Game introduction:
This round of the game requires a total of 6 people, and it is recommended to add a detective. The recommended discussion time for the first round is 30-40 minutes, and the recommended discussion time for the second round is 35-45 minutes.
①Writer Wang, a friend of the deceased, and a mystery novelist.
② Wang Guoqing, writer Wang’s son.
③Guanjia Li, the deceased’s housekeeper.
④Mr. Zhen, the son of the deceased.
⑤Zhang Xiaomei, the daughter of Housekeeper Li.
⑥Assistant Ding, writer Wang’s assistant.
Assistant Ding is the assistant to writer Wang, a mystery novelist. He mainly helps writer Wang organize manuscripts and collect information. A year ago, after Writer Wang published a book "Dark Moon and High Wind", he asked him to live with him in Zhen Youqian's castle . After entering the castle, Assistant Ding discovered that in addition to Zhen Youqian, Writer Wang and his son, Zhen Youqian's son Zhen Gongzi, the castle's housekeeper Li and his daughter Zhang Xiaomei also lived in the castle.
Writer Wang is a very eccentric person. He usually only writes and thinks. He basically doesn't care about anyone around him . When communicating with others, he usually talks to himself and does not listen to what others are saying. Basically every time when it comes time to publish a book, his assistant doesn't know what the name of the book he is writing is. After arriving at the castle, Writer Wang didn't know what he was imagining, so he asked him to find some information about mental illness and supernatural phenomena, but this information really came in handy, because Zhen often had hallucinations when he was rich . Once Zhen Youqian came to Writer Wang to complain. Writer Wang explained to Zhen Youqian the possible reasons for this phenomenon based on the information he found, and also recommended some medicines to him .
Assistant Ding is similar in age to Writer Wang's son Wang Guoqing. Wang Guoqing is also very interested in his father's writing process, but because his father has always been immersed in his own world, the father and son do not have much communication. After moving to the castle, Wang Guoqing often came to chat with Assistant Ding, especially asking how his father wrote "Dark Moon and High Wind", but Assistant Ding himself didn't know. He was just responsible for looking for some information. He could only tell Wang Guoqing how the murderer of his wife in the book arranged the murder step by step, and how all the reasoning methods of the detective in the book were led to a dead end by the murderer. They were all conceived by Writer Wang alone. , but sometimes he would go to Zhen Youqian's residence to discuss reasoning experiences with Zhen Youqian, and he would often bring back some weird things . He also learned from Wang Guoqing that after moving here, Wang Guoqing had a heated relationship with Zhang Xiaomei, the daughter of housekeeper Li, and the two had reached the point of discussing marriage .
Assistant Ding was troubled by not being reused by Writer Wang for a long time. He originally thought he could get ahead next to this famous writer. So Assistant Ding began to think about writer Wang's manuscript . As long as he got his manuscript, he would become famous overnight.
On November 30, Assistant Ding took advantage of Writer Wang to go out to collect materials and came alone to the room where Writer Wang was writing. Just as he turned out the manuscript, the door suddenly opened. Assistant Ding was startled, looked back, and stood there. It was Zhen Youqian who was at the door. Zhen Youqian saw him flipping through things that Writer Wang had never touched before, so she asked him what he was doing. Assistant Ding became so angry that he rushed out of the room with the manuscript and threatened Zhen Youqian back to take care of his own affairs. mouth .
But the next day, Zhen Youqian came to see Writer Wang. Assistant Ding was at the side. Although he didn't hear the specific content of the conversation, he vaguely heard that Zhen Youqian seemed to be arranging funeral arrangements and had an appointment with him in two days. Talk alone. Assistant Ding then realized that this old man was not far from death and was not afraid of his own threats at all. So Assistant Ding could only become murderous and must kill Zhen Youqian before they could talk .
【Evening of December 5th】
Assistant Ding has been observing Writer Wang's activities these days, but Writer Wang has been delayed until today because he is addicted to writing. At about 10 o'clock that night, Assistant Ding found Writer Wang walking towards Zhen Youqian's room and knew that he was going to go to Zhen Youqian's appointment. So, Assistant Ding followed Writer Wang, but accidentally made some noise. In desperation, Assistant Ding picked up a hard object beside him and hit Writer Wang on the head hard before he could turn around, knocking Wang out. The writer was knocked unconscious.
