murder poppy

It was late at night when we returned to the manor.

The case has made great progress, and with the addition of Simon's relationship, the mystery is clearer.

Lions did not press Simon directly, they only had the relationship between Simon and Terry, but no direct evidence.

Scaring the snake out of the grass is not conducive to finding the truth.

"Is the steward's name on the list?" Andre asked.

Lyons looked up the deciphered list and said, "No. The butler is not a day walker, so it's useless to Terry."

"The butler has been in the manor for so long, and he knows everything about the manor and his master, how much do you think he knows?" Andre knocked on the arm of the chair, as if thinking, "Simon spent so much effort to blame the butler Is it to frame the blame, to be jealous, or to kill someone to silence him?"

"Dead people can't talk. In any case, the butler is at least closely related to this matter." Lyons understood what he meant, and continued, "What do you want to do?"

Andre's fingertips tapping on the handrail stopped, like a guest in the Colosseum, he said slowly and gracefully: "Puppet stringer, please watch a show."

Early in the morning of the second day, something happened in the manor.

The inspector who came from afar was very capable, and found a half-burned joss stick in the warehouse.

According to the identification, joss sticks have strong suggestive and hallucinogenic effects, and they are only aimed at vampires and day walkers.

This incense candle was lit by the manor's loyal butler the night before the murder and sent to the manor owner's bedroom. Among all the alibi statements, no one can verify the butler's whereabouts.

At first, the owner of the manor, Simon, said that the butler was with him that night, and when the hallucinogenic incense candles came out, this set of arguments seemed confusing and untenable.

For a moment, the servants in the manor were shocked, and the butler became the most suspected criminal.

Simon was very flustered when he was called to find out the situation. He was not dressed properly, and appeared in the interrogation room that was temporarily vacated with a haggard face.

The butler was taken away early in the morning, and Simon looked around, but he didn't see the servant who had served him all his life.

Simon: "Detective, there must be some misunderstanding..."

Lyons raised his palms and signaled him to shut up, "The hallucinogenic effect of incense candles has been found out, and your trust in the butler has allowed him to hint at will. I need you to think carefully, is there any strange memory in your memory of that night?" place."

"I've said everything I need to say, I..."

"Mr. Simon." Lyons lowered his tone and looked over seriously, "I'm not in the mood to care about your feelings for your servants. Two people died in your manor, and even serial murders were involved. Do you really want to cover up criminals?"

"Sir." Andre took a picture of a deciphered list, "Terry is using daywalkers to conduct experiments, and his research will eventually create bloodthirsty monsters. This list has your and Miss's names on it. This matter Do you know?"

Simon's eyes widened, as if he was frightened. He picked up the list and looked at it for a long time. When he saw the name of the girl he loved for more than ten years at the bottom, his lips trembled.

"Your winemaker has ulterior motives, but he treats the whole manor as a luxurious cage for white mice. The old butler is a traitor who opened the cage door. Do you still take care of the friendship between master and servant?"

Simon looked up at the consultant, his dark golden pupils seemed to be hiding treasures, gentle and sharp, with a touch of sarcasm.

"I...I'll think about it carefully." He closed his eyes tremblingly, and after looking back for a while, he opened his mouth tremblingly.

"I, I seem to see it!" Simon shouted, panting.

Andre stepped forward to caress his back, and leaned close to his ear to comfort him: "Don't be afraid, this is your memory coming back, you recall it carefully, and then tell us. With me to help, everything in the dream You didn't do it, don't be afraid, tell me, okay?"

Simon nodded hesitantly, "I went out of the house and came to Terry's room. When he saw me, he showed a very disdainful look, saying that I was timid and hindered the research of the blood of God. He also said that he succeeded, and he had found God's blood. Blood. Then...then he said that I am useless, and then just take the master and miss to God, he is the closest messenger of God."

When Simon recounted "Master", he paused for a moment, lost for a moment, and then spoke again, "He drew out the dagger to kill me, but he drank the blood of the gods, his body was covered with burns, and he was extremely weak, so I turned the dagger backhand I stuck it in his body... I killed a person..."

"You didn't kill it. Don't be afraid." Andre snapped his fingers, and Simon trembled for a long time before stopping.

"What you saw just now was what the butler let you see. You didn't kill anyone, you just experienced this." Lioness patted Simon on the shoulder, "Go back, leave the next thing to us."

Simon pursed his lips, nodded, got up and left.

Apart from a few words of comfort just now, Andre has been silent.Until Simon pushed the door open, Andre suddenly said: "Your butler is very competent and sincere."

Simon's body froze for a moment.

Andre sighed with a smile: "It's a pity that this happened, I wish you a good day."

The door was closed, and Lioness took down Simon's testimony, knocked on the table and asked, "How is it?"

"The story is very good and complete." Andre raised his hand, his five fingers spread out, and his slender, white fingers shook in front of Lioness. "If I used mind reading, this manor owner should behave like this."

Lyons' eyes froze, "He knows the abilities of the blood race."

"And very familiar." Andre added.

"However, it is not without flaws. First, according to his story, Terry drank the blood of the gods before. How did he know that the burns were caused by the blood of the gods? Second, after I pretended to put away the mind reading, he did not fall asleep, but He trembled for a long time before he came back to his senses, obviously he was not sure about the side effects of mind reading, nor did he know how he should behave when the mind reading was over."

"Simon has not been inserted into another memory. His description of the case can explain all the anomalies. Burns, murder weapon, timeline. Except for the murderer, who else can be so familiar with the case?" Andre asked happily, turning to the people in the room Corner, "Did you say so, Mr. Hearty Steward of the Manor?"

Lions looked at Andre with disapproval, and the vampire's sharp sarcasm and malice headed towards the display stand next to the bookcase, which was covered by flannelette.

Lyons lifted the flannelette, and on the narrow display case, the old housekeeper curled up motionless, his eyes closed as if he couldn't hear anything.

"Untie it," Lioness said.

Andre patted the butler on the shoulder, and his stiff body softened instantly.

This room quietly hid a suspect who was accused by the owner. The housekeeper heard every word of Simon's words, and Andre helped the housekeeper up with a smile.

"Is there anything you want to say, Mr. Housekeeper?"