flue of the fireplace was only more than five meters long, and the sunlight that penetrated through it allowed him to clearly see the inside of the flue.

From the bottom of the fireplace upwards, about two meters or so, this section is all black and new ash, and nothing can be seen. However, although the flue is also covered with a thin layer of new ash, if you look closely, you can still find that under these new ashes, on top of the old furnace mud, there are some traces about ten centimeters wide that reach the top of the flue, these traces are not arranged straight, but staggered with each other, and the distance between them is like a reasonable distance between the limbs when a person is climbing with his limbs open!

Judging by these traces. If it is really a person who stays, then this person's figure should be petite, not a short man, that is, a woman.

"There really was a fourth person, and this person escaped from the flue? Later, someone lit the fire to cover up the traces with the newly produced ashes!"

"Hehe, you finally get it, but that's not the point. ”

Zhou Yi looked around: "According to the transcript provided by the police, the police arrived quickly after the incident. The first to enter was definitely not a military uniform but a forensic evidence. In other words, the scene was not destroyed at that time, and after the real murderer pushed Huang Guangming down or knocked him downstairs, he had to escape through the flue, and it was impossible to have time to deal with the scene. This is strange, the forensic evidence in Xiangjiang are all very professional people, why did they not find any traces of the fourth person?"

"You mean......" Ma Ming's face changed: "It's unlikely, the deceased is just a gangster......

"Gangsters sometimes get into trouble with people they shouldn't provoke. Zhou Yi sneered: "Judging from the neat and neat technique of this fourth person. I'm afraid it's a professional killer. The person who really wants Huang Guangming to die is actually the one who hired the killer. The power behind this is very strong, and he can even control the forensic to destroy the traces of the killer, such as the forensic to enter this room and light the fire. But it's very convenient......"

"Mr. Zhou, I have to say, you have a bit of Conan's demeanor, but I'm afraid you're thinking too much......"

Ma Ming shook his head with a smile and said, "There are too many doubts: first." If there really was such a mastermind behind the scenes, how could he choose to kill people at this time? Would he have known that Huang Guangming and Qin Shuimei would definitely walk into this room on the day of the crime? When can you kill someone, does it have to be so complicated? Why didn't the killer kill Qin Shuimei and the drug-addicted girl, and how did the killer get in?"

"What Huang Guangming knows must have had a great impact, maybe he has already told this secret to his friends, or is hiding it somewhere. If the mastermind behind the scenes kills him by conventional means, it will lead to very troublesome consequences, so he has been waiting for ......"

Zhou Yi said with a smile: "The great thing about this person is that he has mastered Huang Guangming's movements, and at the same time, he can also know the actions of the police at the first time." On the day of the incident, the police laid bait at the Liyou Hotel, and Huang Guangming and this hotel have a long-term cooperative relationship, so the mastermind behind the scenes naturally thought that this was an opportunity to 'fish in troubled waters'. ”

"The killer should be a woman, and a woman who won't attract attention, she should have been in the hotel that day, waiting for an opportunity. Unexpectedly, Qin Shuimei and Huang Guangming entered room 801 at the same time and had an argument, is there a better chance for her and the mastermind behind her to do so?"

Zhou Yi said with a smile: "After she killed Huang Guangming, she left calmly, anyone would think that Huang Guangming was killed by Qin Shuimei, so that the mastermind behind the scenes would not have to worry that his secret would be revealed because of Huang Guangming's death." This is also the superficial reason why the killer did not kill Qin Shuimei. ”

"Superficial reasons?" Ma Ming said suspiciously: "I don't understand more and more, when I was at the police station, Qin Shuimei didn't mention any killers? If there was really a killer at the time of the crime, why didn't Qin Shuimei say it, isn't it very beneficial to her?"

"I can only guess one ...... for the reason why she didn't say it"

Zhou Yi paused for a moment before saying, "Maybe she didn't see this killer at all!"

