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After all, Karin is not someone else. After thinking about it, she reflected: "It's a bit strange. I often have illogical associations unconsciously recently. Why?"

Liang Xidao: "You used to have 70% of your mind on work and 30% on love. The knowledge of doctors needs to be accumulated over a long period of time. You can't feel your progress, and you have a dull feeling about your career. Lost the original enthusiasm for career. So you shifted your interest to me. Now you have at least 80% of me in your heart, and 20% of work.” The interesting thing is that when men and women are together, when there is no major incident, girls You will love boys more and more, and boys will become more and more indifferent.The more girls show love, the more boring boys feel.Of course, it refers to a small number of boys, and Liang Xi definitely does not belong to this group.

Angrily, Karin poked Liang Xi's face with her finger: "In the future, if I fall into a thinking trap, you must remind me in time... No, this mentality will only appear after I relax my vigilance and prepare to accept my fate."

"Hey, no, after a man and a woman have reached a certain level of love, they naturally want to be closer." Liang Xi quickly explained.

Karin smiled and saw that Liang Xi was anxious, and said, "I will figure it out."

"It's pointless to think so clearly, it will happen sooner or later." Liang Xi answered the phone: "Hello, okay, see you later."

Liang Xi hung up the phone: "I will now use practical actions to answer the reason why I brought you here for dinner."

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The two entered a nearby supermarket and walked around twice.After Karin confirmed that no one was following her, the two entered the mall from the back door of the supermarket hand in hand, and took the unmonitored freight elevator to the parking lot on the second floor.After getting out of the elevator and looking around, a car flashed its lights a few times, Liang Xi explained: "To prevent silence, you stay here carefully, and you leave after I get in the car."

Karin asked: "I thought I could participate, but it turned out to be just a tool."

Liang Xi said, "I'll tell you the story later."

Liang Xi walked towards the car. It was a seven-seater black van. The back door was opened. House got out of the car and shook hands with Liang Xi, and then raised his hand in the direction of Karin to politely signal: "You want to kill me? It won't be long. Do you want to hang around the detective agency again?" House's Shadow Detective Agency is nearby.

"They're not available." Liang Xi watched Karin enter the elevator and got into the car with House.The driver drove away.

House asked, "Because of Davis?"

Liang Xi asked, "Are you nervous?"

House: "I'm nervous."

Liang Xi: "I think MI6 suspects you, but Anthony is at the front, so it's not easy for them to ask you for questioning."

House laughed and said, "It's awkward to talk like that."

Liang Xi said: "Let's be honest, don't take chances, you hire Anthony to help you do things, do you think Anthony is willing to take the blame for you? Maybe he is willing to help you take the blame for the police, but he doesn't want to take the blame for framing your friends." charge."

House dissatisfied: "It's meaningless to say that. What kind of entrapment? The woman gave it to you, and served you delicious food. Why did you entrap you? What did Anthony say?"

Chapter 477 Restart

Liang Xi said: "I know that what happened in Germany 15 years ago is related to you."

House still didn't understand, with a confused look on his face: "What 15 years ago?"

Liang Xi said: "When Blood Moon invited you, Blood Moon sold this specific information to you. Why did Blood Moon recognize the information as valuable information after 15 years? I checked the German official news 15 years ago, and I then I checked the international news a few days before the Blood Moon invitation letter was delivered, and found that a very common but news event happened in the United States.”

House waited in bewilderment.

Liang Xidao: "The vice president of the United States suffered a sudden illness and was unable to perform his duties. According to the law, the president designated a member of the same faction to act as the vice president. The vice president stated at the press conference that he would run for the next president. This The guy is quite young, only 50 years old. Do the math, 15 years ago he should be 35 years old. I checked and found that when he was 35 years old, he was working at the German consulate in Hamburg."

Liang Xi said: "Blood Moon was formerly known as Skull and Bones, a civilian intelligence agency. They have no interest in an ordinary staff member. But the vice president of the United States killed 15 people in Germany 12 years ago. This is not just news. Anthony There are many truths and lies, I think about it, and the thing is probably like this: Someone did defect in Russia, and the Russians sent people to intercept it. Anthony only said what happened in Germany, but did not say where the person defected. There are nine out of ten It was a defection to CA, and CA sent people to respond. During the car chase, an agent of CA caused the car to lose control and fall off the cliff, causing tragedy."

