Zhou Tong Detective Series

Chapter 27 Zhou Tong Detective Series II: Blood Talisman (6)
"Then come in and we'll talk." Qin Mengyao opened the door reluctantly.

The living room of the villa is quite artistically decorated, with a simple but unique shape, which is pleasing to the eye.

Qin Mengyao called Yan Yongjie to sit down, and asked casually, "What's the matter?"

"I want to ask you something about Liu Qingte." Yan Yongjie spoke in a calm tone, but as soon as the words came out, they hit Qin Mengyao like a sharp sword.

Qin Mengyao stared blankly at Yan Yongjie for tens of seconds, and asked warily, "Who are you?"

Yan Yongjie didn't need to hide her identity anymore, so she took out her police officer ID and put it on the coffee table in front of the sofa.

"I believe I don't need to say more, you also know the reason why I came here, who transferred the talisman, and where is the real talisman now?" Yan Yongjie's tone of voice was unquestionable, with a kind of coercive pressure.

Qin Mengyao's face became extremely ugly. She really didn't expect that things would become more and more out of control. First, Jiang Shaoqi and Wang Gui's bizarre deaths, then she was almost killed by a chandelier, and now the police came to investigate , once these involve themselves, it will undoubtedly cause huge negative news, not to mention that their star career will be destroyed, and they may even go to prison for theft.

"You have to know that the sudden drop of the chandelier last time was definitely not an accident. If you don't cooperate with us, the next victim will most likely be you!"

Seeing that Qin Mengyao was still silent, Yan Yongjie took out a stack of photos that had been prepared and handed them to Qin Mengyao. "Look, how Jiang Shaoqi and Wang Gui died!"

The expressive power of that stack of photos was no less than that of an American horror movie, full of gore, Qin Mengyao's face was pale and his stomach was churning.These photos have not been processed at all, and Yan Yongjie did not make special selections. It is really the images presented at the murder scene that are chilling.

Qin Mengyao's psychological defense finally completely collapsed.

"I didn't steal the talisman, it was Liu Qingte and the others, it must be the revenge of the Darghuts, it must be!" Qin Mengyao said excitedly.

"Whoever stole the talisman is no longer worth pursuing. If you can find the talisman and return it to the Dalghuts, you can make up for it." Yan Yongjie didn't want to and didn't feel the need to explain to her that the murderers were not the Dalghuts.

"Believe me, I really don't know where the talisman is now!"

"Then tell me who changed the original talisman in Liu Qingte's hand, and why did you, Jiang Shaoqi, and Wang Gui testify that Liu Qingte forged cultural relics to defraud the school of research funds?"

"This..." Qin Mengyao fell into silence again.

Yan Yongjie knew Qin Mengyao's concerns, so she told her without hesitation: "I can assure you, as long as you tell what you know, you can not be held accountable for the four of you stealing talisman cards before. The whole incident will not be leaked to the outside world."

Qin Mengyao sighed, and said slowly: "If I had known that things would evolve to this point, I should not have joined the research group organized by Liu Qingte. At that time, Liu Qingte approached us and talked about his discovery. We We were all shocked, and we were eager to prove ourselves at that time, so we joined his plan without hesitation, but what we didn't expect was that we really found the almost legendary The Genghis Khan talisman, which means that Liu Qingte's discovery is completely correct, as long as we find the other six talismans, we can find the Genghis Khan Mausoleum, which is a feat that has caused a sensation in the world."

Speaking of this, Qin Mengyao's face showed a rare brilliance, as if he had returned to the time when he just got the talisman.

"But the good times don't last long. Not long after we got the talisman, the four of us had different opinions. Liu Qingte was eager to announce his research results to the world, while Jiang Shaoqi, Wang Gui...and I...were more inclined Yu... tends to find Genghis Khan's tomb by himself." Qin Mengyao blushed.

"It means that the three of you are more interested in the things in Genghis Khan's tomb." Yan Yongjie understood.

Qin Mengyao nodded embarrassedly, and continued: "The mausoleum of Genghis Khan is indeed too attractive. Maybe you have heard of the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang, but it is nothing compared to the Mausoleum of Genghis Khan. It is because of this, so we together I managed to exchange the talisman in Liu Qingte’s hand, and then went to the school to... sue him for framing him, and the real talisman was kept by the three of us in turn. I haven’t seen it since Jiang Shaoqi and Wang Gui’s accident. Pass that talisman."

"As far as I know, when Wang Gui was in the hospital, you visited him and chatted with him for a long time, and then he had an accident. What did you talk to him about?" Yan Yongjie asked.

"I... I knew something happened between Jiang Shaoqi and Wang Gui, so I wanted to go to Wang Gui and ask about the whereabouts of the talisman, because Jiang Shaoqi happened to be in charge of the talisman that week, but Wang Gui said he didn't know about Jiang Shaoqi either. Where did you put the talisman, I left without asking any more." Qin Mengyao's expression was a little innocent.

