Card Room - 331. Mime private 481

【Chapter 481, the suspect】

The crisp sound from outside the window made the teammates unanimously silent. In the summer noon, the sound of rattles suddenly sounded, making Xiao Lou’s spine a trace of chill for no reason.

He took a deep breath, walked to the window, opened the window and looked out—

The sound came from the alley behind the inn.

The alleys were shrouded in the shade of trees, and the light was dim. At this time, there were no extra pedestrians in the alley, only a young man, wearing a navy blue gown and a hat of the same color, dressed as a scholar.

The man held a rattle in his hand and shook it constantly. The projectiles on both sides of the rattle hit the drum surface, making a rhythmic clanging sound, and a pattern was clearly printed on the drum surface-it was in the Chinese zodiac Of sheep.

The painted lamb is lifelike, and the man is walking forward while playing with a rattle, smiling and walking briskly. Xiao Lou looked back at Yu Hanjiang and asked his opinion with his eyes. The latter lowered his voice and said, “It’s not like a murderer.”

Xiao Lou also feels that this person is not like a murderer. Is it just a coincidence?

As I was thinking, I saw a girl dressed as a maid suddenly ran into the alley from the other end, hurried to the man, and asked breathlessly: “Master, where have you been? The young lady is looking for you everywhere!”

The man smiled and said softly: “Don’t worry, I’ll buy something fun for the child.” As he said, he shook the rattle in his hand: “I heard that if the child keeps crying at night, Use this to tease and stop crying.”

The maid said helplessly: “Buy toys for the young master and let the servants go, why should you go this trip yourself…”

The man waved his hand: “Okay, I’ll go back now.”

The two walked out of the alley one after another.

In the next room, Ye Qi, who opened the window and saw this scene, breathed a sigh of relief, put down the window, and pressed the earphones and said: “I was really scared just now when I suddenly heard the sound of a rattle. I thought the murderer had come to the door.”

Qu Wanyue smiled and said: “It should be just a coincidence. The young father came out to buy toys for his children and passed by the alley behind the inn. We just talked about the rattle, and everyone was tense, and we were shocked.”

Xiao Lou said, “Have you noticed the pattern on his rattle?”

Ye Qi said, “I saw it, is it a lamb?”

Shao Qingge said confidently: “I went to the old man’s booth today and I saw all the zodiac signs. The picture in his hand is indeed a sheep, and his child should be a sheep.”

Xiao Lou looked at the rattle that he found from Zhao’s family-because the rattle is a toy for children, the maker would make some beautifications when drawing the pattern. The little tiger on the drum was painted very cute and he was also dressed in red. The clothes and the anthropomorphic painting are obviously more popular with children.

Yu Hanjiang followed Xiao Lou’s gaze to the drumhead and said: “The young father mentioned that the child cried non-stop in the middle of the night. It is very likely that his child is under one year old…Is this the Year of the Goat?”

Shao Qingge said: “It should be the year of the goat. At the old man’s booth selling toys, a rattle with a painted goat is hung in the front, and there are some colorful faces and cute little goats.”

Xiao Lou made a careful calculation and said, “According to the order of the zodiac, this year is the Year of the Goat. 20 years before the famine…it should be the Year of the Pig. The tiger is 9 years older than the pig. The rattle found at home belongs to the murderer. The murderer’s zodiac is a tiger. So, when the famine happened 20 years ago, the murderer was probably just a 9-year-old child?”

Yu Hanjiang added: “It is also possible that they are 21-year-olds, 33-year-olds, and 45-year-olds.”

For tigers, a round of 12 years, the murderer may be 9 years old, 21 years old, 33 years old, 45 years old.

Xiao Lou said: “In other words, the current murderer may be 29, 41, 53 or 65 years old?”

