It's hard to say whether there are ghosts or not, but Qu is indeed dead, and his death is very miserable.

He was lying on the bed, naked, his face was swollen and purple, and there were obvious finger pressure marks on his neck. This way of death is enough for a horror movie, and what's more permeating is that the whole bed is soaked in bright red blood.

The strong smell of blood floated in the air, fishy and sticky, flowing from the bed to the floor, dripping, with a strong visual impact.

Director Li looked at it and almost sent himself away: "What, what is this?"

Jiang Baiyan shook his head sincerely. He was very sensible and didn't even look at it, concentrating on waiting for Jian Jing to come.

She rushed to the crime scene in ten minutes.

The first thing is to perform an autopsy.

There is no doubt that the cause of death was mechanical asphyxiation, and it was strangled to death. Judging from the state of the body, the time of death is no more than 2 hours.

It is now 1:40 in the morning, and the time of death should be between 23:40 and 1:40.

As for the blood... She put on gloves, dipped some and touched it, the touch was delicate, and then smelled a strong bloody smell.

"This doesn't seem to be a blood plasma bag." In order not to destroy the scene, Jiang Baiyan could only stand at the door and look.

"Yes, it's blood." She guessed, "Maybe anticoagulants were added, it can't coagulate normally."

Jiang Baiyan asked: "Is it human blood?"

Jian Jing: "It's probably not."

"It's a ghost!" The girl who was pulled outside and sitting in the patio raised her head and trembled, "It must be a ghost."

Jian Jing looked at her inquiringly. The girl was very young, no more than 20 years old, wearing a bath towel, and blood stains on her bare thighs and arms, showing patches of pressure marks.

"You are..."

The girl's face was pale, and she repeated in a trance: "There is a ghost."

"Don't be afraid, there is no ghost now, you are safe." Jian Jing opened the trust card, held the girl's shoulders, and observed inconspicuously, "Can you tell me what you saw?"

The girl swallowed a few times and moved her lips: "The ghost killed people."

"Did you see it?" Jian Jing glanced at her palm. Her nails were very long and had manicures. Her phalanges were slender. She wore a ring on the middle finger of her left hand, inlaid with rubies and sapphires, and the shape was cute.

"She touched my face." The girl said in horror, "I woke up and felt sticky all over. I opened my eyes and saw blood-all blood!"

She spoke incoherently: "So much blood, he's dead."

Jian Jing said: "He touched your face? How did he do it? Are you sure it was his hand?"

"It was a ghost." She was about to cry, "I thought it was a joke, but it turned out to be true... It's so scary... Will I be killed too?"

Jian Jing didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and hurried to comfort her.

But the girl was strongly stimulated and couldn't calm down at all, so she had to let Sister Chen accompany her to rest.

She and Jiang Baiyan sorted out the time for tonight.

At about 11:30 p.m., Qu Nanpei took the girl back to the room. They were probably drunk and made a lot of noise.

At 12:05, he fell asleep, and the video was not turned off, so Jian Jing could see him all the time.

At 1:20 in the morning, a piercing scream suddenly came from outside the house, scaring him awake from his sleep and pulling open the curtains to check the situation.

At 1:30, he found Director Li, and the two went to Qu Nanpei's room together.

Jian Jing saw Qu Nanpei's death through the video.

At 1:40, she arrived at the scene, performed an autopsy, and confirmed the time of death.

Jian Jing confirmed several doubts: "The door must have been locked at that time?"

Jiang Baiyan was very sure: "Yes, I opened it, but it couldn't be opened."

The second question: "Who came here in the 10 minutes since I came here?"

"Everyone came to ask about the situation, and went back after knowing that someone was dead." Jiang Baiyan said, "They didn't enter the room."

A secret room with locked doors and windows, strange blood, a man who was strangled to death, and a witness who claimed that his face was touched.

This murderer is quite capable.

Jian Jing thought for a while and said, "Call the landlord. I saw surveillance. Let's check who has been in and out of this place today."

