[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.
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?”
The policeman quickly wrote down this key point and said, "How is your relationship with Zhang Qing?"
Lin Yueran: "We studied in the same middle school. I am her senior and often see her in various competitions. Our relationship is not particularly good. We can only be said to be ordinary friends? After all, we are alumni.
When you come to a unit, you must take care of each other."
Policeman: “What kind of person does she look like in your impression?”
Lin Yueran said with emotion: "She is very strong and works very hard. When she was in middle school, she was always the first in the grade. She often won awards in various competitions. To be honest, I admire her. At that time, she was admitted to a prestigious foreign school and became an adult.
He has become a legend in our school."
Lin Yueran paused, and suddenly her eyes widened: "You don't doubt her, do you?!"
The policeman did not answer her question, but frowned and said, "Do you know Zhang Qing's family situation?"
Lin Yueran was stunned, shook her head and said: "I don't know... She has always been alone. We occasionally eat together and talk about school. She never tells anyone who else is in her family."
The police let Lin Yueran go back and finally interrogated Zhang Qing.
Zhang Qing walked into the interrogation room with a calm expression on her face. She was wearing a thin red sweater and pencil pants, which outlined her tall and slim figure. Her long black hair hung down behind her head, and her oval face was delicate and beautiful, making her easily recognizable in the crowd.
Extremely high.
The police asked her what the meaning of the French version of "The Count of Monte Cristo" was in her drawer. She said she just liked reading this book and had learned French, so she bought an original copy. When asked who was in her family, she said her parents
He died, he was an orphan and had no relatives.
Until the police took out the pair of shoes they picked up from the trash can.
Although the white canvas shoes were stained with some mud, they looked very new and were the same style as the shoes Ying Xiaoya wore on the day she fell.
Zhang Qing's face suddenly turned pale!
Yu Hanjiang was wearing an invisibility cloak. Looking at her performance, he already had the answer in his heart.
The murderer is her.
She threw them into the trash can. The shoes that would have been taken away by the garbage truck were found by Yu Hanjiang and put into the trash can on this floor. The police just found this key physical evidence during a carpet search.
Yu Hanjiang and Xiao Lou reasoned in advance and divided Ying Xiaoya's case, successfully found evidence, helped the police solve the case, and captured the murderer in advance.
Zhang Qing was taken back by the police for investigation.
Before she left, Yu Hanjiang approached her and carefully observed the necklace around her neck.
The necklace was strung with three pieces of bone that had been chipped into the shape of wolf teeth. If nothing unexpected happened - they were the bones of the three murderers she killed.
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[Chapter 35, Bloody Maple Leaf 16-Revenge]
In the interrogation room next door, the police interrogated school leaders and people who knew the three missing persons in turn.
The first 25-year-old young man, a teacher at the school psychological center.
According to the principal's recollection, he was assigned by the Education Bureau five years ago. The Education Bureau attaches great importance to the psychological counseling of middle school students and requires schools to offer psychology courses on a regular basis. Of course, the principal must cooperate, and a separate psychological counseling office was built for him.
Si Han often came in and out of his office for a period of time, so after Si Han fell from the building, the police focused on investigating him. What he said at the time was that Si Han's classmates had fluctuating grades and were under great psychological pressure before they came to him for consultation. He also took out a
After recording the records of each chat with Si Han, the police had no suspicion.
In the impression of colleagues and leaders, he is a gentle, handsome, humorous and talkative teacher. He teaches psychological counseling classes once a week in many classes and teaches students a lot of knowledge about adjusting their mentality. The students are very fond of him.
Love and trust.
What's a bit strange is that he suddenly submitted a resignation report two years ago. The principal even tried to persuade him at the time, saying it was for personal reasons.
A male teacher who was close to him broke the news that one time when he was drunk, he spilled the beans that he had fallen in love with a woman and was planning to get married. The woman did not want to see him in the same workplace and wanted to keep some private space between them.
Therefore, he decided to resign, take the psychiatrist qualification certificate, and go to a psychological counseling center in a private hospital. Psychiatrists in hospitals earn much more than teachers.
Not long after he resigned, he disappeared, and his family reported the case.
But the "marriage partner" he said never showed up. When the police investigated, because the other party's remarks that he was "drunk" could not be taken seriously, and they could not find any evidence that he was dating a woman, this point was ignored.
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Now that the old matter was brought up again, Xiao Lou was suddenly shocked when he heard this: Could his marriage partner be Zhang Qing?!
At that time, Zhang Qing had just been in school for a year. She was young, beautiful, talented, and single. They were attracted to each other and came together. But for some reason...for example, Zhang Qing didn't want to make it public, so she kept having an affair underground.
He wanted to resign, maybe it was Zhang Qing's suggestion.
——I didn’t want to be in a unit without looking up, so I persuaded him to leave, and then I found an opportunity to kill him without anyone noticing, cut him into pieces, and buried his bones in the maple forest.
