Just as the locked man was thinking nonsense, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps outside the door, from far and near, probably towards the room where he was.

The man hurried through the crack in the door and shouted, "Who are you?" Hurry up and let me out!! ”

There was no immediate response, and the people outside ran to the door and stopped, not knowing what they were doing? The wheezing sound sounded like a woman, so the man in the room shouted again, "Hey! Who are you? Hurry up and answer me!! Why are you locking me up? ”

"I'm a little bit, and we didn't mean to lock you up, we just wanted to make someone's movement safer. Now I can release you, but you have to keep a cool head and listen to me, okay? As she spoke, there was the sound of the doorknob twisting, and she must have unlocked the lock.

Mei Xiaoxiao is now in the secret passage of the tower of the treacherous house, and they don't have a key to the room here, so the most primitive and crude method used to trap the man, which is to directly tie the lock with something until it doesn't move, which of course was done by her powerful boyfriend.

As for when Xie Yunmeng did it and when he brought the man here, even the person concerned didn't notice it, and we couldn't know it.

Soon, Mei Xiaoxiao opened the door and stood in front of a frightened man, she was not afraid that this man would suddenly strike back, at such a close distance, with a small fighting skill, she could restrain him at any time.

The man also seemed to know that he couldn't play the advantage of height and weight in front of the policewoman, so he waited for Mei Xiaoxiao to speak, and he took a few steps back, slightly allowing a certain distance between the two of them.

"Before I tell you the plan of action, I want to confirm if there is a person in this house with the same rib injury as you, who is he?" Mei Xiaoxiao asked.

In the early hours of December 31, the man in front of him had gone out once, and not long before Yun Yeyao was attacked, another person took the man's place, and when he returned, the man disappeared.

"So, it was Yan Muheng who took the initiative to ask you for help?" Mei Xiaoxiao asked, and at the same time she also heard a slight footstep outside, and after quietly confirming the direction of the person outside, the policewoman retracted her attention and opened her mouth to call out the name of the man in front of her-Shan Mingze.

It turned out that the real Shan Mingze was brought here by the criminal police, what was the reason for doing this, and who was Shan Mingze who escaped downstairs? We don't know at the moment, so we can only keep our eyes on their conversation.

"Yes, but I don't know how he found me, because we didn't have any contact with each other before." Shan Mingze replied.

Mei Xiaoxiao continued to ask, "When did you start going in and out of the secret passage?" Did you meet anyone else before you met Haruka? ”

Shan Mingze shook his head and said: "The first day during the day, when I was locked in the room alone, Yan Muheng had already replaced me, and I hid in the secret passage all day, Yan Muheng asked me to look for the diary left by An Ze, and someone who was very similar to Mr. Housekeeper." But I don't really know what the parent looks like, I only know that he is a fat man. ”

"Did you find the diary?" A little asked.

"No, when I stayed in the secret passage, I couldn't open a single door to the room there, not to mention the diary, I couldn't even find a piece of paper."

"So yesterday during the day, did Yan Muheng enter the secret passage?"

"No, I've snuck back into the guest room several times, and I've found him sleeping soundly with his head covered, I'm not sure, is he faking or really asleep? Because I didn't have the agreed time to change my identity, I didn't have to rush to wake him up. Shan Mingze said. The fear on his face was gradually diminishing, and his eyes were staring directly at Mei Xiaoxiao, who didn't look like he was lying.

Many questions are not something that can be figured out at once, and it is impossible for Mei Xiaoxiao to ask them one by one, she glanced at her watch, Xie Yunmeng was about to come back, she hurried up and asked, "Think about what else happened?" ”

After bowing his head and pondering for a few seconds, Shan Mingze still shook his head and said, "No, because the door of the room could not be opened, I couldn't find any clues, so I could only lean against the wall of the secret passage in a daze until I heard the conversation of the criminal police......"

"Did you hear the conversation between Xiao Meng and the teacher?" Xiaoxiao's mind immediately reflected the two people he was familiar with.

"No, it's the conversation between Yan Muheng and Grandpa Liu, I heard it very clearly, Grandpa Liu called him Xiao Heng." The man replied.

Although the conversation just now felt a little long, it was actually only ten minutes. One of the main questions is whether the Yan Muheng mentioned by Shan Mingze is Yan Muheng who has been operating outside the treacherous house?

Here we will roughly analyze: The person who attracted Shan Mingze to become the 'helper' of the criminal police claimed to be Yan Muheng. We can guess that if this 'Yan Muheng' lied, then he must imitate the real Yan Muheng in some aspects, such as pasting scars on his face, disguising Yan Muheng's or Xie Yunmeng's voice, and so on.

