The Nursery Rhyme Murders opens with the sheriff inviting Mr. Zhong to visit an antique spaceship exhibition.
The tour guide said that this antique spaceship not only has a long history, but also has a mystery. The former owner invited ten guests to board the ship for an interstellar voyage, but when the ship returned on its own, nine of the ten guests died and the rest were missing.
The most bizarre thing is that the passengers died in the order of a nursery rhyme. This nursery rhyme can be seen everywhere in the ship, and the full text has been translated into different versions and inlaid in the center of the dining table, as if there is a divine will in the dark.
“Ten friends, nine chairs, one is out, lying on the ground;
Nine friends and eight chairs, one is out and does a handstand;
Eight friends, seven chairs, out in a chimney;
Seven friends and six chairs, one is out and acting;
…
One friend, one chair, monopolize the chair and think about the puzzle."
This nursery rhyme originated from an ancient game on Blue Star called "Musical Chairs". When the music stops, the person who does not sit on the chair will be eliminated, and then the corresponding punishment will be implemented according to this song.
[The sheriff said: "How is it, detective? I brought you here. I think you must be interested."
Mr. Zhong said, "I already know the answer to this case. If you want to know, I can share it with you."
Sheriff: "What? You figured it out so quickly?"
"No, this is the first case in my life where my reasoning failed."
Mr. Zhong revealed a shocking secret.
"I am the missing passenger."
Mr. Zhong fell into memories:
"I was sixteen years old that year, and one day I won this trip in a lottery. I later learned that I was not lucky, but was chosen.
I was so happy that I won the prize that I let my best friend sneak on board.
So people don’t know that there is actually one more passenger than rumored…”】
The sixteen-year-old Mr. Zhong is called Xiao Zhong; his good friend is called Xiao Shi.
The two are fearless and often work together to solve cases. They are a well-known young detective team. This time, Xiao Zhong received an invitation letter and immediately asked Xiao Shi to go with him, because in the eyes of others, they should be one.
So the two young men boarded this gorgeous antique ship, along with other passengers who were invited for various reasons, and they all seemed to be hiding their own secrets.
When everyone got on the boat, they found that the owner who invited them was not on the boat, and only the servants came to entertain them. The servants said that the owner would take a small airship to board the boat separately, and it was more important to let the antique boat sail first.
So the eleven passengers, including servants, were left isolated and helpless in space.
Because the passengers had different personalities, there was some friction. The group was sitting at the dining table noisily, and then an electronic voice completely broke the silence:
"I am a righteous judge, and I will judge you. You think you are between black and white, but the light of justice will torture you.
Gao Shu, you committed the crime of murdering Wu Li on the first day of the Lunar New Year of the Tiger.
Kafei, you once committed the crime of murdering a night watchman on the second day of the Chinese New Year of the Rabbit...
Of course, there are absolutely innocent people among you. Welcome our detective, Xiao Zhong.
You will be the judge of my crimes.
May the halo of justice be upon us.”
With Yongye's fame and Xun Ming's influence, "The Nursery Rhyme Murder Case" caused explosive discussion as soon as it was serialized.
Loyal detective fans immediately made a character relationship diagram.
XX is a physicist, and was invited by a friend in the same industry named XX, but XX seemed to have broken the appointment. In the electronic sound, the person he killed was called XX.
The relationships between the 11 characters are listed, and even Xiao Zhong himself is listed as a future suspect. Readers take notes of all the details, waiting to guess the ending before Yong Ye.
And this time, Mr. Zhong personally admitted that his reasoning failed when he was young.
If my reasoning is successful, wouldn’t I be more powerful than Mr. Zhong?
With a little vanity, readers began to search the details of the book, reading every line of the book, and then looking forward to tomorrow's update.
At this time, some curious onlookers went to the "Reader" forum to find out Xun Ming's reaction.
Xun Ming and Yong Ye did not leave any message, as if they had a tacit understanding.
But Xun Ming has not updated "Chaos Wind"!
Readers were @ing him crazily in his comment section, and leaving a string of question marks. What's going on? Has his old illness come back? He wants to give up before he's even finished half of the update?
Xun Ming then responded in the comment section of "Chaos Gale":
"I'm watching a play, waiting for him to finish writing."
The truth is, of course, that Xi Yujin is typing at a fast pace and has no time to spare.
But in the eyes of readers, this is the etiquette of a literary battle between two people. You update a plot, and I update another plot. Neither of us steals the popularity of the other. We rely purely on our strength to attract readers.
From this perspective, Xun Ming still has some manners?
