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I judged that all this was a ploy planned by the great butler Shan.

Be careful to remove the traces of the victim, and then let us investigate. Trying to make us clear that this is not the scene of the victim's murder.

As for the Chess News Agency, it is also an ingenious lie fabricated for this.

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Li Yuanfeng suddenly laughed, "So that's it, Bei Zhen, do you want to prove that this workshop is not the scene of the tragedy through forensic investigation?" ”

"That's true. I have just stated that there are absolutely no murders in the Wolf King Fang. ”

"I'm very confident."

"Of course, there are no secrets in this house, we just want to convince you and the world of this; It is hoped that through the announcement, the false rumors that have spread all over the city will be corrected. This is the request of the single housekeeper, and he just hopes to solve this matter as simply as possible. ”

"Yes." Uncle Ding crossed his arms and bowed his head in a big way, "Okay!" Just do as you say. ”

"Yes."

"When does the booking start?"

"Early tomorrow morning. What is it like to explore the workshop in order? ”

"There's nothing wrong with the investigation. If you have no objections or inconveniences, you can start after eating this meal! ”

Although Uncle Ding decided for everyone without permission, no one else objected.

Bezhen smiled.

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"What if we find signs of murder after investigation?"

"No way, absolutely not." Bezhen held his head high and stretched his arms.

That confident attitude made me very skeptical.

Do you say that from the bottom of your heart?

Or is it just a fake momentum?

Is there any trickery hidden in this way to conceal the facts of the murder?

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I don't know if I kept staring at his face, or by accident, Bei Zhen, who had finished taking a sip of wine, glanced at me, "Yes." Uncle Ding, is this the girl the person who put forward the strange theory that the Wolf King Fang is composed of two squares? ”

"Not bad!" Mr. Zhang replied on my behalf, "Da Han is the one who thought about that assertion. ”

"The tea stalls and books in Shili City have launched the 'Complete Collection of Unsolved Cases in Wolf King Fang', which contains such inferences in detail. Honestly, that's ridiculous and ridiculous. ”

These words from above my head really made my mood very bad. "Bezhen, where is it absurd and ridiculous? Not at all strange. If the Wolf King Fang in this deep forest is ——— two ——— in one, wouldn't it be able to explain the mystery of the tragedy? ”

"Is that a conflation of speculation with fantasy?"

"Not a fact?"

"Of course. This is not the truth at all. Pei Zhen said firmly, "Proprietor Yang and I are entrusted by the great housekeeper of Shan to take care of this workshop, which is a natural and clear thing." There is indeed a Tongsheng workshop in the Wolf King Fang, but it is a dog meat workshop on the other side of the valley, which is hundreds of miles away and has no way to reach it. We only live in one wolf king's house, which is a fact of pride. ”

"Really?"

"Yes, Da Han hasn't climbed the big rock outside the workshop, right? It is recommended to go to the big rock facing the valley early tomorrow morning. In this way, it can be clearly understood that there is only one ——— Wolf King Fang. ”

"Needless to say, I'll go up too, and I'll have to reveal the secret of this workshop." I was indignant.

"Oops, yo, it's impossible. Didn't I just say that? There are no secrets at all in this wolf king's fang. Bei Zhen laughed and picked up the wine glass to signal everyone to toast, but he was the only one who raised his glass.

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I said with a provocative tone, "Bezhen, you are so sure......... This is the Fake Wolf King's Workshop. There is another Wolf King Fang where a tragedy occurred, which is definitely nearby. ”

"Oh, oh, it seems that no matter what, I won't believe what I say. That being the case, the door is open anyway, so you can go out and take a walk around. ”

"Don't say it's impossible. This workshop should be surrounded by dense forests, and it is impossible to find another workshop when you walk in it. ”

"So, is it giving up?"

This man is clearly having fun.

Although I knew it well, the words were choked in my throat and I couldn't refute it.

Li Yuanfeng glanced at me and helped answer, "Pei Zhen, we understand your request. We will do our best to meet your wishes, but I wonder if you will be able to listen to our requests. ”

"What?" Bei Zhen showed a flirtatious look.

Li Yuanfeng spread his left and right hands and said, "We want to go to the dog meat factory." It's not enough to just investigate this workshop, but also the one on the other side. Both sides must be confirmed, the results and facts must be integrated, and the evidence must be combined to confirm whether the Wolf King Fang is the scene of the tragedy and find out the truth! ”

"You want to go to the dog meat shop?"

"Yes, by all means."

