Crime scene: 162 mystery solving puzzles to find out who the murderer is

Chapter 137 The Blackened Silver Hairpin

The only daughter of the clothing store owner, Ashin, is charming and charming, and she is full of romantic affairs.One day, she disappeared.Her body was found the next day in the woods behind the Yushima Shrine.Above the exposed left breast, a silver hairpin is pierced deeply into the body.The famous detective Yinci pulled out the silver hairpin from the corpse, and wiped off the blood on it with a white paper.The tip of the silver hairpin is very sharp and gleaming, and can be used as a dagger for self-defense, but the handle end is as black as smoked.

"Is this something from Ashin?" Ginji asked the owner of the clothing store. "Yes. It was given to Ashin by Xingji, the young owner of the oil shop." Ginji asked his assistant to find Xingji.

Kokichi is a dignified man.As soon as he got close to him, there was a smell of sulfur. On closer inspection, he probably suffered from a skin disease, and his hands and fingers were yellow and dry.

"It's such a terrible disease. Have you applied sulfur medicine? Does it work?" Ginji said sympathetically. "It's much better, but the smell is too strong." Xingji hid his hands behind his back as if he didn't want to be seen. "But, don't you want to get engaged to Ashin?" "I have this plan, but Ashin said to push..." "So you hate Ashin for changing his mind and killing her?" "This What are you talking about, the murderer is definitely not me! I am not speaking ill of the dead, but Ashin has other men." "I have evidence of your murder, please be honest!"

So, how did Ginji discover the murderer?
[Answer] The blackening of the silver hairpin is the evidence.Kokichi, who suffered from skin diseases, applied sulfur to his hands for treatment, and when he held the silver hairpin with the applicator's hand, the handle of the silver hairpin turned black.This is the chemical reaction that occurs when silver comes into contact with sulfur.

(End of this chapter)