Luke's account 9

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But six, I want to write down the details of Ma San's murder.

I was saddened by the thought of it, and it was as incredible as the murder that preceded it.

Ma San died after drinking Kuding tea at the beginning of Shen Shichu.

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Ma San drank the bitter tea brewed by the cook, and soon after that, he suddenly pressed his stomach and throat, showing a painful expression.

Then he showed symptoms of poisoning, and died after a dozen breaths.

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It happened so suddenly, and we were all helpless to watch the corpses fall from our chairs to the ground.

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Ma San's face turned blue-purple, and the white foam from his mouth stained his neck and clothes.

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Judging from Ma San's poisoning symptoms, he may have eaten yew wood poison.

But this inference is not practical at all. Even if the cause of death is known, Ma San will not be able to survive.

This poisoning murder case is not a simple murder case.

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We locked ourselves in the big room, but it didn't seem safe anymore.

Of course, none of us hurt Ma San.

No one had a chance to put poison into Ma San's teacup, and under normal circumstances, of course, people outside the big room had no chance to poison him.

But it is an indisputable fact that he died of poisoning.

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The cook obeyed the instructions of the chief butler and tried not to go to the cellar.

We had already moved our meals and drinks to the big room.

All the utensils in the kitchen are also reused all the time.

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When this happened, the cook poured hot water from the pot of the stove into two teacups and placed them on the wooden table in the large room.

I watched intently, but I didn't notice any suspicious behavior on her putting poison in the cup or applying it to the cup.

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The chef put the kuding tea leaves into the white porcelain teapot that has been used since last night, poured the hot water from the pot into the teapot, and poured the brown kuding tea into the cup.

Place the teacup on the tray and serve it to us.

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It's up to us to choose which one to drink.

We picked up one cup from the two cups completely casually.

It is said that a large amount of yew wood poison can cause death, and only one or two drops are not enough to kill.

In other words, Ma San drank a large amount of yew wood poison.

The problem is that the chef never poisoned the teapot.

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I also drank Kuding tea made in the same teapot.

But why is Ma San the only one who died?

I'm not out of the ordinary.

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It should be noted here that the chef also drank Kuding tea.

After she brought the kuding tea to me, she sat on the chair next to Uncle Wang and poured the kuding tea into a small porcelain bowl to drink.

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Each of us added goji berries to the kuding tea.

The wolfberries are placed in a copper wolfberry jar.

After serving the cups to everyone, they put the wolfberry jar on the tray and serve it to us.

According to our personal preference, we use copper chopsticks to add wolfberry berries to Kuding tea.

I added two, and Ma San added three.

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However, there is a small chance that the poison will be mixed in the goji berries.

According to Wang, yew wood poison is in powder form and is unlikely to be mixed in goji berries.

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We inspected the teapot for Kuding tea.

There was still Kuding tea in the teapot, and I drank some of it timidly, but as expected, nothing unusual happened.

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In this way, how the poison was added to Ma San's cup became a mystery.

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A few inferences about this incident came to my mind.

First, Ma San took poison voluntarily.

Second, Ma San ate poisonous things before drinking Kuding tea.

Third, the Gujingshang wine that Ma San drank after the meal was poisonous.

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But these assumptions are unrealistic.

Ma San doesn't look like a person who will commit suicide, and it is impossible for him to commit suicide in front of everyone.

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If Ma San eats something poisonous, then the poison must be mixed with the meal.

But we eat steamed buns and meatloaf at noon, and it is not easy to mix poison into these two foods.

Besides, if the food is poisonous, we should have already done the same.

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As for the last point, the Gujing wine that Ma San drank was newly opened, and the lid was also lifted on the spot, and I also drank it.

But only Ma San drank something.

The wine should not have been poisoned.

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The chef cleaned the glasses before pouring them into the glasses.

If the yew wood poison was applied to the inside of the wine glass, the amount should not be lethal enough, and Ma San poured the wine into the wine glass himself.

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"Lu Ke, after eating the yew wood poison, the symptoms of poisoning will appear within about an hour. The only thing that can be poisoned is Kuding tea. Uncle Wang said with a pale, haggard expression.

