Fate II

Chapter 27

The reaction of Benjamin and others was within Zhuo Yi's expectation.When everyone had their own concerns, he didn't rush to talk anymore, and carefully observed everyone's expressions and changes in everyone.However, Benjamin suddenly spoke, interrupting this excellent timing.Benjamin said: "No wonder you asked me to bring over all the surveillance footage from the night of the incident. It turns out there is still such a serious problem."

These words, Benjamin is not hypocritical, it can be seen from his face that he is indeed puzzled.Then, ask again: "Who is the person who appeared in the surveillance video at 11:30?"

Several people with important status in the family in the room also said: "The picture is so clear, Miller's face can be seen clearly. How could it be fake?"

"No one said it was fake." Zhuo Yi laughed. "As far as the Miller in the surveillance at 11:30 is concerned, it is indeed him. Many people will do this kind of thing, tamper with the picture, Edit, fix."

Those who have spent half their lives in the underworld understand what Zhuo Yi said.Someone had modified the monitoring record earlier, and put the picture of Miller with him in the time period of 11:30.Zhuo Yi told everyone that it was actually very simple.As the butler of the Howard family, Miller is particular about his attire.Usually, it is basically a black three-piece suit, a white shirt, and a black collar flower.It is very simple to photograph him wearing the same clothes in and out of the flower cellar.

Zhuo Yi said: "Miller once told me that he often comes to this manor to help Benjamin take care of things. Therefore, there is a reasonable explanation for the monitoring that was dropped."

However, some people have different opinions.The person said: "Mr. Zhuang, I'm afraid you have underestimated the monitoring system of the manor. If this surveillance video is tampered with, the host will issue a warning at 11:30. I am not exaggerating, this monitoring system is world-class Yes, otherwise we wouldn't spend a lot of money on it."

"Don't worry, I will always give you a definite answer." Zhuo Yi reassured those who were in doubt, and then said, "Now, we know that the surveillance video at 11:30 is fake, Miller puts Benjamin's coat Then leave here, the time is: 11:35. How long does it take him to get to Huajiao? Come, let's try together."

After saying that, Zhuo Yi took out a timer.He walked to the door and pressed the timer as he stepped out.The people who followed him quickly left Miller's room. Among them, Benjamin walked the fastest, almost surpassing Zhuo Yi.

A group of people rushed all the way and finally entered the flower cellar.When Zhuo Yi stood at the door of Huajiao, he stopped the timer.He turned back and held up the timer, saying, "Seven minutes and 48 seconds."

Count it as 8 minutes.On the night of the incident, Miller walked for 8 minutes to enter the flower cellar at 11:45.

"This is impossible!" Someone exclaimed, "Miller died at 11:40, but why is the result of our experiment 11:45?"

"You still don't understand?" Zhuo Yi laughed, "Huajiao is not the scene of the first crime. That is to say, Miller was not killed in Huajiao."

Someone began to whisper, and the humming suddenly made the warm flower cellar sultry.Benjamin was shocked by Zhuo Yi's conclusion several times, and now he was impatient.He yelled and ordered everyone to shut up!Instead, he took a deep breath to stabilize his emotions and said, "Go ahead."

Zhuo Yi said: "The facts are as follows. That night, after Miller left my room, he went back to his own room and packed up Benjamin's clothes for the next day's laundry. All this is normal. The only abnormal thing is Yes, the murderer ambushed him in his room ahead of time, and killed him with a gun equipped with a silencer when he came back, and after dealing with the blood at the scene, he carried the body to Huajiao."

During the narration, Zhuo Yi always stood outside the circle circled by the police.The toes touched the yellow warning line and kicked lightly.He smiled and said, "Junyang, if you were asked to clean up Miller's room in the fastest time, how long would it take you?"

"You can cover the muzzle of the gun and Miller's head with a pillow, so as not to leave blood stains around, and the muzzle of Miller's head also has burn marks." Junyang said without hesitation.

