Saying that, Yang Wenbin frowned again, and seemed to have fallen into a dead end of reasoning.

"Do you feel like you've been particularly positive lately?" Yan Junli stared at Yang Wenbin and said suddenly.

"What?" Yang Wenbin looked at him strangely.

"It's very positive." Yan Junli said seriously, "Whether it's investigating the case or reasoning, you are a little too active." ”

"Isn't it good that I'm positive?" Yang Wenbin was inexplicable.

"This ...... I didn't say it's a bad thing. Yan Junli sighed, "But don't you think that sometimes it starts to affect your sharp thinking and judgment?" ”

Yang Wenbin was stunned for a moment, and was speechless for a while.

"I ......" Yang Wenbin lowered his head and took a deep breath, "Maybe." Maybe I'm in a bit too anxious. ”

"Or maybe you're a little complacent because of what you've achieved so far." Yan Junli pointed it out sharply, and also leaned on the stone bricks of the small bridge and looked at him like Yang Wenbin, "You want to solve the crime quickly, I understand." But hasty thinking and impetuous reasoning do not help, as even people like me can see with a bad brain. ”

Yang Wenbin's fingers pressed his temples, a little upset, "Yes, you're right." I do have a bit of ...... Sloppy. ”

"What do you think you're panicking about?" Yan Junli said with some amusement, "Isn't it just a murder case, we have solved so many before." ”

Yang Wenbin waved his hand, "No, it has nothing to do with the case, I'm ...... Worry about the clown. ”

Yan Junli immediately frowned and repeated, "Clown? ”

Yang Wenbin turned around and relayed to Yan Junli what Poppy had told him last night.

"Poppy knows a few things about the clown, and probably she's hiding a lot more than what she told me." Yang Wenbin stated, "She is very strict-mouthed, and I can't ask if I ask again." When it comes to clowns, I always have a bad premonition. ”

"Even then, we can't do much right now." Yan Junli put his hand on Yang Wenbin's shoulder, "Do you know the Gurkha mercenaries? ”

Yang Wenbin shook his head.

"The Gurkha mercenaries are one of the strongest mercenary legions in the world. The Gurkha are a mountainous people of Nepal, with a strong and strong personality, and are extremely capable of fighting. But on the battlefield, they all follow one guideline. Yan Junli said, "Before they can determine the location and number of enemies, they will not rashly attack, but lie dormant in the shadows and wait for the best opportunity to attack." I often tell this story to my subordinates that the Gurkha mercenaries were strong not because of their physique and courage, but because of their patience. ”

“…… You're right. Yang Wenbin nodded and straightened up, "It's true that we can't be too anxious, we still don't know anything about them." ”

"And you." Yan Junli pointed at Yang Wenbin and said unceremoniously, "You need to relax and calm your mind." How about we go for a walk? ”

"Walking back to the hotel?"

"Not a bad idea."

With a clear spring in their ears and an endless blue sky overhead, and clouds like soft silk smearing on a corner of the sky without a trace, the two of them walked unhurriedly on the trail, enjoying the wonderful feeling brought by nature.

"Actually...... What did you say to Ma Xiangtao in the manor at that time, so that she would cooperate with the investigation at once? However, it didn't take long for Yan Junli to ask.

"Who told me to take a walk and calm down? Why did you talk about the case first? Yang Wenbin squinted at him and said.

Yan Junli laughed a few times and scratched his head, "Oh, I'm so curious." ”

"Actually, it's nothing." Yang Wenbin smiled, "I just told her, 'If you don't cooperate, I will make your improper relationship with Meng Yangping public.'" ”

"She had an affair with Meng Yangping?" Yan Junli was surprised, "How do you know? ”

"It's still the same wallet." Yang Wenbin raised his chin, "Yesterday you definitely didn't notice that there was a small trace of nail polish on the mezzanine of the wallet, and today I noticed that Ma Xiangtao's nails were painted with the same style." Ma Xiangtao is just a maid, but she is going to her master's wallet in the open, and it is not right to think about it. So I guessed that she was Meng Yangping's mistress, but I didn't expect to win the bet. ”

"It's wonderful." Yan Junli laughed and said approvingly.

"Yan Junli, what do you think of this case?" Yang Wenbin turned his head and asked.

"Me?" Yan Junli pondered, "My initial feeling was that this was a very strange family. Although the old lady of the family is missing, no one seems to be too sad, they are emotionally indifferent, and some people do not cooperate with the investigation. ”

Yang Wenbin nodded, "Who said it wasn't." It is surprising that there is such a family in modern society. ”

"Speaking of which." Yan Junli said as if he suddenly remembered something, "Before I left the manor, Yu Yongyi told me that if the murderer is found, the whole family will be shattered, let me persuade you not to investigate." ”

"What?" Yang Wenbin was inexplicable, "Does he know something?" ”

"I think so, but I didn't have time to ask." Yan Junli frowned and shook his head.

