Replace the evil way

He Wei, Chong Zhen, and Xia Liang were huddled together in the small security room. Shengshi Hotel has cameras on every floor of the stairs, all of which are connected to a computer. The screen is divided into six equal parts. There is a probe at the door.

There are currently four guests staying in Shengshi Hotel, all of whom live on the third floor.There are three employees on duty tonight, and the manager usually gets off work around ten o'clock. Tonight, he is doing accounts, so he stayed late.The probes below the third floor, including the corridor, have images of the three employees and guests going up and down, but no one has been going up the stairs on the fourth and fifth floors.At about 12:10, the manager went upstairs alone, and did not see anyone until the time he fell to his death.

"I have checked the surveillance video, and there is no sign of cutting or overwriting. This is the original." Xia Liang sat in front of the computer, skillfully operating the video fast forward and playback, "From the beginning to the end, there is only the manager in the surveillance video. Go up the stairs, how did he get to the top?"

Chong Zhen grabbed He Wei's shoulder with one hand, and rubbed Xia Liang's hairy head with the other: "Haven't you watched more than 500 episodes of Conan? Use your imagination, manga boy."

"It's more than 700 episodes!" Xia Liang scratched the back of her head, "How can I compare it to Conan, the modus operandi in it is too mysterious, no normal person can imagine it. But since it can't be seen on the surveillance, I speculate that the murderer went up during the day , stay on the roof to ambush; or climb up the wall like Spiderman, silently..."

"Although it sounds unreliable, there is indeed such a possibility." He Wei took Chongzhen's hand off his shoulder, "Go and inspect the outer wall with the erhu lead, and check the air-conditioning frame and awning carefully. Bring back all the useful things."

"Another possibility! Helicopter landing! Throw a ladder down, wow, how cool is that!"

Chongzhen strangled the child's neck to interrupt his fantasy. After that, this is less reliable than the 700-plus episodes of cartoons. If you have that time, you should check the surveillance more often to see if there is anything suspicious. figure.

He Wei stared at the screen, then suddenly pressed the space bar with his slender index finger, and the image of the manager looking up at the black box on the wall was frozen.Chong Zhen leaned over: "This is the meter box, I saw it when I went upstairs."

"Why does your manager have to check the meter box in the middle of the night?" He Wei turned his head and looked at the security guard standing honestly by the side.

The security guard replied: "Our hotel has been tripping recently, and it tripped again tonight. The manager finished checking and went upstairs to check the meter box, and is going to report for repairs tomorrow."

He Wei pressed the space again, and the video continued to play. The manager opened the electric meter box, but closed it again after a minute. Seeing his posture, he turned around and was about to go downstairs, but stopped, heading towards the rusty door on the roof. walk over.

"He didn't intend to go to the rooftop, but he was attracted by something." Chong Zhen stroked the tiny stubble on his chin, "Did you hear his name called? It's often done like this in ghost movies."

Xia Liang shuddered: "If I hear an unknown person call my name, I will not dare to go there."

"There may be other movements. It's not difficult to attract a person." He Wei continued to ask the security guard, "How long have you been haunted here?"

"It's been half a month. It's a fixed time every day. Around eleven o'clock, the old man disappears as soon as the sensor light goes off."

"Everyone has seen it?"

"I've never seen a few cleaners who work on the day shift. The gate of hell is closed during the day and it doesn't open."

Yun Xiaoxiao mentioned earlier that it was the feudal superstition of the security guards, who came up with the idea that the ghost gate would lead people.It’s no wonder that this hotel is located in a remote place, and further down is a large crop field. The employees in the hotel are almost all nearby villagers.

"Xiao Xia, copy the monitoring back, you need it for the last half month."

Xia Liang nodded and began to handcuff the video.Chong Zhen went to Hu Songkai to check the outer wall, while He Wei returned to the hotel lobby. Seeing him come in, Yun Xiaoxiao stood up and explained the basic information of the deceased.

"Chen Lei, male, 34 years old, married, has a four-year-old daughter, and lives in Chenjia Village, two kilometers away from the hotel." The transcript in Yun Xiaoxiao's hand turned to another page, "He is the manager of this hotel They are relatives with the finances and the boss, the boss hardly comes here, it is Chen Lei who manages the hotel."

"Did you call his family?"

"Someone notified his wife just after the accident, but she hasn't come yet. It takes less than three minutes to drive from Chenjia Village, and it takes only a quarter of an hour to walk."

As soon as the words were finished, a woman was heard crying, calling Chen Lei's name while crying in the yard.He Wei and Yun Xiaoxiao walked over, only to see Chen Lei's wife crying beside the white cloth-covered body, and a sleepy little girl standing beside her, who probably didn't realize that she had lost her father, tilted her head and stared at the white cloth in a daze.

"What will I do with my daughter after you leave! And your mother and your father, who will take care of them!..."

The woman was out of breath from crying, and the police officer at the side couldn't bear it, and advised her to mourn.The scene of the separation of relatives always makes people feel depressed, Yun Xiaoxiao sighed: "The child is still so young, how pitiful."

He Wei stared at the woman, and suddenly said, "It's a bit strange."

Yun Xiaoxiao blinked: "What's wrong, Captain?"

"She came here with makeup on."

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It was already late at night, and the rain that had been raining all night finally stopped, the dark clouds dispersed, and the moon and stars were sparse.After the police removed the body, the spectators almost dispersed, and the night finally gradually returned to tranquility.