This murderer is smart, calm, and cruel, and he plays the psychology teacher at his fingertips quietly.
No wonder the cause of the teacher's death was skull fracture caused by blunt force blow. It is very difficult for an adult male to be directly beaten to death. But what if it was done by someone close to him? For example, the fiancée he liked very much, in
While he was sleeping, he suddenly picked up an ax and hit him hard on the head...
When Xiao Lou thought of that scene, he felt chills running down his spine.
The disappearance of the psychology teacher became an unsolved case back then, and is now being merged into the investigation of the case of Si Han falling from a building. The police also noticed something was wrong. After the school leaders left, they immediately said: "Focus on investigating his fiancée. There is definitely something wrong with this person!"
The second missing person, a security guard, also came to the school five years ago and is said to be a relative of a certain vice-principal.
It is very common for school leaders to arrange for relatives to work as security guards at the school. Xiao Lou is not surprised at the university.
Everyone said that the security guard was "not very familiar". They only knew that he liked to walk around the campus in his spare time. Because his relative was one of the vice-principals, he was a little arrogant.
Xiao Liu, who worked as a security guard with him, said that he was not very popular in the security team and liked to show off too much, so no one liked working with him.
Shortly after his disappearance, his cousin, who was the vice principal, was suspended by the Education Bureau for being suspected of gambling. The school did not pay much attention to his disappearance, thinking that he was also suspected of gambling and was being retaliated by the evil forces.
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The third missing person, a Chinese teacher surnamed Zhou, suddenly disappeared six months ago. His colleagues spoke highly of him, saying that he was very talented, could write poems out of his mouth, did a good job in Chinese classes, and was good at writing.
He likes to collect calligraphy and paintings, and he can copy all kinds of calligraphy. The original works he copied can even look fake.
When Xiao Lou heard this, he was almost certain that the forged suicide note in the case of Si Han falling from a building five years ago was the handwriting of this Chinese teacher.
After the interrogation in the two interrogation rooms, Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang met at the agreed-upon sky corridor.
They exchanged the information they obtained with each other.
Yu Hanjiang said: "It is now confirmed that Zhang Qing is the murderer of Ying Xiaoya, and Xie Xinghe is the poisoner of the chocolate package, but the relationship between them and the real cause of Ying Xiaoya's death are still unclear."
Xiao Loudao: "Zhang Qing must have used some means to hook the three suspected murderers of Si Han. The psychology teacher was so fascinated by her that he almost married her; the security guard and the Chinese teacher were probably also involved.
This will explain why she, a woman, can easily kill three adult men."
The word "sex" is like a knife in the head, and lustful men will indeed lower their guard against beautiful women. But they don't know that the beauty of some women is like a poisonous flower. If you pick it easily, you will only get bruises all over your body.
Even lost his life.
Yu Hanjiang turned back to look at Xiao Lou: "If your inference is true and all three of them are lustful, then the truth about Si Han's falling case is that the three of them teamed up to rape this beautiful female student?"
Xiao Lou's face turned slightly pale: "It's possible."
Therefore, when Zhang Qing carried out her revenge, she also seized on their lustful weaknesses.
Xiao Lou frowned: "However, Ying Xiaoya's case still cannot be explained. Why did she kill Ying Xiaoya? Five years ago, Ying Xiaoya was still in junior high school when Si Han fell from the building, so it should have nothing to do with this case. Moreover,
Yu Hui’s confession mentioned that Xiaoya’s parents are out of town, so it doesn’t have much to do with this case, right?”
Yu Hanjiang thought for a while and whispered: "Count of Monte Cristo, the protagonist only has three enemies. The three people Zhang Qing killed are the ones who killed Si Han. There should be no fourth enemy."
He paused and his eyes became extremely deep: "After successfully killing one enemy after another, Zhang Qing's mentality has changed. She gained pleasure and a strong sense of superiority from the process of killing. Her
The layout was too sophisticated and the police couldn't find any evidence. She thought she was very smart..."
Xiao Lou was shocked: "So, is it possible that Ying Xiaoya is innocent and is implicated?"
Yu Hanjiang nodded; "From the fact that Xie Xinghe wanted to save Ying Xiaoya, we can infer that Ying Xiaoya is innocent. Assuming that Xie Xinghe has known all this for a long time, he also has the book "The Count of Monte Cristo" in his schoolbag, which shows that he agrees
Zhang Qing's method of revenge. Ying Xiaoya accidentally knew this. Zhang Qing wanted to silence her, but Xie Xinghe stopped him because he felt that Zhang Qing's killing of his enemies was justifiable, but killing Ying Xiaoya was going too far, so he warned, next
Poison wanted to save this innocent girl and ask Zhang Qing to stop...but he was a step too late."
