Chapter 385 Reasoning: The Night Before the Truth Twenty-Three
After everything on the floor was paved, Liu Qiaopu continued to shout upstairs: "Spread it thicker." ”
Although Mei Xiaoxiao thought that it was enough, for the sake of everyone's safety, she still went to the room in the blue tower with Shan Mingze and brought out a lot of bedding and pillows. But what I didn't expect was that the first person to come down was not a person, but a large box.
Liu Qiaopu shouted: "Get out of the way!" Get out of the way! He pushed the box down with all his might.
The box that could hold a person slammed underneath, and after the vibration, what sound seemed to come from inside? But it was quiet again.
"Tiny, don't open the box, move it aside." Yanagihashi Pu ordered.
Mei Xiaoxiao and Shan Mingze immediately moved the box to a place where they couldn't bump into it, and then said, "Teacher, now you can jump down!" ”
"Yan Muheng, you go first." Liu Qiao Pu said.
Yan Muheng didn't refute, because in less than half a minute, he was lying on top of the mess below, and he didn't look elegant at all.
"Ahem...... cough cough cough ...... Damn, it hurts! ”
"Well deserved! Let you have a bad idea! Mei Xiao cursed, stood on the side and ignored him, and let him get up by himself. Shan Mingze stretched out his hand to help.
Next, the person who jumped down was terrifying, this time a little bit took a hand, after all, terrifying is a woman, so high jumping down, even if there is a cushion, the impact is not small, when you get up, someone will be on the side to help it will be much better.
Next is Yu Cha, Mei Xiaoxiao saw him come down, and finally solved a problem in his heart, after helping the old man aside, Grandma Tang and Yaya immediately happily surrounded him, up and down and left to check whether Yu Cha was injured, for them, Yu Cha is now a relative.
The last one to come down was Liu Qiaopu, although he was old, he still had some skills when he was young, and when he came down, he didn't lie on the ground directly like others, of course, Xie Yunmeng also rushed over to help.
Mei Xiaoxiao asked, "Is there anyone else upstairs?" ”
Xie Yunmeng looked around and said, "Liu Hang, didn't they come down?" They would have come out of the other way a long time ago! ”
"Which passage did they take?" Shan Mingze asked.
"It's the path to the tower's secret passage."
Hearing Xie Yunmeng's answer, Shan Mingze thought that the blue tower had just been entered by them, and there was no way for the room over there to be directly connected to the secret passage, that is to say, even if the rest of the people came out of the secret passage of the tower, they must have entered the brown tower.
Shan Mingze said: "Officer Xie, are you sure they came out?" ”
"It should be."
"Then it must be in the brown tower, or we will go over and see it together, and there will be no point in staying here."
"Yes." Liu Qiaopu replied,
Wen Yuya had fallen into fear again and couldn't extricate herself, her state of madness was exactly the same as yesterday, as soon as Mei Xiaoxiao or Shan Mingze approached, she would immediately scream, as if they were the murderers, Mei Xiaoxiao couldn't understand why things had turned out like this?
She didn't realize that it was because of the mistakes in her words that Wen Yuya's condition had deteriorated. But it's too late to say these things now, and the small words can't be said to be the root cause, the root cause is that Yan Muheng's change has caused Wen Yuya to be affected, which also proves that there must be some relationship between Yan Muheng and Wen Yuya, but it is too hidden and no one has discovered it yet.
Mei Xiaoxiao and Shan Mingze retreated to the door of the room, and they had no better way at present, in order not to let Wen Yuya be more frightened, they could only let her stay in the room alone for the time being, and then make plans after discussion.
Mei Xiaoxiao closed the door with his hand, and Shan Mingze behind him asked, "What should we do now?" It is estimated that Aunt Wen's exclamation has been heard by the people upstairs, and they may come down soon to see what is going on. ”
"I can't care so much now, even if they come down to watch, they will only help, with Xiao Yao and me by my side, Yan Muheng can't do anything unfavorable. It's just that the original plan will be ruined! "It's small.
"What's your overall plan? I know that you are asking us to help on the surface, but in fact, you want to test my past with Aunt Wen. In fact, I don't think you need to test my past again, because aren't all the investigations clear at the bottom of the mountain? I am a man who eats soft rice next to Xixi, and only feelings are real. I don't think you will believe this too much, Sissy is now sure that she doesn't love me. And I'm still just here to protect Sissy. Shan Mingze said.
"Then why don't you ask to act with Sissy?" Mei Xiaoxiao looked back at him with a serious face.
