The hall on the first floor, empty, only the old housekeeper knelt alone facing the fireplace, from time to time to throw some dry firewood into the burning fire, a group of us gathered in the hall, looking at the back of the old housekeeper's body, the whole hall is filled with the smell of rotting corpses, as long as you sniff carefully, you will find that the smell comes from the old housekeeper's body, the wind and rain at this time has stopped, the sky has gradually seen a glimmer of light, a group of us are very tired, this night's horror, I am afraid it is difficult to forget in this life.

"The fire is so big, can you bear it? That's your most wonderful daughter. ”

My words made everyone at the scene widen their eyes and hold their breath, everyone looked at each other, and then looked at the old butler, whose eyes were full of incredulity, and the old butler suddenly stopped throwing his hand at the fire, and his whole body froze there, motionless.

"You...... What are you talking about? ”

"I didn't say anything, just chatted with you, after all, I'm afraid you're the only one who can talk to me about the truth now."

For a long time, the old man's body still did not turn around but continued to face the flames, he trembled slightly, this was fear and self-preservation, I could hear the taste of panic in his voice, but even so, the old man still had to carry on the play to the end.

"Liu Xia, you mean, the manager is the murderer?"

I didn't say it explicitly, but in an instant, all the fingers were pointed at the old butler, and our strange conversation and the old butler's attitude had raised the doubts in everyone's hearts to a height, and Zhao Yumeng took the lead in asking me.

"Of course he isn't, he's just a poor sick old man who lost his eldest daughter, and his only sin is aiding and abetting."

"You ......"

My words came out coldly, and the old butler turned his head sharply and looked at me incredulously, his eyes cloudy and dull, and his pupils were abnormal.

"When we met downstairs, I noticed the abnormality of your eyes, at first I thought it was caused by your mental sadness, but I thought about it, and compared with your previous photos, you should have suffered from a disease such as brain cancer, which has compressed your retina, so your eyesight has been affected, not to mention making eyeliner for us on the first floor when the hostess was killed. We rushed to the first floor in a hurry, and you had already lit a fire, and you told me that you didn't see anything without even thinking about it, and that proves that you are lying. ”

As I spoke, I picked up the iron pestle, and rushed to the old butler and the fireplace in a few big strides, and stirred it up in the fireplace with the iron pestle, and I could feel the fear and sadness in the old butler's breath, and the sound of his breathing became faster and faster, but he did not come up to stop me.

"Liu Xia, what are you looking for?"

"Found it."

Guo Fan was just about to come up and ask me with a displeased face, I directly turned out a sphere from the fire and took it out, this sphere has been burned black, revealing a smell of burnt food, but a discerning person can see at a glance that this is a head that has been burned beyond recognition by the fire.

"It's ......"

The burnt head was placed in front of everyone, the pungent smell, the facial features that gradually became clear, we couldn't even tell if it was a human head, smoking in front of the fireplace, quietly......

"Guo Fan, control him quickly."

"Don't waste your energy, he won't run. He's just an accomplice, and an accomplice with a short life. ”

Zhao Yumeng and Guo Fan saw through the mystery at a glance and immediately wanted to arrest and control the old housekeeper, but they were stopped by me. Because I can roughly guess that the old housekeeper's brain cancer has reached a very point, and I also sigh in my heart that all the efforts he has made for his daughter, even if he is about to die of illness, he does not forget to use the last bit of his life to help his daughter complete this overall situation and harm the lives of others.

"Who is the murderer? Liu Xia, let me tell you, I order you, you must tell everything you know, and you are not allowed to hide anything, otherwise I will accuse you of obstructing justice. ”

Guo Fan is already about to go crazy, and there are many doubts at the moment, but he can only see through a little bit, and I am already in control of the overall situation, in this situation, how can he be happy in his heart with his conceit? Seeing that I didn't tell the real murderer for a long time, I could only use my rights to suppress me, and I didn't care about that.

"The real murderer is a person who has died, and the person who has died in vain is bearing the charge for the real murderer."

"What the hell are you talking about?"

Guo Fan was angry, and I was calm, the truth was about to be revealed, I don't know why my heart was a little lost.

"Yes, Liu Xia, what are you talking about? How could the murderer be a dead man? ”

Zhao Yumeng looked at me with a puzzled face, while my eyes were staring at the fireplace and the old housekeeper, every micro-movement of the old housekeeper's body, even the silhouette, could not escape my observation, the aura of the people present was all weakened, they were confused and afraid, my words made them mistakenly think that ghosts kill people, but what ghosts are there in this world? It's just the truth.

"We were all blinded by what was in front of us, so much so that I was looking for a breakthrough from the beginning, what seemed to be a serial murder case, but in fact it was an ugly human golden cicada who tried to use the bureau to clean up its ugliness and evil. All of us have become people in this game, witnesses to the whole story, and chess pieces of the game-setter, but even what we see with our eyes may not be the truth, and the truth will only be hidden in this corpse. ”

I pushed the charred head to the old butler's side with an iron pestle, and the old butler glanced at the already faceless head with his spare eyes, and tears immediately flowed down his eyes, which were full of grief but not a trace of remorse.

"Uncle, if I didn't deduce anything wrong, your eldest daughter's will has already been placed with the lawyer, right? There is only one heir, and that is your second daughter. Right? ”

I squatted down and wiped the old man's tears with a tissue, I smiled, unlike the interrogator, I knew how to better break his heart, and now, all the evidence has been connected, but the end of the truth is still my speculation, I need to determine my speculation from the old man's expression, because only in this way can I show the most complete truth in front of everyone.

"What the hell is going on?"

Zhao Yumeng asked me a question, and I slowly stood up, turned my eyes away from the old man and turned to everyone, formed a line of information I knew, and began to explain to everyone.

"The owner of the castle is a wealthy businessman, but my guess is that he is a manic, machismo, selfish businessman who often abuses his wife. In the most serious case, he even threw sulfuric acid on her wife, so much so that she suffered severe facial burns. The father and sister of the wife knew that their daughter and sister had been hurt in this way, and in a fit of rage, they killed the man and hid his body under the bathtub in the bedroom, so that the man disappeared, and even the police did not investigate the results. You can move out of the ghost castle and live in other places, but the tourist project that the man wanted to do before has been opened, and you don't dare to startle the snake, so you have no choice but to stay in the ghost castle and enjoy the dark and rich life. ”

In an instant, everyone's expressions changed, I explained to them the beginning of the story, and also explained the secrets of the ghost castle, even the cave under the bathtub of the master bedroom bathroom on the fourth floor was explained clearly by me, at this time, some of the people suddenly realized, some looked frightened, I observed carefully, some of them pushed their glasses; Some people subconsciously arrange their collars, everyone has a certain degree of self-protection, the scene is extremely quiet, and even the sound of breathing is silent.