Chapter 426 The alibi is false
Chapter 426 The alibi is false
“Turn left at the intersection ahead and walk on Cher Street!” Xiao Yao, who was sitting in the passenger position, held the handle above the door with his right hand, and held out his mobile phone with his left hand and extended his index finger to command Tim Haggis at the intersection ahead. .
“Are you sure?” Tim Haggis turned his head and looked at Xiao Yao, “You haven’t even looked at the map.”
“I’m 100% sure.” Xiao Yao nodded, “The lights in the car are so dim, how do I look at the map? But don’t worry, I have written down all the routes, you just follow the route I said. ”
“Okay.” Tim Haggis chose to believe in Xiao Yao’s memory and slammed the steering wheel to the left at the intersection.
“Tim, speed up, drive faster!” Xiao Yao glanced at the phone screen with the timing software on his left hand and said.
“It will be speeding soon,” Tim replied.
Xiao Yao stretched out his left hand and pressed a button on the vehicle control panel between the two of them. The red and blue lights flashed on the front of the car, and the sound of a police siren came out from the horn. This is an agent’s police car, which is also equipped with police lights and sirens. The only difference between an agent’s police car and a general police patrol car is that there is no mark on the body, and the police light is not on the roof. It’s at the front of the car. If you don’t open it, this car looks no different from an ordinary private car.
“This way you won’t be afraid of speeding.” Xiao Yao smiled to Tim Haggis, “We are the shortest time spent in the test, of course, we must do it at the fastest speed.”
“It is against discipline to turn on the police lights and sirens casually.” Tim Haggis said helplessly.
“You can think that we are investigating the case now.” Xiao Yao helped Tim Haggis to excuse him.
Xiao Yao’s memory is very good, and the planned route is the best, but even if their car is driving the police lights and sirens on the road at the fastest speed, but from Roselle to the gate of Chambers Conservatory, They still spent an hour and thirteen minutes. Wyatt obviously could not have the convenience and speed of a police car, so his alibi was not broken because of Xiao Yao’s experiment.
“What do you do now?” Tim Haggis parked the car at the gate of Chambers Conservatory, and he glanced at the time displayed on Xiao Yao’s mobile phone. “We can’t prove that Wyatt can be in October. Back to school before one o’clock.”
“If he did leave Linton’s restaurant at ten o’clock in the evening.” Xiao Yao tapped the phone screen with his index finger.
“What do you mean?” Tim Haggis looked at Xiao Yao and said, “We have all read the NYPD report. They went to the Linton restaurant to investigate, and the waiter proved that Wyatt performed in the restaurant last night. His performance time is from eight to ten in the evening.”
“When NYPD went to investigate, it was the restaurant waiter who gave them a confession. That was because the boss was not there last night.” Xiao Yao said, “Since the boss is not here, would Wyatt actually didn’t play two of them last night? Hours, leaving early? Wyatt’s performance in the restaurant has always been from 8 to 10 in the evening. If I were a waitress and saw the pianist leave, I would probably think that his playing time was up, not much. It’s nosy to check the time and make sure that he has enough time to play. Anyway, I am not paying the pianist. I can’t be too busy to greet the customers. How can I spare time to take care of the pianist’s work.”
“I understand what you mean,” Tim said hesitantly, “but this is a NYPD case after all. In fact, I don’t have the right to investigate. I will accompany you to analyze the case and even test when driving is fine, but if If the police badge needs to be brightened…”
“Understood! I was not very full for dinner at the lawyer’s office just now. I feel a little hungry now. I heard that the French desserts at Linton Restaurant are good. I invite you!” Xiao Yao smiled.
“Okay!” Tim restarted the car, turned the steering wheel, and turned to Linton’s restaurant.
Linton Restaurant is a typical French restaurant. Its reputation in New York can only be regarded as medium-to-high. When the two opened the door to enter the restaurant, there were some guests in it, but the number was not that large.
As soon as the two entered the door, a waiter took the initiative to greet them. After asking that there were only two of them, they enthusiastically led the way and arranged seats for them.
“Are there no pianists playing now?” After ordering the meal, Xiao Yao raised his hand and invited a waiter, pretending to look at the stage with a black piano and asking.
“We only have a pianist to play on Saturday and Sunday from 8 to 10 in the evening. Today is Monday, there is no pianist to play.” The waiter replied with a smile.
“It’s a pity, it seems we should have come last night.” Xiao Yao smiled and continued to ask the waiter, “Did you have been on duty last night? Did you hear the pianist’s performance last night? Can’t you tell me how good the pianist was last night?”
“Our pianist last night was a student in the piano department of Chambers Conservatory of Music. Of course, his level is very good.” The waiter smiled proudly. “I was on duty last night and listened to him for two hours. I feel very enjoyable.”
Tim Haggis glanced at Xiao Yao and gave him a helpless look.
“Mr. seems to care about our pianist?” The waiter asked Xiao Yao with a suspicious look on his face.
“That’s it,” Xiao Yao quickly found a reason, and pointed to the piano, “I also play the piano. I don’t know if you still need a pianist in your restaurant? Can I go up and try it?”
“Hiring a pianist needs to be decided by the boss. He is not here tonight.” The waiter shook his head in relief first, and then said again, “But if you just want to play the piano, there is no problem. For any customer who wants to play the piano, we All are welcome.”
“Okay, then I will try.” Xiao Yao stood up and said.
“Please here!” The waiter immediately made a please gesture and helped him lead the way.
