"Mr. Holmes, can you talk?"

In the wide hallway, a voice beside him interrupted Holmes's push of the door.

An old man with gray hair, a hooked nose, and leather shoes stood between two medieval knights' armor, with a cane in his hand, and looked at Holmes with a smile.

"You are." Sherlock Holmes deliberately showed a confused expression.

James Morea is a working professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Oxford.

The old man stretched out his hand to Sherlock Holmes and shook it politely: "You are really forgetful, you were still investigating me two days ago, weren't you?" ”

Faced with James Moorea's naked questioning, Holmes smiled and said, "I'm a detective, and it's my job to investigate." ”

"Who commissioned you to investigate me?"

"If you're asking your employer, you're going to be disappointed." Sherlock Holmes said, "No one has commissioned me to investigate, Professor Morea. ”

"If you don't have an employer, why are you investigating me? Did I break some law? ”

"Don't get me wrong, I'm just curious about your life experience."

Holmes said calmly: "You have never been married in your life, and you have only adopted one daughter, and you yourself are also the adopted child of the Bradley family. ”

Hearing Bradley's family name, James Moorea's face suddenly became much gloomy, and he interrupted Holmes's words: "No matter what your purpose is, if I haven't broken the law, then your investigation of my behavior has violated my privacy, and I hope you can terminate the investigation." ”

James Morea was a little angry, he didn't seem to want to mention the Bradleys, Holmes touched his sore spot, but he controlled his emotions very well, and even when he was offended, he remained calm.

"If you didn't break the law, you shouldn't stop my investigation." "I am in charge of investigating the theft of the Manstein Company, and I have the power to investigate on my own, which is a power given to me by the Kingdom and the Church," Holmes said. ”

"I have no connection to the theft of the Manstein company."

"Whether there is a connection or not is not up to the suspect himself, although I also think that the professor is not a criminal, but for the sake of safety, I still have to investigate all the suspects, only in this way can I draw the most correct conclusion, right?"

Sherlock Holmes sipped his heather pipe and squinted at James Morea, and the two went toe-to-toe without backing down.

"So, you're going to continue investigating me?"

"Where is the duty, if there is any offense, please forgive me."

"Since you insist on investigating me, I am willing to cooperate with the investigation"

James Moorea took out a notepad from his chest, opened it and looked at it: "I don't have classes the afternoon after tomorrow, if you have time, Mr. Holmes, you might as well come and sit at my house, and I will answer your doubts one by one." ”

"I'll make time."

Taking the business card from James Moorea, Holmes raised his hat slightly, turned and walked into the banquet hall.

Behind the door, Ma Wei and the others took all the conversations between the two into their eyes, listened to them, and knew that in the confrontation just now, Holmes was slightly superior.

"Big brother, why did James Morea invite Sherlock Holmes to his house?" Daniel was curious: "With Holmes's ability, as long as you go to your home, you will definitely be able to find more clues!" Isn't that shooting yourself in the foot? ”

"That's the rule of the Doomsday Party." "They can't hurt innocent humans who don't know about it, and James Morea thinks Holmes doesn't know anything about the Doomsday, so tell him the truth before you do it," Mavi said. ”

"Once Holmes went to his home, it wasn't that simple to go."

When James Morea told Holmes about it, he would definitely put forward conditions, and if Holmes refused to agree, what would be the end?

Click!

The lights in the banquet hall suddenly went out, and the surroundings fell into darkness, and in the exclamation of the guests, the secret door opened, and a maid pushed a small cart in, and on the cart was a huge cake, with nine layers, tiramisu, fruit, and chocolate, each with a different taste, and Yunia was stunned.

The candles on the cake brought some light, and the guests fell silent and sang a birthday song for Freya, and the orchestra began to play vigorously, and Freya took the king by the arm, and smiled very happily, blowing out the candles one by one, when the last candle was extinguished

Bang!

The flames of the muzzle of the gun flickered in the darkness with a violent explosion, and everyone saw only one projectile spinning and flying towards Freya, and then the darkness fell again, and the muffled sound of her body falling to the ground was heard.

"Ah!!h

The hall was in chaos at the sound of the lady's screams, the crystal chandelier overhead lit up, and a pool of blood appeared next to the cake.

