There was a bright stain of blood on the finely clothed white handkerchief in Catherine's hand, and Catherine unfolded the entire handkerchief and found a large blood stain in the middle of the handkerchief, which was shocking.

She handed the handkerchief to Murphy to look at, and she continued to look down to examine the relics in front of her, and on the front chest of a black tuxedo, she saw some marks that had clearly been contaminated with liquid, and the contaminated area had dried and hardened.

Catherine carefully examined the rest of her clothes, and found that they were all neat, with no wrinkles or open threads from the fight, she put down her clothes and got up to the body, looked down at the body on the morgue and asked Murphy, "How is it?

"There were no traumas, no broken bones, a scar on the chest, but it looked like it was from a sharp blade. Murphy lay the body flat and pointed to the scar on the deceased's chest.

Catherine stared down at the long strip-shaped scar on the old man's chest for a moment, and said with some disappointment, "This scar looks like it has been healing for a long time, and it should have nothing to do with our case." ”

"Yes, Mr. Connor hunted a lot, perhaps by accident while hunting. Murphy said as he pulled the body's mouth open and continued, "Blood can be seen in the mouth and nose, and I remember the grocery store owner saying that Connor's violent cough before he died must have been left at that time. ”

Catherine nodded approvingly, looked at the corpse and said to Murphy: "Judging from the current situation, Connor should have had some sudden illness that caused the sudden death, and it has nothing to do with the bakery owner Barton, he is wronged." ”

"But with the current evidence, I'm afraid the law enforcement department won't believe us. Murphy looked at Connor's body with little confidence and said, "The sheriff in charge of this case didn't even do the autopsy, I don't know how they passed the jury's approval when they testified against Barton, maybe they forged some evidence." ”

"You're right, that guy is annoying when you think about it. Catherine couldn't help but think of the arrogant sheriff, and she hesitated for a moment and said to Murphy, "Well, let's take the handkerchief back first, tell Mr. Rogge the clues we have found, and let him help me think of a way." ”

"Okay. Murphy made no objection, so Catherine put away her handkerchief, put away the clothes on the floor, and Murphy quietly left the basement, and the two of them climbed out of the courtyard wall of the manor to find their horses, and hurried back to the city of Rome.

As it was late at night when they approached the city of Rome, the gates were closed and they could not enter the city, so they rested in the wilderness outside the city for half the night, and it was not until the next day that the gates were opened, and the two entered the city and went straight to the largest inn in the city.

As soon as they entered the hotel, the two saw a little Lori in a black feather dress standing in front of the bar counter much higher than her, ordering food loudly to the boss, who was holding a stack of silver coins in his hand, and looked at the little Lori happily and nodded uncontrollably.

"Lilith!" Catherine opened her arms and shouted happily, and little Lori looked back and shouted in surprise when she saw them: "Stupid girl!" threw herself directly into Catherine's arms, Catherine kissed her twice on the cheek, and asked, "What about Mr. Rogge?"

"The bad wolf is still sleeping, I'm too lazy, so I'll make some breakfast by myself, and the boss will serve the food quickly!" said the little Lori and turned back to the boss and shouted, the boss nodded again and again, turned around and hurried straight to the back kitchen.

Catherine sat down at a table with Lilith in her arms and asked her about the progress of their trip to find the vampire castle last night, to which Lilith told them that she and Rogge had found the Marquis of Field's castle last night, but did not rush closer, but only returned to Roma after observing the periphery.

As he spoke, Rogge walked down the staircase, yawned and greeted them and asked, "How is it, has the case been clarified?"

Catherine told Rogge the clues she and Murphy had discovered, and handed him the blood-stained handkerchief, which Rogge looked down at and examined the handkerchief, and said to the two, "Connor's illness is not a sudden illness, he has a serious illness for a long time." ”

"How do you know?" asked Catherine and Murphy, staring at him curiously.

"The edges of this handkerchief have a faint reddish tinge, they are far away from the bloodstains, they should have been left before, because the blood stains themselves are difficult to clean, even if they are washed repeatedly, it is still difficult to remove them, and the color of the marks is very light, indicating that they have been washed many times, which indicates that Connor is not coughing up blood for the first time. ”

"So, if we can prove that Connor himself is seriously ill, we can use this as evidence to avenge Barton?" asked Catherine, delighted.

"It's not that simple, you'd better go and inquire, Connor's manor is outside the city, he himself is very old, there must be a personal doctor in the city, you find this doctor, if you can confirm Connor's illness from his mouth, and ask him to testify, things will be much easier. ”

"Okay, we'll inquire in a moment!" Catherine nodded confidently.

