Three people and one ghost solved 43 mysterious cases.

As soon as the meeting ended, Zhang Tianmu went to Chen Xiaosong's home again.

The suspect in this case is quite clear, that is Chen Xiaosong. Otherwise, why would he disappear?

The Ministry of Communications cracked Chen Xiaosong's mobile phone. The base station signal showed that the last signal received by the mobile phone was in the mountains, but it was difficult to find it.

In other words, Chen Xiaosong most likely turned off his mobile phone and threw it on a mountain.

I found a few recent contact numbers and called them. One of them was Chen Xiaosong's upstream supplier.

The supplier said, Xiaosong, I ordered a batch of goods. I was supposed to pick them up on April 4th. At dusk on April 14th, I called Chen Xiaosong and asked why he didn’t come to pick them up. He said that he was on a business trip out of town and couldn’t come. . I waited a few more days and called his number again, and then the phone was turned off.

I asked a few more people, but found nothing. According to the base station, Chen Xiaosong’s last mobile phone communication was on April 4.

Why is it April 4th? Chen Daqing died at four o'clock in the morning on April 14.

Obviously, Chen Xiaosong was very suspicious. He deceived the supplier into going on a business trip, but actually stayed in the local area.

Zhang Tianmu stood in the yard of Chen Xiaosong's house. There were many foam boxes stacked here and there were dead fish on the ground. Judging from the stink of the fish, it seemed that they had been there for several days.

If Chen Xiaosong was the murderer, why did he disappear for two days before killing Chen Daqing?

Is it—

其实陈大庆并不是死在4月16日（凌晨4点），而是陈小松失踪的4月14日？

So Chen Daqing’s home was not the first scene where the case occurred?

Because Chen Daqing lives in a village, the houses are closely next to each other.

If Chen Xiaosong went to Chen Daqing's house, quarreled with Chen Daqing, killed Chen Daqing, and then set fire to it.

Then the two of them will definitely have a quarrel. The two brothers are similar in appearance and stature, and they are only one year apart. Which one may not necessarily have a better chance of winning. If Chen Daqing is beaten by Chen Xiaosong, he will definitely resist, which will alarm the neighbors.

But it was three or four in the morning when the incident occurred, and it was so quiet that the neighbors didn’t hear the sound.

So - all this is Chen Xiaosong's trick.

In fact, on April 4, Chen Daqing died outside the village, in the house rented by Chen Xiaosong.

Chen Xiaosong killed Chen Daqing by mistake. He thought, it's over, what to do.

At this time, the owner of the seafood shop called him to pick up the goods. Naturally, he was not in the mood to go. Then he thought about it and simply created an alibi first and told the boss that he was on a business trip.

Then, he thought about it all night and decided to transfer Chen Daqing's body back to the village - Chen Daqing's home, causing an accidental death.

He was in the seafood business, and he had some large foam boxes that could hide corpses, as well as ice cubes that could be frozen, so that he could delay Chen Daqing's death.

Zhang Tianmu continued to think:

On April 4 (three or four in the morning), Chen Xiaosong put Chen Daqing's body into a foam box or something like that and took it back to Chen Daqing's residence.

Chen Daqing was dead, so Chen Xiaosong naturally had the key to Chen Daqing's house. He moved the body to the second floor, put it on the bed, closed the window, poured alcohol, lit a fire, scattered cigarette butts, and fled quickly.

After that, he continued to disappear, making others think that he was out of town and creating an alibi.

But soon, he discovered that a criminal investigation team was involved in the investigation of the case, and he knew that his ruse had been exposed.

So I smashed my phone and let myself disappear.

At this point of reasoning, everything seems to be correct, but——

Zhang Tianmu suddenly thought of something, something that he couldn't figure out.

It was Chen Daqing's home, which was really a secret room when the crime occurred.

The windows were closed and locked.

The door, the bolt in the door was broken.

This is an old house with two wooden doors that can be opened with keys from the outside.

But when the owner returned home, he closed the wooden door. There was a "mouth-shaped" hole on the inside and on the two wooden doors, and a rectangular wooden stick was inserted, so that the door could not be opened from the outside.

