Chapter 480: Detective Chinatown 2

Chapter 480: Detective Chinatown 2

Chapter 480: Detective Chinatown 2 (6)

In the spacious and antique Longqing Hall, the statue of Guan Erye stands quietly in the highest shrine, stroking his beard with one hand and holding the Green Dragon Crescent Blade in the other, his face is as red as a date and his eyes are wide open with anger.

Three incense sticks burned quietly on top of the hall, and green smoke flowed down like dragons and snakes, entangling this loyal, brave and upright god. In the wisps of green smoke, only the pair of phoenix eyes looked down from above, staring intently at the scenes happening in the hall.

Although Lu Guofu, played by Wang Xun, is despicable, at this moment, when the dramatic conflict is most intense, he also shows excellent acting skills, interpreting the hideousness and anger vividly.

Opposite him, "Seventh Uncle" Li Le, who was sitting in a wheelchair, had trembling lips and shaking hands. He seemed to have aged ten years in an instant. The intimidating aura from his body immediately dissipated, and he was completely transformed into a skinny old man who was about to die.

It can be said that these older generation actors in Hong Kong still have some ability. Perhaps they have not received any professional acting training, but after years of hard work on the set, they have mastered a set of acting methods that best suit them.

Moreover, the environment and atmosphere in Hong Kong are different from that in the mainland, and mainland actors have no experience with many things and cannot imagine them at all.

Just like the identity of the boss of the Longqing Society in Chinatown, only Zeng Jiang, who grew up in Hong Kong, experienced that chaotic era, and dealt with the Triads, could perform that kind of performance.

If it were other mainland artists, they might be domineering enough, and they could also portray banditry and viciousness, but they would lack that kind of underworld atmosphere.

"So you killed Ayuan?"

"Seventh Uncle" Li Le looked at his godson who had become his backbone, and in addition to anger, there was also loneliness and sadness in his voice.

Once you enter the arena, you can't help yourself.

When he first joined the club, Ding Ye had said this to him. When he was young, he didn't care about these things and just thought that young people should do great things.

So even though his beloved wife died tragically because of him, he did not regret it at all. He continued to kill all his enemies and pushed the Longqing Society to its current position.

Even in his old age, he was still very proud of himself, thinking that a hundred years later, when he met Ding Ye in the underworld, he would be able to proudly say that his life was worth it.

However, the bullet fired in his youthful recklessness eventually made a circle and hit him right between the eyebrows.

You will pay for what you have done!

The words that Ding Ye said as he vomited blood and lay in his arms, grabbing his clothes, rang in his ears again.

What did I say at that time? It seems to be the same as Lu Guofu.

At that time, the Chinese community was suppressed in this country, they were excluded, Chinatown and Longqing Club were in danger. What did you do?

Giving up the bottom line and choosing to get close? What reason does he have to blame his godson?

After all, if a person does not care about himself, he will be punished by heaven and earth.

"Yes, I was the one who killed Li Zhiyuan!"

Lu Guofu, who was standing under the statue of Guan Gong, showed a hint of pleasure on his distorted face, as if his suppressed emotions were completely ignited.

"That guy is obviously a nerd who knows nothing and has become stupid from studying. He wants to cut off ties with you and despises the voice of the Longqing Society, but you are still waiting for him. What a shit he is, Li Zhiyuan!"

Wang Xun's saliva was flying everywhere, and he added full drama through his body movements and words.

"If I hadn't paid the bill every month, your old bones would have been sunk into the Hudson River long ago. What do you think made Long Qing's position in Chinatown possible? It was because of me!

Without me, can you live in peace in your old age? Can you take out 500 million bonus to help your son find the murderer? Old man! "

"Seventh Uncle" Li Le was breathing rapidly, his chest heaving violently, it seemed that he was very angry about Lu Guofu's words and was about to faint at any time.

But female police officer Chen Yingke doesn't care about the grudges between them.

Being able to solve Dr. Li's suicide case, crack down on human trafficking and organ trafficking cases, and eradicate the Triad organization in New York's Chinatown, this achievement is enough to raise her rank within the police force.

The only question now is how can she capture this criminal with the least casualties?

"Uncle Qi, this is the truth. You have seen it. Lu Guofu is ruthless and the evidence is irrefutable.

Please appease your subordinates and ask them to cooperate with the police and not help the evildoers. The police will ensure that no good citizen will be wrongly accused."

