Athens Cat Street Murder（Z accidental mystery）

 

Z 

 

accidental mystery

 

 Lina was very surprised: "Mr. Don Jerry, do you have any evidence for these things you said?" Don Jerry took out a letter from his pocket: "This is a letter written by William Sidney to O Raleigh. Porter, he said in the letter that he had given the Persian knife and the suitcase where the baseball bats were usually placed to the old Greek on Santorini Island in the Aegean Sea. Police Officer Field has made a special trip there to collect evidence. Sorry Interestingly, William Sidney was killed in an accidental car accident while leaving Santorini, and the Israeli, Travis Poyntem, died in another car accident on the same day. U.S. intelligence officer Ramos has notified the Greek government that the investigation of the cat street massacre in Athens should be over because tomorrow is the opening ceremony of the 2004 Athens Olympic Games. Let people know that Americans, including you Greeks, of course, can keep world peace."

I yelled, "I can't believe they died in an accident!"

My friend Tang Jerry smoked a cigarette: "Mr. Hualu, do you think they didn't die in an accident? That's right. With the help of Ms. Anna Culera, who is in charge of the hotel surveillance, I have checked from the surveillance video. An important clue came out, someone deleted the video on the day of the crime. However, although the criminal was cunning, he forgot one thing: the whole process of his crime was recorded by Miss Anna Culera’s computer. At that time She once had a video chat with a friend on the Internet. She had left the monitoring room because she went to the lobby to answer a call, but her friend saw the process of the murderer deleting the monitoring records from the Internet. Bloodstains. The murderer is the Israeli Telavi Poyntem. The bloody case he created involves a large arms reselling business, which is also related to the US-Iraq war. Of course, those who started the war do not want to see The facts they don't want to see. My job as a detective can only find out here, and this bloody case will become the unsolved case of the century, but everyone knows who is behind it." He didn't say anything, he Turned on the TV casually, and the host of the Athens program was introducing the guest list for the opening ceremony of the Athens Olympic Games tomorrow. The head of the US delegation, Bush, the former US President who launched the first Gulf War, was on TV Speech: Our great America is bringing democracy and freedom to all parts of the world, and we are bringing peace to the Athens Olympics...

 

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Athens Cat Street Murder（Y The fly egg experiment that unraveled the suspense）

 

Y

 

The fly egg experiment that unraveled the suspense

 

Awful! How could she talk about this to my friend like that? Mr. Don Jerry laughed. He didn't seem to care that I lied to Lina, and even helped me lie to Lina again. Mr. Tang Jerry said: "Miss Lina, there is one more thing that you must not know. Mr. Hua Lu is also an expert in forensic entomology. At present, there are only 63 scientists in the world who know how to use insects to find clues. Until the 19th century , forensic entomology has not attracted enough attention. But today, this science has been praised and respected by the entire scientific community, and has become an indispensable tool for forensic medicine to assist the police in investigating cases. After several years of research, criminal investigation experts are now Insects can already be used to help the police detect murders, suicides, and rapes. Insects can also act as informants in the process of tracking drug dealers, terrorists, and kidnappers. Insects found in car license plates, windshield wipers, and radar antennas can The driving route of the car can be accurately revealed, and the insect eggs adhering to the marijuana leaves can help the police determine the origin of the drug. Undoubtedly, these arthropods often play a role in clearing the clouds when the investigation of the case reaches a dead end According to the clue of an ant in this room, Mr. Hua Lu found a small forest on Santorini Island in the Aegean Sea, and he found Sajad Naeem in this small forest. He also found an egg from the body of Sajad Naeem, which is the egg of blowfly. According to the size of the fly egg, the approximate time when Mr. Sajad Naeem's body was exposed to the open air can be estimated The development of the fly eggs showed that the deceased was abandoned in the wild at the same time as receiving an outgoing call. According to his deduction, Officer Field not only obtained valid experimental certificates in the insect laboratory, but also found the real insects through this call. murderer."

Since Tang Jerry is also helping me to deceive this naive girl, I simply blow the bullshit even bigger. I have read the relevant materials of Tang Jerry's attendance at the International Conference on Forensic Entomology in Athens, and I told her about the plagiarized knowledge: "Forensic entomology can explain the relationship between arthropods and corpses." How the stages of decay are related can help to filter out any incidental information and provide a proportion of useful information for the police to bring the criminal to justice.When various arthropods appear on the corpse one after another, they will always start from the decaying corpse to absorb the nutrients they need. Forensic entomologists have learned how to identify these insects, because each stage of the decay of the corpse must selectively attract a certain type of insect to live on its surface. Today, almost all knowledge in this area None must be from Knoxville, Tennessee, USA. There is a 1.6-hectare 'mortuary' there, which was established by arthropod scientist William Bass more than 20 years ago. There are dozens of different stages The rotting corpses of these corpses are all restored to their real state. Some of these corpses are clothed, some are naked; some are intact, some are amputated by divisors or have scars on the surface; Some were placed under the shade of trees, while others were exposed to the sun. The purpose of collecting so many corpses is to observe how the corpses decompose, and which animals or insects will be born, survive and die on the surface. All in all, using these bodies can help forensic investigators answer three questions: why, when and where."

What I said made sense. Even Don Jerry just smoked and didn't interrupt. Only the excited Lena ran up to me and kissed again: "Dear Mr. Hualu, you are the smartest man I have ever seen!" In front of my friend Mr. Tang Jerry, I Pushing Lina away, I suddenly found that I was very timid. I didn't dare to confess to her that I had exaggerated my role in the investigation of this murder, and I couldn't tell her who the real murderer was. One point, I myself was kept in the dark by Mr. Don Jerry.

"Can you tell me who the murderer is?" Lena asked me. She was eager to find out the truth, but how could I know. Mr. Tang Jerry laughed loudly: "Miss Lina, Mr. Hualu refuses to tell you the secret, let me reveal the truth. Do you know Mr. O. Raleigh Porter, the baseball director of your hotel club?" Tang • Jerry smoked: "O. Raleigh Porter has a friend. His name is William Sidney."

"William Sidney? I know him, what's the matter with him?" Lena looked anxious. As I have already said, Tang Jerry has a weird temper, that is, the more anxious you are, the less he cares. He exhaled smoke rings in slow motion, and said in an unhurried voice: "He's dead."

"Dead?" Lena and I cried almost simultaneously. Lena looked back at me: "You don't know either?" I quickly explained to hide my embarrassment: "No, no, I know. It's just that I don't want to tell you, lest you worry about him. I didn't expect my friend Don Jerry told you about it anyway."

