Su Xinghuo said: "Receptionist, can you describe the scene when you opened the door in the morning?"
"After I walked down and used the key to open the door, I heard a thumping sound coming from behind the door. Only then did I realize the action of opening the door and tore off the talisman attached to the upper edge of the door frame."
"How long did the noise last? Is it very noisy?"
"Four or five breaths. It's not particularly noisy, but it's enough to wake up sleeping people. You can even hear it from the end of the aisle."
"Okay."
Su Xinghuo nodded and said: "Yuanjia mentioned to me that the talismans he pasted on the door frame were all low-grade talismans. The paper was thin and fragile, and the adhesive on the back was very sticky.
Once someone opens the door, the talisman will inevitably be triggered.
Before he goes out by himself, he will stick a piece of talisman on the door frame and use the force of closing the door to let the talisman stick on his own.
I will also paste one before going to bed at night."
"That is to say, someone could not have stolen the key, opened the door, and killed the awakened King Si despite the noise of the talisman."
Sikong Qiu, a guest of the prince's palace, nodded thoughtfully, "Then how did the murderer do it?"
"There is more than one suspicious point in the room. Please take a look."
Su Xinghuo came to the left side of the big bed, "Due to the strong wind and waves last night, the ship was shaking. In order to fall asleep, Yuan Jia used the four straps hanging on both sides of the bed.
He tied the straps across the bed to secure himself.
Prevent yourself from rocking back and forth and falling off the bed after falling asleep. This design is basically available in the upper cabin rooms.
In addition, there is a large pool of water stains on the ground to the left of the bed that has not completely evaporated.
The water stains were mixed with blood. Judging from the dry marks on the edges of the water stains, it was in the room a long time ago."
"Could it be ice cubes for cooling?"
Wu Yunjun, a businessman from Zhou Dynasty, asked: "The windows of King Si's room cannot be opened. It will inevitably be hot and stuffy at night, so I took a piece of ice and put it on the ground."
"Unlikely."
Li Ang shook his head and said: "The cool breeze charm posted on the wall is still in effect. The temperature in the room has been maintained at about 17 or 18 degrees since yesterday, which is cool enough. There is no need to put ice cubes in the room.
What's more, even if you need to put ice cubes, the normal method is to put the ice cubes in a porcelain basin and put a towel under the porcelain basin to prevent condensation on the surface of the porcelain basin, wet the wooden floor, and cause mold."
"The kettle is on the table away from the bed, and there is no water glass on the bedside table. It is unlikely that Yuan Jia spilled it himself."
Su Xinghuo shook his head and pointed to the clock hanging on the wall, "This clock is a vertical cabinet clock. The dial is damaged and it stays at the wrong time.
There are no signs of being dialed up or down inside. There are a lot of blood stains on the glass cover.
Nothing that broke the clock was found at the scene,"
"Could it be an agency?"
Singer Shi Yajing said: "I heard that some clocks will pop up a wooden time bird when the alarm time is reached.
Maybe the murderer modified the clock and set up a mechanism in the clock. Once the right time is reached, an ice flying knife or something like that will pop out and kill the heir who happens to be fastened to the bed by a belt."
"It has been checked and there is no mechanism."
Su Xinghuo shook his head, "Moreover, if there is really a violently launched drone inside the clock, then the fragments of the glass cover should be scattered outside.
But now there are many pieces falling inside the clock.
It means that the glass cover of the clock was damaged from the outside."
"Did King Si know that he was going to be killed, so he smashed the clock before his death to remind us of the time of his death?"
Talisman Master Dai Xu murmured.
"Hmm...what is that?"
Fei Lian noticed some brown highlights on the ceiling and squinted his eyes and asked.
"That's the nut that holds the bed in place."
The receptionist explained: "It is common for ships to sail on the sea and encounter wind and waves. In order to prevent the bed from sliding around and causing harm to passengers, we use screws and nuts to penetrate the wooden boards and fix the bed in place."
As for lighter tables and chairs, they are fixed with nails.
Your rooms also have this design."
There are eight bolts in total, corresponding to the four bed legs in the upstairs room.
The captain brought a chair, put it on the bed, and stepped on the chair to pull the bolts. They were all firm and showed no signs of loosening.
Li Ang thought for a while and asked: "Isn't it Room 3 upstairs?"
The captain nodded and said: "Yes. The cabins upstairs are arranged with rooms one to six. Due to the curvature of the ship's deck, there are no rooms until room six. The upper level is the deck."
"Can we go to room three and have a look?"
Li Ang asked: "Maybe the residents upstairs heard something last night?"
There was nothing wrong with this request. The captain led everyone to the upper floor and knocked on the wooden door of room three.
"Who?"
A tall and tall middle-aged man with a sling on his arm came out and was a little surprised to see everyone, "Captain? Why are you here?"
"This is the sword dancer on the ship, Chen Qiwei. You should have met him."
The captain introduced.
Chen Qiwei studied under the largest sword dance club in the Zhou Kingdom. Although he is not a body-training warrior, his sword dance can be said to be as graceful as a swimming dragon, and he is much more handsome than the body-training classmates in the academy.
Unfortunately, a few days ago, there was an aristocratic young man from the Jing Kingdom who wanted to show off in front of the girl he admired. He relied on his power to challenge Chen Qiwei. The two parties did not use physical swordsmanship, but only sword skills.
Chen Qiwei's sword skills were far superior to his opponent's, but due to his power, he had to hold back at every turn. He deliberately made it look like he was missing a move and lost the competition. In the end, his opponent hit him on the wrist with the hilt of his sword. Within half a month, he was injured.
Can't perform.
The captain asked: "Can we come in and take a look?"
"Of course."
Chen Qiwei nodded and opened the door for everyone to enter the room.
The walls of the room are covered with all kinds of swords, including eight-sided Han swords, fish-gut daggers, waist-wrapped soft swords, and needle-like thin swords. Passengers can name which sword Chen Qiwei performs.
Sword dance.
"How's your wrist?"
The captain glanced at the swords all over the wall, asked casually, walked straight to the window, opened the window with the handle, and looked up and down through the window.
"It's okay. The doctor said I'll be able to recover in another half a month."
Chen Qiwei paused and said with a wry smile: "I just can't exercise strenuously, so I have to eat some island delicacies to relieve my mood."
"Like those mussels, right?"
The captain nodded understandingly. Banqi Island is located in the Endless Sea. There are many marine creatures in the surrounding waters that are not monsters but have some abnormalities.
For example, a kind of carnivorous mussel has extremely powerful muscles that can break the shells of other types of mussels by vibrating the shell at high frequencies. Mussels as big as a palm can even crush steel.
Island residents like to use it to make sashimi. Li Ang is thinking about whether he can introduce this species and use it to make a vibrating screen for mining, or an ultrasonic cleaner for cleaning glasses.
Su Xinghuo asked Chen Qiwei: "Chen Jianshi, when did you go to bed last night? Did you hear any unusual noises? For example, someone was hanging down from the deck through a rope. Or there were sounds of fighting and screaming from the room downstairs.
The sound of a clock smashing."
"Sorry, I fell asleep at the beginning of the year. I don't know what happened."
Chen Qiwei shook his head and said: "As for the sound, because I was asleep, I don't know if there is any.
Are you investigating the death of the Zhou heir? I heard about it.
Why not ask the island residents?
Last night was Bonfire Day, and many people staying on the island were drinking and keeping vigil.
The current Sea Charm uses rune lights, which are bright at night.
The residents of the island should be able to see if anyone is suspended from the deck by ropes or if any murder weapon is thrown into the sea."
This chapter has been completed!