Shan Mingze continued: "It's not that I don't ask for it, Xixi's trust in me is almost equal to 0 now, his aunt is dead, and she died so miserably, he may think that I did it, so it's a good thing not to be by her side, at least it can make her less frightened!" Besides, didn't you imprison me for this purpose in the first place? ”
"That's true, but don't you really have any other ideas? You're going to let Sissy misunderstand you like this? ”
"Instead of wasting time here, you might as well go and come back quickly, Yaya and my granddaughter will leave it to you, and when you settle them down and make sure that there is no danger in the house, you can come back and find a way to save me!"
Although Yu Qia's words made some sense, Xie Yunmeng didn't think so, he said: "What you are looking for is not a sealed wall, the gap between them is very small, but if the murderer wants to kill you from the outside, he can still do it!" He doesn't need to go inside, and you're trapped there, and there's no turning back if you're in danger. If I leave now, I am not responsible for your life. ”
"Officer Xie is right," Tang Meiya continued, "I can't let you stay here alone, either we leave together, or I stay with you, if you don't want me to accompany you to be discovered by the murderer, then you can quickly help find out if there is an entrance or exit inside, and don't talk so much nonsense." ”
Yu Cha was speechless by the two people for a moment, he paused for a moment, as if he wanted to try to hold his body up, but the pain in his chest made him sit back in place, Yu Cha said: "I seem to have hit the ribs just now, I don't know if the bones are injured, and now it hurts when I move." ”
"What are we going to do? Little Meng? Tang Meiya immediately turned her head and asked Xie Yunmeng, with a deep worry in his eyes, hoping that Mr. Criminal Police could come up with some good way. But Xie Yunmeng obviously didn't let her get her wish, just stood there frowning and thinking about countermeasures, unable to answer Tang Meiya's question for a while.
But fortunately, they no longer had to worry about whether to go back to the main house first, or to save Yu Cha first, because a small voice came from the other side of the rocky cave: "Xiao Meng, are you here?" Mei Xiaoxiao knew in advance that Xie Yunmeng was going to take Tang Meiya here to confirm the body, and she estimated that Xie Yunmeng might still be in the basement or in the rock cave at this time, so she would come over alone.
Xie Yunmeng immediately responded when he heard the voice: "Xiaoxiao, I'm here, you wait a minute, I'll go over to find you immediately." ”
Shan Mingze waited until Mei Xiaoxiao left, and then returned to the room, he was very careful not to scare Wen Yuya, but shrank into the corner of the room, trying to make himself look inconspicuous. Shan Mingze decided that no matter what, before Mei Xiaoxiao came back, he wanted to take care of this room and not let a third person enter.
He hoped that Yan Muheng and Yun Yeyao would not find them, although Mei Xiao had him and Yun Yeyao there, Yan Muheng would not do anything unfavorable, but Shan Mingze always felt that Yan Muheng needed to maintain enough jealousy, especially when he saw Yan Muheng's eyes like jackals just now, Shan Mingze felt shuddered.
What is the true identity of Yan Muheng? Shan Mingze has been speculating since last night that Shan Mingze had switched identities with a certain person yesterday, that is to say, without the criminal police noticing, Shan Mingze left the room for a long time, what did he do? And for what purpose? Shan Mingze never told the truth to the investigators.
It's not that I don't want to say it, but I can't say that Shan Mingze came here just to make Xixi happy. When Liu Hang met Xixi in the hotel, Shan Mingze also saw it, he knew a long time ago that Xixi didn't love him, and he didn't expect that over time, he would fall in love with the little girl who didn't care at the beginning like he loved life.
So Shan Mingze must make Xixi happy, his plan is to let Xixi see the true face of a person thoroughly, and then help the criminal police find out the truth of the homicide under the mountain, even if someone he imagines is not the real murderer, but just by using Xixi's feelings, Shan Mingze also wants to blame him. It doesn't matter what she does, even if Xixi still doesn't choose herself in the end, it is much better to send her into Liu Hang's arms than to let her still be immersed in deceitful love.
Therefore, it is impossible for Shan Mingze's thoughts to let the criminal police know that no matter how deeply he is questioned, he can only rot in his stomach, continue to contribute to the development of the incident, and find an opportunity to deal with the man who deceived Xixi, Shan Mingze knows the true identity of that man very well in his heart. But what he doesn't know is that Yanagihashi Pu and Yun Yeyao have set a noose for the person who deceived Xixi, and that person can't escape the blame no matter what.