Zhuo Yi nodded in satisfaction, "The murderer is also an expert, and he probably used the same method as you. Therefore, he hardly took any time to clean up the scene, and left Miller's room directly with the pillow and the corpse."

Speaking of this, Jun Yang took a look at Benjamin, and found that the other party seemed to be more depressed than before.However, this person seldom talks, and he doesn't even want others to talk too much.Jun Yang couldn't help suspecting that Benjamin seemed to already know the answer.

At this time, Zhuo Yi brought the conversation to Benjamin, and said: "Almost everyone in the main building heard Benjamin's gunshot that night. The time was: 11:45. According to the situation recorded by the surveillance, he was There was a surprise attack by an unknown person, and that person had already fled when the shot was fired. Junyang, play that video."

When the murderous lunatic in people's conception was working honestly under Zhuo Yi, no one would think it was normal.Everyone stared wide-eyed, watching the lunatic who was expressionless but willing to fight for Mr. Yi.

Zhuo Yi didn't care what others thought of Jun Yang, he just held Jun Yang's hand and asked him to stay by his side.

The process of Benjamin being attacked began to play on the computer.Zhuo Yi asked Jun Yang to analyze, from his point of view, what he saw.Jun Yang said: "The sneak attacker is very skilled, and Benjamin can't beat him. In one minute and eight seconds, they have passed four moves, and the winner or loser is already obvious."

Benjamin standing aside was not offended by Junyang's truth, he continued to watch with a cold face.After hearing Jun Yang's analysis, Zhuo Yi smiled and said, "Everyone, do you understand what I mean?"

More than 20 men despised him together, as if they were all saying: Who the hell can understand what you say here and there?

It doesn't matter if you don't understand, Zhuo Yi patiently explained: "Let me be more careful. I have watched this video over and over again no less than a hundred times. The more I watch it, the more strange it becomes. As my assistant, Jun Yang also finds it strange. "

When he looked over, a smile appeared on Junyang's face unconsciously.There was a series of gasps of surprise around him, Jun Yang didn't know anything about it, he said: "As the boss of the Howard family, being attacked by someone in your backyard, first, it's not an honorable thing; second, the other party is enough to want him. His first reaction should be to call someone, not to fight alone. Therefore, Benjamin's so-called 'unaware of the other party's killing intent' is not true. The second point: the lawn covers a large area, and from the surprise attack on Based on the location, the nearest bunker is 30 meters away. Based on the physical speed of the attacker, he needs at least 40 seconds to hide behind the bunker. 40 seconds is enough for Benjamin to fire ten shots."

This person clearly said: Benjamin's testimony is false and full of water.But who dares to question Benjamin?Tired of life?court death?

Zhuo Yi patted Jun Yang's hand, signaling him to stop here.Instead, Zhuo Yi smiled and turned to Benjamin: "Let me be honest, you did shoot at that time. But it wasn't at the attacker, but at another figure you saw but couldn't confirm. If you insist on letting I have found the murderer, so please tell the truth at that time."

The cold-faced family boss finally let out a long sigh, letting go of his murderous aura.He smiled wryly and shook his head at Zhuo Yi, not knowing what he meant.Seeing that his own boss didn't get angry, more than [-] men were silent, but a few secretly touched their guns...

"I still didn't hide it from your eyes." Benjamin joked, "I can't stand you, Zhuo Yi."

"It's easy to talk about it." Zhuo Yi also joked, "The relationship between you and me is not honest and honest. You concealed something from me, and I didn't open up to you. Let's draw."

"I just admire your freedom and ease." Benjamin walked over slowly, ignoring the existence of Junyang, and only looked at Zhuo Yi.His expression softened a little, and he said softly, "Don't you really think about giving me a chance?"

Junyang didn't say a word, and didn't look at Benjamin either.He knew that Zhuo Yi could deal with this person with ease.Why is my own fox so easy to tease?