Xun Ming's image gradually became three-dimensional in the minds of the readers of the universe. He is essentially an arrogant novelist who looks down on everyone. He obviously looks down on everyone. He can obviously write cool stories, but he likes to write lingering love stories. He is also a little polite to his friends. Humans are really complicated.
Therefore, readers who are not good at reading Xun Ming either go to read "True and False Wealthy Family" or come to watch the legendary Yong Ye who is guided by Xun Ming. They read several chapters and found that "Children's Song Murder Case" is more and more terrifying.
The story starts from Xiao Zhong's perspective.
He was designated as an innocent person, and all the passengers rushed to prove their innocence to him. Xiao Zhong was still a teenager and was under great pressure. Fortunately, Xiao Shi was there to help analyze the situation.
This Shi first appeared in the previous "Ghost Buster" and has a lot of connections with Mr. Zhong. Readers are very curious about their story, and seeing their interaction is a bit surprising - it turns out that Mr. Zhong was not bold and capable before, and was still very awkward in reasoning. He still had some image burdens when facing the praise of outsiders, while Mr. Shi was outgoing and enthusiastic, always inadvertently piercing the other's inner defenses with the shortest words.
The two friends initially reasoned that the ship owner was hiding somewhere on the ship, but they couldn't find the hiding place.
Soon, the first passenger died, lying stiffly on the bottom floor, just like the first line of the nursery rhyme.
Everyone thought he was strangled to death, but Xiao Zhong found out that he was poisoned. Xiao Zhong then thought that maybe the murderer was among them.
Readers started betting on the murderer in the comment section. Anyway, there are only 11 characters, excluding Xiao Zhong Xiaoshi, there are still 9, the murderer should be among these 9, there is always a chance to guess correctly.
Now readers no longer believe that there is a killer with extremely strong mental power. There is no perfect crime in the world, and everything can be traced in the objective materialistic world.
But the passengers in the book didn't think so. One weird passenger kept saying that there was a hidden killer and he had seen it with his own eyes.
Xiao Zhong is under a lot of psychological pressure and is a bit hesitant in his reasoning process, which really worries the readers!
Some readers who didn't see Xiao Zhong's great success turned to read Xun Ming's "Chaos Wind" to refresh themselves.
However, two more passengers died one after another, both in the same way as described in the nursery rhyme. The atmosphere in the book becomes more solemn and tense.
Xiao Zhong suggested that everyone stay together and sleep in the restaurant, and then he personally cut down all the chairs in the restaurant.
Because every time a passenger died, a chair was damaged. In order to disrupt the order of the nursery rhyme and to appease the children, Xiao Zhong destroyed all the chairs.
Readers were stunned when they read this passage:
"Hahaha, was Mr. Zhong so fierce before?"
"I finally feel a little relieved after reading this paragraph. Now Xiao Zhong will start reasoning!"
But accidents still happened. An old man fell into the extremely narrow puppet show window, and seemed to be injured by the sharp knife inside. When everyone found him, his blood had stained most of the window, and his body was motionless. Everyone couldn't even fish the body out, and could only cover it with a piece of cloth.
The survivors began to collapse, loudly accusing Xiao Zhong and each other of lying, and anyone could be the murderer. The passengers said that everyone had committed a real crime and was destined to be punished.
"Four have died. There are still seven passengers. Excluding Xiao Zhongxiao, there are only five left."
Readers are still discussing it enthusiastically.
"Choose one out of five. The chances of guessing the murderer correctly are very high."
"Seeing these passengers blaming each other, I think they really deserve it. They scolded Xiao Zhong so much and put all the blame on Xiao Zhong. It's really annoying."
Everyone acted separately.
Xiao Zhong was depressed for a while, but was encouraged by Xiao Shi to continue looking for the truth. His reasoning ability seemed to improve instantly, his thinking became calmer and clearer, and readers saw the hope of finding the truth again.
Xiao Zhong returns to the crime scene and starts reasoning again.
Readers cheered outside the book, some saying "I thought of that too" and some saying "I didn't even think of that." They pointed out who was the real murderer among the remaining passengers.
Another passenger died tragically.
But Xiao Zhong got more clues, and now he will definitely find the real murderer.
A passenger who had just spoken was killed tragically in the blink of an eye.
There are only three suspects left, and Xiao Zhong has already identified the real murderer. This time his reasoning is very complete. The murderer used a psychological blind spot to commit the crime. The method is so strange and unheard of that all readers believe it.
Readers shouted: "Go! Come on! Let's have a wonderful mystery to catch the real murderer!"
But when Xiao Zhong walked into the restaurant, the suspect had already died tragically on the dining table, with blood all over the floor.
