Chapter 9: The alibi of the people

The content of the two chapters, Xiaotian has kept his promise!

Since the location of the ancient castle was in the suburbs, it had been an hour since the police came to the ancient castle, and what Ouyang Xiu didn't expect was that the police officer in charge of this case was actually a person he was very familiar with.

"Really, Ouyang Xiu, can't you save people's worries? Every time a case occurs, you will be at the scene of the crime, and you are about to catch up with Zheng Hanfei. ”

"Long time no see, Officer Ning Binglan." Facing Ning Binglan's complaint, Ouyang Xiu shrugged his shoulders helplessly, and then greeted her with a smile, "But don't confuse me with that person who will have another personality at every turn, at least I'm much faster than him in some places." ”

"Oh? Listen to your tone, do you already know who the murderer is? ”

"How is that possible?" Ouyang Xiu scratched his head, "I don't have any clues at all, but I promise you, I'll find out about that idiot who dared to make mistakes in front of the detective as quickly as you didn't expect." ”

"Then I'll look forward to it." Leaving this sentence, Ning Binglan walked into the scene of the crime with several supervisors, while Ouyang Xiu and Sun Yu left the scene of the crime, in the hour that the police did not arrive, the two had already found all the clues they cared about, and waiting for the police investigation at the scene of the crime was purely time-consuming, it was better to do something meaningful.

Next...... It is to investigate the alibi of everyone in the castle.

Ouyang Xiu had already calculated what to do next, and Sun Yu also expected it, but what Sun Yu never expected was that the first person Ouyang Xiu took him for interrogation was not Shen Luo, but Zhong Li Wan'er, who came with Ouyang Xiu. The two came to Zhongli Wan'er's door, Ouyang Xiu knocked on the door, and the door suddenly opened.

"Do you have an alibi?" Ouyang Xiu casually found a place to sit down, and after Zhong Li Wan'er sat on the bed, he immediately cut to the topic, which startled Sun Yu, he also thought that Ouyang Xiu would talk to Zhong Li Wan'er about other things first, after all, Ouyang Xiu made Zhong Li Wan'er angry, and he himself would not answer Ouyang Xiu's question immediately.

But Sun Yu guessed wrong, Zhongli Wan'er surprised Ouyang Xiu's question, from the tone of the voice, he didn't feel any anger or fullness, very calm: "I don't have an alibi, until you found the corpse, I have been wandering around outside the castle, and finally because I was tired of walking, I went back to the room to prepare to rest for a while, by the way, I met Hou Meiqian when I was outside the castle, when she was about to return to the castle, I greeted her, as for when I don't remember, ah!" Another thing, after that, I also met Shen Luo with a nervous face, she seemed to be looking for something, and she didn't notice me at all when I greeted her. ”

"I see, thank you for your answer." Ouyang Xiu thought for a while, then pulled Sun Yu out of the room, which made Sun Yu startled again, he thought that Ouyang Xiu would take Zhongli Wan'er to continue to handle the case, compared to himself who was not very interested in reasoning, Zhong Li Wan'er in the same detective agency was countless times better than himself.

"I'm sorry, Wan'er, I'll apologize to you when I settle this case." When he walked to the door, Ouyang Xiu suddenly stopped, and said with Zhongli Wan'er behind his back, "You have to be careful. ”

"Who do you think I am?" Zhongli Wan'er suddenly laughed, pointed to her head, and said very confidently, "I'm a member of the Sherlock Detective Agency-Zhong Li Wan'er, instead of caring about me, you better use your head to think about who the murderer is, if you still think about how to comfort me at such a critical moment, if I know, I will make you experience the consequences that are several times more terrifying than you imagined." ”

"Remember not to trust anyone." Finally told Zhongli Wan'er, Ouyang Xiu took Sun Yu out of the room, and came to the second person who was going to ask - Shen Luo's room, since Shen Luo called the police, she returned to the room, and kept the door closed, it seems that her spirit has been greatly damaged, it is no wonder, except for Ouyang Xiu, the police and Sun Yu, who swore to find the murderer, I am afraid that individuals will feel scared and frightened when they see their acquaintances killed.