Xiao Lou followed Yu Hanjiang's train of thought and said: "Zhang Qing is addicted to killing people and has accumulated enough experience. She forged a suicide note, bought shoes of the same style, and pushed Ying Xiaoya downstairs... Xie Xinghe probably didn't expect her either.
The action would be so fast. In Xie Xinghe's original plan, Ying Xiaoya or Yu Hui were poisoned on Monday and were sent to the hospital for emergency treatment. The police came to the school to investigate. During this time, he could persuade Zhang Qing to stop. As long as Zhang Qing did not respond.
Xiaoya took action, but Xie Xinghe didn't want to expose her, so the secret of Maple Grove became a secret forever, and if he faked the false appearance of his classmate mistaking the poison, the matter would be over."
Unfortunately, it was a step too late after all.
Xie Xinghe underestimated Zhang Qing's efficiency and cruelty, but overestimated his own plan.
The timing of his poisoning and Zhang Qing's actions coincided with a car collision, which resulted in a series of cases, which connected the Si Han case five years ago, the disappearance cases in recent years, and Ying Xiaoya's falling case.
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He failed to save Ying Xiaoya, and he also failed to save Zhang Qing.
Yu Hanjiang sighed softly and said: "Xie Xinghe is probably Zhang Qing's relative, and Si Han is also related by blood to them. Therefore, when Zhang Qing took revenge, he did not stop him. Until Zhang Qing's psychological distortion, she responded to the innocent
Xiaoya took action... He wanted to stop it, but it was too late."
Some murderers may only kill by mistake at first, or kill one or two people to satisfy their own goals.
But when the first crime is successful, the murderer will find that killing is so simple, and they will gain great satisfaction, and gradually fall in love with the pleasure of killing, and become a brutal serial killer.
Zhang Qing, a person who originally wanted to avenge the innocent Si Han, turned into the person he hated most and killed an innocent girl with his own hands.
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A prompt popped up in the air in front of the two of them——
3 of Hearts secret room reasoning results, please select.
The person who poisoned Ying Xiaoya: Xie Xinghe? Yes/no/unsure.
The person who pushed Xiaoya downstairs: Zhang Qing? Yes/no/unsure.
Xiao Lou looked at Yu Hanjiang, who also looked at him, and the two exchanged glances.
This time, they didn't hesitate and pressed the first option at the same time: Yes.
Unexpectedly, as soon as they pressed the button, a line of blood-red characters flashed in front of their eyes——
[Congratulations to challengers Xiao Lou and Yu Hanjiang for successfully clearing the 3 Secret Room of Hearts and finding all existing clues. It took 3 days, 3 hours and 24 minutes to clear the level, with a clearance score of 955 points, setting a new world record for the 3 Secret Room of Hearts! 】
Both of them were a little surprised that they could pass the level perfectly.
Zhang Qing and Xie Xinghe have been taken away by the police, and all the clues they should look for have been found. Others that cannot be found may be "hidden plots", such as the double murder of the murderer in the secret room of Hearts 2, which is the final hidden plot card.
Tell the players.
The Secret Room of 3 Hearts, the real cause of Si Han's death, Zhang Qing's revenge process, the relationship between Zhang Qing and Xie Xinghe, and why Ying Xiaoya was killed. These are probably all hidden plots that have to wait for the final plot card.
Setting a new record...seems reasonable?
After all, they were a combination of criminal police and forensic doctors. They learned about Ying Xiaoya's poisoning a day in advance, went to search the archives and laboratories in advance, stayed up until the early hours of the morning for two nights in a row, climbed stairs, climbed through windows, picked locks, and battled wits with security guards...
They had experienced an exhausting and exciting three days, and now that they had cleared the secret room, it was difficult to calm down.
Xiao Lou remembered the morning when he saw Ying Xiaoya for the first time. The girl ran into the school gate in a panic, wearing a sweater and jeans, with wet eyes, as innocent as a little white rabbit that strayed into the forest.
She stood cautiously in the back row of the classroom, clenching her fists and holding back tears.
In fact, even if Zhang Qing didn't kill her, she wouldn't talk too much because of her courage. Unfortunately, she couldn't escape this bad luck in the end.
Xiao Lou took a deep breath and took one last look at the maple forest in the school.
The spectacular maple forest when I first came to the world of secret chambers was now in a mess because the underground was dug up, and the maple trees were swaying all over the place. There was no longer the grand scene of a large number of falling maple leaves.
He and Captain Yu were leaving here soon. Looking at this scene, he only felt a tightness in his chest.
A good campus has been stained with too much blood. Xiao Lou cannot change the outcome of the secret room world. He only hopes that students in the real world can live in peace and spend their most innocent and beautiful middle school years happily.
Goodbye, Maplewood High School.
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I had a meeting in Weihai and went back to the hotel to code in the evening.
For some unclear parts, there will also be complete plot cards. See you all tomorrow!