Xu Yao did not speak, but continued to squat and measure the distance between the left and right footprints in the corridor, muttering to himself, "Chen Xinhua is 1.68 meters tall. From the distance between the left and right footprints, we can also infer that this person should be about 1.7 meters tall."

Yu Manman exclaimed beside her, "The murderer is Chen Xinhua. But why did she kill her own husband?"

Xu Yao did not answer, and went into the room to look for other clues.

He looked at the blood words on the wall, and took out the blood words taken in Chen Xinhua's room for various comparisons. The same four words were written with chicken blood, and the handwriting was exactly the same, that is, Chen Xinhua's handwriting.

Mo Xiaoqing also used a flashlight to take a close look at the wall. The footprints in the corridor were already in a mess, most of them were incomplete, overlapping each other, and very blurry.

It might be that when many police officers ran up that night, some did not follow the rules and did not wear shoe covers, and accidentally stepped on the original footprints.

Suddenly, Mo Xiaoqing shouted, "Captain Xu, I found a few footprints by the wall, it's very strange."

Xu Yao hurried over and carefully shone the flashlight.

"Captain Xu, look, there is a set of footprints extending from the corridor to the stairs, but the strange thing is that the footprints are only 1/4 of the whole foot."

Yu Manman also came over and said directly: "Could it be that our own people left it when they walked up."

Xu Yao pondered for a while and said, "Impossible. We can see that these footprints from the stairs to the corridor on the third floor are only 1/4 of the mud marks. It rained outside that day, and there was a muddy ground outside Muzi.

I guess he must have come in on tiptoe. First, it was to weaken the sound of his own footsteps, and the other was probably to prevent the police from inferring his physical characteristics from the footprints."

Mo Xiaoqing was surprised, "Captain Xu, then you mean that a third person entered the crime scene."

"Yes." Xu Yao said as he searched forward with a flashlight, but he found that the footprints only went to the door of the room where Tang Hai died, next to the wall, and then went back from the door, the corridor, and the stairs.

From the footprints, it can be seen that this person did not enter the room where Tang Hai died, but he was still standing outside watching.

Mo Xiaoqing was even more puzzled when she heard this, "Why? Who is this mysterious person? Why is he standing outside the door watching?

Could it be Chen Xinhua, and she has helpers?"

Xu Yao said, "This is also possible. But our premise is that Chen Xinhua is the murderer of Tang Hai.

"Mo Xiaoqing, make a model of this half of the footprint and take it back."

It took half an hour, with the cooperation of Yu Manman, to extract the plaster three-dimensional

footprint, and then they left the wooden house together.

Early in the morning,

Xu Yao gathered all the people he brought with him this time. As the saying goes, there is strength in numbers. However, Lin Yalin was in charge of the autopsy and Li Tianfeng was treating Chen Lao's illness, so they did not participate. In addition, Mo Xiaoqing was also left behind, which surprised her.

"Xu Yao, I also want to participate in the search. I will definitely complete the task."

"You? Forget it. I don't want to search you then. You stay in the villa and are not allowed to go out."

Mo Xiaoqing was angry, but it was useless. She could only obey the arrangement.

Soon, Xu Yao divided the dozen people who gathered into four groups, starting from the villa and starting the search from four directions.

In fact, this island is not too big or too small. If it is searched, it is not too difficult. The southwest corner of the island, that is, the other side facing the fishing village, is a cliff that goes straight into the sea, and there is nothing around it.

There is a small mountain on the left side of the island, but the area under the trees is bare without dense vegetation, and it is difficult to hide.

The large team led by Xu Yao began to conduct a carpet search in an orderly manner, extending the island from the top of the mountain to the seashore, turning it up and down, left and right. Don't miss any strange-shaped rock cracks, any corners that may lead to the depths of the cave.

But to Xu Yao's disappointment, they searched from the morning until nearly six o'clock in the evening, and found nothing, and did not find a suspicious cave or rock cave.

Xu Yao asked Lao Tan and Liu Xiaobo to follow him and kept in touch with other police officers by phone.

Xu Yao and his team walked along the seashore and suddenly saw a lone figure standing on a protruding rock. It seemed as if there was a person with a slightly hunched back, looking into the distance.

There, the overlapping waves beat against the reefs, splashing up pieces of waves. The typhoon was blowing violently, and the man's long hair was blown away.

The man suddenly straightened his back and stared at the horizon, then suddenly knelt on the rock, put his hands together, and made a sign of the cross on his chest.

The action looked very much like Western prayer, and she did not notice the approach of Xu Yao and his team.

Liu Xiaobo couldn't help but mutter, "Captain Xu, look, this figure from behind looks familiar, she's so strange."

Xu Yao led them to move forward a little closer, and then they saw clearly that the woman was actually Aunt Liu.

Xu Yao cleared his throat, walked forward, and planned to chat with Aunt Liu.

"Aunt Liu, it's so late, why are you still here? It's cold here."

Aunt Liu frowned, looked back at them, and sighed deeply, "Alas, what is coming will come, there are vicissitudes in life, and reincarnation in the world. Who has the heaven spared again?"

Liu Xiaobo was confused by Aunt Liu's words and couldn't help complaining: "Aunt Liu, even I can't understand your speaking skills. What do you mean by reincarnation in the world? Can you explain it more clearly!"

"I'm not talking about you." Aunt Liu suddenly asked again,

"Huh? What are you guys doing in full armor?"

Liu Xiaobo replied, "Nothing. We are looking for suspicious people on the island. We are worried that someone is hiding somewhere on the island."

Unexpectedly, Aunt Liu said disdainfully, "Oh, really? I hope you can be successful."

Xu Yao interrupted and asked casually, "Aunt Liu, there have been several murders on the island recently. Have you seen any suspicious people or strange things?"

"Comrade police officer, you are joking. I am an old woman who is responsible for serving people every day. Why should I care about those trivial matters. All I can do is to do my own job well. I don't know anything else."

Liu Xiaobo shrugged and said a little dissatisfiedly: "Aunt Liu, "You are indeed an experienced person. You know how to protect yourself, so you have stayed here

for so long. It's amazing."

Xu Yao obviously felt that Aunt Liu refused to communicate with him, so he nodded slightly, "Oh, then Aunt Liu, we'll go first. Oh, by the way, many people on the island said that they have seen Chen Xinhua's ghost. Have you seen it?"

Xu Yao's words finally made Aunt Liu's face change a little, but she quickly concealed it, "No, I don't care about these things usually." "

Xu Yao had no choice but to shut up and say goodbye to Aunt Liu.