Chapter 52: Time Lock

[Former residence of mountains and rivers, half past ten in the evening]

At this time, the location on the third floor of the villa, after the arrival of the investigation team, together with Yang Zixuan, the five people began to investigate in the room where Lin Zipei died. According to the situation at the scene of the crime, Ling Yu was able to preliminarily determine that the back of the deceased's head was hit by the chandelier above the ceiling, some of which were concave, and there was a little bulge above the concave wound. The real reason for this has not yet been deduced. Secondly, I don't know why the chandelier fell suddenly, it seems that it was smashed down by the chandelier and died, but the bulge in the concave part is too weird, so the real cause of death has not been determined.

At the same time, the time report on Shu Xiaoran's side shows that the time of death of the deceased was between 8:30 and 9:50 in the evening, but it is uncertain when he died.

It seems that if you want to understand the truth about Lin Zipei's death, you must first sort out the timeline of everyone present from half past eight to nine fifty, including Yang Zixuan.

Ling Yu and the others withdrew from the room and came to the hall on the first floor of the villa. All the people in the villa gathered here, and naturally Steward Zhang also came here.

Ling Yu asked everyone the same question, what she was doing between half past eight and nine fifty.

The first to answer was Yang Zixuan:

"From half past eight to eight fifty, I was looking for clues related to ancient books in the study, and when it was eight fifty, I went to Dong Jiali's room on the third floor," Yang Zixuan looked at Dong Jiali, Dong Jiali also cast a panicked gaze, Yang Zixuan continued: "After staying in her room for about ten minutes or so, I went to the study on the second floor, and then stayed in the study from nine to nine twenty, and at the same time I heard Lin Mu and Lin Xiao talking in the next room. When Yang Zixuan said this, Lin Xiao looked at Yang Zixuan with resentment. Yang Zixuan ignored her and continued: "At nine twenty, I went to the grocery room on the first floor, and saw Mrs. Yao who was going up the stairs halfway, and then I also saw Mrs. Dong in the grocery room, and after looking for twenty minutes in the grocery room, I went to the living room to see my cousin Lin Mu, it was nine forty o'clock, after chatting for a while, Mrs. Yao went downstairs to us and the three of us returned to the study together, about five minutes later, that is, at nine forty-five, I heard a loud noise from the third floor, and then saw Mrs. Dong and Miss Lin standing at the door of Lin Zipei's room. ”

After Yang Zixuan finished speaking, the next one was Yao Jingwen. Yao Jingwen sat on the sofa with disdain, as if there were no such policemen in her eyes. But he is still cooperating with the police.

"If you want to investigate, hurry up, I don't have that much time, I'll see what you do if you delay my time to find the inheritance!"

"Mrs. Yao, please cooperate with our investigation first!" Ling Yu said coldly to Yao Jingwen that she would not be used to Yao Jingwen's temper.

Then Yao Jingwen also began to narrate her timeline:

"Between half past eight and nine o'clock in the evening, my husband and I walked around the villa casually looking for clues related to the inheritance, and then at nine o'clock, I felt tired, and then my husband and I went back to the room on the third floor to rest, and during the five minutes from nine-fifteen to nine-twenty, I went to the general store on the first floor, because my husband was going to smoke and didn't bring a lighter, so I went to the first floor to get one for him." After listening to Yao Jingwen's narration, Yang Zixuan recalled that when she saw Yao Jingwen at the staircase before, she did say that she had gone to the first floor to get something. Yao Jingwen continued:

"After 9:20 to 9:40, my husband and I were going to start resting, but because he had just finished smoking, the smell of smoke in the room was so heavy that I couldn't sleep, so I came out, I wanted to continue to look for clues related to the inheritance, after all, I didn't want such a large inheritance to fall into the hands of others, at 9:40 I went out of my room and saw Lin Mu and Yang Zixuan on the first floor, and then the three of us went to the study on the second floor together, and then there was a loud noise, and you know what happened next! Why is he the one who died! Why! Yao Jingwen couldn't help but shed tears, although she was divorced, but Lin Zipei didn't dislike herself, no matter how much she said about the life between husband and wife for several years, it was impossible for her not to be sad.

Later, after asking Yao Jingwen, Yang Zixuan secretly thought, no wonder she smelled any smoke when she entered the room, it turned out to be Lin Zipei's cigarette. After that, it was Steward Zhang's turn, and Steward Zhang sat in front of Ling Yu:

"After telling them the news about the inheritance, between half past eight and nine o'clock, I saw that there was no one in the study and then moved the long table that had been moved to the study, and then at nine o'clock, I saw Mr. Lin Mu and Miss Lin Xiao go to a room next to the study, and then met Mrs. Dong She said that she had a bad stomach and wanted to go to the toilet, and then at about nine o'clock, I saw Mrs. Dong go to the grocery room, and then Mrs. Yao also went in, and then I continued to walk around the villa, Because this is about Mr. Lin Shanhe's last wishes, I don't dare to be careless, I don't know when his family needs it, so I try to move around as much as possible, but after seeing Mrs. Yao enter, I went to other places to walk around, and I didn't see anyone else in the middle, and at 9:45 I heard a loud noise, and then I saw Lin Mu, Yang Zixuan, and Mrs. Yao Jingwen at the staircase on the second floor. ”

After Steward Zhang finished speaking, Ling Yu called Dong Jiali in front of him again.