By the time this happened, the glasses had been submerged in the washing basin, so we couldn't be sure if the glasses were poisonous.

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In short, the more you think about this whole thing, the more incredible it becomes. This is also a murder that cannot be committed by manpower.

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Could it be that the human soul can use some kind of mountain magic or demon magic to turn an ordinary cup of Kuding tea into poisonous tea in the air?

One of the two.

Half and half poisoning possible.

However, death is very real.

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Although it is not known whether this murder was committed by the murderer, it is an indisputable fact that someone was killed.

Another of our companions died by unknown means.

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In any case, the shock, fear and impact brought to us by the murder of Ma San are incomparable.

This incident taught us that even if we were in the same big locked room, it was not necessarily safe.

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Of course, as long as you think back to other bizarre secret room murder cases that have occurred before, this incident is not at all surprising.

For an omnipotent murderer, this is just a case that cannot be taken for granted.

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However, danger has come back to us.

In this way, it is not a simple matter to stabilize the state of mind.

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In the end, I had to take turns with the cook to take care of Uncle Wang, who was seriously injured.

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Uncle Wang slept on the couch we had brought down from the second floor.

We moved the large wooden table out of the way and placed the couch and quilt next to the dark window.

Uncle Wang's consciousness was still not fully recovered. The pain of the wound made him wail incessantly, and his whole body was covered in sweat. The red stains of the wound had mostly stopped, but he was visibly much haggard.

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I moved Ma San's body to the firewood room, took down the quilt from Ma San's room in room 8 on the second floor, covered his whole body, and prayed sincerely for him.

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The news of Ma San's death was told by the cook to the big butler Rego.

However, this made them want to stay in Room 1 on the second floor even more.

Grand Butler Rego ordered Dan to go to the second floor as well. I tried to convince the housekeeper that it was safer to bring everyone together.

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However, the opinion of the Grand Butler Rego was at odds with mine.

"Lu Lawyer." The grand butler regained his majesty, and there was no time to tidy up his clothes, and in addition, perhaps worried, his face seemed to be covered with a shadow, "I'm sorry, I spare my life, and my family." I hope we can survive this catastrophe, so I want to do what I can to feel at ease. ”

"You mean you don't want to stay with us?" I felt so disappointed that I could hear my face turn pale.

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"To be clear, yes. If the murderer was brought in by you, then the target should also be you, and I think it's more dangerous to stay with you. ”

"How could it be. The first one to be killed was Brother Leisheng!! ”

"That's not the case, Master Lu. You were the first to be attacked. Lei Sheng just died for you. I don't want to let my family and my people die anymore. ”

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"You!!"

"Don't blame me. Now, we have to take matters into our own hands. We're going to stay in our rooms and wait for the killer to leave or for this disaster to subside. ”

Butler Rego's heart is very firm. I couldn't change his attitude.

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So, in the big room on the second floor, only me and Uncle Wang were left who was dying.

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For a long time, I just sat quietly at the table, stunned.

I can't think at all. The tiredness of the body continued to hit, the wound was still painful, and it was difficult to even stay awake.

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Occasionally, I heard Uncle Wang's wailing. I just helped him replace the cloth on his forehead repeatedly.

Uncle Wang's forehead was very hot, but there was no medicine here that could treat him.

I had no choice but to help Uncle Wang up to the room of Mo Si in Room No. 7 on the second floor.

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Before you know it, the night has arrived.

The window paper on the walkway was very dark.

The occasional sound of crows flying outside the window only passed by my ears, as if I hadn't heard them.

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I looked at the moon, and it was about the end of the unitary hour.

I took out some leftover drinks, steamed buns, and flatbread.

Although he didn't have much appetite, he managed to eat something.

I think it might give me some strength back. I was worried that my food would be poisoned, so I chewed and drank it slowly, little by little.

And Uncle Wang's state seems to be uneaten.

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The wine in the old well entered my stomach and made me feel a little more comfortable.

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I started thinking about what to do next.

Although the more I thought about it, the more desperate I became, but there was a vague thought in the back of my mind.