"This is impossible, this is absolutely impossible!" Ma Ming shook his head again and again: "Mr. Zhou, we are now in the real world, not in Conan's world, you have to figure it out." ”

"Nothing is impossible...... Zhou Yi said with a smile: "Just now I said that this is just the 'superficial reason' why the killer did not kill Qin Shuimei, in fact, there is another layer of meaning." We might as well make a bold guess, the person who instructed the killer or the killer himself didn't really want Qin Shuimei to die, and they didn't even want her to commit murder......"

"Dude, the more I listen, the more confused I become......" Ma Ming was dizzy when he heard it, and looked at Zhou Yi blankly, this guy really lives in the real world, not in the world of comics?

"You're also a lawyer, don't you understand?"

Zhou Yi sighed: "Even if the killer wants to blame Qin Shuimei, then why didn't she kill that drug-addicted girl? Brother Ma, think about it carefully, is it good or bad for us for the drug addict to live?"

"Drug addict ......" Ma Ming frowned and thought for a while, and suddenly her eyes lit up: "Awesome, Mr. Zhou, you really deserve to be the first genius of Xiangjiang University in the past hundred years! There aren't many barristers in Xiangjiang?"

***

Qin Shuimei, who was detained in the correctional center, was wearing a prison uniform, and the fat powder on her face was also washed, which gave people a feeling of 'clear water out of hibiscus and natural carving'. She is indeed a beauty, if you add a good background and noble status, her charm may not be under Luo Bing.

Seeing Zhou Yi and Ma Ming, Qin Shuimei seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw, grabbed Zhou Yi's hand and said, "Lawyer Zhou, how is Meimei?"

"Don't worry about Meimei, the Social Welfare Department has taken her in, and there are special volunteers who sit for her psychological counseling on a regular basis. ”

Zhou Yidao: "Now you need to worry. It's you. ”

"That'...... Is there any hope for my case?Lawyer Zhou, you promised to help me get rid of it, right?" Qin Shuimei shook her head, her voice getting louder and louder: "I can't be imprisoned, I still have to take care of Meimei, I still have to ......"

"As I said, I never have the word 'no' in my dictionary!"

Zhou Yi leaned forward slightly, staring at Qin Shuimei's eyes: "But the premise is that you have to be honest with me! Tell me, why are you lying?"

"I ......" Qin Shuimei was stunned, her eyes were obviously a little flustered.

"Ms. Qin. Lying to your lawyer is the most stupid thing to do!" Ma Ming snorted: "If you do this, you are equivalent to sending yourself to prison with your own hands, understand?"

"I ...... I don't want to. But...... But I don't dare to say...... Even if they say it, no one will believe it......" Qin Shuimei lowered her head.

"Do you have concerns, someone threatens you?" Zhou Yi smiled: "Don't worry, I want to know all the facts to help you." Moreover, the lawyer has a duty of confidentiality to the client. Even if you tell me you're the murderer, we're obligated to keep it a secret for you. Now, tell me everything you know in detail. Don't miss a single detail. ”

"Well, I'll say ......"

Qin Shuimei began to recall: "On the day of the crime, Huang Guangming, a bastard, took me to Liyou Hotel to meet the guest, but I didn't expect the guest to be a policeman. When the police were about to arrest Huang Guangming, he resisted arrest and caused chaos, so I took the opportunity to run out with him......"

"It was at this time that I saw Meimei and saw her running out of a room in a bathrobe. I understand everything, no wonder Huang Guangming once asked me to wait downstairs for a while, it must have been his rotten boy who brought Meimei, and he took Meimei to meet the guests at that time. Lawyer Zhou, Meimei is only 14 years old, she is still a child, she is a child......! I hate Huang Guangming, this bastard......"

Zhou Yi nodded: "I understand all this, you focus on what happened in room 801." ”

"Huang Guangming and I had a heated argument in the room, I called him a bastard, and he hit me. Qin Shuimei said: "I also scratched his face, and he scuffled from the middle of the living room to the window of the living room......"