Xiao Zhong was stunned.
The readers were also stunned.
What happened? This one died too?
They looked back at their notes and found that they had not used any of them?
Is the reasoning process completely wrong?
By the way, the case begins by saying that Xiao Zhong's reasoning was wrong. So that's what it means. It doesn't matter, Xiao Zhong is relatively young, but they are very skilled.
There is only one truth! Choose one of the two! You can definitely guess it right!
The remaining two suspects angrily accused Xiao Zhong and pushed him down the stairs, and Xiao Shi rushed out to protect him.
The readers are even more angry. How shameless of you to push a child? There must be a murderer among you. You will ask Xiao Zhong to make the judgment then.
However, the update of the next chapter reversed again.
After the two suspects scolded Xiao Zhong, they suddenly scolded each other, accusing each other of being the murderer. In the fight, one of them was killed!
The readers were all shocked, especially those who swore that the one who was killed was the murderer.
So, then, so, this living passenger is the ultimate murderer?
The last surviving passenger came to Xiao Zhong in a daze and screamed, "There's a ghost! There's a ghost! We were wrong! We were wrong!"
Then he vomited blood, laughed, and died with convulsions all over his body.
All dead.
No one survived.
Readers were completely confused.
[Xiao Zhong returned to the restaurant and found an intact chair in the middle of the restaurant. It appeared there so abruptly, as if it was a drama of fate.
He had damaged all the chairs before, but this one was so clean and tidy, as if it had just come out of the factory.
Xiao Zhong felt that he was hallucinating, as if someone was singing that nursery rhyme beside him...
“Two friends share a chair, and one is out with a smile.
One friend, one chair, monopolize the chair and think about the puzzle."
Yes, this is a chair prepared for him.
Xiao Zhong sat there, feeling cold all over, holding his head and crying bitterly. 】
"Ahhh, is this the end of "The Nursery Rhyme Murder Case"? Who is the murderer? Why does every time I suspect someone I kill another one? Who is it?!"
"There's still the next chapter, don't panic. But I really can't guess the murderer. Who is it, Xiao Shi? But he has always been with Xiao Zhong?"
"Shit... Could there really be a ghost... This is the scariest case I've ever seen. I'm trembling in my bed."
Countless readers left messages asking for the next chapter to come out soon.
Readers all look at the case from Xiao Zhong's perspective. Xiao Zhong's psychological pressure gradually increases, and readers naturally feel anxious. Watching Xiao Zhong being scolded and beaten, readers' hearts are about to explode.
However, the text is filled with some terrifying descriptions from time to time: "A series of footsteps were heard in the corridor, but no one was there when the door was opened", "Suddenly, music started from a phonograph, but the phonograph had broken down long ago".
Readers have said: "Even if this is not a detective novel, it must be a wonderful thriller! Fortunately, it is serialized in the Materialistic Library. Materialism protects me!"
Readers empathized with the depressing atmosphere in the book and studied materialism overnight. None of the other cases written by Yongye promoted materialistic concepts as much as "The Nursery Rhyme Murder Case".
His popularity gradually increased and he broke his own record again.
Xi Yujin observed that Feiya Novel Network was promoting Ginseng Essence again. After thinking about it, he sent out other accounts to disrupt the situation.
Xun Ming: @Eternal Night, barely readable, but what about the ending?
Canghai: I stayed up all night to read it! I suddenly wanted to add some ghost and god content to the new volume.
Yongye replied to Xun Ming: I am barely writing
Yongye replied to Canghai: Thank you for reading, looking forward to it
Readers have developed a new enthusiasm for eating melons.
"Hahaha, why do I feel like there's something weird about Yongye's relationship with Xun Ming? He's not like that with anyone else."
"Could it be that the murderer in the "Nursery Rhyme Murder Case" is really a ghost?"
"Ah? Are there really ghosts on Earth?? I know. There are two kinds of intelligent creatures living on Earth, one is human and the other is ghost. Now I'm a little scared. Will this Earth ghost come to outer space?"
The popularity of Feiya Novel Network has been suppressed to the point of being invisible.
"The Nursery Rhyme Murder Case" has been serialized to its final chapter amid much anticipation.
[Suddenly a hand was handed to Xiao Zhong. Xiao Zhong looked up and saw it was Xiao Shi.
Xiao said: "It's too tiring to think alone. Fortunately, I sneaked up here. Don't worry, I will protect you even if there are ghosts."
Xiao Zhong stared at him blankly, his eyes gradually moved behind Xiao Shi, and his pupils gradually dilated.
Behind the little boy is the puppet box that hid the old man, which is now covered with cloth.
