A few days have passed, and even after "Murder on the Orient Express" updated part of Poirot's analysis of the case, no reader has been able to complete this challenge.
As for Karl and others, they have basically disappeared.
"Have you been reading this book recently?" Lu Qingge noticed the cover on the screen of Jiang Yuan's phone and asked.
Jiang Yuan was stunned, "Do you also know?"
"This book has been very popular recently. It has been on the hot search several times. I often see it in my circle of friends, so I read some of it."
"But I haven't finished reading it yet. I didn't expect to update the whole article today." Lu Qingge said that he was very lucky.
"Yes, after today's rehearsal is over, we can catch up." Jiang Yuan responded with a smile, not intending to expose the situation.
On the way, the direction of the chat began to change towards the content of the novel. Jiang Yuan and Lu Qingge chatted for a long time about the plot of "Orient Express".
Jiang Yuan's reasoning and analysis of plot details from a God's perspective successfully gained Lu Qingge's admiring eyes.
I have to say that it does satisfy vanity to a certain extent.
The vehicles arrived at the rehearsal site. Because today was the last official rehearsal, the scene was particularly lively.
Even reporters from China Radio came to the scene to conduct interviews and record.
Unlike the previous ones, this interview was serious enough to appear on TV news.
After all, this is a relatively official interview, so the questions asked are relatively conventional.
In addition, Jiang Yuan and his wife wished the people of the whole country a Happy New Year in advance.
Although netizens have long known that Jiang Yuan and Jiang Yuan will collaborate on a stage this time, their latest interview still caused quite a stir on the Internet.
The key part that caused heated discussions was mainly the face.
As we all know, there are no filters behind the main station’s lens.
Therefore, it is difficult for some artists who are not very good-looking to handle this level of shots.
More or less, they all look not that good. As for Jiang Yuan and the other two, the reason why they aroused heated discussion is because they held the camera well.
Under this kind of lens, the lighting is a bit different, but everything else is the same as it is on TV.
Even because there are no filters to beautify their faces, the edges and corners of their faces are much more distinct and stunning.
The day before the official start of the Spring Festival Gala, the two people once again became hot searches due to their appearance, 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 songs very well.
When the whole song was sung, not only every note was correct, but also the control of emotion and singing quality was perfect.
This level of singing, which can be called recording studio level, made Zhang Cunrui applaud loudly after watching the performance.
In this way, Jiang Yuan and the two of them completed the last rehearsal relatively smoothly.
After the rehearsal, Jiang Yuan returned to the hotel, while Lu Qingge went straight home.
Considering that the performance would officially start the next day, the two of them did not have any extra activities the night before to maintain their best condition.
At the same time, it is worth mentioning that the Chinese and English entities and complete e-books of "Murder on the Orient Express" were finally officially launched at noon today.
After returning to the hotel and checking his phone, Jiang Yuan discovered that Yang Chao was bombarding him with messages.
Among a large amount of information, Yang Chao diligently provided feedback on various aspects of "Murder on the Orient Express" after its release, including sales scores and so on.
Physical sales officially started, and with the popularity brought by the shared reading challenge during this period, very good sales were achieved.
It ranks first on the sales list of new mystery books at home and abroad.
What is even more explosive is the reversal of "Murder on the Orient Express", which shocked readers.
This book is basically being discussed in reasoning forums at home and abroad.
At the same time, it also appeared on several related hot searches.
Judging from the content of Yang Chao's increasingly excited tone of news, this time "Murder on the Orient Express" is indeed a big hit.
At noon, when "Murder on the Orient Express" was officially launched, a large number of readers who had not yet received the physical book started reading it immediately.
The main reason is that everyone is very curious. In the shared reading challenge, readers entered the names they inferred based on their own reasoning and guesses.
As a result, no one completed the challenge, so everyone was ready to see what the final truth of "Orient Express" was.
Carl thought so too.
To be honest, after reading the latest update, Carl was probably a little autistic.
Because the truth is still half-hidden in his eyes.
Today, after finally waiting for the full version of "Murder on the Orient Express" to be released, he wanted to see if the final truth was 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, two or more.
Following this guess, Karl couldn't guess who the murderers would be.
In other words, Karl has much higher requirements for himself.
What he wants to do is not just ordinary guesses, but truly defensible reasoning.
There are solid clues and evidence, and definite results derived from reasoning.
But since the previous attempts had failed, Karl changed his mentality and couldn't wait to turn the pages to read, wanting to taste the final sweet truth.
After thinking about it, Poirot made some enlightening points.
For example, the formation of a murder case.
Suppose that this heavy snow did not occur while the train was traveling.
So how will the case happen?
Most likely, 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 entire case.
Such a conjecture made Karl nod subconsciously. He had thought about it before, but he still hadn't touched the core truth.
In addition, among the clues left at the crime scene.
The incompletely burned letter fragments linked Ratchett's death to Armstrong's kidnapping case.
The handkerchiefs and tobacco left behind are also related to the murderer.
Among them, the handkerchief has the letter H on it, which is likely to belong to a woman whose first name is H.
At the same time, the handkerchief is handmade, expensive and obviously a luxury item.
In the carriage, only Princess Dragomirov and the Countess may have it.
As for the matching of names, there happened to be a grease stain on the Countess' passport that covered part of the letters of her Christian name.
