Chapter 186

Ann opened the door and the old housekeeper stood there:

"Mr. an, suspension bridge..."

"I heard it"

He came out and found that the others were not there:

"What about the others?"

"They all went to see the suspension bridge."

"We'll be there soon"

Tu Hongyu put on his hat, took the umbrella from the old housekeeper and went downstairs.

The three hurried towards the suspension bridge with rain gear and bypassed the new house standing there. An Yi pointed to several people standing on the suspension bridge. It should be said that it was originally the position of the suspension bridge, and montston's voice of curse could be heard.

"Everyone, please calm down. Tomorrow there will be people who regularly come here to deliver food. They will help us rebuild a suspension bridge."

The old housekeeper stabilized some excited guests. An Yizhi and Tu Hongyu came to the suspension bridge. The remaining half of the suspension bridge hung on the opposite cliff, and the remaining half had been washed away by the surging river below.

"When we came, there was no problem with the suspension bridge. Was it cut off after the crime?"

It's not that they haven't read the novel of this snowstorm villa model. When they came in, they specially looked at the suspension bridge to see if there were any problems, such as whether they were drenched with gasoline, and so on. Naturally, there was no problem.

"It was cut. The prisoner used sharp knives and other sharp tools."

The suspension bridge uses several hemp ropes to form a solid rope. The fracture of each small rope is neat and crisp, but the fracture of the combined thick rope is not very regular. In addition, there are no scars on the wooden pile, which shows that the prisoner uses not an axe but a knife to cut it bit by bit.

As for footprints

Leaving the suspension bridge is a cobblestone path, leaving no footprints at all.

But it left a clue.

The rope of the suspension bridge is thick and thin, and several hemp ropes are screwed together. Its toughness and hardness are not low. If you use a large sharp blade such as an axe, it is possible to cut it off in a short time. Even if it is sharp enough, it takes a lot of time and considerable strength to replace it with a knife.

He told everyone to go back to the original place first, and planned to determine the suspect by asking who was not there just now.

As a result, when they returned to the restaurant of the old house, they found an incredible scene.

Eugene's body is gone!

Only a pool of blood was left at the scene.

An Yizhi remembered that he looked back before going out. At that time, the body was still there. He left for a few minutes and the body disappeared.

The two players and the old housekeeper were the last to go to the suspension bridge. At that time, everyone was at the suspension bridge and could not have the opportunity to carry the body.

Is there another person in the house besides the eight? Is he or she the killer?

If you think about it like this, the incident can make sense. The murderer is not any of the eight people. He always hides in his old house, kills Eugene when the power is off, and then hides again. When everyone gathers in the restaurant, he goes out to block the suspension bridge.

But why move Eugene's body?

No matter how to assume, there is always something that doesn't work.

An Yizhi decides not to think about who the prisoner is for the time being. If he thinks directly, the problem is likely to be bypassed. The basic reasoning is to follow the vine and feel the melon. It's better to return to the origin rather than go directly to the prisoner.

On the other side, Tu Hongyu is asking who just found the suspension bridge broken, and who was not there when they asked others.

"I found it."

Charles said:

"When I went to the bathroom, I saw through the window that the suspension bridge was missing."

"When was that?"

"Probably after you asked me"

"Did anyone go out before that?"

Then Mrs. Green replied:

"I went to the bathroom once. Monson accompanied me."

Seeing the people's eyes, Monson quit at that time:

"Are you doubting our couple? Why should I trap myself in this damn place!"

Tu Hongyu simply ignored him and asked loudly:

"Is there anyone else?"

"Well... I'll leave for a while."

Hamill raised his hand with some timidity:

"I was the first person to go to the bathroom, and then Mr. and Mrs. Green"

"Was the suspension bridge still there?"

"In"

After inquiry, it was learned that only four of them had left the house. Each of them could be the person who cut the suspension bridge. Although Charles reminded everyone, he also had the possibility of shouting to catch a thief.

"Housekeeper, where are the rain gear?"

"All the spare ones are in the storage room, but we will prepare some in the front hall for ready access."

That means anyone can go out with a rain gear?

An Yi pointed to the clothes of the four people. They all had water stains in varying degrees, but this can't be used as evidence. It can be argued that they got it when they went out to check the suspension bridge just now.

"I've had enough! Ask again! Do you really treat me as a prisoner! I'm going back to my room to rest! Leave this damn place tomorrow. Talk to my lawyer about any problems!"

