Chapter 294 The Spotted Belt Case!

What happened?

How did Helen's sister die?

Was it her stepfather who killed her? Or did she go crazy and die?

Why did Helen's sister scream "The belt! It's the spotted belt!" before she died?

This unique attraction from suspenseful mystery novels deeply attracts readers!

Whistles, metal collisions, sister's cries before death, spotted belts, stepfather...

These mysterious clues must be strung together, but how is it done?

The particularity of suspenseful mystery novels makes the novel a challenge to the readers from the moment the case appears!

The mystery novels that can be deduced by readers before the truth is revealed are either very good or very bad.

The former usually dares to challenge readers!

Seeing these clues, thousands of Sherlock Holmes fans suddenly have a desire to win. Not to mention completely deconstructing the details of the case, at least they have to know roughly what happened!

Complete deconstruction is impossible, because there will always be some details in the novel that are not presented on the pages of the book.

Although the story unanimously agrees that Helen's sister died of mental stimulation, readers know that since this story appears in Sherlock Holmes's book, it must not be that simple.

Why did Helen come to Holmes? It was because Helen moved back to her sister's room, but last night, the whistle sounded again.

Seeing this, some viewers' hair stood up slightly.

For these unknown things, many readers have a fear component, otherwise it cannot be said that this "Spotted Belt Case" and Conan's "Art Museum Murder Case" are childhood shadows for many mystery fans.

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"There is no concealment of the motive for murder."

"The murderer is probably this stepfather, but the question is, how did he do it, and what do the spotted belt and whistle mean."

Li Liyue thought while reading.

According to Holmes' investigation, according to Helen's mother's will, if Helen and her sisters were married, the stepfather would not be able to get too much inheritance, which led to the stepfather having a sufficient motive for murder!

This is not a murderer reasoning model similar to the Blizzard Villa model, but a method of finding a crime.

Soon, Holmes entered Helen's house to investigate. In the room where Helen's sister died, a strange rope was found by the bed. It was said that it was installed two years ago. There was a vent above, leading to the stepfather's room.

The stepfather's room was also simple, with a safe, a plate of milk on it, a chair against the wall with shoe prints, and a dog training whip at the corner of the bed.

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One clue after another was placed in front of the readers. Not to mention the readers, even Li Liyue, who is also a mystery novelist, frowned slightly and thought carefully.

The style of this case is the mystery style that all mystery fans want to see the most, so the Spotted Band Case was pushed to such a height by Holmes fans!

"There is a bell rope hanging from the vent, the bed is fixed, Helen's sister is dead, this is a carefully planned murder."

Li Liyue murmured, and couldn't wait to flip down.

The subsequent plot is that Holmes and Watson lurk in the night to see what the whistle is all about!

Late at night, the two sneaked into the room quietly. The description of this section of the old thief is very detailed and the sense of substitution is very deep. Many readers subconsciously swallowed their saliva and read the text in the book nervously.

Just after three o'clock in the morning, as expected, the terrifying whistle sounded!

[Holmes jumped out of the bed, struck a match, and whipped the bell rope violently with his cane. ]

["Did you see it, Watson?" he shouted loudly! ]

What did you see?

The readers were confused.

Watson was also confused!

The next moment, a scream came from the next room!

The readers' perspective rushed into the stepfather's room with Holmes!

The stepfather was sitting motionless on the chair, and a "yellow spotted belt" was wrapped around the stepfather's forehead.

A pair of eyes, staring at the corner of the ceiling stiffly!

"Fuck!"

"So this is the spotted band!"

"Damn! I should have thought of it earlier! Viper! Isn't the venomous snake the spotted band!"

"I knew before that the spotted band was a description, but I didn't expect it!"

At this moment, when readers saw the most poisonous venomous snake in Indiana, the swamp viper, in the novel, they suddenly realized it and felt a strong sense of frustration.

They should have thought of it!

The stepfather harmed others and eventually harmed himself, and he died under the venomous snake, but about this case, Watson...

No...

There are still many things that readers don't understand.

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At the end of this "The Case of the Spotted Band", Holmes explained it again.

It turned out that Holmes realized the weirdness when he entered Helen's room and saw the unusual vents and bell ropes, as if he was using something as a bridge.

Combined with the description of the spotted band and the stepfather's habit of raising dangerous animals, Holmes immediately thought of a poisonous snake. The milk, whip, and chair with trample marks in the stepfather's room further confirmed Holmes's guess!

"Why?!"

"What's that whistle?"

Watson was still puzzled.

Most readers were also confused. Only Li Liyue, Xiao Xiangzhengtai and other experienced mystery writers took a deep breath and thought to themselves, “So that’s it.”

The clues were laid out in front of them, but they had never thought of it!

Reasoning, magic, these unknown things are all like this. Under the seemingly magical and complicated appearance, there may be an extremely simple trick or truth hidden.

Li Liyue murmured:

“So that’s it…”

“The whistle was the sound of my stepfather calling back the venomous snake.”

“This kind of venomous snake is quite special. Its toxicity and wounds are difficult to detect. The milk on the table is the food my stepfather gave to the venomous snake.”

“The metal collision sound that I often hear should be the sound of locking the venomous snake in the safe on weekdays! Everything is right!!”

“The reason why my stepfather was bitten to death is because Holmes hit the venomous snake back through the vent, and the angry venomous snake’s nature was aroused, and it bit my stepfather to death directly!”

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Just like venomous snakes, the bloodthirsty nature of many animals cannot be tamed.

Even if the wolves in the zoo or circus are domesticated, their wildness and aggressiveness still exist.

They just surrender temporarily for food.

If they are not careful, their nature will be exposed, and they will bite humans, causing tragedies. This kind of thing has happened more than once or twice in the real world.

Although it is just a short mystery story, this case of the spotted band is full of tricks, and coupled with the extremely atmospheric description in the novel, many readers are completely immersed in it!

"Awesome!"

After reading this, even some non-mystery readers feel that reading the mystery novels of the old thief is very enjoyable!

Especially after Holmes sees through the trick and subdues the murderer with a strange trick, the narrative structure of pointing out the trick when Watson and the audience are confused is very enjoyable!

In addition to the case of the spotted band, there are eleven completely different cases in these two "Adventures", and the quality is very high!

One short story after another led the readers of Kyushu to wander in the ocean of Sherlock Holmes's detective stories.

In a short period of time, it became popular in Kyushu!

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