Chapter 28 The Murderer



Xun Ming: @Cang Hai, are you there? Do you need guidance on emotional writing?

Canghai replied: Get out!

Xun Ming: @永夜, I have an idea. You set up a case and ask Mr. Zhong to choose between his old enemy (former best friend) and his current best friend. Mr. Zhong is having a hard time making a decision, and his old enemy is irritating. Mr. Zhong chooses to save the captain of the security team, but chooses to die with his old enemy. In the last ten minutes of his life, Mr. Zhong reconciles with his old enemy and feels relieved. However, his old enemy wants Mr. Zhong, who is angry and has fallen into darkness, more. How about it, very attractive, right?

Yongye replied: ...

Canghai replied: Hahahahahahahahahahaha, love to read, write quickly!

Xun Ming replied: Oh, I got some inspiration from your book too...

Xi Yujin used the pseudonym Xun Ming to output a fabricated and melodramatic outline, and he suddenly felt much happier.

Although Xun Ming cannot make money from writing, he can earn happiness! He may not be able to satisfy all readers, but he can definitely satisfy himself.

After having fun, Xi Yujin felt refreshed and started writing literature to make money.

I only wrote two chapters of "Fairy Tale of Life and Death", so that's fine. I wrote several days of updates for "Mr. Zhong's Detective Cases", so this can be regarded as an extra chapter to thank readers for their appreciation.

The progress of "The Tomb Code" was much slower. He wanted to mix in some Chinese horror, but it was too difficult to translate these earth terms into alien language, so Ganuo had to translate them twice. In order to make it easier for readers to understand, he almost wrote a page of draft, then wrote two pages of annotations, and drew a diagram from time to time.

The thickness of the manuscript doubled, and Xi Yujin almost forgot the time until the clock donated by the Materialistic Reading Club sounded a reminder, and he finally came out of his writing state.

"Why do I feel dizzy even though I am a diamond?"

Xi Yujin has many questions about his current body, but his mental power is still unable to analyze them, so all his doubts can only be left unresolved.

He sent "The Code of the Ancient Tomb" to the Flash Tribe and asked whether the thickness of the manuscript met the requirements.

The Flash tribe quickly replied:

"An unexpected manuscript! Mr. Canghai, you really make the stars dim! My suggestion is that some of the proper nouns can be published in a separate volume as a gift for a limited-time event. Currently, the number of words in your text has reached the standard for publishing a single volume. Are you willing to participate in our first batch of publishing plans?"

Xi Yujin is certainly willing to publish it first and see the readers' feedback.

On the Flash Tribe side, Da Zi was reading the manuscript with great interest. Although the alarm told it that one of its underground palaces had been dug up by its own tribe, that was not important. It looked through the diagrams in "The Tomb Code" very carefully, and the inspiration for building a new underground palace surged more and more. It really wanted to find a new planet to test it out immediately. Did its own tribe know how happy it was?

After dealing with several aliases, Xi Yujin finally had the opportunity to return to his original job as "Yujin".

It’s time for a new issue of “Reader” to go online.

This time he did a special issue on O. Henry, picked out his favorite short stories and put them in the "Classic Miscellany" column, and made up a few inspirational stories and food essays and stuffed them into the "Fireside Night Chat" column. In order to facilitate the creation of the vest image, he also set up a new "Literary Leisure" column as a vest chat room.

Then it’s time to ask Ganuo to translate the new short story…

He wrote a lot, and Ganuo's translation workload was also very heavy, and he was halfway behind the main text. Xi Yujin felt very guilty about this.

On the other side, Ganuo was browsing the comments section of the first issue of "Reader". He looked at the conversation between Xun Ming and others and fell into confusion:

Best friend is indeed a polysemous word, right?

He thought of how Xi Yujin always used the word "close friends" when introducing them. Yujinnuo would also take time to chat with his close friends online in the empty room. It was said that they had never been apart since the beginning of the journey. Even if they all went out to play, Yujinnuo would still work hard on the spaceship to revise the manuscripts for all his friends.