After that, Assistant Ding rushed to Zhen Youqian's house. The castle was very big and Assistant Ding didn't go out often. It took him about ten minutes to find the door of Zhen Youqian's room.
It was about 10:25 and the room was very dark. He was just about to go in when he heard rapid footsteps not far away. Assistant Ding was so scared that he ran away. After turning the corner, he stopped and heard the door switch. Assistant Ding did not dare to stay for a long time, so he returned to his room. On the way back, he bumped into Mr. Zhen who was rushing towards Zhen Youqian's room. The two of them were not familiar with each other, so they hurriedly said hello and left. .
"The only clue" (not actively exposed +10 points):
Writer Wang was going to see Zhen Youqian that night.
(Don’t let the murderer escape just to complete the extra points~)
Butler Li is the housekeeper of Zhen Youqian's house. He has followed Zhen Youqian for decades and is a loyal old servant. Many years ago, Zhen Youqian had a good relationship with a commoner woman. However, when Zhen Youqian found out that the woman was pregnant , he could not marry a commoner because of the noble's face, so he only disappeared once and entrusted Li The housekeeper regularly and anonymously sends some living expenses to the woman. Soon after, Zhen was rich and married an aristocratic woman. She soon gave birth to Mr. Zhen , but unfortunately the aristocratic woman died due to dystocia. After that, Zhen Youqian no longer married, but became obsessed with mystery stories, and had a good personal relationship with the famous mystery novelist Writer Wang .
A few years after giving birth to Mr. Zhen, when Butler Li went to give money to the woman again, he found that the woman had died, leaving only a helpless little girl. Butler Li told Zhen Youqian the news, and Zhen Youqian asked him to take the little girl back and let Butler Li raise her. The little girl's name was Zhang Xiaomei, and she lived with Butler Li from then on.
A year ago, Zhen Youqian invited Writer Wang and his son Wang Guoqing to live in the castle. Not long after, Writer Wang also invited his assistant Assistant Ding. Zhen Youqian was already very old at this time. In the few months after Writer Wang came, he often said that he had some hallucinations . Butler Li accompanied Zhen Youqian to visit many doctors, but there was no cure. Writer Wang saw He was knowledgeable and recommended a medicine to Zhen Youqian . After taking it, Zhen Youqian no longer had hallucinations, which made Zhen Youqian praise Butler Li repeatedly for inviting the right guests.
However, the deterioration of his body cannot be stopped. Zhen Youqian seems to be suffering from Alzheimer's disease. He is often confused, mutters to himself, and even yells when he goes crazy . This makes Butler Li very worried. Once, Zhen had money and called Butler Li. While he was conscious, he made a will. All the property belonged to Mr. Zhen, but he was entrusted to Butler Li to take care of it . Zhen Youqian told him that Mr. Zhen was arrogant and had no ability. If everything was left to him, he would be ruined in an unknown year, so he asked Butler Li to help him manage his finances. Moreover, if the property is given to Zhang Xiaomei, it may lead to brother and sister fighting each other. The property will be managed by Butler Li, so it is better to help Zhang Xiaomei a little more.
On the evening of November 25, housekeeper Li came to Zhang Xiaomei's door as usual to say good night to each other, but heard the sound of conversation coming from inside the house. Listening carefully, it turned out to be Zhang Xiaomei and Wang Guoqing. The two seemed to be in love, but Butler Li laughed at himself for being old, and before he knew it , the two of them had become a couple . But as I listened, I suddenly felt something was wrong. The two people actually talked about killing Zhen Youqian and made an appointment on the night of December 5th. Butler Li was immediately at a loss and hid aside, waiting for Wang Guoqing to leave before going in. But when he saw Zhang Xiaomei, he didn't say much . He understood how much this little girl was burdened with. He had never seen her truly happy since he picked her up when she was five years old. As usual, Butler Li said good night to Zhang Xiaomei and went back to the room, but he decided in his heart that no matter what, he could not let this girl kill her father with her own hands. He should bear this crime himself and let her think that she had a murderer. Father, it is better than her knowing that she killed her biological father .
