did not meet tonight

Although the bottom of the mountain is a scenic spot, the top of the mountain is a real wasteland. Except for the road outside, there is no place for people to walk. Weeds are entangled with trouser legs, and slanting branches must be guarded against.Fortunately, Ye Jian grew up in the mountains, and Xiao Yu's physical fitness is not comparable to that of ordinary people. The two of them ran in the mountains and forests, leaving those reporters far behind.

Ye Jian had never been chased like this before, wishing she could grow two more legs, as if she could be eaten alive if they caught her.They ran across a small slope, and there was no movement behind them. Ye Jian stopped, gasped and said, "Okay, they shouldn't be able to catch up."

The expensive suit on his body has been torn apart by branches and is completely scrapped. His shoes are full of mud, his trousers are covered with fallen leaves, his face is dripping with sweat, and he leans against the tree trunk to relax.Xiao Yu calculated the time. Xiang Jingyu should have arrived at the foot of the mountain by this time. He wanted to call, but found that there was no signal on the phone, so he had to give up.

"You already knew?" Ye Jian asked.

"Know what?" Xiao Yu paid attention to the movement outside, and responded casually.

"What about the reporter, you already knew they were coming after us, why didn't you tell me earlier?" Ye Jian asked while glaring at him.

"It's not such an important matter, there's no need to talk about it." Xiao Yu replied calmly.

Ye Jian couldn't be so irrelevant to him, he was still breathing, his face was still flushed, and he said unwillingly, "Why is it not important? What if they make up things about us and spread them everywhere?" , it doesn’t matter if I’m alone, but what do you do?”

There was no one there anymore, and the reporters should have been thrown away by them. Only then did Xiao Yu relax, and turned to look at Ye Jian: "I haven't thought about what to do."

Ye Jian almost jumped up: "You are a policeman, unlike me, who is carefree and has no background, no matter what they write, it doesn't matter, but you are different, can the police badge on your head let you go? You Can the family let you go?"

Ye Jian became more and more excited as he talked, as if he had foreseen the tragic scene of Xiao Yu being spurned and then losing his job and homeless.In comparison, Xiao Yu was still so calm, as if this matter really didn't matter to him, he said, "I choose you."

Ye Jian was taken aback, and then Xiao Yu continued: "Why do they think I can't control it, but I won't change my mind because of it, and what they said is the truth, you and I have this kind of relationship from the beginning."

"But...but..." Ye Jian didn't know what to say.

"No but." Xiao Yu pulled him into his arms, "Your own will can decide everything."

Ye Jian thought that he would at least be afraid, after all, he was in a public office, and with such a family background, the influence of public opinion on him was too great, but Xiao Yu didn't expect that he didn't take it to heart at all.He ran away just now because he wanted to lure the reporter away and let Xiang Jingyu go to the hospital as soon as possible. Ye Jian was sure that if there were reporters in front of them now, Xiao Yu would admit their relationship without hesitation.

"Are you worried?" Xiao Yu asked.

"I... I'm worried about Yuan Yuan's safety, the manor is in such a mess, the murderer may still be among the guests." Ye Jian deliberately changed the subject.He couldn't be as calm as Xiao Yu, but if he was asked to let go, he would definitely not be able to do it. Since the matter hasn't reached that point, he should just pretend that he doesn't know anything.

Xiao Yu knew his ostrich character, and now was definitely not the time to discuss it.He said: "Everyone who enters the auditorium will be strictly checked, and it is impossible to bring a dangerous weapon such as a hidden arrow."

"You mean that arrow was at the funeral?" Ye Jian said in surprise.

"We originally deduced that the murderer was from the Chen family. If we think about it this way, during the few days preparing for the funeral, he would have had countless opportunities to hide his sleeve arrows in the auditorium." Xiao Yu analyzed calmly.

"So, that cat was deliberately used by him to cause confusion?" Ye Jian continued to deduce.

"It's very possible. He should have planned it long ago. First, hide the crossbow in a certain place in the auditorium. After the mourning ceremony begins, he will use the cat to attract the attention of others, and take the opportunity to trigger the organ to kill Chen Qiankun. This method There are many uncertainties, and it is easy to miss if you don't aim, so Chen Qiankun escaped." Xiao Yu said.

"We left so suddenly, will the murderer take this opportunity to destroy the evidence?" Ye Jian asked anxiously.

"Chen Zhe is not a fool. He will not let such a terrible person stay in the manor. He is more anxious than anyone else to catch the murderer and knows what to do." Xiao Yu said.

Ye Jian thought for a moment, and then said: "Have you ever thought about it, what if the murderer is Chen Zhe?"

Xiao Yu fell silent. This possibility does exist, because no one knows the Chen family better than Chen Zhe. As the only sibling, Chen Tai will also participate in the inheritance in the future. If this is inferred, his motive for killing is also obvious.However, he had no reason to kill Lu Baoqian and Chen Qiankun. The death of these two people would not only do him no good, but also cause trouble for the Chen family.

"Whether it's Chen Zhe or Chen Jing, they are all suspects, but this is something that Officer Tan should investigate, not us." Xiao Yu replied.

"Are you really going to leave it alone?" Ye Jian asked in surprise.

