All suspects have alibi certificates, and Ho Ka Fai also needs to verify these alibi certificates.

The easiest to verify is the assistant Chen Weiting, who was not on the island last night, and the ticket he provided was indeed the ferry at 6 o'clock last night.

However, for the sake of prudence, Ho Ka-fai still contacted the Immigration Department to inquire whether Chen Weiting had gone to Macau.

"The Immigration Department has just replied to the news, and they found out that Chen Weiting left the Hong Kong and Macao Ferry Terminal in Sheung Wan last night, went to Macao by boat, and returned at 10 o'clock this morning."

He Jiahui nodded and said, "Assistant Chen Weiting's suspicion can be ruled out." The time of death of the deceased was between 2 and 4 a.m., and Chen Weiting had already left Cheung Chau Island at 6 p.m. yesterday and had just returned by boat, so he did not have the possibility of committing the crime. ”

Subsequently, He Jiahui turned his head and asked Liang Bao: "Liang Bao, Cai Mulin's camera, how is the investigation?" ”

Liang Bao said: "I have connected the camera with a data cable, there are many photos in it, and there are indeed many photos, and the time when the photos were created shows that they were taken between two and four o'clock in the morning yesterday. ”

"What about the interval between photos?" Ho Ka Fai then asked.

Liang Bao replied: "The interval between the photos is more than 20 minutes, and the shortest is one minute, and during this period, the lights and night scenes of Hong Kong Island are taken opposite, which means that he took pictures on the northeast coast of Cheung Chau Island.

If calculated in this way, he should not have the possibility of committing a crime, from the northeast coast to the homestay, it will take more than 20 minutes to go back and forth, plus the time to commit the crime, it is not enough at all. If he had been the murderer, it would have been impossible to take so many pictures. ”

"It seems that the suspicion of the cameraman Cai Mulin can also be ruled out for the time being!" He Jiahui took a deep breath, then picked up the police hat and put it on, and then said: "Let's go and visit and see if the alibi of the other three people is true." ”

Du Xiaohe immediately stepped forward and asked, "Where are we going first?" ”

"Let's go to Aunt Xian's B&B first!" He Jiahui said.

"Wait for me, I'll go too!" Taishan, Du Xiaohe's licking dog, also immediately followed.

……

The three of them came to Aunt Xian's homestay, and sure enough, they saw the couple who rented the homestay.

"Don't be nervous, we just came to check if Aunt Xian left last night." He Jiahui said.

Taishan, who was next to him, took out a small notebook a little clumsily, intending to record.

After all, Taishan has no experience in investigating criminal cases, and is still using the same method taught by the police academy and recording confessions.

However, He Jiahui directly took out a voice recorder, which is much more reliable than a small notebook note.

"Why did you bring a voice recorder!" Taishan suddenly felt that he had been hit by dimensionality reduction again.

He Jiahui continued to ask: "Two, I heard that last night, you played mahjong with Aunt Xian and his wife, can you explain it in detail?" ”

The man in the couple spoke; "The outlying islands were deserted at night and there was no entertainment, so we came back after dark yesterday.

I was bored, and I happened to see a mahjong table in the B&B, so I called Aunt Xian and her husband to play mahjong together. It was about two o'clock, and Aunt Xian was already a little sleepy, so we went back to our rooms to sleep. ”

"So you can't confirm that Aunt Xian went out after two o'clock in the morning?" He Jiahui asked.

"I don't think she went out!" The man continued; "After we got back to our room after playing mahjong, we didn't go to sleep right away.

When we actually went to bed, it was almost four o'clock in the morning! During this time, there was no movement outside, and if Aunt Xian left, we should be able to hear it. ”

A young couple didn't go to sleep immediately after returning to the room, and He Jiahui could naturally guess what they were doing.

"From two o'clock in the morning to four o'clock in the morning, two hours, this guy's physical fitness is quite good." He Jiahui said secretly in his heart.

If the young couple's account is true, then Aunt Xian can basically rule out suspicion.

Next, He Jiahui went to Brother Qiang's food stall again, and he could prove that director Xue Chaohui was in the hospital all night.

Brother Qiang's wonton noodles are very good, but the quantity is a little small, and He Jiahui doesn't feel full after eating two bowls.

