Mind Reader III

Just as Shen Yan expected, the three of Song Qi gained a lot from Norton Manor, and the problems that Shen Yan was worried about gradually surfaced in Song Qi's mind.

Maybe it's because of being separated from Shen Yan these few days, Song Qi's normal level has also been displayed without being confused by popularity.After visiting Norton Manor on the first night, Song Qi ruled out the suspicion of Chris. After checking the video, Long Yao found that the video had not been tampered with, but there was nothing hidden on Chris in the video. , The three people checked around the study again, ruling out the possibility that Chris hid the music box in the study or threw it away.

As a result, the only suspect was cleared, but this was refuted by the fact that the video was not tampered with.Chris didn't steal the music box, and no one else entered the study. There's no need for the master to tell such a lie. So what's going on?Can this music box disappear out of thin air?

Of course Song Qi didn't believe in such an unscientific conclusion, so they decided to search the manor thoroughly the next night.But it was impossible to conduct a blanket search. There were two villas in Norton Manor, not to mention the large flower gardens and fields. The three of them couldn't finish the search in a week without a target.

But at this time, Ji Yuyang raised a point.

First of all, the testimony of the owner of the manor is relatively reliable. He lost his things, and he even hired a private detective to find them, so there is no need to lie about this matter. Then ignore other clues and check the testimony of the owner of the manor. rise.

The owner of the manor entered the study room for the last time at 7 o'clock that night, and he was very sure that the music box was still placed on the display shelf next to the desk. In the early morning, he received a call and needed to go to the study room to deal with business urgently. The owner entered the study room after 2 o'clock , Worked until nearly 3 o'clock, when I got up after finishing the business, I accidentally found that the music box on the display shelf was missing.That is to say, the incident occurred between 7:2 pm and [-]:[-] the next day.

On the day of the incident, the owner of the manor hosted many celebrities from the political and business circles to the manor.One of the two villas is a large villa where the master entertains guests, which is also the place where the banquet is held. The other is a small villa far away, where the master himself lives. At the end of the corridor on the third floor of the villa.

Because this is the living and working place of the owner of the manor, there will be surveillance on every corridor in the small villa, as well as surveillance in the hall and the periphery of the villa. Compared with the large villa for banquets, the safety index is higher, and the owner will not invite ordinary Guests enter the cottage.However, on the day of the banquet, there were members of the royal family and some important politicians who were the main focus of the host, and he invited some of the guests to enter the small villa that night.

According to Ji Yuyang, those who entered the small villa that night were all suspects.But it is impossible for them to question all the suspects like the police, so Ji Yuyang asked Long Yao to copy all the surveillance video of the day when the crime happened the next day, to see which rooms the guests who entered the villa had been to for activities.

This was naturally a small case for Long Yao. After the video was copied back, the three of them began to hide in the small tent and watch carefully.Originally, they thought they would have to investigate one by one, but after reading it, the situation was not as complicated as they imagined.There were indeed quite a few people who had entered the small villa that night, but most of them had only been active on the first floor and the small garden outside the villa, and the total number of people who had gone upstairs was no more than ten.

The small villa has four floors. The first floor is the hall and kitchen and other public places. The second floor is the lounge for guests. The third floor is the owner's bedroom, cloakroom, study, office and other personal spaces. The fourth floor is part of the servant's room and part of it is storage. between.

In the monitoring of the day, the people who have been to the second floor are:

The owner of the manor, Prince Will, and Prince Charles: Prince Will has business dealings with the owner of the manor. The two of them stayed with the owner of the manor in the lounge at the end of the corridor on the second floor from 5 pm to 7 pm.

Lord Roland: He has a very good personal relationship with the owner of the manor. He took a rest in a lounge on the second floor led by his servants from 7:9 to [-]:[-].

Those who have been to the third floor are:

The owner of the manor: I entered the study with a file bag after 7 o'clock, and came out in less than 10 minutes.From the video on the second floor, it can be seen that this file bag was brought out by the owner after a long talk with Prince Will from the lounge on the second floor. It should be documents related to Prince Will’s business, and then he went to the study on the third floor to put it down. The document, that is, it was confirmed at this time that the music box was still in the study.

Congressman Taylor: I stayed in the office on the third floor for a while after 8 o'clock, and the servant brought refreshments, but I came out and returned to the lobby on the first floor in less than half an hour.

