Due to limited manpower and the need for shift work, Tina did not arrange personnel on both sides of each safe room. Instead, she chose to remove the partitions between the corridor and the closed passage - these were temporary partitions added for privacy.

In this way, the three safe rooms shared two passages. She arranged two people in each passage to take turns guarding 24 hours a day.

Let's call these four bodyguards CDEF.

Their positions are shown in the figure below.

...[hall]....

.....passage......[bathroom].............

.....passageway..............[waiting room]

...........C.........corridor..D......

...[room 3]...[room 2]...[room 1]...

........E...closed passageway.......F...... ...........

[auction room]............

In the order in which they were called, C D E F recounted the events of the incident.

C said: "I remember I was playing on my phone. Well, it was late at night and not many people were around. It's okay to play some phone games, right? Suddenly, I smelled a strange smell. I looked up and saw a lot of white smoke. I thought there was a fire, so I was about to go over to check it out. Suddenly, I felt dizzy and then I didn't know anything."

D said: "It was very late at night and I was very sleepy. I vaguely saw something swaying in the waiting room, so I was about to go check it out. Then I didn't remember anything."

E said: "I heard F say there was a sound over there, so I went over to check it out. As soon as I got to the safe, I smelled something and felt dizzy. When I turned around, I was on the ground."

F said, "I heard some noise over there, and then I told E to go check it out, but we were also dazzled by the smoke."

Jian Jing asked, "Did you see anyone?"

E said, "It was blurry, I seemed to see a shadow, but I couldn't see it clearly and I couldn't remember it clearly."

Well, there was no clue again.

Looking at the surveillance again, the camera was working responsibly, but unfortunately the lens was covered with something and nothing could be captured.

She was having a headache, and other guests had already heard the news and came.

Xu Gou was actually the first one. The rhinestone-studded slippers were extremely dazzling under the light: "Oh My God, which thing was lost?"

Jian Jing stared at her face: "Number 2."

"Oh! No!" Xu Gou's face turned pale and he blurted out, "Who did it?"

"I don't know." Jian Jing asked back, "Didn't you buy Number 3?"

"Well, yes, but no matter what, Number 2 was stolen today, and it might be something else next time." Xu Gou said unnaturally, "My violin can't be stolen."

"What? The bronze head was stolen?" Shen Monkey also came running in breathlessly.

The old man's face was yellowish and pale, as if he was seriously ill: "Who stole it? Check it out right now, and find that bastard for me!"

Jian Jing quickly asked him to sit down: "Be patient, the person and the bronze head must be on the boat."

The monkey then came to his senses, panting and looking around.

Then, other people also came one after another, all of them were surprised and anxious about the theft of the bronze head.

The sheep looked heavy: "This is not stealing, it is robbery, we must find the person."

The ugly ox frowned: "Was it the murderer who did it?"

The tiger was concerned: "Are the things still on the boat?"

"It must be there, otherwise it could have been thrown into the sea?" Wu Ma paused and laughed dryly, "It wouldn't have really been thrown into the sea, right?"

You Ji analyzed slowly, "The bronze head has nothing to do with the murder case. Someone must have taken advantage of the situation to rob - since it was for profit, the things must still be on the ship.

" Hai Zhu was annoyed, "Don't talk about these nonsense, just look for it. But let me be frank, you can't search our room without evidence - there's no need to search, we are all people of status, who can do this?"

Jian Jing agreed, "Not everyone can get the smoke, the other party came prepared."

"Ahem." The Snake looked like he was about to die, even worse than the old man Monkey. "Fortunately, only something was lost, and no one is, ahem, okay."

Chen Long's expression was grim - he had fair skin, three-dimensional features, and indeed had the foundation of an iceberg man - his sharp eyes surveyed everyone, finally falling on Tina: "What are you going to do if you can't find it back?"

Tina hesitated again: "This, this has to wait for Mr. Gu to come..."

"What's the point of you making things difficult for the secretary?" Jian Jing interrupted him, "She has no say."

"Excuse me, as an investigator commissioned by the organizer, you also have to bear certain responsibilities for what happened." Chen Long said coldly.

"You knew nothing during the investigation, and now you come out to accuse me of failing to do my job? I'm confused. In what capacity are you accusing me?" Jian Jing calmly turned the tables, "Are you the owner of the collection?"

"Nonsense," Chen Long denied.

She asked curiously, "Then why are you so nervous?"

"The murderer can kill for the bronze head, and he can also kill for other collections." Chen Long argued, "Do you want to be the next one?"

Si Snake asked, "Do you think it was the murderer who killed Zi Rat and stole the bronze head? It doesn't make sense." Although he was sick, his thinking was not slow, "After the auction is over, the bronze head will still remain here. The thief does not need to kill anyone."

"No, Mr. Chen Long is right." Yin Hu spoke up, "What if Mr. Zi Rat is the seller? Only when the seller is dead can he take the things away with confidence."

Shen Monkey was stunned: "Zi Rat is the seller? Is this bastard crazy?"

"It's just a guess." Yin Hu looked at Chen Long steadily, "Or there is another possibility. The murderer killed Mr. Rat and wanted to steal the bronze head for himself, but someone got there first, so the murderer was anxious."

Chen Long's face changed: "What do you mean?"

"I left the auction room at 21:20, and Mr. Rat was still alive at that time." Yin Hu said, "I heard from Miss Rabbit that the next one is Mr. Snake, but he is weak, while Mr. Rat is very strong and doesn't want number 2. In comparison, you are not moved by Mr. Rat's death, but now you are anxious about the theft of the bronze head, so you are of course more suspicious."