Xiao Zhong left his chair, walked forward, and uncovered the cloth. The body inside was no different from the previous few days.
Xiao Zhong looked at the body for a moment, raised his hand and knocked on the glass. The body did not respond. Xiao Zhong suddenly smashed the glass angrily, like a madman with dementia.
Suddenly, the body moved.
The old man opened his eyes in the narrow puppet window and said, "I lose, little detective..."]
The readers were so frightened at this moment that they dared not breathe, and when they saw the last sentence, they trembled slightly as if they had been electrocuted.
There really is a ghost! The corpse has come back to life!
No...Materialism is good, this means fake death. The old man is the only suspect left among the nine suspects, so the murderer is you! The old man who died in the middle of the journey!
The old man narrated his ambitions step by step.
He is about to die, and his only wish is to create an unsolved case, so he invites Xiao Zhong first to ensure that even the detective cannot solve his mystery.
Secondly, he didn't want to hurt innocent people, so he invited unjust people from different places to punish them one by one on this antique ship.
As the ship owner, he threatened the passengers with their secrets, asking them to pass through the corridor at a certain time, pick up the fork, and find the secret passage. He created a mystery and put all the passengers under mental pressure, making them believe that the 12th person really existed. He then used their cover-up to kill a passenger.
He was hunched over, and he could fool everyone by hiding in this narrow puppet cabinet at the critical moment. No one could have imagined that the corpse would rise up and commit murder.
Finally, he only needed to use the ice pick to stab his own heart to make the murder weapon disappear, creating the illusion that he was killed by the ship owner.
Xiao Zhong got off the spacecraft with nothing found and announced this unsolved case to the world, believing that no one could solve it.
But at the last moment, Xiao Zhong suddenly came to his senses and revealed the truth. The old man failed.
The person who died on the way is the murderer.
There is actually such a possibility!
You can actually write like this!
Agatha's no-survivor model has been imitated many times on Earth. Perhaps this is not a big surprise to readers on Earth, but for readers in the universe who are exposed to detective novels for the first time, this is undoubtedly a huge shock.
The foggy, suspenseful and thrilling scenes along the way are all designed to create a shocking reversal at the end. This sudden enlightenment is undoubtedly an unforgettable experience.
The readers were surprised at first, and then filled with endless delight!
Reading a good book can not only heal mental confusion, but also bring you the joy of wandering in a new world. Books are a second life, and the more exciting the journey of the second life, the better.
Looking back on the reading experience along the way, I was angry at the passenger's behavior, sympathized with Xiao Zhong, was frightened by the atmosphere in the book, and then suddenly realized something at the end. It made my scalp tingle and left me with endless aftertaste.
"Mr. Yongye... is really too strong..."
Some creatures read the whole text repeatedly, and the more they read, the more frightened they became. To be fair, there are some obvious flaws in the method of committing the crime, such as how did the old man calculate the psychology of the passengers? But considering the tense and exciting atmosphere of the book, it can barely make sense.
If I were in Xiao Zhong's position, I would probably be completely confused.
If you were just a passerby who saw an antique ship returning with only a mentally ill child and nine corpses on board, you would have no idea how to solve the mystery.
The old man almost committed the perfect crime!
The image of the old man's madness and carefulness comes to life on the paper. Is his behavior just?
Readers have different opinions on whether the eight passengers who were killed deserved the punishment or not.
Human nature, psychology, crime...Eternal Night is almost written to the extreme.
But thinking of Xiao Zhong's ending, everyone continued to watch with curiosity.
【Old man: "But my puzzle still fooled everyone. I succeeded. The only thing left is my death. Little detective, can you keep this secret and fulfill my last wish?"
Xiao Zhong: "Impossible! You are not a master who can plan everything. You are too cowardly. You wanted to find a detective to watch the case, but you only found me. You were worried that you would be exposed if you found someone stronger. You are too arrogant. You think you can dominate the fate of others, but you can't! You say that you are enforcing justice, but in fact you have no sympathy at all. Their crimes are just an excuse for you to play with people's hearts.
I will destroy your puzzle and bring you to justice!"
Old man: "You, you two are obviously together, but you made opposite choices..."
Of course, there was a flaw in the old man's plan; he had not expected to board the ship in a few hours.
In fact, I saw him "come back to life" with my own eyes when I was a child, but I said nothing.
The old man coughed violently, and seemed to be out of breath. He recited the nursery rhyme intermittently:
"Eleven friends, ten chairs, one is out and lies on the ground...
Three friends and two chairs, one is out and smiles,
Two friends share a chair, and one is buried in the fire when he is eliminated.
