Pigeon's flaw

Arthur is a well-known antique dealer in Burm Town. He has a friend named Blake, who is a professor of zoology and botany at the university. On this day, Arthur and Blake have a drink together, and the meeting place is set at the Crossflower Club.

Arthur reserved table number eight in the corner at the club. He was drinking whiskey while waiting for Professor Black. At this time, Albert, the owner of the pet shop, came over and sat down opposite Arthur, playing with a coin with his right hand, snapped his fingers with his left hand, and shouted towards the bar: "Emma, give me a bottle of beer."

Arthur smiled and said, "I'm sorry, Albert, I have reserved this table, and I am waiting for a very important guest."

"Oh? Is there someone here?" Albert seemed to have just discovered Arthur, and was taken aback. The coin dropped on the table, spun around a few times, and then stopped in front of Arthur.

Arthur stared at the coin and his eyes lit up. Judging from the year it was engraved, it was an ancient coin. At this time, Emma, the proprietress, came with a beer and asked Albert to change a table.

"If you come, let it be. Let Albert chat with me for a while. I'll take this bottle of beer." Arthur motioned Emma to put down the beer, then picked up the coin, and while secretly observing carefully, he pretended to be He asked casually, "Albert, when did you start collecting coins?"

"I'm not that busy!" Albert grabbed the beer, took a few sips, and said, "I picked this up under the cherry tree when I passed the woods just now. If you like it, you can give it to me." You. I don’t want to owe you a favor, it’s my beer money!”

There is a forest in the south of Bulan Town, and there is an old cherry tree inside. The locals believe that the old tree has spirituality, so they often use stones to knock coins into the tree to pray for blessings.

Arthur was overjoyed, because it was a genuine ancient coin. The lines were like mountains, but Albert didn't realize its value at all. He finished his beer and left with a smile.

Maybe this ancient coin is not the only one on the tree? Arthur thought to himself, seeing that there was still a while before the appointed time, he decided to go to the woods first. He took care of Emma, and when Professor Black arrived, he asked the professor to go to the woods to find him.

killer bee

Soon, Professor Black came to the club as scheduled and went straight to table No. 8. He stared at the glass and beer bottle and muttered to himself: "Arthur only drinks whiskey, never beer. Besides me, he also invited others ?”

"It's Albert from the pet shop. They just chatted a few words." Emma explained, "A quarter of an hour ago, Arthur left. He said he asked you to find him in the woods."

Professor Black walked along the river bed and found a dead black pigeon by the river. It was a purebred Black King Kong racing pigeon. There were several scratches on the inside of its wings, and its body was covered with yellow viscous liquid, exuding a strong odor.

Probably out of professional sensitivity, Professor Black packed the pigeons in the film bag he carried with him, and wanted to take them back for research. At this time, he suddenly heard a terrifying howl, followed the sound, and saw a person stumbling out of the woods, followed by a group of black wasps. Hundreds of wasps made a "buzzing" roar, chasing and attacking the fleeing people. The escapee fell to the ground, struggled in agony, and eventually collapsed from exhaustion on the bank of the river. After the swarm stopped attacking, it flew towards the woods like a dark cloud.

Still in shock, Professor Black quickly approached the injured while making an emergency call. That was Arthur! His whole body was red and swollen, his clothes were covered with yellow viscous liquid, exuding a strong peculiar smell, just like the dead Black King Kong.

When the ambulance arrived, Arthur was already dead, preliminarily determined to have died of bee venom. You know, wasps, also known as killer bees, are extremely aggressive. Professor Black felt strange, because wasps would not attack humans for no reason... He went into the woods and found Arthur's relics under a cherry tree covered with coins: a magnifying glass, a claw hammer and a chisel. A huge wasp nest hangs from the tree crown.

Blake thought that Arthur might have tried to pry out the coin embedded in the cherry tree, and in the end provoked the wasp to attack, but he clearly asked him to meet at the Crossflower Club, why did he suddenly come to the woods alone to find the coin?

Black King Kong

Arthur's young and beautiful wife, Sophia, did not mourn her husband's sudden death. As the night fell, Sophia sat alone in the dark living room, holding a glass of red wine, thinking about something. A man entered quietly and hugged Sophia from behind. Sophia put down the red wine, stroked the fluffy arm, and said coquettishly: "Dear Albert, I guessed that you would come tonight, so I left the door for you."

