"Yes, I'm your sworn enemy and thief - Bai Lang."

"Humph!" Wu Changhao snorted coldly. However, he didn't look like a white man, but like a noble gentleman. Because he already knew that Bai Lang was good at disguise, so he had nothing to say.

"Oh, so you're Hakuro." Wu Changhao pulled a chair and sat down, and then asked, "Bai Lang, what are you doing?"

"Don't be busy, this is a deserted old house, no one will disturb it, let's talk about it. Yes? This house? It is the villa of General Zhou Hanyao, but he has not lived here, so I borrowed it, which can be said to be one of the places where I secretly hid. Of course, it was not leased in my name, it was rented in the name of the former Municipal Inspector Juniper. There are many people who have held the position of inspector, and it is only appropriate to use this official title to avoid people's eyes. ”

"Don't mention these trivial things, let's get down to business! What are you looking for me?"

"You're in a hurry, aren't you? Not a lot of words, it can be done in 5 minutes. Bai Lang also pulled a chair, the back of the chair forward, sat down with his legs apart like riding a horse, put his two arms on the back of the chair, and supported his chin with both hands: "In the early hours of last night, when a small boat passed under the Dongjiang Bridge, suddenly, a bag of things fell from the bridge.

"There was a dog on the boat, and he was throwing it back and forth, and tearing it with his paws and mouth from time to time, and then one of the boatmen approached and saw that it was a paper bag wrapped in newspapers, and when the boatman drove the dog away, he opened it and saw that the newspaper contained some very strange things, so he showed them to his friend, who was one of my subordinates, so he hurried to deliver those things to me early this morning, and these are the ......," said Shirakuro, standing up and pointing to the things on the table.

It was worn-out newspapers, inkwells (with a long line tied to the cap), pieces of glass, tattered cardboard boxes, and a red silk scarf cut in two, one of which was decorated with round silk tassels of the same texture and color as the silk scarf.

"What's wrong with these things?"

"I don't know. It was like a mystery, maybe there was something else wrapped up and maybe thrown into the river by the dog. If everything is there, you might be able to solve this mystery. Inspector Wu, you are an expert in this regard, how do you feel after reading these things? For example, do you feel that there is a trend of crime? That's why I asked you here because I wanted to find out...... How's it going, Mr. Inspector?"

Wu Changhao was silent, he and Bai Lang were old enemies, and they almost caught him many times, and even caught him once, but he was immediately slipped away by him. And every time Shirarou escaped, he had to publish articles in the newspapers to ridicule him, or write poems on the walls of the detention center that mocked and mocked.

Therefore, he hated Bai Lang to the core, and even became angry when he heard Bai Lang's name. Although Wu Changhao hates Bai Lang so much, for some reason, he has a trace of inexplicable feelings for him. One chases, the other flees, fighting with each other, and unconsciously, the two people actually have feelings, which is really humorous enough.

"I took the trouble to invite you here today because I wanted to hear your high opinions, but I didn't expect you to open your mouth. However, I don't think your ideas are much different from mine. So, listen to me first! If you think there is anything wrong, please do not hesitate to advise.

"According to my reasoning, the conclusion from these things is this: Last night, between 9 and 12 o'clock, a lady in fashionable clothes was stabbed to death with a knife and then strangled to death. The perpetrator was also a well-dressed gentleman, wearing one-eyed glasses, and a keen bettor of horse betting, and the murdered lady ate the brioche and chocolate cream cake brought by the murderer. ”

Bai Lang lit a cigar and continued, "Hey, Mr. Inspector, what are you sneering at? Is it dismissive of my reasoning? Don't think that only you have the means to search for evidence and criminal reasoning, Brother Changhao, you may look down on laymen, but my reasoning is more correct and precise than you professionals, and it is an unassailable reasoning. Moreover, there is evidence in every detail, and it is not imaginary, note that the time of the crime was after 21 o'clock, which is inferred from this newspaper. ”

Bai Lang opened the newspaper wrapped in the contents, and continued: "You see, this is yesterday's evening newspaper, and this is by no means bought from the newsstand, it is sent directly to long-term customers by the newspaper through the post office. If you look at it again, there is a seal that has not been torn off, and the postmark is 21 o'clock. Therefore, the time when the murderer committed the crime must have been after 9 p.m. However, these things that may become evidence were thrown from the bridge at 1 a.m. today, and according to this calculation, the time of the murder of the lady was probably around 24 o'clock.

"As for my statement that the murderer is a gentleman who pays attention to dress, why is that? You see, this broken glass is not ordinary glass, but a nearsighted lens without a frame, and there is a small round hole in the side of the spectacle lens, which is used to wear the strap. In other words, it was a fragment of monocular myopic glasses, which were not affordable for ordinary people, only those noble gentlemen who loved the trendy and paid attention to decoration could afford to wear them.

"The murderer went on a date with something like a cake, and it can be seen at a glance from this cardboard box. Because this is a box of cakes, and there is cream in the box, of course, there are not only one kind of cream, there are two kinds of brioche and chocolate sweet cake.

"The murderer went to the lady with these things. From the red silk scarf, we can think that the lady must be a modern woman. Because since you can tie this silk scarf, it is obvious that she must be a beautiful and trendy woman.

"But, for some reason, the gentleman wanted to kill the lady with a knife. Because she didn't die immediately, he strangled her to death with this silk scarf. ”

"How do you know that the murderer stabbed the lady with a knife?" Wu Changhao glanced at Bai Lang with suspicious eyes, and then said.

"It's easy, just look at the scarf with a magnifying glass. There was blood stains on it that had been wiped by a bloody knife. When the lady was strangled by the neck, she struggled to grasp the handprint of the silk scarf, which also had the murderer's bloody fingerprints on it.

At that time, despite being stabbed in the body, the lady seemed to have fought and struggled, jumping up and fighting with the murderer. At that time, the lady may have grabbed the suspender from the man's monocular glasses, pulled his glasses off, and fell to the ground and shattered, so the man strangled her to death with a silk scarf.

Later, he took the newspaper out of his pocket and wrapped up everything that could be used as evidence. This newspaper has yesterday's horse racing news, so it is clear that he is a keen horse ticket. ”