"The master has issued an order to evict guests. If I continue to stay there, I will be making myself miserable." Xiao Yu said with a smile.He knew why Chen Qiankun was so anxious to let him go, because he also suspected that the murderer was Chen Zhe, and Chen Zhe was now the sole heir of the Chen family, no matter whether he killed Chen Tai or not, Chen Qiankun would try to keep him.

Ye Jian sighed, feeling very helpless: "This is thankless work! Then what should we do now, should we go back to the manor first?"

Xiao Yu glanced at the time: "Xiang Jingyu should have arrived at the hospital, let's take a look around, if there is nothing wrong, let's go back first."

Ye Jian nodded, and the two of them changed directions and walked back. Sure enough, they saw some reporters in a forest. They searched around, but still did not give up their purpose.Ye Jian said with distaste: "They also care about these things, they don't follow serious news, they just focus on gossip every day."

It took them nearly an hour to get back to the main road after twists and turns, and the checkpoint and several news vehicles could be seen in the distance. It seemed that the reporters hadn't returned yet.They walked back along the main road, Xiao Yu called Chen Zhe, told him what happened, and asked him to contact Xiang Jingyu to confirm the location.On the way, they saw cars leaving from Chen's house one after another. It seemed that Chen Zhe ended the funeral early for safety's sake.After walking for about an hour, they finally returned to the manor, and learned from the servants that Chen Zhe had sent Chen Tai's ashes to the cemetery for burial. Everyone left, and the manor was empty except for a few guard servants. .

Xiao Yu didn't intend to interfere in these matters, but Ye Jian dragged him to the auditorium.The layout inside has not been dismantled, and the black pull cloth gives people a depressing feeling virtually.When they came to the place where the coffin had been parked before, the surroundings were still in a mess, and the things knocked over by the cat and the guests were still on the ground. It seemed that Chen Zhe wanted people to maintain the place.

Ye Jian walked around the house and found nothing unusual. Xiao Yu saw something on the ground and bent over to pick it up. Ye Jian leaned over to look and found that his hand was a very common rubber band. The thickness of the little finger, but it is very abrupt in the funeral.

"Could it be that the murderer used the fixed crossbow?" Ye Jian said with a bright eye.

Xiao Yu nodded, and found a bag to put it in: "Let's leave here first, Chen Zhe should have called the police, don't stay here for too long, so as not to destroy the traces left by the murderer."

Ye Jian said as he walked out: "It seems that the murderer has really put away the murder weapon, but there are so many people in the auditorium, how did he manage to not be noticed?"

"Are you going to stay here to help Officer Tan investigate the case?" Xiao Yu asked jokingly.

"No, I'm just worried about Yuanyuan. We're all gone. What should we do if we leave her here alone?" Ye Jian was so eager to find the murderer because he was worried about keeping Yu Yuanyuan here. Others don't like her, if something happens again, they will never care about Yu Yuanyuan's safety.

"Let's talk about it after they come back." Xiao Yu patted him and comforted him.

After returning to the residence, Ye Jian was restless and ran to the window from time to time. Xiao Yu saw him looking out, holding his mobile phone in his hand and saying, "Do you think I should call Yuan Yuan and ask?" Ask about the situation?"

Seeing his actions, Xiao Yu was taken aback, and suddenly something came to mind.He strode over and grabbed Ye Jian's hand, startled him first, then saw Xiao Yu's serious face when he turned around, and asked anxiously, "What's wrong? What did you find?"

"Do you still remember the temporary power outage in the whole manor on the day Yan Meilan was killed?" Xiao Yu said.

"Remember, the servant said later that the switch was tripped. Why, do you think it has something to do with her death?" Ye Jian asked nervously.

"Power outages, mobile phones, windows, all of these may be related." Xiao Yu said in a deep voice.

Ye Jian was stunned for a moment: "You mean the murderer entered Yan Meilan's room during a power outage? But that's not right, the power outage is not too long, so he couldn't have killed and escaped so quickly."

"What if the murderer didn't enter the room at all?" Xiao Yu said.

"What do you mean?" Ye Jian still didn't understand.

"Yan Meilan's cell phone fell out of the window. According to the time, this happened when she was killed." Xiao Yu took the cell phone from him and said calmly, "We can assume that when the incident happened, she While talking with the murderer on her mobile phone, the power went out suddenly. The murderer signaled her to come to the window, and put the rope that had been prepared before her around her neck while she was struggling. The phone fell downstairs when she was struggling. Due to the power outage at that time , the murderer didn’t notice this, and we just arrived, so he left quickly.”

Ye Jian understood his words sentence by sentence, and gradually formed a complete picture in his mind. His eyes brightened, and he said excitedly: "That's right! It must be so! This can explain why there is no trace of the murderer entering the house!"

"In this way, there will be more than one murderer." Xiao Yu looked at him and said.

Yes, there is no way for one person to run up to kill Yan Meilan while the power is cut off. Now that I think about it carefully, the matter of disposing of Chen Tai's body cannot be done by one person, so from the very beginning, the murderer had accomplices .These two people regarded the manor as their own slaughterhouse, held up the sickle in their hands, and took one life after another. Who were they and what was their purpose?