Liang Xi said: "The value of intelligence is that it can prove that the current vice president of the United States caused a tragedy 15 years ago. Anthony mentioned the 15-second monitoring. I think of the upsurge of vehicle-mounted driving recorders that arose in Europe 15 years ago. I guess it should be recorded by a vehicle's recorder." Ten years later, many European countries began to ban the use of driving recorders.

House put his chin on his hands and listened to Liang Xi's words: "Even if you are right, you have no evidence."

Liang Xi said: "We are all friends, and I can't cheat you even if I have evidence."

House smiled and asked, "Can I trade one of John's secrets?"

Liang Xi nodded: "Yes."

House said, "John is male."

Liang Xi hit the middle finger unceremoniously, and House reached out and pressed Liang Xi's middle finger back: "You heard that John was entrusted by a friend to secretly investigate the Dark Society. This friend is a judge of the European Criminal Court, named Matthew. "

Liang Xi said, "Probably so."

House said: "According to your reasoning, the darkness will kill John and silence someone before John finds out his identity."

Liang Xi said, "Davis is very suspicious."

House said: "What I said below has not been verified and there is no evidence. The first point: John was killed by active or retired British soldiers. The second point is that the day after John was killed, Fiona's father Phil led the guards Going to Portsmouth Naval Base, there was a brief exchange of fire in the naval base that day, and a soldier was arrested. After January, the soldier and a soldier who had retired for less than half a year went to the fungal court and were sentenced to life Imprisonment. After all, they are both members of the South Treaty Organization. The two countries have communicated about this matter and learned that there is a Black August organization in the UK. A small organization formed by eight to ten Holy Church active or retired soldiers. According to our speculation , they should have killed John."

House said: "Phil explained to the American personnel that Black August has been eliminated, but the leader is at large. Phil said that there is reason to believe that the leader of Black August is the commander of the Holy Banner."

Liang Xi asked, "Who is the leader of Hei August?"

House shook his head: "After gentle interrogation of the two soldiers arrested, it is certain that they do not know the identity of the real leader. The Military Police Investigation Department speculates that the leader may be an active or retired Royal Marine Corps officer. If you want to know the specifics For details, you can only ask Phil."

House added: "I think Davis was also in the know."

Liang Xi didn't make judgments, and didn't have too many emotions. He asked, "You want to kill Davis, right?"

House: "Haha, it's not that I think, but someone thinks."

Liang Xi said: "You liar, if you guess correctly, before and after the arrest of the donor, Davis must have contacted you Americans, hoping that you Americans can protect him. That's why you know that there is evidence from 15 years ago .Wade took the flash memory to the Italian restaurant and traded with you. It is not a betrayal of Davis. As for him being killed, either Davis will silence him, or..."

"No, that's not right. The truth is that Wade was a fan of Davis 20 years ago. But because of the sponsor, Wade knew that Davis' identity was exposed and he couldn't escape. After all, he is a middle-aged man with a family. A young man. So Wade first got a flash memory and formatted the computer that stored the black material. Wade stepped on two boats with one foot. He not only contacted us, but also contacted the Germans. Who can protect his family? Guarantee his freedom, he will give the flash memory to whoever." House said: "Davis was furious, he didn't expect Wade to betray him, so he wanted to use the east wind of the holy flag to get rid of Wade. Which Knowing that the gangsters of the Holy Banner are very unprofessional, they are eyeing the little girl of the royal family, and forget about the old man in the mansion."

Liang Xi asked, "Did you kill Wade?"

House said: "Before we got the flash memory, do you think we might kill Wade? I don't care much about whether Davis dies."

Liang Xi said: "You believe that Wade destroyed Davis's inventory and made a flash memory that cannot be copied. But..."

"but?"

Liang Xi said: "But you don't believe in Blood Moon, and you're not sure if Blood Moon has a backup."

House did not deny: "Those who engage in intelligence are all liars, and only liars can survive. I have been waiting for this Blood Moon invitation, and I am ready to make a good arrangement. If Blood Moon doesn't follow the rules, then don't blame others Kill chickens and monkeys. I am just passing on the microphone, I will not kill people, I am a kind-hearted middle-aged fat man."

"Haha."

House also smiled, and asked: "Is this secret enough to repay your favor? I just let you take a video of being held hostage, give you beautiful women, give you delicious food, and coax you to make offerings, okay?"

"Yes, yes." Liang Xi said, "We are friends, even if you don't tell me the secret, we are still friends."

"Yes, I believe you. You will sell me if you change hands." House: "Why don't you wonder how I hired Anthony?"

Liang Xi said, "I don't care. I'm curious why you didn't kill someone to silence your story?"