The meaning of her words was very clear, that is, only the main culprit should be arrested, and the others should be let off the hook.

The gang members following Lu Guofu became even more excited after hearing this, and the muzzles of the guns in their hands drooped a little and were no longer pointed at the opposite side.

Seeing this, Lu Guofu knew that he could not go on like this, so he raised his hand to pull the trigger, to first cause conflict and chaos, and then try to survive in the chaos.

However, at this moment, a loud shout suddenly came from outside the hall.

"Stop, Lu Guofu is not the murderer!"

Amid the sound of high-pitched music, Qin Feng and his four companions made a brilliant appearance. Everyone subconsciously looked at him, and even Lu Guofu stopped his hand from pulling the trigger.

"What do you mean?
The evidence of Lu Guofu's crime is irrefutable. The people they kidnapped and the organs in the cold storage are the best evidence."

Female police officer Chen Ying glared at Qin Feng and spoke loudly.

Noda Hao at the side also nodded at this time, "Yes, he has just admitted it himself."

"Then I want to ask, how was Dr. Li killed? What is the answer to the mystery of the locked room murder?"

Qin Feng asked his question loudly, and Noda Hao was speechless for a moment. To be honest, he had not solved the "Dr. Li's locked room murder case" either.

"Qin Feng! Now is not the time to talk about this!
The evidence of Lu Guofu's crime is solid. The kidnapped people and the organs in the cold storage are the best evidence.

Let's finish these cases first, and we can investigate the locked room murder case slowly."

Chen Ying was quite dissatisfied and his tone was a bit aggressive.

"No, this is important!"

Qin Feng retorted loudly, his voice was sonorous and powerful. Although he was not very tall, he burst out with huge energy.

He stood straight with his eyes wide open, like a young lion, with only the pursuit of truth and the persistence of justice in his eyes.

“The evidence is not perfect!
Lu Guofu had a motive to kill Dr. Li, but how did he get into the basement that was locked from the inside, how did he get out, and how did he create that secret room? You can't give a reasonable explanation.

What about the murder weapon? What about the murderer's alibi? If you can't explain these, how can you convict Lu Guofu?

If we just close the case hastily, the real murderer may go unpunished, and Dr. Li’s injustice will never be redressed! "

Chen Ying was shocked by his aura and was speechless for a moment. Noda Hao also lowered his head, as if thinking about something.

The atmosphere in the room was briefly delayed by Qin Feng's sudden appearance, but Lu Guofu saw that the situation seemed to be turning in a direction that was favorable to him, so he shouted loudly:
"Yes! Yes! Yes! I was wronged. Li Zhiyuan's death had nothing to do with me. On the day he died, I..." Lu Guofu was originally defending himself, but when he got to this point, he suddenly realized that there was no way to explain it.

On the day Li Zhiyuan died, he and his subordinates were conducting transactions with the organization in the subway. This is also illegal and cannot be disclosed.

"Anyway, I didn't kill Li Zhiyuan. You want to pin his death on me and use it against our Longqing Society. Even if I agree, the brothers in the society won't agree."

After he said this, the originally shaken mentality of his thugs stabilized a little.

After all, he had gained a lot from following Lu Guofu and his men over the past year. The reason why he backed off just now was mainly because Lu Guofu said that he had killed the son of "Seventh Uncle" Li Le, and he was suspected of being an inferior overthrowing his superior.

The Longqing Gang has been in the hands of Uncle Seventh for so many years. Although he is old, his prestige is still there. If the two of them conflict, these grassroots gang members may not necessarily stand on Li Le's side, but will choose not to help either side.

"You said that Ayuan was not killed by that bastard?" Seventh Uncle Li Le also reacted at this time and asked while panting.

Qin Feng nodded and then shook his head.

"What on earth do you mean, Lao Qin?" Tang Ren asked the question at the right time, like a supporting actor.

Qin Feng pushed down the gun that Chen Ying was pointing at Lu Guofu, and "Seventh Uncle" Li Le also shouted to his disciples, "Put down the gun."

The tense atmosphere in the room suddenly dissipated a lot. Only then did Qin Feng walk to the center of the hall and begin to explain his reasoning.

"If we want to solve the 'Dr. Li suicide case', the key to all the puzzles lies in that 'secret room'."

"The Chamber of Secrets is a proposition that mystery writers around the world have been working on all their lives.

