"Liu Zhang," Yan Zike raised his eyelids, his narrow eyes were like the blades of a sword, sharp and cool, "Refuse to admit guilt?"

Everyone was shocked and set their eyes on Liu Zhang, who was sweating all over his head.

Liu Zhang was stunned, and his face was confused: "Lord Yan, you, don't be joking! What does this have to do with me! I have no grudge against Cao Penghai, why do you want to kill him?!"

"Why did you kill him, I don't know. Yan Zike stretched out his finger and nodded at the people in the climbing club, "When I was inquiring just now, I asked them the same question, these people have never been to this villa of your Liu family before, and this villa was just completed not long ago, and the murder method that led to Cao Pu's death can only be done by people who are familiar with the structure of this villa and the situation on the mountain, and can use the terrain and tools openly, this person can only be you." ”

"You, what are you kidding! What tools, what terrain! You are a completely trumped-up accusation! Everyone present can prove my innocence! Yesterday Cao Pu was drunk and I sent him back to the room at the beginning of the same day, and then the two of us went back to the back mountain together, and after returning to the Turning Mountain Pavilion, I chatted with Lu Ming in the room for most of the night, and then went back to my room to rest, my room is in the easternmost room on the second floor, if you want to go to Cao Pu's room, you will definitely pass through the night room on the side of the stairs on the first floor, if Lord Yan doesn't believe it, he will call the person on duty yesterday to ask!" Liu Zhang blushed and argued thickly.

Lu Mingzheng is Lu Yan, and he nodded when he heard the words: "I can prove that he did leave my room in the middle of the night last night, and I had a problem with choosing a bed, I basically didn't sleep much last night, and I opened the doors and windows to ventilate, my room is on the west side of him, if he passes in front of my door, I will definitely find out, and in fact he hasn't walked around since he returned to the room." ”

"Hehe, Cao Pu died in the period of three quarters when he first arrived in Hai, what are you doing after three quarters of Hai, you don't have to think about it. Yan Zike walked to the couch of Cao Pu's corpse, "Cao Pu drowned to death, and the modus operandi was to introduce water from the back mountain into this room, flooding Cao Pu's mouth and nose, causing him to drown." ”

"Are you telling a mythical story? How can I do such a thing?" Liu Zhang shouted, "At the beginning of the war, I was playing with everyone in the back mountain at three o'clock in the morning, but you can tell me how I can get the water from the back mountain to this room in front of everyone! Could it be that I can move the mountains and move the water?!"

"You can't move mountains, but you can move water. Yan Zike hooked the corners of his lips, like a god of death raised the sickle in his hand, "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" volume 78, "General Dictionary" volume 157, "Wujing General Essentials: The First Collection" volume 6 "Searching for Water Spring Law", and the bamboo slips in the tomb of Xiahou Xiahou of Ruyin in the early Western Han Dynasty have all described one thing: thirsty Wu.

"Thirsty Wu is also known as the mountain dragon, which is a curved cylinder to lead the water with air. In the Tang Dynasty, Du You described this as: male and female with a large bamboo tube, do not let it leak, seal it with hemp and lacquer, and push it over the mountain. Put the water in the tube, and enter the water five feet. That is, take pine birch hay at the end of the cylinder and set it on fire when the cylinder. The fire and gas dive through the water, that is, it should go up.

There is a bamboo shed bamboo frame in the back mountain, the hanging pond is built according to the mountain, the bamboo pipe at the foot of the shed stretches into the pool, the bamboo pipe on the top of the shed is inserted into the mountain wall, and bypassing the mountain, the location of the main hall of the Baoxiu Mountain Pavilion is just in the first line with the bamboo shed, the westernmost house on the first floor is connected with the mountain wall, and the smoke exhaust outlet in the corner of the roof that seems to be used to connect the chimney is connected with the mountain wall crack inserted by the bamboo pipe!

"At three o'clock when you arrived in Hai at the beginning of yesterday, you made a fire and barbecued in the back mountain, and there was a bamboo shed and bamboo frame above your head, and one of the bamboos was the one that stretched out into the waterhole at one end and inserted into the mountain wall at the other end. After a few more drinks and the interest suddenly rose', he smiled and wanted to join the climbing club, and immediately demonstrated the climbing skills to climb to the roof of the shed, at that time Liu Yunxian was pestering Yuan Chang, everyone's attention was diverted, presumably you were at that time to seal the blockage of the bamboo pipe outlet, and then insert the bamboo pipe into the mountain wall.

"After removing the fire, waiting for the bamboo pipe to cool, the pond water goes up the bamboo, through the mountain crack, from the chimney mouth into the room where Cao Pu sleeps, the back mountain pool water is located on the ground higher than the ground of the room on the first floor of the Baoxiu Mountain Pavilion, so the water can be continuously led from the back mountain to here, this method you must have tried in advance, calculate the time that the water surface in the room does not pass the mouth and nose of Cao Pu on the bamboo couch, and it only takes a moment to drown it in the water. Check that there can be left behind', pull out the bamboo pipe that diverts water from the mountain wall, and destroy this thirsty device, so that the gods and ghosts can be unaware.

