Chapter 370: The Lost Sapphire Necklace
Hearing this, Little Furball curiously glanced into the room, and saw that there was a crack in the hidden door, she jumped through the crack in the door, hid in the corner and looked into the room, and saw a woman in a light yellow dress kneeling on the ground, and a blonde woman with exquisite makeup was questioning her.
"Your Majesty, I really didn't steal your necklace, just now when you left, I went to the bedside to pack up the clothes that I didn't use, and when I finished cleaning up and turned back, I found that the necklace on the dresser was missing, I really didn't take it!" pleaded pitifully as the young woman kneeling on the ground.
"You just said that no one came in, and you didn't take it, where did the necklace go?" Queen Irene, who was wearing a blue velvet gown and long dress, looked at the maid in front of her with a puzzled look, looked back at the vacant place of the necklace on the dressing table and asked, "Could it be that the necklace has wings and flies on its own?"
"I don't know, I really don't. The maid named Doris fell to her knees and cried out.
"Did you lose something?" asked the little furball from the corner and looked up at the two of them.
Queen Irene and Doris looked back in the direction from which the voice came, but did not see anyone speaking, and when Lilith spoke again, they found a little black owl standing in the doorway, looking at them with a pair of big shining eyes.
"Are you talking?" asked Queen Erin, curiously stepping forward, crouching down in front of the little furball and looking at her.
"Are you the Queen?" the little furball nodded, jumped on the Queen's hand and let her hold herself in front of her, looked at the Queen's delicate face and said, "You are so beautiful!"
"Thanks, little darling, where are you from?" asked Queen Erin, smiling slightly, curious.
"I'm here with the bad wolf!" Little Furball replied bluntly, the queen was stunned for a moment, and suddenly heard a voice from outside the door: "The little fool can't say anything, how can he directly tell the master that we are here to eat?"
Queen Irene looked up at the door, only to see a man in a black cloak and a black wide-brimmed hat pushing the door open, followed by Martin and Antonio, the queen looked at the man with a stubble on his face with curious eyes, and heard him say politely: "Rogge salutes Her Majesty!"
"Are you a lone wolf?" Queen Irene observed each other with interest, and Rogge smiled calmly and said, "That's right, Your Majesty, I am, the little briquette in your hand is my partner, her name is Lilith." ”
"Don't give me a nickname in front of the pretty queen!" said the little furball as she jumped up from Erin's palm, her little wings puffed up menacingly.
"I'm just introducing you to Her Majesty in a matter-of-fact manner. Rogge looked at her with a smile and smiled at the Queen.
The queen couldn't help but be amused by them, and she said to Rogge, holding the little furball in her hand, "I'm really sorry, as the host, I invited you and your companions to come, and I should have come to meet earlier, but I had some problems with my makeup, so I couldn't go over for a long time." ”
"I can see that there is no small trouble. Rogge glanced at Doris, the maid who was kneeling on the ground with her head bowed, and said.
"Her Majesty has lost a necklace, it must be a very beautiful necklace, and Her Majesty will be as beautiful as an angel when she wears it!" shouted the little furball impatiently.
"Well, I believe what you say, but you can eat a little less for a while, because it looks like you've already stolen a lot of honey!" Rog said with a smile on the Queen's face.
"I didn't steal honey, I'm a good boy!" said the little furball, jumping up and down on the queen's bare snow-white fragrant shoulder.
"Well, I won't debunk you in front of Her Majesty. Rogge turned his gaze back to Doris and asked Queen Irene, "Is there anything I can do then, Your Majesty, if you lose something, I may be able to help you find it, so that we can dine while admiring your perfect makeup." ”
"I don't think I need to bother you," Queen Irene said when she looked down at Doris, "Actually, it's not complicated, just now after I changed my clothes, I left for a while because I had a little business to deal with, and when I came back, I found that the sapphire necklace I had placed on the dressing table was missing." ”
She turned back to Rogge in an affirmative tone, "Doris was the only one in the room at the time, and she said that no one else had been in the room, so who else could take it except her?"
"It's hard to say, have you ever had her searched?" asked Rogge, looking at the maid on her knees.
"I searched it myself," the queen sighed, "this child has been with me for many years, and to be honest, I don't want anyone to know about it, and if she can hand it over herself, I can forgive her for being confused for a while, but if she doesn't admit it, then I can only hand her over to the law enforcement department." ”
Hearing the queen's words, Doris raised her head in horror and pleaded loudly: "Your Majesty, I was wronged, I really didn't steal, please believe me!"