As soon as I came to Brother Qiang's food stall, I heard a woman's irritable voice sound.

"Feng Zhiqiang, did you take the money away again and go find that vixen!"

"No, not this time, someone stole the money. The locks on the drawers were all picked open, and I didn't see it. A man said.

"Who knows if you are a thief shouting to catch a thief, in order to take the money away, you deliberately pried open the drawer yourself!"

The man and the woman were obviously arguing, so He Jiahui asked, "It seems that the relationship between Brother Qiang and Sister-in-law Qiang is not very good!"

Du Xiaohe replied: "It's not the first time they've quarreled, the husband and wife have been married for more than ten years, and they have been arguing for more than ten years, and the neighbors have long been used to it." ”

He Jiahui and the others followed the sound and walked over and saw Brother Qiang and his wife Sister-in-law Qiang arguing.

When Brother Qiang saw He Jiahui, he immediately said; "Sir is here, just right, I'm going to report the crime, the money I put in the drawer was stolen!"

Sister-in-law Qiang said: "Don't listen to his nonsense, he is obviously taking the money and going to find a vixen!" Sir, you quickly arrest him, interrogate him well, and let him confess the vixen! ”

"Brother Qiang, sister-in-law Qiang, one of you wants to report to me, and the other wants to find me to arrest someone, making me confused, what happened?" He Jiahui asked.

Brother Qiang immediately explained: "Sir, that's the case, I went to the hospital yesterday because of food poisoning, and when I came back this morning, I found that the lock on the drawer had been picked open, and the money I put in the drawer had also been stolen." But my wife said that I took the money and went to find another woman. ”

"Ah sir, he just took the money to find another woman! And it's not the first time he's done so. Every time he doesn't go home at night, he must go to find a good match! Sister-in-law Qiang said viciously.

Brother Qiang immediately defended: "I didn't go back last night because I went to the hospital because of food poisoning!" ”

Referring to food poisoning and going to the hospital, Ho Ka Fai asked; "Brother Qiang, did you go to the hospital alone, or did you go with someone else?"

"I went with a guest who said he was a director, who came to the island to shoot commercials and shoot a campaign promo for me, and I thought it would be nice to make a free promo, so I asked him for a beer.

Maybe the beer was too cold, and the director said that he had a stomachache, and he was my guest after all, so I was worried that something would happen to him, so I sent him to the hospital. As a result, when I arrived at the hospital, I also had a stomachache, and then I waited in the hospital all night, and I saw a doctor early today. ”

"I think the beer has expired!" The sister-in-law next to her snorted coldly, and then said: "Sir, he sells expired beer, arrest him!" ”

"Sister-in-law, the sale of expired beer is under the control of the Food and Drug Administration." He Jiahui smiled wryly, and then asked: "Brother Qiang, you stayed in the hospital all night, and the director you mentioned has been staying with you all the time?" ”

Brother Qiang nodded: "Yes, we were in the emergency room of the hospital all night. Besides, he's eaten at my place, and if something goes wrong, I'll be responsible.

So I didn't dare to leave until I saw the doctor, and if he relied on me, I wouldn't be able to tell. Later we saw the doctor, then took the medicine, got better, and then slept in the hospital again. ”

"It seems that director Xue Chaohui's alibi is no problem." He Jiahui said secretly in his heart.

The alibi of the four people has been verified, and the next thing left is the actor Zhang Shaoyu.

Sister-in-law Qiang still didn't trust Brother Qiang, he opened his mouth and said; "Sir, don't believe him, he's just talking nonsense, last night, he must have had a private meeting with a vixen!"

He Jiahui had no choice but to explain: "Sister-in-law Qiang, this time you really misunderstood Brother Qiang, what he said is true, because we have found the director of food poisoning, and his narrative is the same as Brother Qiang, he said that he stayed in the hospital overnight because of food poisoning." We also came here to find Brother Qiang to verify this matter. ”

got the correct name of the police, Brother Qiang immediately straightened his waist, and he had a posture of turning over and singing as a slave.

"Look, I've said it all, I went to the hospital last night, and you don't believe me! Now Sir has returned my innocence! ”

"You have so many criminal records for looking for vixens, who knows if you really went to the hospital!" Sister-in-law Qiang said not to be outdone.

