1 minute to solve the case

Chapter 54
This evening, Holman cooks the dishes himself.While the two were eating sukiyaki, the criminal police called and informed Holman of the search situation, saying that two suspects had been caught and were currently being interrogated.

One of the two suspects was a young man named Hans.Neighborhood children saw him come out of the Holmans' yard just after noon yesterday.The other was a man named Falk.He secretly went to spy on the scene around 10 o'clock last night, and was spotted by the patrolling police who occasionally passed by.

"One of these two people must be the perpetrator. But whether the crime was committed during the day or at night, no reliable evidence has been obtained. Both of them have proof that they were not at the scene of the crime outside the witnessing time. Therefore, it must be one of them at that time Sneaked in to commit the crime." The policeman said on the phone.

After hearing this from Holman, Samson said decisively:

"If so, the answer is simple! Sir, please take a look at the tulips in the flower bed." Holman immediately picked up the flashlight and came to the yard with suspicion.It was dark in the flower beds.After checking it, Holman returned to the room and said with a smile, "Indeed, your reasoning is correct. You really deserve to be a detective. I'll tell the detective right away."

So, who is the culprit identified by Samson?
It's Hans.The tulips that have just bloomed will close their petals at night.The stolen pearls can fall into the petals, indicating that the crime was committed during the day.

generous thief

Mr. Aino is a private detective.He runs a small office by himself, and his business is very prosperous.One day, a man wearing sunglasses walked in.Ainuo asked: "What is your surname, what do you do?"

The visitor said with a straight face: "For some reason, my identity cannot be disclosed, and I would like to ask you to do something trivial. I heard that you are an outstanding detective..."

"Where, I can't call it outstanding... However, it is true that I have never failed my client's expectations."

With that said, Aino invited the man to sit down.After the man sat down, he said, "I want you to follow a person, closely monitor her every move, and don't let her notice."

"That's easy! I've done it more than once or twice, and I haven't made any mistakes. You leave it to me! But, what are you focusing on investigating?"

"You just need to monitor her every move, and then report to me truthfully. Just monitor for a week! I will come here to get the report then."

"I don't know your name, nor your identity, what should I do with the reward?"

"These money will be used for your activity expenses first, and the shortfall and remuneration will be paid together after the work is completed! How about it, you will agree without my revealing my identity?"

As he spoke, the man took out a thick stack of banknotes.This amount of money far exceeded the remuneration for a week's work, so Ainuo naturally couldn't say anything more.So he stared at the note and said, "Okay, I'm at your service. So, who are you following?"

Hearing his question, the man took out another photo and put it on the stack of banknotes.This is a picture of a girl.

The next day, Aino immediately started tracking activities.He was spying around the girl's house, and it didn't take long before he saw the girl in the photo coming out of the house.However, it seems that her home is not very luxurious, and the girl herself is not considered a beauty.Why spend a lot of money to follow her?Aino felt that this was a bit strange.

The girl didn't notice that someone was following her.She hummed a ditty and walked with a smile on her face.Aino quietly followed behind, and soon arrived at the train station.

The girl bought a ticket and boarded the train. It seems that she is a person who likes to play.Tracking this kind of person is really easy.However, if you follow too closely, you will be easily spotted; if you are too far away, you will be easily thrown off.Fortunately, this area is a commercial area, so Aino was able to covertly follow and record it in time.The girl came to live in a small hotel on the mountain. She always went out to sketch all day long, and never interacted with anyone.Ainuo hid in the distance, watching her with binoculars, but she was always just drawing and writing.Three or four days passed, and the report was still a blank sheet of paper, because there was nothing suspicious about the girl's actions.She is neither like a minion of foreign spies, nor like a prospector looking for mineral sources. Why should she be monitored and followed?
A week passed like this.The agreed follow-up period has also expired, but the girl still hasn't acted abnormally.

Even though the stalking was coming to an end, Aino still couldn't restrain his curiosity.He walked up to the girl as if nothing had happened, and said, "You seem to be taking a leisurely trip this time!"

The girl replied calmly: "Yes, thanks to the help of a kind person, I can enjoy the fun of traveling!"

"What? Good man? What are you talking about? Haven't you thought of traveling here?"

"Yes, I'm still a student, and I don't have the money to travel as much as I want. But one day, I met a man in a teahouse who paid for the trip... He said to me: 'You are here Holidays are not so good, I will provide you with travel expenses, you choose the place you like to go!'

