Guidebook for the Dark Duke

Evan left after seeing Duke Wilson again. Now the matter of Colonel Mel is getting more and more complicated. He must figure it out as soon as possible. Only in this way, the pressure on Duke Wilson will be less .

Evan is so considerate of the Duke of Wilson, the Duke is of course very clear, so when he sent Evan away early, the joy in his eyes was very obvious, and the housekeeper Chris couldn't help but mutter, this is something that has never happened before. In the past, if Pastor Bruce left, the Duke would definitely be sulking.

Duke Wilson did not see the different expression of Butler Chris. After Evan left, he immediately summoned Kevin. Although a positive investigation of this matter is necessary, what Duke Wilson believed more was that he was The power behind the scenes, this time, this matter was able to hide from his subordinates. It seems that he is definitely not an ordinary person. He must make plans early.

After Evan left the Cornwall manor, he walked directly towards Sheriff Chandler's house. Sheriff Chandler was also responsible for this matter. If he wanted to know the situation, it would be best to find Sheriff Chandler. .

When Evan arrived at Sheriff Chandler's house, Mrs. Chandler was reprimanding the children in the house, with a very serious expression on her face, but when she saw Evan coming, she immediately put on a gentle smile.

"Oh, Pastor Bruce, why are you here? Will is upstairs now, are you here to see him?" Mrs. Chandler is not a beautiful lady, but when she laughed, she still had a few smiles on her face. Very gentle.

Evan nodded with a gentle expression, and Mrs. Chandler also dropped her tear-stained youngest son, welcomed Evan into the house, and shouted to the second son who was watching the joke in the corner: "Go and call me!" Your father is coming down, Reverend Bruce is here."

The second son is a clever little ghost, and immediately ran upstairs. Evan followed Mrs. Chandler and approached the living room, only to find that the entire living room was surrounded by Mrs. Chandler's woven fabrics. It was a hat and socks knitted by wool, which looked very messy.

Mrs. Chandler smiled a little embarrassedly: "I'm really sorry to make you laugh, because Christmas will be in a few days, and these are all prepared for the charity association."

Evan nodded with a smile: "You really think you are a kind lady."

Delanele is a traditional Protestant town. The women in the town always have endless kindness, so the Charity Association and Women's Association in this town are very lively places. Evan has heard of it before. of.

While the two of them were talking, Sergeant Chandler had come down from the stairs. His tie was crooked and his hair was messed up. He looked as if he hadn't slept all night. have to.

Seeing him like this, before Evan could do anything, Mrs. Chandler got angry first: "Oh, look at what you look like! This is really indecent, we have guests!"

Sheriff Chandler came over muttering, scratched his hair like a bird's nest, and said indifferently: "Pastor Bruce is not an outsider."

His natural look made Mrs. Chandler very angry, but Evan couldn't help but smiled: "Madam, please don't be angry, Sheriff Chandler is right, I am good friends with the sheriff, no I'll mind that."

Seeing that Evan said the same thing, Mrs. Chandler couldn't say anything more, she just gave Sergeant Chandler a hard look, turned and left the living room.

Seeing Mrs. Chandler go out, Sergeant Chandler walked over, swept out a space on the sofa, and motioned for Evan to sit down.

Evan didn't dislike it, and sat down.

"I know what you are here for, Pastor Bruce." Sergeant Chandler sat on the sofa opposite Evan and rubbed the bridge of his nose tiredly: "It's just that things are still a mess now, and I don't know about this matter. What the hell is going on."

Evan smiled slightly: "It's not just you, I'm also very confused now. Did Mr. Adelson really commit suicide?" He asked tentatively, but his eyes didn't blink. Looking into Sheriff Chandler's eyes, for fear of missing something.

Sheriff Chandler couldn't help frowning when he heard him ask this question, and glanced at Evan: "Do you have any thoughts when you ask this?" He knew very well that Evan was not someone who was aimless.

Evan just smiled and shook his head: "Unfortunately, I don't have any thoughts. I just think that someone like Mr. Adelson committed suicide. I am a little surprised. Mr. Adelson is not so fragile. people."

Sheriff Chandler couldn't help but sighed: "Not to mention you, a priest who just arrived, even I don't want to believe this, Edson is a good guy, he has a will like steel, so I am also very surprised that people commit suicide.”

Evan couldn't help raising his eyebrows: "In that case, isn't there any suspicion of homicide?"

Speaking of this, Sheriff Chandler waved his hand with a wry smile: "If it is true, I will not rest at home now, but continue to investigate this matter."

Evan couldn't help but frowned, there still didn't seem to be any traces that Adelson committed suicide first.

"So, did this Mr. Edson leave any suicide notes?" Evan continued to ask.

Sheriff Chandler shook his head: "If there is such a thing, then I don't have to speculate for no reason here." Wen was unaware of the letter's existence.

After hearing this, Evan couldn't help frowning, it seemed that this matter was really clueless.

