Just as Ann Yizhi guessed, the deceased this time was really an addict, although I don't know where he got so much morphine, but it doesn't matter.

The important thing is that in this way, An Yizhi can't confirm whether he was in a state of being numbed by drugs before he died, or if he was too drunk by drugs before he was exploited by the murderer.

There is a big difference between the two, if the murderer did it, there is no need for him to disguise the scene as a suicide, because there are many traces of a fight left at the scene, and anyone with a discerning eye can see that someone has been in the same room with the deceased and had an argument. And if it is the latter, the traces of the fight left behind are not very revealing, and it is also possible that the deceased himself took drugs and caused hallucinations, which caused such a result.

Although it is speculated according to this line of thought that the deceased is likely to have committed suicide by taking too many drugs, An Yizhi is more inclined to believe that this is a premeditated and carefully disguised homicide.

But then there is an unavoidable question, why? What is the purpose of the murderer in disguise all this?

Stripping away some psychopaths who purely take pleasure in it, usually the purpose of killing people in a closed room is to create an alibi, or simply clear suspicion.

However, now they don't even have a single suspect, and the murderer directly kills the deceased and then closes the door and goes out, no one will notice.

Or is it all about blaming people?

Quite possibly!

An Yizhi was turning these in his mind, since the murderer wanted to do this, let's ask the guy who was blamed first.

"I remember that there was another man with the deceased, did you find him?"

The first mate beside the captain held a thick booklet in his hand, presumably a register of guests, and he said:

"You must be referring to Mr. McFlynn, his name and the deceased of the two incidents landed together, we have sent someone to look for it, and I believe it will be found soon"

An Yizhi nodded, after all, the incident happened on a cruise ship under sail, unless he jumped into the sea, it was impossible to leave the ship, and it was storming outside, and even a person who was confident in his water nature could not guarantee that he could swim back to land in the stormy sea.

Waiting for the results, An Yizhi inspected the entire room in detail, not looking at the traces of the fight, it is a little strange that the single round window is open, you must know that there is a storm outside, and no one should open the window for ventilation in this weather, in fact, there is a large puddle of water under the window, which is estimated to be caused by the rain blowing in.

Writing down this clue in his notebook, An Yizhi pointed and then focused on the other parts.

Assuming that all this was homicide, then the murderer must have been very familiar with the deceased, or at least acquaintance, otherwise it was unlikely that he would have entered the room, which had been confirmed with the captain, and there were only two keys to the first-class room, one for the guests, and the other for the keeper of the ship, and placed in the captain's room. And there is only one key to the captain's room, which is on the captain, so it is impossible for the murderer to directly use the spare key to unlock and enter the deceased's room.

In this way, it seems that the murderer is the guy who has not been found yet, but as I said just now, An Yizhi estimated that someone was blaming him, whether he was innocent or not, the most important thing was to find him first.

An Yizhi looked down and touched the marks on the floor, this long scratch was made by the chair, and you could see obvious dents and dragging marks, in addition, you could see the carpet twisted and piled up, knocking over the cups on the coffee table by the way.

He simulated the scene in his head.

The deceased heard a knock on the door, opened the door and found that it was a person he knew, so he invited him to enter the door, and then he was attacked from behind by the murderer, and it is estimated that the deceased was sitting on a chair at that time, so he left traces of drag on the wooden floor. The struggle caused the carpets to pile together. The killer then stunned the deceased with drugs or directly, and then set up some kind of mechanism to make the deceased look like he had committed suicide.

That's pretty much how it goes.

An Yizhi found a burning mark on the sole of the deceased's shoe, which should have been attacked when the deceased was smoking, and the cigarette butt happened to be stepped on by the deceased.

He walked around the room twice and found the two half-burned cigarettes under the bed, probably kicked in by the killer when he moved the deceased. One is flattened, and the other remains intact.

That's a bit weird.

Once the cigarette is lit, it will not extinguish itself unless it burns out, and most of the cigarette butt has not burned out, and the shape is relatively intact, if there is no external force, it will burn out directly, instead of leaving most of it like this.

"Qingfeng, are there any signs of frostbite on the deceased's body?"

"Frostbite?"

Qingfeng Bazooka was stunned when he heard this, and then took a closer look at the hand of the deceased holding the gun:

"There is a point, on the left side of the palm, under the thumb of the tiger's mouth"

"Hmm...... I see."

"What did you find?"

Tu Hongyu asked.

"It's a bit of a discovery, it's hard to say right now"

He perfunctorily Tu Hongyu asked the captain:

"Mr. Captain, can you tell me what you are hiding? On the time of the first incident......"

