fog city detective

Chapter 397 Ten Days (V)

The day of the incident was not an ordinary day, but an important gathering of the Kefu family.The meeting place is Xiao'an Building.The first to tenth floors of Xiao'an Building are hotels, which only provide services to members or members' friends.The eleventh to fifteenth floors are the office area of ​​Xiaoan Company.

Like reading a book, Liang Xi learned about the operating system of the Kefu family through the information system.The Koff family has a huge kinship system, and these people are spread all over the world.They may not be running the business of the Kefu family, or even have much contact with the Kefu family.One of the benefits of being a member of the main kinship system of the Kefu family is that when you need help, you can contact the family, and the family will provide help as much as possible.

From small to having no money for medical treatment and needing a job, to attacking political opponents and even becoming the head of a country.For example, everyone knows that Macron was elected President of France, and it is said that the Tchaisky family assisted him.

The most important members of the Kefu family are the Nine Elders. The Nine Elders belong to the hereditary system, and their descendants are the direct line of the family.For example, the father is one of the elders, and after death, the eldest son inherits the eldership. The three generations of the eldest son, brothers, and grandchildren belong to the direct line.The Ninth Elders sound powerful, but in fact they are just the voters of the Kefu family, and they are responsible for selecting the real heir of the family.They can also disqualify the heir at the annual meeting if the heir does a bad job.

The current patriarch of the Kefu family is Lao Hu, who is 82 years old this year and is a private enterprise owner with a little reputation in the sugar industry.The sugar factory is not critical, his day job is a family job.Lao Hu did not become an heir easily. He knew that he had three competing partners since he was 12 years old. The youngest of the three partners was only seven years old, and the oldest was 20 years old.The succession time is calculated based on the death of the current heir.The Ninth Elders drew up four successors, and they began to perform the work of the elders, and began to comprehensively track the situation of the four potential candidates.Finally, after the death of the current patriarch, the best heir, the second best heir, the next heir, and the last heir are selected.If the best heir dies before becoming the patriarch for ten years, the next best heir will replace him as the patriarch.

The 82-year-old Hu suffers from a relatively serious disease, and doctors predict that he still has one to two years to live.Xiaoan and the other three are quasi-patriarchs.The meeting held in Xiao'an Company Building that day was the annual family internal assessment and review.A total of 27 people participated in the meeting, and the nine elders had to rate the four potential candidates, explain the reasons and opinions of the scoring, and accept everyone's supervision.

The day after the incident was Lao Hu's birthday, nearly a hundred guests stayed at the hotel in Xiao'an Building.

According to the information, according to the score of the Ninth Elder, Xiao An is far ahead.First of all, Xiaoan's image is very good, she is passionate about charity, and has no stains or scandals.In the eyes of the outside world, Xiao An is not so much a businessman as a social activist.Compared with doing business, Xiaoan prefers to make friends.He is exquisite in all aspects, serious in doing things, and nice in speech, which basically interprets the definition of a perfect man.

The Ninth Elder didn't know about Xiao An's scandal, and Xiao An's scandal only fermented in a part of the family.This group of people is the big family represented by Hannah.

The goal of the family is to cultivate family members as much as possible, so that everyone in the family has a certain degree of influence.For example, if the family helps an ordinary member to become the chief of the police station, it may not make any demands on the chief, but it will encourage the chief to keep himself clean and develop his career.In a few years, he may become a minister, or even a minister.This person has his own cronies, his own circle of contacts, and his own class. He can help the family when he has something to do, and can embellish the family when he has nothing to do, so as to maintain the name of the world's number one family.

Since Xiaoan's score is too much higher than other quasi-patriarchs, Lao Hu's time is not long, so this family core meeting will be held in Xiaoan Building.A French security company affiliated with the family is responsible for the security of the building.It is virtually impossible for non-essential employees and outsiders to enter the building during meetings.

In the eyes of outsiders, Xiao An's death did not have much impact on the Kefu family, but in fact, the nine elders had already quarreled.Some people think that the quasi-heir killed Xiaoan.Some people think it is nonsense, just a revenge.In order to temporarily calm the situation, the Ninth Elder decided to let Hannah have full authority to investigate the matter.

The information investigated by Hannah is basically the same as what Liang Xi knew. The only thing that is not clear now is the key to Xiao An’s murder case and the core of the Kefu family’s greatest concern: who or what force made Xiao An appear in those 10 minutes On the roof of the sixteenth floor.Without investigating this point clearly, the Ninth Elder would not be able to select a new patriarch from among the three quasi-heirs, because all of them may be the culprits behind Xiao An's murder.

