Evil and punishment [criminal investigation]

The murderer's trap is too childish. Even if there is no text message, wouldn't you know who did it if you check it at the front desk?

The briefcase he turned over just now should also be the murderer's flaw. After switching rooms, he found that there were things belonging to the deceased in his own room, and then secretly sent them back.

Nie Cheng confirmed that there was no new evidence here, and planned to go downstairs to ask Wang Xiaozhi about everyone's room.

Before leaving, he tidied up the scattered documents and put them back into his briefcase, restored the desks and chairs he had pulled for the convenience of inspection, blew out the candles, and habitually raised his hand to turn off the lights when he left the room. After groping for nothing, he realized that the switch of the hotel was not on the wall next to the bed, but in the entrance hall.

Nie Cheng withdrew his hand, remained silent for a second in the darkness, and then raised his hand again.

Firstly, there was no need to make extra efforts during the power outage; secondly, the wall he touched just now was not right, it seemed a little sticky.

He retreated to the side where the porch exit was parallel to the balcony, that is, the bottom side of the blade in the "chopper-shaped" room, and reconfirmed that the wall was indeed a bit sticky.

What is the purpose of this arrangement?

With a thought, Nie Cheng gently swept the wall from the entrance to the balcony with the back of his hand, that is, the side of the back of the knife, and found that there was also a sticky piece at a similar height on the wall.

He probably had some clues, and in this way, the scope of the murderer expanded.

"Come on! Come on!"

There was a cry for help in the corridor, and Nie Cheng couldn't help but click his tongue, and immediately ran out from 204. The door of Pan Hongyue's room in 206 at the other end of the corridor was open. Pan Hongyue squatted at the door holding Hu Wen, and the flashlight rolled to the ground The lights flickered.

"What's going on?" Nie Cheng asked.

After he arrived, the people in the hall downstairs also came up, and Jiang Zhun was at the end to make sure that no one of them secretly stayed behind to make trouble.

"I don't know, she collapsed suddenly." Pan Hongyue panicked.

Nie Cheng probed her nose, touched her carotid artery, and breathed a sigh of relief: "She's still alive, just fainted."

Feng Yongqing finally saw clearly that it was Hu Wen who fell on the ground, squeezed his trembling lips to the front and snatched Hu Wen from Pan Hongyue's hand, and started to sob when he heard Nie Cheng's words.

"Everyone go downstairs." Jiang Zhun said from behind.

"Take Hu Wen into the room to rest first. Teacher Pan, can I borrow your room?" Nie Cheng asked.

Pan Hongyue nodded quickly.

The others were brought back to the hall by Jiang Zhun. Nie Cheng stared at Feng Yongqing covering Hu Wen, and was about to take him and Pan Hongyue downstairs together.

"Officer Nie, Hu Wen cannot be left here by herself," Pan Hongyue said.

"why?"

"I think it's strange that she fainted. I was not with her at that time. I went into the room to get a thermos. When I came out, I saw Hu Wen fainted." Pan Hongyue said.

"Didn't I say that two people should act together?" Nie Cheng frowned.

"We were together, just for a short while, less than a minute, I can hold a water glass." Pan Hongyue said anxiously.

Nie Cheng paused, and walked into Pan Hongyue's room. Amidst Feng Yongqing's surprised and somewhat dissatisfied voice, he gently moved Hu Wen, and found a lump on the back of her head.

"Come and take a look." He motioned Feng Yongqing to come over.

As soon as Feng Yongqing touched it, he couldn't help saying loudly: "My wife was beaten!" Then he thought again, "No, we were all on the first floor at that time." After speaking, he stared at Pan Hongyue suspiciously.

Pan Hongyue couldn't argue with anything, just shook her head blindly.

"Why didn't you let Hu Wen stay here by herself just now?" Nie Cheng asked.

"She fainted strangely. This hotel is so gloomy, I always feel that there is something else..."

"You mean, there are others here?"

"No, no, I don't know, I just don't worry."

Nie Cheng thought for a while and said, "I have checked the balcony of 204, and I have also seen the situation outside the hotel. There should be no one else here except us. Let's go downstairs together."

