Chapter 21 Chapter 20 The Fourth Night

In a room with no curtains drawn, the darkness outside the window has already told the people in the room that night has come again. The quiet and silent space is filled with the confession of the dead, because the soul cannot enter heaven.Ye Wan stood up, took back the necklace that proved her identity, looked indifferently at the deceased on the bed again, suppressed the grief and hatred in her heart, and left the room.Let alone mourning for the deceased, even hearing the name of the deceased, she could not suppress the resentment in her heart. Gao Pingying came out after her, and asked behind her: "Does Ms. Ye not care about the murderer now?"

Hearing Miss Ye's address, Ye Wan felt harsh for the first time, she should be Miss Shen, the third lady of the Shen family.As soon as her identity changed, so did her mentality. She began to think about things from the perspective of the Shen family.Regarding the door of the secret path, Ye Wan doesn't want to reveal it for the time being, she doesn't know what else is hidden in the underground secret, maybe it has something to do with the Shen family. "Who said I don't care anymore." Ye Wan said without looking back, "I'm not dead yet? Since I'm alive, I naturally care about the murderer."

"It's not optimistic. Ms. Ye's situation is quite bad." Gao Pingying said worriedly, "Your identity is too special, and you know the underground secrets. This may be a reason to be killed." Gao Pingying's worries were not groundless. She had too many reasons for being killed. Regardless of her previous identity or her current identity, she could not obliterate her identity as a descendant of criminals.She also knew a lot of things she shouldn't know. She saw the twelfth person, went underground, and what happened ten years ago. No matter which side, there is a reason to kill her.

Ye Wan stopped, looked back at Gao Pingying and said, "If I die, you will be the murderer." Her words made Gao Pingying laugh dumbfounded. After laughing, he said: "I remember there is a line that is 'Give me a reason to kill you'. Killing people requires a reason. Why should I kill you?" Ye Wan pointed out bluntly that in this house, only he knew about her past.In her twenty-four years, the only crime was the silence ten years ago.Judging from Shen Le's method of death, it is likely that the descendant of the deceased ten years ago came to avenge him, and Gao Pingying's age and his mystery may indicate that he is the descendant of the deceased.

Gao Pingying innocently stated again that he would not have any prejudice against Ye Wan because of her past crimes.Moreover, her past has nothing to do with the affairs in the house. As a policeman, he will go to find out about any situation, but after learning about it, he will keep it a secret for her.To him, she was a witness, the best witness to the killing.Not only would he not kill her, but he would protect her wholeheartedly, as a police officer. Bright eyes and sincere words made Ye Wan feel a little embarrassed about her doubts.If it wasn't for the anger in Gao Pingying's eyes after hearing what happened ten years ago, she wouldn't have doubted him.According to what Gao Pingying said, her silence ten years ago will not be the reason for her being killed now.From this point of view, he is quite familiar with what happened ten years ago.Ye Wan asked Gao Pingying again, did he really have nothing to do with the deceased ten years ago?

Gao Pingying looked at her with pity, telling her not to think about it, he would not kill her for such a shallow reason.Ten years ago, what she did was in line with a little girl's thinking, without any sinister color.The reason why he came here, of course, was not all because of Shen Huaqi's invitation, it was indeed because of what happened ten years ago, but she is not in his target, she can rest assured that if he wants to kill her, then It must have something to do with her life experience. Ye Wan's life experience is now really like a deadly knife on her neck.It is impossible for a money seeker to tolerate her identity as Miss Shen's. Ye Wan even smelled the smell of blood coming from the fourth floor. Wu Meilan's accomplice, the mysterious twelfth person, was already gearing up to kill her.

"I remember that there is a sentence in the Jesus poem, 'the ominous number plays evil again', and the ominous number is thirteen. When I looked at the note in the pendant just now, I counted the words unconsciously, and it happened to be thirteen I don’t know if that sentence alludes to my life experience.” Ye Wan made a guess. Gao Pingying nodded, indicating that her guess is also an understanding. So far, there seems to be no other things related to Thirteen.He suggested that she and he should not stay alone in the room until the murderer was caught, but stay in the living room together for safety, which would reduce the chance of the murderer.

