The Secret Chamber of the Card Game

After Xie Yuan finished taking notes, he saw his manager Sister Chen who had been waiting for him in the lobby.Sister Chen lowered her head in shame and said, "I'm sorry, I should have stayed with Teacher Liang. If I hadn't walked away, she wouldn't have been..."

Xie Yuan wiped his eyes in embarrassment, put on his scarf and hat, and interrupted her in a hoarse voice: "It's useless to say this, I'll go back first, the two children are still waiting for me at home. In addition, Tingting's matter is temporarily Don't announce it to the public, please take care of it at the studio, and I will organize a funeral for Tingting after the matter is cleared up."

The two left while chatting, Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou came out of the police force, just in time to see Xie Yuan's back.

Watching their backs disappear at the door, Xiao Lou sighed softly, and said, "No matter what the murderer's motive is, once Liang Ting dies, the two children will be the most pitiful."

Yu Hanjiang said in a low voice: "Xie Yuan should hide it from the children for the time being, and hope that this matter will not have too much negative impact on the children."

Xiao Lou nodded, turned around and got into the car, and went home with Yu Hanjiang.

It was already 01:30 in the morning when he got home, Yu Hanjiang took a hot bath and went back to the bedroom to lie down.

He tossed and turned on the bed, unable to fall asleep, so he sat up frowning, leaned against the head of the bed, turned on the desk lamp, took out the notebook and read it while recalling everyone's testimony and expressions today.

The more Yu Hanjiang thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong.

Ye Lan has already confirmed that she is not the murderer. She has been squatting in the toilet and has no time to commit crimes.

The other two members of the girl group, Li Shengnan and Qin Huanhuan, had been touching up their makeup in the dressing room at that time. Many people can testify to this. They never left the dressing room, so naturally they never had the chance to go out and poison Liang Ting.

The only remaining suspects in the women's group were Zhao Yuxin and Liu Xi.

Zhao Yuxin, who was the first to go out after going to the bathroom, and Liu Xi, who took a long time to find tissues, had no way to provide a strong alibi, and they all had time to go to Liang Ting's lounge Moreover, their rest room is in the west corridor, next door to Liang Ting, so there is no need to worry about attracting the attention of the staff on the other side, it will be very convenient to inject poison.

However, there is always a motive for murder.

What motive did Zhao Yuxin and Liu Xi have to kill Liang Ting?

Judging from the data, Zhao Yuxin's father is a famous pianist, and her mother is a dancer. She was influenced by her parents since she was a child, and she has also inherited the advantages of her parents. She is good at singing and dancing, and is proficient in musical instruments. Among them, Zhao Yuxin won the championship without a doubt, signed a contract with Starlight Entertainment, and is currently the captain of the 505 women's team, the most popular.

Zhao Yuxin and Xie Yuan didn't meet each other. Liang Ting even praised her for being both talented and beautiful. She and Liang Ting should have no grievances. She is young and popular. Why should she take the risk to kill people and ruin her good life? future?

Liu Xi is also young and promising. Although she was born in an ordinary working family and her academic performance is not good, she is born with a good voice.Her voice is most like Liang Ting, and she is also the most loved by Liang Ting.

This girl doesn't like to talk much, but she is very serious about music. It is said that every time she records a song, she will practice repeatedly in the recording studio until the recorded voice is flawless.Because her ethereal voice is highly recognizable, from a professional point of view, even if the girl group is disbanded in the future, she will not worry about having a way out - her voice belongs to the heavens.

Liang Ting admired her so much and even gave her a high evaluation of "soul singer". What motive did she have to kill Liang Ting?

It is impossible for Zhao Yuxin and Liu Xi to have any enmity with Liang Ting in their childhood family environment. The universities they both attended were music colleges. Liang Ting has not returned to the music college to participate in any activities in recent years. They will not see Liang Ting during school. Ting, the only person who has a relationship with Liang Ting is that Liang Ting served as their mentor for a period of time when they participated in the draft competition.

Judging from the behind-the-scenes video of the talent contest, Liang Ting is nominally a mentor, but in fact she only shows up twice a week, instructing a few girls in the recording studio on details such as pronunciation and breath. The five girls respect her very much. After all, she is a senior in the music industry, and it is their honor to guide them five rookies.

The teachers and students got along well. Several girls were very polite to Liang Ting, calling each other "Teacher Liang". A toast to her professional guidance.

