Chapter 16: The Cruel Truth
"Let's talk about the secret room incident when Cui Huan was killed." Bao Qingtian sighed, "Actually, it's very simple to complete that secret room, I believe everyone has seen such a plot in film and television dramas or detective novels, that is, fishing line." Because the line has good toughness, it can pull any object. And Cui Huan's room is the same, after the ghoul killed Cui Huan, he tied the fishing line to the sofa and table. Because there is a gap under the door, it is very simple to let the fishing line pass through this gap. Then the ghoul used the tenacity of the fishing line to pull out little by little, so that the door was blocked. This is where the so-called secret room is formed. β
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The audience was speechless, and after listening to Bao Qingtian's explanation, everyone was sighing at the ghoul's thoughtfulness.
"Actually, the ghoul didn't want to kill Cui Huan, because the ghoul didn't know that Cui Huan was also involved in this matter, and later Cui Huan told us about what happened a year ago, and he knew that he was also involved. But the revenge plan he formulated was only aimed at Liu Changqing and Zhong Zhenghao, and a person suddenly appeared and disrupted his revenge plan, so in the end, the ghoul had an idea and made this murder plan, which is why the place where Cui Huan died, unlike Liu Changqing and Zhong Zhenghao, was not near the temple. β
"Wait a minute, you just said that Aunt Cui was not in the ghoul's revenge, she was killed because she told us about it a year ago. She was talking about this matter in our hotel, and the only people who knew about it were me, Xiao Sun, you, Wen Yuan, Zhao Wei and Xiao Qian, the six of us. Do you meanβ" Li Wenjing stood up and said.
"Is your head spinning fast, Sister Li?" Bao Qingtian praised. "That's right, just like Sister Li said, Cui Huan only told us about the incident a year ago in the Wind Chime Hotel at that time, and only the six of us knew what happened a year ago and she participated. In other words, the murderer 'Ghoul' is among the six of us. β
Bao Qingtian turned around and looked at the other five people with firm eyes, and the other five people all had very frightened expressions.
"Bao Qingtian, don't sell Guan Zi soon, who is the ghoul?" Wen Yuan asked anxiously.
"The 'ghoul' who killed Zhong Zhenghao, Liu Changqing, and Cui Huan is you."
Bao Qingtian said, then pointed his finger at someone in the crowd, and everyone was taken aback.
"Zhao Wei, how could it be you?" Wen Yuan asked in disbelief.
I only saw Zhao Wei's panicked sweat falling from his forehead, and then swallowed a mouthful of saliva to express his panic, and then began to retort: "Bao Qingtian, what are you talking nonsense?" Don't you know that I had an alibi when all three of them died? I was in the hospital when Zhong Zhenghao and Liu Changqing died, didn't you prove this for me? β
"Yes, Bao Qingtian, could you be mistaken? Zhao Wei has a very solid alibi. "Wen Yuan may have known Zhao Wei on the train, so he will help him speak.
"I said a long time ago that the murderer was Zhao Wei, and I don't believe it, so I have to fight with me." Cai Jian said speechlessly.
"Don't interject, listen carefully, ask you to solve the case, you may not be able to."
Cheng Chen scolded angrily in a low voice, and Cai Jian had no choice but not to speak.
"As I said earlier, you've been preparing for this murder for a long time. At the time of Zhong Zhenghao's case, you killed Zhong Zhenghao and poured sulfuric acid on him for a very simple purpose, that is, to make people think that this was done by ghouls. The second purpose is that when Zhong Zhenghao's death is too terrifying, you will pour sulfuric acid in order to attract other people's attention to the corpse and facilitate escape. β
"Oh, I'll just believe that your hypothesis is valid for the time being, but don't forget, I was attacked and admitted to the hospital, and I woke up the next morning, and my camera was stolen, why didn't I go after the person who stole my camera, but suspected me?" Zhao Wei retorted.
"Don't worry, take it one step at a time." Bao Qingtian smiled, as if he had expected Zhao Wei to say this, "Actually, after you escaped from the Wind Chime Temple, in order to implement your next plan, you attacked yourself. β
"Huh? Attack yourself, how to attack? Wen Yuan asked puzzled.
"As the saying goes, if you don't have a big chest, you don't have a big chest, but you're still so brainless. Haven't you heard of self-harm? Sun Bingliang said speechlessly.
"Youβ" Wen Yuan was speechless with anger.
"Just like Sun Bingliang said, self-harm. In order to injure his head, he kept hitting the wall, and he knew that some villagers would naturally send him to the hospital when they saw it, so his purpose was accomplished. β
"Then again, why did Zhao Wei harm himself?" Liu Zihao asked brainlessly.
