"Xiao Tianhang, Lord Xiao. The student pointed to the name on the paper.

Yan Qi and Young Master Yan Jiu glanced at each other.

"Huh, Xiao Ba, it turned out to be donated by your family," Wu Yue looked at Xiao Chen strangely, "Why didn't you speak when we asked just now?"

"I didn't know I had this painting at home. Xiao Chen said.

"I bought this painting. Young Master Yan Jiu said to the student, and turned to look at Xiao Chen, "I don't know when Lord Xiao will be off, I have some questions that I want to come to the door to bother." ”

"Today. Xiao Chen looked at Yan Qi's younger brother, and saw that his eyebrows were sparse and clear, and his posture was as clear as an orchid, and the two sisters and brothers stood side by side, and they had a kind of demeanor with a long sky and a wide water.

"Lord Xiao is convenient today?" Young Master Yan Jiu asked Xiao Chen.

"Convenient. Xiao Chen is a simple person, and he doesn't seem to think about whether his father is playing anything else at home, so he directly agrees.

"Sorry. Young Master Yan Jiu bowed slightly.

Two or three sentences set today's itinerary, the people who don't know the truth continue to visit the exhibition, out of this pavilion and then went to another pavilion, the location of the pavilion is slightly off, the place is very large, two floors high, because the sky is overcast, the building has been lit with lamps and candles, and the blue and white snow reflects a warm yellow.

Entering the building, it was deserted, except for the four to nine gangs, there were also a few Dongxi students who were responsible for guarding the exhibits, and they also ignored a few people when they came in, each holding a hand stove and huddled at several entrances of the exhibition hall boredly or in a daze or looking at the snow or taking out a book from his sleeve to read.

The exhibits in this pavilion are said to be the works of Dongxi Academy's own students, and they are also all kinds of strange brain-openings, such as root carvings, paper-cutting, clay sculptures, pottery, and some shapes that don't even tell what they are, very surrealist and magical style, no wonder there are no spectators in this pavilion -- where do you put these strange things when you buy them home? Do you put them on the flower shelf with half of the human head with a pulled face? Do you light candles on the upside-down pig's butt lampstand? The most incomprehensible thing is the table screen made of thousands of embroidery needles, if this thing is placed on the table, who would dare to sit on the edge of the table!

The four to nine gangs showed extraordinary receptivity at this time, and a group of people had to go to the second floor after shopping on the first floor, going up from the stairs, the style of the exhibits on the second floor was the same as the first floor, all kinds of abstract and magical, and there was a humanoid lying on the ground not far away, with a strange posture, which startled Lu Rong, blurted out and quickly covered his mouth after he came out, Wu Yue said dissatisfiedly: "Who dares to buy such a thing and go home?!What does the person who does this think?!"

"What do I think...... Before Yan Qi finished speaking, Xiao Chen, who had always moved faster than the speed of speech, had already swept out, and in the blink of an eye, he fell to the side of the humanoid thing, bending down to probe the thing's snort, "...... Is that a real person?" Yan Qi finished the second half of his sentence, and Xiao Chen's actions proved that the humanoid was indeed a real person!

"It's dead. Xiao Chen said.

"Ah......" Lu Rong really exclaimed this time.

"How did you die?" Wu Yue hurriedly asked, and walked closer with Young Master Yan Jiu to look down, Yan Qi, Cui Xi, and Lu Rong stayed in place.

"Strangling. Young Master Yan Jiu said, raising his eyes to look at Xiao Chen, "I'm sorry for you to go to the academy to report to the official," and then looked at everyone, "Let's go downstairs and guard the various entrances, and don't let anyone go." ”

This kind of thing has been seen a lot, no wonder all kinds of calm and experienced, go downstairs to first gather everyone in the building together to explain the situation, and then close the doors of several buildings, and no one is allowed to leave.

When Qiao Lezi received the report, his first reaction was to ask the informant first: "Are there three little girls at the scene, one with a wooden face, one with big eyes and one with thick eyebrows?"

Informant: (⊙o⊙)?

