Chapter 14: The Ancient Teachings of the White Rose
The people present looked at each other, never expecting Charlotte to be able to say the truth.
But after all, he was a relative of the suspect, and Paul couldn't believe it, so he ordered his men to forcibly invite the bedridden priest over.
As a result, the priest came to the same conclusion as Charlotte said.
At this time, not only the people of the Mounted Police Regiment were dumbfounded, but even the people of White Rose looked at Charlotte differently.
Through this detail, Charlotte came up with another very important piece of information about this other world.
The knowledge barriers and system monopoly here are very serious.
That's why, although both the Mounted Police Corps and the White Rose often deal with homicides, neither will be equipped with a professional coroner, Charlotte guesses, the relevant knowledge system, must be monopolized by the Holy See of Thea.
Although Paul's heart is cloudy, he still pretends to be disdainful on the surface, and even has a gloating smile on his face.
I saw him pout, and carried a pocket glass bottle in his hand.
"This small bottle was found on the suspect Venia after the people who were present at the time entered the door, and there was an aftertaste of medicine in it."
Fina took the vial from Paul's hand and put it under her nose to smell the lingering scent.
"Aconitum and tama trees, sea mandala grass...... They are all highly poisonous herbs. ”
The crowd was in an uproar, and Charlotte understood why Paul was so proud. Charlotte's autopsy results are equivalent to personally confirming Venia's incriminating evidence.
Venia raised her head slightly, at this time the long brown hair ran down her beautiful cheeks, on the clear eyes like water, the eyelashes flickered, and the plump lips pursed slightly, reflecting a different kind of delicateness.
At this point, she was still tightly bound.
Between the gaps in the cage formed by the rope, two white rabbits jumped out.
She calmly retorted:
"Our family is a farmer who lives a duty, what are we doing with this medicine bottle? Someone must have put it on me. ”
The crowd of onlookers, many of whom supported Venia because of her beauty or her reputation.
But there are also those who are jealous of Venia who retort, and the two sides argue with each other, and they have the position of each other.
"Quiet!"
Knight Fina raised her white wrist, and the scene suddenly fell silent.
Charlotte knew that she couldn't let the people of the White Rose waver, otherwise things would have no chance to turn around.
This crisis cannot be resolved by force alone, and it is a battle of wits that tests wisdom!
His mind began to run rapidly, and in a flash of lightning, he grasped the inspiration, and calmly said to Fina:
"I find a lot of suspicion in the matter, please consider it, Lord Knight.
According to Jenny's statement, Tori and her sister stayed in the tea room from 7 to 9 o'clock.
For such a long time, if my sister was murderous and poisoned, Tory would definitely resist and make a fuss, but the testimony of the person concerned did not mention this matter, not to mention, how could Tory, who is the chosen one, not be able to beat my sister.
Moreover, it was already 10 o'clock in the morning at this time, if it was really my sister who was poisoned, counting the time that my sister was in a coma, Tori's death time must have been far more than 1 hour, which conflicted with the results of the autopsy. ”
Jenny questioned rather angrily: "Who knows if Venia took advantage of my daughter's inattention, quietly poisoned and killed her, and then pretended to be asleep herself." ”
At this time, an old woman with gray hair in the crowd stood up and retorted:
"My name is Grace, I'm the doctor in Stardew's neighborhood, I'm here this morning, I'm willing to testify on Venia's side, when a few of us rushed into the tea room, Vinia's eyes were bloodshot, and she definitely looked like she had just woken up after a long slumber."
"Thank you, Lady Grace!" Venia looked at the old man gratefully.
Grace has no children under her knees, and has received many favors from Venia.
Charlotte continued:
This brings us to the second question.
The herb tea that my sister and Tori drink is a home-cooked tea in the town.
Even if this black tea has the effect of helping sleep, it will not put two adults directly down to sleep. The potion bottle on my sister's body is too deliberate, and the motive for planting the blame is too obvious. ”
Fina bowed slightly, her silver-white eyelashes trembling slightly, there was too much logic loophole in this.
At this time, Paul, who could not interject, turned pale.
He never expected that an ordinary country farmer would have such thinking ability.
The most important thing is that, in terms of position, he Paul should be the one who thinks of this.
Whether it was an autopsy or reasoning, Charlotte controlled the whole process and stole the limelight, which really made him lose face.
Now, except for the only physical evidence potion bottle, the rest of the things are the two sides of the incident, and Fina still decided to go to the scene of the crime to take a look.
A mounted police officer escorted Vinia, and everyone rushed to the room where the crime occurred.
