Chapter 400 Reasoning: Night Before the Truth Thirty-Eight
This person is Xixi, who was frostbitten before and was almost wrongfully accused of being a murderer, in Xixi's thinking at this moment, the scar-faced man in front of him is Mr. Criminal Police, that's right! The scar-faced man himself told Xixi that his name was Xie Yunmeng and he was a criminal policeman, and Xiao Mei, who had saved Xixi's life just now, also said the same, so now Xixi is convinced of the man's identity.
Seeing the scar-faced man coming out of the basement, Cissy hurriedly greeted him, and she said, "Mr. Detective, how is the house?" Is he okay? "The person Xixi said in his mouth was someone who was with Liu Qiaopu.
"It's okay for the time being, they don't know that there was a homicide, and they are currently playing in the entertainment room on the first floor of the main house, and they are probably going to stay up late today, don't worry! I'll do my best to find out about it, and I won't tell them about it, especially the person you're talking about. ”
The scar-faced man obviously lied, but he didn't change his face and his heart didn't beat, he walked over and took Xixi's hand and continued: "It's okay, don't keep running to the house, although I said you could find me in the ruins, but if you keep coming out, you may be discovered by those people, in case the murderer sees it, and the family that took you in will also be in danger, you know?" ”
"I see, Mr. Detective, I'll go back with you now." After Xixi finished speaking, he obediently followed the scar-faced man and walked towards the side of the main house, where he was directly opposite, which was the family that opened the grocery store, it turned out that the scar-faced man and Xixi had been staying in the grocery store before, and the store had been informed in advance that there was a criminal police who would investigate the case in the surrounding area, so he was very cooperative with all the requirements of the scar-faced man.
On the way, Cissy kept asking about someone in the Scarface Man's house, this person was the man who had been to her room before, and Cissy was most concerned about this person's safety since she came out until now.
The little girl's questions Scarface Man patiently answered them one by one, but out of ten sentences, nine of them were lies, and Scarface Man was not prepared to let Xixi know the truth at all, nor did he take this little girl seriously, maybe he was brewing in his heart how to continue to deal with those people in the house? As long as Sissy doesn't sabotage his plans, there shouldn't be any danger at the moment.
Sissy's unconditional trust seems to have made Scarface much easier than before, and he sends Sisy back to the grocery store through the back door, and when the owner locks the door, Scarface doesn't forget to bury the footprints in the snow. Before, he also used this hand to confuse Mr. Detective and Mr. Actor who came out to explore the traces of the boss lady.
There was no answer, only the sound of constantly kicking the plank, Xiao Xiao was on the fire at the moment, and he didn't have the patience to go to the bar to see what was going on, and besides, there was a danger of being attacked when he went in.
So she rushed to the front of the bar, and directly kicked the wooden baffle below with full strength, which was much more powerful than the people inside, and directly kicked the wooden baffle out of a crack. And even in the case of a small foot injury. If there were no injuries, the results of the wooden baffle would of course be even worse.
Seeing that the plank under the bar was not kicked, Xiaoxiao immediately turned around and made up for it with his left foot, this time the plank was completely reimbursed, and a hole was kicked out in the middle, and looking inside from the hole, a girl who was tied by a rope was lying face to the side lying inside. Mei Xiaoxiao took a closer look at her face, and it was actually Wen Manman!
It turned out that the lower part of the bar was a cabinet, and Wen Manman was tied to the cabinet for an unknown amount of time. This is so shocking and strange!! Until seven or eight o'clock in the evening, Yanagihashi Pu and all the others were still in the restaurant and recreation room.
After eight o'clock, Liu Qiaopu took everyone to Meng Qi'er's room to find her, at this time Wen Manman should have died in Meng Qi'er's room, until Liu Qiaopu and Xie Yunmeng met up, and left Meng Qi'er's room again, the body was lying in the room and no one had moved, and everyone who saw the corpse was sure that she was Wen Manman.
And when Mei Xiaoxiao rescued Lian Fan at this moment and returned to the first floor of the main house, it hadn't been long since those people in the blue tower should have left Meng Qi'er's room, what the hell was going on? If Liu Qiaopu and Xie Yunmeng knew, they would probably have a headache again.
However, Mei Xiaoxiao still didn't know what happened in the Blue Tower, including the deaths of Meng Qier and Wen Manman, so she thought that someone must have attacked the survivors here in the main house, which would cause these people to be forced to disperse, and she turned to the bar and took Wen Manman, who was almost scared to death, to the sofa in the dining room.
After untying the little girl and letting her lie down comfortably, Mei Xiaoxiao asked, "Manman, can you still speak?" ”
“…… Not! It hurts! Wen Manman was obviously also hit by the two kicks just now, and at this moment, his hands were tightly covering his chest, and he could only let out a painful moan.
I prayed that everything would go well and that I would have a comfortable life, but things didn't start out as rosily as it happened, and my father was frustrated, and even the reporters at the tabloid newspaper felt that his story was not newsworthy, which meant that there was no hope for what was on my father's mind.
During that time, because I was worried about the affairs of my family, my studies became worse, and I was often reprimanded by my father because of this, but I didn't blame him, and I didn't hate that my mother had less and less time to come home.
I think a family needs to be worked by everyone, but only if our efforts are fruitful. Therefore, the father's unreasonable delusions could not make the mother change her mind.
However, my father did not give up under my mother's disappointment and my helplessness, he still waited for me to get out of school every day, accompanied me to do my homework, and then immersed himself in my dreams, becoming more and more self-conscious, and carefully recorded every sentence.