Bei Zhen thought for a moment and nodded slowly, "Understood." I'll pass this on to Butler Shan, but I'll have to wait a little longer for him to speak. I also have to pay a visit to get in touch with the big housekeeper and proprietor Yang. ”

Li Yuanfeng's pupils reflected the red light of coal lamp oil, and he nodded lightly.

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"What kind of laugh does that guy say!!" When Uncle Ding left the big dinner table, he roared with indignation.

The heavy door at the entrance of the hall slammed shut with the creak of the hinges behind him.

We were trapped by the cold aura of the stone walls and the unfathomable depths, and darkness spread.........

Walk through the walkway.

The shadow under the lamp followed closely at his feet like some kind of monster.

The two men in black who were guarding us followed us silently.

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After we finished our meal at the beginning of the day, under the command of Uncle Ding, we quickly launched an investigation in the workshop. Even the two panicked guards who were originally idle seemed angry, probably because they had a new mission.

At the end of the aisle, something as big as a body stood out. In the dim light of the kerosene lamp, the ironclad statue shimmered pure silver.

The guard who walked in front stood in front of the thing, holding up the lantern in his hand.

The shadow at the feet of the iron armor shortened as if it were slipping away.

"What the hell is going on here? Is! Putting such a portrait in such a place! Uncle Ding was angry and knocked his fist on the heart of the statue.

As he said, in the corners of the corridor from the first floor to the second floor, there are ironclad statues.

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Li Yuanfeng stretched out his hand and held the boneless shoulder of the iron armor. The front of the simple-shaped protector is not particularly prominent, but is covered with many small holes, "This is a very precious iron handicraft!" Armor like this with a flat surface was created in a foreign area a hundred years ago. ”

Zhang Lao came closer and glanced at the iron armor, "This one and the other one placed in the corner of the courtyard are not really worn, just replicas." It's very small, and in fact only child-like size can be worn. This is the same as what Counsellor Lu said. ”

"Alright, let's go!" Uncle Ding became more and more angry and walked quickly.

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Li Yuanfeng held on to the stone wall on the side with his hand, and he stood under the wooden ladder, admiring the ancient paintings with pity.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"It's nothing, I just think there's such a gorgeous thing in a place like this........."

Hearing him say that, I began to pay attention to the old portrait. Indeed, there is a very solemn totem woven on it.

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"What are you doing! Hurry up! Uncle Ding roared at us who were still grinding.

We went to the great room located next to the lobby on the first floor.

As Bezhen said, as soon as he entered, he saw a lot of burning lamps and boxes on the table.

After Uncle Ding inspected, he found that there were a lot of these tools.

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We walked to the firewood room with our tools and to the cellar, which was full of doubts.

The firewood room is located on the side of the walkway.

Pushing open the door of the hallway, you will see a room, and when you go inside, you will see the wooden door of the cellar, and there is hardly any entrance or exit.

If Lu's bookkeeping is true, it was here that Lei Sheng's body was found on the morning of May 27 last year. His body lay in the middle of the room, his head covered by a black bag. Both doors are locked from the inside, giving them a fully enclosed state. It is hard to believe that when Lu Lawyer and the others broke down the door, the murderer had disappeared, and only the body lying in the red pool was seen.

"Yes, guys, start Luo!"

Under the command of Uncle Ding, the guards immediately lined up the things in the toolbox in front of the firewood room.

While they were choosing, Mr. Zhang and I lit kerosene lamps.

The men in black stood a little distance from us, watching.

Uncle Ding picked up a small jar and looked around at everyone, "Listen, and check if there are any red traces." If this is really the scene of the murder——— the place where Lei Sheng died tragically——— there should be a lot of red traces. If you look closely into the floor, you should find traces other than red fluid. ”

"Wouldn't the murderer go out of his way to clean the scene?" Mr. Zhang questioned the hall.

"Well......... You can only try to see Luo. It is hoped that the subtle remnants of the killer and the victim will be collected, such as hair, fallen dander, cracked nail pieces, etc. ”

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In the meantime, Li Yuanfeng opened and closed the door of the corridor one after another, and confirmed whether the inside and outside of the door were really horizontal to the latch and whether it was in a state of anti-locking.

Finally, he shouted, "Uncle Ding, there are no signs of damage to those two doors. If the lawyer's bookkeeping is true, the two doors and the latches should have been broken that morning when they broke in. ”

"The result?"

"It's different from Lu's account."

"It should be fixed, right? Self is to annihilate the evidence. ”

I looked forward and found that the two doors were indeed completely undamaged, whether it was the door, the nails on the door, the square wood of the latch, etc., they were quite old. Just looking at the mottled and rusty appearance is enough to show how ancient it is.