Emberno said he had a group of close friends...

He looked at the huge cabin. In the living room was a half-meter-high model of a spaceship that Xi Yujin had bought. The merchant had doubled the price because he saw that Xi Yujin didn't know the price. He hadn't followed Xi Yujin at that time. Now he suddenly felt a little strange.

The comparison between Mr. Zhong's Detective Stories and Fairy Tale Love and Death continues. Readers of both sides gradually develop some real feelings.

Yongye has been updating a lot recently, with three chapters every day, which is very enjoyable for readers. However, Xunming seems to be possessed by a pigeon spirit, updating less and less. Yongye's discussion rate has gradually caught up with Xunming, becoming a popular author with no shortcomings.

Today's Yongye rarely leaves a message in the author's words.

“This “Ghost Killer” will open a new chapter for the protagonist. I would like to thank my friend here. If it weren’t for him, I would have finished it long ago.”

This post was quickly moved to the forum for discussion.

-Yongye spoke for a rare time, and he even mentioned his friends? And his tone was very unlike Yongye, he seemed like a bad friend.

-The boss’s friends must also be bosses!

-Is it just me who is curious about the new chapter?

The loyal fans of Eternal Night immediately opened "Ghost Buster". It looks like a big case, and today's update didn't even explain the previous story. Fans are even happier, because not telling the ending all at once means they have more time to guess the murderer! This time they will definitely guess it right.

【When I came to this planet, I heard about the death of my ex-husband. After all, I was married before, so I felt heavy in my heart when I heard about this. So I went to the crime scene after hearing the news. There were two prominent figures at the scene, who were said to be the seconded sheriff and his good friend Mr. Zhong.

Mr. Zhong, Mr. Shi once praised this person's news.

By the way, Mr. Shi was my psychiatrist. 】

"This time it's from the first-person perspective? Interesting." The alien reader pondered, "I guess it's to highlight Mr. Zhong's wisdom. Other novels often use this kind of contrasting technique. The main perspective is messed up, and then the big guy comes out and kills everyone in an instant."

"I already know Yongye's routine. Any murderer identified by the security captain at the beginning must be a fake!" Book friends are already ready to eliminate the suspects.

"He got promoted and is now the sheriff. So what's the sheriff's real name? What's Mr. Zhong's real name?" There are always book lovers who like to pay attention to strange details.

【“The deceased was a wealthy businessman.” The sheriff recorded the current incident information. “He was in a bad mood and wanted to travel alone in the universe, so he set the autopilot mode. Before departure, his cleaner confirmed that the deceased was the only one on the ship. When the spaceship returned to the autopilot, the secretary opened the door and saw that the wealthy businessman was already dead in the ship.

After preliminary testing, the cause of death was poisoning."

"Wait, this spaceship smells like food." The sheriff said dissatisfiedly, "Can someone turn on the cleaning system?"

The fellow explorer said weakly: "This spaceship is customized. The secretary and cleaner who can drive it were just sent to the hospital because they ate the wrong food..."

Sheriff: “What a coincidence?”

"Hello, I know how to operate this type of spaceship." I hurriedly stepped forward to introduce myself, "I am... the deceased's former partner." After saying this, my heart ached again. I helped them turn on the cleaning system, and the ventilator was whirring. At the same time, I found a pile of garbage familiarly and said apologetically: "He is quite lazy and always doesn't clean up the dishes after meals. So the spaceship must hire a cleaner..."

Sheriff: "Take the food scraps for testing."]

As more details of the case unfold, guessing the murderer becomes the greatest pleasure for readers.

"Now there are three main characters. I am the deceased's ex-partner. My motive may be love murder. The cleaner, a seemingly honest man, may be motivated by money. The secretary, the deceased's secretary, may be driven by excessive overtime and killed her boss. I think the last one is very likely!"