(Traditional wooden door latch)

In this way, when the owner returns home, the house has double protection.

After the fire broke out, a group of villagers kicked the door repeatedly with their feet. After kicking for a long time, they broke the wooden latch on the inside of the door and entered the house.

So, it's like a secret room.

If Chen Xiaosong was the murderer, he used the key to open the door and entered the house, but how did he bolt the wooden door on the inside and leave?

When a doubt arises, more doubts arise.

The murderer bolted the wooden door on the inside with the clear purpose of creating the illusion that Chen Daqing was alone at home and died in the house due to smoking or an accidental fire.

It was as if Chen Xiaosong had used some iron wire or mechanism to insert the wooden door latch from the outside.

Then, he will encounter many problems if he escapes from the village.

The problem is that Chen Xiaosong said to the outside world that he was on a business trip on April 4.

If Chen Xiaosong really transported Chen Daqing's body back to the village on April 4, he must have thought, would no one really see him?

Although it was late at night, a cart was necessary to transport the body. The cart made the sound of wheels touching the ground. There was movement in the quiet village.

If there is any movement, some neighbors who cannot sleep will wake up. The village is full of elderly people, so it is normal to get up at four in the morning and go for morning exercises.

As long as someone sees Chen Xiaosong, his trick will fail.

So, could Chen Daqing's body have been delivered early in the morning, such as at dusk on April 4th?

No matter what, Chen Xiaosong cannot be seen. Besides, why did he turn off his mobile phone as soon as the criminal investigation team intervened in the investigation? How did he know that his ruse had been discovered by the police?

Whistleblowing?

Zhang Tianmu took a deep breath.

If this is the case, then Chen Xiaosong needs an accomplice.

After Chen Xiaosong committed the murder, he found an accomplice for help.

An accomplice helped him transport the body and set the fire at three or four o'clock in the morning on April 4. This accomplice lived in the village.

After that, the accomplice stayed in the village and watched what happened.

The accomplice noticed that people from the criminal investigation team were coming. Knowing that the matter had been exposed, the accomplice immediately notified Chen Xiaosong, and Chen Xiaosong escaped.

This made the whole case more reasonable, but Zhang Tianmu still couldn't solve the mystery of the secret room.

He decided to return to the Hermitage Village again to find out.

In today's criminal investigation era, where global surveillance and surveillance are widespread, and legal technology is advanced, it has been a long time since we encountered a case like this that relied on pure reasoning.

It's like fighting a challenging mental battle.

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When he arrived at Hermit Village, he wanted to visit Chen Daqing's home. As soon as he walked to the door, he heard two people talking next door.

A man said in a good voice, "Sister, how are you thinking about it? Let's sell this house? 80 is the highest price we are willing to pay."

The woman said, "I won't sell it. Didn't I say it? I won't sell it."

The sound came from Liu Yun's house, which is opposite Chen Daqing's house. The two houses are about 5 meters apart.

The door of the house opened, and Zhang Tianmu saw a courtyard with a well. There were two people standing by the well, a man in a suit, polite.

He works for a tourism development company. The company has recently been acquiring land from the Hermitage Village, one by one, in order to build a tourist attraction.

Half of the villagers have sold it for 5000 per square meter, a price that can even buy a commercial house in the county.

There are fewer and fewer people in the village, and now the staff sent by the tourism development company are negotiating with Liu Yun about the purchase price.

The clerk said, "Sister, look, the house next door to yours is on fire. It's a huge safety hazard. It's better to move out. Our company is very sincere. The fixed price is 88."

Liu Yun, 40, said impatiently, "Why can't you make sense? I said I wouldn't sell it."

She drove the man away, and when she saw Zhang Tianmu at the door, she recognized him as the policeman who had been here a few days ago.

"Comrade police, are you here again?"

"you know me?"

Liu Yun was a witness in the case. She was the first to see the fire and shout to put out the fire.

Although it was another police officer who gave her a confession after the incident, she recognized Zhang Tianmu, "I saw you walking around in the past few days."

"I have good eyesight."

"Well, when this happens in the village, everyone is watching."

"Can I talk to you again?"

Liu Yun readily agreed, "Of course, please come in."