Card Room

Chapter 32 、 The Scarlet Maple Leaf

Xiao Lou was very impressed with Zhang Qing. She was the first teacher to appear in the secret story.

I remember she was wearing a suit skirt, high heels, and a professional strong woman at the time. If she wanted to change her shoes to go to the rooftop to push Xiaoya downstairs, the suit skirt and canvas shoes would look all right, unless she gave her all clothes Changed.

The school's office building has a locker room for each of the male and female teachers. In theory, Zhang Qing had finished her first morning class and was idle all morning. She had enough time to change clothes and prepare for the crime.

Yu Hanjiang frowned, whispering and analyzing, "The key points we are investigating now are the relationship between Zhang Qing and Xie Xinghe. Why does she and Xie Xinghe have a" Count of Monte Cristo ", what does this book represent? The second is her relationship with Si Han. Was the case of Si Han's fall from the building five years ago related to her? "

Investigating here, the suspicions of Yi Ru and Yu Hui have been completely ruled out.

There are four key characters remaining--

Xie Xinghe, the squad leader, his masterpiece in his bag is still unexplainable, and he may take the medicine in the laboratory. Even if he was playing in the playground when Ying Xiaoya fell down, there was proof that he could not eliminate the poisoner.

The English teacher Zhang Qing, who turned the original book many times, shows that she likes the story of revenge, and that the drawer for the book is locked, it seems that she does not want others to know that she has the book.

Lin Yueran, a language teacher in the next class, taught Ying Xiaoya a Chinese language when she was in high school. There were two students' writings in the drawer. It was not sure if she copied the testament, but it was very likely.

Physics teacher Si Qi has the same surname as Si Han who fell five years ago. The relationship between the two still needs to be verified.

Yu Hanjiang asked, "Professor Xiao, where can I find the information of teachers in the school?"

There are more than 20 classes in each grade of Fenglin High School, with more than 300 teachers. The school will definitely have a place to store the teachers' information in a unified manner. They must check the family background of these three teachers as soon as possible.

Xiao Loudao's "Department of Educational Affairs," which specializes in managing teachers' teaching tasks and teaching plans. There should be archives of the entire school's teachers. When I was in college, I had to submit a work plan to the Academic Affairs Office every semester. If information such as methods are changed, they must also be filed with the Academic Affairs Office. "

Yu Hanjiang nodded, winked at the door, and said decisively, "Go, let's check."

The two came to the fifth floor.

This level is the school's functional organization, the Youth League Committee, the labor union, the network center, the supervision office, etc. The office of the Academic Affairs Office is at the end of the corridor. Yu Hanjiang walked quickly and opened the door lock gently with wire.

After entering the office, I saw rows of folders in the information cabinet next door.

Third grade teacher information ...

Yu Hanjiang pulled out the folder. There were more than a hundred teachers in the third grade. He had a thick stack of materials. He divided Xiao Lou in half. The two turned on a flashlight, blocked the light with their bodies, and looked down quickly.

Soon, they found information on three key goals.

The physics teacher, Si Qi, is 33 years old. Her father and mother are university professors. She is the only child in the family. The family members do not write about anyone else. Her elementary and middle schools are teaching in this city. She is a teacher at university and returned here as a teacher after she graduated. She was the first group of teachers who came here five years ago when Fenglin High School was established.

Chinese teacher, Lin Yueran, 31 years old, both parents are company employees, family members and a younger brother, currently studying at university. She is also a local, but her bachelor's degree is a free normal student. After graduation, she was assigned to her hometown and went directly to Fenglin High School. She came here five years ago when the school was founded.

English teacher, Zhang Qing, 29 years old.

Yu Hanjiang narrowed his eyes slightly and pointed at the data sheet saying, "Look at the column of Zhang Qing's family members."

Xiao Lou came over immediately and saw that in the information sheet of Teacher Zhang Qing, "Family member", the column of "Family" and "Mother" had written "accidental death" behind. Her resume is very glorious. Primary school, middle school and high school are all the focus of her studies. Her college entrance exam scores are very good. She was accepted by a famous foreign school and she received a full scholarship.

She studied for a master's degree abroad and returned to China after graduation to obtain a teacher qualification certificate and change to be a teacher.

