fog city detective

At 5 a.m. the next day, the housekeeper once again received several guests. According to the order of death, they first came to No. 4 corpse, which was buried shallowly.Under the order of the butler, each guest got a piece of cardboard the size of A[-] paper and a pen.The housekeeper said: "Please write down the content you found on the spot on the cardboard. Please write down the key words, otherwise you will be considered cheating."

Today, there are six sightseeing cars for six guests, some of the seats in the car were removed, and tables and chairs were placed.Guests not only do not suffer from the sun in the sightseeing car, but also have ice drinks and refreshments.

The butler looked at the cardboards of each guest in turn, and asked each guest about some incomprehensible words.After the old lady finished writing and the housekeeper confirmed it.The butler stood in the middle of the six cars and began to ask: "Is this the scene where No. 5 was killed? Yes, please raise the blue sign on the table, if not, please raise the red sign."

Liang Xi and the middle-aged man chose blue, and the others chose red.The old lady explained: "The burial site is only 30 meters away from the villa, and the people in the villa will definitely hear the gunshots. The villa is at a high point, and you can see the burial site. This should not be the first murder scene."

The middle-aged man with the blue sign spoke: "The villa is at a high point, and you can see the burial site. It has nothing to do with whether you can hear the sound. The murderer would not be so careless and risky. The only possibility: when No. 5 was killed, other people were not in the villa Inside.

The princess with the red sign spoke: "I think the off-site reason is: from the forensic doctor's description, No. 5 was stunned by a blunt instrument. I think No. 5 was stunned by a sneak attack far away from the villa, and then shot dead. The body was killed by the murderer." Carry it here and bury it shallowly."

Liang Xi said: "We reversed the time. The time of death on the 5th was 30 hours. The police went to the island for 30 hours and counted down 5 hours. It should be the morning of the fourth day. I think the case on the island is murder, not passion. Murder. The murderer has not done anything for four days, he is looking for the right time. The right time refers to the time when shooting No. [-] will not alarm them."

梁袭道：“5号重85公斤，现场附近区域没有拖拽痕迹。能扛五号走超过30米的人只有2号和4号，并且还要小心衣服沾染上鲜血。5号是主动到这里，然后被枪杀。”

Prince Thresh said, "Maybe it's raining? It washed away the blood and drag marks."

Liang Xi said: "If it rains, other people must be in the villa. Will the murderer take the risk of carrying the body to a place where the villa can see it?"

The princess said: "If you are right, No. 5 was knocked unconscious here, and then shot. Why? Why not just shot? No. 5's cry for help will not be louder than the gunfire."

Liang Xi said: "Prepare for the next murder."

Anthony asked, "Can I switch sides?"

Everyone laughed together and the atmosphere became very relaxed.

A few minutes later, the butler said: "The Earl appreciates Mr. Liang, Her Royal Highness, Mr. House (middle-aged man), and Ms. Sasha (old lady) for their opinions, and will reward you with five silver coins."

Prince Thresh did not play tricks, because he is now a prince.Anthony happily accepted the result, at least no money was deducted.This also shows that the earl has very little information.

Liang Xi asked: "This is an unsolved case, am I right? You don't know the correct answer, how can you tell if we are correct?"

The butler replied: "Mr. Liang's question is very good. Last night, the Earl and I had a long discussion. We believe that this case cannot be solved according to the original detective question steps because it is an unsolved case. The significance of today's question is: we are looking for a An opponent. An opponent is to oppose the reasoning of others as much as possible."

Anthony asked, "Synthetic reasoning?"

The butler nodded: "Yes, it is no longer the previous survey site questioning. Because no one can determine what happened on the island, we will choose the most convincing speculation, which can convince the opponents. Therefore, the ability of the opponents Very important, we hope to be able to pick a naysayer among Mr Liang, Her Royal Highness, Mr House and Ms Sasha."

The housekeeper said: "As long as the opponents don't passively slow down their work, not only can they keep the gold coins in their hands, but they can also get two extra gold coins. I highly recommend Mr. Liang to be the opponent."

