Luo Feng's heart was shaking slightly, but he didn't say a word to interrupt Xie Bai'an.

Including Yan Xiu, who was hiding in his mind, fell silent at this time.

"Some time ago, Xiao Fan heard about the Fenglin Hotel from you and felt curious, so he came to the hospital to find me and wanted to ask if I know about it."

"I was also curious, so I asked my dad, and then I learned the truth of the whole thing. At least, it was the 'truth' in the eyes of the public."

"According to the report at that time, among the prosecutors in charge of case investigation, there was a new prosecutor named 'Pu Zhengnan'."

"When everyone thought it would be a bad murder that caused a sensation across the country, his ideas were a little different from others."

"The investigation direction at that time was to believe that internal struggles were the highest possibility of killing each other."

"Prosecutor Pu also did not deny this possibility, but he insisted that the truth of the case should be more complicated than they thought, and the real motivation of the case was far from as simple as they thought."

"When the on-site investigation technology at that time was far from reaching the current level, he repeatedly inspected the scene, conducted autopsy investigations, and even repeated cases, and finally found that among the more than 20 victims in the Fenglin Hotel, most of them actually died of suicide."

"The 'suicide' I refer to here is actually a bit strange, because the case investigation at that time has been made clear that most of the victims use interlaced murder methods to achieve the purpose of killing people."

"The problem is that Prosecutor Pu found that if the case was only deduced by the interlaced murder, many of the deceased's death would be difficult to achieve."

"A person is killed by someone in the same way voluntarily and involuntarily, the scene of death left behind will be very different."

"This is also the reason why so many victims in Maple Forest Hotel have obvious signs of suicide."

"Because many of them did not resist at all before they died."

"So Prosecutor Pu then made a bold guess... He believed that the inference of interlaced murder was correct, but the inference of suicide was also correct."

"The twenty or so victims, most of them were killed voluntarily!"

Having said this, Xie Baian paused for a moment.

Luo Feng, who was sitting in front of him, frowned and was trying to digest the amazing fact that he had only learned today.

After thinking for a while, Luo Feng tried to ask Xie Bai'an in a calm tone: "If this is the case, what is the reason why those people will let others kill themselves?"

"This question happens to be what I'm going to talk about next."

Xie Baian also had a smile on his face. When talking about such serious topics, even if it was nothing to do with him, he seemed to have a sense of respect in his heart.

"Later, under the unremitting investigation of Prosecutor Pu and others, Jiahe police finally found the real connection between the group of victims who seemed to be unrelated."

Luo Feng raised his mind and asked: "What's the connection?"

"At that time, all the victims of that case belonged to the same tour group that came to Jiahe. And for a while before they came to Jiahe, although the time was not unified, after multiple investigations, the police found that every victim's family had received a mysterious cash sum."

Xie Baian did not explain clearly how much the huge sum was, and there might be differences between them, but through his account, Luo Feng had already roughly understood it.

"You mean, because of that mysterious huge sum, those who were not connected to it would gather together?"

"It's true that the overall investigation results are."

"But the problem is that there are not many people in this world who really want money but don't have their lives, right?"

"So this was also the most difficult question for investigators at that time, so later... they thought of a possibility that was most consistent with common sense."

“What is possible?”

Xie Baian looked at Luo Feng with a deep sense and asked him: "A large group of people gathered in a place at the end of the year, and specially selected the most famous hotel in the local area to commit suicide collectively. What do you think is the most likely purpose of this kind of thing to achieve?"

Luo Feng opened his mouth, and then his brain quickly reacted, and he couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

"Due to the limited conditions at that time and few clues, the sources of those huge cash funds were even more difficult to trace. Considering that the longer the time was delayed, the harder the news was to stop it. The superiors were worried that it would cause a very bad social impact. In the end, after the procuratorate and the police unanimously confirmed the fact of the interlaced murder, the case was closed in a hurry."

Through Xie Bai'an's story, Luo Feng finally understood why he could not find out the information about the murder case in the Fenglin Hotel from beginning to end. He also understood what profound meaning did Pu Zhengnan leave in his notes?

At this time, Fan Wuqing, who had never said anything, shook his head and said, "We who conduct criminal investigations usually do the things to avenge the deceased. Many people are eager to leave us sufficient clues before they die to identify the murderer."

"But the case of Fenglin Hotel back then was completely different."

"Those victims seemed to not want the truth to be revealed in front of the world, and tried every means to hide all the information related to silence."

"So, that case also has an nickname..."

Before he could finish his words, Luo Feng replied in a deep voice: "Hide and seek."

Fan Wuqing and Xie Bai'an both looked at him.

"Yes, 'hide and seek'. Because everyone thinks... this is a 'game' that the dead are playing with us."

[The task is successful, and the random event is determined to be the completion progress increased. This event is a serial task. Will the settlement be carried out now?]

Unexpectedly, the mission would be completed in this way. Seeing the game prompts jumping out in front of me, Luo Feng felt no joy in his heart.

He lowered his head and thought for a while before standing up and said to Xie Bai'an: "Sorry, can I go out for a while?"

"Go. What we have to do next is not a joke. I also hope that you and your companions can think carefully before answering me." Xie Baian simply let Luo Feng leave the ward.

Luo Feng nodded after hearing his answer, opened the door without saying a word and walked out.

It was not until he came to a relatively remote corner that he summoned out his game backpack and took out "Doom Notes" and took a look at it casually.

As expected, new content appeared on it, but Xie Baian had already informed him of these contents not long ago.
Chapter completed!