Chapter 105: The Secret Room
"Let's have a cup of tea and warm up." Nie Shuyao took the hot tea that Yuqin had just brewed and gave it to Shen Xinlu.
Shen Xinlu arched his hand at him, and after drinking tea, he breathed a long sigh of relief, shook his head and said, "Alas! As a teacher, you really shouldn't be nosy. β
Nie Shuyao said with a smile: "What kind of emotion is Master Shen? β
"Miss Nie, I think that Miss Nie has to come out of this matter, after all, there is a specialization in the art industry."
Nie Shuyao frowned, and asked as if he didn't understand: "What does it mean to have a specialization in the art industry?" β
Shen Xinlu said: "It's 'reasoning', the girl is the initiator of the word 'reasoning'." β
Nie Shuyao smiled, just didn't ask him what he wanted to help, and said, "Oh, I'm a little busy this time. I haven't asked you how the county magistrate sentenced the Jingzha villain case. β
Many people may know the outcome of this case, but she really doesn't know, now that she has come out of the quagmire of the Nie family, she still wants to know the ending of those people.
"Well, except for the master of the Jinshi, all the cadres were sentenced to exile." Shen Xinlu frowned and said, seemingly a little dissatisfied with the county master's sentence.
Nie Shuyao nodded and said, "The county master has a good judgment. Su Mao's greed caused Su Yuan's death, speaking of which, he was the culprit; But after all, Su Yuan was scared to death by Mrs. Han, and the responsibility for this crime is also very great, presumably the county master thought that she was old before letting his son Han Chang suffer for his mother. In this way, the exile of the mother and son together can be regarded as a response. β
Saying this, Shen Xinlu also nodded in agreement, "It is worthy of Miss Nie, who has seen the Tao here thoroughly." β
"It's just that Liu Ruyuan is afraid that he is not a good type." Nie Shuyao sighed.
"yes. Who called someone a Jinshi master, or a protΓ©gΓ© of Master Pang. β
After saying this, the two had nothing to say for a while, and quietly drank two cups of tea. Shen Xinlu talked about him again, and after saying these words, he also understood that Miss Nie didn't want to make a move, but he felt uncomfortable if he didn't crack it.
So he bowed his hand again and pleaded, "Please help me, Miss Nie!" β
Nie Shuyao smiled slightly: "Master Shen is the number one master in our Qu County, I don't know if the little girl has anything to help." β
Seeing that she didn't refuse, Shen Xinlu hurriedly said: "It's not like I received a case two days ago, this case happened next door to Ling County, although it has not yet reached our Qu County, it has already made a lot of noise in Ling County. The county magistrate of Lingxian County asked the county magistrate to close the case with me as soon as possible, but the dead people are not ordinary, and their family will never give up without giving an explanation. β
"Dead? That's a big case, Shen Zhuoshi will talk about the details. Nie Shuyao asked.
Shen Xinlu arched his hand again: "Okay! Thank you, Miss Nie. β
"The deceased is the master of Ling County, known as Zhou Papi. Just by listening to this nickname, you can know how unpopular he is, but the county magistrate of Ling County has just taken office, and there is no backstage, so he has to tolerate some ruffians in the county. β
Nie Shuyao nodded, it is not uncommon for the county order to be set aside by his subordinates.
Shen Xinlu continued: "Master Zhou died in the thatched house built by his family, and he was found hanging under the roof beam three days ago, and he had been dead for a long time. The grandfather of the Zhou family just passed away this year, and Master Zhou claimed to be a scholar, so he found someone to build a thatched house to guard the grave on the first and fifteenth days of the new year. β
"And then? Suicide or ......? Nie Shuyao asked again.
Shen Xinlu said: "Except for the Zhou family, everyone thinks that this is suicide, because the thatched house where Master Zhou is located is completely closed, and the windows can't be opened. When the grave keeper arrived the next day, he realized that something was wrong, and asked a few people to break the door open. Only then did I find out that Master Zhou had hanged himself. β
"Secret Room?!" Nie Shuyao's eyes lit up and said, the murder case in the secret room, this is a case that every detective wants to solve, it is too much of a test of wisdom.
Seeing that Nie Shuyao was so interested, Shen Xinlu was taken aback, what a girl who likes reasoning! He didn't even think of this secret room.
Today on the street, he just wanted to find a mason to build the same room, and try to see if he could get out of this secret room, and he was ridiculed by a group of idlers.
"Yes, yes!" Shen Xinlu nodded and said, "Because it is a secret room, everyone thinks that this is suicide." The autopsy only said that Master Zhou drank a lot of wine before he died, and he may have accidentally hanged himself when he was in a daze...... Right? β
This conclusion even he himself felt unreliable, but everyone thought it was reasonable.
Shen Xinlu sighed again: "Alas! Zhou Papi is too hated in Ling County, and as soon as this conclusion came out, everyone in the county responded. also made up a lot of words to support this theory, what kind of people who were killed by him in the middle of the night came to take revenge, and what his grandfather was bullied by other ghosts underground, so he crawled out and hanged him, because those ghosts were killed by Zhou Papi. β
"Huh!" Nie Shuyao smiled dumbly, "These words are just said by those who don't understand, and the Lingxian county magistrate won't think so." β
"Does the girl think that Master Zhou was killed by someone?" Shen Xinlu didn't answer her words directly, but asked rhetorically.