Finally, one day, a man called and asked my father to go on a long trip with him, which was the first time I left my father, and the second year after my mother came to drive us.
My father had done a lot of work to prepare for this, and even brought all his thick notes with him, and if I hadn't had to go to school, he would have taken me with him.
He used the little money left in the bank to kiss me an aunt who took care of the food and daily life, and then left, and when he left, my father said that maybe when he came back this time, he would bring me a surprise.
As for the surprise that my father said, I naturally expected my mother to return, but I later learned that my father's expectations were completely different from mine, and he only hoped that he could become famous, and because of this, I slowly lost that ability after entering the Spiegel House (the predecessor of the Strange House).
The wait was always long, and while I was expecting my father's surprise, I managed to contact my mother and inform her that my father had finally been appreciated. However, my mother never wanted to talk to me about my father, so I had to give up.
The turning point in our family really came after the return of my father, who came back with a proud face and only told me one thing, that is, he succeeded, and we can have no worries about food and clothing in the future. I reluctantly expressed joy at this, but for the first time, my father avoided what I cared about.
In the middle of the night, Terror woke up from Sister Wang's arms, and she was not surprised, because she still retained the memory of the housekeeper's death, very clearly.
The death of the butler was a blow to the horror that cannot be described in words, like the loss of the only person with whom he could talk to him.
Ever since she came to this treacherous house, the days that accompanied her mistress were boring and boring, but there were also things that Terrorist liked, that is, books and pianos, and for these things left by her old master, the hostess had always been generous to Terror, and never restricted her from using them.
Terror is also very grateful for this, later, Sister Wang came to this house, Terror seems to have a special feeling for her, speaking of which, at that time, Terror was already sensible, and Sister Wang's daughter is not the same age, but she still won the attention of this foreign woman.
Perhaps it was the same loneliness of two people that gave them the care of each other.
Sister Wang takes care of the horror more than the cook, since entering this house, her main job is to clean and receive guests, although there are no guests in the house all year round, but this work is always to be prepared.
Like this time, didn't eighteen people come at once? So, Sister Wang got busy.
Horror lay there, forcing herself to think about something completely unrelated to the murder, forcing herself not to remember the butler's frozen face.
'Alas! Sighing in her heart, she didn't want to wake up Sister Wang, who was leaning on her sleep, this little girl had never experienced the warmth of her mother, and she hoped to stay in Sister Wang's arms for a while.
"Horror, are you awake?" This is so cautious or woke up Sister Wang, she opened her sleepy eyes slightly, looked at the horror in her arms and said.
At night, no matter how light the words are, they always feel very loud in the ears, and the horror who has not concentrated is startled by Sister Wang's sudden questioning.
Sister Wang didn't mind, and continued to ask Xiao Horror: "Do you want to lie down in the bed?" Although there are a lot of people in this room now, I specially left you a quilt. ”
The policewoman took a few steps forward, leaned down to take a closer look at the deformed head, although the surface was swollen and bruised, but her facial features could still see Wen Manman's appearance, and she turned her head to look at her boyfriend like a small machine, her face at the moment was the same as Xie Yunmeng.
"Do you think that the Venmanman in the restaurant just now was someone else pretending?" Mei Xiaoxiao asked.
"No, I don't know, there's nothing flawed about her appearance, I really can't tell the difference." Xie Yunmeng shook his head and replied to Mei Xiaoxiao in straightforward language.
It could be seen that the criminal police were trying to adjust their state, he didn't wait for his girlfriend to answer, and continued to say to himself: "Just now Xiao Yao and Wen Manman were attacked in a short period of time, one fainted, the other died, when the teacher arrived, the murderer tried to blame the teacher for the incident, and he also killed Meng Qi'er in the secret passage. ”
"I was looking for you in the secret passage, Meng Qi'er suddenly appeared, she was seriously injured at that time, I don't know who attacked her, and the skeleton... Just behind the cook's room, the murderer hid a bow and crossbow behind the skeleton and attacked me, and while I was dodging, he killed Meng Qi'er, but I didn't even see what the murderer looked like, and was almost mistaken for a murderer by everyone......
"Also, Xiao Yao, he was stunned by the murderer, and he was also ......" Xie Yunmeng said this, a pair of fists scarred from slamming the wall inside the secret passage unconsciously clenched.
Seeing him like this, Mei Xiaoxiao couldn't help but chuckle in her heart, and hurriedly asked, "Could it be that Xiao Yao also had an accident?" ”
He ...... The murderer actually ...... No," Xie Yunmeng took a lot of effort to swallow the anger in his heart and continued: "He wasn't injured, he was just stunned. ”
"But that's not right! Wen Manman and Meng Qi'er are the ones who have been staying on the first floor of the main house, but Xiao Yao is really investigating the homicide with us, and the murderer actually didn't kill the investigator, but killed two little girls who didn't know about it at all? The little brain was not slow, and immediately asked questions.
"The murderer can perfectly avoid your sight, can't he perfectly avoid the sight of the teacher and Xiao Yao? You know, Xiao Yao is a guy whose force value is equal to a negative number! Among those survivors, is there anyone hiding a secret that is not going to be hidden? Whether or not anyone is a murderer or accomplice, we don't know yet. ”
"Just as they doubt you and your teacher, we are just as suspicious and wary of it. The person who wants to frame you and the teacher is definitely the one who fully understands your movements, otherwise, he would not be able to make the corpse or the injured appear in front of you in time so accurately, and I think the murderer is not that he has no chance to kill Xiao Yao, but he doesn't want to kill Xiao Yao, as for the reason, I can't guess for the time being. ”
"Xiao Meng, you have to know the specific details of what happened just now much better than me, now we must hurry up, I stay here with Lian Fan and Wen Manman, first, you can monitor the movements of several entrances and exits on this side of the main house. Second, it's up to me to understand the matter of Wen Manman and Shu Xue, even if I can't get her to speak, I can limit her next actions and avoid trouble. ”
"Thirdly, if I am here, if you need help with any actions, you can quickly find me anytime and anywhere, and you can also take care of the periphery, from the window of the hostess's room, the living room and the entrance to see the situation outside."
