The Secret Chamber of the Card Game

A group of six people returned to the inn one after another, went to their own rooms and locked the door.

There was no one outside, so Yu Hanjiang pressed the voice headset to call a meeting. He said in a low voice, "Today, we found a lot of clues about the ghost murder case. Everyone talk about their own ideas and brainstorm."

Such a scene reminded him that every time the criminal police team met to discuss the murderer, although the teammates were not professional criminal investigators, they had experienced so many secret rooms together, and the teammates had made great progress.Especially Xiao Lou, he wanted to hear Xiao Lou's opinion.

Facing Shangyu Hanjiang's gaze, Xiao Lou said: "The murderer's method of committing the crime is to use a strange sorcery to attract people to the mass grave in the middle of the night. This kind of evil technique is probably related to the sound of rattle drums. He After leading people to mass graves, they will not be killed directly, but torture these people, let them starve to death under the conditions of panic and hunger."

Yu Hanjiang nodded: "The murderer's psychology has been distorted. He didn't commit the crime impulsively, but killed people in a planned and cautious way. He also arranged for himself a retreat, pretending to be a white-clothed female ghost, and made the residents of the town believe that the ghost killed him." legend."

Xiao Lou went on to say: "We found an unnamed solitary grave in the mass grave. The location of that grave is very good, and there are people who keep burning incense. The people buried in it should be people who are very close to the murderer. Plus The most reasonable speculation is that during the famine 20 years ago, a mysterious organization used the method of "captive human animals" to eat human flesh and drink human blood. The relatives of the murderer, or himself, once Raised and murdered by this organization, the murderer escaped unharmed, and came back many years later to take revenge, and wiped out all the people who participated in this incident, and even wiped out all their descendants."

Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou sang together, tacitly summarizing the logic of the current case.

These are the most reasonable motives that the two speculated and analyzed based on the clues they investigated. Otherwise, it would be difficult for a simple "antisocial perverted murderer" to explain all the murderer's actions.

Liu Qiao wondered: "The rattle should be the key factor in this case. The patterns on the rattles we found in the Zhao family and the Chen family were all tigers, but the investigation proved that the children of the Zhao family and the Chen family were not born in the zodiac sign of the tiger. Suppose the rattles are What was left behind by the murderer, the murderer's current age, may be a young man of 29 or 41 years old?"

Long Sen said: "Mayor Qin Feng, his age should be about 29 years old. He has not married a wife and had children. He lives alone in a dark alley. Something is wrong. Today we fished out a corpse from the lake. He didn't continue to investigate, although he is not the murderer, this person always finds it very strange."

Xiao Lou said calmly: "Qin Feng probably witnessed something during the famine 20 years ago, and deduced the logic of the murderer's crime. In his roster, many people are still alive, which means that he has already found out the murderer's crime track And the motive, the person he recorded who was not marked with a red cross is likely to be the name of the person the murderer is about to kill. As for the case of the young girl Shenhu today, he refused to let us investigate. This abnormal behavior may be caused by him and the second This case is also related."

Long Sen scratched his head: "I'm really not good at using my brain. I've always been unable to figure out what the names of those people who didn't die were. Professor Xiao said that, and I finally figured it out!"

Qu Wanyue joked, "Just you are responsible for running errands and listening."

Long Sen: "..."

Liu Qiao took an active part in the discussion, she said: "The letter left by Senior Gui is very important. The five people who said they saw the female ghost in white on the day of the crime, the one who lied must be related to the 'Ghost Killing Case'." The murderer." She paused: "But, who is lying?"

Xiao Loudao: "Among the five people, four people said they heard thunder, and one person said they didn't hear it... the one who didn't hear it must be the truth. Because, in the ghost town, the thunderstorm lasted for a short time after the heavy rain , the places where the five people live are far away, it is impossible for Li Gui to appear in five places at the same time when the thunder sounds."

Yu Hanjiang quickly drew the coordinates of the five people's residences on a blank piece of paper.

