Chapter 360: Cause of Death
It stands to reason that after hearing such a cacophony of noise, it is time to see what is happening, and indifference can easily make oneself a major suspect.
Besides, Mo Xiaoyao really cares about what's going on, now that the deceased has appeared, and the script she got is not the murderer, so finding out the real murderer is the primary goal to do now.
Antonio's room is on the second floor, and the system no longer controls Mo Xiaoyao's body, but the guiding arrow is still left to her. In fact, there was no need for that at all now, because she was not the only one who was going to the scene, and as long as she followed behind the servants who hurried to the second floor, she could easily reach the scene.
Mo Xiaoyao was more worried that Antonio had snatched two pieces of "added" sugar from her before, and if they were not destroyed in time, they would easily be used as incriminating evidence. She had to find a way to get the handkerchief back, the sugar didn't matter, no one knew it was her except Antonio.
In the context of this era, there is no fingerprint detection technology...... Right?
The door to Antonio's room was already crowded with people, mostly servants who had come to see the excitement, and a few well-dressed puppets who looked like they were supposed to be so-called "guests of high society".
One of the beer-bellied puppets was giving what should have been an impassioned speech in an unhesitating tone.
“…… To sum up, I think that this is a murder of a very bad nature! The murderer will be punished severely! However, if we go directly to the judicial process, we will inevitably expose innocent people to unnecessary implication and malicious treatment - so I hope that we can find out the culprits internally first. During this time, unrelated people must first hide so as not to become an obstacle. ”
When the words fell, the male and female servants who were still blocking the door suddenly "creaked" and began to deform. Like the puppet theater of the old days, they have many thin lines out of thin air, their heads drooping, their shoulders shrugged, their arms and legs twisted into strange positions, and slowly rise to the ceiling.
Mo Xiaoyao subconsciously swallowed the non-existent saliva, looked up at the puppet servants who were fixed to the roof, and when he turned back, he found that the beer-bellied man who was talking was also dragged by a thin thread, slowly approaching the roof of Antonio's bedroom.
"Titicaca...... To find out the murderer...... Titicaca ...... Can't find ...... before 24 o'clock Titicaca...... All executed! ”
After saying this, the beer-belly puppet maintained a strange posture, and was pressed to the roof with a "click", and then stopped talking, as if it was really just a puppet.
Mo Xiaoyao turned his neck to look around, except for her, the remaining puppets that could move should all be players.
Michelle, Lady Mary, Robert, Susanna, John, plus herself, just enough for a six-man board.
"The main quest has finally been announced, so let's introduce ourselves before looking for the murderer." It was Michelle who spoke, and he seemed to have a desire to express, "How many people have played Murder Mystery before?" ”
It was Lady Mary who answered him: "I haven't played, what does that mean?" ”
Michelle glanced at her, her neck was not so flexible, and she gurgled: "To put it simply, it's a reasoning game, everyone gets their own script, and then according to the clues provided, they go to search for evidence to find the murderer - can we collect evidence?" ”
When he said this, he asked Mo Xiaoyao, and by the way, he attracted everyone's attention.
Mo Xiaoyao frowned secretly, always feeling that Michelle was deliberately drawing closer to their relationship in front of people, but she didn't want to give others this illusion, so she simply replied: "I don't know." ”
Ignoring the conversation on their side, John had already checked the corpse on his own before he spoke: "After touching the detectable item, you will get a hint of whether to search or not, and I have 5 points on my side." ”
Hearing him say this, the rest of the room didn't care about Michelle's proposed self-introduction, and moved to verify John's statement in person.
Michelle stood expressionless and stayed in place for a few seconds, and also stepped into the team of everyone searching, Mo Xiaoyao guessed that he might feel embarrassed and resentful and unwilling to be angry, but because the puppet's face was expressionless, it just helped him cover it up, and it seemed a little unfathomable.
This is actually quite bad, Mo Xiaoyao thought, there is no way to observe human beings through facial expressions, so they can only be deduced through stiff body movements and language, which undoubtedly increases the difficulty of the reasoning game.
Now, Mo Xiaoyao has given up on finding his handkerchief. In front of everyone's eyes, she couldn't make some small movements, and she always felt that someone was staring at her as if she were staring at her, let alone acting rashly to arouse suspicion.
Probably because this is the deceased's room, everything in the house is unguarded, and everyone can look through it at the cost of 0 points. Mo Xiaoyao estimated that when he found a personal room, he would definitely spend points, but he didn't know how much it would cost.
While thinking about it, Mo Xiaoyao looked at this room carefully, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it was really the same life, he was also the child of the baron, and the Zoya he played lived in was a miserable one, and then looked at Antonio's house, tsk, it was really a heaven and an underground.