【Evening of December 5th】
At 9:55 pm, after Butler Li served Zhen Youqian to bed, he turned off the lights and left Zhen Youqian's room, and then hurried to his own room. Because the castle was too big, around 10:10 pm, Butler Li just came back. He pushed open Zhang Xiaomei's door, but no one was there. He knew something was wrong, so he hurried back to Zhen Youqian's room.
Between 10:20 and 10:25, when he arrived at the door of Zhen Youqian's room, he just opened the door a crack and heard the sound of Zhen Youqian coughing. He took a look and saw that there was no sign of anyone else. Then he closed the door and left quietly.
As a result, after taking only a few steps, I heard the sound of the door opening and closing behind me. He was stunned for a moment, but thought in his heart that this person was probably Zhang Xiaomei. If he rushed to stop him, Zhen Youqian would definitely let Zhen Youqian know that Zhang Xiaomei wanted to kill him. He could not let his old master be so hit. At the same time, Zhang Xiaomei arrived There is no way to be a human being anymore. Thinking of this, Butler Li could only hurriedly climb from another room to the roof of Zhen Youqian's room, but saw a figure silently walking away from the skylight, while Zhen Youqian was still lying peacefully on the bed.
He serves Zhen Youqian every day and knows that although Zhen Youqian is getting weaker, he mostly suffers from mental and psychological problems, and his body is still very strong. It would be impossible to kill him so quickly, and Zhen Youqian would not even have a chance to struggle. . He did not stop doing anything, for the sake of Zhang Xiaomei's future, he had to personally send Zhen Youqian away. Butler Li opened the skylight, stepped on the beam, locked the skylight, then took off his long belt and knotted it, slowly hung it down, hung Zhen Youqian's neck, pulled him up, and then He tied the other end of the belt to the beam, wiped all the footprints on the beam with his clothes, jumped down, said his final goodbyes to his old master, and returned to the room.
"The only clue" (not actively exposed +10 points):
I heard Wang Guoqing and Zhang Xiaomei discussing killing Zhen Youqian.
(When completing extra-point tasks, you must keep your main tasks in mind~)
Wang Guoqing is the only son of writer Wang. Two years ago, Wang Guoqing's mother died mysteriously . His father, Writer Wang, as a mystery novelist, conducted many aspects of reasoning on the whole matter, but no clue led to a dead end. His father told Wang Guoqing that there was no detective in the world who was more professional than him. If he couldn't investigate it himself, there was no use calling the police . Wang Guoqing also deeply understood his father's talents, so he did not force his father to call the police. But his father was untouched by his mother's death and was only investigating like a detective who had nothing to do with him. This made Wang Guoqing very disappointed. Even later, his father published a novel "The Dark Moon and the High Wind", in which the death method of the woman killed by her husband was almost exactly the same as the death method of Wang Guoqing's mother , which made Wang Guoqing even more frightened and heartbroken.
A year later, Wang Guoqing and his father moved to Zhen Youqian's castle. Zhen Youqian is a good friend of his father, and the two often exchange reasoning experiences together. Soon after arriving at Zhen Youqian's home, his father's assistant Ding also moved here. Wang Guoqing discovered that in addition to Zhen Youqian, the people living in the castle also included Zhen Youqian's son Zhen Gongzi, the castle's housekeeper Li and his daughter Zhang Xiaomei.
Zhang Xiaomei is about the same age as Wang Guoqing. She is a very beautiful girl, especially her mysterious and melancholy temperament that attracts Wang Guoqing. Wang Guoqing began to get closer to Zhang Xiaomei. He found that Zhang Xiaomei was not a cold person, but she was burdened with too many things . Zhang Xiaomei told her that she grew up in an old castle, and because Mr. Zhen was a proud and arrogant person who looked down on the housekeeper's daughter, she never had any friends. In their youth, the two soon ignited the spark of love.
Wang Guoqing always wanted to ask his father about "The Dark Moon and the High Wind", but his father always avoided talking about his work. Wang Guoqing had no choice but to start with Assistant Ding. Assistant Ding was a person who had a good rapport with Wang Guoqing. Both of them admired and awed Writer Wang's ability. When the two were chatting, Wang Guoqing told him about himself and Zhang Xiaomei. At the same time, he learned from Assistant Ding that his father had always deduced the plots of these novels by himself. Assistant Ding was not of much help, but his father often learned from Zhen Youqian. He got inspiration there, and sometimes Zhen would give him some weird things if he had money. Wang Guoqing was shocked to find that some of the so-called weird things actually appeared at the crime scene . Only then did he realize with a chilling heart that his mother's death was really related to his father, and it was probably his father's hand.
