27, Chapters 034-035(1/3)
[Chapter 34, Bloody Maple Leaf 15-The truth is revealed]
Because a large number of human bones were found in Maple Grove, the police quickly sealed off Maple Grove High School, and no students or teachers were allowed to go out.
The excavated human bones were taken back by forensic doctors for genetic testing and craniofacial reconstruction, and their identities were quickly confirmed - they were the three people who had disappeared in recent years.
This case attracted the attention of the Criminal Police Brigade. Not long after, another police car drove into the campus, and the police team sent four people for support. A total of eight police officers began to conduct a blanket search of the school's library and teachers' offices.
They quickly found the original French book of "The Count of Monte Cristo" in Zhang Qing's drawer, and the exercise books and photos in Lin Yueran's drawer.
Yu Hanjiang avoided the sight of the police force, sneaked into the office building, and threw the shoes he picked up yesterday into the trash can in the corridor.
Seeing him doing this, Xiao Lou couldn't help but wonder: "Can we interfere with the progress of the police investigation?"
According to the original plot, if Yu Hanjiang had not searched the trash can yesterday and the entire contents of the trash can had been taken away by the garbage truck, then the pair of shoes that forged rooftop footprints would have been disposed of, and the police investigation would have lacked evidence to solve the case.
Time will definitely have to be pushed back.
However, Yu Hanjiang found the key physical evidence and put it under the eyes of the police. Once the police found the shoes, it was equivalent to Yu Hanjiang rewriting the plot of the secret room.
Yu Hanjiang speculated: "Since there is a police presence in this secret room, they can help the challenger collect clues, and the challenger should also be able to assist the police in solving the case."
Xiao Lou thought about it carefully, nodded and said, "It makes sense. After all, this is only a C-level secret room. Without the help of the police, many challengers would not be able to find all the clues."
Yu Hanjiang said: "Challengers who are not strong enough in reasoning ability may be able to pass the level by following the police."
The police will definitely catch the murderer in the end. If you follow the police, it should not be difficult to clear the level. However, the conditions for "perfect clearance" of this secret room cannot be determined yet. Neither Yu Hanjiang nor Xiao Lou knows whether they have missed something important.
clues?
Xiao Lou looked in the direction of the office, thoughtfully: "The police have sent reinforcements and the entire school has been sealed off. It's impossible for so many teachers and students not to be allowed to go home at night, right? Will the police come this afternoon?"
Seize the time to interrogate criminal suspects?"
Yu Hanjiang said: "It should be. The Sihan falling case happened five years ago. Today's students were all in junior high school at that time, so the probability of being involved in Sihan's case is extremely low. The one the police want to bring to the office for questioning is Xie Xinghe.
The three suspects, Zhang Qing and Lin Yueran, as well as school leaders and faculty and staff who know the three missing persons."
No wonder the police force sent four reinforcements. The workload this afternoon is huge and the police will be extremely busy.
Xiao Lou frowned and said, "We have used up our invisibility cloaks. How are we going to eavesdrop on the interrogation session later?"
The Invisibility Cloak card can only be used once a day.
Yu Hanjiang wore a cloak and went to the principal's office with the police in the morning. Xiao Lou wore a cloak and went to Maple Grove with the forensic doctor to examine the bones. Both of their cloaks were unusable. In the afternoon, the most critical suspect interrogation session... what should we do?
At this moment, prompts popped up in the floating boxes of the two people at the same time——
Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang's score in the 3 Secret Room of Hearts has exceeded 800 points. You can choose a reward:
a. Reset the cooling time of the secret room limited card, and change the secret room limited card to "unlimited" status. After clearing the level, you can take out the 3 hearts secret room;
b. Get 500,000 gold coins immediately.
When Xiao Lou saw these two options, he was very confused and said: "I want them all."
Yu Hanjiang: "..." He thought so too.
Of course, what the two of them urgently need now is option a. However, the 500,000 gold coins in option b is also very tempting, especially for the poor people who have not eaten well for two consecutive days. The extra 1 million deposits can make their lives easier.
It is extremely generous, and it will definitely be helpful for the future Plum Blossom Secret Room.
It's just... changing the limited card to non-limited status, and taking the "Invisibility Cloak" card out of the secret room, the reward is not bad. If you think about it in the long run, gold coins can be earned again, and cards are the most valuable things in this world.
Xiao Lou gritted his teeth and said, "Choose A?"
Yu Hanjiang looked serious: "Well, let's clear this secret room first."
The two of them selected option a in the floating box at the same time.
The two "Invisibility Cloak" cards have indeed become usable, and the "limited" description on the cards has been removed. As long as they clear the level, they can take the invisibility cloak out of the 3 Hearts secret room and become invisible in other secret rooms every day.
30 minutes.
The two cards add up to one hour of stealth time, which should be enough to listen to the afternoon interrogation.
Xiao Lou touched the gold coins in his pocket and felt a little sad for the 1 million he had just missed.
Yu Hanjiang comforted him and said, "You can make more money."
Xiao Lou smiled and said, "Well, let's not have lunch today. It seems that the police will have to work overtime at noon."
It was time for recess exercises. After the police who came to support searched the office building, they visited various classes.
Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang followed them for a while calmly.
