Chapter 164: The Secret of the Room
Wang Qiang had already taken precautions and grabbed Zhou Hui's collar and carried him back, Zhou Hui completely collapsed, his legs were weak and he was almost crying.
"It's not me, it's really not me, I didn't kill anyone, I really didn't kill anyone." Zhou Hui's whole body trembled like chaff.
Now that the scene of Li Xueqin's murder has been found in his room, then there is no doubt that he is the murderer.
"Let go of him, he's not a murderer." Tang Tao said lightly.
"This ...... This is not a murderer, this rope has obviously tied up people, and the red hair on your hand is not Li Xueqin's? "Wang Qiang doesn't understand psychology, and he has so much experience in handling cases.
But he is not a fool, now the evidence is conclusive, Zhou Hui is not a murderer, who is?
"I said he wasn't him, he wasn't, he was a cleanliness person, look at this."
Tang Tao walked to the head of the bed and picked up a crumpled tissue.
"If you look closely at this room, there is rope on the floor, there is hair, how can a person with a habit of cleanliness litter? How can you stand such a messy room? β
"How do you know he's clean?" Wang Qiang asked.
"Observe."
Tang Tao walked in front of Zhou Hui and patted Zhou Hui's collar, Zhou Hui's suit was very clean, exuding a smell of hand sanitizer, there was no wrinkle in the ironing, his hands were cleaner than a woman, and every nail was neatly cut. The face was also clean, no greasy was visible, and he was shaved.
"He lost tens of millions of things, in exchange for ordinary people, I think he must be very anxious, he is also very anxious, he even took drugs last night, in this case, people will become impatient and rough, and some details will not be noticed, but he not only cleaned himself up when he went out, but also deliberately washed his hands with hand sanitizer, and even took time to wash his face and shave, a person who is in a hurry to throw away the corpse will never be so meticulous, why did he quarrel with Lu Peng? Isn't it because the sheets weren't cleaned up? It can also be seen from this that he is a person with a habit of cleanliness, even if he loses tens of millions of things, he has to clean up, this is not pretentious, but habitual, just like we eat and drink, if we don't clean up, he will be uncomfortable. β
"Is that so?" Wang Qiang asked.
Zhou Hui nodded and acknowledged.
"So how do you explain it here? This is Zhou Hui's room. β
Tang Tao didn't speak, he carefully checked it in the house, this time he made a new discovery, Tang Tao found a used mask in the trash can in the bathroom, and the footprints left by the board shoes were found on the floor again, which were still left by the murderer who was outside the eight characters, and there were a few scribbled big words on the mirror on the washstand: The betrayer must die!
These words are written with a finger dipped in toothpaste, and at first glance it looks like venting the dissatisfaction in my heart.
Wang Qiang found Li Xueqin's backpack in the bedside table, which not only contained her change of clothes, but also a large number of cosmetics and her wallet.
But there is still no sign of the phone.
Tang Tao looked at the words on the mirror thoughtfully.
"The murderer is 1.75 meters tall, male, his words seem to be scribbled but are actually strong, the last stroke of each word is written very elegantly, and the size and spacing of several words are almost the same,' The last stroke of the word 'death was very long, but he deliberately hooked it back, this person's personality is flamboyant and introverted, between the lines it can be seen that he is a person who often signs, the identity should be a person at the middle and senior level, there are people above him so he dare not be too presumptuous, it may be a deputy general secretary of the company or something, he often exercises, handsome and handsome, well-dressed, aged about forty years old, is a full type of man, thoughtful, calm and composed, has a strong sense of the overall situation, he may have accomplices in the hotel, he and Li Xueqin are not interested in Li Xueqin, but have other plansγ β
In just a few minutes, Tang Tao completed the psychological portrait of the murderer, outlining his height and even his personality, which made Wang Qiang a little unbelievable.
"This is a psychological portrait, right? Where did you see that? On what basis? Wang Qiang asked the doubts in his heart.
