Chapter 22 Chapter Twenty Two

North Fude's home is a typical Southern California bungalow with a Mexican flavor and a garage and basement.The house still has an open space in front and back, which is not much in this area. Baisha slowed down the car and looked around.Along the way, she drove frantically for half an hour to get rid of any following vehicles in case there were any.Not that she thought anyone would follow her.It was something she wanted to do soon, and she didn't want anyone to disturb her. Northford's house is currently completely dark, but Baisha can't be sure if anyone is inside.She parked the car at the corner, turned off the lights and the engine, got out and locked the doors, and put the keys in her purse.She walked back along the sidewalk by herself, walked up a few steps, and came to the gate of Bei's house.She rings the bell.She waited ten seconds, then rang the bell again, longer this time.

There was no movement inside the door.She tried the gate, which was locked, so she went around to the back of the house.Garage in the same building as the house, with the door opening forward, on the west side of the house, set back about twenty feet.The walkway to the back door is on the east side of the house. Baisha walked along the path leading to the back door, and saw the half window exposed on the ground, which was the high window for lighting and ventilation in the basement.It was in this basement that Leng Sally's body once lay.Walking around the house, Betha tried every door and window, all of which were bolted.She circled back to the front of the house and tried the garage door, which was also locked.

Baisha ran out of ideas, climbed up to the platform in front of the door again, and reached into the mailbox with her last hope. The tip of her finger found a key. Baisha took out the key, inserted it into the keyhole of the gate, and the gate unlocked.She put the key back in the mailbox, closed the mailbox, went into the house by herself, and closed the door behind itself, hearing the snap lock snap shut. Thinking wholeheartedly, when a thief enters someone else's house, the first thing to do is to look for a way out. Ke Baisha took out a small flashlight from her leather bag and guided herself through the living room, dining room, pantry and kitchen.She found the key in the keyhole on the back door.She unlocked the door and left the back door closed.He began to watch everything in the room by himself.

Baisha always claimed that as long as she walked into the house and walked around, she could know a little about the people living in the house.She felt that the whole house was in turmoil now.She didn't know what caused it, whether it was the reflection of the four walls of the house on the psychology of the residents, or the echo of the mother and daughter's hatred for the son-in-law and brother-in-law, or the preconceived idea that Leng Sally died in the basement, or Mrs. Bei's soul returning to the evil spirit. up. Bai Sha had a strange feeling in her heart that the house was not well feng shui. It was because of the evil spirit in the house itself that forced the people living in it to change their minds and personalities. As a result, murders occurred, and the house is now content to wait, to wait. Reenactment of the second murder.

Even though she was as strong and unbelieving as Baisha, she still shuddered.Fuck you, Bai Sha said to herself: She is not a little girl, so there is nothing to be afraid of.I don't believe that there will be any more tricks here.You are already out of luck, and you will go to jail if you don't think about it. The only hope is to find some special evidence here, otherwise it is impossible for Officer Mi to forgive you. After she finished inspecting several rooms on the east side of the house, she passed through a door and found that the door was a corridor with several rooms on both sides.On the right there is a door leading to another passage, a bedroom on one side and a door to the garage on the other.Baisha smelled damp and musty.Her flashlight was useless in the total darkness of the huge space of the two-car garage, and it couldn't illuminate anything.Against the wall on one side are tools and tool tables.All kinds of tools are piled up in a mess, obviously no expert is managing them.The garage also doubles as a dumping ground for clutter in the house that doesn't have a proper place to put it. There's an old-fashioned wooden trunk, a thick men's sweater, a trench coat that's shiny with oil, and a few cardboard boxes.The trash hadn't been taken out for a long time, and there were old spark plugs, scrap wires, old tires and tire covers in the dump.

Baisha exited the garage, closed the door to the garage, and began to look at the other rooms in the corridor.The next room, Baisha thought it was Jialu's bedroom.There are several posters of young men hanging in the room, and the fragrance of cosmetics is wafting in the room.There is a small scale in the bathroom and toilet in the room, and there are sundries such as shower gel on the glass shelf on the sink. Baisha tried the next room.Here is exactly what she wanted.This is facing the front of the house, with two bedrooms connected by a bathroom, both decorated with knotty pine wood.The room at the near end is obviously the bedroom of the male host Bei Fude.The room inward is naturally owned by the hostess, Mrs. Bei.Baisha's goal is North Maybo's bedroom.

