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Chapter 425 Carl: I was shocked!

A few days passed, and even after "Murder on the Orient Express" updated part of Poirot's analysis of the case, no reader was able to complete this challenge.

As for Karl and others, they are basically in a state of disappearance.

"Are you reading this book recently?" Lu Qingge asked after noticing the cover on Jiang Yuan's phone screen.

Jiang Yuan was taken aback, "Do you know that too?"

"This book has been very popular recently. It has been searched several times, and it is often found in Moments, so I read some of it."

"But I haven't finished reading it yet, I didn't expect to update the whole story today." Lu Qingge said that he was very lucky.

"Yes, after today's rehearsal is over, you can follow up." Jiang Yuan also responded with a smile, and had no intention of revealing the horse.

On the way, the direction of the chat began to change towards the content of the novel. Jiang Yuan chatted with Lu Qingge about the plot of "Orient Express" for a while.

Jiang Yuan's reasoning and analysis about the details of the plot from the perspective of God successfully captured Lu Qingge's adoring eyes.

I have to say that it does satisfy vanity to a certain extent.

The vehicle arrived at the rehearsal site, because today is the last official rehearsal, the scene is particularly lively.

Even the reporters from Huaxia TV came to the scene to record the interview.

Unlike the previous ones, this interview was going to be broadcast on the TV news.

After all, it was a relatively official interview, so the questions asked were relatively routine.

In addition, they asked Jiang Yuan to wish the people of the whole country a happy new year in advance.

Although netizens have known for a long time that Jiang Yuan and Jiang Yuan have a collaborative stage this time, their latest interview still caused a lot of heat on the Internet.

The key part of the heated discussion is mainly the face.

As we all know, under the lens of the main station, there is no filter blessing.

Therefore, it is difficult for some artists who are not too good-looking to hold this level of lens.

More or less, they will look not so good. As for Jiang Yuan, the reason why the two have caused heated discussions is because they hold the camera well.

Under such a lens, that is to say, the lighting is a bit poor, and the rest is the same as it is on TV on weekdays.

Even because there is no beauty filter, the edges and corners of the faces of the two are much more vivid, which is amazing.

The day before the official start of the Spring Festival Gala, the two of them once again rushed to the hot search because of their looks, which contrasted sharply with some artists.

As for the rehearsal, Jiang Yuan and Lu Qingge also went very smoothly.

After a period of practice, the two mastered the song proficiently.

After the whole song is sung, not only is the sound correct, but also the control of the emotion and the quality of the singing is also perfect.

This kind of singing level, which can be called the recording studio level, directly made Zhang Cunrui applaud loudly after watching the performance.

In this way, Jiang Yuan and the two completed the last rehearsal relatively smoothly.

After the rehearsal was over, Jiang Yuan returned to the hotel, while Lu Qingge went straight home.

Considering that the performance will be officially launched the next day, the two of them did not have any extra activities the night before in order to maintain their best condition.

At the same time, it is worth mentioning that the Chinese and English entities of "Murder on the Orient Express" and the complete e-book were finally officially launched at noon today.

After returning to the hotel and checking his phone, Jiang Yuan found out that Yang Chao had bombarded him with messages.

Among the piles of information, Yang Chao practiced and fed back various data after the release of "Murder on the Orient Express", including sales scores and so on.

The entity has officially started selling. With the enthusiasm brought by the co-reading challenge during this period of time, it has achieved very good sales.

It ranks first in the sales list of new reasoning books at home and abroad.

What is even more explosive is the reversal of "Murder on the Orient Express", which shocked readers.

Reasoning forums at home and abroad are basically discussing this book.

At the same time, it has also appeared in several related hot searches.

Judging from Yang Chao's increasingly excited tone, this time "Murder on the Orient Express" is indeed very explosive.

At noon, when "Murder on the Orient Express" was officially launched, a large number of readers who had not received the physical book started reading immediately.

The main reason is that everyone is also very curious. The co-reading challenge, the readers entered the name they reasoned out according to their own reasoning and conjecture.

As a result, no one has completed the challenge, so everyone is ready to see what the ultimate truth of "Orient Express" is.

Carl thought so too.

To be honest, after reading the latest update before, Carl is probably a little autistic.

Because in his eyes, the truth is still in a state of still holding the pipa half-hidden.

Today, after finally waiting for the full version of "Murder on the Orient Express" to be released, he wants to see if the final truth is convincing.

If he failed to convince himself, Carl decided not to write a recommendation for this book this time.

The content of the last update was only two chapters.

After analyzing the existing clues, Poirot gave the possibility that there may be more than one murderer, but two or more.

Guessing in this direction, Karl did not guess who the murderer would be after all.

In other words, Karl's requirements for himself are much higher.

What he wants to do is not just ordinary guesses, but really tenable reasoning.

There are solid clues and evidence, deduced definite results.

But now that the previous attempt had failed, Karl changed his mind and couldn't wait to turn the pages to read, wanting to taste the last sweet truth.

Poirot made some enlightening points after thinking about it.

For example, the formation of a murder.

If it is assumed that the heavy snow did not happen during the train's travel.

So how will the case play out?
Chances are, the murder will appear to have been committed by someone other than the train, and the train will continue to run smoothly.

But the heavy snow changed the whole case.

Such a conjecture made Carl nod subconsciously. He had also imagined it before, but he still didn't touch the core truth.

In addition, among the clues left at the scene of the crime.

Fragments of letters that were not completely burned link Ratchett's death to the Armstrong kidnapping.

The handkerchief and shredded tobacco left behind are also related to the murderer.

One of the handkerchiefs has the letter H on it, and it is likely to belong to a woman with the initial letter H.

At the same time, handkerchiefs are handmade, and their expensive texture is clearly a luxury.