Yan Yongjie nodded thoughtfully, and then continued to ask: "After you found the first talisman, did you not look for other talisman?"

"I have looked for it, and I have some clues. However, I participated in the SHOW GIRL competition not long after I came back. I rarely participated in the search for Genghis Khan's tomb. It was Jiang Shaoqi and Wang Gui who were doing it."

"Then did they mention anything to you?"

Qin Mengyao thought for a while and said, "Yes, they said that there might be a talisman in Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, but I don't know if they have looked for it."

"I don't think I have anything to ask for now. If you still think of anything, you can contact me at any time. In addition, you can rest assured that our police officers are outside and will protect your personal safety 24 hours a day." Yan Yongjie from Qin Meng Although Yao got more information about the case here, correspondingly, there were more problems, and she needed to go back and sort it out.

Qin Mengyao did not keep Yan Yongjie to stay. After Yan Yongjie left, Li Xin, Qin Mengyao's agent, came out of the back room.

"The police are also involved in this matter, and the situation seems to be getting more and more complicated."

"No matter who it is, it can't stop me!" Qin Mengyao said expressionlessly.

Section 7 Guessing riddles

The wooden ladder leading to the ground is very long. Every time you take a step down, the wooden ladder will make a "squeak" sound, as if it is about to break.Zhou Tong couldn't see the surrounding situation clearly in the dark, but he could clearly hear Li Ying's struggle below, so he didn't dare to have any hesitation, and accelerated the speed of climbing down.

"Li Ying! Where are you?" Zhou Tong's feet finally touched the ground.

There was another noise in the corner, Zhou Tong immediately discerned the direction and walked over gropingly.

After walking about 10 meters, Zhou Tong tripped over something under his feet.Zhou Tong, who fell to the ground, touched the side and grabbed a soft, very elastic object.Then, a rapid groan came from next to his ear, and Zhou Tong immediately retracted his hand.

"Li Ying!" Zhou Tong realized that it was Li Ying that he touched. He immediately stretched out his hand again, like a blind man touching an elephant. When I touched her face, I found that there was a piece of adhesive tape on her mouth.

With a scream of "ah", the tape on Li Ying's mouth was ripped off.But followed by another extremely crisp sound of "pa", Zhou Tong was slapped hard on the face.

"Shameless! Rogue!" Li Ying's high-pitched voice echoed in the dark basement.

Zhou Tong wanted to defend herself, but thinking about it, although she was justifiable, but a big girl touched her up and down so many times, it would not be a disadvantage if she was slapped.

"Okay, miss, let's go out first, and let you fight outside." Zhou Tong grabbed Li Ying's hand.

Li Ying stomped her feet, but said nothing.

But at this time, that yin-yang strange voice came out again.

"Since you're here, just play with me, why bother to leave."

"The talisman has been given to you, what tricks do you want to play?" Zhou Tong asked loudly while searching for the wooden ladder, but it had long since disappeared.

"Zhou Tong, you ruined my plan last time, do you still want to get out of here alive? But without an opponent like you, this game is not fun, so I will give you a chance, if you can guess If you can answer one of the riddles, you can take her out of here, or both of you will die!"

"You perverted guy, let me out quickly, or... otherwise... I..." Li Ying thought for a long time but couldn't think of anything else.

Zhou Tong didn't speak, and waited calmly. This guy had already arranged everything, and it was useless to say anything else.

"Go forward 10 steps, then turn right, and walk another 10 steps. You will find a door on the wall with a combination lock on it. You can go out after unlocking it."

Zhou Tong took Li Ying's hand, walked forward and then to the right 10 steps, and sure enough, he touched a door, and a light suddenly lit up on the right side of the door, and it could be seen that there were indeed 10 steps installed on the door Combination lock with number keys.

"A long time ago, five thieves robbed 100 gems, each of the same size and priceless. But they argued endlessly about how to distribute the 100 gems. After a long dispute, they decided to follow the lottery The way to decide your own number, firstly, the person who draws No. 1 proposes a distribution plan, and then everyone votes. When more than half of the people agree, the distribution will be made according to his proposal, otherwise the person will be killed. If No. 1 dead, then No. 2 will propose a distribution plan, and then everyone will vote, and so on, until a distribution plan acceptable to the rest of the people is reached. These five robbers are extremely smart people, so the final distribution What is the result? And this result is the password to open the combination lock." Speaking of this, the harsh voice let out a burst of smug laughter, and continued, "You have 10 minutes, one chance, once the time is exceeded or the wrong input Password and the door will be locked forever! I've heard that dying of dehydration is a very painful thing, good luck!"

"How is it possible in 10 minutes, perverted murderer, let us out!" Li Ying couldn't help yelling.

But the voice had disappeared without a trace, as if it had never been there.

"Okay, no matter how much you scold, it's useless, let's think about how to open this door first!" Zhou Tong persuaded.

"You don't really believe that guy's words, do you?" Li Ying shouted angrily.