Pan Hongyue and Feng Yongqing nodded, and followed him to the hall.

Nie Cheng turned his head towards Jiang Zhun, and Jiang Zhun walked calmly between the lobby and the reception desk, listening to Nie Cheng whispering about the discovery in 204 and the matter of Hu Wen just now.

"that's it?"

"Ah."

"Why so long?"

Nie Cheng didn't speak.

"What's wrong with you?" Jiang Zhun stared into his eyes.

"fine."

Nie Cheng walked up to the suspects, and they were silent all night in the hall. Under Jiang Zhun's supervision, they were like lambs with their own thoughts, with their heads down and silent.Nie Cheng had no intention of easing the atmosphere. Jiang Zhun's oppressive force was a powerful helper in solving the case, but he wanted to get straight to the point and ask about Wang Xiaozhi's room, but now that a new situation has emerged, he plans to start here first.

"It wasn't accidental that Hu Wen fainted just now. She had a swollen piece on the back of her head, and someone attacked her." Nie Cheng walked to the side of the hall and straight to the point to everyone.

His words made everyone look at each other in dismay.

"We were all here just now, and we can testify to each other." Xu Jianjun couldn't believe it.

"That's exactly what I want to ask, what are you guys doing here?"

"Officer Nie, you're just joking. We can't knock out the people on the second floor no matter what we do. Is there anyone else who can beat cattle across the mountain?" Qian Tong laughed.

"Boss, there were two accidents in your store, and you still laugh?" Nie Cheng asked bluntly.

Qian Tong stopped smiling immediately.

"No." Jiang Zhun said suddenly.

He watched Nie Cheng walk to the front of the hall, observed his every move from the silhouette, caught his expression, and listened to him talking to everyone. It was normal, but he still felt... Did Nie Cheng cry?This is so unreasonable.

Then he realized Nie Cheng's question, walked up to him and said, "Not everyone was in the lobby just now. Hu Wen thought it was cold, so she asked to go back to the room to get a blanket, and Pan Hongyue also wanted it. The two went upstairs together. So Pan Hongyue was not in the lobby at the time, but was upstairs. In addition, the mobile phone suddenly had a signal just now, Wang Xiaozhi asked to check the situation of the set-top box, and went back to the room, so he was not in the lobby."

"Officer Jiang, your direction is too clear," Wang Xiaozhi stood up unconvinced, "I went back to the room, but the only way to the second floor is this staircase, how could I go up to the second floor under your nose ? Don’t forget, you haven’t cleared your suspicion yet, so it’s okay to point it out blindly!”

Jiang Zhun ignored him.

Nie Cheng asked Qian Tong: "Aside from the stairs, is there any other way to get to the second floor?"

Qian Tong shook his head and then paused, slapped his forehead and took a breath, "Hey, there is another one."

"Where?"

"The room on the first floor was originally intended to be a storage room, but later it was found that the upstairs room was enough, so it was changed into a duty room, which is the room where Wang Xiaozhi lives now." Qian Tong said.

Wang Xiaozhi stared and turned around, staring at Qian Tong like a ghost, "Boss, don't trick me."

"The ceiling of that storage room can be opened, leading to the corridor on the second floor." Qian Tong said with a sigh.

Wang Xiaozhi panicked, he looked at Nie Cheng and then at Jiang Zhun, and was even more anxious when he saw that the two did not express their views, "I don't know, I really don't know!"

Nie Cheng raised his hand to signal him to be calm, and asked, "Do you remember which room everyone lives in?"

"It's really not me!" Wang Xiaozhi stomped his feet anxiously.

"Why are you panicking? I asked you something." Nie Cheng said.

"Remember, remember. The two police officers are in 201, the couple are in 202, and only these two are double rooms."

Nie Cheng nodded, motioning for him to continue.

"The owner of 205 is a permanent resident and does not rent; Xu Jianjun is in 203, Zhen Sizhe is in 204, Teacher Pan is in 206, and I live on the first floor."

"Are you sure, is there a record?"

