"This is the room of the dead. Robert led Eric straight to a room in the villa.

The room is not big, about 50 square meters, and is surrounded by beige walls. The room has a magnificent queen bed, opposite the bed is a delicate set of desks and chairs, and to the left is a large mahogany wardrobe. One of the walls is embedded with a classical European-style fireplace, and in front of the fireplace are four leather sofas and a set of carved wood tea tables. On the opposite side of the door is a large square window, which opens to reveal a flower garden. All in all, the layout of the room is very simple and as soon as you walk into this room, all the furnishings are clear at a glance

Eric walked over to the couch, pointed to the white scribbled area, and asked, "Did he die in this place?"

"That's right. The deceased's name was Will King, CEO of Greenwind New Energy Investments. I've told you about it before. Robert continued, "The cause of death was a wound in the neck that caused the artery in the neck to be cut and he died of excessive blood loss. ”

"Is there a detailed forensic report?" said Eric, gesturing forward as he stood at Will's death.

"Nope. I don't understand how they were so interested in corpses. The wounds on this corpse were nothing special. "When I came in, the medical examiner had just finished examining Will's body when the NJD came in. They removed Will's body and borrowed the medical examiner's report, saying they wanted to review it. ”

"Now there is. Chiko walked in with a black folder.

Eric immediately changed to a smile and said to Qianzi, "Thank you very much, I really love you to death." ”

Chiko didn't appreciate it, she slapped the folder on Eric's face, and warned unceremoniously: "I don't know you well, and I don't want you to come and play hooligan with me as a consultant." ”

Eric sulked open the folder, and as soon as he saw the picture of the deceased Will, he noticed the problem in it. Judging from the photo, Will's demeanor is very calm, without the panic before death. He sat upright on the sofa, his hands hanging down at his sides, looking extremely relaxed. One of the most prominent features is that Will's body appears slightly shriveled and pale, which is a sign of excessive blood loss, but there is no smell of blood at the scene of the crime.

"Where does the blood of the dead go. Eric saw the forensic report and found that Will had lost 30 percent of his blood. However, there was not a trace of blood or the smell of blood in the room.

Chiko added, "Don't say there's no in this room, Will's blood is undetectable in the entire manor." ”

"That's the strangest thing about this case, there was no trace of Will's blood found in the entire estate. Woods, flower beds, sewers, nowhere else. At that time, I thought that this was not the first scene of the crime, so I mobilized the manor and the surrounding surveillance, and it turned out that after Will came to the manor two days ago, no one had entered or left the entire manor. So this manor was the first scene of the homicide. But I can't explain where the 1,260 ml of blood went. Robert chimed in. But in fact, mobilizing monitoring is Chiko's suggestion.

Eric picked up the teacup facing Will and asked, "Is this the only one on the table?"

Robert replied without hesitation: "Only this one, I asked Mr. Lodge, because Mr. Will is an honored guest of the manor, so his living items, including this teacup, are of the highest quality." Listen to his introduction, this teacup comes from China, and it is a high-quality product of what kiln. ”

Qianzi took the teacup in Eric's hand, glanced at the lid, and said, "It should be a high imitation of the Chinese Jun kiln." Although it is an imitation, it is also expensive. ”

"You said Mr. Lodge reported the case?" Eric still stared at the porcelain teacup.

"That's right. According to Mr. Rocky's account, he woke Mr. Will up for dinner in the morning, but there was no response to the call, and the door to the room was locked from the inside. Sensing that something was wrong, Mr. Rocky opened the door with the spare key, only to find Will King dead on the couch. Robert pulled out a small notebook and read.

"Is there anyone else in this manor?" Erik noticed an even circular mark on the tea table where the cups were placed.

"No more. As I said, this Mr. Lodge should be the loneliest nobleman in the world. He was too much in debt to afford a servant, and his most valuable thing now was the old manor. Robert saw that Eric was interested in the round seal on the table, and he also crouched down to take a closer look.

At this time, Qianzi took out another document and handed it to Eric: "This Mr. Rocky is fond of gambling and stocks, but every time he gambles, he will lose, and his shares will fall, he owes a loan of 30 million to the bank, and there are many private lending companies, this Will King is his biggest creditor, and Mr. Lodge owes him a total of 10 million debts." ”

Eric didn't care about this detailed financial report. He continued to play with the high-figby teacup and asked, "The transcript in the black folder in my hand says that Mr. Rocky reported the case at 7:45 a.m. two days ago, and the medical examiner speculated that Mr. Will's death was around 1 a.m. two days ago, and Mr. Rocky claimed that he had not been seen after 11:30 p.m. that night. Really?"

"Any questions?" Robert nodded mechanically.

"But there should have been a second person in this room. Eric put the teacup back in place.

"Surveillance footage shows that there are only these two people in the entire estate, and if a second person appears in this room, then it could only be Mr. Rocky. Do you have proof?" asked Chiko.

"The proof is this teacup. Eric flipped the cup over and pointed to the bottom of the cup and asked, "The answer is at the bottom of the cup." ”

Chiko and Robert leaned over and looked closely at the bottom of the cup, but neither found anything suspicious. Eric rolled his eyes, pulled out a pen, and pointed to the inside of the bottom of the cup.

"Notch?" Chiko suddenly realized, there was a very small notch on the inner edge of the bottom of the teacup.

