"Wow, stupid girl, you hit me, lose money!"

The yelling of the little furball echoed in his ears, Rogge looked down at Catherine who hit him, poked the little head of the little furball on his shoulder with his finger and frowned: "The little villain with no conscience, you also lie to your own people, what about Catherine?"

"I didn't kiss the stupid girl, you kissed it!" the little furball quibbled.

Roger smiled, cast a curious gaze on Catherine's anxious face and asked, "What's wrong with you, what's causing you to be in such a hurry?"

"That's right," replied Catherine, with a firm steadiness, "that the maid Victoria said that she had bought tobacco at your request and brought it to the hall for you, but was stopped by the Marquis and Madame and asked her if she was the murderer of the poison. ”

"And what did she say?" asked Rogge, smiling with interest.

The Marquis and Madame were very angry, and said that they would let the sheriff arrest her and torture her, and the head of Antonio saw that things were not going well, so he asked me to come back to you. Catherine looked behind her with some concern, and looked at Rogge with an inquiring gaze.

"Where's the tobacco she bought me?" Rogge bowed slightly, and suddenly came out with such a sentence, Catherine didn't expect him to ask about tobacco at this time, and couldn't help but be stunned for a moment and said, "On the coffee table in the hall." ”

"Very well, let's go back. Rogge nodded in satisfaction, and returned to the hall with a skeptical Catherine, and saw Victoria standing in the middle of the hall, and the Marquise and his wife sitting on the sofa with Antonio and Tali, who were trying to persuade the Marquise not to be angry.

Rog greeted them and walked straight to Victoria, and when the maid saw him, she immediately turned to him and begged, "Sir, please help me, I am really not a murderer!"

"Don't worry, my child, wait until I see what you brought back for me. Rogge smiled and walked past her, came to the coffee table, opened the tobacco pack on the coffee table, and saw that it was wrapped in a large packet of shredded tobacco.

"Well, the goods are good, how fragrant this smells!" Rogge put a wisp of tobacco to his nose and sniffed it, smiled slightly with satisfaction, and rewrapped the tobacco in the marquise and duchess, "Your Excellency, Madam, it seems that you are not good at interrogating this matter. ”

"Sir, I thought about it after you took her away, only she had a chance to poison her, as you said, it only took five minutes for her to walk for ten minutes, and what she was doing in the middle of five minutes is already clear, isn't it?" said the Marquis.

The Marquise sighed with a look of pity and said, "I also think that the old man is right, although I don't know why this child did this, she has always been a good girl in our eyes, I can't believe that she would do such a thing!"

"I really didn't poison me," Victoria shouted aggrievedly, "I was really just stopped by Valentina, she pulled me and told me a lot about the head chef, and then Yuri caught up from behind and urged me to leave, so I separated from her and hurried to the banquet hall, I didn't do anything else!"

"Your Excellency," Rogge asked, stopping the Marquis as he was about to speak, and as he sat down beside Antonio, "did you run into the patrolman Yuri after you came out of the kitchen on the day of the incident?"

"This ......," the Marquis thought for a moment with his brows furrowed, and nodded slightly, "I remember, I did meet a patrolman, he saluted me, and then went on, I didn't pay attention to him at the time, and soon he disappeared before me." ”

"And then, who else did you meet?" asked Rogge, continuing inducingly.

"And then ......," said the Marquis, after a moment's thought, "and then I met a lady-in-waiting, and she came towards me, but I do not remember her name, and I am not very familiar with the people of the palace, except for some of the stewards. ”

"I see. Rogge smiled with satisfaction, turned back to the nervous Victoria, and said, "You go and get busy first, but remember, this does not mean that you are innocent, you must make sure that you can see you at any time when I am looking for you, understand?"

"Yes, sir. Victoria bowed gratefully, and turned her inquiring gaze to the Marquis and Madame, and when they saw that Rogge had said so, they waved their hands to let Victoria leave.

As soon as the maid left, the marquis immediately asked Rogge worriedly: "Sir, why did you do this, she is clearly the person with the best chance of poisoning, why didn't you interrogate her on the spot and let her go?"

"Do you have any proof of her murderer?" asked Rogge, sipping his coffee on the table and smiling.

The Marquis and the Madame looked at each other, and the Marquis asked in surprise, "Isn't the situation obvious enough now?, although I hate to say so, but Victoria is undoubtedly the biggest suspect, can you find someone more suspicious than her?"

"With all due respect," said Rog, smiling as he put down his coffee and leaned back against the back of the couch, "as things stand, you are more suspicious than Victoria, should I hand you over to the sheriff for questioning?"

"Sir!" the Marquis shouted angrily, glaring at him, "You'd better explain what you mean, I hope you're not joking with me!"

"Your Excellency, please be calm, your irritability will only increase my suspicion of you, because people who have no secrets in their hearts will not be free to burst into flames. Rogge smiled unhurriedly and looked up at him.

