murder poppy

After dinner, the butler took Andre and Lyons to their respective guest rooms.

Inquiries were scheduled to begin the next day.

One person died in the manor, one person disappeared, and the owner of the manor was listed as a suspect, so the atmosphere at night was particularly heavy.

The servants kept silent about this and did not dare to discuss too much.

Nuoda is a large manor, but at night there is no sound, the silence is lifeless.

Andre doesn't need to sleep, lying in the coffin every day is only caused by his weird sense of ritual.

The urban areas in the South District are much busier and more lively than those in the North District.You can also see the bright night scene in the distance through the window in the suburbs.

Andre admired it by the window for a while, and when the patrolling police officer changed his guard, he quietly stepped out of the door and touched the heavily guarded crime scene.

He walked through the thick bushes, and hid low behind the wall.

Andre pressed against the wall, couldn't help shaking the silverware on his wrist, and cursed Lions.

If there is no such thing in the way, it will be much more convenient for him to turn into a bat to visit at night.

The guards were already drowsy, waiting for someone to change shift.When the two groups of people were communicating, Andre lowered his body, pulled out a delicate dagger from his waist and hips at the moment his body tensed, turned around and stabbed it out.

"Ding."

There was a crisp and small metal collision sound.

The guard's chatter perfectly covered the abrupt noise.

"Why are you here?" Andre drew back the dagger, wiped off the silver debris on it, and looked at the person coming.

"I should ask you this, Mr. Consultant." Lyons glanced at the dagger with a gap in it, and sighed regretfully, "It's really barbaric."

"Snapped"

Andre looked indifferently at the dagger that broke instantly, and raised a small corner of his mouth: "As you wish, this is barbarism."

The hunter who had lost a dagger looked a bit unhappy.But right now it's not the time to make a public announcement, so Lyons didn't pursue it further.

He pointed to the other side, signaling Andre to follow him.

The deceased's status in the manor was not low, and he owned a small house not far from the wine cellar. Although it was remote, the living area and decoration were not cheap.

On the other side of the wall was a window that had been pried open a slit.

Andre looked at Lioness leisurely and said, "I didn't expect the inspector to move faster than me."

"Go in quickly, the shift will be over in a while, and it will be easy to be found."

"I'm also capable of making them forget everything if they're discovered." Andre said, seeing the downcast eyes of Lyons, and compromised, "Okay, I won't hurt human beings casually!"

The two walked into the house lightly, neither daring to turn on the lights nor rummaging around.

The body of the deceased has been carried away, and the smell of blood in the room is very strong.

It took Lyons a long time to adapt to the dark night before he could see things clearly, but his range of vision was limited, so he stood by the window for a long time, not daring to move around casually.

He blinked his eyes to adapt to the darkness, concentrating on his eyes, and a chuckle suddenly sounded in his ear, startling Lyons.

"The inspector doesn't seem to be useful here. He can't see and walk, which seems to be in the way?" Andre leaned next to Lynes, feeling extremely amused by the state of the hunter's fear.

"It's okay. I brought a good assistant. Take note of the situation in the room." Lyons ordered.

Andre reluctantly sets to work.

The room hadn't been cleaned much, and the things on the table were scattered all over the place, obviously there were many traces of fighting.

There were black blood stains on the floor, which dried up after soaking into the fur, and clotted into lumps.

Andre found a bottle on the table, looked at it a few times, and handed it to Lyons.

Lioness recognized it by the moonlight. The bottle was made of beautiful glass and contained a dark red liquid.He opened the bottle cap, and an artificially mixed smell wafted out.

Andre covered his nose and took a few steps back: "Do you have any special hobbies? Do you still know this thing, and you still want to open it and smell it?"

"Artificial blood bottle." Lyons asked, "Why is there such a thing here?"

Andre pointed to the hooded cloak hanging behind the door.

There are many cloaks with complicated styles and different patterns.

"Looks like a genetically distinct daywalker," Andre said.

"Including Simon, there are already two more daywalkers in this manor. I don't know the identity of the missing maid." Lyons thought about the blood bottle, "Is this bottle the same as the one in Simon's house?"

Andre thought for a while and said, "It's not the same. Simon's bottle is more delicate. Do you suspect that the two of them are related?"

"It's just a guess. There are two daywalkers in the manor, one is dead and the other is a suspect. It is unlikely that they are not related. If Simon is not lying, there is probably something wrong with this maid. I still need to ask tomorrow for details. "

Lions thought for a while, and took the blood bottle away.

The two jumped from the window and went back to their rooms.It was almost dawn when they left.

Andrei would not bother to sleep without a coffin.Human beds do not conform to the aesthetics of blood races at all.So I sat on the sofa and flipped through the book "Wine History and Brewing" on the bookshelf.