His analysis made some sense, and for a moment, everyone cast suspicious eyes.

"I..." Chen Long paused and didn't admit it, "I'm not the only one who cares about the whereabouts of the bronze head. You are also very concerned. Are you intentionally drawing suspicion to me?"

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

However, at this moment, the staff rushed in and reported the results of the self-inspection: "I have already asked. At the time of the incident, all staff were in the cabin or their own post. No one left. The staff can prove it to each other."

Tina breathed a sigh of relief and said quickly: "The dormitories are all two or four people. I live with a female employee, and there is no suspicion."

"So, the thief is among us?" Haizhu shouted, "What should we do? Even your safes have been broken into, our own room must be even less safe."

Tina quickly explained, "No, the safe room is only equipped with a safe - we didn't expect the other party to be so bold - the yacht itself has a safe, surrounded by concrete steel plates, and equipped with a complete security system."

Weiyang agreed, "I put some things there before, and it is indeed safer than here."

Sishe asked, "Can we move No. 1 and No. 3 there first? It's really not safe to keep them here."

Others agreed, "Yes, these can't be stolen again."

Of course, Tina agreed immediately.

Jian Jing thought for a moment and said, "I'll go take a look too."

The safe is located on the second floor, next to the captain's office. The first level of access is a fingerprint combination lock, which was originally only accessible to Rat. After his death, Mr. Gu used his authority to add Tina's fingerprint, and now only she can open the door on the ship.

After entering, there are six built-in treasure cabinets, and different safes have different passwords, which guests can set by themselves.

Out of shame and atonement, Tina explained actively: "This is a safe that was equipped when the yacht was built. It is very reliable. It is completely different from the safe room. After all, that safe was customized temporarily. In order not to move the collection, it can only be covered from top to bottom. There is a seam at the bottom. I just saw that the thief tampered with it."

Jian Jing asked: "Is this Mr. Rat's idea?"

"Yes, the boss is worried that the transaction will be unclear after the collection is moved." Tina said, "If you observe carefully, you will find some special patterns inside the safe. These are specially added by the boss. Even if someone customizes an identical cabinet, there is no way to switch it."

"Then how were the collections transferred?" she asked.

Tina: "I don't know about that. It should have been shipped through the safe."

Jian Jing responded, and then he remained silent.

All of Rat's arrangements revolved around "protecting the privacy of the seller and the buyer." This gave rise to two opposite possibilities: first, he was not the seller, but the seller was on the ship, otherwise, as a middleman, the two parties would not have known each other; second, he was the seller, and all this was a mystery.

She tended to believe the former.

Because if he was the seller, and just wanted to conceal his identity and sell at a high price, he could have chosen a more covert and simple method. As a middleman for anonymous auctions, he would have received the most attention.

If the seller was on the ship, who was it?

"How many of the six safes here have been used?" she asked.

Tina said, "After Mr. Wu Ma's room was robbed, Miss Dog, Miss Sheep, Mr. Chou Niu, and Mr. Chen Long came to deposit things one after another."

"What did they put there?"

"We don't know."

Jian Jing nodded, and just as she was about to take a closer look at the safe, the door was pressed. Tina pressed the communication button, and the person outside the door asked, "Is Miss Rabbit here?"

Miss Rabbit? ? Jian Jing's eyes twitched.

"Yes." Tina opened the door and motioned for Jian Jing to go out together. She could see that the other party wanted to talk to Jian Jing, but didn't want so many people to stay in the safe together.

Jian Jing followed her out and saw Xu Gou waiting anxiously: "Ms. Rabbit, I have something very important to tell you." Then he said to Tina, "I need to go in and get something. Please open the door."

"Okay." Tina quickly verified her fingerprint and entered the password.

The door opened.

Xu Gou went in alone and came out five minutes later, motioning Tina to leave.

Then, she took Jian Jing to a quiet corner and said carefully, "Miss Rabbit, I hope you can find the missing bronze statue for me."

Jian Jing raised her eyebrows: "For you?"

"Yes, maybe you have already found out. I am the seller of collection No. 2." Xu Gou said solemnly, "I don't know if Mr. Mouse died because of this, but I can't trust anyone anymore - I only tell you this, please help me find it."

Jian Jing asked, "You said you are the seller, do you have evidence?"

"Of course." Xu Gou took out a wooden box from his arms, opened the lid, and saw an exquisite diamond necklace, which was worth about 200,000 or 300,000 yuan.

But she turned the mechanism and opened the hidden second layer, took out a piece of paper from it, and whispered, "This is the power of attorney."

Jian Jing took it and checked it carefully.

When she first touched the paper, she knew it was a special kind of paper, very difficult to imitate. There were strange patterns and gaps on the corners. In addition to the commission and promise of the Rat, there was also a seal and signature in the lower right corner.

It should be real.

Jian Jing pondered for a while and asked the Dog: "Do you have any guesses about the murderer?"

"I know nothing." The musician pressed his forehead with a worried look on his face. "This thing is not actually mine. It's... Alas, I just wanted to sell it for some money to prepare for my concert tour. Who knew that a murder would happen - God, this is terrible."

She solemnly warned: "You must keep it a secret for me. I don't want bad luck to befall me."

"Of course." Jian Jing said, "I will also try my best to track down the whereabouts of the bronze head."