Chapter 80

In Chu Shusheng's eyes, although his father was strict, he was a kind man.

His father opened a tavern alone in the desert, not for money or fame, but just to provide a place for lost travelers to rest, and to provide a harbor for those who were unfortunate enough to fall into this place.

"My father would also regularly help those in need."

Chu Shusheng is proud of his father.

He was in poor health when he was a child. He still remembers his father staying by his bedside day and night, boiling medicinal soup for him, and taking him to visit famous doctors until he recovered.

His father hoped that he would become an educated and well-mannered man, so he sent him away to study.

He also hopes to be a good person who knows good from evil like his father.

"It wasn't until I met a friend in the government office that I saw the wanted poster with the murderer's portrait from many years ago."

"I've convinced myself countless times that this isn't my father, but just a brother with the same name or a similar appearance."

"There are so many coincidences in the world, it's not impossible for something like this to happen."

"Father is so kind, how could he hurt others?"

"How could a father who loves children so much be involved in kidnapping and trafficking?"

Until he quietly stole the key to the attic, opened the door that his father had never let him enter, and found rows of memorial tablets in the dark room.

"I finally can't deceive myself anymore."

"I went to my father and asked him questions, questioned him, and wanted to know the truth. He was silent for a long time, and finally he said to me, 'I will tell you the truth.'"

"According to the time I agreed with my father, in the dead of night when all of you were resting, I came to the attic alone."

"Father... he admitted that he was the leader of the Hungry Ghost Realm, the one who committed countless evil deeds and destroyed countless families."

After being wanted by the government, his father's men were either killed, arrested, or scattered.

"He realized something was wrong earlier and escaped with all the money and the last kidnapped baby, which was dying and still unsold."

At first, the little baby was just a tool for Chu Baixiong to hide his identity. No one would suspect a father who was seeking medical treatment everywhere with his only son.

In the process, he gradually discovered that a peaceful life seemed not bad, so he decided to retire.

And when the little burden he carried with him at that time spoke for the first time and called him daddy in a crisp baby voice, something in Chu Baixiong's heart was inexplicably touched.

He finally let go of the big hand on the baby's neck, and did not strangle the little burden to death. Instead, he took him away into the desert.

"An inn, an owner who has plenty of money but doesn't seek to make more, and a sickly little kid."

Over the years, even if you only have a dog, you will develop feelings for it.

The vicious bandit leader also immersed himself in the role-playing of a loving father and a filial son, and gradually sank into it, as if this had made him a qualified father.

However, when it was late at night and everyone was asleep, he would still wake up from his dreams. Countless souls who had died under his knife wanted to drag him down to hell and ask him why.

After having children and growing older, he gradually felt remorse for the evil deeds he had committed in the past, and wanted to give away money and accumulate virtue, both for himself and for his son.

But what he never expected was that what happened that year was known to his most important relative.

Chu Shusheng's expression seemed to be a mixture of tears and laughter: "I am not his biological child, but no matter who he was, he raised me. This is the grace of nurturing. Even if he is guilty of heinous crimes, he is still my father."

"I want to persuade him to surrender."

“So we had an argument.”

Chu Shusheng pulled open his blue shirt a little, revealing a circle of pinch marks on his neck.

"I felt suffocated and my body instinctively protected itself. I happened to touch the wine jar next to me, and I hit him hard on the head."

Later, when he calmed down, he realized that his father probably didn't want to silence him at that time. After all, the other party was a gangster. If he really wanted to kill him, he wouldn't give him a chance to resist. However, he...

As Chu Fan continued his narration, the audience suddenly understood.

Therefore, the traces of fighting in the attic and the pool of wine were caused by the dispute between the scholar and the innkeeper, and the wound on the innkeeper's head was also caused by the scholar.

"What happens next?" Huan Xu asked, tilting his head.

"I was confused afterwards and didn't know what to do. I wanted to save him, so I hurried downstairs to get some bleeding-stopping medicine to bandage him."