"So what's Colonel Mel's mood about this matter?" Evan looked at the corner and asked thoughtfully.

Sergeant Chandler's tone froze, and he looked at Evan with some doubts; "This... I haven't asked about it, do you think this matter is related to Colonel Mel's case?"

Evan didn't expect that he hadn't thought of this yet, and the smile on his face suddenly became a little forced, and he waved his hand lightly: "I'm just guessing, because this incident is really too coincidental, and the two These gentlemen are also Duke Wilson's staff, so I will inevitably..."

Sheriff Chandler nodded in agreement: "You are very right, and I also feel deeply, but these two things are so different, I have never thought about it." He was a little ashamed Said.

Evan just smiled: "It's normal that you didn't think about it, after all, I was just guessing randomly."

But Sergeant Chandler's face became heavy at this time. He looked at Evan and said in a low voice: "Your idea is very novel, but it is also very thought-provoking. These two things are indeed It's too coincidental, I just accepted the case yesterday, and the General Administration immediately held a meeting, and I didn't think about it carefully, now it seems that there are indeed many doubts."

Seeing that Sergeant Chandler had understood what he meant, Evan finally breathed a sigh of relief. He always felt that this incident was too coincidental, but he didn't know what special connection it had, maybe only the insider Colonel Meyer knows something he doesn't know.

Now that he has a new direction of investigation, Sheriff Chandler is full of energy. He immediately stood up from the sofa, stood in front of Evan with some excitement, and whispered: "Can you accompany me?" Let's interrogate Colonel Mel again, Mr. Colonel is a very cunning person, I think only you can get words out of his mouth."

Evan waved his hand modestly, and said a few polite words, but in the end, he couldn't resist the various invitations of Sheriff Chandler, and followed Sheriff Chandler in the direction of the police station contentedly.

**

Seeing Colonel Mel again, he was much calmer than last time, at least he could no longer see the resentment and pain from last time on the outside, but there was still a little panic in his eyes, and he looked a little pitiful.

"Mr. Colonel." Evan nodded to him politely.

After Evan spoke, Colonel Mel's eyes swept over to Evan, but there was no more ups and downs in his eyes, and he just nodded mechanically.

Sergeant Chandler was a little impatient with Colonel Mel like this, lightly tapped on the table and said, "I came here with Pastor Bruce this time to tell you a very regretful news."

When talking about this, Colonel Mel raised his head abruptly, a little anxiety flashed in his eyes, and Evan couldn't help frowning.

"Mr. Edson is dead." Sheriff Chandler didn't notice the difference in Colonel Mel, and continued to speak in a calm tone.

Evan, however, has been staring at Colonel Mel's every move, and he is very aware that when Sergeant Chandler said these words, Colonel Mel was subtly relieved.

Evan's doubts suddenly increased. What was he worried about?

"Edson?" Colonel Mel looked at Sergeant Chandler with some confusion. He tilted his head slightly, with a look of confusion on his face: "How could he die?"

Sheriff Chandler has been looking at Colonel Mel's face since he finished speaking, for fear of missing something. Hearing what he said, he couldn't help frowning: "Judging from the scene, he should have committed suicide."

"Suicide?" Colonel Mel's originally calm tone finally had some ups and downs. He looked at Sergeant Chandler and waved his hand firmly: "No, no, no, it's impossible, Edson will never suicide!"

"Absolutely not?" Sheriff Chandler looked at Colonel Mel with some sarcasm: "Why do you say that he will never commit suicide? Are you going to tell me that he is a Catholic and that suicide is against the doctrine?"

Colonel Mel didn't pay attention to Sergeant Chandler's provocative tone. He just frowned and said calmly, "Edson visited me in prison the day before yesterday."

"What!" Sergeant Chandler stood up abruptly from his chair: "This is impossible, I ordered that no one should come to see you."

Colonel Mel raised his chin, looked at Sergeant Chandler's face with a calm expression, and said in a low voice, "Yes, you did order that, but unfortunately, Edson is my lawyer."

Sheriff Chandler's face turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye. He didn't even know that Adelson was actually a lawyer.

"What's going on here?" Sergeant Chandler sat down holding his fire, almost gnashing his teeth and looking at Colonel Mel.

But Colonel Mel's expression remained calm at this time, as if he hadn't noticed Sheriff Chandler's anger.

"Edson sneaked over to visit me the day before yesterday. We talked about some private matters. He begged me to speak well to the Duke, and he also told me..." Colonel Mel took a deep breath at this point, and he seemed a little Uncomfortable: "And also told me that he has a seriously ill son living in a nursing home, and he needs to stay with the Duke to maintain those expenses, otherwise his son...his son will die."

When he said the last sentence, Colonel Mel's tone had become a bit bitter. His expression seemed to be a little sad, but also a little regretful. He looked straight at the man sitting beside Sheriff Chandler. Evan murmured: "And I rejected him."