fourteen

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"When Mrs. Tong was killed, this room was still not exactly a secret room, and someone only used half of the trick."

"What does not exactly mean?"

Li Yuanfeng, who was standing by the window, faced me, "When everyone entered this room for the first time, the window was not closed. ”

"What?" Uncle Ding raised his eyebrows, and his wide eyes seemed to burst out.

"Try to think about it. At that time, everyone was so shocked by Mrs. Tong's tragic situation that they didn't have time to check if the windows were completely closed........."

Uncle Ding looked surprised, "Yes, indeed." After being frightened by Mrs. Tong's tragic situation, she only paid attention to whether there were any suspicious characters hiding in the room. ”

"Could it be that the murderer escaped through the wall and through the wooden seal of the window?" Mr. Zhang asked in surprise.

"That's pretty much what you can say."

"Wait." Uncle Ding stretched out his hand to interrupt the conversation, "Let's take care of the whole situation!" My lord, what's going on? How did Mrs. Tong get killed? ”

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Zhang Lao Tongtang's brows were furrowed, his eyes looked out of the window through the side of me, and he turned back with an incomprehensible expression, "Is there some kind of mechanism attached to the window?" The window is embedded with a sealing wood, and the interval between the sealing trees is about one palm, and the width is only for the hand to pass through. Even if a living creature with a body as thin as a snake can enter and exit, but outside is the compound of the Wolf King's Place........."

In an instant, these words gave me a not-so-comfortable fantasy.

There is a monster called the "Human Spirit", which transforms into an erratic form of smoke or gas, and can pass through narrow windows embedded with sealed wood. The monster slipped out, spun back to its original form, and climbed onto the steep vertical stone wall.........

Li Yuanfeng stood with his back to the window, looked around, and praised, "It's really clear." Yes, as Zhang Lao said, outside is the compound of the Wolf King Fang. However, this is the key to unlocking the secret room. If you pay attention, you will find that the secret of the brutality will turn from a story to a simple fact. ”

"I don't understand, sir. Can you be specific? How did the murderer harm Mrs. Tong? How do you escape through the cracks in the window? ”

"Didn't Zhang Beitang just say that if it was a snake, it could go out through this window? Did you think that anything could get out of between the sealed trees? ”

"Something like cloth, drawing paper, rope, etc. If you talk about murder weapons, it may be a thin blade without a handle, or a small scythe, dagger, or something like that. ”

Hearing this, I suddenly opened my mind and couldn't help but high-five, "So this is it!" We were scammed! ”

Uncle Ding couldn't restrain himself, clenched his fists and yelled, "Make it clear!" Is Dafeng the murderer? ”

"However, Mrs. Tong's tragic death is very related to Dafeng." Li Yuanfeng.

"How did that man use the window?"

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Li Yuanfeng walked a few steps away and sent one of the guards away, only to return after about ten breaths.

We took advantage of this time to prepare.

After Li Yuanfeng came back, he immediately walked to the window, opened the window, and looked out from between the sealed trees.

At that moment, something was gently crossing the window. Li Yuanfeng stretched out his hand from between the first and second sealing trees on the left.

The thing floated out of the window again. Li Yuanfeng seemed to be trying to catch the thing.

Pull it in from the timber room.

"What?"

Startled, we looked at what he was doing. It was a red handkerchief, still tied with the white thread used by the tailor.

As we checked what it was, he took the opportunity to pull the white thread into the room. There were several feet of white thread entering the room, and one end of the rope was removed from the thin white thread, and two loops about an inch and a half long were still wrapped around the tip of the white thread with iron wire.

Under everyone's intently watchful gaze, Li Yuanfeng pulled two more feet of wire in. I don't know where the wire came from, but since it was pulled in from the wall outside the workshop, it must be quite long.

"That thing is the murder weapon that killed Mrs. Tong?"

After Li Yuanfeng made everyone see the wire loop at the front end of the white line, he cut the wire and threw it to the ground, "Da Han, help, make two lines of about two feet." ”

"Yes." I hurriedly picked up the thread on the ground and did as I was told.

He tied the white wire to the iron nail on the roof, took out the dagger, and made the white wire and the round handle at the end of the dagger into a loop, and at the same time the wire loop was put into the white wire loop.

Li Yuanfeng explained to Uncle Ding, "The white line is a substitute, and the murderer should use a solid line such as a fishing line." When Mrs. Tong was killed, the murderer prepared an iron coil outside the window in advance, and when it hung near the window, he reached out and grabbed it. The murderer has plenty of time. I think that when Lu Lawyer was in Mrs. Tong's room, the murder weapon was already hanging out of the window with something like a fishing line. ”

"Where's the other end of the white line?" Uncle Ding approached the window and rolled his eyes to look up, "Is it in the room above, on the third floor?" ”

"It's not. The other end is somewhere outside the fang, from where it is connected. ”

"Outside? Why from there? ”

"Why? There is a concave stone over there, which is the binding point of the line. This rope is tied to the concave stone, leaving a light white mark. ”

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"Alright, everyone stay away!" Li Yuanfeng issued this order.