Yu Hanjiang said: “The probability of 53 and 65 years old is relatively low. The average life expectancy of the ancients is not long. Elderly people over the age of 50 will suffer from various diseases. So, the most likely thing is that in the year of the famine, the murderer was a 9-year-old child or a 21-year-old young man, and now he is back to retaliate, and his age is 29 or 41.”

Once the age is locked, the scope of the investigation will be much reduced.

All the tigers in the town, young and middle-aged people aged 29 and 41, are likely to commit crimes.

Xiao Lou said, “I don’t know if there are any government-like institutions in this town? If you can find the roster and files of the residents of the town, it would be easier to investigate.”

Shao Qingge said: “Since it is a small town, there should always be a mayor? We can find out during lunch time.”

The morning passed, and it happened to be lunch time, and everyone went downstairs to eat in batches.

The inn has obviously become lively, and many passing tourists come here to stay and dine.

Shao Qingge repeated his old tricks and ordered a few dishes of the most expensive dishes for Xiao Er. When the other party served the dishes, he stuffed the Xiao Er a silver coin and asked in a low voice, “Xiao Er, please ask me, you mayor. Where do I live? I am a businessman from outside and I want to come and meet.”

Xiaoer from the shop happily accepted the money, and whispered to Shao Qingge: “Guest, you are looking for our mayor? His name is Qin Feng and he lives in the yard at the east end of Xiushui Lane. Our mayor is very nice. He often helps the old people in the town fetch water and chop wood. He will visit whoever has a child. Although he is very young, the villagers respect him.”

Ye Qi curiously asked, “How old is he this year, is he married?”

The shop second scratched his head and said, “I have not yet married a wife in less than 30 years. However, he told him that his matchmaker was about to cross the threshold of his house, but he refused. He said that he already belongs to him, and he has already had one. The marriage contract, he has been waiting for the woman who has a marriage contract with him, alas, it’s such an infatuation.”

When Shao Ye and the two were inquiring about the news, Ye Qi kept pressing the bump on the earphones, so other teammates could also hear the information that Xiaoer Dian said in a low voice.

Xiao Lou looked at Yu Hanjiang and asked softly, “Is this mayor suspect?”

Yu Hanjiang nodded: “We can’t get into the town at night, so in the afternoon we will find a way to investigate him.”

Lu Jiuchuan stayed behind in the Peach Blossom Spring outside the town.

Peach Blossom Spring can only exist for 3 hours, and it will disappear automatically when the time is up. At this time Taohuayuan had disappeared, and he and Tang Ci simply found a shady place in the woods to hide. The two of the teammates have been listening to the discussion. Hearing this, Lu Jiuchuan couldn’t help but interject: “Are Xiao Tang and I still staying outside the town? How about we both go to investigate.”

Tang Ci also wanted to find something to do. He held down the headset and said softly: “The town looks normal during the day. There are many residents coming in and out. Brother Jiu and I still have the cloak skills. You can find opportunities to sneak in. The mayor’s house.”

Xiao Lou thought for a while and said, “Okay, then please trouble Brother Nine and Mr. Tang to check this Qin Feng.”

The small town during the day is not like a ghost town maze at night, so there is no need for Jiu Ge and Tang Ci to stay outside the town to meet up. What’s more, at this time, the skills of the two Tao Yuanming cards have cooled, and it is useless for them to stay outside the town, so it’s better to come in and help.

Last night, Xiaolou and others who visited the town at night, the cloak of invisibility has cooled, and the card skills of Lu Jiuchuan and Tang Ci are still there, and they can just use the 30 minutes of invisibility to do some investigation.

Yu Hanjiang whispered: “If the murderer is the mayor, and the residents of the town trust him very much, he finds ways to manipulate everyone’s consciousness. It should be easy to do. Brother, the focus of your investigation is the mayor’s Age, origin, and background. Second, try to find the roster of the town’s residents from him, and use the drone to take it directly after finding it. The cloak of invisibility is only 30 minutes, so go back quickly.”

Lu Jiuchuan simply said: “Understand! Let’s act now.”

