Chapter 242： Restoration of Secret Room Murder

The only decoration in the red brick house, the bookcase, was moved!

And, after the move, it was restored again.

Why?

"Zhao Bing," Chen Yan pointed to the holes in the four corners of the bookcase: "Measure the distance between these holes and the size of the wooden door."

ten minutes later.

Zhao Bing and several detectives finished the measurement.

The distance between the four holes of the bookcase is 2 meters up and down and 1.5 meters left and right.

The size of the wooden door is 1.8 meters up and down and 1.3 meters left and right!

Holding the measurement data, Chen Yan frowned, and images kept flashing in his mind.

Hu Xueying and others knew that Chen Yan was analyzing and thinking clues, and no one stepped forward to interrupt.

In the case of the murder in the secret room, the investigation of the Yinglu City Detective Team mainly focused on how the murderer killed the murder.

The investigation of Yu Huihui, Tang Muqi and others was not as in-depth as Chen Yan's arrival.

After Chen Yan came, he obviously put more energy on the investigation of the relationship between the people involved.

In two days, a lot of results have been achieved.

However, for solving the case, at present, there is not much help.

But now, Chen Yan surveyed the scene for the second time and made a major discovery.

The bookcase, Hu Xueying and others did not let it go.

A survey was also carried out at that time.

The dust scratches on it, Hu Xueying and others have done a detailed comparison, they were left by Yu Huihui, Tang Muqi and others.

The traces can be matched, as can the confessions of Yu Huihui and Tang Muqi.

In pursuit of the principle of protecting the scene, Hu Xueying and others did not dismantle the bookcase.

Of course, it is useless to dismantle it, just a few wooden boards.

The back wall was also checked from the outside of the wall, and there was no problem.

The same red brick structure, no signs of damage.

But now, after removing the bookcase, there is a problem with the mortise and tenon structure behind it.

In the four holes in the middle, the wooden mortise and tenon have broken marks.

Why?

Chen Yan is obviously conducting inference verification.

In the red brick room, several people dared not breathe, for fear of interrupting Chen Yan's train of thought.

And Chen Yan is really thinking at a high speed.

The bookcase was mentioned in the confessions of Yu Huihui and Tang Muqi.

The two, together with Duan Zhongxin, who had died, began to **** the surrounding walls after waking up for the first time.

Everyone touched the bookcase and the wooden door.

"We have moved the bookcase, but the inlay of the cabinet is relatively firm, and it has not been removed."

This is Yu Huihui's original words.

"We groped for a long time, but the wooden door was so tight that it couldn't be opened at all."

"Duan Zhongxin was relatively sober at the time, and he bumped into it several times, but the wooden door didn't move."

"Later, Duan Zhongxin said that he was worried that someone from outside would come in and harm them, so he blocked the wooden door with a bolt."

"I have checked with Yu Huihui, and the door latch is definitely fine..."

Tang Muqi's confession is basically the same as that of Yu Huihui.

That night, when the three of them woke up for the first time, the first thing they did was looking for an exit urgently.

According to Yu Huihui and Tang Muqi, the three of them explored the entire red brick house.

The bookcase cannot be moved.

The wooden door can't be knocked open.

The three tossed for a long time, and in order to prevent someone from coming in and persecuting them, they locked the wooden door with a latch.

After that, due to lack of physical strength and the effect of the drug, the three fell into a coma again.

When he woke up again, he was rescued by the sound of the detective smashing the door.

That is, the morning of the 28th.

However, at that time, Duan Zhongxin had already been killed.

However, there are two problems here.

First, why can't the bookcase be moved?

Just now, Chen Yan, Zhao Bing and Hu Xueying took off the bookcase without much effort.

The three people who were eager to escape for their lives could not move the bookcase at that time.

There are also wooden doors.

The wooden door of the red brick house is relatively old and has a history of at least ten years.

However, after the three people found the wooden door, they could not push it, or even move at all.

This doesn't quite make sense.

Because the time has passed, the wooden door has fallen into disrepair for a long time. Although it is still strong, it has no airtightness.

The door is closed, with a large gap in the middle.

In the video on the day of the incident, it can be clearly seen that even if it is wrapped by iron wire, it can push open a certain gap.

However, why did Yu Huihui and Tang Muqi both say that when the gate hit, it didn't move?

A bold idea gradually formed in Chen Yan's mind.

The target of the murderer was undoubtedly Duan Zhongxin alone.

