Chapter 10: A Closer Look at the Secret Room

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The police investigation began, and of course, it can also be said that the investigation work was unnoticed.

After a few words with Schofield, Brother Jue learned that there were only four police officers who came to this mountain villa to investigate the murder...... In addition to Schofield and the two men he had brought into the house, one man was left outside the house to watch the car.

However, this is also reasonable, the police station in a remote area like this is already very limited in resources, and sending two police cars and four police officers to the door has already shown that they attach great importance to this case.

"It's getting late, detective, would you like to ask your men to bring the body back to town for examination?" Feng Bujue was kneeling on one knee on the floor next to the corpse when he asked this question, leaning his head close to Dennis's neck, carefully observing the wound.

By this time, the people in the corridor outside the door had already left, leaving one officer standing guard at the door, while another officer began to do some preliminary writing work.

"There's only one clinic in town, and I don't think the doctors there can handle that." "It's rare for a homicide to happen in our town, and if you want to do an autopsy, you'll have to take the body to Ogilvy, half a day away, where the police station is equipped with a forensic ......."

"Alright." Feng Bujue interrupted, "When I didn't ask." As he spoke, he stood up, walked around to the back of the sofa chair, held Dennis's head, moved lightly for a few moments, looked at it for a few seconds, and said, "He was strangled to death, the wound was very thin, and it was handed over to the back of the neck, and the murder weapon should have been a wire or a fishing line or something,"

"Hmm......" Schofield followed Feng Bujue, also seeing the condition behind Dennis's neck.

Feng Bujue continued, "In addition to the wounds cut by the thread, there are many irregular small wounds on the front of the neck. He raised the hand of the deceased. He used a toothpick to pick out a strand of flesh between his fingernails and said, "Apparently he picked it out with his own fingers." ”

Schofield thought for a moment and continued, "Hmm...... This was left behind when he was strangled by someone else from behind, trying to tear the thread apart? ”

"A futile struggle." Feng Bujue said coldly, "As long as the perpetrator is tightened enough, even if the hemp rope is used as the murder weapon, it is very difficult for the victim to cut his fingers into the gap between the hemp rope and the skin, let alone such a thin thread...... If the strength of the murderer's arm is strong enough. It's possible to cut off the whole head. ”

Listening to Brother Jue's calm narration, looking at his indifferent, focused look...... Even Schofield, a police detective who had seen a big scene, couldn't help but shudder.

"The carpet in front of the armchair has traces of being pushed by the deceased with his toes, and it is obvious that several layers are folded forward." Feng unconsciously moved his gaze downward, "combined with the abrasion marks that were rubbed on the carpet...... Preliminary judgment. He was strangled to death while sitting on this chair, and after he died, the murderer did not move him. ”

As he said this, Feng Bu suddenly saw something, he bent down, slightly pushed the deceased's leg away, and picked up a cigarette butt from the cushion of the sofa chair.

The next second. He immediately turned his head to look at the ashtray on the small table next to him, where there were also several cigarette butts. Brother Jue took the two to his eyes and compared them, and also sniffed them closely, after confirming that they were the same brand. Read: "Were you smoking at the time of the killing......

"So...... Did the killer hide somewhere in this room beforehand, sneak up on the target from behind, and then burst out of the killer? Schofield speculated.

Feng Bujue shook his head and replied, "In this room." The only places to hide are under the bed, in the closet, and in the bathroom next door. He walked over to the bathroom and gently pushed the bathroom door. The shaft of the wooden door immediately creaked, "Most of those wooden doors and furniture will emit this kind of movement." If the murderer hides in the bathroom or closet, there will definitely be a sound when he comes out. He came to the bedside again, "As for the underside of the bed, it is already difficult to hide an adult, and the face of the deceased is facing this bed, and it will be seen when it comes out." ”

"That'...... It shows that before the deceased was killed, he knew that the murderer was in the same room as himself. Schofield thought for a few seconds and said, "But he wasn't defending. ”

Feng Bujue shrugged his shoulders and said, "Well, the murderer must be someone who knows Dennis." So, when the murderer walked into Dennis's blind spot and took out the murder weapon, Dennis was still smoking a cigarette easily. ”

"Sure enough, is the murderer in this villa......" Schofield said thoughtfully.

"What? Sounds like you're already suspicious? Feng Bujue said.

"Uh...... It's just a few ideas that aren't quite mature yet. Schofield said.

"Tell me, detective." Feng Bujue said.

Schofield hesitated for a moment, glanced in the direction of the door (it remained open), and then lowered his voice slightly, "I doubt it...... It's Lord Colston. ”

"Oh? How so? Feng Bujue asked.

"Don't you think...... Did the old man seem too calm? "He doesn't talk and behave like the reaction of an old man who has just lost a child." ”

"No, his reaction was normal. Before you came, when he first learned that his son had been killed, he was indeed very excited, but he calmed down faster than the average person. Feng Bujue said, "Because he is not an ordinary old man." He paused, "There are at least four obvious signs in Colston that he has a military background, and Dennis mentioned that in front of me. Colsten has probably seen more dead bodies than you and I have ever seen, and he has a strong will and a sense of reason enough that this kind of person will not collapse lightly. ”

Feng Bujue said as he walked to the window, "Besides...... As you can see, Lord Colston needs the help of crutches to walk, and the murderer in this case must be close to the victim with a murder weapon in both hands. As he spoke, his eyes lit up, as if he had found something on the edge of the window frame, but he did not stop narrating, "What's more...... If he was in the same room with his father, Dennis would not turn his back to the other person and talk while smoking, which would be too disrespectful. ”

"Did you find anything?" Schofield also noticed Feng Buyi's actions and quickly followed over to check.

"Ah...... It's just a way to crack the murderer's escape room. Feng Bujue replied in a relaxed tone, "It's not a problem. He pointed to the window frame, "Look here......"

Schofield looked in the direction that Jue Ge pointed and found a pale stain of blood with neat edges, "What does that mean?" ”

"It shows that the murderer directly used the murder weapon to create this secret room." Feng Bujue said that, he opened the window and went out to watch, "The foundation of this villa is quite thick, and the window edge is about 1.7 meters high from the grass outside. As he spoke, he climbed out, and it was only the first floor anyway......

"Hmm...... Except for Colston and Oliver, everyone else is suspected. Feng Bujue turned over and jumped onto the lawn outside the house, muttered a sentence, and then began to look down to check the footprints. (To be continued)