Chapter Seventy-Three: A New Machine, Wow, a Self-Touching Excuse!
"I heard that Lady Wendini is from the south-east of Markway City?"
Su Wen's abrupt accosting made Wentini slightly stunned, but out of courtesy, he still replied with a smile: "Yes, is Mr. Su Wen my countryman?"
"Actually, it's supposed to be a neighbor. ”
"Neighbor?" Wendini was stunned, what kind of neighbor was Markway City? A hilly coastal area, bordered by the sea to the east and barren ruins of the Forgotten Tower to the west, roaming hordes of monsters...... Could it be the big city north of Markwei?
Su Wen began to greet again, Wendini didn't know Su Wen's intention, so he had to deal with it, and at the same time he was thinking about whether to find a reason to leave.
Wentini is worthy of being a master of socializing, even Su Wen can't find anything wrong with her demeanor and words, coupled with her own good looks and unique temperament, Su Wen also began to understand why Warrent would give birth to such a woman.
"Then again, Lady Wendiny, why did you kill Marina?"
Su Wen seemed to ask the question inadvertently, and this sentence was like a magic cannon with full power, sweeping away the previous harmonious atmosphere.
"Mr. Su Wen. Wentini said, "I don't quite understand what you mean. ”
Don't admit it?
Of course, I guess that's right.
Su Wen's calm eyes stared straight at Wentini, and Wendini stared at Su Wen without backing down. If Su Wen were replaced by someone else who was not strong-willed, maybe he would really doubt his conclusion.
"I'm asking, why did you hire Black Rope to do it to Marlena, and why did you choose to poison Marlena on a night so important to Warrent and Snow Castle?"
Su Wen repeated it again, and explained the nature of the problem more bluntly.
"Mr. Su Wen, this joke is not funny. Wentini's face froze, and as one of the hostesses of Snow Castle, she was still restraining her anger.
"It's really not funny, because Marlena was rescued by me, didn't you expect it?"
Wentini's expression remained unchanged, and he said coldly: "Mr. Su Wen, I hope you are not drunk." ”
Even if Su Wen made his words clear, Wendini still did not waver in the slightest.
The conversation between the two was quiet, and the guests' attention was focused on the dance floor, not noticing the atmosphere that had frozen between the two.
But with the exception of Volrente.
Warrent had already noticed Su Wen's whereabouts, and when he came to Wentiny, he already sensed that something was not right.
Hopefully...... Don't go for the worst......
With such worries, Warrent got up and came to the side of the two, along with Warrent's wife, Vivian.
“...... What are you?"
"Catch the murderer. Su Wen replied lightly.
"I think. Wendini replied equally calmly: "Mr. Su Wen must be drunk." ”
"This ...... There must be some misunderstanding in it, right?" Warrent had a big headache, and the situation seemed to be beyond his expectations: "This thing ......"
"It's inconvenient to talk here, if there's any misunderstanding, let's go to the back hall and talk about it, okay" Vivien noticed the atmosphere between the two and quickly interrupted Warrent.
Even if the guests were immersed in the atmosphere of the ball, they would not fail to notice the movements of the Warrents as hosts, and some people with a keen sense of smell had already cast curious eyes on them.
"Then please come with me......"
Warrent led the group to a small room in the back hall and pushed away Balot, who tried to follow. In the end, in this small room, there were only five people: Su Wen Ellie, Warrent, Vivien, and Wentiny.
"So, what the hell is going on?" Vivien sighed, breaking the silence between the men.
"I'll tell you. Warrent replied, "Marlena has been poisoned...... Just now, someone poisoned Marina's drink, but Mr. Su Wen had already rescued Marina. ”
"Poisoning?!"
Vivian and Wendini showed surprised and worried expressions at the same time, even from Su Wen's point of view, their performances were all genuine, and they couldn't see any acting skills.
Regardless of whether Vivian's performance is true or not, this Wentini's acting skills made Su Wen can't help but give a thumbs up.
