After Maori Kogoro calmed down Okuhei Kakuzo, he looked at Karasawa with a serious face and said, "Detective Karasawa, please explain the situation first."
"First of all, it is a fact that Mr. Kakuzo was murdered," Karasawa said. "And according to Mr. Kakuzo's testimony, it was Miss Kikuyo, the housekeeper, who attempted to kill him."
"Ah, that's right! She was right beside me when I woke up, and she even told me the trick she had set up!" Ou Ping Jiao Zang said angrily, "If I hadn't run into Detective Tang Ze, I would have been killed before I could even ask for help!"
"No way to ask for help?"
Maori Kogoro was a little surprised when he heard this and asked, "Why is that? Didn't Mr. Kakuzo tell you that there was a mechanism in the room that could kill him?"
"The answer to this question lies in this method."
Tang Ze asked people to enter the study and stand in the open area next to it, while closing the door and putting the books back on the ground.
Because Tang Ze stopped it in time, the method of the case was not actually destroyed too much.
Soon, Tangze placed the books at the door one by one. As for the books next to the door, they were large-format books bought by Okuhei Kakuzo.
This book is much larger than other normal books, almost the size of an A3 paper.
"The books are spilling over onto that little cart over there."
Xiaolan looked at the books connected to the gate and couldn't help but say, "That seems to be right below the rope."
"Yes, when I rescued Mr. Kakuzo, he was sitting on top of the pile of books on this cart.
This was originally a tool he used to organize books, but the criminal used it as a method of murder."
Tang Ze pulled the somewhat bewildered Hondou Eisuke to the cart and gestured for him to sit on the stack of books: "Look, the height of these books is just enough for a person's feet to dangle in the air.
This means that people lack support for their legs when sitting on it.
Then all that was left was to put an adhesive-coated rope around his neck and the technique was complete. The only thing left was who would open the door.
As long as the door is opened suddenly from the outside, the books arranged in a straight line will be pushed by the first large-format book and hit the cart.
The cart has pulleys, so it will definitely shake if it is hit by the books on the ground.
Mr. Kakuzo, who was sitting on the cart piled high with books, would lose his balance and fall down because his whole body was unsupported.
The rope hanging around Bo's neck becomes a deadly noose, creating the illusion of suicide by hanging."
This technique is actually very simple to explain. There are books placed at the back door. If you open the door forcefully, the cart will move.
Then the person sitting on the pile of books will lose balance because their feet are hanging in the air and they cannot support themselves and will be hanged to death.
After the actual demonstration, everyone easily understood the full picture of this technique.
"I believe you when you say it was a murder in a closed room, but there's no way to disguise it as suicide, right?"
Maori Kogoro raised some doubts: "After all, if you just sit on the book, even if the rope is glued, you should be able to untie it with your hands, right?
To avoid this, Kakuzo-san's hands should have been tied, and then we wouldn't be able to judge it as suicide."
"Let Mr. Kakuzo tell us about this himself." Tang Ze smiled and said, "What exactly is locking his hands?"
"It's a vase."
Okuhei Kakuzo’s face darkened as he spoke of this: “She made me hold onto my proud vase with my hands behind my back!
But it's worth fifty million, a precious antique that even twenty million can't buy now!"
"But no matter how precious this vase is, it's nothing compared to your own life, right?" Maori Kogoro looked at Okuhei Kakuzo in surprise.
"This is the key to this technique," Tang Ze explained. "What do you think would happen if Mr. Kakuzo gave up the vase?"
"Of course it fell to the floor and broke into pieces." Xiaolan replied as a matter of course.
"There's only one vase in this study, and it's widely recognized as expensive. If it breaks, how will everyone react?"
Tang Ze's counter-question made everyone realize the problem.
The breaking of the vase will inevitably make a loud noise, and after hearing the noise, everyone in the house will naturally rush over to check the situation.
In order to prevent everyone from opening the door out of panic, Mr. Kakuzo did not dare to make any noise.
An expensive vase can make people lose their composure, and Mr. Kakuzo's own environment also makes it impossible for him to calm down.
In fact, when I arrived at the door, Mr. Kakuzo didn't have time to explain, he just shouted in panic, "Don't open the door."
However, this sentence actually acts as a catalyst for those who are not calm enough and are eager to check the situation, making them more eager to open the door and check the situation.
It can be said that this trick not only involves sophisticated practical techniques, but also psychological tricks.
She took advantage of people's rebelliousness and curiosity, making them unable to listen to Okuhikozo's words. At that critical moment, they unconsciously wanted to step into the area forbidden by the other party to understand the situation.
However, this is an absolute forbidden zone, and any slight violation can lead to a fatal murder.
"But how did the criminal arrange all this and then leave the study?" Hondou Eisuke asked in confusion.
"After putting sleeping pills in the coffee to knock Mr. Kakuzo unconscious and setting everything up, all I had to do was drape the large book over the door while it was open. Then I would go out through the remaining gap and slowly close the door. The trick would be complete."
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