"Little friend, your reasoning is very good. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" Magician Rosyth walked up to Xingchen at some point and said: "But." I've seen through the killer's method of creating the secret room. ”

Rosace already knew the murderer's method of creating the secret room, so the murderer must have had a way to get the spare key out of the lock rack, not that there were other spare keys.

Rosyth did not continue to explain the specific method of the murderer, and Xingchen and Yue Shui did not ask, Xingchen thought that the secret room method was only an obstacle to confirming the murderer and not the key evidence, and Yue Shui wanted to crack the secret room method through his own ability.

"Dang, dang, dang......" The hourly bell interrupted the dreary atmosphere among the crowds.

Xingchen glanced at his phone, and the time showed that it was twelve o'clock at noon.

Strange, when I came to the villa on the first day, the big clock on the clock tower was obviously five minutes slower, why did it become punctual again?

When things go wrong, there must be demons.

"It's not too early, let's go to the restaurant for lunch first!" Butler Tashiro suggested to everyone.

So, in a depressing atmosphere, everyone ate a few bites of lunch indiscriminately.

At this time, no one dares to eat more, and even after a random exchange of food, people are not sure whether the food in their hands has been poisoned.

After lunch, everyone went back to their rooms, and Xingchen and Yue Shui went to the room where the dolls were placed, and thought about the whole case again.

"Lawyer Arisuke, do you mean that the clock on the clock tower is your school time?" Xingchen found Lawyer Arisuke after many inquiries.

"Yes, before the game of interpreting the code, I was indeed entrusted by Tashiro's butler to adjust the clock to the correct time. Lawyer Arisuke explained, "There is only one clock in this villa, and in order to comply with the regulations, the game ends at 0:00 on Yamauchi's birthday, so it is necessary for everyone to know the correct time." You see, there's a ladder outside the window that goes to the bottom platform, and when you go to the bottom of the clock, you can adjust the clockwork. ”

When Hoshichen discovers that the clock tower is almost five minutes old, the mystery contest of Yamanouchi's legacy has begun, which means that the murderer specially ventures to climb under the clock in order to speed up the hands of the clock by five minutes and then turn it back.

What is it for?

When Mr. Tadaji was first killed, it was impossible to determine the exact time of his death. The second to be killed, Mr. Koji, was killed in the middle of the night, and everyone was already sleeping. So there is no need for the killer to adjust the clock to create an alibi.

What's even more concerning is that if the murderer is preventing others from solving the mystery, why did he deliberately return the puppet.

At this time, it began to rain in the sky.

Koshisui noticed that the dolls placed on the windowsill were partially wet from the rain.

I remember that at that time, it was also raining heavily in the sky.

Could it be that this is the reason why the murderer stole all the dolls? A conjecture gradually appeared in Yue Shui's heart.

"The key should be in the puzzles laid by Yamanouchi, and if we can crack the puppets and codes, maybe we will find clues about the murderer. Xingchen said seriously: "What I care about the most is that the code mentions that the head is cut off in order from front to back. Also, put the second head to the right of the fifth head. The head of the doll is mentioned several times. ”

"The ratio of a normal person's head to height is usually between 1:7 and 1:8, and the head-to-body ratio of professional models can reach 1:9, which is often referred to as a nine-headed beauty. But Sister Nana, look at these three Q version dolls, although they are different in size, the ratio of head to body is 1 to 5. ”

"In addition, I noticed that the violin in the hands of the puppets was exactly the same size. There are five types of violins, so it's interesting why they all have the same size. ”

Xingchen said his reasoning in one breath, Yue Shui glanced at him appreciatively, then took out a notepad and said, "Very good! When I came to the villa on the first day, I knew that the dolls would be the key to solving the puzzle, so I measured their height and the size of the violin they held. The result is 20 cm for Ivan for double bass, 30 cm for Jemir for cello, 40 cm for Olga for viola, 40 cm for Ta Niang for second violin, and 50 cm for Constantine for first violin. And all the violins in their hands are 20 centimeters. ”

"If you enlarge the violin to its real size, then enlarge the doll to the same scale as the violin. Thinking of this, Xingchen found a pen and paper, calculated it, and came to the conclusion: "The height of the doll will change from 20, 30, 40, 40, and 50 centimeters to 200, 180, 130, 120, and 150 centimeters." These numbers are exactly an integer multiple of the puppet's head-to-body ratio of 5, and if you continue to place the second puppet's head size to the right of the fifth size, then ......"