"I explained it earlier." Bao Qingtian glanced at Liu Zihao, "Zhao Wei has two purposes for self-harm, the first purpose is to prevent me from asking Wen Yuan what he was doing the night before the Wind Chime Festival. The second purpose is to obtain a confession between me and Wen Yuanhe, and to prove that he had an alibi when Liu Changqing's case occurred. It can be said that he deliberately left the evidence pointing to him at the scene of Liu Changqing's crime, so that you can arrest him. He also knows my character and will definitely clear his name. As you expected, even I was taken advantage of by you. Bao Qingtian smiled bitterly.
"What do you mean by that?" Cheng Chen asked.
"When Zhao Wei was 'attacked' and hospitalized, he once said that his camera was stolen by the person who attacked him. Let me and Wen Yuan subconsciously think that if there is a case in the future, it is none of his business, and he has made up a mysterious person, and the purpose does not need me to say that I believe everyone knows it. On the night of the second day of the seventh month, he wore a ghoul mask and a camera he hid to kill Liu Changqing. He deliberately let Liu Changqing see his face clearly and leave a death message, so that even if he was arrested, he would know that I had evidence to prove that he did not do this case, so as to clear his suspicions. β
"It's really powerful, I didn't expect Zhao Wei to feel your psychology thoroughly, it's really terrifying." Yi Bing said with emotion.
"I believe this plan was suddenly thought of when he was at the Golden Statue of the Taoist Priest at the Wind Chime Temple. It was a risky plan, but it worked. β
"Bao Qingtian, I admit that what you said is very reasonable, and what you reasoned sounds reasonable, but don't forget, on the night Liu Changqing was killed, I was always in the hospital bed, Wen Yuan was by my side at the time, and he can testify to me." Zhao Wei smiled slyly.
"Yes, Bao Qingtian, although I also want to admit that what you said does make sense. But I was always by Zhao Wei's side that night, he never left me half a step, I also asked him at that time, did he sleep, only his voice came from behind, he was always in my sight. Wen Yuan said very confidently.
After hearing this, Zhao Wei seemed to be relieved, and a smile was skimmed from his face.
"Wen Yuan, I believe what you said is true, but in addition to this, there is another way to leave the hospital and kill people even under your surveillance."
"What? Is there still such an operation? Sun Bingliang's mouth opened wide in surprise.
"That's right, I guess Zhao Wei hurriedly recorded a snoring sound with his mobile phone after you left for a while, and then took out a doll and put it on the hospital bed pretending to be him. Because you're a girl, it's impossible for him to 'sleep', so you can lift his quilt. After he finished killing, you were asleep at that time, and he quietly sneaked back to the hospital bed, so that in your concept, he really didn't leave you half a step, and he did this series of actions for less than half a minute. Bao Qingtian explained.
"Indeed, listening to you say this, before Zhao Wei snored, I did go to the toilet, and I only asked him when I came back, and I heard him snoring at that time, so I always thought that he had been in the ward all along."
The slap sounded, and Zhao Wei said, "Wonderful, really wonderful." Bao Qingtian, maybe you have forgotten, when I was packing my luggage and preparing to go back, the ghoul appeared again, if I am a ghoul, why should I harm myself? β
"There is no way to verify whether there are ghouls you see or not, and you finally brought out the ghouls, I believe it is just to make the case more mysterious, and to make people believe that there are indeed ghouls."
"What do you mean, you mean I'm lying." Zhao Wei asked.
"Let's just say that, like I said, did you actually see the ghouls, or did you make them up. I don't know. And Liu Zihao just pretended to be a ghoul and wanted to kill me, but the light in the living room was too dark at that time, and he didn't know if it was me, so he killed the killer. β
When Liu Zihao heard this, he lowered his head in shame.
"Later, you had a plan to push all the cases onto Liu Zihao, so when we caught Liu Zihao, you would be so excited to say that he was a ghoul."
"No wonder, I finally understand now why Zhao Wei was so excited after listening to Aunt Cui's story a year ago. It turns out..."Zhong Qian said sadly.
"Bao Qingtian, what you said is just your reasoning, and there is no evidence." Zhao Wei said with a gloomy face.
"Yes. The first evidence is the cobwebs of the Wind Chime Temple, and you have more or less traces on your body. The second one is the recording of your snoring that I just mentioned, you should have forgotten to delete it. The third piece of evidence is that when you were arranging Cui Huan's secret room, your hand was cut by a fishing line, so you must have a wound on your hand. β
"Awesome, you have committed three cases, and there is evidence of guilt in all three cases, and you are also very powerful." I don't know if Yi Bing is praising or mocking what he said.
After hearing this, Zhao Wei shook his head helplessly, then sat on the sofa, touched his forehead with both hands, and said with a smile: "Bao Qingtian, I also obey you, I didn't expect that the plan I had carefully arranged for half a year would be seen through by you like this." β
"So, you're pleading guilty?" Cheng Chen asked.
"That's right, I killed all three of them, I'm the ghoul, and the ghoul is me!"