A new day begins with the crew searching for the bronze head.

This is a difficult and large project. The yacht has hundreds of rooms, with different functional areas, and the decorations are made of the same material everywhere, so it is impossible to use detectors.

Tina suspended the services of the cinema, bar, sauna, swimming pool and other areas, and dispatched more than 20 staff members to search one by one from the fifth floor.

The result was of course nothing.

Jian Jing suspected that Kidd had sneaked into the guests.

The smoke that night was a professional prop, which took effect quickly, diffused quickly, and had almost no sequelae. The ship's doctor examined the four bodyguards and found no drug residue.

This could not be taken from anywhere on the ship.

The thief came prepared, and it is even possible that he had already set his sights on the bronze head.

But there was one thing she couldn't figure out: if the bronze head was stolen, the ship would definitely check it carefully after docking. The luggage of the passengers could not have passed the security check. How could such a large bronze statue be hidden?

If Jian Jing wanted to steal it, she could either make a replica in advance, steal the real thing, throw the real thing into the sea, and then take it out when the wind was calm. Or she could target the buyer and take action when the collection was being transferred, and then run away immediately after the success.

Look at Kidd. He shouldn't be so bold in a place like the sea without a hang glider.

Why did the thief do this?

Could it be that his target was not the bronze head.

It was... the seller.

The seller was the most worried when the bronze head was stolen. If the thief's goal was not the bronze head, and he didn't care whether he could take it away, then everything would make sense.

But why did he look for the seller?

Hatred? But more than a hundred years had passed since the bronze head was stolen, and who knows how many hands it had passed through. There was no point in killing the seller, unless the person was very radical.

And she hadn't found such a person in her contacts over the past few days.

Strange, too strange.

Jian Jing felt as if she had strayed into a trap. Everyone had their own ulterior motives, but she was the only one who was confused.

A whole morning was wasted. At lunchtime, the guests gathered in the living room one after another to inquire about the results of the search.

Tina apologized to everyone and informed everyone that nothing was found.

The Monkey could not hold back his temper and flew into a rage: "Can't find it? Such a precious thing, you just say you can't find it and that's it?"

The Dog was fidgeting.

The Ox, Tiger, and Dragon looked solemn.

The Sheep, Horse, Rooster, and Snake were calm.

The Pig was suspicious and aggressive: "Such a big statue, as long as it didn't sink into the sea, how could it not be found? Could it be that you colluded to embezzle it?"

Tina reacted violently and protested angrily: "Absolutely not!"

"Then why can't you find it?" The Pig was very irritable, "An auction, a dead person lost something, what the hell is going on."

He threw away the knife and fork in his hand and pointed the finger at Jian Jing: "Aren't you investigating? Have you found anything? I don't think you can do it, you might as well go ashore early and call the police."

"Ahem." After being called, Jian Jing could no longer play dead, and cleared her throat and said, "Okay, let's take this opportunity to have a confrontation."

She said, "First, there is the death of Zishu. Two bodyguards testified that at around 9 o'clock in the evening, Zishu had ordered them to get some fruit, which was the fruit plate at the crime scene. The weapon that killed him was a fruit knife. So according to my observation, there are five suspects in total, Yinhu, Sishe, Chenlong, Xugou, and Haizhu."

Jian Jing reported the list and said, "I want to ask, when you saw the deceased, was he still alive?"

Yinhu said, "I went to

: "Is there a fruit plate on the table?"

Tiger frowned and thought for a long time, but said: "I didn't notice it, I don't think so."

Snake: "When I went there at 9:30, Rat was still alive." Tiger

's expression relaxed: "Yes, it was not me who killed Mr. Rat." Jian Jing

said politely: "You left once at 22:10, so you cannot be ruled out as a suspect. How about you, Mr. Chen Long?"

Chen Long hesitated, nodded and said: "I went there at 9:50, and he was still alive at that time."

Jian Jing nodded, so Snake's suspicion was much smaller. She asked the dog again: "Have you seen the deceased after 10 p.m."

"Of course not." The dog answered firmly and forcefully, "I just went to the bathroom."

Jian Jing looked at the tiger again: "What about you?"

Tiger: "Toilet."

"Excuse me, big or small?"

Tiger: "I have a stomachache."

"Where is Mr. Pig?"

"Toilet." Pig answered.

"Big or small?"

"Pee, okay? I'm so annoyed."

"OK, but Tiger's time is 22:10 to 22:20, and Pig's time is 22:15 to 22:25." Jian Jing stood up and stood between the two, blocking their communication, "Since both of you were in the bathroom, did you meet each other? One, two, three, please answer!" "

Yes."

"No."

Completely opposite answers. Jian Jing

looked at the two of them with satisfaction: "Mr. Yinhu?"

Yinhu calmed down and said, "I heard someone outside, but I'm not sure if it was him."

Haizhu also said, "I was peeing and didn't pay attention to the toilet."

"Yinhu will be back in the hall in 20 minutes, so I'll just give him half a minute to go. Flush the toilet, put on your pants, wash your hands, Mr. Yinhu, you are a very clean person, right? Three minutes?" Jian Jing spoke faster, "Haizhu, get it clear, you left at 15 minutes, and you must have gone to the toilet at 16 minutes, right? Didn't you two run into each other?"

She said aggressively, "One didn't see it clearly, and the other didn't see it, are you kidding me? Tell me, what were you doing?"

Everyone's eyes were focused on the two of them.

Haizhu was a bit like a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water, and he spread his hands and said he was being shameless.

On the contrary, Yin Hu couldn't stand it anymore. He was silent for a while and said, "I didn't lie. I just concealed some things to avoid trouble."