Don Jerry didn't care one bit that I was lying to his face. He was still smoking his cigarette. His habit was to look up at the ceiling, and he still does. He seemed to be talking to himself: William Sidney had entered Scarlett's room before the murder, and he apologized for the unpleasant quarrel he had with her. They reconciled and talked about a lot of things. The most important of these was that he told Scarlett a secret. William Sidney came to Athens this time to find an Israeli named Telavi Poyntem. They are engaged in an arms business. After the war between the United States and Iran, their arms business was very promising. Therefore, they fully agree with Bush's power policy. At this time, there was a lot of noise outside the window, what happened? They saw a group of men with clubs and shovels hunting wild cats. A poor black cat was hiding under the window sill with a limp leg. Scarlett opened the window. The black cat was terrified and wanted to run away, but its leg was bleeding and could not run away. It was picked up by Scarlett and placed on the sofa. Scarlett picked up the handkerchief that William Sidney had given her on the coffee table as an apology, and bandaged the black cat's injured leg. The black cat meowed a few times gratefully. Unexpectedly, following the meow of the black cat, several wild cats appeared in front of the window sill. They stood on the window sill, hesitated for a moment, and then jumped into the room one after another. Under the protection of Scarlett, these wild cats escaped unharmed. Scarlett was tired, but there was no drink in the room. William Sidney went to get a drink in room 211 across the door, where his friend Travie Pointemu lived. William Sidney told Travie Poynterme what had just happened as he poured his drink. Travie Pointemo poured a large amount of sleeping pills into his drink when he wasn't looking. After William Sidney handed the drinks to Miss Scarlett, both of them drank the drinks containing a lot of sleeping pills. When William Sidney waited, he was lying in Travie Point's room. That is, when Miss Scarlett drank these drinks and sank into a coma, she was brutally beheaded by Travis Pointermum. There was plenty of time for Travie Poynterme to commit the crime. Seeing that William Sidney woke up, Telavi Point said to him bitterly: "You killed Miss Scarlett, because you shouldn't have told her about our arms sales. " William Sidney frantically ran into the guest room where Miss Scarlett lived. It was too late and the tragedy had already happened. William Sidney went back into the room and started a fight with Travie Pointe. William Sidney lay wounded in the bathroom. When he awoke, Travie Poynterme was gone. At this time, William Sidney found the lame black cat lying beside him, but the black cat was dead. William Sidney untied the Chinese handkerchief from the black cat's leg. It was given to Miss Scarlett by William Sidney. He was very sad about her death, and the handkerchief was It became his collection in memory of Miss Scarlett. William Sidney was about to leave the guest room that frightened him, but he accidentally found the Persian knife he bought not long ago. He saw the blood on the Persian knife, and he put the knife into the place where the baseball bat was usually placed. In the suitcase, he decided to hunt down and kill Telavi Poynterm, and avenge Miss Scarlett. William Sidney went to Santorini Island in the Aegean Sea, and he wanted to ask Sajad Naeem for help. Because it was Sajjad Naeem, an insect research fan like himself, who helped him find the very rare ant. When he came to the grove, he saw Trawi Poyntem on his cell phone, and Trawi Poyntem was talking to the caller that he had killed Sajad Nai Mu, because he suspected that Sajad Naeem might also know about arms reselling.

Athens Cat Street Murder（x Wisdom embraced me）

 

Chapter VIII Unsolved Case of the Century

 

x

 

Wisdom embraced me

 

In August 2004, the cat street massacre in Athens happened on the eve of the opening of the Athens Olympic Games. After a short but complicated investigation and evidence collection, the famous Chinese-American detective Mr. Tang Jerry has clarified the general case for us with initial results , as his assistant, I gave full play to my basic strengths as a writer and kept recording for him. Unexpectedly, my record has nearly 100,000 words. Today, he went to the entomology laboratory with police officer Athens Field, and he wanted to understand the development of the eggs of a fly called blowfly.

My task is to chat with Lena, and I want to confirm one more detail. Lina really came: "Mr. Hualu, I am very glad to meet you." I still gave her a Zhonghua cigarette. In the smoke, we had a very interesting conversation. Looking at this beautiful and innocent Greek girl, I began to tell a mysterious detective story. Of course, I will not give all the credit to my friend Mr. Don Jerry. Any man would exaggerate his wits as much as I do when confronted with such an Athenian girl as beautiful as the goddess Athena. She widened her beautiful and beautiful eyes, and I could see from her eyes that my story had deeply attracted her attention.

I told her it was the strangest murder in the world. As she knew, the deceased was Scarlett Ling, an American female reporter and a kind-hearted animal protectionist. She was not in Athens to cover the Olympics, but to investigate the massacre of tens of thousands of homeless cats and dogs by the Athens authorities across the city. In order to save the wild cats that were being chased, Scarlett opened the window of her guest room. Oh, yes, she lives in Room 204, Building 3, Block B, HELLO Hotel. As a result, she was murdered. She died a miserable death, was stabbed dozens of times, and had her head cut off. Her head was placed in the refrigerator, just like the American who was killed by a terrorist organization, his head was also placed in the refrigerator by the terrorists. The Athens police investigated very closely, all the guests of the hotel were investigated, and the key targets were of course the Arabs. However, the Arabs staying at the HELLO Hotel are only an old couple, so it is unlikely that they committed the crime. Police officer Athens Field felt helpless, and the intelligence officer Ramos sent by the United States did not find any clues. However, my friend Mr. Tang Jerry, a Chinese-American detective, and I would never be so stupid. We found important clues through the fur of wild cats left in Miss Scarlett's room. We confirmed Miss Scarlett's rescue actions for these innocent wild cats, especially emphasizing the escape traces left by the wild cats outside the window. It is impossible for someone to enter the room through the window and commit the murder. We also found significant clues from videotapes in the hotel's surveillance room. Mysteriously and triumphantly, I bragged to Miss Lena: "Miss Lena, do you know what I saw in the video? I saw you were working in the hallway, you were pushing a cart, and you were collecting sheets and pillowcases from every guest room. Do you remember? On the day of the crime, you accompanied me to visit the Parthenon and the Erechtheon. How could you suddenly appear at the scene of the crime?"

My words made Miss Lina jump up happily, and she ran up to me like a gust of wind, and hugged my waist tightly: "Ah, ah, that's great, dear Mr. Hualu, so you are so Clever! You have freed me from suspicion, and I no longer have to worry about being afraid." Then she gave me a burst of crazy kisses, you know, her kisses are so seductive that you will never forget them. Even more unexpected is that she sat on my lap and listened to me tell the following things:

I proudly told her that I went to Santorini Island in the Aegean Sea. An old Greek man on the island provided an important testimony, saying that a man named Sajad Naim bought a Persian It was later confirmed that this knife cut off Scarlett's head. However, that is a decorative knife, not lethal. American intelligence officer Ramos was very dissatisfied with the conclusion of the investigation, but he himself could not produce other evidence. Sadly Sajjad Naeem died, in that grove. I saw his dead body and it was horrific. "I felt that Lena hugged me very tightly, then well, I will use my writer's head to render the state of the deceased and the scene situation desperately, and my improvisational oral creation was successful. The hug got tighter and tighter. Her nervousness and curiosity satiated my desire so much that I forgot how I ended up sleeping with her. Maybe it was me in the Parthenon and Erechtheon The wish of the temple was fulfilled, and I seemed to have come to Mount Parnassus near Delphi. The mysterious gas in the legend made me communicate with the god Apollo in a state of intoxication, just like Delphi back then. I caressed Lena's white and smooth body and said to her: "Dear Lena, I went to Santorini Island in the Aegean Sea once, and the wild cats on the island opened my eyes. Lots of pictures of feral cats. "

As I continued to brag about my experience to her, I actually forgot one thing, Lena and I slept with the door open, and my friend Detective Mr. Don Jerry opened the door and walked in, which terrified me. What surprised me was that Lina was actually bolder than me. She actually ran up to Tang Jerry naked: "Mr. Tang Jerry, do you know? Mr. Hualu rescued me, and he found the surveillance room. The tape is fake!"

雅典猫街血案（Z 意外中的意外之谜）

 

Z  意外中的意外之谜

 

莉娜很奇怪：“ 唐•杰锐先生，你说的这些事，有没有证据？” 唐•杰锐从口袋里拿出一封信：“这是威廉•西德尼写给欧•罗列•波特的，他在信中说他已将那把波斯刀连同平时放棒球槌的皮箱交给了爱琴海圣通里尼岛上的希腊老人。菲尔德警官已经专程赶到那里取证了。遗憾的是，威廉•西德尼在离开圣通里尼岛时发生了一次意外的车祸，他死了。那个以色列人特拉维•波因特穆也在同一天的另一起车祸中死了。美国情报官拉莫斯已通知希腊政府，雅典猫街血案调查应该结束了，因为明天就是2004雅典奥运会开幕式，我们应该向世界展示一个和平的环境，不要让这些血案增加人们的恐惧感，要让人们知道，美国人当然包括你们希腊人，能够保卫世界和平。”

我大叫了起来：“我不相信他们是死于意外车祸！”