As Yu Hanjiang expected, most of the students did not know Si Han and had never heard of her name. After all, they were not at Maplewood High School five years ago. And the students also expressed unfamiliarity with the three missing persons in recent years.
After the police visited the students, they took advantage of the lunch break to conduct a focused investigation in the office of the school leaders, security guards, and teachers related to the case. All unrelated students went home for the holidays, and only Xie Xinghe was left behind.
Xie Xinghe's face was unnaturally pale, but his expression remained calm.
The police sent reinforcements today and opened two interrogation rooms in the afternoon. One interrogated Ying Xiaoya's fall case, and the other interrogated Si Han's fall case and Fenglin Bones case. Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang each wore invisibility cloaks and followed
Go up and listen carefully——
The police asked: "Xie Xinghe, in the chemistry experiment class last Wednesday, did the chemistry teacher carefully explain to you the dosage, hazards and first aid methods of organophosphorus poisoning?"
Xie Xinghe pushed up his glasses: "Yes."
Police: "After class, you and the chemistry teacher organized the instruments, medicines, and finally the door you locked?"
Xie Xinghe: "Yes."
The police finally asked the key point: "After leaving the laboratory, did you go back, break the door lock and take away half a bottle of organophosphorus poison?"
Xie Xinghe was silent for a moment, then suddenly said coldly: "That's right. I also switched Yu Hui's chocolates."
This guy actually admitted it directly?!
Yu Hanjiang was very surprised. He came to Xie Xinghe with a frown and carefully observed Xie Xinghe's expression.
The policeman asked sharply: "Why do you do this?"
Xie Xinghe said calmly: "I want to do an experiment to verify whether what the chemistry teacher said is correct. With that dose, at most one mouse can be poisoned, and people will be fine if they eat it. I am only intentionally hurting people, not
Attempted murder, right? You can arrest me."
The policeman stared at him in shock, obviously not expecting a middle school student to be so bold!
Although Xie Xinghe tried his best to remain calm on his face, his clenched fists and slightly trembling fingertips had betrayed him.
Until now, he still refused to tell the real reason. There was only one explanation - the person who killed Ying Xiaoya was very important to him. He wanted to save Ying Xiaoya, but he also didn't want to kill the murderer. He fell into
I'm in a dilemma, and I'm very conflicted inside.
The idea of conducting an experiment was something he had already thought of.
No matter how the police tried to make insinuations, Xie Xinghe insisted that he was just out of curiosity to do the experiment, and asked him why he had the book Count of Monte Cristo, and what was the connection with the English teacher's book? His explanation was: "Everyone has read the world's famous books, so it's probably a coincidence.
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The policeman was so angry that he almost slammed the table. In the end, he had to put handcuffs on him and let his colleagues take this difficult guy away first.
The next person to be interrogated was Lin Yueran.
The female teacher had a confused look on her face when she came in. She didn't know whether it was her acting skills or she was really innocent.
The police asked: "Teacher Lin, you taught Ying Xiaoya and Xie Xinghe when you were in the first year of high school. You always keep a photo of teachers and students in the first year of high school in your drawer. Why?"
Lin Yueran said: "This is the best class of students I have ever taught. Isn't it strange that I keep the group photo?"
Police: "Then why did you keep the compositions of the two of them?"
Lin Yueran's face was full of confusion: "Ying Xiaoya and Xie Xinghe are the two students with the best handwriting in my class. Xiaoya's handwriting is very straight, just like printing; Xie Xinghe's handwriting is chic and elegant. I compare them
The composition should be left as a souvenir.”
Policeman: "Is it just that simple?"
Lin Yueran nodded and said, "By the way, I also collected several papers from students' essay competitions and kept them at home as souvenirs. If you don't believe me, police officer, you can search my house."
The two police officers looked at each other and then asked: "On the day of the incident, the head teacher of Class 3, Grade 3, took Ying Xiaoya to question him. Why did you go in and interrupt him?"
Lin Yueran said: "I just returned to the office, and I didn't know they were talking."
Police officer: “Did you copy Ying Xiaoya’s suicide note?”
Lin Yueran's face looked a little ugly: "Officer, I don't know what you mean? I have Ying Xiaoya's composition book and I have taught her a lesson, so I have to copy her handwriting and write a suicide note? This is ridiculous! I
I have no grievances against her, so according to your logic, do I have to copy Xie Xinghe’s handwriting and write a suicide note?”
Yu Hanjiang looked at her face carefully. Her anger and nervousness did not seem to be fake. Most of the suspects who were wrongly accused showed this behavior. Moreover, her words made sense - in her drawer, not only Ying Xiaoya
The composition, as well as Xie Xinghe's. If we can judge based on the composition alone that she was the one who copied the suicide note, what was her motive for the murder?
The handwriting of these two students is indeed beautiful, so it makes sense that she would leave the composition as a souvenir.
Perhaps, the composition she left behind was taken away by others?
The police also thought of this and asked: "Have you shown the composition copy you left to other teachers?"
Lin Yueran thought about it carefully, then her eyes suddenly lit up and she said, "I remember! Last Wednesday, Teacher Zhang asked me to get Ying Xiaoya's composition copy. She said she wanted to see how this student's Chinese composition was doing.
, why is my English composition so poorly written?”
To be continued...