Chapter 14 Chapter Fourteen The Blue Flower

Sang Chu stepped forward and carefully looked at the silk flower.It was made of a kind of crafted blue silk, fixed on thin iron wires, with green paper and a few pointed leaves attached to the iron wires. He lifted it lightly, and the silk flower left the dead man's hand. "Do you know what flower this is?" he asked. Shang Tianxiong and Bajie looked at each other, and said: "I know very little about botany, if I guess well, this flower seems to be called a forget-me-not." "Yes, it's the forget-me-not." Sang Chu held the flower in front of his eyes, "Now, can any of you tell me what it symbolizes?"

Shang Tianxiong asked: "Is the teacher referring to the meaning of the flower itself, or is it referring to its meaning at the scene?" "The latter. The flower itself is obvious from its name. My question is, why did it end up in the hands of the deceased? It is somewhat difficult to explain." Shang Tianxiong said: "There are two possibilities. First, the deceased was standing in front of the vase looking at the flowers and was attacked by the murderer. After committing the crime, the murderer took it out of the vase and inserted it into the deceased's hand. The second possibility is, The deceased had already taken out the flower and held it in his hand to look at it, and the murder happened. However, the second possibility is unlikely.”

"why?" "Because the teacher took the flower out of the dead man's hand with a slight mention just now. And if the second possibility is true, the flower should be held tightly." "Yes." Sang Chu nodded, "This question is not difficult, what is difficult is the next question, what does it imply to us?" "Hint?" Shang Tianxiong stood up and took the silk flower, "Teacher, I don't understand what you mean?" "Think again." "Teacher, you mean that the deceased had a preference for this blue flower?" "That's right, it can be seen not only from the flowers, but her gauze skirt also tells us the same meaning. From a psychological point of view, blue itself is a color of pride and melancholy, which reflects the death of the dead. character. However, I still didn’t mean that when I asked, think again, don’t forget, a murder happened here.”

Shang Tianxiong suddenly slapped his head, walked to the piano, pointed to the mirror behind the vase and said, "Understood, the deceased must have seen the murderer in the mirror!" In order to prove his words, he pulled Bajie behind him and said: "At that time, she was looking at the flowers in the vase when the murderer suddenly appeared behind her. She was startled and turned around quickly, but was fatally shot by the murderer." This can not only be explained by the horrified face of the deceased, but I am almost sure that she must have suffered a head injury."

After saying this, he quickly returned to the bed, brushed away the dead man's hair, and immediately called out: "Look, I guessed it right." There was a distinct hematoma on the head of the deceased, no doubt caused by a blow with a blunt object. Shang Tianxiong straightened up and continued: "After committing the crime, the murderer took out a silk flower from the vase and stuck it in the hand of the deceased. This is equivalent to telling us that the murderer has been very calm throughout the whole process of committing the crime. You see, the room There is no trace of any struggle in it, which is completely in line with my inference just now."

"The thinking is very clear, the problem lies in this mirror. But..." Sang Chu deliberately stopped talking. Shang Tianxiong is most afraid of this "but", in his impression, behind the but, there are a lot of reasons to overthrow the previous argument.Even Bajie knows this "problem". "But I can't help but ask, why did the murderer have to wait until the deceased saw him in the mirror? Isn't it easier and more straightforward to do it at other times, such as when she is sitting on the bed or standing in front of the window? " Shang Tianxiong suddenly smiled: "Teacher, you are testing me."

"You can think so, but I want to know the answer." "Teacher, I understand what you mean. The question you raised basically negates my inference just now. Teacher, can you tell us why the murderer insisted on doing it when she was standing in front of the mirror?" "No, no, Tianxiong, he didn't do it at that time, no. Please pay attention to the layout of this room: the Simmons bed in the middle, the door, the toilet, a writing desk and hangers on the outside, and a low cabinet and the top of the low cabinet. There is a curtain next to the door, and the corridor outside can be seen when the curtain is opened. Inside the bed, there is a window in the middle, a piano, a mirror, and a vase on the left, and a model of an ancient European warship on the right. Imagine, If the deceased found the murderer in the mirror, turned around quickly, and was shot dead by a blunt object, she should have fallen inside Simmons, but now it is the opposite, she fell outside. According to your deduction, she can only be The murderer was found in the mirror, and then he walked around Simmons, walked towards the murderer, and was killed again. Is this possible? Am I a little preposterous when I say that? "

Shang Tianxiong was convinced: "Understood, teacher. The facts should be like this. The deceased must have found the scene that caught her attention in the mirror, and then she walked around Simmons to observe and was attacked by the bedside. After committing the crime, The murderer drew a silk flower and put it on her hand." "Let's think so." Sang Chu sat on the sofa, smoking a cigarette while staring at the silk flower in a daze. It was the darkest hour before dawn outside.Before I knew it, it was past three o'clock. Sang Chu finally stood up, stubbed out the cigarette butt in the ashtray, blew on the cigarette holder and put it in his pocket.

