"Got it!"

"Bring the body back!" , Nie Xiaohu waved his hand.

Back in the hall of the fast room, Nie Xiaohu and Cao Xiaohui sat together to discuss the case.

"Brother Tiger", Cao Xiaohui said with a frown, "There is one thing I can't figure out. ”

"Oh? Let's talk about it! Nie Xiaohu said with a smile.

"Generally speaking, the murderer kills someone and sets up the scene as a secret room for the sole purpose of convincing people that no one can enter or leave the scene, so that the deceased can be considered to have committed suicide."

"That's right!" , Nie Xiaohu nodded.

But in this case, although the murderer arranged the scene as a secret room, his methods were extremely clumsy, especially the silk thread tied to the horizontal bolt of the window, which was too obvious!

Besides, the deceased was shot to death with a crossbow arrow, no matter who it was, it could be seen at a glance that the murderer could have left in a grand manner after killing someone, so why bother to arrange the scene into a secret room?

There is also the purpose of the murderer's murder, judging from the scene, the heavy iron box should be a place to store valuables, the iron box is open, and it is empty, obviously, the contents of the box were taken away by the murderer, but there are fifty taels of silver in the burden hanging on the head of the bed, and the murderer has not touched it, why is this? ”

Nie Xiaohu smiled slightly, and then said: "This is not difficult to understand, the murderer is indeed to rob and kill, but what he robbed is not money, maybe documents, letters and other things, in short, the things that were robbed are very important things for the murderer."

As for why the murderer went to great lengths to decorate the scene as a secret room, I didn't try to figure it out at all, but one thing is certain! ”

"Which point?"

"The murderer must be someone who the deceased knew!"

"Why?" , Cao Xiaohui frowned.

"Quite simply, the deceased was killed in the middle of the night, and judging from the clothes he was wearing, he must have gotten up while he was sleeping to open the door for the murderer, and if it were not someone he knew, who would have worn so little to open the door at night?"

"yes, that makes sense!" , Cao Xiaohui nodded.

"So the murderer should be a man!"

"Not necessarily!" , Nie Xiaohu showed a weird smile.

Cao Xiaohui thought about it for a while, pursed her lips, and couldn't help rolling her eyes.

"Your Excellency!" At this time, Qi Zuo walked in and put a copper key on the table in front of Nie Xiaohu.

"My lord, this was found in the stomach of the deceased, and the deceased should have swallowed this key before he died."

"Keys?" , Nie Xiaohu pinched the key and looked at it, frowning slightly.

"The villain retires!" , bowed down and clenched his fists, and retreated.

"What kind of key is this? Is it on the door or on the iron box? Cao Xiaohui asked.

"It shouldn't be on the iron box, because the iron box is open, and it is estimated that it is on the door, so it will be clear if you try it?"

"Hmm!" , Cao Xiaohui nodded, took the key from Nie Xiaohu's hand, handed it to a catcher, and asked him to rush to the scene to try it.

"Brother Tiger, why did you say the murderer forced the deceased to swallow a key?" , Cao Xiaohui looked puzzled.

"I don't know", Nie Xiaohu pursed his lips and shook his head gently.

Time passed minute by minute, and it didn't take long for the catcher with the key to come back, and the key was indeed the key on the door of Jiang Tinghan's main room.

"Strange, why did the murderer force him to swallow the key on the door?" , Cao Xiaohui shook her head and said, "Could it be that it's still for the secret room?" The murderer first forced the deceased to swallow the key, and then locked the door from the inside, which means that it is impossible for outsiders to use the key to open the door.

That's not right! The door is locked from the inside, so it doesn't matter if you have a key or not? Or did the murderer have a deep hatred with the deceased, and wanted to abuse him before killing him, so he forced him to swallow the key? ”

"I don't have a clue, it's useless to think about anything now, let's wait for the little stones to come back!" , Nie Xiaohu shook his head helplessly.

Towards evening, Shi Yuning and the three returned.

"Tiger head, check it out!" , Shi Yuning said loudly as soon as he entered the door.

Mao Guangjian continued: "Jiang Tinghan, a local, is Chinese New Year's Eve years old today, his parents are dead, he has not married a wife, and he has no proper occupation.

This person does not have a proper livelihood, he wanders the streets and alleys every day, and loves to inquire about the short and gossip of other people's parents, although he is not ashamed, but he has no bad deeds, and he has never heard of making enemies with anyone, as for friends, there is no one, and no one wants to associate with this kind of person. ”

"What's a little strange is that," Liu Zhenxiao said, "Although Jiang Tinghan has no source of income, and his parents are ordinary people, and he hasn't left him much property, but he has never been short of money in the past six months.

According to the reaction of the neighbors who knew the inside story, it seems that his money was obtained by extorting others, and as for who he blackmailed, there is no way to know. ”

"Anything else?" , Nie Xiaohu glanced at Shi Yuning.

"No, that's all!" , Shi Yuning pursed his lips.

"Very good! All the hard work! ”

"It's not hard! Something to do! Mao Guangjian and Liu Zhenxiao both said with a smile.

"Now some mysteries are solved!" , Nie Xiaohu said with a smile.

"Which ones?" , Cao Xiaohui asked.

Obviously, since Jiang Tinghan has no proper occupation and has been spending a lot of money recently, just looking at the furniture in his home, you can know that he has made a small fortune, so where did his money come from? It will be obtained by extortion!

Then it is obvious that what is in that iron box must be the evidence he used to blackmail others, and the murderer must have been cornered by him, so he will take the risk and go to his house to kill him and take the evidence! ”

"Hmm!"

Cao Xiaohui nodded and said: "This also just shows why Jiang Tinghan is wearing so little on his body, because the murderer is the one who was blackmailed by him, and he thought that he was sending money, so he didn't wear a coat to open the door, and why did the murderer only take the items in the iron box, but didn't touch the silver in the baggage, it must be like this!"

But I still don't understand why the murderer forced him to swallow the key, and why did he set up the scene as a secret room? ”

"Report! Total headcatcher! Nie Xiaohu was just about to speak, when a catcher walked in.

"What?" , Nie Xiaohu's brows furrowed slightly.

"There is a man outside, saying that he is looking for you in an urgent matter, and it is about Jiang Tinghan!"

"Bring it in!"