"Since someone wanted to poison Marina, then I naturally couldn't ignore it, so I tracked down the murderer. Su Wen said: "As you can see, the murderer is Mrs. Wendini." ”
"Wentiny?!" Vivien was taken aback again.
"Mr. Su Wen insisted that I was the murderer, I guess there must be some evidence, if there is, please take it out. If not, I would like to hear your apologies. "Wentini showed the broad-mindedness of a hostess.
"The reason for Marina's poisoning was because of that poisonous wine. The silver-patterned glass used by the Snow Castle is well distinguished from the gold-grained glasses used by the guests, which solves the problem of locating the poisoning target. And the tool for poisoning is this piece of ice. Su Wen took out the ice cube that was almost out of shape, threw it on the table, and continued: "The modus operandi is very simple, that is, use magic to fix the ice sealed with toxins above the silver-veined cup, and wait until the right time to let the toxins in the ice fall into the cup." ”
"That's a good point, but I've never been to the east side of the prep room tonight, have I?"
"Because you still have accomplices. ”
"Accomplice?" Warrent and Vivien looked at each other, then turned their gazes to Wendiny.
"Kyle, Kyle is your accomplice. ”
Now it wasn't just Wentini, even Vivien couldn't sit still, and asked, "Kyle, although I'm usually a little naughty, how can I ......?"
Out of trust in Su Wen, Warrent has not spoken yet, but judging from his demeanor, it is obvious that he is more inclined to Wendiny.
"This accomplice, in fact, can only be counted as half, because Kyle helped you poison you unconsciously. Su Wen continued, "Before the banquet began, you hid the toxin on Kyle's clothes. Because Kyle was playing hide-and-seek in the banquet hall, he caused the others to smell of toxins and decompositing products. I guess you're deliberately trying to confuse him. ”
Later, however, there was a bit of an accident, as Kyle soiled his clothes because he had spilled the beef soup. So, this kind of thing that should have been done by the maid becomes that you take Kyle to the ladies' bathroom on the west side to change clothes, and immediately send the clothes to the utility yard to be washed to destroy the evidence. Unfortunately, in these places, there are traces of the presence of a large number of toxin decomposition products. ”
"The plan is about to come to naught, but at this moment, you dig out the star-shaped ice cube that Ivan gave to Kyle and condensed into his pocket. So, you put the toxin in the ice cube and throw it on Kyle's clothes. ”
"By the time Kyle hid in the east preparation room, the location spell was activated, and the crime scene was successfully created. Next, here's what you all know. ”
After Su Wen finished speaking, he crossed his hands on the table and waited for Wentini's response. Just now, Su Wen was not only telling the process of the crime, but also observing the changes in Wentini's expression, but unfortunately, he didn't see anything. Wentini is too good at controlling her emotions.
"Ridiculous. Wendini seemed to hear some cold joke, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he spat out two words.
There was no need for Wentini to open her mouth, even Vivien had already heard it, she thought about it for a while, and seemed to be brewing appropriate words so that the situation would not become too stiff, and then said: "Mr. Su Wen, if this is the modus operandi, then I have a few questions......"
"If Wendini is really the murderer, then one, how does she control the timing of the poison, how does she ensure that the poison does not go to the wrong cup at the wrong time, and second, if there is no ice cube from Elder Ivan, then what method will she use instead? and most importantly, why did Wendini do this?"
Warren nodded and said, "Mr. Su Wen probably doesn't know Wentini very well...... Since she married into the Snow Castle, she has really shared a lot of affairs for me, and all the account entries are clear and clear, without a trace of fraud, and even her own money is used privately to help the poor people in the Snow Castle...... If Wentini is the murderer, then where did she get the money to hire the Black Rope Society?"
Wentini glanced at Warrent, and such a high evaluation from her lover warmed her heart.