Afterwards, the five girls made their debut smoothly. They were busy with rehearsals, recording songs, and making announcements. They never met Liang Ting again. In the past three years since their debut, they rarely met Liang Ting in public activities.

Only extreme hatred would kill people. The five girls had not been in contact with Liang Ting for more than a week. Yu Hanjiang frowned and thought over and over again. He couldn't think of a reason why Zhao Yuxin and Liu Xi wanted to poison Liang Ting.

Could it be that none of the five members of the girl group are the murderers, but just disturbances?

Yu Hanjiang looked again at the profiles of the five girls in the girl group, carefully analyzing each row.

After reading it, he squeezed the space between his brows with a headache, and finally put the stack of documents on the bedside table next to him—perhaps, his judgment was right, the five young girls had no motive to kill Liang Ting.

If the inference "five girls are not murderers" holds true, then there is one possibility left.

Ye Lan wasn't lying on purpose, but accidentally said the wrong thing under nervousness. The "footsteps in the bathroom" she said was also a distraction - the murderer might not have been to the bathroom at all.

After all, Ye Lan, Liu Xi, Zhao Yuxin, and manager Sister Chen, who have been to the bathroom, currently have no motive for killing.

If you have been entangled in the bathroom, you may go into a misunderstanding of thinking instead.

When reasoning, if one line cannot be pushed down, you can try to find ideas on another line.

What if the murderer hadn't been in the bathroom?Who will the murderer be?

At that time, most of the staff gathered at the southeast corner to listen to Ye Qi's singing, but the makeup artists and stylists were resting in the west corridor, and two of them were eating takeaway in the pantry. Ting lounge.

The makeup and stylists of the five members of the girl group can be ruled out first. They help the girl group make up and change their looks together. All the makeup artists and stylists have never been out during that time. On this point, Yu Hanjiang said in the inquiry last night It has been confirmed by many people.

This makeup and styling team was invited by manager Yun Lan and has worked with girl groups for a long time.They didn't know that Liang Ting was invited as a guest at the concert, so it was impossible to prepare potassium cyanide in advance and poison Liang Ting in the background.

In the same way, Ye Qi's stylist Tony was also invited by his manager Yun Lan. Even Ye Qi didn't know that Liang Ting was a special guest, so the stylist couldn't have known in advance.

The rest are the makeup artist and stylist invited by Liang Ting.

Yu Hanjiang frowned and recalled the testimony of these two people.

Makeup artist Xiao Su said that when Mr. Liang appeared on stage, the takeaway she ordered was delivered. She asked Mr. Liang if she wanted to change her look after the performance. Mr. Liang asked her to eat first, so she went to get the takeaway.

Stylist Ah Kim said that the two were eating in the lounge and chatting outside...

Yu Hanjiang narrowed his eyes slightly.

There are obvious loopholes in the testimony of these two people!

For takeaway, of course, there is no need for two people to take a few lunch boxes together, one person is fine.

When the two were eating, they were indeed in the lounge all the time, which could prove to each other.

But what about during the delivery period?The two are separate.

Regardless of whether the makeup artist Xiao Su sneaked into Teacher Liang’s dressing room and poisoned Liang Ting, or the stylist Kim took advantage of her companion to get food to poison Liang Ting, the two could not prove each other’s worth in the past few minutes. place.

Yu Hanjiang seized this clue and continued to analyze.

Xiao Su, a makeup artist, has been cooperating with Liang Ting for a long time and knows Liang Ting's preferences. She also mentioned that Teacher Liang has a serious cleanliness habit and always brings her own cosmetics.If it was her who poisoned her, she could easily enter and leave Liang Ting's lounge as a makeup artist, put potassium cyanide into Liang Ting's usual thermos, and then go back with the takeaway as if nothing had happened.

The stylist, Kim, was a man with dyed blond hair, fair skin, and a somewhat effeminate voice. Yu Hanjiang remembered that it was his first time working with Mr. Liang.If he had any grudges with Liang Ting, he might take this opportunity to get close to Liang Ting.After all, makeup and styling are determined a week in advance, and he has plenty of time to prepare.

Thinking about this, Yu Hanjiang's mind suddenly became clear.

It was already past three o'clock in the morning, he turned off the lights and went to sleep, and only slept for more than three hours in a daze before getting up to pick up Xiao Lou.

Seeing the obvious dark circles under his eyelids, Xiao Lou couldn't help asking with concern: "Did you not sleep well last night?"