Chu Fan shook his head. "But when I finally found the medicine from the cabinet and returned to the fourth floor, I found that the attic door was locked."

"And I lost the key at some point."

"I thought he had woken up again and didn't want to turn himself in, so he ran away again. I even let out a long, cowardly sigh, feeling a vague sense of relief. It seemed okay this way."

"But I didn't expect that he would..."

Huan Xu asked, "Do you have any suspects?"

Chu Shusheng shook his head, then nodded and looked at Wu Qianying:

"I remember that besides the wound on her head and the knife wound, her fingers were also black. This should be a symptom of poisoning. I found a lot of powder in your room, including poison. You said you went to look for him."

Wu Qianying's eyes flickered, and Huan Xu once again fulfilled his detective duties and reminded her, "Only the murderer can lie."

Pursing her lips, Wu Qianying said, "Yes, I went to find him. I hate him and I want him dead. I was the one who poisoned him."

"I didn't lie before, but I went out not once, but twice."

"I think I was the first person to see him tonight. He was still in the room when I went to look for him."

"The teacups and cakes that Constable Huan found in his room were the ones I brought. They were poisoned, but not something as deadly as paraquat or thiamin."

"It's a slower, chronic poison that causes unbearable pain, heartbreak, and even death."

"I didn't expect that he would be killed before the poison took effect."

Wu Qianying revealed a cold smile, no longer trying to conceal her hatred and viciousness: "It was such a blessing for him, dying so quickly and so easily."

The last person to come forward to share was Qin Dongxiao.

Before, Qin Dongxiao and Lin Yi were at loggerheads, and Lin Yi even directly stated that his suspect was Qin Dongxiao, believing that he was the murderer. When everyone thought that Qin Dongxiao would also fight back against Lin Yi, Qin Dongxiao's remarks were beyond everyone's expectations.

He didn't point his spearhead at Lin Yi, but instead stroked his chin and thought, "Isn't Bai Lu Ren from Daoxiang Town correct?"

"If my memory serves me correctly, we committed our last crime in Daoxiang Town, and we were wanted by the government who ambushed us there."

"And Chu Shusheng is also their last remaining child."

Qin Dongxiao's gaze shifted between Bai Yi and Chu Fan. "If Bai Lu Ren's son grows up healthy, he should be about the same age as Chu Shusheng."

"Earlier, Bailu said he had a conversation with the boss, and the boss told him that his son is still alive. Once you recognize each other, you can go home together."

Then he smiled at Bai Yi and asked with narrowed eyes: "Brother Bai, the scholar is your son, right?"

[What the hell? The details match up, it seems to be true.]

[Sorry, I apologize first. I misunderstood Lao Qin. Lao Qin was really serious about playing and analyzing the game.]

[I didn't expect that the scholar was actually Brother Bai's son.]

Even Chu Fan opened his eyes slightly, with a look of shock on his face. It was obvious that he had just learned this "explosive" news.

After a brief silence, Bai Yi nodded: "Yes, I know Xiao Chu is my son, but I haven't had the chance to tell him about this yet."

Qin Dongxiao continued to poke his chin: "Brother Bai, are you sure you don't know the murder weapon in the room?"

Bai Yi said firmly: "I don't know."

Qin Dongxiao didn't continue to argue, but changed the subject and flipped through the notebook in his hand: "When I described the timeline before, Brother Bai, your time was after mine and before Wu Wu discovered the deceased."

"The second time Wu Wu went out was to confirm that the boss had been poisoned."

"Brother Bai, do you have anything to add during the time you were away? Also, did you know that the scholar knew that the boss was the murderer back then?"

"There's another thing I'm curious about. If the murderer wasn't you, Brother Bai, then when the murderer carried the body from the fourth floor to the first floor, passing by your window, didn't he make any noise? Didn't you hear anything, Brother Bai?"

"Actually, I do know."

"During the day, Xiao Chu and the boss were talking outside the inn. Because my room was at the back, with the window open a crack, I accidentally overheard their conversation."

