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Su Xinghuo said: Receptionist, can you describe the scene when you opened the door in the morning?

After going down and using the key to open the door, I heard a rattling sound coming from behind the door. Only then did I realize that the movement of opening the door tore off the talisman attached to the upper edge of the door frame.

How long did the noise last? Is it loud?

Four or five breaths. It's not particularly noisy, but it's enough to wake up a sleeping person. It can be heard at the end of the aisle.

good.

Su Xinghuo nodded and said: Yuan Jia mentioned to me that the talismans he pasted on the door frame were all low-level talismans, the paper was thin and fragile, and the adhesive on the back was very sticky.

Once someone opens the door, the talisman will be triggered.

Before he goes out by himself, he will paste a sheet on the door frame, and let the talisman stick it by himself with the force of closing the door.

Before going to bed at night, I will also paste one.

In other words, it's not like someone stole the key, opened the door, and killed the awakened heir king with the noise of talismans.

Sikong Qiu, the guest of the Prince's Mansion, nodded thoughtfully, Then how did the murderer do it?

There are more than one suspicious points in the room. Please take a look.

Su Xinghuo came to the left side of the big bed, Due to the strong wind and waves last night, the ship was shaking, Yuan Jia used the four belts hanging on both sides of the bed in order to fall asleep.

He crossed the straps over the bunk and secured himself,

Keep yourself from rocking back and forth and falling out of bed when you fall asleep. This design is basically available in the rooms on the upper deck.

In addition, there was a large puddle of water stains that had not completely evaporated on the ground to the left of the bed.

The water stain was mixed with blood, and judging from the dried marks on the edge of the water stain, it had been in the room a long time ago.

Could it be ice cubes for cooling?

Wu Yunjun, a businessman from Zhou State, asked: The windows of King Si's room cannot be opened. It will inevitably be stuffy at night, so I took a piece of ice and put it on the ground.

Not too possible.

Li Ang shook his head and said, The cooling wind talisman on the wall is still in effect, and the temperature in the room has remained at about 17 or 8 degrees since yesterday, which is cool enough. There is no need to put ice cubes in the room.

What's more, even if you want to put ice cubes, the normal method should be to put ice cubes in the porcelain basin, and then put a towel under the porcelain basin to prevent condensation on the surface of the porcelain basin, wet the wooden floor and cause mildew.

The kettle is on the table away from the bed, and there are no cups on the bedside table. It's unlikely that Yuan Jia spilled it by himself.

Su Xinghuo shook his head, then pointed to the clock hanging on the wall, This clock is a vertical cabinet clock, the dial is damaged, and it stays at the correct time.

The interior shows no signs of being dialed up or dialed back. There were many bloodstains on the glass cover.

Nothing that broke the clock was found at the scene,

Could it be an agency?

Singer Shi Yajing said: I heard that some clocks will pop up a wooden time-telling bird after the alarm time is reached.

Perhaps the murderer modified the clock and set up a mechanism in the clock. Once the hour of ugly justice was reached, something like an ice throwing knife would pop out and kill the heir king who happened to be fixed on the bed by a belt.

It has been checked, and there is no mechanism.

Su Xinghuo shook his head, Also, if there is really a violently launched drone inside the clock, then the fragments of the glass cover should be scattered outside.

But now there are many fragments falling inside the clock.

It shows that the glass cover of the clock was damaged from the outside.

Could it be that King Si knew that he was going to be killed, so he smashed the clock before he died to remind us of the time when he was killed?

Talisman Dai Xu murmured.

Well what's that?

Fei Lian noticed some brown highlights on the ceiling, and asked with squinted eyes.

That's the nut that holds the bed in place.

The receptionist explained: The ship is sailing at sea, and encountering wind and waves is a common thing. In order to prevent the bed from sliding around and causing harm to the passengers, we use screws and nuts to penetrate the wooden boards to fix the bed in place.

As for the lighter tables and chairs, use nails to fix them.

Your room also has this design.

There are eight bolts in total, corresponding to the four feet of the bed in the upstairs room.

The captain brought a chair, put it on the bed, and stepped on the chair to turn the bolts. They were all firm and showed no sign of loosening.

Li Ang thought for a while and asked, Is the upstairs room No. 3?

The captain nodded and said, Yes. The upstairs cabins are lined with rooms 1 to 6. Due to the curvature of the hull deck, there is no room 6. The upper floor is the deck.

Can we go to room three?

Li Ang asked: Maybe the residents upstairs heard something last night?

There was nothing wrong with this request. The captain led everyone to the upper floor and knocked on the wooden door of room three.

Who is it?

A middle-aged man with a tall figure and a sling on his arm came out, and was surprised to see everyone, Captain? Why are you here?

This is the sword dancer on the ship, Chen Qiwei. You should have seen it.

The captain introduced.

Chen Qiwei studied under the largest sword dance club in the state of Zhou. Although he is not a body-training martial artist, the sword dance he knows can be said to be as sharp as a dragon, smooth and frustrating, much more handsome than those body-training classmates in the academy.

It's a pity that a few days ago, there was a noble boy from the Jing Kingdom who wanted to show off in front of the girl he liked, and insisted on challenging Chen Qiwei because of his power.

Chen Qiwei's sword skills were far superior to the opponent's, but due to his power, he had to keep his hands everywhere, deliberately making himself look like a poor move, lost the competition, and was finally hit by the opponent's sword hilt on the wrist, within half a month. Can't perform.

Can we come in and have a look? asked the captain.

sure.

Chen Qiwei nodded, opened the door and let everyone enter the room.

The walls of the room are covered with all kinds of swords, including the eight-faced Han sword, the fish-gut dagger, the waist-wrapped soft sword, and the needle-like thin sword—passengers can name which kind of sword Chen Qiwei will perform. sword dance.

How's the wrist?

The captain glanced at the swords all over the wall, asked a casual question, went straight to the window, opened the window with the handle, and looked up and down through the window.

It's okay, the doctor said that it will recover in half a month.

Chen Qiwei paused for a moment, and said with a wry smile, I just can't exercise strenuously, so I have to eat some island delicacies to relieve my mood.

Like those mussels, right?

The captain nodded understandingly. Banzi Island is located in the endless sea, and there are many marine creatures that are not monsters but have some abnormalities in the surrounding waters.

For example, a carnivorous mussel has extremely strong muscles that can break the shells of other types of mussels by vibrating the shell at high frequencies. Mussels the size of a palm can crush even steel.

Island residents like to use it as sashimi. Li Ang was thinking about whether he could introduce this species and use it to make a vibrating screen for mining, or an ultrasonic cleaner for cleaning glasses.

Su Xinghuo asked Chen Qiwei: Chen Jianshi, when did you sleep last night? Did you hear any abnormal noises? For example, someone was hanging down from the deck through a rope. Or the sound of fighting or screaming came from the room downstairs. The sound of a clock smashing.

Sorry, I fell asleep at exactly the right time, I don't know what happened.

Chen Qiwei shook his head and said: As for the sound, because I fell asleep, I don't know if there is any.

Are you investigating the death of the heir king of Zhou? I heard about it.

May wish to ask the residents of the island?

Last night was the Bonfire Festival, and many of those who remained on the island held vigil while drinking.

The current Sea Charm uses talisman lamps, which are also bright at night.

The inhabitants of the island should be able to see if anyone has been hoisted from the deck by ropes, or if any murder weapon has been thrown into the sea.