She came to this school only three years ago.

Yu Hanjiang swept the resume from beginning to end again, and suddenly said, "We have fallen into a misunderstanding." He put the resumes of the three teachers side by side, saying "with the deceased who fell five years ago. The people related to Sihan don't necessarily enter this school five years ago-revenge can be postponed. "

Xiao Lou's eyes suddenly flashed. "Yes! The actor of Count Monte Cristo also disguised his identity after many years, returned to the person who had framed himself, and settled the old accounts one by one."

It's not too late for a gentleman to take revenge.

As long as the seed of hatred is buried in the heart, even if no trace is visible at that time, it will one day grow into an amazing towering tree.

Yu Hanjiang said, "Siqi is named Si, but from her resume, she grew up in a very good environment. From childhood to smooth sailing, her parents are professors. Such people generally do not cause serious psychological distortions. Instead, her suspicion is the smallest."

To determine whether a person is going to kill someone, you really need to consider his family background, growing environment, and education from childhood. Children who grow up in a warm family environment cannot suddenly become brutal killers.

Si Qi's parents are university professors. As the only child, she is extremely unlikely to kill suddenly.

Xiao Loudao "This teacher, but the name is similar to Si Han, there is no other directional evidence, it should be an interference item intentionally set in the back room."

Yu Hanjiang nodded his head and said, "Lin and Zhang are very suspicious, especially Zhang Qing. She is studying abroad and is not a teacher major. Highly educated people like her can find a lot more after returning to China. Good job, why should I take the teacher qualification certificate and come to a high school to teach English? "

Xiao Lou stroked his chin and said, "Combining the books in her drawer, I think she looks most like the Avenger."

Received advanced education abroad, obtained a master's degree in economics from a prestigious school, returned to the country with a glorious image, had a lot of job opportunities, but self-tested the teacher qualification certificate, and applied for a high school as an English teacher-what is she planning?

The death of a parent in a family member is even more confusing-what happened to her parents?

The two were thinking, a flash of light suddenly flashed downstairs, and the patrolling security came back. Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou immediately turned off the flashlight, restored the drawer and the office door lock, and quickly left the office building in the opposite direction.

The street lights on the campus were lit, and in order to avoid being discovered by the security guards, the two picked out the dark areas.

They whispered as they walked.

Yu Hanjiang said: "The clues are about to be all strung together. If Zhang Qing is related to Si Han who fell five years ago, then all of this can be explained-her loved ones or friends who died most fell down when she died abroad. The reason for Si Han's fall was unclear, so after graduation, she returned to this school as a teacher to investigate the murderers related to Si Han's fall and began revenge. "

Xiao Lou was keenly aware of a key point: "So, the murderer in Sihan's case ... is likely to have been killed by Zhang Qing?"

Yu Hanjiang stopped, and thoughtfully looked at the maple leaf forest in the distance. "Do you remember the rumors of the students? The curse began five years ago. The innocent soul claimed, apparently the murderer was deliberately covering up the truth ... In the following years, there were still people missing in school, and students also called this the curse effect. "

Xiao Lou froze, and his back flew across a trace of coolness.

By the way, missing!

He immediately took out from his pocket the notes circulated by the students that day, and it did say, "People are missing these years."

Xiao Lou followed Yu Hanjiang's eyes and looked at the maple leaf forest. "Yu team, don't you think that the missing person is buried in the maple forest!"

Yu Hanjiang's eyes were deep. "The reason why the maple leaf is so red is that it absorbs too much blood."

Xiao Lou "………………"

This is the last prompt that pops up in the floating box when the two enter the secret room of Heart 3.

A cold wind blew through, and the area outside the maple grove where the street lights were broken was completely shrouded in darkness. Several red maple leaves were blown into the distance by the wind, and floated from the dark to the place of light. Under the illumination of street lights, it seemed to be stained with blood.

Xiao Lou got goosebumps!

It was so scary in the middle of the night that he couldn't imagine the bodies buried under the favorite maple grove of the students.

However, Yu's analysis is very reasonable.

The reminder when entering the secret room-Maple tree absorbed too much blood, not to create a horror atmosphere, but to directly point out the important clue "Maple Forest".

