Chapter 85: Reverse Chamber of Secrets "How about I ask it another way," Yin Chuan continued when no one answered, "Who was the one who asked to enter the room?"
"Yes...it's me. Because the lights in the practice room are turned off and the door is locked every day, but today there was suddenly a light in the room in the middle of the night, so I subconsciously thought that Feng Shijiu was inside." Jin Gui explained nervously.
"Well, that's understandable, that's understandable," Yin Chuan nodded. He then carefully observed Lu Shuiqing's crouching body. One hand was stretched forward, as if trying to grab something. So he continued to ask, "Did you actually see the venomous snake when you were in the house?"
"No, I didn't see it." Hai Yifan replied.
The others also shook their heads, indicating that they had not seen the real body of the snake.
"The rest of you who were bitten by the snake all ran out of the training room and received the antidote in time. Only the second young lady stayed in the room and died from the poison..." Yin Chuan frowned. "So, the second young lady's death was very strange."
As they were talking, Linlang rushed back with Baohan and Du Yunzhang. Yin Chuan briefly recounted the events to them. Du Yunzhang's eyes widened. "My goodness! It's only been two days since the eldest daughter of the Lu family got into trouble, and now the second daughter is in trouble again?"
"Old Bao, I'm going to trouble you to perform an autopsy on the body." Yin Chuan said to Bao Han. Bao Han nodded and did it.
"Brother Liu, did you find out anything just now?" Linlang asked.
Yin Chuan nodded, then called Linlang and Du Yunzhang out of the room and whispered, "Well... judging from the situation at the scene, I think this room is similar to the cases we encountered several times before, also a closed-room murder case. But the difference is that this room is more like a reverse closed-room!"
"Reverse secret room? What does that mean?" Du Yunzhang was confused.
Linlang seemed to understand what Yin Chuan meant. "I guess what you mean by 'reverse secret room' is that for people outside the room, this room can enter at will, but for the people inside the room (that is, the second young lady), it becomes a secret room and there is no way out."
"Ah? Is there such a thing?" Du Yunzhang was dumbfounded and turned to ask Yin Chuan, "Is this what you mean?"
"Yes, that's what I mean. A reverse chamber of secrets. To the people inside, the room is a chamber of secrets, but to the people outside, it's just an ordinary room."
"But it wasn't just Lü Shuiqing who entered this room. All four of them went in! Why didn't Lü Shuiqing come out?"
Yin Chuan snorted coldly, "What other reason could there be? This is the murderer's method of killing!"
Linlang immediately understood what Yin Chuan meant. "Are you saying that the murderer is among the four men who entered the room in the middle of the night?"
"It should be possible." Yin Chuan said firmly, "But I still haven't figured out how the murderer created this reverse secret room. If we can deduce the method, then the murderer's true identity will be revealed."
Du Yunzhang slapped his forehead and said, "Since they all claim to have been bitten by snakes, why don't we search these four people? Whoever has a snake on him or has traces of a snake is the murderer!"
"Forget it, none of them are fools. Who would secretly carry a snake at this time? It is even more impossible for any trace of a snake to remain on the body!" Yin Chuan retorted.
"Eh? Didn't they say that only Master Jin Gui was not bitten by the snake? And according to their description, Jin Gui was the last one to discover Feng Shijiu and come out of the room. He also said with certainty that Feng Shijiu was in the training room and was the first to rush into the room. So... from any angle, he seems to be the most suspicious." Linlang said, holding her chin.
"Yes, when I heard your story just now, I felt that this Jingui was very suspicious. How come the poisonous snake bites everyone but him who broke in first? Perhaps there is only one explanation, that is, he secretly raised poisonous snakes in the training room, and after leading everyone into the room, he ordered the snakes to bite everyone. Everyone ran out, but Lu Shuiqing was too deeply poisoned and did not run out, so he died in the room." Du Yunzhang still looked as if the truth of the case had been revealed, and he thought his inference was reasonable.
Yin Chuan did not refute him immediately, but smiled and shook his head slightly.
"Come in, all three of you. The autopsy is almost done." It was Bao Han's voice from inside the room.
Yin Chuan and the other two hurried in, "Old Bao, why are you so fast this time?"
Bao Han took off his gloves and said, "The deceased only had two bluish-colored holes on his right wrist. There were no other wounds on his body. It's obvious that the toxin entered his body from there. According to my judgment, the time from poisoning to death was no more than five minutes."
"Five minutes..." Yin Chuan thought for a moment. During this time, the other poisoned people escaped from the room, and Jin Gui went to Hai Yifan's room to find the antidote, and then injected it to everyone to detoxify them. The time should be just right.
"It's almost the same time as when Miss Lu Shuixian died of poisoning!" Linlang added.
"Yes, they were probably poisoned by the same poison."
"No need for that. They were all poisoned by the venom of the fire snake." Baohan confirmed Yin Chuan's judgment.
It’s the fire snake again!
"Everyone, make way! The master of the family is here!" Before Yin Chuan could continue questioning, he heard a disciple shouting outside. Lu Changhua and his wife Gao stumbled to the door of the training room, followed by his third daughter Lu Shuiling and his third uncle Yu Jintang.
"Mr. Liu! What is going on? Why is Shuiqing also..." Lu Changhua said sadly and angrily as he looked at Lu Shuiqing's body lying on the ground.
"Master Lu, I'm really sorry. This happened last night. We are also very sad. Let these people tell you the detailed cause and effect." Yin Chuan looked at his brother-in-law Hai Yifan and others.
There was no other way, so Hai Yifan had to bite the bullet and recount the whole story of last night to Lu Changhua and Mrs. Gao. Lu Changhua stamped his feet after hearing it, "Alas! Feng Shijiu again! Injustice, injustice!" Mrs. Gao, who was standing next to him, couldn't help sobbing.
"Brother Bao just finished examining the bodies. The second young lady's cause of death is essentially the same as the eldest: fire snake poison. You just heard what the eldest brother-in-law said, but there's one thing I don't understand. I was going to ask him earlier, but it's not too rude to ask you now. Most of the people who entered the training room were bitten by venomous snakes. How did Master Hai find the antidote so quickly? It's as if he had already prepared a preventative against fire snake venom. I assume you have a good idea of what's going on here, right?"
Lu Changhua was stunned for a moment, then glanced guiltily at his eldest brother-in-law, Hai Yifan. Hai Yifan understood and quickly ordered the Second Young Lady's body to be buried. Lu Changhua then addressed the Lu family members present, "Don't spread the news about today's incident. Wait until the members of the Cao Gang have thoroughly investigated. Yifan, tell your disciples too: if anyone spreads gossip, I'll kick him out of the Lu family!" He then bowed to Yin Chuan and the other Cao Gang members and said, "Mr. Liu, this isn't the place for conversation. Please come to the inner chambers."
Yin Chuan could tell that Lu Changhua had been hiding something during his initial questioning, something he absolutely couldn't reveal to anyone in the Lu family. However, with the death of his second daughter, Lu Shuiqing, the secret seemed difficult to conceal. This suggested the Lu family might have even more hidden secrets, and the potential for another irreparable tragedy at any moment.
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