"Xiao Meng, don't worry, I can guarantee the safety of myself and these two people, you go back to the brown tower and take Xiao Yao to act, with your force and Xiao Yao's wisdom, the cooperation between the two people is the best, this can also make him safer, you yourself can rest assured, right?" Mei Xiaoxiao didn't look at Xie Yunmeng, but finished what she wanted to say in one breath.
Xie Yunmeng felt that Mei Xiaoxiao seemed to have become another person at this moment, she seemed to understand some things that she didn't understand, but nothing about homicide!
Although he was puzzled in his heart, Xie Yunmeng didn't know how to ask, so he could only say: "Xiaoxiao, you have to be careful in everything, this murderer is very cunning, he didn't start from the weakest point, but picked those of us who are not easy to attack, and did the opposite." He wants to erode the survivors' trust in us and make everyone panic as soon as possible! ”
Sister Wang and Liu Qiaopu asked at the same time, when Shu Xue's name blurted out directly from Sister Wang's mouth, it immediately attracted the attention of Xie Yunmeng and Yun Yeyao, and at this moment Xie Yunmeng found out that Sister Wang, Horror and the restaurant proprietor, the three women who snuggled together were not asleep, and the man who survived the avalanche in the end had also woken up, leaning on the head of the bed and looking at them with a strange and cowardly look.
Xie Yunmeng didn't have time to observe the man on the bed, and asked Sister Wang, "You knew about Shu Xue's existence from the beginning, right?" Why don't you tell the truth after a murder? ”
"Because Shu Xue is the person who has been hidden in this family for more than ten years, and she is also my sister, they simply don't have the courage to admit their past mistakes. The reason why I refuse to say it when I am down there is so that I want to come here and tell you all the truth in front of my mother. Wen Manman's undulating voice came from the door, her hand was held tightly by Lianfan, and the breeze of the air conditioner blew on her face, but it couldn't blow away the frost on her face at all.
Gently shaking off the hand that held him, Wen Manman walked up to the restaurant proprietress and said, "Mom, do you remember me?" When you saw me in the clock, why did you call out your sister's name? If Shu Xue is so important to you, why don't you let her go? ”
The restaurant proprietress slowly raised her head, her out-of-focus pupils revealing sadness, and after a long time, she rested her head back on Sister Wang's knee, as if she didn't think of anything, and not a single tear came out of her eyes.
The reaction of the restaurant proprietress made Wen Manman feel desperate, but since she came here, she was fully mentally prepared, so Wen Manman calmed down, walked to Yun Yeyao and sat down, and then said to the actor in a calm and sad tone: "Can I borrow your shoulder to lean on?" ”
Yun Yeyao didn't speak, but just wrapped a hand around Wen Manman's thin shoulder, looking like a prince who came out of a fairy tale, which made Wen Manman's heart feel a lot more relaxed, and she began to tell a story about the two maids in the former Spiegel House.
So Liu Qiaopu said: "That's it, about the original matter, Manman, you wait a while, let Sister Wang tell me what she knows, and why did you hide Shu Xue's existence before." ”
"Lady Boss," Liu Qiaopu then leaned down and said to the proprietress of the restaurant, "Since your daughter has recognized you, then I will call you Ms. Wen, if you still have a trace of clarity, then please listen carefully to what they say, no matter what secrets you have in your heart, and whether you are willing to open your mouth to us or not, I only hope that you can think about Man Man and Shu Xue, one of them is no longer alive, I think you must not want to make the rest of the people sad again." ”
Although the proprietress did not raise her head because of Liu Qiaopu's words, it could be clearly seen that her body was trembling slightly, as if she had an uncontrollable intention about to erupt.
Liuqiao Pu took a deep breath, tried to suppress his impatience, and waited patiently for a while, but in the end the proprietress still didn't say a word, and the old man had no choice but to sit up straight and signal Sister Wang to start talking.
Sister Wang said: "When the fire broke out in this Spiegel House, it was reported in the local newspaper, so as long as anyone who has lived in the surrounding area for more than 10 years knows about the fire. It is said that at that time, An Ze was taking a lunch break in the study of the side house, while the hostess was on the side of the main house and the maid was in the kitchen. ”
"All along, Horror and I thought that the maid was the Cook's Mother-in-law, because the newspapers didn't mention two maids at all, and the survivors of the fire never mentioned that there were two maids in the Spiegel. Until I came here. ”
"All I can say about the actual situation of the fire is what it says in the newspapers: the fire spread from the kitchen, and then soon set the whole house on fire, and by the time the maid informed the hostess, the matter was irreparable."
"Why is it that the kitchen fire here spreads to the side houses?" Xie Yunmeng asked.
"I'm sorry, I didn't make it clear, the kitchen where the maid is located is in the side room, the study, kitchen and dining room here were all in the side room, and the first floor of the main house was the hostess's room, living room and entertainment room. The old owner, Anze, has always lived in a side house and rarely comes to the main house. ”
"It's impossible to ......" The only thing that can be used to answer Yun Yeyao is these three words, and Liu Qiaopu and Xie Yunmeng also looked at Yun Yeyao with puzzled eyes.
