Chapter 15 Chapter Four

Originally, we thought it should be an extremely exciting arrangement of discovering the secret under the bed. Compared with the premiere, it was completely unremarkable. From a logical point of view, the above inferences have obvious a priori factors.The actual arrangement is: even if such an effect is not achieved, the crossbowman will find the opportunity to complete it-because the time when the hunters and carpenters find the opportunity to sit down is arranged dynamically.There was a lot of drama in the wooden house scene that day, and there were many opportunities to fulfill such performance requirements: However, it should be difficult to have other possibilities that can reach or even exceed the version that actually happened on July 1.

Very good, the above foreshadowing has been completed, and the next step is to explain the key points: How on earth did it all work out on the afternoon of June 29? In order to pull off this gigantic and impossible trick I've conceived in my head, we'll need a total of seven actors— The carpenter, the blacksmith, the crossbowman, the old hunter, "Foxhound," the housekeeper and me. This is the most trusted collection of actors.Except for me, everyone else (including other actors besides these six people) began to lay out the reason for today's gathering as early as a month ago: Everyone has jointly planned a network of complicated alibi.Even if Mr. Writer conducted interviews at every household in the village, the usual point of view that "perhaps one or two of them may have told a lie" is not at all sufficient to deduce that any of the six actors had been there one day before his arrival. Sunrise over the conclusion of the village. "What more than a dozen people said are all half-truths and half-false lies" is not a novel idea, nor is it directly related to cracking the secret room, so I will omit it here.

The three hunters need to rely on their experience in aiming to guide the shooting.I arranged them to stand in front of the three windows of the wooden house - the crossbowman has an absolute advantage in using the crossbow, he should stand under the hunting hole, the best position for observation; the other two stand in the windows on both sides close to the crossbow On the side of the crossbowsmith, correct the aiming results given by the crossbowsmith with an observation angle of 18 degrees from the left and right relative to the center. The clerk, the lightest of the remaining four, is responsible for coordinating the operation of the fixed line outside the hunting hole.It should be noted that due to the slope design on the building structure on that side, the folding ladder needs to be used in conjunction with a vacant and fixed scaffolding.One end of the scaffolding was fixed to the folding ladder by a blacksmith, and the other end was attached to the gap between the triangular wall panels on the side of the hunting hole and the eaves.In order to prevent the wood from being crushed, two layers of burlap were placed on the crimped joint at the end connected to the wooden house.

Carpenter is in charge of the vent side - that's actually where all the magic is done, depending on the process. The owner of the dormitory has always been careful, so he arranged for her to control the electromagnet downstairs.The operation related to that magnet happens to be very close to the wax mound poured by Mr. Writer. If you are not a careful and organized person, you may accidentally step on the wax mound during the operation, and all the preparations will fall short. . I acted as the commander and dispatcher of the entire scene, and I was also responsible for dealing with unexpected situations that were not anticipated in the pre-design and rehearsal.

The fixing line has already been erected as early as when the three-fold spade handle is taken.The first thing the carpenter has to do is to create the illusion of a "dimension mirror" - with the help of the magnet in the hands of "Foxhound", he needs to transport the polar viper to the starting point of the ventral scale marks on the wall . This is also the process of erecting the special transport rope for crossbows: the crossbowman first puts the polar viper that has just eaten two dormouses into a 1-meter-long thick plastic bag, and the other two hunters are separated by the bag. Hold the middle and tail of the snake with your hands to keep the snake straight.Then put the bag into a narrow cardboard tube that was originally used to hold design drawings—the bottom of the paper tube was padded with about 30 centimeters of waste paper to keep the snake head in the opening position of the paper tube.The diameter of the narrow paper tube is only slightly larger than the diameter of the thickest part of the snake body, so as to avoid troubles caused by changes in the position of the snake during transportation.The mouth of the plastic bag is fixed on the outside of the paper tube with tape.

To create the final Ouroboros state, the crossbowman attached a set of gizmos to the snake's body after it ate the second dormouse.First, you need to embed a notice letter on the snake’s teeth, and then install the braces that are commonly used in snake training and fixed with rubber bands: this braces, which are similar in structure to handcuffs, have been modified. The part that clamps down on the root of the tooth.Use a needle to pierce two holes in the tail of the snake at equal distances from the teeth: the location needs to be chosen carefully, no or only a small amount of blood can flow.Use a needle to lead a thin thread through these two holes, and the thread ends pass through the left and right teeth protected by the braces respectively, and make a half circle each, and adjust the length of the two threads connecting the tail to be slightly longer than the snake's body (this can avoid the The snake breaks the thread off when it moves up, and if it is too long, it is easy to tangle), and then it is fixed with a slipknot.There is also a cotton thread to tie the switch of the braces to ensure that the braces can be opened by pulling hard and tightened for recovery.