(The author is writing this case while reading the original work, and before seeing the mystery, he can only reason to this step, because the real method of solving the puzzle is too tricky!!)

"Wait a minute!" Yue Shui interrupted Xingchen's reasoning and continued, "Xingchen, your reasoning has fallen into a misunderstanding. It's true that the height of the puppet is enlarged according to the different violin proportions, but you don't overlook the name of the puppet. Ivan, Emir, Oliga, Tanya, and Konstn are re-ordered by the height of the enlarged dolls from low to high, and then the initials of their names are intercepted, and the final result is tokei, which means clock in Japanese. ”

"Clock?" Although Xingchen noticed the strange names of these Russian dolls, he couldn't think of translating the real code in Japanese, and he was still a Chinese in his bones.

"That's right!' really means to put the o to the right of the i, so that it becomes the number 10, which means 10 o'clock. According to the code unraveled in the first step, Yue Shui successfully solved all the codes: "Yamanouchi's will can be found on the clock tower at 10 o'clock." ”

"Ten o'clock? I noticed that the clock was set up by the murderer at 10 o'clock, and it was raining heavily outside the house at that time, so it would make sense for the killer to take the puppet. It should be that the murderer didn't want to be in the rain for a long time, so he deliberately adjusted it faster for 5 minutes, and when he returned to the room, he found that the doll was also caught in the rain. Afraid that people would pay attention to this clue, the murderer threw the doll into a bathtub filled with water to hide it after killing Mr. Tadaji. ”

"The stars are amazing! There are so many things that can be thought of at such a young age. Yue Shui touched Xingchen's head and praised him.

"Since the murderer has already found Yamanouchi's will, why do he still want to kill so many people?" Xingchen thought of the murdered Yuyue Dream, and the anger in his heart ignited again.

"Don't think about it so much. Yue Shui comforted Xingchen: "As long as you see the contents of Yamanouchi's will, all the puzzles should be solved." ”

……

"Whoever solves the mystery of the secret code from the Eternal Sanctuary of my mountain and knows where this second suicide note is, will receive my inheritance. However, it is limited to the five candidates who are eligible for succession, Kaoharu Kazuku, Kaoru Umezono, Koji Takashi, and Takashi Inukai. ”

However, when all five candidates are not present at the library within the time limit for interpreting the code, the inheritance will be given to the codewriter, not just the candidate. ”

The above is the content of Yamanouchi's suicide note that Yue Sui and Xingchen found under the clock.

"The murderer saw the contents of the suicide note, so he killed the five candidates. After reading the content of the suicide note, Xingchen analyzed: "As for the murderer's killing order and the cruel method of cutting off the head, it should just be a suspicion." ”

"It's a little strange!" Koshisui felt that there was something unnatural in the contents of the suicide note, "Why did Yamauchi consider that the five heirs were not there? If there is only one heir, this situation is still possible, but all five of them have a reason to urgently need money, and they give up the inheritance of a huge inheritance at the same time, which seems to be even less likely than winning the lottery jackpot." And the suicide note said that people other than the five heirs could inherit the inheritance, which seemed to be deliberately letting the murderer kill the five candidates. ”

It's true that this will is a bit strange, but what Xingchen wants to do most now is to find the murderer and avenge Yuyue.

"We can wait until the murderer is caught and then slowly interrogated, judging from the content of the suicide note, it is now possible to completely rule out the suspicion of the two living candidates and the magician Mr. Rosyth. And the murderer should have committed the crime alone, otherwise he could join forces with one of the succession candidates. The rest of the lawyers did not have access to everyone's diet and could not put sleeping pills in everyone's food. Tashiro's housekeepers were old and weak, and they did not have enough physical strength to climb the bell tower and cut off the heads of the victims. Therefore, the murderer is the maid Xiangzi!" deduced the true face of the murderer, Xingchen said hatefully.

"Your reasoning is not wrong, but the prima facie evidence is not enough to convict Xiangzi. Yue Shui ruthlessly struck at the stars.