However, why should Yu Huihui and Tang Muqi also be arrested?

Originally, Chen Yan also speculated that Yu Huihui and Tang Muqi were thieves calling to catch thieves.

But from another point of view, these two may have been deliberately caught by the murderer to confuse the detectives.

What the two of them saw and heard was itself part of the secret room murder case.

If Chen Yan was thinking, what if the people who were in the red brick house with Yu Huihui and Tang Muqi at that time were not the victim Duan Zhongxin at all, but the murderer?

Then, when the two were in a coma for the second time, the murderer took off the door bolt, opened the wooden door, and then moved the real Duan Zhongxin into the secret room, killed Duan Zhongxin, and then wrapped the secret room outside with iron wire after he left.

Create the illusion of murder in a secret room.

Is there such a possibility?

Gan!

Of course there is!

And, more than that.

Linking the entire process of the incident, Chen Yan's reasoning became clearer.

Both Yu Huihui and Tang Muqi had been in contact with Chen Yan.

I had a detailed understanding of the situation of the two in the secret room.

Especially after the second coma, the state of the two.

"I didn't feel anything at the time, it was just... I just felt like someone touched my leg..."

This is what Yu Huihui said at the time.

However, Yu Huihui herself is not sure.

"After the second coma, my head hurts very much."

"Vaguely, it seems that there are lights and shadows shaking in front of you, and some sounds are heard."

"However, soon there is no consciousness at all."

At the time, Chen Yan thought that these words were just a hallucination produced by Yu Huihui under the influence of the drug.

However, it now seems that Yu Huihui should have felt some information from the outside world at that time.

However, the memory is blurred and cannot be recalled.

"After the second coma, I felt like the world was spinning, as if someone was dragging me. It was the feeling of falling into the abyss."

Tang Muqi's memories were also vague.

Some words are ambiguous.

However, the descriptions of the two have many similarities.

Originally, Chen Yan also believed that both of them were affected by drugs.

Hallucinations occurred.

However, it now seems that the two must have been moved again after the second coma.

So, one has the feeling of being dragged, and the other feels that someone touches the leg.

"Captain Hu, immediately summon Yu Huihui and Tang Muqi!"

"Yes!"

After half an hour.

The interrogation room of the Yinglu City Detective Team.

Yu Huihui.

"Miss Yu, do you remember the details of when you were just rescued on the morning of the 28th?"

detail?

"Officer Chen, at the time, he was just screaming for help. He was so scared that he couldn't use his legs."

Yu Huihui paused and stroked the broken hair in front of her forehead: "I definitely remember the general situation, but if I want to talk about special details, I definitely don't pay much attention."

This is true, and Yu Huihui was still under the influence of the drug at that time, and her sanity was not very clear.

But it doesn't matter, Yu Huihui must have an impression of the details that Chen Yan wants to know.

Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to get out of the red brick house at all.

"Miss Yu, what I want to know is whether the wooden door was bolted on the door when you were rescued."

According to the confessions of Yu Huihui and Tang Muqi, Duan Zhongxin proposed to lock the wooden door with a bolt in order to prevent outsiders from entering.

Yu Huihui and Tang Muqi also agreed and confirmed it with their own hands.

Therefore, in the early morning of the next day, when they were rescued, they had to open the bolt of the wooden door before they could go out.

"Of course," Yu Huihui's answer was very affirmative: "After the iron wire outside was interrupted, we pulled the door latch and were rescued."

"Is that the bolt you pulled open?"

"This..." Yu Huihui was slightly startled: "It seems that Tang Muqi pulled it apart."

"I... I was too anxious at the time, I can't remember this a bit."

Chen Yan nodded and left the interrogation room.

"Of course it was the bolt we opened, or we couldn't get out at all."

"Did you open the bolt that you opened with your own hands?"

"this……"

Tang Muqi's expression was exactly the same as Yu Huihui's.

"I don't really remember this It should be opened by Yu Huihui...I don't remember opening it myself..."

call……

really.

Tang Muqi's words were exactly the same as Yu Huihui's.

Both of them knew that the only way to get out of the red brick house was to open the door.

However, neither of them remembered that they opened it with their own hands.

They thought it was the door bolt that the other party opened.

Chen Yan carefully watched the video at that time.

When the wooden door is opened, the latch hangs on the edge of the latch.

Ha ha.

Murder in a secret room, shit!

A deadbolt is the key to all games!

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