Tang Tao didn't want to explain more, pointed to the words on the mirror and said: "Generally speaking, the height of a person's writing on the wall will not exceed the height of his eyes, these words are about one meter seven from the ground, counting the top of the head is almost one meter seven five, the word is like a person, many experienced HR can see a person's inner from a person's words, Li Xueqin is nearly forty, with an average figure, the person who can mess with her and can also serve as a middle and senior cadre of the company must be an elderly middle-aged person. People of this age are old and young, work pressure is high, many people have been blessed, and their bodies have long been inferior to when they were young, but this murderer can easily break Lu Peng's neck, if it is not for long-term exercise, how can he be so skillful? A tall and tasteful man who loves to exercise, there is no shortage of women around him, if he doesn't have other plans, how can he be with Li Xueqin? β
"Figure what? Money? β
"It's not clear, this is a long-planned murder, Li Xueqin thought it was a date with her lover, and she put on a mask before falling asleep last night, but she didn't know that this was a life-threatening trip at all, and the murderer had already planned everything."
Tang Tao said and carefully checked the door again, closed the door and locked the safety lock, once the lock was secured, even if there was a key to open it from the outside.
"Did you lock the door last night?" Tang Tao looked at Zhou Hui.
Zhou Hui hurriedly nodded and admitted that he had been a little frightened since he lost something last night, so he locked the door after entering.
"I understand what you say, but this is Zhou Hui's room, he can't be in the same room with the murderer last night, right?" Wang Qiang said.
Tang Tao carefully checked this room and was sure that it was the room where the murderer and Li Xueqin lived last night, but this room was 406, that is, the room where Zhou Hui lived, why was there no trace of Zhou Hui in this room?
Tang Tao frowned, he walked out of the room and walked back and forth in the corridor twice, and finally returned to 406, under everyone's gaze, Tang Tao's eyes fell on the house number again.
After looking at it for a while, Tang Tao reached out and touched the house number, buckled both sides and lifted it gently, but he didn't expect to lift the house number.
It turns out that all the door numbers are stuck in the card slot and hung on the door.
"I see." Tang Tao smiled.
"What do you mean?" Wang Qiang looked dazed.
Leng Bingling didn't understand what Tang Tao meant, the case did happen in 406, that is, Zhou Hui's room, the evidence is conclusive, can this be changed?
"The secret is on the house number, the murderer is very smart, there are a total of nine rooms on this floor, from one to nine, the murderer mastered Zhou Hui's room in advance, rushed to him to reverse the house number before moving in, there are two elevators on this floor, one between room three and four, and the other is next to room nine, this elevator leads to the side door on the right side of the hall, the average person will take the first elevator after opening the room, that is, the elevator between the third and fourth, according to the arrangement habits of the Chinese are from left to right, That is, 123456789, 406 at this time is still 406, but the murderer has completely reversed the order, then the order of the room number becomes 987654321, 406 at this time is actually not the real 406, but 404, after Zhou Hui left, the murderer quickly changed the house number, so Zhou Hui went upstairs and walked into 406 logically, which is also the scene of the crime, I explain simply, originally Zhou Hui lived in 406, He came out of the elevator on the side of 403, and went to the right for two rooms to be 406, if the order of the room number was reversed, then he had to go to the right for four rooms, this is the difference, the murderer's design is quite ingenious, only need to reverse the room number Once the case occurs, Zhou Hui will become a suspect 100%, just like now, he himself took us into the scene of the murder, if you want to do this, either someone is staring at the hall at any time to grasp Zhou Hui's actions, or there is the murderer's internal response in the hotel. β
In order to make everyone more intuitively understand, Tang Tao changed all the room numbers again, and sure enough, the room that was 406 just now became 404.
In order to verify his statement, Tang Tao asked Wang Zhihong to call the waiter to open 404, this room was also not cleaned up, but it was very clean inside, the quilt was neatly folded, the missing facial cleanser on the washbasin was completely consistent with the facial cleanser used by Zhou Hui, and the few hairs scattered on the bed could also prove that Zhou Hui lived in this room last night.