"The king has been shot!"

Freya sat on the ground with Rhodes IV, who had been shot in the chest, her face was pale, blood stained her hands, wetting her long dress, and after being stunned for a moment, she hurriedly shouted: "Immortal Realm!" Open the realm of eternal life and save the king! ”

With the experience of the last banquet, the church priest who was sitting in the corner and was in charge of guarding reacted quickly, and opened the realm of immortality at the moment of the gunshot, with the protection of magic, the wound on Rhodes IV's chest quickly healed and no longer bled anymore, but the whole person still fell into a coma because of the severe pain.

The sudden change stunned everyone, no one expected that someone would assassinate the king at Duke Shevaly's birthday party, and in the chaos, the shooter broke through the glass and fled, and Holmes chased after him as soon as possible.

"Big brother, what should I do, do you want to chase it?"

"Don't chase, there are witchers patrolling near the villa, and the prisoners can't run, go over and see the situation."

Through the crowd, Mavi came to Freya, crouched down to test the king's snort, and when he found that it was okay, he looked up at Freya in a panic, his lips squirmed, and he wanted to say something, but he swallowed it anyway.

The villa was suddenly under martial law, and the witchers and policemen patrolling the perimeter rushed into the banquet hall and cordoned off the scene as fast as they could, so that no one could leave.

The king was helped into the bedroom and lay down, the three princes were clustered around the bed, with different expressions, the second prince looked at Charles in disbelief, Charles clenched his teeth, his nervous palms were sweating, and Andrew glared at his two brothers

Who will assassinate the king?

Why assassinate the king?

The king is dead, who is the biggest beneficiary?

Before the prisoner is caught, it is a common method of the police to judge the suspect by the person who benefits the most, and the three princes are the most suspected, but no one dares to say that they are the murderers.

"The projectile is still in the body, and you need to find a doctor to remove the projectile." After examining the king's body, a police inspector said to his men: "Go and call for a surgeon." ”

"Yes!"

In less than twenty minutes, a surgeon with an operating box was brought to the villa, and when he heard that the king was going to be operated on, he trembled and shook his head to say that he did not dare, and finally the priest of the church promised that there was an eternal realm and that the king would be fine.

The realm of immortality can heal wounds and ensure that the wounded do not die, but it cannot take out the projectiles and fragments left in the body, and the king is shot and unconscious, which is most likely related to the projectiles remaining in the body.

During the operation, the three princes, the prime minister, Freya and Mavi were all invited out of the room, leaving only two priests and a surgeon in the room, and the eldest prince Charles broke out in a cold sweat and could not say a word.

The murderer is still being arrested, and the atmosphere in the room is terrible, except for Yunia who is happily eating a piece of cake, which she has just cut from the cake tart, on the grounds that food cannot be wasted.

Ma Wei walked up to the second prince and asked in a low voice, "Your Highness, did you send the assassin?" ”

The second prince's eyeballs almost didn't fly out, and he was about to scream subconsciously, but fortunately, in time, he pulled Ma Wei to the corner and said, "Are you crazy?" Why should I assassinate the king? It's definitely not me! Even if I were to assassinate the king, I wouldn't be able to do it in front of so many nobles! ”

"If it's not you, then only the eldest prince is left." "The only one who can benefit from assassinating the king is the two of you, unless the target of the assassin is not the king. ”

"Not the king?" The second prince was stunned for a moment: "What do you mean?" The Assassins didn't want to assassinate the king? Then why did he shoot at the king? ”

"At that time, there was another person by the king's side."

"You mean"

The second prince's eyes widened and he quietly glanced at Freya: "No, who will assassinate Freya?" Is there any benefit to assassinating her? ”

"I don't know, but I'm sure the killer doesn't know Freya's roots."

"What's Freya's background?"

"It's okay, she's normal."

After another fifteen minutes, the door opened, and the surgeon walked out tremblingly, and the three princes immediately surrounded him, and asked with concern, "How is Your Majesty?" ”

"Your Majesty is fine, you have woken up"

When they entered the room, they saw Rhodes IV sitting on the bed, his clothes stained with blood, but he was in good spirits and had returned to normal.

