Chapter 2212 The Magic of Language

After imprisoning the two in two different rooms, Fang Zheng did not interrogate the first time. Instead, he found the old lady first, asked her about the two people's situation and accommodation records, and then He brought Xiaolan to the front of the room.

"Okay, Mira, you go outside that room and wait for me."

"clear."

Mira nodded, and ran to the door of another prisoner's room with a smile on her face. Xiaolan saw her leave and suddenly realized.

"Mr. Fangzheng, you are planning to use that trick!"

"Which trick?"

"That's the one that makes the two prisoners suspicious of each other, and both suspect that the other party confessed first..."

"You said the prisoner's dilemma."

Fangzheng thought for a while and nodded.

"It's true that the Prisoner's Dilemma works well in some situations, but it doesn't work in this one."

"yes?"

Hearing Fangzheng's answer, Xiaolan was somewhat surprised.

"Yes, we all know that these two people reacted abnormally, which means that they must have some kind of connection with the victim, but they definitely did not kill people, and because of this, they don't need to care whether the other party will confess any secrets. On the contrary, If you go in and use this trick to deceive them, as long as you are not stupid, you can understand that you are fooling people."

"This, this way..."

"Come with me, let you see what the police do to interrogate prisoners."

Fangzheng gestured to Xiaolan, then opened the door and walked into the room.

Locked in this room was the short, fat man among the two. He was handcuffed to a chair at the moment, obviously very uncomfortable. Seeing Fangzheng and Xiaolan walking in, Humpty Humpty also had a displeased expression on his face.

"I said, why are you handcuffing me here, be careful and I will sue you!"

"It is only natural that the current prisoner is handcuffed. Okay, please wait a moment."

Fangzheng moved the table and placed it in front of him, then took two chairs himself, put one in front of Xiaolan, and sat down on the other, then he took out the video camera and blank video tape he got from the deceased, and put them on the opened on the desktop. Seeing this scene, the short and fat man couldn't help becoming a little nervous.

"You, what are you doing?"

"trial."

Fangzheng nodded at the table, motioned for Xiaolan to sit down, then looked at Humpty Humpty with a smile.

"You haven't been through the interrogation yet, so let me tell you that this is a formal process, and this lady will be in charge of taking notes here—that is, recording what you and I said, while the camera The entire process of the interrogation will be filmed, so that when it comes to court, there will be enough evidence to prove the prosecution's proposal... Do you understand?"

"Don't scare people! What court! I won't take this!"

Although Humpty Humpty was also yelling now, his expression when looking at the camera became obviously more tense, while Fang Zheng shrugged his shoulders, not intending to argue with him. He just fiddled with the camera and hit the start button.

"Okay, then... let's start, first of all, your name, gender, occupation, and age."

Humpty Humpty was obviously not willing to answer, but Fangzheng's ID made him a little nervous, so he hesitated again and again, and answered Fangzheng's question muttering, and Xiaolan also seriously wrote down the other party's answer .

"So, my next question is, why do you break into other people's rooms without authorization and commit theft?"

"I didn't say that, we are just looking for evidence of that woman's murder!"

"really interesting."

Although Humpty Humpty's answer was blunt, Fang Zheng's expression was still smiling.

"You are not the police, and you have no relevant qualifications. You actually ran into other people's rooms to rummage through boxes... To be honest, I don't think your reason will be recognized in court. Of course, if I say If so, you are not looking for evidence, but destroying evidence."

"You, what nonsense are you talking about!!"

Hearing this, Humpty Humpty suddenly roared.

"Why do we do such a thing? Do you suspect that we killed that man?"

"It's not impossible, is it?"

Fangzheng was still smiling, as if he was not affected by the other party at all.

"You also looked at the photos. Judging from the last photo dripping with blood, the time of death of the deceased should have been during the daytime before it snowed..."

"That's right, I just arrived at the hotel at that time!"

"So do you have an alibi?"

"……………Hey?"

"According to the innkeeper's testimony..."

Fangzheng flipped through the notebook in his hand.

"She said that after you came to the hotel, you rested for a while and went hunting in the mountains. And after that, Mr. Ergaki also left to shoot the snow girl, so it is very likely that you and your friend partnered to kill Mr. Ergaki..."

"Nonsense!!!"

At this moment Humpty Humpty finally couldn't sit still, and started to shout.

"I was hunting at that time, and I didn't kill people at all. Besides, chocolate, by the way, what about the piece of chocolate that was placed next to the corpse? When you made chocolate, I went to the forest. None of them came back! Since the piece of chocolate was placed beside the deceased, it must have been placed by the murderer, how could we do it?"

