The Devil is Lurking By Your Side

The three people walked out of Yan Shikai's house and saw that the nearby residents had dispersed. Then the police officers had also begun to retreat and were preparing to leave.

Officer Tang asked one of the officers: "How's it going? Are there any gains?"

"Except for some incomplete footprints, there is nothing else to gain." The police officer replied respectfully.

"Well, it's been hard work." Officer Tang said, and then crossed the yellow warning belt and left Yan's house with Leng Yu and others.

There was no word all the way, everyone returned to the Public Security Bureau, but met the deputy Zhang, who happened to be back from outside.

"I'm back? Okay, let's go into the conference hall with us." Officer Tang patted Officer Zhang on the shoulder and said. Officer Zhang immediately agreed, and then followed them to the direction of the conference hall.

After everyone entered the conference hall, they each sat on a chair.

Officer Tang glanced at everyone, and first said: "Why, let's let Officer Zhang tell us what we have heard from the mouths of the workers?"

As he said, a pair of eyes glanced at Leng Yu and Lin Xin.

"Well, let him speak first." Lin Xin said, while Leng Yu nodded and said nothing.

Officer Zhang saw that everyone's eyes were looking at him, and he said: "Everyone, we did get some useful news from the mouths of the workers. They said that since they worked in the magic team, they hadn't been with each other. The stunts, magicians, and even the people playing the clown, etc. have been in touch, and even some of the other backstage personnel have not said anything to them."

Right after he said this, he shut his mouth, and then looked at Officer Tang and the others, wanting to hear them give some practical explanations for the news they found.

"This is very strange, why didn't they have any communication?" After Police Officer Tang finished speaking, he turned to look at Leng Yu and Lin Xin, wanting to see what they thought.

"It's very simple. The murderer is the master behind the magic team. The reason why Lingong is not allowed to have any contact with his regular employees is that they don't want them to confide too much to our police in order to cover up their killing. "Lin Xin said, immediately answering their questions.

Leng Yu gave an "um" at this time, and then said: "This is why you asked in the past. In that case, this magic team is even more suspicious. This kind of performance team originally focused on team spirit. However, they deliberately did not allow temporary workers to have contact with regular employees. During the period, they must have hidden certain things, and this thing is that they do not want their true identity to be revealed!"

"So, what kind of identity does this murderer have? Alas, we are really helpless and helpless with him..." Officer Tang couldn't help sighing, very frustrated.

"Actually, I am also very curious about his identity, but we will make a guess about his identity in a while. Now, let's listen to Officer Zhang first." Leng Yu said, his tone seemed to have a little bit of the identity of the murderer. idea.

"Yeah. Officer Zhang, go ahead." Officer Tang nodded and said.

"In addition to discovering that there is not much communication between them, we also know that these temporary workers are not allowed to go to the front desk to watch the performance, and even have no chance to walk to the front desk because someone is strictly guarding the backstage. According to them. , There is only one person who can walk to the front desk, that is Yan Shikai, who has been killed and dismembered! However, Yan Shikai can’t walk to the backstage casually to have contact with other temporary workers. He will be taken to the backstage after the performance is over. In a small room made temporarily in Li, someone prepared some snacks and water for him. In short, his treatment is different from others." Officer Zhang said.

His statement surprised the other three people, which undoubtedly brought them another new clue. The murderer really came for Yan Shikai alone, so why did this murderer choose Yan Shikai?

This question kept circling in everyone's heart, and Officer Tang and Lin Xin thought of Leng Yu's words again: hatred.

At this moment, Lin Xin looked at Officer Zhang and asked another crucial question. She only heard her ask: "Since Lingong and Yan Shikai have not had any contact, then why do they know that there is a small room? Set up specifically for Yan Shikai? Then, how did they know that he received some special treatment, such as water and snacks to entertain him?"

Officer Zhang's eyes showed admiration. Although Lin Xin did not participate in the inquiry process, she directly asked the key to this doubt.

"Officer Lin, there is a temporary worker from the countryside of Longshi. He is curious about everything, and he is also very bold. One night when Yan Shikai went up to the front desk to act as a magician performer, he sneaked in. In that small room, I saw these afterwards. However, after he came out, he was caught by Peng Dahu, and he was fired immediately, and he was warned not to spread the incident, lest other temporary workers feel that Protest unfairly." Officer Zhang said.

He paused, then said: "This Lin Gong from the countryside was very angry at the time, but he was helpless. After taking the salary that Peng Dahu had set him that night, he left, and never stepped into magic again. Team one step. It’s just that when we asked him a moment ago, he still felt very angry, so he shook everything he saw in the magic group."

"Did he say anything else?" Police Officer Tang asked with bright eyes at this time, with a hint of excitement in his tone.

