Chapter 3123 3135 [Troubles]
The group of people didn't expect to hear such a thing suddenly and were stunned.
After a while, the waitress was the first to come back to her senses. She said in surprise, "I told you, how could Mr. Jiang Xia be the murderer!"
"Wait, wait." Officer Yokomizo also quickly took out a notebook from his pocket and unfolded it in a panic. "Why do you think he is the murderer?"
Jiang Xia kept walking and led the group of people into the stairwell that was not visible from the lawyer's side, then stopped.
He then pressed the elevator button and continued slowly, "When I left the room just now, I saw a small piece of thin wire about three or four centimeters long on the ground. There was a knot in the middle and both ends looked broken. In addition, there was a broken chain behind the door."
“……” Officer Yokomizo had no time to pay attention to these details and could only secretly look at his subordinates beside him.
The subordinate who had just entered the room and glanced at it nodded: "Yes, there are these things."
Jiang Xia: "As long as you use the tools wisely, you can easily create a 'secret room' even if you are already outside.
"After killing Miss Usui, the murderer cut off a section of the iron ring on the door chain. He placed the broken section of the iron ring on the floor behind the door, then inserted the broken bolt into the groove, left the room, and turned around to close the door until only a small gap was left.
"Then, you just need to use a piece of thin wire to tie the broken door chain together through the gap in the door to create the illusion that this is a secret room with a door chain hanging on it.
"The murderer should have cut the second iron ring at the end of the door chain. In this way, when the iron ring closest to the door is tied together with the other door chains, the position of the thin wire will be blocked by the door.
"If someone else opened the door, they would only see the taut chain. Then the murderer would go forward to check, which would reinforce the impression that this is a secret room.
"After achieving his goal, the murderer proposed to break down the door, and he quickly carried out this proposal.
"The thin wire connecting the door chain could withstand a casual push, but it couldn't withstand the strong impact of an adult male. Soon, the thin wire broke and the door chain broke into two pieces. Because there was a broken iron ring behind the door in advance, when the door was opened, everyone else would think that the door chain had just been broken."
"I see!" Inspector Yokomizo suddenly realized, and the joy he had in listening to Jiang Xia solving cases up close came back to him. "The one who knocked on the door just now was..."
Waiter: "It's the lawyer with dark skin and a slightly handsome face!" - After learning that Jiang Xia was in the room, the lawyer knocked on the door decisively. At that time, she thought that the lawyer who saved people from dire straits was so handsome, but now... tui!
Good looks are sometimes an advantage, but sometimes they make you remembered more.
Lawyer Saku, who hid behind the appearance of a good person, was exposed in front of a group of police officers.
"But..." Officer Yokomizo's subordinate hesitated, "I've read some of your reports on solving crimes, and there are often cases of breaking into doors to save people. What if this lawyer was just enthusiastic and so he quickly broke down the door?"
Jiang Xia shook his head: "The deceased did not die peacefully, his eyes were open, and there were marks on his neck. Seeing a body like this through the crack in the door, ordinary people would probably be more or less scared, except for those who often see corpses.
"At the time, someone suggested that the waitress find tools to cut the chain. Under such a reasonable method, he suddenly decided to bang the door. This is not in line with the mentality of a bystander... But you are right, this is indeed just speculation. If we want to confirm that he is the murderer, we need more evidence."
Officer Yokomizo listened blankly: "What evidence?"
With a ding, the elevator arrived and the door opened with a bang.
Jiang Xia led a group of people into the elevator, pressed a button, and said, "Iron chain - if you want to cut that thick iron ring, and make the cut very clean, it is definitely impossible to do it with bare hands. The murderer must have prepared the corresponding tools in advance."
“It should not make too much noise, it should be easy to carry, and it should be able to cut special strong door chains… Among various tools, bolt cutters or hydraulic pliers are the most suitable.
"No matter which one it is, it's a rather large iron tool. As a lawyer who has dealt with many criminal cases, the murderer would not hide it in his room - otherwise, as long as someone suddenly has the urge to search the room of the deceased's acquaintance, he would be immediately exposed on the spot and it would become irrefutable evidence.
"Because Auntie Eri has been looking for me, and she brought several other lawyers with her, the murderer won't have much time to hide the murder weapon. Since it's not in her room..."
The elevator stopped and the door opened. The police looked up and found that this was not the first floor, but the fifth floor.
Jiang Xia walked down the elevator, looked around, entered the stairwell, and pulled out a pair of pliers wrapped in cloth from the fire hydrant.
police:"!!!"
The waitress also covered her mouth in surprise, wishing she could take a picture of this scene and share it with all the fans. However, as a well-trained hotel employee and detective fan, she had a sense of confidentiality and had to give up the idea.
"Hey, the murder weapon has been found already?" The police still couldn't believe it. The murder weapon would reveal a lot of information and could very well become the key evidence to identify the murderer.
The murderers knew this, so they would handle them carefully - according to the police's experience, many times, they had to wait for the murderers to confess their crimes before they could find the whereabouts of the murder weapons through their testimony.
Now, put it here in Jiangxia...
“Is this the speed of reasoning of a famous detective?” Officer Yokomizo’s eyes widened as he muttered to himself, “He only knew the murderer and had a brief contact with him for an afternoon, but he was able to directly find out where the murder weapon was hidden... If I hadn’t witnessed his reasoning process with my own eyes, I would have suspected that he could read minds. However, this process is really incomprehensible.”
He wiped the sweat from his forehead, feeling as confused as if he had accidentally walked into a math class wearing open-crotch pants. Although he had seen how fast Jiang Xia could solve cases, but now...is this really the reasoning ability that humans should have?
"This time the criminal actually framed you. This is really..." A police officer sighed and shook his head, not knowing what to say for a moment.
But we can talk about the impressions later, and now, the most important thing is...
Officer Yokomizo waved his hand and said, "Send this pair of pliers for inspection immediately! As long as the cut marks on the iron ring match the pliers mouth, this will be irrefutable evidence that he is the murderer!"
(End of this chapter)
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