Returning from the abyss

Chapter 1071 High Threat Person

The grouping was carried out very quickly. On the premise that Dimitri suggested that there should be no less than four people in a group, everyone quickly grouped.

Naturally, Lu Ning and Watanabe Yuanko are going to the scene for an autopsy. Rosemary will lead the way. At the same time, two key witnesses, Zhai Jingqiu and Subia, will go with the car. Orlando will also go with the car for safety reasons.

The rest of the team is responsible for searching for signs of Escher around the main building.Led by Lynwood, Cynthia and Gustav, they searched for places where people might be hiding as much as possible in a safe manner, while Dimitri, Jack and several guests stayed in the main hall to prevent the murderer from coming back again. act violently.

On the road, Lu Ning felt that what Lynwood said was very correct.

Huo Yinglong and Felicia live very close to each other, but it still takes about 15 minutes by car. It takes about 10 minutes to get there in rainy days because the speed is not fast.Calculated in this way, it must take about four to ten minutes to go to the Arashime Pavilion on the other side of the island. In the bad weather last night, it is difficult for a person to have the perseverance to run such a long road in the rainstorm to kill people.What's more, there are only a few vehicles on the island. Except for one for each of the seven children, the rest of the car keys are in the servant's room for the servant to use at any time.Before today's departure, Bay Ye and the others had already checked the driving recorder, and there was no record of any vehicles driving last night.

"Doctor Lu Ning, do you have some experience in autopsy?"

Zhai Jingqiu, who was sitting in the front row, suddenly asked.

"I... am not a serious doctor, and I often come into contact with death. I still know a little about autopsies." Lu Ning said.

"That's just right. I can tell you that I took criminal investigation courses when I was in college, and now I am working as a private investigator. My best friend, he also asked me to come here to give He gave some help, but I didn't expect such a thing to happen."

"You mean, you've checked the body?" Watanabe Fuko asked.

"Yes, I still don't know who killed Huo Yinglong. When I found his body in the morning, I was angry and ashamed...so I checked the scene."

"Maybe describe it." Lu Ning said.

"Okay. He died in the gym, so I think the time of death should be between six and eight."

"According to personal living habits?" Lu Ning asked.

"Yes, after all, strenuous exercise will affect autopsy elements such as rigor, so it is not accurate to judge based on this. The heating in the gym is also an influencing factor-. I can only judge the time based on my own experience. "

Huo Yinglong is a martial artist and has the habit of going to bed early and getting up early.As a private detective, Zhai Jingqiu was used to being a night owl, and the two had different schedules.At 09:30 last night, Huo Yinglong returned to his room to rest, while Zhai Jingqiu sat in the study and read for a while, and then sorted out the various news and files of the Howard family that he had collected. Around twelve o'clock I just fell asleep.According to him, nothing unusual happened at the time.

And when he woke up, it was already around 08:30. Although Zhai Jingqiu could cook, he didn't want to leave the professional chef's food in the main restaurant and cook it himself, so he planned to find Huo Yinglong.After calling a few times without answering, Zhai Jingqiu searched according to his usual places, and soon found Huo Yinglong lying on the ground in the gym.

"The cause of death was intracranial hemorrhage caused by hitting the back of the head with a heavy object."

Zhai Jingqiu described everything he knew as much as possible.

"A very strange situation is that the door of the gym is locked, and I can only see the situation inside through the glass wall. It is the servant named Lavender who comes here and uses the universal key to unlock the lock before we can enter. The gym The air conditioner was turned on, so it was a completely semi-enclosed environment, and the windows were not opened. Another doubt is that when I checked the wound, I found that it was definitely more than just one blow, but I know Huo Yinglong. With his martial arts, if the first blow If the sneak attack fails to knock him unconscious, he will definitely fight back on the spot."

"Perhaps he fainted at the first hit?" Watanabe said.

"It's difficult. Huo Yinglong has a certain intuition. His martial arts are not put on airs. People like me who have been running outside all the year round and even learned a little martial arts can't stand in front of him for five seconds. If there is enough If you attack him with the force to knock him unconscious, then you will be able to detect the wind noise." Zhai Jingqiu shook his head, denying this possibility.

"At the same time, there were no signs of fighting at the scene?" Lu Ning asked.

