The Secret Chamber of the Card Game

Yu Hanjiang called his colleagues from the criminal police team, who quickly rushed to the scene and completely sealed off the backstage area; at the same time, since there were tens of thousands of spectators at tonight's concert, in order to prevent the news of Liang Ting's death from spreading, It caused panic and a more serious stampede occurred. Yu Hanjiang decided to investigate secretly in the background and let the concert continue.

Yun Lan came to the scene with Ye Qi. After seeing Liang Ting's body, her face was extremely ugly. After all, Liang Ting was a guest she personally invited, but she died at the concert. How could she talk to Liang Ting? Family members and fans explain? !

Yu Hanjiang walked up to her and asked, "Miss Yun, what were you doing backstage while Ye Qi was singing on the big stage just now? Did you see any suspicious people?"

Yun Lan came back to her senses, clenched her fists, her lips were trembling all the time: "I... When Mr. Liang was singing on stage, I was in the dressing room next door, deciding on makeup and hair styles with the five members of the girl group, After they changed their clothes, Teacher Liang had finished singing, and I went to pick up Teacher Liang at the corner. At that time, there were many people around her asking for autographs..."

Ye Qi nodded to prove this point: "That's right, when Teacher Liang returned to the backstage, there were indeed many staff gathered around asking for autographs. She signed for everyone, and I got one too, and then I went on stage to sing."

Yu Hanjiang asked: "Ms. Liang went back to the lounge directly and didn't go anywhere else?"

"I don't know about this. After Ye Qi took the stage, I have been standing at the east corner..." Yun Lan pointed to the corner at the end of the corridor with trembling fingertips, where the big stage of the concert could be seen through the gap. "I want to hear Ye Qi sing two songs. It's the first time he's performing on such a big stage. I'm afraid he'll fail. Where did Teacher Liang go after that? I have to ask Sister Chen."

She looked back at Sister Chen, and Sister Chen, Liang Ting's agent, said immediately: "I took Teacher Liang to the lounge and asked her if she wanted to change clothes. Go to work. My stomach is uncomfortable, I went to the bathroom, and when I came back, I saw her...she fell to the ground."

Having said that, the manager's face became even more ugly.Her eyes were red and she was about to cry, her voice was obviously choked up: "Ms. Liang has been fine all day today, why did she suddenly..."

Yu Hanjiang interrupted her: "On the way to the bathroom, and on the way back, did you see anyone in the corridor?"

Sister Chen said: "When I went, I saw Zhao Yuxin, Ye Lan, and Liu Xi in the bathroom, and greeted them; when I came back, I saw Ye Qi and his manager."

Yun Lan said: "Yes, just now, Ye Qi returned to the backstage after the performance, and we saw Sister Chen in the corridor."

Yu Hanjiang looked at Ye Qi, who immediately nodded to confirm this.

Yu Hanjiang raised his wrist and looked at his watch, frowning slightly: "You went to the bathroom when Liang Ting returned to the stage, and you came out after Ye Qi stepped down. In other words, you stayed in the bathroom for 15 minutes?"

Sister Chen looked embarrassed: "Recently, I have been having a lot of constipation."

Yu Hanjiang: "..."

If you are constipated, it is normal to spend ten minutes in the bathroom, provided she is not lying.The agent looked nervous and her body was shaking all the time. She didn't know whether it was because she was scared or guilty. Her testimony has yet to be verified. After all, she only met people and witnesses on the way to and from. During the 15 minutes in between, she had No one has ever come out of the bathroom, no one can prove it to her.

Yu Hanjiang took out the notebook from his pocket and quickly wrote down the doubtful points in her testimony.

Next, Yu Hanjiang went to ask the backstage staff and celebrity assistants one by one.

The backstage of the gymnasium is a "back" structure. Since the restroom of the staff is far away from Liang Ting's makeup, they can go to the bathroom in another way, so it is difficult for them to know what happened on Liang Ting's side. This also caused Liang Ting to have no witnesses when the accident happened.

There are more than 20 staff in the backstage, and there are more than a dozen security guards.

Yu Hanjiang checked one by one, and after asking around, no one knew what happened in Liang Ting's dressing room, and no one saw suspicious characters appearing in the corridor. These staff members could prove each other's absence.

When the 505 girl group sang on stage, most of the staff chatted and gossiped in the lounge, and the rest watched the girl group's performance at the corner; Listen to music around the corner.

They never went to the corridor where Teacher Liang Ting's dressing room was located.

