"This..." Zhou Yan scratched his head.

"So, are there any cameras in this hotel?" Zhou Yan asked as usual.

This is not Zhou Yan's laziness. After all, cameras are the most powerful evidence in any case.

However, just as he had expected...

"In our small town, the fire protection standards are pretty good, but there are no cameras?" Xiao Chen said sheepishly.

"What should the passengers do if they lose their belongings?"

"You have to bear it yourself." Xiao Chen said.

"Okay~" Zhou Yan quickly accepted this setting. The cameras in this world have always been for decoration. Anyway, as long as there is a case, the cameras will be on time. They break down for various reasons.

, or simply not at all.

It is estimated that this is also one of the reasons why the detective system in this world is so developed.

So, let’s return to the case itself.

"So, at this moment, excluding the deceased, there are only five guests in this hotel, right."

"Yes." Xiao Chen returned.

"Moreover, two of the men went out drinking last night and did not come back, and there was a couple who just checked in this morning... so... those who were in the hotel last night

, Zhang San is the only one."

"If you don't count the deceased, it is indeed the case." Xiao Chen said with certainty: "Moreover, we contacted the Archives Bureau of the 19th City District by phone and found that Zhang San's past resume was not very good, and there was a precedent of harassing passengers.

, got divorced twice, got into fights with other drivers in small restaurants, oh, and his car should have been repaired a long time ago, but he still kept driving it to carry passengers. In short...this man is not too clean.

"

"Um~ Third brother is really a sweetheart~" Zhou Yanze muttered to himself in embarrassment.

"So, this is what we envision.

Last night, there were only Zhang San and the deceased in the hotel. The deceased was a woman and very beautiful. Zhang San got interested and wanted to do something nasty to the deceased, but the deceased refused.

Therefore, Zhang San deliberately retaliated this morning, taking advantage of the ten seconds when the elevator stopped on the fourth floor, quickly rushed into the elevator, cut off the deceased's neck with a fire ax, and then quickly evacuated the elevator.

After that, the elevator descended to the first floor. After seeing the body, two passengers called the police. When we arrived here, it was already 7:15.

During this period, Zhang San buried the murder weapon in the flower bed in the backyard."

Xiao Chen briefly stated his conjecture.

Of course, he is just a policeman. This kind of conjecture is very one-sided and there are many small details that cannot be explained.

And the most noteworthy point for Zhou Yan is...

"Um, Brother Chen, how did you determine the identity of the deceased?" he couldn't help but ask.

The deceased's head was missing. According to the plots in ordinary novels, if the body is usually without a head or the face is severely damaged, then it is most likely that it has been transferred.

"Oh, by the way, I haven't told you about the deceased yet." Xiao Chen said belatedly: "The deceased's name is Li Xiaoli, she is 29 years old, unemployed, and she checked into the hotel yesterday morning.

After our police arrived at the scene, they first determined the identity of the deceased based on the clothes of the body."

With that said, Xiao Chen took out a bunch of photos from his pocket and handed them to Zhou Yan.

Zhou Yan took the photos and found that they were all close-ups of corpses leaning against the elevator.

Xiao Chen continued: "The corpse was wearing a blue trench coat. The staff at the hotel bar could confirm that this was what the tenant [Xiao Li] on the sixth floor was wearing.

Moreover, the height and body shape also roughly match.

The most important thing is that we found the deceased’s backpack next to her, which contained her ID card, which was Xiaoli’s.”

While listening, Zhou Yan looked at the photos in his hands and couldn't help but hesitate: "Well... although all signs indicate that this is Xiaoli's body, but... she still has no head.

Ah, so it would be okay if the murderer made another corpse to pretend to be Xiaoli."

"This is theoretically possible, but from a practical perspective, it is very difficult to achieve." Xiao Chen said: "Because at that time, the couple on the first floor kept staring at the elevator floor, and they could

It was confirmed that the elevator only stayed on the 4th floor for less than 20 seconds.

During this time, if the murderer wants to take off Xiaoli's clothes, put them on another person, and then behead her, there is simply not enough time."

"Could it be that you have prepared the exact same outfit as Xiaoli in advance?"