Xie Yunmeng said: "Xiao Yao, Man Man hasn't finished the story of her and Shu Xue just now. ”
But Yun Yeyao just shook his head, his thinking had gone in a completely different direction from the criminal police, so at this moment, he wanted to hear another person's narration.
Yun Yeyao raised his eyes to look at Xie Yunmeng's close face, and said, "Xiao Meng, I want to act with you, okay?" I will protect myself well and will not be a burden to you, I promise! ”
"No way!" Liu Qiaopu replaced Xie Yunmeng and flatly refused. He looked at Yun Yeyao seriously and said, "You are not a criminal policeman, and you don't have any fighting skills, how can you protect yourself?" I admit that you do have a certain ability to analyze things, but at present, what Xiao Meng needs is to find the hidden murderer as soon as possible, instead of exploring the ins and outs of the matter first, if you are on the side, you will definitely hinder his hands and feet. ”
There is a certain truth in Liu Qiaopu's words, just now Xie Yunmeng almost lost control because of Yun Yeyao's coma, although he restrained his feelings and did not show them in front of everyone, but the fact that others couldn't see it didn't mean that Liu Qiaopu couldn't detect it.
For this kind of thing, the old man has been a criminal policeman all his life, so he is naturally familiar with it, not to mention that Xie Yunmeng is still his most proud disciple. How dangerous it is for a criminal policeman who is hunting for a murderer, the old man knows better than anyone.
Therefore, he resolutely disapproved of Yun Yeyao and Xie Yunmeng acting together.
"Teacher, I'll ......"
Xie Yunmeng wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Liuqiao Puhu's face, and the old man continued: "I need Xiaoyun's help to inquire and analyze here, I'm old and my mind is dull, so he can't go with you, you have to cooperate with Xiaoxiao, where is Xiaoxiao now?" ”
"Xiaoxiao is on the periphery, I asked him to protect Xixi." Xie Yunmeng replied honestly.
"You're saying that kid out there can't be trusted? On what basis did you bring him into the treacherous house at that time? Didn't you investigate the details and let him participate in the operation?! ”
After observing for a long time, Mr. Cook finally made up his mind and entered the room. There was nothing unusual in the room, and there was no hiding behind the door, which finally relaxed his nerves a little.
Leaning against the wall, he slowly moved to the entrance to the underground, and the 'cook' looked inside, but there was no one inside, and he could see that the damp and blue-black rocks reflected the light, which looked extremely strange and terrifying.
Because of his familiarity with this place, Mr. 'Cook' did not feel afraid, this rocky cave has long been the best way for him to hide his identity, including the mistress of this house, as well as the cook and the middle-aged maid, who did not know that behind the ruins of the side house, such a huge and complex space was connected.
In this home, Mr. 'Cook' must hide his whereabouts and the rocky cave under his feet if he wants to live safely and comfortably. Although the failure of his previous actions let Mei Xiaoxiao know about this, it was not enough to make people worry too much. Because no one can know the past that the 'cook' is hiding except Mr. Butler.
As he pondered what to do next, Mr. Cook carefully squeezed his body into the narrow entrance in the center of the room's floor. Being as fat as a butler is a restriction on his movements, and he simply can't be as nimble as Tiny as he is. Therefore, it is necessary to use more strength to stabilize the body and ensure safety.
Finally climbing underneath, Mr. 'Cook' was thinking that he needed to find something to seal the entrance and exit above, but he didn't expect someone to suddenly pat him on the back.
"You... Who are you?! Turning back suddenly, the 'cook' was frightened, and his voice became stammering.
"Mr. Butler, what are you sneaking here for?"
When the young man's voice rang in his ears, Mr. 'Cook''s mood eased a lot, not only because he recognized the person in front of him, but more importantly, this person didn't seem to know his true identity.
So, Mr. 'Cook' simply made a mistake and replied to the young man standing there, "Eternal, how did you find here?" ”
"There's no hurry." Eternal stood there and looked at him, as if trying to get two holes in the chef's face.
"What are you doing? Keep an eye on me! The cook asked unnaturally, feeling a little annoyed in his heart.
This Eternal has been like this since he was a child, since he was born, the chef feels that he has not encountered many good things, and sometimes, the chef really thinks that he should tell the truth about the relationship between Shu Xue and Eternal to another little girl in the treacherous house, Horror.
Eternal smiled at the chef's questioning, and he leaned closer and said, "You're not Mr. Butler at all, are you?" ”
"Don't talk nonsense!!"
"Every day, the time on the bell tower is adjusted by you in turn, whether it is horror or Shu Xue, you are deceived by the two of you. Why is the morning time an hour faster and the evening time an hour slower? Don't tell me you don't know! ”
"Talking here, it won't be heard by anyone, because their attention is now focused on the house, so you can feel safe and bold to tell me the truth, I just want to know the truth from fifteen years ago, and nothing else. Otherwise, I wouldn't have brought you here before I spoke. ”
Eternal's expression was not as sincere as his words, and the chef felt a murderous aura permeate him, if he really told the secret in his heart, it would be a catastrophe! So he gritted his teeth and slowly stepped back.
'No, this guy still wants to get the wealth of the Treacherous House, but that is no longer possible, the wealth of the Treacherous House has been scattered with the wind and snow fifteen years ago, and no matter who it is, there is no way to get the dream again. ’
The chef mentally searched for the right words to deal with Eternal, but before he could come up with a solution, the young man gave him another slap in the face, as the man took something out of his pocket, a block of ice with bloody fingerprints, which Eternal had taken from the pantry door.
