Chapter Ninety-Eight: Murder on the Orient Express
=== Daisy Armstrong Case ===
Cassetti kidnapped Colonel Armstrong and Sonya's child, Daisy Armstrong Jr., and was found not guilty of being at large after demanding a ransom of 20w and brutally murdering Daisy Jr. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoPregnant Sonia Armstrong was saddened to death by failing to save her child, and Colonel Armstrong shot himself. Susan, the babysitter, went out on the night of the kidnapping and could not prove her innocence, so she committed suicide by jumping off a building to show her innocence.
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Little Hermione obviously overlooked one thing, although the three of them have been good friends since they were children, and they have been together since they were children, but what about it, Xiwen and Fleur are both 15 years old, and only Hermione is still 12 years old. What is the concept of 15 years old, in the ancient Oriental education system, located in the period of the transition of junior high and high school, teenagers and girls of this age should have all have it, and everything that should be developed has been developed.
Fleur curled up slightly, lying on Xiwen's chest, and suddenly, the little Lori who seemed to have a taste of the taste ran over fiercely: "Stupid, how can you sleep with girls, I'm with Bella, and you sleep on the sofa by yourself." ”
Early the next morning, the panda Lori Hermione, with dark circles under her eyes, looked out the window listlessly, well, this is the Orient Express that only nobles can enjoy in the past legends, and I don't think it's very good.
In the afternoon, the branch lines of trains from Greece converged, and the carriages were mounted at the back of the Orient Express, where Booker found a place for himself and gave up the place in the first carriage to Poirot. Poirot's beard curled up and thanked Siwen and the two ladies before moving over, leaning against the box next to him was the rich American man with a deformed head, Mr. Ratchet.
In the middle of the night, Poirot was awakened by a loud roar, and he noticed that the sound was coming from next door, and quietly opened the crack in the door, and Michelle was asking what was going on inside the box. The box replied in French, it's okay, I'm mistaken. Poirot, who returned to his bed to continue sleeping, noticed that it was 23 minutes to 1 a.m.
However, this night was destined to be an uneven night, the alarm bell was repeatedly ringed, and Poirot, tossing and turning, rang the waiter's alarm bell, and when he asked Michelle for mineral water, he heard that Mrs. Herbbard in position three said that someone had stood in her room. And Michelle told Poirot the unfortunate news that the Orient Express had stopped running because it had crashed into a snowdrift, and that it would have to wait for a snow shoveling train from another train station before it could leave.
In the night, Poirot was woken up by a knock on the door for the third time, and when he looked outside, he only saw a woman in a red kimono disappearing at the end of the hallway.
Hermione's face turned pale and poked her little head back through the crack in the door: "There's a dead man over there in box 2, Xiwen, you, you let us see the dead man?"
When Poirot reluctantly accepted the commission of the investigation, he finally slowly recounted his two theories, first, according to the accounts and inferences of the 12 passengers except for the three Westerners, an unknown flight attendant got on the train from the Winkovtsy train station, killed Cassetti in a fit of rage, and then jumped out of the window to escape, and second, the jury of the twelve people who thought they were righteous jointly killed Cassetti, who had changed his name to Rechet.
When watching the dog-eat-dog battle between the 12 people, discussing whether to kill Poirot, Siwen and others to hide their guilt, Siwen couldn't help laughing anymore, and the connecting door at one end of the carriage opened, and the guards led by Sophie had taken control of the carriage.
"Each and every one of you, each of you feels that you are righteous, that you are the embodiment of angels, to punish adultery and eliminate evil. Xiwen said leisurely, and suddenly his face sank, "Then why don't you dare to do it in the United States, don't you dare to do it in Istanbul, why don't you dare to push for legal changes to achieve your own goals, but run to this train in the wilderness to do it?"
"You, Mr. Hardeman, as an American private detective, a well-known detective that even Poirot would know, I don't think it would be difficult for you to grasp the various incriminating evidence of Cassetti, right?"
Siwen looked at the two men behind him: "Colonel Absno, and Mr. Edward Masterman, you are both soldiers, oh, and you have your beloved revolver, would you rather threaten innocent witnesses than have the courage to stand up and kill Cassetti?"
"Tut-tut, Your Royal Highness Princess, I still admire you very much, and now that the entire Tsar's line has been executed, you dare to return to Europe and pay tribute to you. But wouldn't it be too heavy for you to stick all the 200,000 bills in your clothes?"
Xiwen skipped the two Counts of Anreni and the old woman with a vicissitudes of life, and they have completely lost the style of the actress of the year. He looked at the beautiful woman in the red hat, "Miss Debeham," and slammed the table to startle the whole carriage, and Sywin angrily turned at her, "What face do you have to answer without comment when confronted with Mr. Detective's questioning?
"That's enough, what right do you have to accuse us!" a righteous-looking Greta Olsen held the pendant of her cross, "We are exercising justice, and we are punishing in the place of the great Jesus!"
Siwen laughed again, this time everyone understood what a sarcastic laugh it was: "Miss Gretta, do you know that the other 11 people on this train I don't have the courage at most, only you, yes, only you make me feel disgusting from head to toe!"
Xiwen stood up, and even in the wide carriage of the Orient Express, a sense of oppression was formed, as if some fierce beast was about to pounce on him. "People like you are the most hypocritical of all, no, they are insulting the people of Jesus all over the world. What is the doctrine in your heart? Is it that you can interpret at will? What you can use as an excuse to kill? What is the righteousness that you use to disguise your poor nothingness?"
He walked over step by step, "Come on, the Jesus you said set up the murder scene for you, provided you with an opportunity, you have an oracle to testify, there are miracles of Christ, or are you talking nonsense from beginning to end?!"
It was Poirot who walked over: "Mon-ami, they, have their troubles. ”
"I will not punish you, you are pleading, fabricating facts, and even coercing and kidnapping Poirot with justice and distorted doctrines, you are very powerful. Xiwen walked back to his place and said coldly, "Zorro is a hero, he dares to act, and he will kill the unrighteous when he kills him." And you, a bunch of bedbugs who can't see the light, have a righteous revenge, so that you are afraid to destroy. ”
When Sivin left the middle compartment, Miss Debeham finally couldn't help but shout: "Then what will you do?"
"Execute them, no one can escape justice after committing a crime. Cassetti's accomplices have been arrested in Calais, and your American government is going to extradite them back, no, no, no, I will shoot them directly. ”
===Train layout===
Waitress Michelle: Babysitter Susan's father;
――First Class Box――
Mr. Hardeman: An American detective hired by Cassetti to keep him safe, is the sweetheart of nanny Susan who meets on the night of the kidnapping;
Colonel Absno: Colonel Armstrong's friend and colleague;
Princess Natalia: Sonia Armstrong's godmother;
Count Anrenny: Ambassador of Hungary;
Countess of Anne Reyney: Helena, sister of Sonia Armstrong
Mrs. Herbard: True identity Linda Arden, famous actress, mother of Sonia Armstrong, maternal grandmother of little Daisy;
Mr. Rachert: Real identity Cassetti, the leader of a notorious child abduction ring that has plagued countless families;
Poirot: A detective fleeing war from Belgium to England;
――Second Class Box――
Miss Greta Olsen: Swedish missionary, little Daisy's nurse;
Miss Mary Debeham: Tutor in the Armstrong family;
Mrs. Schmidt: Natalia's servant, cook at the Armstrong family;
McQueen: The son of a prosecutor at the time of Cassetti's trial, who had a crush on Mrs. Sonia Armstrong;
Masterman: Cassetti's servant, Colonel Armstrong's herald;
Forcarelli: Armstrong's chauffeur