Chapter 2 Chapter 1: A Visit from the Dead

Bobber died of a heart attack in his study. Bober is a great man, he is a politician, he is an economist, and he is a doctor, he is versatile and an outstanding figure of this era. The doctor has proved that Bobber died of a heart attack. The certifier is a famous forensic doctor, and there is no problem with its reliability. Moreover, Bobber is already in his seventies.An old man in his seventies who died of a heart attack is really a very ordinary thing that does not constitute a story at all.However, there are two very strange things mixed in it.One of those two things, it was just unthinkable.

That is, in front of Bobber's body - Bobber died in the high-backed swivel chair in front of his desk, so, in front of his body, that is to say, across from him On another chair at a table, there was also a dead man. The dead body was sitting upright on the opposite side of Bober. When the police officers arrived, they naturally found the corpse. The whole family of Bober didn’t know who the dead man was, only the housekeeper and the servants, They said that the dead man had been seen entering Bober's study half an hour before, on a visit to Bober. For a famous person like Bobber to have a strange visitor, that is by no means something worth recording. However, it is unbelievable that when the forensic doctor examined the deceased, it was found that the deceased had been dead for at least three days!

It was inconceivable that a man who had been dead for more than three days should be Bober's visitor. Therefore, the person who presided over the case thought that the butler and the valet were lying. The following is the cross-examination of the butler and the valet by Colonel Jack, the presiding officer of the case. (Readers must still remember Jack. He went from a major to a lieutenant colonel, and from a lieutenant colonel to a colonel, but his stubborn character has not changed at all.) Jack: (sneering) Both of you said this visitor came an hour ago? Butler, valet: (nodding) Yes.

Jack: (laughs more grimly) How was it? Servant: Someone rang the bell, and I went to open the door. The visitor was outside the door, with an ugly face and a strange look. He said that he had an appointment with Mr. Bao. He came to see Mr. Bao at this time, and I brought him in. , asked him to sit down, and then I informed the housekeeper. Housekeeper: Yes, as soon as I saw him, I asked him if he was Mr. Shi, because Mr. Bao had ordered that a Mr. Shi would come to visit him at this time. The visitor nodded, and I took him to the In front of the study door, because I saw Mr. Bao just came down from upstairs and entered the study, I knocked on the door: "Mr. Bao, the Mr. Shi you promised is here." Mr. Bao said: "Please come in." I pushed The door was opened, the visitor walked into the study, and I walked away.

Jack: (Shouting loudly) Nonsense, the person you mentioned has been dead for three days after a preliminary examination. Can the dead person talk, walk, and make an appointment with Mr. Bao? The butler and the valet looked at each other, unable to answer a word, so Jack naturally pressed the question further. But no matter how hard Jack asked, the answers from the butler and the servant were the same every time. As for this incident, how did it alert the police?It must also be added.There were many people in the Bao family. When the incident happened, a relative of Bob was visiting Mrs. Bob with his children and was chatting upstairs. There were four servants in the Bao family. The strange thing was that the visitors there Not long after entering the study, everyone in the room heard Bober's heart-pounding call from the study.

That call made everyone who heard it turn pale with fright, and they all quickly gathered at the door of the study. Bobber's wife, who was also in her sixties, was so frightened that she lost her mind on the spot. The housekeeper slammed on the door of the study room, but there was no response from the inside. Moreover, the door was still locked. The housekeeper and two male servants slammed it hard The door was knocked open. When they knocked the door open, all the people found two dead people, the visitor and Bober, so they called the police. When the police arrived, they discovered all sorts of strange things, only to find that the visitor surnamed Shi had been dead for three days!

How long a person has been dead, there is a scientifically definite method, it can be absolutely proved, so the housekeeper and the valet have been questioned all the time.Bobber had apparently died of a heart attack, and he had a history of heart attacks that he couldn't afford to be shocked. Legally speaking, if a man with a heart attack is deliberately caused to die by extreme fright, then this action is no different from murder. If a person like Bober suddenly finds out If there is a dead person sitting opposite his table, then it is very likely to cause a heart attack and die. So, Colonel Jack thinks that the butler and the valet, deliberately murdered the great Mr. Bobber.