"I've destroyed all the other evidence, including the bloodied live chickens, which I threw to the bottom of the cliff, so that no one will know what you did in the morning in the treacherous house, except me."
"But what about you? If I let Mr. Butler appear to them, how would you explain your matter? Don't forget, you've lost trust. ”
"Shu Xue is dead, Wen Manman is alive! The housekeeper is dead, you are alive! You know better than anyone who is doing it, now, I need Sissy and Horror to survive, and you need the final truth of this family, don't you? ”
Eternal wiped away his tears, the purpose of his trip had been stated, and there was no need to stay here any longer, so he strode out of the basement, not answering any questions from behind.
As Eternal disappeared into the basement, the cook spread out his palms, where there was a faint stain of blood, a testament to the eternal bloodline that had been left to him for fifteen years.
Taking a deep breath, the cook was about to turn away, but what he had decided had no chance to come true, because a dark shadow, a black shadow that was raising a butcher's knife in the air, swooped down on his back, and in an instant, blood splattered in the basement......
At the last moment, Mr. Chef looked in front of him in the direction Eternal had left and said with all the sadness of his life: "I'm sorry, I can't do it...... I love you, my child......"
No one heard the bitter remorse like ice and snow, only the murderer's gasping behind the slain, it was the devil struggling, there was no smugness and ridicule, and there was no out-of-control emotion. There was only endless darkness in the demon's pupils, making it impossible to know what kind of emotion he had.
The demon hidden in the night slowly straightened up, walked to the corpse on the ground, raised his right hand covered with blood, and opened it easily, and something slowly fell like a feather into the palm of the dead man's hand. He muttered, "In three days, you will all become wraiths, and the next one will come from the palm of your hand......"
"Oh, grandpa, don't worry." Liu Hang's position at the moment is on the edge of the wardrobe, and he can clearly see all the space in the room.
After Liu Qiaopu fell asleep, Liu Hang looked at the only person with his eyes open and asked, "Aren't you going to rest for a while?" ”
"I'm resting too much." The man replied tepidly, and at the moment, the quilt on the bed was still well covering his chest.
Liu Hang squinted his eyes, he always felt that there was something wrong with the person on the bed, not his appearance, but his movements, Liu Hang always felt that a boy half lying on the bed should not be like this, and besides, this person was on his side, and it seemed that the ribs on one side were very painful.
"Your ribs hurt?" Liu Hang asked without words, in order not to affect the sleep of others, he stood up and moved to the side of the bed, looking at the person who was talking.
"My wound is in my ribs." The man on the bed couldn't hear what he meant, so he could only answer bluntly.
Liu Hang actually didn't know what he wanted to say, and the doubts in his heart were only a little faint, he felt that he might have read too many magazines in some aspects, so he felt that it was weird for a man to press the quilt to his chest.
Hesitating and unable to find the right words to continue, Liu Hang could only keep his mouth shut and force himself to do his job as a guard seriously.
At this time, the man on the bed spoke, and his first sentence made Liu Hang can't help but look at him.
"Are you a writer?"
"Huh? How do you think that? ”
"I'm just guessing."
The two of them consciously kept their voices to a minimum, and only between them could they hear clearly.
When it came to the long-held dream of being a writer, Liu Hang's emotions were instantly mobilized. He began to talk to the man in the bed.
"I, I didn't mean to, because the proprietress kept staring at me and inquiring, and promised not to say anything, so I told them about it, but...... After hearing that my aunt was dead and Aunt Wen was missing, they suddenly became very scared, and they said that they would take their luggage out to hide, no matter what I said, it was useless. ”
"Who is Aunt Wen?" Xiao asked.
Yan Muheng replied: "It's the restaurant proprietor, her surname is Wen, I told Xixi before." Forget it, the boss and his wife are fine, we can't control people's actions, maybe they go to other restaurants to spend the night! ”
Yan Muheng's words did not immediately get a little approval, she still felt that the boss and his wife went out in this kind of ice and snow, in case there was no place to live on the mountain, they would be very dangerous.
"They shouldn't have been walking for long, or I'll go to the front of the mountain road to look for it, maybe I can see people and say it's not necessarily."
"It's not dawn yet, how can I find it? They told me before that they have a good relationship with the people here, and I think that the people who have been living on this mountain will not be aware of the danger caused by the heavy snow, and since they have chosen to leave, they should not want us to find their traces, there is no need to dwell on them, since they can call, I think they are already in a safe place. ”
Yan Muheng's words are not unreasonable, they don't have time to be distracted to take care of more things now, since the grocery store owner and his wife are not missing for no reason, and they have nothing to do with the case, then let them stay in a place where they think they are safe.
As for Xixi, Yan Muheng felt that there would be no problem with himself and Xiaoxiao. He didn't maintain such a fear of a small force value like everyone else, but faced the policewoman with an indifferent look, even if the policewoman questioned it, he was not afraid.
Many years ago, when Yan Muheng, who was still a child, saw the corpse in the blue 'prison cell', he no longer knew what he was afraid of.
Carefully closing the door of the grocery store, Yan Muheng continued: "The boss and his wife are both kind people, although they left, they gave their home to Xizang, which shows that they fully trust us. ”
"It's full trust in the criminal police!" Slightly corrected him.