No matter what, Qiao Lezi still had to go to the scene in person, Dongxi Academy was also an official school, and the official in the family who died was not small, so he didn't dare to slack off, and took people straight to Dongxi in the wind and snow.

As a result, as soon as he entered the door of the hall, he saw the three familiar figures, and Qiao Lezi felt that his heart was complete—how could there be no three children on this occasion!

There really are gods in the dark! Otherwise, how could it be so coincidental every time! Qiao Lezi was a little eager to find a sect to believe.

"It's been a long time since you, Lord Joe!" the decrepit god hadn't had the heart to greet him.

"Uh-huh. Qiao Lezi responded to it twice, it was not a good thing to be close to the declining gods, and hurriedly strode upstairs with his subordinates.

When I went upstairs, I saw the little ninth master of the Yan family holding his hand, the old god standing on the ground not far from the deceased, this small bit is enough to give people a headache, and his uncle Yan Zike's snake spirit disease has a virtue, where is there a case, and you rush to solve the case, you take this as a job, people take this as entertainment, you feel bitter, people feel happy, the key can also line you like a retarded, you say you are depressed or not?

"It's been a long time since I-sama Joe. The little one slowly greeted him with the same lines.

"Uh-huh, uh-huh......" Qiao Lezi pretended to be very busy and waved his hand to direct his subordinates to work immediately, "This deceased is ......"

"Someone strangled him to death from behind, from the time he died to the time he was discovered, the time did not exceed an hour, during which seven or eight visitors entered the second floor, all of them came together, unless they committed the crime together, there was no chance of committing the crime; if it was not for the visitor's murder, it was the Dongxi students who were on duty in the museum at that time, this hall is two floors high, the lower is large and the upper is small, so there are six people on duty on the first floor, and there is only one on the second floor; at the time of the incident, the six people downstairs each lived in a corner, and none of them were in one place, some people had alibi, and some people had not yet complete alibi; there were six entrances on the first floor of this museum, and one person was on duty at each entrance, so the possibility of someone sneaking into the building to commit a crime could be ruled out。 Therefore, these six people are more suspicious. Young Master Yan Jiu said.

Qiao Lezi: "......" suddenly couldn't remember what Lao Tzu was here for......

"My lord, can you start?" Qiao Lezi's subordinates looked at him.

"Ah, yes, yes, let's start, autopsy, make notes, investigate the scene, and call all the parties involved......" Qiao Lezi came back to his senses.

All the subordinates began to get busy, Qiao Lezi looked at Young Master Yan Jiu, coughed dryly, and said, "That, this official will check the scene first, and you and the others will wait to make a record first." ”

"The juniors have already written. Young Master Yan Jiu said and took out a piece of paper from his sleeve, Qiao Lezi took it and looked at it, okay, even the format of the official government's transcripts was used at all, and all the actions of the four to nine gangs from entering the exhibition hall to the official mansion were neatly written in black and white.

"......" Qiao Lezi felt that Young Master Yan Jiu's transcription was more professional than that of his subordinates......

Okay, okay, Qiao Lezi accepted his fate, put the paper away, looked at Young Master Yan Jiu and said, "What does the virtuous nephew think about this case?"

Young Master Yan Jiu didn't say anything polite to him, and said slowly: "The juniors think that the six people downstairs are even more suspicious. If the visitor in front of him commits a crime, how does he know that there is only one person on duty upstairs? And if a visitor enters the museum, the person on duty should always pay attention to the behavior of the visitor to prevent someone from stealing the exhibits in the museum, so how did the visitor strangle the person on duty from behind and strangle him to death? Of course, this does not rule out the commission of the crime in a collusion, but since it is possible to commit the crime in a collusion, it is not possible to pick a place to do it, but it has to be in the exhibition hall? What if someone comes in when the crime is being committed? What if someone finds the deceased as soon as they leave the museum? Wouldn't the assailant be caught immediately?"