我的朋友唐•杰锐抽着烟：“华录先生，你认为他们不是死于意外事故？对的。我已经在负责酒店监控的安娜•库莱拉小姐的帮助下，从监控录像中查出一条重要线索，有人删除了案发当天的录像。不过，案犯虽然狡猾，却忘记了一件事：他在作案时的全过程被安娜•库莱拉小姐开着的电脑记录了下来。当时她曾和一个朋友在网上进行可视聊天，她因到大堂去接听一个电话，曾离开过监控室，但她的朋友从网上看到了凶犯删除监视器记录时的过程，凶犯身上带有明显的血迹。凶犯就是以色列人特拉维•波因特穆。他制造的这起血案牵涉到一宗很大的军火倒卖生意，这宗生意又和美伊战争有关，发动战争的人当然 不希望看到他们不想看到的事实。我这个侦探的职责也只能查到这里了，这件血案也就会成为世纪悬案，不过人们都很明白背后的黑手是谁。”他什么也不说了，他随手打开了电视机，雅典节目主持人正在神采飞扬地介绍着明天雅典奥运会开幕式的出席嘉宾名单，美国代表团团长布什，也就是发动第一次海湾战争的美国前总统老布什正在电视里讲话：我们伟大的美国正在将民主、自由带到世界各地，我们也将和平带到了雅典奥运……

 

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雅典猫街血案（Y 解开悬念的蝇卵实验）

 

Y  解开悬念的蝇卵实验

 

 糟糕透了！她怎么能这么对我的朋友说起这件事呢？唐•杰锐先生笑了，他似乎并不在乎我对莉娜说得谎话，甚至还帮我又骗了莉娜一次。 唐•杰锐先生说：“莉娜小姐，还有一件事，你一定不知道。华录先生还是一名法医昆虫学专家。目前全世界只有63名懂得利用昆虫寻找线索的科学家。直到19世纪，法医昆虫学还没有引起足够重视。但是今天，这一科学已得到了整个科学界的赞扬和推崇，成为法医协助警方侦案的必可少的工具。经过数年的研究，现在刑侦专家们已经可以借助昆虫帮助警察侦破谋杀案、自杀案、强奸案，在追踪毒贩、恐怖分子和绑匪过程中，昆虫还会充当告密者的角色，从汽车牌照、雨刷和雷达天线中找到的昆虫，可以精确地揭示出这辆车的行车路线，而黏附在大麻叶上的虫卵可以帮助警方判断出毒品的产地。无疑，这些节肢动物在案件调查进入死胡同时，常会起到拨云见雾的功效。华录先生正是根据这个房间里出现的一只蚂蚁线索，找到了爱琴海圣通里尼岛上的一片小树林，他是在这片小树林里找到了萨贾德•纳伊姆。他还从萨贾德·纳伊姆的尸体上发现了一种虫卵，这是丽蝇的蝇卵。根据蝇卵的大小可以估算萨贾德•纳伊姆先生尸体暴露于户外的大概时间。蝇卵的发育表明，死者是在接到一个打出电话的同一时间被抛弃在野外的。根据他的推断，菲尔德警官不仅在昆虫实验室获得了有效实验证明，而且通过这个电话找到了真正的凶犯。”

既然唐•杰锐也在帮我骗这个天真的女孩，我就干脆将牛皮吹得更大些。我看过唐•杰锐出席这次雅典法医昆虫学国际学术会议的有关资料，我就对她滔滔不绝地讲起了剽窃来的知识：“法医昆虫学能够解释节肢动物与尸体之间在尸体腐烂阶段是如何产生关联的，可以帮助过滤掉一切偶然信息，提供比例中项警方足以将罪犯绳之以法的有用信息。各种节肢动物在尸体上相继出现时，它们总会从腐烂的尸体中吸取需要的营养。法医昆虫学家已经学会如何分辨这些昆虫，因为尸体腐烂的每一个阶段都不得会有选择性的吸旨某一种昆虫在其表面生存。今天，几乎所有这方面的知识都不得来自美国田纳西州的诺克斯维尔。在那里有一个占地1.6公顷的‘尸场’，那是节肢动物学家威廉巴斯在20多年前建立的。那里收藏了数十种不同阶段的腐烂尸体，全部还原成真实状态。这些尸体有的穿着衣服，有的裸体；有的完整，有的被除数截肢或者表面有伤痕；有的尸体飘浮在水面上，有的被裹在塑料中；有的被放置在树荫下，有的被暴晒在阳光下。收集如此多的尸体只一个目的，即观察尸体是如何腐烂的，都有哪些动物或昆虫会在其表面诞生、生存直至死亡。总而言之，利用这些尸体可以帮助刑侦人员解答三个问题：死因、时间和地点。”

我讲的头头是道。就连唐•杰锐也只顾抽烟，并不插话。只有兴奋的莉娜突然跑到我面前，又是一阵狂吻：“亲爱的华录先生，你是我所见到的最最聪明的男人！” 在我的朋友唐•杰锐先生面前，我推开了莉娜，我突然发现自己的胆子很小，我既不敢向她坦言我刚才夸大了我在这起血案侦破中的作用，我更无法告诉她真正的凶手到底是谁，关于这一点，我自己也被唐•杰锐先生蒙在鼓里呢。

“你能告诉我，凶手到底是谁吗？”莉娜问我，她非常想急于了解真相，可我又怎么知道呢。唐•杰锐先生大笑：“莉娜小姐，华录先生不肯告诉你秘密，还是让我来揭露真相吧。你认识你们酒店会所的棒球场主管欧•罗列•波特先生吗？”唐•杰锐抽起了烟：“ 欧•罗列•波特有一个朋友，他叫威廉•西德尼。”

“威廉•西德尼？我认识他，他又怎么啦？”莉娜显得很着急。我已经说过了，唐•杰锐有个古怪的脾气，就是你越急他越不在乎。他慢动作似地吐着烟圈，嘴里发出不紧不不快的声音：“他死了。”

“死了？”我和莉娜几乎同时叫了起来。莉娜回头看着我：“你也不知道？”我为了掩饰自己的窘态连忙解释：“不，不，我知道的。只是，我不想告诉你，怕你为他担心。没想到我的朋友唐•杰锐先生还是对你说了这件事。”

唐•杰锐一点也不在乎我当着他的面在撒谎。他依旧抽着他的烟。他的习惯是抬头望着天花板，现在他仍是这样。他好像是在自言自语：威廉•西德尼在凶案发生前，曾进过思嘉玲的房间，他为自己与她发生过的不愉快争吵而道歉。他们和解了，也谈了很多事。其中最重要的是他告诉思嘉玲一件秘密。威廉•西德尼这次到雅典来是为了找一个叫特拉维•波因特穆的以色列人。他们在从事一件军火生意。美伊开战后，他们的军火买卖十分看好。因此，他们十分认同布什的强权政策。这时，窗外人声喧嚣，发生了什么事？他们看到一伙人手里拿着棍棒、铁锹正在追杀野猫。一只可怜的黑猫跛着一条腿正躲藏在窗台下，思嘉玲打开了窗户，黑猫惊恐地想逃跑，但是它的腿上正淌着血，没能跑走。它被思嘉玲抱了起来，放在沙发上。思嘉玲顺手拿起茶几上威廉•西德尼为向她致歉而送给她的手帕，为黑猫的伤腿作了包扎。黑猫感激地轻轻叫了几声，没想到随着黑猫的叫声，一下子窗台前出现了好几只野猫，它们站在窗台上，犹豫了一下后纷纷跳进了房间内。在思嘉玲的庇护下，这些野猫 躲过了一劫。思嘉玲累了，但房间里没有饮料。威廉•西德尼就到对门的211房间里取饮料，他的朋友特拉维•波因特穆就住在那里。威廉•西德尼一边倒饮料一边对特拉维•波因特穆讲起了刚才 发生的事。特拉维•波因特穆趁他不注意时在饮料中倒入了大量安眠药。威廉•西德尼将饮料递给思嘉玲小姐后，两人均喝了这些含有大量安眠药的饮料。等威廉•西德尼时，他已躺在特拉维•波因特穆的房间里。也就是在思嘉玲小姐喝了这些饮料而沉入昏迷状态时，被特拉维•波因特穆残忍地斩首。特拉维•波因特穆作案时有充足的时间。特拉维•波因特穆见威廉•西德尼醒了，就恶恨恨地对他说：“是你害死了思嘉玲小姐，因为你不应该将我们买卖军火的事告诉她。” 威廉•西德尼发疯似地跑进思嘉玲小姐居住的客房，一切都迟了，惨案已经发生。威廉•西德尼回到房内和特拉维•波因特穆打了起来。威廉•西德尼受伤倒在卫生间里。等他醒来时，特拉维•波因特穆早已走了。这时，威廉•西德尼发现那只跛腿黑猫也躺在他身边，但黑猫死了。威廉•西德尼从黑猫腿上解下了包扎用的那块中国手帕，那是威廉•西德尼送给思嘉玲小姐的，对于她的遇害，他非常悲伤，这块手帕也就成了他纪念思嘉玲小姐的收藏品。威廉•西德尼准备离开这个令他恐惧的客房，却又意外地发现了自己了不久前买来的波斯刀，他看到了波斯刀上的血迹，他将刀放进了平时放棒球槌的皮箱内，他决定追杀特拉维•波因特穆，为思嘉玲小姐报仇雪恨。 威廉•西德尼去了爱琴海圣通里尼岛，他想找萨贾德•纳伊姆帮忙。因为正是萨贾德•纳伊姆帮他找到了那 种十分罕见的蚂蚁，萨贾德•纳伊姆和他一样也是个昆虫研究迷。当他来到那片小树林时，他看到了正在打手机的特拉维•波因特穆，特拉维•波因特穆正在对接电人说，他已经杀了萨贾德•纳伊姆，因为他怀疑萨贾德•纳伊姆也可能知道倒卖军火的事。

