"Wasn't he still here before? Why are people gone in a flash! Zhou Hao used a flashlight to explore back and forth in the kitchen, but found no trace of Xu Yanwei at all.

"Will it ...... Could it be that he was also ...... by Zheng Qiu's undead?"

"Don't talk nonsense!" Zhou Hao rudely interrupted You Yong's words, "Maybe this kid ran away when he saw Qian Yunneng's corpse." ”

"Anyway, let's go out and talk, I don't think it's safe in the kitchen." Chen Tao proposed.

"That'...... On the other side of the electric switch, there is no way to restore it? You Yong asked timidly.

"It's going to be burned like this for a while and a half, right?" Liang Yunxiao shrugged as he looked at the blackened electric switch in the compartment. "And there's that copper wire, you can't get close to it until the thunderstorm stops, unless you want to end up like Qian Yunneng."

"Hmm...... All right. You Yong glanced at Qian Yunneng's corpse and couldn't help but swallow in fear.

"Let's carry Yunneng out first, and we don't necessarily have to let him lie here." As he spoke, Zhou Hao beckoned everyone and assisted in carrying Qian Yunneng's body to the open space under the portrait in the center of the hall on the first floor.

"It's not good for the corpse to be exposed like this, let's cover it with something." Ye Yu looked around and found that only the black cloth on the portrait in front of him was more suitable, so he stepped forward and removed the cloth.

As the black cloth was uncovered, a large-scale oil painting with a height of one person was immediately presented in front of everyone.

It was a bust portrait of an old man, according to Zhou Hao's previous statement, it should be the former owner Zheng Qiu - that is, the one signed in the "Death Notice".

In the painting, Zheng Qiu is dressed in a suit, sitting precariously, with a faint sadness in his eyes. Although it is only an oil painting, his eyes seem to have a soul, and under the reflection of darkness and flashlight, it seems to be staring directly at everyone, revealing an indescribable weirdness.

"Hmm...... Let's hurry up and start looking for Xu Yanwei. You Yong, go to his room and have a look. Zhou Hao gave an order, and quickly turned his head, as if he didn't dare to look directly at the portrait.

"Yes. Judging from the current situation, I am afraid that the murderer will act again, Xu Yanwei will be in danger alone, and we have to find someone quickly. Ye Yu seconded.

"I've been to see Xu Yanwei's room, and he's not in it." You Yong ran downstairs and reported the situation to everyone.

"Where the hell did this kid go?!" Zhou Hao glanced at his mobile phone irritably, even if he left the kitchen, the mobile phone still had no signal, no network, and he couldn't contact the missing Xu Yanwei.

"In this way, I will be in a group with Reporter Ye, Team Zhou, Deputy Team Chen, and You Yong, and everyone will search in the villa separately." Liang Yunxiao said and walked to Ye Yu's side. "Everyone, remember not to be left alone, now there are only a few flashlights in the whole house, and the murderer is likely to wait for an opportunity to sneak attack."

"If anyone dares to sneak attack, I will definitely break his neck!" Zhou Hao spat out a sentence fiercely, and turned to look at Chen Tao and You Yong behind him. "We've already looked for the first floor just now, and now you two will follow me to the third floor and the balcony to look for it; As for the second floor, it will trouble Master Liang and Reporter Ye. ”

"No problem, then let's hurry up, and after the search, we will go back to the hall to gather." Ye Yu nodded.

After explaining, Zhou Hao and the other two walked up the stairs and went straight to the third floor.

Ye Yu silently watched Zhou Hao and the three disappear at the staircase, turned around and glanced at Liang Yunxiao beside him, and said softly, "We have to be careful of a few of them." ”

"Oh, you don't believe them." Liang Yunxiao's tone was meaningful.

"Judging from the situation on the other side of the electric switch, the people who can do such a layout are undoubtedly the people of the construction team, and it is likely that among the three of them, none of their words can be believed until the truth is ascertained." Ye Yu glanced at Liang Yunxiao, "And you grouped it like this just now, in fact, you also took this into account, right?" Suppose one of them is the murderer, and if he is alone with the other person, the other person is likely to suffer, so you have arranged for the three of them to travel together to contain the murderer's actions. ”

"That's right, but I'm thinking more about our own safety." Liang Yunxiao smiled indifferently, "Now there is no guarantee that there is only one murderer, so the safest thing to do is for the two of us to be together, after all, you and I are outsiders who are not suspected at all." ”

While talking, the two searched the rooms on the right side of the second floor one by one, except for the locked rooms of Jiang Xin and Li Yuchen, no trace of Xu Yanwei was found in the other three rooms.

On the left side of the second floor, except for Xu Yanwei's room, the rest of the rooms have also been searched, but nothing has been found.

"Looks like it's not on the second floor." Ye Yu shook his head.

"Xu Yanwei's room hasn't been seen yet." Liang Yunxiao said, "Although You Yong said that there was no one in it just now, it is better to search again for the sake of safety." ”

"Makes sense." Ye Yu accepted Liang Yunxiao's suggestion.

The two walked to Xu Yanwei's room and tried to push it, but found that the door was not locked. Ye Yu walked into the room and searched back and forth in the room with a flashlight.

An empty bed, a desk full of ledgers, a wooden chair, a wardrobe...... Sure enough, there was no trace of Xu Yanwei in the room.

