Chapter 17 Chapter Seventeen

I was driving the company car quickly, risking a speeding fine.I figured I'd park the car two or three blocks from Lubilian's apartment, but I knew I didn't have enough time.I drove directly to Lu Bilian's apartment, parked the car at the gate, rushed up the stairs, and rang her doorbell. There's only a one-in-ten chance and a one-hundredth chance.If she's in, she'll be all set up too, but I'll press the button again. No one answered. The lock on the apartment door is so old that almost anything that fits in the lock will open the door.I didn't even bother to get out my master key bag, and the key to my own apartment opened the door without any problems.

I went upstairs to Rubilian's apartment.I knocked on the door twice, but there was no sound at all.The whole apartment was quiet. I took out the skeleton key, chose one and put it in the keyhole, without success.I was about to take it out when the door suddenly opened from the inside. Lu Bilian said: Don't bother, please come in, don't be polite, it's you! Why don't you answer the door.I ask her. Her hand went to her throat and she said: You scared me to death. You don't look like it. I dare not open the door, why don't you say who you are? How do you say it?

You should have called the door. I carefully closed the door behind me and made sure the latch was locked.I said: What does this sound like? Standing in the aisle and yelling your name, yelling that I am Tang Nuo, that private detective, who came to see you on business. oh!She said: Is it for business? I look around the room.The door to the bathroom was open.There was a pile of folded clothes on the bed.On the ground were two large suitcases and a large nautical trunk.There were also boxes for hats. Want to travel far?I asked. You don't think I'll stay. Unless you've already found a good place to go.

I found it. Where? together with friends. I said: Sit down, I have something to say. I am in a hurry to get out of here.Tang Nuo.I am very worried.I am scared. What are you afraid of? She looked away: it's nothing. It's fickle.Does it make sense? Less talkative.When you are afraid, it doesn't matter what you justify. Believe you are right. I leaned back comfortably in the chair, took out a cigarette and lit one, and said: Let's say something meaningful. About what? about murder. Do we have to talk about this subject? Yes. What are we talking about? Can you be absolutely sure that his watch was an hour ahead when you left?

Yes. But after you came back, did you adjust it back to one hour? Yes. Can you be absolutely sure that you didn't adjust his watch when you left, and then left? No, in fact I should have done this first.For a while I was worried about it. I said: OK, let's use our brains.You were one of two people who touched his watch.Think about it, how many people know about setting the watch forward? Only Ling Bimei and me. And the bathroom boy. Yes, I forgot to count him. I stood up and paced up and down the room.She sat without moving, looked at me carefully without saying a word. I went to the window and looked down at the street.

What are you looking at? My company car is parked in front of your apartment. She came and stood beside me: how is it? I said: Someone put the murder weapon in my car yesterday.I can't think of when someone else put it in, so I was thinking, why did it put it in my car, and maybe there will be a clue to answer the question of when. She said: What do you mean by why?Did someone set you up on purpose? Maybe someone is trying to set me up, maybe not at all. How simple. I say: We must start with the simple truth.There is an explanation, which I overlooked because it was so simple. What?

I said: Maybe someone put the murder weapon in my car to frame me, but maybe not.Of course, I have been thinking that no matter who puts it in, the purpose must be to frame me.But now I'm starting to think of simpler reasons. What? I said: Let's look at it from the other direction. The person who put the murder weapon in my car may know that it is my car, or he may not know it is my car at all. God, Tang Nuo, you are saying that the murder weapon was put in your car, it was a coincidence, an accident. It's not a coincidence, the murderer killed someone, just found a car to throw away the murder weapon, and found my car, this kind of chance would not be one in ten thousand.

She said: I don't understand.You contradict yourself. No, there is another explanation that is not contradictory. What? The murderer didn't intend to frame me after the murder, he found my car and put the murder weapon in it.It wasn't that I planned to find a car to throw the murder weapon, but it happened to be in my car.Now I know that my car is exactly where the murderer would like to hide the weapon. She said hastily: Tang Nuo, you may be on the right track. I said: How about Ling Bimei?can you trust him Until now, he has been very trustworthy to me. Besides you, there are two people who know about the watch, Ling Bimei and the bathroom boy.But it's possible that someone else knows too.

who? Mrs Kou.When Su Baili was with her, it was very likely that time had been mentioned, which was a natural thing. When you say it, I think it's possible. I said: I still have a question, why was the handle of the hand ax ever sawed?Have you ever used a meat saw? Used it, of course. Is there one in this apartment? I think there is, there is. Let's take it out and have a look. She gave me a thoughtful look and led the way into the kitchen.I follow behind.The meat saw was under the sink and she showed it to me. There was oil stains on the saw blade and some sawdust between the blade and the aluminum handle.