Why did Zhang Qing return to China three years ago and why did she come to this school? It may be to investigate the fall of Si Han.

Where have those missing people been in the past three years? It is likely that Zhang Qing was buried in the maple forest after he was killed.

If this is the case, then the wooden sign stringing up all the candied fruits is not Ying Xiaoya's fall, but Si Han's fall.

The theme of this secret room is revenge!

Chapter 33 、 Scarlet Maple Leaf 14

Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang walked around the maple forest and found nothing wrong.

It is also impossible for the two of them to dig up such a large maple forest in the middle of the night.

Yu Hanjiang said, "The clues of the maple trees may not appear tomorrow. Let's go back to the archives and look up the missing people in recent years."

Last night, the two sneaked into the archives on the fifth floor of the Shuxiang Building to investigate the fall case five years ago and found the information of the deceased. They were a high school senior named Si Han with excellent grades.

I went to the archives again tonight to verify the information of people who have disappeared from school over the years.

The security guard locked the Shuxiang Building, but in front of Yu Hanjiang, all the ordinary iron locks were useless. He gently opened the door lock, and climbed the fifth floor with Xiao Lou in the dark. flashlight.

There is too much information here. Fortunately, all the folders are classified by tags. Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang focus on the two tags of "personnel changes" and "reporting materials". They collect all relevant materials in the past five years. People flip through.

It took them more than an hour to lock in their targets from a large amount of information.

The first missing person was a teacher in the school's psychological counseling room. He was 25 years old. Two years ago, he left the school after submitting his resignation, but his whereabouts were unknown. The family reported the case to the police. Leaving school, the surveillance did photograph him leaving school. The report pointed out that the disappearance of the psychologist had nothing to do with Fenglin High School.

The second is the school security. At the age of 45, he left the post when he was on the night shift a year ago and sneaked out of the school door. He didn't know what to do, but he never returned. Police investigations concluded that the disappearance of the security was also unrelated to the school.

The third is a Chinese teacher named Zhou, 45 years old.

This is a middle school teacher. After disappearing half a year ago, the school launched a detailed investigation into him, but because a large number of cameras in the school were broken at the time, the investigation was unsuccessful and became a pending case.

Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang immediately looked up the name of the teacher of a key liberal arts class five years ago-this teacher Zhou, exactly 5 years ago, was the key teacher of the senior high school liberal arts class, and Si Han was the class teacher.

He and Si Han's death must be related, which proves that the inference of the "killer's revenge" is completely correct.

Xiao Lou looked at Yu Hanjiang and took a deep breath. He said, "This book by Earl of Monte Cristo has exactly three enemies in the protagonist, and there are exactly three people who have disappeared in Fenglin High School in recent years.

Yu Hanjiang nodded and said, "If my inference is correct, the theme of the secret room is revenge. All three missing persons should have been killed-and buried under the maple forest."

Just then, a lightning flashed across the window, splitting the dark night sky, followed by a thunderous thunder.

As the thunder exploded, the rainstorm poured down.

Xiao Lou looked at the maple leaf forest in the distance, and the entire forest was flooded with rain, as if to wash the blood there with rainwater.

There was a heavy rain last night, and it began to rain again tonight. The weather in the secret room world must also be related to the case. Are their inferences correct? They will get the answer tomorrow morning.

Hearts 3 rooms, the third day.

Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou came to the gate of the school together, waiting for the key figures to appear.

The students of Yu Hui, Yi Ru and Xie Xinghe have returned to normal. After entering the school, they all walked down to the teaching building with their heads down.

The Chinese teacher Lin Yueran smiled and greeted the security guard at the door very friendly.

The English teacher Zhang Qing did n’t wear a suit skirt today. Instead, she wore high heels, cropped jeans and a thin sweater. She wore a red v-neck sweater and a delicate necklace around her neck. , Looks smart and capable, very temperamental.

She looked cold and walked into the office without squinting.

Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang pretend to be teachers and enter the office building side by side while chatting.

Yu Hanjiang whispered "The police will come again today. After they return, they must have investigated and questioned the chemistry teacher in detail, and ruled out the suspect of the chemistry teacher's crime. This visit to the school should unlock the clue of Si Han's fall five years ago. "

And Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou already knew the fall. I also know that the three people who have disappeared in recent years may be related to the fall of Si Han.