The two saw that they were about to quarrel again, He Jiahui hurriedly came out to play a round, he changed the topic and asked: "Brother Qiang, the money you put in the drawer was stolen, do you want to call the police?" ”

"Call the police, of course call the police!" Brother Qiang said immediately.

"Then take me to the scene to have a look!" He Jiahui said immediately.

Brother Qiang took He Jiahui into the food stall, then pointed to his drawer and said; "It's this drawer that I locked and was pried open."

He Jiahui put on gloves and checked it, and found that the lock was indeed artificially damaged, and there were no other clues.

"Brother Qiang, how much money did you lose?" Ho Ka Fai then asked.

"It's almost 20,000 yuan! Business was particularly good yesterday, with a constant stream of guests from the afternoon to the evening. I'm still thinking about making a small profit, but it turns out that the day is in vain, and I have to catch up with the cost of ingredients. Brother Qiang let out a long sigh.

"Brother Qiang, have you ever been stolen before?" He Jiahui asked again.

"I don't have anything of value here, except for a set of kitchen utensils, some spices, drinks in the freezer, and the rest are tables, chairs and benches, which thief will come here to steal something!" Brother Qiang said.

"Don't you have money in this drawer? What about 20,000 yuan, can you not attract thieves? He Jiahui asked.

Brother Qiang replied, "I don't usually put money in a drawer. There was no one at the food stall at night, so I would take my money home every day after it closed.

But last night I met a guest with food poisoning, and I was in a hurry to take him to the hospital, so I locked the money here, but I didn't expect to be really robbed. ”

He Jiahui continued to ask: "Brother Qiang, do you have any monitoring installed here?" If there is surveillance, we can call up the surveillance, and we can detect the thief. ”

"He's an old man, how can he be willing to pretend to be monitored!" Sister-in-law's voice sounded from the side.

Ho Ka-fai looked around, and there was indeed no monitoring installed in the food stalls.

He Jiahui sighed: "If there is no monitoring, this will be a little difficult." With more than 20,000 inhabitants on the island, plus tourists coming every day, it's a needle in a haystack to find the thief! Brother Qiang, you have to be mentally prepared, the money you were stolen is likely to be impossible to recover. ”

……

Next, everyone came to the residence of Zhang Shaoyu, the hero of the advertisement, and Zhang Shaoyu's mother and sister were all at home at this time.

He Jiahui and the other three were invited to the house by Zhang's mother, and after a little greeting, He Jiahui asked: "Mrs. Zhang, Ms. Zhang, there is something I want to confirm with the two of you, Mr. Zhang Shaoyu, have you left from last night to this morning?" ”

Without waiting for Zhang's mother to speak, Sister Zhang spoke; "Yesterday my brother came back early, saying that the director gave them a day off. After dinner in the evening, my brother went out for a walk with his parents, and when he came back, he took a shower and never went out again. ”

He Jiahui looked at Zhang's mother again, and Zhang's mother also gave the same confession. She said that her son did not go out at night.

After verifying Zhang Shaoyu's alibi, He Jiahui and others also got up to leave.

As soon as he left Zhang Shaoyu's house, Du Xiaohe spoke; "Now that everyone's alibi has been confirmed, that is, the murderer is not among them, what should I do next?"

Taishan said: "Zhang Shaoyu's mother and sister are his family, and it cannot be ruled out that they deliberately gave false confessions for the sake of family affection to help Zhang Shaoyu conceal it."

And it is also possible that Zhang Shaoyu secretly left while his family was asleep. The time of the deceased's death was between two and four o'clock in the morning, and when most people were asleep, he went out quietly, without making a sound, and his family did not know. ”

"According to what you say, it is possible that Aunt Xian will not make a movement and go out quietly. In that case, the little couple at the B&B doesn't know. ”

Du Xiaohe paused, and then said: "In this way, only the director's alibi is left, it's no problem, he stayed in the hospital all night, and there is also Brother Qiang's witness." ”

He Jiahui didn't talk, and at this time he fell into thinking again.

The old detective's intuition told He Jiahui that Zhang Shaoyu's mother and sister were not lying.

