Chapter 234: Tricky
Zhou Ziyang didn't know that Lin Lei had already seen Takumi Takenaka just now, so he talked about this matter first. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Lin Lei nodded, indicating that he understood: "I've already met Takumi Takenaka - well, since he's here, Officer Miki must have explained something to him, right?"
Zhou Ziyang had been "drinking tea" in the hotel lobby before, deliberately inquiring about the news, so he also heard Officer Miki talking with the Takenaka Police Department.
Zhou Ziyang frowned slightly, and said in a low voice: "They didn't say too much about the specific circumstances of the case, but Officer Miki concisely told the Takenaka Police Department about the situation. β
Lin Lei's eyes lit up, and he asked, "What did Miki say to Takenaka?"
Zhou Ziyang thought for a while, sorted out his thoughts, and then spoke: "First of all, the time of the death of the foolish master. The medical examiner in Gunma Prefecture determined through an autopsy that the time of death of Master Foolish was within fifteen minutes between 3:15 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. the day before we found the body. β
Lin Lei took out a branch of the eight fonds and lit it.
After spitting out a smoke ring, Lin Lei frowned and said, "In other words, when Master Foolish Anger died, it was the moment when the rain fell heaviest. β
On the afternoon of the crime, Zhou Ziyang was surfing the Internet in his room, so he didn't know much about the rain outside, while Lu Yun and Lin Lei were drinking tea and chatting in the lobby - the lobby of the Cloud House Hot Spring Hotel had doors and windows, so Lin Lei naturally knew everything about the rain at that time.
Lu Yun frowned slightly, glanced at Lin Lei, and said: "It rained the heaviest at three o'clock in the afternoon, if the murderer used a certain method to enter and exit the mountain temple at that time, there is a great possibility that the traces left by that method will be washed away by the rain!"
After a pause, Lu Yun continued: "The murderer really knows how to choose the time, isn't this trying to cover up?"
Lin Lei rubbed his temples, and after thinking for a long time, he said, "After discovering that Master Foolish had an accident, we couldn't find any trace of physical evidence at that time. After the incident, the investigation of the Gunma Prefecture police was much more careful than ours, and with the help of a lot of criminal identification equipment, they still found no clues, which is very telling. β
Lu Yun nodded, thinking about what Lin Lei said.
There is no way to kill people in a strict room in this world, and all killings in a closed room are nothing more than tricks.
The Yamanakaji case is no exception.
The murderer chose to do it when the rain was heaviest, most likely to wear out the evidence.
There are many traces that can be washed by rainwater, but it is impossible to know which kind of "key trace" it is.
What's even more troublesome is that since the rain has washed away the so-called "traces", how to accuse the murderer?
Even if someone admits that he is the murderer, and the footprints left behind by the murder are washed away, he is innocent in court. Without evidence, there is no conviction for an empty confession......
This problem seems to be a dead end, and Lin Lei has no solution at present, so he can only bypass it and move on to the next problem.
"What is the motive for the killing? Is it for money? I remember that there were a lot of horseshoe gold in Yamanaka Temple, did the murderer steal those horseshoe gold?"
After bypassing the modus operandi, Lin Lei began to inquire about the motive for the case.
Zhou Ziyang nodded, understood what Lin Lei meant, and said in a deep voice: "According to Officer Miki, they have searched in detail, and they did not find those horseshoe gold ...... at the scene."
Lin Lei's eyes narrowed slightly, and he fell silent.
At this time, Lu Yun suddenly spoke: "Lin Lei, has anyone seen the matter of the horseshoe gold in the mountain temple? When the innkeeper Zuojiang Fujioka talked about the fact that the mountain temple has horseshoe gold, I always faintly felt that there was something wrong with it......
Zhou Ziyang was about to speak, but Lin Lei waved his hand and said to Lu Yun with a smile: "Oh?
Lu Yun frowned slightly, and said in a low voice: "Before, the mountain temple was very withered, and the monks left one after another, and in the end, only Master Yu was left. Feeling that he was not going to die soon, would the Master of Foolishness want to attract the attention of society and deliberately fabricate a lie? Anyway, this lie could not have been exposed while he was alive, unless he died. β
Lin Lei's brows twitched slightly, and he said lightly: "Lu Yun, your idea is very reasonable. It is unlikely that this kind of treasure that has been passed down from generation to generation has not been rumored for decades or even hundreds of years. β
In some martial arts novels, there are often things like martial arts cheats or treasures that are secretly circulated in the temple, but that is just a novel, and the possibility of encountering it in reality is very small.
