Card Room

Remember for a second

【Chapter 3 - Funeral of the Rose - Medium】

Xiao Lou specializes in forensics, and is best at toxicology identification. However, since he was a child, he likes detective reasoning novels and plays escape room games, so he is very familiar with the basic reasoning process.

When the police are dealing with homicides, if they can find the first crime scene, it will be of great help to the detection of the case.

Xiao Lou judged that this was not the first crime scene, and the reason was actually very simple.

The heart is the blood supply center of the human body. It is like a powerful pump. The regular beat every minute can send blood to all parts of the body. The fatal injury of the deceased is in the heart, and the position of the knife is close to the aorta. If the deceased is stabbed to death on the bed, after the aorta is cut, the gushing blood will splash on the pillow, sheets and even the wall.

The surroundings are very clean, without any trace of blood spatter.

Her blood only soaked through the clothes on her chest. Judging from the amount of bleeding, it was about 100cc, which is not as good as half of the blood that a normal person draws out when they donate blood. , was carried to the bed in the bedroom.

Killing, bleeding, and placing the deceased on a bed covered with rose petals, this murderer is obviously a psychopath!

Xiao Lou turned around and went to the kitchen. On the one hand, he searched for other evidence, and on the other hand, he wanted to confirm his inference.

The deceased's dirty clothes in the bathroom had some blood-like stains, but from his professional point of view, it wasn't blood at all, it was more like juice. The first thing that comes to his mind when it comes to juice is the kitchen.

Xiao Lou walked into the kitchen, and sure enough, he saw a watermelon on the table. The watermelon was cut in half, half should have been eaten, and the remaining half was now rotten and smelly - the blood-like stain on the hostess' clothes was the watermelon juice.

There was a fruit knife inserted into the watermelon, Xiao Lou gently pulled out the fruit knife.

The sharp, razor-sharp slender fruit knife was exactly the same as the fatal wound he found on the heroine's body when he inspected the corpse just now.

This fruit knife is the weapon used to kill the heroine!

Xiao Lou's heart beat violently.

He began to search the kitchen carefully, and if he guessed correctly, this was the real first crime scene!

The kitchen should have been cleaned with no visible blood.

He squatted down to the corner to check the floor drain, and found some hair on the edge of the floor drain—short black hair about 3cm long, obviously male. On the wall behind the water pipe, there were still a few drops of blood that had not been cleaned up.

The discovery of the first crime scene and the murder weapon instantly increased the level of clue collection to 70%.

Xiao Lou routinely turned the trash can over. There were many vegetable leaves, fruit peels, egg shells, and bags of quick-frozen meat in the trash can in the kitchen. It can be inferred that the heroine should have cooked a meal at home before she died. And it's more than two people, vegetarian dishes plus meat, at least five dishes, she can't eat so much alone.

In addition, refrigerators, cabinets were not found.

Xiao Lou turned around and went out. There is a large bouquet of roses on the dining table facing the kitchen. The glass vase in which the roses are placed is very delicate, the water inside is still very clear, and the roses are blooming well, but some of the flowers have been plucked off, most likely the rose petals in the bedroom. origin of.

Xiao Lou also turned the trash can of the restaurant upside down on the ground. In addition to some peels, there was a greeting card, a heart-shaped card commonly used in flower shops, with vigorous handwriting on it. It reads: "Happy birthday, my husband will always love you."

The clue collection rate has become 75%, and the roses and greeting cards are obviously helpful for the reasoning of the case.

Xiao Lou walked into the study room opposite the dining table.

The bookcase that occupies one wall is filled with medical books, including several monographs on cardiac surgery.

Next to the bookcase is a very common desk with a lamp on the table. There are three drawers on the right side of the desk and a small cabinet with doors on the left. Xiao Lou opened the drawer and found a passport and a medical practitioner qualification certificate in the first drawer. It belonged to the male owner of this house, and he finally knew the information of the male owner-Zhao Sen, born on October 26, 1988, Han nationality, is a surgeon.

In the other drawers, there are lists of property bills, bank receipts, and medical papers, which are not very helpful to the case.

Xiao Lou closed the drawer and opened the cabinet door in the lower left corner.