"Oh, this..."

"Yeah, how do you explain it?"

Hearing this, Xiao Lan looked up at Fang Zheng curiously. In fact, she was also puzzled by this question, but Fang Zheng's answer was even more surprising.

"I don't need an explanation."

"……………Aha?"

"There is no direct evidence to prove whether the presence of chocolate next to the corpse is related to the murderer."

Fang smiled and spread his hands.

"Mr. Ergaki didn't die from poisoning, but from a blow to the brain. Unless you think that piece of chocolate can be hard enough to kill someone, that's another matter."

"........."

Is that all right?

Xiao Lan and Humpty Humpty stared at Fang Zheng dumbfounded, not knowing what to say for a while.

"But, that piece of chocolate was indeed made by you at the time! Since it was placed next to the corpse, it means that someone must have found the corpse! Since that person found the corpse, why didn't he tell you? A murderer?!"

Humpty Humpty was also incoherent now, while Fang Zheng shrugged his shoulders.

"Indeed, what you said makes sense."

"So……………"

"But there is no evidence to prove your inference, sir, you must know that in court, what we look at is evidence, not just reasoning. Otherwise, there is no need for our Metropolitan Police Department to exist, and everyone will change their careers. Be a detective. It is true that it is strange that the piece of chocolate appeared beside the deceased, but there is currently no evidence that this piece of chocolate is directly related to the death of the deceased... Therefore, we will not find the answer to this question in the future. Late. Now, let’s get back to the topic.”

Fang Zheng crossed his fingers and leaned against the back of the chair.

"Okay, let's get back to the topic. Please answer my question. Since you didn't aim to steal, why did you go to Mr. Ergaki's room to rummage through his and his girlfriend's boxes? What are you doing? What are you looking for?"

“…………………”

Humpty Dumpty was sweating profusely, his eyes fixed on the ground.

"I, we really just passed by and went in to have a look, we didn't find anything......"

"Since you refuse to say it, then I can only make a reasonable guess, that is, Mr. Eryuan has some evidence against you, so you want to get it back, but Mr. Eryuan refuses to give it, maybe it's the two of you There was no agreement, maybe there was some reason, so you killed him, and then came to find what you were worried about."

"This is all nonsense, we didn't kill people!"

Humpty Humpty shouted again, while Fang Zheng chuckled.

"So I'm asking you, why did you search through the suitcases of Mr. Eryuan and his girlfriend? If you don't give me a reasonable answer, then you have to go to court to explain to the judge. At least, from your actions Look, my inference has a certain degree of credibility, and unless you can find a perfect reason for your inexplicable behavior, otherwise, I think the death of the two and Mr. Ergaki should be inseparable."

Having said this, Fangzheng stood up.

"We're going to take notes for another one. You can take this time to think about it. Okay, Xiaolan, let's go."

"Ah, um..."

Xiaolan was obviously a little dazed, but she nodded obediently, then put away the notes and followed Fangzheng and left the room.

"Mr. Fangzheng, is this okay?"

When they came to the corridor, Xiao Lan also asked suspiciously, while Fang Zheng nodded.

"Of course, interrogation is also an art. You have been with Mori Kogoro and Kudo Shinichi for too long. In fact, their detective practices are not formal. They are just detectives and have no law enforcement power unless the police ask them for assistance. Otherwise, they don't have the right to interrogate the prisoner. But in fact, in many cases, directly confronting the prisoner can get no less clues than the detective's search. Haven't you found out yet? When the short fat man answered my question just now, he He only said that he did not kill anyone, another meaning of this sentence is that he admitted that he was looking for something."

"I see……………"

Hearing this, Xiaolan also suddenly realized that, indeed, when she followed Kudo Shinichi to solve the case, she often encountered situations where the prisoner kept silent, and at that time Shinichi could always use evidence to make the other party speak. Now it seems that it is because if there is no evidence, Kudo Shinichi has no right to let the prisoner speak...

Strictly speaking, even if there is evidence, it is useless. The detective has no power to enforce the law. If the evidence he searched is not recognized by the police, it is useless to bring it to court.

"Okay, now we have half of the clues, and the other half."

"half?"

"That's right, now we know that they were looking for something in Mr. Ergaki's room, but they don't know what it is. This is the other half..."

Having said this, Fangzheng walked forward.

"And we're going to get the answer from someone else."