demons lurk beside you

The 3 people walked out of Yan Shikai's house, and saw that the nearby residents had dispersed, and then the police officers had also started to close the team, ready to leave.

Officer Tang asked one of the officers: "How is it? Did you get anything?"

"Except for some incomplete footprints, there is nothing else to gain." The policeman replied respectfully.

"Well, thank you for your hard work." Officer Tang said, then crossed the yellow warning tape, and left Yan's house with Leng Yu and others.

All the way without talking, everyone returned to the Public Security Bureau, but they saw the deputy police officer Zhang who just came back from the outside.

"Are you back? Well, let's go into the conference hall with us." Officer Tang patted the officer on the shoulder and said.Officer Zhang agreed immediately, and then followed them to the direction of the conference hall.

After everyone entered the conference hall, they each sat on a chair.

Officer Tang glanced at everyone, and first said: "Why don't we let Officer Zhang tell us what we heard from the temporary workers?"

Saying that, a pair of eyes glanced at Leng Yu and Lin Xin.

"Well, let him talk first." Lin Xin said, while Leng Yu nodded and remained silent.

When Officer Zhang saw that everyone was looking at him, he said: "Everyone, we did get some useful information from the temporary workers. They said that since they worked in the magic team, they haven't talked to each other. The stunt people there, the magicians, even the guys who played the clowns and all that stuff, even some of the other backstage people didn't say a single word to them."

Just after he said this, he stopped talking, and then looked at Officer Tang and the others, hoping to hear some practical explanations from them for the information he had found.

"This is very strange. Why is there no communication between them?" After police officer Tang finished speaking, he turned to look at Leng Yu and Lin Xin, wanting to see what they thought.

"It's very simple. The murderer is the mastermind behind the magic team. The reason why Lingong is not allowed to have any contact with his regular employees is because he doesn't want them to tell us too much about the police, so as to cover up their murder. "Lin Xin said, immediately answering their questions.

Leng Yu let out a "huh" at this time, and then said: "This is why I asked you to go over and ask. If this is the case, then this group of magic teams is even more suspicious. Such a performance team originally focuses on team spirit. But they deliberately kept temporary workers from contacting regular employees, they must have hidden something during this period, and this thing is because they don't want their true identity to be revealed!"

"So, what kind of identity does this murderer have? Well, we are really helpless and helpless against him..." Officer Tang couldn't help sighing, very frustrated.

"Actually, I'm also very curious about his identity, but we'll make a guess about his identity later. For now, let's listen to Officer Zhang's statement first." Leng Yu said, her tone seemed to have a little bit of the murderer's identity idea.

"Yes. Officer Zhang, you can continue." Officer Tang nodded and said.

"In addition to hearing that there is not much communication between them, we also know that these temporary workers are not allowed to watch the performance on the stage, and they are not even allowed to go to the stage, because there are people guarding the stage strictly. According to them , there is only one person who can go to the front stage, that is Yan Shikai who has been murdered and dismembered! However, Yan Shikai can't just go to the backstage to have contact with other temporary workers. He will be taken backstage after the performance In a small room made temporarily in the hospital, someone prepared some snacks and water for him. In short, his treatment is different from others. "Officer Zhang said.

What he said surprised the other three people, which undoubtedly brought them another new clue.The murderer really came for Yan Shikai alone, so why did the murderer choose Yan Shikai?

This question kept circling in everyone's mind, but Police Officer Tang and Lin Xin thought of Leng Yu's words again: hatred.

At this moment, Lin Xin looked at Officer Zhang and asked another crucial question. She asked, "Since Lingong and Yan Shikai have never had any contact, why do they know that there is a small room? It was specially set up for Yan Shikai? Then, how did they know that he got some special treatment, such as water and snacks for him?"

Officer Zhang's eyes showed admiration.Although Lin Xin did not participate in the questioning process, she directly asked the crux of the doubt.

"Officer Lin, there is a temporary worker from the countryside of Longshi. He is curious about everything, and he is also very bold. When Yan Shikai went up to the front desk one night to act as a magician performer, he sneaked into the In that small room, I saw these things. However, after he came out, he was caught by Peng Dahu, who immediately fired him and warned him not to spread the matter, lest other temporary workers feel Protest against unfairness," said Officer Zhang.

He paused, and then said: "The temporary worker from the countryside felt very angry at the time, but he was helpless. After taking the salary that Peng Dahu gave him that night, he left and never set foot in the Magic again. One step from the team. However, when we asked him just now, he was still very angry, so he shook out everything he saw in the magic troupe."

"Did he say anything else?" Police Officer Tang asked, his eyes shining brightly at this time, with a hint of excitement in his tone.

