"Great!" Seeing everyone looking for an exit, Simona said excitedly to Zhao Yu, "It's time for your ancestral art of retrieving objects from the air to show its power again! It's up to you, Chinese Detective."
"Well... Well..." Zhao Yu showed a slightly embarrassed look.
"Hmph!" Li Benzheng, who was far away, heard this clearly and immediately teased in English, "Last time it was just good luck. This time, isn't it easy?"
"That's right, that's right..." Jieka sneered and spoke arrogantly, "If you can find any secret passage or exit this time, then I will worship you as my teacher!"
"Why are you joining in the fun?" Miao Kun accused, "Don't you know our Detective Zhao doesn't understand English?"
Upon hearing this, Simona quickly translated in Zhao Yu's ear. In fact, Zhao Yu could hear it clearly without an interpreter.
good…
Zhao Yuzheng was looking for it!
Before, the reason why he was able to find the secret passage in the study was entirely because he turned on an invisible fluoroscopy device and saw it through the fluoroscopy device.
The fluoroscopy device only lasts for a short time. Zhao Yu felt embarrassed at the moment and was weighing whether to waste another fluoroscopy device.
As a result, since Jieka brought it upon himself, he has no one to blame.
So, Zhao Yu used a fluoroscopy device without hesitation and scanned the secret room.
In order to increase the pretense effect, he even mentioned the words "Tian Lingling, Di Lingling, Mommy, Mommy..."
"Hahaha..."
After the scan, he immediately had something to worry about. He quickly came to Jika, stretched out his hand to push him away, and then pointed to a pillar there and said, "I have found it. The doorway is right here and on the pillar!"
"Nonsense!" Jacka refused, "We are looking for a secret passage. What can we find on the pillars?"
"Wrong!" Zhao Yu pointed to the distance, "This room is not too big, there is no need to find two more pillars to support it. You see, the color of these pillars does not match the wall, they must have been built later!
"Here," he patted the one in front of him and said to Jacka, "Big Xiong... oh no, he's very strong. If you don't believe me, just break it off!"
"Bye bye!"
Jieka didn't believe that a pillar could have any mechanism, so he immediately reached out to hug the pillar and pulled hard into his arms.
As a result, the pillar moved unexpectedly and deviated from its original position.
What's even more surprising is that when the pillar moved, a fan-shaped piece of ground was also pulled open by the pillar, revealing a circular entrance!
There was a cold wind blowing from the entrance, and a rush of cold air suddenly rushed in.
Wow…
Everyone was shocked again. Before this, even though everyone knew that there must be a secret passage here, they never imagined that the first person to find the secret passage would be Zhao Yu!
"Hahaha... Hahahaha..." Miao Kun laughed so hard that his waist bent, and he cupped his fists at Zhao Yu and said, "Congratulations to Detective Zhao for successfully recruiting a disciple!
"Jacka!" He greeted the confused Jacka, "Why don't you hurry up and become a disciple? There is no tea here, so there is no need to offer tea. Why don't you kowtow first!? Hahahaha..."
Seeing Miao Kun laughing so hard, Simona couldn't help but smile.
"You... you..." Jieka clenched his fists and trembled all over. He felt that he had been greatly insulted and was about to have an attack.
"I said, the case hasn't been solved yet!" Seeing that Jieka was about to lose control, Li Benzheng hurriedly smoothed things over, "Put the personal grudges aside and discuss it later! Let's see where this secret passage leads to. ?”
"Yes!" Tani Zhaoichiro said, "I feel that we are getting closer to the truth and diamonds..."
With that said, the Japanese novelist turned on his flashlight and was the first to go down the secret passage!
"Hey? Wait a minute..." Unexpectedly, Simona from behind suddenly stopped him, then grabbed Gu Zhaoyilang's flashlight, pointed to the ground in the passage and said, "Look... is there a footprint there?"
When Simona reminded them, everyone held their breath and looked carefully.
Only then did he see that there was indeed a row of obvious footprints on the ground of the downward passage in front of him.
"Oh..." Tani Zhaoichiro squatted on the ground and touched it with his fingers, "The secret passage has not been used for a long time, and the ground is covered with dust. If a person wants to walk through it, he will definitely leave footprints.
"Then don't move yet," Lieutenant Qiangte said quickly, "Let my people take photos and collect evidence first!"
"You don't have to go to so much trouble, right?" Yusuf said, "We are all experts here. Bring us the tools and let us collect evidence!"
"Let me see..." Tani Zhaoichiro lay on the ground, carefully observing the footprints on the ground, and said, "This footprint should be left by Miss Jasmine!"
"Oh? Really?" Miao Kun squeezed to the front and asked.
"That's right!" Tani Zhaoichiro said, "At the crime scene before, I noticed that Miss Jasmine's shoes and soles, pattern and size were all the same!
"Moreover, Miss Jasmine's shoes are indeed stained with plush dust, and it matches the one on the floor in front of you very well!"
"That is to say..." Miao Kun guessed, "Did Miss Jasmine really come out of this secret passage?"
"Yes! This is certain!" Tani Zhaoichiro pointed at the footprints and said, "The footprints are forward, and the distance between each footprint is consistent with Miss Jasmine's height!"
"Yes, there are no second human footprints here..." Sewanback said, "There is no dust on the footprints, which means they are very fresh. They should have just walked over them not long ago!"
"So..." Cisse guessed, "Miss Jasmine walked out from here, which means everything is back to the original guess!
"She walked through the secret passage in the middle of the night just to meet someone, right? Strange..." He frowned, incomprehensible, "What on earth did Miss Jasmine want to do? Why did the murderer insist on killing her?"
While everyone was discussing, a police officer had already brought evidence collection tools. Tani Zhaoichiro was experienced, so he took the tools and began to extract the footprints...
At this time, Zhao Yu was not idle. Among his system props, there were also props that could extract fingerprints and footprints. In order to be more sure, he also used props to back up those footprints.
Tani Zhaoichiro moved quickly and completed the evidence collection work in a short time. After a brief discussion, everyone began to walk down the passage...
Everyone walked extremely carefully, taking photos of almost every footprint.
The passage is located on the next floor of the secret room and has already reached the ground. Although there are lights in the passage, everyone has not found the switch and can only rely on their own flashlights to move forward.
However, the passage is not narrow, and although there are many people, it does not affect their peers.
There was almost nothing in the passage except for the footprints on the ground. The walking speed of everyone also increased.
Finally, after walking nearly 100 meters, a faint white light finally came from somewhere directly ahead.
When everyone came to take a look, they saw a small metal door there. Because there was a gap in the door, the sunlight from outside shone in through the gap.
Tani Zhaoichiro was the first to greet him and gently pushed the small metal door with his hand, only to find that the door was open.
Of course, after pushing the small door open, the sun shone in suddenly.
"This... this is..." Tani Zhaoichiro walked out, his expression seemed a bit complicated.
After everyone filed out, they finally understood what was going on.
It turns out that outside the exit of the passage is the fountain rockery! Miss Jasmine died on the edge of the fountain. After everyone left, a police officer who was responsible for guarding the scene was shocked.
But I saw that the outside of the small metal door was integrated with the rockery, and it couldn't be seen from the outside at all!
"Actually... there is such an operation?" Miao Kun marveled, "We went around in a circle and came out again?"
PS: Thanks to 丨恬雨丨, HughJ, Zizhan2017, Villa Zhi, and Buxiao Xiaofang for their rewards and encouragement! Thank you!
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