"emmm..." Xiao Chen hesitated: "I haven't thought about this..."

at this time......

"Ling~Ling~Ling~"

Xiao Chen's phone rang.

Xiao Chen answered the phone, responded briefly, and then hung up.

"Okay, after the autopsy, the identity of the deceased has been determined, and it is Xiaoli!" Xiao Chen said.

"Uh... okay." Zhou Yan raised his eyebrows.

Originally, I thought there would be some trick like changing heads to kill people, but it turned out there was no such thing, the body was Xiaoli’s.

"Then, the next question." Zhou Yan continued to ask: "You said that from the time you called the police to the time you arrived here and sealed off the scene, there was a 15-minute blank period. During this period, the murderer had enough time to kill him.

The murder weapon was buried in the flower bed... However, the murderer walked out of the hotel so generously carrying a fire ax with blood on it. Isn't it a bit too eye-catching? The bar staff

Didn’t you see it?”

"We have also considered this, but unfortunately, this hotel has more than just the main entrance and one exit.

There is also a safety exit at the rear of the first floor."

With that said, Xiao Chen pointed to the other side of the corridor where the elevator was.

Zhou Yan walked in that direction and found a flight of stairs, and directly opposite the stairs, there was actually a door with a safety exit sign painted on it.

Zhou Yan walked back to Xiao Chen...

"So, the murderer could have beheaded the deceased on the fourth floor, ran down the walking stairs, and then directly opened the 'safety exit' door to get out."

Xiao Chen nodded: "Yes, and after exiting the safety exit, there is the backyard of the hotel, and the flower bed is also very close. Ten minutes is more than enough."

"Then...where is the head? It has never been found?"

"Yes, we didn't find it." Xiao Chen said: "I don't know where the murderer hid him. The police station asked Zhang San, but he completely denied that he had been in contact with the deceased. He didn't even know where he was.

Knowing who the deceased was, he was naturally tight-lipped about his head."

"Hey, hey~" Zhou Yan reminded in a depressed tone: "I'm just a suspect. What do you mean by 'keep-mouthing'? It's as if Zhang San is definitely the murderer."

"Well...well, I used the wrong word, but there seems to be no other candidate for this suspect besides Zhang San."

"Why is there no candidate?" Zhou Yan said: "Although the elevator only stopped on the fourth floor, the fourth floor is not a closed space. Maybe someone went to the fourth floor, waited for the door to open, and killed the deceased. And

At that time, Zhang San might still be sleeping in the room."

"Um..." After listening to Zhou Yan's words, Xiao Chen seemed a little embarrassed: "Well... I'm really sorry, I didn't make it clear. At the time of the crime, in this hotel, except

Apart from Zhang San and the deceased, there were only four people left.

They are the two drunkards on the sixth floor.

There is also a couple on the first floor.

And these four people all have alibis."

Zhou Yan thought about it again. Indeed, it was because the two drunkards saw Xiaoli entering the elevator.

The couple saw Xiaoli's body after the elevator reached the first floor.

None of these four people are suspects.

Therefore, the only suspect left is Zhang San on the fourth floor.

Zhou Yan hesitated for a while...

"So, are there other people present? For example, is there someone who sneaked in while the bar staff was asleep, and then hid in a corner on the fourth floor?

, waiting for the opportunity to kill Xiaoli?"

Xiao Chen shook his head: "It's impossible, because after we arrived here, we immediately sealed off the entire hotel and checked all floors. We can confirm that there are only these few people in this hotel.

The service staff at the bar also confirmed that no strangers had entered or left the hotel after 7 o'clock.

At that time, we also thought whether someone might have climbed over the wall from the backyard and ran away.

But when we came to the backyard, we rejected this idea.

Because there is no exit in the backyard, there is only a three-meter-high fence. Since there are no monitors, in order to prevent thieves, a barbed wire fence is placed on the fence. Most people have no way to climb up, let alone climb over.

To sum up...it is impossible for anyone else to appear in this hotel."

"emmm..." Zhou Yan frowned.

There are only five people staying in the hotel.

The two people on the sixth floor saw the deceased entering the elevator.
To be continued...