"Besides trying to solve this puzzle, do you have any other better suggestions?" Zhou Tong asked calmly.

Li Ying curled her lips and said nothing.

The entire secret room immediately became extremely quiet, only the slight breathing of the two people, time was approaching like death step by step, and the air condensed for it.

"I know the answer, it should be 98, 0, 1, 0, 1!" Li Ying's tone was as excited as Columbus's discovery of the New World.

"Why?" Zhou Tong only said 3 words to Li Ying's discovery.

“你听好了。”李莹对自己找到答案相当得意，扬了扬头才继续说：“你应该在数学课上学过逆向反证法吧，这个是一样的道理，首先我们假设当只有4号、5号两人时，4号必定提出自己拿100个，5号0个的方案，并顺利通过，因为只要4号自己同意就算达到半数。而当只有3号、4号、5号3个人时，3号必定提出自己拿99个，4号0个；5号1个的方案并顺利通过。因为若5号不答应，则3号要死，到4号提出方案时则会变成4号拿完，自己一个也没有的局面，到那时5号就什么都没有了，故5号一定会答应。当只有2号、3号、4号、5号4人时，2号必定提出自己拿99个；3号和5号0个，4号拿1个的方案并顺利通过。因为若4号不答应，则2号要死，到3号提出方案时则会变成我刚才所说的局面，到时候4号就什么都没有了，故4号一定会答应。所以依照这个理论推断下去，当1号、2号、3号、4号、5号5个强盗都在时，1号必定提出自己拿……”

"Enough, enough! I almost fainted!" Zhou Tong stopped Li Ying from continuing and interrupted her long speech.

"Did you understand? That's why I said the password for this door must be 980101." Li Ying said anxiously, because time was running out.

"Understanding is barely understanding, it does make sense..." Before Zhou Tong finished speaking, Li Ying was about to reach out to press the password.

"Stop!" Zhou Tong yelled while grabbing Li Ying's outstretched hand.

"Why did you stop me?" Li Ying was a little angry.

"Although what you said makes sense, the answer is not correct!"

"Then what do you say the answer is?"

"If these five people are all robbers, then there is only one answer, which is 100, 0, 0, 0, 0!"

"You mean..." Li Ying looked at Zhou Tong in confusion.

“我的意思是5个强盗无论怎么抽签，抽到1号的那个，最保险的办法就是杀了另外4个强盗，独吞所有的财宝！”周瞳话一说完，立刻在密码锁上按下了“1”“0”“0”“0”“0”“0”“0”8个数字。

The red light on the combination lock flashed eight times, and with these eight flashes, Li Ying's heart rose to her throat.

But after the red light flashed, the green light turned on, and with a "squeak", the iron door was opened.

However, something happened that stunned the two of them. There were two people standing behind the opened iron gate. One was a handsome foreign student named William, and the other was a person Zhou Tong and Li Ying knew very well. Sun Yaoming, the leader of the criminal investigation team.

Sun Yaoming's bald head looked particularly glaring at this time, like a reflective mirror.And William had an inscrutable smile on his face.

Faced with such an unexpected event, Li Ying was stunned for a moment.

"Uncle Sun, I'm afraid you have to explain it to me." Zhou Tong quickly recovered from the shock.

Sun Yaoming laughed twice, and then said very warmly: "Let me introduce to you first, this is Interpol William, I believe you have seen him before."

"Is he Interpol?" Li Ying asked in disbelief.

"I'm very sorry, Miss Li Ying, because of work, I concealed my real identity from you last time." William bowed to Li Ying like a gentleman.

"Let's talk about the polite words later, Uncle Sun, I'm still more concerned about what you mean by co-starring in this kidnapping scene with this kid?" Zhou Tong was really angry in his heart, and he stole a "Little Sheep" for this matter, and suffered He slapped Li Ying, sweated a lot, and died a lot of brain cells. If Sun Yaoming didn't give a reasonable explanation, even the uncle wouldn't be able to show face.

"Is this... Really... It's a last resort..." Sun Yaoming was also a little embarrassed.

"Let me explain." William took Sun Yaoming's words, "Let me make a long story short. Not long ago, Interpol obtained information that a powerful international criminal group got some clues about the whereabouts of Genghis Khan's tomb, and launched an operation to steal Genghis Khan. Mausoleum. They have organized a group of explorers, scientists, archaeological historians and engineering teams in the name of archaeology to prepare to excavate the tomb. But as far as we know, they still have some key things that have not been found, one of which is Liu Qing Te, Jiang Shaoqi, Wang Gui, and Qin Mengyao found the Genghis Khan talisman, but when we got the news and contacted the Chinese police, Jiang Shaoqi and Wang Gui had been killed one after another, and the whereabouts of the talisman were unknown."

"Because this matter is highly confidential, I didn't explain it to Yan Yongjie, but your investigation efficiency is also very fast. Last night, Yan Yongjie came to the team to report the situation to me." Sun Yaoming added.

(End of this chapter)