But what Taishan guessed was that it was not impossible to sneak out while his family was asleep.

It's just that speculation alone does not convict people, and even correct reasoning needs to be supported by evidence.

"According to the situation of the on-site investigation, there is a high probability that an acquaintance committed the crime. But several people who knew the deceased currently have alibis, which is troublesome. If it really doesn't work, you have to start with the interpersonal relationship of the deceased. He Jiahui said secretly in his heart.

In general homicide cases, after excluding the possibility of robbery and rape, it is basically necessary to investigate the interpersonal relationship of the deceased to see if the deceased had enemies during his lifetime, whether he owed money, whether he had emotional disputes, and so on.

But this is an outlying island, which is a relatively closed environment, which is often referred to as the "island mode", so Ho Jiahui did not start with the interpersonal relationship of the deceased, but first investigated the acquaintances around the deceased.

Just when He Jiahui was thinking about what to do next, the barking of the dog suddenly sounded.

"Woohoo Woo Woo!"

A local dog suddenly burst out of the door of a nearby house, but it did not rush to the road, but only barked at several people within the range of the door of its house.

Several people were startled, not because they were frightened by the dog, but because the dog's barking was so sudden that everyone was not prepared in advance.

"Wangcai, stop shouting, come back quickly!" A woman's voice rang out from inside the room, and then an aunt in her fifties came out and stopped her dog from barking.

The aunt looked at He Jiahui and the others, and said apologetically: "Sir, I'm sorry, I scared you!" My family's Wangcai is getting older and more grumpy. ”

He Jiahui took a closer look, this was indeed an old man, his eyes were a little blue, probably glaucoma, and the hair around his mouth was already white.

The aunt then explained: "In the past, it didn't scream, at most it only screamed a few times when a stranger approached our house. Now, even if you meet an acquaintance, you will yell at them.

Last night, Ah Yu from the neighbor's house went out and passed by, and he also yelled at others, Ah Yu grew up with it, but it couldn't recognize it! It is estimated that this dog has Alzheimer's disease just like humans! ”

"Neighbor Ayu? What is the full name? He Jiahui immediately asked.

"Zhang Shaoyu! He's tall and big, and he's still a handsome guy! I heard that he is working as a model outside the island, and he plans to become an actor. The aunt replied.

"Auntie, you just said that Zhang Shaoyu went out and passed by last night, what time was it?" At the same time as He Jiahui asked, he had already taken out a voice recorder and pressed the record button.

"Ten past two in the morning!" The aunt continued: "I was sounded by Wangcai's scream, and I looked at the alarm clock, it was two o'clock in the morning. ”

"Then how do you know that it was Zhang Shaoyu who was passing by at that time?" Ho Ka Fai then asked.

"At that time, I heard Wangcai's call, and I was afraid that there would be thieves in the house, so I leaned over to the window to take a look, it was Ah Yu next door." Aunt said affirmatively.

"Auntie, your eyes are really good, you can recognize it as Zhang Shaoyu when it's dark." He Jiahui said.

The aunt pointed to the street lamp and said confidently: "This street lamp is right in front of my house." And I've been neighbors with Ah Yu's family for 20 years, I watched Ah Yu grow up, how could I not recognize him! ”

"Auntie, then how do you confirm that Zhang Shaoyu is going out, not going home?" He Jiahui continued to ask.

"The direction he walked was to go outside the village." The aunt paused, and then said: "At about half past four, Wangcai called again, I glanced out the window, and just saw Ah Yu coming back. ”

He Jiahui nodded suddenly: "That is to say, at ten o'clock in the morning, you saw Zhang Shaoyu leave, and at half past four in the morning, you saw Zhang Shaoyu come back again?" You remember this time, right? ”

Auntie nodded: "That's right, I saw the alarm clock at the time." Sir, if you don't believe it, you can ask other neighbors, maybe someone was woken up by the cry of Wangcai! ”

"Thank you, Auntie! We will come back to you if necessary. ”

After He Jiahui finished speaking, he turned his head to look at Mount Tai and spoke; "Tarzan, you really guessed it this time. Zhang Shaoyu came out in the middle of the night, and his alibi could not be established. We're going to ask him to go back to the police again! ”

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