The relationship between Si Han, a key figure, and several current suspects will greatly promote the progress of the case.

At eight thirty in the morning, the police arrived.

The chemistry teacher has not been released, it may be insufficient evidence.

The police went to the sixth floor to find the principal, and Yu Hanjiang immediately followed him with a cloak.

Sure enough, after entering the principal's office, the police directly asked "when we investigated Teacher Qin yesterday, she said that there were rumors of" curse "demanded by the unjust souls in the school. Three people were missing from the school, and Ying Xiaoya jumped off the building the day before yesterday. It's not a coincidence. "

The principal looked serious. "Police officer, the case five years ago, and the case of disappearance in recent years. After investigation, you have not found any evidence of" artificial ". Why now suddenly ..."

The policeman said, "A coincidence is a coincidence. So many outstanding cases, do you think it can be explained by coincidence?"

The principal was silent.

The police said, "Ms. Qin told us a key message. Last Wednesday, after the chemical experiment class, she inspected the laboratory with Xie Xinghe, and looked at Xie Xinghe's signature and locked the door. At that time, the vial was full and there was no She was taken away and the key was on her. Our investigation revealed that the door lock had been pryed, indicating that someone had returned to the laboratory and pried open the door to take away the medicine. "

The principal froze and couldn't believe it. "You're doubting Xie Xinghe? This student has been excellent since the first year of high school. Every exam is in the top three in the grade. How can he poison his classmates?"

The police said, "There is another key message. Teacher Qin said that Xie Xinghe locked the laboratory around 18:00, and it was already out of school at that time. Since Thursday and Friday are the third grade of the monthly exam, she passed by teaching Lou, when I found someone in Class 3, I went up and took a look ... The person she saw was Ying Xiaoya, and Xiaoya was writing 'What should I do?'

The principal froze and said, "What do you mean?"

Police said, "Ying Xiaoya was in a very serious dilemma. Teacher Qin thought Ying Xiaoya was worried about the next day's exam, and comforted her so that she should not worry too much and make good use of it. When Teacher Qin left the teaching building Ying Xiaoya and Xie Xinghe are in the classroom. On Wednesday night, the two students left the school last. "

The policeman paused and said, "Thursday and Friday are exam days. When Fenglin High School exams, all students' seats will be disrupted. Ying Xiaoya's test room will be in Class 7 of Class One. After the test is completed, On Saturday and Sunday, the school was closed. Teachers graded the exam papers on the Internet. During this period, the killers had no chance to commit crimes. It was not until Monday in class that the killers immediately killed Ying Xiaoya. "

The principal frowned. "Sergeant, you already have a suspect?"

The police said, "People who are poisoned are the ones who returned to the lab on Wednesday to get the medicament. There was another person who was supposed to be Xiaoya downstairs. We used an instrument to detect the footprints on the rooftop. There was a second person at the time , And the shards of scarf that Xiaoya left on the top of the building indicate that a conflict was likely at that time. "

The police concluded, "Your school may have hidden a serial killer. We need to block the entire school and conduct a comprehensive investigation of all teachers. I hope the principal will cooperate with you."

The principal held the temple with a headache. "Of course I will cooperate, but I hope that the police will minimize the impact. People in the school are worried that the third year of high school is about to enter the college entrance examination. Don't delay the students' studies."

The police officer nodded and turned downstairs to let the accompanying brothers surround the school with a cordon.

Yu Hanjiang left the office-Sure enough, the police in the secret world finally divided the case and linked it to the fall case five years ago. They will soon go to search the desks of all teachers and get a lot of information-including The books in Zhang Qing's drawer, the writings left by Lin Yueran, etc., these suspects will also be brought to justice soon.

Xie Xinghe has a lot of suspicions. The poisoner knows the situation of organophosphate poisoning very well, and the dose is well grasped. Teacher Qin of Chemistry class on Wednesday just said this knowledge. Xie Xinghe is a learner and can understand it at first sight. If he finds a chance to return after leaving with the teacher, it is easy to do it by prying off the lock and taking away the organophosphorus agent.