"I went to the innkeeper tonight to confirm with him again and inform him that I would take Xiao Chu away as soon as the sandstorm stopped. However, I didn't find him at the time, and the light in Xiao Chu's room was still on, so I thought I would explain everything to Xiao Chu first."

"But before I could knock on the door, I found a drop of blood on the floor outside Xiao Chu's room."

"I noticed something was wrong, but the door to the fourth floor was locked again and I couldn't get in, so I cleaned up the blood."

"Because my room is right above the boss's room, and above that is the attic. At that time, there was no one in the boss's room, and the windows on the fourth floor were open, so I climbed up."

"On the fourth floor, I saw the innkeeper lying dead with knife wounds on his body."

"I was shocked, and the first person I thought of was Xiao Chu."

"I didn't think much of it at the time. I was just focused on protecting Xiao Chu. The boss had collapsed on the first floor, and the only people with the key could be the boss or Xiao Chu. If the body was found, Xiao Chu would definitely be identified as the murderer. I carried the boss's body down the stairs to the first floor and closed the window again."

"After cleaning the scene and returning to the room, the body was found shortly after."

Huan Xu frowned: "No murder weapon was found at the scene?"

"Yes, there was no murder weapon."

All the clues were clear. In the end, Brother Bai thought his son had killed the boss, so he faked the scene and took the boss's body to the first floor.

[Then the question arises, who is the murderer? ]

Good question, I want to know too.

[It itches so much, it feels like a brain is growing out of it.]

[The people of Cangtian have given up thinking, friends of Haotian, come here.]

[Haotian people also gave up. This question is beyond the scope. Let's leave it to the professional members of Youtian family.]

Compared to the Cangtian and Haotian people who directly raised the white flag and announced their giving up, the Youtian people were full of energy.

[You've asked the right person. Let me analyze this carefully.]

So, the Cangtian and Haotian people in the barrage withdrew from the main battlefield and took the initiative to hand over the initiative to Youtian's family, and they were only responsible for acting as cheerleaders waving flags and shouting.

【That’s right, well said, keep going. 】

[Keep going, the truth is right before our eyes, keep going, family.]

The people of Youtian also posted their analysis on the public screen, which was well-reasoned and well-motivated.

The people of Cangtian and Haotian looked at this and then looked at that, and they both said very well, with nothing wrong with it.

So who is the murderer?

After much analysis, the first person the audience ruled out was Qin Dongxiao, who seemed to be the most suspicious at the beginning.

Just like Qin Dongxiao said, he locked the door and was waiting for the boss to fend for himself, and was ready to leave.

Actually, Lao Qin is still a suspect. He said he took the key and never returned, but no one can verify his words. Lin Youxia was able to climb through the window into the attic and kill the boss, and Lao Qin was also able to unlock it, enter, kill the boss, and then come out and lock it again. He is still a suspect.

Similarly, the poison administered by Wu Wu needs time to take effect, and judging from the marks on the boss' body, he did not torture himself.

[Of course, the premise for Wu Wu to be cleared of suspicion is that she is not lying.]

If she lied, and the drug only delayed the onset of the disease but did not cause the self-torture she claimed, then she might also be the murderer and had already stopped breathing before the boss was hit on the head and stabbed.

[This is based on the premise that Wu Wunu lied. Everything she did tonight could have been fake. She might not have returned to her room, but instead stayed outside and witnessed Chu Shusheng injuring his father.]

After Chu Shusheng left and before Qin Wulai arrived, he brutally stabbed the boss several times, finally stabbing him in the heart, causing him to die in agony. This perfectly matched the revenge she had wanted to talk about earlier.

The remaining two are Bai Yi and Lin Yi.

First of all, Bai Yi was the last person to have contact with the innkeeper. He transported the innkeeper's body from the fourth floor to the first floor through the window, falsified the scene, and found the murder weapon in his room.

Lin Yi knows martial arts, and after the door is locked, he can also reach the fourth floor through the window. While Bai Yi is preparing, he stabs the boss several times to avenge his master.

