Chapter 6: The Beginning of the Affair
In the corridor, while watching everyone rush out of the room one by one, Wang Xiaoshan recalled everyone's reactions when they were discussing in the hall just now.
The first to rush out of the room was the eldest brother Zhang Zhigao, who barely spoke when he was gathered in the hall just now, he just listened carefully to the opinions of all parties, and then at the last time, as the highest-ranking person in the family, he came to a conclusion about the matters discussed. It feels like the emperor is going to court, and when the courtiers are all done arguing, he finally makes a decision. Moreover, he spoke softly, and made proper arrangements for the accommodation of several foreign guests who were not from his own family, and showed enough courtesy.
But he was the first to burst out of the room, and it seemed that his heart was not as calm as he seemed on the surface. I guess I haven't slept well all the time, and I rushed out as soon as I heard the screams. Clothes and shoes are neatly dressed, and they may not even have slept at all, waiting in the room for what might happen.
When Zhang Zhigao rushed out of the room, his wife Liang Fangmei held on to the door and looked worriedly in the direction of Zhang Zhigao's departure, but she did not catch up.
Wang Xiaoshan originally guessed that in addition to the police uncle, it should be the families of the ancient castle family who reacted the fastest, but she didn't expect that it was actually two outsiders Huang Ziyang and Li Manfan who ran out next. Li Manfan ran behind, his eyebrows furrowed tightly, nervous and worried; Huang Ziyang ran in front, but his nervous expression revealed a little excitement.
When these two uncles and nephews were in the hall just now, it made people feel very strange, ordinary tourists should be very panicked when they encounter this kind of thing, this is a homicide case, even the Li policeman is very nervous, but Huang Ziyang is still a little excited.
But Huang Ziyang just mentioned a special clue, that is, the totem, according to what he said, this castle once had a legend about this totem.
Legend has it that by sacrificing five sacrifices in this castle, the Dark Demon can summon a Dark God, who can grant one of the summoners' wishes. And the five sacrifices are actually five human lives, and the totem is a symbol of the sacrifice. In addition, these five sacrifices had to be sacrificed in five fixed places, namely the four gates of the castle, the south, south, and north, and the central tower of the castle.
Huang Ziyang proposed that the murderer wanted to summon the dark demon god, firstly because of the totem, and secondly because the murderer threw his body in front of the south gate. Originally, the corpse could be disposed of casually, why did you choose the South Gate, it must meet the conditions for sacrifice, the South Gate is a gate open to the outside world, and it is the most difficult to deal with. The other three gates are rarely opened, and they are rarely used by their own families, so it is easier to wait for a time when no one is around. Even fewer people went to the central tower, which was a place that had been abandoned for many years.
Immediately afterwards, the door of Zhang Zhifeng, who had died, opened, and it was his eldest son Zhang Dafeng who came out. Zhang Dafeng didn't seem to have any intention of leaving the room, he just walked out of the door and looked in the direction where the scream came from just now.
"Zhifeng!" Suddenly, the screams of Zhang Zhifeng's wife, Li Min, came from the room, and Zhang Dafeng hurriedly ran back to his mother's side in the room.
Zhang Dafeng and Zhang Xiaofeng, the two brothers, have always loved their mother, and basically didn't pay much attention to other people when they were in the hall just now, but they have been comforting their mother, as if they didn't particularly care about their father's death.
At this time, Zhang Zhigao's son Zhang Man and Zhang Zhifeng's youngest son Zhang Xiaofeng also ran out of their rooms one after another, and they both ran to their mother's room.
Zhang Man is obviously the most mature and stable one of the younger generations in this family, when he was in the hall just now, he knew that there were elders, basically he spoke only when someone asked, and it could be seen that he was more caring for the other younger brothers and sisters in the family, and Zhang Xian, who seemed a little introverted, was also closest to Zhang Man, it should be out of trust.
Liang Fangmei's side was relatively calm, and Wang Xiaoshan didn't hear any big movement when she got closer. It was a little noisy on Li Min's side, Li Min was sitting on the bed, as if he had just been frightened, and his eyes were dull and leaning on Zhang Dafeng's shoulder. Zhang Xiaofeng didn't close the door when he went in just now, and Wang Xiaoshan, who was standing at the door, vaguely heard Li Min repeating constantly: "Don't kill me, don't kill me......"
The last person to rush up from downstairs was the policeman Li Chengjian, and when everyone went to rest just now, he went to the basement to do an autopsy where the body was parked, saying that he wanted to find out the cause of death. The basement is far away, and only a trained police officer can get here so quickly.
When Li Chengjian ran, he glanced back at Wang Xiaoshan, because the instinct of the police made him feel that a pair of cold eyes were staring at him. But he didn't stop and continued to run in the direction where the screams came from.
Wang Xiaoshan couldn't wait for the third eldest Zhang Zhipeng and the fourth daughter's Zhang Xian to appear, and the doors of these two people were closed tightly and did not move. She decided to get closer to the two rooms to check on the situation, and it stands to reason that everyone should have heard such a big commotion.
Before I walked to Zhang Zhipeng's door, I heard Zhang Zhipeng's roar in the room, and I couldn't hear what he was shouting, but I could hear the fear in the roar, probably scared. When Huang Ziyang, who was in the hall just now, mentioned the Dark Demon God, Zhang Zhipeng behaved a little abnormally. Although he has been loudly refuting Huang Ziyang's nonsense, if he doesn't believe that this legend can be laughed at and ignored, he doesn't have to pay attention to it at all, and refuting it so excitedly makes people feel that things are not so simple.
still has the strength to yell, at least it means that he is not dead, Wang Xiaoshan decided not to pay attention to Zhang Zhipeng anymore, and walked to Zhang Xian's room next to him.
In contrast to Zhang Zhipeng's room, Zhang Xian's room was unusually quiet, seemingly completely unaffected by the hustle and bustle outside.
Strictly speaking, this is not Zhang Xian's room, this is her mother Yang Huilan's room. said that it was to take care of his comatose mother, and he often stayed here, and such a big thing happened today, Zhang Quan must also be here.
In retrospect, Zhang Xian is the most low-key person in the family, and everyone has not said a word when discussing in the hall, only seems to have something to say to his cousin Zhang Man.
But according to the previous commissioned investigation, Zhang Xian should be the most important person in this ancient castle, because she is the only legal heir of this ancient castle.
Although the task entrusted at the time was a low-risk task such as "finding a lost diamond necklace", no matter how simple the task, it was necessary for the task and the client's background check.
In Detective X's file, each member has a "skill", "skill" refers to a particularly strong ability or field of expertise, and Wang Xiaoshan's "skill" is "memory". Keeping an eye on everything she encounters, her brain is like a storage device with infinite space, ready to retrieve the information she needs from her memory.
The room was unusually quiet, Wang Xiaoshan guessed all kinds of possibilities, could it be that the murderer had already targeted Zhang Xian, and Zhang Xian had been killed? Wang Xiaoshan decided to knock on the door, before knocking on the door, her brain was running at high speed, she was combing through the information about Zhang Xian one by one, after all, the beginning of all this was when she submitted the task of finding "Star Tears" to Detective X.