After confirming that we had all retreated to the door in a panic, Li Yuanfeng pulled the white line hard, and Xuan Ye immediately retreated to the door.

Then I heard a soothing murmur like a snake spitting out a letter.

The next moment.

The white line is broken, and the dagger is weightless and stabbed on the couch.

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Just when we were still not able to figure out the situation, the white line rushed out of the window, and the window made the sound of the window closing instantly, and the surroundings suddenly became dark.

Before you know it, it all came to an end.

The sight of the dagger falling from the sky and piercing into the couch, and the shadow of the blade falling from above in the light of the firelight was truly impressive.

Everyone stared blankly.

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Half a day.

Li Yuanfeng opened the shutters, and the room immediately became bright, "As you can see, after the ring of the white line and the handle of the dagger was broken by the wire loop, it fell down and stabbed Mrs. Tong on the couch. Twist and pull the white wire after the wire loop, and you can go out through the window......... Or the wire ring is stained with red stains, and there are also marks on the sealing wood outside the window........."

"Even if there is a small section of wire that is still left on the roof nail, you just need to get rid of it as soon as possible when everyone is not looking."

Uncle Ding swallowed, "If it's a wire, can it pass through so quickly?" ”

"It's fast and doesn't leave a mark. In particular, the place where the white line passes through is like this, between the sealing woods, whether it is the white line or the wire loop, it will not touch the window edge. Moreover, the sealing wood is very dirty, even if there are bumps and bump marks, it is difficult to find! ”

“……… The injury on Mrs. Tong's face was caused by Dafeng. ”

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Zhang Lao Escort hurriedly leaned his face closer to the window, "That is to say, what I saw just now was the result of people outside the square pulling the murder weapon?" ”

"Yes." Li Yuanfeng nodded.

"What happened to the scream that Mrs. Tong let out when she died? Dafeng can't have an alibi, right? ”

"I think that scream should be inferred like the Great Cold. Someone who sees this from the room on the left or right can scream in an instant after the murder weapon flies out of the adjacent room. If you are using a mirror, you can peek inside the vat room through the iron rods in the windows of the vat room. ”

"The Lei clan and the subordinate Dafeng are accomplices?"

"Probably. The accomplices may be hiding in the neighborhoods of No. 1, No. 2, No. 4, etc., but there is no clear evidence. I can't figure out that the room over there is closer to the concave stone outside the workshop, and it is easy to see the white line connecting the murder weapon. ”

Uncle Ding: "Who's pulling the thread?" That guy must be Dafeng's accomplice. ”

"Without evidence, I can't judge."

"Oh........."

"At that time, although the scene was full of red traces, the murderer was not in the room at the moment of the crime, and he would not leave footprints or traces of existence."

Zhang Lao held his chin, "So that's it." He had to receive Dafeng's code before he could pull the line, even if he acted later, it didn't matter, so that he could have enough time to get out of the room, lock the door, and meet each other. ”

"That's it."

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Everyone went to the concave stone outside the workshop. The guards of the governor's mansion who helped Li Yuanfeng arrange the organs, as well as one of Bei Zhen's entourage, were all there.

The ground nearby was littered with white wire, rope, wire, and other things.

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A cold breeze blew in through the frame-like window. We looked out the window into the woods.

"The concave stone outside the workshop connected to the iron nails outside the third floor, and the hanging thread and handkerchief......... Is it the wind? I asked Li Yuanfeng.

"Wind, yes. Take advantage of the sweeping wind and send the murder weapon into the window. In the lawyer's book, there are references to things like valleys and winds. As now, the wind always blows from east to west. ”

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The next person came to inform him that lunch was ready, and he was originally expected to go to the cellar to investigate the case of Laimo, but it had to be postponed.

Immersed in this, we don't even know that it's time to eat.

Bei Zhen was at the big dinner table, but he was busy with his errands, and after only a few words, he left.

We were anxious to continue our inquiry, and after a hurried meal, we went to the cellar.

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"This cellar of the Wolf King Fang and the two rooms in it can't detect any red traces, right?" Li Yuanfeng looked around at the narrow corner full of mold and dust, and confirmed it with Uncle Ding.

"Yes, not at all." The guards crossed their hands, pouted, and nodded loudly.

The scene of the murder was at the wooden door in the corner of the large cellar.