"Yes, Huo Yinglong didn't fight back. This is what I think is the most strange. From what I know about him, there is no one on this island who he dare not fight back under such circumstances, even if it is something unreasonable In such a situation, he should always run and use some ready-made things at hand to defend himself? But there is not even a trace of a fight in the gym, as if he was just standing there and was smashed to death."

"Maybe it's not the scene of the first crime?" Lu Ning said, "He was killed and moved there, and then he used some method to create a secret room. It's hard to tell whether the equipment in the gym has been used. You go in It's getting a bit late."

"But after that, I walked around the Qimu Museum several times, but I didn't find any place that seemed to be the first scene."

"Then we can take a look together when we get to the scene. Besides, Mr. Subbia, your situation is similar to that of Mr. Zhai Jingqiu. Don't you have anything to say?" Lu Ning asked another person in the car.

"...I don't know when she died."

Subbia's complexion was very bad, he held his forehead, although he had accepted the fact, the sadness and anger could not be dispelled.

"You can describe it, if you think it's okay." Watanabe Fuko persuaded.

"If it's to find the murderer, it's fine." Subbia took a deep breath, "When Felicia and I lived in the Lingmu Building, we still had separate rooms, and she lived on the second floor where you can see the sea. Sleeping, and I was in the room near the stairs on the first floor. We went back last night to discuss the issues about the family dinner, and we didn’t get ready to go to bed until around 11:30, and it took about twelve hours to take a bath and so on. It's one o'clock before I officially return to the room."

Lu Ning recorded the information in her notebook, even though she knew that the information might not be of much use.

"Last night there was a lot of rain, but the side of the Lingmu Pavilion is leaning against the cliff. Under the weather last night, no one has the ability to climb up from that side, so it must not be someone from that side. Because I know After those things, I kept my mind on it. I didn’t sleep very heavily, and I prepared some means to remind me when someone entered the house. I can be sure that no car approached the Lingmu Pavilion last night except for the sound of wind and rain. In addition, before Rosemary reached the Lingmu Pavilion, there were no footprints in the muddy place outside."

Rosemary, who is driving, confirms this statement.

"When I arrived at the Lingmu Pavilion in the morning, there were indeed no footprints around. It is not ruled out that it was washed away by last night's rain, or the possibility that the attacker came directly from the main road, but at least it will not be in the When it was close to the early morning, the surroundings came to commit crimes."

"Is there a lot of mud around the Lingmu Pavilion?" Lu Ning asked.

"I can't say it's muddy, it's just the weather last night..." Rosemary thought for a while and answered, "The Bamu Island is designed to be arranged according to the eight trigrams, and the normal eight trigrams are rotated 180 degrees. The Lingmu Pavilion corresponds to the exchange position, Jize, the surroundings basically maintain the original style except for road construction. Although it is above the cliff, there are still a lot of earthy ground around it, and the vegetation is sparse near that place. After it rains, it will not really trap people, but stepping on it It is certain to leave a few footprints on it.”

"it is good."

During the conversation, the car had arrived at the Qimu Pavilion.

After getting off the car, everyone went straight to the gym to check Huo Yinglong's body first.As Zhai Jingqiu said, the result of Huo Yinglong's death examination was indeed that he was repeatedly hit on the head with a blunt instrument. Since the area was bloody and bloody, it was difficult for Lu Ning to deduce how many times he had been hit.

"However, what if someone with similar strength as Huo Yinglong attacks?"

Orlando, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke.

"For example, let's say me." Orlando was not afraid of being doubted by others, so he directly used himself as an example, "Ordinary people can't do a sneak attack and knock Huo Yinglong unconscious, but it's not difficult for me Things. No matter how good his skills are, he can't make his skull stronger. As long as there is a weapon in hand and a chance to sneak attack, I can knock him unconscious."

"But Mr. Orlando, from your point of view, does this kind of opportunity exist in this gym?"

Lu Ning's rhetorical question made Orlando silent again.

This gym has only one entrance and exit, and all fitness equipment is placed sideways to the entrance. No matter which one is used, there is no possibility of facing away from the entrance.The air conditioner was turned on in the room, which proved that no matter whether the door was locked or not before Huo Yinglong was killed, it was at least closed.I tried it when everyone came in just now, and there will be some noise when the door is opened, it is impossible for Huo Yinglong not to notice it.In the end, there is simply no place to hide in advance in the house with only exercise equipment, and it is impossible to come in early to ambush.