Mrs. Morin: At 6:7, a servant helped her into a second bedroom on the third floor. She seemed to be unwell. After staying in the second bedroom for about an hour, another lady (it was later confirmed to be Mrs. Morin) A friend of my friend) helped them out, and the two left the manor directly at [-]:[-].

Mr. Ryan: Entered a second bedroom on the third floor at 8:[-], and was served afternoon tea by the servant. After staying there for half an hour, he came out and returned to the hall on the first floor.

Chris: He entered the study alone between 9:9 and 40:[-] and is also the prime suspect.

The only people who have been to the fourth floor are two servants. They went back to their rooms to rest for a while and then went downstairs. No guest has ever gone up to the fourth floor.

Just when Song Qi and Long Yao were drowsy watching these boring videos, the screen suddenly went black, and Ji Yuyang hurriedly pushed Long Yao to wake him up.

"What's the matter? The real murderer has appeared?"

"Why is the screen black here?"

Long Yao skipped back the monitoring for a few minutes, and the screen appeared again, "This is the line burning. The line in the monitoring room suddenly burned out once that night, and the monitoring in the villa was cut off for 2 minutes. But I checked, the monitoring system and There is no problem with the camera, and the monitoring lines in the villa are listed together, so only the lines on the four floors of the villa were burned."

"These 2 minutes can't be artificial, can they?"

"That's unlikely," Song Qi said, "Look, it's 11:09 before the black screen, and most people have gone back at this time, only the owner of the manor and a few guests stay in the living room on the first floor chatting , the servants are also busy on the first floor, and there is no one upstairs. After the black screen, it is 11:11, and these people are still on the first floor, and no one has left. Of course, is it true that there is no chance to be here for 2 minutes? You still have to ask the question before you leave, but we have no chance..."

"I don't think that's the case," Ji Yuyang said, "It takes two minutes to go from the first floor to the study on the third floor, and then come back after stealing. Two minutes is not enough. I don't think the crime happened in these two minutes, but these two minutes There must be a problem."

Long Yao said, "I checked and found that the black screen for 2 minutes was indeed caused by the circuit being burned in the monitoring room. There is no problem with the video recording. I also simulated a time when the circuit was burned and replaced with a new one. It took about 2 minutes. Let's go around."

"It's really okay?" Ji Yuyang was still uneasy, he always felt that something was overlooked by him, but he couldn't figure it out for a while.

Song Qi said, "I can trust Ayao's technology. He said that the video recording and system have not been tampered with, so there must be no problem. As for the line suddenly burning at this time... according to what you said, 2 minutes is not enough." If people go from the first floor to the third floor to steal things and then come back, then fiddling with the wiring at this time is definitely not to erase the whereabouts of the thief. You see, during these 2 minutes, there is no one upstairs. Someone lurked upstairs and stole the music box before taking advantage of the 2 minutes to escape, this kind of argument is barely valid, but watching the previous video also knows that it is impossible for someone to lurk for so long."

Ji Yuyang thought for a while, and then asked, "Then what if someone tampered with the video before this? We only checked the video from the day of the incident to the next day, and haven't seen the previous video."

"It's impossible," Long Yao said, "The owner of the manor came here to discuss business. To be cautious, the monitoring system was overhauled the day before the banquet. If someone tampered with it before, during the overhaul will be discovered."

"But how could the monitoring circuit burn out after overhauling..."

"The burning of the wires is not a problem with the system. It is a problem with the voltage that caused the wires to burn. However, it is indeed a coincidence that you said so. Why did you only burn these few wires in the villa..."

Song Qi frowned, and said, "Ayao, let's go again tonight."

"Why are you still going? Arrest a few left-behind servants for questioning?"

"It's not too late to scare the snake, let's check the line again."

"Line," Long Yao nodded, "Indeed, it is indeed a strange thing to say. Before, I always thought that someone had tampered with the video and system software. I really didn't check the hardware carefully. But Yuyang didn't say that What, it's impossible to steal the things in the study within 2 minutes."

"What if it's not stealing, but destroying?"