"You must be working for the Flying Duck Chamber of Commerce..."

"It doesn't matter who committed the crime. The key is how the crime was committed. How did the murderer poison the patient?"

On the second day after the incident, the sheriff and others also felt a little uncomfortable. After testing, they found that they were also poisoned with a trace amount of poison. However, this poison was different from the poison in the deceased. It was just a milder poison that caused allergies. Unless you drink 3 kilograms of it, it would not be fatal.

The inspection report of the spacecraft was also released, and there were trace amounts of poison residues in almost all places! However, the deceased's secretary and cleaner had lived on the spacecraft before, and there was no sign of being poisoned. So the poisoning must have taken place during the time when the deceased was alone on the spacecraft.

The only possibility is... there is a ghost killer who sneaked into the spacecraft, poisoned it, and then slipped away quietly...

"So, this is a locked room murder case!" The readers of the universe have already learned these terms. "There may be a perfect locked room in this world, but there can't be a perfect murder method. As long as it's done, there will definitely be evidence left. Hehe, Mr. Zhong's lines are so cool."

Readers who are more into reasoning think carefully.

The mainstream result is that the secretary is most likely to have committed murder. "I" was just a tool to draw out the deceased's personality. "I" and the deceased were once a model couple and chose this spaceship together.

In the book, Mr. Zhong felt a little awkward for the first time. He stopped thinking about the motive for the crime and started thinking about the method of poisoning. Was it to smear poison on the pages of the book? Was it to poison the coffee pot? The deceased was a lazy person. If he knew the habits of the deceased, he might be able to poison him secretly.

After several chapters of the sheriff looking for evidence and Mr. Zhong overturning the evidence, Mr. Zhong finally found a clue.

"I actually overlooked a moving object." Mr. Zhong was annoyed. "Cleaning system fan, take it apart and have a look."

Sheriff: "As you command, Mr. Detective."

The cleaning system is very difficult to dismantle. It has 10 windows, each with a different pattern. Once it starts to rotate, it will show a static grid pattern, which is integrated with the spacecraft wall. There is a cleaning core hidden deep behind the ten sectors. After testing, it was found to contain a trace amount of poison.

I watched from the side and helped to dismantle the fans. One of the fans had my handwriting on it. I loved it so much that I once painted on the still fan and asked him to think of me when he saw the fan while working.

"The poison was hidden in the cleaning core. Once it was turned, the poison would evaporate. The deceased was poisoned." Mr. Zhong said, "The secretary and the cleaner were admitted to the hospital because they were also poisoned."

Sheriff: "We know the method of poisoning, but how did the murderer kill so accurately? There is no sign that the spaceship has been disassembled since it was purchased. How did the poison get in? Why are there two kinds of poison?"

Mr. Zhong: "Since it has not been disassembled during use, it must have been put in before use. Hello, you said that you and the deceased bought this spaceship together, right?"

I said calmly, "Yes. Am I the murderer? Did I kill him?" My breathing became difficult.

Mr. Zhong: "Maybe it's you, but I don't understand."

Mr. Zhong looked at me and said, "Let's start from the beginning. You married the deceased, you bought a spaceship, and then poisoned the spaceship.

You and the dead live in a spaceship. The dead is a lazy person, and you only need to be more diligent to keep the entire spaceship clean. You can avoid turning on the poisonous fan, so that you can live in peace.

There are two types of toxicity on the fan. The fan with strong toxicity is the one you left your handwriting on. Since you want the deceased to think of you when he sees the handwriting, then this fan must have never been running before. If it is sent for testing, it should be able to serve as evidence.

After you divorced the deceased, the deceased hired a cleaner. If you don't turn on this system for the time being, no one will get into trouble.

When the deceased was traveling alone, he smelled the stench of food and turned on the fan with a strong poison. When the spacecraft returned on autopilot, the secretary and the cleaner came in and also turned on the fan with a weak poison because they smelled the stench of food. We were also poisoned because of this. "

"But I don't understand why after learning about the death of the deceased, they would come to see it with their own eyes?"】

[I have nothing to say, Mr. Zhong is right.]