雅典猫街血案（X 智慧女神拥抱了我）

 

第八章   世纪悬案

 

X  智慧女神拥抱了我

 

2004年8月，发生在雅典奥运会开幕前夕的雅典猫街血案，经过短暂却又复杂的调查取证，著名的美籍华裔神探 唐•杰锐先生已为我们初见成效的理清了大致的案情，我作为他的助手，发挥了我这个作家的基本特长，一直不间断地为他作记录。没想到我的记录已有近10多万字了。今天，他和雅典菲尔德警官去昆虫实验室去了，他要了解一种名叫丽蝇的蝇卵发育过程。

我的任务是找莉娜聊天，想再证实一个细节。 莉娜果真来了：“华录先生，见到你，我很高兴。”我照旧仍给她发了一支中华烟。烟雾中，我们开始了一次极有兴趣的谈话。我望着这个漂亮而又纯真的希腊女孩，开始讲述一个神秘的侦探故事，当然，我不会将功劳全归功于我的朋友 唐•杰锐先生。任何男人面对这样一个雅典娜女神般美丽的雅典姑娘，都会和我一样地尽可能夸大自己的聪明才智。她瞪大了美丽而漂亮的大眼睛，我从她的眼神里看得出我的故事已深深地吸引了她的注意力。

    我对她说，那是一起世界上最奇特的谋杀案。就如她所知道的那样，死者叫思嘉玲，是个美国女记者，一个善良的动物保护主义者。她到雅典来并不是为了采访奥运会的，而是为了调查雅典当局在全市展开的那场虐杀成千上万只无家可归的猫狗屠戮行动。思嘉玲为了拯救那些正在被追杀的野猫，打开了自己居住的客房窗户，噢，对了，她居住在HELLO酒店B区3幢204房。结果，她被人谋杀了。她死得很惨，被人捅了几十刀，还被割下了首级。她的头颅就放在冰箱里，就像那个被恐怖组织杀死的美国人，他的头颅也是被恐怖分子放在冰箱里的。雅典警方查得很紧，酒店的所有客人都被调查了，重点对象当然是那些阿拉伯人。不过，HELLO酒店住宿的阿拉伯人只有一对老夫妇，不大可能作案。雅典菲尔德警官感到束手无策，美国派来的情报官拉莫斯也没有查出什么线索。可是，我和我的朋友美籍华裔神探 唐•杰锐先生决不会那么愚蠢。我们通过思嘉玲小姐房中留下的野猫皮毛，查到了重要线索，我们证实了思嘉玲小姐对这些无辜野猫曾实施过的救援行为，特别强调的是从窗外留下的野猫逃窜痕迹证明了不可能有人是从窗户入室行凶的。我们还从酒店监控室的录像带中发现了重大线索。我神秘而得意地对莉娜小姐吹嘘：“莉娜小姐，你知道我从录像中看到了什么？我看到了你当时正在走廊上工作，你推着车，正在收集各客房换洗的床单和枕套。你还记得吗？案发那天，你一直陪着我浏览帕特农神庙和伊瑞克特翁神庙。你怎么可能突然出现在犯案现场呢？”

我的话令莉娜小姐高兴地跳了起来，她像一阵风似地跑到我面前，紧紧地搂着我的腰：“啊、啊，太好了，亲爱的华录先生，原来你是这么聪明！你使我摆脱了嫌疑，我再也不用担心受怕了。”接着，她给了我一阵疯狂的吻，你要知道，她的吻有多么诱惑，会使你终生难忘。更使你意想不到的是她后来一直坐在我的腿上听我讲述下面的事情：

我得意地告诉她，我去了爱琴海圣通里尼岛，岛上的一位希腊老人提供了一个重要的证词，说是有个叫萨贾德•纳伊姆的人购买了一把波斯刀，后来证实就是这把刀砍下了思嘉玲的脑袋。不过，那是把装饰刀，并不具有杀伤力。美国情报官拉莫斯对此调查结论非常不满，可他自己又拿不出其它证据。遗憾的是萨贾德•纳伊姆死了，死在那片小树林里。我看到了他尸体，非常可怕。”我感觉到莉娜将我抱了很紧，那好吧，我就将死者的状态还有现场情况，运用我作家的脑袋拼命地加以渲染，我的即兴口头创作获得了成功，她将我抱得越来越紧。她的紧张和好奇使我的欲望得到了满足，以至于我忘了自己后来是怎么会和她上床的。也许是我在帕特农神庙和伊瑞克特翁神庙的许愿得到了应验，我仿佛来到了德尔斐附近的帕尔那索山上，那种传说中的神秘气体，使我就与当年的德尔斐一样，在陶醉的状态中与阿波罗神相通了。 我轻抚着莉娜洁白而光滑的肌体对她说：“亲爱的莉娜，我到爱琴海圣通里尼岛去了一次，岛上的野猫让我大开了眼界，我拍了很多有关野猫的照片。”

正当我对她继续吹嘘我的经历时，我居然忘了一件事，我和莉娜上床时没有关门，我的朋友神探 唐•杰锐先生推门进来了，这可将我吓坏了。令我惊讶的是莉娜其实比我胆大，她居然赤裸着身子跑到了唐•杰锐跟前：“唐•杰锐先生，你知道吗？华录先生解救了我，他发现了监控室的录像带是假的！”

Athens Cat Street Murder（W lame black cat）

 

W

 

lame black cat

 

Police Officer Field said to Don Jerry: "Mr. Don Jerry, I still don't understand one thing. If it is indeed the young man named William Sidney who killed Scarlett, why did he cut her down with a Persian knife?" The head? And why there is no trace of William Sidney committing the crime in the surveillance video? To catch the suspect, the key is to rely on sufficient evidence."

 Tang Jerry leaned over the armchair, put the laptop on his lap, and said to us: "Have you noticed an old magazine published in 1978 left at the scene of the murder, this is an "Insect "Magazine, William Sidney's signature is left on the magazine, which means that William Sidney once had contact with Scarlett Ling. I will show you a video."

Officer Field and I watched the computer screen, which showed the corridors of rooms 202 and 204 in Building 3, Block B of the HELLO Hotel. Lina, the hotel attendant, was pushing a wheeled cart, which was piled with sheets, pillowcases and other items waiting to be cleaned. Can't see anything special about it.

Tang Jerry is like a TV commentator: "This is the surveillance video collected by Officer Field."

Police officer Field nodded: "Yes, it is this picture. American intelligence officer Ramos has also seen this picture. He said that this picture proves that the criminal did not enter the house through the front door to commit the crime, but entered the room through the window. Is there any evidence in this picture? Clues to the crime?"

"No," Tang Jerry said, smoking a cigarette, "however, this video is not from the day Scarlett was killed."