Tell me that even in the face of such a difficult situation, I must not sit idly by.

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I rethink this chain of murders.

Then, a couple of doubts came to mind.

One of the things that puzzled me the most was the motive of the murderer.

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Why did the murderer harm us?

And it's all exterminated.

Is it really as the butler of Rego said, the murderer is a murderer for no reason? Or is there a clear motive?

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Conversely, is there a common ground between those who have been killed so far?

Of course, there are also people who have become substitutes, just like Mo Si.

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If we look at the victims in this murder case from this angle, we may be able to find some clues from it.

Even if all of this is as Uncle Wang inferred, it is all the poisonous hands of people, but it is too unreasonable to harm people without purpose.

I'm a little excited about what I've thought of.

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Can six!

Now, I'm going to try to start rethinking a few of the points that came to mind.

Anyway, in this situation, no matter what you do, it's pretty much the same.

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First, what I had to do was make a list of the details of the victims.

Then, based on this list, revisit this series of murders

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I try to organize everything I can think of.

In retrospect, this series of murders all began when I was around noon on May 26.

The nameless corpse found in the cellar of the Wolf King's Fang.

Therefore, I intend to put it at the beginning of the list.

As I wrote this, a sense of unease crossed my mind.

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Could it be that I found the corpse that caused this series of murders.........

It's scary.

What if this is the case?

Everyone's murders are all related to me. Is it because of my relationship that everyone has encountered these tragedies?

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Forget it, don't think about it.

It's all over, regret is useless.

Now you have to put all your mind to making the list.

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Unidentified corpses

Profession: Unknown

Age: 30 to 70?

Residence: Unknown

Boundary: Unknown

Cause of death: Died by an iron nail rake through the heart, and his head was covered with a gray cloth bag.

Notes: The corpse later disappeared from the cellar room.

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Leisheng

Profession: Country doctor

Age: around 30 years old

Residence: Wolf King Fang

Boundary: Unknown

Cause of death: Died by a nail rake through the heart. And his head was covered with a gray cloth bag, and he was unrecognizable.

Notes: The body was found in the firewood room on the first floor. The scene is a secret room.

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Mo Four

Trade: Ticket number shopkeeper

Age: 40 to 50 years old

Residence: Shili City He'an ticket number

Boundary: Northland

Cause of death: Died by being hit on the head by a wine jar.

Notes: Lost his life trying to save me.

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Tong Li

Pawn: None

Age: 30 to 40 years old

Residence: Opposite the ticket number of He'an in Shili City

Boundary: Northland

Cause of death: Death from a stabbing heart, and unrecognizable.

Note: The site is a secret room.

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Guzi

Profession: Wolf King's subordinates

Age: around 60 years old

Residence: Wolf King Fang

Boundary: Exotic?

Cause of death: Suspected of being killed by a flying crossbow.

Notes: The body is missing.

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Uncle Wang

Profession: The lawyer used to be a guard in Ten Mile City

Age: 55 years old

Residence: Shili City He'an ticket number is close to the litigation room

Boundary: Northland

Cause of death:

Notes: Still alive. However, he was seriously injured by a flying crossbow.

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Come to Mo

Trade: Inn shopkeeper

Age: 50 years old

Residence: Next to the He'an ticket number of Shili City

Boundary: Northland

Cause of death: Stabbing. His head was covered with a gray cloth bag and he was unrecognizable.

Note: The site is a secret room.

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Horse

Profession: Mr. Teaching

Age: 60 years old

Residence: Beilin Academy next to the He'an ticket number of Shili City

Boundary: Northland

Cause of death: Poisoning. Died due to the poison of the yew wood.

Notes: The method of poisoning is unknown.

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At this point, I would like to write down my own words as well, after all, I have been attacked several times and almost died.

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Lu Ke

Profession: Lawyer

Age: Twenty-nine years old

Residence: Shili City He'an ticket number is close to the litigation room

Boundary: Northland

Cause of death:

Notes: Still alive.

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Ah, but .........

But six, it's still useless, I still don't know anything.

