Chapter 63: Murder
The sudden scream made Hu Qianqiu also startled, and Yuan Liuli looked at the direction where the voice came from, "It seems to be that woman." ”
Hu Qianqiu nodded, "Something may have happened, go over and take a look." ”
Hu Qianqiu and Yuan Liuli quickly ran to the source of the sound, Lu Xuan's voice came from the end of the corridor on the first floor, Hu Qianqiu and Yuan Liuli searched for the location on the second floor, although the distance between the two was not far, but there was still a distance, and on the way they also met Yuan Jing who was rushed down on the third floor.
Yuan Jing was arranged by Li Ruiyu to go to the third floor to find Lin Lao, he immediately ran down from the third floor after hearing Lu Xuan's screams, he was extremely fast, but arrived on the first floor earlier than Hu Qianqiu and them.
Hu Qianqiu didn't look at him much, and walked through the hall with him one after the other, entering the corridor, but he didn't run two steps before he saw Lu Xuan standing alone at the door of a room. She covered her mouth with her left hand, pressed her heart with her right hand, her eyes widened, and her body was constantly shaking, as if she had seen something extremely terrifying.
Lu Xuan raised her right foot and took a step back, but as soon as she took this step, she was tripped by her other foot, stumbled over, and sat directly on the ground.
Yuan Jing saw her situation and immediately stepped forward to inquire, but Lu Xuan seemed to have lost her soul, her body stiffened and did not move for a long time.
Hu Qianqiu frowned, no longer paid attention to Yuan Jing and Lu Xuan, and turned his head to look at the room, Hu Qianqiu's face gradually became solemn, and before he entered the door, he smelled a strong bloody smell.
The door of the room was blown by the wind, and it was hidden at this time, so Hu Qianqiu couldn't see the situation inside when he stood outside.
Hu Qianqiu stretched out a hand and gently pushed the door, and with a "squeak", the door of the room slowly opened, and the scene of the room was gradually exposed in front of Hu Qianqiu's eyes.
"Ahh Yuan Liuli, who was beside Hu Qianqiu, let out an exclamation, and even Hu Qianqiu, who had always been calm and calm, was shocked by the scene in front of him.
Hu But Hu Qianqiu is not an ordinary person after all, and he quickly calmed down.
This room was originally a kitchen, and at this time, the chopsticks, knives and forks in the kitchen were scattered around, and the water in the sink was also dripping down, and the most important thing was that there was a person in front of the sink.
This person was the old Lin that Hu Qianqiu and the others had been looking for, he was sitting on the ground, his legs stretched forward, and his hands spread out at his sides.
Lin Lao's body had many claw-like scars, and his neck seemed to have been bitten by a fierce beast, a large piece was missing, and the whole head drooped down, if it weren't for a part of the muscles connecting his head and body, the entire head would almost fall off.
Lin Lao was originally wearing a light-colored short-sleeved shirt, but at this time, it had also been dyed bright red by blood, and the entire ground was also soaked in blood on his body, which looked a little slimy.
Hu Qianqiu looked at the rest of the kitchen and found that there were also many claw marks on the wall of the kitchen, which were the same as the injuries on Lin Lao's body, and the kitchen window had also been opened at this time, and the wind continued to blow through the window and on Hu Qianqiu's face.
The situation at the scene was a little complicated, and Hu Qianqiu didn't have time to take a closer look, so he turned his head to look at Yuan Jing, "Hurry up and find the two people who went out to come back, and then find a way to call the police." ”
Yuan Jing also saw the scene in the kitchen just now, so he naturally knew what was going on, and when he heard Hu Qianqiu's instructions, he didn't put it on the shelf, nodded, patted Lu Xuan's shoulder again, and then ran out.
Hu Qianqiu turned to look at Lin Lao's corpse, and his eyes gradually became solemn.
Unlike Lu Xuan, Yuan Liuli is used to seeing strong winds and waves, and her expression did not change at all when she saw the female corpse killed by the kappa before, but this time it was because Lin Lao's corpse suddenly appeared, and the scene was a little terrifying, she was startled by surprise, and she had already recovered at this time.
Hu Qianqiu glanced at Yuan Liuli and smiled, "I didn't expect you to be okay so soon, I just saw that you were taken aback, and I wanted to comfort you and take the opportunity to hug you again." ”
Yuan Liuli glared at him viciously, "When is it time, you still have the heart to joke!" ”
Lin Lao, who he had only met not long ago, died in front of him, but Hu Qianqiu said such things at such a time, Yuan Liuli was really angry this time.
Hu Qianqiu originally saw that Yuan Liuli was frowning and wanted to make some jokes to make her happy, but he didn't notice that this was out of place, and he knew that he was wrong, so he had to shut up stupidly.
Hu Qianqiu looked at Lu Xuan, who was sitting softly on the ground, "You take her to the hall first and wait for them to come back, I'll watch here." ”
Yuan Liuli looked at the kitchen, and then at Hu Qianqiu, "Don't mess around." ”
"Don't worry."
Although Lu Xuan had come to her senses at this time, her body was still soft, and she was short, so she was almost dragged to the hall by Yuan Liuli.
Hu Qianqiu looked at Yuan Liuli's back as it gradually faded away, then turned his head to look at the kitchen, shrugged his shoulders, investigating this kind of thing, how can it be considered chaos?
Hu Qianqiu washed his hands in the sink, and he already had some eyebrows about this incident.
When Hu Qianqiu returned to the hall, Yuan Jing happened to come back with Huang Tianhai and Li Ruiyu, looking at the expressions of the two, it seemed that he had already heard Yuan Jing explain the situation, and Lu Xuan had also calmed down at this time, and was no longer as depressed as before.
