Chapter 7 chapter 2

The policeman from the prefectural police headquarters is called Ogawara, with a mustache, very arrogant and arrogant.However, his attitude towards the Mizushima family and me is completely different.Of course, it's really hard not to make him think we're acting suspiciously. After inquiring about the situation from those of us who discovered it, he asked everyone in Mizushima Mansion to gather in the restaurant.There is a long dining table in the center of the restaurant, enough for more than twenty people to eat together.Yuichiro Mizushima always sits on the top seat.I can picture that serious face.

"Who was the last person to see the deceased?" The police department glanced at us and asked. In addition to Haruki Mizushima, the other three children of Yuichiro also appeared, Natsuko, Akio and Fuyuhiko in order of seniority.Haruki is the eldest son. "I saw my father in the morning." Natsuko, who at first glance looked like a call girl in an exclusive club, said while trying to put a sad expression on her face. "When I was in the lobby, my father happened to stick his head out of the room. I I said 'good morning' to him, and my father said 'good morning' back. He was still very energetic then." She covered her face with a handkerchief, her shoulders trembling slightly.

"What time is that?" "Around ten o'clock." "Who has seen it after this?" The police department looked at the others. "I saw it before noon." The thin and short Qiuxiong lay on the table, resting his cheeks with his hands, "Maybe Father is going to the bathroom." "Has anyone else seen it?" No one answered. "How did you eat for lunch?" the police department asked the housekeeper. "Breakfast at half past ten. In this case, the master usually won't eat anything until dinner." "Oh, the body was discovered around 2:30..." The police department looked at his watch and continued, "That is to say, Mr. Mizushima died within about two and a half hours after Master Akio saw him."

"Who doesn't know this, use your nonsense!" The tall Dongyan whispered next to me.If he had a little athletic ability, he would definitely be able to become a basketball player, but judging from his pale face, he didn't have that talent. "Next is Mr. Mizushima's room. Can anyone explain to me the arrangement of those furniture? Is the arrangement of the room so strange?" Everyone seems to be waiting for someone else's opinion.After a while, Haruki spoke. "Of course it is not the way it is placed on weekdays." "Why do you pose like this today?"

"This... Father is a weird person, he probably came on a whim." Haruki's tone was very rude. "Father is very superstitious, maybe there is some purpose in placing them like this." Xia Zi, still holding a handkerchief in his hand, said. Yuichiro's children seemed to think that moving the furniture and shooting the guns was the work of Yuichiro himself, or at least, they wanted to say so. I wanted to hear the police's opinion, but Ogawara Police Department said: "I see. Successful people often have superstitions of one kind or another, and they still do so when they die? That's it, that's it. Then, about Yuichiro's suicide. , do you have any clues?"

I looked at the police department in surprise.He didn't seem to realize that his speech was weird. "Maybe it's something at work that makes people upset." Haruki said, "Father's company has not been doing well recently." "There are also physical reasons." Qiuxiong said, "Recently he seems to be worried about whether he is a little confused." "These are probably suicide motives." Dongyan concluded. "Ah, poor father." Xia Zi began to cry again. The police department nodded vigorously. "Hey, the owner of such a magnificent mansion also has hard work that outsiders don't know. I understand. Let's investigate this situation again. It's really pitiful. Please forgive me."

He seemed not ready to continue the investigation, and ordered his subordinates to retreat. I couldn't help but raised my hand and said, "I said, Mr. Ogawara..." A teacher from the police department asked, "What's the matter?" I secretly watched the surprised Mizushima family beside me from the corner of my eye, and asked, "Can we conclude that it was suicide?" The police department looked at me as if they were looking at a very strange creature. "What's the meaning?" "Well..." I coughed and said, "Haven't you considered the possibility of murder?"

"He killed..." Haruki asked loudly, "You mean your father was killed?" "Not sure yet, don't you need to consider this possibility?" Fuyuhiko laughed out loud. "This man's words are really interesting. As the person who discovered the corpse, don't you understand what that situation means? We knew it at a glance, and we can only conclude that it was suicide." "I know the situation at the scene." I looked at Dong Yan and said, "The doors and windows are locked, and there are furniture in front of the doors and windows, and we found no one else when we went in."

"Since you understand everything, why do you still say that?" Okawara Police Department said very unhappy, "What you say may be homicide." "I mean should we discuss the possibility of homicide?" "Then please explain, if the father died by homicide, how did the murderer escape? After he escaped, how did he put the bookshelf in front of the door?" Xia Zi said hysterically. "I don't know this yet. But if he killed him, the murderer must have used some kind of trick." "Trick?" Daheyuan Police Department's eyes widened, "Why did you use the language in the movie?"

"I didn't use movie language." "I still said no, just now I said tricks and the like." "I mean a murderous trick." "Murder trick... what is that?" "this……" I looked around, not knowing what to say.Everyone put on incredible expressions. "I really don't understand why people accept the idea of ​​suicide so easily. Indeed, at first glance, the scene is inaccessible. However, aren't there cases where murders occurred under such circumstances? The so-called secret room murders ..." I couldn't help but increase my tone.The people around are very calm, which is surprising.They didn't seem to hear my arguments at all.

"MiShi?" Haruki frowned, "What is that... how to write it?" "You don't know about the secret room?" I looked at everyone and couldn't believe my ears. "A closed room, an indoor room. A room that is impossible to enter and leave is called a secret room. The murders that happened in this kind of room , It’s called the secret chamber murder incident.” "The secret room... murder incident?" Haruki repeated, looking at his younger siblings again, as if asking for their opinions. "It's a bit contradictory." Dongyan said, "Since it is impossible to enter and exit, so is the murderer. That is to say, the murderer cannot commit crimes in that kind of place. In this way, it is impossible to kill. The word murder in a secret room itself There is a contradiction." "No..." I had a headache, and hurriedly adjusted my breathing, "The murder occurred in a place that looks like a secret room at first glance, but it's actually not a complete secret room." "It's absolutely impossible to get in and out of that room, absolutely!" Haruki asserted. "I think it is necessary to investigate again. The murderer may have used some tricks." "What you said was a little bit of an upside-down." Qiuxiong said in a muttering tone, "Under normal circumstances, the possibility of homicide can only be confirmed after confirming that there are traces of the murderer entering and leaving. But you first confirmed that it was homicide. In order to confirm this speculation, And wonder if the room is really inaccessible. Isn't it upside down?" "However, according to common sense, when a corpse is found in a secret room, shouldn't the first thought be homicide instead of suicide? As I said just now, ancient and modern things, such secret room tricks are too numerous to enumerate. Who can say that there is no similar trick this time? ?” "This is the key point." Okawara Police Department rubbed his temples with his fingers, as if trying to endure the headache. "How did the murderer enter the impossible room? Did he use magic?" "It's not magic, it's subterfuge, exploiting people's delusions or investigative blind spots." "Oh." The Daheyuan Police Department seemed to be still confused. I looked around again, and everyone didn't seem to understand. "How many ancient and modern things are there that use this kind of trick?" The police department tilted its head slightly and asked. "Yes, "Murder in the Rue Morgue", "The Mystery of the Yellow Room", etc. There are many in Japan, for example. Haven't you heard of it?" (The authors of the works mentioned in this paragraph are Ai Poe, Caston LeHoo, John Dixon Carr, and Henggou's official history.) "Absolutely not." "Me neither." Haruki said.Others also nodded one after another. I glanced at all the people present and said, "Have you read Benge mystery novels?" Everyone is expressionless.After a while, Haruki, who seemed to be the representative of the speech, said, "Benge reasoning... what is it?"