god of reasoning

Chapter 5 "Magic Flame" ([-]) [End]
"This, let me think..." I actually hate this kind of thing that challenges readers, but every time I encounter it, I always enjoy participating in it. "By the way, you don't know the answer yourself, do you? So you want me to help you think of a reasonable explanation."

"I'm not that dirty, I don't borrow other people's ideas, I only write what belongs to me." When Ji Ding said this, he was unexpectedly serious.

"Then I'll read it again from the beginning and look for clues..." As I said that, I picked up the manuscript again and read it from the beginning. 10 minutes passed, and I read through the manuscript again, "Yeah, I have a question."

"what is the problem?"

"Why do you rush to pay when you drink coffee with Xia Shi in the article, but you always ask me to pay the bill every time we eat?" I raised my question.

"Well, hehe... haven't you heard that art comes from life and is higher than life? I naturally want to write myself more generously in the novel." He scratched his head as he spoke, and then changed the subject, "I Say, can you stop asking these non-mystery-related questions. How about it? Got an answer?"

"There is a preliminary clue. I speculate that when you arrived at CASE's house, he was already dead and dismembered. The reason why you saw him standing in front of the window was because the murderer used glue or the like to The things that glued the pieces of the body together. And the text message you received was also sent by the murderer, the purpose is to find you to be a witness and let you witness the complete case. The murderer also set the fire. As for being glued together How did the body of CASE decompose again in the fire scene, I guess it was washed away by the firefighters' high-pressure water gun, or the glue melted at high temperature, and then the body parts separated by themselves," I said. Out of my mind.

"On this point, I may have written in a hurry, and some details were not explained clearly. Let me add it here. Afterwards, the forensic doctor did not detect any chemical adhesives such as glue on the remains of CASE's corpse, and according to the fire department According to the witness’s testimony, when they smashed the window glass with a high-pressure water gun, there was no one standing in front of the window. Therefore, your statement that the corpse was glued together is not valid.” Ji Ding added, denying my speculation.

"Then I can't think of any other way." I am a person who gives up easily and lacks the spirit of challenge. "You tell me the answer."

"You gave up so soon?" After getting my affirmation, Ji Ding sat up a little bit, ready to start his reasoning show.

"Which of my novels do you like best?" This question made me a little puzzled.

"The Chamber of Secrets in the Ice and Snow, what's wrong?" This is one of Ji Ding's early novels. It tells about a murder in a secret room in a wooden house in a cold winter.

"Hehe, then you should be able to easily solve this mystery." The other party's tone seemed a little disappointed.

"Is it related to that? Let me think about it?" I began to search my memory hard, looking for similarities between that article and this one, but the results were in vain, so I had to give up again, "Can't think of it."

"So stupid." Ji Ding looked even more disappointed, "Well, let me tell you. In fact, your initial reasoning is correct. Case was indeed killed and dismembered before I arrived at his house. The killer used some method to make it look like he was still intact."

"What method?" I really can't think of any other better way than bonding with glue.

"Didn't I tell you? "The Chamber of Secrets in the Ice and Snow", what an obvious hint." Ji Ding's tone was almost crazy, as if he was very dissatisfied with my slowness.

"This...could it be...frozen?" I asked cautiously.

"BINGO! Correct."

"Isn't that similar to my original reasoning?" I muttered unconvinced.

"The surface looks similar, but the inner core is very different." Chicken Ding began to explain to me, "The chemical substances such as glue can be easily detected afterwards, but the use of ice will not."

"It's true." I also agree with this point. Freezing is indeed much smarter and safer than glue bonding.

"Then let me restore the scene - the murderer killed CASE first, then took off his clothes and dismembered him. Then put the body parts in a standing position and freeze them together with a refrigeration tool. Then put him in clothes Put on clothes, so that you can’t see the traces of being dismembered at first glance. As for the ice, you can use water, or you can directly use the blood of CASE, so it is not easy to be detected. You may ask, dead people Whether it can stand on the ground so steadily, I can tell you that the whole body of CASE was stiff at that time, just like the model in the window of a clothing store. As long as the feet are fixed firmly, it can definitely stand in front of the window without falling down. As for the feet How to fix it to the ground, there is no better way to fix it than to freeze it with ice. Then the deceased sent me a text message with CASE’s mobile phone, the purpose is to let me come to witness the complete CASE. The fire was naturally set by him, making The generalized secret room at the scene of the fire is one of the reasons, and the main reason is to make the ice melt faster. The reason why he did this is to create the mystery of the secret room and dismember the body, so as to interfere with the police's thinking in solving the case." After a long time Ding Ji took a deep breath and leaned his plump body back on the back of the chair again. "By the way, as for who the murderer is and his motives for killing CASE, I haven't figured it out yet, so I guess it will take some time to complete the ending."

I looked at the fat and lovely man in front of me, and I couldn't help but sigh. Ice is the most commonly used element in mystery novels. It has been used countless times by authors to make secret rooms, alibi and various killing mechanisms. But it is rare to see the mystery of dismemberment.Ji Ding is one of the few local reasoning authors I admire. His tricks always start from the blind spots in daily life. He is simple, practical and innovative, and always surprises us. I think this is the so-called The 'talent' of it.Also as a reasoning writer, I have to admit that he is indeed much better than me, and I admit that I am a little jealous of him.

But having said that, he is indeed strong enough in the conception of tricks, but he is still lacking in the storyline of the novel, the humanity behind the story, and the creation of suspense and atmosphere.Not only him, but many original reasoning writers in China, including me, have similar problems: they pay too much attention to tricks and logical reasoning, while ignoring other elements of the novel--the story is bland, the motives are cliché, the characters The modeling is pale, and the atmosphere is not rendered in place.These are places where we need to learn and improve.

"Waiter, pay the bill!" A yell brought me back from my contemplation to reality. I looked at the owner of the voice, but found that he was still leaning on the back of the chair, with his eyes slightly closed, as if he had never spoken at all. Same.

"Sir, the total is 110 yuan." I glanced at the beautiful waiter in front of me, then at the still motionless chicken opposite, and took out my wallet helplessly.

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