Wang Guoqing felt extremely complicated. Although he hated why his father was so terrible, he could not really avenge his mother by killing his father. He could only confide in Zhang Xiaomei, but he didn't talk about his father. He just told her that Zhen Youmo was not a good person and led his father into bad things. But this sentence unexpectedly resonated with Zhang Xiaomei, who told him a secret that had been hidden for a long time.
It turned out that Zhang Xiaomei was the illegitimate daughter of Zhen Youqian . Zhen Youqian abandoned her mother after she got pregnant. However, her mother always missed Zhen Youqian and was unhappy. Eventually, she passed away when Zhang Xiaomei was five years old. die. Homeless Zhang Xiaomei was adopted by Housekeeper Li, but when she saw Zhen Youqian for the first time, she discovered that he was the ruthless man in the photo that her mother held up every day. Zhang Xiaomei hated him for leaving without saying goodbye, and hated him for causing her mother to die early. She wanted Zhen to have money to bury her mother with her .
The two had a common enemy, which made Wang Guoqing trust Zhang Xiaomei even more. On November 25, the two made an appointment to kill Zhen Youqian together on December 5 to avenge their respective mothers. What Zhang Xiaomei didn't know was that this day was the death anniversary of Wang Guoqing's mother .
【Evening of December 5th】
At about 10:20 in the evening, Wang Guoqing and Zhang Xiaomei came to Zhen Youqian's room together as agreed. The room was very dark, so Wang Guoqing asked Zhang Xiaomei to wait at the door and went in by himself. Zhen Youqian was very weak because he had been suffering from illness and rarely got out of bed. Wang Guoqing quietly approached Zhen Youqian, but Zhen Youqian suddenly started to speak: "Don't come over, don't come over..." Wang Guoqing realized that he had been discovered, and rushed forward to fight with Zhen Youqian. Zhen Youqian seemed to have regained his strength and regained his strength. It was so big that in the end Wang Guoqing had no choice but to grab a hard object next to him in the dark and hit Zhen Youqian on the back of the head. Seeing that Zhen Youqian was motionless, he carefully wiped off the blood on the hard object with his clothes. The memory was put back to its original place, and Zhen Youqian's sleeping position was restored. After handling everything, he went out and took Zhang Xiaomei away quickly. But before walking far, footsteps suddenly came from behind. Just as Wang Guoqing was about to go back to check, Zhang Xiaomei grabbed him and said that she was more familiar with the layout of the castle and it was better for her to take a look. Seeing that it was no longer time to shirk, Wang Guoqing asked her to pay attention to her safety, and then left quickly.
"The only clue" (not actively exposed +10 points):
The father may have planned a killing to kill his mother.
Writer Wang is a mystery novelist, and has been friends with Zhen Youqian for many years. At the same time, Zhen Youqian is also a fan of Writer Wang, and has always strongly supported Writer Wang's creative career. The two often exchange reasoning experiences together. After Writer Wang's wife was murdered, Writer Wang and his son have been living in Zhen Youqian's home.
The person who killed Writer Wang’s wife was none other than Writer Wang himself. Two years ago, when he described a perfect crime method but could not prove it, he arranged a killing scene and used his wife as a guinea pig to experiment with the killing method. Of course, Zhen Youqian's help was indispensable, because Zhen Youqian was well-informed and gave Writer Wang many fresh ideas, and also helped Writer Wang get many things that were difficult to obtain . After the killing was completed, Writer Wang took his son Wang Guoqing to reason from various angles, but they were unable to deduce the real murderer, which was himself. Only then did he confirm the establishment of this perfect crime. Later, writer Wang used this as a blueprint to create the novel "Dark Moon and High Wind".
He knew his son's admiration for him, so he told his son that if he couldn't figure out the mystery, it was impossible for the police to solve it. But after the novel was published, Wang Guoqing always wanted to ask Writer Wang about the novel, but Writer Wang maintained his usual style and just said that he was busy at work and would talk about it later .
