Hearing this, Inspector Griff first paused slightly, and then saw the pale maid Donna sitting on the ground with her chest clutched, her lips trembling and she didn't know what to whisper. McGern, on the other hand, frowned, his eyes became a little cold, and then he scolded angrily: "Waste, what are you talking nonsense here, are you still the hell?" ”

"Old man......... I ........." Dona wanted to explain in the face of the patriarch's questioning, but was suddenly stopped by Inspector Griff, "This young lady, don't get excited, take a few deep breaths to calm down, and sort out your thoughts first, okay?" The Inspector turned his gaze back to McGurn and bowed deeply, "Mr. Green, it looks like this time is going to offend. ”

"Hmph...... Hmph, I'd like to see what you can find! McGurn replied with a blushing face.

After the maid Dona calmed down, Inspector Griff asked her for some details, and then led the police to the scene of the crime. Charles and McGurn looked at each other, the former seemed quite helpless, as if he didn't want to wade into the troubled waters, but the latter made a sharp look, so frightened that the other party hurriedly followed the footsteps of the police, not daring to hesitate.

The above scenes were all seen by Zhen Shifeng, who was lying on the windowsill on the second floor, from which he could draw two conclusions: First, Inspector Griff, who is in charge of the investigation, is definitely a police detective with a strong sense of responsibility, and his subsequent actions may be greatly restricted, so it is imperative to get rid of him as soon as possible. Second, the patriarch McGurn does not want the police to intervene in the investigation within the family, obviously there is some ulterior secret, and this secret is likely to be related to side quests, so it is necessary to devote some of his energy to monitoring it while he is busy planning the crime.

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Outside the cold storage, the police have carried out the body of Xia Li in the warehouse, and after preliminary judgment, the deceased died of cardiovascular and respiratory paralysis caused by hypothermia, that is, he was frozen to death. However, because he froze to death, the police have not been able to determine the time of death.

According to Dona, Xia Li went to the cold storage to sort out the red wine and did not return for a long time, but when she came to check the situation, she found that the cold storage door had long been closed and the temperature had been adjusted, which was obviously deliberate.

In other words, it was a premeditated case of intentional homicide. The assailant followed the victim all the way, took the opportunity to close the door and adjust the temperature in the warehouse. Because the cold storage is a one-way door, it cannot be opened from the inside, the temperature is too low, and there are no cold items around, which eventually led to the victim's death due to hypothermia. Inspector Griff speculated to himself as he looked at Charles with a solemn expression, "What do you think, Mr. Charles?" ”

Charles was speechless for a moment, indeed, the probability of a member of the family committing a crime is relatively large, of course, it is not ruled out that outsiders may infiltrate the crime, and even the old butler who has been killed by the explosion cannot escape the suspicion.

After some investigation (and someone was sent to investigate the scene of the explosion), Inspector Griff began a one-on-one interrogation of the family members in accordance with the process of solving the case. In particular, mention the interrogation process between McGurn and Zhen Shifeng, after all, the former has a great relationship with the plot of the script, and the latter ............ You can't ignore our protagonist Brother Feng, right?

In the study on the second floor of the West Courtyard, McGern. Green made his penultimate appearance.

"Mr. Green, please be seated." Inspector Griff politely stretched out his hand and motioned for the other party to sit directly across from him, but McGern lay straight on the sofa on the side of the study, looking a little disdainful, and didn't seem to take the little inspector seriously at all, "If you have anything to say, ask quickly, the old man has no time to waste here." ”

Seeing this, Griff didn't bother to be polite, he first nodded to the detective who was in charge of recording on the side, and then turned to McGern and asked solemnly: "According to your maid Dona, the deceased should have been killed between half past ten and eleven o'clock in the evening, what are you doing during this time period?" Are there any eyewitnesses? ”

"I just read the newspaper in the room, and there are no witnesses." McGurn said quite simply.

"According to your nephew, Ryder. What did you do during the half-hour after the explosion, which Green said, and you didn't seem to show up for half an hour? You can't go unheard of an explosion outside, right? ”

"Just kidding, why do I have to be seen by other people when I show up?"

"What do you mean ........."

"I've been wandering around the neighborhood for half an hour, and there's an explosion, who wants to stay in the house? It's just that there are no witnesses. In the face of the detective's questioning, McGern answered fluently without showing any nervousness and hesitation, so that no one could detect anything unusual.

During the interrogation of the case, if the suspect's words and deeds appear to be too calm, it will arouse the suspicion of the police, because even if ordinary people have no ghosts in their hearts, they will inadvertently get nervous when facing this kind of situation, which is a normal phenomenon. But this theory did not work for the sophisticated McGern, who was afraid of such a situation when the wind and waves were coming.

So, with a little impatience, McGurn asked again, "My dear detective, do you have any more questions?" ”

"Mr. Green, don't worry, here's the last question." Inspector Griff paused and continued, "In your opinion......... What kind of person is Butler Ford? ”

"Dedication to duty, hard work!" McGurn ended the conversation with these eight simple words, and then turned around and was about to push the door out, but as he was leaving, he warned in a very stern tone: "The old man is old, you need to ensure enough sleep, if there is nothing else, don't bother the old man casually, I hope you are doing it yourself, Mr. Inspector!" ”

When McGern leaves, only Griff and Wright are left in the room. Griff breathed a sigh of relief, then silently lit a cigar. Wright, who was on the side, leaned over and asked, "Detective, why didn't you ask Mr. Green directly about the point Charles mentioned?" ”

"You mean McGurn's refusal to eat? Scold...... Even if I ask, that old guy will only find a random reason to prevaricate, and his interrogation is basically just a process, and how polite do you expect these respected nobles to be to you? ”

Wright was speechless, so he nodded his head again and again, and after a moment he asked, "So, what should this last boy named Lucius do?" He's only six years old, so there's no chance of committing a crime, right? ”

"How can a child who doesn't have any teeth kill someone? But it doesn't hurt to ask, and maybe the kid witnessed something crucial. ”

"What do you mean?"

"Let him in, I'll ask him two questions, and that's it."