"Leizi usually comes back at night to make accounts, and my child and I are used to it. Our mother and I have already gone to sleep. When I heard that Leizi had an accident, I hurried over with my daughter..." Chen Lei's wife Wang Cui's eyes were red, The daughter is very sensible. When she saw her mother crying, she handed her another piece of paper.

"You've been at home all the time?" Yun Xiaoxiao stared at her, "It was less than 12:1 when I called to inform you, and it's already [-]:[-], how long does it take to get from your home to the hotel?"

Wang Cui faltered, saying that it was a rainy day, and her daughter was too young, and she accidentally stepped on a mud puddle while walking with her at night, and came back to change clothes.

"Go back and change clothes, and put on makeup by the way?" Yun Xiaoxiao pointed to her lips with a pen, "The lipstick color is still very bright, your husband has an accident, and you are still so leisurely?"

Wang Cui's face turned pale, and she quickly took out a piece of paper to wipe off the lipstick, and then changed her mouth. Her daughter was asleep and she didn't sleep. The makeup was put on during the day, and she didn't have time to remove it.

"Sister, we are all women. You can tell at a glance how long you have put on makeup. Your husband's fall from a building is not simple. You'd better cooperate with us and tell the truth."

Wang Cui was very surprised: "It's not an accident? Lei Zi has a good temper, and he doesn't offend anyone. Who would harm him? Comrade policeman, I've been at home tonight, I've never been out, and I'm with my daughter, You have to trust me!"

"Then you didn't go out and put on such gorgeous makeup at night to show yourself?"

Wang Cui's eyes wandered from side to side, and she found an excuse that her makeup skills are not good, so she can practice at home if she has nothing to do.

He Wei and Wang Mei are on the second floor of the hotel. This is the main haunted place. There are five private rooms, one on the left and one on the right.There is a window at the end of the corridor, and there is a storage room to the right.At first, everyone suspected that someone was hiding in the storage room to pretend to be a ghost. Those who were brave went to check after the old man disappeared, but found nothing. The same was true in the private room. The old man disappeared, so the haunted rumors spread in the hotel.

"I, I was standing here," Wang Mei stood at the door of the first private room on the second floor, pointing forward, "The old man appeared at the position of the lamp."

He Wei walked over and observed the environment of the corridor. Next to the sensor light was an air vent, and below it was a window. Turning around, there was a storage room. When he opened it, it was only two square meters in size. There were ladders, brushes, wrenches, etc. inside. tool.Wang Mei said that the first few times it was haunted, everyone suspected that the old man was hiding in the storage room, and I don't know how many times I checked here.

"Brother Li said that the ghost is very angry and is looking for a substitute. This area used to be a cemetery, and it must have been disturbed by the building of a hotel... He killed the manager today, and he doesn't know who he will kill later. I, I don't want my salary. Come on, let me go home quickly!"

He Wei's brows were slightly frowned, and his light eyes swept over. This girl was really scared, not just pretending.No wonder, for a weak girl, it is not bad that she didn't faint from fright after seeing the murder scene with her own eyes.

However, He Wei doesn't believe in ghosts taking their lives. If there is a murder, there must be a murderer. Finding out the criminals hiding in the dark is what those who are engaged in criminal investigation should do.

He looked at the vents and windows and was puzzled: "There is a window next to it, what kind of vents are installed here?"

"This is abandoned, and the end of the pipe inside is blocked." Wang Mei thought for a while, "It seems to be a large room, a small private room converted from a wall."

At this time, the sensor light went out, He Wei stomped his foot, but there was no response, Wang Mei jumped hard, and the sensor light turned on again.

"Poor contact?" He Wei raised his head, squinting his eyes slightly, and Wang Mei nodded: "Yes, sometimes it takes a lot of movement to turn on. But the lights in front are all good, and the manager said that the ones here will not affect the use of the private room. Save money and not change."

He Wei took out the ladder from the storage room, climbed up to turn on the flashlight, and saw that the induction lamp was covered with a thick layer of dust, surrounded by cobwebs, and there were corpses of small flying insects in the lampshade. No one cleans the time.But the louver of the vent was quite clean, with obvious traces of wiping. He lowered his head and asked, "Is this place cleaned often?"

Wang Mei shook her head, this is not clear, she is not responsible for the cleaning work, you have to ask the cleaning lady to find out.The light of the flashlight swept over bit by bit, and He Wei saw fresh scratches on the four screws of the louver. He asked Wang Mei to take a Phillips screwdriver, and took out gloves from her pocket to put them on.

The sensor light went off again, and he didn't bother to care about it. He took the flashlight in his mouth, unscrewed the screws one by one, and removed the louver.As soon as it was disassembled, there was no dust. He Wei expected that this abandoned vent was often used.

The air vent is rectangular. He Wei pulled a steel ruler. It was 40 cm long and 30 cm wide. A flashlight went in. The area around the air vent was spotless, except for the cobwebs around the blocked pipes.

Auntie Cleaning would never clean up here anyway. He Wei looked at the vent, it was not realistic for a normal-sized man to climb in, but a thin woman or a short and strong man could get in.

He Wei picked up the walkie-talkie: "Hu Songkai, let two of your colleagues over there come to collect evidence on the second floor." He thought for a while, and added, "By the way, call Xiaoxiao."