"What is he like?"

"He didn't tell me his name and identity. If we talk about characteristics, I just remember that he was wearing a pair of sunglasses. Because of this, I couldn't see his appearance clearly. Well, by the way, he also told me that he wanted one of mine. At that time, I felt that I couldn't refuse the photo, so I gave it to him. Maybe it was used as an advertising model or something, so I was willing to give it to him..."

"Wearing sunglasses?" Ainuo thought thoughtfully, "Could it be that he is the same person as my client? However, even so, it is still puzzling." Ainuo returned to the office where he had left for a week with suspicion.

"Ah!" Ainuo who returned to the office couldn't help covering his face and let out a long sigh.

I saw that the room was in a mess, and the safe was stolen.

Do you know the motive and method of the man wearing sunglasses?

The man in the sunglasses played a trick and asked Aino to follow the girl for a week.In this way, he has time and can enter the empty room to commit crimes without haste.

Bao Gong's wise decision on the egg case

Bao Zheng became governor of Kaifeng at the age of 30.The one who recommended him to come to Beijing was Wang Yanling, the grand master of the dynasty.Although Bao Zheng was recommended by him, he still didn't know exactly what Bao Zheng's character and intelligence were, so he always wanted to find an opportunity to try Bao Zheng's talent.

Early this morning, the old grand master just got up, finished washing, and asked the servant to bring breakfast—three spiced eggs.He had just finished eating an egg when he suddenly heard a report from his family: "The new Governor Bao Zheng is here to pay respects."

As Wang Yanling ordered to invite him quickly, his mind turned away: Why don't I take this opportunity to try him in person?So, Wang Yanling picked up the egg bowl and said to the maid: "Qiu Ju, you ate these two spiced eggs. If anyone asks you, no matter how you coax or threaten them, don't say that you ate them. Do you understand? I am responsible for everything." The master will reward you later."

Qiu Ju was taken aback for a while, but since it was the old master's order, she dared not refuse, so she had to obey.

Seeing her eating, Wang Yanling walked out of the inner room and went to the central hall. After seeing Bao Zheng, he exchanged some greetings and said, "An unseemly thing happened just now, and I would like to ask Mr. Bao to help with it."

Bao Zheng said: "You don't have to be polite, grand master. Just give orders if you have something to do, and the subordinate officials will definitely do it."

Wang Yanling got up and led Bao Zheng to the inner room, pointed to the empty bowl and said, "Every morning, I use three five-spice eggs for breakfast. Today, I just ate one, and I went to the toilet because of my stomach. The two eggs that were laid have disappeared. Although this matter is small, how can the Grand Master's Mansion tolerate such people with dirty hands and feet?"

Bao Zheng nodded and asked, "How long?"

"Not long. Half meal time."

"During this period of time, did any outsiders come and go at home?"

"No."

"Did the old master ask everyone in the family?"

"I asked, and they all said they hadn't seen it. Do you think it's strange?"

Bao Zheng thought for a moment and said: "Teacher, as long as you can trust me, I will immediately find out the case."

Bao Zheng walked out of the inner room, came to the middle hall, and ordered: "Now everyone in the Grand Master's Mansion, big and small, all gather and stand at one side." Although these family members stood aside, they did not pay attention to the new governor.When Bao Zheng saw the fire, he slapped the table and shouted: "The prince broke the law and committed the same crime as the people. I am here to handle the case today. Everyone must not be negligent, so as not to suffer. Whoever ate the two five-spice eggs from the grand master, tell me quickly!"

Everyone was shocked, and immediately became honest.But Bao Zheng asked three times in a row, the family members were still silent, and Qiu Ju seemed to be fine.Wang Yanling opened his eyes wide at the side, pretending to be eager to understand the matter, seeing that everyone was silent, he deliberately said: "Master Bao, since they don't say anything, you can use torture!"

Bao Zheng waved his hand and said: "No. If you don't confess to the egg thief, I have my own way. Come, bring me a bowl of water and an empty plate." The attendant agreed to do it.

Seeing this, Wang Yanling felt happy. Bao Zheng really lived up to his reputation.

After a while, the attendant brought a bowl of water and a plate.Bao Zheng asked his followers to put the plate in the middle of the room.Then he said: "Each person drinks water, rinses his mouth and spits it out on the plate. Do not swallow the water."