The captain frowned, and sighed helplessly:

"Yes"

Then he said to the crew behind him:

"You guys go out first, I need to talk to Mr. An"

It doesn't seem to be a glorious thing.

When the crew was far away, the captain spoke:

"There's nothing to hide, I guess the gunman who attacked me before was an old man"

"The deceased? It's an enemy, right? ”

Tu Hongyu complained.

"Sort of"

The captain smiled bitterly and said:

"Before entering the field of civil aviation, I served in the Navy, at that time I had a good friend, we served on the same warship, we also retired together, and finally joined the current shipping company, and then I used some unfair means in the selection of captains, I exposed to the leadership that he had been evil during his service"

"What evil deeds?"

"Indiscriminate killing of innocent people, who have deliberately killed innocent civilians of other countries"

This is indeed an evil deed, and it is enough to go to court-martial.

"Later, because of this incident, he was forced to leave the shipping company, and we broke off relations completely. That was about 20 years ago, and I heard that he married the daughter of a mafia, and I don't know much about the rest."

"So you suspect that old friend came back to you for revenge?"

The captain nodded, acquiescing to Tu Hongyu's words.

Ann Yizhi heard this flash of inspiration and asked the captain:

"What is his last name?"

"Uh...... Seems to be called Nelson? I'm sorry, I don't remember much time, but I clearly remember that his wife was the daughter of a very powerful mafia, and for a while I was very worried that he would use the mafia to retaliate."

Nelson...... Well, Mr. Captain, I have to say that you are wrong in your suspicions, and that former best friend of yours could not have been on the ship and shot at you anyway."

"Why?"

"Because he died, about a month ago, by suicide"

I don't know if you remember? Ann pointed to the young man they were looking for, and he was called Mallory. Nelson.

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The captain was stunned, he had always thought that the man who shot him was his former friend.

"Do you have any other targets, I mean the enemies who might shoot you?"

The captain shook his head:

"Since breaking up with my friends, I suddenly realized that position and dedication are far less important than a friend who is sincere to you, so I have maintained a good relationship with everyone for the next 20 years, and I have not made enemies with anyone."

Hearing the captain say this, An Yizhi thought about it for a moment and said:

"Mr. Captain, I think even if you don't count this incident, the last one was also a murder, and the murderer used you as a shield to deliberately set up a maze to kill the victim of the first incident"

After a change of thought, An Yizhi had a countermeasure:

"Mr. Captain, who knows about you?"

"Not much, except for my wife, only the second mate knows, because when I reported to the higher-ups, the second mate was also there"

"Could it be that your wife or second mate revealed it to anyone else?"

The captain shook his head, he didn't know that.

Assuming that only two people except the captain knew about this matter, and the captain's wife was far away from his hometown, the second mate was the most suspicious.

"Are you suspicious of the second mate?"

Seeing An Yizhi's thoughts, the captain said:

"He's a good guy and it's hard for me to imagine him being the one who started it all"

"Just because you're a good person doesn't mean you won't commit crimes, I need more clues, what was the second mate doing when you were giving a speech before?"

The captain thought for a moment:

"He was supposed to be on the bridge with the first mate at that time"

"Should? Is there a witness? Forget this, let's talk about it later, you can't startle the snake."

On the other hand, one only needs to ask the sailors who were on the bridge at the time to know this, but asking now is likely to make the second mate suspicious.

"Captain, Mr. Ann Yiji"

said that Cao Cao Cao arrived, and the second deputy who was the focus of the topic knocked on the door at this time:

"We found Mr. McFlynn"

An Yizhi nodded at the captain, who said:

"Come in, Mr. An Yizhi wants to question him, he may be an important suspect"

The second mate and two sailors helped the drunken fellow, one of the three who had sat next to Ann and the only survivor of the three, a man in his mid-30s, into the room.

It's just that he's completely drunk now, and he can't even walk, so can he really arrange a mechanism to create a secret room to kill? It is estimated that the murderer who wanted to blame him did not expect this thing to be a drunkard.

McFflyn was still half-squinted when he was carried into the room, and he didn't know what to say, and it was good that he knew where he was, let alone asking.

"Where did you find him?"

Pinching his nose and trying not to smell the smell of alcohol coming from his body, An Yizhi asked.

"In the hold, he was secretly drinking from the ship's drinks when we found him"

Stealing a drink? As for it?

Anyway, if you're a first-class guest, you can't even afford to buy some alcohol, right?

With this doubt in mind, Ann pointed a large glass of water from a water bottle not far away and threw it in McFlynn's face......