The temple is not a very private place, and the monks, who are also people, are not the Virgin Mary.
For example, it is very common for someone to have a treasure that has been passed down from generation to generation in their home, but it is not very likely that there is a treasure in a public place that has been passed down from generation to generation without any other monk knowing.
What's more, the so-called "generational" thing in the Yamanaka Temple is horseshoe gold, which is real money to put it bluntly.
The temple does not produce, and if this large amount of wealth really exists, it can only be the "incense money" given to the temple by some dignitaries in the past.
Generally speaking, this kind of thing will be written in a big book - people love face, you don't see the temple to offer incense and there is an incense book, so much gold dedicated to the temple, wouldn't the donor want to carve a tablet?
Lin Lei suddenly changed his words: "But there are no absolutes in the world, and the probability of having horseshoe gold in the mountain temple is not large, but it cannot be completely ruled out." Because there's another reason......"
After Lu Yun pondered for a moment, his eyes lit up: "Lin Lei, what do you mean, is it that the monks don't speak?"
"You're right. Lin Lei bowed slightly, "Monks are different from ordinary people. The precepts of Buddhism clearly include the clause 'do not lie', and as the abbot of the temple, the chances of a foolish master lying are also very small - but again, there are no absolutes in the world, and it is also possible for a foolish master to lie. β
After a pause, Lin Lei turned his head to look at Zhou Ziyang, and said with a smile: "It is unlikely that there is a horseshoe gold in the temple, and at the same time, it is not very likely that the foolish master is lying. These two inferences seem to be in opposition to each other, but they are not contradictory. From a reasoning point of view, both types of reasoning are low-probability events, but they are not absolutely excluded events. There are many small probability events in this world, so it is reasonable to say whether there is horseshoe gold in the temple or not. β
Lin Lei said a little twisted, but Zhou Ziyang and Lu Yun still understood what he meant.
There is horseshoe gold in the temple, it is reasonable.
It is also reasonable that there is no horseshoe gold in the temple.
Whether there is horseshoe gold in the temple or not is not the focus of the case.
"Yes. There is horseshoe gold in the temple. "Zhou Ziyang uncovered the mystery," Officer Miki once mentioned that the Buddhist Association had sent people to the Yamanaka Temple to verify the quantity and authenticity of the horseshoe gold in person. It turns out that Yamanakaji does have those horseshoe gold ......"
Lin Lei nodded, not surprised at all: "Then the motive for the murder in this case is more obvious, to kill for money." Ayan, does Officer Miki have any other information?"
Zhou Ziyang shook his head, with a disappointed expression on his face: "Officer Miki and the Takenaka Police Department just said a few words casually in the lobby, probably the above content, and then the Takenaka Police Department left the Cloud House Hot Spring Hotel." β
Lin Lei took out a point eight water bay, lit it, and thought quietly.
As things stand, the case is very tricky, and there has been no progress at all.
There was no trace of any valuable physical evidence left at the scene, but the time of the death of the foolish master was known, and it was preliminarily determined that the motive for the murder should be to make money.
Fortunately, the scope of the murderer can be locked - judging from the surveillance, the murderer can only be one or two or three of the five college students......
Other than that, there is no useful information anymore.
Just when Lin Lei was pondering the possibilities of the case, Lu Yun suddenly remembered something, frowned and said: "Lin Lei, I think the key to solving the case may be some of the conditions after we entered the scene that day......"
"What happened after entering the scene?" Lin Lei took a deep breath and frowned.
Lu Yun nodded, and then said: "Maybe it's a woman's intuition, I always feel that after we entered the scene that day, something was wrong, but after thinking about it, I can't say it." This feeling has been in my heart for a long time, before I thought I was nervous, but now I say it, what are you pondering?"
Lin Lei began to recall that after discovering that the gate of the mountain temple was closed, he had not until he kicked the door into the temple, and then found the body of Master Foolish, and then everyone left......
The images in his memories flashed frame by frame, and Lin Lei's attention was all in these pictures. From the time he entered the Yamanaka Temple to the time when everyone left at the end, everything went through in Lin Lei's mind.
