Chapter 15: Behind the Case
Because of Wen Yuan's inadvertent prompt, Bao Qingtianmao suddenly opened up, and hurriedly called the bureau to inform them that they would come to the Wind Chime Temple to gather, also to wash away Liu Zihao's grievances by the way, so they asked them to bring Liu Zihao as well.
After a few people arrived at the Wind Chime Temple, Cheng Chen seemed to be a little excited, so he asked, "Bao Qingtian, I heard that you have solved these three unbelievable cases, is it true?" ”
Bao Qingtian nodded, Yi Bing looked at him curiously, and the others looked at him with puzzled expressions.
"Before I get into the case, let me tell you one thing, that is, a year ago, also at the time of the Wind Chime Festival, there was a young woman, perhaps because she was too talented. So Liu Changqing and Zhong Zhenghao entrusted Cui Huan to have a good relationship with the woman. Then took advantage of the woman's unpreparedness, stunned her, and insulted her. The woman later committed suicide because she was ashamed. Before he died, he also left the words 'will turn into a ghoul and come back for revenge'. And this is the fuse of these three murders. ”
"Aunt Cui told us about this matter, and when I heard the news, I didn't want to believe it, but I didn't expect that my father would be this kind of person." Zhong Qian said with emotion.
"This is not the time to discuss what the dead are not." Cai Jian said, "Hey, Bao Qingtian, if you know what's going on, just say it, don't grind." ”
"Suffice it to say, the ghoul is a particularly cunning man, and in order to avenge the woman, he prepared this plan for a long, long time, with the purpose of waiting for the Wind Chime Festival to carry out this terrible murder plan again. And his horrific murderous plan, even I fell for his plan. ”
"Bao Qingtian, stop talking nonsense. Let's get started. What is going on in this case? Cheng Chen also asked.
"You remember, what happened on the day of the Wind Chime Festival."
"Well, the door at that time was bolted with a horizontal latch from the inside, and Uncle Zhong was in the Wind Chime Temple at the time, leaving only Uncle Zhong's footprints on the scene, and on that pillar, there were still the 'bold words' of the terrible 'ghoul'." Li Wenjing said.
"Yes, in fact, I couldn't figure out how the ghouls entered the Wind Chime Temple, how they escaped, and why only Zhong Zhenghao's footprints were left at the scene. At that time, when Detective Yi and I returned to the scene of the crime to investigate, I finally knew why. ”
After Bao Qingtian finished speaking, he walked to the Taoist golden statue, the Taoist golden statue was covered with cobwebs, Bao Qingtian pointed to the cobwebs on the right side of the Taoist golden statue and said: "At that time, I found it when I returned to the scene of the crime with Detective Yi, and the sense of incongruity found at that time was this, you see, the cobwebs in other places are intact, only here is broken." This shows that the ghouls hid here after killing Zhong Zhenghao at that time. ”
Hearing this, everyone felt incredible, and then Wen Yuan asked: "Hiding here?" But it was latched up at the time, so couldn't the ghoul hide all night? ”
"That's right, because the ghoul had already completed the secret room at that time, and there was no way to get out at that time, so he had to hide behind this golden statue of the Taoist priest, and wait until the next day when the wind chime festival began, and the ghoul took advantage of the panic to sneak into those tourists. In the end, it disappeared from the tourists. ”
"It's really a terrible murderer, and in order to complete the secret room, he doesn't hesitate to hide in the temple for a night and don't go out." Zhong Qian also sighed.
"This is very common, in many mystery detective novels, some murderers do not hesitate to hide somewhere for a month in order to kill someone, and squatting for one night is just a small thing." Bao Qingtian said.
"That bag of Qingtian, what is the matter with the footprints at the scene, according to what you said, the footprints were left by Zhong Zhenghao, and Zhong Zhenghao was stabbed to death in the back, then it is only possible that the ghoul is following Zhong Zhenghao, when Zhong Zhenghao entered the temple, it was still raining in the sky, and Zhong Zhenghao had footprints left, so the ghouls who have been following Zhong Zhenghao must have left footprints, but there were no footprints at the scene." Yi Bing raised his suspicions.
"Isn't it like a ghoul who swept away his footprints after killing people?" Cai Jian's tone seemed to be full of mockery.
"Actually, it's not that troublesome at all, the ghouls use the simplest method."
As soon as Bao Qingtian's words came out, everyone present opened their mouths wide and quietly waited for Bao Qingtian's explanation.
"In fact, at the beginning of Zhong Zhenghao's case, in order to create this unbelievable secret room, the ghouls even counted the weather. I think he wrote a letter or a note in advance, asking Zhong Zhenghao to go to the Wind Chimes Temple around eight o'clock, and tell him if he has something to do. Zhong Zhenghao didn't know, so he hurried there. After the ghoul finished writing the note, he went to the temple of Wind Chimes, where he waited for the rabbit. ”
"Bao Qingtian, what do you mean?" Yi Bing suddenly thought of it.
"Yes, that's right, that means that when the ghoul came to the Wind Chime Temple, it didn't rain at all, so naturally there would be no ghoul footprints. And the assassination we saw Zhong Zhenghao in the back was because after the ghoul arrived at the Wind Chime Temple, he hid behind the door, waited for Zhong Zhenghao to come in, and then attacked from behind, and then arranged the crime scene. ”
After listening to Bao Qingtian's reasoning, everyone seemed to have understood, and they had to admire the ghoul's thoughtfulness.