House said: "Living Liang Xi is my resource. Dead Liang Xi is worthless. I can't waste my resources for the future of a politician. You are different from Anthony and the others. You are a detective and you have a bottom line." , I also know under what circumstances I can trust you. Be it Liang Xi or Phil, these are the reasons why I can stay in London, and others can't replace me, he doesn't have that connection."

Liang Xi smiled wryly: "You are too frank."

House said: "I like to tell the truth. It's okay, you can get out of the car."

The car pulled over, and House said, "Two cleans?"

"Qing, Qing!" This was also one of the reasons why Liang Xi trusted House.Rather than saying that House is an agent sword butterfly, it is better to say that House is a businessman.Treacherous and sinister as he may be, House has the credentials of a businessman.If it wasn't for House, Liang Xi would have sold him out long ago.Perhaps it can be said that House's advantages kept him from being sold.

It proves to the contrary that Anthony is indeed not from Russia, he is just a person who has business dealings with Russia.In the early years, the Russians were never stingy with spending money to buy information, and they are not stingy now, but the middlemen have to make the difference.It is by no means a joke that Russia's corruption perception index is at the bottom of the world.It has reached the level of national corruption.

Liang Xi called Karin who was wandering nearby, and the two continued their daily life as a couple.It's time for Karin to hand in papers again, and what bothers her most is that Jane has high demands on her.Other people's papers with full marks are only passing marks in her hands.Liang Xi analyzed Jane from the update period, and defended Karin. Karin corrected Liang Xi's views and defended Jane.The smart Karin found out that Liang Xi was playing tricks on herself in reverse, so she found an opportunity to beat Liang Xi.

Because she had to catch up with her thesis, or because Karin was wary of her nympho, Karin went back to Mary's house after dinner.She is very satisfied with Mary's house now, living in a very comfortable place.But the house is not small, and Karin spends a certain amount of time on average every day dealing with the house.

Watching Karin drive away, Liang Xi received a call from Blood Moon, and invited Liang Xi to Blood Moon Castle three days later.Once again, this blood moon invitation is different from the past, and some sensitive materials and information will be provided to the participants. If Liang Xi is unwilling to participate, they will understand.Liang Xi definitely wanted to attend, and stated on the spot that he would attend on time.

Liang Xi is thinking about a few things now. Davis has been detained for several days, and he has never heard from Davis.Secondly, Liang Xi needs to find an excuse and find a way to have a contact with Phil. Judging from House's intelligence, Phil knows more information than he imagined.In addition, according to Roger, it is impossible for the blade to extract a confession from Davis under normal circumstances, and Davis will use the information he has to escape or reduce legal sanctions.

The key is whether prosecutors and judges agree that Davis is the funder behind the Holy Banner, provided that the blade can provide evidence.Once Davis is identified as a terrorist, he will have to recruit if he does not recruit.Liu Zhen told Liang Xi that she helped Liang Xi inquire about Davis, but was told by Isa not to inquire, because she suspected that someone wanted to kill Davis to silence him, or to save Davis.

Yisha didn't see her, but Liang Xi saw Baker.Watching Karin drive away, Liang Xi saw his brother-in-law-to-be as soon as he turned his head.That is to say, the brother-in-law-to-be saw himself hugging and kissing his sister.Thinking of this, Liang Xi felt guilty for no reason.

Liang Xi preemptively said: "Where is Yisha?"

Baker originally wanted to tease a few words, but when Liang Xi asked, his spirits were depressed on the spot: "I haven't seen my bride for ten days, and her phone is always off."

"Congratulations, congratulations." Liang Xi remembered their newly married: "Go up and have a seat."

"Let's go."

"Sit down." Liang Xi said, "By the way, take the gift away."

Baker was speechless, Liang Xi saw that Baker was carrying a shoulder bag: "Are you bringing me a gift?"

"Let's go, let's talk at your house." Baker: "Get something to eat, and wait for you for half an hour."

"Why didn't you call me?"

Baker: "I have self-respect, too."

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Baker asked Liang Xi to investigate Wade's murder.After Davis was arrested, the police officially launched the investigation of Wade's murder.At the request of Donna, the assistant director of the Frontline Command, the boss of the Criminal Investigation Department, the case was assigned to Baker.Not only considering that Baker can ask Liang Xi for help, but also that Wade's case involves a lot, and he may have to deal with Isa.Baker, who is a powerful faction of the anti-fan team, has now transformed into a well-connected faction of the Criminal Investigation Department, so Baker is embarrassed to bother Liang Xi.But Liang Xi didn't use it, and felt sorry for himself, so he sat downstairs in Liang Xi's apartment for half an hour, hesitating.