Hannah did a lot of research and got a lot of information, including the transcripts of all the guests that day, the surveillance video of the building, and so on.The investigation team she hired has been sorting out the huge amount of information for several weeks, but they still can't learn the truth about Xiaoan's going to the rooftop.

Liang Xi didn't read the small part of the information that Hannah gave him at the time, and Ke Lante was not interested in investigating such a wide-ranging case.Mordo is sick and in poor health.Hannah can't trust Kensi.Perhaps because of incompetence, lack of time, or other reasons, many European detectives did not participate in the investigation of Xiaoan's case.

In desperation, Hannah could only contact Xueyue, and Xueyue agreed to arrange Xiaoan's case in Xueyue's invitation.

These materials include the identities of the elders, the things they describe, etc.If this information is disseminated, the Kefu family will experience a moderate earthquake.

Could this be the reason why this Blood Moon invitation was kept secret?No, definitely not, because Lao Hu still has a year and a half to live, which has nothing to do with the ten-day deadline.Maybe the Kefu family didn't tell the truth... Probably not, it's all up to this point.If Blood Moon and his group can't solve the mystery of why Xiao An appeared on the sixteenth-floor rooftop, this mystery is likely to become an impossible mystery.

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The information has been comprehensively sorted out, and the approximate location of the people in the building at the time of the incident was listed as much as possible.Because no one knew the exact time when Xiao An fell, no one saw Xiao An go to the rooftop, and no one heard the gunshots.At 35:15, when the security manager passed by on the [-]th floor, he heard a faint phone ringing outside the rooftop. He stopped and waited for a while, and the ringing continued for a while.The manager knows that the rooftop is where the company's executives smoke.

The security manager waited for a while and walked up the steps. The roof door is composed of two doors, one door is fixed and cannot be pushed, and the other door is left open.The security manager stepped through the door and went to the roof to see Xiao An lying in a pool of blood.The forensic doctor confirmed that the time of Xiaoan's death was between [-]:[-] and [-]:[-].

Liang Xi dialed 000 on the internal phone, and the other party responded: "Hi, what help do you need?"

Liang Xi said: "I want to contact..."

A voice came immediately: "Sorry, this is a service call. If it is related to the case, please use the conference room call."

Liang Xi asked: "Hannah." He heard correctly.

Hannah: "Thank you."

Liang Xi hung up the phone without saying anything, took a pen and notes and walked to the meeting room. There was an old wired phone in the meeting room, and a camera was facing the phone.Liang Xi picked up the phone, not knowing how to operate it. The operator came a voice: "Hello, Mr. Liang, what information or help do you need?"

Liang Xi said, "I need to speak to the security manager."

"Hold on."

After waiting for a while, Liang Xi heard a man's voice: "Hello."

Liang Xi said, "You found Xiao'an's body?"

Man: "Yes."

Liang Xi asked: "Did you stand in front of the roof and see the corpse, or step forward or take a few steps and see the corpse, or go to the roof and look around and see the corpse?"

The man was startled: "I'll think about it."

Liang Xi explained: "I don't know the structure of the roof. The location of Xiao'an's body, can you see it from inside the door, or can you see it after stepping out of the door, or can you see it after looking for it?"

The man explained that the roof is a concave structure, and the concave position is the door. Xiaoan's body is in the upper left corner of the concave, near the right angle to the guardrail, and about one meter away from the guardrail.The security manager went to the roof, looked around, and turned around to see Xiaoan lying on the ground in the upper left corner.

"Second question, is the roof door closed?"

The security manager replied: "Not necessarily. The security department has a rule that you must check to see if the roof door is closed after shift changeover at [-] o'clock. There is a requirement to keep it closed, but not locked. The roof is not only a place to smoke, but also a place to release stress. The place is a place where the management temporarily avoids pressure when they encounter setbacks or similar things and lose control of their emotions. It probably means that. There are regulations on inspections of the security department, but there are no regulations on people who use the rooftop.”

"okay, thank you."

"You're welcome."

"Goodbye."

"Goodbye."

Liang Xi hung up the phone, which meant that Xiao An didn't want to be discovered by others, or that he wanted to discover others first, rather than others discovering him first.Did Xiao An take the initiative to walk to the upper left corner, or passively?The so-called passive means that he was invited by someone. When he went to the rooftop, he found that the person who asked him was in the upper left corner, so Xiaoan went to the upper left corner to meet the other party.

Thinking of this, Liang Xi hung up the phone and hurried back to his room, went straight to the computer to check a message. There is a recording in the U disk, which is a conversation between a certain person and the husband of a female reporter.