"To be able to think of this plan, I can only say that the ghoul's endurance is extraordinary. Exactly. It shouldn't be like a normal person's doing. Zhao Wei sighed in surprise.
"Indeed, to be able to come up with this plan, and to hide in the Wind Chime Temple for a night in order to complete the so-called secret room killing, can a person like this be a normal person?" Sun Bingliang said.
"By the way, Bao Qingtian, you mean that the ghoul is pretended to be by someone, but don't forget that when we were in the Wind Chime Hotel, we saw the ghoul more than once, I saw it, Zhao Wei also saw it once, and the ghoul still floated up, if the ghoul was a human, how did he do it?" Wen Yuan asked.
"Yes, Bao Qingtian, I did see it last night, although I finally caught Liu Zihao, but what I saw at that time was the terrifying appearance of the ghoul, reflected in the window, the hotel was on the sixth floor. Just ask, if a person pretends to be a ghost, it is impossible to climb that high. Zhao Wei also said.
"Damn, when is it, and you still push the responsibility on me, I said it, I just want to kill Bao Qingtian, I haven't participated in the previous cases." Liu Zihao was there again.
"Do you know in your own heart, before Bao Qingtian says who the ghoul is, you'd better admit it, otherwise your sins will be deepened." Zhao Wei said unhappily.
"I'm Nima..."Liu Zihao wanted to do it, but was stopped by everyone.
"You two don't make a fuss." Zhong Qian stood up and said, "Let's listen to what Bao Qingtian said." After Zhong Qian finished speaking, she looked at Bao Qingtian.
"Regarding the ghoul who appeared in the Wind Chime Hotel, let's go back to the Wind Chime Hotel, after all, Zhong Zhenghao's secret room murder has been cracked."
After that, a few people began to move to the Wind Chime Hotel, which may be the second time that so many people have come to the Wind Chime Hotel since Liu Zihao made trouble yesterday. But even if there are no guests, the Wind Chimes Hotel is still well organized. The retro-style design is a favorite of many people, but the business is not very good.
"The place where the ghouls we witnessed ourselves at the time appeared was there."
Bao Qingtian went with his fingers, only to see a ghoul by the window, Wen Yuan screamed in fright, and everyone ran to the window to check, but in an instant, the ghoul disappeared.
"It's gone," Yi Bing said in surprise.
"Now do you understand?" Bao Qingtian stood at the door and said.
Yi Bing hurriedly walked over and asked, "Bao Qingtian, what's going on?" ”
"Throwing objects from above." Bao Qingtian just lightly spit out these four words.
"High-altitude projectiles?" Everyone was a little confused.
"Yes, the ghoul made a simple device, put the ghoul model by the window of the Wen Yuan, and then fixed it with a wooden stick long enough, and when we found the anomaly, we threw the fixed wooden stick down directly, and the ghoul's model would fall down with it. That's what we just saw. And all I did was go and drop that stick. ”
Hearing such an explanation, everyone immediately understood, and their hearts were not so afraid. According to Bao Qingtian's explanation, using a wooden stick to fix the ghoul can also make the ghoul go up and down, just like floating, which can be done by anyone.
"And what about the ghoul who showed up in my room yesterday? That's definitely not something that anyone can do, and I've seen him fly in. Zhao Wei said.
"Yours is more complicated, I'll talk about it later. Now let me talk about the secret room of Cui Huan's room. Bao Qingtian said, "Do you remember what happened at that time? ”
"I remember that it was breakfast time, and I went to ask Aunt Cui to get up, but there was no response to the call. Didn't you open the door with internal force at that time? We found that the inside of the door was blocked by sofas and tables, and it took us a lot of effort to push the door open, and after pushing it open, we found that Aunt Cui had hanged herself. Li Wenjing said.
"Yes, but to correct it, it's not suicide. He was murdered. That's what I said at the beginning. ”
"I don't believe it, the scene was a secret room at that time, and there was a suicide note. I'm afraid this can only be done by people who commit suicide. Otherwise, there is no solution to that secret room. Cheng Chen said.
"I remember that many detective novels have said that the murderer creates a secret room, which is nothing more than two points, the first point is to get rid of his own suspicion, and the second point is to make people think that the deceased is committing suicide. Here, the ghoul uses both, both to clear his suspicion and to make us think that the deceased committed suicide. ”
"But if it's not suicide, how did the secret room at the scene do it?" Cai Jian asked.
"Let's take a look at this suicide note first, I believe Detective Yi has also seen it, this suicide note looks weird."
"yes, it doesn't feel like a suicide note, it's like..."
“… Confession. Bao Qingtian took Yi Bing's words and said, "I believe the ghoul said this to Cui Huan at the time, if you are willing to write a confession, I can not kill you." Of course Cui Huan was willing, so she wrote a confession non-stop, but after writing it, she was killed by a ghoul. And her neck tilted back to indicate that the ghoul had entered her room at that time, Cui Huan didn't know, so she was defenseless, and when Cui Huan turned his back on him, the ghoul quickly took out the rope and put it around Cui Huan's neck, Cui Huan leaned back hard in order to relieve the pain, but in the end he died. This is why we saw Cui Huan's neck tilted upwards at that time. ”
"This ghoul is so cruel, Aunt Cui has already repented, and she actually wants to kill her." Zhong Qian said angrily.
"Bao Qingtian, who the hell is the ghoul?" Cai Jian asked anxiously.
"The ghouls who killed Zhong Zhenghao, Liu Changqing and Cui Huan are among you at this moment."
Bao Qingtian stared at everyone solemnly, only to see that everyone had very frightened expressions on their faces.