Walking to the stage with the piano, Xiao Yao did not rush to the stage. Instead, he pointed to a scratch on the side of the piano and asked the waiter: “What is this?”
“It’s okay,” the waiter smiled, “This is a customer who accidentally tripped and hit the piano yesterday afternoon when she passed by here. This is when she accidentally scratched the ring on her hand while holding the piano to her feet. Yes. This is there before, so please rest assured, we will definitely not count this scratch on your head.”
“Okay, I’m relieved if you say that.” Xiao Yao nodded, walked to the stage, and sat down in front of the piano.
Opening the piano cover, Xiao Yao stretched out his hands and pressed the keys of the piano to play. Xiao Yao didn’t really want to play the piano here, so he didn’t play any classic piano music from his previous life. He just picked a piano music that is popular in the world and played it.
Although Xiao Yao didn’t play very hard, after more than ten years of practice, Xiao Yao’s level is placed there. The tune that popped up still sounds very good. Some customers in the restaurant gave some applause politely.
But Xiao Yao frowned just as soon as he flicked. Then Xiao Yao’s tune was interrupted, and Xiao Yao tilted his head slightly, extended a finger with one hand, and repeatedly pressed a key.
At this time, the beautiful piano music became a monotonous noise, and many customers showed dissatisfaction.
At this time, the waiter who led Xiao Yao to the stage also walked up unhappy and waved his hand to try to stop Xiao Yao and said, “Sir, what are you doing?”
“Young, what’s the matter with you?” Tim Haggis had seen Xiao Yao play the guitar. It was not surprising that he could play the piano, but playing the piano well suddenly became a deliberate mess? So Tim Haggis also left his seat and walked over.
Xiao Yao stopped, got up on the piano bench, walked to the waiter, glanced at his badge first, then stared into his eyes and said: “Wilin, are you sure you saw Huai last night? Yate is here, playing on this piano for two hours?”
“How did you know that the pianist was Wyatt last night?” The waiter with the name on the badge looked at Xiao Yao in surprise, “Who are you?”
“I told you that I also play the piano,” Xiao Yao said, “So I can tell you with certainty that a key on this piano is offset by at least one whole tone. If you guessed it correctly, it should have been yesterday afternoon. It was caused by the customer who fell and hit the piano. Wyatt is a professional pianist in the piano department of Chambers Conservatory of Music. He will not fail to hear such obvious problems, and he will definitely not be able to play two with such a piano. Hours. When the police came to investigate today, you lied to the police. Wyatt never touched the piano last night, did he?”
“Are you a policeman? Why should I tell you?” The waiter named Welling showed some panic on his face, but still insisted.
Xiao Yao directly pulled up the right side of Tim Haggis’s suit jacket, revealing the police badge and gun on his waist, saying: “I am not a policeman, but this is an FBI agent. You are thinking of the FBI interrogation room. Are you telling the truth?”
Willing remained silent, but his face was getting redder.
“Although the surveillance cameras in your store are not facing the performance stage, I want to use the traffic cameras outside. It is not difficult to find a few car owners who entered your store for dinner last night through the license plate number. I think some of them must remember that there was There is no pianist to perform.” Since Tim Haggis has been dragged down by Xiao Yao, and he sees that the waiter is indeed having a problem, so at this moment he has to go all out and even coaxes the waiter Willing. “I tell you, Wyatt is involved in a murder case. If you insist on what you said to NYPD and finally confirm that Wyatt is the murderer, you will be treated as an accomplice in the murder. .”
“Murder?” Welling was startled. “The detective who came to investigate today did not tell me that Wyatt was a suspect in the murder. If he kills someone, it definitely has nothing to do with me.”
“Come with me,” Tim Haggis took Welling’s arm and led him to a corner and said, “So you can tell us the truth now?”
“Yes,” Willing said, “Wyatt did come to the restaurant last night and was supposed to perform a piano performance. But he answered the phone and left before he started. What he told me before he left was His girlfriend had an accident, so he had to check it out. Yesterday the boss was absent. He didn’t want to be known by the boss that he missed his job. So he gave us several waiters 100 dollars and let us tell the boss that he was performing here last night. Passed. Later when the police came to investigate, the boss was in the shop. I didn’t want to lose my job, so I could only tell the police that Wyatt performed here for two hours as usual last night.”
“OK,” Xiao Yao put away the mobile phone in his hand and said, “I have recorded what you said just now. It is already late now, and it is estimated that the detective in charge is off work. Let’s go, tomorrow morning. , You go to the ninth branch with us to find Detective Maier to change your statement.” Detective Maier was the middle-aged detective who arrested Sun Tingting at the time. The information Xiao Yao brought back from the female lawyer Veronica has already Know his name.
“This…” Welling hesitated.
“This is a murder case. You don’t want to keep that lie.” Tim Haggis said, “You take the initiative to confess. I promise the police will not pursue your false confession before.”
“Okay, I will go.” Welling thought for a while, and finally nodded and agreed, “The address of my apartment is 750 Oakland Avenue, 5C, I’m waiting for you.” Welling left his phone number to Di. Humm, then turned and left.
“It has now been proved that Wyatt’s alibi is indeed false. We will go to Detective Maier tomorrow and let him initiate the investigation of Wyatt.” Xiao Yao breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at Tim Haggis. , “Tim, thank you. Now we can enjoy the food with peace of mind, as we said before, I invite you!”
(End of this chapter)