Ji Yuyang's words aroused the vigilance of the two, Song Qi signaled him to continue, and Ji Yuyang said, "Because of Chris, we always thought that things were stolen or thrown away, but now we rule out Ke After the suspicion of Rees, the whereabouts of the music box will be reconsidered. The purpose of stealing is because the music box is valuable to some people, the purpose of throwing away is to cause losses to the owner, and the purpose of destroying is probably because of this music box It will pose a threat to some people. Now we don’t know who is eyeing the music box, so the purpose behind these three methods must be taken into consideration.”

Song Qi nodded. After this pile of analysis, even if there is still no clear direction, there are still several possibilities, and they will not be surrounded by ghosts in this strange circle.So the three decided to visit Norton Manor at night, and Ji Yuyang also passed these videos to Shen Yan, and told Shen Yan about their doubts and analysis.

After Ji Yuyang finished calling Shen Yan, he found that Song Qi was staring at him hesitantly.Ji Yuyang took the initiative to go over and ask, "Captain Song, did you find anything wrong?"

"Uh...not really," Song Qi asked a little awkwardly, "Dr. Shen didn't say anything?"

"Oh, he said to watch the video first."

"What about our speculations? He didn't say anything?"

Ji Yuyang smiled and said, "Captain Song, Xiaoyan is usually a bit capricious, but he won't question us indiscriminately."

When Ji Yuyang said "we", Team Song certainly knew that he was referring to himself.After the soldiers were divided into two groups, he felt that he had to do something to solve the case before Shen Yan came to a conclusion, but solving cases was not his forte, and he had to rely on Ji Yuyang's reminder just now to think more about it.He thought that Shen Yan would at least doubt their bunch of speculations, or let Ji Yuyang intervene a lot so as to become the ideological core of this team, but Shen Yan didn't say anything, which seemed to be a bit of a villain's heart. Stomach.

Perhaps guessing what Song Qi was awkward about, Ji Yuyang said to him, "Captain Song, Xiaoyan and I were classmates when we went to school, you should know that, right?"

Song Qi didn't know why he wanted to activate Memory Kill, so he could only nod his head and listen to him continue.

"At that time, I didn't understand anything. When I met him, I had heard that he was an outstanding student in the department, and I immediately showed his skills. So I worshiped him blindly at that time, thinking that he was a genius and omnipotent. "

Is this showing off to him?

"But later, the more I got in touch with him, the more I realized that he was actually a bastard in essence."

Song Qi's eyes widened, isn't Ji Yuyang Shen Yan's diehard loyalist?Now saying that Shen Yan is an asshole in front of him, although it can arouse his sympathy, but no matter how you think about it, it's a lie, you don't mean to say that deliberately to get close to yourself, right?

"I know Team Song, you hate him, and I know why you hate him. To be honest, Xiaoyan's personality has changed a lot since he came back from studying abroad. Even I got used to him for a long time. But I know that this annoying Xiaoyan It's the real him. He is indeed double-faced, obedient and respectful in front of his superiors, his affinity increases sharply in front of his subordinates, he is high-spirited in front of outsiders, and at the poker table...pretentious."

You are so right, especially the last sentence!

"But Team Song, Xiaoyan's acting skills can win an Oscar, so it's not difficult to maintain a good relationship with you. Why did he deliberately make you hate him?"

Song Qi was confused by the question, "Why?"

"Because this annoying Xiaoyan is the real him, and he will only reveal his true nature in front of his own people. In this world, there are probably no more than ten people who know his true colors."

Song Qi snorted, "Then I'm honored?"

"Captain Song, I just want to tell you that since Xiaoyan regards you as one of his own, he will definitely not really have any conflicts with you. If you have anything to say, you can tell him directly, whether it is to say it calmly, or to quarrel with him One fight, but as long as you convey the information and your mood to Xiaoyan, he can listen to it."

Song Qi's old face was a little red, "Hey, you boy, why didn't you realize that you are so good at talking before? Did Dr. Shen teach you?"

"Xiaoyan did teach me, but it didn't teach me how to talk to you, but taught me some things in psychology and criminal investigation." Ji Yuyang's face was full of nostalgia, "I used to just worship him blindly, thinking that he was because of his high IQ. , It was completely effortless to solve the case, and I also lamented that geniuses are different from others, and I couldn’t catch up. But later I realized that it’s not easy to be a genius. For fame, he had to pay dozens of times more than ordinary people to make himself a person who truly deserves the name of genius."

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