Zhuo Yi raised his eyebrows and curled his lips, "polygamy has long been abolished in our country."

The men around wanted to laugh but didn't dare to.Only Benjamin laughed wantonly and boldly.He looked at Junyang, "Madman, you are actually a wife!"

Jun Yang was also a little dumbfounded, so he could only say dully: "He does what he says."

My dull wolf's answer was very suitable for Mr. Yi, and he couldn't help rubbing his hair, just like rubbing a big dog.Benjamin smiled helplessly.

The Huajiao became more relaxed because of the three people's nonsense, and the sense of urgency was gone.Benjamin's tone naturally softened a lot.He said: "I have seen the man who attacked me before. Although I have not seen his face and don't know his name, I have dealt with him. So, I know he will not kill me. In fact, in his When I was about to escape, I saw a shadow in the woods in front of the lawn. That was what worried me. I fired at the shadow, and you ran out immediately after hearing it. The reason why I didn’t mention this situation , for two reasons."

One, I really want to keep Mr. Yi from knowing too much about the problems in the family.

Second, after learning that Miller was killed, he also wanted to cause trouble for Mr. Yi.It was his pleasure to see that Mr. Yi didn't move around like a fly.

Based on these two points, Benjamin did not tell the truth.However, Miller's death made him feel the urgency of the crisis more and more, so Zhuo Yi was given a time limit to solve the case as soon as possible.

Benjamin added: "That shadow is very strange. I thought it was a monster at first sight. Its upper body is extremely fat, its lower body is extremely thin, and its stomach looks like a woman who is about to give birth. The strange shadow disappeared immediately, and at the same time, you called me from the window. I can't say that I saw the shadow of a monster, can I?"

Zhuo Yi accepted Benjamin's explanation, and said: "It seems that you and I both know that the murderer is someone from within the family. There are moths in your family."

Benjamin secretly said to Mr. Yi: "There is more than one, otherwise I would be in a hurry to find you back."

But even if the reason why Benjamin didn't tell the truth was asked, what does it have to do with the murderer's behavior?

"Time." Zhuo Yi said, "I wasted so much to make you pay attention to time. The key point of this case is time, so we must understand every point in time. The murderer fiddled with the surveillance video, time It is: 11:30. The time of tampering cannot be long, otherwise it is easy to be discovered. The murderer killed Miller at 11:40 and ran to Huajiao with his body. But unfortunately, an accident happened at that time. Temporary Benjamin, who was in the mood of admiring the moon, met the attacker. Coincidentally, Benjamin saw the shadow of the murderer carrying the corpse."

"If I took you to catch up, maybe I could catch the murderer?" Benjamin asked.

"No, there is no hope." Zhuo Yi smiled, "The murderer is not stupid, of course we can hear the footsteps of so many people. If you try to arrest someone, the murderer will leave the body and run away."

Although Zhuo Yi's answer was convincing, Benjamin still had some doubts.He talked about his experience at that time, about 300 meters away from the weird shadow.At that time, his attention was originally on the attacker, and from the corner of his vision, he caught a glimpse of the strange shadow raising his hand and shot it, and the shadow disappeared instantly.Benjamin's first reaction was that he thought he was dazzled, but when he thought about it carefully afterwards, he was still not sure what he saw.This question has always troubled him, until Zhuo Yi said just now that the murderer ran to the Huajiao with the corpse, he realized that it was the shadow of a person carrying another person.

However, according to Zhuo Yi's deduction, the murderer could only run from the lawn to Huajiao at 11:45.This should take at least three to five minutes.What were they doing back then?

"We were chatting on the lawn." Zhuo Yi reminded him with a smile, "I ran down with your bodyguards. I remember that there were two bodyguards with good skills who jumped directly from the window. Are those two people here? "

Benjamin raised his hand, and immediately two burly men walked up to Zhuo Yi.Zhuo Yi took a look at them and said, "What was Benjamin doing when you jumped off?"