The Marquis glared at Rogge's smiling face, but felt that there was nowhere to release his anger, and then the Marquise, who was sitting on the side, gently pulled his arm and said, "Don't get excited, let Sir make it clear, you sit down first." ”

The marquise had no choice but to sit back in place, bowing his head in anger, and the marquise on the side looked at Rogge's face and asked: "Sir, my husband is really not a murderer, if you have any suspicions, you can ask us, we will tell you the truth." ”

"I don't have anything to ask you," Rogge said with a gentle wave of his hand, "It's just that the Marquis's behavior has aggravated his suspicions, as far as I know, Victoria has been in the mansion for many years, and you two have treated her well, and Victoria herself told me so." ”

The Marquis and the Lady couldn't help but look at each other when they heard this, only to hear Rogge continue: "Victoria and Prince Kevin don't know each other, she has no reason to kill the prince, if she did it, then someone must have instructed her behind the scenes." ”

Speaking of this, Roger smiled and stared at the Marquis's suspicious face and said: "That's right, you must have thought that the person who can instruct her is either paid to buy her, or has the power to make her obedient, you meet the conditions of the latter, and you want to send her to prison without evidence, which is more like a pawn and a handsome murderer." ”

"Oh my God......" the marquis exclaimed, spread his hands in a panic and said continuously: "I didn't think about it so much, I really didn't think about it so much, I was just anxious to find out the murderer, hoping to end this matter, after all, now Checheng is not capable of resisting the invasion of the army, I have no time to delay!"

"I am willing to believe you, Lord Marquis, at least until there is clear proof that you are the murderer. Rogge waved his hand to reassure him, then said, "We have two more days to use, you don't have to worry too much." ”

"But," said the Marquise, still worried, "the problem with this case is that no evidence has been left, and after the case we have summoned all the magistrates of the Law Enforcement Department to the castle to look for evidence, but they say that all the evidence has been destroyed, and there is nothing to prove. ”

"You're right, the most important thing in a poisoning case is the residual poison, but in this case, all the utensils have been washed, and the murderer's poison and remaining poison have not been found, and we don't even know the murderer's method of poisoning, which is indeed a very troublesome thing. ”

"But," said Rogge, smiling at the worried expressions of the Marquis and the Marquis opposite, "even if time can erase some evidence, it will not erase all traces, and as long as someone has done this, we will always find the little tail he left behind, please rest assured." ”

At this time, the butler came to report that lunch was ready in the restaurant, and the marquis and his wife got up and invited Rogge and the others to go to the restaurant to eat together.

After taking his seat, the Marquis noticed that there was a bowl of beetroot soup in front of Rogge, and he asked the butler in surprise why there was this dish, and Rogge took the initiative to tell him the reason, and the Marquis sighed and said, "Hey, I'm afraid I'll never make this dish again in the future, as long as I see it, I feel uncomfortable." ”

"I can relate to your feelings, so I asked the head chef to make a bowl for me, I saw his craftsmanship in the kitchen, maybe he is much worse than you, but it is already a pleasure for a foreigner like me who wants to experience the flavor of Erus. Rogge sniffed the aroma of beetroot soup and said.

"Joseph is indeed very good at cooking," said the Marquis in agreement, "in fact, his beetroot soup is no worse than mine, and even better than mine in some respects, which is why I have kept him in the palace." ”

He sighed and shook his head with emotion: "Joseph has a bad temper, and he is good at gambling and drinking, except for this cooking skill, he has no other skills, his wife left him very early because of his gambling, he doesn't even have savings in his hands, if I kick him out, he will even have a problem with life." ”

"Your kindness is entirely correct, as a chef his private life does not cause you any problems, as long as he does his job brilliantly, and the rest should not be harsh. Rogge smiled appreciatively and raised his glass to the Marquis, and the two clinked glasses gently.

"Bad wolf is right, a chef who cooks well is a good cook, and a child who is not a picky eater is a good child!" said Lori Lilith, who was sitting next to Rogge.

"I don't agree with the second half of the sentence," Rogge squinted at her greasy little mouth and muttered, "You can eat up a kitchen, but you're still a little villain." ”

After lunch, Rogge said goodbye to the others and took Catherine out of the castle, and at the gate of the castle he instructed Little Furball and Little Flower Spirit: "Catherine and I have some things to go out, we will not come back for dinner, and there are a few tasks for you to do." ”

He called Little Flower Spirit to the front and ordered, "Monica, you keep an eye on Victoria, pay attention to who she is in contact with, what she says, if there is any unusual behavior, and tell me when I come back." ”

Monica agreed, and Rogge called the little furball over and said: "Little villain, give you two tasks, you are responsible for keeping an eye on the marquis and his wife before midnight, to see what they have done and said, you are good at this, you don't need me to tell you, the important thing is after midnight." ”

He held Lilith in the palm of his hand and muttered a few words in her ear, and the little furball nodded in understanding, and Rog left the castle with Catherine.

Looking at their departing backs, Little Furball tilted his little head and said to Little Flower Spirit a little unwillingly: "Monica, the bad wolf deliberately broke us away, he must have run out to fall in love with the stupid girl!"