One friend, one chair, monopolize the chair and think about the puzzle..."
The old gentleman's new nursery rhyme. Count the hours too.
He seemed to want to say something, but the little boy operated the mechanism to make icicles fall from the sky, giving the old man the final punishment.
Xiao Shi said to the shocked Xiao Zhong: "I found that I like creating puzzles more than solving puzzles... He inspired me... Xiao Zhong, let's finish the last nursery rhyme."
Xiao Zhong rushed over and covered Xiao Zhong with a towel, and Xiao Zhong fainted immediately.
When he woke up, he was already at the port, missing for hours. The mystery of the nine people on the antique ship had become famous.
The antique boat exhibition was full of people. People were very interested in the fresh and exciting puzzles. They even laughed at the exaggerations. They didn't care about the truth or the lives lost.
When the sheriff heard the truth for the first time, he didn't react for a long time.
Mr. Zhong said, "I know that Shi is as smart as I am. The old man's puzzle released a demon... I shouldn't have brought him on board. I didn't solve the old man's nursery rhyme, so I must stop Mr. Shi."
"Now, I have to go to my appointment."
Mr. Zhong walked to the dining table. There was a business card pinned there from some point in time. It was from the criminal psychologist, Mr. Shi.
Mr. Zhong took the business card.
"Wait, I'll go with you! What if you get killed by that guy?" The sheriff finally came to his senses and quickly chased after him. 】
The last chapter of "The Nursery Rhyme Murder Case" is called "Keeping a Date".
The first puzzle that Mr. Zhong could not solve, together with his missing childhood friend, became his biggest concern.
While readers are expressing their feelings, they are also looking forward to the confrontation between the two. Will the nursery rhyme really come true? What will be the fate of Mr. Zhong and Mr. Shi?
“It’s so good, I even want to collect the physical copy.”
"I'm looking forward to the next case! It feels very exciting! Mr. Shi is such a perverted character. Can Mr. Zhong win?"
"Stop talking. I seem to have discovered another detail. The order in which these passengers died is also related to the crimes they committed. I just found out that there is a place called Hell on Blue Star..."
A large number of discussion topics spread to every corner of the book club forum, and even became a hot topic on the Pangshi Galaxy Limited Star Network.
Everyone talks about the twists and turns and the multiple character relationships.
This also led to a topic:
"I've heard about "The Nursery Rhyme Murder Case" for a long time, but I've been too busy to read it. To avoid spoilers, I don't even read the Wuwu Library. I just read some melodramatic novels on Feiya Novels.
Who would have thought that the author would add a message after updating today: Everyone has seen "The Nursery Rhyme Murder Case", the case in which the old man faked his death and killed someone.
I was so shocked!! How could this be spoiled? "
"It's really miserable to be spoiled. The author is so pitiful. She lost a chance to read a good book. But the truth is still very interesting. Look at the interaction between Xiao Zhong and Xiao Shi. It's very sweet!"
"I think there should be an anti-spoiler etiquette. It should be common sense not to spoil the murderer before writing a detective novel. The author can look forward to the next case of Yongye."
Everyone was looking forward to Yongye's next case, but they found out that Yongye had given a leave note.
What’s going on, do you in the Blue Star literary world like to take turns being pigeons?
In the comment section of "Reader", there are a large number of readers who like to catch authors who leave comments, so Yongye's comment was quickly discovered.
Eternal Night: Paper submitted, please review @Yujin
Canghai: I also handed it in! @Yujin
Xun Ming: I haven't finished writing yet, wait a little longer, we are so familiar with each other, how can I delay the update? @余炬
"Yongye and his team write on different websites, so the data calculations are different. It's better to let the Blue Star people do the review. This Yu Jin seems to be very respected." The readers were happily eating melons. "I suddenly envy Yu Jin. He must be able to read a lot of articles normally, and he can also urge the manuscripts in person."
"I'm willing to pay for the chance to urge Xun's death in person."
“I do too!!”
In the Chaoping, Xi Yujin was trying to find a way to increase the popularity of Canghai. He had a big plan, but the stage was not set yet. Canghai was still lacking in popularity.
"It seems like I can only let you take advantage of Xun Ming Yong Ye's popularity."
Xi Yujin hardened his heart and said to Ma Jia Cang Hai mercilessly,
"Let's have a real literary love triangle."
Fortunately, a piece of news saved the world and prevented these three novelists from having to write "My Lover Doesn't Love Me".
The Glitter Empire sent out an invitation, saying that they had restored part of "The Tomb Code" and sincerely invited the alien creatures to come and see it. They planned to use this as a promotional event for the physical book.
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