The two of them didn’t go to the town to eat. They directly opened the resource supply card to make do with milk, chocolate and instant noodles. Then they found a place where no one was there, put on an invisibility cloak, and quickly sneaked into the town.

According to the shop’s instructions, the two of Jiutang and Tang quickly came to Xiushui Alley-this is a very secluded alley with a few families living in it. The mayor’s residence is at the end of the road. It is a very large yard. Concise and elegant.

In order to make sure that there was no one in the house, Lu Jiuchuan threw the wiretap on the wall and listened for a while. They didn’t hear any sound, and then the two of them overcame the wall and entered the small courtyard.

There are many herbs drying in the yard, and you can smell a scent of herbs as soon as you enter the door.

If the mayor is not at home, he may be going out on business, which is just convenient for the two of them to investigate.

Lu Jiuchuan and Tang Ci pushed the door in—the interior of the room was also very simple and cleaned very neatly.

The all-colored bamboo furniture looks like handmade. Two rows of bamboo chairs are placed in the large living room, which can accommodate dozens of people for a meeting at the same time. There is a study room and a bedroom next to them. The two will check the bedroom first.

There is an old solid wood cabinet in the bedroom with an iron lock hung on the door of the cabinet, and important information should be stored in it.

Lu Jiuchuan opened the iron lock with the universal-energy-key. Sure enough, he saw a thick stack of notebooks inside. He quickly took out the notebooks and opened them, letting Tang Ci use the drone to take pictures of the contents.

In these books, the family members and birthday characters of all the residents in the town are recorded in detail.

Lu Jiuchuan noticed with a sharp eye that the two missing persons, Zhao Zeping and Chen Yu, were all recorded in one of the blue books. Their names were marked with bright red crosses in red.

Those red crosses are shocking.

A roster, more than 90% are red crosses, I don’t know Zhao and Chen, and many others have also been crossed!

Tang Ci took a sigh of relief-this roster is almost like a “dead roster”, is it because the murderer is killing people according to the roster?

He quickly took these pictures with a drone, and then asked Lu Jiuchuan to restore the roster in the previous order, put it back in the cabinet, and relock the iron lock.

The two walked out of the bedroom and came to the study.

The study room is full of various books, some of which are related to medicine, herbal medicine, and acupuncture. There are also a row of shelves filled with medicine bottles of various colors. Understand some pharmacology.

Lu Jiuchuan looked around and whispered: “Look and see if there are secret doors, secret rooms, etc.”

Tang Ci carefully observed the bookcases. All the books were neatly arranged. There was a small amount of dust on most of the books. It is normal for open bookcases to have dust on the books.

However, there is a row of books, which is obviously much cleaner than the books next to it.

Tang Ci stepped forward and pulled out the thick “Compendium of Materia Medica” at the top, but the next moment, a rumbling sound suddenly came from his ears-the bookcase in front of him was actually divided into two, revealing the middle one. Secret door!

There are long steps behind the secret door leading to the underground. The light in the house is extremely dim, and the end of the steps is not visible at all.

There must be a secret in this secret door!

The two were about to go down, and as a result, the door of the yard was suddenly pushed open.

A sound of footsteps came towards the study.

The owner of the yard is back.

Now it is too late to investigate, and I can only take pictures of the secret room at the fastest speed.

The drone flies much faster than the two of them climbing stairs. Lu Jiuchuan lowered his voice and said, “Using a drone!”

Tang Ci quickly released the drone to take pictures of the secret room.

Almost the moment he retracted the drone, the door of the living room was slowly opened by the man.

Passing through the living room, it is the study room where the two of them are.

Tang Ci hurriedly put the book back, closed the door of the dark room, Lu Jiuchuan quickly came to the window, found Tang Ci’s position by feeling, gently grabbed Tang Ci’s wrist, opened the window and said, “Go!”

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What will be in the secret room~ See you tomorrow!