A year later, writer Wang began to conceive of a new novel "The Castle Murder Case". In order to find inspiration, he took his son to the castle to live for a long time. Of course, Zhen Youqian did not know about this.
In addition to Zhen Youqian, the castle also houses Zhen Youqian's son Zhen Gongzi, the castle's housekeeper Li and his daughter Zhang Xiaomei. At the same time, in order to facilitate creation, Writer Wang asked his assistant Ding to also come to the ancient castle. Castle residence.
The criminal method of this castle murder case is to cause long-term mental stress to the deceased and force him to commit suicide. To this end, Writer Wang searched for a large amount of information and investigated various methods that can cause people to have a mental breakdown. But because these things are only information in books, in order to prove the authenticity and feasibility of the case, Writer Wang targeted the owner of the castle, Zhen Youqian .
Zhen Youqian had the habit of listening to vinyl CDs every night. Writer Wang quietly replaced Zhen Youqian's records with CDs mixed with a small piece of scary sound. Then every night after Zhen Youqian turns off the lights, dark light and shadows are created around the room, accompanied by vague whispers. Sure enough, within a few days, Zhen Youqian felt something was wrong and started to visit the doctor. Zhen Youqian went to Writer Wang to complain. Writer Wang gave Zhen Youqian some drugs after the airport. These drugs are normal psychiatric drugs, but overdose can cause side effects, such as bipolar disorder, and even long-term use in large quantities. Can cause severe mental illness .
After Zhen Youqian took medicine, Writer Wang stopped doing these weird things, but he would often check Zhen Youqian's medication dosage. Once it failed to meet his needs, he would let Zhen Youqian experience "ghost sounds" again. Ghost”. As time passed, Zhen Youqian could no longer hold on, his spirit became increasingly depressed, and he even fell seriously ill. It seemed that he was not far from death.
On December 1, Writer Wang and Assistant Ding were sorting out materials in the room. Zhen Youqian suddenly found Writer Wang and told him a secret. In fact, Butler Li's daughter Zhang Xiaomei is Zhen Youqi's illegitimate daughter , not Butler Li's daughter. He asked Butler Li to adopt her. He felt very guilty for failing to take responsibility for Zhang Xiaomei's biological mother. Now that he is dying, he hopes that his property can be divided equally between Zhang Xiaomei and Mr. Zhen , instead of leaving it all to Mr. Zhen as originally planned. He will announce the news on December 10 and ask Writer Wang to be the notary for him, so that Zhang Xiaomei and Mr. Zhen will not fight each other because of money. In addition, Zhen Youqian told Writer Wang that there was one more thing that was hard to talk about now. He asked Writer Wang to go to his room alone to discuss this matter in two days, and handed him a note that said, "Be careful with you." assistant" .
But Writer Wang didn't care about this. He spent so much effort and kept recording Zhen Youqian's behavior. In order to bring this realistic novel to a successful conclusion, Writer Wang needed to see a Zhen Youqian who "committed suicide" .
【Evening of December 5th】
At about 10 o'clock in the evening, Writer Wang, who had finished his work, was going to Zhen Youqian's room, carrying a rope with him, preparing to stage a hanging suicide scene. Zhen Youqian is really rich. There are hundreds of rooms in the castle. It takes more than ten minutes to walk from Writer Wang to Zhen Youqian's room. While walking on the road, Writer Wang suddenly heard a noise from behind him. When he looked back, he only saw a hand quickly zooming in front of his eyes. With a bang, Writer Wang fell unconscious. Late at night, Writer Wang woke up and rushed to Zhen Youqian's room. He found that the door of the room was vaguely open. Through the crack in the door and the moonlight, he saw that Zhen Youqian had hanged from the beam. In this case, Writer Wang's purpose was achieved. When he returned to the room and put away the rope, it was already half past twelve.
"The only clue" (not actively exposed +10 points):
Zhen Youqian wants to give half of the inheritance that originally belonged to Mr. Zhen to Zhang Xiaomei.
When Zhang Xiaomei was five years old, her biological mother passed away. She never knew who her biological father was. Her mother had always missed that man, holding his photo in his hands in a daze every day, and eventually died of lovesickness . Zhang Xiaomei hated him, why he was so callous and unkind, and abandoned his wife and daughter, which planted the seeds of deep hatred in her young heart.
