胡闲是中国最著名的“失败大侦探”。一天，徐太太前来求助，称女儿徐翠英失踪。胡闲仅凭观察就准确描述了徐翠英的特征，并指引徐太太找到已遇害的女儿。胡闲推测凶手是陆子富，最终陆子富承认杀害了妻子。胡闲进一步推测凶手是林阿金，林阿金也承认杀害了徐翠英。胡闲的老友对他的推理能力感到惊讶，但胡闲解释说这些推断多基于观察和巧合。

胡闲是中国最著名的“失败大侦探”，尽管他经常失败，但每年总有一两桩别人无法破解的案件被他解决，因此声名鹊起。一天，胡闲的老友前来拜访，发现胡闲正处理一起案件。胡闲仅凭观察就断定一位前来求助的中年男子沈石农的女儿沈慧娟已被害，并提供了详细的信息。沈石农随后确认了这些信息，并请求胡闲帮助缉拿凶手。

胡闲凭借之前的观察和推理，迅速锁定凶手是沈石农的表侄王孔扬。几天后，警方果然将王孔扬逮捕，他承认了犯罪事实。胡闲解释说，他曾路过沈石农家附近，听到王孔扬喃喃自语，表达对某女子的不满，结合案发后的线索，他断定王孔扬是凶手。

胡闲的老友对他的推理能力感到惊叹，但也对他的方法感到困惑。胡闲幽默地解释说，他这样做是为了让未来的小说更有吸引力。两人相视而笑，气氛愉快。

胡闲的这次成功再次证明了他的独特才能，尽管他常被称为“失败大侦探”，但在关键时刻仍能展现非凡的洞察力。

年初四晚，胡大侦探在朋友家喝醉后回家，途中捡到一枚刻有“宝珍”的金约指。次日早晨，一位女子前来认领，胡大侦探准确描述了约指的特征，女子确认后离开。随后，一位家丁来访，胡大侦探告知他家昨晚被盗是著名贼人“燕子飞”所为。下午，胡大侦探接下寻找失踪女孩和调查某夫人行为的案件。在少华旅馆，他找到失踪女孩并送回。接着，他在汽车行偶遇沈芙生夫人与一男子，通知沈芙生后，一同前往小淞园，揭露了男子的不轨行为，并将其扭送警察。胡大侦探感到非常得意，认为自己今年运势大好。

胡大侦探接到秦堪新的电话，请求他辨别四个自称是著名侦探霍桑的人。胡大侦探先后探访四个地址，每次都误以为找到了霍桑，但实际上这些人分别是律师、学生和演员。最后，他发现所谓的霍桑其实是作家程小青。秦堪新承认这只是个玩笑，霍桑是小说中的人物，地址是随意编的。胡大侦探感到既尴尬又无奈。

detective Huo Sang. Detective Hu visited four addresses one after another. Each time, he mistakenly thought he had found Huo Sang. But in fact, these people were a lawyer, a student, and an actor respectively. Finally, he found that the so-called Huo Sang was actually the writer Cheng Xiaoqing. Qin Kanxin admitted that this was just a joke. Huo Sang is a character in a novel, and the addresses were made up randomly. Detective Hu felt both embarrassed and helpless.

胡大侦探因长时间没有案件，将家眷搬到事务所后面居住。一天晚上11点左右，周家仆人王福前来求助，称周家发生枪击事件。胡大侦探赶到周家，破门进入周小姐的卧室，发现她受伤但未死亡。通过现场勘查，胡大侦探在地板上找到一把手枪，并怀疑凶手从窗户进入。然而...

his family to live behind his office. One night around 11 o'clock, Wang Fu, the servant of the Zhou family, came for help, saying that a shooting incident had occurred in the Zhou family. Detective Hu rushed to the Zhou family, broke down the door and entered Miss Zhou's bedroom. He found that she was injured but not dead. Through on-site investigation, Detective Hu found a pistol on the floor and suspected that the murderer had entered through the window. However...

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Hu Xian calls himself a great detective. Although he has failed in all cases, he still wants to record his experiences. After opening his business, he hired an assistant, Xia Xie, and a janitor, Pi Laohu. Lu Danru asked for help because the wedding ornaments of her younger sister were stolen. Hu Xian suspected Jin Yiqing. Jin Yiqing asked Hu Xian to help carry a package...