So there were six people present. Besides Detective Huan Daodao, the only one who was cleared of suspicion, had no motive, lost his keys, didn't know martial arts, and had no ability to commit the crime was Chu Shusheng?

Choosing one out of four is still a difficult problem. In each person’s separate room, the guests are also analyzing the problem, and they have also thought of most of the things that the audience can think of.

They will have to decide for themselves who to choose in the end.

The countdown to 321 sounded, the reasoning time ended, and voting began.

The first shot shown is of detective Huan Daodao.

The voting phase begins.

The audience was very curious about who the guests would vote for.

Especially Huan Xu, as the detective of this script, his one vote is equivalent to two votes from other guests.

[Who does Director Huan think is the culprit? ]

Director Huan was able to write such an excellent script as "The Case of Yin Shi", so he will definitely make the right choice this time.

[I'll follow whoever Director Huan chooses, all in!]

With his hands crossed in front of him, Huan Xu pondered for a moment, then looked up at the floating camera and said to the audience:

"Actually, I'm not entirely sure. There are a lot of suspects in this book. For the real murderer, the other suspects are just distractions."

"Especially the three minutes that gave the real murderer time to fake the scene made it more difficult."

Seven parts evidence, three parts intuition.

As Huan Xu finished speaking, he bent his index finger and tapped the table.

A virtual screen appeared out of thin air on the desktop.

There are five ID photos on the screen wearing ancient loose prisoner uniforms, which are the other five guests.

Huan Xu raised his hand and tapped Bai Yi's photo under the gaze of the audience, casting his vote.

[Fuck, Director Huan actually voted for Brother Bai.]

"Why? Is it because of the murder weapon in Brother Bai's room? But wasn't that a frame-up by the real criminal? Just like Brother Bai himself said, if he was the criminal, why would he leave the murder weapon in his room? Wouldn't that just increase suspicion?"

[I think so too. Qianqian and Baige are the least suspicious, so I will choose between Lao Qin and Xiaoyi.]

As if aware of the audience's confusion, Huan Xu briefly explained:

"Bai Lu Ren's defense really didn't sound flawless. It was just too perfect. He seemed to be able to guess everyone's arguments and prepare perfect answers in advance."

"And let's not forget that he has another important identity - a father."

"To him, the innkeeper is his enemy who stole his child. It's understandable that he hates the innkeeper."

"He's been searching for his child for so many years, which shows that he's a respectable and dedicated father. So, for a man like him, when he can't find his child, won't his hatred for his boss grow along with his longing for the child?"

"More importantly, although Chu Shusheng is still alive, he recognizes the thief as his father."

"Even though the scholar knew about his boss's crimes, when he saw the door to the fourth floor was locked, he thought his boss had escaped again. He felt uneasy, guilty for the victims, but also relieved."

Why? Because the boss is the scholar’s ​​father.

"What he learned and received told him that his father was wrong, so he wanted to persuade this criminal to turn himself in. But he also knew very well what the consequences would be if he turned himself in."

“You’ll die.”

Since his father escaped, the other party didn't have to die, so he felt relieved.

"Isn't this kind of 'recognizing a thief as a father' a greater stimulation for the Hundred Travelers?"

"Judging from his timeline, he and the scholar were in the same camp, responsible for the two most important time points, while the innkeeper died in the middle period."

The murderer is in the hands of three other people.

"One out of three people is a liar."

"What about the other way around?" Even when Huan Xu was explaining to the audience in front of the camera, he was still reviewing his own thoughts:

"If Wu Qianying and the other three weren't lying, and after finishing the story of the timeline they told, they returned to the room and never came out again."

"Then the liar can only be the Hundred Travelers."

"To sum up, combined with my personal intuition, I finally decided to cast this important vote for Hundred Travelers."

The voting interface disappeared, and Huan Xu said softly, "I hope my judgment is correct."

Is Director Huan nervous? I just saw him exhale quietly.

Believe in yourself.

At the same time, in other separate rooms, five other guests faced the same choice.

