Escape the Library

【The Mystery of the Construction Site-04】

Ke Shaobin's guess made everyone stunned - if the murderer had supernatural powers and escaped from the building like Qin Lu's "plate movement", of course, they could perfectly avoid surveillance. They were relying on Qin Lu's skills to copy data. of.

Everyone subconsciously turned their attention to Qin Lu.

Qin Lu hurriedly said: "Platform movement is a skill of the Department of Geography. The upper limit of the number of people in this exam is 12, and our research group has 11 places, and then we can match a student of the Department of Geography to be the murderer? This is not possible. Bar?"

Jiang Pingce said calmly: "Impossible. The maximum number of people in the examination room is 12. Obviously, the subject group of 12 people in the third level can take the test directly, and the subject group of 8 people in the second level and 4 people in the first level can be matched to enter the examination room. We The team is not full at the moment, because we didn’t find all our teammates and vacated a place, but most teams will enter the examination room in a full state.”

Zhuo Feng echoed: "Yes, I heard Qin Lang say that the team of Binjiang Normal University is also going to be promoted to the third level, and the group is full of 12 people. If their team enters this examination room, wouldn't there be no murderer?"

Jiang Pingce looked at Yue Xingwen: "For the exam of the same course, will the library modify the plot line alone for our 11-person team, and match another murderer to come in?"

Yue Xingwen shook his head and said, "It shouldn't be, right? That's too unfair. The changes in the examination room are only changes in the characters' names and details of the plot, and they won't change so much that the candidates will be the murderers. The maximum number of people in the examination room is 12, but it does not mean that the number of people in the examination room must be at least 12. There are only 11 candidates. I think there are only 11 candidates in this examination room, and the murderer has to be found from other people.”

Everyone nodded, Jiang Pingce and Yue Xingwen's analysis was also very reasonable. There was a reminder in the course "Death Code" of the last time that if there are not enough candidates, 4 people can open the examination room, which proves that the number of people in the examination room is not stipulated to be dead, and it will be adjusted appropriately according to the matching situation.

Everyone looked at Ke Shaobin. Ke Shaobin's ears turned red, and he whispered, "I just guessed, the murderer appeared out of nowhere and disappeared out of nowhere. It's amazing, I thought he could have supernatural powers, ahem."

Everyone: "..."

Xin Yan glanced at him and said lightly, "Some strange ideas often pop up in your head."

Ke Shaobin helped his glasses, blushing and softly defending: "I call this flexible thinking!"

Yue Xingwen smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "It's okay, brainstorming, everyone can come up with everything they think of and analyze it. Suppose, the speculation that Ke Shao said 'the murderer has supernatural power' is not valid. Then, how did the murderer avoid it? What about monitoring?"

Zhang Xiaonian suddenly asked: "There are only three entrances and exits on the ground of this building, and the current monitoring coverage can only take pictures of the entrances and exits on the ground, but what if he doesn't walk on the ground?"

Yue Xingwen's eyes lit up, and he immediately thought of another possibility: "The underground parking lot hasn't been built yet?"

The Xinyue Plaza project is huge. In order to make parking convenient for guests who come by car, the underground parking lot is planned to be a negative two-story structure. The foundation of the entire project is very deep, and a large area of ​​parking lot has been hollowed out directly under the current construction site and under the cross-shaped pedestrian street.

If the murderer is hiding in the underground parking lot, there is really no need to enter the building through the entrance and exit, and there is no need to come out.

During the period when the deceased was killed and the police arrived, the surveillance camera couldn't capture the killer's figure at all. He could find a manhole cover leading to the ground while others were not paying attention, and then sneak out.

Thinking of this, Yue Xingwen immediately said: "Master Ke, open the design of the underground parking lot and see."

Ke Shaobin opened the laptop and called up the project design drawings. Zhang Xiaonian quickly found the construction drawings and design renderings of the underground parking lot from the massive pictures.