With that, munston took his wife's hand and walked towards the new house. Seeing that an Yizhi and Tu Hongyu didn't stop, they hesitated and went back to their rooms one after another, leaving only a few servants and two players.

"Why let them go?"

"If you don't let go, there's no way to determine who is the person who cut off the suspension bridge."

An Yizhi only intended to take this opportunity to narrow the scope of the suspect, so he didn't remind the suspension bridge. As a result, he succeeded in reducing the number of suspects from 8 to 4.

Later, he and Tu Hongyu were divided into two groups. They each took a servant around the old house for several times and didn't find Eugene's body. They had no choice but to give up temporarily. They turned around and went to Eugene's office to see what they might find.

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"It's really a rich man's bedroom. Look at this bed."

Tu Hongyu whistled as soon as he entered Eugene's bedroom.

"Well, I'll wait at the door. If you need anything, please call me."

"Thank you, OK"

The old housekeeper bowed and closed the door.

Eugene's bedroom seems to merge with the office. The room that is one circle larger than the guest room is three times larger.

Ask Tu Hongyu to search the cabinet. An Yizhi goes to his desk and plans to start from here.

On the table were the processed documents and the open cigar box. At the bottom of the document was Eugene's signature. He said that his handwriting was very good and obviously well-educated.

However, these documents are not systematically translated. An Yizhi is an English idiot. Looking at these documents is like a blind dog looking at the stars.

Anyway, no systematic translation means that these things are useless, but they are just props to improve the sense of presence.

This is also a small skill summarized by players. There are generally no decisive clues in the part without systematic translation.

An Yizhi most hopes to find Eugene's diary. Generally speaking, there are clues in the diary.

But he searched several times, not to mention the diary. He didn't even have anything of a recording nature.

Looking at TU Hongyu, the latter shook his head, indicating that he had found nothing worthy of attention.

"Would you like to see the safe?"

"I'd like to see. The question is how to open it?"

The old housekeeper must have no key. No matter how generous Eugene is, he won't give a housekeeper the key to his own safe.

Wait, so

Is the disappearance of Eugene's body related to this safe?

Most of the keys are on Eugene. Maybe there is some evidence against the murderer in the safe

It doesn't seem to make sense.

An pointed to his head and thought:

Can't you just take the key away? Why bother moving the body.

An adult man has seventy or eighty kilograms anyway. It's not easy to move him. After all, moving the body itself is puzzling.

Usually, the body is moved to cover up the real victim location in order to interfere with the police search. Or there may be evidence against the murderer on the body. Of course, there are other reasons, such as simple psychopaths who want to dismember corpses.

But in any case, the murderer has a purpose to move the body, and it is impossible to do nothing at leisure. Judging from the traces of the scene, Eugene's body was not dragged away, but lifted up, because there was no blood left on the ground. Considering that the killer may have wrapped the body with some large cloth such as bed sheets, and then carried it, it was so time-consuming and laborious that there was no exact purpose.

"What do you think this is?"

Tu Hongyu turned out a translucent glass bottle from the bottom cabinet. There was less than half of the liquid in the bottle.

He looked at the label on the bottle: "Coca..."

"Well, don't read it. I know what it is."

"Ah?"

"This thing is a kind of drug, for harmony, you know"

"Oh..."

It seems normal for such rich people to take drugs, but this number is not normal.

They found a neat drawer in the partition under the cabinet!

"If you make drugs openly, you won't sell drugs privately?"

"Throw it away before you look elsewhere“

An Yizhi was not interested in Eugene's career. Even if he was really drug trafficking, everyone died anyway.

Focusing on the search again, he found a small piece of ash in the ashtray.

Not soot, but the remains of a piece of paper, only a small piece is not completely broken.

"That thing is burnt to ashes. What can you see?"

Seeing an staring at the ashtray, Tu Hongyu couldn't help saying.

"I don't understand. Let me tell you a secret. I learned it from the murder of the Oriental Express."

Strike a long match to light a pipe and bring it close to the ashes. The remaining handwriting was exposed against the fire

"Devil grass, Datura, poisonous fly umbrella?"

It seems that the names of some plants are on this note. As for the whole picture, I don't know. There is only such a small piece of ash left.

"Datura, I know. What are devil grass and poisonous fly umbrella?"

"They are all highly toxic and hallucinogenic plants"

"Used to make drugs?"

"No, these things can also be used as medicine. See how to use them."

It's normal for these terms to appear in Eugene's office, which runs a pharmaceutical company, but why did he burn them?

Digging deeper, I feel that there are more and more hidden things in this script. An Yizhi is more and more curious about what the real truth is