I'm making soy sauce in the world of famous detectives

Chapter 956 Complicated Knots

"Yes." Xiaolan nodded in agreement, "I hope that the murderer can be caught soon."

After the two finished speaking, Yamamura Cao said, "However, in the mouth of the deceased, we did not find any traces left by the rope."

"Is this?" Sonoko fell into deep thought.

There should be traces left, right?

How could it not be found?
Was her reasoning wrong?
Should not be ah.

While Sonoko was still thinking, Conan took out the handkerchief he used to wipe his nose from his pocket, and motioned to Sonoko.

And Sonoko happened to see Conan's actions, and immediately figured it out:

"It's a handkerchief!"

"Didn't it say that there was a handkerchief stained with curry lying next to the corpse?"

"Yes." Shancun Cao nodded, and then asked in confusion, "Is there any connection between that handkerchief and what you just said?"

"Of course there is." Uncle Mao Li glanced at Shancun Cao who hadn't figured out what he said so clearly, and explained to him.

"Just wrap the rope with a handkerchief, and let Mr. Yan Fu bite it in his mouth."

"If you do this, there will be no trace of the rope in your mouth."

Seeing that everyone understood what he meant, Conan nodded repeatedly.

It seems that this method is still feasible.

Although there were some small mistakes in the process, the train to the truth was finally back on track.

"So that's what happened." Shancuncao looked knowledgeable.

"However, when the body was found, his hands were not tied." Uncle Maori questioned, "In that case."

"As long as you grab the rope with your free hands, you can call for help."

Although traces similar to being tied were found on the wrists of the corpse, when the corpse was found, the hands were not found to be tied.

And Akashi Hiroto also said before that his father had the habit of tying rubber bands to his hands.

Numerous rubber bands were also found under pillows in the bedroom.

This approach works, but it doesn't work if it doesn't solve the problem.

"Also, the light in that bedroom was still on an hour and a half ago, but it was turned off when the body was found." Uncle Maori questioned again.

"During that time, no one has been in that room, so how to turn off the light? It can't be Mr. Yan Fu who turned it off by himself?"

He explained all the loopholes in this method.

Only by filling these loopholes can this modus operandi be established.

"That's true." Yamamura Cao also felt a little puzzled, "Could it be that the murderer in this case is an outsider?"

But the strange thing is that there was no trace of outsiders breaking in at the scene.

Whether it is the second floor or the first floor, all the windows and doors in the whole house have no traces of being forcibly opened.

The police didn't find anyone else's fingerprints on the edge of the window or on the door, maybe there were fingerprints, but they didn't find them.

At least for now, they haven't found any clues to prove that outsiders broke in.

Therefore, the possibility of outsiders entering the house to commit crimes is very small.

Looking at the people who were lost in thought, Hiroto Akashi secretly heaved a sigh of relief in his heart.

Fortunately, he thought of that mechanism.

As long as the mechanism is not discovered, he can use other reasons to get past everything before that.

But at this moment, Conan suddenly climbed onto the table, stretched out his hand, and pulled the light cord.

"Clap!"

The lights dimmed a little accordingly, and Hiroto Akashi became a little nervous.

This voice sounded like the footsteps of a "hunter" to his ears.

"Conan, you can't move around like this!" Xiaolan didn't know what Conan was thinking, so she hurriedly stopped her.

After seeing Conan's actions, Uncle Maori paused, as if he had thought of something.

Then, instead of stopping, Conan pulled the light rope twice more.

"Clap! Clap!"

The light dimmed a little more, and then disappeared directly, and the whole room was suddenly enveloped in darkness.

"Clap!"

There was another sound, and the lights came back on.

Sitting back on his seat, Guangyou tore open the plastic packaging bag of dorayaki that he had brought back when he pulled the light cord, and took a bite.

On the side, Xiao Ai helped Guangyou pour the water, and read the books he just randomly pulled out from the bookshelf.

One of them came out occasionally to remind and correct the direction of reasoning, while the other didn't want to get involved at all.

"Unfortunately, I finally went on vacation, and it was ruined again."

"Fortunately, this case should be over soon."

As if he regarded the dorayaki as Hiroto Akashi who ruined their vacation, Kosuke took a big bite.

"Conan, how can you play such a prank?" Xiaolan got up quickly and carried Conan off the table.

"I see." Uncle Maori figured it out, and he knew what method to use to fill those two loopholes.

"Tie your hands together with the cord from the lamp, and tie a bow."

"In this way, when Mr. Yan Fu runs out of strength, he will loosen the rope in his mouth and his body will fall."

"While being hung up, it's like pulling down the light cord, the light will go out naturally, and the bow will loosen."

"So, when we found the body, it became that state."

"So the thin strangle marks on Mr. Yan Fu's wrists are really the marks left when he was tied up?" Yamamura Cao continued.

"If there are no accidents, it should be like this." Uncle Mao Li nodded and said.

"But this kind of light has three levels of brightness." Xiaolan asked suspiciously, "Just now Conan pulled the light cord three times before the light went out."

The lights in this house all have three levels of brightness:
The first gear, which is the brightest gear, is all bright except for the warm light in the middle.

In the second gear, except for the warm color lamp, the outermost lamp tube will not be on.

In the third gear, only the middle warm light is on.

This kind of light does not have a quick shift button, and only uses a light cord to control it.

Three levels of brightness mean that if you want to turn off the light from the brightest first level, you have to pull it three times.

But it's not impossible to pull it once and it's all dark.

The method is also very simple.

Later, while eating dorayaki, Guangyou explained to Xiaolan and other people who hadn't figured it out:

"Actually, as long as you unscrew the warm light bulb in the middle, and then adjust the brightness to the second level, you can pull it once and the light will go out."

Needless to say, this brand of dorayaki tastes pretty good.

No wonder Fatty Blue likes to eat this stuff.

Guangyou, who realized that his thinking was a little off, shook his head, and turned his gaze back to Uncle Maoli and the others.

"Yes, that's what I mean." Uncle Mao Li nodded in agreement.

After staring at the complicated knot on the light rope for a while, Yamamura asked suspiciously:
“It does allow people to not be there and turn off the lights.”

"But can this knot be untied?"

"Huh? Why do you want to untie it?" Uncle Maori asked in confusion.

"Mr. Maori, look." Yamamura said, pointing to the light rope.

"If you want to tie Mr. Yan Fu's hands, you shouldn't tie them when the light is connected."

"So, I think the knot must have been untied once by the murderer, and then tied again."

"Well, that makes sense." Uncle Mao Li nodded in agreement.

"However, it seems that the way to tie this knot is very complicated." Shancun Cao leaned closer to the light rope and carefully observed the knot on it.

After he finished speaking, the rest of the people also turned their attention to the specially extended light rope.

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(End of this chapter)