Xixi's abdominal wound was very deep, and the little girl's physique was very poor, which was not suitable for continuous walking in bad weather, Yan Muheng could only wrap her in his down jacket like a child to add a little temperature to the little girl.
On the way forward, Yan Muheng has been readjusting his original plan in his heart, and knowing the existence of the rock cave means that Xie Yunmeng, Liu Qiaopu and Yun Yeyao may have already known, so his future actions will have to find a safer passage.
Now, the policewoman asks herself to cooperate with them, which proves that they still trust themselves, which is a good thing and a bad thing, and the good thing is that having trust can find the right reason for the action. The bad part is that it is not a little difficult to complete the work they have arranged without revealing flaws, but also to perfectly realize their plans.
'You can only act on the opportunity, look at the step by step, anyway, one of the Sissy or the horror of one, must be in your own line of sight, this can't be wrong. ’
Yan Muheng thought about it, full of grief and anger for Shu Xue's death, but even more unexpected things were still to come, because they were approaching another corpse, the chef who had just been let go by Yan Muheng and decided to return to the main house to explain everything.
The man took the woman's hand and walked forward in the snow, and finally reached the only empty house at present, and the yard that had been cleared of snow before was now white and white, and even the snow shovel in the yard was about to be buried.
The woman gently pushed open the guardrail of the yard, and with the white breath exhaled from her mouth, the woman said worriedly: "Husband, do you think it's really safe here?" ”
"Miss Interpol won't lie to us, don't worry." The man should seem more bold, and his emotions also affect the women around him, making them feel less afraid.
The thin but well-boned man pulled open the big mask on his face with his hand, waited until his breathing was a little easier, and said, "It's too cold this year, and that kind of thing happened, I hope God can help, end the heavy snow quickly, and dredge the mountain road!" ”
In the gloomy kitchen, the overhead light seemed to be broken, and the man held the flashlight he brought in his hand and searched around.
The kitchen is not very large, and it takes less than a minute to see everything. The back door, perhaps because of the wind, opened a slit, and the man looked out, and it was calm in the snow, and the footprints left before had been covered with heavy snow.
It seems that it is safe outside the back door. The man thought so, and closed the back door, but he had no key, so he found a rope and tied the back door handle tightly with the nails in the wall, and made an 'inner lock' for himself temporarily.
Then, the man began to check the gas switch in the kitchen with confidence and boldness. In less than ten minutes, the man took a breath and walked out of the kitchen door. Luckily, the gas used to insert the card was indeed used here, and the man put the small card in his jacket pocket and muttered, "Alas! The proprietress is really pitiful, and it must not be easy to live alone. ”
Just as he was sighing, the voice of the woman upstairs came: "Okay?" ”
"Okay, come up right away, you go to bed first."
"Hurry up, it's cold downstairs."
When the man had returned upstairs, the room was quiet again, and at this time, as if he had been waiting in the snow for a long time, a looming human face peeked out of the glass window.
He had a pair of ghost-like eyes, his small eyes turned upward, looking at the corridor where the man had just left, his lips were slightly trembling from the cold, and there seemed to be something black flowing out of his nose.
The face slowly disappeared out of the window after leaving a long black stain on the glass. The dull sound of something falling in the snow, accompanied by the sound of rushing water, went unnoticed by a man and a woman who had just been resting.
The words echoed back in the demon's ears like a deep imprint in his memory, hinting at something to him, 'Eternal must know something, he was reminding the butler, but in the end it reminded me. The demon thought, and there was no reason for a smug feeling in his heart.
He shouldn't be complacent, what he planned to accomplish on the first day was half ruined by the criminal police and the hateful old man, although the people who were going to be killed were all dead, Shu Xue did not escape. But how did that kid know about Shu Xue's death? That kid hadn't stepped inside the treacherous house until now.
'No, he's at least entered the secret passage, and he's ...... with Shu Xue,' the demon thought as he kept denying some of his thoughts. He must carefully analyze the current situation and be fully prepared for the rest of the time. The heavy snow depends on the situation, and it is impossible to stop for two or three days.
This is a good thing for the demon, because he can carry out the next plan with confidence, but the world is unpredictable, and he must also be prepared for the sudden cessation of the heavy snow or the sudden arrival of the police down the mountain.
Eternal's existence was a tricky one, and he would have gone up the mountain with the police because of that...... No, the demon thought, he wasn't sure if it was Eternal, didn't he have a long scar on his face like the male detective?
Therefore, before confirming his true face, the demon felt that he could not arbitrarily make a conclusion, even if they were similar, it could not be ruled out that Eternal was using Yan Muheng as a shield, and he was secretly hiding somewhere to spy on his secrets.
It won't take long to get back inside the treacherous house, but before that, the demon must first go to a place where the demon has hidden secrets for fifteen years.
The sturdy body shuttled back and forth in the cave of the rock, like a weaver in a spider's web. Soon, the demon saw a mark he was familiar with, which had been engraved more than three years ago.
It hasn't subsided until now, and it seems that this is really a place that even insects have forgotten. As soon as he had finished thinking about this, the demon laughed at himself and said, "I forgot that it is always cold here, and there are no insects." ”
Ignoring these things that are currently unclear, the demon is now thinking about returning to the place where he should exist in the Treacherous House, and if the old man or Mr. Actor wakes up and finds that he is not there, he will not be able to explain it clearly.
Returning the drawer to its place, the demon hurried away. Soon the darkness of the cavern was cold again, empty except for the occasional sound of wind and dripping water.
It was impossible for anyone to enter this place, because there was a natural barrier between it and the outer cavern, two rocks huddled together, and only by trying to find a way through the gap could you see what the demon had just seen.