Yu Hanjiang pinched his eyebrows, and his voice was a little dry: "Insomnia until three o'clock."

Xiao Lou handed him breakfast: "Are you thinking about a case?"

Yu Hanjiang said helplessly: "I have an occupational disease, I don't understand the clues, and I don't sleep well. After I went back last night, I simply reorganized everyone's confession and found some doubts."

He showed Xiao Lou the key circled part of the notebook.

Xiao Lou looked down at the notebook: "The make-up artist took takeaway...is there a problem?" His eyes lit up, and he quickly figured it out: "The make-up artist went to take takeaway, but the hair stylist didn't. In a few minutes, the two are separated, right!"

Yu Hanjiang nodded: "That's right, we've been paying attention to the girl group, the manager, and the bathroom, but we couldn't find the motive for the crime. Now it seems that these two passers-by, who were ignored by us at the beginning, may be hidden. The murderer behind the scenes."

Xiao Lou felt a shudder down his spine, and thought carefully about the makeup artist and hair stylist he saw yesterday.

The makeup artist is a woman in her 30s, with beautiful nail polish and delicate makeup on her face. She is dressed in a camel-colored cashmere coat, a plaid scarf, and high-heeled shoes. She is very fashionable.

The hair stylist Kim Xiaolou was very impressed.After all, the voice of the hair stylist was a little slender when he spoke. Although he was a man, he was thin, fair-skinned, and only 1.7 meters tall. He seemed to be the most typical subject in the gay circle.

Xiao Lou respects everyone's individuality, but when this Kim spoke yesterday, he felt uncomfortable.

Always feel that something is wrong?

Xiao Lou rubbed his chin thoughtfully, but couldn't think of a reason.When he regained his senses, Yu Hanjiang had quickly finished his breakfast. He started the car and said, "After returning to the police force today, I will focus on asking these people. You can go with me then."

Xiao Lou also wanted to hear what these people had to say, so he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll help you make a record."

Yu Hanjiang called these people on the way and asked them to go to the police station. Not long after he arrived at the office, the three of them came.

Ye Lan came the fastest, she happened to live in a nearby hotel.

She is a star, so it is not easy to show up in public, and her manager Yun Lan is also by her side.

Ye Lan wrapped her head with a scarf, and her face was tightly covered by sunglasses and a mask.

Yu Hanjiang called her in first, and asked her why she lied: "Yesterday, you said that you heard someone go into the toilet, but I asked other people present, and no one other than the four of you went to the toilet during that time... Why lie?"

Ye Lan was startled suddenly, her fingers intertwined forcefully, she was obviously a little nervous, she tremblingly said: "I, I may have misremembered, when you were suddenly called for questioning, and the agent said that Teacher Liang had an accident , I was very nervous, I don’t remember clearly whether there were footsteps in the bathroom, anyway, my mind was quite messed up at the time.”

Yu Hanjiang frowned: "Why are you nervous? Is it a guilty conscience?"

Ye Lan's lips trembled slightly, she clenched her teeth and refused to speak.

Yu Hanjiang said: "What exactly do you know? Please tell the truth about Xie Yuan, Liang Ting, and your senior sister Lin Yiyan."

Ye Lan's face froze when she heard Lin Yiyan's name. She raised her head and forcibly maintained her composure: "Lin Yiyan? I know she graduated from Seventeenth High School, but I don't know her very well... "

Yu Hanjiang interrupted her directly: "Then why did you appear at the door of Lin Yiyan's villa? Just passing by?"

Ye Lan: "..."

Xiao Lou looked at her and said softly: "Miss Ye, you have a good family and a bright future, and you don't want to be stained by perjury at the police station, do you? It's better to tell the truth, we will find out what needs to be investigated .”

Ye Lan gritted her teeth when she heard Xiao Lou's gentle words. After a moment of silence, she made up her mind and said in a low voice, "I, I went to pick up things from my senior sister's house and saw Xie Yuan coming out of her house in disheveled clothes. There should be an affair... Teacher Liang also knows about it."

Yu Hanjiang raised his eyebrows: "How did Liang Ting know?"

Ye Lan explained: "Ms. Liang has a serious obsession with cleanliness. Xie Yuan smelled of other women's perfume on her body when she came home. She remembered the smell of that perfume as soon as she smelled it. At this year's film festival awards ceremony, our female The troupe was invited to perform, Teacher Liang was a judge for the best music award at the film festival, and Lin Yiyan went to the awards ceremony, and the perfume she used was a limited edition, with a very special smell."

