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Subsequent inquiries didn't yield many clues.

Terry's death happened in the middle of the night. Apart from accidentally witnessing the disputed servants, the most suspicious thing was what Simon and the butler said.

Lyons later asked Simon about the strange dream he was talking about.This time, a housekeeper testified that Simon had no blood on his body at the time, but just kept rinsing his mouth and washing his hands nervously.

After a day of inquiries, the case did not make much progress, but became more confusing.

"What do you think?" Lioness made a note and asked Andre casually.

"Simon's suspicion was basically cleared by the butler, and there were no other witnesses, so he couldn't completely get rid of the suspicion." Andre said, "But it seems that the old butler didn't lie except for concealing the matter of Daywalker."

"Daywalkers don't have the ability to prophesy." Lyons frowned and looked at the records about Simon. "And according to the timeline, when Simon was dreaming, the murder was in progress or had been completed. Is there any magic that can do this?"

"It sounds like the soul is out of the body." Andre raised his eyebrows, "But this is the plot in a fairy tale. Simply put, neither blood nor humans should have this ability."

"However." Andre changed the subject and said, "Strigoi are good at seduction and control. The human mind is a toy of the Strigoi. It is not difficult to modify or insert a memory by hypnosis."

"So someone sneaked into Simon's room and arranged a killing experience for him." Ryan paused, and his tone became serious. "Meddling in human memory is not something that low-level vampires can do."

Andre was noncommittal.

Not only did Daywalker appear in the manor, but a senior blood race might even be involved.Lyons' complexion didn't look very good.

"Go and see Terry's body." He packed up the records, put them in a folder, and greeted Andre.

Andre seemed to lack interest, leaning back on the single sofa, as lazy as waking up to mass in the afternoon.

"I recall you had at least two coroners, Inspector."

Asking questions all day is very exhausting. Even a vampire is unwilling to appreciate a group of humans repeating one thing.Not to mention acting with the hunter from time to time.

Lyons stood by the door, pulled the gold-plated door handle and opened half the door, looked at the boneless vampire and said, "You will be deducted from your bonus for slowing down your work. And the benefits for helping you raise a cat will also be removed."

Gold coins can't win the heart of a noble vampire, but cats can.

Andre, who was worried about eating cooked food for mass, lingered on the sofa for a moment, got up gracefully and said, "Go to work, sir, I'm ready."

Lyons still had no expression on his face, and the corner of his mouth slightly raised an arc just before he turned to go out.

Provocative, add banter.

Although he didn't want to admit it, Andre saw that weird smile clearly.He sighed, and thought hard about throwing Mass into the Black Forest to fend for himself.

Terry has no family.

The whereabouts of this talented winemaker is a mystery, and he is alone in the South District and the manor.After his death, it was like taking care of him before he was alive, and no one cared about him.

Unclaimed bodies were placed in ice storage on the estate.

Simon emptied the most remote wine cellar and kept the body in ice.

The wine cellar is far away from the manor, and some bad wines are stored in it.The musty smell and dust mixed with the air-conditioning filled the cellar, making it look a bit gloomy.

In the huge space was a crude wooden coffin with ice buried inside and a person lying on it.

Andre looked at this weird scene, and couldn't help but said: "It's quite atmospheric. If the aroma of the wine is stronger and the coffin is better, I don't mind sleeping here."

Lyons approached the coffin and used the dagger he carried to pry away the nails, revealing the body inside.

After carefully examining the face of the winemaker, he said sincerely: "I don't want to disturb your fun, but are you sure you want to share the same coffin with this kind of person?"

The corpse was frozen in ice, but it had been dead for too long, and the corpse spots had already appeared, and there was still a certain degree of decay.

The coroner has done a preliminary autopsy and the report is lying in Lynes' house.Therefore, the people in the police station did not stop the practice of using ice to preserve the body.

Terry's death was not dignified.

The servants seemed to put the body in the coffin with great dignity, and Terry lay flat, face up, with his hands folded in front of him, looking like a devout believer.

Unfortunately, his face was blurred.In addition to rotting flesh and bruises, the lip was almost cut open, and the skin was loose, like a toothless old man.There were severe burns on the bare arms and cheeks.

Andre glanced at the slightly hideous corpse, stepped over the coffin and approached Lioness.

"Those who can sleep with me in the coffin, there should be no second living creature except Mass." He said, the tip of his nose moved closer to Lions, and the blond hair hung down the side of his face, touching Lions' cheek first.

The soft golden thread was like the winter wind, blowing over Lyons coolly.

Andre's hand clasped the hunter's waist, his slender and powerful knuckles rose nimbly, across his chest, and took out two gloves from his pocket.

Lyons didn't seem to be affected by Andre's provocation. He took a step back calmly, took out another pair of gloves, and said coldly while putting them on: "At the moment, this gentleman doesn't look like he is alive."

The movement of the people around him to put on gloves visibly paused.

Satisfied, Lions turned his attention to the corpse.

