Chapter 66: Ye Chen's 'Reasoning'
At first glance, Mao Li's reasoning feels quite reasonable, and it sounds very logical, but if you think about it carefully, you will find that it is full of loopholes, and even a layman like Ye Chen can easily find out all kinds of unreasonableness in his reasoning.
One of the conditions that must be met for the detective to make a deduction is that it is absolutely reasonable, and all inferences must be well-founded. As long as there is irrationality in any part of the reasoning, then the reasoning is very likely to go into a misunderstanding, and the final conclusion of the guide zhì will be biased strictly.
At this moment, under Ye Chen's series of rhetorical questions, even the inexperienced people outside the audience came to their senses, realizing that Mao Li's reasoning was so uncontrollable, and the eyes that looked at Mao Li suddenly changed a little, as if they were despising that a senior cadre of the detective agency would make such a reasoning. Completely forgot about their recognition of Mao Li just now.
What about hairy chestnuts? Under Ye Chen's sharp question, he also reflected how ridiculous his reasoning was, how unscrupulous. And the fundamental reason for this result is that the bet with Ye Chen misled his reasoning. From the initial 100% probability of winning to the impact of choosing one of the two in the blink of an eye, it was too great, which made Mao Li panic all of a sudden. In order to win this gambling battle, he subconsciously wanted to contradict Ye Chen, who Ye Chen thought was the murderer, then he had to prove that the other person was the real murderer. In the handling of this case, Mao Li has lost the objective position that a detective needs, and subjective consciousness has the absolute upper hand.
It was under such psychological hints that Mao Li regarded the old woman as a murderer at the first time. In the following evidence collection process, it was learned that the old woman had enough motive to kill, and the other person had nothing to do with the deceased, which further strengthened Mao Li's speculation.
Even if he has realized his wrong thinking, he can't do the thing of slapping himself in the face by admitting his mistakes, let alone the saving of that gambling contract. In a hurry, he threw the question to Ye Chen, wanting to listen to Ye Chen's reasoning first. And then 'pick a bone in the egg' to find out the unreasonableness of Ye Chen's reasoning, and then use the other way to return the favor, so that Ye Chen fell into the same situation as him. In the end, the case dragged to an impasse, at least the gambling contract was invalidated because there was not enough evidence.
Mao Li's intentions have violated the noble belief that detectives want to reveal the truth to the world. The detective's duty is to restore the truth of the matter, so that the prisoner gets the punishment he deserves, and the innocent are not wronged. At this time, Mao Li's intention was to deliberately take the incident astray, just so as not to lose the bet with Ye Chen.
It's a pity that this idea of his is destined not to come true, because Ye Chen's 'reasoning' is impeccable and absolutely reasonable. If you want to ask why, there is only one reason, and that is that he clearly watched the whole process of the case from God's perspective.
However, although he knows the whole process of the case well, Ye Chen can't just repeat it directly, it seems too unnatural, and he still has to use some detective expression skills here. And this kind of skill, Ye Chen just happens to know, and he observes Zhao Ruotong's memory and learns the 'skill'.
Therefore, in the face of Mao Li's rhetorical question, Ye Chen first stated the key point of the murder method used by the real murderer in a natural tone, "The traces of poison on the left half of the plate were stained by the deceased himself." Another conclusion implied by this view is that the poison is realized and is already stored in the left hand of the deceased.
As soon as Ye Chen's point of view came out, it immediately caused an uproar in the audience, and everyone had a sense of enlightenment. Indeed, if you consider it according to Ye Chen's idea, it is much more reasonable. This ensures that no matter which plate of sushi the deceased takes, the purpose will be achieved. However, there are also difficult problems that come with it.
Sure enough, hearing Ye Chen's point of view, Mao Li sneered, and immediately fought back with a sharp question: "You said that the poison was in the hands of the deceased in advance, so how could the deceased die of poison after eating more than a dozen plates, what kind of ******** is this necromantic cyanide?" Second, why is there only the last plate left with poison? β
After asking these two questions, Mao Li suddenly felt a lot more comfortable, and glanced at Ye Chen with some pride, wanting to see the panicked expression on Ye Chen's face.
However, the result was completely different from what Mao Li thought in his heart, Ye Chen first glanced at Mao Li in surprise, and then replied: "I didn't say that there was poison in the hands of the deceased before he ate it, what I want to express is only the poison that was stained when I was on that plate of wasabi sushi." β
Ye Chen's explanation made Mao Li feel like he was hitting the cotton. Halfway through the words, he led himself to make mistakes again and asked two meaningless questions, Mao Li had reason to think that this was definitely Ye Chen's intention. And what about the facts? The fact is just that Mao Li himself was too eager to pick bones and didn't give Ye Chen a chance to elaborate further, this is just another drama where he dug his own pit and danced by himself.
"Well, even so, how on earth did the murderer get the deceased stained with poison at that time? Why then, and not at the beginning? Suppressing the anger in his heart, Mao Li asked again.