Nie Shuyao said: "Of course, from all aspects, it is impossible for Zhou Papi to commit suicide. β
"Oh? Let's talk about it. β
After Shen Xinlu finished speaking, he took out a piece of paper from his arms and asked, "Do you have pen and ink, I have to write it down." β
Nie Shuyao had a flash of inspiration in her mind, and she seized another way to make a fortune. While instructing Yuqin to prepare pen and ink for Shen Xinlu, she took out her charcoal pen and wrote it down first.
She said as she wrote: "Master Shen, do you think that I have invented a pen that can be taken out to write at any time, will you buy it?" And paper, stapled together like a book, so that if you encounter a case again, you can record it casually, right? β
"Good! As long as the girl makes such a pen, Shen is the first to support it! He also feels that sometimes the pen and ink are too strenuous, especially on a winter day when the water is dripping into ice.
After Nie Shuyao finished writing the idea of making money, he said: "It is impossible for Zhou Papi to commit suicide because he is Zhou Papi and a person who exploits others, how can such a money-loving guy commit suicide?" It's almost the same as harming others, this is analyzed from his character. Next, let's talk about how much he drank before he died, and it is impossible for a person to drink for no reason if he has no heart, and no one knows what is mixed in this wine, maybe it is a medicine that makes people unconscious? β
"Putting his neck on a rope while he was unconscious was unaware. I don't think Zhou Papi is drinking alone, and the person who drank with him is likely to be the one who killed him. Maybe it's an enemy, but this person should know Zhou Papi, otherwise he wouldn't have drunk with him. β
Shen Xinlu wrote down what she said.
Nie Shuyao said again: "Another suspicion is that the secret room, which was made into a secret room to create the illusion that Zhou Peel committed suicide. If my reasoning is correct, the Chamber of Secrets is only what it looks like on the surface, but it is not really a Chamber of Secrets at all. β
As she spoke, she cut a few pieces of paper, folded them in all directions, and said, "Please describe the doors and windows of the thatched hut." β
Shen Xinlu said: "That house was built by the people of the Zhou family, and the grave keepers invited were also specially engaged in this business. The doors and windows are quite exquisite, and it is said that it is a thatched house, but it is actually better than the houses of ordinary poor families, and it is not afraid of cold winds in such a winter day. The door has two doors and is made of a single plank. Then only the window would let in the light, but the window was built on the wall, and the outside planks could be closed at night, so that the cold wind would not blow in. β
Nie Shuyao said: "I'm willing to peel the skin this week, why build such a good thatched house, if this house is not built well, maybe he won't die." Was the first person to arrive at the scene to push through the door and window? Can't open it? β
"Can't open. The door was inserted from the inside, and when the door slammed open, the bolt was broken in two, and the window could not be opened, so naturally it could not be opened. Shen Xinlu added.
At this time, the paper in Nie Shuyao's hand was also folded, she clamped the ends of a small square paper with other papers, and asked, "When the door opened, it was pushed instead of pulled, right?" β
Shen Xinlu said with a smile: "It's worthy of Miss Nie, it's really pushed." β
Nie Shuyao showed him the paper in his hand and explained: "If I guessed correctly, after the murderer hanged Zhou Papi, he either left through the window or walked through the door openly. I deduce that the one who left the window is more likely to leave, you see! β
Shen Xinlu looked at the three pieces of origami, the middle was a square, and the two ends were long folded squares, and the paper in the middle was just stuck between the two origami.
"...... this?" He doesn't understand.
Nie Shuyao said with a smile: "Whether it is the door frame or the window, it is directly installed on the wall. So what if so? β
She asked Yuqin to hold the pieces of paper on both sides, and Nie Shuyao pulled out the pieces of paper in the middle, put them in the front, and explained: "The grave keeper is used to pushing the door inside, even if outsiders have to knock on the door before entering the house, even if no one should lie on it to listen to the movement or something." And if the door panel is placed outside the door frame, it can't be pushed open if it is blocked by the door frame. β
"However, I don't think it's very likely, after all, the door is a large piece and easy to show. But the window is not necessarily, don't forget that there is a wooden board outside the window. Immediately afterwards, Nie Shuyao frowned and denied.
In this way, Shen Xinlu finally understood, and immediately said: "I'll go to Lingxian County now to check the thatched house." As long as the window is really as Miss Nie said, even if the murderer can't be found, it can be sure that Zhou Papi is not committing suicide. Thank you, Miss Nie, for your advice! β
Shen Xinlu arched his hand and left in a hurry.
Yuqin put down the piece of paper in her hand and asked, "Miss, is this really the case?" The murderer was so smart. However, the young lady is smarter. β
Nie Shuyao looked at her and said with a smile: "This criminal and detective are like house builders and house demolitionists, criminals build in front, we demolish little by little in the back, and the truth will come out when the demolition is correct." β
"What is a detective?" Yuqin asked with a wink, like a curious baby. R1152