When he said this, Liu Ling and Alder walked to the gate of the academy. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

After the two guards guarding the door saw Liu Ling and Alder's badges, they directly let them out, not caring about what they were pushing.

Originally, Liu Ling thought that the suspicious-looking thing he was pushing would be stopped by the guards, but he was obviously too worried.

This is not Earth, and it is estimated that the two guards at the gate have long been accustomed to students coming in and out of the school with all kinds of strange things.

Walking out of the school gate, Alder continued to tell the story of his interruption by the guards.

The widow's neighbor saw that the situation was not right, so he went directly to the nearest security office and called for the security officers, and finally it was several security officers who worked together to open the widow's door. When the door was opened, one saw the tragic sight inside the house, the widow and her maid were already dead, their necks had been broken by a great force, and they were now crooked to one side. ”

Then the security officers searched the entire house and found no sign of an intrusion, but a neighbor who had been watching outside said he had seen a man's arm through the window. So the case became an unsolved case. ”

"According to normal procedure, the murderer could not be found, and the security officers of Morfa City put the case on hold for a few days and would not take care of it anymore. It's not that the security officers are irresponsible, but because there are so many such things that happen every day, and if they have to investigate everything to the end, the security officers simply don't have the energy to do so. ”

"Just as the sheriffs of Morfa were about to forget about the widow, a young man came to the magistrate's office and declared that he was the widow's nephew and was now going to claim the widow's property. For after the widow's death, all the property is kept by the sheriff's office. But the young man could not produce any evidence that he was the widow's nephew, and he said that the widow was his only relative in this world, that his own parents had long since died, and that only the dead widow and her maid could confirm his identity. ”

But the security officers had previously questioned the widow's neighbors, and they all said that the widow had not visited her husband for more than a decade after his death. So the so-called nephew who suddenly appeared was very suspicious, and the security officers even felt that the widow's death was related to the young man in front of him. ”

So, after sending the suspicious young man away, the security officers began an urgent investigation. But they didn't find any clue after checking around, so in the end, the security officers who really had no choice but to try it out issued a task in the mercenary union, which is the one I took before. ”

With that, Alder paused, squeezing a handful of messy curls on his head with his left hand and wrapping them around his fingers, as if in deep thought.

"Although I had a record of the conversation between the security officer and the widow's neighbor, I went to the widow's place the day after I received the assignment and talked to her neighbor again. Because I think that when the vigilantes first questioned the widow's neighbors when they had just witnessed the tragic death of the widow, some of their memories may not have been so clear because of the shock that had not been long ago. ”

"After carefully questioning the widow's neighbors, I did find some information that they hadn't told the sheriff before. For example, one person said that he was waiting outside the door for the security officers to arrive when he heard something strange, like a hoarse man whispering something quickly, and he had forgotten to tell the security officers about it. ”

"That's why I told you before that some of the current security officers do have a passion for solving crimes, but their methods are really not good. It's like they only ask the witnesses once, and a lot of evidence is lost like this, you know......" After that, some Alder complained about the security officers, so I won't repeat them here.

"Okay, back to business. After talking to the neighbors, I managed to get into the house that was sealed off by the security officers, and you don't need to know how to get in......" Alder deliberately avoided Liu Ling's eyes when he said this.

From Alder's expression, Liu Ling knew that his method of entering the widow's house must not be very glorious......

"I was able to get in, but it was only because the security officers had broken the gate. Originally, the doors and windows of this house were completely closed, which was also an important reason why the security officers could not find a clue at all. But that was only the result of a careful observation by the security officers, and after a long morning of careful observation there, I realized that the house was not, as everyone thinks, and there was no other exit except the gate. ”

"I learned from a neighbor that the widow had a cat before, so I found a small piece of movement in a window on the first floor that had been sealed by the widow herself, open in an inconspicuous corner. Although such a small hole is not accessible to people, it is definitely enough for some animals. Like the snake you're pushing right now! Alder's emotions were a little excited when he said this, although he didn't look back, Liu Ling felt that Alder might have sprayed the saliva in his mouth when he said it......

