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

Chapter 97 Galois's Judgment
This is a real famous case that happened in the early 19th century.

An old friend of Galois (Galois, 1811~1832) Ruburt was stabbed to death suddenly, and the huge sum of money in the family was also looted.The female janitor told Galois that when the police inspected the scene, they saw Ruburt holding half of an unfinished apple pie tightly in his hand, for some unknown reason.She believed that the murderer might be in this apartment, because she had been in the duty room before and after the accident and did not see anyone entering the apartment.But this apartment has four floors, each floor has 15 rooms, and more than 100 people live in it. The situation is complicated. Who is the perpetrator?After thinking about it, Galois asked the female janitor to take him to the door of a room and stopped, and asked: "Who lived in this room?" The female janitor replied: "Missel."

"How is this person?"

"Loves to gamble, likes to drink, moved away yesterday."

"This Michel is the murderer." Galois said with certainty.

The female janitor was very surprised and asked, "Based on what?"

"The English word for pie is 'pie', and the pronunciation is the same as the representative symbol of pi."

The first three digits of the value of this symbol are 3.14. Since the room is 4 floors, with 15 rooms on each floor, there is room 314. Galois went to room 314. The tenant of this room moved out after the murder. The biggest, so Galois infers that he is the murderer.Since each floor does not have 57 houses, it will not be half of π 157. 97 movie theater murders.

I am not a policeman, but I have assisted detective Zhang Jingtian in solving some cases, so he respects me very much.And I am happy to be with him when I am free, because I am very interested in solving crimes.Here's a relatively simple little case I encountered a long time ago.

At 12:20 noon on Monday, Li You was stabbed to death while waiting for the movie to start.Bodies lay in pools of blood covered with carpets.Soon, the police arrived on the scene, and detective Zhang Jingtian and I also arrived after hearing the news.

When we started questioning the suspect, it was the conductor Wang Jinjiu who first started.

"When Li You came in to buy tickets, what did you see?" I asked.

"When he came in, the umbrella was still dripping. He bought a ticket and entered the movie theater. That was the last time I saw him. Until I found out that he was stabbed to death inside." Wang Jinjiu replied.

"Mr. Wang, did you witness the murder?" Zhang Jingtian asked.

"I've already told you, but I didn't see it." Wang Jinjiu protested.

"Thank you for your cooperation, Mr. Wang, that's all for now. Wasn't there another person watching the movie at that time?" I asked.

"Yes," Wang Jinjiu replied, "She is waiting to be questioned in the waiting room, do you want me to call her in?"

"Okay, please." I nodded.

After a while, another suspect, Zhang Xiaomei, walked into the temporary workshop.She sat down calmly on a chair in the corner of the room.

"Miss Zhang," Zhang Jingtian began to ask, "When Li You was stabbed to death, you were there, right?"

"Yes." Zhang Xiaomei replied.

"So, Miss Zhang, what did you see then?" Zhang Jingtian asked.

"Actually, I didn't see anything." Zhang Xiaomei replied.

"What do you mean by that?" I couldn't help but waved my hand to interrupt her, "Are you trying to tell me that the person sitting next to you was stabbed to death without seeing it?"

"Well, it can be said like this," Zhang Xiaomei began to explain, "The movie hadn't started yet, and I was immersed in checking the stock market prices in today's newspapers. I really didn't expect that there would be a murder."

"Miss Zhang, thank you for your cooperation. That's all for now." Just as Zhang Xiaomei was leaving, I turned to Zhang Jingtian and asked, "Have you contacted Li You's wife?"

"We have contacted her. She is waiting to be questioned in the waiting room. Is she also a suspect?" Zhang Jingtian asked.

"Everyone is a suspect, let her come in." I said in a deep voice.

Ms. Li came in and sat down on a chair.She acted very distressed.

"Ms. Li, have you had any problems with your husband recently?" Zhang Jingtian asked.

"What? Do you suspect that I killed my husband?" Ms. Li said angrily.

"Ms. Li, we don't rule out your possibility."

"No, not me!" she exclaimed, furiously.

"Okay, Ms. Li, that's all for now." Zhang Jingtian ended the question.

After Ms. Li left, I fell into deep thought.

"Wei Ying, what are you thinking?" Zhang Jingtian asked, "Do you know who did it?"

"Yes." I replied.

Which suspect killed Li You?

[Answer] The murderer is Zhang Xiaomei, because the stock market is closed on Sunday, so there should be no "today's stock market price" in Monday's newspaper, so she is lying.

(End of this chapter)