Liang Xi refused: "I am a detective, I only look for the truth, and I don't find fault with the detective who is looking for the truth."

The butler nodded and said, "I have a question. After yesterday's investigation, is there anyone who has confirmed the framework of the case and identified the murderer?"

Anthony and Liang Xi raised their hands together.Liang Xi looked at Anthony, and Anthony chuckled, "Just guess."

Fuck!Lost his eyes, this guy is a bit wise and foolish.Anthony seemed to know that this invitation was different from the past, and he didn't show any performance on the first question.

Since Liang Xi and Anthony had already made a decision, the opponents could only be selected among the other three. The middle-aged man gave up first. The reason for giving up was that he thought he was too far away from the truth to be an opponent.According to the performance of yesterday's survey, the butler recommended the princess.Sasha, one of the candidates, didn't seem to approve of the princess becoming an opponent, but in the end she didn't speak out to stop it, so the princess became an opponent.

The princess has a keen interest in the detective and she finds many inconsistencies in the case, which she cannot explain.Since some people think they can solve the case, the princess really hopes that they can explain these contradictions to herself.The two people who currently claim to have solved the case are both people who now or once ran a detective agency.

The princess looked at Liang Xi: "Mr. Liang, can I take the liberty to ask a personal question?"

Liang Xi nodded: "Yes."

The princess asked: "How long have you taken over the Rose Detective Agency?"

Liang Xi replied, "About half a year."

The princess asked: "How much is the total revenue of the detective agency?"

Liang Xi replied: "I'm sorry Your Royal Highness, this is the second question." How to answer?Opened for half a year and earned £21?You have the face to ask, but I have no face to answer.

Thresh looked at Liang Xi's serious pretentiousness, and laughed until he burst into laughter, but maintained a kind attitude on the surface: "Mr. .”

Liang Xi walked down the steps: "Yes, I'm sorry, Your Highness Princess." This prince is not bad.

The princess said generously, "It doesn't matter."

Seeing that the opponents had been selected, the steward said, "Since there are still three guests who have no answers, then I will give you another day. Let's solve the case together at the Blood Moon Banquet tonight."

……

After lunch, Anthony and Liang Xi chatted on the city wall, not about the case, but about the blood moon invitation.Anthony, who has participated in many blood moon invitations, told Liang Xi that this invitation was hasty.The middle-aged man House took the initiative to join the conversation. He told the two that the island case had only been arranged three days ago.As a private eye, he took the unusual detective line.

House had already conducted a comprehensive investigation of the layout of the castle, and already knew which case Blood Moon had prepared for the invitation.But House did not expect that the castle temporarily changed the case three days ago, so the rules could only be changed temporarily.

why?The three are good at reasoning, and they think that the person who changed the blood moon invitation case is likely to be related to the isolated island case.Then we talked about wishing gold coins.House suggested that Liang Xi convert the wishing gold coins into euros or pounds.As a private detective, House had already figured out the ins and outs of Blood Moon's invitation.Under Liang Xi's inquiry, House explained the Blood Moon invitation to Liang Xi.

The British earl who held the blood moon invitation was a detective fan, so there was the first blood moon invitation.The invitation to the second Blood Moon was utilitarian from the start, and the special guests they invited were candidates for the core members of the European Skull and Bones Society in their minds.Get a more three-dimensional and comprehensive understanding of candidates through blood moon invitations.

Both princesses and princes are targets that Skull and Bones would like to recruit.

Chapter 143 Blood Moon Invitation

Liang Xi asked, "But what about us?"

House said: "We are the green leaves and foil of the princess and the prince."

Anthony asked: "Is the European Skull and Bones strong?"

House replied: "It depends on how you understand it. Let's be strong, the Skull and Bones will not have any armed forces, no thugs, and the core organization is a group of intelligence collectors and intelligence analysts. Let's not be strong, look at the owner of Blood Moon Castle, he not only He is an earl, and very rich, and his friends are the great people of all countries."