"So, ah......" Su Wen shook his head and said, "First, I heard that Lady Vivien is also a golden tenth-order magician, so she won't even have doubts about what Barrot can do, right?" Second, because of the timeliness of magic, it is easy to destroy evidence, and the previous method is only known to Mrs. Wendini herself, as for why ice cubes are used, of course, the ice cubes from Elder Ivan can confuse the public. Third, motivation. ”
"What is the motive, do you still need to say it?" Su Wen showed a rare sneer at the corner of his mouth: "The big nobleman has been in office for a long time, I'm afraid I don't know the bitterness of the little noble." ”
"Baron Markwe is still the younger sister of the viscount, because of his own excellence and dissatisfied with the surrounding environment, ninety-nine percent of his hard work and one percent of his luck, he became your Volant's lover, and he got his wish and entered the upper echelons of the Maleno Empire. I thought that my son Kyle would be the heir to the title, but I didn't expect to kill a Marlena halfway, you say, can you not be angry?"
"This ......" Warrent felt that Su Wen was a little too much.
From the first Duke of Snow Castle, a series of regulations and measures were set to facilitate the development of the family and avoid corruption, so that the northern Great Wall of the Malenor Empire has been stretched for hundreds of years. With such achievements, it is naturally inseparable from the environment of healthy competition within the family.
Therefore, the intrigue within the entire group of Snow Castle is much cleaner than that of other families. However, no one is perfect, such as the current older generation, who are so obsessed with reputation and rules that they forced Warrent's lover, Marlena's mother, to death. And Warrent, naturally, didn't take too much precautions against the people around him, and almost killed his daughter.
"Rosen's cultural achievements are not enough, so he entered the Snow Castle Military Academy, with his qualifications, it is much more suitable to be a general than a duke; Barot has no intention of power, and inheriting the title will only make her lose her spirituality in magic and die a slow death in daily affairs; Roland and Shirley, now they are beginning to yearn to run outside, and when they grow up, they can stay at home obediently?" Su Wen continued: "Among the five brothers and sisters, only Kyle, except for the stinky problem of being a person who is now used to being a high-ranking person, is the most suitable to become the heir to the title." ”
"So, what Mr. Su Wen wants to say is that because of the issue of the heir to the title, I will assassinate Marina?" Wendini was so angry that he laughed: "Mr. Su Wen probably thinks too highly of me, and you say so much, all of them are just speculation, I can still make up ten such stories for you, do you want to hear them now?"
Warrent and Vivian, at this time, also felt that Su Wen's reasoning was wrong, and began to think about how to reconcile the two of them with torn faces.
"As for the assassins of the Black Rope Society, come, let's think so. Su Wen ignored Wentiny's sarcasm, and continued: "If Mrs. Wendini doesn't have a small treasury herself, then it will be inextricably linked with the black rope, so that they can be invited to accurately locate Marlena's location at the first time, and take action." The female Assassin who was dressed up in the morning was also the one you used to get her in, and the same is true of the four Assassins who disguised themselves as guests in the evening?"
"Mr. Su Wen. Wendini stood up: "If you haven't sobered up, I can ask the maids to take you to your room to rest, if nothing happens......"
"It's nothing, are you going to assassinate Marlena yourself?" Su Wen interrupted Wentini and said, "How can you survive after taking this poison that has almost no antidote, it's unbelievable, isn't it?"
"Mr. Su Wen. Warrent couldn't sit still, and said, "There must be some misunderstanding in this." ”
"There's still time, why don't you let Xiwen help check ......"
The voices in the small room were suddenly a little chaotic, and Ellie smacked her lips repeatedly. It was also the first time she had seen Su Wen so strong, and her understanding of Su Wen had deepened again.
“...... Because, my student, Ellie, is a master of toxins. Su Wen suddenly turned the focus of the conversation to Ellie, so that the eyes of the other three suddenly focused on Ellie.
"Ha ???"
Even Ellie, who was under the influence of alcohol, couldn't help but be a little shy at this time.
Not only that, but she also has a potion that can make people say the truth in their subconscious while they are in a semi-coma. Su Wen smiled and said, "When I was looking for clues just now, I let Kyle's little friend drink a little bit and drag him down, and I locked on Mrs. Wendiny." ”
After saying this, Su Wen saw some emotional fluctuations on her face for the first time during the time she was in contact with Wentini.