The first person drinks, rinses, and spits into the plate.The second person does the same.When it was the third person's turn, it was Qiu Ju, she refused to drink water to rinse her mouth, Bao Zheng left his seat, pointed at her and said, "You stole the eggs!"

Qiu Ju immediately blushed to the base of her neck, lowered her head and rubbed the hem of her clothes.Wang Yanling hurriedly said: "Master Bao, you conclude that she stole the food, what's the reason?"

So, Bao Zheng analyzed it, and what he said made the grand master nod in agreement.

Then, Bao Zheng said solemnly: "Qiu Ju was only teased by someone, the main culprit is not her."

Wang Yanling was startled, he didn't expect that Bao Zheng was so young and thoughtful about every situation, so he deliberately asked him: "My lord Bao, who is the person who is in charge of her?"

Bao Zheng looked at Wang Yanling, and said seriously: "This person is you, the grand master."

Wang Yanling smiled and nodded again and again, turned around and said to everyone: "This is exactly what I asked Qiu Ju to do, in order to try how Mr. Bao can solve the case. Mr. Bao is very wise. You go back, each Do your own thing."

Why did Bao Gong conclude that Qiu Ju stole it?

Just after eating eggs, there must be egg yolk residue stuck between the teeth, rinse your mouth with clean water and spit it out, judging by whether there is egg yolk residue in the water, if Qiu Ju dare not rinse her mouth, she must have eaten it secretly.

Napoleon outsmarts the theft
After the defeat of Waterloo, Napoleon was exiled to the island of St. Helena in the southern Atlantic Ocean, where he lived under house arrest with only one servant named Santini by his side.

One day, he sent Santini to find the prefect Roy on the island, conveying his request for a doctor.At noon, Santini had not returned, but a young officer from the Minister's Department came and informed Napoleon, "Your servant has been arrested on suspicion of theft."

Napoleon rushed to the minister's office, and Roy told him what happened: "When Santini came here, I was dealing with the gold coins handed over by the islanders, so I asked the secretary to let him wait in the room on the left. Later, I Put the gold coins in the drawer of this table, lock it and go to the toilet. Due to my negligence, the key on the drawer was forgotten on the table. After two or three minutes, I came back and put the gold coins in the table drawer I counted the gold coins again, but there were 3 missing. During this time, Santini was waiting in the left room, and there was a drawer key that I forgot on the table. Who else could have stolen it? Therefore, I ordered the secretary to arrest him."

"However, you should know that the door on the left is locked, and Santini cannot get in anyway."

"He must have walked down the corridor first, and then came in through the door in the middle."

"Didn't you say that you only left for two or three minutes? It is impossible for Santini to see you put the gold coins in the drawer next door, and you will not know that you forgot the key of the drawer on the table. The time you left is so short, How could he have stolen the gold?" Napoleon retorted Prefect Roy.

"He must have seen everything through the frosted glass."

Napoleon didn't speak, but walked towards the door on the left of the room. He put his face close to the frosted glass and looked carefully into the room on the left. He could only vaguely see some things near the door, which could not be clearly seen a little further away.He went to the left and right doors again, touched the frosted glass on the door with his fingers, and found that the texture of the two pieces of frosted glass was exactly the same. On one side, while the smooth surface of frosted glass on the door on the right is on the side of the chief's room.The room on the right is the secretary's room.Napoleon turned around, pointed to the frosted glass on the door and said to Roy: "Come and have a look, it is impossible for Santini to see everything you have done from this frosted glass. It is your secretary who should be suspected." .” Roy called the secretary to question, and it turned out that he stole the gold coins.

What is the basis for Napoleon's inference?

The secretary stole the gold coins by taking advantage of the characteristics of frosted glass. Add some water to the non-smooth side of the frosted glass to make it flat, so transparent that you can see everything Roy did in the room.

6 digits found
German female spy Mata Hari appeared in Paris as a "dancing star" with a mission to spy on the French military.

Among the military and political dignitaries she made friends with, there was a general named Morgan, who had already retired, but was called back to the Ministry of War to take up an important post due to the needs of the war.The general recently felt lonely due to the death of his wife, and he was very eager to pursue Harry.