Hu Qianqiu looked at everyone, his brows suddenly furrowed, Gao Mingyi hadn't come back yet, he didn't go out to look for Lin Lao like Huang Tianhai and Li Ruiyu, and he didn't show up when Lu Xuan screamed before.
Hu Qianqiu was a little worried, could it be that something happened to him too?
Just as Hu Qianqiu was about to mobilize everyone to find Gao Mingyi, Gao Mingyi himself suddenly returned to the hall.
Gao Mingyi found that everyone's brows were tightly locked, while Lu Xuan looked very scared, and couldn't help but be a little puzzled, "What's wrong with you?" ”
Hu Qianqiu didn't answer directly, but asked rhetorically: "Where did you just go?" ”
"Just now? Didn't I go to the basement to find someone according to the task assigned by Li Ruiyu just now, but I didn't see it after rummaging around, so I came back. ”
Hu Qianqiu frowned, skeptical of this, "You didn't hear the sound just now?" ”
"No, did something happen?" Gao Mingyi also seemed to realize that something was wrong, and his tone changed.
"Ugh." Hu Qianqiu sighed and told him everything that had happened.
Gao Mingyi was dumbfounded after hearing this, and he couldn't close his mouth for a long time.
"There's a tiger here?"
Hu Qianqiu nodded to Gao Mingyi, "It should be." I've locked the kitchen window again, and there shouldn't be any danger now, but just in case, don't run around now, there's no signal here, but there should be a landline in the villa to contact the organizers, and everyone will split up to look for it later. Although it's already noon, everyone should not dare to use the kitchen anymore, but there should be some emergency food in the villa's storage room, so let's make do with it at noon. We'll be able to get out of here after waiting for the police. Unconsciously, Hu Qianqiu became the one who gave orders.
"And this event?" Lu Xuan, who was still depressed before, heard Hu Qianqiu's words and suddenly said something.
"Since everyone has been killed, this event has to be stopped, and the organizers definitely didn't expect this to happen."
"Stop moving, what ...... do"
Before Hu Qianqiu could speak, Yuan Liuli glanced at her coldly, "Do you think that the bonus of 20,000 yuan is more important than human life?" ”
"I ......" Lu Xuan wanted to refute, but when she looked up and saw Yuan Liuli's eyes, she lowered her head again and swallowed the rest of the words back into her stomach.
Hu Qianqiu looked at the other people, although he didn't object to his words, Hu Qianqiu felt that they all had something in their hearts that they didn't say.
"In that case, let's go find the phone first." After Hu Qianqiu finished speaking, he turned around and left the hall and walked up to the second floor, and when Yuan Liuli saw this, he immediately followed.
Hu Qianqiu looked at Yuan Liuli and smiled, "What method did you use to treat that Lu Xuan well?" ”
"You know a little less about women."
Hu Qianqiu smiled, but the smile was quickly put away, he didn't look for the phone everywhere, but chose to go back to the room, and before entering the door, he took a look at the hall on the first floor, and found that everyone stayed where they were, didn't speak, and no one left to look for the phone.
Hu Qianqiu tugged at the corners of his mouth, and sure enough, it was so.
Hu Qianqiu and Yuan Liuli walked into the room, Hu Qianqiu directly lay on the bed on all fours, and then sighed.
"Anyway, what did you investigate?"
Hu Qianqiu turned his head to look at Yuan Liuli, "How do you know that I investigated?" ”
"Heh, close your eyes and think about it, how can you stay still."
Hu Qianqiu smiled, this matter is very important after all, and the joke he originally planned to make was also withdrawn from his mouth, "Just now Gao Mingyi said below that Lin Lao was bitten to death by a tiger, I didn't deny it, but followed his words, in fact, Lin Lao was not bitten to death by a tiger at all." ”
Yuan Liuli nodded, "I also found out about this matter, if there is really a tiger, it will definitely gnaw Lin Lao to the bones, how can he bite his neck and leave?" ”
Hu Qianqiu nodded, "Not only that, tigers are the same as cats, their nails are retractable, so each claw mark is more or less different, and whether it is the claw marks on Lin Lao's body or on the wall, they are almost exactly the same." And if it's really a tiger, the roots won't be stupid enough to scratch on the wall, those claw marks are all artificial, and the purpose is to deliberately confuse us. ”
"Then why didn't you just tell them the truth?"
"Since Lin Lao was killed, it is nothing more than two possibilities, either someone from the outside sneaked in and killed someone, or someone from inside did it."
"If the first case, if I tell the truth, it will definitely cause panic, and then there will definitely be people shouting to leave, and then running out on their own initiative, if the murderer is a pervert who kills indiscriminately, then wouldn't that be exactly what he wanted? Now that everyone is together, it's at least safer. ”
Yuan Liuli nodded, "Then how can you be sure that the murderer is not lurking in the villa?" If you want to die like this, everyone stays in the villa, isn't he equivalent to a turtle in an urn? ”
"No, although the area of this villa is large, there are not many places to hide people, Lin Lao must have been killed during the period between the first time we left the hall to put our luggage and we returned to the hall, our rooms are on the second and third floors, except for our room that can be opened, the doors of the other rooms are locked, he can't escape the detection of people hiding on floors other than the first floor."
"And I have just checked the room that can be opened on the first floor, so that only the basement is left, since Gao Mingyi said that he didn't see anyone in the basement, it means that if it is really an outsider who committed the crime, then he must not be in the villa now."