One of the assistant girls of the 505 girl group said: "The place where we listen to songs is far away from Teacher Liang's dressing room, separated by several walls. Besides, at the concert, the screams of the fans are too loud. , We really don't know what happened to Mr. Liang!"

Everyone was disturbed by the question, and they started to discuss: "What happened to Teacher Liang?" ?”

Yu Hanjiang did not tell these people the news of Liang Ting's death, but only told everyone that if they remembered who had entered Teacher Liang's dressing room today, they must tell him in time.

An enthusiastic security guard said: "Ms. Liang is such a famous brand, we dare not bother her. The only ones who can enter her dressing room should be her makeup artist, stylist, assistant, and agent!"

A girl next to her added: "There are also people from the 505 girl group, Ye Qi, and their manager. The stars are all in the west corridor, so they can chat with each other. We can't get through it."

Of course Yu Hanjiang knew this too.Given Liang Ting's status, the ordinary staff of the concert did not dare to disturb her hastily. There were only a limited number of people who could enter her dressing room, and these people were the ones who were most suspected.

Yu Hanjiang looked at Sister Chen: "Where are Teacher Liang's makeup artist and stylist?"

"I didn't see them either." Sister Chen turned her head suspiciously, "Does anyone know where Su and Kim are?"

"The two of them said they were too hungry and wanted to order takeaway. They probably ate takeaway in the lounge over there." Teacher Tony, who was drying Ye Qi's hair, replied with a smile.

Yu Hanjiang walked around the corner and came to the lounge on the north side.This is a place for make-up artists and stylists to rest. He opened the door, and he saw a man and a woman sitting on the sofa wolfing down two boxes of lunch in front of them.

Seeing Yu Hanjiang walking in together with Xiao Lou, Shao Qingge, and Ye Qi, the chicken leg in the mouth of the yellow-haired stylist fell to the ground with a "clack", and then hurriedly reached out to pick it up, with a puzzled expression on his face: "Why?" What's the matter? There are so many people?"

Yu Hanjiang showed the police officer's certificate to the two, and asked in a low voice, "I'm a policeman, and I hope you two will cooperate in investigating the case. Where are you while Liang Ting is on stage?"

The two looked at each other and looked at each other.

Yu Hanjiang frowned and looked at the two of them: "Do you need me to repeat the question?"

Xiao Su, a female makeup artist, shuddered at his cold gaze, and immediately said: "Officer! We were too busy to eat today. The takeaway we ordered was delivered when Mr. Liang came out. I asked Liang The teacher asked if she wanted to change her look after the performance, she said no, let us go to eat first, we will come to this lounge to eat."

Kim, the blonde stylist, immediately nodded and said, "That's right, we've been eating and chatting here, what's going on? Why did the police come to the concert suddenly?" He looked at Tony, who was also a stylist, whose face turned pale. Walked over and whispered: "Teacher Liang seems to have an accident, I heard a scream just now..."

Yu Hanjiang asked the makeup artist again: "Did Liang Ting use her own cosmetics today?"

The makeup artist nodded: "Yes, she has a cleanliness habit and is used to bringing her own cosmetics. She doesn't even use my things."

Yu Hanjiang: "Are you her queen makeup artist and stylist?"

Sister Chen said from the side: "Xiao Su often does makeup for Teacher Liang, and this time, Kim found him temporarily. His master used to do styling for Teacher Liang. This time, his master went abroad for business, so he was asked to take over the makeup and tried on the hairstyle. Later, Teacher Liang felt very satisfied and left him behind."

Ah Kim stroked his hair on the side of his ear pretending to be shy, and said: "I have done styling for many celebrities before, and this is the first time I have worked with Teacher Liang. Teacher Liang is super easy to talk to."

Xiao Lou: "..."

Some stylists in the entertainment industry always have a "girly" aura about them, and they almost raise their orchid fingers when they speak.Today, these two Tony and Kim are pretty girly.

Yu Hanjiang was used to seeing all kinds of people, so he continued to ask calmly: "Is Liang Ting's mood wrong during the modeling process?"

The makeup artist said: "No, she is still joking with us, she looks in a good mood."

Yu Hanjiang: "Has she ever received a message from someone else, or answered anyone's phone call?"

The makeup artist looked at Sister Chen: "She has changed her dress, so it's not convenient to bring her mobile phone. It seems that Sister Chen is keeping her mobile phone?"