Baker introduced: "At first it was determined that Wade was killed by gangsters. According to the hostage records at the scene, Wade was still alive a few minutes before the blade stormed the Italian restaurant. There was an episode during the period. The Italian restaurant had a food preparation counter. There are romantic candles on the table where the waiter prepares knives, forks and paper towels. The white robe of a female hostage is lit by a candle for some reason. The gangster ordered to fire a gun to stop the chaos, which led to even greater chaos in the restaurant. Right here At that time, the blade took the opportunity to attack and killed three gangsters."

Baker said: "The police previously believed that the fire of the hostage's robe was inspired by the blade. The two departments are very different, and there are communication barriers and procedural troubles. In addition, Wade is a member of the official residence and needs to deal with the prime minister's official residence. Procedural matters A lot. So no one is investigating the cause of Wade's death."

Baker pulled out a computer-generated map of the restaurant.The restaurant is a square-like structure, the upper third of the rectangle is the kitchen and other departments, and the lower two-thirds is the restaurant area.The restaurant is divided into three areas, ABC and ABC, according to where the waiters order and sign. The left side of area A is raised by 50 cm. Area B is in the middle and has the largest area. Area C is L-shaped with extended windows.The hostages were concentrated in Area A.

After a group of hostages escaped, the gangsters stepped up supervision of the remaining 20 hostages. Area A is surrounded by walls on three sides, with a decorative guardrail on one side. There is a small staircase leading to Area B. Rose, a member of the royal family, is sitting at the top of the stairs. She is wearing a bomb vest.The other 9 female hostages sat on the chairs in Area A, and the 10 male hostages sat on the wooden floor. Occasionally, the female hostages gave up their seats to the men.

Area A originally had four tables and eighteen seats, but because of some incidents during the period, the gangsters requisitioned three more chairs, leaving a total of thirteen seats.The thirteen positions are four two-seater sofas and five individual chairs.

According to the transcript, it can be proved that because of his older age, Wade enjoyed the treatment of giving up his seat to women.Due to face problems, he insisted on standing, but his person was leaning against the wall and his buttocks were sitting on the armrest of a sofa.In the hostage transcripts, many people described the position where Wade was last seen, explaining Wade's posture at that time.

Liang Xi sat on the sofa cushion with half of his buttocks, and leaned against the wall to imitate Wade's situation at the time described in the transcript, and asked the first question: "Why is it the back?"

Liang Xi explained: "In the first case, Wade did not move after the fire, the murderer had to push Wade away from the wall, and then stabbed Wade to death from behind. In the second case, after the fire, Wade actively stepped forward to fight the fire, and was killed The murderer stabbed his back. But if Wade stepped forward to fight the fire, why didn’t the hostages have any impression of this? In the third case, Wade tried to protect himself after the fire, because the place was relatively small, and he tried to lean his back against the wall. Could be backstabbed." Wade died next to the sofa he was sitting on.

Chapter 478 Investigation

Liang Xi said: "Let's ask another question, why did the murderer backstab? Although the steak knife is sharper, it takes more force to pierce the heart than the front stabbing. Wade struggled and screamed after being backstabbed. There was no such information in the hostage notes."

Liang Xi said: "It is more in line with the on-site reasoning that Wade bent down, and the murderer stabbed from top to bottom. This stab requires less force and is easier to control Wade. According to this speculation, another question can be asked, why did Wade bend over?"

Liang Xi said: "Based on my imagination, Wade might have bent over more to help people. After the fire was chaotic, someone fell in front of him, and he bent down to help him. Other than that, I can't think of Wade Bending down in the event of a sudden fire. The person Wade will support must be a woman, the elderly or a child. Among the hostages, he is the oldest, 52 years old. There are no children among the hostages. He is supporting her."

Baker interjected, "None of the ten female hostages knew about Wade's situation."

Liang Xi said: "The first possibility is that the woman fell down and was picked up by Wade and escaped from this small area. She didn't notice that it was Wade who helped her up. The second possibility is that women provide opportunities for the murderer. It is likely to be a woman Use candles to light other people's clothes. The first thing we have to do is to retake the records of the ten female hostages."

Baker said: "It's been so long, can they still remember?"

Liang Xi said: "This is the interesting part. Good people have no memory, and bad people definitely remember it, but she doesn't know if they should remember. At the same time, the bad people don't know whether they were seen when Wade helped her. Therefore, it is not clear whether to admit it or not. I was helped by Wade."