The way Colonel Jack assumed was: the butler and the valet smuggled a corpse in and put it in Bobber's study, and when Bobber saw the dead man, he died of fright. When that "Mr. Shi" came, only the housekeeper and the valet had seen him, one opened the door to let "Mr. Shi" in, and the other brought "Mr. People are very disadvantaged. But there is also something that is beneficial to the two of them, that is, the people in Bao's house can prove that the housekeeper and the male servant have not left Bao's house for seven or eight days. corpses to complete their "murder plan."

However, Colonel Jack is a very stubborn person. Since he believed that it was a family murder, and it was more likely to be an unusual political murder, he suspected that the butler and valet and accomplices sent the body, and the valet, valet, and accomplices sent the body. The housekeeper then sent it to the study, and then, they made up a set of lies to deceive the police. In fact, Colonel Jack's suspicion is very difficult to establish, because no one is so stupid as to think that the police will not be able to detect a person who has been dead for three days. Colonel Jack had another idea. His idea was that the housekeeper and the valet were going to remove the body after scaring Bob to death, but because of Bob's loud cry, many people were attracted. People thwarted their original plan, so they had to make up a set of lies.

Colonel Jack had arrested the butler and the valet, but since he had not even had any solid evidence, he was too late to press charges, and the butler and valet had been detained for three days. This is a very serious case. Although the police strictly blocked all news, capable journalists still tried their best to report what happened, because Bober was a big man who attracted attention. I have described the case in the simplest terms above, but it is already much more detailed than what is reported in ordinary newspapers. I don't know a big man like Bobber. Colonel Jack and I have some old grievances. He will never invite me to investigate this case with him. How did I get involved with this case?It’s amazing to say it, that’s also the official beginning of the whole story──It was a drizzly afternoon, I originally had an appointment with someone to play golf, but due to the rain, I naturally canceled the appointment, so I had to stay bored at home.

