Chapter 1247: Suspects

The blood hadn't even dried yet, Xia De frowned slightly and asked:

"Has the body been moved?"

"No."

Director Morris said, and took the initiative to introduce the situation at the time:

"The servant at the door found the door was not closed, so he wanted to come over to lock the door, and then found the body. The scream attracted others who happened to be in the corridor at the time, which led to more than a dozen people entering here and seeing the body."

Xia De nodded, left the room, came to the door, and looked into the room through the crack of the door after closing it slightly:

"It can indeed be seen from outside the door that the feet of the body are fine. However, since so many people have entered, the traces on the carpet are meaningless."

He squatted down in front of the body again:

"The only wound is on the back of the head, indicating that the attack came from behind. This Mr. Daniel Philip, since he is a soldier of the New World Development Legion, shouldn't let someone holding a weapon easily approach his back, and even died without any resistance. This shows that the murderer should be an acquaintance."

He said pretentiously, and let Tifa stand in front of him. He picked up the copper swan statue and made a swinging and hitting action behind Tifa:

"Since it was a one-hit kill, it shows that the murderer must have used the most favorable posture to make the most powerful swing, so judging from the position of the wound on the back of the body..."

He pressed his empty hand on the back of Tifa's head, and then kept bending his legs until he found the posture that could just hit the position of the wound:

"The murderer is about two inches (about 5 cm) shorter than Mr. Daniel Philip. In addition..."

He handed the statue to Tifa:

"Is it heavy?"

The "weak" maid nodded:

"Yes, very heavy."

Subsequently, he called the maids in the next room who witnessed the body, and they all indicated that this copper statue was very heavy.

Xia De asked the butler to move over a plaster statue that could be destroyed at will, and then he swung the copper statue to destroy one of them, and let Director Morris and the senior police superintendent also try to swing the weapon to hit the plaster statue, and then Xia De reached a conclusion:

"For ordinary ladies, it is very difficult to lift this copper statue and swing it, let alone a full-force blow to kill an adult man. Even for men, if not trained, it is very difficult to make such a powerful swing. I noticed that the wound on the back of the body is very deep."

So he summarized the current situation:

"The murderer and the victim, Mr. Daniel Philip, are acquaintances, about two inches shorter than the victim, most likely male, and not of a frail build."

He narrowed his eyes and stood up:

"These are not the key, the key is that Mr. Daniel Philip actually died here. Judging from the bloodstains at the scene, this is the first crime scene, but how could people attending the banquet come here?"

He asked about the situation of this room. Finally, the last servant who had been to the room was also found. According to him, because the gifts were to be moved away soon, this room was not locked, but generally, no one would come here. People attending the banquet were all decent people, and there was no need to worry about anyone stealing, so theoretically, anyone could have entered the room.

There was no appointment letter on the body, and the clues seemed to be broken here. But for Xia De, he was not a professional detective at all, and even if there weren't this group of people present, he could immediately sprinkle bone powder and communicate with the soul to ask who killed him.

The "reasoning" just now was just to show that he was very professional. In fact, he didn't care whether what he said was right or wrong. Because it was very obvious, the wound on the back of the head was too large. Since it could make the blood stain the weapon, it would naturally stain the murderer.

The bloodstains might be very little, but fortunately, the bloodstains were quite fresh, which was the best target for Xia De's 【Echo of Blood】.

He pretentiously took Tifa to investigate the room, and when he closed the door again and checked behind the door panel, he said in surprise:

"Look at this!"

At this time, Xia De really hoped that he could have a magnifying glass in his hand, but he could observe the place he pointed to with the naked eye. Tifa was closest to Xia De, so she saw it most clearly:

"Behind the door, there are freshly stained bloodstains. The range of the bloodstains is very small, and it is not clear."

"Oh?"

This point was not discovered by the people who checked the scene just now. People came over to check, and Xia De said:

"Such fresh bloodstains should be left by the murderer. Judging from the position, it is a part of the finger that touched the door panel."

"But why would the murderer leave bloodstains behind the door?"

Tifa asked very cooperatively, and Xia De said to Director Morris:

"Let's reenact the situation when the body was discovered. You will play the servant who saw the door slightly open, and others will be people in the corridor. As for me, I will stay here."

