1 minute to solve the case

Chapter 21: Resourceful strategy (1)
a big red lobster
There is a restaurant specializing in lobster in Yokohama, Japan. The owner is a very kind and generous person.

One day, people suddenly discovered that the boss had been killed in the kitchen, and all the cash in his pocket had been taken away.The very sad proprietress immediately called to report the case.

A few minutes later, Sheriff Yamura brought people to the restaurant.

The proprietress cried and said to Yamura: "Sheriff, my husband is a generous and caring person! Whenever homeless people come to our restaurant, my husband always gives them something to eat. My husband is suffering misfortune now. I Thought it must have been the guy in the yellow top who I saw talking to my husband in the kitchen 10 minutes ago! And then this happened."

After the proprietress finished speaking, she led Yamura to the crowd, and said to a man in a dirty and torn yellow jacket, "That's him, don't let him get away."

Police Chief Yamura looked this person up and down, guessing that this person was a homeless man, so he asked:
"Did you hear what the lady boss said just now?"

The man in the yellow jacket immediately defended: "Dear Mr. Sheriff, I was indeed here just now, but I didn't do anything. Just now a man in an apron said he would give me something to eat. I saw him Put a big red lobster in the pot and he told me to eat it in 20 minutes! So I just stood here and waited."

After hearing this, Yamura smiled and said:

"You don't have to quibble, you are the murderer!"
How did Sergeant Yamura find out that this person was the murderer?
The lobster turns red only after being boiled. How could the boss cook the already cooked lobster again!Clearly the man was lying.

Japanese flag on cruise ship
The British luxury cruise ship "Elizabeth" sailed to Japan for the first time. The "Elizabeth" was ordered by the media tycoon William from the Spanish shipyard for 3000 million pounds.This luxury cruise ship is 260 feet long, has three cabins and double decks, and can provide a comfortable journey for 80 VIPs.

William invited the tycoons of the World Media Group to sail to Japan on the "Elizabeth" to enjoy the freshest sashimi and salmon dinner.The tycoons were full of praise for the "Yacht King", and Gabbard, the president of the German Media Group, even said in a jealous tone that adding up the profits of newspapers all over the world was only enough to build two "Elizabeths".

William smiled smugly, and at the same time he also told everyone that he had now entered the Japanese Sea.When the tycoons heard that they had arrived in Japan's territorial waters, they crowded onto the deck one after another, wanting to see what the island nation looked like.To their disappointment, not to mention the snow-capped Futu Mountain, they couldn't even see a small piece of land.

Since there was no special scenery, everyone went back to the living room to discuss how to improve the boring problem of digital TV technology.Suddenly, Gabbard exclaimed, his briefcase was gone!

Everyone gathered around at once, and everyone knew what the disappearance of a briefcase meant to a CEO. There were not only a large amount of cash, credit cards and blank checks in it, but also a lot of confidential materials and information, the value of which was immeasurable .

William was so annoyed that he summoned all the guards on board and vowed to find the thief.After careful recollection, everyone proved to each other that they were on deck just now.In other words, the person who stole the briefcase could only be the crew of the ship.

William immediately called the five crew members on board to ask them one by one.The captain said that he had never left the cockpit just now, and there is a video to prove it; the technician said that he had been maintaining the engine in the mechanical cabin, so that the engine could maintain a speed of 5 knots, but no one could prove it; the electrical engineer told William, he just changed the Japanese flag on the top deck, and after hanging it up, he found that it was hung upside down, so he hung it again, and there is a flag to testify; two crew members said that they played cards in the rest cabin, and they can testify to each other.

After listening to William, he immediately pointed out that one of them was lying and asked him to hand over the briefcase.Smart reader, do you know who is lying?

Electrical engineers are lying.The Japanese flag is a pattern of the sun on a white background, and there is no difference between the front and the back, let alone hanging upside down.Therefore, the electrical engineer did not re-fly the flag at all, and he had enough time to commit crimes.

whistleblower on ice

Many tourists like to come to Scotland to enjoy the scenery in winter. There are not only icy and snowy scenery here, but also you can enjoy sports on the ski slopes.

