Chapter Ninety-Three: The Aftermath of a Midnight Date
"I found a figure sitting in front of the desk that Master Zi used to make, with his head lying on the table, I thought that Master Zi was too tired from reading, so he fell asleep, and accidentally touched the switch of the lamp. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"Why doesn't your master turn on the light in the room when he reads?"
"Oh, the master said, the light in the room is too bright, many books have been added with fluorescentrics, the lamp is too bright and reflective, it will hurt the eyes, so a soft lamp was placed on the table, and the light he emitted was light blue, and the range was very small, and it could only illuminate the area of the desk."
"Continuing from the previous topic, what did you find when you went in?"
"Okay, I walked to the master's side, and a cool breeze blew in through the window, and the master slept against the cold wind like this, it was easy to catch a cold. I wanted to wake up the master, but after calling a few times, there was no response, so I motioned to Du Kangfu at the door to turn on the light in the room, because the master is very sensitive to light, as long as the light exceeds a certain brightness, the master will wake up passively.
The dazzling white light that suddenly lit up made my eyes for a while, and I didn't have time to react, I just felt that it was a white expanse in front of me, and I accidentally touched the old man's body, and then he fell to the side like clothes without a bracket, which startled me.
I heard a 'thud' and the old man fell to the ground, and it was then that I realized that a crossbow arrow had been inserted into his left temple. Blood flowed all over the table and his own chest, and the blood on the table was still dripping to the ground, dripping all the way to; A safe next to the old man, the box has been opened, except for some useless documents, other valuable things have been taken.
"Oh. It's quite windy these nights, and it's a bit cold. Your grandfather still has the window open as usual. ”
"Yes, this is a habit that the old man has cultivated for a long time, he said, open the window to keep the air circulating, and you will not feel sleepy when you read a book. Unless it's raining heavily. When the rain came in, it would wet the books before he would close the window. ”
"Does your master often carry a safe with him, the safe in the study, is it pried open, or..."
"This safe has always been placed in the master's study, and the master has a small memo, and I saw that it had been opened and placed in a pool of blood on the top of the desk, and the page that was turned was the password to the safe."
"Why didn't he keep the password on his phone?"
"The master said that the mobile phone is not secure, and the contents are easy to lose, so some important things and contact numbers are written down in the memo."
"What did you do when you found out that your master was dead?"
"The door of the study was closed, so the murderer had to escape through the window, and I called Du Kangfu and went around to the bottom of the study window. I found two lines of footprints back and forth, and we followed them to a small forest, where the footprints disappeared.
Du Kangfu and I searched separately, and we found a piece of land that was obviously newly turned, and we dug it up, and found in it a pair of men's shoe covers, a crossbow, and a few quick gems, which should be the old man's lost treasures.
We increased our search and found a new trail of footprints on the other side of the grove, the footprints of women's high heels, and now I understood the purpose of the men's shoe covers we had found earlier.
The footprints stretched all the way to the gate and then disappeared, because the outside was a road made of cement. When I turned around, I found that Zi Mengyao was standing with her back to us, under the eaves, and she didn't know what she was doing.
I went up and patted her on the shoulder, and she screamed, and fainted, which startled me a lot, and I helped her into the room and lay down on the chair, and I took off one of her shoes before she woke up, and went to check the deal, and it turned out to be a perfect fit.
And I still remember that the crossbow was ordered by Miss Zi Mengyao online, and the courier delivered at that time was the one I helped to sign for, I woke up Jin Bifang and asked her to take care of Miss Zi Mengyao who was unconscious, and then called the police. ”
"Miss Zimengyao, what else do you have to say?" Pang Dahai spoke again.
"I also just got home that day, I didn't hear the shouting, I didn't know what happened, but someone slapped me in the back, and I was scared and fainted, I've always been very timid, how could I do such a terrible thing."
"Since you are so timid, why are you going home late, and where are you going?"
"I went out at eight o'clock, I went to see my boyfriend, Zishudan has not allowed him to enter my door, I had to take advantage of the time when he was reading and watching, quietly slipped out, we really love each other, many people know, his name is Qian Wengfan."
Sheriff Norton turned his gaze to a young man, "Qian Wengfan, can you answer a few of my questions?" ”
"Of course, Mr. Sheriff." Qian Wengfan walked from the back of a group of people to Zi Mengyao's side.
"Did you meet Zi Mengyao last night, when did you meet, and where did you date?"
"We made an appointment to meet at eight o'clock, under the wishing tree not far from the Purple Mansion."
"How much time you've spent together?"
"At least two or three hours, right?"
"Whether it's two hours or three hours, let's be clear."
"Then it's two and a half hours, we're just talking, and we don't have time to see how many minutes have passed."
"Where did you go after you separated?"
"I'm going straight back to my home."
"How long will it take you to get home?"
"It takes fifteen minutes to walk."
"What time do you get home?"
"It should be around half past ten, when I was woken up by Qian Wengfan who was going home, and I happened to look at the time. At this time, a middle-aged woman in the crowd stood up, "I am Qian Wengfan's mother. Qian Wengfan saw that it was his mother who stood up and spoke, so he could only nod his head silently.
"How do you calculate it, you should have left Zi Mengyao at ten fifteen, and the housekeeper found out that Zi Mengyao was already after eleven o'clock. So where did you go during this time. "Sheriff Norton has shifted his gaze back to Zi Mengyao."
"This..." Zi Mengyao stammered and replied, "I'm just walking around the garden in the mansion, I'm thinking about how to get Zi Shudan's acceptance of Qian Wengfan to my home, I really can't stand this kind of sneaky days." ”
Sheriff Norton pondered for a moment, and then asked Qian Wengfan, "Has Zi Mengyao ever complained to you about anything, and what is her relationship with the deceased Zi Shudan?" ”
"Well, their relationship is not very good, Zi Mengyao's father left her a large inheritance after his death, but before he died, he handed over the custody to one of his distant brothers, Zi Shudan, who is now Zi Mengyao's titular godfather.
All this money is in Zishudan's hands, and she only gives Zimengyao a small amount of living expenses every month, she has complained about it like me more than once, she said, the money is hers, she should spend it how she wants, but the reality is that even if she wants to buy a brand-name bag, she has to report it like Zishudan, and she may not be able to approve the money. She felt that she was living a miserable life. (To be continued.) )