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"Maybe remove the door shaft and change the door leaf of the next room," said Mr. Zhang..........

However, the door shaft is very old, and this inference is unlikely.

In an abundance of caution, the guards carefully inspected the door, but it was still impossible to determine whether it had been repaired or replaced.

I said to Uncle Ding with a stiff face: "This is not the real Wolf King Fang, if the inference of the 'Sihefang' is correct, this is a fake Fang, and the actual scene of the crime is in another Fang." ”

Li Yuanfeng turned around and said, "Wait a minute, it's cold." Slow down the problem! The mystery about this room. There are two possibilities: 'the Lu Counsel's book is true' and 'the Lu Lawyer's book is fictitious'. and the assertion that 'this is a murder scene' and 'this is not a murder scene'.

"Xuan, if you combine the possibility of 'Lu Lawyer's record is true' and 'this is not a murder scene' to prove it. If, as Da Han said, the Wolf King Fang is composed of two workshops, it can be determined that the Dog Meat Workshop and the Wolf King Fang each have two claims. We have to confirm whether the current location is really the scene of the murder, so that we can know whether Da Han's inference is correct! ”

"Then let's solve the mystery of the secret room!"

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To confirm the gap between the door leaf and the floor, I crouched down and pressed my face against the floor.

Unfortunately, there is almost no space under the door. Even if there were, the latch was too heavy to be moved flexibly, and the latch inside the room could not be hung from the outside using the method of "tethering with a thin wire".

Of course, in addition to confirming the door leaf, it is also necessary to make sure that there are no traces of punctures or needles on the surface of the door.

In this way, how can we solve the mystery of the secret room that happened here?

The room has a single windowless entrance and is surrounded by heavy stone walls, but the latch can be locked directly from the inside.

How can a living person disappear like a cloud from such a closed room and flee outside?

I got up, put my hand to my chin and thought, "Why did the murderer make this a secret room?" ”

Li Yuanfeng immediately replied: "I can imagine a few reasons. Perhaps the killer wanted the body to be found at some point, and so that no one could see the room during the process, he latched the door. As a result, a secret room state is formed. ”

'At some point? ’

"Prove your alibi. After the murderer committed the crime, he returned to his room without incident, and discovered the tragedy through the hands of others, and rushed to the scene with everyone! ”

"That's how it is."

"But that's not all. If the mystery of the secret room cannot be solved, the murderer cannot be reported according to the law. ”

"So......... Is it possible......... Is it the work of the human monster? ”

Zhang Lao coughed dryly and raised the unreasonableness, "If it is a human monster, it is not a problem to penetrate the wall and the door!" And why bother to lock the door! ”

"Yes."

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"Have you thought of anything about the secret room trickery?"

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"You don't talk there! Let's go and find out inside. Uncle Ding interrupted our conversation and escorted us to the room.

The guards followed with lamps and tools.

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We take a closer look around us. The inside of the room was exactly as described in the lawyer's book.

There was a thin layer of dust on the floor, a wooden table in the middle, a round, drum-shaped ice book behind it, and broken chairs piled up in the left and right corners of the room.

While watching the guards probe the red traces, I asked Li Yuanfeng, "What are we going to do?" ”

"Look for a mirror!" He immediately proposed, "Let's see if the wooden table could be a juggy prop." ”

"Is it possible?"

"Oh, probably not. I once asked the owner of the theater shop, and he said that the trick would not have worked at all if it had not been performed on a stage with all the props. ”

"Regarding the state of the secret room of this Wolf King Fang, the corpse is displayed under the table......... Under what circumstances can't that trick be used? Isn't it just a mirror that can't stand between the front and back legs, and the size doesn't fit? ”

"If you have to use a mirror, you can go to the blade room on the first floor and get it. There are a lot of mirrors out there, so look for them in the right size! "Mr. Zhang accompanies the hall. He learned this when I was still asleep and walked around the workshop.

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Li Yuanfeng instructed the guards in the firewood room to measure the height of the wooden table and the distance between the front and rear legs. Xuan, Zhang Laotang, and I walked to the blade room on the first floor to look for a suitable mirror.

A man in black followed us like a shadow.

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On the way back to the firewood room, we met a subordinate in the hall, but he walked away from us as if he was completely out of sight.

"If you don't look at it, it's like ......... We've become the human monsters of this place. Li Yuanfeng muttered to himself.

