Chapter 488: The Murderer's Tracks
Thank you Prince Dan for your big reward
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Because it was already dark, and the passenger ship had been shrouded in fog, and the moonlight had not had much brightness through the fog, it was very dark on the deck of the passenger ship, and there was not much light, although it did not reach the point where it could not reach the point of not being able to see its fingers, but it was also very dark.
And the location of Wang Hongwei and the others is still in a relatively remote position on the passenger ship, and the light on the passenger ship can't shine here, so it's very dark here, Wang Hongwei looks at the clothes worn by the crew, and he has to get close to see the things on the guardrail, and the things on the guardrail, he must follow the light of the flashlight to see the things on the guardrail.
Wang Hongwei turned on the flashlight and shone the beam of the flashlight on the guardrail, under the light, Wang Hongwei could see clearly, on the white guardrail, the position of the jumper, there were traces of purple red on the guardrail.
Wang Hongwei half-squatted down, carefully looked at the fuchsia marks on the guardrail, rubbed a little with his fingers, put it in his mouth and tasted it, and then spit it out, his slightly frowning brows stretched, he understood what was going on, don't worry.
"Huh? Wang Hongwei was about to get up and tell the captain and crew what he had speculated, but suddenly he found that under the beam of the flashlight, there was something on the guardrail with purple traces, which flashed under the light, and there were faintly colorful colors, which attracted Wang Hongwei's attention.
Wang Hongwei stopped standing up, changed the flashlight to his left hand, carefully shone the flashing place, and then stretched out his right hand and used his fingernails to face the flashing ground. Buckle a few hard. And then that sparkling rainbow thing. It was transferred to Wang Hongwei's fingers.
"It's... What is it? Wang Hongwei frowned, looked at the flashing thing on his index finger, and rubbed his thumb and index finger hard, rubbing off the hidden thing, revealing the body of the flashing thing.
Wang Hongwei saw the revealed, flashing and flashing colorful body, not only stunned, this thing. It looks like a scale, like a fish scale, but it's not too big, and the scales have a faint colorful color, so it's smooth to the touch.
Wang Hongwei took this colorful scale, put it in front of his nose, and smelled it gently, but there was no fishy smell.
"Brother, did you find anything?" The attention of the others present has always been on Wang Hongwei. It seemed that he had found something, and he had been half-crouching in front of the guardrail. Without moving, the little sister asked Wang Hongwei suspiciously.
"Huh? Oh! I already know who this jumper is. Wang Hongwei heard Xiaomei's voice, came back to his senses, carefully put the colorful scales in his pocket, stood up, and said to Xiaomei, the captain and the crew.
"Huh? How do you know? You shouldn't have seen the jumper, right? When the captain heard Wang Hongwei's words, he asked curiously.
The captain just asked several crew members present, because it was very dark, these crew members didn't see how clearly the person who jumped ship was, and even if the crew saw the appearance of the person who jumped ship, they didn't know who that person was.
And what, Wang Hongwei, who is the same as him, how did the later people know who the person who jumped ship was, you must know that the passenger ship is so big, there are thousands of people in it, and this person who jumped ship and does not know his identity is likely to be anyone.
"Captain, you can tell the crew members who are looking for the murderer to stop, and there is no need to look for it anymore." Wang Hongwei did not immediately answer the captain's words, but said such a sentence to the captain with a smile.
"Huh? Why....???!? The captain was stunned when he heard this, but he didn't expect Wang Hongwei to change the topic and turn to the crew members who were looking for the murderer, and the captain just wanted to ask why he asked the crew to stop, but in the next second, the captain understood and showed a surprised expression.
Another meaning of Wang Hongwei's sentence just now, the captain has already understood, why Wang Hongwei talked about the crew looking for the murderer, because the two are obviously the same thing, the murder and the jumping ship.
Wang Hongwei actually said that the crew members who were looking for the murderer could stop and not look for it, which meant that he had found the murderer, and now, what they are investigating is the matter of the person who jumped ship.
The two were originally unrelated, but now that Wang Hongwei mentioned it at this moment, not only did the two things become connected, but after a simple thought, the captain found that it was very likely that the murderer who ran away and didn't know where was very likely to be the person who jumped off the boat.
In other words, nine times out of ten, the person who jumped from the boat was at the scene of the crime, and the murderer who escaped and didn't know where to hide was also the husband of the deceased's newly married.
"That's right, just like you imagine, the person who jumped ship should be the murderer that the crew is looking for now." Wang Hongwei looked at the surprised expression in the cabin, understood the captain, understood the meaning of his words, nodded, and affirmed to the captain.
"How do you know?" The captain did not immediately order the crew to stop looking for the murderer, but asked Wang Hongwei to do so.
After all, Wang Hongwei's words are just his speculation and speculation, although at the scene of the previous crime, Wang Hongwei's reasoning has shown the accuracy of Wang Hongwei's reasoning, but now there is no real evidence, and the captain cannot believe Wang Hongwei's words out of thin air.
"Look here." When Wang Hongwei heard the captain's doubtful words, he did not have the slightest dissatisfaction, but turned his hand with the flashlight, and the beam of the flashlight shone on the guardrail of the jumper and the shipbreaker, so that the captain and the crew could see.
"There are purple-red marks on the guardrail here, I just tasted it, and it smells of blood, that is, it is blood here." Wang Hongwei pointed to the marks on the guardrail and said to the captain and crew.
"Also, here, you can see the crew's clothes, and their palms." Wang Hongwei said, and the flashlight turned and turned to several crew members present, and the beam of light shone on their bodies.
Because, the crew's line of sight has been in a relatively dark environment, the line of sight has been adapted to the darkness, suddenly, the beam of the flashlight shone on them, the strong light of their eyes was very uncomfortable, the crew subconsciously turned their heads, raised their hands, blocked in front of their eyes, blocking the beam of the flashlight.
"This is...."When the captain heard Wang Hongwei's words, he subconsciously looked at the beam of the flashlight, because of the strong contrast between light and darkness, the captain also squinted his eyes, but when the captain saw the clothes on the crew's body and the open palms of the crew, his eyes narrowed and immediately widened.
"That's right, the crew's clothes are stained with a large amount of blood, and their palms are also full of blood." Wang Hongwei looked at the captain's surprised look and did not express surprise.
Because, there was no light before, it was too dark, so they didn't find it, and now that they were on the deck, the sea breeze was very humid, and it was normal not to feel the blood in the palms of their hands, if it weren't for Wang Hongwei's sharp eyes, maybe, only when they returned to the cabin, they would find the blood on their bodies.
"After the murderer killed his wife, I don't know what the reason, he ran all the way to the deck, and wanted to jump into the sea, but was stopped by these crew members, and when they stopped the murderer, their hands and clothes were stained with the blood of the deceased on the murderer's body, otherwise, there would be no blood on their bodies." Wang Hongwei explained to the surprised captain and crew.
"I see." Hearing Wang Hongwei's words, the captain came back to his senses from surprise and nodded with enlightenment, indeed, only such a fact is in line with all the clues.
"However, it is strange why the murderer ran to the deck and jumped into the sea after killing his wife? Did he want to swim back to avoid capture, but this was the middle of the sea, and he should have hid in a boat rather than drowning, after all, the ship was so big... Ay! I really don't understand. Wang Hongwei lowered his head and thought about it, and finally, he sighed, he couldn't figure it out, this was too unreasonable. (To be continued......)