Ouyang Xiu As for the first person to ask, it was not Shen Luo but Zhongli Wan'er, he wanted to give Shen Luo a certain buffer time, knocked on the door, and the door quickly opened, revealing Shen Luo's pale face, seeing Ouyang Xiu and Sun Yu, Shen Luo and Zhong Li Wan'er were the same, and let the two of them walk in without saying anything, and then locked the door, walked to the side of the bed step by step, sat on the bed, and quietly waited for Ouyang Xiu's inquiry.

"I already know what you were doing before you found Cai Jin's body, so I can conclude that you don't have an alibi, right?" After saying that, Ouyang Xiu stared at Shen Luo, whose body was trembling constantly, waiting for her answer, he was not in a hurry, and asked what this kind of person needs most is patience, without patience, he will not get any useful information from this kind of person's mouth at all.

"Yes." After a few minutes, Shen Luo finally suppressed the trembling of her body and answered Ouyang Xiu's question, "Cai Jin told me not to let anyone know his whereabouts before leaving, so I was alone when I was looking for him, but when I was looking for Cai Jin outside the castle, I met the little girl who came with you, and it seems that I also met Hou Meiqian, but at that time I didn't know whether it was inside the castle or outside the castle, after all, I was worried about Cai Jin." ”

She's talking about Wan'er, right? Hearing Shen Luo say this, Ouyang Xiu realized that he didn't introduce Zhongli Wan'er when he was in the hall, and Zhongli Wan'er didn't introduce himself, causing Sun Yu, Shen Luo and others to not know Zhongli Wan'er's name, so Ouyang Xiu felt that he had unknowingly angered Zhongli Wan'er many times.

Wrong! Wrong! What are you thinking, if you let Zhongli Wan'er know, wouldn't she be miserable!

Ouyang Xiu shook his head, and pulled his thoughts back to reasoning, from Shen Luo's words and Zhong Liwan'er's words, it can be concluded that the two are telling the truth, the two did meet at a certain time, but unfortunately it is not clear whether Cai Jin was poisoned during that time, Ouyang Xiu can temporarily exclude the two from the suspects, but he cannot completely eliminate the suspicion of the two.

"Thank you for your cooperation." The question he wanted to ask had already been asked, and Ouyang Xiu had no reason to continue to stay in the room, originally he wanted Sun Yu to accompany Shen Luo well, but seeing Sun Yu follow him up from his seat, Ouyang Xiu knew that Sun Yu himself wanted to continue to follow him, so Ouyang Xiu didn't say much and took Sun Yu out of Shen Luo's room.

It's a bit of a hassle!

Walking in the corridor, Ouyang Xiu frowned slightly, he originally thought that the murderer's target would be Sun Yu, but he didn't expect it to be Cai Jin, but this can't be a reason for Ouyang Xiu to be lax, there is no guarantee that the black shadow found by Ouyang Xiu is the murderer, but no one can't guarantee that the black shadow and the murderer are not the same person.

In the unknown field, one more insurance will not suffer, this is what Zhou Zheng taught Ouyang Xiu when he was a child, and Ouyang Xiu has not forgotten it until now.

"Who are we going to next?" Seeing that Ouyang Xiu was silent along the way, and there was no sign of going to the Western District, Sun Yu finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked Ouyang Xiu what he was going to do.

"My room." Ouyang Xiu replied, "I have asked the housekeeper to notify the others to gather in my room, I have something I want to ask them, I hope they can cooperate, now calculate the time they should be there, you see!" As I said. ”

Looking in the direction Ouyang Xiu pointed, Sun Yu found that the housekeeper, Du Ji, Hou Meiqian, and Sun Li were already standing at Ouyang Xiu's door, and it could be seen from the irritable expression on Sun Li's face that he had been waiting here for a long time, Sun Yu thought that Ouyang Xiu would ask Sun Li first considering personal factors, but he guessed wrong again, the person Ouyang Xiu asked was the housekeeper.

"What's your name?" Hearing Ouyang Xiu's first question, Sun Yu suddenly reacted, so far he didn't know what the name of the housekeeper who stayed by Du Ji's side, and he hadn't introduced himself, he knew that he was a housekeeper, or the conclusion was drawn from a set of housekeeper clothes on his body.

"Does this have anything to do with the case?" The housekeeper did not answer Ouyang Xiu's question, but began to question Ouyang Xiu.

"What do you say?" Ouyang Xiu didn't answer the housekeeper's question, and threw the question back to the housekeeper.

