The Fran Chamber of Commerce is stationed in Blackstone Town, they are not many chambers of commerce resident in the town, you must know that there are many miners in Blackstone Town, and their value lies in being able to mine the wealth in the ore veins, so most of the chambers of commerce in Blackstone Town are stationed in the mining communities outside the town to facilitate the supervision of the work of the miners.

The reason for this was that the French Chamber of Commerce was special, although they were also engaged in the slave business, they hardly sold any mining slaves, and their main business was to provide bed slaves—men and women, of all ages, and of middle and upper appearance, just to please their guests on the bed.

Pollit likes to deal with this chamber of commerce, especially Virginia, the vice president of the Fran Chamber of Commerce has a great appetite for the mayor of the town, and every once in a while he will generously select the best goods in his hands to give to Pollit, correspondingly, the Fran Chamber of Commerce's leather and meat business in the town has also been supported by Pollitt, and he has agreed to everything that is convenient.

As Layton explains, after Hodge revealed that he was working for Pollitt, the servants of the French Chamber of Commerce led them directly to their residence in Virginia, a red-roofed hut.

"If you still need anything, please do not hesitate to ask. The chamber of commerce's attendant bowed gracefully.

"Thank you. Hodge opened the door, leaned his head into the room, listened for a moment, and asked, "No one lives here anymore?"

"Yes, after Lord Virginia's death, this property will be repossessed by the Chamber of Commerce and will soon be allocated to other adults to live in. ”

"It's so efficient. Hodge muttered, "And what about his entourage, where did they go after Virginia's death?"

"Your Excellency, strictly speaking, all the attendants of the French Chamber of Commerce are in the possession of the Chamber of Commerce, and Lord Virginia only owns them temporarily, and after his death, they will also be recovered by the Chamber of Commerce. They are now being assigned to the firm, waiting for more suitable work. ”

"I want to know who Virginia's closest and most trusted squire is, and I have something to ask him. ”

"Then I'll go to the office and ask him to come over right away. ”

After a deep salute, the attendant turned and walked to the small building in the distance, while Hodge took Hera and waved Layton into the former home in Virginia.

After a brief visit to the cabin, Hodge discovers that Virginia is one of the few obsessive-compulsive patients in the room, and his room is very clean, which is a matter of course, after all, there are diligent squires and slaves, but the point is that everything in the room is in pairs.

The structure of the house is standard symmetrical, divided into two areas on the left and right with a central axis, and the wall structure is similar, so that the symmetrical house is supplemented by symmetrical decoration as much as possible, and there is nothing wrong with it, but Virginia is not "as much as possible" The two braziers that enter the house are a pair, as fine as the texture of the brazier, the placement of charcoal in the basin must be symmetrical, the door is naturally needless to say, all the interiors of each room are symmetrical, and even the position of the candelabra is perfectly controlled.

"If that's the Virginia style. Hodge pondered, and said in his mind - then there is an asymmetry in the house, which should be a clue.

But no, I can't see any asymmetry in the whole house, only one point, one of the houses has relatively more dust, but the interior of the room is exactly the same as the opposite, this room should be uninhabited, and the frequency of cleaning should be slightly lower, which will cause more dust.

"It seems that the breakthrough is not here. He sighed.

At this time, the previous attendant took Virginia's closest servant during his lifetime, named Arthur, about twenty-five or sixteen years of age, slightly pale-skinned, and relatively thin in stature, but in terms of appearance, more handsome than the other servant.

"Your Excellency. Another attendant leaned in front of Hodge and whispered, "If you want, you can use some persecution on him without any problems." ”

Hodge was a little surprised: "Why am I doing this?"

The waiter looked at Arthur not far away with a little contempt, "Because he is different from us, he was originally a bed slave of Lord Virginia, and it was a flattering method to get Lord Virginia to promote him to a squire, and a lowly slave - if you don't do something to him, he won't open his mouth obediently, born cheap bones." ”

Hodge nodded quietly: "Thank you for the suggestion, I'll consider it." ”

"Then I'll be waiting for you outside the house. ”

He noticed that Arthur, who was sitting in his chair, appeared fidgeting, occasionally biting his lip, his hands unconsciously intertwined, and his eyes deliberately avoiding Hodge.

"Ahem. Hodge coughed lightly.

Arthur seemed to be frightened and sat up straight: "Great—my lord!"

"Take it easy, don't be so nervous. Hodge waved his hand, "Just wanted to ask you a few questions, okay?"

“......” Arthur's fingers interlaced, his fingers tapping on the back of his hand, sometimes looking up and sometimes lowering, and finally replied, "Okay." ”

"Listen to the people of the Chamber of Commerce, your closest squire in Virginia?"

"Yes...... I was already a slave to Lord Virginia when I was very young, and eight years ago—" Arthur paused suddenly, seemingly unable to speak, "My lord was very kind to me, and promoted me to squire eight years ago, and I am grateful to him. ”

Hodge looked at Arthur, a little stunned when he heard this. Eight years - Fate is a little monster who likes to play tricks on people, and if he hadn't escaped from that castle eight years ago, maybe Arthur's fate would have been much closer.

He came to his senses and continued to ask, "Are you involved in all the affairs of Virginia on weekdays?"

"For the most part, I share some of the stress for adults. ”

"So you should be quite familiar with his business, both in business and in private life?"

"It's okay - you know. ”

"Good. Hodge sat up straight, "So do you know what Virginia likes to carry with her, such as books and books?" ”

Arthur was obviously stunned and looked at him puzzled: "As far as I know, no." ”

In other words, the things that Virginia had stolen didn't usually carry with him, he thought.

"Did you clean up his relics after he died?"

"The Chamber of Commerce sent someone to count it, and I was with them at the time. Arthur looked a little nervous, rubbing his hands and glancing at Hodge from time to time, and quickly looked away.

"Is there anything missing from the relics in Virginia, such as important ledgers or diaries?"

"No, the ledgers and diaries are still in the house, and none of them are missing. ”

It seems that Virginia didn't even tell a bedside guy like Arthur about that kind of thing.

"One last question. ”

Arthur's expression became even more nervous when he heard Hodge's sudden change in tone, and even a few beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

"Is Virginia familiar with Cromwell and Eugene?"

"Cromwell?Eugene?" said Arthur, blankly, "Who's that?"

Hodge looked into his eyes, and now Arthur's face was more flustered than dazed, and his whole facial expression began to become unnatural.

He whispered in his heart.

"Psychology"

"It's okay, you can go back. Hodge said with a smile.

After Arthur left, Layton said bluntly, "He's lying, it's obvious, I've seen many liars who look and behave exactly like him. ”

"Not true. Hodge shook his head, "What he said is true. ”

"How do you know. ”

Hodge sighed and whispered the answer to himself, not letting Layton hear it.

Because of psychology, there is no lie.