Tiger said, "Mr. Rat promised me that he would give me another chance after everyone finished making offers, so I went to find him. But at that time, no matter how I knocked on the door, he refused to open it. I thought he was going back on his word, so I had to leave."

Jian Jing understood, but asked Pig, "What about you?"

Pig coughed twice and scolded Tiger, "It's said that this person is very cunning. He keeps staring at our country's treasure all day long. I, I'm thinking of buying it myself. It's better than giving it to... cough, outsiders." He looked like

a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water.

"So, this is why you went to look for him after 10pm." Jian Jing summarized the two's motives. "Everyone, the case has reached a deadlock here."

She counted on her fingers: "Tiger is the most suspicious, but since he entered the door, it proves that he has reached a deal with Rat, and he does not have a convincing enough motive. Pig's behavior is suspicious, and the secret room cannot really get rid of suspicion - for example, when Tiger arrived, the door was indeed locked. It was only the Rat who did it. In order to delay the discovery of the body, the Pig created a second secret room after the murder. "

As a mystery novelist, it is inevitable that he can't stop talking about the most classic secret room. He talked about it for a long time before concluding with a lingering meaning: "If you want to find the real murderer, you need more clues."

Suspects: "..."

Let the novelist explain the case, it's really suspenseful.

"Hard work pays off," After creating enough suspense, Jian Jing naturally solved the mystery, "I accidentally found a clue, everyone, please look, this is it."

She patted the bronze sheep head on the table.

Wei Yang asked: "What's on it? Half a fingerprint? Blood stains? Or hair?" As soon as she

opened her mouth, she was an old reader.

Unfortunately, Jian Jing said, "Neither, Mr. Shen Hou, please come and take a look. Is there anything wrong with this bronze head?"

Shen Hou didn't understand what he meant. He put on his reading glasses and gloves and carefully checked it. At first, he was still confused, but as he looked at it, he hesitated and frowned.

"What do you think?" Jian Jing asked.

Shen Hou pondered, "It's hard to say, it seems..." He hesitated and couldn't say anything, so he said, "If there is an instrument, it's better to check it with the instrument."

"You mean, it seems to be a little different from what I saw before, right?" Jian Jing asked.

Shen Hou frowned his gray eyebrows, not daring to nod or shake his head.

"Wait, what do you mean?" Chen Long's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly asked, "Why is the bronze head different?" Jian Jing

said calmly, "It's simple, this bronze head is fake."

She was also shocked after seeing the real thing.

After using the identification card, in her vision, a special label would float above the bronze head, similar to the cursor of a game prop, which read [Twelve Bronze Heads of Yuanmingyuan·Sheep Head].

But the fake one didn't have it.

"Fake?!"

"What?"

"Who did it?"

The guests were furious, even more shocked than the golden scepter being swapped just now. Everyone couldn't help but cast their eyes on the male and female thieves in the venue, their eyes were scorching enough to kill people.

Xu Gou didn't bother to cover up and denied it outright: "It wasn't us."

"I think so too. After 10 p.m. on the night of the incident, all the collections were locked in the safe. They had to replace the golden scepter before 10 p.m., and stealing collections is not easy. Stealing one is considered "excellent in their business", but stealing two is too difficult." Jian Jing said, "But we can use the same idea. The bronze head was replaced before 10 p.m.."

Xu Gou was picky: "Why wasn't it done by the person who stole it?"

"Because that person's goal was to lure out the seller, and the fakes could be easily mistaken for the real ones, so there's no point in swapping them. If I guessed wrong, and his goal was the bronze head, then putting the fake back in place and creating a false alarm would undoubtedly be more in his interest."

Jian Jing carefully analyzed all the possibilities and concluded, "Relatively speaking, the bronze head was swapped before 22:00, which is the most reasonable guess."

Shen Hou asked, "Who did it?"

"Who do you think could do such a thing?" Jian Jing asked back.

Shen Hou thought for a while and stared at Tina, "Was it done by Rat's men? The one we saw before should be the real one, and it was swapped later."

"It's not us." Tina was wronged for no reason and cried out, "I know nothing."

Jian Jing made a calming gesture to her, "The collection has been in the same place without moving until the secret auction began. The surveillance was not removed. Although I think the Dog and the Horse can do this, they covered a section of the surveillance when they robbed the safe, right? Don't rush to deny it. I am sure that there is a repeated surveillance. A mosquito appeared in the same place. But there were security guards and security equipment outside the safe at that time. It is impossible to smuggle it."