When the fixed slipknot is opened and the two threads are tightened, the tail of the snake will move closer to the head of the snake.When this function is used, the Viper is dead and will not make any more struggles, so there will be basically no accidents.The tail of the snake is dragged to the upper jaw, and if the thread is pulled harder, the tail will be penetrated by the teeth, but it will not be penetrated to the end, because the braces are still placed on it.At this time, turn on the braces switch to drag the braces away, and pull through one end of the thin wire to recycle.Due to gravity and traction, the tail will gradually penetrate deeper, and the mouth will open again to prepare for the recovery of the magnetic dormouse later.

At this time, the snake was not completely put into the paper tube, and the crossbowman still held its head. Others needed to put a specially sewn long sackcloth on the paper tube: "Foxhound" slowly put the bag on. On the other hand, the old hunter pinched the cotton thread that can close the mouth of the bag with both hands.When the mouth of the bag was close to the snake's head, the crossbowman suddenly pressed the snake's head into the barrel, and while pulling out his hand, the old hunter quickly pulled the wire to tighten the bag mouth, leaving only the silicone braided wire for pulling the magnetic dormouse outside. .

That's right, here's a correction: It's not cotton thread that holds the Dormouse with a tailless magnet, but an electric wire; what's inside the little guy's stomach is a rubber-covered electromagnet, which doesn't turn on at the very beginning. The cotton thread that tightens the bag is tied with a delicate and strong slipknot, and the untied end is connected with a long thread: pulling the rope at a distance can open the bag.A small cloth bag needs to be sewn near the mouth of the cloth bag, inside is another rubber electromagnet, and the wires are sewn along the cloth bag until it is exposed at the bottom of the cloth bag—this is to prevent the wires and other long wires at the snake head from Too close may accidentally get entangled, which will affect the subsequent process.

There is also a strong rubber ring sewn at the bottom of the cloth bag. For safety, a piece of linen is also covered outside the ring, and a 14-meter-long, thinner mountaineering cable passes through the ring, and the end is stitched to form a ring—in this way Just made the required transport rope. Put the processed paper tube and the transport cable into the attic through the vent, and fix the end of the transport cable to the fixed cable with a buckle.Then, pull the fixing cable outward about 2 and a half meters from the end of the hunting hole until the paper tube hanging in the air is transported to the middle part of the attic.Put some more shipping rope on the vent side until the end of the paper tube with the magnet sewn on it almost touches the attic floor.