I love him so much, but I heard he always changes his mind, so I bought this special spaceship. If he doesn't love me anymore, I will kill him.

That day was actually our wedding anniversary, and if he really loved me, he would be upset and would go out alone. There was no cleaner at that time, so he would open the cleaning ventilation system because he was lazy. If he opened the nine ventilation windows, he would just vomit and have diarrhea for a while, just as punishment for leaving me.

If he lets go and doesn't want to see our past, he'll turn on the fan.

The characteristic of the fan is that when it rotates, it shows another pattern. Only when it stops, the words on the fan blades that record our loving moments will appear.

Since he really loved me, please let him... die forever at the moment when he wants to forget his love for me.

So when I heard the news of his death, I couldn’t wait to come and see him. 】

"Damn! So that's how it is!" The reader slapped his thigh.

The series of "Ghost Killer" lasted longer than any other case in the past, and involved a lot of information. In addition to the details of the real murderer "me", there were also details of various supporting characters, as well as the humorous interactions between the sheriff and Mr. Zhong. From the readers' point of view, it was a series of twists and turns, and there were hot posts floating at the top of the forum every day.

"This case is really different from the previous ones! It's more detailed and more difficult to guess. It also focuses on portraying the characters' psychology. I'm looking forward to Mr. Zhong's remaining cases!"

"The murderer's confession at the end was really creepy. The sense of immersion was so strong. I always read books from the first-person perspective, so I naturally thought that the first-person perspective was safe. I didn't expect that I was the mastermind behind it!"

"Mr. Shi is actually the main character, and he knows Mr. Zhong. You see, this brief description makes people even more curious about their relationship."

[When I confessed my guilt, I handed Mr. Zhong a business card that belonged to my psychiatrist, Mr. Shi. He had told me to do this.

There is another line of words on the back of the business card: The patient in front of you is very similar to me.

Are Mr. Shi and I similar? I am just a little more obsessed with clean emotions.

Mr. Zhong looked pale. This was the first time I saw this wise man behave like this.

"It looks like he's a big villain. Welcome to the era of long-running serials for our detective stories!"

"Am I the only one who saw the word 'very similar' and automatically loaded the plot of Bai Yueguang's stand-in ex-husband reuniting?"

Readers discussed it enthusiastically, and Yongye’s new case received rave reviews.

Because "Ghost Killer" has a lot of emotional scenes, Xun Ming was once again used as a comparison material.

Many readers went to Xunming's comment section to leave messages:

"Be more capable! Show Yong Ye how heart-wrenching your emotions are!"

At this time, Xun Ming's vest happened to be compiling an outline for Yong Ye on his own forum, which was also a different way of fulfilling the readers' wishes. Unfortunately, this group of readers did not discover it yet.

Readers were disappointed and could only watch as Xun Ming became more and more late, while Yong Ye became more and more popular. This competition for new writers seems to have already had a result.

The Materialistic Reading Club has been very proud recently and wanted to give him the prize of their essay contest immediately, but unfortunately it did not meet the rules. The process of their essay contest is quite special. In addition to the website score, there is also a knowledge theory defense score.

"I have decided that even if I have to give Yongye a question bank, I will try my best to give Yongye a high score in his defense!"

Feiya Novel Network was in a state of anxiety, but when he saw a message, his eyes suddenly lit up.

“Title: Is there any creature that knows where Yongye learned so much criminal knowledge from?”

"I think I have an idea..." The big yellow ducks began to discuss conspiracies. "Wait for our foreign aid to arrive and implement it immediately."

Glitter Empire.

Da Zi moved out of the underground palace, looked up at the sky, and murmured, "Why are the booksellers so slow to arrive this time?"

The author has something to say:

The case approach in this chapter is inspired by "The Salvation of the Saint".

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