After Ke Baisha hastily inspected the furnishings in the room, she immediately went to the closet and carefully looked at the clothes hanging in the closet. She was looking for something that only women would not ignore, and it was impossible for male detectives to see it. evidence of its importance. Officer Mi said at the beginning of the case that every point of this case points to a man.Sally Leng was peeling yams with a sharp ten-inch knife.Meibao looked like she wanted to escape because she killed someone, but she didn't take any clothes from a wardrobe, only a few ordinary clothes, not even a piece of cosmetics?

No matter who it is, who just pretends to sort out the things to take away for her, there must be negligence and leave some clues.Maybe, somewhere in the house, there is a box temporarily hidden, which contains things that Mei Bao supposedly takes away. Ke Baisha bent over to check Mabel's closet, shining a flashlight on a corner of the closet.The efficiency of the flashlight is still very good in the close-range, sealed wardrobe, and there are no boxes that have been packed.Pile of sawdust on the bottom of a wooden wardrobe against the wall.Bai Shanna frowned, reached out to pick up some with her thumb and middle finger, looked between the two fingers, and struggled.The sawdust is pine, spiraled.When pinched with two fingers, it turns into a light yellow powder with a pine scent, which is newly drilled sawdust from the plank.

From these sawdust, Baisha could almost tell the caliber of the auger that drilled the sawdust. However, there are no holes in the wardrobe. Inch by inch, Betha used her flashlight to scan the boards around the closet.There is just not a single hole in the bottom of the cabinet, in the wall of the cabinet, in the ceiling, in the closet. There is no reason for this, she murmured to herself: It would be good if Lai Tangnuo was here.This kid has brains!I'm getting deeper and deeper now.If I can't find any special tricks, I'm dead.On the corner of the closet, there is such a pile of drilled sawdust, what does it mean?Someone drilled a hole, but made it disappear again.Can the hole be patched so you can't see it?Or is it really possible?

Baisha used the flashlight to attack again, busy up and down, checking every inch of the closet with her hands and eyes. She was so engrossed in the problem she discovered that she forgot about the dangers around her.In the room, somewhere, suddenly there was a sound of a door being slammed, and to her ears, it sounded like the explosion of a .45 caliber pistol. Suddenly returning to reality, and terrified of her current predicament, Ke Baisha stopped, lying on her stomach, and listened carefully. She heard distinct footsteps, less clearly a woman's voice and then nothing. Fortunately, Baisha had the foresight to prepare the escape route through the back door.She stood up gently, stood on tiptoe beside the bed and listened quietly again.Now the voice is clearer.The person who entered the door entered the kitchen.She heard the sound of a plate hitting another plate, and the sound of a kitchen cabinet door closing.