Baker asked: "Why did the case become so simple once you touched it?" I was very sad.

Liang Xi replied: "My views and suggestions are based on speculation. It is not ruled out that Wade walked away before the fire, or happened to bend over to pick up something, or was pushed from behind. Judging from the known information, There is a considerable probability of proving my inference. Make a bold assumption, and then carefully verify it. By taking notes on ten female hostages, there is a chance to prove my assumption is right or wrong. If I am proven wrong, it will also help me A high probability situation has been ruled out. In addition, if we record them again against Wade, we may be able to discover new clues."

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The nine women were interviewed the next morning by police detectives in their respective locations, or made a statement at the police station, or where they work and live.The whole process of this transcript was videotaped, and three cameras were used to shoot it even if it was not in the police station.In addition to the ten questions given by Baker, the detectives can also ask their own questions.

How did 10 people become 9 people?Isn't Shirley dead?For example, two of the five gangsters were killed and two were injured, because there was one who was neither dead nor injured.Roar!

Damn Baker asked a question: "What if it was Shirley who fell? What if Wade put the flash memory in Shirley's bag, intentionally or accidentally, when he helped Shirley?"

Detectives hate this kind of people, they don't give priority to small probability situations.Liang Xi is good at expanding various possibilities from the basic facts, and then verifying each possibility. Naturally, he checks according to the probability from large to small.After getting acquainted with Moduo, Liang Xi learned to ask questions. Many questions cannot be answered for the time being, but the more questions are asked, the better he can judge which situation has a higher probability.Used well, it can also open a window to light in a desperate situation.

A man was crushed to death by blue ice thrown off by an airplane while swimming in the river. The autopsy showed that he was not drowning. In this case, the detective had no choice but to approach science.

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The weather has not been warm for a few days, and then suddenly dropped.As soon as the temperature cools down, Liang Xi especially likes the detective agency.The case seminar was also held at the detective agency. In addition to Baker, there was also North District police detective Romeo who participated in the seminar. He came to join in the fun, and he liked to discuss cases with others.

Romeo first explained his views on the case: "It's not easy to kill someone with a knife from the back. Technically speaking, a knife from the back has a lot of advantages. One is that the back muscles have strong contractility, and it is not easy to splash blood stains. The other is that it has a sneak attack. Sex. Therefore, the murderer is a professional, a professional murderer. Even the best special police, and the anti-terrorist special police team can hardly do it. There are usually two types of latent assassination by special forces. One is to hug the target from behind and cover the mouth with one hand , holding a sharp weapon and piercing the heart from front to back, and the opponent died after wrestling for a few seconds. One is to cut the throat directly, and the person whose throat is cut cannot make a cry for help. It is not ruled out that there have been backstabs on the battlefield, but backstabs are not a training method for special forces systems. "

Liang Xi looked at Baker, and Baker translated: "Professional killer."

Romeo said: "I checked the identities of the nine male guests, and they are all considered to be people with status. There are lawyers, doctors, businessmen, politicians, screenwriters, etc. I haven't found any of them who have the ability to kill with a knife. I I think your idea is wrong, and I tend to suspect the hands of the three blade commandos."

Romeo said: "When the commando attacked and killed the gangster, they shouted a sentence: Everyone crouched down with their heads in their hands. At this time, the murderer's assassination of Wade will make him stand out. The commando's assassination is different. Steak knife, check the hostage situation, or the life and death of the gangster, and give Wade a knife in the back."

Liang Xi agreed, "The commando is my second object of suspicion."

Baker said: "Watch the transcript video first." Isn't it uncomfortable to watch TV around the fire?

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Nine women were compiled into nine numbers, and the royal sisters were excluded first by browsing, leaving seven female hostages.Baker took the tablet and read the identities of the seven female hostages, basically all of them had ID cards.Company gold collar, rich girl, director of a certain company, etc.Only one of them, a 9-year-old waitress named Eve, is the lowest-ranked person.Eve is a server at an Italian restaurant, and this is her third day at work.She was also the only staff member among the hostages who had no chance of escape.

Eve avoids the camera and does not dare to look directly at the camera, but unlike a liar who looks away, most of the time her eyes are on the detective's legs and even the ground.The answer to the question was a bit hesitant. From the analysis of her expression, she was either recalling or thinking about things in her mind.But Eve just hesitated, not nervous.

"I didn't see anyone fall."

"Didn't notice the guy named Wade."

"I do not know."