"Father, it's great that you're okay!" The eldest prince rushed forward immediately and grabbed the palm of Rhodes IV's hand.

Rhodes IV didn't even look at him, coughed twice, and said, "Winston and Freya stay, and everyone else goes out." ”

"Father."

"Get out!"

The eldest prince's body shook, he reluctantly got up, followed the two younger brothers out of the room, and Ma Wei also went out, but then in the name of going to the toilet, he went around in circles and used mud shadow magic to sneak back into the room.

"Winston, who do you think was the one who instructed the murderer to assassinate me?"

"Your Majesty, I don't know."

"There's no one else here, just say it!"

"I really don't know." Prime Minister Winston sighed: "The three princes are very smart, how could they send someone to assassinate your majesty in public?" ”

"I'm telling you the name! Didn't let you defend them! ”

“.”

"Say!"

"Second Prince Shukri."

Under the red gaze of Rhodes IV, Winston gritted his teeth and said: "It is too stupid to send assassins to assassinate the king directly, the eldest prince should not be able to do it, it can only be that someone planted the blame, among the three princes, the person who is most likely to do this is the second prince."

"Freya, what do you think?" Rhodes IV looked at Freya, whose face was pale.

"Your Majesty, I. . . I."

"I know you're close to Shukri, but you don't have to hide anything for him, just say what you think."

"I don't think it was Charles who did it." Freya said, "Your Majesty, haven't you always taught them to value blood relations and not to kill each other? Although they are at odds, they have not yet reached the point of assassinating the king, and they will talk about it again."

"Say anything more?"

"Besides, Your Majesty, your body is not getting worse every day, why did the three princes make such a rebellious act as assassination? Moreover, with the presence of the priest of the Church at that time, the assassination could not have been successful! ”

Rhodes IV thought about it carefully, and also felt a little strange, even if he was shot in the head, the person would not die immediately, as long as the realm of immortality was opened in time, even if he was shot in the head, he could be rescued, unless the head was beaten into pulp.

The assassin fired only one shot, and the target was still his chest, and no matter what one thought about it, the assassination was a failure, unless

"The Assassin didn't know the priest would be there!" Rhodes IV thought of a possibility: "The murderer who instructed the assassins was not from the Kingdom of Windsor!" It's other countries! ”

"Winston, has the murderer been caught?"

"The hunt is underway, both the witcher and the Scotland Yard police are dispatched, and the results will be available soon."

Winston looked at Freya: "This is an intimate party, and the murderer can sneak into the banquet hall, either the guests who received the invitation, or the family members brought by the guests, or the servants of the villa, I suggest counting the number of people and seeing who is missing." ”

"That's it!"

On the king's orders, the police counted the number of guests, and found that all the guests who had visited, except for Sherlock Holmes, who had gone after the criminals, had not left at all.

Excluding the suspicion of guests, the target is only the villa maids, and the housekeeper gathers all the servants, and one by one, they are named, and finally discovered.

All the servants were there, and there were no few, including the new coachman.

The situation suddenly became weird, one no more and one no less, where did the murderer come from?

Could it be that the murderer swaggered in through the main entrance and pushed open the door of the banquet hall to carry out the assassination?

"Big brother. It can't be a member of the Aurora Society." Levine asked in a low voice, "Could it be that one of them came to assassinate the king in order to help us take London as soon as possible?" ”

"Impossible." Ma Wei said categorically: "The members of the Aurora Society who came to London are all elites, and they will not disobey orders without permission. ”

Click!

The door of the banquet hall was pushed open, and a police inspector hurried into the room and came to the king: "Your Majesty, the murderer has set himself on fire!" ”

"What?!"

"We were about to catch the prisoner, but suddenly flames erupted from his body, turning into a cloud of ashes in front of us, and the only thing left was the gun."

The Inspector took out a handkerchief, and when he opened it, it was a scarred revolver, which, after comparing the bullet holes, was determined to be the weapon used to shoot the king.

"Your Majesty, this pistol is not a weapon produced by the Kingdom of Windsor, you see, it has the words of the Kingdom of Romanov on it."

(End of chapter)