"Yes, he said that he also saw a lot of kittens. These kittens are all kept in a tight cage, but he doesn't know what the kittens are for. Now, he actually said that, and we happened to The cat's body was found, which is enough to prove that the kitten was brought by the magic troupe, in order to make the magic show look more realistic." Officer Zhang continued, expressing his own views on the case.

"Very well, such a conversation is undoubtedly very good news for us!" Officer Tang said, praising Officer Zhang.

Leng Yu said at this time: "I agree with Officer Zhang's point of view. Then, I also want to add that although the murderer wanted to make the magic show look more realistic, his real purpose was to plan to kill Yan Shikai, so The animal’s blood was used to make the audience preconceived and make them think that the bloodstains are actually fake, because the audience will never know whether the bloodstains are real bloodstains or just blood stains painted with watercolor paint. Then, in After he killed Yan Shikai, the audience would not be suspicious about the blood on the knife.

"Inspector Leng, then why didn't the murderer choose to use watercolor paint to paint on the knife, but killed so many small animals?" Inspector Tang asked, wondering why he had to use the blood of living creatures.

Lin Xin, who was sitting next to Leng Yu, smiled and said, "It is very likely that he thinks the watercolor will dry quickly. If it dries, then there will be no visual effect."

"Oh, that's true too..." Officer Tang murmured.

"Speaking of this, I was wondering why we found so few cat corpses? The magic show lasted for 2 weeks. If each show has a performance of a living person with a samurai sword inserted into the box, it should not be used. Are there more kittens on board? Then, why does each kitten seem to die on the same day? They seem to have the same degree of decay..." Leng Yu stroked his chin and said, while frowning deeply.

This is another suspicion that has always been hidden in her heart.

"Officer Leng, if the kittens all die on the same day... Then... does it mean that even the magician himself doesn't know that the blood on his knife comes from a living kitten?" Lin Xin flashed an inspiration at this moment. The biggest turning point in things.

"Yes! Probably the magician didn't know it himself! Because when he inserted the knife into the box, it might be real paint, sauce or something, not a living kitten. It was only on the night when Yan Shikai was killed. , He killed the kitten with a single knife, and also killed Yan Shikai by the way, so that the blood stains of Yan Shikai and the kitten would be mixed together. The murderer did this deliberately in an attempt to fool the police and let We couldn't find the bloodstain of the person so that we could delay the time so that he could fly far away." Leng Yu said again, revealing another suspicious point for this case.

And this suspicious point was finally asked by Officer Tang.

I saw him sitting aside and watching Lin Xin and Leng Yu say a word to you and me, and suddenly he was a little dumbfounded. After a long time, he joined their topic, and suddenly asked: "Two, is it possible that the person who killed Yan Shikai at the time was not the magician himself, but someone else?"

"It's possible!" At this moment, Leng Yu and Lin Xin both turned their heads to look at Officer Tang, and said, their tone was unusually firm.

So, what does this show? Does this mean that they can exclude the magician from the list of suspects? But, if this is the case, then who is this person who pretended to be a magician?

Numerous doubts and doubts continued to pour in, sending them a mess in their heads.

"So, should we exclude the suspicion of the magician?" Officer Tang asked again.

"Not yet." Leng Yu said coldly.

"Why?" Officer Tang asked again.

"Unless we have enough evidence, anyone related to the magic team can't be excluded." Leng Yu said, his eyes were cold.

After a long time, the discussion of the three people stopped again. When Lin Xin turned her head to look at Officer Zhang, she saw that the other person's face was also thoughtful.

So she asked: "Officer Zhang, apart from these, did you ask anything else?"

Officer Zhang glanced at Lin Xin, then nodded, and said, "Yes. We learned from the mouths of these lingong that they only worked in the team for 12 days, starting from the day after Yan Shikai disappeared. They were all fired. Then, it is said that the backstage work of the magic group was replaced by another team of staff. The temporary workers all thought it was likely that the magic show was only two days away from the end, so they fired It’s also excusable for Lingong. Because the magic troupe may want to quickly clean up some tools that no longer need to be used before the magic show is over, and it is more appropriate for their own employees to do the cleaning work. Therefore, there is no need to let the temporary workers stay."

"Well, this is also a way for the murderer to conceal it. Anyway, Yan Shikai is dead. Instead of letting these strangers from Longshi discover that his disappearance was not accidental, it is better to let his employees take over the post-spreading work. It’s safer... Otherwise, he wants to let Lin Gong people know that if Yan Shikai leaves the team for no reason, then it means that other employees will leave for no reason. Then it would be better to just dismiss all of them directly, saving unnecessary troubles, and at the same time. Other temporary workers will not doubt this matter." Leng Yu said.

"However, it is precisely this concern that led us to find some clues. The more careful the murderer, the more flaws and doubts exposed, he was self-defeating..." Lin Xin leaned back in the chair and said leisurely .