"There is no record, but I'm sure, can I still remember it wrong with just a few rooms?"

"How do you decide which room a traveler stays in?"

"There is no way, just follow the order. For example, in the two double rooms, the first one of you will live in 201, and the others will live in 202."

"According to what you said, Zhen Sizhe was the first one to arrive, so he should live in 203, but Xu Jianjun lives in 203 now." Nie Cheng asked.

"That, that's what Xu Jianjun did!" Wang Xiaozhi shouted at the top of his voice.

"Fart your mother!" Xu Jianjun, who hadn't said a word since he was beaten, smashed the mineral water bottle in his hand on the ground, venting all his anger on Wang Xiaozhi, "I think it's you. You're the hotel The clerk here is familiar with the environment; he is also in charge of arranging the room, which is convenient for committing crimes; there is a door leading directly to the second floor in the room, who are you? Good boy, you have done two things in a row, and you are still under our noses. I think you want to Crazy."

"Sit down!" Nie Cheng shouted.

Wang Xiaozhi and Xu Jianjun looked at each other angrily.

"You still want to fight? Xu Jianjun, you already fought once today, isn't it fun?" Nie Cheng said to Jiang Zhun again, "Look at him."

Jiang Zhun sighed and walked to Xu Jianjun, who immediately sat down.

"Come on, let's go to your room." Nie Cheng said to Wang Xiaozhi.

Wang Xiaozhi was about to cry, "Officer Nie, trust me, I'm still going to be a graduate student, I won't do such a thing."

Nie Cheng was really tired that night, so he didn't talk nonsense with him, and walked directly to the front desk, and Wang Xiaozhi obediently followed.

"Do you usually lock the door?"

"If you don't lock it, I will guard the door, and no one else can get in. It is only locked when you are sleeping."

"What happened just now?"

"Not locked."

Wang Xiaozhi's room is really small, quite deep, but narrow, and shorter than ordinary rooms; there is no entrance, and there is an integrated bathroom on the left. Next to it is the bed.

Nie Cheng stepped on the chair and had to bend over to fumble on the ceiling.

"You don't know there is a passage here?"

"I really don't know, Police Officer Nie, I'm not going to hang myself, so who is free to look at the ceiling?" Wang Xiaozhi said as he raised his head and swallowed his mouthful of ashes, and couldn't help coughing.

Nie Cheng couldn't help but bend the corners of his mouth, and told him to stand farther away. He tried a few times to find a loose place, and pushed hard, and two square boards with the width of the floor were easily pushed away.

"It's too easy." Wang Xiaozhi said in shock.

Nie Cheng handed the board to Wang Xiaozhi, and finally he was able to stand upright. His eyes were at the same level as the floor of the second floor, and the flashlight illuminated the dark space from bottom to top, making it even colder than when looking at it head-on.

With his arms on both sides, he easily went up to the second floor. On the left and right were 305 where Qian Tong lived and 306 where Pan Hongyue lived.He seemed to be here for the first time, walking forward slowly.

There seems to be a sound, there should be no other sound on the second floor, and the smell is not right.

As Nie Cheng walked by the stairs, his feet suddenly slipped, and a strong sense of unease rose in his heart.He touched the sole of the shoe with his hands, and twisted his hands. It wasn't blood. He was slightly relieved, and when he smelled it with the tip of his nose, his color suddenly changed.

He strode to the end of the corridor, picked up the mineral water bottle under the window, and kicked open the door of Room 202, where a raging fire was burning.

"202 is on fire, leave the hall, hurry up!" Nie Cheng shouted towards the stairs.

There was a rustling from the direction of the aisle. It was Wang Xiaozhi who heard the warning and ran out in a hurry, bringing down the chair.

Nie Cheng didn't go downstairs, but rushed to 201 where he and Jiang Zhun lived, grabbed Wei Yuan's briefcase and ran out.

The fire in 202 had reached the door, gasoline was doused on the floor of the corridor, and the fire was immediately connected to the outside of the door.The second after Nie Cheng jumped down the stairs, a flame rushed past him and burned the entire corridor.

