I caught the murderer

There are too many messages conveyed in the painting, and everyone's eyes are looking back and forth between Pei Yuzhou and Shen Zheng, as if they are thinking about the possibility that these two people will turn against each other.

"Relax," Shen Zheng shunned Pei Yuzhou's tense back, "It's just a painting."

Xi Heng frowned and said, "But this painting appeared in Xianxian's hands, Officer Pei, are you really unrelated to Xianxian's death?"

"Where did this painting come from? No one can easily draw conclusions," Pei Yuzhou exhaled, with a familiar smile on his face, "After all, all these are just your one-sided words, and I remember, None of us in the group really understand you."

Pei Yuzhou took out his seldom-used police officer ID from his pocket and put it on the coffee table in front of the sofa: "On the contrary, my identity and purpose of coming here are very clear. I am a hapless policeman who came to investigate the case, nothing more .”

No. [-] "unlucky policeman" Shen Zheng also took out his police officer ID very cooperatively: "Even if that mysterious man really knew Yu Zhou, it was me, Shen Zheng, who he wanted to kill. With a shield as big as me standing in front, What are you worried about?"

"If you suspect each other at this time, you will only fall into the tricks of wolves."

"That sounds good," Zhou Min snorted, "Who knows if you are wolves or not."

"Then ask the prophet to test us first," Shen Zheng said, "I am not afraid of the shadow slanting, I am worthy of the police badge on my body."

Shen Zheng's righteousness was put to the greatest use at this moment, and the tense atmosphere in the hall gradually eased with his words, and even Zhou Min, who had always been at odds with Pei Yuzhou, didn't say anything more.

Li Ai changed the subject in a timely manner: "It's almost four o'clock, shall we continue to get together or act separately?"

No one spoke. It is true that gathering together would make it difficult for werewolves to attack, but there are obviously things that everyone wants to find in this villa, and it is not a wise choice to sit here to kill time.

In the end, it was Xi Heng who proposed a compromise: "How about we split up and gather in the lobby at five o'clock?"

The action time of the werewolves started at five o'clock. Everyone acquiesced to this proposal, and then they were divided into several different groups according to their closeness and scattered in a tacit understanding.

Pei Yuzhou noticed that only Li Ai and Bi Haoqi chose to act alone.

As for the place he and Shen Zheng were going to check, of course it was the basement where the corpse and possibly the mysterious person were hidden.

This villa is built in the mountains, so it is extraordinarily large compared with those villas in the rich area of ​​City B. Pei Yuzhou and Shen Zheng found the staircase leading to the underground after turning several corners on the first floor .

Winter nights always come very early, Shen Zheng doesn't like the dark environment, so he reached out and touched the wall, and he found the wall light switch in the corridor.

The person who designed this villa is obviously very sentimental. The lights in the corridor are designed in the shape of candlesticks. With warm yellow lights and stone corridors, it really gives off a sense of a European castle.

It's a pity that at this time, the ambiguous warm yellow is obviously not as reassuring as bright colors.

"Who do you think is that painter?" Pei Yuzhou stood on the steps and looked down. There was no light beside the steps leading to the underground, but Pei Yuzhou could barely see the closed iron door clearly, "That brushstroke Very distinctive, I'm sure I've never seen it before."

"A person who likes you very much but hates me very much," Shen Zheng teased, "Maybe it's your little girl?"

With that said, he turned on the flashlight of his phone: "Shall we go down and have a look?"

Pei Yuzhou nodded, and the two of them strode towards the iron gate by the light of the mobile phone. The stairs were not long, but I don't know if it was an illusion, Pei Yuzhou always felt that the temperature around him was getting lower and lower.

"It's the same type of lock as the door." Shen Zheng shook his phone. This door is old and ordinary, and it seems to fit the overall design of the villa. "Then it may be locked."

"If that mysterious person is really in the villa, I think the control room is his best choice." Pei Yuzhou bent down and touched the upper and lower edges of the door a few times on tiptoe. Looking at the light, his hands were very clean. Not a speck of dust to be seen.

Pei Yuzhou rubbed his fingers: "It seems that this door is often used, and it may not be the first time to hide a corpse."

"The door is cold."

It was like hitting a piece of ice.

The heating in the villa is sufficient, even the basement is not so obviously cold, the only possibility is that someone deliberately maintained the low temperature here.

Reminiscent of what Zhou Min said before, it is self-evident what the low temperature is for.

"But no one mentioned this. Zhou Min shouldn't have lied. He really didn't know the connection between the corpse and the basement." Pei Yuzhou knocked on the basement door. Does Xi Heng, the owner of the villa, really know nothing about it?"

"Is it just a coincidence that he proposed to come to this villa?"

What Pei Yuzhou said was correct, Shen Zheng was most suspicious of Xi Heng, but Xi Heng's performance in the lobby did not seem to be fake, this was the most troublesome thing.