"You mean, the videotape has been switched?" Officer Field stared at Tang Jerry's face in surprise, with a puzzled look on his face. In fact, I was even more surprised than Police Officer Field. I remembered: Lena told me that Ana Culera, who was in charge of the hotel surveillance, had quickly checked the crime scene and Surrounding monitor recording. The strange thing is that there are no suspects in the images shown on the monitor at the crime scene, only Lena once appeared in the corridor. Ana Cullera looked everywhere for Lena, but couldn't find her. She didn't want Lina to be involved in this criminal case, so she changed the date of the video recording and changed the technical processing. So, who switched the video that had been switched back up again? Is it the police? Why didn't Officer Field know anything about it? On the day Scarlett was killed, Lina accompanied me to visit the Parthenon and Erechtheon. She didn't go to work that day. Isn't there a big discrepancy between this video and the actual situation? If it is said that this was a big mistake, the person responsible for the mistake is not only Officer Field, but also Mr. Ramos, an American intelligence officer. I have to admire my friend Mr. Don Jerry.

Tang Jerry said: "Miss Scarlett was murdered from 5:00 to 5:30 in the afternoon. It was during this time that Athens began to slaughter cats and dogs. Many cat and dog slaughterers flocked to Si Outside the window of Room 204, Building 3, Block B, HELLO Hotel where Ms. Jialing lived, the scattered footprints left outside the window proved this point, and the security guard also confirmed this point. Where can we find safety? Scarlett, an animal protectionist, saw this tragic scene, so in order to save these poor little animals, she opened the window, and wild cats jumped over the window sill to hide in Scarlett's room. The fur was left behind. As Police Officer Field concluded after the fur was sent for laboratory testing, a total of 8 feral cats were sheltered by Scarlett at that time. One of the black cats with a leg injury was also sheltered by Scarlett Miss special care, she bandaged its injured leg with her own handkerchief."

I was very curious: "Mr. Tang Jerry, how did you know?"

Tang Jerry pressed the keyboard: "Look, this is the injured black cat." Sure enough, on the computer screen, there was an injured black cat limping out of the door of Room 204, slowly walking along the corridor. slowly disappeared.

Tang Jerry zoomed in on a fixed picture with the key, yo, there is a white floral handkerchief tied on the leg of this poor black cat. "This is a silk scarf handkerchief made in Hangzhou, China. It was given to her by William Sidney. The handkerchief was bought in the shopping mall of the hotel club."

Tang Jerry's analysis is very convincing. But I still don't understand, if it is said that the murderer must have entered the room from the door to kill Miss Scarlett, and even the suspicion falls on William Sidney, then how did William Sidney commit the crime? Could it be that William Sidney changed the video tape secretly, and why did he change it secretly? Also, where is the Persian knife that is only used for decoration?

Don Jerry made another surprising inference: the murderer was not William Sidney. But before the murder, William Sidney went into Scarlett's room and bandaged the black cat's wound with her. However, William Sidney once gave Miss Scarlett a drink, and a large amount of sleeping pills were placed in this drink. Miss Scarlett drank this drink and fell into a coma, but was brutally beheaded. The murderer had plenty of time to commit the crime. William Sidney knew the murderer. At that time, he and the murderer lived in room 211 opposite the guest room where Miss Scarlett lived. Because a dead lame black cat was found in the bathroom of Room 211, which was the one that Miss Scarlett took special care of. The Chinese handkerchief used to bandage the black cat's leg is missing. It was collected by William Sidney. He was very sad for the death of Miss Scarlett, and this handkerchief became his collection to commemorate Miss Scarlett. For Miss Scarlett's death, he had fought the murderer.

Tang Jerry’s deduction made Officer Field and I fall into a fog. We wanted to get to the truth very eagerly. The more anxious you were, the less he cared. He even teased me: “Mr. Hua Lu, you are a writer, don’t you always write fiction? Do you like to play tricks? However, I am not playing tricks, but I still need to check some key facts." Does he need to check those key facts again? In desperation, I can only wait for Mr. Tang Jerry to conduct a breakdown for us next time.

Athens Cat Street Murder（V most important clue）

 

V

 

most important clue

 

I followed Officer Field to the clubhouse baseball field, and my friend Don Jerry was playing baseball with a young man there. After Tang Jerry saw us, he greeted his golf friends and came to us. He said: "This young man is the supervisor of the baseball field, and he helped us find the most important clue." I looked back at the young man, and he saw me, waved to me, and walked away.

We sat down in the small cafe in the clubhouse.

Don Jerry begins to tell us the story of this young man:

This young man is called O. Raleigh Porter, born in a small town in North Carolina, USA to a doctor's family. He didn't read much, and since he was 15 years old, he has been working in a small pharmacy run by his uncle. Five years later, due to health reasons, he went to work as a handyman at a golf course in West Texas. Later, he successively worked as an accountant, a clerk and a physician assistant. At the age of 22, he worked as a cashier in a credit union. Soon, the credit union found that there was a shortage of a small sum of money, and O. Raleigh Porter was summoned by the court for suspicion. Because of his timidity, he fled to Portland for refuge. He was later arrested by the police and sentenced to five years in prison.

Considering that he knew a little knowledge and work experience in pharmacy, the prison authorities assigned him to work as a pharmacist in the prison pharmacy. He came into contact with all kinds of prisoners and heard all kinds of crime stories. He met prisoner William Sidney in prison. William Sidney is a young entomologist who has a special research on insects. While serving his sentence, he continued to study various insects. O. Raleigh Porter became the best assistant to help him collect insects. William Sidney once worked as an assistant coach at a baseball stadium. Both have worked in baseball stadiums, so baseball is also the topic they usually talk about the most. William Sidney was arrested for participating in a gang fight while attending a speech rally. However, he has a keen interest in politics, and he hopes to become a politician.

About nine months later, the credit union where O. Raleigh Porter had worked identified the real criminals who embezzled the money. Porter was acquitted, and the owner of the credit union he used to work for expressed his apology to O. Raleigh Porter, gave him a lot of financial compensation, and recommended him to play baseball in the clubhouse of the HELLO Hotel in Athens. field work. William Sidney also came to Athens after his release from prison, and they met often.

Don Jerry was smoking a cigarette, and a hint of imperceptible excitement flashed across his indifferent face: "This O. Raleigh Porter brought us an important clue. He told me that before Scarlett was murdered, she had a relationship with William ... Sidney had a fierce quarrel because of different views on the U.S.-Iraq war. Scarlett is also a baseball fan, and she often comes to the baseball field to exercise. She is an animal protectionist, and William Sidney is A young entomologist, so they share a common language, and sometimes they often go to the field to collect insects together. However, the political views of the two are completely different. Scarlett believes that the Bush administration is using the war machine with lies to decimate the Iraqi people. Pushed into the abyss of suffering with American soldiers, Bush is an extremely inhuman war executioner, he has damaged the credibility and national image of the Americans. William Sidney believes that politics is unscrupulous, and a politician can achieve his goals. Do whatever you think is worth doing. He admires Bush's boldness.

"From this point of view, it must be William Sidney who killed Scarlett!" I finally understood the cause of the cat street murder, and I voiced my judgment. Tang Jerry glanced at me, and I saw my gaffe in his eyes, and I quickly corrected my opinion: "However, killing my friends just because of some different views on the US-Iraq War It seems unreasonable."

Athens Cat Street Murder（U How did the murderer get into the house when he committed the crime?）

 

Chapter VII Surveillance Mysteries

 

U

 

How did the murderer get into the house when he committed the crime?

 

On August 12, 2004, there was only one day left before the opening day of the Olympic Games. However, the murder in Cat Street in Athens has not yet been solved, and I and all the passengers temporarily staying at the HELLO Hotel were officially notified not to go out at will. My friend Tang Jerry, a great Chinese-American detective, is retrieving information on the computer. He has a lot of work to do, so he doesn't take the police notice seriously. In order not to disturb his work, I had no choice but to go for a walk in the hotel garden alone.

This is the first time I have conducted a comprehensive survey of this three-star hotel since I came here. I was accompanied by Officer Field. Officer Field told me that the HELLO Hotel was built in the summer of 2000 and is a garden-style hotel. The entire hotel is located on a peninsula surrounded by water on three sides. Police officer Field said that this not only creates an atmosphere near the water, but also brings security. In fact, there is only one entrance and exit for tourists to enter the hotel. The hotel is equipped with monitoring equipment, and hidden smart monitors are installed in each guest room. It is difficult for outsiders to break in without permission. Unexpectedly, a homicide would still occur in a hotel that has been completely digitalized and intelligently managed.