Halfway down the road, Ilya slowly approached Charlotte and whispered:
"Mr. Charlotte, if things are not clear, those stinky mounted policemen are going to attack my sister, I must save her!"
With that, she pressed her little hand on the long handle of the giant scythe, and her red eyes seemed to be about to ignite a raging flame, and her cheeks were round like small meat buns.
Charlotte rationally analyzed the strength comparison of the two sides.
Those White Rose Knights, the lowest strength is also the Chosen Apprentice, and Fina's strength seems to be even more unfathomable, and it is conservatively estimated that it is also up to Sequence 8.
And Charlotte and Elijah have just stepped into the realm of the Fallen Demon Apprentice and the Witch Apprentice, and they haven't even reached Sequence 9.
Now if you want to save people from the knights, it's a bit of marrying Aragaki Yui as a wife - a pipe dream.
"Miss Elijah, don't act rashly yet, things should still have a turnaround, trust me, you pay attention to the location of the witch's breath."
Charlotte secretly clenched her fists, he had heard how the Frank Mounted Police abused prisoners, and today they would not allow them to take Venia away.
Arriving at the scene of the murder, he looked around.
Entering is a spacious living room with the kitchen and Jenny's bedroom on the right hand side and the tea room and Torrey's bedroom on the left.
Squat down to look at the broken tea room door, this valve lock is driven entirely by high-pressure steam, the outside of the door is a keyhole, and the inner part is a switch, and the inside is locked, so it cannot be opened from the outside.
The internal test of the door is still in the same state as it was when it was breached, and it is completely locked.
He frowned slightly, this evidence was very unfavorable to Venia.
When I got up and looked around, the tea room was made of very heavy old-fashioned stone bricks, the walls were free of holes and gaps, and the doors and windows were also fine iron glazed windows that could not be opened.
Charlotte looked at the mahogany table in the center of the tea room, on which teapots and teacups were poured horizontally, and the tea on the table was dripping to the floor.
Fina asked the knight to identify the black tea on the table, and it turned out to be a very ordinary herb tea.
Charlotte had a faint sense of crisis in her heart: there was no problem with the tea, and Tori had died of poisoning, except for the medicine bottle on her sister's body, in this secret room, she really didn't know where the poison could come from.
Sure enough, Paul breathed a sigh of relief and said to Fina:
"Miss Fina, now that the truth of the matter has been ascertained, the townswoman Venia, because of a recent conflict with Jenny's family, poisoned her daughter Tory in order to vent her anger.
We, the Frank Mounties, immediately arrested Venia and brought her back for trial, where the Court of Arbitration will decide on a later date. ”
Hearing Paul's words, the crowd was in an uproar, and the townspeople looked at Venia with sympathetic eyes.
Venia's eyes revealed despair, and her beautiful eyes gradually dimmed.
Charlotte frowned and stepped forward to stop them from taking Venia.
"Wait a minute! As I said earlier, Tory's death was not at the right time, and ......"
Paul interrupted with a sneer:
"The mere fact of the time of death does not clear Venia's suspicions.
You were also Venia's younger brother, and you would definitely favor her when analyzing the case, and it was Miss Fina's net to allow you to enter the scene. ”
Charlotte's heart sank, this one named Paul was ruthless enough, and he used the question of identity legitimacy to directly deny his previous defense.
A great sense of crisis hangs over the Charlotte family.
Charlotte was in a hurry and said calmly: "Miss Fina, when they rushed through the door, in order to make my sister and Tory sober, they fed them mint water from the kitchen, please test for toxicity." Also, my sister was not the only one at Jenny's house at the time, so please check everyone's alibi. ”
He could see that this silver-haired and cold beauty was the one of these white rose knights, and as long as he hugged her thighs, things should have a turnaround.
Fina pondered for a moment, then ordered to actually test the toxicity of mint water.
"Miss Fina!" Paul was visibly dissatisfied.
Fina frowned slightly:
"Defend justice and eliminate evil" is the ancient motto of the White Rose Knights from the sacred generations of the Kingdom of Sophia.
As the enforcer of the Sophian Code, the Knights will not allow any wrongful convictions, does Mr. Paul want me to report to His Majesty the King and the ministers when I return to the royal capital, that the Mounted Police led by Frank have ignored the majesty of the Code? ”
Paul had no choice but to say,
"How could it be, Miss Fina was too worried......"
After a while, the knight took the mint water to test the toxicity, and the results were not problematic.
Jenny smiled bitterly: "I personally brought this water into the house for them to drink, how could I poison my own daughter?" ”