"No evidence needed! Just wait for Xiangzi to kill the other two candidates. When the time comes, she will definitely jump out and 'discover' Yamanouchi's suicide note, which is tantamount to her voluntary confession. Xingchen anticipated Xiangzi's next big plan.

"No!" Yue Shui's face changed, and he sternly said to Xingchen: "How can we wait for the murderer to continue to kill the other two candidates? If we can find the suicide note, won't we allow her to find it through reasoning?"

Xingchen originally planned to get rid of all the inheritance candidates through the hand of the maid Xiangzi, so that he and Yue Shui would be able to obtain all the inheritance as a matter of course.

Unexpectedly, Yue Shui attached great importance to human life, and did not want innocent people to die in vain, so he directly rejected Xingchen's proposal.

"Judging from the content of the will, if the murderer is found out now, the inheritance will only be given to Gao Zhi and Mei Yuan. Since Sister Nana doesn't want to see the murderer continue to commit murder, then I have to go and fight for the maximum benefits of the dead Mr. Koji and Sister Yuyue, hoping that Sister Nana will not be strange. ”

The deceased is gone, but Yue Shui knows that Yuyue still has a vegetative brother waiting for a large amount of money to be treated.

"You can do it!" Putting aside this sentence, Yue Shui didn't care how Xingchen messed around.

With the approval of Yue Sui, Xingchen found Inukai Takashi and Kaoru Umezono alone, and the three of them came to their room to discuss.

"What the hell is the matter with you bringing us here?" According to the order in which the murderers committed murders, Mei Yuan, who had a high probability of becoming the murderer's next target, asked impatiently.

If it weren't for the fact that Xingchen was just a child, if someone else invited her alone, she might not dare to come. Even so, she was very anxious at the moment.

"Don't worry, I'll tell you a story first. Xingchen waved his hand, motioning for them to listen to their story in silence.

"Once upon a time there were five pirates, and they snatched a hundred gold coins at sea. All five pirates are greedy, but they are extremely clever. So they decided to follow the method of drawing lots, and arrange an order. First of all, the pirate who drew the first lot said a set of gold coins, if more than 50% of the five people, not 50% of the people agreed, then according to the plan, otherwise, the person who proposed the plan will be thrown into the sea to feed the sharks, and then the pirate who drew the second lot will continue to say a set of plans, and then so on to the fifth. If you are a pirate who has drawn the number one lot, what kind of plan do you plan to come up with, and on the premise of saving your life, you will get the most gold coins?"

(Friends who have not read this question can think about it for a while, and the following is the answer)

The correct answer to the question can be known by working backwards.

The first is Five, no matter what plan the people in front of him propose, he will oppose it, because as long as he and Four are left in the end, and Four proposes any plan, Five will oppose it, so that he can monopolize all the gold coins.

Therefore, No. 4 will definitely not oppose No. 3's proposal, even if No. 3 gets all the gold coins alone, in order to save his life, No. 4 can only agree to No. 3's plan, and No. 5's opposition alone is invalid.

Considering this situation, when No. 2 proposes a plan, as long as No. 4 and No. 5 give a little benefit, they can support No. 2. For example, 98, 0, 1, 1 and so on. It's better than the 100, 0, and 0 scheme of the three.

Then there is No. 1, he can't buy No. 2, who can get up to 98 gold coins, but he can give No. 4 and No. 5 two gold coins, so that No. 4 and No. 5 can get more than the plan proposed by No. 2, and they will naturally support No. 1.

Further analysis shows that as long as No. 1 chooses one of No. 4 and No. 5, and then gives No. 3, which does not get any gold coins, a gold coin, No. 3 and No. 4 or No. 5 will support No. 1.

The final conclusion is that the best scheme proposed by No. 1 is 97, 0, 1, 2, 0 or 97, 0, 1, 0, 2.

Gao Zhi and Mei Yuan had obviously heard this question, and they were a little impatient and said, "We all know this story and the answer, what exactly do you want to say?"

"Five pirates, five candidates for inheritance, what a coincidence!" Xingchen sighed slightly before continuing, "This story actually tells us that life is more precious than money. I can tell you with certainty that the murderer killed the five candidates in order to monopolize the inheritance of Master Yamanouchi. And I'm already 100% sure of the murderer's true face!"

"Who is the murderer?" asked Mei Yuan and Gao Zhi urgently.