Because he locked the door lock and reagent cabinet, maybe he didn't lock it deliberately when he locked the door.

The English teacher, the Chinese teacher, and the poisoning case are not related. They do not have sufficient knowledge of chemistry, and the evidence found on the two is related to revenge and forgery of counterfeit books. It is more like a murderer who pushed Xiaoya down.

That unknown love letter may also be written by Xie Xinghe.

Yu Hanjiang found Xiao Lou and told his inference "I'm sure it's the poison under Xie Xinghe. He might do this to warn that it doesn't matter if Yu Hui or Ying Xiaoya is poisoned, because either of them is poisoned. Another will definitely go to the hospital for rescue, as long as you leave the school, you will not be killed. Moreover, the poisoning case will lead to police investigations, which will hinder the real murderer. "

Xiao Lou's spirit shook. "So, Xie Xinghe is actually saving Xiaoya ?!"

Yu Hanjiang nodded. "The printed love letter should also be written by him. There may be some secrets hidden in the love letter. Let's organize it carefully."

Xiao Lou's memory is particularly good. He closed his eyes and thought about it, and wrote the contents of the love letter he had read at that time on paper.

Xiaoya

I have loved you ever since I saw you three years ago.

Thinking of you every day.

My heart is full of your shadow.

May you never give up and depend on your life and death.

May you be happy, live happily and live a long life.

When Xiao Lou first looked at it, he found that the love letter was very nasty, but now he takes a closer look ...

His back suddenly froze. "The third word in each line, together-leave in three days?"

Yu Hanjiang froze and looked at the love letter. The third word in each line really meant "to leave in three days." The last line also mentioned "live" and "long live a hundred years". The word was deliberately bold, which was an indication that she would be in danger.

The date of payment of the love letter is on Friday, leaving within three days, which means that Ying Xiaoya should not go to school on Monday.

On Monday, Ying Xiaoya ate chocolate with trace toxins ...

If the love letter was written by Xie Xinghe, everything would make sense.

He knew a lot of inside information, and presensing that Xiaoya would be killed, so she printed a love letter in her schoolbag in advance and warned her not to come to school on Monday, but Ying Xiaoya didn't understand and came on Monday. Xie Xinghe had to fight hard, drop the chocolate containing poison, and take either Yu Hui or Ying Xiaoya to the hospital. In this way, the two went to the hospital for emergency treatment, and the killer had no chance to kill Ying Xiaoya.

Unfortunately, chess is a trick. Xie Xinghe unexpectedly changed his chemistry teacher and physical education teacher. Ying Xiaoya left his sight, and the long-planned murderer immediately found an opportunity, tricked Ying Xiaoya to go to the rooftop, and pushed her downstairs ...

Xie Xinghe wore a black veil on her arm, which was indeed a tribute to Ying Xiaoya.

For some reason, he couldn't directly tell Ying Xiaoya that she would be killed. The love letter suggested that the chocolate was poisoned ... still couldn't save the girl.

Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang are discussing the case. Suddenly, a shrill scream came from the window—

The source of the scream was the school's maple forest.

After Xiao Lou heard it, he drove over without hesitation driving his acceleration shoes.

Due to two consecutive nights of heavy rain, a large amount of trees fell in the maple grove. The school invited the cleaners to clean up. When Xiao Lou heard the screams and rushed over, the two cleaners aunts squatted side by side.

Xiao Lou followed their eyes.

I saw a maple forest under the wet ground soaked with rain, and showed a hand.

-Sensen bones, shocking!

Many teachers passing by heard screams and came to see, all of them were pale with fright. Someone shouted, "Alarm, come to the police!" "The police seem to be at school, I'll call them!"

The police arrived soon, and Yu Hanjiang followed the police calmly.

He exchanged a look with Xiao Lou in the crowd.

Dead bones appeared in the maple grove. The news alarmed all school leaders. The police quickly surrounded the entire maple grove with a cordon. They furiously approached the shovel and dug up where the bones appeared.

Pieces of human bones were sprinkled across the maple forest as if they were "scattered by the heavens".

As the iron golems dug deeper and deeper in the maple forest, more bones appeared ... more and more, countless.