Anthony asked, "Why are you telling us these things?"

House took a sip of mineral water, slowly tightened the bottle cap, and said, "I only have five silver coins. In order to get the invitation for the next blood moon, I really need the case of the Gudao case. You two may wish to make an offer. "

Liang Xi said: "Let me ask a question first. According to Mr. House, what do you mean: the European Skull and Bones is actually a platform for the powerful, a platform for the big shots?"

House replied: "Accurately speaking, it is a private detective agency that provides customized services for European dignitaries."

Liang Xi: "Can I buy information?"

House asked: "Do you want to buy John's information?"

Liang Xi nodded.

"John is a good man." Anthony and House joined John in the last Blood Moon invitation.

Liang Xi had a toothache, and every time he heard this sentence, he was a little at a loss.You said this when you knew you had nothing good to say, but you couldn't refute it, you couldn't refute it.

After an awkward silence, Anthony said: "I used to think John was a staff member of Skull and Bones."

Liang Xi was taken aback, which seemed to explain why John came back out of the mountain after many years of retirement.Anthony didn't care about Liang Xi's reaction, as if he didn't say that, he said to House: "I can tell you all about my reasoning process, if you don't need money, just treat it as if you owe me a favor."

Liang Xi was immersed in his own thinking, and didn't notice that what Anthony said to House had any deep meaning.

If the assumption that John is a staff member of the Skull and Bones Society is true, it means that John was not directly commissioned by a big man, but was commissioned by the European Skull and Bones Society.This explains why John did not inform Liang Xi of his employer's identity in his suicide note.Because John wasn't sure who hired himself to investigate Angela.

Anthony's seemingly chatty words opened up Liang Xi's thinking in one fell swoop and resolved many contradictions in John's suicide note.It explained why John had a secret room, and explained why the gangsters focused on destroying and burning the secret room.The murderer is a member of the European Skull and Bones Society?Or is it a big shot?

Anthony glanced at House, and House glanced at Liang Xi who was immersed in his own world. Without saying anything, he picked up a beer and touched Anthony.

Prince Thresh was sunbathing in sunglasses 20 meters away. He seemed to be asleep, but in fact he saw House and Anthony's every move with his eyes open.Although he couldn't hear what they were saying, Thresh could tell that there was an unspeakable relationship between House and Anthony.

……

The bloody night banquet was held.The owner of the castle, the Earl of England, Hansen, who is in his 60s this year, attended the banquet in person.During the first half of the banquet, we ate and chatted normally.After dessert, the housekeeper provided everyone with a pen, paper and a tablet computer, and everyone needed to present the truth of their desert island case in concrete words.As an old rule, you can only write keywords, which is a way to avoid plagiarism.

After the maids delivered fruit and refreshments, they left the restaurant together with other staff.Only the Earl and the six Blood Moon guests were left in the restaurant.

The count gently shook the brandy glass in his hand, quietly watching the busy six guests, he knew the identities of several of them.

House, the American agent, relied on the blood moon invitation to earn gold coins, and then used the gold coins to buy the information Americans wanted to know from the European Skull and Bones Society.It's a pity that the level is slightly low. Relying on preparation in advance, stealing chickens and dogs, eavesdropping, tracking, and digging invitation information, I stayed three episodes in a shameless manner.

Anthony, an old man in the fifth period, a Russian foreign hired detective, he is House's guide.It was because Russia obtained a lot of personal and business intelligence from European dignitaries through Anthony that House joined the Blood Moon invitation on the recommendation of the ambassador.

Both Russia and the United States hope to expand their interests in Europe. National interests are in the hands of the powerful, and the information of the powerful is crucial to them.A president with an iron-clad camp and flowing water, the president is only an upstart, and the camp is the powerful.To put it bluntly, ordinary citizens are not qualified to sell their country even if they want to.

The prince and princess are candidates for observation recommended by key members of the European Skull and Bones Society.However, they didn't know that they were candidates for observation, and only under such circumstances could Skull and Bones make a more objective evaluation of the two.So far, the performance of the two is average.