Sure enough. What is it that you don't hesitate? Everything fits. What does it match? I looked her in the eyes and asked: You had a hatchet here too, didn't you? She averted her eyes. I said: Whoever did this did not expect to find a sleeping Subury.When the woman found that Su Baili had passed out, she found the hatchet and looked, and everything was in line. woman? Yes, it must be a woman. I continued to look at her: she did not wish to leave the ax on the spot.There was only one way she could take it out and put it in her purse.So the handle of the axe should be cut short.Only then can it be put in.

Tang Nuo! I walked back and looked up the street again.For a few seconds, the room was silent.After a while I said: I am still concerned that the murder weapon is in my car because my car is in the most convenient place for the murderer to hide the murder weapon.Once this theory was established, we suddenly found that I stopped suddenly. What's the matter?she asked. look at that car.I said. She looked where I pointed: it was a police car.I said: look at the red light. Officer Mi Shanlou got out of the car, heroically walked around the car to the right side of the car, opened the door, and stretched out a hand. Ke Baisha put one of her hands on Mi Shanlou's, and stepped out of the car as gracefully as a bag of sugar tumbles down from a food shelf. I said: Come on, get out of here!It was too late, too late.Baisha saw the company car.I saw her tap Shanlou on the shoulder and point to our company car. Shanlou walked over to look at the license plate number.They discussed earnestly for half a minute and walked towards the door of the apartment. Two seconds later, the doorbell of Lu Bilian's apartment rang. what to do?she asked.He looked at me with great panic. Sitting on the chair, I said: don't move!Don't make a sound no matter what happens.Can it be done? Do what you say. Notice!No matter what happens, don't make a sound. Yes, Tang Nuo. The doorbell stopped. I opened the door to the passage.Make sure the snap lock is OK.Review said: No matter what happens, don't make a sound, you know? She nodded. I stepped up the aisle, closed the door, and crawled on my hands and knees, putting my ear to the floor. I remained in this position until I heard soft footsteps approaching in the aisle.I moved a bit, and the footsteps stopped suddenly. I changed my posture to one knee and half kneeling, and reached into my pocket with my right hand to find my master key case, took out the key case, and chose one to fiddle with the lock on Lu Bilian's door. Footsteps sounded again. I looked back and up with guilty, ashamed and a little frightened eyes, as if I was caught on the spot.Mi Shanlou stared at me. Yes, it's a bit like you chose this one.Officer Mi said. I was anxious to put the master key back in my pocket. hey-hey.Officer Mi sneered, and snatched the key bag from my trembling hand with one hand: It seems that your detective agency is still playing with the lily key, isn’t it, Baisha? Baisha said: Damn you!Tang Nuo, I told you to throw this thing away a long time ago.something will happen to you. I do not speak. Shanlou asked: What's going on? I said: I want to go in and have a look. I think you mean the same thing. How long have you been here? I don't know it's four or five minutes. So long? I said: I rang the bell four or five times to make sure no one was home, so I walked in the gate. And after that? Then I came here and knocked on the door.I listened carefully for a while.Of course I wouldn't rush there unless I knew for sure that there was no one inside. Is there no one in there?Mi Shanlou asked. Yes, I think she moved away. Then why do you want to go in? I would like to investigate the location of the bathtub again. Why? I want to see where two people have to stand to move a dead body into the bathtub.I think at least two men are needed Stop bullshitting.Officer Mi interrupted me: The truth of the case has long since been revealed to me. You cracked it! I want to find this woman. Why? We investigated the handaxe.She bought it at a daily necessities store outside Santiao Street. I tried my best to make my voice indifferent: she might be at Lingji's old place now.Why didn't you send the ambulance to ask Mr. Kou? He smiled and said: Because you didn't wait there, so I think it was a trick to divert the tiger away from the mountain.Tang Nuo, I want that woman named Lu. But someone on West Orleans Street? certainly. They won't let Kou slip away? No, baby.We won't let you slip away either.Come on, we have good places to go. Can I have my key back? No talking! Return it to Tang Nuo and let him throw it away immediately.Bai Sha said angrily: I have told this kid so many times. Well, stop looking for excuses.Officer Mi said. I followed them down to the street, and I said: I still use the company car, you screw you!Shanlou said: You are by my side, brother, and you will not go there.Waiting until I put the handcuffs on the woman's wrist.I don't want you to leave my eyes, so that you can call her to inform her, this is your