One year, the great detective David and his assistant Hans also left the humid and foggy London, and came to a friend's house near the ski resort, skiing during the day and reading at night, preparing to spend a pleasant winter here.

One day, David and Hans went for a walk outside the house. When they turned around a small bush, suddenly a man in black clothed with wet body jumped out from behind the bush.Seeing David and Hans, he immediately shouted: "Come on, someone has fallen into the water, come and help him!"

"What's going on?" Hans hurried over and asked enthusiastically, "Who fell into the water? Where is it?"

The man grabbed Hans' hand and said, "My friend and I were out for a walk. We walked across the frozen lake. Suddenly a thin piece of ice split and my friend fell. My God! I didn't hold him back. Then I jumped into the water and couldn't find where he was, so I had to run to find someone to help, let's go and save him!"

Without saying a word, David and Hans immediately ran towards the lake with the man.They made their way through the trees, over the mounds, and trudge across the ice.Seeing that the man's clothes were almost freezing, David quickly took off his coat and put it on for him.

After half an hour, they finally reached the place where the accident happened.Due to the heavy snowfall, a thin layer of ice has formed on the cracked ice layer. After such a long time, it seems that the person who fell into the water has no hope of survival.

"Jack, my friend, I'm late!" The man threw himself on the ground and cried out.

David stopped him and said, "Don't worry, you did a good play. It's a pity that you ran into us. Although you planned carefully, you still left a flaw."

Hans asked a little puzzled: "The dead man was not salvaged, and the ice cracked doesn't look like it was cut by hand. How do you judge that his friend was killed?"

David smiled and said: "Yes, the ice layer did break naturally, but this does not mean that his friend fell down by mistake. According to my judgment, it is very likely that he was killed and thrown into the water !"

Do you know why the great detective David can see through the tricks of the murderer?Where did the informant show his feet?
The man in black was wet all over when he appeared.The place where the incident happened was half an hour away from where he appeared. If he really ran out to ask for help, his whole body should be frozen.Therefore, it can be judged that the friend was pushed down by him.Or they can be pushed down after being killed elsewhere.And he himself wet his clothes in the hotel and came out to call for help.

cheerful tropical fish
It snowed heavily in London, England last night, and the temperature dropped to -5°C this morning.Just last night when it snowed heavily, a murder occurred in an apartment in London. The millionaire James was murdered. From the scene, it was obvious that he was murdered for money, because all the cash and gems James kept at home were looted. .According to forensic identification, the time of James' death was around 2300 last night.

The next day, the police found a suspect, who was a single woman. According to investigations, this person did not live a regular life.The police came to her home and asked her for evidence that she was not at the scene of the crime at around 2300 last night. The single woman replied: "At around 2200 last night, I was watching TV alone at home, and suddenly something went wrong with the old TV, causing a short circuit to stop The room was suddenly dark. Because I lack electrical knowledge, I couldn’t fix it myself, so I called the electrician of the power plant and asked them to come to 800 the next morning to help me fix it. The electrician agreed, and then I I took a sleeping pill and went to bed early. At 800:10 this morning, I was worried that the electrician had forgotten, so I called the electrician again. The electrician said that he would be there soon, and the electrician came [-] minutes later. He told me that the electric meter was installed at the door The fuse in the fuse box over there blew, and he changed the fuse for me, and then he closed the switch and it was on."

The police called the electrician right away, and the electrician confirmed that she did call him last night and this morning, and that he did come this morning to help her replace the fuse in the fuse box.Is what she said true?The policeman scanned the room while thinking.Soon, the policeman's eyes fell on a few tropical fish swimming happily in the tank, and he immediately saw through her lie.

What did the police find?

Seeing the tropical fish swimming happily in the tank, the criminal police saw through the woman's lies.Because on a snowy night, if the electricity is cut off overnight, the self-control thermostat in the tank will also be powered off. In the early morning, the water in the tank will be cold, and the tropical fish will freeze to death.

melted chocolate
US President Roosevelt once worked as a private detective.One night, Roosevelt received a call from Dr. Kahn, a doctor of archeology: "Mr. Roosevelt, it's bad, the golden mask of the ancient Mayan civilization has been stolen."