Regardless of what decision Shan Mingze will make for the time being? When will he tell the truth to the criminal police, the most important thing now is the actions of Liu Qiao Pu and Yun Yeyao, and what kind of secrets will be brought in the future.
"If Mr. Butler hadn't died, you wouldn't have chosen to tell us the truth, would you?"
"Maybe! I'm not sure myself, but I think if you ask, as long as Mr. Butler isn't there, I'll probably tell you about it, because I didn't want to hold it to myself for a long time. ”
"Oh, I understand now." Jockley leaned his back against the wall and said relaxedly.
Horror turned to him and asked, "I've said so much, shouldn't you tell me who you are?" Are you a police officer? ”
"No, I'm just a witness to a murder. At that time, I saw a man and a woman on the side of the corpse, the woman was covered in blood, and she was still holding a murder weapon in her hand, and the man was comforting her, I thought at first that the two of them had killed the victim, so I did not hesitate to call the police, but later after the woman was taken away by the police, I found that the man did not run away, but was still looking for something at the scene of the murder. ”
"And then?"
"Later, the three of us went to the police station, and the person who questioned us was Officer Xie, and I told him everything I saw, and I also told him about my suspicions, and I didn't expect that they would ask me to come here to help, let alone that there would be a series of terrorist murders here."
"Who the hell is the man and the woman next to the corpse?" Horror asked.
Jokley looked at her and shook his head and said, "I can't tell you this because it involves homicide and privacy, I'm sorry." ”
"It doesn't matter, the case that the police want to handle can't be inquired about casually, I understand this truth." Despite this, the terrifying expression still looked very depressed.
Qiao Keli sat up straight and comforted her: "Grandpa Liu asked me to protect you, don't worry, we are safe here now." ”
"Thank you."
Receiving the little girl's thanks, Qiao Keli opened his mouth and smiled, his dark face with prominent cheekbones was really flattering, but at this moment, looking at the little horror's eyes, she suddenly felt that it was not so ugly, and there was a little bit of cuteness, maybe it was because the horror had not been dependent on a man for a long time, this feeling of dependence can really turn decay into magic!
The transformation of space was completely unexpected by all, and they quickly entered a spacious place, but it was very different from what they had imagined.
In the imagination of the nine people, the space they are now in should be above the dining room or kitchen in the main house, and it should be a large boxy room, but in fact this huge space is hexagonal, and there are three doors installed on each of the six walls.
Depending on where they entered, there could be three rooms behind those three doors, and perhaps one of them was a stairwell leading to the third floor. Because from the perspective of the internal and external structure of the entire main house, only the opposite side of the door directly in front of it may have a larger space, and there is not much space opposite the two doors on the left and right.
Liu Qiaopu was the last to enter here, and he closed the entrance and exit that he had moved when he entered, it was not a door, it could only be regarded as a movable wall, connected to the wooden plank wall that had been controlled by the horror just now, and restrained each other.
After seeing the situation inside, Liu Qiao Pu was also pondering, and behind the door in front of him, it should be the location of the living room study and the hostess's room, but due to the particularity of the location of the study, Liu Qiao Pu thought that it would also involve a part of the brown tower, and perhaps the secret passage with the brown tower was also connected.
The space behind the doors on the left and right is too small, and Yanagihashi Pu estimates that the hexagonal room they are in now occupies most of the dining room and kitchen, so that means that there are only two narrow spaces like corridors left behind the left and right doors, maybe both of which lead to the stairwell on the third floor?
If the third floor is divided into two separate parts, then two stairwells are indeed needed, but if the space on the third floor is a single block, then one stairwell will be enough, anyway, I haven't seen it, and no one knows what it looks like. Yanagihashi Pu is not going to speculate too much here.
He counted the number of people in the hexagonal room, and only the injured Shan Mingze was missing, at this time, because everyone had not seen Shan Mingze since they entered, they also began to whisper, especially a few girls, with frightened and frightened expressions, they all felt that Shan Mingze seemed to have escaped.
Sister Wang quietly squeezed to Liu Qiaopu's side and asked, "Will that Shan Mingze slip away!" If he is a murderer, haven't we fallen for him again? ”
Shaking his head slightly, Yun Yeyao threw away his uneasy mood as much as possible, and glanced back at Yan Muheng on the bed, that person's sleep was very quiet, indicating that his words just now had a role, and it was not enough that Yan Muheng's change was really caused by An Ze's bloodline? Did Anze really have that kind of dream back then?
Yun Yeyao was never sure of the answer to these two things, and for him, what was said in the diary and An Ze's book was more inclined to An Ze's own conjecture, and there were many things that were not true. Especially the high-sounding words in the book.