The Xinyue Building has just been capped, and only a prototype of the underground garage has been built. The entire underground garage is a "convex"-shaped structure. The raised area is directly below the Xinyue Building, and the remaining rectangular area is below the pedestrian street.

The garage has a lot of square columns supporting the weight of the building, and there are plenty of drainage pipes distributed across the ceiling. The floor of the garage is not to mention the marking of the parking space, and even the cement has not had time to brush - the construction progress of this underground garage is currently less than 30%.

The pedestrian street is also under construction, Jiang Pingce pointed to the location of the pedestrian street on the map, and said: "Enter the underground garage from the pedestrian street, walk all the way to the negative second floor directly under the Xinyue Building, follow the stairs upstairs, kill people, and then Going downstairs and escaping through the underground passage can perfectly avoid all surveillance."

Yue Xingwen asked: "The pedestrian street is far away from the dormitory area. How long does it take for him to walk from the dormitory to the pedestrian street, from the underground passage to Xinyue Building, and then escape after killing people?"

Jiang Pingce calculated carefully and said, "If you trot all the way, it will take about half an hour to go back and forth. That is to say, the murderer was not in the dormitory for at least 30 minutes. When the police asked today, whose alibi is suspicious?"

Yue Xingwen immediately took out the notes in his pocket. When the police investigated just now, he had been recording information, which came in handy at this time, and Yue Xingwen analyzed the recorded information in turn: "Most of the workers said that they slept very deeply at the time, and they didn't know if their roommates had left. Yes. There are only three dorms in particular."

"The first one, the worker in dormitory 116 woke up at 4:30 in the morning and found that there was no one in the bed next door. The man who was not in the room, named Zhao Qiang, came from the same village as the deceased Zhao Dayong. He explained to the police to go out and go to the hospital. The toilet. But his roommate said he didn't come back until around 5 o'clock. He explained to the police that he was having diarrhea."

"That is to say, he left for more than half an hour at the time of the incident? The reason was diarrhea?" Jiang Pingce wrote down this key and said lightly, "No one can confirm that he went to the toilet."

"Well, he is indeed suspicious." Yue Xingwen continued, "The second is an electrician named Long Rui in dormitory 207, who also left at 4:00. He said that he was awakened by a nightmare in the middle of the night and couldn't sleep. Went outside and found a corner to smoke, and there was still the ashes left by him."

"The third one is the woman who screamed at the crime scene today, called Zhao Xuemei, who is also in the same village as the deceased. Her roommate said that when she woke up around 4:30 in the morning, she was not there, and she screamed at 5:30. , disappeared for 1 hour during the period."

Yue Xingwen paused for a moment, then looked up at everyone: "The other workers are not sure yet, most of them are asleep, and they don't know the situation of their roommates. But the three people who left at the time of the incident have all gone where they are. Doubtful."

Liu Zhaoqing touched the back of his head and complained, "Zhao Dayong, Zhao Liang, Zhao Qiang, Zhao Xuemei... all are surnamed Zhao. Is their village called Zhaojia Village?"

Zhuo Feng said: "There is a Wangjia Village in my hometown. 80% of the villagers have the surname Wang. These people seem to be from Zhaojia Village. Maybe there is a private grudge, so we must pay attention."

Yue Xingwen wrote the names of the characters that appeared on the paper separately, and began to analyze them one by one: "The deceased Zhao Dayong, a 35-year-old cement worker, according to the evaluation of the workers, he was usually introverted, taciturn, and never had any disputes with anyone. On the surface, it is still unclear who he has privately had grudges against."

"Suspect No. 1 Zhao Liang, 18 years old, the nephew of the deceased. He was in the building at the time of the crime and was caught by Pingce. If he was the murderer, he would directly push his uncle downstairs, and he was Pingce when he tried to escape. It makes sense in terms of time, and he can explain it even if the surveillance did not capture him, but the motive for committing the crime is not clear." Yue Xingwen looked at Jiang Pingce, "What do you think?"