Jiang Baiyan gestured "OK" and went out to make a call.

The landlord lived next door and arrived quickly. He immediately checked the surveillance: "There are only two cameras here, one at the front door and one at the back door, and they are all here."

After saying that, he asked very nervously, "Is it really a female ghost who killed people? No one has ever died here before."

"Have there been rumors of ghosts before?" Jian Jing asked.

"Yes, yes. They said that at night in the scenic area, they saw a pregnant woman wearing clothes from the Republic of China. She was gone in a flash. It was the first time that someone died." He felt very unlucky and asked Director Li, "Director, is the master you invited still here? Please perform a ritual for my house, otherwise how can I do business in the future!" Director

Li's face was not good. An actor in the group suddenly died. If the media knew about it, I didn't know what rumors would spread. It would be good if it could become a hit, but I was afraid... and I had to explain to the investors... He was so confused that his temples were throbbing.

"Xiaobai." He called Jiang Baiyan, "Let's go out and talk."

Jiang Baiyan was so smart that he knew what they meant by listening to the music and immediately followed them out.

The two of them were talking in the courtyard. Jian Jing didn't eavesdrop, but focused on pulling the progress bar and quickly checking the situation of the homestay.

The structure of the B&B is square, facing north and south, and its layout is as follows.

.....Room 1....Room 2....

Room 3...Room 4....Room 5Room

6.....Sky...Room

7Room 8.....Well...Room 9Kitchen

...Restaurant...Door...

In short, the main courtyard is divided into three rooms, the east and west rooms are divided into two rooms, the back room is divided into two rooms, and the back room is used as a restaurant and kitchen, for a total of 9 rooms.

The guests staying in each room can also be listed.

Room 1: Miss Bei

Room 2: Jiang Baiyan (currently living)

Room 3: Qu Nanpei

Room 4: Blood Handprint Room, originally occupied by Jiang Baiyan, now vacant

Room 5: Director Li

Room 6: Director of Photography

Room 7: Art Director

Room 8: Director of Production

Room 9: Producer

Jian Jing first pulled the surveillance time bar to 11:30, and indeed saw Qu Nanpei coming back drunk. He put one hand on the girl's waist, pointed his finger, and muttered something in a staggering manner.

The producer supported him on the side, and seemed to persuade him, but Qu Nanpei didn't listen at all, and laughed with the girl. Both of them were drunk and almost fell down when they crossed the threshold.

She wrote down the time in the memo: 23:35, the last time the deceased was seen alive.

Time went back and began to look for the time when each guest came back.

22:15, Bei, the female lead, 22:40 ,

Jiang Baiyan,

23:10, the production manager,

23:35, Qu, the girl, and the producer,

23:50, the art director, 00:15

, the cinematographer,

00:40, and Li, the director , came back .