Indeed, as Lu Yun said, there was something faintly not quite right, and Lin Lei himself couldn't tell what was wrong for a while.
The most critical place related to the "secret room", Lin Lei thought about it again and again, and there was no problem.
The door and side door really can't be opened, and he himself has been on the scene, and they have all been confirmed by Lin Lei himself, and there will be no obvious trickery.
The main gate and side door of the Yamanakaji Temple must have been locked from the inside, but the murderer's method of leaving the "secret room" of the Yamanakaji Temple could not be found for a while.
After returning to the room, Lin Lei spoke: "Let's watch the video again." β
Lin Lei had previously copied the video from the camera to a USB flash drive, and at this moment he opened the computer in the room, inserted it into the USB flash drive, and played the video of the crime scene on the computer.
The video was taken after the others left, when Lin Lei and Lu Yun were investigating the situation in the mountain temple.
After watching the video again, Lin Lei's brows became tighter and tighter.
Still no clues, no clues!
Yes, the situation reflected in the video is the same as the results of the investigation by the Gunma Prefectural Police.
This case is full of weirdness, but it has never been possible to find the key to the correct way to open the case.
The truth is so close that the murderer is almost certainly one of those five, so why can't there be any evidence?
It is really not an ordinary country.
The first case that Lai Yuben encountered turned out to be so tricky!
This kind of case can basically be called a "death case", and it is too difficult to solve the case.
In today's countries around the world, convictions are based on evidence -- without evidence alone, no matter how fanciful your reasoning is, it is useless.
Unfortunately, there is no evidence left at the scene of the Yamanakaji case.
Officer Miki had no choice.
The Takenaka Police Department has no choice.
Lu Yun had no choice.
Lin Lei didn't seem to have a choice.
But-
Lin Lei is not an ordinary person!
Lin Lei has a super detective system and deep pupils!
Through the Eye of the Deep's past, Lin Lei can lock on to a suspect or eliminate a suspect......
However, Shen Tong can only see a certain case once.
If the person watching is not the murderer, then the next step is even trickier.
So now it is necessary to pick the most suspicious person and then look at his dark side with deep eyes.
Who is the most suspicious of these five suspects?
Kazuma is a student of ancient architecture.
Shiho Tanabe is a pole vaulter.
Kosuke Akai has a lot of experience in mechanical inventions.
Masaki Kawamoto is very interested in flora and fauna.
Yota Ando, on the other hand, is a top student in the Department of Archaeology and is familiar with ancient cultural relics.
These five people have different majors and specialties, and they are very different.
Lin Lei has an intuition, a detective's intuition-
In this murder case in the secret room of the mountain temple, the murderer's modus operandi must be related to his profession......
"Lin Lei, are you thinking about those five Ota University students? They are the most suspicious people. β
Just as Lin Lei was thinking, Lu Yun spoke.
Lin Lei raised his head and said to Lu Yun with a smile: "I found that your logical thinking ability has become stronger and stronger recently, you know what I am thinking, you know ......"
Lu Yun was stunned for a moment, and her little face turned red.
Zhou Ziyang on the side coughed dryly: "Ahem...... Ah Lei, don't you have an old saying in Huaxia, called 'Those who are close to Zhu are red and those who are close to ink are black'? I see that Sister Yun has been with you for a long time to solve cases, and her reasoning ability has naturally become strongerββ"
After a pause, Zhou Ziyang continued: "It's just that Ah Lei, you are too strong, so it seems that Sister Yun is not so strong." β
Lin Lei smiled slightly, nodded and said to Zhou Ziyang: "I think what you said is very reasonable." β
Lu Yun opened his mouth and diverted away from this somewhat embarrassing topic: "Lin Lei, I have distinguished the suspicion levels of these five people, and they are divided into three levels. Let me tell you?"
Lin Lei's eyes lit up: "Okay! Tell me about it, I'll listen to you." β
Although there are some "compliments" in what Zhou Ziyang said just now, Lu Yun himself obviously feels that his reasoning ability has made great progress compared to when he was in China before, so his self-confidence has also risen.
Lu Yun sorted out his thoughts and whispered, "I'll start with the least suspected." Yota Ando, a student in the Department of Archaeology, and Kazuta Yama, a student in the Department of Architecture, are the two people with the lowest suspicions, and I would classify them as the lowest. β
Lin Lei's eyes narrowed slightly, noncommittal: "Oh, why?"