"That makes sense. Qiao Lezi nodded, "Only the person on duty knows that there is only one person upstairs, and the first floor has a wide field of vision, the murderer can observe that there are no visitors going this way for the time being before committing the crime, and he has time to go upstairs to commit murder, it doesn't take long to kill a person by strangulation, and if he kills someone, he can come down from the upstairs immediately, and he can do it quietly, and the deceased is defenseless against the murderer, and the murderer is easier to succeed." From this point of view, the person who placed the deceased on duty upstairs should be the first suspect. ”

"Being on duty upstairs was requested by the deceased himself. Young Master Yan Jiu said slowly.

“……”

Of course, it is not ruled out that the murderer temporarily killed because he saw this. Young Master Yan Jiu said.

Qiao Lezi pinched his double chin and thought for a moment, and said: "It's possible to say that it is temporary, after all, people dare to do anything and do anything when their brains are hot, and they don't think too much about the consequences, so the murderer will do it on such an occasion, and the consequence of such an impulse is that he and the other five people directly become suspects." However, impulsive homicide usually has a premise, that is, when the deceased or some person or event provokes the murderer, arousing the murderer's ferocity and hatred, and after the reckless impulsive killing, the murderer can return to the first floor so calmly without fleeing, which is slightly rare. ”

"Before the murder, the seven people in the hall did not have any quarrels. Young Master Yan Jiu said.

"Then you can rule out temporary intent to kill for the time being. Qiao Lezi said.

"This can also explain why the murderer can still return to the first floor to continue to be on duty as if nothing happened after the murder," Young Master Yan Jiu said, "This is a premeditated murder case, and the reason why he chose to do it on this occasion is probably because the murderer has full confidence that he can create an alibi for himself on this occasion, and if he chooses to commit murder elsewhere, it is not easy to have such a good opportunity and environment, but it is easier for others to suspect him." ”

Qiao Lezi felt that this kid was really amazing, after a few arguments, the case already had a very clear outline and direction, just like a process of removing the rough and extracting the essence, cutting off some side details that were easy to confuse the line of sight, and what was left was a clean trunk, clearly pointing in the direction of the truth.

This kid is really amazing, Qiao Lezi sighed again, such qualifications, he will be able to be a very popular minister in the future, and his uncle Yan Zike and his father Yan Zichen are also in the right age at that time, his third uncle Yan Ziheng - seeing Yan Zike means that he wants to give his third brother to the direction of the mountain chief of the Splendid Academy, his fourth uncle - the one who will not mention it first, just say that this family has the right to be literate, martial and talented, and in the future, the whole court will not have to become the world of his Yan family?

"Speaking of making alibi," Young Master Yan Jiu's voice pulled back Qiao Lezi's reverie, "It's nothing more than using the time difference, props, or other people's illusions to do it, and I suggest that you let your subordinates survey every corner of the exhibition hall, and even every exhibit." ”

"Oh, good. Qiao Lezi came back to his senses after a while: Good boy, how about you still give Lao Tzu guidance work? Of course, it is necessary to survey the scene! You, you, you, you know too much, and you understand it quickly?!

In order to avoid further embarrassment, Qiao Lezi decided to quickly start the on-site interrogation, so he set up a place on the first floor, set up a table and chair to sit there, and put a clerk next to him, and then called the parties and witnesses over for interrogation one by one.

The deceased's surname is Geng, with a single name and a single character, and he is a student of the Dongxi Academy Handicraft Club, in fact, the seven students on duty in this exhibition hall are all members of the Dongxi Handicraft Club, and they are also assigned to this hall.

"Seven people were assigned here in a few days," Mr. Li, a handicraft club who rushed to hear the news, introduced to Qiao Lezi. Because of the large number of exhibits this time, we have begun to arrange and arrange the venue several days in advance, and the staff on duty have also made arrangements according to the situation, so there are six entrances and exits on the first floor of the museum, for the sake of anti-theft, six people are arranged on the first floor to guard an entrance, and the second floor is relatively small, and there is no partition to obstruct the line of sight, so only one person is arranged, guarding near the staircase, and there are guests who go upstairs to visit and are responsible for reception and introduction, as for who is upstairs and who is downstairs, we have not arranged these too carefully, all up to a few students to decide。 ”

"So how did Geng Zhi propose that he was going to be on duty on the second floor at that time?" Qiao Lezi asked the six parties.

