Chapter 385 Heading to the Secret Chamber
Chapter 385 Heading to the Secret Chamber
Upon hearing Zhao Fei's words, Bai Mengfei immediately thought of Xiang Yuntian and asked, "By the way, where is Forensic Doctor Xiang? I haven't seen him anywhere along the way. Is he in the morgue?"
Zhao Fei couldn't help but smile knowingly, and said, "When did you become so concerned about him?"
Bai Mengfei was momentarily speechless, blinking as she unsure how to respond. She lowered her head, pondered for a moment, and then said, "Actually, I'm not concerned about him; I just want to know if he's found any useful clues!"
"Is that really the case?" Zhao Fei asked, taking relevant documents from the drawer and handing them to Bai Mengfei.
As Bai Mengfei flipped through the documents, she answered decisively, "Of course it's true, what else did you think?"
Zhao Fei gave a soft "Oh," nodded, and after thinking for a moment, said, "If only it were really that simple." His words implied something else, making Bai Mengfei feel somewhat uncomfortable, but she didn't say anything more.
Bai Mengfei calmly pondered for a moment, then decided to ignore Zhao Fei and continue focusing on the case files in her hands.
The two cases of murder in passion shown in the documents have completely different details.
The first case involved three people traveling together: two women and one man. Both women were infatuated with the man, and one of them eventually murdered the other. It was a relatively ordinary case, and the entire process was recorded by a surveillance camera in the locked room.
The second case involves a couple where the wife had long harbored resentment towards her husband for his infidelity.
The wife seized the opportunity to murder her husband the moment the lights went out in the locked room. The case initially faced significant challenges due to the lack of security cameras, which also implicated the owner of the locked room.
The third case involved the escape room owner himself, who gave two reasons after being caught.
Firstly, they disliked the guest; secondly, it was for publicity, to increase the terrifying atmosphere of the escape room.
After carefully reviewing the information, Bai Mengfei casually closed the file, placed the notebook on the table, and then walked away as if nothing had happened.
Zhao Fei was still hoping she could find inspiration for solving the case from these materials, so he stepped forward and asked, "Have you found any clues from these materials?"
"No." Bai Mengfei slowly shook her head, her tone heavy. "Actually, both of these cases are quite complex and difficult to handle. Sigh, how should I put it!"
Bai Mengfei pondered silently for a while longer.
After a period of deep thought, she seemed to suddenly remember something, turned around, looked at Zhao Fei and said, "Captain Zhao, you haven't answered my question yet!"
"What's the problem?" Zhao Fei was slightly taken aback, a look of confusion on his face.
Bai Mengfei rolled her eyes at him and said, "Where exactly is Xiang Yuntian?"
Zhao Fei suddenly realized what was happening and hurriedly said with a forced smile, "Oh, him! He's already gone to that secret chamber for real people."
"Where is the address of the secret room? I'll go there now to assist him in the investigation."
Zhao Fei hurriedly turned around, took out a pen and paper from the pen holder, wrote down the address on the paper, and said, "You should have done this a long time ago."
"I know what to do, just give me the address quickly." Bai Mengfei said as she took the paper with the address written on it.
Just as she was about to leave, Zhao Fei said, "Forget it, I'll take you there! I can also learn some skills from you while I'm at it."
Since someone was willing to be her driver, Bai Mengfei naturally wouldn't refuse. She smiled slightly and replied, "Okay! Then please take me there."
Afterwards, Zhao Fei drove Bai Mengfei to the secret room. In the car, Zhao Fei asked, "How confident are you that you can solve this case?"
"I'm not very confident," Bai Mengfei said truthfully.
Zhao Fei rolled his eyes, his face showing an expression of almost fainting, and kept sighing: "Eight days ago, the higher-ups gave me a deadline, saying that if I couldn't solve the case within fifteen days, they would send me to guard the suburbs."
Bai Mengfei couldn't help but look up at his profile in surprise, and asked, "No way? Is it that bad?"
"Yes! It's really terrible! Sigh!" Zhao Fei said with a frown and a troubled expression.
Bai Mengfei could only say, "Alright! Then I will do my best to help you handle this case well."
"I told you not to just do your best, but to give it your all..."
As the two were talking, they arrived outside the escape room, parked their car, and got out together. The shop had been sealed off by the police, and the owner was under strict investigation.
This case is more complex than the previous three similar cases. No clues were found at the scene, and the security cameras had been destroyed.
At least Zhao Fei believes it's highly likely that the boss did it.
The boss is a man born in the 80s named Shengyang, and he's almost 40 years old this year.
He also has a wife, who is the owner of the shop. The couple said they had never had any enemies with anyone before, and they didn't know the unfortunate couple. They were also baffled by what happened.
Bai Mengfei merely listened to their words.
After all, she would only believe the truth after verifying it herself.
The secret room was located on the second floor. After Bai Mengfei and Zhao Fei arrived on the second floor, they lifted the curtain and went inside together. As it was designed as a secret room, the lighting inside was very dim.
However, Bai Mengfei immediately spotted Xiang Yuntian conducting an investigation inside.
As soon as Xiang Yuntian saw Bai Mengfei return, he put down the carpet he was lifting and walked straight over, saying with a smile, "You're finally back!"
"Yes!" Bai Mengfei replied with a smile, "I've already found the culprit in that case! Can you guess who it is?"
Before Xiang Yuntian could even ask, Zhao Fei interrupted, "Who is it?"
Seeing that Xiang Yuntian also looked like he wanted to know the answer, Bai Mengfei said, "The murderer is actually the brother-in-law of the first female victim, Mingjing."
"Huh? I didn't expect that person had been right under our noses all along!" Xiang Yuntian said with emotion.
Bai Mengfei nodded gently, then turned her face to look to the side.
There are still traces of blood on the floor where the Bagua diagram is drawn.
The floor is made of wooden planks because this secret room was built in the style of an ancient wooden house.
There wasn't just one Bagua diagram on the floor, but three.
The three iron Bagua diagrams could be connected to form an equilateral triangle. The blood of the deceased was splattered near these Bagua diagrams.
Upon noticing the unusual location of the blood splatter, Bai Mengfei immediately stepped inside. As she walked, she asked Xiang Yuntian, "There are two victims, right? A man and a woman, they were a couple. The man unfortunately died, and the woman is still unconscious in the hospital?"
Xiang Yuntian thought about it carefully, then nodded firmly and said, "That's right, that's exactly it."
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