"His parents died and he was raised by his uncle. What was his motive for killing his uncle? Unless his parents left him a huge amount of property, which was swallowed up by his uncle. But the workers said that his family was very poor, and his uncle was poor enough to marry him. I can't afford a wife, it's not like killing my relatives for property." Jiang Pingce said calmly.

"Could it be that his uncle abused him for a long time? For example, his uncle was actually a perverted pedophile. He molested and bullied him since he was a child. He endured it for a long time because he was too weak to resist. Now he has grown up Now, I can't bear it anymore, so I just follow my uncle to the construction site and find an opportunity to push my uncle downstairs and fall to his death?" Ke Shaobin analyzed it seriously.

"..." Yue Xingwen helped his forehead helplessly, "In this case, he does have a motive for committing the crime."

"It's more reasonable than the speculation of 'murderer's ability'." Jiang Pingce said expressionlessly.

"Cough, I'm talking nonsense." Ke Shaobin made a "zipper" motion on his mouth and lowered his head embarrassedly. Beside her, Lin Manluo said with a smile, "Xiao Ke, you have a very rich imagination. It's a good thing to make more guesses. It will help everyone to open their minds. Don't be embarrassed."

"Both parents died, the poor child was helpless, bullied by his uncle for many years, and finally couldn't help pushing his uncle downstairs? The speculation is true, but what is the relationship between Zhao Liang and his uncle, we still have to investigate, this person To be determined first." Yue Xingwen drew a circle on the name of the 18-year-old boy and said, "Analyze the next one."

"Zhao Qiang, a 30-year-old cement worker, was in the same village as the deceased, and was about the same age. He left the dormitory for half an hour at the time of the incident. The reason was to go to the toilet to have diarrhea. No one has confirmed whether his words are true or false." Yue Xing Wen said.

"Waking up at 4:30 to go to the toilet is not very believable." Jiang Pingce said.

"Well, this person has to continue the investigation." Yue Xingwen marked a pending next to him, and then said: "Suspect No. 3, Zhao Xuemei who screamed. If she is the murderer, she has to finish running from the dormitory to the pedestrian street, Lurking into the underground garage, climbing upstairs and pushing an adult male down, running from the underground garage to the pedestrian street, lifting the manhole cover and crawling out, then running back to the scene where Zhao Dayong fell to his death and screaming... This is too much trouble, isn't it?"

Since the surveillance did not capture anyone entering or leaving the building, if Zhao Xuemei wanted to commit a crime, she had to enter through the underground passage on the other side of the pedestrian street, murdered around 5:00, appeared at the scene at 5:30 and screamed, and she had to run back and forth at least three times.

Xu Yi rubbed his forehead deeply and said, "Even if I run with a split body, I'll be half-tired from running back and forth so many times."

Yue Xingwen looked at Jiang Pingce: "When we arrived at the scene, she didn't appear very tired, did she?"

Jiang Pingce nodded: "She just had pale lips and a terrified look on her face. She didn't show any signs of panting after strenuous exercise. If she was the murderer, it wouldn't be too late."

Climbing up and down the 7-storey building, going through the entire underground garage, and then running back to the crime scene screaming, the whole process adds up to several kilometers, and Xu Yishen would be exhausted.

It is impossible for a thin woman to run back and forth three times and breathe smoothly.

Yue Xingwen said: "Suspect No. 4, Long Rui, is not from the same village as the deceased. He was an electrician. He said it was strange for him to smoke. Soot can't be used as evidence. He can put a pile of soot there in advance."

Yue Xingwen stopped writing and concluded: "At present, Zhao Xuemei's suspicion is relatively low; Zhao Liang, Zhao Qiang, and Long Rui, all three of them questioned other workers at the construction site separately, and then carefully investigate."

After Yue Xingwen assigned the task, everyone went out to find nearby workers to visit and investigate.