Rooster asked, "Who is that? Could it be..." The gray-haired old woman was moved and boldly guessed, "Is it the Rat?"

"I can't find a more reasonable answer." Jian Jing said, "Only the Rat can easily open the safe and switch the two bronze heads. Only he can forge a counterfeit that is exactly the same in weight and has details that are difficult to distinguish between the real and the fake, right?"

The Monkey took a deep breath and said angrily: "Why would he do this? Is he crazy?"

Jian Jing was silent for a while, sighed: "The following content is purely personal speculation, everyone just listen to it."

"You speak first." The Snake spoke.

She glanced at him and smiled: "I think the death of Zishu and the replacement of the bronze head were all planned by him. The purpose was to keep the bronze head and prevent it from being lost outside.

"I learned from Mr. Gu that Mr. Zishu did not have much time left. Perhaps before he died, he wanted to make up for his past mistakes. Or perhaps, he never forgot his identity, and like everyone here, he also hoped to take back the bronze head and wash away the shame.

"However, the price of the bronze head was too expensive. He didn't have much savings, and his family wealth was all gone. Moreover, if he bought it with real money, it would be disadvantageous for him to fight for other bronze heads in the future. So he thought of a tricky way to design an unsolvable case so that people would never know the truth.

"In this way, the strange auction process is explained. He set up so many checkpoints, ostensibly for the privacy of the seller and the buyer, but in fact it was convenient for him to switch the items.

"However, he didn't know who the seller was, nor did he know whether someone like Mr. Shen Hou could tell the authenticity of the bronze head. For the sake of prudence, it would be better to act after the auction. Of course, a bizarre murder case not only has a deceased person, but also a suspect. He prepared two candidates for us."

Jian Jing pointed at the Tiger and the Pig and said, "The two of them have a strong desire to buy it. They are willing to bribe and have enough motive to kill. Moreover, this way we can avenge them for buying the national treasure. It's like killing two birds with one stone."

The two men's faces turned pale and blue, which looked very beautiful.

"I think Rat should have given you some time, but he wasn't sure if you would arrive early, so the secret room was born - he locked the door and went to No. 2 to replace the bronze head. Because of the special access control settings, he wouldn't meet anyone on the way. When the job was done, he opened the door himself and returned to the auction room, burned the auction list, locked the door, and created a classic secret room environment."

At this point, she paused slightly and said, "Then, he picked up the fruit knife, walked to the preset position, and stabbed it into his heart. Yes, his fingerprints will be left on the dagger, but people will only think that he wanted to pull it out and leave it there. At the same time, it was faked that he was attacked and wanted to ask for help."

"The murder case in the locked room was solved like this. There is a suspect and a motive for murder. Even if the seller found out that the bronze head was fake, he would only suspect the living. I never thought that a dead person could have planned all this." Jian Jing said, "This is the result of my investigation. I hope everyone is satisfied."

The scene was silent.

Everyone had different expressions, some were thoughtful, some sighed, and some were very happy.

She looked around and left the stage.

Chen Long stopped her: "Wait, where is the real bronze head? Where did he hide it?"

Jian Jing said seriously: "I don't know, maybe it sank to the bottom of the sea."

"No matter what you say, this is my personal property. I entrusted Zishu to auction it, but he stole my property. You must give me an explanation." Chen Long stared at Mr. Gu and sneered, "Otherwise, I will definitely sue you."

Mr. Gu said calmly: "You can consult a lawyer and an insurance company. If you want us to compensate, I will handle it for you. It's just that my uncle's inheritance is not much left, and it is basically used to rent this luxury yacht. I don't think I can pay much."

Chen Long's temples were throbbing: "Are you trying to cheat me?"

"I'm sorry." Mr. Gu said perfunctorily.

Chen Long threatened: "After we dock, I will definitely contact the embassy."

"You are not Chinese, um, you don't look like Yin Hu, are you Korean?" Jian Jing seemed curious.

Chen Long: "It has nothing to do with you."

"You should thank me, without me, you would know nothing." Jian Jing said, "Transnational lawsuits are difficult to fight, especially with such complicated historical reasons. Anyway, you are going to sell it, so how about I give you 10 million and you give up the ownership of the bronze head?"

Chen Long: "The bronze head is worth more than this price."