Two hours later, the doctor's secretary drove to Roosevelt's house.While driving, the secretary told Roosevelt that the stolen golden mask was excavated from the ancient Mayan pyramid in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico, and it is now owned by the billionaire Wesley. Dr. Kahn borrowed it for research. here.It took the car an hour and a half on the road to reach Dr. Kahn's research institute, and it was already 2300 in the middle of the night.

The secretary asked Roosevelt to take a rest in the living room, and went to the research room on the second floor to invite the doctor.Roosevelt was just about to sit down.I heard a scream from upstairs: "Oh, it's terrible! The doctor committed suicide!"

Roosevelt was taken aback, and quickly ran up to the second floor, only to see a rope tied to an iron pipe under the ceiling, the doctor's head and neck was covered in it, and the chair used to step his feet fell down under his feet.In addition to research tools such as writing desks and bookcases, there is a simple wooden bed covered with an electric blanket, and there is no other furnishings.

"He probably committed suicide because he felt that the golden mask was stolen and he was responsible for it?" said the secretary, his face pale with fright.

Roosevelt touched the cheek and hands of the deceased and found that the body was still hot.He wondered: it was quite cold in the room, why the body temperature of the deceased was almost exactly the same as that of the living?Such a body temperature indicates that it has not been more than an hour since the person died.

Roosevelt checked the pocket of the doctor's overalls and found that there was only half an uneaten chocolate wrapped in tin foil, but it had melted.He held it, thought for a moment, then pointed to the secretary and said, "You are the murderer! Before you drove to pick me up, you killed the doctor first, and then disguised him as hanging himself. From this point of view, the theft You are the one with the golden mask."

How did Roosevelt know that the secretary was the murderer?How did the secretary kill the doctor?
The secretary killed the doctor and created the illusion that he committed suicide, then wrapped the hanging corpse tightly with an electric blanket, and went to pick up Roosevelt after everything was done. Three hours later, the secretary returned to the institute with Roosevelt.He asked Roosevelt to wait in the reception room first, then walked up to the second floor, quickly took off the electric blanket and put it on the bed.In this way, even if the doctor died for 3 hours, the body would not become cold.But because the chocolate in his pocket melted as his body warmed up, Roosevelt saw through the secretary's trick.

2300 moonlight

Before becoming president, Lincoln was a lawyer.

One day, Lincoln learned that Armstrong, the son of his dead friend, had been falsely accused of murder.In order to frame Armstrong, the false accuser bought a witness named Folson with money.Witnesses asserted that they had witnessed Armstrong's murder.Therefore, a preliminary conviction has been established.

During the review of the case, Lincoln appeared in court as the defendant's defense attorney.

Lincoln glanced at Fulson, who was pretending to be calm, and said, "Mr. Folson, please repeat your testimony."

Folson was terrified to see Lincoln appearing in defense of Armstrong.But he has been used by others, so he had to put on airs and say: "On October 10 (equivalent to the eighth or ninth day of the ninth lunar month in our country) at 18 pm, I clearly saw Armstrong shoot the deceased under the moonlight."

Therefore, according to the practice of American courts, the defendant's defense attorney and the plaintiff's witnesses had a face-to-face confrontation.

Lincoln: "You swear you knew Armstrong?"

Fulson: "Yes."

Lincoln: "You are on the east side of the haystack. And Armstrong is under the big tree on the west side of the haystack. The distance between the two places is 30 meters. Can you see clearly?"

Fulson: "I can see clearly, because the moonlight is like the day."

Lincoln: "Surely you don't recognize him from his clothes?

Fulson: "No, I must have recognized his face, because the moonlight was shining on his face."

Lincoln: "Are you sure the time is 2300?"

Fulson: "I can be sure, because I went back to the house and looked at the clock. It was 23:15."

As soon as Folson finished speaking, Lincoln stood up and announced loudly: "I have to tell everyone that this witness is a complete liar!"