The living room tonight is as indifferent as last night. Although the sound of the rain outside the window is quieter, the cold air is stronger. Even with the warm-colored chandelier on, there is still a feeling of being shrouded in a dark atmosphere.The two of them sat on the sofa for a while, and their mental state was not very good.Gao Pingying reclined on the back of the sofa, his tired face showed hunger, he hadn't eaten all day.Seeing the exhaustion of the protector, Ye Wan's conscience felt uneasy, she could help him get food, but she kept silent. "Can you really protect me as a witness?" Ye Wan asked her protector.

Gao Pingying confidently stated that as long as she does not leave him and act alone, it should be fine.Ye Wan coldly reminded Gao Pingying, don't be too confident, maybe the murderer will kill the two of them at once, his identity is also taboo for the murderer, and he is also someone who interferes with the murderer's plan. The protector smiled slightly, and still maintained his confidence. Even if a knife was on his neck, Ye Wan believed that he would still maintain his confidence. This is the attitude a policeman should have in fighting crime.She planned to imitate his self-confidence and not take the murderer seriously. She already knew the murderer and his accomplices, so if she guarded against them, nothing would happen.

Suddenly, a terrifying cry pierced the silent night sky, shaking the whole house and the two people in the living room.The horrific screams irrationally kept screaming, it was the madness of a woman who lost her mind.The heart-piercing cry sounded in the silent house in the middle of the night, and it was terrifying. The sound came from the fourth floor. The horrific screams were like a broken alarm clock, uninterrupted, sometimes weak, long and sometimes short, non-stop in a mess.Gao Pingying and Ye Wan hurried to the fourth floor, at the same time Zhang Ma and He Yi on the second floor, and Wu Meilan on the third floor also walked towards the fourth floor, everyone was alarmed by the horrific screams.

