At the border of the troll territory, Rog and his party were stopped by the patrolling troll patrol, and the orc messenger stepped forward to negotiate with the other party, and after learning that they were messengers who had come to meet the Great Chief, the Troll Patrol sent someone to lead them to the base camp. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

After passing through a few more troll camps, the group arrived at the Troll Stronghold, a sprawling camp built on hard wasteland surrounded by several military camps, and like the orcs, the trolls followed the strategy of all soldiers, with troll sentries patrolling around the barracks with spears on their backs.

Rog, Catherine, Sherlock, and John were taken to the Chinese tent in the base camp along with the orc messenger, where a red-haired, blue-skinned and powerful troll sat on the main seat in the tent and looked at them, and the orc messenger stepped forward to hand Susan's reply to the troll attendant beside him.

The troll leader took the letter from the squire's hand, and raised his eyes at the large number of people in front of him as he read it, and when he finished reading the letter in his hand, he couldn't help frowning, looked up at them and asked, "The letter says that there are only two people, a man and a woman, why are you four?"

"That's right, Grand Chief," Rog stepped forward to explain to the troll Grand Chief Amus, "Sherlock and John were two of us on the way, and they were more talented in investigating the case than I was, so I asked them to participate in the investigation of the case. ”

"I see. Amus looked at Sherlock and John suspiciously, waved his hand to the four of them, and said, "In that case, then please sit down, if you want to know anything about this case, you can ask." ”

The four of them then sat down on either side of the Grand Chief's head, and Rog looked at Sherlock and motioned for him to ask the first question, but Sherlock shook his head slightly, and Rog said to Amos, "Grand Chief, can you tell us more about the day of the crime?"

"No problem," Amance said after a little recollection, "the deceased's name is Amanda, now twenty-five years old, and the dead were found three days ago in the afternoon, and the bodies were found by her two children, the eldest son Fred is seventeen years old, and the youngest daughter Jessica is fifteen years old. ”

"The two left home in the morning to join the hunting party and came home in the early afternoon to find that their mother had been killed, and I have already written in my letter that Amanda had been stabbed seven times in the neck, and even bones were exposed in the deepest part of the house, and there was blood everywhere, and the two children screamed in fright, alarming the neighbors. ”

"Wait a minute," Sherlock said suddenly in pure orc language when he heard this, "didn't there leave any footprints in the blood at the scene?"

"No," Ames said slowly, shaking his head, "In fact, when the soldiers arrived at the scene, the scene had become a mess, and according to Fred, who was the first to arrive at the scene, they didn't see any footprints, and the youngest daughter, Jessica, was frightened and still cried and couldn't communicate properly. ”

Sherlock didn't say anything more, bowed his head and fell into deep thought, and Rog motioned to Amus to continue his story: "When the soldiers arrived at the scene, they found Amanda lying on her side on the ground, with a blood-stained meat cleaver on her neck, the blade embedded in the wound, and six other wounds of varying shades nearby. ”

"Apart from this, nothing was lost in the deceased's house, and according to Fred, the eldest son of the deceased, the knife that killed his mother was usually placed on the table and was used to cut meat for consumption, which may seem strange to you, but it is very normal among our tribe, and I also have one on my table. ”

Amus pointed to the dining table not far behind Rogge and Catherine, and the four of them saw a long and thick snow chopping knife on the table, Rogge nodded slightly and asked Amus: "Does the deceased have any enemies, or are they particularly close to anyone?"

"After the incident, the commander in charge of the defense of the camp once sent someone to investigate, Amanda did not have a grudge against anyone, her husband has been leading the army for a long time, and there is no enemy, as for the people who are closer, Amanda was originally from other tribes, and she has lived here for a short time, and there are no people who are too familiar. ”

"How is she and her husband on top?" Rogge asked, pulling a cigar from his tobacco pouch and playing with his fingertips, "Judging by the age of the deceased and her two children, it seems that she is not their biological mother." ”

"That's right, Amanda and her husband Leon were newly married, and they were very close, Leon's ex-wife died in an accident while out hunting a year ago, and Leon met Amanda while leading the army, and the two fell in love at first sight. ”

"What a misfortune, John. Sherlock looked back at his best friend and shook his head regretfully, saying, "This Mr. Leon has lost two wives in a row in a year, forgive me for bringing up your sadness, old friend, but you have lost your lover, and you must be able to feel his pain." ”

"Of course, Sherlock," John nodded sympathetically, with a hint of nostalgia and nostalgia in his eyes, and sighed, "I hope we can quickly find the murderer of his wife, and give him some comfort." ”

John's words made everyone present nod silently, only to hear the big chief Amus sigh and say: "That's right, because this matter is now panicking in the whole camp, and there are many rumors about Amanda's death, some people say that it is Leon's ex-wife ghost asking for her life, and some people say that Amanda committed suicide." ”

"Suicide?" Rogge couldn't help but smile when he heard this, he shook his head and said, "How is this possible? Who would kill himself by slashing himself in the neck seven times in a row, this is simply impossible to do." ”

"While I don't think it sounds likely, many of Amanda's neighbours have mentioned that she has been restless lately, and even though she hasn't mentioned anything to them, they can all see that she is not mentally stable. ”

"You mean, she might have a mental problem?" Rogge asked, frowning.

"I'm not sure," said Amus, spreading out his big blue hands, "her children say that she sometimes seems to behave strangely, but when they communicate with her, everything is normal, and her neighbors say that she has been seen behaving strangely on several occasions, whispering with her head bowed and with a hideous expression on her face." ”

"For this reason, I also specifically asked the shaman, and the great wizard thought that this could be influenced by voodoo, but after investigation, it was not found that Amanda's family had a holiday with any shaman, so there should be no possibility of being persecuted by voodoo. ”

Amus finished looking at the four people in front of him with inquiring eyes, Rog and Sherlock both bowed their heads in deep thought, and John and Catherine looked at their partners with confused expressions.

After a moment, Rogge looked up at Sherlock and said, "Mr. Sherlock, is there anything else you'd like to know?"