"He just said that he was on duty on the second floor and let us be on the first floor. A student named Pan Yan said.

"Why did you listen to what he said, and no one objected?" Qiao Lezi asked carefully.

"Because he's a senior brother," said the student who called He Guangming, "he's older than all of us, so we naturally want to listen to him." ”

Qiao Lezi couldn't help but glance at Young Master Yan Jiu, who was standing next to him, if he said so, Geng Zhi's duty on the second floor became random, what if he chose to be on duty on the first floor?

Young Master Yan Jiu's face was light, as if this situation would not make him change his previous judgment.

Qiao Lezi pondered for a while, and felt that there was another possibility, since Geng Zhi was a senior student, it was also very likely that he would not want to be with a junior student, and the murderer might have judged in advance that he would choose the second floor because of Geng Zhi's psychology? But this is too unsafe.

This question was pressed for the time being, and Qiao Lezi asked the students again: "During the period before and after the incident, did you hear any movement upstairs?"

Everyone thought for a while, and then shook their heads in unison.

"In fact, this building is somewhat soundproofed," Young Master Yan Jiu suddenly spoke again at this time, "Maybe it's because there are too many partitions on the first floor, and the sound is blocked layer by layer, and the junior has just tried to walk back and forth with the usual footsteps upstairs, and even jumps up and down in place, and it is difficult for people downstairs to hear the sound." ”

In this way, there is one less way to get clues, and Qiao Lezi continued to ask: "In the hour before the deceased was found, where were you all and what were you doing, can anyone confirm that you have not left the first floor?"

Pan Yan said confidently: "The student is sitting behind the desk at the east entrance and reading, Ouyang Li can testify for the student, because there is no partition between the two of us, I can see each other when I raise my eyes, and the student can also testify for him." ”

Ouyang Li nodded calmly: "Yes, after Pan Yan came in the morning, we all finished counting the exhibits in the museum together, and he sat down at the table and read a book all the time, and went to the toilet in the middle, but the toilet was outside, about sixty steps away." The students had been practising carving wood at the table at the southeast corner door, and had also gone to the latrine in the middle. ”

He Guangming hurriedly continued: "The student has nothing to do at the entrance of the north gate, because he slept late last night, and when there were no guests, the student lay on the table and pretended to sleep, and he didn't go anywhere during the period...... The staircase on the second floor is facing the west, and Pei Ming is on duty at the entrance to the west, if I go upstairs from there, he will definitely see me, right, Pei Ming?"

"It's not 'certain,'" Pei Ming was cautious, "because I was meditating at the time, if you walked lightly up the stairs, I might not be able to see and hear it." ”

He Guangming was anxious: "What do you say?!Why do you want to slow down when I go upstairs?!Could it be that you mean that Geng Zhi was killed by me?! Let me tell you, your position is towards the staircase, and it is most convenient for us to count you upstairs, and you are the most suspicious to say that you are the most suspicious!"

Pei Ming was neither anxious nor annoyed, but said lightly: "You are right, my location is indeed the most convenient to go upstairs, and I don't know who can confirm that I was not present at the time of the incident." ”

He Guangming couldn't answer for a while, so he had to snort angrily.

Qiao Lezi interjected and asked Pei Ming: "Are you meditating in the exhibition hall......? Why are you meditating?"

Pei Ming said unhurriedly: "The student brought the futon and put it on the chair, the reason why he wanted to meditate was because the student was a layman. ”

A layman is a lay disciple of Buddhism and Taoism who leads the practice at home.

Qiao Lezi couldn't help but wonder: "How did you become a layman at a young age?

The children of official families are lay people, this is really a blessing in the blessing and does not know the blessing.

Pei Ming said indifferently: "People have their own aspirations, and their origins cannot be chosen, but it doesn't mean that they must go down the path given by their origins." Meditation not only calms the mind, but also nourishes qi, which is beneficial to the body. ”

Well, the children now really dare to think and do, they are so individual, Qiao Lezi sighed, "What's next?"