Most likely Mrs. Gu and Gu Jialu came back and were preparing for a midnight snack in the kitchen. Betha abandons her plan to use the back door as an escape route.She thought about the front door, but then realized that the long corridor was too dangerous to walk.Then I thought of the garage, and then the maid's room and the short passage to the garage.She decided to try it. Baisha took off her shoes, tucked them under her knees, opened the door, and walked up the aisle.The noise in the kitchen sounded louder now.She distinctly heard a cat meowing. It turned out that they were feeding the cats. Baisha heard someone open and close the refrigerator, and then Jialu's voice, the voice was very clear, she said: Mom, let me tell you, these murders, they will all push Bei Fude to plead guilty.He deserves it, and I'll help them.It would be cheaper to hang him. Baisha wanted to hear Mrs. Gu's answer, but she didn't answer her. Baisha supported the wall with her hands, and moved forward slowly, for fear of making any noise.The current situation is already very dangerous, it seems that all exits have been blocked, but if caught in this corridor, it is really a dead end. Jia Lu said: I personally don't like cats.I'm going to throw this one away sooner or later.It has never been close to me.I'm going to get some body oil for my hands.Every time I touch this cat, my hand smells. Suddenly, before Baisha had time to wake up, the handle of the kitchen door was turned, and a light shot from the half-open kitchen door to the corridor. Baisha handed over the flashlight to her left hand, and the shoe was still tucked under her left armpit. She stood up straight, and first made a serious and official posture.But, for some reason, Jialu didn't come out immediately to find some moisturizer for her hands.She had obviously changed her mind all at once.Baisha heard her leave the direction of the door and go back into the kitchen.Passing the half-open kitchen door, Baisha could now hear paha, pala, pala cat's tongue licking the milk in the basin. There is no time to hesitate now.Ke Baisha tried her best not to make a sound, but walked quickly towards the garage.She closed the door behind herself, and the dark, musty environment in the garage made her feel much more at ease. She sat down on a wooden box and tried to put on her shoes.Excessively nervous, her hands were still shaking.She didn't dare turn on the flashlight, so everything went on in the dark.She was angry with herself, bad luck, not enough time, not enough brains. After putting on her shoes, Baisha walked towards the garage door in two steps.She stopped suddenly, and a peculiar light radiated from a corner of the garage.A round brass barometer hung on a nail on the wall, and the light came from behind it.Betha carefully removed the barometer, and there was a neat circular hole in the wall, about an inch in diameter. Through this small hole, light comes from the other side of the wall.Baisha peeped into the small hole, but couldn't see anything, there was a thin layer of paper blocking the other side of the hole. At this time, driven by curiosity.Baisha has forgotten her own safety.Her long-time detective instinct prompted her to investigate.Apparently someone was using the garage to peek inside the house.The place where the light came from should be Mabel's bedroom.Baisha found a slender screwdriver from the tool pile.She gently pushed the screwdriver into the hole.The driver met slight resistance on the other side of the wall.Betha tried it, and the other side must have been a one-page annual calendar, hanging on the wall in Maybel's bedroom, covering up the hole.If she could use a screwdriver to remove the almanac.She would be able to see what was going on in Maybelly's bedroom.Someone must have used this hole to spy on Mrs. Bei.Therefore, it must not be too difficult to move the annual calendar aside.When the danger is discovered, as long as the screwdriver is retracted, the calendar will automatically return to the original position to cover the small hole. Baisha carefully moved the screwdriver to one side against the calendar.The annual calendar moves and slides to the side of the screwdriver.Baisha heard the sound of Maybel's door opening and closing, and she whistled with a voice only she could hear. Baisha's curiosity has accumulated to the extreme.She moved the driver to the side of a rather large hole, as close to the wall as possible.Bring your eyes to the hole where there is now nothing blocking your view. He could see a large part of Mrs. Bei's bedroom and saw Jialu sitting in front of the mirror of Mrs. Bei's dressing table.Rubbing body oil with both hands, looking at his smug expression in the mirror. When Baisha saw Jialu open a flap of Mrs. Bei's dressing table and feel inside, she was even more fascinated.Jialu's victorious expression was reflected in the mirror, as if he was a boxer who was leading the way, preparing to strike his opponent for the final blow. Jialu took out a phone and dialed it three times quickly. She said: Information Desk, please find the home phone number of Nan Qiaoqi.I don't know his address.After a pause, she said: Thank you. She hung up, and Betha heard her make an efficient local call.I heard her say again: Hello, hello, is that Mr. Nan? Mr. Nan, I haven’t met you face to face, but my surname is Gu, and it’s Gu Jialu, yes, Mrs. Bei’s younger sister. Yes, I found some very special evidence.I thought you might be very interested in meeting me.It's about the murder of Mrs. North.Yes, I said it was murder, Mr. Nan, I know you need money urgently, and you seem to get a lot of benefits when my sister dies.you Baisha looked into Jialu's eyes in the mirror.Jialu is now more confident and her eyes are raised a little higher.Jia Lu changed her position to make herself more comfortable.Suddenly, Baisha saw a frightened expression in her eyes.Baisha didn't know why.Then, Baisha looked at the mirror, and she knew it. Jialu saw in the mirror that the almanac on the wall was pushed to one side by a screwdriver protruding from a small hole, and hung there obliquely.Baisha herself knew that she was too careless. With such a long rope and such a long calendar hanging down, if it was tilted, anyone in the room would find it, and it would be impossible for ordinary eyes to escape. Mother!Jialu screamed loudly. Bai Sha hurriedly let go of the screwdriver.He heard the screwdriver drop to the bedroom floor.The annual calendar is angled back to vertical on the opposite side.Ke Baisha turned around It was like a meteorite from the sky crushed her head, and then the meteorite exploded in all directions, and Venus burst out in front of her eyes.Something extremely cold was applied to Baisha's cheeks, and it remained on it without moving away. Baisha's rationality was far away, illusory, telling Baisha that it was the concrete floor of the garage.