Officer Field and I walked around the hotel. The hotel is extremely large, covering an area of about 100,000 square meters, including a resort area, which consists of a large clubhouse and 800 holiday villas. The villa I live in is Room 202, Building 3, Area B, and Miss Scarlett, who was murdered, lives in Room 204. It was a small Spanish-style villa surrounded by a flat meadow, and it was difficult to hide.

I said to Police Officer Field: "My friend Don Jerry believes that the murderer entered the room from the inside, thus excluding the possibility of sneaking in from the room. Do you agree with him?"

0fficer Field: "I think so too, but the problem is that the surveillance shows that no one was present at the time and location of the incident. We can't find any stronger evidence that the murderer entered the room through the door."

Based on my own imagination, I said to him: "Will the monitoring equipment malfunction? Maybe the person in charge of monitoring is suspected of a crime?"

Officer Field looked at me in surprise: "Ah, you thought the same thing as I did! I checked these details. However, the disappointing conclusion made me very depressed. The monitoring facilities in the garden are all first-class, and there is no fault Records. The girl in charge of monitoring is named Anna Culera, she is a very serious and responsible girl, she insisted that she did not leave the monitoring room during the incident.”

I smiled: "Officer Field, are you sure that Ana Cullera is not lying? My friend Don Jerry thinks the key we need to find out is the hotel's surveillance defense. He is the most famous detective in the world, and I think he New clues have been grasped, and the focus is on the issue of monitoring facilities."

Officer Field smiled bitterly: "I admire your friend Tang Jerry, but what can I say now? Mr. Ramos sent by the CIA has inspected the monitoring room. He thinks that these American-made The monitoring equipment is the top in the world today, and he can definitely conclude that the problem does not lie in the monitoring, so he denies that anyone entered the room at the time and location of the crime to commit crimes. I am a small police officer in Athens, and It is temporarily sent here to handle the investigation of this case. It is impossible for me not to respect the opinion of the intelligence experts sent by the US government. Mr. Hua Lu, let’s go, I’d better take you to the clubhouse, which has the best baseball field in all of Greece .”

雅典猫街血案（W 跛腿黑猫）

 

W  跛腿黑猫

 

菲尔德警官对唐•杰锐说：“唐•杰锐先生，我还有一点不明白，如果杀害思嘉玲的确是那个叫威廉•西德尼的年轻人，他为什么要用波斯刀砍下她的脑袋？还有监控录像中为什么没有出现威廉•西德尼作案的痕迹？要捉住嫌疑犯，关键还得靠充实的证据。”

唐•杰锐俯身坐在扶椅上，把手提电脑搁在腿上，然后对我们说：“你们是否注意到血案现场留下的一本1978年出版的旧杂志，这是一本《昆虫》杂志，杂志上留有威廉•西德尼的签名，也就是说威廉•西德尼曾经与思嘉玲接触过。我给你们看一段录像。”

我和菲尔德警官注视着电脑视屏，画面展示的是HELLO酒店B区3幢202房和204房的走廊。酒店服务员莉娜正推着轮车，车上堆着一些等待清洗的床单、枕套之类物品。看不出有什么特别之处。

唐•杰锐就像是一个电视讲解员：“这是菲尔德警官收集到的监控录像画面。”

  菲尔德警官点头：“是的，是这个画面，美国情报官拉莫斯也看过这个画面，他说这个画面证明了罪犯没有从正门入室作案，而是从窗外入室的。难道这画面中还有作案的线索？”

“没有，” 唐•杰锐抽着烟：“不过，这段录像并不是思嘉玲被害当天的录像。”

“你是说，录像带被调换了？  ” 菲尔德警官惊讶地盯着唐•杰锐的脸，一脸的迷惑不解。其实，我比菲尔德警官还要惊讶，我想起来了：莉娜对我说过负责酒店监控的安娜•库莱拉，出于职业习惯，她在案发后赶紧从监控录像中查看作案现场及周边的监视器记录。奇怪的是作案现场的监视器显示出的图像中并没有任何嫌疑人出入，只有莉娜曾经出现在走廊上。安娜•库莱拉到处找莉娜，却没能找到。她不希望莉娜被卷入这起刑案，就将录像记录修改了日期，作了技术处理的调换。那么，是谁又将已经调换下来的录像又调了上去？是警方吗？菲尔德警官为什么一点也不清楚？思嘉玲遇害那天，莉娜陪我去参观帕特农神庙和伊瑞克特翁神庙，那天她根本就没上班，这段录像和实际情况不是存在着很大出入吗？如果说，这是个大错误，错误的责任人不仅是菲尔德警官，还应该包括美国情报官拉莫斯先生。我不得不佩服我的朋友 唐•杰锐先生。

唐•杰锐说：“思嘉玲小姐被害的时间应该是那天下午5：00—5：30，正是在这段时间里，雅典开始了屠戮猫狗行动。很多猫狗屠戮者拥到了思嘉玲小姐居住的HELLO酒店B区3幢204房窗外，窗外留下的那些零七八碎的脚印证明了这一点，保安也证实了这一点。被追杀的野猫四处乱窜，不知逃向哪里才能得到安全。动物保护主义者思嘉玲看到了这一幕惨局，于是为了拯救这些可怜的小动物，她打开了窗户，一只只野猫跃过窗台躲藏在思嘉玲的房间里，也留下了那些皮毛。正如菲尔德警官奖这些皮毛送去化检后得出的结论，当时共有8只野猫得到了思嘉玲的庇护。其中一只腿部受伤的黑猫还受到了思嘉玲小姐的特殊照顾，她用自己的手帕包扎了它受伤的腿。”

我十分好奇：“唐•杰锐先生，你是怎么知道的？”

唐•杰锐按动键盘：“你们看，这就是那只受伤的黑猫。”果然在电脑视屏上有一只受伤的黑猫正一拐一拐地跑出204房的大门，沿着走廊慢慢地消失了。

唐•杰锐用键放大了一个固定的画面，哟，这只可怜的黑猫腿上果然绑着一块白色的花手帕。“这是一块产自中国杭州的丝巾手帕，是威廉•西德尼送给她的，手帕购于酒店会所商场。”

唐•杰锐的分析十分令人信服。可是我仍不明白，如果说凶手肯定是从门内入室加害思嘉玲小姐，甚至疑点落在了威廉•西德尼头上，那么威廉•西德尼又是怎么作案的？难道是威廉•西德尼偷换了录像带，他又为什么要偷换？还有，那把仅用作装饰的波斯刀又在哪里？

   唐•杰锐对此又作了一个惊人的推论：凶手不是威廉•西德尼。但在凶案发生前，威廉•西德尼进过思嘉玲的房间，还和她一起为那只黑猫作了伤口包扎。不过，威廉•西德尼曾给思嘉玲小姐喝过一杯饮料，这杯饮料中被安放了大量的安眠药。思嘉玲小姐就是喝了这杯饮料而沉入昏迷状态，结果被残忍地斩首。凶手作案时有充足的时间。威廉•西德尼认识凶手，当时他和凶手住在思嘉玲小姐居住的客房对面，也就是211房间。因为在211房间的卫生间里曾发现一只死了的跛腿黑猫，就是受到思嘉玲小姐特别照顾的那只黑猫。黑猫腿上包扎用的中国手帕不见了，那是威廉•西德尼收藏了。他为思嘉玲小姐的遇害非常悲伤，这块手帕也就成了他纪念思嘉玲小姐的收藏品。为思嘉玲小姐的死，他曾与凶手格斗过。

唐•杰锐的推论使我和菲尔德警官陷入了雾中，我们非常想急于了解真相，你越急他越不在乎，他还戏谑我：“华录先生，你是作家，你写小说不也总是喜欢卖关子吗？不过，我不是故弄玄虚，而是还需要核查一些关键事实。”他又需要再核查那些关键事实呢？ 无奈中，我只能等待 唐•杰锐先生对我们进行下回分解了。  

 

雅典猫街血案（V 最重要的线索）

 

