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At four o'clock in the afternoon, all the guests have finished changing their costumes, received their own scripts, and the game officially started.

On this day, Lawyer Yun received an invitation from Duke Jia to go to his manor to make a will for the Duke.

On the way here, he ran into a rich businessman named Wen Fu who came to visit, and the two entered Duke Jia's villa together.

"Welcome, my distinguished guests, please take a seat."

He spoke very kindly, but Duke Jia's expression was very sleepy. His drooping eyes and drooping corners of his mouth made him look difficult to get close to.

The housekeeper Hao Lei poured black tea for them and brought desserts.

"Is there a guest here?" A crisp and sweet voice sounded, and everyone looked up, and a young girl in a gorgeous dress slowly walked down the stairs with the hem of her skirt.

Wen Fushang looked at Duke Jia, who was nearly fifty years old, and then at the girl in her early twenties: "Is this your daughter? She is so beautiful."

The wrinkles on Duke Jia's face twitched, showing displeasure, he still introduced them: "...This is my wife, Mrs. Xia."

Wen Fushang asked again: "Why is your wife called Mrs. Xia?"

Lawyer Yun couldn't hold back and almost spit out tea.

Duke Jia: "..."

The program group set it up like this, you ask me, I ask who to go to! !

"Mr. Wen is really funny." Zhao Mengxia blinked at him.

"Lawyer Yun, follow me to the study." Duke Jia got up with a flick of his sleeves, and said to Mrs. Xia rudely, "Enter my guests."

Mrs. Xia was a little unhappy to be treated like this in front of the guests, but she still kept smiling: "Okay."

Yunyou followed Duke Jia to the study to make a will. The Duke's study and bedroom are together. Stepping on the soft wool carpet, Yunyou couldn't help but sigh that the original owner of the manor was too rich, and almost everywhere was covered with wool carpets.

After making the will, Duke Jia wanted to read the meeting book in the study, so Lawyer Yun went back to the living room first.

Mrs. Xia and Mrs. Wen were having a good chat, and laughter came from time to time. After Lawyer Yun sat down, they stopped their topic and coughed a little unnaturally. Mrs. Xia asked: "Lawyer Yun , did he ask you to make a will?"

Yunyou just smiled and didn't speak.

"I knew it, this old thing," Madam Xia rolled her eyes, "I don't have any children, and it's still procrastinating to make a will."

"Why don't you have children?" Yun You asked.

"What else could it be?" Mrs. Xia rolled her eyes to the sky, "He can't do it!"

Yunyou & Wenjia: "Pfft."

Yun You was shocked by her straightforwardness: "Can this be broadcast!"

"Whether it can be broadcast or not, everyone knows." Mrs. Xia pouted.

"Madam, honored guest, afternoon tea is ready." Butler Hao Lei came over and said.

"Okay, let's go there." Mrs. Xia got up first and led the two of them to the back garden.

The gardener Sihong was trimming the flower beds under the scorching sun. Madam Xia asked him to come over for something to eat when she saw it. The gardener was a little embarrassed, but he still came over.

However, when Duke Jia came to the garden and saw that the gardener was eating afternoon tea together, he immediately flew into a rage, "Who will allow you to eat? How dare a servant serve the table?"

The gardener immediately left the table, not knowing what to do in panic.

Mrs. Xia was dissatisfied: "He is just drinking tea, why is he so angry?"

"And you, don't take me seriously if I'm not dead!?" Duke Jia reprimanded Mrs. Xia again, "Who told you to let the servants serve on the table without authorization??"

Mrs. Xia bit her lips in embarrassment, and glanced awkwardly at the two guests present.If it was normal, she might have endured it, but now...

She couldn't help but contradicted: "Am I not even qualified to let a servant eat something?"

Then something happened that shocked everyone.

Duke Jia slapped Madam Xia directly, and because of wearing a ring, he even shaved a mark on Madam Xia's cheek.

This turn of events was so unexpected that the wealthy businessman stood up "scramblingly" and even knocked down his chair. He grabbed Duke Jia and persuaded him, "It's alright, alright, don't get angry."

"This bitch just won't be beaten and disobedient!" Duke Jia yelled, "If you talk back to me, you won't get a penny of inheritance!"

Mrs. Xia was also in a hurry, she said loudly: "An iron rooster who can't bear children, so much inheritance can only rot into the ground with you!"

After she finished speaking, she picked up her skirt and ran away crying. Rich Shang Wen looked at her back in confusion, and finally sat down patiently.