"Yeah, he said he saw a bunch of kittens too, and they were kept in a tight cage, but he didn't know what the kittens were for. Now, he said that, and we just happened to The discovery of the cat's corpse is enough to prove that the kitten was indeed brought by the magic troupe, in order to make the magic show more realistic." Officer Zhang continued, expressing his views on the case.

"Very good, such a conversation is undoubtedly very good news for us!" Officer Tang said, praising Officer Zhang.

Leng Yu said at this time: "I agree with Officer Zhang's point of view. Then, I would like to add that although the murderer wanted to make the magic show look more realistic, his real purpose was to plan to kill Yan Shikai, so They used the blood of animals to make the audience preconceived that the bloodstains are actually fake, because the audience will never know whether the bloodstains are real bloodstains or just bloodstains painted by watercolor paint. So, in After he killed Yan Shikai, the audience would no longer be suspicious of the blood on the knife.

"Officer Leng, why didn't the murderer choose to use watercolor paint to smear the knife instead of killing so many small animals?" Officer Tang asked, wondering why he had to use the blood of living animals.

Lin Xin, who was sitting next to Leng Yu, smiled and said, "It is likely that he thinks the watercolors will dry quickly. If they are done, then the visual effect will not be achieved."

"Oh, that's true..." Officer Tang murmured.

"Speaking of which, I'm wondering why we found so few cat corpses? The magic show lasted for 2 weeks. If every show has a live person inserted into the box with a samurai knife, it shouldn't be used. More kittens? Then, why does every kitten seem to die on the same day? They all seem to have the same degree of rot..." Leng Yu stroked his chin and frowned deeply.

This is another mystery that has been hiding in her heart.

"Officer Leng, if the kittens all died on the same day...then...does it mean that even the magician himself doesn't know that the blood on his knife came from a living kitten?" Lin Xin had a flash of inspiration at this moment, and said The biggest turning point of the matter.

"Yes! It is very likely that the magician himself didn't know! Because when he inserted the knife into the box, it might be real paint, sauce or something, not a living kitten. It was only on the night when Yan Shikai was killed. He stabbed the kitten with a knife and killed the kitten, and Yan Shikai was also killed, so that the blood of Yan Shikai and the kitten would be mixed together. The murderer did this on purpose to deceive the police and let the We can't find any traces of human blood, so as to delay the time, so that he can fly away." Leng Yu said again, revealing another doubtful point for this case.

And this question was finally asked by Officer Tang.

I saw him sitting on the sidelines watching Lin Xin and Leng Yu talk to you and me, and he was a little dumbfounded when he heard it.After a long time, he joined their conversation, and suddenly asked: "You two, is it possible that the person who killed Yan Shikai at that time was not the magician himself, but someone else?"

"It's possible!" At this moment, Leng Yu and Lin Xin both turned their heads to look at Officer Tang, and said, their tone was unusually firm.

So, what does this mean?Does this mean that they can exclude the magician from the list of suspects?However, if this is the case, then who is this person pretending to be a magician?

Countless doubts and doubts kept pouring in, hitting them directly into a mess in their heads.

"So, should we rule out the suspicion of a magician?" Officer Tang asked again.

"Not yet." Leng Yu said coldly.

"Why?" Officer Tang asked again.

"Unless we have enough evidence, anyone related to the Magic team cannot be excluded." Leng Yu said, his eyes were cold.

After a long time, the discussion among the three stopped again.When Lin Xin turned her head to look at Police Officer Zhang, she saw that he was also thoughtful.

So she asked, "Officer Zhang, besides these, did you ask anything else?"

Officer Zhang glanced at Lin Xin, then nodded, and said, "Yes. We just learned from the mouths of these temporary workers that they only worked in the team for 12 days. They were all fired. Then, it is said that the backstage work of the magic troupe was replaced by another staff. The temporary workers thought that it was very likely that there were only 2 days before the end of the magic show, so they fired It is understandable to hire a temporary worker. Because the magic troupe may want to quickly clean up some tools that are no longer needed before the magic show is over, and it is more appropriate for their own staff to do these clean-up tasks. Therefore, there is no need for Lingong to stay."

"Well, this is also a way for the murderer to cover up. Anyway, Yan Shikai is already dead. Instead of letting these strange temporary workers from Longshi discover that his disappearance is not accidental, it is better to let your employees take over the after-hours work. It's more secure...or he wants to let the temporary workers know that Yan Shikai left the team without a reason, which means that other employees will also leave without a reason. Other temporary workers will not doubt this matter." Leng Yu said.

"However, it was precisely such concerns that allowed us to find some clues. The more careful the murderer was, the more flaws and doubts he would expose. This is self-defeating." Lin Xin leaned back in her chair and said leisurely .