Uncle Liu and Mrs. Xue lived close to each other, in the southeast direction.

Zhang Chengyu and Lin Yueran are relatively close, in the northwest direction.

The proprietress Qin Ruolan lives in the central area of ​​the town.

The five people just formed a "ring" shape.

Yu Hanjiang looked at Xiao Lou, pointed to Old Uncle Liu at the farthest end, and analyzed: "Uncle Liu was awakened by thunder and saw a female ghost flying past the door. This witness passed away three years ago. His words should be Believable, right?"

Qu Wanyue recalled the news she had just inquired, and continued: "We asked the neighbors nearby, and the second sister-in-law Xue was also awakened by the thunder. She remarried two years ago and went to another place. She lives very close to Old Man Liu. If Old Man Liu said If it is true, then the testimony of Mrs. Xue is also true. The thunder lasted for a few seconds, and the female ghost took a shortcut and walked from the east district to the southeast district, so that Uncle Liu and Mrs. Xue could see it successively?"

Liu Qiao said: "If old man Liu, Mrs. Xue, and the proprietress have all told the truth, the remaining two should not have heard the thunder."

The size of the town is very large. If the ghosts appeared in the East District, it would be impossible for them to appear in the West District at the same time.It takes at least half an hour to walk from the East District to the West District.

Are both of them lying?

Xiao Lou glanced at the coordinate map on the table again, and said: "It is unlikely that the two of them lied at the same time. Moreover, the son of the butcher Lin Yueran also came out to testify, saying that he saw a female ghost when there was a thunderstorm that night, and the female ghost appeared. It is still thundering at the same time, and the child does not seem to be able to lie."

Liu Qiao was stunned: "So, the result of our reasoning is wrong?"

Yu Hanjiang said: "There should be only one murderer in a case. Among the five people, more than one lied, but there must be only one murderer."

The teammates were all stunned.

The five people scattered all over the place, and the thunder lasted only 3 to 5 seconds.

If the female ghost appeared in the east district during the thunderstorm, then the two people in the west district were lying; if it appeared in the west district, it was the two people in the east district who were lying.

If the murderer will split and appear in the east and west districts at the same time, why not split one more and appear in the central district?Therefore, the testimony of the proprietress is the most credible.If she was the murderer, she would definitely follow the crowd and say that she heard the thunder too.

Who is lying?

Everyone was racking their brains to think, when Yu Hanjiang suddenly said, "I know who it is."

Xiao Lou looked at him, and pointed to a person's name on the paper he drew: "This one?"

The corners of Yu Hanjiang's lips twitched slightly: "It's the same as I thought."

Long Sen was still confused: "Who the hell is it?"

Liu Qiao also reacted, and calmly analyzed: "By the way, our reasoning just set up a prerequisite, that is, the words of Mrs. Xue's words are true only if the dead old man Liu did not lie." But if Did Uncle Liu lie? Compared with children and old people, I am more willing to believe that children are not lying."

Xiao Lou praised: "How can a dead person lie? Most people think so. We preconceived the testimony of old man Liu as the basis for reasoning. But from the perspective of a murderer—the dead person told a lie, isn't it true that there is no proof?"

Old Uncle Liu was already a little confused because of his age, besides, it was easy for the old man to add fuel to the story when he told ghost stories.In addition, the old man died three years ago, and the cause of death is still a mystery.

Xiao Lou paused, then continued: "Sister-in-law Xue remarried and went out of town not long after the crime happened. One of the witnesses, and later remarried and went to another place, who would doubt her?"

Yu Hanjiang asked in a low voice: "Have you found out which family Second Aunt Xue remarried to?"

Qu Wanyue said: "The neighbors don't know, they just said that she packed her bags and remarried and went to another place. She is a widow, her husband died early, and she doesn't usually like to socialize with people."

It seems that the remarriage was also what she said, and there was no basis for it.