The next step required trial and error—the carpenter and the clerk exerted simultaneous force, causing the anchor cord to swing.At the beginning, the swing of the paper tube was difficult to coordinate. After repeated adjustments, the end of the paper tube with the magnet could pass the stairway periodically.At this point, slowly put in a little bit of the anchor cord, and while continuing to swing, try to get the end of the tube to rest on the opening in the ceiling.Once successful, put in some transport lines and bring the fixed lines back into place.Carpenters and clerks can now wrap the stay cords in place, reducing the amount of thread that needs to be dealt with on hand. Continue to put in the transport cable, and let the end of the paper tube fall on the handrail of the stairs——the standing state at this time is unstable, except for the pulling of the transport cable, there are only two fulcrums, the edge of the ceiling and the handrail.The observers standing in front of the window had their first task: to direct the two high-level people to fine-tune the position of the fixed cable, and continue to put in the transport cable—the goal is to let the paper tube slide down the outside of the stairs, not Fall on the stairs. After the paper tube successfully slides down from the outside of the stairs, a large number of transport ropes are lowered until the paper tube stands on the floor of the wooden house.Next, while twisting the transport rope, continue to slow down the rope—the purpose is to let the end of the paper tube slide forward slowly, and finally let the whole paper tube fall as perpendicular as possible to the door of the wooden house. In this way, the paper tube was only less than half a meter away from the main door; perhaps the transport cable could be pushed forward a little more, so that the magnet sewn at the end of the paper tube was closer to the door.The observers determined the position of the magnet at the end of the paper tube, and notified the carpenter and the owner of the dormitory to turn on the switch of the electromagnet one after another. This is the distance tested in advance across the thick pine boards, and the facts also prove the universality of the scene and the application of the conditions: the paper tube is pulled by the magnetic force without any problem, slow at first, then fast, and finally almost hit the door.The owner of the dormitory was very careful, so that the electromagnet in his hand could not get closer to the wax mound, but there was no contact at all; as soon as he heard the sound of the paper tube colliding on the other side of the door, he immediately moved the magnet to the upper left to get out of the dangerous area. Come to the location where the North Viper is scheduled to set off. Since the magnets are sewn onto the bag instead of being fixed to the top of the tube, it looks like the tube is hanging on that wall. The carpenter needs to complete the switch of the switch: he turns off the switch of the electromagnet on the paper tube, and at the same time turns on the switch of the magnet Dormouse.Although the force fluctuated slightly, the magnet in the host's hand was always on, and the paper tube did not fall to the ground, but moved upward until the positions of the two magnets that were on at the moment coincided. Very well, now the carpenter pulls the long rope to loosen the slipknot at the mouth of the bag, and at the same time holds the transport rope so that it does not move with the snake.After the process we have heard from Mr. Writer, the viper crawled from the wall to the ceiling, and left the belly scale marks we need. The electromagnet used to hold the Viper in the attic is controlled by a wooden adjustment rod for precise control: the adjustment rod and the magnet are tightly connected, and the magnetic force between the two magnets provides enough grip.Through the command of three observers, a high position accuracy can be achieved. After handing over the North Viper to the carpenter, the owner of the house temporarily turned off the magnet and turned back to the place where the snake had just been released.Then, according to the tips of the observers, turn on the magnet to attract the paper tube—this time, increase the power of the magnet, because the paper tube is used as the end of the fixed transport cable, and it must not be loosened when transporting the crossbow. In this way, a simple temporary transport belt is completed-the cable passes through the ventilation hole, first moves along the fixed cable, reaches the middle of the attic and then turns down, passes through the stairway, turns with the edge of the ceiling, and then is very firmly connected to the On the wall next to the fireplace.The fixed position of the wall end can also be adjusted through the magnet in the hand of the dorm owner.The lower end uses a rubber ring to complete the turning of the ring-shaped transport rope, which is manually rotated by a carpenter: the 14-meter-long process, if dragged by hand at a constant speed, only takes less than 3 minutes to complete a circle. Even if there is a way to obtain the wood at the bottom of the bed through the two holes in the attic, there is no way to complete the crossbowmaker's modified crossbow with only those things.I can't describe the exquisiteness of the manufacture very well, but I can only briefly summarize its appearance and function here: it is composed of a rectangular base, a crossbow body, a blood-proof flat umbrella and four protective plates.Because of the large overall volume, it can only be assembled by carpenters by transporting the parts in through the ventilation holes.The seven crossbow bolts can be loaded at one time, and the seven arrow grooves are arranged in a diagonal line relative to the base. The carpenter needs to use a special iron rod to reinforce the body on the attic floor, and then use a special tool to wind it up like a clockwork. Tighten the crossbow rope one by one - these can be done in the part where the marks are intentionally left, and it doesn't matter if more marks are added.The trigger part is ingeniously designed, even if the tool slips off when the crossbow rope is loaded, the short arrow will not be shot to the ceiling by mistake.One end of one of the protective plates has a wire outlet: the seven wires that control