Husband: "I kept talking with the other party. According to the request of the other party, I arrived at the door of the power distribution room on the 27th floor of Wufan Hotel before 1:10. I waited at the door of the power distribution room for about [-] minutes, and the other party asked me to push the door in and close it. When I came to the door, it was explained that there was a long box at the bottom of the shelf on the left, which contained a sniper rifle, which had been adjusted and could be used for shooting directly after installation. It took me tens of seconds to assemble the sniper rifle. The other party told me that the target was in the direction of [-]:[-], I saw Xiao An in the sniper scope."

"Alone?" A processed voice.

Husband: "One person. He had one arm on his hip, his back was facing me, and I pulled the trigger and hit him. As requested by the phone, I dismantled the firearm and put it back in the box before leaving."

Liang Xi paused, and reached out to grab the writing board beside him to scribble and calculate on it.The location where the female reporter's husband shot the gun can be determined, and Xiaoan's position in the upper left corner of the concave shape can be determined. From this, a conclusion can be drawn: Xiaoan was facing the direction of the rooftop gate.Guessing that someone left first, Xiaoan watched him leave.

Speculation: Someone asked Xiao An to meet, and this person was waiting for Xiao An in the upper left corner.At this time, the female reporter's husband was waiting at the door of the power distribution room on the 27th floor of the hotel in the distance.Apparently someone behind the scenes controlled the timing.Time control requires many details, such as whether there will be staff suddenly appearing near the power distribution room?For example, how long does it take for the husband to assemble the gun?It is also necessary to monitor Xiaoan's location, wait for the mysterious person who met Xiaoan to leave, and cooperate with the husband to shoot the time, so as to ensure that the female reporter's husband cannot see the mysterious person who met Xiaoan.

But a plan that is too fine-grained is prone to mishaps.Maybe the husband is in good condition today, and it took so little time to assemble the gun?Or the husband observes with a sniper scope first, instead of shooting?Or did Xiao An drag the mysterious man to talk for a while longer?

There is more than one answer, one of which is: there are not only sniper rifles in the power distribution room, but also bombs.If the husband of the female reporter sees the mysterious person, the bomb will start after the husband of the female reporter kills the man.

A further question, why use a female reporter husband?From the perspective of people behind the scenes, hiring a sniper should not be too simple, why bother?Is the process too cumbersome to produce an alibi for the female reporter's husband?Liang Xi took a note on the table and wrote Question [-]: The reason for asking the female reporter's husband to take action is doubtful, and he suspects that there is a deeper conspiracy.

After finishing writing, Liang Xi turned around and pasted the sticky note on the writing board.Turning around, he suddenly found a person sitting on the chair beside his bed, and Liang Xi was so frightened that he let out a scream.

This person is Bobby. He went to Liang Xi's room when Liang Xi went to make a phone call. When Liang Xi came back, he planned to say hello by pretending to be 13, and he had already thought out his lines.Unexpectedly, Liang Xi concentrated on his work as soon as he came back, and Bobby waited with a smile in a mischievous attitude.Finally, Liang Xi turned around.

"Haha."

Amid Bobby's wanton laughter, the two began to fight.But the environment was not very good, and just as he grabbed Liang Xi's hair, Bobby's elbow hit the wall hard, and the painful Bobby shouted: "Stop, I surrender. Oh my god."

"Good boy." Liang Xi let go of Bobby's collar.

Bobby took a deep breath, not daring to move his left hand, and undressed with his right hand.Seeing that something was wrong, Liang Xi stretched out his hand to help take off his clothes, and made a theoretical diagnosis: "There are no painful nerves in the knees and elbows." The impact would not cause such a great pain.

Bobby pulled up his sleeve, and the naked eye could see a bruise on the left side of his left elbow.Liang Xi stretched out his hand in concern: "Is the bone broken?"

"Help, oops." Bobby called out immediately.

A scream, a call, attracted many people.Anthony, who was the first to arrive at Liang Xi's room, took a look at the wound, and moved Bobby's arm up and down: "There is no cartilage contusion, and the pain is temporary."

Curious, Liang Xi stretched out his hand and pinched it again: "It hurts so much for a while?"

"Damn it." Poppy bit it, but didn't bite, obviously Liang Xi did it on purpose, and made a mental plan to avoid it.

Anthony nodded: "As long as you don't pinch the injured area too often, you will be fine soon."

Bobby looked at Fanny at the door: "My hand is hurt."

Fanny replied leisurely: "Even if you die, you have to work." She and Bobby are in charge of laundry.When the bodyguards couldn't get in, she could fight four of Bobby, and it was impossible for Bobby to be lazy.

Liang Xi greeted everyone: "It's okay, it's okay, let's leave."

(End of this chapter)