Yu Hanjiang was thoughtful: "What is the real name of Second Sister Xue? Everyone calls her Second Sister Xue, because she must have married a local man named Xue. But what about her real origin?"

Perhaps her true origin is—a vengeful murderer.

Everyone looked at each other.

Xiao Lou was silent for a moment, then suddenly said worriedly: "By the way, the letter left by Senior Gui only mentioned that he went to the world three years ago with Brother Nine, Mr. Tang, and Huaying. What about Mr. Shao and Xiaoye? Why can't we still contact you?" arrive?"

Yu Hanjiang patted him on the shoulder and comforted him: "Don't worry, Mr. Shao has two Tao Yuanming transmissions from you, and they both have a worm king card for each of them, and their names are also listed in your contract." Now, it must be safe. Perhaps, they were also transported to another time and space?"

Xiao Lou was stunned: "The time and space related to the case...couldn't it be the world of famine 20 years ago?"

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At the same time, Ye Qi and Shao Qingge took the mother and son to a deserted forest nearby, and asked carefully about the famine situation in Qingfeng Town.

Shao Qingge asked in a low voice: "How long has the famine happened? Why don't you escape to other places?"

The woman's face was pale, and her voice was weak: "It's the same in other places! This year, there was a severe drought in March, and the crops harvested were less than [-]% of last year's. Those rich people have a better life when they have food in stock. We ordinary people, the family The stored food is only enough for one or two months, even if you drink porridge every day, there is not even a single grain of rice left in the rice jar..."

Speaking of this, the woman couldn't help but choked up: "Escape, where else can I escape? There is no food, and the road can't walk. Poor my newborn child, who can't even drink a sip of milk..."

The baby in her arms cried for a moment, and now seemed to have no energy left to cry.

The famine had obviously happened for a while, and the food stocks of ordinary people’s homes had been exhausted. The woman’s complexion was sallow and skinny, and the child in her arms seemed to weigh less than five catties.

Ye Qi was a little sad, but he didn't dare to help the other party with food that didn't belong to this era, such as bread and milk.He had no choice but to say softly, "Sorry, we didn't bring anything to eat."

A trace of disappointment flashed in the woman's eyes, and she continued to look for bark in the woods with the child in her arms.

Shao Qingge took Ye Qi forward for a certain distance, and stopped at the gate of the small town. He looked back at the young man beside him, and asked with some distress: "Back in the nightmare chamber, you also ate leaves to survive. ?”

Ye Qi said with a bitter face: "Yes, so I can understand the feelings of these people. Extreme hunger will make people go crazy. Eating leaves and grass can satisfy hunger, and the taste is completely unnecessary. However, people who eat human flesh Things that I can never do... That's right!" He suddenly thought of something, his eyes lit up, he looked at Shao Qingge and said, "Could it be because we were sent to 20 years ago to let us investigate the famine clues?"

Shao Qingge nodded: "It should be. We couldn't contact anyone else. It seems that only the two of us were teleported to 20 years ago. Fortunately, we have a supply card and some money with us. At least we won't starve to death. "

He frowned and looked at the messy Qingfeng Town.

The streets of the small town are very desolate, no one is seen, the doors of every house are closed, and there are dilapidated signs of being smashed and robbed everywhere, Shao Qingge lowered his voice: "Since we are here, let's find a way to get in as soon as possible, investigate The matter of raising animals in captivity. I have to dress up first, and wear such brand-new clothes to the town, which is too eye-catching."

The two hid near the small town, smeared some mud on their clothes, got some weeds around their mouths, and pretended that they were disheveled and hungry for several days. Ye Qi found a broken bowl from nowhere, and seemed to be going to the town beg for food.

Shao Qingge said: "Let's go."

He looked at Ye Qi's youthful appearance, and looked at this messy "little beggar", with a smile in his eyes: "This time I will pretend to be brothers. For father and son, the age gap is not big enough."

Ye Qi nodded, followed behind him and complained: "Well, calling you brother is much more acceptable than calling you father."

Shao Qingge: "..."