The next one is called Kang Ran, he is a first-grade child, he still doesn't know the severity of his age, and he didn't see how heavy his mood was when he died, he listened to it for a long time, a pair of flexible eyes turned around restlessly, looking at Lu Lotus for a while, looking at Yan Qi for a while, and looking at Yan Qi for a while, when he was about to look at Yan Qi again, he was stared at by the cold-faced boy next to her, and quickly turned his head, and when he heard Qiao Lezi ask, he hurriedly said: "I can prove that Senior Brother Pei has been staying where he is!"

"Oh, how to prove it?" asked Qiao Lezi.

"The entrance I was guarding was not far from him, and I saw him sitting there all the time. ”

"What were you doing in the hour before and after the incident?" Qiao Lezi asked him.

"Uh, me, I'm playing puppet show......" Kang Ran scratched his head a little embarrassedly.

"Puppet show?"

"It is a puppet made of wood, dress them in clothes made of cloth, connect the puppet's hands, jaws, and eyes with a thin and hard long iron rod at one end to control their movements, and then use a main stick to control the body, all the iron rods are controlled in the hands of the puppeteer, and the person hides behind the small stage during the performance, and the puppet is exposed on the top of the stage, and the iron rod is controlled to make the puppet blink, speak, move and gesture with his hands, etc., and the controller also has to say the words under the stage, and cooperate with the control of the puppet. The introduction to Qiao Lezi was another student, Chen Min, who frowned and glared at Kang Ran, "This kid loves to do this useless thing, he plays there all day long, and no one looks at him!"

"......" Qiao Lezi was very speechless, these students of the handicraft club are all snake spirits!

"Is there anyone who can testify to your alibi?" Qiao Lezi asked Kang Ran.

Kang Ran looked at the other people for help, but no one spoke for him.

Qiao Lezi couldn't help but ask Pei Ming: "He's so close to you, he can see you, can't you see him?"

"It's hard for me to hear my surroundings when I'm in meditation, unless someone deliberately calls me to. Pei Ming said.

"My lord! I really haven't gone anywhere! You have to believe me! I didn't kill anyone!" Kang Ran also panicked, and his voice trembled.

"Whether it's you or not, the official has his own decision. Qiao Lezi was neither sympathetic nor threatening, "What about you, Chen Min?"

"Students are carving wood. Chen Min said, "Idle is also idle, so the student took wood to practice knife work." ”

"Have you never left the same place?" Qiao Lezi asked.

"Nope. ”

"Who can confirm this?"

"Probably no one can confirm it," Chen Min was calm, "The position of the student can only see the shadows of Pei Ming and Kang Ran cast on the screen, but the two of them can't see me." But the students have something to prove it," he said, gesturing to a table in the distance, where something seemed to be placed. The student is practicing knife work, the piece of wood is specially brought by the student, several other people have seen it, it is just a log when it is brought, the student has been carving horses with it after sitting there, several other people know the speed of my carving horse, the fastest is a walnut-sized horse in a quarter of an hour, from the time we came here today to place it to the time of the incident less than an hour and a half, just count how many horses the student carved, you will know whether I left halfway, although I don't know how long it takes to kill a person, but it will always have an impact on the number of carved horses, these horses are carved on the same piece of wood, so it is impossible that I carved it in advance and secretly brought it to make up the number, this piece of wood is very largeIt is impossible for me to carve so many horses at home in advance and bring them together. ”

Yo, it's worthy of being an inventor and creator, all of them have a clear mind, and the logic is clear, Qiao Lezi secretly praised, but if such a student commits a crime, it is even more difficult to find flaws.

Qiao Lezi quietly swept his gaze over the faces of these six students, although the testimony of the six people was very clear, but with his years of experience in solving cases, Qiao Lezi knew that sometimes the less likely he was to commit a crime, he was often the one who committed the crime, and sometimes when we think backwards that the more panicked a person is, the less likely he is to be the murderer, he is likely to be the murderer.

So who is it? A ruthless murderer who strangled the cervical vertebrae of his classmates, a ruthless murderer with such a great hatred, a ruthless murderer who dared to stay here as if nothing had happened after killing someone, waiting for the dead to be discovered—who was it? 166 Reading Network