Seeing that the small wooden door was unlocked, the staff member went and tried to push the small wooden door. But he found that the small wooden door still could not be opened. Only then did he realize that the small wooden door had not only been locked on the outside, but also on the inside. On several occasions after that, he sometimes saw the small wooden door locked from the outside, and sometimes he did not see the chains and locks, but in either case, the staff could not push the small wooden door open.

On a few occasions, the other staff members said that they had also discovered this strange phenomenon, and after discussion, they decided not to speculate. The door was locked multiple times, indicating that the contents were important, so for the sake of the church, no one went out to talk nonsense.

I nodded, reached out and pushed the small wooden door, and with a "creak", the small wooden door was pushed open.

The staff was stunned, and as soon as he finished speaking, the small wooden door was easily pushed open by me, and before I had time to be surprised, I stepped into the house. The lights weren't on, it was pitch black inside, and I looked around the walls and couldn't find the switch.

The room had no windows, and when I looked up, there was only a small square hole in the roof, through which I could see the silhouette of the moon in the sky obscured by dark clouds and the cross on the top of the church. Unable to find the switch for the light, the staff ran to get a flashlight, and finally, with a few lights, we could see the layout of the room.

The room was small and there was nothing but a bed. The floor was dirty, the air was stuffy, there was not even a window, and all the air in this room was supplied by that small square hole in the roof.

We couldn't find the switch for the light, not because it was set in a remote location, but because there was no light in the room at all. There was a strange smell in the room, and the stench came from the bedding on the bed. I picked up the futon and the sheets were white, but they had yellowed because I hadn't changed them for too long.

"It should be occupied for a long time." I said to everyone.

My words shocked several staff members, and they looked around, and one of them said hesitantly: "It's so small here, there is nothing but beds, it's so hot this summer, how can people be stuffy in it." ”

Another staff member immediately responded: "Besides, this room has never been opened, so it's impossible for people to stay in it without eating or drinking, right?" ”

I smiled: "Just because you can't open it doesn't mean Pastor Luo can't open it." ”

There is no key to this door on this set of keys, but the chains and locks on the outside of the door come and go, which proves that someone has opened this door, and it is obvious who opened it: Pastor Lowe.

"As for why I say that people have lived here for a long time, it is because of the strange smell on the sheets, the smell of human bodies, and there is no dust on them, but they look greasy." I went on to explain.

In the process of coming, I have already narrated the story of this case to Jiang Jun in detail, and looking at the lock, Jiang Jun himself reasoned.

"Sometimes the lock on the door is there, sometimes it's not, but the staff can't push it in, which means that someone inside is also locked." Jiang Jun walked to the position of the door, he opened the door, and sure enough, there was also a large hole for the iron chain to pass through. He continued: "The person inside can open the lock, and the lock on the outside is sometimes there and sometimes not, so the two locks have the same function. ”

Jiang Jun threw a look at me, and what he said was what I thought.

The lock is not for the people living in the house, otherwise only one lock on the outside is enough, and in order to lock the people inside, the outside lock will not be removed from time to time. Not to mention the lock inside, there is only one entrance to the house, so the lock inside can only be locked by the person who lives inside.

The fact that he's not here now means he's out, that is, the lock he can open.

So, both locks are not meant to lock the person inside, but to prevent others from entering. I made a very bold assumption: the lock on the outside would be opened by Pastor Lowe every once in a while, and the lock would be removed in order to let the people inside, but at this time, the inside was also locked, so no one else could enter.

The person inside may not have to come out when the door is opened, or he may not be able to come out at any time. And after coming out, the people inside will lock the outside with the inner lock, also to prevent others from discovering the secrets in the room.

When the person inside returns, he will open the door, take the lock back inside, and lock the door from the inside.

At a fixed time, Pastor Lowe would lock the outside lock again.

From beginning to end, the door is either locked from the outside or locked from the inside, and no one else can push it in.

"However, if this is the case, in fact, only one lock inside is enough, and the people inside can come out if they want to, so why set up an extra lock outside?" Jiang Jun asked.

Indeed, this seems a bit of a multiplicity, and if it is only to hide from others, it is not necessary to do so. Everyone trusts Pastor Luo very much, and they don't dare to speculate on Pastor Luo's approach, everyone will not be suspicious when they see the lock sometimes when they are not there, and when they see the door locked from the inside, they naturally think that Pastor Luo has placed something important inside, and they will not go out and talk nonsense.

"If you make another bold guess." I said to Jiang Jun: "Pastor Luo is also on guard against the people inside, and when the lock is removed, it means that he is very relieved about the people inside, so that person can come out." When the lock was not removed, it showed that he was not at ease with the people inside, so he did not let him out. ”

Jiang Jun: "For the same person, why are there times when you are at ease, and sometimes you are not at ease?" ”

Me: "Timed psychosis." ”

I replied. When I analyzed it like this, I did think of this kind of case, which is a kind of indirect psychosis, which is very rare, but the onset time of this kind of psychosis is very regular, in a certain environment or time, psychosis will attack, and in other environments and times, the patient will behave well.

"If the person inside is a timed psychopath, then the locks on the outside are sometimes there and sometimes they are not there to be explained. In addition to preventing others from entering, the lock on the outside may also be to guard against the person's illness. I continued to speculate.

If my analysis is correct, then when the lock on the outside is when the person on the inside is sick, Pastor Lowe is not worried about him coming out. When the lock on the outside was not there, it was when the person inside was in his normal mind, and Pastor Lowe was not worried about him coming out.

I inquired carefully, and sure enough, everyone saw that the lock was not there at night, and during the day, the lock was always there. This is in line with the timing characteristics of timed psychosis.

I did an experiment: I asked Jiang Jun to knock on the door in the house and shout, and I locked the door. This seemingly simple wooden door seems to have undergone special treatment, and the sound insulation effect is very good, if we stay away for a while, we will not be able to hear Jiang Jun's shouts at all.

Few people came up on the second floor, assuming that the people inside were screaming loudly and everyone didn't hear it, it was relatively normal, and besides, even if the person inside was a timed psychopath, there was no need for him to roar loudly when he was sick. The so-called mental illness is not a madman, and at that time, his mind may just be more confused.

Jiang Jun lowered his head and pondered for a while, he asked me if the person who lived here had anything to do with the murder, I didn't hesitate, and nodded directly: "It's not just related, and even said that he is the murderer of this murder." ”

If the people who lived in it were just regular psychopaths, Pastor Lowe and the man inside would not have needed to set up this little wooden door and this complicated way of locking, and it was clear that both of them wanted to hide other secrets, and this secret must not be known to others.

And this is very similar to the characteristics of the murderer I deduced before, the murderer only enters and leaves Pastor Luo's house at night, and Pastor Luo tacitly agrees not to suspect it, so the murderer and the people living in the house may be the same, and the secret they want to maintain is also the same......