the trigger are marked with different colors, six wires are needed to adjust the position and angle, and two wires are also needed for the switch of the flat umbrella—a total of fifteen long wires need to be lead out.These wires are controlled by the carpenter, just like remote control of a complex electric toy. Fasten the big guy to the transport rope with two brass buckles, turn the rope and carry it down until it is securely placed under the snake's body on the ceiling - the position of the crossbow and the position of the snake controlled by the magnet may need to be adjusted repeatedly, In terms of practicality, it is to obtain the most ideal shooting and observation effects; in terms of viewing, it is to make the writer who pushes down the wax hill and enters the door feel as weird as possible. If anyone thinks it's unfair to use such an unconventional prop, then I also appeal: it's all for that unconventional "Ouroboros" look.In fact, the main consideration is to save time. After all, the transport cable can freely transport and retrieve the props-using an ordinary crossbow, there is no difficulty in doing the same thing.It's just that, each time the process of transporting, adjusting the position, opening the umbrella, firing the crossbow, closing the umbrella, transporting it back to the ventilation hole, and loading the crossbow... This process is repeated seven times, which will probably make Mr. Carpenter's hands extremely tired, and at the same time feel very tired depressed. Thanks to the blacksmith's masterpiece, the steps to implement it are: open the umbrella, adjust, launch, readjust, and launch again...Retract the umbrella and use the transport rope to recover it to the attic. After dismantling, take out the wooden house from the vent as it is. Of course, if you feel that the complex base for adjustment is not fair, you can also use a simple flat base controlled by two rubber bands and four cotton threads (the lack of angle adjustment function may be compensated by the reduction in accuracy); or the transport The fixed point of the cable is placed on the wall where the ventilation hole is, near the ceiling of the room, and each shot is guided by the electromagnet in the attic. It is only necessary to install the magnet in the arrowhead when making the short arrow—that It may be possible to obtain more effective and safe styling results than the methods mentioned here.In fact, there are many possible ways: I mean, the steps of successfully sending the crossbow and snake to the desired position, making the seemingly impossible shooting and fixing possible are the most important.On the contrary, how to shoot and fix it depends on the mood of the person: Regarding the confirmation of the aesthetics of the tools and methods, I think the blacksmith's props are both efficient, imaginative and practical-this is enough. After shooting short arrows and completing the shape of ouroboros, you can remove the electromagnet and adjustment lever in the attic (you also need to drag the dormouse to the place where the snake's mouth is blocked by the fangs and the thorny tail), and stay in the house The owner can also rest first.Wait until the snake blood is almost dripping, and then take away the empty paper tube and transport rope under the condition of someone watching and directing.The fixing rope can also be unloaded thereupon.As for the magnet dormouse, wait until the stepladder, scaffolding and all the tools are put away one by one, and when the original digestive juices on its body in the mouth of the snake are almost dry, then it can be pulled out of the mouth of the snake with the help of braided wires, and passed through the vent. Recycle. If anyone will read my diary and get to this point.Then he will definitely raise his hand in protest, saying that I am not only unreasonable, but also seriously off topic-I just listed the conditions, and hastily deduced that "the only two holes in the attic are usable", and then left. On the road of no return. Please don't draw such a definite conclusion, and read it patiently - you must know that the evidence left at the scene includes: 1. There are scratches on the iron fence of the ventilation hole; 2. It has been confirmed on the ceiling that the Viper was killed by the crossbow arrows through the magnet method, and the crossbow arrows are not all shot vertically; 3. There are traces on the attic floor that look like they were made with tools; 4. In the cloth bag at the right corner of the hunting hole, the wooden handle of the three-fold shovel was removed to make a short arrow shaft, and there were metal shavings left on the octagonal hammer and logging ax that seemed to be left after beating the steel skin of a canned luncheon meat ; 5. The knife stone in the locker was severely worn, three canned luncheon meat was missing, and the multi-purpose knife was scratched; If it is not possible to add such things as: there are many footprints left by different people on the wooden floor outside each window, the tool in the cloth bag is only found to be knocked on the upward side, and the edge of the roof on the side of the hunting hole is found to be indented by heavy objects. On the floor of the attic, I found a strange trace with a little blood and animal digestive juice... If such a clue, the reasoning I have completed is purely a castle in the air randomly built on a small amount of known evidence. In addition to the sense of picture, it is neither rigorous nor reasonable, and the precise manipulation of the actors and the success rate of achieving the corresponding plot seem far-fetched: this is very unfair to Mr. Writer and other possible readers. hypothesis hypothesis. It is natural to have such thoughts.However, judging from what I have learned about the discussion between the four actors and the owner of the wooden house on July 1st, the above clues that help my reasoning to be established do not exist.There are two possibilities. One is that I considered these flaws at first: let the carpenter remember to turn the octagonal hammer and logging ax over when the tools in the forged cloth bag are worn out; The crane structure with heavy objects hanging on the other side avoids possible crushing damage to the roof; after recovering all the props, deal with the fixing cables and transport cables, change