By the time Sergeant Owa had agreed with the apprentice's mother to come out of the back room, Sir Scott had already left.

And then. Pedy threw a heavy purse to his lieutenant, "Twenty gold coins, belonging to the apprentice's mother, and fifty gold coins Sir Scott should be able to get them together quickly." ”

Sergeant Owa opened the money bag, revealing the gold coins inside, "Well, I just took it out of the Imperial Bank, pure gold!" and handed the money bag to his apprentice mother, who had walked out with him.

The woman had probably never seen so much money, and she shuddered in her arms, her blank eyes fixed on the place where her son had fallen, where the blood had dried up and the body had been cleaned up by the guards a few minutes earlier.

The icy breath of the gold coin reminded the woman that all this was true and that her son would never come back.

Pedi looked at the woman and said to Owa, "If you don't want another murder, it's best to send a guard to escort her to the Imperial Bank first." ”

"Understood. Owa nodded, whispering a few words in the ear of a nearby guard before walking over to Pedy's side, "Sir, perhaps we should try Sir Scott, at least not just let him go." ”

Pedi looked at his lieutenant with a slight smile, "Are you afraid that he will run away?"

"No one was able to escape under the tracking of the guards. Owa lowered his voice, "Sir, I must remind you that in the assassination case of the vice minister of the military department half a month ago, the murder weapon was a dagger, a dagger stained with elemental poison. ”

Pedy smiled even more, "Are you suspicious of Sir Scott?"

"Sir, this is doubtful, any details are doubtful until the case is solved, you should trust the experience of an old police officer. Owa unconsciously leaned forward slightly: "The imperial capital is so big, it is basically impossible to find a lost thing, but Sir Scott has found it, and it is at this time." ”

Pedi shrugged, "It shows that Sir Scott has a good memory, he remembers the approximate location of his lost dagger, and then found the hapless apprentice." ”

"Yes, pretty good memory, and it's still south of the city, and it's not a place where Guards officers like to come. There was a light in Owa's eyes that seemed to see through everything.

Pedi shook his head and played with the purple wood box containing the dagger, and changed the subject: "This dagger is worth fifty gold coins?"

"Ten gold coins at most. Owa affirmed.

"But the apprentice offered fifty gold coins!" Peddy looked thoughtfully at the woman not far away, "I don't think it's possible for an apprentice blacksmith to estimate the value of this dagger, you might ask the mother how his son picked it up first." ”

"Of course, I'm ready, just waiting for your permission, sir!" Owa 's eyes lit up.

Pedi turned his head to look at where the apprentice had fallen, the fire was still burning, but it could be extinguished at any moment, and there was no trace of struggle and fighting, which showed that Sir Scott was quick and unexpected.

Premeditated murder?

But Sir Scott had no more than twenty gold coins, which means that he did not want to grab it at first, but wanted to buy it, and bid twice the market price. But the apprentice offered a higher price, which made Sir Scott angry and murderous?

With thoughts going through his mind, Pedi looked at his lieutenant and asked, "What was going on?"

"What?" said Ova.

Pedy stared at Owa and said, "You don't think Sir Scott wants to turn himself in, do you?

After thinking for a few seconds, Ova said, "It was the blacksmith who had reported the case to the Sheriff's Pavilion in advance, and he claimed that a nobleman of the Sir had made trouble in his shop, and that Sir Scott was entangled with the apprentice's mother when our guards arrived, and that if we had arrived a little later, perhaps there would have been an extra corpse." ”

Pei Di nodded as he listened, he looked at the purple wood box, "Where was this dagger when our guards arrived at the scene?"

"The dagger was the murder weapon, and it was in Sir Scott's arms. ”

"Oh?" said Pedy, frowning, handing the wooden box to Owa, "Interesting case." ”

"Sir?" Ova took the box, still thinking about Pedi's authorization.

Pedy thought for two minutes before he said, "You can ask the woman first, and find out how the apprentice got the dagger, and remember that nothing can be done until Sir Scott has sent the money." ”

With that, Pedi left.

As he walked, he remembered everything that had just happened: Owa should have discovered the anomaly of the dagger a long time ago, and he had come to himself to drag himself into the case, after all, the identity of the prime minister's second son was no joke.

The case of the murder of the Under-Secretary of the Military Department is now the highest-ranking case in the Security Service, and if some useful clues can be obtained, it is very likely that he will be transferred to the investigation team and thus enter the headquarters of the Security Service.

With Owa's current level, coupled with some information he has, the position of the team leader of the investigation team will definitely not be able to run, if he is lucky enough to solve the case, then, what awaits him will be a high-level promotion.

Pedi smiled bitterly, thinking that he had run into a big case, but he didn't want to be just taken advantage of, but also his subordinate.

If you want to be angry, there is a little bit of it.

But more of a curiosity about the case.

But it's not that simple to solve this case, Pedi never thought of solving this case, but it would be nice to be able to peek into a little bit of the truth, since Owa was willing to charge forward for him, he couldn't ask for it.

And if he can find any useful clues, he can still pick up a credit for nothing, why not?

After leaving the blacksmith shop, Pedi went straight to the security booth that Sergeant Owa had mentioned, and he wanted to go through the blacksmith shop's records, which had nothing to do with trust, and the case had to be investigated so seriously.

There are some differences between what the transcript recorded and what Owa said, but not much.

After that, Peidi returned to the police station and went straight to the archives, because the headquarters needed their subordinate agencies to assist in the investigation, so part of the information on the assassination of the military deputy was made public within the security department, but permission was required.

When Pedi returned to his office and sat on his buckskin couch to go through the files, as if he remembered something important, he walked quickly to the door of the office and shouted to the guards who were busy outside, "Let Wren come to my office." ”

Wren, Pedi's servant, entered the police station with Pedi, and is now temporarily working in the equipment room of the police station.