Andre, who failed in the counterattack, looked down at the contents of the coffin, not knowing why he felt a little guilty for comparing him with the mass.

"The coroner reported that the fatal wound was a stab wound to the chest, that there was no murder weapon, that he had experienced violence after death. His teeth had been gouged out. There were multiple burns on his body, some new and some old." Lynes quickly recalled the report, and Andre introduced the situation.

Andre looked at the corpse and parted his lips.

Because of the ice, the blood around the lips had solidified, sticking together with the exposed flesh, which felt a little weird to the touch.

There was a lot of minced meat in the mouth of the corpse, and there were also fragments of teeth, which were stuffed in the mouth together with the flesh.

Due to the long time, the flesh and blood rotted and turned black, only the teeth were more obvious.

"He's missing a few teeth." Andre opened his mouth wider as he spoke, exposing the upper jaw of the corpse.

The wound marks looked like a hard object had been swirled around in the mouth, knocking out all the teeth.

On the upper left and upper right, the marks of broken teeth are larger, and Andrei looked at the jaw-released corpse again and said, "He's not a daywalker."

Lyons raised his head and saw Andre pinching the chin of the corpse to show him. He pressed his fingers against the upper and lower lips respectively, clearly showing the mass of flesh and blood and the scarred mouth.

Andre pointed to the broken marks on the canine teeth and said: "The roots here are much longer than others. This structure is not a mutation caused by the blood gene. He is a real vampire."

Lyons walked in and looked at the mouth, and said, "You said that his teeth are missing, and someone took the fangs away?"

Andre nodded.

"Is this some blood ritual?"

"We don't have a habit of collecting teeth of the same kind." Andre said with disgust.

Lyons looked at the corpse for a while and said, "Then taking the fangs may be to hide his identity. The person who killed Terry knew he was a vampire and wanted to hide it."

"There are also burns on the body. Such a large area of ​​burns is not what a normal person should have." Andre turned his eyes to the fatal wound on his chest, and took off the silver dagger on his chest, "and left the murder weapon behind. .”

The dagger was a pretty good dagger, and Andre twirled it a few times with his fingertips, and he didn't feel taboo at all because the blade was made of silver.

Lioness glanced at the dagger, there was no extra pattern on the hilt, and it wasn't made of silver, and it wasn't something belonging to a witcher or a priest.It's just an ordinary dagger, but the blade is a high-quality blade, which is made of good material and very sharp.

"Don't play with the murder weapon." The silver dagger reflected the light, shaking Reins a little annoyed.

Andre suddenly paused while playing with the dagger, moved away from the coffin, and took a closer look at the dagger.

"There is more than one blood smell on this dagger." He walked back to the coffin, sniffed it and said, "It's very faint, but it's not too long ago. It may be because it has not been pulled out, and it is soaked in the blood of the corpse." After a long time, it is not obvious."

"Has this knife ever killed someone?"

"No surprises yes, at least someone was hurt. The blood got mixed with Terry's, so before killing Terry."

Andre looked at the knife again, and wiped a little blood with his finger.

Lyons straightened up, took out a handkerchief, pulled out the dagger with one hand, and covered Andre's finger with the handkerchief.

"Don't tell me you still have a taste for scavenging."

Andrei wiped his fingers with a handkerchief and said: "Dedicated to the investigation. I thought the detective encouraged this behavior?"

"It's been too long, and that person's blood is very small. If I don't taste it, I can't provide more clues." Andre threw the handkerchief in the coffin, and said with a smile, "It's not my negligence Oh, sir."

He wasn't really interested in tasting the blood of the rotting corpse, he just wanted to take a closer look.

The hunter's reaction was hilarious.

Andre thought for a while, and felt that it didn't seem like a big deal for his image to collapse. At least Lyons' expression was enough to make up for that shortcoming.

Lyons glanced at Andre, and rubbed the dagger hard on Terry's clothes.

Even with the ice, the rancid smell was not small.

Andre actually wanted to eat the blood of this kind of person, Lyons was really disgusted.

He threw the dagger back into the coffin and said, "Thank you for your dedication. Next time you eat food at the scene, I will definitely throw your broken coffin and broken cat back into the Black Forest."

After finishing speaking, Lyons left Andre with an unfriendly smile and left the wine cellar.

Andrei stood by the coffin, worked tirelessly to close the boards and drive the nails back.

Obviously, the hunter is not in a good mood.

And the main reason may be to be disgusted.

Andre Shi stepped out of the wine cellar, and there seemed to be blood sticky touch on his right index finger.

He paused, regretting throwing the handkerchief into the coffin.

The blood in a rotting corpse is not only smelly but also fishy, ​​something a decent vampire would never put into his mouth.

Andre frowned and looked at his index finger, washing his hands in the pool of the manor for a long time.

Fortunately, there were some unexpected gains. Lions' reaction pleased Andre, making the blood on the dagger not too obtrusive.