Mr. Huang, you want me to provide evidence? We caught you in Zhuang Sheng's room, and you still want me to provide evidence?
Okay, I'll give you the evidence. Gu Wenhua got a clue: "Zhuang Sheng frequently visits Master Mei's study." I had him polish this clue a bit, changing it to: "Zhuang Sheng has been frequently visiting Master Mei's study recently, but a couple of days ago he suddenly stopped, instead staying in his room all day." Then I released this clue. We already know that Zhuang Sheng has some connections with the New Party; with this clue, Mr. Huang Feizhang will naturally assume that Zhuang Sheng has obtained the confidential document and is hiding it in his room.
Even a normal person, upon seeing this clue, would be suspicious and wouldn't dare approach Zhuang Sheng's room alone. But Mr. Huang Feizhang was different. Your mission was to obtain the document, and you were willing to brave even the most dangerous places. Sure enough, we caught you red-handed in Zhuang Sheng's room.
Upon hearing Madam Mei's scream, I immediately rushed out of my room to check the footprints on the ashes in front of each of your rooms. Wu Jianing, Lin Hao, Zhuang Sheng, you, and Madam Mei all left. After returning from the scene, I checked the footprints on the ashes again. The footprints of the others were very messy, but yours remained unchanged—because the others had returned to their rooms after leaving the room the first time, and then left again after hearing the scream, frantically running to the scene of Madam Mei's death. Only you, after killing Madam Mei the first time, didn't have time to leave the scene and could only lurk nearby, pretending to slowly come to observe!
Okay, it seems everyone agrees, so the second question is resolved. Next is the third question: the death of Dr. Wu.
We already know that Mr. Mei faked his death, and there are many issues to resolve regarding someone who has faked their death. The first is the issue of food and water. In the freezing cold, one can eat cold noodles stored up from their own reserves, but not ice cubes for water. Someone must bring Mr. Mei food and water. Since only Dr. Wu in the entire Mei family knows the truth about Mr. Mei's death, this crucial task naturally falls on his shoulders.
The footprints in the kitchen weren't Zhuang Sheng's or Huang Feizhang's, but rather those of Dr. Wu, who had gone to get food. So what was Zhuang Sheng doing out that night? It's actually quite simple: he didn't go to the kitchen, nor anywhere else. He just stood in front of my door, lost in thought for a while. I saw him through the peephole. Perhaps he wanted to tell me something, but this question doesn't significantly impact the case, so let's leave it for now.
And so, Mr. Mei faked his death, and Dr. Wu brought him food. Unfortunately, Mrs. Mei's death shattered this peace.
Madam Mei's murder by Huang Feizhang terrified Mr. Mei. He realized the threat of death was real and so close. He discovered his wife had long planned to abandon him and flee to America, and that his eldest son and cook were unreliable. He even began to doubt Wu Jianing's trustworthiness. Would she leak the secret? Would she tell the assassin that Mr. Mei had faked his death?
Thus, evil thoughts took hold. When Wu Jianing brought food again, Master Mei stabbed her to death.
This is also why there was so much blood on Master Mei's body.
Now there's only one question left: how did Master Mei die?
This question should be asked of Young Master Lin Hao.
Why isn't Young Master Mei saying anything?
Well, it seems I still need to answer this question. Master Mei is indifferent to his eldest son, but Dr. Wu has a good relationship with the eldest son, Lin Hao. After Master Mei faked his death, perhaps the two were accomplices, perhaps he let it slip, or perhaps he was worried that the frail eldest son would be too heartbroken, Dr. Wu revealed the faked death to Lin Hao.
Does Young Master Lin Hao have feelings for Master Mei? This is a very abstract question.
During questioning, Fatty Zhang admitted that the poisons in his room were indeed a bribe from his wife to put in the young master's tea. However, these were drugs that would damage the body over time, only weakening the young master but not killing him immediately.
But Young Master Lin Hao wasn't nearly as merciful to his father as the cook was to him. Upon learning that his father had faked his death, he immediately presented him with a deadly poison that had an immediate effect—that was truly ruthless!
Let's imagine the scene on the night Dr. Wu died: Dr. Wu came to deliver dinner to Mr. Mei while I was asleep. Mr. Mei took the food, placed it on the ground, and pretended to talk to Dr. Wu. Then, taking advantage of Dr. Wu's inattention, he stabbed her to death.
After stabbing Dr. Wu to death, Mr. Mei planned to eat something before disposing of Dr. Wu's body. So, he opened the box of food, ate a few bites... and soon, he too was on his way. Thus, his feigned death became real, and heaven granted Mr. Mei's wish.
Do you all think my reasoning is just conjecture?
Please see, this is a piece of cloth I took from the back of Mr. Mei's body.
The cloth showed signs of wear and tear, and was stained with blood. But on the day Master Mei died, we carried his body to the morgue together; there was no dragging, let alone any bloodstains.
Let's think about it again: who was the first to discover Dr. Wu's body this morning?
That's right, it's him. Our young master Lin Haolin.
Upon learning of Wu Jianing's disappearance, Lin Hao immediately realized that something might have happened to her in Master Mei's morgue. He rushed there as soon as possible. Sure enough, he saw Wu Jianing covered in blood, lying on the ground; Master Mei, meanwhile, was slumped over a pile of poisoned food, completely dead.
With time of the essence, Lin Hao could only immediately hide the poisoned food, then neatly arrange the bodies of Master Mei and Wu Jianing to conceal the truth. Incidentally, he was gentle with Dr. Wu, carrying her over; but he was less kind to Master Mei, dragging him there.
After hurriedly finishing all this, Young Master Lin Hao exclaimed in surprise, attracting our attention.
Since Master Mei's body was under strict surveillance, the poisoned food should still be hidden somewhere in the morgue; as for evidence, we only need to dissect Master Mei's body and see what's inside his stomach to know whether my reasoning is right or wrong.
When we first arrived at the Mei Mansion, the meal served in Master Mei's room consisted of cold noodles, bird's nest soup, chicken broth tofu soup, steamed fish, and millet porridge. If, after dissecting Master Mei's body, we find that in addition to these five fellows, there are other uninvited guests in his stomach, then it will prove that what I said is true.
To be honest, we should also thank Lin Hao. When he picked up Dr. Wu's body, he shed tears, which splattered onto Dr. Wu, spreading some of the blood. At the same time, his body heat thawed some of the frozen blood, which then stained himself. Fortunately, the young master was wearing mourning clothes and black, so it wasn't immediately obvious. If Xiao Gu hadn't smelled the blood when he got close to him, we might never have known.
Yes, it's the one he's wearing.
"Eliminate all the impossible factors, and the remaining result, however absurd, is still the truth."
This is the case with the serial murders: Mr. Mei faked his death, which resulted in the real death of his wife. To cover up the truth behind the faked death, Mr. Mei killed Dr. Wu. Then, after killing Dr. Wu, Mr. Mei ate poisoned food and was poisoned to death by his own son.
The truth behind the so-called serial murder case is just like this.
This is an absurd case. What surprises me is that everyone involved is guilty. Master Mei is ungrateful and murders to cover it up; Madam Mei poisons the eldest son and forges a will; Chef Zhang aids and abets the poisoning; Huang Feizhang steals secrets and kills someone on the spot; Lin Hao uses someone else to kill, taking the opportunity to murder his father; only Zhuang Sheng and Dr. Wu seem somewhat innocent.
This is also a bizarre case in my career as a journalist.
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