Soon, Harry found out that the general kept all the confidential documents in the secret vault in the study.But the lock of this secret vault uses a dial, and the door of the vault can only be opened if the correct number is dialed, and this number is top secret, and only the general knows it.

Harry thought: "Morgan is getting old and busy, and has been particularly forgetful lately. So the dial number for the secret vault must be in a notebook or something, and this place will never be hard to find. Difficult to remember." So whenever General Morgan fell asleep, she checked the notebooks in the general's pockets and the contents of the drawers, but she couldn't find any numbers.

One night, Harry got General Morgan drunk with wine containing sleeping pills, and then tiptoed into the study.It was already past 2 o'clock in the middle of the night.

The door to the secret vault is embedded in the wall behind an oil painting, and the dial number is 6 digits.

Hallie turned the dial through combinations from 1 to 9, one by one, without success.Seeing that the sky was about to brighten and the maid was about to come in to tidy up the study, Harry felt a little disappointed.

"It seems that there is little hope of success!" Harry said to himself.

Suddenly, the wall clock on the wall caught Harry's attention.

Harry found that it was 2 o'clock in the middle of the night when he came to the study, but the hands on the wall clock stayed at 9:35:15.This is most likely the number on the dial, otherwise why wouldn't the wall clock go off?

Harry suddenly became excited, but then thought that 9:35:15 should be 93515 when converted into a number. This is only 5 digits, which is 6 digit different from the 1-digit password. What is going on?
After thinking further, Harry finally found the 6-digit number and completed the spying task.

Do you know how Harley found it?

Harry thought, if it were interpreted as 21:35:15, it would be exactly 6 digits, "213515".

mr haydon is innocent
Another case of blackmail occurred on this day on the eventful and mysterious "Oriental Train".

Mr. Haydn, who liked detective stories, was well dressed: a sea-blue coat with an inlaid collar, a silk tie, and shiny shoes.Holding a small black suitcase in one hand and a top hat in the other, he boarded the first-class carriage.The polite flight attendant pointed him into the box he reserved.Mr. Haydn has just been appointed by PRPR Electric Company as the commercial representative in Tehran, and he took up the post today with a happy mood.

By the time the train pulled out of Constantinople Station, it was already dark.

Mr. Haydon read detective novels for a while, and was about to go to bed, when suddenly, a woman slipped into his box.She was very pretty, and she might have been a model for some fur shop.As soon as she entered, she locked the door behind her and threatened Mr. Haydn to hand over her wallet obediently. Otherwise, she would tear off her clothes and yelled that Mr. Haydn had forced him into the box in an attempt to rape her.

Seeing that Mr. Haydn didn't respond, the woman said with a playful smile, "Sir, even the alarm bell beside your bed can't help you, because I just need to pull my clothes lightly..."

Mr. Haydon was in such a predicament that he could only murmur, "Let me think, let me think." And with that, he lit a Havana.

In this way, the two sides stalemate for three or four minutes.To the woman's surprise, Mr. Haydn did not hand over the wallet, but lightly pressed the alarm bell beside the bed.

At this time, the woman couldn't help but be furious, and she did what she said, and immediately took off her coat and tore the shirt on her chest.When the marshals arrived, the woman who had already been lying on Haydn's bed was crying and screaming, "Three or four minutes ago, this sanctimonious gentleman dragged me into the private room by force."

At this time, Mr. Haydon was still standing there calmly and impassively, smoking a cigar with a long ash on it leisurely.

The marshals witnessed all this and did not immediately make a judgment.He observed carefully, and after a while, he understood: this woman wanted to blackmail Mr. Haydn.So, he took this woman away without hesitation.

On what grounds did the police judge that Mr. Haydon was innocent and that this woman was blackmailing?
The marshal found that Haydn was smoking a cigar, and there was a piece of ash left behind. Based on this, it was concluded that Mr. Haydn was smoking a cigar just now, and he did not force her into the box in an attempt to rape her.

after the pearl necklace was stolen

"Ding Lingling..."

Early in the morning, a telephone rang in an office of a police station in a Polish city.The police officer Vernay grabbed the microphone: "Hello, who is it?" The other party came a hurried voice: "This is the tycoon jewelry store in the city, and my name is Church. We have a string of precious pearl necklaces that were stolen. Please send People come to solve the case!"

A few minutes later, policeman Vernay arrived at the jewelry store.

(End of this chapter)