Poirot, Xiao Hei and Jia Pu watched the fireworks rolling the road at night, and Xiao Hei said: "Now is a good time to kill people, the sound of gunfire mixed with the sound of fireworks no one can distinguish it, Xiao Hei's mouth has definitely been opened, and the murder case has appeared."
The next day Japp called Poirot and told Poirot that there had been a murder in the alley where the three of them passed yesterday, Xiao Hei listened to it and was forced to investigate, the three came to the scene of the crime to investigate, the deceased Mrs. Allen and her friend Miss Rice shared a room, Mrs. Allen's fiancé was a Charles MP, according to Miss Les, she was playing mahjong in the countryside at the time, from Miss Rice's mouth, she learned from Miss Les that Mrs. Allen's former husband died of alcoholism, and then met Charles, Charles is an ambitious family Who wants face, Mrs. Allen is lying in her room at this time, The left gun has a gun hole on the left temple, but according to the investigation, the pistol has only fingerprints of the thumb and index finger, and Miss Rice said that Mrs. Allen is not left-handed.
Poirot and Japp investigate Charles, and the only conclusion is that the man is emotionless and indifferent to Mrs. Allen's death. Little Black also brought good news to Poirot, a little boy saw a car parked in front of Mrs. Allen's door at nine o'clock on the night of Mrs. Allen's death, driving a middle-aged man who looked like a soldier, and the man stood at the door and said" when he left Mrs. Allen's house, "You think again and give me a reply", at that time, he did not see Mrs. Allen come out, and the door was closed by this man.
Poirot and Japp ask miss Rice again and learn that Mrs. Allen knew an officer, Major Eustace, and that Miss Rice said that the man had been blackmailing Mrs. Allen, and That Poirot and Japp had also checked Miss Rice's storage room, which contained golf clubs and other miscellaneous items, but there was also a small box inside, and Japp was overjoyed at this time, and when he opened it, he looked disappointed, and there was only newspaper in it.
Japp found Major Eustace in an Indian-style bar, and the two had a cordial and friendly conversation, and then Japp asked Eustace to go with him to sit in the room for a few days, and it turned out that Eustace smoked not only the same cigarette as the cigarette in the ashtray in the deceased's room, but also that Eustace's shirt jacket cuff was missing a chain buckle and the same as the one found in the deceased's room.
At the same time, Poirot came to Miss Les's house again, unfortunately Miss Les went to play golf, but fortunately Poirot met his die-hard fan, the concierge, Mrs. Pierce, (listening to the old lady's meaning, he was also a fan of Poirot, waiting every day to watch the TV to watch the report about Poirot's case, but the old man was not there today), Poirot successfully entered Miss Les's house, Poirot opened the storage room again and found that the small suitcase was missing except for the golf clubs, Poirot came to the golf course and met Little Black, Miss Rice was in front of him, Poirot had come not to play golf but to turn over the garbage can, three in a row had a scrapped club, and Poirot and Little Black also saw Miss Rice throw the small suitcase into the lake.
The truth of the matter is revealed in Poirot's apartment, Mrs. Allen is indeed committing suicide, but Mrs. Rice disguises him as he killed, the purpose is to blame Major Eustace, because he not only blackmailed Mrs. Allen but also destroyed Mrs. Allen's happiness, the reason is that the Major knows that Mrs. Allen was married and had a child, and Mrs. Allen's beloved Charles could not accept all this, so when the Major could no longer get money from Mrs. Allen, the Major told Charles everything, and Mrs. Allen was disheartened and led to suicide. Miss Rice read the letter Mrs. Allen had left for her and was determined to avenge her friend.
As for why the golf clubs were broken? For it was Mrs. Allen's club, which was evidence that Mrs. Allen was left-handed, and the little suitcase was nothing more than a smoke bomb, and the other fingerprints on the pistol were of course erased by Mrs. Allen, and the ashtray in Mrs. Allen's room had been taken up from the drawing room by Miss Rice, and as for the major's chain buckle? It was indeed dropped by the Major, but not in Mrs. Allen's room but in the hallway, and was also found by Miss Rice and placed in Mrs. Allen's room.
After the introduction of this story, my so-called introduction is not to tell you who the last murderer is, that is not the goal, the pleasure of reading the detective's novel is to follow the author in the fog to find that little candlelight, and then follow the candlelight out of the fog. I only combed through the veins, hoping to pave a flat road in the fog, so that everyone could walk with a little peace of mind. I hope that my introduction will make you want to read it, which will be my honor, because there is one more person in the world who can communicate with me, and I look forward to communicating with you.
Happy reading