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

Chapter 62

One day, Musashi was called by Lord Hosokawa to serve him.

"I heard that you went to see Akao Junbei yesterday?" Mr. Hosokawa asked sharply.

"Yes, Chiwei invited me, I only stayed for half an hour."

"This morning, Chiwei was found dead in his living room, stabbed in the abdomen, and died sitting up."

"Then, you suspect that I'm the murderer who sent me here?" Musashi couldn't help but turn pale.

"Before you came, Junbingwei was the best swordsman in my territory. It would be hard to say if you stab him from behind in the dark, but you are the one who can stab him from the front!"

Musashi closed his eyes and thought about the scene when he saw Akao yesterday.Junbei, like Musashi, is a bachelor.Moreover, the servant was out shopping yesterday, and he only drank a little cold wine, and he said apologetically, "I can't even serve coarse tea." Therefore, there were no witnesses to prove the fact that Junbei was still alive when Musashi left yesterday.

Mr. Hosokawa further asked, "Munbei was unhappy when I recruited you. He felt that his position as a swordsmanship instructor was threatened. What was Junbei's intention in calling you to his residence?"

"He said that he got a precious sword from a sword connoisseur, and he must show me... Said it was Sasaki Kojiro's precious sword."

"What, that Kojiro's..." Mr. Hosokawa was taken aback.

During the duel on Yanliu Island, Sasaki Kojiro was still working in the House of Hosokawa, the lord of the Ogura feudal lord, and in the eyes of Hosokawa, he was naturally an enemy who assassinated his retainers.

"However, according to the autopsy report, there was no treasured sword at the scene."

"Then it must have been taken away by the murderer." After Musashi replied calmly, he continued: "But, if it wasn't for my bad eyesight, then that knife must be a fake knife. There is a curving blade at the tip five inches, but I didn’t see that curving blade on the knife Junbingwei showed me yesterday.”

"So, did you tell Junbei about this? He will be very disappointed."

"No, I think it's too cruel to throw cold water on him who is intoxicated with buying rare treasures at a lot of money, so I didn't say anything. However, Akao is a person with strong insight, and he may also notice that I didn't say anything. mean."

"Hmm... If you weren't the murderer, who would be able to assassinate a famous swordsman like Junbei?" Hosokawa muttered, turning his suspicious eyes away from Musashi.

Musashi gave a deep salute, retreated to the outer room, cut the tip of his little finger with the dagger in his waist, wrote it on a white paper with the blood that flowed out, and then came to Mr. Hosokawa again. "I'll write the name of the murderer here. I'm afraid no one other than this person can stab Akao Junbei. Please investigate immediately." He then offered a blood book.

So, how was Junbei assassinated?What is the content of Musashi's report?

[Answer] A connoisseur of swords is a murderer.The murderer Musashi wrote on the paper was the sword connoisseur who sold the fake sword to Akao Gunbei.A samurai, even when his relatives, friends or confidantes draw their swords, he will resist without hesitation.However, there is only one person who will not be wary when the opponent draws a sword in front of his eyes, and that is the sword connoisseur.Connoisseurs, because they are in business, can draw their swords at will. Moreover, buyers also stand opposite each other with an appreciative mood, and there will always be times of negligence.After Akao Gunbei found out that it was a fake through Musashi's identification, he might call the connoisseur.The connoisseur drew out his knife to show him, pretended to say this and that, and suddenly stabbed Junbei in the abdomen.

(End of this chapter)