Downstairs, Jiang Zhun had already rushed people to the door, and Wang Xiaozhi and Wang Xiaozhi rushed up the stairs with a fire extinguisher.

"You can't stay in the building, everyone get out!" Nie Cheng stopped them.

"Not extinguishing the fire?" Jiang Zhun asked in confusion.

Nie Cheng shook his head, "Gasoline has been poured on the ground, and the fire is already very strong. These two are useless. Let's go!"

Jiang Zhun clicked his tongue, "The deceased is still upstairs."

"I can't take care of it... No! Hu Wen is also upstairs." Nie Cheng secretly scolded himself for being too careless, and said anxiously, "Jiang Zhun, I know who the murderer is. Take care of them, and I'll be right back."

After finishing speaking, he snatched the fire extinguisher from Jiang Zhun's hand, ran to Wang Xiaozhi's room, and wanted to go up the passage to the second floor, but the kerosene had already flowed along the passage to the first floor. It quickly spread to the first floor.

The stairs were full of flames, and there was no way to pass through. If he ran up and persisted, he would be burned into a burning man if he didn't stick to 206. That's terrible!

Nie Cheng thought for a moment, turned around and ran out of the hotel.

The wind and snow had stopped, and the sky showed the unique purple color of snow days, which contrasted nicely with the surrounding snow forest, which was a rare beauty.

Those who were evacuated by Jiang Zhun had no time to appreciate it. They were looking at the raging fire on the second floor in horror. The windows of 202 and 204 were filled with crimson orange light, which made the snow red.The roof on the left side began to collapse, and the floor of 202 was burned through. The double bed hit the hall where they were just now. Everyone was shocked and ran away.

Nie Cheng took out the car keys from his briefcase, found a rope and a wrench from the trunk, tied them together, and put the safety hammer in his pocket.He came to the front of the hotel, swung the rope, and tightly wrapped the wrench around the railing of the balcony of Room 206 on the second floor.

Everyone saw that he took two steps back like a master of martial arts, tightened the rope, took a run-up, jumped up, stepped on the wall to borrow strength from the rope, then jumped sideways, climbed up the railing of the balcony, turned over and landed firmly on the balcony superior.

"Wow!" Wang Xiaozhi exclaimed.

The corners of Jiang Zhun's mouth twitched slightly, showing pride.

Others looked relaxed, but the situation on Nie Cheng's side was actually urgent.

After he stood firmly, he cracked a corner of the floor-to-ceiling glass of the balcony with a safety hammer, leaned back on the railing with both hands, and kicked hard with both feet.The balcony is too narrow, so it is not easy to use force; I want to untie the wrench, but also consider using it later to send people down, so I have to use this method.It looks effortless, but if he is not careful, he will fall off the balcony due to excessive force.

After he kicked it six or seven times, the plexiglass was still tenaciously embedded in the plexiglass, and the door frame fell down after a few bangs and bangs.

At the same time, the fire in the corridor melted the hinge of the door of the room, and the whole door fell to the ground with a bang, and the flames rushed in immediately.Because the balcony window was broken, a large amount of outside air poured in. The fire burned faster here, and the billowing smoke filled the entire room as if it had found an exit.

Nie Cheng picked up Hu Wen who was unconscious and unconscious on the bed, and dragged her to the balcony.

Caught off guard, he stumbled, and Hu Wen slipped out of his arms and fell on the glass door. Nie Cheng simply pushed forward against her feet, and then lifted the glass door. Hu Wen slid to the balcony and was safe for the time being. .

As long as Hu Wen is brought over, he can handle it by himself.

Thinking this way, Nie Cheng was about to get up when there was a beep in the back of his head. Alarm bells rang in his heart, and he rushed forward relying on the instinct of years of life and death. The beam above his head fell rumblingly and hit his calf.

The sudden pain caused Nie Cheng to hold his head up and cry out, his fair face flushed red, and veins burst out on his neck and forehead.He tried to free his leg several times without success.

The smoke in the room was getting thicker and thicker. Although the kerosene was blocked by the door panel, the fire inevitably burned the wardrobe and began to devour everything here.