Standing on the corridor on the fourth floor, everyone showed panic again, because the horrific screams they heard did not come from the three rooms on the fourth floor, but from behind the oil painting on the fourth floor.This shows that there is indeed a secret room on the fourth floor, and the secret room is behind the wall where the oil paintings are hung.The second and third floors are all restrooms, and the fourth floor has no restrooms, but the length of the corridor is the same as that of the second and third floors. It is obvious that there is a problem behind this wall.Ye Wan and Gao Pingying felt it early, but they couldn't find the entrance. They checked all the things that could be checked on the fourth floor, and there was nothing that could pass through the wall and enter the room. The screaming continued, but it was a little hoarse, and it was mixed with desperate crying, like a woman's wail of completely losing faith in life and life.Who is crying in the secret room?The twelfth person is a man, does he still have an accomplice in it?Thinking of her accomplices, Ye Wan couldn't help looking at a person, Wu Meilan who was standing on the fourth floor, her panic expression surpassed everyone else's, her face twitched with anxiety, it was hard to tell whether it was panic or anxiety. Gao Pingying and He Yi took off the oil painting and checked the wall again.Ye Wan also noticed that the number of people on the fourth floor was wrong. There were only five people. Excluding those who were hiding underground and those who died, there should be six people in the current residence, and one person was missing——Shen Dan.The terrifying cry is very similar to Shen Dan's voice. She and the twelfth person are in a relationship. After the mental problem, do you still have any impression of the relationship? What relationship does she maintain with her boyfriend now? "Ms. Wu, do you know the entrance to the secret room?" Gao Pingying asked Wu Meilan. "No, I don't know." Wu Meilan shook her head, seeing everyone's distrustful eyes, she once again expressed her innocence, "I really don't know, I really don't know." "You should know who the crying person is inside." Gao Pingying reminded Wu Meilan, "Aren't you worried about Shen Dan?" Hearing Gao Pingying's reminder, Wu Meilan couldn't control her panic anymore, she threw herself on the wall where the oil painting was hung, slapped the wall and called, "Shen Dan, come out quickly, don't scare me." The people inside the wall ignored the call from the outside, and continued to immerse themselves in their own pain and sorrow. The irregular crying showed that her spirit was no longer under her control.A mentally abnormal person suddenly screamed and cried in the secret room. Where is the owner of the secret room?Why allow such a crazy act of revealing his hiding place to exist.Or, is this simply their scheme, a trap they deliberately set? "Listen to the voice, Ms. Shen's condition is not very good." He Yi said anxiously, showing a look of worry about the patient's condition. He had never been so worried about Shen Dan. His worry showed that Shen Dan's condition had deteriorated beyond control. to an extent. The voice in the wall gradually weakened, probably because he was tired from crying and crying.The fading sound finally ceased to be silent.The people outside the wall were at a loss and powerless, so they could only stand on the corridor and worry.Wu Meilan was sitting by the wall sobbing, her expression was very lost, a kind of loss that was over; Zhang Ma stood there without much expression, just looked at this person and that person in surprise; He Yi folded his hands on his chest Gao Pingying frowned and looked around on the corridor, trying to find the entrance of the secret room, but he couldn't. Ye Wan looked at the flat wall and thought of the structure of the door of the secret passage. She wondered whether the entrance of the secret room would use the wooden boards on the ground as the mechanism like the door of the secret passage.She told Wu Meilan to leave, and then pressed the short-circuited boards on the floor near the wall, almost every one of them, but there was no response. "What are you doing?" Her behavior caught Gao Pingying's attention. After pressing the last few pieces, Ye Wan stood up and said regretfully, "I just wanted to find the mechanism to open the secret room, but unfortunately it didn't work." "Miss Ye really knows how to use her brain." He Yi praised her. Gao Pingying didn't make a statement, but his frowning brows relaxed. He didn't study the floor, but set his eyes on Sanjianfang.I looked at it for a few minutes, then walked to the first room and opened it in, and came out a minute later, then opened the second room and went in.Ye Wan followed into the second room and saw Gao Pingying measuring the area of ​​the room with his hands.After measuring the second room, he went out and walked into the third room to measure. After measuring all three rooms, he hurried downstairs again. After a few minutes, he hurried back from downstairs to the fourth floor, and used the Measure the area of ​​the wall outside the main entrance of the first room with your hands. "what are you doing?" Ye Wan looked at Gao Ping and asked, but he didn't answer right away. After measuring the wall, he stopped to take a rest to recover his energy by breathing.Not eating for a day, even a little exercise can easily cause physical exhaustion and make people breathless.The same is true for Gao Pingying, without food supplements, no matter how strong the muscles are, they will lose their strength.He adjusted his breathing and said: "I have measured, and the rooms on the third floor and the second floor are the same size, while the three rooms on the fourth floor are smaller than the rooms on the third and second floors, and each room is less wide. About ten centimeters, the depth is about thirty centimeters less." The size of the room is small, and it is hard to feel with the naked eye. There are furniture in the rooms on the third and second floors, which will confuse the vision.From Gao Pingying's words, Ye Wan understood