Robert still didn't react, and his two eyes stared straight at the small gap: "What's wrong with this gap?"

Eric turned Robert's head like he was spinning the steering wheel of a large truck, and pointed the two headlights on the front of the car at the round mark on the table. Robert only then reacted, this round seal was unconventional and even, without a single notch, obviously not in line with the small notch on the bottom of the teacup originally placed on it. Therefore, there should have been a teacup at the scene of the crime, which also proves that another person was present in Mr. Will's room on the night of the crime.

"I've long thought he's weird!" said Robert, proud of his foresight.

"Very well, you have so many 'early', so tell me how to prove that Mr. Lodge is lying with this teacup. Chiko asked Robert defiantly.

Robert replied disapprovingly, "Madam Agent, it's too easy. According to the surveillance footage, there are only two people in the entire estate, Mr. Lodge and Mr. Will. I suppose that Mr. Lodge and Mr. Will must have had tea in this room that night, and that the other teacup must have been taken away by Mr. Lodge, and that there must have been some crucial evidence on that cup. ”

Chiko sneered and asked Robert, "Could it be that your police relied on these circumstantial evidence to settle the case?" If I were Mr. Rocky, I could deny it at all, unless you can find the teacup that belongs to this round seal and prove that this teacup belongs to him. ”

Robert suddenly ran out of ideas, scratched his temples, and winked at Eric. Eric naturally understood that saving the detective's face was his first duty as a police advisor.

"You say this is a high-quality imitation of a Chinese Jun kiln?" asked Eric.

"That's right, there's a watermark in the lid. Qianzi was sure, and at the same time, she also understood Eric's intentions, "Although it is a high-quality imitation, this is not China, and the scope and crowd of circulation are limited." ”

"I'll check it out right away. Robert finally caught up with the two men's train of thought at one point, and he immediately walked out of the room to assign tasks.

At this time, only Eric and Chiko were left in the room. Eric looked up and down at Chiko, who was dressed in black professional clothes, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: Sure enough, a beautiful woman looks good in anything.

Chiko stepped on Eric's instep and warned, "Rogue detective, I advise you to focus on this case. If the NIA solves the case first, I can guarantee that I'll let you drink iced coffee at the CIA for a few more days. ”

Eric let out a scream of "oh oh" in pain. He said with a look of resentment: "Solve the case, the National Investigation Bureau will not care about the truth of this case." They, and you, care about something in this manor. ”

Qianzi was shocked and hurriedly covered up: "I don't know what you're talking about." ”

Eric unceremoniously debunked: "The owner of this manor is already in debt and has almost nothing, and it is very abnormal that your two intelligence agencies are fighting for the lead in this case. Also, from the gate of the manor to the scene of this crime, I have already found that this villa is cleaner than I imagined. ”

"What do you mean? What do you mean to be cleaner than you think? Chiko asked.

Eric smirked, "Mr. Rocky is basically bankrupt, and he simply can't afford to hire a cleaner to take care of the manor, which is overgrown with grass and cobwebs on the fountain. Looking at the villa again, although it still looks messy and dusty, there is no dust on the edges of some picture frames on the walls, and the corners of cabinets, tables and chairs. Why is that?"

"Why?" asked Chiko alertly.

"You rummaged through the cabinets in this villa, wearing white gloves to avoid fingerprints, and putting everything back in place, but the dust that was wiped off was a mistake that you could not remedy. I think you're looking for something in this villa, and it's not going to be known to outsiders. Eric went on to explain.

"And you, because of the CIA's civil strife, have no way to compete with the National Investigation Bureau, and are so excluded that you can only hope for this case, hoping that the truth of this murder will make you turn against you. I suppose the rest of the CIA agents are now trying in vain to find some witnesses outside the manor," Eric scoffed.

"You!" Chiko pouted unconvinced.

Eric smiled, "Moreover, I think you should have found nothing in the villa in the past two days, so you have expanded your search to the outside of the manor......"

"You already know enough. Chiko stopped Erik's rambling analysis.

At this moment, Robert happily pushed the door in, and he waved the papers in his hand and asked, "That's right! Rocky, this bastard is lying! I found proof!"

Chiko glared at Eric and snatched the materials from Robert's hand. According to the materials, the porcelain cups came from a gadget shop in Chinatown, Solomon area, where Rocky had ordered a pair of such cups with Rocky's order. And the police found a fragment of another cup in the kitchen trash can. The fragments contained not only Rocky's fingerprints, but also residual liquid, which closely matched the composition of the cup at the scene of the crime. This basically confirms the fact that Rocky lied.

"Rocky, where is it now. Eric asked Robert.

Robert smiled tacitly at Eric, "Don't worry, because we arrived at the scene first, Rocky has been guarded by our police station." He is now in another room in this villa, and I have sent 5 armed police officers to guard him, 3 inside and 2 at the door. ”

"What do you want to do at the police station!" Chiko asked alertly.

Robert made a natural expression: "What can we do? It has always been our duty to ensure the safety of the suspects." But Robert was secretly cursing in his heart: "A bunch of bastards, don't think that you are superior to others if you are agents." ”

What makes Chiko even more unpredictable is that the tacit understanding between Eric and Robert is like that between Sherlock Holmes and Watson. Between them, a glance can contain the amount of information on a page of a book. Eric knew better that Mr. Lodge was not the only one to watch over the five officers.