A long time ago, it was a place for two people to date, when the place was not so deserted, there were at least a few decent pieces of furniture, and a woman or a man would wait here silently for the other half.
Later, the man became a skeleton, and the woman changed, and the demon did not want to think about it anymore, and he hated the people of the past, especially those who still hindered his access to wealth.
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Mei Xiaoxiao and Yan Muheng squatted in the cave in the rocky ground, inspecting the cook's body, and Xixi on the side didn't dare to look at it at all, her beautiful little face was almost glued to Yan Muheng's shoulders, and her hands were also clutching the neckline of Yan Muheng's clothes, her finger joints were white, and she looked very pitiful.
Yan Muheng gently patted Xixi's back with his hand, he was already much calmer than just now, and now he was cooperating with the work of the policewoman.
"Have you ever seen this thing?" Xiao Xiao gently picked up something from the gap between the open fingers of the corpse and brought it to Yan Muheng's eyes, it was a hard scab on a small wound, as if it had been torn from someone.
"Who are the injured people in the house?" Yan Muheng asked rhetorically.
Mei Xiaoxiao thought for a while and said: "Xiaomeng and I both have scratches to varying degrees, but it is not enough to form such a thick hard scab, if you want to say, Xixi's wound should be scabbed, but she can't, then there is the only avalanche survivor in the house." ”
"I've seen that man's wounds, near the ribs, the wound is deep, maybe he attacked Mr. Cook?" A little guess.
If it was really like Aunt Wen told him, Shu Xue's bloodline should have nothing to do with the owner of the treacherous house, but why should the housekeeper and chef pay so much attention to Shu Xue? even didn't hesitate to let him and Shu Xue make a marriage contract at a young age?
In the past, Xiao Xiao didn't love Shu Xue, and because of this, Xiao Xiao was willing to help Shu Xue stay with her mother often, but since the appearance of Horror, Less than has changed, he has not only grown up, but also changed his name, just so that Horror can be happy.
thought that this was true love, but time negated everything, Yan Muheng thought, his thinking was never coherent, and one paragraph after another of the past was like a flip book in his mind, all revolving around the housekeeper, the chef and the horror.
and the fate between him and Shu Xue. Yan Muheng leaned his head against the wooden wall, letting the dry place rub against his scalp, he suddenly thought of a question, why was the rock cave so wet, but the basement here was completely unaffected?
Once this question came into his mind, he couldn't ignore it at all, as if it was a hint from a deceased chef, Yan Muheng stood up and banged on the solid wooden wall.
'Maybe there's waterproof paint on the back of this?' Yan Muheng wanted to break open the gap between the wooden boards to take a look, but he didn't have the strength at all, so he had to give up and think to himself.
Maybe the basement isn't directly connected to the rock cavern, like those doors, and it can lead to other places?' ’
This idea was immediately overturned by Yan Muheng himself, you must know that there are rocks underneath, how can it be possible to use that kind of embedded design to overlap the space?
It seems that it is the relationship between the waterproof paint and the waterproofing paint. Yan Muheng thought a little discouraged, and returned his gaze to the chef, the tears in his eyes had not yet dried, and the blood was extremely dazzling in his pupils at the moment.
It was almost dawn, and Eternal was wandering alone through the rubble, the corpse on the ground that didn't matter what the policewoman was going to do, because he had destroyed the evidence in the food warehouse.
The death of Mr. Cook really frustrated him, and he had hoped that the chef would turn around and point the detectives in the right direction, but now it seemed that he had to go into the main house and maneuver around on his own.
Eternal wasn't afraid of the killer, he thought the killer should be afraid to see him. He was just worried about Horror and Sissy, the secrets of these two little girls that the murderer would never let the murderer find out.
As for the brainless Yan Muheng, he must also be hiding some secrets, so it would be good for him to continue to be with the criminal police, so that he could rely on the criminal police to restrain his hands and feet.
But thinking about it, Eternal always felt that something was wrong, the problem might be Yan Muheng's body, Eternal always felt that he had become constrained because of this person, just like just now, for so many hours, why didn't he think of doing anything at all except wandering here?
Maybe it was because Yan Muheng took Xixi away, which made Eternal start to get nervous, "He won't hurt Xixi, absolutely not." I don't know why, Eternal's intuition is that Yan Muheng will not do anything to hurt Xixi.
Probably because the policewoman was by her side! Eternal began to find a reason for his idea again.
Gradually, he regained a little composure, and what he had done in the middle of the night and the vows he had made in the snow had not forgotten at all.
I can't stay here anymore, the policewoman is coming back, and so is Yan Muheng, they will find me." Thinking of this, the tall man quickly disappeared into the darkness, as if he had never come.
Ms. Wen's voice suddenly came from the space, Yun Yeyao and Xie Yunmeng were taken aback by her, and the two of them turned around and found that all the little girls had woken up. They were all listening blankly to the conversation between Mr. Detective and Mr. Actor.
The expressions on everyone's faces were not as fluctuating as yesterday, but seemed a little sluggish, as if they had just woken up from sleep, and their brains had not yet reacted. Wen Manman was still leaning on Yun Yeyao's side, but the position was no longer in Mr. Actor's arms, but lying on the ground.
Now she was slowly straightening up, and the eyes of the other little girls gradually shifted to her face, and when the first person was about to scream, Yun Yeyao spoke up at the right time to stop her.