At this time, Cao Pu has been drowned in the room, but this murder method has not been completed so far, the water in this room still needs to be discharged, well, at the corner of the chimney mouth with the wall, covered by the wardrobe below, there is also a drain, if there is no accident, this mouth must be through the mountain crack straight to the downstream of the mountain somewhere, the water outlet is blocked at will, you and everyone when you go back to the mountain pavilion, you only need to walk at the end, remove the blockage, the water in this room can be discharged from the drain, and then through a night's time, the residual water marks in the room evaporate, except for the moisture is heavier, there is no evidence left。

"Such a murderous method, except for you, the owner of the mountain pavilion, the rest of the people can't do it, and among them, Liu Yunxian pretends to be crazy and stupid to attract the attention of others, which can cover you to complete the murder without being discovered - no human or physical evidence is required, this murder method itself is enough to prove the murderer - it is you Liu Zhang!"

The room was silent for a while, everyone didn't know whether they were shocked by Yan Zike's reasoning or refused to believe that this painstaking killing method was true, at this moment they were either silently watching Liu Zhang or silently worshipping/doubting Yan Zike, Liu Zhang's expression was dazed and wanted to argue: "This is simply nonsense...... I have no grudge against Cao Pu, so why should I kill him? I have never read the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty" and the "General Essentials of the Martial Arts", and I have no words to add to the crime? Not to mention that even if I wanted to kill Cao Pu, what method was not good, why did I have to let him drown in the room? Wouldn't it be better to get him out of suspicion by making him die in an accident? There is a deep valley and cliff, and if I push him down, he will die without proof, so why do I have to kill him in such a strange way? !

"I don't know why your motive for murder came from," Yan Zike said lightly, "but I know that any unreasonable ritualistic method of killing, if not out of faith, is a-for-tat revenge, and this hatred is so deep in the bone marrow that even if it is lightly condemned by the government as murder and thus greatly increase his suspicion." As to whether or not the method I am talking about is nonsense, it is enough to demonstrate it in this way. ”

Liu Zhang shook his head, his face full of helplessness: "Lord Yan! No matter whether the method you said can be carried out or not, the premise cannot be established -- there are many rooms in the Baoxiu Mountain Pavilion, how can I know in advance which room Cao Pu will choose? Everyone present can testify for me, and everyone who chose the room yesterday was done at will, and I did not interfere or induce anything! I dare to ask Lord Yan how to explain this?!"

"Can Cao Pu have such a habit?" Yan Zike asked Young Master Yan Jiu.

Everyone: "......" paralysis, this is still a question?! Dare to love this question, you haven't thought about it at all?!

"Although Cao Pu doesn't have a special habit," Young Master Yan Jiu opened his mouth slowly, raising a pair of clear eyes under the convergence of everyone's eyes, "but he believes in fate, once said that when he was young, a quite effective Taoist tried to divinate his fate, saying that he was short of water in his life, and all the places that touched the water were beneficial to him, so he gave the word Penghai, and the house was also built near the water. ”

In this way, Cao Pu does prefer to climb mountains with water. Chen Jianliang answered thoughtfully.

"Isn't it because this room is closest to the water in the back mountain, so Liu Zhang, are you sure that he will choose this room to stay?" Lu Xiao stared at Liu Zhang.

"Nonsense! Isn't the room on the second floor also close to the water?!What if he chooses the second floor?!" Liu Zhang roared.

"Compared to the one on the second floor, he has more reasons to choose this one," Young Master Yan Jiu said slowly, "In this main hall, each room has a door name, such as 'Bixiu Zhai', 'Hui Xiu Zhai', 'Yun Xiu Zhai'...... And so on, and among all these house names, only the one chosen by Cao Pu has water. ”

"--Shen Xiuzhai!" everyone blurted out in unison.

"Huh...... Isn't it ironic?" Liu Zhang suddenly smiled, the dazedness, anger, confusion on his face, and even the bit of oiliness that he originally carried, swept away like the wind, replaced by indifference and ridicule, "Since he is destined for a lack of water, since it is suitable for water, then I will let him die in the water and fulfill his destiny." ”

"Why?" Xing Ba asked him.

"The accident when Cao Pu and Fan Pleiades met a wolf on the mountain was all done by him on purpose!" Liu Zhang's eyes shot with hatred, "There are wolves on that mountain, he already knew that he deliberately took the old rope that had been used for a long time, deliberately tied the unstrong rope, deliberately used Fan Pleia's climbing rope when fleeing, and deliberately kicked Fan Pleiades off the cliff! He single-handedly designed the entire plan to kill Fan Pleiadin, because he made Fan Pleiades jealous to the core!"

"Fan Yu is the founder of your rock climbing club, if he doesn't die, he will be the one who will leave his name in the courtyard chronicle in the future, and Cao Pu - he is so jealous that he can't even stand Fan Yu's name being listed in front of him! That's right, he is such a jealous person!