Due to a murder at the construction site, work had to be stopped today. The workers were obviously a little excited. There were many leaders at the construction site trying to appease everyone's emotions.

When Yue Xingwen took everyone out, he saw a leader wearing a white safety helmet with a loudspeaker in his hand, standing in the middle of the construction site and shouting: "Don't panic, Zhao Dayong fell from the construction site, this is just an accident! We are cooperating The police are doing their best to investigate! When the results of the investigation come out, we will definitely pay some compensation to his family in accordance with laws and regulations!"

Jiang Pingce leaned into Yue Xingwen's ear and whispered, "Mr. Zhang who came here yesterday."

Zhang Zhiwei, the person in charge of the construction party of Xinyue Plaza project. He has dark skin, a strong build, and is about 178cm tall. There is an obvious black mole on his cheek, and he looks smart and capable.

What Mr. Zhang said was very official.

Suddenly, someone shouted in the crowd, "Mr. Zhang, when will the wages owed to us be paid?!"

Zhang Zhiwei held the microphone with a smile on his face: "Don't worry, the developer has promised to settle the payment for the second phase of the project for us years ago. We have been negotiating with the developer, and we will never let everyone's hard work go to waste!"

Immediately, there were dissatisfied voices from the crowd: "Years ago? There are still several months before the Chinese New Year. Are we going to drink the Northwest Wind in the second half of the year? "

"That's right, my parents also need money for their illness. If we don't pay wages, we'll simply quit the strike!"

"Yes, don't do it!"

"The safety of the construction site is not guaranteed. Today, Zhao Dayong fell to his death. Maybe it will be our turn tomorrow!"

"I didn't get a penny of the hard-earned money, and it's not worthwhile to put my life in it!"

"Pay wages, pay wages!"

A group of workers shouted in unison, and the entire construction site became a mess.

Mr. Zhang wiped the sweat from his forehead and picked up the loudspeaker to appease everyone's emotions, but obviously, Zhao Dayong's death aroused the anger of the workers that had been suppressed for a long time. In the anger of everyone, Mr. Zhang's loudspeaker was hit off, and ran away.

Yue Xingwen looked at the back of him being escorted to escape, frowned slightly, and said, "The workers are owed wages for several months?"

The news that broke out made everyone look dignified.

Xu Yishen suddenly said: "The government sells the land ownership to the developer, the developer does a good job of project planning, and the construction unit bids for the construction. Usually, after the government sells the land, it no longer participates, and the construction unit is given the money by the developer. Disputes over interests and wage arrears between the parties often occur.”

Yue Xingwen looked back at him: "Senior Brother Xu understands this?"

Zhuo Feng smiled and said, "His father is in the real estate business. He doesn't want to inherit the family business. He was admitted to the Academy of Biological Sciences to study genetic engineering and wants to be a scientist."

"Cough, it's not that great, I'm just more interested in genes." Xu Yishen said modestly: "And I have no talent at all in business, and I can close the company within three years."

"Brother, what do you think?" Yue Xingwen was returning to the topic.

"There are many reasons why developers default on construction payments. First, some developers are developing projects on multiple plots at the same time, and the mortgaged properties are not available for bank loans, resulting in a break in the capital chain and the inability to pay the construction party; second, The construction unit negotiated with the developer and the budget exceeded the standard. For example, the first phase of the project was originally expected to be 80 million yuan, but the construction party spent 90 million yuan. The developer did not approve the construction party's material quotation. During this period, it is impossible to pay." Xu Yi paused and said, "There is also a more extreme case, that is, the construction party or the developer has the person in charge to run away with money."

Yue Xingwen pondered for a moment and said, "No matter what the reason, the workers have not received their wages for half a year, and the arrears of wages are a sure thing. So, is Zhao Dayong's death related to this matter?"

He looked at Jiang Pingce by his side: "Someone wants to affect the construction progress in this way?"