Jian Jing: "The trouble is that you didn't tell me."

He sighed and admitted: "I went to the auction room and wanted to modify my offer. I really wanted collection No. 2. In... I have prepared a very exquisite courtyard. If I can buy the bronze statue, I can recreate the wonder of the water clock in the courtyard. For this, I am willing to pay a high price."

"Then was the deceased still alive when you went to the auction room?" Jian Jing asked.

Yinhu said, "I don't know, the door was locked. I called for a while, but Mr. Zishu didn't respond. I thought he was rejecting my request, so I had to leave."

"Are you saying I killed him?" Chenlong sneered, "It's inexplicable."

Yinhu said steadily, "I didn't say that. I just told you truthfully what I saw."

Jian Jing nodded, and asked Haizhu, "Did you really not go?"

This is when the benefits of being shameless were reflected. Haizhu changed his words without any pressure: "I also went over to take a look, the door was closed, I called twice, but there was no response, so I had to come back." "

But only ten minutes later, you rushed over and knocked on the door angrily. Did you know that the person was dead?" Jian Jing dug a hole.

Haizhu was stunned for a moment and denied it flatly: "Of course not! I was waiting anxiously. He didn't come out for a long time and I was anxious to know the result."

Jian Jing said: "Okay, now think carefully, how many minutes did each person stay in front of the door."

Yinhu thought for a while: "I knocked three times, three times each time, with an interval of about 10-20 seconds. I think it probably didn't exceed two minutes." He paused and emphasized, "I didn't lie before. I did go to the bathroom after leaving."

Haizhu said: "I was almost the same. I shouted twice and came back when there was no response. What's the point of asking this?"

"From the hall to the auction room, it takes two minutes to walk slowly, and 30 seconds is enough if you jog." Jian Jing explained, "I just want to solve a puzzle - why did the murderer build a secret room."

Si Snake seemed to understand: "You mean, maybe when someone got there, the murderer was in the room and didn't leave? So he had to build a secret room to cover the time?"

"Yes." Jian Jing gave an example, "Suppose Hai Zhu arrived at 22:16 and left at 22:19, then the murderer could easily return to the hall in about 20 minutes. It happened that both of them rushed there in a hurry, and there were three entrances and exits. Even if it is weak, such a possibility does exist."

Yin Hu asked in a deep voice: "Do you suspect I am the murderer, or..." He looked at Xu Gou with doubt in his eyes.

The Dog angrily retorted: "Why are you looking at me? I don't suspect anything."

"Be patient, we are just discussing the modus operandi." Jian Jing looked innocent, as if she had no intention of suspecting anyone at all. She calmly changed the subject, "Now let's talk about the stolen collection No. 2."

She pondered, "According to the current situation analysis, the crew members all have alibis, unless they are multiple people who are colluding in the crime, but Miss Tina said that the staff either have many years of resumes or the deceased was recruited from different places, so it is difficult for them to collude."

The Snake coughed hard a few times and said hoarsely, "So, the thief is among us?"

"It's very likely." Jian Jing said, "Did you hear any unusual noises around 2 a.m. last night?"

Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads.

Only Si Snake pondered for a while, and said slowly: "I coughed so hard that I couldn't sleep, and I vaguely heard the sound of a door opening and closing."

Jian Jing was surprised: "Are you sure?"

"Yes." He said, "Although it was very slight, I did hear it. If I'm not mistaken, it should be a few people around me."

The location of the cabins is arranged according to the code, roughly as follows:

Ugly Ox.. Rabbit.. Stairs.. Si Snake.. Sheep.. Stairs.. Rooster.. Pig

Yin Tiger.. Chen Dragon.. Stairs.. Noon Horse.. Monkey.. Stairs.. Xu Dog.. Empty Room

Si Snake could hear a slight sound, proving that it was either Sheep or Horse.

"Did you hear any other sounds?" Jian Jing asked.

He thought about it and said, "After a while, there seemed to be footsteps, but they were not very clear. Then the staff came to call me."

Wei Yang said, "It wasn't me. I slept very well. By the way, I turned on the sleep monitoring software. Do you want to see it?"

She said, turned on the mobile phone software, and showed them the software records. The sleep time started at 12 o'clock and ended at 2:20.

Wu Ma couldn't sit still: "You are not talking about me, are you? I have no interest in the bronze head."

"I just said that I heard a sound... cough cough cough..." Si Snake coughed heartbreakingly for a long time.

Jian Jing handed over a glass of lemonade: "Hurry, do you want the doctor to prescribe some medicine for you?"

Sishe shook his head, took a sip of water, and said slowly: "I remember now, I only heard the door closing before, but didn't hear any footsteps. The footsteps came after a long time... cough cough, it's a bit weird."

"Didn't you hear footsteps? Did someone break into someone's room?" Rooster was silent, but every time he spoke, he always had something to say, "Did anyone lose anything else?"

Wei Yang was horrified: "Did someone break into my room and steal something? But my things have been deposited in the safe, so there shouldn't be anything missing." Jian

Jing pondered for a moment and said, "I suggest everyone go back and check. Expensive things have been deposited in the safe, and the thief hasn't been caught yet, so there's no guarantee that he won't steal again."

Everyone agreed and left one after another.

However, it was a little late.

Not long after the meeting, Chen Long, who had always refused to cooperate with the investigation, came to the door and said that his jade carving was lost.

Jian Jing: "I remember you put your stuff in the safe?"

He nodded, looking anxious: "You must find out who stole my things."

"When did you put the things there?"

"Yesterday evening."