Endless black clouds surged, and strong winds swept through the city, but the thick fog did not dissipate.

Gas street lamps rattle and flicker, and the once bustling commercial street ends hastily, with pedestrians carrying goods home, collars raised to protect against the wind and sand.

Under the low pressure, on the most luxurious section of the aristocratic district on the south side, the Stafford family is still full of laughter, and this historic family is holding a banquet.

The old Marquis de Stafford sat in his chair and watched his daughter and son-in-law dancing on the dance floor, nodding slightly and smiling sternly.

The Marquise de Stafford was leading her two youngest daughters, chatting with a lady of equal status, chuckling from time to time.

The band danced to the tunes of the ball, fine food and wine lined the hall, and after the servants were busy, the Earl of Breitsin toasted the Marquess of Stafford to celebrate the imminent marriage of the two families.

The Earl of Blitsin was well aware that the historic Stafford family had served as the king's bodyguard for several generations, and although the king's power was now hollowed out, the king was still a symbol of Norman honor, and the king's personal guard was surrounded by glory.

What's more, centuries ago, the Stafford family also made great achievements for the Normans, successfully leading troops to repel the combined invasion of Zemansey and two other countries.

It was only then that the Stafford family titles were promoted to marquises, becoming a veritable Norman nobleman.

Until now, the Stafford family also has great prestige and power in the army, and the Stafford family branch has infiltrated various government ministries, and marrying Stafford is definitely the best choice for the Bolitsin family.

Even if Stafford Jr. is not doing his job now, sooner or later he will follow the route planned by his father and inherit the century-old glory of the Stafford family.

Count Brechin gestured with his eyes, and his youngest daughter, Tasia, walked slowly towards the man who seemed out of place at the ball.

At this ball, Savoy also wore a delicate dark blue evening gown, a platinum brooch and a striped silk bow tie, and just sat alone in the corner drinking, with half a cigar left.

The ethereal white smoke blocked the eyes, the scene was fluttering and distorted, and the wind blew through the glass, sending a chill.

Sha Wei looked out the dark window, an ominous premonition rose in his heart, his eyelids kept beating, the weather was too strange, as if something big was coming.

But now the society is peaceful and peaceful, there are no homicides, the workers no longer demonstrate, they obey their father's words, keep in touch with the daughter of Count Brechin, and do not act rudely.

Is there anything else missing?

Shawei leaned back in his chair and took another deep puff of his cigar to numb his nerves and help him survive the boring prom.

“......”

“...... Your Excellency?"

"Lord Stafford?"

The woman's soft voice sounded in Shawei's ears, and the darkness in front of him was blocked by the glittering gold veil, and he suddenly came back to his senses.

"I'm sorry, Miss Brechin, I just lost my mind, what did you say?"

Shawe stood up, nodded slightly, and apologized to Tasia.

"Lord Stafford, I just said that would you like to dance with me on this beautiful night?"

Tasia whispered, bowed her head shyly, Sha Wei's brows tightened unconsciously, tonight's wind roared, not beautiful at all.

He doesn't like to be a hypocritical woman.

As soon as he wanted to say that he was unwell, Shawei saw the Marquis of Stafford sweeping his stern gaze, and he could only sigh in his heart and stretch out his hand to make an inviting gesture.

Tasia was a little excited, and was about to reach out to catch it, when a deacon hurried towards Shawei, interrupting the two of them.

The deacon leaned over and whispered in Shawei's ear for a long time, and Shawei's expression gradually became serious, and he suddenly apologized to Tasia and strode towards the Marquis de Stafford.

"Father, there's an urgent case at the police station, and I'm going to leave. ”

"It's so late, what case still needs to be solved by you?"

"There are so many people in the police station, are they all eating idle meals!"

The Marquis de Stafford suddenly stood up excitedly, his cane on the ground, his anger evident through the trembling muscles of his face.

Shawe was not forced back by his momentum, but instead looked solemn and bowed to the Marquis de Stafford.

"Father, it's Viscount Goode who is missing. ”

"The disappearance of the nobles is a big deal, and if I don't come forward to solve it at this moment, the matter will spread to the ears of the other nobles, and it will be detrimental to our Stafford reputation. ”

"And it may reach the royal family......"

The more Shawei spoke, the more serious it became, but it was all the truth, the Marquis of Stafford snorted coldly, and sat back in his chair angrily, Shawei knew that this was his agreement to leave.

He quickly removed the frills, took his coat from the maid, and walked out of the villa quickly, faintly hearing the Marquis de Stafford's invective.

"Those arrogant families don't deserve to be nobles at all, they should have been stripped of their titles, returned to the mud, and left to fend for themselves!"

"The stupid Gude family will only trample on honor and disgrace the real nobles!"

......

Outside the big iron gate of the villa, the police car was already waiting in the wind, and Sha Wei hurriedly got into the police car and asked for details.

"What's going on now?"

"The housekeeper of the Goode family said that Viscount Goode suddenly disappeared into an abandoned residential area, between half past five and six in the afternoon, and asked us to send the police to look for it, but the whereabouts of Viscount Goode have not yet been found. ”

"Viscount Goode has nothing to do, what are you going to do in an abandoned residential area?"

Sheriff Shavoy asked curiously, and the driver shook his head, drove the steam locomotive, and ran straight to the place where Viscount Goode had last appeared.