The confrontation between the two made Sun Yu feel inexplicable pressure, and just when Sun Yu couldn't stand the preparation and was subconsciously about to say his name, the housekeeper suddenly spoke.

"It's really a very suspicious detective, okay, my name is Long, I don't know if you are satisfied with this answer detective?"

Ouyang Xiu raised his eyebrows, like this kind of name, which is fake when he hears it, how can he believe it, but Ouyang Xiu can't continue to ask, and if he continues to ask, the housekeeper will definitely use this reason to refuse to ask, he is a detective, not a detective, just let people cooperate with him is enough, if he asks questions, he will make others think that he is kicking his nose in the face, so he refuses to provide him with any clues.

"I'll believe your name for the time being, Long Tian, let me ask you, what were you doing before you found the body?" Ouyang Xiu felt more and more that Long Tian was a hidden person, and in order to solve the case smoothly, Ouyang Xiu temporarily gave up on confronting Long Tian and began to cut to the chase.

"With the master, I have been staying in a room on the third floor of the west side, discussing tonight's dinner and some trivial matters, if you don't believe it, you can ask the master, of course, I only met the deceased today, and I don't have any enmity with him, what is my answer? Detective, are you still satisfied? ”

Ouyang Xiu nodded, Long Tian finished all the questions he wanted to ask in one breath, and could only let Long Tian leave the room, looking at Long Tian's back, Ouyang Xiu's sudden words made Long Tian stop.

"I hope that after the case is over, I can have a good talk with you."

"If you can find me then, I will answer any questions you have." Long Tian's words made Sun Yu a little confused, seeing Ouyang Xiu's squinting expression, Sun Yu immediately understood that Ouyang Xiu had understood, speaking of which, Sun Yu couldn't understand the conversation between the two just now, but Sun Yu felt that the two had obviously clashed once in the conversation, and Ouyang Xiu had a slight advantage.

In order to confirm Long Tian's words, Du Ji was the next object of inquiry, Du Ji was very cooperative, and said that the housekeeper's name was the same name as what they knew, I don't know if the two had discussed it before or if it was this name that Long Tian told Du Ji.

"Ah, Long Tian is right, I was indeed with him at that time, in the middle room on the third floor of the west side of the castle, which was where I rested, discussing dinner and the decoration of the castle. This can be counted as an alibi, right? If you don't believe me, I can give you what I wrote down at the time, I have a problem, I will write down everything to prepare, and I will write down the time, which can be called obsessive-compulsive disorder. ”

"Impossible, the testimony between the two cannot be taken as alibi." Ouyang Xiu said an answer that made Du Ji feel regretful, "No one can guarantee that the murderer who killed Cai Jin this time has no accomplices, and the motive can be thought of very simply, such as ...... This one! Cai Jin discovered the secret of the two of you, and you killed Cai Jin for the sake of secrecy, how about it? Even if you don't know each other, it can constitute a reason to kill Cai Jin. ”

"Haha, since Detective Ouyang Xiu said so, I have nothing to refute, but I believe that Detective Ouyang Xiu will not wronged people, otherwise he will live up to the title of Sherlock Detective Agency, I am looking forward to Detective Ouyang Xiu finding the real murderer among us." Du Ji didn't get angry, but smiled and said a few words to Ouyang Xiu before leaving the room.

"I've been walking around the castle for a while and I'm going to rest in my room, and I don't have an alibi, but I saw the little girl and Shenluo who came with you, and I didn't pay attention to it at any time." The next person was Sun Yu's girlfriend Hou Meiqian, who immediately answered Ouyang Xiu's question, and did not look at Sun Yu during the period, so that Sun Yu lowered her head directly, which means that Hou Meiqian's anger has not disappeared.

"Are you familiar with Cai Jin?" Ouyang Xiu didn't just let Hou Meiqian leave, but asked the next question, which made Sun Yu a little surprised, he didn't understand what medicine was sold in Ouyang Xiu's gourd.

"I'm not familiar, I didn't know this person at all before I met Sun Yu, and I don't usually have anything to do with him." Although Hou Meiqian was a little confused, she still answered Ouyang Xiu's question truthfully.

"That's right." Ouyang Xiu pinched his chin, not knowing what he was thinking. Seeing that Ouyang Xiu didn't have the idea of continuing to ask, Hou Meiqian left the room, and just like that, the last person walked into the room, and that was Sun Li, who was already uncontrollable and angry.