In front of them were large portraits of the five murderers, excluding the detective.

The perspective shifts to Bai Yi's room.

Bai Yi silently but firmly reached out his hand and clicked on Lin Youxia's image.

Looking at the camera, Bai Yi said seriously: "When the wind and sand stop, I will take the scholar home. His mother is still waiting for him."

【Wow, Brother Bai hasn't finished his role yet.】

[Oh my god, even though I know it's just a story, I still feel sad. Those damned human bitches deserve to die.]

…

Qin Dongxiao's eyes scanned the portraits of the five people.

"Oh, there's a handsome guy here. He's so handsome. He's definitely not the murderer."

[Tell me, Lao Qin, you are not talking about yourself.]

[Brother, I am a fan of your looks, but the way you look today, I just can't stand it anymore.]

Of course Qin Dongxiao would not vote for himself.

As for the other four people.

Qin Dongxiao raised his hand: "It's either you or him who will select the troops and generals.

The last finger stopped and fell above Bai Yi.

"I didn't just pick randomly. Careful viewers should have noticed from our previous exchange of evidence that I, personally, am more inclined to trust my neighbor, Ranger Lin."

"Even though he doesn't look like a good person and even wanted to kill me after killing the innkeeper, there are still ways to be a thief. We can't let him draw the joker every time, right?"

Lin Yi had previously played the final boss in the Yinshi case.

During the final scene, Lin Yi was forced to do "NG" over and over again by Director Huan. Could it be that the young man's acting skills improved so quickly? Could he have fooled Director Huan? Impossible.

The camera turned again, and Wu Qianying's figure appeared. She walked around the room anxiously with her hands behind her back.

Who is the murderer?

"Qin Wulai and Lin Youxia, I think they both look like murderers."

"I must have left some evidence behind. It's so difficult, so difficult. I don't know who Director Huan, no, Constable Huan and the others chose."

[Wow, my goddess is so real, isn't this my state? ]

[Aba, Aba, I just watch the show. To be honest, if you let me choose, I can't pick any one.]

As the countdown sounded, Wu Qianying gritted her teeth and raised her hand to point at Lin Yi.

"It's you, brother. Don't blame me for not being on your side. You fooled everyone with your harmless appearance before."

"I've been fooled once, and I won't be fooled a second time."

Wu Qianying made a choice that was completely opposite to Qin Dongxiao's.

So far, including the two votes from the constable.

Suspect Bai Lu Ren received three votes, and suspect Lin Yi received two votes, leaving a total of seven votes with two votes left.

[Will I, Brother Bai, be the first murderer to be voted out? ]

[Don't jump to conclusions yet. Anything is possible. I still think it's more likely that Lin Youxia is the murderer.]

As expected, the camera turned to Lin Yi, and it was impossible for Lin Yi to choose himself.

Who will Xiaoyi choose? He seems to be Qin Wulai.

At the same time as the barrage of comments, Lin Yi raised his hand and decisively clicked on Qin Dongxiao's avatar.

He said with certainty: "The murderer is you."

The next moment, Lin Yi looked at the floating camera uncertainly, blinked, and asked the audience, "Did everyone else lock onto Qin Wulai like me?"

Lin Yi couldn't see the audience's reaction, but the audience burst into laughter.

The variety show effect is maximized.

[I'm dying of laughter, Bao, how should I tell you the truth? ]

[In fact, except for you, my brother, no one else voted for Brother Qin. I'm sorry.]

[Have you forgotten our Phantom Sixth Man again? He hasn't voted yet.]

[Fuck, if you hadn't told me, I would have forgotten.]

Just at this moment, the program crew made trouble, and Chu Fan, who had a weak presence, flashed away on the camera.

【What just happened? 】

[It seems to be a ghost.]

[Programmers, please be kind and let me see who Xiaofan chose.]

[Leaving it in suspense at this time, what can people do? ]

The program team just doesn't do their job.

A background voice prompt sounded in all six rooms: "The voting session is over, the voting channel is officially closed, please return to the lobby."

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