Sister Chen hurriedly took out her phone, entered the password to unlock it, and handed it to Yu Hanjiang, saying, "At the beginning of the concert at [-] o'clock tonight, Xie Yuan called. At that time, Teacher Liang was changing clothes and it was inconvenient to answer. I answered the phone." , Xie Yuan asked me to tell Mr. Liang that he would go home directly after the concert, and he would cook a meal and wait for Mr. Liang to have supper with the children."

Yu Hanjiang nodded: "How is the relationship between Xie Yuan and Liang Ting?"

Sister Chen said: "They are a model couple, they have been married for ten years and have always been very affectionate."

Yu Hanjiang glanced at everyone present, and finally landed on manager Yun Lan: "When the 505 girl group returns to the backstage, you let them continue singing, and don't tell them about Teacher Liang for the time being. There are too many audiences at the concert, so we can't cause panic among the masses.”

Yun Lan nodded with a pale face: "I understand... the concert will continue as usual."

Yu Hanjiang said: "I will continue to investigate here, and after the concert is over, let five girls come to me to take notes." He looked at the security captain next to him, and said: "The entire backstage has been given by our colleagues from the criminal police team. Surrounded, everyone is not allowed to leave, if anyone asks why, tell him that there is a criminal case that needs to be investigated, and I hope everyone will cooperate."

The security captain nodded: "Yes, Team Yu, we will definitely cooperate."

Yu Hanjiang brought Xiao Lou, Shao Qingge and Ye Qi to an empty lounge.

Ye Qi asked nervously: "Captain Yu, do you have a conclusion?"

Yu Hanjiang took out a pen and paper, and drew a floor plan of the entire scene in a notebook, and marked the direction.

--A--North--D--

West B------E East

--C--South--F--

The distribution of the backstage is roughly as shown in the figure. Among them, there are three rooms in the west corridor. Room A near the northwest corner is a large suite, which is the dressing room and lounge of the 505 girl group; room B is about five meters along the corridor. , is a VIP room, Liang Ting's dressing room and lounge are here; Room C at the southwest corner is Ye Qi's lounge.

All the stars are on this side corridor to the west.

There is a bathroom on the north side and south side, and there is a tea room nearby. Just now, the makeup artist and stylist were eating takeaway in the pantry on the north side.

A corridor on the east side, D and E are the lounges for staff and security guards.

The F area in the southeast corner is the passage from the back stage to the concert site. Here you can see the situation on the big stage. When Liang Ting and Ye Qi sang, many staff crowded here to watch.

Yu Hanjiang pointed to the distribution of several lounges, and said: "Liang Ting's VIP room is at position B, and the staff's lounge is at position E. The corridors on the east and west sides are not connected, and there are two corners separated. Check the movement on the other side. In addition, it is inconvenient for the staff to directly enter and leave Liang Ting's dressing room, so the possibility of these staff members committing crimes is unlikely."

Yu Hanjiang stopped his pen in the corridor to the west, and said, "The murderer should be in this area. Excluding Xiaoye, those who can easily enter Liang Ting's dressing room at present include the five members of the 505 girl group, manager Yun Lan, sister Chen, and others. Liang Ting's makeup artist and stylist. Since Yun Lan has an alibi, the rest—only the five members of the girl group, and Liang Ting's makeup artist and stylist."

Ye Qi was startled: "Captain Yu is saying that the murderer is among these seven people?"

Yu Hanjiang nodded: "Pay attention to a few details. The makeup artist said that Mr. Liang has a cleanliness habit and is used to bringing his own cosmetics, so it is difficult to put toxins in the cosmetics. The bigger possibility is that the water is poisonous; The opened mineral water bottle, the water in it has been drunk, and now it is winter, when Liang Ting is thirsty, how will she choose between warm water and cold water?"

Xiao Lou took out the thermos cup in a sealed plastic bag as evidence, and said, "She can drink warm water, so the poison should be in Liang Ting's thermos cup."

Yu Hanjiang said: "Well, we can confirm this by taking it home for testing. The murderer injected the poison after he arrived at the scene today."

Shao Qingge was puzzled: "Why didn't you poison it in advance?"

Yu Hanjiang said: "Poison in advance. The murderer can't control when Liang Ting drinks water. If she drinks water on the road and dies in the nanny's car, there are very few suspects who have contacted Liang Ting, so it is easy to pinpoint the murderer. Therefore, The murderer chose to poison at the chaotic concert site, so that he could better create an alibi for himself."

He put down his pen and said bluntly: "After the girl group finishes singing, let's talk about it after asking these girls."