At noon.
Ding dong!
The doorbell rang, and a food delivery employee riding an electric bicycle delivered a sumptuous lunch to Zhao Yu and Cui Lizhu.
Lunch is all ordered from the clubhouse. The food is a combination of Chinese and Western food, delicious and nutritious.
Although the meal together with tips cost more than a thousand yuan, the two of them had a very comfortable meal and felt it was worth the money.
"Oh!" Cui Lizhu burped and admired sincerely, "It's really beautiful to be a rich man. I wish we could find the treasure!"
"Now it's not just about treasures!" Zhao Yu was not as happy as Cui Lizhu. After eating in a hurry, he found some huge pieces of white paper, laid them flat on the table, used them as whiteboards, and started writing. Investigation records.
This was a habit he had developed for a long time. He felt that only by writing out the information himself could more ideas come to his mind.
A total of 16 names appeared on Tao Xiang's list. Under each name was a line of small characters marking a brief introduction to that person.
The first 11 people were all marked with an "X" by Tao Xiang, but the five at the end were not. Zhang Jingfeng has confirmed that all five people died of heart disease.
Zhao Yu believes that the deaths of these five people should not be accidental.
Cui Lizhu understood Zhao Yu's habits and kept silently helping Zhao Yu.
Unexpectedly, after Zhao Yu had just finished writing, Zhang Jingfeng called again.
"Xiao Zhao, why are there so many names? What big case are you investigating?" Zhang Jingfeng looked very puzzled on the phone, "These people don't seem to have anything to do with each other!"
"Old Zhang!" Zhao Yu was eager to know the answer and urged, "Hurry up, are there any problems with those 11 people?"
"Well... Well, it's hard to say! It's like this, um..." Zhang Jingfeng's answer seemed a little hesitant, "The 11 people you asked me to investigate are no longer alive! That's a total of 16 people, and one person is alive. No more!"
"ah!?"
The two of them were inevitably shocked.
"All... are dead?" Cui Lizhu changed her tone tremblingly, "There are... so many people, who did this?"
"Don't say that..." Zhang Jingfeng changed the topic and said quickly, "Although they are dead, the situation of these 11 people is a bit complicated, and there are some differences from the previous five!
"Well... how should I put it? From my information, these people died in a very long period of time. The earliest one can be traced back to 15 years ago, and the latest one was in the second half of last year. They are all A scholar has never committed any crime and has no criminal record."
"Also, the ages of these people vary, but most of them are already elderly, even 90 years old! Moreover, according to the data, they all died of normal deaths, and it seems that they have nothing to do with heart disease.
"However, some of them are too old, so it will take some time to confirm them one by one!"
"That's it..." Zhao Yu secretly smacked his lips and said seriously, "Old Zhang, please help me investigate the detailed information of these people for the time being. I want all 16 people! I will apply with the above. If possible, I will I tried to find a way to transfer you here!"
"Okay! Look, here you go!" Zhang Jingfeng happily hung up the phone and quickly sent the information he found to Zhao Yu.
"Boss... you have to think clearly!" Cui Lizhu reminded, "Do you really want to report this matter? Are we a little abrupt? Why don't we... let's check it out! Just in case, those people will Is it a normal death?"
Zhao Yu did not answer Cui Lizhu's question, but picked up the phone, read all the detailed information of those people carefully, and then began to write on the white paper.
The whole writing process lasted for nearly an hour. Zhao Yu finally put away the pen, shook his head and said, "This white paper is not as good as a whiteboard. If you make a mistake, you can't erase it!"
"Boss, boss, how are you?" Cui Lizhu saw Zhao Yu talking and asked hurriedly, "Do you have any clues? Who is the murderer?"
"I'll go!" Zhao Yu frowned, "I'm a detective, not a god. If I can find the murderer just by writing casually, then I won't do anything else!"
"..." Cui Lizhu was speechless.
"Look..." Zhao Yu pointed at the information that had been written, "Let's put death aside for now and let's take a look at these people first. Who are these people? Look..." He pointed to one of the names. , "This person is a doctoral supervisor studying modern history; look at this one, an economist; this one is a technical expert from the Cultural Relics Bureau, and there are some people who are engaged in scientific research projects and even exploration! How about you? What can you think of?"
"Well... these people are all knowledgeable and highly educated!" Cui Lizhu speculated, "Moreover, their majors seem to be related to those golden treasures! This..."
"Yes, there is a future!" Zhao Yu nodded, "I estimate that the reason why Tao Xiang wrote these people in the notebook is that these people have participated in actions related to searching for treasures. Tao Xiang wants to use them to Find more clues about the treasure!"
"So, every time he investigates a person and finds that they have nothing to do with the treasure, he gives him an
"It seems..." Zhao Yu said thoughtfully, "It's not that I didn't have time to check, but that although I checked, it was not confirmed, right? Don't forget, Tao Xiang's box was buried under the floor! The floor was rebuilt by him It means that he at least doesn't plan to retrieve the box in a short time, right?"
"Oh..." Cui Lizhu looked at Zhao Yu in surprise, "You are indeed a great detective! When you said that, I seemed to suddenly understand. The reason why my dad didn't put an X on these five people is because these five people really knew. Some news about the treasure?"
"Look again," Zhao Yu pointed to the names in front and said, "Although the 11 people who drew the X are all dead, they were already very old when they died. Look... they are all 70, 80 or even Over 90! Even a few of the younger ones died of terminal illnesses, not heart disease!
"Then!" Zhao Yu pointed to the names of the people at the back, "Look at the five people at the back. Although they are not too young, they are not so old that they will die of old age. In today's era, people in their 60s, It’s not really old age at all!”
"Oh..." Cui Lizhu nodded, "I understand. What you mean is that it is not everyone who is really likely to die unexpectedly, but only the five people who did not draw an X!?"
"Almost!" Zhao Yuyan said, "The next step is the most critical question. Do you think that if these five people really died unexpectedly, why did the murderer kill them?"
"Oh my God!" Cui Lizhu said in surprise, "Because these five people know the secret of the treasure? Then... did the murderer kill them because he wanted to know the secret, or... wanted... to kill and silence them!?"
"Whether it's the former or the latter..." Zhao Yu pointed his hand at a huge "?" number on the whiteboard and said, "As long as we can catch the murderer, maybe we can get clues to the treasure!!!"
(End of chapter)