Delusional world [criminal investigation]

The police cleared the Roland Villa in the shortest possible time. The villa that was empty the night before was now empty.

And the villa itself seems to be alive, its appearance has obviously not changed, but standing in front of it, it no longer feels any grandeur of the past.

But it still stands on the mountainside, providing passers-by with a noble attitude in the snow-capped world with a place that can resist the wind and cold. It has not even suffered from the spread of withered grass in the future, and the sense of desolation and weirdness has been explored in advance. the whole body of the patient.

Pei Yin shuddered on the spot, he thought to himself, with such a cold world, it is estimated that the reputation of the villa will go from bad to worse in the future, since this is the case... why don't you seize the opportunity and buy it at a low price!

This place has a lot of space, and although it is a bit laborious to go up and down, in the future, it can raise fish, flowers, cats and dogs, goats and leopards, and most importantly, it can provide for itself.

Pei Yin touched the handrail of the spiral staircase, his eyes flashed with longing for the future.

Let alone providing for the elderly, it is more than enough to open a nursing home.

sky!This is really a good idea. At that time, while making money, I can find someone to accompany me to support myself in retirement.

"It would be perfect if you don't have to go up the mountain..."

Standing at the top of the third staircase, Pei Yin accidentally spoke his mind.

Jing Jue looked back at him and asked, "What?"

Pei Yin stared immediately, as if she was worried that her little Jiujiu would be discovered and let others take advantage of it.

"It's nothing." Pei Yin rested his fingers on the solid wood handrail and asked softly, "Officer, have you considered retirement?"

Jing Jue: "?"

Pei Yin said happily: "I may have a nursing home. When you sign up, I can give you a discount."

Jing Jue: "..."

"Hey, life suddenly became better." Pei Yin walked in front of Jing Jue, put his hands behind his back, looked up at the European-style classical nursing home he was about to own, and nodded with satisfaction.

Jing Jue asked Li Hao to apply for the key of Roland Villa in advance. After all, he has not been reinstated, and Li Hao did all the procedures on his behalf.

Pei Yin followed Jing Jue to the scene of the crime, and only after Jing Jue opened the cordon and opened the door of Luo Haiming's room did he see the whole scene of the crime for the first time.

Pei Yin was stunned, looking at the crime scene that had been cleaned up in surprise.

Day and night passed, and it was not surprising that the crime scene was cleaned up.

Oddly enough it wasn't what he remembered.

"Jing Jue!" Pei Yin called Jing Jue by his name in a hurry, "Have you ever moved this place? Home furnishings or something."

Jing Jue put the handbag he was carrying all the way on the table and said, "Of course not, what's wrong?"

"Wait for me!" Pei Yin finished speaking and quickly walked to the window on the other side. He pushed the window open, followed the same behavior as yesterday, and turned out with one hand on the window sill.

Jing Jue was startled, and just as he took a step towards the window, the person outside the window turned sideways and looked in from the window in a peeping gesture.

Jing Jue frowned and asked, "What are you doing?"

"That's right!" Pei Yin held the window frame and said seriously, "Sure enough, it has changed!"

Jing Jue asked, "What changed?"

"I went up to the mountain the day before yesterday to get a piece of his hair—" Pei Yin was talking, and was about to turn back into the house when his foot suddenly slipped.

"Fuck!" Pei Yin cursed secretly, grabbing the outer water pipe urgently with one hand, and before he could find something to hold on to with the other hand, he suddenly felt a warm current.

Pei Yin hung outside the window, raised his head in surprise, first met Jing Jue's gaze, and then saw Jing Jue's hand grabbing him.

"It's icy here, so slippery." At such a time, Pei Yin had to explain the cause and effect, "Otherwise, I wouldn't have fallen."

Jing Jue looked at him from above, looked at Pei Yinluo's head covered with snowflakes, frowned, and asked, "What are you doing up here?"

"...Come up." Pei Yin used another fulcrum under his feet, and after a little effort, Jing Jue led him into the room.

Pei Yin patted the snow on his body in place, and asked Jing Jue, "Where am I talking about?"

Jing Jue said, "You went up the mountain the day before yesterday."

"Yes, I went up the mountain that day." Pei Yin said, "It didn't snow that day, and it didn't freeze outside. I slipped up from the outer wall and saw this room just in time."

"There was no one in the room at the time, so I could see clearly." Pei Yin pointed to the desk where Luo Haiming's body was found, and said, "This desk was originally over there."

"Hey, it's my fault that I didn't investigate the scene with you in time. Fortunately, it's not too late. You..." Pei Yin was stunned for a moment, then blinked and asked, "Why are you looking at me like that? I told you that I came here secretly, and you didn't?" Lie to you."

"Turn it out—" Jing Jue looked at Pei Yin with a complicated expression, and asked, "Just to confirm the direction of the furniture?"