Ye Lan paused, and said with a pale face: "Ms. Liang's nose is really sharp, and she smelled Lin Yiyan's body immediately. After the film festival, she asked Lin Yiyan to go to the lounge. I happened to pass by , I saw Liang Ting slap Lin Yiyan several times. Afterwards, I asked Senior Sister Lin Yiyan what happened, and she said that it was Liang Ting who smelled her body."

Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou: "..."

Liang Ting is very talented as a detective. It seems that she and Lin Yiyan had a violent conflict.

Ye Lan lowered her head and said: "Yesterday, when I heard about Teacher Liang's accident, my first reaction was... Lin Yiyan moved her hand. Because I know Senior Sister, she was spoiled by her parents since she was a child. Liang Ting slapped her without touching a finger, she must hate Teacher Liang very much. Moreover, her love for Xie Yuan has lasted for so many years, and it is almost becoming her heart disease."

Lin Yiyan died long ago, yet Ye Lan would suspect that Lin Yiyan was the murderer?

Yu Hanjiang sensed something was wrong, and asked in a low voice: "You suspect Lin Yiyan is the murderer, and she didn't come to the scene, how could she kill Teacher Liang?"

Ye Lan froze for a moment, and said, "She's here!"

Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou looked at each other, "What do you mean?"

Trembling, Ye Lan turned on her phone, flipped to the chat history with Lin Yiyan, handed it to Yu Hanjiang and said, "Look, Captain Yu, she sent me a message yesterday afternoon, saying that it was my first concert, she must will come to join us.”

Yu Hanjiang took the phone and took a look——

Sure enough, it was Lin Yiyan's WeChat message at 03:30 yesterday afternoon, and the content was consistent with Ye Lan's description.

He immediately called his colleague to ask him to check the ticket sales records on the official website of the concert. Xiao Wu quickly replied: "The ticket for seat 701 in the C area of ​​the VIP auditorium of the concert is indeed for the person whose ID card is Lin Yiyan. Bought it."

Yu Hanjiang asked: "When the ticket was checked last night, did this person enter the concert site?"

The colleague said: "The ticket inspection record shows that the person in seat 701 in Area C did not come last night."

Of course, Lin Yiyan was already dead, and the murderer didn't dare to come to the concert with her ID card. It would be a disaster if she was caught by the police.The murderer sent Ye Lan a message just to confuse Ye Lan and create the illusion that Lin Yiyan was still alive.It is precisely because of this that Ye Lan suspects that Lin Yiyan killed Liang Ting.

Yu Hanjiang looked at Ye Lan: "How long have you known Lin Yiyan? What else do you know?"

Ye Lan whispered: "We knew each other when we were in middle school. We were both Xie Yuan's fans at that time. We had a lot of common language and we got along well. Later, when she was admitted to the Film Academy, we lost contact for a few years. Later, when I participated in a talent show and won an award, she took the initiative to contact me, saying that it is not easy to have a few sisters who can talk to each other in this complicated place in the entertainment industry, and we will take care of each other in the future."

Ye Lan took a deep breath, and continued: "She added me as a friend, and she acted very familiar, but I am relatively introverted and don't talk too much. An audience. She will tell me if she is unhappy, including Liang Ting smelling her perfume, slapping her, and the one-night affair between her and Xie Yuan. I am the only one who knows."

Yu Hanjiang flipped through the chat records of the two of them.

A month ago, Lin Yiyan sent Ye Lan a message: "Congratulations, junior sister, I heard that your 505 girl group will hold a concert in November? I also want to go to see it live. I have already bought a VIP ticket to support junior sister's first concert." a concert."

Ye Lan sent a flattered expression; "Thank you, Senior Sister. You are so busy, there is no need to spare time to support me. I am already very touched by your intention."

Lin Yiyan sent a smiling face: "Let's see when the time comes, I won't come if I'm too busy, I'll come and see you when I have time."

For the next few months, the two had little contact.

Ye Lan said: "I thought she was just being polite, but I didn't expect her to really come."

Yu Hanjiang was silent for a moment, then said, "She didn't come yesterday."

Ye Lan looked confused: "But she sent me a message, saying she's coming?"

Yu Hanjiang: "She is dead."

Ye Lan: "..."