Yang Wenbin nodded, "The indifference between this family is probably due to Meng Yangping's violent temper and Mei Qing's mental illness. Moreover, the alibi evidence of almost everyone at the time of the crime was not conclusive. So it can be said that everyone who was in the manor at that time could be the murderer. ”

Saying that, Yang Wenbin sighed, obviously falling into some kind of reasoning blind spot again, "The corpse, the corpse is the key to the case, and there is no legal decision without the corpse." The lack of corpses may have been a big reason for my erroneous reasoning. However, it is clear that there are also a number of distractions elsewhere in this case that interfere with my thinking. ”

"For example?"

Yang Wenbin stretched out his hand and counted fingers by finger, "First of all, regarding alibi, almost all of their confessions are problematic. The housekeeper said he went out to buy furniture, but you also saw that there was nothing missing or necessary to replace in the mansion. Yu Yongyi said that it was also strange for him to clean upstairs, I took a look at the layout of the upstairs, two rooms on the left, three rooms on the right, if the twins were already asleep, then the scope of his cleaning could only be the room and corridor on the right. If so, then he would definitely hear the sound of Meng Yangping coming back downstairs. Ma Xiangtao had no witness, Meng Yingjun couldn't remember what he was doing that night, and even his brother Meng Yinghua had no witness. ”

Yan Junli thought for a while and nodded, "You're right, everyone's confessions are more or less wrong. ”

"Secondly, the attitude of the family is also very strange." Yang continued, "Their resistance to the police seems to have gone too far. I still remember the treatment we received when we first visited, then it was Meng Yinghua who stopped the police from searching the back garden, and then you just told me that Yu Yongyi didn't want me to continue the investigation. ”

"Uh...... Maybe it's because they're used to living in isolation and don't want the police to bother. ”

"If so, why are they calling the police?" Yang Wenbin asked rhetorically, "In such a remote place, who will notice the two missing people?" ”

"It's Meng Yingjun who asked us for help, he's just a kid." Yan Junli said, "Didn't you also tell me that he was trembling when he called—"

Yang Wenbin shook his head, "I didn't say we. I'm talking about the police in City B, who first reported to the police in City B? ”

Yan Junli fell silent and fell into thought. It took a while for him to speak, "Could it be...... Is it a family joint case, and calling the police just to disguise it as a missing case? ”

Yang Wenbin grabbed his hair irritably and shook his head, "We can all see that Meng Yangping is not popular with anyone at home, and the people in this family have every motive to kill him. But what about Mrs. Mei Qing? She's just a poor woman with a mental illness, and not many people will believe it even if she leaks it. If the murderer was alone, maybe she could have been killed by mistake for a reason, but if she committed the crime together, there would be no reason. Not to mention...... There are still children at home, no matter how you think about it, a group of adults who killed their parents behind the backs of two children are too inhumane. ”

About ten minutes later, they returned to the small hotel at the intersection, and before they could go upstairs, they almost collided with Li Hong, who rushed down.

"Oh, Team Yan! What time is it, and I thought you were dead in the middle of nowhere, and you were about to go out and collect your bodies. Li Hong looked anxious, "I can't get through to your phone, I'm in a hurry!" ”

Yan Junli and Yang Wenbin were both stunned, and they both took out their mobile phones to watch. Yan Junli's mobile phone had several missed calls, but he didn't hear them at all, and Yang Wenbin's mobile phone was automatically turned off because it ran out of power.

"I'm sorry, I forgot to charge it yesterday." Yang Wenbin said embarrassedly.

"Ahem, maybe it was too chaotic at the time, so I didn't hear it." Yan Junli said weakly.

"You two are done." Li Hong muttered, "Nothing else is good, it's a set of excuses." ”

"How? Is the investigation going well? ”

At this time, there was a sound from upstairs, and the three of them looked up to see Poppy yawning as he walked down the stairs.

"Looks like someone didn't sleep well last night." Li Hong leaned into Yan Junli's ear and said.

"It didn't go well, I made a mistake." Yang Wenbin's face was gloomy, and he roughly told Poppy about today's case. Poppy always listened sideways, patiently waiting for Yang Wenbin to speak.

"So...... You didn't find the body and ran away from the crime scene like a little kid who couldn't eat candy? It wasn't until Yang Wenbin finished telling what had happened that Poppy pursed his lips and said with a smile.