Everyone present was stunned by Tang Tao's reasoning, the ironclad evidence that everyone thought was overturned by Tang Tao again, and Wang Qiang admired him and didn't know what to say.
"Amazing, too powerful, experts are experts, but since the room has been locked, how did the murderer get Zhou Hui's tie and shoes?"
Tang Tao didn't speak but took everyone to room 405, pushed open the window and looked at 406 on the side, this time everyone just looked, there was a clear footprint on the outer wall of 406, judging from the pattern on the sole, this was a pair of casual shoes, and the murderer stole Zhou Hui's shoes and tie by capsizing into 406.
"To do this, there must be a prerequisite, that is, to prepare the room in advance, the hotel has four floors of guest rooms, if you want to set up this bureau, you have to prepare in advance, how many rooms were opened on the entire floor last night?" Tang Tao looked at the waiter.
"Three."
The waiter's eyes were a little evasive, and he was deliberately avoiding Tang Tao's eyes.
"Is it 404 to 406?"
"Yes."
"According to the hotel's system, the waiter generally leads the guests to check in, even if there is no way to lead the way, the middle will ask, this floor is your complicated right, the room number has been replaced, the guest doesn't know, don't you know?"
Everyone reacted, that's right, the waiters in the customer service department will never misremember the order of the room numbers, and without their cooperation, this bureau would be impossible.
The waiter bowed his head and remained silent.
"Even if you don't speak, you can't change the facts, your accomplices and the woman in charge of registration at the front desk, right? It was she who arranged other guests to other floors, and specially arranged Zhou Hui and the murderer on the fourth floor, 405 should also be opened by the murderer, the purpose is to facilitate the crime, if you don't say it now, you won't have a chance in the future. β
As soon as the waiter heard this, he didn't have a chance to say it, and his psychological defense line collapsed in an instant, and he gritted his teeth and told the truth.
"I said, this is all the idea of Hu Yue at the front desk, she and that woman have known each other for a long time, she gave me a hundred yuan to tell me not to talk nonsense, I don't know anything else."
Tang Tao took Zhou Hui's mobile phone, flipped out Li Xueqin's photo, and handed it to the waiter.
"You're talking about her?"
"Yes."
"Who did she come with? Did you bring anything with you? β
"I came alone, I brought a big box, Hu Yue also asked me not to tell anyone about it, she lived in 404 at the time, and a man entered her room after she opened the room, I thought they were in that kind of relationship that is why it is so mysterious."
"What does that guy look like?"
Tang Tao's questions were one after another, he seemed to have a lot of thoughts, and his brows never stretched.
"He looked like he was in his forties, each very tall, wearing a casual suit and jeans, carrying a bag, wearing sunglasses, driving a black GS8, and he was gone in the morning."
What the?
Let's go?
Everyone was shocked that the murderer had already run away.
"When?" Wang Qiang hurriedly asked.
"It was just a short time ago."
"I'll chase it."
Wang Zhihong rushed out alone without waiting for everyone to speak, and disappeared into the fire staircase in a blink of an eye.
There was a roar from the bottom of the building, and Wang Zhihong rushed out of the hotel on a motorcycle like an arrow from the string.
"I'll leave it to you here, I'll go too, and now that the road is broken, he won't be able to run." Wang Qiang said that he was also leaving.
Just then the elevator door opened, and an acquaintance walked out of it, covering his forehead with a pained expression.
When everyone saw the faces of the people who came, they were stunned in place.
That was actually Wang Zhihong!
That's right, it was Wang Zhihong who came out!
If he is Wang Zhihong, then who is the guy who rushed out just now?
If it was Wang Zhihong who rushed out, who was this person?
A chill jumped from Tang Tao's back to the top of his head, and he subconsciously took a step back.