Cheng Yu bent down, slowly approached the thin line, squatted down and took a closer look.
The thin thread is translucent, not much thicker than the thread used to sew buttons. If Cheng Yu hadn't felt a slight flash of light in front of his eyes when he turned his head just now, he would have been unable to notice it.
It seems that this thread is made of fishing line. If it is really fishing line, it can definitely be used as a murder weapon due to its strength.
Cheng Yu carefully observed that this thin thread was only a little over a foot long, which meant that the material was a bit special and not like ordinary silk thread. Otherwise, Cheng Yu would not have concluded that this thin thread was related to the seven strange people.
What connection.
After confirming that the thin thread was not stained with blood or the like, Cheng Yu stretched out his fingers to pick it up and examined it carefully.
Then Cheng Yu discovered that there were obvious signs of burning on the two sections of the thin thread, and the material of this thread was just like fishing line. After being ignited, it would burn and produce a certain degree of stickiness, which could be used to attach to other threads.
object, or glue the two ends of the thread together.
But this thread is definitely not a fishing line, because its elasticity is much more than that of a fishing line, and it is more like a tougher thin rubber band.
Cheng Yu's eyes dimmed slightly and he stood up. He began to search carefully on the surrounding walls, handrails and other places. He suspected that this thin wire was originally stuck somewhere as a special launching device, just because it had already been launched.
, so it falls.
Unfortunately, Cheng Yu searched almost every inch of the nearby walls, handrails and roof, but could not find any trace of adhesion.
Of course, it is also possible that after the thin wire falls off, it will not leave traces on its attachment.
Cheng Yu felt a little disappointed, but he still put the thin string into his pocket.
Suddenly, Cheng Yu felt something was wrong with the floor in the corridor, but he couldn't tell what was wrong for a while. Cheng Yu thought about it while scanning the floor in front of him.
When his eyes swept from the door of Su Xi's room, to the door of Deng Jingliang's room, and then continued forward, Cheng Yu seemed to suddenly understand the source of the something wrong he noticed.
The floor was so clean, there was almost no dust at all.
Although Old London cleans this villa every day, Cheng Yu has never seen Old London wiping the floor. This shows that Old London wipes the floor either in the early morning or in the middle of the night. Even in the early morning, it is far away.
It has been almost twelve hours now, and there is still a layer of extremely fine dust on the floor.
This kind of dust will certainly not be noticed if you walk back and forth, but if you lie on the ground and look carefully, you can still see it, just like the two sides of the corridor floor. Whether it is the wall near the door or
Near the handrail, dust can be clearly seen.
Only the middle of the corridor, which was about 70 to 80 centimeters wide, looked as if it had just been wiped clean.
Cheng Yu just felt that something was wrong at first, but did not realize that there was anything strange about it. Even though he had found some dust accumulated on both sides of the corridor, it might be traces left after cleaning in Old London until his
Looking at the door of Deng Jingliang's room and further away, he found that after the corridor passed Deng Jingliang's door, the traces of being wiped no longer existed, especially when the corridor turned to the left at the end, the floor there was
Dust is evenly distributed on the surface.
Turning around, Cheng Yu followed his footsteps slowly from the door of Su Xi's room to the east end of the corridor. The traces of being wiped completely disappeared after arriving at the door of Xie Yanwen's room.
Starting from the door of Xie Yanwen's room, to the empty room in the middle, and to the door of Guo Ping'an's room, there was obvious dust distribution on the floor.
This means that someone dragged something about 70 to 80 centimeters wide from the door of Deng Jingliang's room into Xie Yanwen's room.
The reason why it is not in the opposite direction is because at the door of Xie Yanwen's room, there is no dust area directly to the door, but there is dust under the door frame of the door of Deng Jingliang's room.
Cheng Yu has basically figured out what happened in this corridor before.
When Deng Jingliang was about to enter the house, or just came out of the house, Xie Yanwen used some means to make him faint and fall to the ground. Then, Xie Yanwen quickly stepped forward, dragged Deng Jingliang's body, and dragged him all the way into his room.
Of course, Cheng Yu knew nothing about the details, but the general process was absolutely correct. Cheng Yu could almost see Xie Yanwen dragging Deng Jingliang panting back to his room and locking the door.
He sighed slightly in his heart. From the looks of it, Deng Jingliang was probably in danger.
The reason why Xie Yanwen dared to attack Deng Jingliang was, of course, because Old London No. 3 and No. 4 had already left the villa, and there was no one else in the villa, and Xie Yanwen had in his hands a drug that could make people fall into coma immediately.