I went through the list several times, over and over again, but still didn't find anything.

There is absolutely no commonality between the victims.

Including the boundary, age, experience, trade, origin, fame, residence......... Wait a minute.

I checked all the elements, but in vain.

Although it is nonsense, Ruosheng has to cite a common point, that is, the victims are all human.

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The current situation is not as simple as a simple murder, but the most horrific massacre.

The murderer is harming people.

Or, there is a monster that dwells in the darkness in this wolf king's house, and this monster hates people and wants to drive them away from their homes.

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The murderer must have some purpose, and there must be some definite reason.

If there is no reason, why did we happen to visit this ancient square to trigger such a tragic murder case?

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I want to think about it, one step at a time!

We must think carefully from the beginning of the whole thing according to solid reasoning, and we must not abandon it.

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Where to start with the extrapolation?

Starting with the murderer, of course.

I need to find out who the killer is.

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I will now write down the reasonable inferences about the true face of the murderer.

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First of all, there are the following situations regarding the identity of the murderer:

1. If the murderer is a monster with the head and elephant body of a human tiger, he will come and go without a trace

1. The murderer is one of the six people in our group.

2. The human soul happened to be hiding in this wolf king workshop from the beginning.

Second, if the murderer is an ordinary person

1. The murderer is one of the six people in our group.

2, the murderer is a person from the Wolf King Fang.

3. The murderer is not a human being, but other monsters or beasts.

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Among them, the biggest may be, of course, the item "the murderer is a human being".

This was a situation that Uncle Wang and I suspected at the beginning and almost was already convinced and at the same time thought it was dangerous.

According to common sense, the answer is naturally the second item, "the murderer is an ordinary person". But none of these murders are common sense.

The third inference is that the evidence is insufficient and cannot be fully recognized.

So, if the murderer was a human being, where would that guy be hiding now?

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There are two possible scenarios:

1. Pretending to be someone in the Wolf King's Fang.

2. Hide in a corner of the Wolf King Fang.

Judging from the current situation, as well as the characteristics of the monster mentioned in the legend, "hiding in a corner of the Wolf King's Workshop" is the most likely. This is the second point.

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What if the murderer was just an ordinary person?

Then the murderer could be one of the six of us, or someone from the Wolf King's Square.

But which one is more likely to be?

Unfortunately, on this point, I have to say that the two are probably the same.

The targets of the murderer are not only the six of us in our group, but also the people in the Wolf King's Fang.

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There were only two of us left, including me.

Uncle Wang and I.

I can't believe the killer could be one of us, but I can't say it's impossible.

Wait a minute.

Isn't it ......... I see......... I see!!

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But sixth, I remembered that among the victims, there were also people whose whereabouts were unknown.

The corpses that disappeared in the cellar at the beginning, as well as the subordinate Guzi, and Lei Sheng and Lai Mo, the heads of the two of them were covered by gray cloth bags, and they were unrecognizable, which should also be counted.

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This is a very important point.

Regarding the real culprit of this murder, it is necessary to rethink it from here.

How so......... From beginning to end, we all believe that there is only one murderer, but will this preconceived notion lead us into the abyss of misunderstanding?

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If we analyze the identity of the murderer, we can summarize the following points:

1. If there is only one murderer.

2. If the murderer is more than two people.

1. There are principal offenders and accomplices.

2. There are two murderers, each acting separately.

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I will focus on the fact that the whereabouts of the four victims are a mystery.

In particular, the second point above, "If there are more than two murderers", I am very concerned.

From the point of view of inference, it is assumed that there are two murderers, namely a human ghost and an ordinary person, let's call it "someone".

They were on their own and did not collude with each other to cause this series of tragic events.

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In this way, it can explain why the murderer is so impatient and continues to kill people, and it can also explain the phenomenon that there is almost no common ground in the methods of murder.

To put it simply, although I don't know who came first and who came after, after one of the murderers started to do it, the other murderer took advantage of the situation to follow the victim.

We can't identify the killer.

As usual, there is only one murderer who will plan this kind of murder.

And it is with this kind of thought that we will not be able to see the true face of the murderer.

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