As long as there is a heart, these tasks can still be done. Assuming that he is not lying, then it proves that he is using Shan Mingze as a shield, and he was indeed involved in the homicide, and it may be the murderer himself.

Why? When the murderer killed the first and second victims, he had to use the secret passage to act secretly, and the secret passage was still a forbidden area for the criminal police at that time. If a cannon fodder is arranged to move back and forth inside, then when the criminal police find out that the secret passage exists, they will first suspect the person who has the opportunity to enter the secret passage on the surface.

Then, Shan Mingze will definitely not be able to get out of it, how can he explain clearly that he and Yan Muheng have changed their identities, will the criminal police easily believe him without evidence?

On this basis, the murderer also made a second layer of defense, that is, the real Yan Muheng!

From the point of view of time, Yan Muheng has been staying in the shop of the peripheral grocery store owner and his wife, if he leaves for the whole afternoon, the grocery store owner and his wife will definitely be small, but they did not mention it, so Yan Muheng must not have left on the afternoon of December 30.

Not to mention swapping identities with Shan Mingze in the room. From this, it can be extended that the person who instigated Shan Mingze to go up the mountain to do the so-called help work was not the Yan Muheng we saw before, but another person.

Yan Muheng himself is not familiar with Shan Mingze, they are only linked to Xixi and the homicide case, if it weren't for being used, Shan Mingze probably wouldn't even know Yan Muheng.

Yun Yeyao's counteroffensive plan can be said to have started when Wen Manman came back from the dead. Wen Manman's story, Sister Wang's abnormal behavior, Yan Muheng's contradictions in action, and Ms. Wen and the terrifying lie.

These are all things that Yun Yeyao and the criminal police can't figure out for the time being, and maybe the true identity of the murderer is hidden in these secrets. In addition to this, Yun Yeyao thinks that there must be someone secretly 'helping' Xixi.

Cissy had been in her room during the day, and even if she woke up, the chances of her running to the murder room alone were slim, and it was likely that someone had secretly lured her to the next room.

We know that Yun Yeyao guessed correctly, but there are still doubts in it: first, how can Yun Yeyao be sure that Xixi will not go to his companions? Secondly, the time when the body was found was at the time of the most frequent human activity, and anyone who had left the first floor of the main house might have entered Sissy's room, including the hidden cook.

The middle-aged woman who died was a relative of Xixi, and she was a woman, an ordinary little girl, when she had something on her mind, she would definitely confide in someone close to her and ask for help, especially the female elders in the family.

In fact, Yun Yeyao did think so at first, Xixi entered the middle-aged woman's room alone because she wanted to ask for help. But seeing Sissy's reaction, he abandoned this idea.

The tragic death of the middle-aged woman did not bring Xixi real sadness, and from the eyes of this little girl, Yun Yeyao saw nothing but fear. and her attitude towards Shan Mingze, she is not even willing to approach, let alone discuss things.

It can be seen that although Sissy is weak, he is definitely self-centered, and he has been stimulated. Except for the people she loves, others don't even have basic feelings and trust, to put it bluntly, they are simple and selfish. Such a person is unlikely to seek help from the person he rejects.

Because of this, Yun Yeyao's plan left Xixi on the periphery at the beginning, and it was best to let her get out, she couldn't get any useful clues from her, and it was easy to fall into the 'quagmire' because of some people's demagoguery in the house and couldn't protect herself.

In the morning, after all the boys went to the first floor to wash, Tang Meiya and her grandmother knew from the criminal police that they wanted them to cooperate with the action, and Grandma Tang was very cautious about this, not because she didn't believe in the criminal police, but because this matter involved her granddaughter, she had to deal with it cautiously out of concern for her granddaughter's life.

Talking to Grandma Tang was naturally Liuqiao Pu, and the old man didn't bother much, but when Tang Meiya and Grandma walked outside the room, he went out and told them about a past matter, which was also the fundamental reason why Yun Yeyao and Liu Qiaopu decided to let the two Tang Meiya participate in the plan.

When Liu Qiaopu was at work, he solved countless cases, large and small, from theft to murder. And the incident he told Grandma Tang about was a certain case he had solved, but there were many strange things in the final outcome of the case, so the old man has always been obsessed.