Duke Jia was so annoyed by her words that he collapsed on the chair, breathing rapidly. The housekeeper hurriedly poured tea for him, but he didn't get better at all.

"Master's asthma must have happened again," Housekeeper Hao quickly called, "Hey, Dr. Ji, please come downstairs quickly."

Dr. Ji Qian is the Duke's family doctor and lives on the third floor of the villa. He hurried to the back garden with a first-aid kit and sprayed Duke Jia. After the Duke's condition stabilized, he suggested that the Duke be helped back to the bedroom rest.

The Duke, who was getting old, soon became sleepy, and fell asleep with his eyes closed.

Housekeeper Hao said, "Let's go downstairs to the living room and let the master sleep for a while."

"Housekeeper Hao, where is the toilet?" Wen Fushang suddenly covered his abdomen and asked with a painful expression, "My stomach feels a little uncomfortable."

Housekeeper Hao pointed to the direction, "Go out and turn right to the end of the corridor...do you want to ask Dr. Ji to show you?"

"No, no, no." Wen Fushang waved his hand, "It's probably because I ate too much afternoon tea."

The few people returned to the living room on the first floor and chatted for a while without nutrition. At night, when they were having dinner, Mrs. Xia with red eyes came down from the stairs.

Everyone who witnessed the Duke's domestic violence didn't know what to say, only Wen Fushang patted Madam Xia on the back of the hand hesitantly to express his comfort.And until all the meals for dinner were served, the Duke hadn't come down yet.

Housekeeper Hao wondered: "Master usually wakes up after a short sleep, I'll go up and have a look."

After he put down the things in his hands, he walked upstairs, and the few of them had no choice but to continue drooling while looking at the table full of delicacies.

Not long after, the butler ran down the stairs again, and he said in a panic, "Master's door is blocked!"

coming!The victim finally appeared!

A strange light flashed in the eyes of several guests present, and they hurriedly ran upstairs.

The door of the Duke's room was tightly closed, and the butler's key could open it, but the door couldn't be pushed open because it was obviously blocked. In the end, several people pushed open the bedroom door together.

At the moment when the door finally opened, there was a loud bang, the bookcase blocking the door fell down, and fine smoke rose from the room.

Mrs. Xia screamed.

Amidst the chaos, Duke Jia was lying flat on his bed, eyes closed, holding a pistol in his hand, the muzzle of the gun pointed at his head, and there was a terrible hole in his temple, from which blood gushed out. .The safe next to the bed in the bedroom was wide open, and it was empty, obviously stolen.

"Did the murderer escape through the window?" Ji Qian rushed to the window, pushed it, shook his head and said, "It's locked."

The duke is dead.

Died on the bed in his own bedroom, the door was blocked from the inside by the bookcase.

The program team arranged the scene of the crime too realistically, with great impact. After a while, Wen Jia said with difficulty: "Is this...suicide?"

"If it's really suicide, what's the point of reasoning." Yun You couldn't help complaining.

Several guests who were still acting at the scene suddenly laughed uncontrollably.

At the same time, an emotionless machine voice sounded in the bedroom: "Duke Jia died suddenly. The deduction has officially begun. All players are invited to return to the living room."

The scene of the crime was temporarily blocked, and all players returned to the living room to state their alibi.

At six o'clock in the afternoon, everyone else was waiting for dinner in the dining room, only Mrs. Xia and the gardener were not present.

Zhao Mengxia took the lead and said: "At 04:30, I was slapped by Duke Jia and went back to my room. I stayed in the room and didn't come out. I came downstairs for dinner at six o'clock."

Yunyou asked, "Why don't you sleep with the Duke?"

Zhao Mengxia was annoyed: "How can he sleep together if he doesn't have that function at all!"

Everyone: "Pfft ha ha ha ha ha!"

After driving past one after another, Yun You blushed a little, cleared his throat, and asked again: "I mean, why don't you live together?"

Zhao Mengxia glanced at the crowd, and said: "You have all seen it, so I'll just say it straight, I don't have any relationship with the Duke at all, and he even often abuses me domestically, since the Duke can't do that, there's no such thing It is necessary, so we sleep separately. My room is opposite the Duke's bedroom."

Si Hong asked: "You are not in love with each other, why do you want to get married?"

"He's greedy for me." Zhao Mengxia said frankly, "My family and his family are family friends. In the early years, my parents owed him a big favor, so he had to force them to marry."