Although he was not sure whether the injection of the drug was related to the thin thread he just discovered, Cheng Yu always felt that the drug was injected into Deng Jingliang's body through ejection, otherwise the existence of the thin thread could not be explained at all.
That thread was most likely fixed somewhere near the door of Suxi. When Deng Jingliang opened the door or came out of the house, the mechanism set in advance was activated, and a thin thread was shot out from the tightened thread.
The needle was pricking Deng Jingliang's body. Because it was only an extremely slight pain, this level of pain would be considered "itching" by almost any human being. At most, it would feel like some small insect had stung him, and he would not care at all.
Usually, he would continue his previous actions. The medicine on the needle must take effect in a very short time, so Deng Jingliang fell down quickly.
Xie Yanwen, who arranged the mechanism, had undoubtedly been staying at the door and watching all this nervously. When he heard the sound of his body falling to the ground, he opened the door and walked out, dragging Deng Jingliang, who had fallen to the ground, into his room.
middle.
Next, as long as he can properly dispose of Deng Jingliang's body, even if he just throws it into the woods, and there are clear mutual alibis between Guo Pingan and Su Xi, as well as Cheng Yu and Liu Manman, there will be no
People can find evidence that Deng Jingliang died at the hands of Xie Yanwen. After all, the other four people only proved it in pairs, and no one can be sure that these two pairs did not join forces to kill Deng Jingliang.
Especially the combination of Guo Pingan and Su Xi. No one can rule out the possibility that the two of them teamed up to kill Deng Jingliang, dumped his body in the woods, and finally pretended that Su Xi was allergic to ultraviolet rays and Deng Jingliang insisted on going back to get medicine. Even this possibility
, better than Xie Yanwen to kill Deng Jingliang.
Of course, the slight drag marks on the floor are considered a flaw. But this kind of flaw can also be artificially designed. Either Guo Pingan or Su Xi can make such a flaw on the floor before leaving the villa to go to the beach.
drag marks...
Cheng Yu leaned on the railing on the second floor and fell into deep thought.
Downstairs, there was the sound of the door being opened. Cheng Yu turned his head and looked around, but couldn't see anything until he heard the sound of someone's bare feet stepping on the floor.
"Sister Manman?" Cheng Yu asked tentatively.
Liu Manman's voice sounded immediately, anxious and urgent: "Where is Xiaoliang? Have you seen him? I called him through the walkie-talkie, but no one answered, and the walkie-talkie was not turned off."
There was a slight buzz in Cheng Yu's mind. If it was all a guess just now, now, this guess is about 80% certain.
Hesitating, Cheng Yu didn't know how to answer Liu Manman, so as to ensure that Liu Manman's emotions would not get out of control.
However, Cheng Yu also knew that his silence was undoubtedly the worst news for Liu Manman.
The rhythm of bare feet on the floor became faster, and Cheng Yu saw Liu Manman's figure appearing on the stairs. She was holding her skirt in one hand and her shoes in the other, running upwards in long strides.
"Did you find anything? Did something happen to Xiaoliang?"
Cheng Yu discovered that Liu Manman actually already knew the answer, but her behavior was much calmer than he imagined.
"There is no one in the villa..."
As soon as he said this, Old London's roaring voice came from downstairs: "Someone, Old London is here."
Cheng Yu hurriedly asked: "Old London, when did you come back? Are you here on the 3rd and 4th?"
"No. 3 and No. 4 went out to clean the manor, and No. 1 and No. 2 are back."
Cheng Yu knew that there was no need to ask anymore. As long as Xie Yanwen left the villa on the 3rd and 4th, he would have given Xie Yanwen enough time to commit the crime. Moreover, it was not that difficult to determine whether Old London was in the villa.
If you look at London's behavior patterns, you will know that Old London would hardly leave the villa through the main door, but would only use its dedicated passage, which is the small door in the kitchen. Therefore, Xie Yanwen only had to stand on the edge of his terrace and stare at
The small door below, after confirming that all Old London has left, he can take action.
In particular, he apparently made a mechanism that can shoot a thin needle coated with some kind of drug. Although he cannot completely determine the time when the thin needle is fired-that is, when someone will be infected, he can at least determine the time in the villa.
Is there anyone else besides him and the person who was recruited? If there is anyone else, Xie Yanwen would have no choice but to give up this opportunity. Even if that person wakes up and finds that he has been plotted, Xie Yanwen can use this to get rid of the enemy.
If it was a trap set up by him, how could he not kill him?
Once it is confirmed that there is no one else in the villa, Xie Yanwen can take action at any time as long as the victim is still awake.
It only takes a few seconds to kill someone.
"When I just came back, there was no one in the villa, or..." Cheng Yu didn't finish his words, but Liu Manman obviously understood what he was talking about.