Dong Jiali replied:

"Between half past eight and nine o'clock I looked up information related to the inheritance in the villa, and then at about nine o'clock, I felt a little uncomfortable in my stomach, probably eating something bad at noon, and then went to the toilet on the third floor, and when I got out of the toilet at about nine o'clock, but when I passed by Yao Jingwen and Lin Zipei's room, I seemed to hear the sound of a quarrel inside, but I ignored it, because when I went to the toilet, I studied about the famous painting "The Girl in the Flower", Then I thought of the clues that Steward Zhang said, and thought that it might be related to the wine glass, so I would go to the grocery store at nine o'fifteen, but I found that Yao Jingwen also came in, and I saw that she went to the location where the lighter was placed, because she was the first to find the inheritance, so I ignored her, presumably she thought so and ignored me! Everyone saw that at this time, Dong Jiali and Yao Jingwen glared at each other. After that, Dong Jiali continued:

"After I saw her walk out quickly, it took less than a minute, and then about five minutes later, Yang Zixuan came to the grocery room again, I really didn't want to look for clues with others, otherwise I couldn't say who would have lost the clues, so at about nine twenty, I went straight back to the room on the third floor, until nine forty-five when I heard a loud noise and then went out to see Lin Zipei who died in the room."

While Dong Jiali was talking, Yang Zixuan kept looking at her, trying to capture something from her expression!

After Dong Jiali finished the narrative, it was Lin Xiao's turn next:

"Like them, from half past eight to nine o'clock I looked for clues related to the inheritance in the villa, and at nine o'clock, I met my Ge Lin Mu, and then I went to the study next door with him to talk once, I didn't want to be eavesdropped!" Lin Xiao's last word deliberately raised his tone, as if he was deliberately saying it to Yang Zixuan.

"At 9:20, I left the study because I was angry, and I stayed in my room on the third floor all the time, and never went out, and then at 9:45 I also heard a loud noise, and when I went out, I saw my father and him...... I screamed out in fright, and was held by my mom. Lin Xiao seemed to have a look of panic in his eyes.

In order to calm Lin Xiao first, Ling Yu called Lin Mu in front of him and asked him about the timeline:

"At half past eight to nine o'clock in the villa search, at nine o'clock was my sister Lin Xiao pulled to the room next to the study, about twenty minutes later, I came to the sofa on the first floor to sit and wanted to rest, because the process of chatting was not very pleasant, and then about twenty minutes later, that is, at nine forty, I saw my cousin Yang Zixuan come out of the grocery room and sit next to me, we just chatted for a while, my aunt Yao Jingwen came down the stairs, and then we went to the study on the second floor to find clues, About five minutes later, at 9:45, we heard a loud bang and bumped into Steward Zhang at the door, and then we went up to the third floor together and saw the scene of my uncle's death! ”

Since then, the timeline of the last person has also been narrated, and Chu Ming is sorting out the relevant information according to the timeline that everyone said just now. Ling Yu and Shu Xiaoran on the other side are also analyzing whether there is anything missing.

On Qin Jian's side, in response to the timeline they just mentioned, Qin Jian first went to the nearest grocery room from the first floor, maybe he would find any clues there.

Chu Ming quickly sorted out the timelines of several people, and Ling Yu looked at the timelines that Chu Ming had organized. According to several people, after Dong Jiali went to the toilet, she heard a quarrel between Lin Zipei and Yao Jingwen's room at 9:10, which shows that Lin Zipei was still alive at 9:10, and the time of death can be shortened from the original 8:30 to 9:50 to 9:10 to 9:50.

At the same time, according to the words of the deceased's wife, Yao Jingwen, after she took the lighter back to the room at 9:20, the smell of her husband's cigarette was too strong, and she choked in the room and couldn't sleep, and then left the room at 9:40 and came to the first floor to stay with Lin Mu and Yang Zixuan.

If this were to be said, then the time of death would have been reduced to five minutes between 9:40 and 9:45, and a loud bang had been heard by everyone. That sound must be the reason why the chandelier fell down, if what they said is correct, the cause of the deceased's death was that he was hit by the chandelier and died of excessive blood loss in the back of the head, then who would have hit the deceased with the chandelier in the five minutes between 9:40 and 9:45, if no one could be found, the case would be considered an accidental death!