"Did you kill the person?" Hao Lei asked.

"How could it be me!" Zhao Mengxia's eyes widened, "I don't even have the strength to move the bookcase to block the door."

"But if you kill Duke Jia, you can inherit his inheritance."

"My family is not poor either!" Zhao Mengxia said unconvinced, "That man also stole the money from the safe, it must have been a very poor man who killed him and then stole it. It is obvious that killing him was for money. "

Yun You picked up a pen and wrote it down in a small notebook: [Xia has time to commit the crime, but the motive for committing the crime is not yet sufficient. 】

"Next, the gardener Sihong." Hao Lei turned to Sihong.

Si Hongdao: "After the unpleasant incident happened in the back garden at 04:30, I have been pruning the flower beds. After pruning at five o'clock, I went back to my own room. The master's rules are very strict, and the servants cannot come to the table, so dinner I couldn't show up either."

"Do you have any enmity with Duke Jia?" Wen Jia asked.

Sihong clenched his hands suddenly, his eyes averted and he said: "No, I'm just an ordinary servant."

The others asked a few more questions in turn, but none of them came up with any valid information.

Yunyouji notes [The company has time to commit crimes, but seems to have concealed them. 】

Next came Doctor Ji Qian.

Ji Qiandao: "I am the family doctor of Duke Jia. I usually read in my room. I didn't participate in the afternoon tea. I only showed up at 04:30 when the Duke suddenly had asthma. Then I chatted with you in the living room. At six o'clock and Everyone is waiting to eat."

Yunyou wrote: [Ji has a sufficient alibi and has no time to commit the crime. 】

It was the turn of housekeeper Hao Lei.

Hao Lei said: "I am the master's housekeeper. I have been here for decades. I have always stayed with everyone and accompanied the guests. I went upstairs at six o'clock to ask the master to come down for dinner, only to find that the door was blocked."

Wen Jia shook his head and sighed: "Duke Jia and I are good friends, and we often communicate in business. This is the first time he invited me to visit his manor. I didn't expect this to happen. Hey..."

Yunyou thought for a while, and felt that he really had nothing to say: "I'm a lawyer. I came to the manor at four o'clock, and went to the study with Duke Jia at four o'clock fifteen to make a will. I have been with everyone since then."

After everyone finished their statements, Hao Lei suggested: "We don't have a detective in this issue, and it may be a bit difficult to handle the case. I suggest that we elect an acting detective."

"I suggest letting Yunyou do the job," Si Hong said, "He first came into contact with Duke Jia, and he has no reason to kill the Duke, and he has been with us all the time. Currently, he is the least suspect."

This proposal was unanimously agreed by everyone, and Yunyou did not shirk it, and became an agent detective.

The machine voice sounded again in the living room: "Everyone has finished their statements, please go to the crime scene to investigate and collect evidence."

Returning to the Duke's bedroom again, Yunyou, as a detective, has the right to investigate the scene first, while the rest wait outside the door.

He came to the Duke's body and carefully inspected the wound on the Duke's temple. Judging from the situation at the scene, he did pull the trigger to commit suicide, but Yunyou knew that it was absolutely impossible.

So how did he die?

Yunyou took the gun from his hand, there was no mystery on the gun.

He raised the dead man's hand again.

He noticed a shallow strangle mark on the Duke's stubby right index finger.

After pondering for a moment, Yun You put down the dead man's hand, and went to check his clothes and bedding, but there was nothing special about him.

Yunyou came to the bookcase again.

The bookcase is solid wood and heavy.

The Duke's study room is connected to the bedroom. When Yunyou came to the study room to make his will, he remembered that the bookcase was still full of books.

How did the murderer move such a heavy cabinet?Yunyou looked at the smooth solid wood floor and thought: If it was dragged over, they must have heard the scratching sound on the first floor.

He walked around the scattered books and walked to the window.

The windows were locked from the inside, and it was impossible for the murderer to escape through the windows without breaking the glass.

Could it be a secret passage?

Yunyou walked around the house, the floors were solid and there was no entrance.He looked up at the beautifully decorated ceiling again, and shook his head to rule it out.

If it is to open up a secret passage, the building will be destroyed, and the original owner of the manor may not agree.

Except that the door was blocked from the inside by the bookcase, and the safe was looted, there was no sign of any damage to the doors and windows, and there would be no secret passages.

So how did the killer escape?

Yunyou called other people to move the bookcase together. He stared at the scattered books on the ground and found that something seemed wrong.