John Dickson Carr, known as one of the three giants of the Golden Age, in Chapter 17 of his work "The Three Coffins", uses the voice of Dr. Gideon Fell to comment on and analyze the locked room cases from ancient times to the present over the past hundred years, and summarizes them into thirteen types.

This is the famous "Locked Room Lecture" in the detective mystery world."

"From the 'Secret Chamber Handouts', our case must be one of them."

"The first type is not murder, but a series of coincidences that led to an accident similar to murder."

"The second type, which is not murder, but suicide, is deliberately disguised as murder."

"The third type is that the case is indeed murder, but the locked room is fake and the deceased died before the estimated time."

"The fourth type is the opposite of the third, where the chamber is fake but the deceased died after the estimated time."

"The fifth possibility is that the secret room is fake. The murderer created the illusion that the door was locked to disguise it as a secret room."

"The sixth possibility is that the secret room is not the first crime scene..."

"The seventh kind..."

"The eighth type..."

"The ninth type..."

Qin Feng raised his finger and explained the possibilities and methods of "locked room murder" one by one, attracting the attention of everyone, including countless viewers in front of the big screen.

I have to say that Bai Jingting has pretty good acting skills. At least at this moment, standing in the hall of Longqing Hall, he fully demonstrated the intelligence and talent of a young detective, exuding a unique charm all over his body.

“In the end, there are only three possibilities left.

The secret room is artificially created by the murderer after committing the murder, such as locking the door from the outside, or using a mechanism to lock the door from the outside.

The murderer set up a killing device in the secret room and killed the victim remotely, causing the victim to die in the secret room.

Another case is similar to the one we encountered in Thailand. The murderer used magic and disguise to create confusion. After the crime, the murderer did not leave the scene, but hid in the house, waiting for someone to break in, and then blended into the crowd. "

"Then what kind of secret room did Dr. Li commit suicide in?" Tang Ren asked loudly at this time.

Noda Hao showed his presence at this time and began to eliminate thirteen types of locked rooms based on the existing case information.

“First, we can confirm that Dr. Li’s death was not suicide or an accident, which eliminates the two types of locked rooms.

Then there is the question of whether the secret room is real or not. We have already confirmed this. The walls at the scene are reinforced with steel plates, and there are no secret passages or secret doors to leave.

As for disguising it as a secret room, or closing the door after killing someone, the door to the basement cannot be locked from the outside..."

"I also asked the firefighters who broke into the scene. They said that the door was locked tightly at the time, and after entering, they did not find any signs of any mechanism behind the door." Buffalo Billy added.

"So, if we rule out these methods, it's not suicide or an accident, it's a real locked room, and the locked room is also the first crime scene, then there is only one possible method left."

Noda Hao waved his fan and continued:
"The murderer used a specific device in the secret room to kill people remotely."

"impossible!"

Chen Ying retorted:
"We arrived at the scene as soon as the security guards called us and sealed it off. The basement was only a small space with simple furnishings, and there were no signs of any mechanism left.

Moreover, the murder weapon was a pistol, which had a considerable recoil force, and there was no possibility of any mechanism being used at the scene.”

"So, Dr. Li's secret room is not among these thirteen secret room cases? Did the murderer build a new fourteenth secret room?"

Kiko asked while holding a lollipop in his mouth, but Qin Feng shook his head.

"There is no such thing as a fourteenth secret room. In fact, the thirteen secret rooms are just a gimmick.

As one of the common techniques in detective works, the locked room casts a dangerous color of "impossible crime" on the whole case, which increases the difficulty while greatly enhancing the readers' interest in reading and the mystery of the story.

But reality is not fiction. Criminals commit crimes not to construct a "locked room puzzle" for detectives and police to solve, but to escape the punishment of the law.

Therefore, the so-called "impossible crime" and "locked room" are often just a sleight of hand. No matter how varied the locked room tricks are, they are nothing more than improved variations of a few core methods.

And when all the impossible has been eliminated, whatever remains, no matter how bizarre, is the truth.”

"So what is the truth?" Tang Ren asked.

Qin Feng looked around at everyone present and said:
"According to Occam's razor theory, if something can be explained by simple principles, there is no need to make complicated inferences.

The truth behind the 'Dr. Li's Suicide in a Closed Room' is that the 'murderer' used a combination of several methods from the thirteen closed rooms and used 'coincidence' to kill him!"

(End of this chapter)