The house is spacious and bright, and there are not many precious decorations, but the aesthetics are very good, and there is no such nouveau riche atmosphere that brightens the eyes of the blind. The shelves are filled with a wide range of books, which is telling given the preciousness of books and the prevalence of literacy in this era.
On the wall, Mo Xiaoyao also saw a luxuriously decorated Western sword, anyway, she didn't need to count, so she simply moved a stool and stepped on it and took the sword down.
Then, the other puppets in the room all turned their heads to look at her, and their wooden faces couldn't distinguish their true expressions at this time, but obviously, if Mo Xiaoyao made any inappropriate moves at this time, he would immediately become the target of public criticism.
Calmly pulling the sword out of its scabbard, Mo Xiaoyao looked at the blade carefully, and then put it back in place. After jumping off the stool, she spoke, "The sword is sharpened." Both ornaments and practicality, it is clear that Antonio received all the education that the children of the nobility should receive today.
Mo Xiaoyao glanced at Michelle, feeling sad for the real person in the play and not the actor, this kind of good education and privileged life should have belonged to that person.
At this time, John suddenly spoke in an old-fashioned voice controlled by the system, and everyone's attention was attracted to him again, and they hurried to his side.
It is a code of law, and the pages of the book are turned to the vicinity of the law of inheritance, in which two horizontal lines are heavily underlined under the line "illegitimate children are not entitled to inherit any property." Anyone who obtains this evidence must disclose it to all. ”
After reading this passage, John resumed his voice, and spoke again with a hint of unnaturalness: "Maybe there is a mark that must be made public, so the system controls me again." ”
Mo Xiaoyao's heart was shocked, and he estimated that it was probably John who wanted to hide this evidence quietly, but it was discovered by the system, so he was forced to read it out.
This is also very good, Mo Xiaoyao thought, at least he will not miss the knowledge points that everyone must know. She doesn't have a mobile phone now, and she can't search on the Internet, so if she really encounters knowledge points that are not within the scope of the reserve, she can only be blind.
After John finished reading the Codex, the players were still rummaging around the large table that could be used as a dining table for eight people, as if trying to find some other evidence similar to the Codex. The dead body will not run away if it is left there, and no matter who goes there to rummage, it will not be able to escape the eyes of others, so they are not afraid to do anything.
And this house does not consume detection points, which means that as long as all the clues are found, they are given away for nothing. In this way, no one is willing to leave and go somewhere else until it has been thoroughly searched.
On the premise of not having any credible alliances, in order not to let himself miss the clues, Mo Xiaoyao could only give up searching for other places first, and also walked over to follow them to find them.
The saying that everyone gathers firewood and the flame is high is quite true, and on the premise that they can't hide any items, the players quickly find 3 new clues, all of which are spread out on the table for everyone to see.
A reply to Viscount Terry Rimman.
This is a reply letter that has not yet had time to be mailed, and the content of it is that Antonio agrees to Viscount Trireman's proposal to Zoya, and at the same time implicitly reminds the other party not to forget to recommend himself to the House of Lords.
Drafted plan.
The content is about the plan of what to do with him after he inherits the inheritance, and although it is only a rudimentary form, it can be seen that it does not give any share to Lady Mary and Zoya.
Letters of recommendation.
It was Antonio who wrote a letter of recommendation to Robert Hanover, full of praise for his character and medical skills, and sincerely hoped that the next employer would trust him.
"That's interesting." Michelle touched his chin and wanted to make a profound appearance, but unfortunately the puppet's face completely ruined his intentions, and it looked a little ridiculous, "It seems that many people have interests related to Antonio." ”
The ugly puppet John suddenly interjected: "This room has almost been checked, do you want to check the dead together?" ”
Michelle:......
He suspected that this John had a contradiction with himself, otherwise why would he target him everywhere, there must be a problem, so he would just be crucified for a while.
No one cares what Michelle is thinking, everyone gathers around Antonio, the puppet's mouth foaming at the mouth, and its green eyes widen - of course, it may also be because the old puppet can't blink.
The cause of death given by the system is muscle weakness and death from respiratory failure. At the same time, there are two minor wounds on Antonio's ankle, which are suspected to have been bitten by a snake.
In addition to this, in his pocket, a linen handkerchief, two candies, and a cigarette were found. In the lower left corner of the linen handkerchief, the abbreviation of two letters is embroidered, and the system gives the description of Zoya's name, but it does not look like English no matter how you look at it.
"Okay, let's talk about why the deceased has your handkerchief - Zoya Xiao Jie."
As John's words fell, the puppets whose expressions remained the same all looked at Mo Xiaoyao, and the scene was quite weird and terrifying for a while.