Halfway through a book, a waiter finally came to invite him to have breakfast in the hall.

Oddly, no one seems to think Simon was the one who killed Terry, and he roams the estate at random.Even the servants treated him respectfully, without fear or strange look in their eyes.

It seems that the missing maid is the sure murderer.

Before entering the lobby, Lyons asked a police officer why Simon wasn't under tight guard.

The police officer touched his neck and said, "Ah, you didn't know it when you came here. Mr. Simon was definitely not a murderer. He had an alibi that night. The old housekeeper said that Mr. Simon stayed in the house until midnight, and heard the terrified people inside. Shouting, so I knocked on the door to ask about the situation. Mr. Simon also responded. So the murderer is someone else."

Lions told Andre the news, and Andre looked at Simon and said, "I don't smell much blood on him. It's been a long time since I even touched artificial blood."

After breakfast, Lions conducted a routine interrogation.

He called the housekeeper first, the housekeeper had gray hair on both temples, but he took care of it very neatly.The conversation is also generous and well-educated.

"You did an alibi for Simon?" Lyons asked.

The butler nodded and said, "Yes, Inspector."

"Tell me about the situation in detail."

"My room is right next to the master bedroom. The master is not in good health, so I can take care of it in case something happens. I remember that night very clearly. In the middle of the night, I heard panicked shouts from the next door. I was afraid that something might happen, so I hurriedly slapped him. The door of the master bedroom. It took a long time for the master to open the door. He seemed quite frightened. I asked what happened, and the master only said that it was a nightmare. Then he asked me to come in and talk about some things about the manor to ease my mood After that, I was afraid that something might happen again, so I waited outside the door until the master came out the next day."

"You are outside the door, how can you be sure that Simon didn't go out by other means?"

The housekeeper froze for a moment, and replied: "I really can't prove it. But the police officer said that Terry's death time was between twelve o'clock and 01:30. I heard the shouting at eleven o'clock, and it was already two o'clock after the conversation gone."

Lyons glanced at the report, and after confirming that it was correct, he asked something else: "Who is Terry from the manor?"

"He is a senior winemaker. His status in the manor is not bad. He usually stays in his own small room and rarely goes out. Terry is a proud guy. He rarely chats with his servants. He is just willing to taste wine with his master sometimes. He is responsible for supervising the brewing of part of the wine in the estate."

"So he has no enemies?"

The butler paused and said, "That's not the case. Terry is a bit... conceited. He doesn't like to talk. That's why there are many people in the manor who hate him. And...Terry has gotten very close to the eldest lady recently."

"So?" Lioness raised his eyebrows and urged the butler to continue.

The butler sighed and said, "Missy fell in love with Terry, and asked Master Simon for an engagement a few days ago. But the master refused."

"Why doesn't Simon agree?"

"Terry is a very vain guy. He has no other merits except making wine." The butler frowned, obviously disgusted with the winemaker, "His salary is considered high in the manor, but he has no savings. He behaves superior , but in fact, he often goes to the casinos in the South District, loses everything and comes back in disgrace. If it weren't for his superb brewing skills, he would have been fired a long time ago."

Lyons nodded, and then asked: "What about the missing maid? Who is she?"

"It's just an ordinary laundry maid. There are no relatives at home, and she has always been very stable in the manor." The housekeeper seemed to be in disbelief. "I can't believe that she would kill someone so cruelly."

After the butler went out, taking advantage of the time when the next person came in, Lyons sat on the side of Andre: "What do you think?"

"The logic is clear and the attitude is sincere. He is a good and loyal housekeeper." Andre praised, and then changed the subject, "I just don't know how he will react when he sees the artificial blood in Simon's room."

"Do you think he knew about Simon being a Daywalker?" Lyons asked.

"A bet? I bet he knows." Andre said.

Lyons looked down at the file and said, "It's a pity, I also told him to know. And he is still helping Simon hide his identity."

"Simon's poor health should be the sequelae caused by the blood gene left by the day walker. When talking about talking with Simon in the room, his eyes shook unconsciously, which is a sign of lying. Most importantly, It was me who was asking the question just now, but he kept turning his eyes to you who was playing with the artificial blood in Terry's room, and then he breathed a sigh of relief and concentrated on answering."

Lyons stretched out his hand and asked for the blood bottle back, and continued: "This shows that he knew this thing first, and he paid attention to it at first probably because people around him used it, and then he was relieved because he found that this bottle was different from the bottle he had seen before. Same."

Andre wiped his hands to make sure that the smell of artificial blood was not stained, and praised: "Congratulations, sir, your observation ability has improved a lot. I am proud that my boss is not too stupid."