"Looks like he never came back." Ye Yu looked around the small room and found that there was no trace of someone breaking into the room.

Liang Yunxiao also walked around the room, and opened the wardrobe by the way to take a look inside.

"You shouldn't suspect Xu Yanwei hiding in the closet, right? No matter how timid he is, he won't be afraid to this extent. Ye Yu said jokingly.

"Why can't it be?" Liang Yunxiao said and reached into the wardrobe a few times, not knowing what he was looking for. "As long as you can look for a place where you can hide, who knows if that kid will be tied up inside...... Well? Liang Yunxiao suddenly paused.

"What's wrong?"

"Hmm...... It's okay, it looks like there's really no one inside. Liang Yunxiao smiled, pulled out his hand and closed the closet.

Ye Yu shook his head, picked up a notebook on the table and flipped through it, suddenly a piece of paper fell out of the note, Ye Yu quickly picked up the piece of paper and glanced at it.

Hey? This is......?

"Poof——!

Before Ye Yu could take a closer look, an abrupt loud bang burst out in the silent villa, as if the sound of something heavy falling to the ground, and the source of this sound seemed to come from the right side of the stairs on the second floor.

"It seems to be coming from next door to the office, let's go over and take a look!" Liang Yunxiao said and rushed out of the room.

Ye Yu also hurriedly put down the piece of paper and rushed out.

"What's going on? What was that sound just now? Zhou Hao and the others also heard the movement and hurriedly rushed down from the third floor.

"Knock knock, knock knock—"

The sound of urgent blows came again and again, as if someone was desperately striking something.

"In Jiang Xin's room!" Liang Yunxiao pushed the door and found that the door was locked.

"This room has been locked, there should be no one, how can it be ......?"

"I don't have time to explain, key! Fast! Liang Yunxiao yelled at Zhou Hao.

Seeing this, Zhou Hao hurriedly took off the key on his waist, rushed forward to open the lock, and was about to push open the door, but found that the door looked extremely heavy as if it was being pulled by something.

"Huh? Strange, why can't you push? Zhou Hao said and began to push the door hard, and opened the door a few points.

At the same time, the sound of "dong dong" suddenly became more and more impatient, and the sound of someone struggling was faintly heard in the room.

"There's someone in there! Help me push the door open! Zhou Hao shouted at everyone.

"Wait! Don't move! ”

Listening to Liang Yunxiao's shout, he focused the light of the flashlight on the upper right side of the door, and through the crack in the door that had been opened, everyone was surprised to find that a rope was tied in the upper right corner of the door, and they saw that the rope extended into the room around a small pulley, and I don't know what was connected.

"Not good! Cut that rope! Liang Yunxiao instantly realized something, and turned his head to Zhou Hao and ordered.

"Oh...... Good, good! Although Zhou Hao didn't know why, he still listened to Liang Yunxiao's words, took out the knife he was carrying, picked up his feet and put his arm through the crack in the door, and hurriedly began to cut the rope.

The knocking sound in the room became more and more urgent, but fortunately, Zhou Hao was tall and big, and the rope was cut after a while.

The resistance of the door disappeared in an instant, and under inertia, Zhou Hao fell into the room violently. At the same time, a figure fell from the middle of the room, and lightning flashed through the window, reflecting the pale and frightened face of the figure.

"It's Xu Yanwei!" You Yong shouted.

I saw Xu Yanwei lying on the ground coughing wildly, his hands desperately pulling at the things on his neck, and there was a rope wrapped around his neck, and the other end of the rope passed through the two pulleys above his head and on the wall next to the door, and fell weakly in front of the door, and this rope was obviously the one that Zhou Hao cut just now!

The people who came back to their senses hurriedly rushed up and hurriedly stepped forward to support Xu Yanwei, who threw off the rope around his neck, gasped for breath, and his whole face was strangled purple.

"It turns out that the pull in the door just now is Xu Yanwei's weight!" Ye Yu looked at the two pulleys in the room and said in surprise. "This room has been set up with a mechanism, connecting the corner of the door with the rope around Xu Yanwei's neck through a pulley, if we push the door open just now, we will undoubtedly strangle him in the room with our own hands!"

"It's so vicious! Who the hell did it! Zhou Hao roared and kicked the debris at his feet away.

"Just ...... Just in the kitchen...... I saw that you were looking for something to push open the door of the cubicle, so I was going to go outside and find a wooden stick to help you...... But just a few steps out of the kitchen, someone suddenly covered my mouth and nose...... Then he fainted......" Xu Yanwei looked shocked.

"You mean, someone attacked you?" Ye Yu asked.

"It should be." Xu Yanwei nodded. "Just while you're busy pushing the door of the cubicle."

"During that time, me, Team Zhou, Deputy Team Chen, as well as Master Liang and Reporter Ye were all in the kitchen, and you were plotted outside the kitchen, so ...... Could it be ......?! You Yong seemed to think of something, and his eyes widened in horror.

"In this house...... There's another person! ”

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Author's Note:

Thinking about tricks also needs to be logical, and at the same time, the ambush pen is really super brain-draining...... Fortunately, I have an outline in hand, otherwise it would have been messed up. It's a good idea to pay attention to some of the details below, which will be key points later