"Standing on the grass with a gun in your hand," replied one of the men.

Zhuo Yi recalled the situation at that time. He also ran out of the room and opened the window to look out when he heard the gunshots.At that time, Benjamin who was on the lawn turned his head, and the two of them happened to meet their eyes. At the same time, two bodyguards jumped down and ran towards Benjamin. Then, Zhuo Yi ran out of the building with the others.

"Benjamin, I know that at that time you suspected that the shadow you saw was Junyang. You didn't want us to meet, so you deliberately delayed for some time. We briefly checked the situation on the lawn, and it took about 3 minutes." Zhuo Yi casually picked up a pen and wrote the time on the wall, "After that, you said you were going to visit the Huajiao. Everyone started to leave the lawn. Well, now I have two questions. One, I still want to ask you, why do you want to Going to the Huajiao? Second, how long did it take us to walk from talking on the lawn to walking to the Huajiao?"

As for the first question, Benjamin said frankly that when he saw the shadow, the shadow was in a running posture, and the direction of the shadow was only the flower cellar; the second question was simpler, and it took 5 minutes for a group of them to walk to the flower cellar .So, it took a total of 8 minutes from when he shot to when he walked into the flower cellar.

"However, the murderer will not fully prepare himself for 8 minutes." Zhuo Yi said, "The murderer carried a dead body and squatted under the grass after being almost shot. He heard the bodyguards in the main building shouting BOSS. At that time The murderer was ready to leave the body and run away, but Benjamin did not give the order to pursue immediately. The murderer bravely carried the body and continued to sneak towards the flower cellar. As long as he ran through the grass belt, he could use the tall trees to hide himself. Great Fang Fang came towards Huajiao. Thinking about it carefully, he has been walking ahead of us. The time he spent was about 4 minutes, and when we arrived at Huajiao, the murderer had already run away."

"Everyone, the last calculation problem." Zhuo Yi smiled like a fox, "According to the exact time shown on the monitor, it was 11:45 when Benjamin shot, and it was 11:47 when we ran to him. Huajiao, the time is 8:11."

"Is there anything wrong with that?" someone asked. "You recorded the discovery of the body at exactly 11:55."

At this time, Jun Yang went up and pulled Zhuo Yi behind him, his indifferent eyes swept over the people in front of him, and said: "Zhuo Yi's calculation and deduction is only from the lawn to the entrance of the flower cellar. This process took 8 minutes. However, what he recorded 11:55 is the time when the corpse was actually discovered, seen, and touched. How long did it take to walk from the entrance of the Huajiao to the corpse? That night, none of you knew that a homicide occurred in the Huajiao, so it was impossible to go directly to the corpse after entering. Among them, there must be a careful search process. It can't be fast, and it can't be rushed."

Through Jun Yang's explanation, everyone suddenly realized.It turned out that there was still a little time difference.

At that time, Benjamin pushed away the crowd, started from the entrance of the flower cellar, and began to step into the flower cellar in a cautious and careful manner.He regarded himself as the bodyguard who searched the road alone that night, and it took him a minute and 48 seconds to get to the corpse.

The process of his search seemed a bit long under everyone's gaze, but in fact, one minute and 48 seconds was extremely short.Maybe you drank a few sips of tea, maybe you went to the bathroom once...

There is only one road from the entrance of Huajiao to where the corpse is. Benjamin stood in front of the cordon, turned his head, and looked at Zhuo Yi intently: "Do you want to tell me that we lost nearly 2 minutes?"

Zhuo Yi clapped his hands and told everyone that even a minute or two, or even 2 seconds, could change the outcome of the entire case.Therefore, he will repeatedly verify with everyone in every detail.

In other words: Who was the first to discover Miller's body at the time, was unreasonable.

Who was the first to discover Miller's body?