There is no confusion among the books on the bookshelf.

Except for the deceased lying on the ground, no trace of chaos could be seen.

This shows that the deceased did not fight before his death.

So, an acquaintance committed the crime?

Shen Lian came to the corpse.

I saw that the body at this time was facing the ground.

Knife marks were clearly visible on the deceased's back.

The thin clothes were punctured and there were many knife marks.

Blood flowed from the wound and stained the clothes red.

"Time to die."

Shen Lian asked while looking at the corpse.

Han Min hurriedly said: "Wu Zuo said that the time of death was between midnight and ugly last night."

Between Zi Shi and Chou Shi?

From 11 to 1 o'clock in the middle of the night?

Shen Lian nodded slightly and said, "Have you ever asked anyone in the house what they were doing between Zi Shi and Chou Shi?"

Han Min nodded and said, "Everyone has been cross-examined."

"Except for the two nursing homes patrolling at night, everyone else is sleeping."

Shen Lian continued to ask: "How many of them cannot be proved?"

Han Min said: "Basically there are other people who can prove it."

"Um?"

Shen Lian looked at Han Min: "Is there anyone else who can prove it?"

"That Mrs. Han, her husband-in-law sleeps in the study, and she sleeps alone. How can anyone prove it?"

Han Min said: "It's like this. Mrs. Han has been having nightmares these days. She doesn't dare to sleep alone, so she asked her daughter to sleep with her. Therefore, her daughter sleeps with her, and both of them sleep together. You can testify."

"And the other maids and servants all sleep in the common bunk, and they can all prove it to each other."

"There are also two patrolling nursing homes. They can also prove each other."

"So, when it was midnight last night, everyone indeed had an alibi."

Shen Lian listened to Han Min's words and smiled: "This is interesting."

"Some people have no alibi, which is very normal and easy to understand... It is normal to sleep in your own room at night and no one can prove it."

"However, everyone here has an alibi, which is abnormal."

Han Min blinked: "Is it abnormal?"

Shen Lian said: "Don't you think it's too much of a coincidence?"

"Everyone has an alibi. It's as if he knew something was going to happen at that moment, so he first found a proof of innocence for everyone."

Han Min thought for a while and then nodded: "There is indeed something wrong. In previous cases, there were always a few people who did not have alibi."

"But this can't be taken as evidence, right?"

Shen Lian smiled and said: "Of course it cannot be used as evidence. The alibi proves that they are not the murderer. Naturally, I cannot say who is the murderer just because of this."

"If we want to find the murderer, we still need more evidence."

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Shen Lian carefully inspected the body.

At this time, he discovered that the direction in which the deceased was crawling was towards the bookshelf.

Does this prove that the deceased wanted to go to the bookshelf to find a book or other things on the bookshelf?

Then at this moment, someone suddenly slashed him from behind?

Shen Lian looked towards the bookshelf.

I saw all kinds of books neatly placed on the bookshelves.

"The Analects of Confucius", "The Great Learning", "Tao Te Ching", "Sun Tzu's Art of War"...

There are no particularly big problems with the books. They are all the most common but also the most highly regarded books.

These books are easy to buy and there is nothing special about them.

In addition to these books, there are also some small objects on the bookshelf.

There is a small ornament carved from raw jade.

There is an exquisite vase.

There is also a toad with some copper plates in his mouth.

Shen Lian came to the bookshelf and carefully inspected the ornaments, but found nothing wrong with them.

They are all very common ornaments, which may be a little expensive, but there are no secrets like mechanisms.

Shen Lian narrowed his eyes.

He felt that this matter was really getting more and more interesting.

There was nothing wrong with the bookshelf, but the deceased was facing the bookshelf...

Is it because the murderer was a very familiar person to him, so he felt bored while getting along with the murderer, or happened to want to read some book, so he walked to the bookshelf?

Generally speaking, people who do this kind of thing can only show that the relationship between the deceased and the murderer is very familiar.

So much so that you don’t have to take it completely seriously.

After all, if you are simply treating guests, you cannot just pick up a book and read it. After all, it means being impolite.

But for people I know very well, even family members, I don't have this worry at all.

Shen Lian looked into the room again.

He looked emphatically at the window and door.

The window at this time was locked.

Shen Lian came to the window and pushed it. Because it was locked tightly, the window did not move at all.

"Purely a secret room!"

Shen Lian looked at Han Min and asked, "Was this window locked like this last night?"

Han Min nodded quickly: "Yes, the windows and doors are locked."

"There is no other place to go out of this room, so I have no idea how the murderer left after killing someone."

"It is precisely because this case is full of weirdness and I can't find any clues, so I have no choice but to ask Mr. Qin for help."

Shen Lian nodded slightly.

"The doors and windows were locked. How did the murderer get out?"

"Could it be...that there is a secret passage here?"

Shen Lian looked around and found no trace of any mechanism.

He walked out of the door again and stood outside looking at the room.

The front and back of the room are empty.

There are two other rooms on the left and right sides.

He walked directly to the rooms on the left and right.

After entering these two rooms, I took a look at the layout of the rooms.

He thought for a while and said to Han Min: "Go into the study and come to the wall."

Han Min didn't understand what Shen Lian meant, but he still came to the wall obediently.

Then, Shen Lian knocked on the wall.

Boom!

A dull voice sounded.

Shen Lian said: "Did you hear the knocking on the wall?"

Han Min hurriedly said: "I heard it, it's very clear."

"That means there are no compartments..."

Shen Lian went to another room and knocked on the wall again.

Han Min's answer was still a very clear knocking sound.

Shen Lian nodded slightly and returned to the study.

There are open spaces in front and behind, and there are no problems with the walls on the left and right. This proves that there cannot be any hidden passages around the study.
To be continued...