Could it be that Xi Heng was also tricked by his own people?Just like them.

Pei Yuzhou was very interested in this underground freezer. With Shen Zheng's hand, he kept letting the light sweep across every corner near the gate: "And Bi Haoqi, do you believe what he said?"

"I don't believe it," Shen Zheng said decisively, "If I were him, I would choose to bypass you and go down the mountain instead of coming back to this villa again."

"Bingo," Pei Yuzhou snapped his fingers silently, "There is neither love nor hatred in his eyes, the reason for revenge is untenable."

Thanks to Shen Zheng, his perception of the so-called "love" is becoming more and more acute.

"His purpose..."

Shen Zheng felt that Pei Yuzhou let go of his hand, and slowly approached the cold door.

"There is a sound," Pei Yuzhou lowered his voice, "There are living creatures inside."

There was indeed a sound, at first it was just a slow and subtle knocking sound, as if someone was knocking on the door lightly one after another, and then the knocking sound became more and more obvious and urgent, and the door was like One of the most loyal guards stood there indifferently, separating the communication between the outside and the inside.

At the end of the gloomy and cold stairs, only Shen Zheng's cell phone was shining brightly. Pei Yuzhou listened carefully to the sound of the impact, as if he wanted to hear the pattern contained in it.

However, Pei Yuzhou found nothing in the end. None of the passwords he knew matched the pattern of the voice, which made him wonder if he was thinking too much.

"Is anyone in there?" Shen Zheng slightly raised his voice, "Stop if you can hear it."

But not only did the impact sound not stop, but it became more intense.

"Who's there!?"

The sound of footsteps and girls' shouts came one after another. Pei Yuzhou turned his head very quickly, but was almost blinded by the white light.

"Officer Pei?" Seeing Pei Yuzhou's face clearly, the girl frantically put away her phone, and Pei Yuzhou squinted to see the other's face clearly.

It's Xu Qinglian.

The moment the other party spoke, the voices inside the door all fell silent, as if everything that just happened was just his own illusion.

But this was not the case, Pei Yuzhou looked down at the big hand holding his wrist, Shen Zheng's hand was hot, and he also heard something different at the end.

It was a short high-pitched sound, like a whistle being blown, or a girl's scream.

"What are you doing here...?" Xu Qinglian hesitated, "I seem to have heard a strange sound just now."

Pei Yuzhou was unavoidably a little upset when the clue was interrupted, and this unhappiness was hidden in his words: "Quest, if Miss Xu is curious, you can come down and have a look."

Pei Yuzhou hated looking up at anyone except Shen Zheng, so he pulled Shen Zheng up a few steps: "Why are you here alone?"

It also happened to appear at the moment when the high-pitched voice sounded.

"Didn't Zhou Min accompany you?" Pei Yuzhou looked behind her, "He is willing to let you run around alone?"

Seeing Pei Yuzhou walking up, Xu Qinglian took a few steps back: "I sneaked here, Zhou Min should be looking for me now, so I need to make a long story short."

Interestingly, Pei Yuzhou and Shen Zheng looked at each other: "What do you want to say?"

Xu Qinglian looked around nervously. Seeing her frightened bunny-like appearance, Pei Yuzhou couldn't help but said, "There's no one around."

His perception has always been keen, even if there was an impact just now, he turned his head back the moment Xu Qinglian approached the stairs.

If it weren't for this, he wouldn't have been taken aback.

"Officer Shen, I know you are a good person," Xu Qinglian whispered, "Although I don't know if it's right to do so, I can only choose to trust the police now."

"I am a prophet, please protect me."

Shen Zheng glanced at the phone subconsciously. At 04:30, it was not yet time for the werewolf to act. If what Xu Qinglian said was true, it meant that the prophet could act earlier than the werewolf.

"Did you really test him?" Pei Yuzhou stared into Xu Qinglian's eyes, "I thought you would test Zhou Min."

"That's your knight, isn't it?"

"Under such circumstances, I dare not gamble on my favorability," Xu Qinglian smiled wryly, "Officer Shen and you are the two most powerful of them all, of course I have to confirm your identities first."

"As for why Officer Shen was tested first..." Xu Qinglian paused for a while, and then said loudly, "Because I think he can control you."

"He can control you..."

Xu Qinglian's voice echoed a few times in the empty corridor, and Pei Yuzhou's smiling eyes slightly lowered.

Who is in charge of whom? Don’t you have any letters in mind?

*

Li Ai bundled up her hair and walked out of the bathroom in Room [-]. The makeup on her face was still delicate, but she changed into a more mobile sportswear.

"Xu Qinglian?" Li Ai threw away the earphones she had put aside, "She really has an identity that matches her own."

The author has something to say: Xu Qinglian: I am obedient, I tested Shen Zheng.

Li Ai: I hold a grudge, and I tested Xu Qinglian.

Zhou Zhou: Who cares about you, explain clearly, who cares who?