"I said why should I accept your inquiry! You're not a policeman, you're just a detective, and you still suspect that Cai Jin's murderer is among us, do you have any basis? If you do not answer these questions, I will refuse to answer your questions. Sun Li came up and yelled at Ouyang Xiu, if Sun Yu hadn't stopped him in time, I'm afraid Sun Li would have rushed to Ouyang Xiu and grabbed his collar and beat him hard.

"I can only say that I have the intuition and experience of handling cases for many years." Ouyang Xiu can't be stupid to say the matter of the black shadow, who knows if Sun Li is the black shadow or not, in the face of the person who doesn't want to answer, Ouyang Xiu has his own way to make that person answer, "Mr. Sun Li, let me explain first, I asked your alibi to reduce the burden on the police, even if I don't ask, the police will ask you, in the face of that female police officer, you may be treated much worse than now, it is your freedom not to answer, but I don't know what the female police officer thinks after I report this matter to the police." ”

"You stinky detective, you actually threaten me!" Sun Li was obviously angered by Ouyang Xiu's words, and suddenly broke free from Sun Yu's shackles, and was just about to swing his fist down, a slender hand grabbed his wrist, and the powerful force made Sun Li cry out in pain, and when he looked up, he found that Ning Binglan, who was wearing a police uniform, was glaring at him fiercely, and the majesty of the police wiped out all Sun Li's anger at once.

"Is there anything else you'd like to say now? I have handled several cases with Ouyang Xiu, I believe in his ability to do things, I hope you can cooperate with him, this is not a loss for you, you also want to find the murderer who killed Cai Jin, right? If you have a clear conscience, how can you vehemently refuse to state your alibi? Could it be you......"

"How is that possible!" Hearing this, Sun Li loudly denied, glanced at Ouyang Xiu, had to sigh and admit defeat, and said slowly: "At that time, I had been resting in my room, and there was no alibi at all, I was originally waiting to wake up to look for clues about the secret of the ancient castle, how could I have thought that Cai Jin would die, damnable!" If I find the murderer, I won't let him have a good time! ”

"Do you usually have a holiday with Cai Jin?"

"No, you're done, aren't you? I went first, and the thought of the murderer made me angry. After speaking, Sun Li scolded and left the room.

"How? Do you know who the killer is? Looking at Sun Li's back, Ning Binglan opened her mouth to ask Ouyang Xiu.

"I don't know yet." Ouyang Xiu said, "There are too few clues, by the way, Officer Ning Binglan, do you think Sun Li will be the murderer?" ”

"I don't think Sun Li is a murderer, his character is the type that is easy to be manipulated by murderers." Ning Binglan said her opinion, then saw Sun Yu, pointed at him, and said, "Does this person have an alibi?" ”

"Yes, he was with me until he found Cai Jin's body, he couldn't kill people in the air, right?" Ouyang Xiu made an alibi for Sun Yu, and Sun Yu was immediately relieved.

"By the way, the results of the investigation are out, let me tell you." Ning Binglan took out a notebook from her pocket, flipped to a certain page of the notebook and said, "We detected the ingredients of sleeping pills in Cai Jin's stomach, he should have been killed after being drugged by the murderer, and the cause of death was strangulation, there is no doubt about this, we did not detect fingerprints on the two windows, but we were able to detect traces of wiping from the window where we escaped from the secret room, but this clue is useless to the secret room, and now Cai Jin's room is a complete secret room." ”

"That's not right, Officer Ning Binglan." Ouyang Xiu shook his finger and denied Ning Binglan's point of view, "There is no perfect criminal method in the world, let alone a complete secret room, the more dense the secret room, the more breakthrough there is to overthrow it, we haven't found it now, okay, the alibi has been understood, let's go look for it outside the castle, especially the place facing the window, maybe the clue is there." ”

"It doesn't matter, you kid just remember what you said, and solve this case in an unexpected time." Ning Binglan did not refuse Ouyang Xiu's proposal, reminded Ouyang Xiu of what Ouyang Xiu had said, and led Ouyang Xiu and Sun Yu to the outside of the ancient castle.

But the two of them didn't see Sun Yu who was following behind him with a worried look, the time was from Ning Binglan began to report the results of the investigation, as if there was something in Ning Binglan's report that made him care very much.