"The snake you are pushing was found by me at a group of animal tamers not far from the widow's house, and according to the administrators, it was stolen a month ago, and suddenly arrived at their door a day ago. And this snake is quite tame at night, but once it encounters the light, it will go berserk, and several animal trainers can work together to subdue it. Until now, the animal taming troupe has not completely tamed the snake. ”

"At this point, I'm almost certain that the snake is the widow's murderer, and do you think about whether a grown man's arms are about the same thickness as the snake's body? And the neighbor said he heard the whispering of a hoarse man, and I had observed this snake all night when I had left it in the dormitory, and it made a strange noise when it was eating, and that sound did sound like a person talking at first glance. ”

Speaking of this, Alder cleared his throat again and said solemnly: "The rest is my rough inference about this case, although I am not sure that it is 100% correct, but it is almost there. ”

"The story of the case went something like this: the widow's maid had been coveting the widow's property, but she had never had a chance to do so, because the widow watched her carefully every day. Just some time ago, the maid met the young man who pretended to be the widow's nephew outside, maybe because of interests or because the two really had an adulterous relationship, so the two hit it off and prepared to kill the widow. ”

"Then the young man pretended to be a relative of the widow to claim the widow's property, because the maid was the only one who came into contact with the widow every day, and after the widow's death, as long as the maid insisted that the young man was the widow's relative, no one could argue anything."

"This is not my unfounded conjecture, for when I had inquired about the widow's neighbours, I was told that the widow and the maid had quarreled more recently than before, as if the maid had not returned on time lately. So I guessed that the maid was not lazy lately, but was plotting to kill the widow. ”

"And then talk about that young man, he is definitely not an ordinary person, otherwise it would be impossible to steal this snake from the beast taming troupe quietly, he may be a habitual thief with some special abilities, I will confirm this in a moment."

"Because the snake behaves very meekly when there is no light, I suspect that the snake had been thrown into the little building the night before the widow was killed. Then, when the day dawns when the serpent goes berserk, the widow will surely die if she encounters it. ”

It must have been before dawn when the maid went out, and she returned there counting the time when the widow had been killed by the snake, but then an accident happened, and the snake did not wake up at daybreak, as she and the young man had expected. When she returned to the small building, she saw the widow still alive, and they had an argument after that. ”

While they were arguing, the serpent awoke and killed both the master and the servant. But here's a suspicion, I've never been sure how the snake got out after killing the two of them. It may have been lured out by the young people who arrived later, but this does not affect my inference about the whole incident. ”

"The young man who colluded with the maid must not have thought that the only witness who pretended to be the widow's nephew was killed by the snake with the widow, and the unwilling young man may have been carried away by money, and actually went to the public security office to claim the widow's property, which also provided me with important clues to solve the case."

After saying so many words in one breath, Alder's mouth was a little dry, and he took out a square bottle from his waist that contained an unknown liquid, and poured a few drops into his mouth.

"How? Is there a hole in my reasoning? Alder, who had been following Liu Ling, walked quickly in front of Liu Ling and looked at Liu Ling with an expectant look.

Liu Ling smiled at Alder and said, "Very strong! It's the first time I've encountered a real-life detective! ”

"Detective? What's that? Alder was a little confused by the word detective in Liu Ling's mouth.

"Detective! That's what I heard from the local legends when I traveled in the south before, that is, people like you who have extremely high reasoning skills, it is said that the gods of detectives are called Sherlock Holmes......" Alder's questioning made Liu Ling can't help but shed a cold sweat, and he was almost exposed.

Fortunately, Alder was immersed in his own world at this time, and he didn't find the ambiguity in Liu Ling's words, otherwise he would definitely find out that Liu Ling was wrong.

At this time, Liu Ling and Alder came to the door of the mercenary union......