After her mother died, Zhang Xiaomei was adopted by the kind-hearted housekeeper Li. When she followed Butler Li to the castle and saw the castle owner Zhen Youqian for the first time, she recognized at a glance that this was her unforgettable enemy and her biological father . But she was too weak to take revenge, so she could only bear it silently.
Butler Li is a loyal and honest person, and he is very kind to Zhang Xiaomei. Because Zhang Xiaomei has never felt her father's love since she was a child, Butler Li's love for her is the only harbor she can find to rely on amidst endless hatred and difficult concealment.
Zhen Youqian has a biological son named Mr. Zhen. He was an out-and-out stubborn kid, because she was an orphan who was picked up, and he didn't look at her kindly at all. Although Zhen Youqian would severely reprimand Master Zhen after seeing him bullying her, it did not alleviate Master Zhen's discrimination against her at all. This made Zhang Xiaomei realize more and more that these two fathers and sons were the same and had no humanity at all.
Things changed after more than ten years. First, several new guests moved into the castle. According to Butler Li, they were Zhen's rich friend Wang Writer, a mystery novelist. His son Wang Guoqing, and his assistant Assistant Ding. Wang Guoqing and Zhang Xiaomei are similar in age, and Wang Guoqing looks much more elegant than Mr. Zhen. He seems to have inherited his father's bookish temperament. He took the initiative to talk to Zhang Xiaomei. It was the first time that Zhang Xiaomei met a friend of the same age, and he was a very well-educated boy. This made her very attracted. After going back and forth, the two quickly established a relationship .
One day, Wang Guoqing suddenly came to see her. His face was pale and his eyes were empty, which frightened Zhang Xiaomei. He asked Wang Guoqing what was wrong, but Wang Guoqing hesitated and missed the point. He just suddenly said that Zhen Youmo was not a good person and had led his father, Writer Wang. Zhang Xiaomei knew that although Writer Wang was very talented, he was a very eccentric person, so she didn't ask any more questions. She was concerned about Zhen's money. She knew that the man in front of her would never betray her, so she decided to open her heart and confide to Wang Guoqing what she had felt over the years, telling him that Zhen Youqian was her enemy and that she must avenge her mother . The two have a common enemy, which makes Zhang Xiaomei trust Wang Guoqing even more.
On November 25, after the two talked, they agreed to kill Zhen Youqian together on December 5 to avenge his mother. But just after Wang Guoqing left for a while, Butler Li opened the door and walked in. Zhang Xiaomei was startled, fearing that Butler Li would know her plan, and she was worried that the loyal Butler Li would tell Zhen that she had money. But Butler Li didn't say anything . He just touched her head lovingly as usual, said good night to each other, and then went back to the room to rest.
【Evening of December 5th】
At about 10:20 in the evening, Wang Guoqing and Zhang Xiaomei came to Zhen Youqian's room together as agreed. The room was very dark. Wang Guoqing asked Zhang Xiaomei to wait at the door and went in. Zhang Xiaomei waited for a while and heard a lot of noise coming from inside. After the noise stopped, a lot of time passed before Wang Guoqing hurried out and took Zhang Xiaomei away. But before walking far, footsteps suddenly came from behind. Just as Wang Guoqing was about to go back to check, Zhang Xiaomei grabbed him and said that she was more familiar with the layout of the castle and it was better for her to go see it. Wang Guoqing told her to pay attention to safety, and then left quickly.
Zhang Xiaomei returned to Zhen Youqian's door and was about to look around when she heard a cough coming from inside the house. Zhang Xiaomei plucked up the courage to open the door and sneaked in while it was dark. When she got close to Zhen Youqian, she saw Zhen Youqian lying on the bed, opening his eyes and looking at her, which almost frightened her out of her mind. But Zhen Youqian was very calm and said, "So it's you, you already know?" Zhang Xiaomei tried her best to calm down, nodded gently, and replied: "If you are talking about my mother, I have always known it. "Zhen Youqian was silent, and then closed his eyes: "It's your fault, do it, I'm sorry for her." Only then did Zhang Xiaomei understand that Zhen Youqian had known her identity for a long time. But the hatred has long been rooted in my heart, and nothing can make me forgive him. She took off the silk scarf that bound her hair and attached it to Zhen Youqian's mouth and nose, covering it with her hands vigorously until she finally confirmed that Zhen Youqian's heartbeat had stopped, and then she left. It was about 10:25.