... In addition, Qu's fingernails were very clean, with no visible skin flakes or clothing residues, and no signs of resistance or struggle on his skin. He was killed without any resistance. Among the tenants: Jiang Baiyan was under her eyes the whole time, so he could be ruled out; Director Li, the producer, the drama director, and the cinematographer were all men, so they were more likely to be suspects; while the female lead Bei and the art director were less likely to be suspects. But the possibility of collaboration in murder could not be ruled out. She focused on noting down the order in which each person came back, preparing to question them one by one later. Next, it was time to investigate the scene. But Jian Jing wanted to wait for the police to come, not because she was lazy, but because she was scared by the mess in the room when she entered the room to examine the body. She had never seen such a messy crime scene. The bed was soaked in blood, and most of the traces could not be distinguished by the naked eye. In addition to the blood flowing down, there were also scattered clothes, bathrobes, underwear, and panties on the ground, which were crumpled and exuded a strong smell of alcohol and sourness. No one cleaned the room in the B&B. Compared with Jiang Baiyan, Qu Nanpei's hygiene habits were far different. The trash can was overflowing with paper towels, condoms, and other garbage. Drinks were spilled on the bedside table. Makeup brushes, beauty sponges, and lipsticks fell, but no one picked them up. There were strange stains on the carpet, and different kinds of fallen hair: long curly reddish-brown hair, long straight black hair, and short haze blue hair. The bathroom was also a mess. The water in the bathtub had not been drained. There were several pieces of wipe paper on the floor. Skin care products were placed all over the place, and the toilet still smelled. In such a situation, it would be better for professionals to take charge, right? However, after waiting for a long time, the police did not arrive. "Did you call the police?" she asked Jiang Baiyan. He said honestly, "Director Li won't let me." She glared at him. "I talked to Director Li and understand his concerns. Once the police get involved, rumors will spread everywhere, and the crew will be greatly affected." Jiang Baiyan said hurriedly, "So let's take a step back. You investigate, and when the truth is revealed, we will announce the news here." That's better. Jian Jing's sleepiness had long disappeared. Looking around, he found a new face. "That's Qu Jie's agent." Jiang Baiyan said. It's better to arrive early than to arrive early, so Jian Jing decided to ask him first. She stepped forward to reveal her identity. The other party was reluctant to pay attention at first, but Director Li and Jiang Baiyan helped him to speak, and he had to agree reluctantly. "What do you want to ask?" The agent asked as soon as he opened his mouth, without any sadness or panic, but rather a little anxious. Jian Jing said calmly: "What do you think of Qu Jie's death?" The agent said: "It was an accident." She was surprised: "Was he strangled to death or was it an accident?" "Listen to me, I know this sounds outrageous, but it's actually normal - they played too much." The agent said calmly, "Xiao Jie is a man who likes to play, and he is also famous in the circle. I am not surprised that he has this result." Jian Jing said "Oh" and asked: "Do you know that girl?" The agent said: "I'm not familiar with her, but I have met her. She is a fan of Xiao Jie. She is usually very generous and often follows him. Xiao Jie doesn't have a girlfriend now, so it's normal for him to be with a female fan." "Was it her a few days ago?" The agent said calmly: "No, it was a fan we met in other bars. Teacher Jian, Xiaojie is a star, and there are crazy fans blocking him wherever he goes." "But she was drunk, and with her strength, it's not easy to strangle a man to death." Jian Jing said. "Drinking makes things more likely to go wrong." The agent sighed and said sincerely, "I don't know what Director Li thinks, but Xiaojie is not the only artist in our company. I will be responsible for negotiating with Xiaojie's family and issuing a letter of understanding. Don't make a big deal about this." Jian Jing did not comment, but asked, "Isn't there anyone who wants to kill Qu Jie?" "Of course there is, colleagues are enemies." The agent paused and smiled, "But Xiaobai doesn't have to." Jian Jing felt that he was hinting at something, so she didn't respond and asked, "What about emotional disputes?" "He broke up with his girlfriend a long time ago." The agent tried to persuade her again, "This is an accident, Miss Jian, you shouldn't complicate simple things." "I don't think so." She said, "In the afternoon, he had conflicts with many people."

In fact, after being implied by Master Long in the morning, Qu Jie was very unhappy. In the afternoon, the three main actors were filming the opposite scenes. He was beaten, scolded by Director Li, and laughed at by countless people in the crew. His mood was extremely bad.

When he was touching up his makeup, he felt that his eyebrows were not drawn well, so he threw a whole cup of iced coffee on the makeup artist. He also said that the car that the production staff promised to send him was not good, so he couldn't go to the car to rest. He also implied that the lighting technician was biased, and his skin color was obviously darker than the male and female protagonists.

In the end, he had a quarrel with Director Li and left unhappily, which was heard by everyone.

Of course, this does not mean that the staff had a motive for this, but the agent's attitude of keeping things quiet really made Jian Jing very strange.

She smiled and said, "Human lives are at stake. I'd better investigate it carefully. If you don't trust me, you can call the police yourself."