On the contrary, Liang Xi was the simplest person among them. He came here with John's relic in his face.

……

After confirming everyone's keywords and sentences, start to confirm the order of speaking.The princess is the opponent, she can intervene at any time and has no right to speak.The old lady was not prepared enough and shook her head to give up.The prince drew a sketch portrait of the princess, who had raised the white flag of surrender.

In order to get the five silver coins reward for the first speech, House first raised his hand. Earl Hansen asked with a smile, "House, who did you copy the answer from?"

House responded with a smile: "A lot of people use toilets, but not many people are interested in who invented the toilet."

Anthony and Liang Xi looked at House together, and House smiled back.

Hansen said, "You only have five silver coins left?"

House replied: "I like to put myself to death."

Hansen said: "Okay, let's start."

House began to explain his reasoning about the desert island case.

House believed that the murderer was the third last professor who died, but there were two murderers.

第一位死者5号遇害10个小时之后2号遇害，5号被人浅埋。5号尸体是被警察找到的，说明其他人并不知道5号遇害。他们会认为5号失踪，或者在荒岛中迷路。这给了凶手接下来杀人的机会。

No. 5 was killed during the day, and No. 5 had not returned at night. Under the worry of the professor, everyone decided to go out to find No. 5.Considering the possibility of returning to the villa on the 5th, people should be kept in the villa.Who will stay?The professor is relatively old, and it is more dangerous to go looking for people at night, so he will stay.The remaining 1, 2, 3, 4, and 2 people will leave one person to accompany the professor to wait at home.The professor didn't care who was left behind, he killed them and hid them in the closet of the second bedroom. No. [-] was killed.

The third deceased was No. 8 who was killed in 1 hours, which was in the morning.At this time, others did not know that No. 2 and No. 5 had been killed.After everyone searched, the professor told them that No. 2 went to the south to find No. 5 by the forest and seaside.Everyone was very tired, rested and waited until dawn and found that neither No. 2 nor No. 5 came back.Since No. 2 is directional, everyone decided to look for No. 2 at the forest and seaside in the south. Girl No. 1 worked all night and stayed in the villa to rest.

3 and 4 went out together to find No. 2, and the girl No. 1 stayed in the villa and was killed.

There are 3, 4, and 6 left.

No. 6, the murderer professor, was sitting in the study. When No. 3 and No. 4 were about to return to the villa, he shot himself in the back of the head, and the gun dropped to the ground after death. No. 3 and No. 4 rushed to the villa after hearing gunshots, and found that No. 1 girl died in the restaurant and No. 6 professor died in the study.The two discussed that No. 5, who had never been seen, was probably the murderer.

So No. 3 and No. 4 took pistols and went to the beach where the only boat was located, wanting to leave the island.After arriving at the beach where the ship was located, No. 3 and No. 4 suspected each other, and there was a dispute between the two sides, and finally No. 3 shot and killed No. 4.

No. 3 eventually returned to the villa and committed suicide in the bedroom.

After House finished speaking, the princess said, "Mr. House, I have a lot of questions to ask."

Hansen said: "Don't worry, come one by one."

The princess picked up her notebook and asked, "The first question is that the 5th didn't come home until night, and everyone went out to look for the 5th. Why did you have to leave someone to accompany the professor?"

House looked at Anthony, and Anthony said: "Professor can say that if No. 5 didn't come back, he might be injured. Suppose everyone went out to look for No. 5, and No. 5 came back alone. He couldn't deal with No. 5's injury." House only The process of the case was obtained, but the explanation of the contradiction was not obtained.

Liang Xidao: "I have a different opinion. I think dealing with number 2 is not accidental, but inevitable. After the death of male number 5, there are still two males and two females left. The first choice is to get rid of the male first. Let number 2 keep a lot of people. Simple, do some tricks in the food, everyone had dinner and waited for No. 5 to come back. When discussing going out to find someone, No. 2 was depressed and sleepy. For safety reasons, the professor asked No. 2 to go to the second bedroom to rest first. This is also to hide No. 2 The reason for the wardrobe in the second bedroom."