Queen Irene looked at her helplessly, turned back to Rogge and said, "Since she refuses to admit her guilt, then leave it to the Law Enforcement Department to deal with, Mr. Rogge, let's go to the banquet hall, Chief Alfred has already prepared the banquet, just wait for us to pass." ”
"Wait, Your Majesty. Rogge smiled and shook his head and said, "There may be a turning point in this matter, please give me a little time." ”
He walked into the room under the curious gaze of the Queen, looked around, and when he came to the dressing table by the window, which was full of sunlight, his eyes fell on the open window, and he asked softly, "Was the window open when you left the room just now?"
"It seems to be ......," Queen Irene recalled slightly, and nodded, "Yes, it's open." ”
Rogge nodded with satisfaction, walked to the window and looked out, he noticed that the windowsill was very clean, there were no footprints or traces of dirt, no fingerprints left by hands or traces of rope friction, and the window was located on the third floor of the palace building, more than ten meters from the ground.
"That way, you won't be coming in through the window. Rog muttered to himself, and turned back to the queen and asked, "Are there no guards outside the room? ”
"The guards of the palace are at the junction of the corridors," replied Marquis Martin, who stood at the doorway, "and there is a guard at each end of this corridor, and so is in each corridor." ”
"Oh, that's good, please wait a minute. Rogge turned and walked out of the room, Antonio and Martin frowned and walked out of the room to look at his back, saw him walk to the end of the hallway, talked to the guards for a few words, turned back, and came to the other end of the hallway to talk to another guard.
When he returned to the room, he said to the queen, "Neither of the guards has seen anyone other than you come or go, that is, unless there is invisibility or teleportation, the maid must be telling the truth that no one has been in the room." ”
"If that happens, then she must be the one who stole the necklace!" said the queen, looking back at Doris sternly.
"But we didn't find the necklace on her!" Rogge shrugged his shoulders and said, "The thief wants to catch the stolen goods, this girl has never left here, there is no sign of anyone entering or leaving the window, and she has no necklace on her, so where can she get the necklace?"
"Is it still in the house?" asked Antonio tentatively.
"If that's the case, I'll have the whole house searched now!" said Queen Irene, and was about to ring the bell to call the other maids over, but Rogge raised his hand to stop him, "No, Your Majesty, don't bother, things won't be in the house." ”
"How do you know?" asked the queen in surprise.
"It's very simple, if I were your maid, would I steal things and hide them in your house when you would definitely find out?" Roger smiled and shook his head, "That's too stupid, after all, I'm the most suspicious, if you arrest me and interrogate me, what chance do I have to go back to this room and take the stolen goods?"
"That's ......" The queen nodded thoughtfully, pondered for a moment, and asked suspiciously, "What's going on?"
"In my opinion, the thief is certainly not Miss Doris, she is so close to you that she would not choose to do such a thing at such a time, and if she really wanted to steal the necklace, then she could have chosen to steal it and escape from the palace while you were away, after all, she could have come and gone in your room at any time. ”
Doris, who was kneeling on the ground, looked up at Rogge with grateful eyes, and nodded silently, and the queen felt that it made sense, but she still asked suspiciously: "But is it Doris, then who could it be?" As you said just now, there is no trace of anyone coming in from the door or from the window!"
"Could it be the Invisible Man?" Marquis of Thunder Martin looked at Rog with suspicion, he remembered that Rog had mentioned invisibility and teleportation in his words just now.
"Miss Doris, did you hear any unusual noises when you were in the room just now?" Rogge asked Doris, looking down.
"No, there was no sound, except for the chirping of birds outside the window," Doris replied, shaking her head as she recalled, "There are a lot of magpies in the trees outside, and they often chirp non-stop, and there is no other sound." ”
"When we came, we did see a lot of magpies, and there were quite a few magpie nests. Rogge nodded approvingly, glanced at the little furball and said, "I also asked the little villain to go and kiss the magpie, she didn't go alive or dead, with a disgusted look." ”
"I don't kiss the stinky magpies, they only know the stinky beauty, and it's so unfair to bully one in a big group when they fight!" the little furball retorted eloquently.
"Looks like you've been bullied by magpies a lot in the forest. Rogge teased with a smile, walked to the window and looked out the window and said, "According to Miss Doris, if there is no abnormal sound, it will not be a teleportation technique, and when the teleportation technique reaches its destination, there will be an electric current sound, which will definitely attract attention." ”
"Then you mean the thief is an invisible man?" asked Queen Erin, looking suspiciously at Rogge's back.
"The Invisible Man also leaves a trail, unless he's a ghost with his feet on the ground. Rogge turned and walked to the door, and as he went, he said, "Please wait here, I'm going to find someone, I'm sure she'll tell us soon where the lost necklace is." ”