"He and Fan Pleiades have known each other since childhood, and the relationship between the two is quite good, but he is not as good as Fan Pleiades everywhere, but he is always compared with Fan Pleiades, and as time goes by, his jealousy will accumulate more and more, one day I occasionally passed by the classroom used by your climbing club to discuss social affairs, and heard him angry there alone, and his mouth and mouth were all curses that hated Fan Pleiades to die immediately, and since then I have paid special attention to his words and deeds.

"Another day I heard someone talk to him about the mountain wolf on the gray leather ridge, and he asked very carefully, I said that he wanted to climb the mountain, because there was a wolf on the mountain, so he gave up, but after two days he led you there, and induced Fan Yu to climb to the top with him......

"One day afterwards, I went to worship in front of Fan Pu's tomb, because I didn't sleep well for several days, and when I was about to leave, I suddenly fainted behind the holly bush next to me, and when I woke up, I heard Cao Pu's voice coming from the tomb on the other side, so I didn't make a sound, and I listened to all the words he said triumphantly about his plan to kill Fan Yu!

"Cao Pu killed Fan Yu like this, but he didn't have the slightest remorse, you say, shouldn't he die or kill?!

Everyone was silent for a while, and Yan Qi remembered a passage from Keigo Higashino's story in "Malice": "I just hate you, obviously you are my closest friend." Obviously you are so kind, you know that I have a lewd past and help me keep it secret, and you have been helping me realize my ideals. But I just hate you. I hate you for achieving my ideals first, I hate your privileged life, I hate that you have a bright future when I was so disdainful, I hate my own cowardice, I hate my own lack of luck and talent, I hate myself for getting cancer before I have time to succeed. I give you all my hatred for myself, and I use it all to hate you. ”

How terrible human nature is.

How appalling is jealousy.

How can the human heart produce such terrible malice?

"Why," Xing Ba asked, "why do you want to avenge Fan Yu, and what is your relationship with him?"

Liu Zhang smiled, this time there was a faint self-deprecation in his smile: "I have a cowardly father, a greedy and vain mother, there are seven or eight brothers who compete for benefits and seek fame and fortune, I can't count on my father, I still want to satisfy my mother, I have to beat all my brothers, I must get ahead, I don't want to be a petty official who can only watch the forest and raise horses for the court in the future, whether I want to or not, I must try all kinds of ways to find a bright way out for myself."

"I know that you all look down on me for flattering and lowly in front of nobles like Yuan Tianchu, and I myself am not. But what can I do, if I don't fight, I will only be more ridiculed and undignified in the future. However, unfortunately, I still have a little bit of shame, so I finally couldn't bear it anymore, that day I cried a lot at the back of the person, all thoughts were lost, I ran to this cool mountain alone, found the waterhole behind the mountain, I thought it would be better to drown myself here, die quietly, out of this endless sea of suffering.

"I jumped into the pool and didn't struggle, and just as I was about to lose consciousness, I heard someone jump out of the pool and try to lift me out of the water...... It was Fan Yu, who went to Qingliang Mountain alone to play rock climbing that day, and happened to see me who wanted to see me for a short time.

"What kind of person Fan Yu is, you shouldn't know less than I do. He is optimistic, enthusiastic, kind, and most importantly, he has an eye that can see the good in others. He talked to me about many strengths and strengths that even I didn't know about, and he told me how to make good use of these strengths and strengths to gain a foothold in the world, and he explained how I could turn my hardships into strength despite pressure and coldness.

"You who have cast a good baby will never be able to understand the feelings of someone in my situation, you will not understand how grateful I am to Fan Pleia, he has the grace of reinvention for me, he is the only one who sees me equally, he made me feel the dignity of being born for the first time in my life, he made me feel the joy of being respected.

"I have only one affection for him, and that is 'the death of a confidant'. I could die for him, because no one in the world sees me as a human anymore except him, and now that he's gone, I'm just living and being a waste in everyone's eyes, not even a pet.

"So I don't care that after killing Cao Pu in this way, I will be suspicious of the head, and if I can't be caught, I will continue to live, and in the future I will fulfill my long-cherished wish to travel all over the famous mountains and rivers for Fan Yu;

"As for why you have to drown Cao Pu...... Hehe, after Fan Yu was killed by him and fell into the deep cliff, I went to the bottom of the cliff with Fan Yu's family to look for the body, and searched for several days in a row, and finally found him in a pool at the bottom of the cliff......

Speaking of this, Liu Zhang's voice was choked up, and his throat was hoarse: "Can you imagine the situation where a person as good as Fan Yu died so miserably? Have you ever experienced the true taste of heartache? Liu Zhang said that he was short of water, so I gave him water! Liu Zhang said that he was close to the water, so I asked him to be a water ghost! I want everyone in the climbing club to witness his death, and I want to let his soul enter the water mansion and go to Fan Yu to pay for his sins!"