This was a very simple requirement, so everyone exited the door, and soon Director Morris exclaimed in a low voice at the door:

"Oh, God, what is this?"

Subsequently, people all poured into the room, but did not see Xia De in the room.

"Oh, what is this?"

At this time, Xia De's voice came from behind, and he stood at the end of the crowd.

"So that's it, the murderer didn't have time to leave before being discovered! So he hid behind the door and mixed into the crowd!"

Senior Police Superintendent Johnson said, and then frowned:

"So the murderer is now..."

"Yes, in the next room, with Her Highness Angelina."

The crime scene was temporarily sealed, and people followed Xia De to the next room. Fortunately, no second murder case appeared. The people temporarily staying here include Yodel Palace servants and guests who came to attend the banquet, and even include Raphael Birmingham, whom Xia De saw from Director Director Anluosi's photo, and Henry Mafal.

"This murder is definitely not a planned murder, because a murder case in Yodel Palace will definitely be solved, and no one will be stupid enough to put the crime scene here. The criminal was able to escape in a planned way after killing someone without showing any flaws, which shows that the other party's psychological quality is very good. I think we can distinguish the other party from the people who entered the scene."

Xia De told his inference to Princess Angelina, so with the help of the princess, a total of fifteen people were asked some questions separately, focusing on why they appeared in the corridor at the time just now.

According to each person's answer, combined with Xia De's judgment on the criminal's body shape and personality, three most suspicious gentlemen were found from the fifteen people. And during the slightly long questioning period, Xia De gave his coat to Tifa, entrusting her to temporarily leave Yodel Palace to do some things.

Finally, the three people distinguished from the fifteen were Raphael Birmingham, the son of the Duke whom Xia De considered humble and amiable, Henry Mafal, the son of the Duke who wanted to invite Xia De to play Rod cards not long ago, and the Yodel Palace male servant George Wayne.

The three were identified as having major suspicion of committing the crime, and when Xia De selected the three of them, "She" also laughed lightly in Xia De's ear.

"I swear, this is not intentional retaliation, they really have suspicion."

Xia De emphasized.

【I didn't say anything, you don't have to explain.】

"She" answered in a very good mood.

A separate room was used for the final interrogation, and other suspects listened to the dialogue outside in the small study inside the room. And during the final questioning, Xia De, who had already proven his "famous detective" reputation, also conducted the final questioning.

For reasons only Xia De knew, the three suspects were put together for questioning. They sat on the sofa against the wall. The two young dukes were just a bit restless, while the male servant was truly panicked.

In his view, if the real murderer couldn't be found in the end, letting him take the blame would probably be the best result for this unlucky thing tonight.

"Cough, cough."

Xia De coughed. He didn't sit down, but the little princess sat behind the desk behind him

, and others stood on both sides of the table, watching Xia De conduct the final "judgment".

"The current situation has already been explained to you before. The murderer who murdered the poor Mr. Philip mixed into the crowd who found the body, trying to escape his crime, and you three are the people whose body shapes best meet the murderer's conditions and who cannot explain why you appeared in the corridor at that time."

Here, you can't use "going to the washroom" as an excuse, because there is no washroom in that direction at all. And the excuses given by the two noble youths were "the gift sent was not suitable and wanted to take it away quietly", and the servant's excuse was walking the wrong way.

These sounded like lies.

Of course, none of the three had bloodstains on their fingers that could be identified with the naked eye. Presumably, they had already thought of ways to wipe them off while waiting in the room.

"I actually already know who the murderer is. Can I give you one last chance, who will take the initiative to admit it?"

Xia De asked.

This time it was Xia De's turn to be surprised, because the murderer was not this gentleman who just invited him to play Rod cards.

"I admit, I went to that corridor, actually to date a girl. Yes, I actually have a childhood sweetheart, but my father always thinks about arranging my marriage. At home, I have never actively refuted any of my father's instructions, but only this thing, only this thing..."

He seemed a bit broken, covered his face and cried, and then suddenly said loudly:

"Oh, I love you, Emily, yes, I love you, now I want to say this sentence, tomorrow I will go to propose to you, I can't endure this concealment anymore."

"Emily" was also in that corridor at the time and also belonged to one of the people who knew. At this time, hearing this voice from the small study separated by a door, the girl with light yellow hair also ran over crying, and the two hugged each other tightly.