Gao Ying's footsteps lingered at the door. Now, he had to make a decision, whether to go in, or continue to stand at the door and observe.
(There must be a relatively safe way to get the answer, or, at least, it is an opportunity for the examinee to fill in the answer, but the problem is that this is a multiple-choice question. is not the correct answer.)
You know, common multiple-choice questions can be eliminated. However, there are too many possible permutations and combinations for multiple-choice questions. Before the devil kills himself, the probability of candidates trying all the combinations is almost negligible. Excluding. He has seen it with his own eyes. Frankly speaking, there are not many opportunities to choose. If you choose to do this topic, you are experiencing life and death.
Gao Ying began to analyze these four options...
Man... Barefoot or wearing shoes... Facing the door when hanged... Is he still inside the house...
From the perspective of the door of the room alone, there is almost no furniture to be seen. If you enter the room and see clothes and shoes, you may be able to make a preliminary judgment. Of course, if the people living in the room are husband and wife, father and daughter, mother and child, etc., There are clothes from both sides, so it is difficult to draw conclusions. Although hanging is a common method of suicide among women, it is not uncommon for men to commit suicide by this means.
As for bare feet or shoes, in indoor situations, bare feet can make the sound softer. However, since the deceased has already decided to give up his or her life, why should he (she) bother about wearing shoes. If you enter the room, you can also check to see if there are shoe prints on the chair. Although the chair is very close to the door, you can never see it when you stand at the door with the current moonlight.
When he hanged himself, whether he was facing the gate... There is really no clue on this point. Does the devil know whether it is facing the gate or facing away from the gate? The last question, obviously, is almost impossible to know without entering the room, unless the devil will appear at the door for them to see clearly. But Gao Ying didn't think that a multiple-choice question would be that easy.
At this moment, Gao Ying suddenly noticed the chair that fell by the door, and thought of a very important thing!
yes... sound...
If we talk about suicide, it is obvious that the purpose of the suicide villager... is because he does not want to die at the hands of the devil, but wants to take his own life. However, the process of hanging is not instantaneous. After the chair falls, there will inevitably be a loud noise. If the villagers don't mind if they die at the hands of the devil, they can let the devil kill themselves with a loud roar. So... It is obviously unreasonable to choose hanging as a means of suicide.
However, in the title, it is written very clearly, the villagers who "hanged themselves". Therefore, it should not be the devil who killed the villagers and then pretended to commit suicide. So, if it was suicide, why resort to such an obviously loud method
This point is indeed unreasonable, but it seems that it has no direct relationship with the four options under the title. Even if you figure out the answer to this question, there is no way to correspond to any of the options. But Gao Ying realized that there might be a connection between them.
(wait wait wait… )
At this time, Gao Ying discovered something.
That is, the chair that fell on the ground, the distance from the gate...
(Yes! Although the chair is now on the ground, if the villager who hanged himself was facing the gate at that time, and then kicked the chair towards the gate, the back of the chair just leaned against the gate, as long as the strength is controlled ... would not make a sound. And when we first passed the house, the door was closed! Yes, when the villager hanged himself, he was facing the door! Therefore, C cannot be selected! And he paid attention to the chair , I am more and more sure of my judgment. Now this chair is obviously because the chair fell to the ground during the process of opening the door. The current position where the chair fell and the direction of the back of the chair are completely consistent with his calculations!
(removed an option... )
In fact, Gao Ying is not without ideas about gender. Judging from the height of chairs and beams, the villagers who committed suicide should not be very tall, so the women may not be too tall. However, if the other party is a short man like Hou Mingbo, or a minor, then the judgment value of height is quite low. However, at present, when the villagers hang themselves barefoot, it may be much higher. If they wear shoes to kick the back of the chair, the sound may be higher. However, there is no conclusive evidence for these points. Especially the last point... It's even more of a headache.
(Damn it, if only it was a multiple choice question, so I can answer it now. But, it's a multiple choice question... )
However, after all, one option has been ruled out, which cheers up Gao Ying's heart. Afterwards, he continued to observe the scenes that could be limitedly observed from the door. Seeing his changing expression, Ji Yixuan, Hou Mingbo, and Shen Junhao also remained silent, letting Gao Ying think slowly. At the same time, Ji Yixuan asked Hou Mingbo and Shen Junhao to pay attention to the positions behind them and in all directions.
He had already passed between his fingers, and he had looked through all the fingers, and he did not see any devils. However, can he really guess all the options within the limited perspective at the door
But at this moment, unlike Gao Ying, Ji Yixuan kept staring at the rope ring. He didn't expect to infer so many results from the position of the chair like Gao Ying did. He always felt that there seemed to be something wrong with that rope circle. And this point made Ji Yixuan somewhat feel that something was wrong.
(It's strange... this rope ring, it seems... However, judging from Gao Ying's expression just now, he seems to have thought of something.)
Although Ji Yixuan had known Gao Ying for a short time, he had a strange understanding with Gao Ying. Gao Ying must have thought of something, but unfortunately, because they cannot cheat, this also prevented them from communicating on this issue.
At the same time, he wanted to mention what Yuan Ping and his second uncle wrote on that note. At that time, Yuan Ping once wrote that he heard some strange voices. In this village, it is impossible for human beings to intentionally make sounds, and then, Yuan Ping wrote to his second uncle on a piece of paper... that sound was not outside...
(The devil that appeared this time can at least be hidden in the sight of the naked eye. This is certain. The devil can appear in the sight of people, or they can choose not to appear...Is that so?)
Recalling the footprints made of blood in that hut, Ji Yixuan now shudders. The devil used to be so close to him! However, even knowing this, he still saved Gao Ying without thinking. Was he doing it because Gao Ying's ingenuity might be able to help him, or was it because... he felt that saving a person's life would make his gloomy life shine? However, what is certain is that even if time goes back, even if he knows that doing so may attract the killing of the devil, he will still save Gao Ying.
People are afraid of death. But, for Ji Yixuan, death is not what he fears the most in this world. Being hated, cursed, and directly denied the meaning of one's life is far more terrifying than death. The darkness of human nature is far more terrifying than the devil.
"Gao Ying..." Ji Yixuan tugged Gao Ying's sleeve and said in a low voice, "I feel something is wrong..."
"What's wrong? Where... what's wrong?"
"Look...that rope loop, isn't it..."
At this moment, the hanging rope circle was suddenly thrown towards Gao Ying in the air!
Ji Yixuan, who had been on guard for a long time, suddenly grabbed Gao Ying's hand, making him avoid the rope ring that flew so suddenly!
After that, the rope loop directly wrapped around Hou Mingbo's neck fiercely! Afterwards, the short Hou Mingbo was pulled into the room!
"Ahhhh!"
Facing the threat of death, Hou Mingbo naturally couldn't be more scruples about the rules of banning voices, his throat kept making unexplained voices, struggling desperately!
(end of this chapter)