He had a thought, could An Ze just be a pseudonym, if he had a relationship with a child trafficking syndicate, then these children, including the little girl back then and Shu Xue in the treacherous house now, may not have any blood relationship with An Ze. And why did Anze's wife leave him so resolutely? Don't you just ignore your daughter's feelings at all?
There are too many things to know the answer, Yun Yeyao must have enough factual basis to force those people to tell the truth, so now he can't be afraid, he needs to continue to disguise and continue to stay by Yan Muheng's side to get more clues. Yun Yeyao thought privately that if he paid something equal to Yan Muheng in exchange for trust, it would be worth it.
As the teacher said, what does it matter if a man is there? Anyway, Xiao Meng's heart is not on him. However, if Yun Yeyao's thoughts at this moment were known to Xie Yunmeng, it is estimated that Mr. Criminal Police would really ignore him.
Of course, the above is just a small joke, and Yun Yeyao is not a person who does not know how to protect himself. He quickly focused his thoughts on the interior of the room again, and opened every drawer lightly, Yun Yeyao rummaged through the room where he had never entered, hoping to find the rest of An Ze's diaries, that is, those that were hidden by the mysterious person, Yun Yeyao believed that before Xie Yunmeng got the diary, someone must have torn off the key parts of the diary in advance.
The worst outcome was that the torn parts had been destroyed, and if they were lucky, those things should be hidden somewhere they hadn't entered yet, such as the room that Yan Muheng had brought him into.
The darkness limited the range of Yun Yeyao's vision, and his farsightedness could not be used to its advantage at all, so he could only get his head as close as possible in order to see the contents of the drawer.
The downtown area is like a spice that makes the little girl feel cheerful, everything is fresh, especially for a girl who does not have many opportunities to go out, it is full of temptation.
The bouncing girl is only 13 years old, and her grandmother always says that strong boys are the targets of traffickers, and that nothing will happen to her, a useless girl. Although grandma's words are patriarchal, the simple little girl won't think much about it, and besides, her grandmother usually doesn't do it too obviously, and it's good to the little girl.
Just like if the brother has a piece of sugar, she will inevitably have a biscuit, although the biscuit is not as delicious as sugar, but for the little girl's heart, she is still content.
This year, my mother, who came back from other places, made new clothes for both siblings, and my mother has always worked hard and is as busy as my father, but she still does not forget to take care of them. My brother made a new set of clothes, because my grandmother said that boys should go out to be decent and decent, and her new clothes were an embroidered cotton jacket and a red bow, although it didn't look as high-class as my brother, but it was already very beautiful.
As she walked, the little girl's white hand reached into the pocket of her coat, where there was a brand new hundred dollars. Because she has grown up and is sensible, she got the New Year's money from her grandmother for the first time this year, and one hundred yuan is an astronomical amount for her, and the little girl who has never spent money does not know what to buy.
On the bunks in the downtown area, everything is worth buying in her eyes, especially those hairpins and brooches that can be purchased for a few dollars, which attract the attention of the little girl the most.
A 13-year-old girl's afternoon, especially the afternoon of a happy girl who has just gotten the New Year's money and wears new clothes, is so comfortable, as if there is endless energy, the cold has already become a matter of inadequacy, although the little hands in her pockets are red from the cold, but she still tightly pinched the hundred yuan, like a stove in the palm of her hand, making her feel that the world has become warm, because it is not only money, but also the first gift that grandma gave her.
Liu Qiaopu was trying to open the first door facing them at the moment, the door was not locked, and after opening a crack, he was surprised to find that someone was hanging a chain inside, a short and thin iron chain, so that the door was no different from being locked, because no one wanted to reach through such a thin gap, or pick the chain open.
Yanagihashi checked the crack in the door, and there was a curved hook at one end of the chain, and the top of the hook and the hollow part of the chain were tightly fastened, and if you didn't pull them apart with your hands, there was no way to take the chain.
The old man stretched out a finger and touched it carefully, the top of the chain was clean, not to mention rust, not even a little dust.
He looked back and said, "There must be someone inside, maybe the hostess, because the chain is smooth and has no rust stains, and it should be used by someone often." ”
"I don't think it will be hung up after Shan Mingze went in!" Qin Sen suddenly interjected and said, "Shan Mingze chose to disappear at this time, didn't he want to enter inside first and then stop us from entering?" Qin Sen's words had some truth, but Liu Qiaopu didn't say anything about it, and he didn't seem to be willing to mention the injured Shan Mingze. This made everyone present very puzzled.