In the cabinet, I found a black safe with a combination lock. It is a four-row digital combination disk. From top to bottom, it is 123, 456, 789, *0#. He has seen many such safes. After pressing the correct digital password , and then press the # key to unlock.

digital password...

The numbers involved in this case are currently only the birthdays of the male and female hosts.

The best friend sent perfume to the hostess and said happy birthday; in the greeting card from the restaurant, her husband gave her roses and said happy birthday as well. Multiple clues mention "birthday," which is certainly not a simple date.

The birthday of the male owner can be found on the doctor's qualification certificate, October 26, 1988. Xiao Lou remembered the hostess's birthday very clearly. On the greeting card that her best friend wrote to her, the last date of signing was: July 17.

The password of the safe is four digits, and he entered 1026, indicating that the password was wrong. Xiao Lou followed by entering the hostess's birthday 0717 and pressing the # key.

A "pop", a crisp sound broke the silence of the murder scene, and the safe was opened.

——The clue collection rate suddenly jumped to 90%!

At this point, there are 18 minutes left in the countdown.

The inside of the safe is a structure of upper and lower layers, and a folder is placed on the upper layer. Xiao Lou took it out and quickly flipped through it, extracting key information at a glance.

Two insurance contracts, the first one has the name of the insured named Zou Xiaomei and the name of the beneficiary named Zhao Sen. The relationship between the two is husband and wife. The second copy is the opposite, Zhao Sen, the insured, and Zou Xiaomei, the beneficiary.

The husband and wife bought commercial insurance for each other, including medical and critical illness insurance and personal accident insurance, and the annual payment amount is more than 10,000 yuan. If the insured is hospitalized for a serious illness such as a tumor or cardiovascular disease, the hospital expenses within 500,000 yuan can be fully reimbursed; if the insured dies unexpectedly, the beneficiary can directly receive a compensation of up to 2 million yuan from the insurance company.

Xiao Lou was frightened when he saw this insurance contract.

He also bought commercial medical insurance for his parents, and it is normal for relatives to buy insurance from each other. However, it is not uncommon for murders to be defrauded by insurance. He once saw the news that his son killed his mother just to defraud insurance money, and he was simply mad!

In this case, the relationship between husband and wife has broken down. Once Zou Xiaomei dies in an accident, Zhao Sen will receive up to 2 million yuan in compensation!

Xiao Lou felt a chill down his spine, he put down the insurance contract and continued to look through the safe on the lower floor.

There are several albums on the lower level.

There are many photos of Zhao Sen in the album, from elementary school to junior high school, high school, and college graduation, recording his complete growth trajectory. He should be congenital myopia, wearing glasses when he was very young. From the album, this Zhao Sen is a very gentle and easy-going person on the surface - because he is smiling in every photo.

In addition to personal photo albums, there are several wedding photo albums. The couple seemed to be very loving when they first got married. The man hugged his wife very gently, and the woman leaned against his arms like a bird with a sweet smile.

Flip back again...

Xiao Lou saw the photos of the wedding scene.

There is a group photo of four people, in addition to the groom, bride, best man and bridesmaids.

The group photo was apparently taken from the side, with none of the four looking at the camera. In the photo, the groom and the bride are looking at each other and smiling, the bridesmaids are looking at the best man affectionately, while the best man not far away is standing in the crowd holding a goblet to give a toast, but staring straight at it Bride look.

Xiao Lou immediately cheered up.

——The fourth person related to the case has appeared!

This best man has also appeared in Zhao Sen's personal photo album. In Zhao Sen's graduation photo, there is a group photo of two people with their shoulders on their shoulders. They should be buddies who have a good relationship. Zhao Sen will invite him to be the best man when they get married.

It stands to reason that a friend's wife should not be bullied, and men generally avoid suspicion of a good buddy's wife, but the best man's straight, staring eyes is obviously not the attitude he should have towards his brother's wife.

Xiao Lou continued to look through the safe and found a document bag in a hidden location on the bottom floor.

Opening it, there is a contract in the file bag. It is an investigation agreement signed secretly by Zhao Sen and a private detective. The content of the investigation is the relationship between his cousin He Yongqiang, his wife Zou Xiaomei, and his wife's best friend Liu Yun. When Xiao Lou pulled out the contract, a large stack of photos also fell out.