V  最重要的线索

 

我随着菲尔德警官来到了会所棒球场，没想到我的朋友唐•杰锐却正在和一个年轻人在那里打棒球。唐•杰锐见到我们后，就和他的球友打了声招呼，来到我俩跟前。他说：“这个年轻人是棒球场的主管，他帮助我们找到了最重要的线索。”我回头朝年轻人望去，他也看到了我，朝我挥了挥手，走远了。

在会所的小咖啡厅里，我们坐了下来。

唐•杰锐开始对我们讲述这个年轻人的故事：

这个年轻人叫欧•罗列•波特，出生于美国北卡罗来纳州一个小镇上的医师家庭。他书念得不多，从15岁开始就在叔叔开的一家小药铺里打工。五年后，由于健康原因，去西部得克萨斯州一个高尔夫球场当杂务工。后来，他先后做过会计员、办事员和医师助理。22岁那年，他在一家信用社担任出纳。不久，信用社发现短缺了一笔为数不多的款子，欧•罗列•波特因涉嫌被法庭传唤。他由于胆怯，逃到了波特兰避难。后来被警方逮捕，判处五年徒刑。

监狱当局考虑到他懂得一点药剂学知识和工作经验，就分配他到监狱药剂室当药剂师。他开始接触到形形色色的犯人，还听到了形形色色的犯罪故事。他在狱中认识了囚犯威廉•西德尼。威廉•西德尼是一个年轻的昆虫学家，他对昆虫有着特殊的研究。他在服刑期间仍坚持研究各类昆虫。欧•罗列•波特成了帮助他收集昆虫的最好助手。威廉•西德尼曾在一个棒球场当过助理教练。两人都曾在棒球场工作过，因此棒球也是他们平时谈得最多的话题。威廉•西德尼是因为参加一次演讲集会时参与了群殴打架而被捕的。不过，他对政治有着浓厚兴趣，他希望成为一个政治家。

大约过了9个月，欧•罗列•波特曾工作过的那家信用社查出了真正贪污钱款的罪犯。波特获得了无罪释放，他曾工作过的那家信用社老板为了表示对欧•罗列•波特的歉意，给他一笔不菲的经济赔偿，还推荐他到雅典HELLO酒店的会所棒球场工作。威廉•西德尼出狱后也来到了雅典，他们经常会面。

唐•杰锐抽着烟，冷漠的脸上掠过一丝不易察觉的兴奋：“这个 欧•罗列•波特给我们带来了一条重要线索，他告诉我，思嘉玲被害前曾与 威廉•西德尼发生了激烈的争吵，原因是对美伊天战的不同看法。思嘉玲也是棒场爱好者，她常来棒球场锻炼身体。她是个动物保护主义者，威廉•西德尼是一个年轻的昆虫学家，因此他们有着共同交流的语言，有时还常一起去野外收集昆虫。然而，两人的政治观点完全不同。思嘉玲认为布什政府是用谎言动用战争机器，将伊拉克人民和美军士兵推向了苦难的深渊，布什是个极不人道的战争刽子手，他损害了美国人的信誉和国家形象。威廉•西德尼则认为政治就是不择手段，一个政治家要达到自己的目的是可以去做任何自己认为值得做的事。他赞赏布什的果敢精神。

“由此看来，杀害思嘉玲的一定是威廉•西德尼了！”我总算明白了猫街血案的起因，我失声讲出了自己的判断。唐•杰锐看了我一眼，我从他的眼神里看到了自己的失态，我赶紧修正自己的看法：“可是，仅为了对美伊战争的一些不同看法，就去残杀自己的朋友，这好像不合情理。”

雅典猫街血案（U 凶犯作案时如何入室的？）

 

第七章   监控疑团

 

U  凶犯作案时如何入室的？

 

2004年8月12日，离奥运会开幕日只剩最后一天了。但发生在雅典猫街的血案仍未侦破，我和所有暂住在HELLO酒店的旅客被正式通知不能随意外出行动。我的朋友美籍华裔大侦探 唐•杰锐正在电脑中检索资料，他有很多事要做，因此对接到警方的通知不以为然。为了不打扰他的工作，我只有万般无奈地独自到酒店花园里去散步。

这还是我来到这里后的第一次对这家三星级的酒店进行全面地踏勘。陪同我踏勘的还有菲尔德警官。菲尔德警官向我介绍，HELLO酒店建于2000年夏天，是个花园式酒店。整个酒店位于一个半岛，三面环水。菲尔德警官说，这既借景营造了临水气氛，也带来了安全保障，其实游客要进入酒店只有一个出入口，酒店设有监控设备，各客房都安装了隐蔽式智能监控仪。外人很难未经许可擅自闯入。没想到，已经完全是数字化智能化管理的酒店还会发生命案。

我和菲尔德警官绕着酒店转了一圈。酒店大极了，占地约10万平方米，其中有一个度假小区，由一个大型会所和800套度假别墅组成。我居住的别墅为B区3幢202房，被杀戮的思嘉玲小姐住的是204房。这是一幢西班牙式的小别墅，周围是一片平坦的草地，其实很难有藏身之处。

我对菲尔德警官说：“我的朋友唐•杰锐认为凶犯是从内部入室的，从而排斥了从室处潜入作案的可能，你同意他的看法吗？”

菲尔德警官：“我也是这么认为的，可是问题出在监控显示没有任何人出现在案发时间及案发地点。我们也找不到更有力的能证明凶犯是从门内入室的证据。”

我凭着自己的想象对他说：“监控设备会不会出了故障？或许负责监控的人有犯罪嫌疑？”

菲尔德警官惊讶地看着我：“啊，你和我想了一样！我重点查了这些细节。不过，令人扫兴的结论使人非常沮丧。花园的监控设施都是第一流的，没有任何故障记录。负责监控的女孩叫安娜•库莱拉，是个很认真负责的女孩，她坚持说，在案发时段内没有离开监控室一步。”

我笑了：“菲尔德警官，你能肯定安娜•库莱拉没有说谎？我的朋友唐•杰锐认为我们要弄清的关键就是酒店的监视防卫。他是全球最著名的神探，我想他已经掌握了新的线索，重点就是监控设施问题。”

   菲尔德警官苦笑了一下：“我很佩服你的朋友唐•杰锐，可是，你说我现在能说什么？美国中情局派来的拉莫斯先生已对监控室进行过查验，他认为这些美国造的监控仪器是当今世界最顶级的，他完全可以作出结论，问题不出在监控，也就否认了有任何人在案发时间及案发地点从门内入室作案。我是个雅典小警官，又是临时派往这里处理此案的调查，我不可能不尊重美国政府派出的情报专家的意见。华录先生，走，我还是带你去会所看看，那里有全希腊岛最好的棒球场。”

Athens Cat Street Murder（T brutal cat slaughter）

 

T

 

brutal cat slaughter

 

  I suddenly remembered something: "Officer Field, my friend Mr. Don Jerry once asked you to test the furs found at the place where Scarlett was killed. Is there any result?"

  "Oh, I've handed over the test report to Mr. Tang Jerry a long time ago. There's nothing new to discover, it's all stray cat hair. According to the analysis of the hair quality, these hairs probably came from 7 cats."

  Officer Field shrugged: "I don't know why your friend is interested in these cat fur."

  "I can't figure it out either." I smoked a cigarette: "Mr. Don Jerry took me to Santorini Island in the Aegean Sea once, but the wild cats on the island opened my eyes. I took a lot of pictures about A picture of a feral cat." I opened my laptop and showed Officer Field my work.

  Constable Field seemed to have a low opinion of my work.

  "What's the matter with you? You look very bad." I looked at Officer Field.

  Officer Field sighed: "No, nothing. I just don't want to see these cats."

   "Why?" I was very surprised.

   "You don't know. Athenians have a special affection for cats. But a very unpleasant incident has happened recently." Inspector Field related a recent incident to me.