"Why haven't the technicians come? Come, let's get the evidence quickly." Sang Chu said, "Actually, so far, we have only obtained such an inexplicable silk flower." The three of them split up and acted. Soon, Shang Tianxiong discovered something new: In addition to being hit on the head with a blunt instrument, the deceased also had a red mark on his neck that was so faint that it was almost invisible. "Teacher, look, Su Ya was indeed strangled to death." Sang Chu bent down to look at it for a while, and said, "Yes, she was strangled to death, and the tool used to commit the crime was probably a soft fabric, similar to a headscarf used by women."

"Yes, this imprint is very shallow, which can explain this." Sang Chu straightened up: "Come on, I found a situation." Shang Tianxiong followed him to the window between the piano and the warship model, pointed to a shoe print on the window sill and said, "Someone has gone out from here, did you see it? The toe of the shoe is facing outwards. It's a man's footprint." Shang Tianxiong nodded: "Yes, the footprints are very clear. Outside the window is a stone ridge, and then a yellow jue tree. So, the murderer went out from here?" "Don't jump to conclusions, evidence collection is evidence collection." Sang Chu was very happy, "At least, we have now grasped another situation."

At this time, Bajie called out: "Look quickly, there is another silk flower here:" Sure enough, the silk flower was under the hanger. "Okay, don't move for now." Sang Chu's attention was still on the window sill, he pointed to the footprints and said, "There is a very strange phenomenon here, the footprints are left on the window sill, but the window is fastened from the inside, and The curtain was also drawn. Of course, the curtain was not fully drawn. But the question still remains, how did this person get out? If he came out through the window, it is impossible to tie the window from the inside. Is this the reason? " "That's right." Shang Tianxiong nodded and said, "Teacher, do you remember correctly? Is this window really fastened?" "My memory is not that bad." Sang Chu said.Then he pointed out the window, "After daybreak, you must go outside to have a look. Look at the stone ridge and the yellow jue tree, it's like a natural ladder." They left the window and came to the hanger.The hangers are carved from mahogany, and the style is very simple.Sang Chu bent down to pick up the second silk flower, and compared it with the one in his hand, it was the same, and it came from the same vase. "Understood," Shang Tianxiong said, "the deceased undoubtedly took two silk flowers from that vase. After being murdered, the murderer randomly picked up one on the ground and put it in the deceased's hand. He didn't notice the other one. " "Why do you always emphasize that the murderer released it?" Sang Chu asked. "Who could it be?" Shang Tianxiong spread his hands. "It's me." A voice came from the door. Looking up, it was the big man. "Yes, it's me." The big man walked in. He was exhausted physically and mentally, and his face was very ugly.He walked to the bed, stared at the dead man's face for a long time, the corners of his mouth twitching uncontrollably.After a long time, he turned around, pointed to Bajie and said, "After he went to call for someone, I saw a silk flower on the ground, picked it up and put it in Suya's hand, that's what happened. You don't have to worry about it. Brain out." Bajie was annoyed, and Sang Chu gestured to him, and then asked the big man, "Why did you do that?" "No reason, I have always liked her, but she doesn't like me. It's been five years!" The wild donkey was very sad, "When she died, I just..." "That's right." San Chu held his chin, "I ask you, what time did you leave this room?" "About twelve o'clock." "Is it accurate?" "Probably about the same." The big man looked at Shang Tianxiong, "Aren't you going to catch a thief? I was already in the bowling alley at that time." "How long have you been there?" Shang Tianxiong asked. "A quarter of an hour or so." Sang Chu estimated the time and felt that the big man was not lying. The big man said eagerly: "She died too unjustly! She just raised her eyebrows and died immediately, I can't figure it out!" The last sentence was already crying. Sang Chu caught his words: "What do you mean by elated?" "I'm referring to that Jenny, who wronged Su Ya for three full years!" "Aren't they friends?" Bajie asked. "Fart! They are rivals!" The big man growled.Sang Chu's feeling was confirmed.