"Ms. Quinn, is all the information on this case here?" Xiao Yao asked Veronica Quinn. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Xiao Yao read things quickly, and it didn't take long to read all the dossier materials that Veronica brought back. From the evidence shown and the testimony of witnesses, Xiao Yao did not find any breakthrough.

"That's all for the police file," Veronica said, "but on the way back, I've already told my assistant to collect information on all the people involved, and if you need anything, I'll have someone look for it." ”

"I need information about all the violin students at Chambers Conservatory, and most importantly, I want to watch a video of them playing the violin, do you?" Xiao Yao mused.

"What do you want this for?" said Tim Haggis curiously.

"One of my girlfriend's motives is the chance to have a violin recital next month, and now that Laura is dead, and my girlfriend is a suspect, and she can't be a candidate for the recital, then the original third choice will have a chance, and we are now looking for other suspects, so this original third choice benefits from this matter, and there is a suspicion. Xiao Yao said.

Whoever can benefit from this incident is suspected, which is also a very normal way of thinking, but Veronica shook her head and took out a confession: "The police confession information shows that they have asked Professor Hill, who is in charge of the concert with Chambers, and Professor Hill said that the candidate is only considered between Laura and Miss Sun, and there is no third choice. ”

"I know, I've seen it. Xiao Yao nodded, "But Professor Hill also said that after this incident, the concert will not be canceled, and he will re-examine it among the rest of the people, but there is no other candidate for the time being." I want to judge for myself who is most likely to come off the bench. ”

"You—can you represent Professor Hill's thoughts?" Veronica said in surprise.

"I'm also a professional in music, although I'm not good at playing the violin, but the level of appreciating the violin is okay, and I can still hear who plays it well. I can't guarantee that I think the same thing as Professor Hill, but that's at least a direction. ”

"Okay, I'll go call now. With that, Veronica stood up and walked to her desk, picked up the landline and began to call her assistant, telling her to contact Chambers College of Music and ask for information.

"Can you give me a laptop, I think you should be able to find some video materials on the Internet. Xiao Yao said to Veronica again. In this Internet era, many students of conservatory of music will record some of their proud performances into videos and post them on social accounts.

"No problem. Veronica took out her spare work computer from a cabinet under her desk and gave it to Xiao Yao.

When I got the computer, I first went to the website of Chambers Conservatory, and searched for a list of violin students. Because Chambers & Partners is world-renowned and has only about 200 students, it is already a great honor to be admitted here, so the school has a full list of students in all majors on the website.

Just as Xiao Yao searched the Internet for videos of their performances against the list he found, his mobile phone rang in the office.

"Wouldn't it, it's so efficient?" Xiao Yao raised his head in some surprise and looked at Veronica. Xiao Yao and Tim Haggis have been together for a long time, and when he takes the phone, they know the ringtone of his mobile phone. So as soon as the bell rang, he knew it was Veronica's mobile phone, and Xiao Yao guessed that it was her assistant calling.

Veronica took out her mobile phone and looked at it, walked to the corner of the office and picked up the phone: "Baby, mom has to work overtime today, you have dinner with your sister and dad in the evening, you don't have to wait for mom... Well, love you, goodbye. ”

"I'm sorry," Xiao Yao said slightly apologetically to Veronica who walked back, "It's affecting you to have dinner with your family." ”

"It's okay," Veronica said, waving her hand, "that's what I do, and my family understands it. ”

"By the way, when it comes to dinner, it looks like we'll have to settle it in the office, and I'll ask someone to order what you want to eat. Veronica continued, "Mr. Xiao, do you want to eat Chinese food? I know a Chinese restaurant with good food. ”

"You decide, I can eat anything, as long as I can fill my stomach. Xiao Yao also waved his hand. How could he still think about what to eat now?

"Do you have headphones?" Xiao Yao added, "I found some videos, and I don't want to let out the sound to affect your thinking." ”

"Absolutely. Veronica brought Xiao Yao another pair of headphones.

After about half an hour, Veronica received another phone call. Then she asked for the computer from Xiao Yao's hand, opened the mailbox and received an email before returning it to him. It turned out that her assistant had already asked for video materials of violin students from Chambers Conservatory, and sent them to her by email.

In this way, Xiao Yao can watch more video files. However, from these videos, Xiao Yao really can't tell which of the remaining students has the best chance of being the replacement for Laura and Sun Tingting to perform at the violin recital. Just like Professor Hill said, only Laura and Sun Tingting are slightly stronger, and the level of the others seems to be about the same, and Xiao Yao is frowning deeper and deeper.

The night fell imperceptibly.

There was a knock at the door of the office, and after Veronica called for an invitation, a young man in a suit walked in with several large paper bags, and it turned out that dinner had been delivered.

"Let's eat first. When the young man was out, Veronica greeted Xiao Yao and Tim Haggis.

Instead of opening the paper bag to get the food, Veronica walked to her desk and picked up a medicine bottle, poured a medicine out of it, pinched it in her hand, and walked back to the couch to pick up her own cup from the coffee table. He put the pill in his mouth first, then took a sip of the water in the cup and swallowed it.

