Chapter 16 The lights are dark
"Oh, yes, but, according to what you say, that is, the murderer of Tang Xin is very likely to be in this apartment building now. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info "I figured it out and said.
After all, just now Mu Zihan and I rushed directly from the first floor to the eighteenth floor, and along the way, we didn't see a person going down the stairs at all. And the elevator, it seems that it is still parked on the tenth floor, and it seems that it may be out of order.
However, Mu Zihan didn't answer me immediately, but checked again in Tang Xin's house, took out his mobile phone and dialed Uncle Wang's number, only to hear him say, "Uncle Wang, what's going on down there now?" As he spoke, he turned on the hands-free mode so that I could also hear Uncle Wang's words.
Uncle Wang, who only heard the phone on the other side, replied: "The ambulance came just now and sent Tang Xin to first aid." However, Zi Han, the doctor with the car said, let's not get too much hope, because, just now, Tang Xin was almost out of vital signs. ”
"Hey, I guess so, after all, falling from the eighteenth floor, although I was lucky enough to fall on the roof of the car, there was a certain cushion, but it was too high. didn't cut off her breath directly, she was already counted as fateful, and we could only do our best to see the destiny of heaven. Mu Zihan sighed and said, "But, Uncle Wang, since Siyuan and I entered the apartment building, someone came out of the door?" ”
"No, I asked Xiaohu to keep an eye on the door of the apartment building, and no one came out since you and Siyuan entered. What's the situation like over there? Did Tang Xin commit suicide in fear of sin? Uncle Wang said. As for that Xiaohu, it was the criminal policeman who drove before.
"It was not a suicide, according to the circumstances at the scene, this case was as I expected, a murder. However, since no one has gone out from the gate of the apartment building, it means that the murderer of Tang Xin should still be in the apartment building. Okay, Uncle Wang, you leave Xiaohu downstairs to continue to stare at the door of the apartment building and maintain the scene, and let another criminal policeman go to the property, I have something to ask them. After Mu Zihan finished speaking, he hung up the phone.
Seeing that he had finished talking on the phone, and I had heard the content of the call, I thought for a while and said, "Since we have reached the eighteenth floor, we have not met anyone along the way, that is, he is now hiding in the three floors from the 19th to the 21st floor?" "There are only 21 floors in the whole building, so since there is no one below the 18th floor, it can only be above.
"Not necessarily." However, the reasoning that I thought was correct was still denied by Mu Zihan.
"Why?" I'm a little angry, could it be that this murderer is still hiding in the sky?
"Siyuan, have you calculated how much time it took me to climb the stairs from the first floor to the eighteenth floor with you?" Mu Zihan said with a smile.
"This ......" yes, I didn't seem to count this time, so I looked down and thought for a while and said, "We rushed up from the stairs as fast as possible after seeing that the elevator did not move, and it would not take more than 10 minutes before and after." ”
"That's right, according to my calculations, it should be 8 minutes to be exact. However, in these 8 minutes, the murderer was not only able to climb 3 floors, but also to go down several floors. As long as you don't bump into us. Moreover, the two of us were rushing to the road, and we unconsciously ignored the footsteps. Mu Zihan said: "According to the fact that it took us about 5 minutes to climb to the 10th floor, he can completely hide in the 11th to 21st floors, these ten floors." Even, after he heard our footsteps, he hid in the stairwell to avoid it, and then he came out when we passed. So, in fact, he could hide from this entire floor. ”
"The whole floor? The 18th floor is probably impossible. "Although I think what Mu Zihan said makes sense, I really don't think the murderer still has the courage to hide on the eighteenth floor. After all, there are a total of four houses on the eighteenth floor, except for Tang Xin's set, the other three sets seem to be empty.
"No, Siyuan, have you ever heard the words that it is dark under the lights and that the most dangerous place is the safest place?" Muzi said with a cold smile.
"Of course I've heard this, but no matter how much I think about it, it's impossible." I retort.
"Doesn't it make you feel impossible, isn't it exactly what every criminal who tries to hide wants to see?" Mu Zi smiled coldly and scanned the entire room again and said, "I can tell you that not only do I suspect the other three houses on this floor, but I even suspect that the murderer is hiding in this room. After all, although I have probably inspected this house, we don't know if there is a secret door? Therefore, it is possible that the murderer opened the door just to create the illusion that he had run away. ”
As he was talking, Uncle Wang had already walked up with two strangers, and when he saw us standing at the door, he stepped forward and said, "You have already checked the scene?" Then he introduced us to the two people who followed him, and it turned out that these two strangers were the property managers of the apartment building.
After a brief self-introduction, Mu Zihan asked bluntly: "What's going on with the elevator in this building?" ”
"We don't know what the reason for this elevator is, it should be a failure, so it has been stuck on the 10th floor. It was only in the afternoon that we received a call from the resident for repairs. However, we have already arranged for someone to do the repairs. The older property manager said.
"What time did you report for repair in the afternoon?" Mu Zihan thought for a moment and then asked.
"I remember it was around two o'clock in the afternoon, and I still answered the repair call. In fact, not long ago, we also asked the electrical company to maintain this elevator, but I really didn't expect it to break down so quickly. The younger person in charge of the property replied.
Obviously, he doesn't want us to think that it is because of the negligence of the property that the elevator can not be moved, especially now that there is such a murder, of course, they want to shirk the responsibility.
It's just that Mu Zihan is good, I am good, and even when I look at Uncle Wang's expression, it is similar to ours. We don't care if it's the property's responsibility or not, we just want to make sure that the elevator is really out of order, and when it will break, and we don't bother to care about anything else.
Sure enough, Mu Zihan barely paid attention to the words of the person in charge of the property, but said: "Since this is the case, it is completely certain that the murderer obviously knew that the police would come to arrest Tang Xin soon, so he deliberately destroyed the elevator in advance in order to gain time when necessary, and then killed the victim." ”
It is estimated that this should be the case, if we Mu Zihan could take the elevator up at that time, the speed would be much faster, at most it would not take more than 4 minutes, and we could reach the eighteenth floor, that is, the scene of the crime, then the time for him to escape and hide would be more than half less.
(To be continued)