The school leader's face was as dark as when he had just come to Africa to dig coal, and the police's face was also very ugly. Two cleaners and aunts stammered and took notes next to them. The maple leaves in the maple grove were still falling and sprinkled on the dug white bones ...

This weird picture made Xiao Lou's back hairy.

Yu Hanjiang leaned in his ear, and whispered, "It seems that our reasoning is very close to the truth, and the missing person was indeed buried in the maple forest. Professor Xiao, please troubleshoot the bones of the forensic doctor to see their cause of death. . "

The forensic doctor arrived soon, and Xiao Lou went in wearing a cloak.

The scattered bones at the scene were quickly pieced together by the forensic doctor to form three human figures.

There is a clear difference between the male and female pelvis. Xiao Lou can see at a glance that all three are male. From the perspective of skeletal development, one is a young man at about 25 years old, and the other two are middle-aged people at about 40 years old, consistent with the age of the missing person.

From the degree of bone corruption and morphological changes, it can be roughly inferred that the time of death of the three people is also consistent with the time of disappearance of the missing person; moreover, these three people should have been treated violently before death.

The first young male, about 25 years old, had obvious depressions in his skull that had been knocked by blunt objects, the entire orbital part was fragmented, and no other bones in the body were damaged. The cause of death should be cerebral hemorrhage caused by blunt objects crushing the skull.

The second middle-aged man had obvious marks on the left sternum when punctured, and the same sharp marks left on the ribs between the two ribs. The heart was stabbed and the heartbeat stopped deadly.

The third middle-aged man had a pronounced fracture of the hyoid bone, suggesting that the neck had been constricted, and the cause of death did not rule out mechanical asphyxia-that is, it was likely to be strangled.

The three died differently, but they had one thing in common--

Dismembered after death.

Because the body was dismembered and buried in the maple forest, the bones dug out today are scattered around, and the forensic doctors struggled to form three human figures after a professional patchwork.

The Captain of the Interpol calmly said, "What happened?"

The forensic doctor wore a mask and whispered, "Three deceased were all male. Preliminary judgment was that the cause of the death was a fracture of the skull caused by blunt tapping, cardiac stagnation caused by sharp objects piercing the chest, and mechanical asphyxia."

The judgement of the official method doctor is consistent with Xiao Lou.

Xiao Lou quickly left the scene wearing a stealth cloak, joined Yu Hanjiang, and informed the Yu team of the information he had learned.

Yu Hanjiang said calmly, "These three are the murderers who killed Si Han."

Xiao Lou nodded in agreement. "It seems that the avenger has solved the killing of Si Han's enemy."

Yu Hanjiang stood in the air corridor on the third floor and looked deep into the maple forest in the distance. He sorted out his thoughts and combed all the clues one by one.

He whispered, "Ying Xiaoya's fall case is just □□, Si Han's fall case is the main line of this secret room. Five years ago, Si Han did not know what happened at the school and was killed by three people. The three were carefully designed to push Si Han downstairs and forge testaments, spreading rumors of "ghosts demanding" curse of death "on campus."

"They did so beautifully. The teachers and students of the school did not have any doubts about Si Han's fall. The police could not find any clues. The school's report mentioned that Si Han was likely to be psychologically fragile and the exams were abnormal. . "

"This matter was soon calmed down, and the students talked about it and explained it with a 'curse.'"

"However, Si Han still has a relative—that person was particularly concerned about Si Han and did not believe she committed suicide, so she returned to Fenglin High School to investigate. That person was very clever and finally found out the truth about Si Han's fall. Three murderers were identified, and they were killed in three cruel ways of breaking the head, piercing the heart, and tightening the neck. "

"Only with strong hatred, will the body be divided after the killing, and the fragments of the body will be buried in the school's maple grove-this maple grove, facing the office building where Si Han fell down, was like A blood sacrifice. "

After she killed, she could throw the corpse elsewhere, but buried the three in the school maple forest, wasn't it a memorial to Si Han?

When Xiao Lou heard this, he felt cold all over.

-This is a cursed school. The reason why the maple leaf is so red is that it absorbs too much blood.

The moment you enter the back room, the last message in the floating box is the most critical secret of the third room.

The secret of Maple Grove was finally revealed.

All truth is coming to light!