The hunting tragedy that happened in the Kingdom of Besbania half a month ago was not as Duke Kirard said, the eldest prince accidentally shot the former queen in a panic.

Even if the eldest prince really shot at that time, he would never have killed the queen, for the simple reason that the bullets in the eldest prince's shotgun were all empty cartridges, and he had no ability to kill at all.

Not to mention people, not even animals can be killed.

Before coming to Besbania, Bai Hejing learned during the investigation that the former queen was a very peace-loving queen, and she had been vigorously promoting this idea of peace and nature in the kingdom during her reign, and at the same time made great efforts to protect various natural ecology in the kingdom.

The queen, who has such thoughts, is actually a little dissatisfied and helpless about her son's preference for hunting.

The former queen often went out hunting with the eldest prince, not because she liked it, but because she admonished her son.

Not only that, but in order to make the eldest prince as little "killing" as possible, she also took many actions in addition to preaching, and replacing all the bullets used by the eldest prince for hunting with empty cartridges is one of them.

The bullets that Bai Ha Jing had previously found in the desk of the former queen's bedroom, as well as the gunpowder powder that had not been wiped clean on the surface of the desk, were evidence of this.

Moreover, the photos and trophies on the walls of the former queen's bedroom also show that he was still a very good shooter when he was young, and his knowledge of firearms and maintenance must be far beyond that of ordinary people, and how to disassemble bullets is naturally clear.

Taken together, this is enough to rule out the possibility that the eldest prince killed the former queen, after all, the bullets in his shotgun have long been replaced by the former queen.

If that shotgun really had the ability to kill people, then Duke Kirard should have been shot dead by Bai Hejing just now.

At the same time, the former queen did not commit suicide, and her autopsy report showed that the wounds on her body were indeed caused by shotgun bullets, and they went directly from the back through the front of the chest.

With the length of those two shotguns, no matter which one of them, it is impossible for the queen to do this kind of anti-human operation of holding a shotgun and killing herself from behind.

Therefore, suicide can be completely ruled out.

This leaves only one last possibility.

That was the only Duke of Kirard present at that time, except for the former queen and the eldest prince.

The one who really shot and killed the former queen must be him.

There were three guns at the scene of the hunt that day, a non-lethal shotgun in the hands of the Grand Prince, a shotgun of the same model with normal bullets in the hands of Kirard, and a normal pistol also on the Duke of Kirard.

After shooting the former queen in the back with a shotgun in his own hand, the Duke of Kirard immediately hijacked His Royal Highness the Grand Prince, who was extremely shocked and incredulous by this scene, and grabbed the pistol on his body with the right hand of the Grand Prince, aimed it at his own temple, forcing the Grand Prince to complete the "suicide".

Subsequently, in order not to expose himself from the rifling marks of the shotgun bullets, the Duke of Kirard also specially swapped the eldest prince and his two shotguns with each other.

After all, the shotguns used by the two of them are of the same model, so even if the police later lock on to the shotgun that really killed the queen through the rifling marks on the bullet casings scattered around the scene, they will not find his head at all, and will only make people believe more in the lie he made up that "the eldest prince accidentally killed the queen".

On the surface, Duke Killard's operation, although not perfect, is difficult to catch.

After all, with his status, it would be reasonable for ordinary people to believe that he would murder his sister and nephew.

Secondly, Duke Killard wore gloves all the time during the hunt, and he was very clever not to leave his own fingerprints on the guns, making it difficult for the investigating police to identify the ownership of the guns at the scene, so they had to believe the lies he made up.

Finally, after the accident, Count Chis's move to block all relevant evidence also hindered the investigation of the Besbanian police to a certain extent, assisting Duke Ghirard in this plan.

Of course, the reason why Count Chiss did this was because he suspected that this was Duke Kilard's conspiracy at the first time, and he was more worried that Duke Kilard would completely eliminate the possible evidence in the name of investigation than the investigation, so he reluctantly chose this approach.

However, it was also because of his actions that Shirakawa Jing was able to deduce the truth of this tragedy so quickly and catch the flaws of Duke Kilard.

"As the Duke said before, half a month ago was the first time you accompanied the Queen and the Great Prince on a hunt, so you didn't know anything about the fact that the Queen would privately exchange the bullets for the Grand Prince's shotgun, and you didn't think of this at all, this is your first flaw.

In addition, I think that the Duke is busy with government affairs on weekdays, and he does not care enough about his nephews, so you have not noticed that His Royal Highness the Grand Prince is really used to using his left hand, not his right hand.

No matter how His Royal Highness the Great Prince is usually asked by Her Majesty the Queen to use his right hand, in that case of extreme panic and distraction, even if he really wants to commit suicide, he will subconsciously use his real used left hand.

But you don't know this, so you made the fatal mistake of having the eldest prince hold a gun in his right hand on the spot...... Your Royal Highness, am I right? ”

Bai He's quiet voice fell, and the eyes of everyone present fell on Duke Kilard.

Unlike his nervous and flustered appearance at the beginning, Duke Kirard's expression at this time was unusually calm, as if the person identified by Bai Hejing was not him, but someone else.

"Hmph, very wonderful reasoning."

Facing everyone's gaze, Duke Kilard sneered and clapped his hands.

"Uncle, sounds like you're admitting?" The second prince Adams on the side immediately asked.

"Shut up, Adams, I'll settle your business with you later."

After a sip of Adams, who couldn't wait to fall into the ground, Duke Kilard slowly got up and looked directly at Bai Hejing in front of him.

"I really underestimated this maid...... In return for showing me this brilliant reasoning, I don't mind putting you to the end...... Well, that's the end of this farce. ”

When the words fell, he raised his hand slightly, and in an instant, hundreds of soldiers outside the Huxin Pavilion rushed over, all of them holding guns, blocking the only way to get out, trapping everyone in this Huxin Pavilion.

And the soldiers who had followed Duke Kilard to the Lake Pavilion before also raised their weapons at this time and aimed at the people on the pavilion.

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(End of chapter)