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The wooden door opens and there are two rooms inside. The room where the horrific corpse was displayed was on the right, and the room on the left was for the other victims. This is the place where Lu Lawyer was attacked by the old man Lei Lai.

Except for Li Yuanfeng and Uncle Ding, everyone else carried lamps in their hands, and each carefully illuminated the low, musty room with a high overhead board. A heavy dimness clings to the walls and every corner.

The two rooms were half the size of a large cellar, windowless, and surrounded only by thick stone walls.

When Li Yuanfeng carefully inspected the two rooms, Zhang Lao asked him: "My lord, even so, I still don't understand some things. ”

"Don't understand what?" Li Yuanfeng turned around.

"After Lu Lawyer returned from Nuwa Cave, it was here that he found the corpse covering his face. Let's deduce that the body was a courtier named Timmi, but why was he killed here? And why did the corpse disappear? Where exactly? Is it around here? ”

Li Yuanfeng walked to the center of the room, "According to the records of the lawyer Lu, before that person was killed, he had a fight to the death with the person of the Grand Butler Rego......... I don't know if the murderer was going to kill him from the beginning, but judging from the fact that Ding Mi and Guan Yuan disappeared from the He'an ticket number one after another, they should have been imprisoned in the Wolf King Fang! Guan Yuan later tried to escape, but was attacked by wild beasts on the way down the mountain and died, which is the case a few months ago. ”

"It is said that the two of them were taken hostage to the Wolf King Fang. So, they could be locked up in this cellar room? ”

"In Master Lu's book, it is indeed recorded that the incident occurred in the Wolf King Fang." Li Yuanfeng pointed out this, "I don't know why, the owner of the wolf king in the book is not the single housekeeper we are familiar with. ”

Zhang Lao nodded with his cousin, "After Lu Advocate witnessed Ding Mi's face-covering corpse, the corpse was hidden somewhere by the murderer. But maybe as Da Han said, the corpse was actually here all along, but Lu Lawyer was transferred to another wolf king workshop in his sleep. ”

"I think it's possible that Timmi's body could have been moved elsewhere as well.

"Where to move?"

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Li Yuanfeng, "Now, you have to concentrate on thinking about the secret room murder case of Lai Mo." ”

"Ah, yes."

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Uncle Ding stood in the corner of the cellar where Lai Mo's corpse was displayed, and Li Yuanfeng faced him: "Aware of this secret room case, is there anything suspicious?" ”

Uncle Ding was asked like this, held his goatee, and replied in a deep voice, "I didn't think of anything." If the lawyer's bookkeeping is true, it is impossible for the people outside to harm the people who are locked in the cellar, whether it is the overhead board, the walls, or the floor. ”

Li Yuanfeng looked at Uncle Ding, "That's true, this is an important problem. This chamber does not have any monstrous features. The victim was imprisoned in the Great Cellar, and the door and the black wooden door were both old padlocks of Uncle Wang. In addition, the key to unlocking the lock is always on a third party who is not the murderer, and it is impossible for the murderer to use it when committing a crime. ”

"Is the key on Uncle Wang? After the latch was locked with a lock, it was locked with an old padlock from his baggage, or something like that. There are also no spare keys. ”

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Uncle Ding: "The murderer may have stolen the key kept by Uncle Wang when he was not paying attention. hurt Lai Mo, open the door and escape. Spin the key to recovery. ”

"Why don't you try to sort out the whole incident?" I pulled out my notebook and said, "Here's how things went........."

The victim, Lai Mo, was imprisoned in a large cellar by Uncle Wang on the morning of May 27 this year.

The locks on the door of the large cellar and the black wooden door connecting the large cellar and the two rooms belonged to Uncle Wang. He also carries the keys with him.

searched for the missing Mrs. Tong's Lu Advocate and Uncle Wang, and confirmed that Lai Mo was still alive that night.

On the night of the same day, Lu Lawyer informed Lai Mo of the death of Mrs. Tong.

On the morning of May 28, Lu Lawyer, the chief butler of Rego, and his subordinates found Lai Mo tragically dead in the cellar of the earth.

There is nothing abnormal about the door lock, etc., and the key is also on Uncle Wang.

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"That's how it happened."

"But why ruined its face?"

"The purpose of this is generally to prevent the identity of the victim from being revealed." Mr. Zhang explained this suspicion.

"That's right."

Zhang Laotang's hand was against his chin, "Is there any evidence like a wrench that can confirm that the corpse is Laimo?" ”

"Yes. The wrench on the corpse's hand is believed to have come to Mo. ”

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Interval.

Remember that it doesn't matter, repeatedly go around in circles, what exactly do you reach?

Self-deception is everywhere.

kept going, and finally empty-handed.

Go on, have you ever had a time?

Had.

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