"Wait a minute, I'm sorry..." Just before Zhao Yu spoke, Scott suddenly interrupted, "There's one thing I haven't figured out yet...
"Chinese Detective, since the murderer has knocked Miss Jasmine unconscious, why didn't he kill the person in the secret room
"It's all murder anyway. What's the difference between killing outside and killing in a secret room? And, it seems... killing in a secret room is more concealed, right?"
After Scott asked, some people nodded, obviously asking the same question.
However, after waiting patiently for Miao Kun to complete the translation, Zhao Yu said something that was not right.
"Because... the study window is open!"
“…”
One sentence not only confused Scott, but also left other detectives scratching their heads.
"I think the murderer must have thought so too!" Zhao Yu paused for a moment before explaining, "If he killed Miss Jasmine in the secret room, it would mean that the murder case came later and the disappearance case came first.
"If Miss Jasmine is missing, her men will definitely search for her with all their strength. Since the camera captured Miss Jasmine entering the study at the end, people can easily find the secret room in the study.
“In addition, the murderer has to worry that there are other people who also know about the secret room and will soon find the secret room and find Miss Jasmine’s body.
“So, instead of asking people to search for the missing Miss Jasmine, it’s better to let people see the murder outside.
"That's why the murderer opened the window of the study and made people mistakenly think that Miss Jasmine went out by herself, thus drawing everyone's attention away from the secret room!"
"Why do you want to lead them away?" Yusuf carefully guessed, "Is it... that the secret room is very important to the murderer?"
"Wow..." Cisse's eyes widened, "According to what you said, is it really possible that the diamond is hidden in the secret room?"
"I think..." Zhao Yu said, "This may be just one of them. The murderer doesn't want people to know about the secret room. Maybe there is another reason, and that is to confuse the view and prevent us from classifying the murder as an accident!"
While Miao Kun was translating, everyone was slowly digesting Zhao Yu's meaning.
"He went through all the trouble, even changing his shoes to carry the person out of the secret room, just to create an illusion." Zhao Yu continued, "Let us think that there is something wrong with Miss Jasmine herself. She died in the garden in the middle of the night. Because she wants to meet someone, or has some conspiracy... "
"It makes sense, it makes sense!" Tani Zhaoichiro said with admiration, "When we saw the crime scene for the first time, we really thought the case was complicated!"
"Yes, the benchmark for making judgments is actually the image before Miss Jasmine entered the study!" Juliet nodded and said, "And we really ignored this!"
"There are only Miss Jasmine's shoe prints in the secret passage... which means the murderer did not enter Green's study through the secret passage!" Scott asked again, "Then how did the murderer get in?"
"The door to the study is monitored, and the door lock of the secret passage can only be opened from the inside..." Zhao Yu replied without thinking, "So, there is only one place where the murderer can safely enter the study, and that is..."
"Window!" Several detectives answered almost in unison.
"I've seen..." Tani Zhaoichiro said, "The study window is an old-fashioned latch. If you use the barb method or the magnet method, you can easily open it from the outside!"
"Okay, have you said enough?" Li Benzheng said impatiently, "Okay, I believe your reasoning may be correct. But," he asked Zhao Yu, "you are still not sure, the murderer must be Xi Wei Your daughter?"
"Hmph... It's hard to say whether she is Xi Wei's daughter or not!" Zhao Yu muttered in a low voice.
"Well..." Miao Kun looked at Simona carefully and murmured in a low voice, "I've seen her before... It seems... almost, almost..."
"Chinese detective..." Sewanback pressed, "Didn't you just say that there is evidence that proves that the model lady is the murderer? Where is the evidence? Why don't you bring it out?"
"Haha," Zhao Yu said slowly as if he was deliberately controlling the rhythm, "You must really want to know... where the murder weapon that killed Miss Jasmine was hidden by the murderer, right?"
Suddenly hearing the murder weapon, everyone suddenly became energetic and focused their attention on Zhao Yu.
"What's the point?" Sewanback pouted and said, "Don't you know where the murder weapon is hidden?"
"Of course I don't know!" Zhao Yu spread his hands with a look of helplessness on his face, "We have been together since the incident, how could we have time to find the murder weapon?"
"You talk very interestingly..." Yusuf frowned, "Since you don't know where the murder weapon is, what use does it have?"
"I didn't see a paper knife in the pen holder in Green's study. But..." Zhao Yu deliberately changed the subject and said, "I can't guarantee that the murder weapon must be some kind of paper knife. It's also possible that it was a utility knife carried by the murderer. ; It’s also possible that... it’s some kind of knife that the murderer found randomly in the secret room, right?”
"It's also possible that the tableware was stolen during lunch! Haha..." Cisse giggled, "After all, the murderer is a thief!"
"Everyone..." Zhao Yu finally raised his voice and said to everyone, "Now, let's use the hypothetical method to reason. If you were the murderer, what would you do with the weapon after you killed someone?"
"The murder weapon often contains important information," Tani Zhaoichiro said first, "so it must not be left at the crime scene or near the crime scene.
"Now that we have confirmed that the murderer wanted to confuse the public, it is even less likely that he left the murder weapon in a place where we can easily find it!"
"But..." Jacka said, "There are many cameras installed on this island. After all, the murderer's range of activities is limited. He can't put the murder weapon far away, right?"
"It's not a good idea to take it back to the castle and hide it," Juliet said. "There are the most cameras in the castle. If you are not careful, the target will be exposed."
"As we guessed," Tani Zhaoichiro continued, "the murderer left the room through the protruding wall outside the window, so when he returned, he must have returned to his own room!
"Then it is even more impossible to bring the murder weapon back to the room!" said the Japanese writer. "Everyone knows that after the crime, someone will search every suspect's room. That is the stupidest behavior."
"Yes, there are cameras in the corridor outside the room!" Yusuf said, "As long as you return to the room, you can no longer hide the murder weapon anywhere else!
“So, the murderer must have hidden the murder weapon on his way back to the room after killing the person!
"And the small garden is not even 100 meters away from our room. If the murder weapon is really hidden in a place like this, can it be found?"
"We conducted a blanket search in this area, wherever the cameras could not reach it," Lieutenant Qiante replied, "But nothing was found!"
"Did...he dug a hole and hid it?" Cisse asked hurriedly.
"The murder weapon was metal," Jonte replied. "We used metal detectors and found nothing!"
"You're right if you haven't found it!" Zhao Yu said before Miao Kun could translate for him, "You can't find it there!"
"You don't mean to say..." Li Benzheng sneered, "The murder weapon is not metal, right?"
"No!" Zhao Yu said confidently, "I just want to say: Let me tell you where the murderer hid the murder weapon!!"
PS: Thanks to Zizhan 2017 and book friend 20180215225511726 for their rewards and encouragement! Special thanks to Zhifeng for the 10,000 reward! ! Warm congratulations to Zhi Buhang for being promoted to the elder of this book! Thank you Lao Kuang, I am so grateful!
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