Back in the room, she wrapped the photo of her mother that she kept with her day and night in the silk scarf that strangled Zhen Youqian. It was also the only relic of her mother. She hoped that Zhen Youqian could take good care of her mother in heaven.
Only clue: None
Mr. Zhen killed his mother when he was born - died in childbirth. Since he had no mother since he was a child, his father doted on him and would satisfy his every request. There is also an old housekeeper named Li in the family. When Mr. Zhen was very young, Mr. Li brought a little girl back to raise. Zhen had the money to tell Mr. Zhen that she was an orphan and was very pitiful. He asked Mr. Zhen to treat her well.
But Mr. Zhen doesn’t think so. He is the only little bully in the family, how can he accommodate a second child? So he began to make things difficult for the little girl named Zhang Xiaomei in every possible way, but every time he was seen by his father, his father would change his usual kindness and reprimand him severely. This actually aroused Mr. Zhen's competitiveness and rebelliousness, and he became even more cruel to Zhang Xiaomei .
More than ten years have passed, and the two children have grown up. Although Mr. Zhen does not bully Zhang Xiaomei as childishly as he did when he was a child, he has never given her a good look. A year ago, new guests suddenly moved into the house. It was said that they were my father's friends, mystery novelist Writer Wang and his son Wang Guoqing. Later, a writer's assistant, Assistant Ding, came. Wang Guoqing was about the same age as Mr. Zhen, and he was a child from a poor family. Mr. Zhen had no time to pay attention to him. Moreover, sometimes he saw Wang Guoqing and Zhang Xiaomei teasing softly somewhere in the castle. They were very intimate, which made him even more excited. I was unhappy and stayed away from this poor couple .
It started about a year ago, and my father's health became worse and worse. He often said that he saw hallucinations and everything, and then he started to act crazy and looked like he was suffering from Alzheimer's disease. Mr. Zhen doesn't care. In his eyes, Zhen Youqian is just a bank, not a father figure.
On December 1st, Mr. Zhen was wandering in the castle when he suddenly heard the sound of his father talking to Writer Wang . His father told Writer Wang that in fact, Zhang Xiaomei was his illegitimate daughter and that after his death, his property would be divided equally. Two people instead of just one person. This made Mr. Zhen extremely anxious. How could he properly share half of his vast wealth with that poor woman ? He also said that the woman had the same aristocratic bloodline as himself. This was something he could never accept. Dad said that the news would be announced in public on December 10th. what to do? This made Mr. Zhen anxious.
Mr. Zhen, who is usually the biggest in the world, is at a loss when faced with this news. After thinking about it, he can only think that only by denying Mr. Zhen a chance to announce the news can he save his billions of family assets from being in trouble !
【Evening of December 5th】
Just after 10:15 in the evening, Mr. Zhen set out for Zhen Youqian's room, preparing to force Zhen Youqian to leave the inheritance to himself. If that didn't work, Mr. Zhen was mentally prepared to kill his father, as long as he could. It would be nice to prevent him from announcing the ownership of the inheritance in public. Writer Wang has no evidence anyway, so his words are unfounded. The castle was very big, and it took a long time to reach it. On the way, Mr. Zhen suddenly bumped into Assistant Ding who came in a hurry from the direction of Zhen Youqian's room. The two were not familiar with each other, so they said hello awkwardly. Just left.
At 10:30, Mr. Zhen came to Zhen Youqian's room and sneaked in quietly, only to find a figure hanging on the beam. He was so frightened that Mr. Zhen almost screamed. After taking a closer look, I found out that it was really my father who had hanged himself for some reason. Although Mr. Zhen was scared, he still did not forget to take out the suicide note and red ink pad that he had forged long ago, and pressed his handprint with the fingers of his still dead father. Now the inheritance was finally his. Mr. Zhen turned around and tried to wipe off the red mark on Zhen Youqian's hand, but he couldn't wipe it off. He kept doing it. Mr. Zhen became cruel and bit off Zhen Youqian's thumb and threw it out the window. After everything was done, Mr. Zhen returned to his room.