"And then?"

"Then, I suddenly heard a woman talking in my ear......" Qin Shuimei's face turned a little pale: "She only said one sentence, 'Hire a good lawyer, we will watch your daughter'." ”

"And then?" asked Ma Ming this time. What he admires about Zhou Yi now is simply a five-body cast, this girl is too good, not only is he right that a fourth person appeared at the scene of the crime, but he even guessed the gender correctly, it is a waste for him to be a lawyer, he should be a detective.

"I heard this voice, and I also saw Huang Guangming looking behind me in surprise, I wanted to look back, but I felt like the back of my neck was bitten by a mosquito, and then I couldn't see anything......" Recalling the scene that day, Qin Shuimei still had a look of horror on her face: "At the same time, I heard Huang Guangming's screams, I guessed that he might have fallen downstairs, but I was really afraid that he would fall to his death, so I couldn't say clearly, so I ......"

"So you subconsciously take a step forward and want to pull him back, you are afraid that the police will suspect you of being a murderer after he falls to his death, and although you hate him, you never thought of killing someone. You took this step and you just got to the window, didn't you?"

Zhou Yi was secretly surprised in his heart, there was such a powerful female killer in Xiangjiang? She made Qin Shuimei lose her eyesight in an instant, and some micro-poisons produced by modern technology can also be done, but these two methods are not something that ordinary killers can have......

And the certified public accountant actually only saw two people scuffling, but didn't see the female killer, which shows that her body has reached the level of the so-called 'possession of bones and shapes' in the martial arts world, hiding herself behind Qin Shuimei, this killer is definitely world-class!

"That's right, Barrister Zhou, you seem to be at the scene at the time, it's really amazing......" Qin Shuimei's face began to smile, the stronger her lawyer, the greater the chance of getting away with it.

"That woman said, 'We'll watch your daughter,' so you're worried that they're going to hurt Meimei, so when the police asked, you hid something about this woman, right?" Zhou Yi continued to analyze.

"Actually, no one will believe this kind of thing, and I didn't see with my own eyes that she killed Huang Guangming, I can't prove what I didn't ......see," Qin Shuimei said: "That's why I said that Huang Guangming fell by himself, because almost at the same time as I lost my eyesight, he let out a scream, or he was frightened by the female killer and accidentally fell......"

"Hehe, there is such a possibility, but less than one in 10,000, but you have convinced yourself to tell this kind of lie?" Zhou Yi smiled: "I'll just take it as a real lie." Ms. Qin, you are actually very smart, under the circumstances at that time, taking into account various conditions and analyzing the pros and cons, you can neither admit that you killed someone, nor can you point to this 'surreal' female killer, and you can only say that Huang Guangming fell to his death, even if there is only a 1 in 10,000 chance, but this situation may not happen, at least, this is a doubt. ”

In the common law system, 'the interest of the doubt is attributed to the defendant', even if the suspicion is only 1/10,000; if there is no definite evidence to rule it out, then the defendant should benefit, of course, this is inconceivable in China, not to mention that 'the benefit of the doubt belongs to the defendant', even the 'presumption of innocence' is not understandable by the investigators.

"Ms. Qin, do you recall, is that woman's voice familiar?" Zhou Yi asked.

This female killer is very interesting, obviously blaming Qin Shuimei, but reminding her to 'find a good lawyer', and deliberately leaving the flaw of 'drug addict', it is clear that the defense lawyer can find a way to get rid of the murder crime, her 'concern' for Qin Shuimei makes Zhou Yi feel a little strange.

"I've never heard this sound ......"

"Oh?" Zhou Yi was slightly stunned, this is a little strange, does it mean that the killer has any special relationship with Qin Shuimei: "Ms. Qin, have you ever known a friend who is very rich or has status?"

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