He picked up the photos, all of which were taken by the three of them shopping and eating together. In some photos, Liu Yun and He Yongqiang hold hands and behave intimately. In some photos, however, Zou Xiaomei and He Yongqiang are holding hands and hugging - He Yongqiang, this scumbag, is obviously stepping on two boats, falling in love with the young and beautiful Liu Yun, and hooking up with his cousin!

The last few photos are very large in scale. Zou Xiaomei is wearing light silk pajamas, making out with He Yongqiang in the bedroom...

These photos at home were taken from a bird's-eye view, and there is a time mark in the upper right corner. Obviously, Zhao Sen had installed a surveillance camera at this time to monitor his wife's movements at any time. These photos are from Screenshots from monitoring.

Xiao Lou: "..."

What a bloody drama!

It wasn't the hostess Zhao Sen who cheated, but the hostess Zou Xiaomei who died on the bed!

If he hadn't opened the safe in the study, he might have misjudged that the male lead cheated on his best friend, and the female lead angrily tore up the marriage certificate. Now it seems that the heroine cheated, and the object of the cheating was her husband's cousin and best friend's boyfriend...

This reversal came unexpectedly.

Xiao Lou put down the photo in shock and quickly adjusted his mood. He looked at the prompt in the floating box. The clue collection rate was fixed at 90%, and the safe was a big clue that accounted for 15%. From the clues in the safe, he knew the names of all the people involved in the case - the deceased Zou Xiaomei, her husband Zhao Sen, her lover He Yongqiang, and her best friend Liu Yun.

There is an intricate relationship between these four people. He Yongqiang is Zhao Sen's cousin and Liu Yun's boyfriend. Zou Xiaomei and He Yongqiang cheated, which is equivalent to putting two green hats on her husband Zhao Sen and best friend Liu Yun at the same time.

As victims, Zhao Sen and Liu Yun have reasons to kill her. But the exact murderer needs to be further confirmed.

Clue collection degree is 90%, only the last key clue has not been found.

Xiao Lou turned around and walked into the living room, and searched carefully, but found nothing.

When he was rummaging in the last children's room, he found a mobile phone and a power bank next to the pillow in the children's room. The mobile phone had a pink casing and should belong to the deceased Zou Xiaomei.

Such a crucial clue is actually in the farthest children's room that most people would not search for first!

Xiao Lou's eyes

bright, immediately pick up the phone.

When he pressed the power button, a line prompting "Please enter your password" popped up on the screen, and a digital password pad appeared.

Xiao Lou subconsciously entered the heroine's birthday "0717", however, a warning popped up on the screen: "Password verification error, after 5 errors, the phone will be automatically locked, and the remaining number of times is 4."

He followed by entering the male host's birthday 1026, prompting: "Password verification error, after five errors, the phone will be automatically locked, and the remaining number of times is 3."

Not a birthday password? what is that?

The countdown in the floating box has 15 minutes left.

Xiao Lou frowned and fell into thought.

He has already searched the bedroom, bathroom, study, children's room, kitchen, and dining room. The female host's birthday is July 17, and the male host's birthday is October 26. Other than that, there is nothing to do with numbers. clues.

If it is in reality, the password of the deceased's mobile phone can be set at will. If the police can't solve it, they will find professional technicians to crack it. But now, he was alone in the secret room, and he found his mobile phone, but he couldn't unlock the password. He couldn't guess, right?

Xiao Lou picked up the phone and thought for a while, then turned around and went back to the bedroom.

The phone locks the screen, and a prompt "Please enter the password" pops up. Most people may be confused about what the password is, and waste time searching for password clues.

But Xiao Lou had already searched the entire room with the fastest speed just now, and he was confident that he had not missed anything.

Since the phone's password is not a birthday, there are no other clues related to numbers in the whole room. Therefore, the prompt "Please enter the password" popped up on the mobile phone may also be a "interference item".

——Who said that you can only enter the password to unlock the phone?

Xiao Lou took the phone back to the master bedroom, walked to the rose bed, raised the dead man's right hand, and put her right thumb on the phone's fingerprint button.

The pink mobile phone and power bank left at home are naturally the hostess.

The hostess was lying on the bed, although it was a corpse, her fingers were still there.

Wouldn't it be more convenient to unlock it with her fingerprint?

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