Only clue: None
On the morning of December 6, 1883, Zhen Youqian was found dead in his room. He had hanged himself. The rope used to hang himself was a long belt. The following are the physical evidence and clues found at the scene:
① A large amount of psychotropic drugs were found in the room.
② There were purple marks on the body of the deceased, he was hit on the back of the head, and there was a lot of blood on the pillow. It was probably not suicide.
③The deceased’s right thumb disappeared.
④The needle gramophone in the room.
⑤There is a skylight directly above where the body is hanging, which is locked from the inside.
⑥The hanging beams are very clean and spotless.
"Off-site information":
Housekeeper Li and Zhang Xiaomei lived next door, Writer Wang, Wang Guoqing, and Assistant Ding lived next door, and Mr. Zhen lived alone. Everyone had to walk for more than 10 minutes to reach the deceased's room.
[The Mystery of the Castle] Two rounds of physical evidence and clues
[Physical Evidence of Wang’s Writer]:
1️-A large number of vinyl CDs in the room
2️-Books and materials in the room: "Selected Paranormal Events", "Diagnosis and Treatment of Mental Illness", "100 Understandings of Psychology"
[Assistant Ding’s physical evidence]:
1-Manuscript "Castle Murder Case"
[Physical Evidence of Kingdom Day]:
1️-The clothes I changed into in the room had blood stains on the corners.
2️-Diary record: December 5, 1881, Mother, may you rest in peace in heaven
[Zhang Xiaomei’s physical evidence]:
1-A photo of Zhen Youqian when he was young is wrapped in a silk scarf
[Li Guanjia’s physical evidence]:
1️-A piece of clothing covered in dust
2️-Zhen Youqian’s suicide note, the will is “to deliver all the property to Mr. Zhen, but to be managed by Butler Li”, with Zhen Youqian’s signature and fingerprints.
[Mr. Zhen’s physical evidence]:
1-Suicide note: "After Zhen Youqian's death, all the inheritance will belong to Mr. Zhen." It has Zhen Youqian's signature and fingerprints.
[Forensic identification results]:
The cause of death of the deceased was suffocation. After an autopsy of the deceased's neck, it was found that the cervical vertebrae dislocation occurred after the deceased's death, so hanging was not the real cause of death.
The recommended discussion time for the second round is 35-45 minutes, and the discussion time should not exceed the maximum recommended time.
The truth of the story + case analysis
Analysis by timeline:
At 9:55 that night, Butler Li finished serving Zhen Youqian and walked to his room.
At 10 o'clock, Writer Wang left the room and prepared to hang Zhen Youqian, but was knocked unconscious by Assistant Ding who was following him.
At 10:10, Mr. Zhen went out, preparing to kill Zhen Youqian. At the same time, Butler Li found that Zhang Xiaomei was not in the room and walked back to Zhen Youqian's room.
At 10:20, Wang Guoqing and Zhang Xiaomei came to Zhen Youqian's room. Wang Guoqing went in and struggled with Zhen Youqian, and hit Zhen Youqian's head with a hard object. He thought he had killed Zhen Youqian and went out. Just now As he left, footsteps came from behind. It was actually Assistant Ding and Butler Li. What Assistant Ding heard was the voice of Butler Li who was rushing over. Assistant Ding left, and Butler Li left when he heard Zhen Youqian coughing.
At 10:25, Zhang Xiaomei rushed back and heard Zhen Youqian's movements. She pushed the door open and went in. She was discovered by Butler Li, who went around to another room and climbed to the roof. Zhang Xiaomei covered Zhen Youqian to death with a silk scarf and her hands, but Zhen Youqian did not resist.
It was also 10:25. Butler Li saw Zhang Xiaomei leaving from the skylight. He thought that Zhen Youqian was still alive, so he prepared to help Zhang Xiaomei. After opening the skylight and entering, he tied a long belt with a rope to hang Zhen Youqian up and left in a hurry.
Assistant Ding who left met Mr. Zhen halfway. Both of them felt guilty and left separately.
At 10:30, Mr. Zhen rushed to the room and found that his father was dead. Mr. Zhen pressed his fingerprints with Zhen Youqian's hand, bit off Zhen Youqian's finger and threw it out the window, and left.
Late at night, Writer Wang woke up and went to Zhen Youqian's room. He saw that Zhen Youqian had hanged himself, so he paid no attention to it.