"Stomach medicine, occupational disease!" Veronica smiled when she found Tim Haggis looking at her, "Almost everyone who is a lawyer has a stomach problem. ”

"We're police too, and luckily I'm not to the point where I need to take medicine. Tim Haggis also smiled, then turned his head to greet Xiao Yao, who was still holding the computer and watching, and said, "Young, it's time to eat!"

Xiao Yao, who was frowning, also saw Veronica's action of taking medicine, and then he looked at the computer screen in front of him again, and suddenly ripped off the headphones, threw the computer aside, and began to rummage through a pile of paper materials on the coffee table.

"What are you looking for?" Veronica asked strangely as she watched Xiao Yao's movements.

"The victim's autopsy report," Xiao Yao replied, "Is there a toxicological test report in it?"

"Nope. Tim Haggis shook his head and said, "I read the autopsy report for a long time, the three sharp puncture wounds on the victim's chest are very obvious, the cause of death is internal organ injury and excessive blood loss, and the forensic doctor did not conduct a toxicology test on the victim." ”

"Can we ask the forensic doctor to do another toxicology test on the victim?" Xiao Yao said as he looked at Veronica.

"Why? Do you have doubts about the cause of her death? Do you think she was poisoned to death?" Veronica looked at Xiao Yao in confusion, "Aren't you watching the video?

"No, I have no doubt about the cause of death," Xiao Yao shook his head, "but I suspect that the victim Laura may have been taking drugs or taking some forbidden drugs before her death." ”

Xiao Yao had been feeling a little strange about Laura's appearance and state when she played in the video just now, but he couldn't think of the reason for a while, until he saw Veronica taking stomach medicine, he had a flash of inspiration and guessed that Laura might be taking drugs. Studying at Chambers is also very stressful, and it is not impossible for students to do this kind of thing in order to perform well.

Xiao Yao picked up the computer next to him, turned the screen to the two of them and said, "This is the video she took herself and posted on the Internet when she practiced the day before yesterday, and this is the video of her admission interview in March, and I found that her performance is very different." ”

"Isn't it normal for people to be different from Chambers for almost half a year?"

"No, it's not just the difference in playing technique. Xiao Yao said, "Some habitual movements of people are difficult to change, unless you are in an abnormal state. And the way she looks when she plays, the emotions she shows, there is a big difference, and my girlfriend has also been at Chambers for more than five months, and the difference between her is not so obvious. ”

"Well, I believe what you, the music professional, said, I can call the district attorney and the NYPD detective in charge of this case and ask them to do a toxicology test on the victim. Veronica nodded, "But even if we prove that the victim was taking drugs or taking banned drugs, it won't do much to defend Miss Sun." It can't be said that Laura's death was done by drug dealers, and those drug dealers on the street couldn't even enter the door of Chambers. ”

"Maybe it's not the street drug dealers, it's the teachers or students in their schools who are selling drugs or selling banned drugs. Xiao Yao said, "Although it is not news that some artists take drugs and take drugs, but in a place like the school, whether it is drug use or drug trafficking, once it is discovered by the school, at least they will be expelled, right?"

"What do you mean...," Tim Haggis, "there was a drug dealer among the students or teachers who killed Laura for secrecy. ”

"It's not impossible. Xiao Yao nodded.

"It's not impossible. Veronica said, "But even if the victim Laura is found to have taken drugs or banned drugs, this alone will not allow the prosecutor to drop the prosecution against Miss Sun, unless the police have a specific suspect and seize substantial evidence." It's hard to catch an ordinary drug dealer on the streets, let alone this kind of smart guy hiding in a school? I suspect that the police may not have found the suspect until Miss Sun goes to court. ”

"I have a suspicion. Xiao Yao said.

"You mean Wyatt?" said Tim Haggis, "he's the victim's ex-boyfriend and he's close. The victim may have received the drug from him. ”

"It's useless. Veronica shook her head and said, "There are so many students in the school, and there are too many people that the victim can come into contact with, definitely not just her ex-boyfriend." And Wyatt has an alibi, even if the police suspect him, but without evidence, the police can't even get a search warrant. ”

"Alibi?" Xiao Yao pondered for a moment, and suddenly said, "Is it really impossible to return to Chambers from Russeld's Linton Restaurant in an hour?"

"Tim, do you know exactly which streets were blocked last night and when?" Xiao Yao said as he looked at Tim.

"I don't know, but I can find out through my colleagues in the bureau. "Last night's case was the responsibility of our FBI, and the specifics of these road closures are not difficult to find." ”

"Tim, please find a colleague to check, and we'll go to the field in a while. Ms. Quinn, please contact the prosecutor and the NYPD to conduct a toxicology test on the victim's body. Unconsciously, Xiao Yao had become the leader of the three and began to assign tasks, but the two of them had no objection to this, and they both took out the phone and began to dial.

The communication between the two quickly came to fruition. Tim Haggis told Xiao Yao that the road closure would be sent in half an hour, and Veronica told Xiao Yao that District Attorney Xiao Yao and the NYPD agreed to conduct a toxicological test on the victim's body, but the test report would not be available until tomorrow.

After dinner, Tim Haggis received a message from a colleague about the road closure. Xiao Yao took a paper map of New York City from Veronica's office, marked it one by one with a pen, and then pulled Tim Haggis to say goodbye to Veronica and go to Russellde's Linton Restaurant.