"My little darling, you are such a flirtatious witch, you can guess everything."

"I also know that Arthur didn't die in an accident, but you did it deliberately, right?"

Albert smiled smugly, and told Sophia about the process of committing the crime. Albert, a former beekeeper, knew wasps' keen sense of smell, vengeance and aggression. The idea came to him when he discovered a giant wasp nest on a cherry tree. Arthur loves old coins and has a habit of wearing Amber Empire perfume because of body odor. Amber Empire perfume is not cheap, and only Arthur in the town can spray it every day without hesitation. Albert's plan was to first make a pliers-like tool on the top of the fishing rod, and then clamp the Black King Kong sprayed with Amber Empire perfume and let it attack the beehive on the cherry tree. After the wasps swarmed out, he let go of King Kong and let him flee. Do this several times, causing the bee colony to have the illusion that as long as there is the smell of Amber Empire perfume, the hive will be attacked.

On the day of the incident, Albert found Arthur drinking alone in the club. He thought the time had come, so he lured Arthur to the woods with a valuable ancient coin and carried out the murder plan.

"Albert, you are really shrewd!"

"Haha, the plan is perfect. I have destroyed the fishing rod and perfume, and the evidence has disappeared. There is nothing to worry about. It's just a pity for my ancient coin and that black king kong. The ancient coin was confiscated by the police, and my Black King Kong never came back after it was released for the last time."

"I exchanged Arthur's property and me with an ancient coin and a pigeon. You have made a lot of money from this transaction."

landscape stone

The mysterious death of his friend made Professor Black uneasy. Back in the laboratory, he immediately inspected King Kong. The pigeon fell to the ground and died because its eyes were attacked by wasps. The liquid on its body was bee venom, and the strong smell was accompanied by a scent of perfume. Blake immediately contacted the police. After identification, the pigeon and Arthur were attacked by the same group of wasps, and the perfume on their bodies was the same brand - Amber Empire. This must not be a coincidence. In order to solve the mystery, Blake and the police went to the pet shop to visit Albert.

When Black and the police arrived at Albert's residence, he was leisurely feeding a black king kong, and he mixed some crushed pebbles

Mixed in the food box. There is a small hammer and an incomplete landscape stone next to the pigeon coop.

Regarding Arthur's accident because of the ancient coin he gave, Albert seemed very helpless: "Because of my ignorance, I lost a chance to make a fortune; and because of that coin, I caused a fatal accident. I am sorry." .”

"No, that's murder. We have new clues." Police officer Yarlin took out the evidence bag, which was the dead Black King Kong. He told Albert that this Black King Kong was discovered by Professor Black by the river. The professor also said that no new chisel marks were found on the cherry tree, indicating that Arthur was only looking for ancient coins with a magnifying glass at that time, and did not chisel the trees. Therefore, there are other reasons for provoking wasp attacks. The wasps have a keen sense of smell, and the professor suspected that someone used the Black King Kong sprayed with the same perfume as Arthur to attack the hive, trying to make the wasps hostile to that special perfume. The murderer then lures Arthur to come to the hive with ancient coins, and let him die under the revenge attack of the wasps.

After listening to the police officer's call, Albert looked nervous, but he quickly calmed down, because he was very sure that he had already cleared the evidence, and he left no flaws except for the dead pigeon. And a dead pigeon, so what? When asked if he was the owner of the dead pigeon, he immediately denied it.

At this time, Blake, who had been observing the pigeons, asked, "Why are there small stones in the pigeon food box?" Albert felt that this was a good opportunity to change the subject, so he explained solemnly: "Pigeons have no teeth. Food enters the esophagus and is stored in the gizzard, and after it swallows stones, the stones are also stored in the gizzard and rub against the food to grind the food."

"I know, this is the special digestive system of pigeons." Professor Black played with the hammer and landscape stone in his hand, smiling slightly.

Police officer Yarlin also smiled in satisfaction, and Black asked: "Mr. police officer, if the police dissect this dead pigeon and identify the stones in its gizzard, they can confirm whether the stones in its stomach come from this incomplete landscape." Stone? I think the mark on the edge of the stone should be made by this hammer!"

When Albert heard this, his legs felt weak and he fell to the ground...