"The butler was emotionally unstable and spoke upside down, just kept emphasizing that Viscount Goode had suddenly disappeared, and let us send the police to help him find someone as soon as possible. ”

"Ignorant steward, in order to preserve the remaining dignity of the Goode family, we have lost the best chance to find Viscount Goode. ”

Coming to the dark alley where Viscount Goode disappeared, the steam locomotive stopped at the mouth of the alley, and the policemen carried lights and led police dogs to continue to search for the whereabouts of Viscount Goode, and this dark alley presented unprecedented noise.

There are also police officers at the corner of the street, there are few shops on this street, no one usually comes, and no one even knows that Viscount Goode once walked into the alley and suddenly disappeared.

When I came to the scene of the crime, the dilapidated wooden house had been surrounded by yellow and white seals, and the housekeeper was sitting at the door, looking up at the sky.

Ignoring the butler, Sha Wei lifted the yellow and white seal and walked into the wooden room, which was full of oil lamps to illuminate the dead corner.

A cold wind blew through the flames, and shadows swayed.

"Viscount Goode disappeared here?"

"Sergeant Shawey, according to the butler, he was at the door while Viscount Goode was in the house. ”

"From half-past five until six o'clock, the butler never left, the door was not opened, and Viscount Goode did not shout. ”

The young policeman reported with a notepad in his hand, and his serious appearance reminded Shawei of his equally young and youthful followers when he was in Jikrancy.

Pull on the irregular old planks on the windows, the planks are strong and there are no signs of new nails.

Although the windows were badly leaking, the largest window crack was only large enough for an adult male's arm to pass through, and it was impossible to carry Viscount Goode away.

"Any other clues?"

"Report to Sergeant Shawe, we have inspected this wooden room, and found no secret doors or underground passages, and it is impossible for Viscount Goode to leave by other means, this is a secret room. ”

"Hehe, you're right. ”

"It's a rare case of missing room, and it's very interesting. ”

Sergeant Shawei chuckled, in fact, he was not interested in whether Viscount Goode could be found, he wanted to know what method the murderer used to transport Viscount Goode away.

And what is the purpose?

Murder in a closed room is far simpler and cruder than a secret room handling, and the murderer did not directly kill Viscount Goode, so there must be a lot of emotional entanglements between him and Viscount Goode.

Continuing to observe, he saw a wooden bed in the room, covered with sheets, folds where someone had sat on, and a comfortable patent leather tiger chair a little further away from the plank bed, with a pile of soot to the right of the tiger chair.

"Did the butler say when Viscount Goode came here?"

"About four o'clock in the afternoon. ”

"Didn't he say that Viscount Goode had seen someone here?"

“...... No. ”

"The butler only said that this was the place where Viscount Goode used to think alone, and said nothing else. ”

"He's lying. ”

Sha Wei shook his head and walked out of the wooden room, there were no more clues worth exploring, and the key to recovering Viscount Goode should be on the butler.

"Keep looking for Viscount Goode, this abandoned residential area is huge, don't let go of any corners, continue to check here, maybe there are secret passages we haven't found. ”

"Tell me to send some police to block the streets and check all passing vehicles, I know it's a hassle, but the criminal is likely to be with us, don't let him sneak away with Viscount Goode. ”

"Yes, Sheriff Shawe!"

The young policeman ran out to deliver orders, and when he walked out of the boarded house, the cold and irritable temperatures made Sha Wei hug his coat tightly and put on gloves and a hat.

The housekeeper was still sitting outside the door in a daze, and the cold wind blew so that the policemen covered their ears with their hands, but he was in an extreme mood of remorse, self-blame and self-denial, and he didn't say a word, and he didn't feel the cold.

Sheriff Savoy sat down in front of the butler.

"Tell me, what has your master been busy with lately, has he had any conflicts with other people, or strange people and things around him?"

The butler did not speak.

"Butler, tell me everything you know, so I can help you get Viscount Goode back. ”

"The longer Viscount Goode disappears, the more dangerous it becomes, and if the case is related to the privacy of Goode's family, I promise not to tell anyone, just solve the case. ”

Although Savoy was indifferent to entertainment news, he had heard of the absurdity of Viscount Goode.

There are too many women who have an ambiguous relationship with Viscount Goode, and it is impossible for him to drag these women and the complicated interpersonal relationships behind them out for interrogation, so he can only rely on the housekeeper.

Lighting a cigar, Sheriff Savoy was patient.

He knew that the housekeeper would speak sooner or later, because only Viscount Goode himself was left in the Goode family, and except for the housekeeper, probably no one cared who kidnapped Viscount Goode by.

"Old butler, someone must have been planning for a long time to make Viscount Goode disappear from under your eyelids, think about it carefully, who did Viscount Goode provoke?"

The housekeeper didn't look at Shawei, still trembling and looking at the sky, not yet recovering from self-blame.

He also wanted to find Viscount Goode as soon as possible, knowing that what Sheriff Shawei said made sense, so he slowly said a few characters in a weak voice.

"The master didn't provoke others......"

"Sir, he's been normal lately, all the time......"

"Strange ......"

“！”

At the mention of this word, the butler's expression changed suddenly.

Bounced off the stool in an instant, grabbed Sheriff Shawei's coat tightly, stared wide-eyed, like a zombie returning to his soul, opened his mouth wide in excitement, and shouted hard.

"It's him!"

"It must be him, it's him who kidnapped my master!!"

"That gutter-dwelling rat, filthy two-legged crawler, the worst stalker!!"

......

Williams Cliff !!