In fact, when Liu Qiao Pu first saw Tang Meiya's ancestor and grandson, he remembered the past, but there was no abnormality at that time, so Liu Qiao Pu quickly left it behind. It wasn't until he discussed the next plan of action with Yun Yeyao that the old man suddenly remembered.

When he told Yun Yeyao about it, the actor immediately analyzed and judged the doubts left in it, and bluntly pointed out that if Grandma Tang Meiya was worried, they could use this matter to give it a try, maybe Grandma Tang would agree to help.

So what exactly is it that has so much impact? What did Grandma Tang Meiya do in the past?

The conversation between Liu Qiaopu and the old woman is naturally confidential, but we can hear a little clue from Grandma Tang's conversation with Yaya at the moment.

"Grandma, you have been running around for the children in cram schools all your life, I know that you teach them a lot of times without tuition, I used to think that you are the kindest grandma in the world...... Don't get me wrong, I still think so, it's just ......"

Yaya slurred, reluctant to continue. She looked up into her grandmother's eyes and found that there was a lot of anticipation, and Yaya had to confide in her guess: "Is that sweetheart of yours involved in child trafficking?" ”

“…… Yes, so grandma is also a bad person, a bad person who has done wrong things to the children before! Tang Meiya lowered her head, her tone full of guilt and repentance.

"I don't believe you're so kind, I definitely don't believe you're involved in child trafficking! You must have been unaware at the time! Yaya unconsciously raised her voice, and it wasn't until Tang Meiya put a finger to her lips that she realized that she was a little out of shape.

After the study returned to calm, Tang Meiya whispered: "Yaya, thank you for believing in grandma so much, but you must know that grandma doesn't know, it doesn't mean that there is no sin!" Do you know? For several years, I actually used my own hands and all my savings to support such a vicious person. Yaya, can you understand how sad and uncomfortable this feeling is? ”

"I didn't listen to the advice of my parents, didn't choose the right path, and even gave up a bright future, actually for a cold-blooded demon, every time I think of that experience, my regret can't be described in words! So I had to run the school and teach desperately, because this was the only way I could atone for my children's sins! ”

"So I...... Isn't that also the child you adopted in this mood?! The sadness in Yaya's big eyes made Tang Meiya's heart ache, but now she couldn't stop it.

After waking up, Yan Muheng felt that his brain was swollen and painful, his hands and feet were numb, and he had no strength in his body at all.

'Why is this happening, what the hell is wrong with me?' An unconscious question popped up in Yan Muheng's mind, he never thought that his body would be so bad, even if he went back and forth in the snow several times, he also rested in between! You don't even have the strength to take a few extra steps!

His throat was so thirsty that he couldn't make a sound, and it was so difficult to call for help, Yan Muheng could only close his eyes and wait for his strength to recover a little. What had never happened before, for him, was tantamount to a catastrophe.

I don't know why my mood is gradually filled with fear, and the feeling of being at a loss is even more unbearable than the pain of my skin due to freezing. At this moment, how much Yan Muheng wished that someone could find him, even if he heard the sound of a footstep walking towards him.

He tried to prick up his ears and listened to the sound of the living room door, but neither the stumbling footsteps nor the panicked screams came close to him, hoping to pass through the man's heart little by little.

Suddenly, he felt another tingling pain in his head, starting at his temples and continuing to the top of his head, spreading like an explosion to the inside of his skull. Yan Muheng bit his lip hard, and under the force of his white teeth, the thin skin quickly oozed blood, but the pain was less than one-ten-thousandth of what had accumulated in his heart.

When the blood dripped to the ground, Yan Muheng realized his unconscious movements, and in his slightly open eyes, his vision became blurred, as if he saw a dark forest that he had never entered, where there was another person, looking at himself in embarrassment.

The face of the person opposite was blocked by the branches, Yan Muheng couldn't see clearly, he wanted to take a few steps closer, but he couldn't take a step, there seemed to be a bottomless swamp in front of him, so that Yan Muheng's fear spread to every part of his body, and he couldn't resist or ignore it at all.

The actions of everyone in the treacherous house have already begun, and it is almost lunch time, but the three people who stayed in the restaurant have not yet noticed the horror that is happening outside, and Sissy is arranged by the grocery store owner and his wife to rest upstairs, and the air conditioning upstairs is still running. Since the frozen little girl's mental condition has been unstable, the boss and his wife are very attentive to the movements upstairs downstairs.

Just as lunch was about to be served, the boss suddenly heard Sissy screaming! In this case, any abnormal movement can cause a strong reaction in an instant, and when a scream is heard from upstairs, the owner of the grocery store, who is trying to fiddle with the air conditioner in the living room, rushes up immediately.