"Wouldn't that be nice?" Zhang Lao patantang stroked his pointed chin, "Anyway, they said it's up to us." If it goes well, you might be able to escape! ”

Li Yuanfeng said suspiciously: "Including Bei Zhen, I don't think their indifference is superficial. In other words, all our actions are under their control. ”

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When I returned to the firewood house, the red trail exploration was over. The medicine is scattered on the ground, and kerosene lamps should be kept away from it.

"How?" Li Yuanfeng, who was standing at the door of the aisle, asked Uncle Ding.

I can see that their faces are full of sadness, and the answer is clear without asking.

Uncle Ding walked out of the small room with a straight face, "When I see the dust on the furniture piled up inside, I know that this place has not been used for a long time." ”

"And it doesn't look like a murder weapon has ever been used. If there were, there should have been some scars on the floor, walls, and furniture, but there were no such marks. ”

"What about the red trail?" Li Yuanfeng.

The tall guard pouted and tilted his neck slightly, "Not at all." Dust and mildew can be seen. Noticeable, no red stains or other traces of washing. It has to be said that this is not the scene of the murder. ”

"Maybe it's the wrong room!" Zhang Lao said.

"Me?" Uncle Ding thought he was talking about him, and his face turned red with anger.

"No, I'm referring to the lawyer who wrote the book."

"The room next to it is the kitchen, so it's unlikely that the location will be misplaced, this should be the scene where Lei Sheng's body was found."

I looked at the two of them, "If that's the case, as I said before, this is not a real murder scene. Although this is the same as the room where the body was found, it is actually a different place. This is evident from the fact that there has been no trace of the crime. ”

"Huh! Do you really think it's 'Sihefang' Luo? Uncle Ding, who was not in a good mood, said angrily.

"Yes! Any comments? ”

"No, Da Han. Now that the mystery has been solved here, I really want to go to another wolf king square as soon as possible, the real murder scene. ”

"Sarcasm is not." I'm a little bored.

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Li Yuanfeng took a step, stepped forward, and said to Uncle Ding: "Regarding the method of turning the firewood room into a secret room, there are still some things that need to be confirmed. ”

"What?"

Li Yuanfeng pointed to the two mirrors in my hand, "Try to use this mirror, if you can make a so-called 'trick' trick, if you don't get it right, you can uncover the mystery of the secret room." If not, at least it is a different kind of ruse. ”

"Yes, let's try it! That's it anyway. ”

Uncle Ding didn't insist anymore, and ordered the guards to put the tables and other things back in their places, and the tools back to the toolbox.

Taking advantage of this free time, I removed the wooden frames from the two mirrors that I had brought from the Blade Room and placed them in a horizontal row in the middle of the wooden table (between the front and back legs). Although the top and bottom can't be stuck, at least once you leave your hand, the mirror won't fall down.

According to Li Yuanfeng's instructions, the guards turned off the lights.

Li Yuanfeng stood at the door, the lamp in his hand was the only light source to illuminate the room.

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"What?"

When I asked, Li Yuanfeng was not discouraged and said: "It can be said that half of it is successful, and half of it is defeated." With the help of a mirror, the image can cover the other end of the table, but if you look closely, you can still see the small stone pit on the ground, which is not possible. ”

It's exactly what it says. The two mirrors under the table can indeed cover the light behind the table, but the room reflected in the mirror is diagonally in front of it, and the appearance is different from the actual appearance of the floor.

"Behold, the light reflected by this lamp is made two in the mirror." Li Yuanfeng gently shook the lamp to the left, right, up and down, and the two mirrors stuck between the front and back table legs were each floating with red light, moving repeatedly and flickering on and off.

"I see." Uncle Ding, who had thick and ugly eyebrows, clasped his hands and said, "Hey, can Da Han try to hide behind the mirror?" ”

I walked around behind the wooden table, got on all fours, got into the table, and moved the ice to the side.

Uncle Ding's laughter sounded, "The effect is good!" "The Great Cold. I can't see it at all! That's a clever trick. However, if Bingjian's feet are not seen in the back, it will be too unnatural, and it seems that this trick still won't work. ”

I slipped out from under the table and stood up.

Li Yuanfeng lit the lamp.

Pat the dirt off your knees.

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Flowers without seeds.

Within time, everything has a motive and everything has a seed. seeds, growth, flowering, accidents, or wilting. It doesn't matter. Know this all the time.

No time, no motivation. There are no seeds. Unattainable. Will not arrive.

Descend here.

Wait for this to be deep and far.

It's completely helpless, empty flowers.

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