This achieves the effect of concealing the name.
After reading this, Karl's eyes became brighter and brighter, and he felt as if he was getting closer to the truth step by step.
The next chapter directly reveals the true identity of the countess.
The victim of the Armstrong kidnapping case, Mrs. Armstrong's sister.
The true identity was revealed, and the motive for the murder gradually increased, although the other party insisted that it had nothing to do with the case.
But then Poirot and Booker chatted and basically decided that the other party was guilty.
In this regard, Karl could only say that Poirot was right.
After reading two series of works, plus "Murder on the Orient Express", Carl can be said to have further felt the charm of Poirot, a short detective.
At this point, one of the murderers seems to have appeared.
However, Karl looked at the next chapters and saw that the progress bar was not right. Things were obviously not that simple.
And if it was really that simple, it wouldn't match his expectations for this book. Karl continued to turn the pages and read.
Sure enough, at this time, Princess Dragomirov jumped out again and admitted that the handkerchief left at the murder scene was actually her own.
As the screen turned pages little by little, Karl's eyes became brighter and brighter.
There are many lies on the train, and no one's identity is that simple.
Miss Debenham, who appears at the beginning of the story, is actually the governess of the Armstrong family.
The Italian in the car was the driver of the Armstrong family car at the time.
The Swedish lady in room ten was the nurse who took care of little Daisy at that time.
In the carriage, seemingly unrelated passengers with different classes, nationalities and identities have basically found something in common.
That is, they are all related to the Armstrong case.
This made Karl nod subconsciously, at least this was not too far from what he thought.
The Armstrong case is really the key to this case.
But after the true identities of all the passengers were revealed, we thought of the twelve stabbings on Ratchett's body.
The intensity varied, even with both left and right hands, and some even stabbed after death.
This made Carl think of a possibility.
At this point, there is only the last chapter left to the truth.
After Karl guessed this idea, he subconsciously widened his eyes. Isn't this possible?
But the movements of his hands did not stop.
At the end of the story, all the travelers are gathered together, and Poirot comes to two conclusions.
The first conclusion is that the murderer is from outside, that is, the dangerous person Ratchett mentioned before that he is being targeted.
After the other party got on the train, he stabbed Ratchett to death while taking sleeping pills, and then fled the train.
From the perspective of a reader who has read the entire book, this conclusion is obviously false at first glance.
Therefore, the second conclusion is the real truth.
Karl took a deep breath, feeling a little excited.
If the truth is really what he thinks, the next part is the highlight of the whole book.
In a daze, Karl seemed to feel that he was also on this train, and Poirot seemed to appear in front of him to express his final conclusion.
With only the last chapter left, the hints about the murderer are already extremely obvious.
That is - they are all murderers!
This alone shocked Karl and made him feel a bit 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 following reasoning and analysis.
To lay out such a structure is a very large amount of work in Karl's opinion.
First of all, make sure that the whole story is like a beautiful puzzle piece that fits together perfectly.
All the previous content is very beautiful, and the current analysis is the last piece of the story.
"There is another conclusion about this murder," Poirot began.
First of all, the first unusual thing on the train was that even though it was the off-peak tourist season, there were all kinds of passengers filling the carriages.
Different identities and nationalities, but if you match these people with the Armstrong family, they seem to have found their respective roles.
Twelve people related to the Armstrong case formed their own jury and boarded the train.
The script became clear immediately.
Next, Poirot analyzed the testimony one by one and accurately dissected the truth.
This section made Carl very excited, as if he was witnessing the completion of a perfect jigsaw puzzle.
All the details are so perfectly matched.
At the end of the story, there is another important character, Mrs. Hubbard.
It was actually Mrs. Armstrong's mother, Linda Arden, an actress.
Mrs. Hubbard admitted the plan.
When the Armstrong case occurred, everyone was devastated and decided to execute the death penalty that Ratchett had escaped.
So the plan was carefully prepared, and Mrs. Hubbard finally pleaded to be able to take the blame alone.
The words are sincere and touching.
Karl was also touched by this kind of crime where the deceased was an evil person and the murderers were all good people.
Basically, everyone who reads it will say that the last sentence is a good death.
Especially since Carl has read the previous article repeatedly recently, his feelings are even more profound.
In the ending of a general detective novel, the murderer will not be let go.
Whether Mrs. Hubbard takes the blame or, more egregiously, all twelve people are arrested, it would be a sad ending in Karl's opinion.
But the last page of the story made Carl's emotions retract, and he felt like a spring breeze.
Poirot asked Mr. Booker for his opinion. Booker believed that Poirot's first inference was correct.
Dr. Constantine also agreed with this view and was even prepared to make some suggestions about medical evidence.
Poirot said at the end that his solution had been explained and he could withdraw from the case with honor.
After uncovering all the truth, the detective decided to let the murderer go.
An extremely rare scene in detective novels.
Coupled with the unexpected truth about all the murderers in "Murder on the Orient Express".
It gave Carl a warm feeling in his heart, as if he saw the bright sunshine shining on the white snow and saw the brilliance of humanity shining.
In an instant, the book "Murder on the Orient Express" rose to a very high level in his mind.
Karl logged into his social account for the first time in a long time, and he decided to give it a good bragging.