"However, you have to be mentally prepared that this personal doctor may be suspicious of Miss Connor, and in my opinion, the reason why this young lady brought back her father's body early and refused to see you is to cover up her father's illness, and she will definitely make arrangements on the doctor's side, and if you don't produce some strong evidence, I am afraid it will not be so easy for the doctor to speak." ”

"I see what you mean, I know what to do!" replied Catherine confidently.

"Good boy!" Rogge smiled approvingly, and suddenly saw a group of waiters coming to the table with a dozen plates, putting a large plate of chicken, duck and fish on the table, he opened his eyes wide and looked at the delicious food on the table, looked back at the little Lori and said, "What good have you done, little villain!"

"I paid for the delicious food myself, you are not allowed to eat it, the stupid girl and the skinny mouse can eat it, I have a treat!"

"Little white-eyed wolf!" Rogge glanced at her and muttered to himself, and as she reached for the pork chop, his fingers moved to take a croquette from the plate, and put it in his mouth with two fingers.

Before he could take out his two fingers, Lilith suddenly turned her eyes back, fixed him with a fixed beam, and then stretched out her little hand and punched him hard in the chin, Rog's upper and lower teeth suddenly collided, biting his two fingers.

"Oh, damn little bastard!" Rogge hurriedly pulled out his finger, grinned and glared at Lilith, little Lori gloated and held her little belly and laughed, Catherine, Murphy and Monica couldn't help but laugh when they saw the two of them.

After breakfast, Catherine and Murphy did not stay to rest, and left the inn to Barton's bakery, and asked Petty about Mr. Connor's personal doctor, who said that she did not know who Mr. Connor's personal doctor was, but that the best doctor in town was named Lucas.

Catherine and Murphy inquired all the way to Dr. Lucas's clinic, and when there were no patients waiting in the clinic, the two met the doctor without incident, and Catherine bluntly asked the mild-mannered young doctor about Connor's condition.

"I don't know who told you this, but I'm Mr. Connor's personal doctor, and I think the two of you are here for Mr. Connor's death, right?" asked Lucas, sitting calmly across from them, looking at them.

"Yes, we want to know if Mr. Connor has any illness?" asked Catherine bluntly.

"Mr. Connor is in good health, and it is the autumn hunting season, and he invited me to hunt in the nearby forest not long ago, and no one who has seen him will think that he is in good health. The doctor replied without hesitation.

"You mean, he doesn't have any ailments in his body?" asked Catherine, frowning as she stared at the doctor.

Dr. Lucas nodded silently and looked at her with affirmative gaze, and the girl looked down and took the blood-stained handkerchief from her pocket and put it on the table, and said to the doctor, "This is the handkerchief that Mr. Connor has on it, with the initials of his name on it, and there are not only a lot of blood on it, but also old marks from a long time ago. ”

She leaned forward and stared at the doctor and asked, "At the time of the incident, Mr. Connor was seen coughing violently with his mouth covered, and the blood on his handkerchief was obviously the blood he coughed up, if a person was not seriously ill, how could he cough up so much blood?"

Dr. Lucas's face became a little ugly, he bowed his head for a moment, shrugged his shoulders and said, "It seems that you came prepared, I don't know where you got this handkerchief, it shouldn't have been given to you by Miss Connor, right?"

"Of course not, we have our own way. Catherine replied unhurriedly.

"What else do you know?" Lucas asked, scanning the two of them with an inquiring gaze.

"The deceased had no external injuries on his body, and there were no signs of a fight on his clothes, but there was some liquid that had dried and hardened, and according to the testimony of the wife of the bakery owner, Barton, had thrown eggshells at Connor before the incident, and those liquids were supposed to be egg liquids left behind by eggshells. Murphy took out Rogge's earlier inferences about this word for word.

"It seems that you are investigating very carefully. Dr. Lucas bowed slightly, got up and walked to the door of the consultation room, opened the door and called his assistant, who said to him, "Go and close the door, closed this morning, and don't let anyone in unless there is a life-threatening emergency." ”

After the assistant left, Lucas closed the door of the examination room, returned to his place and sat down, and said, "Regarding Mr. Connor's body, you are right, he does have a serious problem, which has been bothering him for more than a year, but he has kept it a secret from everyone, except for me, only Miss Connor knows his true condition. ”

"We expected this, for when we inquired with the witnesses, they all said that Mr. Connor was in good health, and that, as you said, he went out hunting every autumn and returned with a full load. Catherine nodded unexpectedly.

"But in fact, his health is already very poor, he once asked me how long he can last life, I have repeatedly comforted him, but in fact I can't guarantee how long he will live, but we didn't expect it to be so sudden. The doctor lowered his voice and said to the two.

"What is wrong with Mr. Connor?" asked Murphy, staring curiously at the doctor.

"Sick?" said Dr. Lucas, shaking his head mysteriously, "No, Mr. Connor is not sick, what has plagued him for a long time is a gunshot wound. ”