"Miller came in and out of the Herbert family's mansion a lot. When he was still working as John's assistant, it was common to spend the night here; it can be said that he is more experienced than many staff members in this house today.
You also need to be familiar with the situation here.
"Of course, it has been several years since he last came here as a 'guest', and Miller is committing a planned crime this time, so he will definitely come here again to touch the house beforehand.
The situation inside and outside the mansion...
"But in any case, combined with some information that Sam obtained yesterday afternoon... it is not difficult for Miller to sneak into this house.
"In this way, around ten o'clock in the evening, Miller took advantage of the darkness and entered the Herbert Manor over the wall from an unmonitored area. Then he touched all the way to the west side of the mansion and opened an unlocked door on the first floor.
The window entered the house.
"After all, this is a private residence, not a heavily guarded military facility. There are only a few security guards in total. At night, the cleaners and chefs also returned to the side building, so Miller also
No one found him.
"So, Miller went to John's bedroom, which was empty at the time, and hid behind the curtains of the floor-to-ceiling windows.
"Sam, on the other hand... was in the bar of the Alfred Hotel, chatting with a detective he had just met in order to create his own alibi.
"At eleven o'clock, when the agreed time for action came, Sam went into the toilet of the bar and dialed the phone in John's bedroom with his mobile phone.
"It was an old-fashioned telephone. It had no extensions and could not set up call forwarding. Its power supply was also separate from the electrical system of the mansion. John placed the telephone in his bedroom and used it as a kind of 'dedicated line'.
He only gave this phone number to a few people.
"So, when he heard the phone ringing, John, who was working in the study next door, got up and went to the bedroom to answer the call.
"At this moment... Miller took action.
"He chose a good location. The curtain was only a few meters away from the table with the phone, and he appeared just behind John.
"However...the accident still happened.
"Miller didn't expect that John, a man nearly ten years older than himself, still maintained good physical strength and reaction speed. After some struggle and fighting, John bumped back and hit his side.
Miller stepped on the carpet, his soles slipped, and the back of his head hit the corner of the table.
"The impact roughly carried the weight of two adult men and caused irreparable damage to the back of Miller's head, causing him to die on the spot.
"At the same time, Sam, who heard the struggle on the other end of the phone, also noticed something was wrong, because the last gasp he heard... was not that of Miller, but that of John, who was supposed to be dead.
"A few seconds later, John, who had regained his breath, naturally recognized the assailant as Miller. He soon realized that there was some connection between Sam's sudden visit during the day, the call just now, and Miller's sneak attack. He thought
Here...he quickly hung up the phone.
"Everyone should be aware of what happens next..."
By the time Zuo Yan spoke up to this point, the entire case had basically been revealed to everyone.
The four people in the room fell into silence again.
"Well..." After a while, Feng Bujue was the first to break the silence, "Are you done?"
"Uh..." Zuo Yan was also stunned when he was asked. He paused for two seconds, wanting to wait and see Vidocq's instructions, but Vidocq said nothing, so Zuo Yan could only reply on his own, "
Yes, that’s it.”
"Okay, let me talk now." Feng Bujue shook the red wine glass in his hand and continued in a leisurely tone.
"What else do you want to say?" John looked at Brother Jue, "Now that things have happened...do you think you can still help Sam escape the crime?"
"Exonerated?" Brother Jue raised his eyebrows and replied in a relaxed tone, "Is it necessary?" He glanced at Sam, "Sam is not guilty in the first place."
"Huh?" At this time, Daost was also dumbfounded. He looked at Brother Jue and complained, "Hey, hey...didn't you hear a word of what Detective Zuo just said? Everything has been made so clear, you
You actually said Sam was innocent?"
"Haha..." Feng Bujue chuckled, "What he said is very clear, and the logic in all aspects is also very clear, but... where is the evidence?" He paused and looked at John again, "Just like John
Just like he can confidently deny that he has 'ever attempted to commit suicide in an inheritance case' in addition to this entire reasoning, as long as there is no evidence, Sam can also deny certain contents in this reasoning, right?"
"But..." Daost thought for a few seconds, "that recording..."
"That's right!" Feng Bujue interrupted loudly, "I was about to talk about that recording..." He looked at Zuo Yan with a hidden smile and said, "Classmate Zuo Yan, please play that recording in its entirety.
Come out."
"Damn it..." At this moment, Vidocq cursed in his heart, "Sure enough, this kid saw through it..."
After Brother Jue finished speaking, Zuo Yan hesitated for a few seconds, then sighed, took out Miller's phone again, and pressed the play button.
Miller's voice came out from the phone again, "I'm Pat Miller. It's six o'clock in the afternoon on October 12th. In one hour, I will go to meet Sam Herbert..."
This time, Zuo Yan did not press the stop button, but the recording... did not continue either.
A few seconds later, John, Sam, and Dost realized something one after another, and the expressions on their faces also changed.
"Look...as I said..." Feng Bujue shrugged and continued, "Many times...a thing that seems unquestionable at first glance has its essence completely different from its appearance."
"You..." A second later, Zuo Yan asked on behalf of Vidocq, "...why do you know that this recording is only so long?"
"It's very simple." Feng Bujue replied calmly, "During your reasoning process, you used your mobile phone three times in total. The first time was to use Miller's mobile phone to show Miller's photo, and the second time was also
Miller's cell phone was used to play the recording, and the third time... he used his own cell phone to show us the transcript of Miller's remarks on social networking sites.
"Among them, the first and third times, you turned your phone screen towards us to demonstrate, but only the second time... you didn't do this.
"At first glance, this is normal...because what you want to show for the first and third time is the picture, and what you want to show for the second time is just the sound; but...when you press the recording stop button,
You were indeed a little anxious, and you pressed it down almost before the last sound of the word fell. This... made me suspicious."