   In order to welcome the Athens Olympic Games, the Greek government launched a campaign to "clean up the streets and rectify the appearance of the city". For a time, thousands of unclaimed cats and dogs living in the streets and alleys were poisoned to death and lay dead on the streets. The scene was appalling. The British "Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA)" has lodged a serious protest with the Greek government on this matter. After receiving a complaint from RSPCA, the Greek government immediately argued that it had nothing to do with the matter. Yet the bodies of 40 cats and 15 dogs found in the Athens National Park prove the government is lying. Investigators also found plastic dishes containing the poison in a corner of the park. These cats and dogs have been cared for by local animal protection organizations before. If it hadn't been approved by the government, who would have murdered these poor little lives in such an organized and systematic way?

  Police Officer Field said in frustration: "David Bowles, head of the RSPCA International Department, said that this collective poisoning of cats and dogs in the national park is extraordinary. The number of animals victimized is surprising. Nothing. There is no doubt that the government must have played a disgraceful role behind the scenes." He closed his eyes and leaned weakly on the back of the chair. When Officer Field opened his eyes, he stood up suddenly, because Don Jerry was standing next to him. Officer Field murmured, "I'm sorry, I didn't know you were standing here. Mr. Don Jerry."

  Tang Jerry motioned to sit down: "Officer Field, I understand your feelings very well. I am afraid that no one in the world would have thought that when humans held the Olympic Games to advocate peace, humans would cruelly kill weak animals. According to my investigation , a number of domesticated pets were also tragically killed in this massacre. In this grotesque and horrific massacre, we should be more shocked by Scarlett's death."

  "Scarlett's death? How could her death be related to the slaughter of cats and dogs?" Officer Field and I fell into confusion at the same time.

  Don Jerry stared at the ceiling, blowing smoke rings: "There are about 40,000 cats and dogs living on the streets of Athens. In order to protest this massacre, the RSPCA asked the Greek government to formulate a bill to manage stray animals. The dogs were kept in captivity, adopted, castrated or 'euthanized.' International animal protection activists also drafted a joint letter signed by 45,000 people, ready to be submitted to the Greek Embassy in Brussels, Belgium, pleading for the poor animals. Scarlett, who signed the petition, is an animal protectionist. Her mission to Athens this time is not to report on the Olympic Games, but to find out about the collective poisoning of cats and dogs in the Athens National Park. the truth. Unfortunately, she was assassinated."

  Don Jerry took a puff of cigarette: "Perhaps you should now understand why there are so many cat hairs in her guest room. On the day she was killed, the homeless wild cats were being slaughtered in an organized way on the street. To save them, Scarlett opened the windows of her house and let these poor wild cats hide in her guest room. The many footprints left outside the window proved this. I carefully checked the grass under the window, no one stepped on it Obviously, it was impossible for the murderer to enter the house through the window at that time. There is no doubt that the murderer entered the house through the main entrance, and he was very calm, and he had enough time to complete everything he wanted to do."

  Officer Field was puzzled: "There is a corridor outside the main entrance. There are three camera probes installed in the corridor, but the monitor did not show that anyone was near the murder scene at that time."

  Who is the murderer? Tang Jerry took a puff of cigarette: "This is the key point we want to find out, and the key point lies in the surveillance and defense of the hotel."

Athens Cat Street Murder（S doubtful evidence）

 

S

 

doubtful evidence

 

         On that day, Officer Field came to look for Don Jerry again. Tang Jerry happened to have something to go out. Officer Field chatted with me about China and Athens. Through our conversation, I had to amplify the deranged Greek civilization of the West by returning it to my own country. As a result, I discovered with great guilt that the chaotic oriental civilization is also mutating. In the big cities of China, the five thousand years of civilization view is evolving. The shortcomings seen in Greece can also be seen in Eastern China. Although I hate the shortcomings of Athens, this city still has its good places after all. Although there are not many, it is for balance and to prevent us Chinese from being scolded by Athens one day. After all, China deserves to be scolded. There are too many places. I began to ignore the shortcomings of Athens and look for the beauty of Greece.

         The most famous thing in Athens is the Acropolis, the place where Plato, Aristotle and other bad old men often come to beat Hara. There are some exceptions, but others are not too special, especially for a layman like me, who can't understand at all. The only thing that attracted me was a big yellow and black dog at the ticket office at the entrance. The black dog just lay on its stomach, resting its head on the bright marble steps, with a face full of comfort and comfort. It didn’t feel like living in Athens at all. What is the regret of the noisy city? I am deeply impressed by the connotation of the Athens dog, which is the spirit of peace and contentment and peace of mind shown in the unknown big dog on the roadside. This can be regarded as the number one advantage of Athens. This advantage can also be fully reflected in Officer Field: he is very insensitive to the strike of the Athenians, and he insists that the government and the boss want to make money by hosting the Olympic Games, so all employees, doctors, police, etc. should also have the opportunity to make money. Opportunity and rights, the strike is just asking for a slight increase in salary, which is justifiable. Regarding security and security issues, he also seemed indifferent. He believed that the Greeks did not participate in the Iraq war, and there was no need to meddle in the affairs of other countries. He believes that people have shortcomings, and every country also has its own shortcomings. The second most famous in Athens should be the National Archaeological Museum. There are many treasures in the museum that are regarded as treasures by the Athenians, most of which are stone carvings with missing heads and arms. Police Officer Field said that the Athenians treasured such not-so-good things as treasures, which fully demonstrated the Athenians’ tolerance for various things and their acceptance of various shortcomings. This may indeed be regarded as the second advantage of Athens. There is an exhibition room of Egyptian cultural relics in the Archaeological Museum, which exhibits some treasures that are regarded as inferior goods in Egypt. Although the things are not too exquisite, the Athenians actually know how to appreciate Egyptian cultural relics. There is a jewelry display room next to the Egyptian cultural relics display room. The things in it are really great. It is the only thing I have seen in Athens that makes my heart beat. Everything is amazing, regardless of handwork or design. There are very few local tourists in this showroom, but the Athenians will not come to grab your attention, they will let you watch it quietly. Enter from the road next to Constitution Square, halfway there, there is an elegant and simple Byzantine church in the middle of the road. There is nothing nonsense about this church, it is really beautiful. The advantages of Athens gradually increased in my heart. I even saw Athenians quarreling with customers a few times at the post office and the bank. The Athenians were full of air when they quarreled, and they talked like cannonballs. I suddenly felt that this could show that the Athenians were healthy and strong. It can also be regarded as another advantage. I have been to Athens, so whoever thinks Athens is bad, I will feel very guilty. I finally found the beauty of Greece, and I felt relieved. The only expectation is that when foreigners travel to China, like me, they can also look for some advantages when they see China's shortcomings. When you forgive others, others will forgive you. I told Officer Field what I thought, and he laughed. He said that he likes to make friends with Chinese people, maybe Greece, like China, has ancient culture and history. He also said he hated the Ramos intelligence officer.

         Police officer Field told me: "The results of the police test showed that the American female reporter was indeed beheaded by a Persian knife. We all believed that it was related to the Arabs. So we notified the United States, and American intelligence personnel quickly joined the investigation of the case. But now There are only three days left until the opening of the Olympic Games. The American intelligence officer Ramos only cares about whether the massacre is related to al-Qaeda. He said that they have enough evidence to prove that Scarlett was killed by al-Qaeda. But they do not share the relevant evidence Provide it to us, saying that this is related to the national interests of the United States. On the contrary, we must find evidence. Fortunately, your friend Mr. Don Jerry, he is a genius, and he helped us a lot. He relied on his rich experience , found the body of Sajad Naeem for us, and also found out the origin of the Persian knife. Oh, Mr. Hualu, do you know? Mr. Tang Jerry made an amazing discovery, he said that Jia Ling's death was not hacked to death, but was first anesthetized and then beheaded. At first, we did not agree with this analysis. But Mr. Tang Jerry's reasoning is very convincing, he thinks This Persian knife cannot kill people because it has no blade. In addition, from the analysis of the photos we provided him, he came to a conclusion: Scarlett's neck was sawed off by a blunt instrument. The forensic examination proved that Mr. Don Jerry That is correct. There is also the testimony of an old Greek man on Santorini Island in the Aegean Sea, which proves that the Persian knife that Sajad Naeem bought before his death was just a decorative knife and not lethal However, US intelligence officer Ramos is very dissatisfied with the conclusion of this investigation, and he has no other evidence."