"That's right." Pei Yin nodded innocently, "Come on, officer, we have to conduct a carpet search again. Alas, we brought tools here if we knew it earlier. Is it too late for the people in your team to send it back?"

Jing Jue didn't speak, just turned around and opened the handbag, revealing various survey tools inside.

Pei Yin said in shock: "My God, when did you pretend to be like this? Could it be that before you came, you guessed that there might be a secret passage in Luo Haiming's room that no one had discovered?"

"The Roland Villa is so big, it's not surprising that there are several secret passages as emergency passages." Jing Jue said, "But I don't think it's reasonable that the secret passages are not connected to common places like Luo Haiming's bedroom and study."

Just as Jing Jue was saying this, Li Hao's call came in: "Jing team, there is progress!"

Li Hao's words were so loud that even Pei Yin who was next to him heard it, but he was not in the Jingjue team after all, so Pei Yin turned around with interest, and was going to lift the carpet over there to take a look. .

Unexpectedly, Jing Jue said behind him: "No need."

Li Hao didn't understand, and asked, "Why not?"

Jing Jue didn't answer, just turned on the speakerphone on the phone and put it on the table, saying: "It's okay, you can continue talking."

Seeing this, Pei Yin had no choice but to move back to the original place silently,

"Hey, it's like this. Roy doesn't have any specific clues. She is still not in a good state, and she is in a trance. Qu Li didn't intend to let her see the corpse, but she insisted on it. Luo Haiming was stabbed in the first place. After doing that, and then disemboweling her belly, I was afraid that she would suffer too much by herself, so I didn't let her see it."

"The point is not this." Li Hao entered the topic after a bunch of nonsense, "We received a call while appeasing Roy, and the person on the phone said that he would provide clues to the Roland Heights case."

When Jing Jue heard that it was a phone call again, he immediately connected it with yesterday's report that there was a murder on the bus. He asked Li Hao, "Male or female?"

"Girl, you'll know after listening." Li Hao continued, "The woman asked for my mailbox and sent me a recording. I'll play it for you now. Listen—"

After a burst of screeching, a calm male voice came out first through the receiver.

"I said, we'll talk about it after tonight. It's not like you don't have the ones she wears. What are you in a hurry for?"

"Who cares about those clothes! I hate the way she looks at you."

"You don't care what kind of eyes she looks in, can't I just look at you?"

"I don't care, anyway, you promised me, once your father dies..."

"Shh!"

The woman's words were interrupted by the man's scolding, and at the same time, Pei Yin and Jing Jue also met their eyes.

"I just asked someone from the communication team to analyze the sound track, and the man is sure that it is Luo Jin." Li Hao said, "I just sent someone to call him, and I will report to you after the trial. How are you doing? Are there any new clues over there?"

"Not yet." Jing Jue didn't tell Li Hao about the change of the furniture's position. It wasn't that he didn't trust Li Hao, it was that there was no further action on this matter, and he didn't need Li Hao to be distracted by it.

Jing Jue said, "Let me know as soon as Luo Jin has the result."

"Okay." Li Hao hung up the phone after finishing speaking.

Jing Jue leaned against the long table, looked at Pei Yin who had squatted on the floor at some point, and asked, "What do you think?"

"The possibility that Luo Jin is the murderer is very high." Pei Yin half-kneeled on the carpet, pulled out a corner of the carpet from under the cabinet behind the desk, and said, "But I... still want to lift this thing first, officer, Can you give me a hand?"

Jing Jue walked over and asked, "Why are you sure the secret path is underground?"

"Because, when I was peeking—" Pei Yin used his strength without saying a word, "I saw a cup of steaming water on the table."

Pei Yin finally pulled out a corner of the carpet. Regardless of whether the carpet was dirty or not, he knelt down on the ground and raised his hips. He stretched out his hand under the cabinet and said, "I don't think it is possible for him to work in the study for a long time due to his physical condition. It’s big, especially the water is still steaming, he should have gone to another place through the secret passage as soon as he arrived in this room.”

"But this table is the only piece of furniture in the entire room that has been substantially moved, so if there is a secret passage, it must be behind the bookcase on the side next to the table—" Pei Yin suddenly stood up, knelt straight, and turned to Jing Jue Say, "Either under the table."

Pei Yin patted the ashes alternately with both hands, and said, "There's nothing under the cabinet, let's split up. You look for the secret passage of the cabinet, and I'll look for the one underground."

Jing Jue didn't act immediately, and the possibility of hiding in the cabinet has been ruled out. The police immediately searched the house when they arrived yesterday, but this is the third floor after all, so no one has searched the underground.

"Hey, you don't need to look for it." Pei Yin stretched out a hand from under the table and shook Jing Jue, "The secret path is here, I found it!"