Even if Orlando was able to stun Huo Yinglong through a sneak attack, if so many preconditions were added, it would become impossible, at least the two would definitely fight.

"Indeed, in this environment, I can't do it." Orlando finally admitted.

"However, Mr. Orlando did remind me that if the previous preconditions can be overcome, then it is not completely impossible to attack Mr. Huo Yinglong." Lu Ning changed the subject and looked at Zhai Jingqiu, "Mr. Detective should have something Noticed it?"

"Acquaintances committed crimes." Zhai Jingqiu said.

Lu Ning and Watanabe Yuanko nodded slightly.

"If a person Huo Yinglong is familiar with comes over, and Huo Yinglong takes the initiative to bring the person in to talk, because the acquaintance is not too defensive, then it is enough to complete such a crime." Zhai Jingqiu sorted out his thoughts while thinking, "Of course With Zhai Jingqiu's temperament, even his relatives are usually on guard. To make him completely unprepared, besides being familiar with this characteristic, one more thing needs to be added... that is, in his view, the other party does not pose a threat at all. Will be attacked by surprise."

"The murderer is a person who appears to have no fighting power, but may actually have powerful force." Orlando also understood, "Among the remaining people on the island, there are not many people who meet these two conditions."

"First of all, we can sort out Huo Yinglong's interpersonal relationship and find this hidden high-threat person." Lu Ning nodded, "In addition, although this idea can make this place the first scene, we still need to search the surrounding area. , to see if there are other places that may become the scene of the crime, and the previous conjectures cannot be given up."

However, after that, everyone searched the Qimu Museum without any results, and there was no obvious trace of a fight anywhere.After recording the scene, everyone rushed to the Lingmu Hall immediately.

Originally thought that Huo Yinglong's death was a bit complicated, but the few people who saw the scene for the first time found that Felicia's death was more troublesome.She was still lying quietly on the bed, with blood dripping almost half of the bed.If you don't look at the large amount of blood flowing out of her mouth, her expression seems to be still sleeping soundly, even with a hint of a smile.There was only one wound on her body, and she didn't even need to check where it was fatal-beheading.

Subbia did not enter the house, but stood outside the house to calm down, the rest of the people went into the room, while Lu Ning and Watanabe began to observe the state of the corpse.

Beheading is not an ordinary method of killing, even ordinary people can't kill like this.And Felicia didn't have a look of pain on her face, which meant that the person who did it was quick and easy, cutting off her neck with one blow.

However—yes, there are still situations.

"Mr. Subbia, Miss Felicia's bed is a hardwood bed?" Lu Ning asked.

"Yes, her spine is not very good, and it probably has something to do with staying up late to work, so she prefers to sleep on a hard bed, which will make her more comfortable. The bed here was also changed at her request."

The hardwood bed was only covered with a thin layer of cushions. Although it had been soaked with Felicia's blood, it did not hinder Lu Ning's inspection.

Neither the mattress nor the bed board was damaged in any way.

"Judging from the wound, it must have been cut off by a sharp weapon..." Watanabe Fuko frowned, "With such great strength, even if the neck is cut off, there will be no trace left?"

"Is there a trace?" Rosemary walked over to have a look, also a little puzzled.

Regardless of what the murder weapon is, it must be something heavy and sharp like an axe. The murderer used the gravity of the downward chop to complete such a murder.But in this way, the weapon will definitely cause damage to what is padded below, and this damage has not been checked.

"Mr. Orlando, I'm afraid I have to ask you again, if a master of strength can cut off a person's neck exactly without damaging the thing underneath?" Lu Ning asked.

"... At least I can't do it, and I don't bother to do it."

"No, I understand your thoughts." Su Bobia suddenly said at the door, "But it's impossible, my room is downstairs, if there is such a loud noise upstairs, I can definitely hear it."

"So the noise might not be loud enough?" Lu Ning guessed.

"We can consider other killing methods." Zhai Jingqiu said, "For example, wrap something like metal wire around the neck, and then use something to quickly pull..."

"Mr. Detective, you must first consider that even if the head can be chopped off, it will roll to the surroundings due to the upward force, and the blood coverage will definitely be larger than it is now." Lu Ning retorted.

"The other way around?" Watanabe Fuko said and gestured, "Wrap the wire loop around your neck and pull it down?"

(End of this chapter)