At this moment, I received a call from an old classmate of mine, his tone was very anxious and hurried, he said: "You have to wait for me at home anyway, I have something very important come to you." This old classmate, if he didn't tell his name, I can't remember him coming. Although we were classmates, we had no contact at all after leaving school. All I know is that he became a dentist ,that is it.But since he said he came to me with something important, I couldn't refuse, so I agreed to wait for him. Half an hour later, he came. He didn't come alone, he came with him, and there was a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy with a pale complexion. As soon as he came in, he held my hand and shook it: "You still remember that I am Chen Fulei, how rare, this is my son Chen Xiaolei. Xiaolei, his name is Uncle Wei!" The boy called me, and I patted him on the shoulder: "Please sit down, you said you came to me for something important?" Chen Fulei sat down: "Yes, Xiaolei said this, but it is really impossible, but he said it must be true, so I had to come to you, because I know you are interested in all weird things, All had an extraordinary experience!" I finally waited for him to stop, and hurriedly said: "What is it, you might as well tell it." Chen Fulei said: "I'm already married──" I couldn't help but smiled wryly, thinking this isn't nonsense?If you are not married, how can you have a child of twelve or thirteen years old? Chen Fulei said again: "I married Mrs. Bobber's niece." I couldn't help but yawned, he married the niece of the Queen of the Netherlands, and I wasn't interested either. Chen Fulei continued: "Bober died, of course you know. On the day he died, my wife happened to take Xiaolei to visit her aunt. When they were at Bao's house, Bober died." I owe it to myself, Chen Fulei's words have already aroused my interest, because in the past few days, Bob's death has caused a lot of noise, and the police have kept it secret, so it is very mysterious. If someone is at the scene, they can know what happened. After that, although the matter has nothing to do with me, I am a person with extremely strong curiosity, so I naturally want to know the truth of the matter! I quickly said: "Please continue!" Chen Fulei looked at his son: "Xiao Lei, tell me!" Chen Xiaolei seemed very rigid, but he still opened his mouth: "I arrived at Bao's house, my mother and aunt were upstairs, Xiaohui and I were playing together, we were playing hide-and-seek." I asked, "Who is Xiaohui?" Chen Fulei replied: "Xiaohui is Bober's grandson. His parents are dead. Xiaohui lives with his grandparents. He is fourteen years old this year." I nodded and looked at Chen Xiaolei. Chen Xiaolei said again: "We were playing, because it was in his home, so I hid here and there, and always found it for him. Later, I hid in Mr. Bao's study. There are many cabinets in his study, so I hid After entering one of the cabinets, Xiaohui really couldn't find me!" I sat up straight: "What about the future?" "After the appointed time, he still couldn't find me. I was about to go out. Mr. Bao opened the door and walked in. I was... afraid of him. I would definitely scold him if I hid in the cabinet in his study, so I didn't dare to come out, so I had to keep hiding, hoping that he would leave quickly." Hearing this, I couldn't help standing up abruptly, because Chen Xiaolei's words were so attractive! At that time, my understanding of the whole incident was not as clear as that stated in the frontispiece, because the police never announced the truth of the whole incident.However, I already knew a general idea. I knew that Bobber’s death happened in his study, and there was something very mysterious and inexplicable mixed in it. But now Chen Xiaolei said that he hid in Bober's study because he was playing hide-and-seek.Then, could it be that Chen Xiaolei happened to be in the study when Bob Boer died? That was really important, because later on, the two people who were found were dead, and absolutely no one knew what happened, and it could only be speculated. But if Chen Xiaolei is in the study, it will be very different, Chen Xiaolei can know what happened. I waved my hand and sat down again in a hurry, because at this moment, the most important thing is for Chen Xiaolei to tell the whole story without missing anything, so I hurriedly said: "Go on!" Chen Xiaolei stayed for a while before saying: "I hid in the closet, Mr. Bao sat on the chair, he read a book, I was very anxious, because he was in the study, I couldn't leave." Chen Xiaolei licked his lips after talking about it. It's easy to understand my feelings towards Chen Xiaolei at that time, because Chen Xiaolei is just a child, and children are always afraid of elders who have achieved success in their careers and are very serious. Bober doesn't leave the study, he Naturally had to hide in the cabinet. I said again, "What happened next?" Chen Xiaolei wiped his hands on his clothes, and said: "I hid for a while, and heard the butler knock on the door, and then the butler said: 'Master, there is a Mr. Shi, he said he has an appointment with you, and he wants to see you.' Bao The father-in-law replied: "Yes, please come in." I thought in my heart that it was too bad. Eunuch Bao didn't leave, but another person came in, and I couldn't leave!" I said "hmm", "And then?" Chen Xiaolei said: "The housekeeper pushed open the door of the study, I pushed the door of the cupboard a crack, and looked out, but the housekeeper didn't come in, a thin and white man walked in slowly, Eunuch Bao slightly He bowed and said, "Please sit down, what advice do you have?" The man sat down and made a very strange laugh, which made me shrink back in fright." Chen Xiaolei's breath became quickened, obviously when he recalled the situation at that time, he was still very scared.He took a few breaths before saying again: "After I shrunk my body, I never saw the two of them again, only heard their speech." I hurriedly asked, "What did they say?" Chen Xiaolei said: "I heard that Mr. Shi smiled and said: 'Mr. Bao, do you know that I am a dead man──'" When Chen Xiaolei came to this point, I couldn't help but interrupt him: "What did you say? Then Mr. Shi claimed to be a dead person? Did you hear clearly that he said that?" Chen Xiaolei said: "That's right. He said that. I was also very surprised at the time. I heard Mr. Bao say impatiently: 'Sir, I don't have time to joke with you. You said on the phone that there is an extremely important matter. Talk to me, now you can!'” I interjected again: "What did Mr. Shi say?" Chen Xiaolei smiled wryly, and said: "Mr. Shi said: 'Isn't this a very important matter? I am a dead person, you are a doctor, you can immediately know whether I am dead or not, just check it, and you will know." I again Hearing Mr. Bao's angry shouting and questioning, he suddenly screamed, his screams were so terrifying, I almost fainted." The more I listened, the more nervous I became: "What about the future?" Chen Xiaolei said: "Mr. Shi is still laughing, I don't know what happened, and I dare not come out. Later, I heard many people entered the study room, everyone screamed, and mother's The sound was there, I pushed open the cabinet door, no one paid attention to me, and walked out, my mother grabbed my hand and walked out..." When Chen Xiaolei spoke up to this point, he paused for a while, and then said again: "That's when I found out that Eunuch Bao is dead." I stayed for a while, and according to Chen Xiaolei's narration, the matter was simply unbelievable!