The proprietress was not idle, she put down the half-filled plate in her hand and ran upstairs after her husband. The wooden staircase made a terrible sound as if it was about to break at the feet of the two men, which made Sissy, who had barely recovered upstairs, even more nervous.

"How are you, Miss Sissy, what happened?" The grocery store owner asked anxiously before he could stand still.

"I ...... I ......" Cissy's heart was pounding with fright, and he finally spoke: "There are cockroaches in the house...... Well, over there, the cabinet is down! ”

"Huh? Cockroach! Cockroaches?!! The grocery store owner, too, was confused by this reversal of the plot, and looked back at the bottom of the cabinet that Sissy was pointing to, where there was nothing but dust.

"No! Where are the cockroaches? ”

"Right there, I don't want to stay in this room, I'm going to stay with you!" Cissy scrambled to get up from the bed and put a sweater on her body, not even noticing that the sweater was worn backwards.

"Xixi, don't be nervous, you were not freezing lightly just now, the air conditioner downstairs is broken, it's very cold." The grocery store owner hastened to remind him.

But Sissy didn't listen to him at all, and put on her down jacket and ran to the door. She is not afraid of the cold now, she is afraid of the murderer who will come out of nowhere, and the dismembered corpse in the treacherous house is still lingering in her mind, as if it is always a reminder that something terrible will happen to Sissy again.

Don't know why? Sissy's footsteps towards the window slowed down, and when she was still a little distance from the window, she stood still, and could see the little girl's hands hidden under the blanket trembling violently, and making strange noises from her mouth.

Not a scream, but the sound of a hard object rubbing, very slightly, but very quickly. The grocery store owner behind Cissy realized that something was wrong, and he took a few steps and reached out to pull the little girl back.

As soon as the grocery store owner's hand touched Sissy's shoulder, it was as if he had touched a button switch, and the little girl's body instantly fell back and fell into his arms, which made him no longer have time to think about what Sisy saw. Immediately called out to his wife in the kitchen.

When the proprietress heard the sound and rushed out of the kitchen, she saw her husband hugging Xixi, and the two of them were standing by the window, not knowing what they were doing? The proprietress thought for a moment that her husband had done something bad? rushed up and pulled Xixi over, and was about to scold the boss angrily.

But I didn't expect that because the little girl's body was too close to the window, after being pulled vigorously by the proprietress , the blanket suddenly hooked the metal handle on the window frame, and lifted the handle, although the window could not be opened, but due to the vibration, the glass on the window suddenly fell inward, and it was also connected with the thick ice outside.

From the front, it looks like four thickened cracks appeared on the window frame, and many broken and sharp Xiaoice pieces fell on the floor in front of the window like glass slag, fortunately, the boss lady reacted quickly and quickly pulled Xixi into her arms, otherwise the little girl's feet were likely to be scratched by these broken ice slags.

The sound of glass shattering did not wake up Sissy's senses, it was obvious that the little girl had been overly frightened, she leaned on the arms of the grocery store proprietress like dead ashes, her pupils looked straight ahead, people did not feel a trace of anger, only the trembling of her hands and feet reminded others that she was still alive.

Cissy is indeed alive, but the head that poked into the room with the ice has been reporting to the underworld for a long time! The proprietress was temporarily blocked from sight by Sissy, but the grocery store owner standing next to the two of them could see clearly, and his mind was blank at the moment.

The doubts contained in the criminal police question may not be fully understood, so I will explain it a little:

At that time, when Yan Muheng was knocked unconscious in the food warehouse, wasn't there a mysterious man behind him? This mysterious person smashed open the ice at the back door of the restaurant, and deliberately let Yan Muheng go to the treacherous house to report the news, that is, to inform the criminal police that the restaurant was frozen, and that Yan Muheng himself was smashed unconscious for some reason.

But no one here saw the awakened Yan Muheng really leave the food warehouse, it was just that the mysterious man felt that he had left. Is the food warehouse empty? No one has been confirmed since.

The mysterious man smashed open the ice at the back door of the restaurant and immediately headed in the direction of the treacherous house, regardless of his purpose? He was inadvertently discovered by Xie Yunmeng, who sent Xixi out and followed, and the criminal police clearly saw him entering through the gate of the treacherous house.

So Mr. Detective locked the door of the house from the outside (the key to the house had already been obtained from the survivors. Then he entered the tower through the secret passage and made peace with Minami, and then went down from the brown tower to the door of the study.