The people in the court were stunned.So Lincoln publicly exposed Fulson's perjury.Fulson was stunned and trembling, and had no choice but to admit that he was bought by the plaintiff to frame the defendant amidst the curses of the crowd.In this way, Armstrong was acquitted, but the plaintiff's crime of framing others was confirmed instead.Since then, Lincoln has become the most prestigious lawyer in the United States.

How did Lincoln expose Fulson's perjury?

Lincoln first pointed out that the night of October 10 should be the first quarter moon, and the moon has already set at 18, so where does the moonlight come from?Lincoln also pointed out that even if the time recorded by the witnesses was inaccurate, even if the moon had not set, the first quarter moon was in the west at that time.If Armstrong's face is facing west, the moonlight can shine on his face, but Fulson on the east side of the haystack can't see it at all; if Armstrong's face is facing east, then the moonlight can only shine on the back of his head, How could Fulson see the moonlight shining on his face?Therefore, Lincoln concluded that Fulson was perjury.

murderer's identity

In a hotel in San Francisco, a guest committed suicide by taking poison. Detective James went to the scene to investigate after receiving the report.

The victim was a middle-aged gentleman, and from superficial indications, he died of poisoning.

"This Englishman lived here three days ago, and there is still a suicide note on the table," said the hotel manager, pointing to a letter on the table.

James carefully picked up the suicide note and read it carefully. The content was typed out with a typewriter, and only the signature and date were written with a pen.

James stared at the date on the letter - 3.15.89, and then said as if he got the answer: "If the deceased is British, then this suicide note must be fake. I believe this is a murder case. The murderer may be an American. people."

Why would James say that?

It was only after reading the date on the letter that James deduced that the murderer might be an American.Because the British write the time by writing the date first, and then the month.But the American way of writing is just the opposite. It writes the month first and then the date.

boy who knocked on the wrong door

Hawaii is a beautiful place, and there is an endless stream of people who come here for vacation every year.

Detective Michael came here for vacation this year too, and he lived in a four-story hotel by the sea.The third and fourth floors of this hotel are all single rooms, and he lives in room 404.

On this day, Mi Gao, who had been traveling all day, returned to his room after hastily eating dinner, wanting to take a hot bath and go to bed early.Just as he was going into the bathroom to turn on the water, he heard two knocks on the door. Mi Gao thought it was knocking on someone else's door and ignored it. After a while, a strange young man opened the door and walked in quietly. .It turned out that Mi Gao's door was not locked.

The young man was a little panicked when he saw Mi Gao, but he quickly reacted and said politely: "I'm sorry! I went to the wrong room, I live in 304." He spread out the key in his hand for Mi Gao to prove He wasn't lying.Mi Gao smiled and said: "It's okay, this is a common thing."

After the young man left, Mi Gao immediately called the security department of the hotel: "Please search the guest in Room 304 immediately. He is committing crimes on the fourth floor." Jewelry, purses, documents, large sums of cash and keys made by himself were found in the room.

The security guard asked Mi Gao in puzzlement: "Mr. Inspector, how do you know he is a thief?" Mi Gao smiled and said, "I will tell you after I take a hot bath!"

Do you know what's going on?
The young man's knock on the door revealed something.Because the third and fourth floors are all single rooms, when any tenant walks into his room, he will not knock on the door first.

who is the bride
The newly married Danish businessman Hawke came to the United States to discuss business, but unfortunately died in a car accident.

Hawke's friends in the United States immediately sent a telegram, inviting the bride to come to the United States to take care of the funeral.

Within a few days, the bride came to the United States.But strangely enough, two came, both of whom claimed to be Hawke's bride.

This makes Hawk's friend very embarrassed. He has never seen Hawk's bride, but only knows that the bride is a piano teacher.Helpless, he had to invite private detective Dawei to distinguish the true from the false.

After Dawei came, he inquired and learned that Hawke owned a large amount of property.According to the law, his wife will inherit the estate.Now one of the two brides must have come to defraud the inheritance.

(End of this chapter)