Anthony thought for a while, nodded: "You are right."

公主再问：“第二个问题，1、3、4号搜寻回来之后，为什么1号女生没有继续跟随3、4号出去寻找2号呢？”

House said: "Liang Xi has already answered, food. The professor rested all night, and he is the master again, so he can tamper with the food of girl No. 1."

The princess said: "Mr. Liang said that men should be dealt with first, why didn't they do something about men's No. 4 food?"

House asked for help, and Anthony replied: "If number 4 is exhausted, 1 and 3 are women, and they may give up going out to search. Secondly, the relationship between 1 and 3 is very good, and it is difficult to provoke them. In order to let 3 and 4 interact with each other Suspicion, cannibalism, so 1 became the target."

Liang Xi added: "Although No. 3 is a woman, the strongest woman among women has a chance to kill No. 4."

The princess nodded: "The third question, No. 3 and No. 4 returned to the villa, No. 1 has been dead for several hours, No. 6, the murderer professor just died, didn't they notice the time difference?"

House replied: "I don't think they have the ability to judge the time of death. It was the first murder they discovered at that time. Even if they had the ability to judge, they would lose their ability to judge because of panic."

Princess: "The fourth question, why did they take the pistol?"

House replied: "They suspect that No. 5 hid and killed everyone. Since there are weapons at this time, they must take weapons for self-defense."

Princess: "The fifth question, the key question, since both No. 3 and No. 4 think that No. 5 killed people, and they fled to the beach, why did there be internal strife?"

House replied: "They found number 5 dead."

The princess asked: "The body of No. 5 was only excavated after the incident. How did they know that No. 5 was dead?"

House asked for help again, and Anthony hesitated this time: "I can't explain why they fought among themselves, but judging from their defensive injuries, they have fought. This proves that they are not the murderer, because the murderer will take the pistol. You can shoot and kill without fighting. After all, you are the last person."

Liang Xi added: "Because of the bullets, six people have six bullets. No. 6 and No. 3 found out from the number of bullets that No. 4 and No. 5 may have been killed. Then one of them must be the murderer. Anthony said earlier However, woman No. 2 is stronger, maybe she has a gun. If she didn’t have a gun, and thought of the number of bullets, she would want to hold the gun by herself. The two parties originally only suspected each other, because there was a problem with the control of the pistol, which eventually led to There were snatches and fights."

The princess thought for a while, and it made sense, and asked, "Why did girl No. 3 go to the bedroom of the villa to commit suicide in the end?"

House and Anthony watched Liang Xi together, and Liang Xi replied: "No. 3 thinks that the murderer has been killed, and the ship cannot go to sea, so returning to the villa and waiting for rescue is the best choice. No. 3 committed suicide because of the photos on the table."

Liang Xi turned on the computer and zoomed in on the on-site photos taken at that time. A photo was placed in a frame. Because the photo was too old to see clearly, it was still recognizable as a group photo of two people, one man and one woman, one old and one young.

Liang Xidao: "I ask His Royal Highness to look up information, although I don't understand why I don't have a mobile phone, but everyone else does."

House and Anthony said together: "We didn't either."

Hansen was a little embarrassed, but Liang Xi ignored him and continued: "The professor had a child. The child died in the First World War, and a girl was left behind. The girl was drowned while camping and swimming when she was in college. 5 people They're all girls' classmates."

House immediately said: "Five people killed the girl. After her grandfather found out, he wanted to avenge her, so he invited five people to the island."

"Sorry to interrupt. The girl died accidentally while participating in the camping club activities. It has nothing to do with the 5 people. The 5 people did not participate in the camping club." The princess picked up the phone and said: "Cheating device. The professor received 3 After the letter from girl No. 3, she invited No. 3 to go to the island to discuss string theory, but the professor didn’t know how many fellows No. [-] had.”