"Man Man didn't die in the first place, the person who died in Meng Qi'er's room was Shu Xue, the specific situation, I will tell you when everyone is fully awake. Also, you can call the restaurant proprietress Aunt Wen in the future, she will stay with us these days. ”
"Everything is calm today, and when Grandpa Liu comes back, he and I will take everyone to the restaurant, and the little girls will still be in charge of cooking. Sister Wang, Aunt Wen and the cook's mother-in-law are in charge of directing and arranging, and Aunt Wen is already sober, so it shouldn't be a big problem. ”
Yun Yeyao said, his voice was very cold, and it could be seen from his face that he hadn't fallen asleep all night.
He didn't ask why Ms. Moon suddenly woke up. And say something like that? Because there is no need to ask, the truth of some fragments has already been guessed by Yun Yeyao. Although it is limited to fragments, it is not possible to connect them together, and it is not even known in the ins and outs.
But now that I ask, there are many people and I can't tell you what is going on. Only after waiting and asking one by one will you get more information.
At present, Yun Yeyao is only thinking about one thing, Xie Yunmeng and Mei Xiaoxiao must have enough time to rest, the murderer will not be too frequent during the day, and today's situation is very different from yesterday, most of the secret passages in the house have been discovered by them, and it is much more difficult for the murderer to hide than yesterday.
Xie Yunmeng moved his body in place and said, "In this situation, I can't sleep in peace, so let's just lean here for a while." With that, he wiped his tired face with his hand, leaned his head back against the wall, and closed his eyes.
Staying up late is a habitual thing for Xie Yunmeng, most of his burnout comes from uninterrupted actions and chaotic thinking, if there is someone who can sort out the whole thing now, Xie Yunmeng will probably feel much more relaxed immediately.
Sleepiness wanders between gray brain cells, but there is no way to really stop the still active mind, Xie Yunmeng's current state is not rest at all, even if he closes his eyes, he will unconsciously think about the murder.
After a busy night, he still couldn't grasp any information about the real murderer, and for Mr. Criminal Police, in addition to unwillingness and annoyance, he was more worried. Without mastering the core, it means that there is no way to completely defend against the next homicide, and the murderer will suddenly appear or disappear from somewhere.
Will anyone else be killed right under his nose? What if there is another incident like Meng Qi'er? Xie Yunmeng remembered the scene of death at that time, as if the murderer had carved it into his brain with a knife.
The skeleton knew at a glance that it had been abandoned there for many years, and the white bones were covered with dirt and dust, as well as the marks of being eaten by small insects, and the walls must have long since become hollow.
But to hide a person, there is not enough space there. Even if there was enough space, Xie Yunmeng was confident that if there were people hidden inside, he would definitely not be able to escape his fist, and the wall where the skeleton was located was almost completely smashed open by him, and there were absolutely no Tibetans inside.
Xie Yunmeng actually has his own explanation here, but he is not sure, he still needs more information, including what happened when Xiao Xiao and Yun Yeyao passed by there? What was the wall that the two of them saw at the time? Did you find skeletons like him?
Cissy curled up, she knew what Yun Ye Yao wanted her to admit, but she wouldn't want to do it, because Yun Ye Yao's actions made her think cruel, at least cruel to herself.
Men are always like this, and when things that are painful come to them, they become so indifferent. Xixi buried her face in the quilt, avoiding Yun Yeyao's words, and this effect was exactly what Yun Yeyao wanted someone on the side to see. That person would think that he was forcing Cissy to do something that was difficult for him.
After a few moments, Yun Yeyao moved away from Xixi's head, and he stood up with a cold expression, as if he didn't look at anyone, and didn't care about Xixi's reaction at all. He turned around and wanted to go back to Xie Yunmeng.
Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at the direction of the bed in the room, and sure enough, the eyes of one of the people above showed anger, and the voice also came to Yun Yeyao's ears.
"What the hell did you say to Sissy?"
"I just said one thing that is well known, everyone here has to contribute to the murder detection, right? Just like you. Wait a minute, you'd better go to the restaurant with everyone.
The man was indeed very angry, and Sissy's weakness was something that everyone could see. The wound in her abdomen was worrying. Coupled with the previous fright, the man has been relieved.
It's just that he can't ask Sissy, who wanted to see his beloved girl with the help of another person, but accidentally saw a different scene.
The truth of the scene scared him so much that he couldn't go outdoors again. So he hurriedly turned around and exchanged his original identity with the person who replaced him.
And the person who replaced him happened to be on the same body part and had the same scars. The two of them are friends, the kind of friends who can take risks on each other.
But at that time, the man really didn't know that the murder had happened, and if he did, no matter how good his friends were, they wouldn't necessarily be willing to help him.
Yun Yeyao straightened up, glanced back and said, "Okay, then I'll wait for her body to recover a little before asking, but I think the incident must have nothing to do with this little girl......"
"Sissy didn't do anything? I promise!! This time the person who stood up and spoke was Liu Hang, who had expressed his love for Xixi before.
Of course, Yun Yeyao also knew about this, but he was not ready to cater to Liu Hang's meaning to continue, he still kept a serious face, and slowly walked to the door and said, "I'll go and see if Grandpa Liu has come back?" Let's wait here a little longer, Sister Wang, please wake up the cook and help take care of Xixi together, it's hard work. ”
It seemed to be ordinary words, but Yun Yeyao's eyes never moved away from Xixi, as if he had obtained some evidence, as if he was very suspicious of this little girl.
Liu Hang was very unwilling, and he finally persuaded his grandfather to let him act with the criminal police, just to protect his beloved. Now, not only can it not be guarded, but Mr. Actor's doubts about Sissi seem to be getting heavier and heavier.