Only Princess Dragomiroff, and possibly the Countess, were in the compartment.

As for the matching of names, there happened to be a piece of grease on the countess' passport that covered part of the letters of her Christian name.

Thus, the effect of covering up the name is achieved.

After reading so far, Carl's eyes became brighter and he felt that he seemed to be getting closer to the truth step by step.

The next chapter directly reveals the true identity of the countess.

The victim of Armstrong's kidnapping, Mrs. Armstrong's sister.

The true identity was revealed, and the motive for the murder rose steadily, even though the other party insisted that it had nothing to do with the case.

But then Poirot chatted with Booker and basically convicted the other party.

Karl could only say that Poirot was right.

After reading the two series, plus "Murder on the Orient Express", Carl can be said to have further felt the charm of Poirot, a short detective.

By this point, one of the killers appears to have emerged.

However, Carl looked at the follow-up chapters and saw that the progress bar was not right, and things were obviously not that simple.

And if it was really that simple, it wouldn't match his expectations for the book, so Carl continued to turn the pages and read.

Sure enough, at this moment, Princess Dragomirov jumped out again at this moment, admitting that the handkerchief left at the murder scene was actually her own.

As the screen turned pages bit by bit, Carl's eyes became brighter and brighter.

There are many lies on the train, and everyone's identity is not so simple.

Miss Debenham, who appeared at the beginning of the story, is actually the tutor of the Armstrong family.

The Italian in the carriage was the driver of the Armstrong family at that time.

The Swedish lady in room [-] was the nurse who took care of little Daisy at that time.

In the compartment, passengers of different classes, nationalities and identities, seemingly unrelated, basically found something in common.

That is, they are all related to the Armstrong case.

This made Carl nod subconsciously, at least it didn't deviate too far from what he thought.

The Armstrong case is indeed the crux of the case.

It's just that after the true identities of all the passengers were revealed, they thought of the twelve knives stabbed on Ratchett's body.

The strength varies, and there are even left and right hands, and even stabbing after death.

This made Carl think of a possibility.

At this point, there is only the last chapter left to the truth.

After Carl guessed this idea, his eyes widened subconsciously, isn't that possible?

But the movement in his hands didn't stop.

At the end of the story, when all the travelers are gathered together, Poirot draws two conclusions.

The first conclusion is that the murderer is an outsider, that is, the dangerous person that Ratchett mentioned earlier that he was being targeted.

After the other party got on the train, he stabbed Ratchett, who was taking sleeping pills, and fled the train.

Such a conclusion, from the perspective of a reader who has read the entire book, is obviously false at first glance.

So the second conclusion is the real truth.

Carl took a deep breath, a little excited.

If the truth is really what he thinks, the next part is the highlight moment of the whole book.

In a daze, Karl seemed to feel that he had also boarded this train, and Poirot seemed to appear in front of him to express the final conclusion.

When there is only the last chapter left, the hint of the murderer is actually very obvious.

That is - all are murderers!
This alone has already shocked Karl, and he feels a little outrageous.

No wonder no one can guess the final truth, even if it is a blind guess, no one will enter everyone's name.

First of all, this conclusion alone is surprising.

But what made Karl even more curious was the reasoning analysis that followed.

To lay out such a structure, in Karl's view, is a very large amount of work.

It starts with making sure that the whole story fits together perfectly like a beautiful jigsaw puzzle.

All the previous content is exquisite, and the current analysis is the last piece of the puzzle of the story.

"There is another conclusion to this murder," began Poirot.

First of all, the unusual thing on the train at the beginning is that it is obviously the off-season for tourism, but there are all kinds of passengers, and the carriages are full.

Different identities and nationalities, but if these people are matched with the Armstrong family, it seems that they have found their respective roles.

Twelve people involved in the Armstrong case formed their own jury and boarded the train.

The script became clear at once.

Next, Poirot analyzed the testimony one by one, accurately dissecting the truth.

This paragraph made Carl very excited, as if he was witnessing the process of putting together a perfect jigsaw puzzle.

All the nuances are so perfectly matched.

At the end of the story, there is another important character, Mrs. Harbart.

It was actually Mrs. Armstrong's mother, Linda Arden, an actress.

Mrs. Harbart admitted to the plan.

When the Armstrong case happened, everyone was devastated, and everyone decided that the execution that Ratchett escaped must be carried out.

So the plan was carefully prepared, and Mrs. Hubbard finally begged to be able to take the blame alone.

A few words, sincere and moving.

Karl was also touched, this kind of crime where the dead are villains and the murderers are good people.

Basically, everyone who reads it will say that the last sentence is a good death.

In particular, Karl has recently read the relationship in the previous article repeatedly, and his feelings are even more profound.

In the ending of a general detective novel, the murderer will not be let go.

Whether it is Mrs. Harbart who is responsible for the crime, or all twelve people who have gone too far are arrested, in Karl's view, it is a sad ending.

But the last page of the story makes Carl withdraw his emotions, feeling like a spring breeze.

Poirot asked Mr. Booker's opinion, and Booker believed that Poirot's first inference was correct.

And Dr. Constantine agreed with this point of view, and even prepared to make some suggestions about medical evidence.

Poirot said at the end that his solution had been explained, and he could be honored to withdraw from the case.

After finding out all the truth, the detective decided to let the murderer go.

In detective novels, an extremely rare scene.

Coupled with the unexpected truth about all murderers in "Murder on the Orient Express".

It gave Karl a warm feeling in his heart, as if he saw the bright sun shining on the white snow, and saw the brilliance of human nature shining.

In an instant, the book "Murder on the Orient Express" climbed to a very high level in his heart.

Carl logged on his social account after a long absence, and he decided to give it a good blow.

(End of this chapter)