Chapter 630 How can you silence someone without closing the door? Please give me a monthly ticket (〃)

In the shadows of the corridor.

Two pairs of eyes stared at Jiang Xia's back.

After seeing Jiang Xia's expression of "So that's it!", Ren Zhaojiro and Sakoda Yu looked at each other with a hint of relief in their eyes.

——Fortunately, they did not follow other detectives, but chose to stay and monitor Jiang Xia, a famous detective. Otherwise, Jiang Xia might have revealed everything while they were busy following the police to find clues. In that case, everything would be too late.

The two of them sighed and followed Jiang Xia away.

——Renjojiro and Sakoda Yu are actors and prop masters who often work together.

In addition to their superficial identities, the two were also members of the "art theft group" mentioned in the news. On weekdays, they took advantage of their work to mix stolen goods into the props of the crew, transported and sold them, and thus evaded countless inspections.

The screenwriter who was just killed was a writer of suspense dramas. He often collected various social cases as inspiration for his writing.

A while ago, the screenwriter accidentally discovered that a piece of stolen art that had been reported had appeared in their crew. At first, he thought it was just a similar imitation, but after checking it out, he found that the "prop" that had appeared in the crew was gone, and after looking through the recent video footage, he didn't find it used in any scene - it didn't seem to be their prop, but something else that had mixed in.

After becoming suspicious, the detective spirit in the screenwriter awakened and he began to investigate the matter seriously.

Renchojiro and Sakoda Yu were completely unprepared for this, and soon the screenwriter filmed them holding a few resale items and happily discussing the prices.

After obtaining the evidence, the screenwriter hesitated for a moment and did not call the police.

Instead, he was inspired and wrote a script with a hidden secret, intending to use it as a hint to make his acquaintances, the resellers, realize that the matter was exposed and turn themselves in to the police.

——In the script written by the screenwriter, the murderer is exactly that "Azhen". The kana of "zhen" is "てい", which is similar to the ancient writing of "蝶" which is homophonic with "兆" in Ren Zhaojiro's name. In addition, the prototype of Madame Butterfly that appears in the plot is also a homophonic reference to "Ren Zhaojiro".

As the screenwriter wished, the two criminals soon realized that they had been exposed.

But then, things turned out to be different from what the screenwriter had expected.

——The two did not surrender themselves, but gradually developed murderous intentions towards the screenwriter.

The screenwriter felt the murderous intent coming from all around him, and after some hesitation, he quickly packed up his bag and ran away. This is why he "ran away from the crew."

In the second script just sent, the screenwriter hinted at where he hid the memory card - in the memory card was the evidence of reselling that he had photographed.

At this point, the screenwriter was still thinking about his plan to "get the criminal to surrender." Leaving the memory card behind was just in case. Today, the screenwriter did come to the set to observe, and when he saw Jiang Xia mistakenly enter the crew, he temporarily added some lines to the second episode that hinted at the location of the memory card. Time was tight, and he had no time to think about it, which led to the lines of the riddle man "Azhen" being very abrupt. The screenwriter thought that if he met with an accident, the evidence left behind might be discovered by Jiang Xia.

…

Jiang Xia also knew the location of the memory card.

After leaving the hotel, he quickly returned to Zhifeng University and found the filming location where the crew was when he first met them.

——A western-style building with a long history.

The crew has finished filming the relevant scenes here and has already left.

The mansion was not open to the public, all four doors were locked, and there was no one inside.

…

The administrator of this university happens to be a mystery enthusiast and has collected a lot of newspaper clippings about solved cases.

Jiang Xia borrowed the key from him by scanning his face, and then when the other party asked expectantly, "Do you need help?", he decisively refused and walked away quickly. It is common sense that a qualified high school detective should be a stubborn riddler and lone ranger before the truth comes out.

The administrator was old and his reaction could not keep up with the young people. In the time it took for Jiang Xia to sigh after being rejected, he left quickly.

The administrator had other work to do, and without excuses like "the detective asked me for help", he couldn't be absent from work without permission, so he could only watch Jiang Xia leave with regret.

…

Jiang Xia got the key, opened the door of the mansion and entered the hall.

Although the school's western-style building is old, the valuable antiques inside have long been dispersed and collected in various places.

What is displayed inside now are just some modern handicrafts in antique style.

The paintings hanging everywhere on the walls are, of course, the same.

Jiang Xia entered the hall, glanced around, and his eyes soon fell on the wall diagonally opposite.

There was a landscape painting with a green main tone, depicting a summer lake - this was exactly the famous scenic lake in Chifeng University that Hattori Heiji mentioned just now.

A little outside the picture frame, on the wall near the top, there is a hole left after the pipe was removed, and the hole is half-covered by decorative flowers.

Jiang Xia walked towards the hole.

He did not take the initiative to use puppet clay to dig out the things hidden inside. Instead, after looking up for a while, he honestly moved a stool over like a normal person, raised it up, stepped closer to the entrance of the cave, and searched carefully.

Not long after, he found a mini ziplock bag from the gap between the rocks.

After picking up the bag and shaking off the dirt and rocks covering it, one could see a black memory card in the bag - the card contained the evidence of Ren Zhaojiro and Sakoda Yu's theft and trafficking of antiques.

Jiang Xia looked at the memory card, raised the corners of his lips slightly, revealing a smile that should be shown after solving a difficult problem, and jumped off the stool.

Just as I stood firm, I suddenly felt the light behind me dim.

He was stunned for a moment, and almost tilted his head hastily.

An iron rod brushed past his hair with a "whoosh" sound, making a startling sound of breaking through the air. It failed to hit the target, and the iron rod finally slammed into the wall, smashing off a large piece of wall, and the broken soil fell down with a bang.

Jiang Xia dodged and took two steps back with surprise in his eyes - he looked at the people in hats and masks in front of him, as if he didn't know when these two people got behind him.

At this moment, the attack missed and the tall man in the lead made an impatient "tsk" sound.

The shorter one saw Jiang Xia retreating to the door and couldn't help but panic: "Stop him, don't let him go out!"

The two did not expect that Jiang Xia would be lucky enough to avoid this sudden attack from behind.

So the door was not locked.

After all, according to their plan, the two men's script was: knock Jiang Xia down with one stick, beat him to death with another stick, and then take the memory card and run away - in this case, locking the door would only delay their escape.

The plan went smoothly, but I didn't plan to implement it and got stuck at the first step.

...But it's not a big problem.

This western-style house is quite large, so we could just kill the man before Jiang Xia leaves.

(End of this chapter)