the real reason why the room sizes are not uniform, the same corridor, the same number of rooms, why the size of the three rooms on the fourth floor was changed to be smaller.The three ten centimeters add up to about thirty centimeters. Is the space area drawn from the width of the three rooms and the space area drawn from the depth just enough to connect to form a narrow passage, the passage leading to the secret room? "When Ms. Ye told me that a twelfth person appeared on the fourth floor, I guessed sensitively that there was a secret room on the fourth floor, but the walls between the three rooms and the walls of the corridor did not find the entrance to the secret room. So I lost my way again. The call from the fourth floor finally confirmed that there is indeed a secret room on the fourth floor. Ms. Ye’s behavior of looking for the mechanism on the floor suddenly reminded me. Why must the mechanism at the entrance of the secret room be on the wall? On the floor, the agency’s hypothesis has a direction, so I will look for the direction of the passage.” Gao Pingying walked over, resting his right hand on the wall more than 70 centimeters to the left of the first door, and continued, “According to the information provided by Miss Ye. The clues—the speed and direction of the twelfth person hiding in the corridor when he met the twelfth person for the first time, most likely hiding in the first room. If there is no problem with the room, I think of the first room The wall is the wall next to the stairs." After Gao Pingying finished speaking, he put down his hands and asked everyone to observe the wall.Next to this wall is the staircase. After careful observation, Ye Wan found that it is a little wider than the walls next to the stairs on the third and second floors. The gap is not very big, more than ten centimeters wide.The width of the walls next to the stairs on the third and second floors is about 60 centimeters, and that on the fourth floor is more than 70 centimeters.Along with the wall, the doors of the three rooms on the fourth floor are also shifted inward by about ten centimeters. This difference will not be noticed if you don't pay attention.When she first came here, Ye Wan never understood why only the walls on the fourth floor were decorated with wooden boards. It was actually a means used by the designers to confuse outsiders and hide the entrance of the secret room.The designer racked his brains to make the entrance of the secret room concealable. It is not easy to make a passage door on a clean wall. After decorating with wooden boards, you can borrow things and use them. The principle is the same as the door of the secret passage downstairs.This is also the reason why the three sacrificial halls on the fourth floor have only doors and no windows, because the back of the rooms is a secret passage, not the outside world. "The outer wall of the house can be 20 centimeters, or it can be reduced in thickness, as long as it is no less than 10 centimeters. It is not enough to cut corners on the outer wall alone, so I thought about the area of ​​the room, whether it is also cutting corners Is that proved? I measured the width of the first room inside, and it was nineteen widths, and the width outside was twenty-one and a half widths. The length of the apex of the middle finger should be 20 centimeters. Even if the outer wall is 20 centimeters, and 21 horizontal distances minus one horizontal distance, the width inside the first room should be 20 and a half horizontal distances. Now It is nineteen horizontal distances. You must know that the three rooms on the fourth floor are the same size, and there is no problem with the inner walls. If one and a half horizontal distances are missing, where are they going?" Gao Pingying said and patted the side of the stairs with his hands More than seventy centimeters of wall surface, indicated here. Gao Pingying's explanation made Ye Wan suddenly understand the mysterious whereabouts of the twelfth person. No wonder when she first arrived at the residence, when she ran upstairs, there was no sign of anyone hiding in the corridor.From this point of view, when she turned around after checking the three doors, Shen Dan quietly appeared behind her because the other party came out of the passage.When they were on the second floor, Shen Dan went downstairs. Maybe just when Ye Wan entered the room to pack her luggage, Shen Dan went downstairs to meet the twelfth person on the fourth floor. When they met, Ye Wan happened to be going. On the balcony, seeing her coming up, the two people on the fourth floor quickly hid in the passage. The organ that opens the passage to the secret room is just as Ye Wan guessed, not on the wall, but at the corner of the wall, which is the top corner of the outer wall.The wooden boards in the house are arranged horizontally from right to left, so only the short-circuited small boards appear in the left corner.Press down on this small wooden board, and you can hear a spring beating sound from the corner at the top of the outer wall.There was a little movement in the gap between the wooden boards on the top of the outer wall. Gao Pingying lifted it with his hands, and the two-meter-high passage door of the secret room made of two sets of wooden boards was opened.Behind this wooden board, in the center at a height of about 1.6 meters, there is a round mirror the size of a five-cent coin.On the outside of the opposing wooden boards, in the gap between the two wooden boards, there is a tiny hole like a pinhole.It turns out that the wooden door is equipped with a pinhole monitor that can rotate 180 degrees. People in the passage can see the situation of the corridor on the fourth floor, which is safer when entering and exiting. With the opening of the passage door, a passage nearly forty centimeters wide appeared.The outer wall of the first room was reduced to only 10 centimeters thick, plus the width of nearly 30 centimeters "stolen" from the three rooms, just formed a nearly 40 centimeters wide passage.Although it is a bit narrow, as long as the body is not too fat, it is no problem to enter the passage.