"Then go to the sea to get it. Oh, by the way, Xu Gou, I actually have no evidence to prove that the power of attorney is not yours, otherwise, you take the 10 million and transfer the ownership to me?" Jian Jing asked.

Xu Gou's eyes rolled: "10 million US dollars? British pounds? Euros?"

"RMB." She said calmly, "Hurry up and make a decision. Complete the transaction before the ship docks, otherwise you can't buy or sell in prison."

Xu Gou and Wu Ma exchanged glances, and suddenly smiled: "Okay, I'll go get the power of attorney. You wait." As she said that, she turned around, took out a few bombs from her handbag, and threw them out.

The pungent smoke exploded, making people's noses run and unable to move.

She and Wu Ma rushed out of the door at the same time and turned back to block the door.

One step late.

Wu Ma only felt something hit him, and then his chest hurt. His body was knocked to the ground by a huge force. His tailbone touched the ground, and he gasped in pain.

Dog was not much better. A figure flashed out from the white smoke and without saying a word, he slammed her down.

Jian Jing escaped the scene with her immunity 1, but she couldn't help crying. She covered her mouth and nose with a tissue and sarcastically said, "You're in good health. You're not dead yet?"

"Cough cough cough." She was answered by Snake's earth-shaking cough.

After failing to escape, the male and female thieves were locked up in a small dark room.

Jian Jing searched the power of attorney on Xu Gou and questioned Chen Long: "8 million, sign it or not? If not, forget it, go and get it yourself."

Chen Long: "Isn't it 10 million?" "

The market has changed." She said calmly, "Now, 5 million."

Chen Long changed color: "Too low."

"If you don't want to sign, then don't sign. This power of attorney is evidence and we have to hand it over to the police later." She packed up slowly, "You and Mr. Gu can slowly fight the lawsuit."

"8 million, it can't be lower." Chen Long gritted his teeth.

"7 million, the market price." Jian Jing said, "You know I'm not lying to you. Antiques from the Qing Dynasty are worth about this much. How can copper be worth anything?"

Chen Long took a deep breath and cursed, "Okay, but I have a condition."

"What condition?"

"I want to search your room." He said coldly, "I will sign after I confirm that the item is not there."

Just now, he had thought about it carefully. When searching for the fake bronze head, he had searched everywhere except the cabins of the guests. If the bronze head was still on the ship, it must be on Jian Jing, who was the first to discover the truth.

She showed an exaggerated expression: "Do you think I hid it? Okay, take a look."

Chen Long dug deep into the cabin, looking through every corner, but the room was not big, and the furniture was only a bed, a dressing table, and a closet. The bathroom was in full view, so there was no place to hide the bronze head.

Looking at her suitcase, it was only a small 20-inch carry-on suitcase, and the bronze head could not fit in.

"Okay." He said bitterly, "7 million, not a bit less."

Jian Jing shrugged: "Mr. Gu, please be a witness."

So, under the witness of professionals, both parties signed a document, and Jian Jing exchanged 7 million yuan for Chen Long to give up the ownership of the sheep head.

In other words, the bronze head is now ownerless.

This ending was neither good nor bad. After a while, the guests were sad and it was time to get off the boat.

Before leaving, Shenhou said to Jian Jing, "Since you have paid this money, I will get together with a few friends and try to go back to the sea to get some."

Jian Jing smiled and said, "Maybe Mr. Rat has already arranged for a pick-up. After a while, the bronze head may appear on its own." Shenhou

was stunned for a moment, and suddenly sighed, "If that's the case, I blamed him wrongly."

"When people are about to die, they will realize some things that they would never think of at other times." She said.

"You are a young girl, but you act so old-fashioned." Rooster laughed, "It's not easy for a famous writer to take out 7 million in one go."

Jian Jing: "..." That's right, all the pocket money is gone.

"Good people will be rewarded." The old woman waved her hand and got off the boat calmly, "Old Hou, let's have a cup of tea together. I haven't been back for many years. I have to stay a few more days this time."

Jian Jing watched them leave.

The next one to leave was Sheep. She handed Jian Jing a business card: "Famous writer, you can contact me if you need anything. Tell me what you want and I will keep an eye out for you."

Jian Jing: "..." Everyone knows who she is? Is it funny that everyone calls her by code names?

Then, the Ox, Tiger, and Pig left one after another, all with unhappy faces, and hurried off the ship without noticing her on the deck.

The last to leave was the Snake.

He was carrying a suitcase and just as he walked up the gangway, something pressed against his back.