Wenhao: This child has been smart since he was young

Chapter 56: The Mystery of Time is released
Gu Lu had to go to a newsstand far away to buy the June issue of "Years of Reasoning" (gold edition).

Unlike best-selling magazines such as "Wenyi Shaonian", "Story Club" and "Zhiyin", even the top domestic mystery magazine does not have such a wide coverage.

In order to buy a magazine, Zhang Bishou had to walk in the rain for more than 20 minutes to reach the Xinhua Bookstore.

Why is he so persistent? Because his short story is published in this issue of "Years of Reasoning" today. Zhang Bishou is his pen name, Zhang is his surname, and Bishou is his age. He hopes that his work will be like a dagger, stabbing the calm world of reasoning.

As for the current detective novels, ever since Edgar Allan Poe pioneered the mystery and Sherlock Holmes, Agatha Christie and the Quinn brothers ushered in the golden age, the current tricks have been written almost completely.

Mechanical tricks, psychological tricks, narrative tricks, etc., are difficult to be original.

"I finally bought it." Zhang Bishou wiped the rain off his head and changed his clothes.

Even though the editorial department had sent him a sample copy, Zhang Bishou still had to buy it himself.

Take a look at the recommendations on the cover first. After all, the works recommended on the cover are basically what the editorial department considers to be the best in this issue.

【Primary color sky】

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The incredible crime of Dr.

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D Sakagawa murder case

Dagger

A feasible criminal plan

【Excellent Reading】

Conan Doyle
Red Hair Society

"Huh? Who is this Gu Lu? He can actually fight me on equal terms." Zhang Bishou was attracted.

Every issue of "Years of Reasoning" translates foreign classics, so the excellent reading "The Red-Headed League" did not attract Zhang Bishou's attention at all. If Sherlock Holmes is not excellent, who is excellent?

Open and read——

[What is historical reasoning? When talking about historical reasoning, we must mention the European and American works "The Daughter of Time" and "The Name of the Rose"...]
Zhang Bishou really likes to read some popular science articles about mystery at the front of the magazine catalog. Even though he is a mystery writer, he doesn't understand many things at all.

For example, what are the three "W"s in reasoning?
Who is the murderer, how did he commit the crime, and why did he kill people? These are also the most important murderer, method and motive in detective novels.

After reading this issue's popular science on historical reasoning, Zhang Bishou came to see how capable Gu Lu was.

I found out from the table of contents before looking at it that there are three works by Gu Lu in this issue. Zhang Bishou certainly would not think that there are no more manuscripts for "Years of Reasoning".

"The stage design is in Japan? That's right, it feels reasonable that something abnormal could happen between Japan and Europe and America."

After reading "D-Sakapo Murder Case" first, Zhang Bishou felt that the writing was in the "Sherlock Holmes mode".

The story is narrated from the perspective of "I", but the detective is Mingzhi. The following question reveals a small change made by the author, because "I" suspects that Mingzhi is the murderer.

The bookstore owner was dead, with bruises all over her body. "I" and Mingzhi witnessed it, and we didn't see anyone else coming in or out.

The witnesses' testimonies were contradictory. One saw the murderer might be wearing white clothes, and the other saw the murderer wearing black clothes.

My reasoning was also more logical. First, there was only the fingerprint of Mingzhi on the lamp, which was from when he entered the room and turned on the light. Second, Mingzhi was wearing striped pajamas, and the two witnesses were looking through the window pane, so they got confused.

"This reasoning is so weird. According to this logic, the possibility of seeing black and white is greater." Zhang Bishou complained.

Mingzhi easily overturned all the evidence. The tungsten filament of the lamp was broken, and the two witnesses saw it wrongly. According to criminal psychology research, most eyewitnesses will make mistakes when describing the incident. The real murderer is the bookstore owner. "Is that all?"

Zhang Bishou read the next two articles. Dr. Mu Luo had nothing to do with Mingzhi, and the crime method was also ridiculous.

People have the ability to imitate, so they made a light so that the victim could see the puppet hanging, and the victim would learn from it...

"What the hell is this? There is no trick at all!"

The third chapter, "The Walker on the Ceiling", follows, telling the story of the crime from the perspective of the criminal.

Mingzhi didn't have any reasoning process at all, it was like he had a God's perspective and was killed instantly.

After reading the three articles, Zhang Bishou had a very absurd idea in his mind: Can this also be considered a mystery novel?

"The aesthetic level of the editorial department of Time Mystery is becoming increasingly problematic. They recommend works like this. There is not even a hint of mystery fun in them."

Zhang Bishou yelled and called his editor. What a coincidence, the editor he contacted was also Han Zang.

He was furious, and the reason for his anger was that he thought Gu Lu was some kind of relative, otherwise how could he be promoted on the cover together with his carefully crafted work.

"Brother Han, this is what's going on. Do you know who Gu Lu is in this issue of the Golden Edition?" Zhang Bishou's tone was still relatively gentle.

"Oh? You called the right number. You also want to communicate with Teacher Gu, right?" Han Zang spoke fluently.

"That's right! Teacher Gu's style is inherited from Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio. It is unique in the mystery circle. It's normal for you to be attracted to it." Han Zang said, "Even Editor-in-Chief Gao praised it and said, "It's like throwing a big stone into a calm lake to stir up waves."

"?" Zhang Bishou had a lot to say, but he kept it all in his heart. Editor-in-Chief Gao was a super experienced mystery fan.

"But I can't give you Teacher Gu's contact information directly," Han Zang said, "I can help you pass it on."

"Ahem..." Zhang Bishou was very quiet, so quiet that he could hear the praise for Gu Lu in the editor's words, and he could also hear his own heartbeat.

"Brother Han, what is your favorite thing about Teacher Gu Lu?" Zhang Bishou asked.

"The character design and the description of evil, I'm really looking forward to Teacher Gu writing a long or medium-length mystery work." Han Zang asked without hesitation, "What about you?"

"My thoughts are exactly the same as Han's. Great minds think alike." What can Zhang Bishou do? He can only cater to him.

"Let's not talk for now. I'm still reviewing the manuscript. I'll get back to you after Professor Gu replies to me." Han Zang hung up the phone after saying that. After all, they had a good relationship, so there was no need to be polite.

He hung up the phone and fell into deep thought.

Character design and description of evil? Zhang Bishou immediately thought of Mingzhi, the protagonist of the two short stories, and his description was indeed very rich.

Because he wanted to study people he liked, he didn't stop them when he saw them stealing books, but just counted them beside him.

Because studying humans even inspired a murderer.

"Zhiming is well versed in criminal psychology, so he knows the criminals better than the criminals themselves?" Zhang Bishou felt that if this was the reason, it would be normal for him to see through the ceiling and poison them.

[“Oh, failure, failure! I don’t mean to make fun of you, but you are too naive.” Akechi said defensively, “Your ideas are interesting, but unfortunately, your reasoning only pays attention to the surface and is purely material. For example, regarding my relationship with that woman, have you done any internal psychological research? …]
Looking at this part of the story, it fully demonstrates the wise character, he is not concerned about external evidence, but more concerned about the criminal's psychology.

"It's a bit interesting. It's a bit interesting."

(End of this chapter)