the fixed position of the paper tube, and use the transport cables to place a It's a small coffin, pull the wires, let the poor wet dormouse fall into it and then recover it safely; besides, it doesn't leave any footprints outside the house, or it's easy to do with the footprints left afterward. In other words, if I can limit the evidence at the scene to the above 5 points or less, who can give a strong rebuttal to my inference?The novel mode of finding evidence in a targeted manner by relying on staged reasoning, once it fails, won’t it just make orthodox readers panic, or let the authors of degenerates try whimsical ideas?There are only tricks, no reasoning, which is ridiculous—besides, this is a diary, not a novel, and there is no need to take special care of the readers' emotions. what!You can stop here: because the above paragraphs are all bluffing, this is also the randomness of the diary.Think about it, when did I solemnly confirm that what I said was the fact that happened on the afternoon of June 29?Popular reasoning is originally a way to find possibilities for the process in the case of conforming to all the remaining traces of reality.What's the point of flaunting complex scenes and fussy details in the imagination if even the scrutiny of the premise is ignored?The second possibility I would mention is that the conditions of the "full closed chamber" I listed earlier are wrong. This should be regarded as the owner’s negligence—the careless Mr. Writer just listened to the reminder of the window repairer and thought that the sealed lattice window could not be opened, so he skipped the step of careful inspection and put the window Marked "Unlocked" along with the original two windows. Isn't this a secret room created by a self-righteous attitude?In fact, the outer and inner frames of that set of lattice windows did not contain the usual set of snap-fitting structures with rectangular gouges, but were simply glued together with carpentry glue, and the amount of glue and the outer frame fixing screws The arrangement of the buildings is also deliberately only to the extent that they can barely withstand the wind and rain.First carefully remove a total of eight screws, then pinch the cross beams at the upper left and lower right corners of the four by four square, and shake the pane back and forth with a little force, and the inner frame can be removed in a short while.With this preset back door, people, not just Vipers, can get in without any trouble, without having to bother with holes in the attic. I don't like this design, because it's boring: anyone can imagine how tedious it is to use this method to perform the "Ouroboros on the ceiling" trick; but no one can deny that this is actually the most efficient and success rate design.I don't want to discuss too much in the diary the adjustment and balance between fairness and inequity, efficiency and inefficiency, feasibility and infeasibility. For the fact that the goal has been achieved, those are all meaningless: I did what I wanted to do , Do you need to be too picky? Yes, I'm not going to be candid about the real process here: it could be the gorgeously complex and interesting one, it could be the dull idea just now, or it could even be something else that fits the five remaining pieces of evidence.I wanted to write it honestly, but now I regret it—maybe I am deeply hoping that Mr. Writer will read this diary carefully, embarrass him, and know how I have been deceived by my well-designed and skillfully executed magic tricks. Deceiving, fooling; but on the other hand, I was afraid of being bored after fully confessing the truth to him.This is what I think today. I didn't think so much about the "Bear Demon", and maybe I won't write like this again in the future—or even write nothing.God knows! OK OK.If there is no witch, what devil would want to be the devil (Note: a line from Mephisto in "Faust")?As I write this, I find that the way the diary narrates is also magic—only I know where the foreshadowing is, and only I know what the truth is.Years ago I thought I understood this from him: why he wanted to be a writer and write stories.Now that I write that my hand hurts, I feel that I can understand it more deeply.Perhaps this is not what he really thought—but, I began to think that writing might be a kind of enjoyment: although it is tiring, it can experience what has never been experienced, and beautify what is already in memory.What happened can have different perspectives, and a similar process can discover new beauty by changing the shell.The presumptuousness suppressed by time and the short life, the rebound after being abused by reality and cruel memories: the threshold of writing is not high, but the enjoyment brought by being able to read and write is endless, fascinating... I began to think about him again: this is what often happens recently, when the chains of past memory have been forced open.I bought his autobiography, but only glanced at the title page.There is a recent photo of him before the introduction, with a strange smile: because he hurriedly flipped there, he suddenly closed it, and at the same time his heart beat faster and his mind was confused.Later, I only remember the outline of the photo and that smile. This is like a real magic spell, which makes me dare not open that book again.Tomorrow morning, I will ask the owner of the dormitory to tear out that page for me, and make sure there are no other photos in the article, and then I will try to read it. It seems that the impact of words on people is not so sudden.If you read it word by word, your memory can at best withstand repeated blows like waves washing over a sea cliff. As long as it is not crushed instantly, I think it should be acceptable.Four years ago, I saw him sleeping soundly in the dormitory. At that time, apart from the emotion of the years and the past after reuniting after a long absence, there was no other emotion mixed in.However, as the ornate drama plays out in the wooden house, once the past and the present are connected, it is no longer a matter of holding grudges, but starting to miss him when he left the village. What a strange feeling it is!I guess, it should be regarded as the innate greed of women - I have to warn myself repeatedly: don't deviate from the original purpose of writing this script.