murder poppy

"But you said you woke up in bed." Lyons said, "You were afraid of being suspected, so you colluded with the housekeeper and lied."

"It's not all like this..." Simon continued, "I ran to the bedroom in a panic, just in time to meet the housekeeper who knocked on the door. The housekeeper saw me and asked me why I was outside, so I told him the truth, and the housekeeper asked me to hide it. , I can’t admit that I have been to the scene. The previous set of rhetoric was also taught to me by him.”

"I always thought I was the murderer, but when I thought about it carefully, when I woke up, Terry's body was already cold. The dagger in the dream was not the silver dagger that killed him, but a very ordinary dagger. I doubt someone You did something to me, and the more you think about it, the more afraid you become, so I came to you..."

Andre looked at him and asked, "Is there anything unusual before going to bed? Smell, sound, behavior, you can talk about it."

"Nothing." Simon recalled, and suddenly said "ah", "only the incense from that night, it smelled very sweet, and I fell asleep quickly."

Andre looked at him more for this, and then asked: "Where does the incense come from?"

"The butler brought it." Simon was stunned for a moment, then responded reflexively.After speaking, he hurriedly added as if protecting the old housekeeper, "But Terry brought the incense back from the city."

Lyons: "Does the old butler know about the personnel changes in the manor? Such as accidental death, resignation, etc."

"It stands to reason that they all have to go through his hands. I will read the summary every once in a while."

"That means the housekeeper is fully capable of making a worker 'disappear' for some reason."

Simon opened his mouth: "You suspect the housekeeper... that's impossible."

"It's just a guess, Mr. Simon. Everyone is suspected at this stage. Thank you for your frankness." Lyons said with a smile, "But still pay attention to your housekeeper. If necessary, we can provide police officers to protect your safety."

"No need." Simon frowned, "I trust my servant. The old butler has been in the manor for decades, so it doesn't take so much trouble to kill someone."

He said so, but he was clearly thinking about other things.Lions didn't expose him, but bowed to Simon with a substandard bow: "I'm sorry for my rudeness, if you have no other requirements, we will continue to handle the case. By the way, if you can, you can bring Shall we see what you said about the incense?"

Simon nodded without refusing.

He asked the maid to go to the warehouse to fetch incense candles, but he didn't call the housekeeper, obviously avoiding it.

After Simon walked away, Andre couldn't help laughing at his panicked back.

"What are you laughing at?" Lioness looked at him.

"I'm amazed at the superb acting skills of human beings." Andre smoothed the corner of his mouth, "This master performed a good show of love between master and servant in front of us, but he forgot to deliberately avoid the housekeeper before inviting us here. If you really believe in the butler, why did you deliberately mention the incense candle brought by the butler when you mentioned the incense candle for the first time?"

"Regardless of the intention, the information he mentioned is useful." Lioness did not refute, and looked at Simon's back thoughtfully.

Simon's words poked the butler's spine inside and out.

Said that he instigated himself to hide the facts, and said that the incense candle was related to the housekeeper.Including the seemingly angry protection, it is actually pointing out that the old butler is familiar with the manor enough to support him and Terry to hide from the sky and transform the abandoned warehouse.

The maid quickly brought a joss stick, a big one, milky white in color.

"It's so sweet." Andre stepped back hurriedly as soon as he moved his nose closer.

"Sweet?" Lioness looked back at him suspiciously, "Why can't I smell sweetness, but there is a smell of flower and leaf juice, a bit earthy."

"Can't you smell it?" Andre smeared a small piece of wax with his fingertips and crushed it on his fingertips. The wax block melted quickly at his fingertips, and the scent of the heated incense candle was many times stronger.

Andre's eyes quickly turned red and then disappeared.

"I haven't seen this thing for a long time." Andre took out a handkerchief and wiped his fingers clean. "This is a kind of joss stick...specially for blood races."

"To add to the fun?" Lions looked Andre up and down, intentionally or unintentionally leaving his unchanged expression.

"Enjoy the meal, sir." Andre tucked his handkerchief away from the candle, "It smells like impure maltose in a bad steak roll. Overly sweet, but it works. Don't be kidding sir, Be careful to become my plate."

"I have the confidence to break your fangs, please take care." Reins waved his hand to let the maid take the things back, and looked at Andre with some surprise, "It will also affect you."

Andre nodded: "This thing is the same as the marijuana you humans smoke. It is addictive. Once a prince was killed by this thing for fun, and he killed a village. It was banned later. It's nothing Just kidding, Lyons, if this thing is owned by the person who wants to create a vampire, then what he has is not a group of vampires, but a group of things scarier than monsters."

"Will daywalkers be affected too?"

"It should be. As long as you have blood, you can't avoid this thing. However, this kind of incense candle is not time-sensitive, and your instinctive reaction and intelligence will not be damaged. It's just that the desire to eat will be infinitely magnified. A small amount is not enough. It’s not terrible, but if the supply is rationed for a long time, something big will happen.”

"Then Simon's argument doesn't work." Lyons said, "According to his description, the effect of the incense candle should be to control behavior or induce hallucinations. He stabbed Terry to death with a knife, but did not bite his neck."

Andre was silent for a moment and said: "The effect of the incense candle on the day walker is still uncertain. Apart from reducing appetite, it may just make Simon feel irritable. But your suspicion is reasonable."

Andre was talking about going back to the warehouse, and accidentally saw a touch of yellow and white in the lush bushes.Because the sky is getting late, the bright colors stand out in the dark.

He paused for a moment, bent over to scrape away the dirt, and picked up the things.

"Casino chips." Andre wiped off the dust on the surface of the chips.

The soil covering the chips is very tight, and the chips should have been trampled into the ground.Only Terry and his prey came here before them.

"I think I found out which casino Terry often goes to." Andre raised his palm and threw the chips to Lions who followed him. "Will gambling at public expense violate any blood hunting regulations?"

"Strictly speaking, blood hunting does not prohibit hunters from gambling." Lyons picked up the chip and found the name of the casino at the bottom of the chip, "But gambling will deduct half a month's wages during night watch work hours, do you want to try it?"

Mass at home still relied on Lyons to cook, and Andre half-closed his eyes, his long eyelashes covering his indifferent pupils.

"No, Lord Inspector. Let's go to work." The vampire replied "understanding".