"Haven't you figured it out yet?" Ye Chen asked another surprised rhetorical question, and then said: "The deceased is left-handed, and this is a rotating hand to grasp sushi." As for why you ask why that moment, all I can say is that it's a non-nutritious question, because that moment is one of the best times. β
"Huh?" Mao Li frowned, didn't say anything more, vaguely, Mao Li felt that he had grasped the key, but he didn't dare to think about it, or he didn't want to think about it, because he didn't want to lose to Ye Chen, a newcomer to the detective agency, an unprecedented negative newcomer.
And among the guests who ate at this rotating sushi, some people showed a sudden expression and said excitedly: "I know, it's a paper towel, after eating a plate of sushi, due to the discomfort of the oil stains on the fingers, people can't help but wipe their fingers first." β
Seeing that Mao Li didn't react, Ye Chen said to himself: "Actually, this is a very simple incident, and the criminal's method is also very simple, just making full use of the characteristics of this rotating hand to grasp sushi and the characteristics of the deceased's left-handedness. Because the deceased was left-handed, the deceased's water cups, paper towels, etc. were placed on the left side, so that the left-hand prisoner was given the convenience of changing paper towels. Speaking of this, Ye Chen paused slightly, and the word change still touched him very much now.
After walking for a while, Ye Chen continued: "As for the timing of changing tissues, as long as the crowds of people can completely block the lens of the surveillance camera, this is still relatively easy to do in this tenth-floor restaurant, after all, it is the peak period." β
"And the final murder weapon recovery is even easier, the panic caused by the struggle of the deceased at the time of death is the best cover, when the restaurant is the most chaotic, quietly push the deceased's original paper towel back to its original place, and then throw your own paper towel into the exclusive garbage channel below to achieve the purpose of eliminating the evidence. I think if I look carefully at the garbage terminal now, I might be able to find it. Ye Chen said.
This is all Ye Chen's reasoning, no, it is correct to say what he saw.
After listening to Ye Chen's reasoning, Chen Xuan was also stunned, and immediately sent someone to the garbage terminal to find the murder weapon.
"No, no, you said that Wang Sheng was the murderer, but he had no clear motive for killing; But the old woman has, and it just so coincidentally, is also on the scene, and your reasoning must be problematic. Mao Li insisted on the idea of the motive for the killing.
"After all possibilities have been ruled out, what remains, no matter how unconscionable, is the truth." This sentence suddenly flashed in Ye Chen's mind, which was one of the famous words he got from Zhao Ruotong's memory.
However, after saying this, Ye Chen looked stunned, and suddenly seemed to think of something, and spat with some annoyance. He realized that his beautiful line seemed to be a little inconsistent with Mao Li's question, isn't this the same as Mao Li's just now!
So, on the basis of this famous sentence, Ye Chen added again: "You are too naΓ―ve, in this era, such a thing as a motive for killing can be created." β
Hearing this, Mao Li was stunned. Yes, if you can't find the connection, it doesn't mean that there is no motive for killing, and there are still people who kill people for hire in this society. If the deceased is contacted as a journalist before his death, it is more reasonable. As a result of revealing the dirty inside story of a large company, such as illegal activities such as smuggling, it has attracted motives such as revenge for slander.
Five minutes later, the police officers sent by Chen Xuan brought back accurate information, and indeed found the paper towel that had only been run over once, leaving the fingerprints and poison traces of the murderer and the deceased at the garbage terminal.
The evidence was conclusive, and the prisoner was undoubtedly identified as Wang Sheng, and Wang Sheng did not have the slightest intention to refute it, and remained silent, which represented an admission of guilt at this time.
As soon as the dust settled, the truth was revealed. At this time, the elevator door on the tenth floor opened, a large number of reporters broke in, and the flash lights kept on.
Seeing the arrival of the reporter, Mao Li made an ugly face, glared at Ye Chen fiercely, and fled with his two followers, really unable to bear the atmosphere of the scene. Here, he, a senior cadre of the detective agency, is already a joke, and Ye Chen has become the protagonist on the field.
"Go slowly, minus a detective." Ye Chen teased, and Mao Li's body stumbled when he heard this, and he walked faster.
At a time when almost everyone thought that the case was all thorough, there was one last of the biggest doubts that had not been raised. It's just that since he has determined who the real culprit is, Chen Xuan doesn't bother to think about it; And Mao Li was hit by it, and he left in a hurry at this time without thinking of that suspicion.
At the scene, only Zhao Ruoxi cared about the suspicion from beginning to end, that is, why the fingerprints of the prisoner were not left on the deceased's tissue.
Regarding this question, how could Ye Chen not notice it, and did not bring it up because it was beyond the scope of ordinary people. The picture he saw was obviously not something that an ordinary person could do, and the prisoner's movements were so fast that he didn't even have time to leave fingerprints on the tissue.
Ye Chen didn't mention it, the appraiser didn't mention it, and no one on the scene mentioned it doesn't mean that Zhao Ruoxi didn't mention it either. Zhao Ruoxi is a true detective who must explore all the puzzles to the end.
However, just as she walked in and was about to ask this question, a sudden change occurred, beyond everyone's expectations, and the scene was instantly chaotic.