shrewdest trick. Handcuff her? Of course you have an opinion. Baisha said to Shanlou: Don't let him do tricks in front of your eyes.He knows everything.He's a smart little bastard.He will find a way to inform her.God!He just can't see women.That's what's wrong with him. Officer Mi said: Listen to me, she is the real murderer.You don't want to get in it. I looked at him and laughed: Anyone can take that axe. Shanlou swallowed my bait, he raised his voice and said: I figured it out.Under a false name, she also rented a room at Fulu Apartment.She has rented it for a month, and she is very careful every time Su Baili is around.she won't go.He searched his apartment.That day, right after Su Baili was killed, she went back and opened his safe. how do you know? Su Youqi told me that something was missing from the safe. But how do you know she did it? He laughed and said: She was smart, she didn't leave her fingerprints in Su Baili's apartment.But she's not smart enough, in an apartment she's renting under a fake name but that's not going to help, one can't live in one place for a month without getting fingerprints. You found her fingerprints in that apartment? Of course, she rented the apartment under a false name.In addition, the manager and staff of Fulu Apartment identified her photo. That's still no evidence of a crime.I said. Don't think so, good man.Baisha said happily: She was not a good thing, a gold digger with a pair of beautiful thighs. Why are you so smart all of a sudden?I asked Shanlou. Nothing.You go to see the man surnamed Kong.She also went to see Kong.You park very close together, maybe one in front of the other.She knows whose car it is.She knows where the car is.You take her to leave.Once you break up with her, she has too much time to come back and put the murder weapon in your car.At that time, she thought she was too smart to hang things on your head, but afterward, she thought she was hanging the man's knot on her own head. Bai Sha suddenly said: Shanlou, you took Tang Nuo to catch Lu Bilian, I really don't want to see Tang Nuo and this little girl in the same car.I'm not going with you.That's fine, you put yourself in the front, and Tang Nuo and I will follow you in the company car. I will be responsible for Tang Nuo not to go near the phone. Shanlou thought for a while and said: Let’s do it this way. He followed me to the company car. I reached into my pocket for the car keys.A spasm rose from the stomach.I left the car keys and driving gloves on the table in Bilian's apartment, and forgot to take them out in a hurry. What's the matter?Baisha said. I now understand why someone gets on stage and can't say anything.In fact, I really have nothing to say, my head is blank, and I can't say a word with my eyes wide open.My tongue is completely tied.I just stood there and groped into each pocket. Where are the keys?Baisha asked. I must have fallen on the floor, when I was upstairs getting those keys. Bai Sha looked at Mi Shanlou. Mi Shanlou lowered his head and frowned, and said softly: Okay!You liar. I only felt his left hand grabbing my wrist. I saw a flash of light and heard a click, and a pair of pure steel handcuffs were attached to my right wrist. OK, you're smart.Shanlou said: I will help you. If you don’t eat a toast and eat fine wine, you must make trouble with me.Then we'll do business, and we'll go back upstairs together now. I said seriously: What medicine did you take wrong?The key must be on the floor in front of the door. I just noticed that Officer Mi said: You didn't wear driving gloves either.I'm such a dumb detective.Come on, friend, let's go back. What else can I do but follow him back. At the door of Lu Bilian's apartment, Shanlou knelt down and touched the carpet.It's just for show.He immediately took out my master key, found a suitable one, and put it in the lock. I refused to admit defeat and made a final struggle. Do you want to break into a house without a search warrant?I asked. Mi Shanlou is not the kind of person who can be bluffed.He said: You are fucking right.I want to break into the house. The door opened. Lu Bilian sat there, just like when I left.Her face was like white dough with colored makeup painted on it. Shanlou approached the table realistically and asked: Mr. Lai, is this your glove? I said: I have the right not to answer any questions. Mi Shanlou picked up the car keys: a pair of gloves and a car key are all evidence.Lu Bilian, get dressed, we have somewhere to go.let me see your hands. He took her left hand. What else can I say.Even if I warn her it won't help. Half a second later, the cold steel ring touched her wrist, she jumped half a step back, yelled, and the handcuffs tightened, and Lu Bilian and I were handcuffed to the same pair of handcuffs. All right, Miss Murderer, Mr. Accomplice.Mi Shanlou said coldly: We want to teach you a little bit about the couple who share the same fate. Baisha looked at me and then at Shanlou.Brother Mi, she said: maybe no.Shanlou replied bluntly. However, Brother Shanlou Shut up!He said: This time, everyone took my car.