"One less?"

Polpo asked in broken Chinese.

As soon as Han Daring's words came out, Burroughs, Xu Lingfeng, and the others present also looked around the entire auction hall, and everyone looked at each other, but they didn't notice who was missing!

Han Daring said:

"The owner of the famous painting "The Sleeping Girl", Lynch, is not in the auction room!"

At this time, Xu Lingfeng looked around the entire auction hall and saw that Lynch was indeed not among the guests.

Han Daring said:

"At that time, the auction hall was very noisy during the bidding and hammer dropping process, and everyone's attention was later attracted by the black jade statue, so no one paid attention to when Lynch left the auction hall!"

Lynch sat in the back row on Han Da'er's side, and there were no guests next to him, so even if he left quietly, no one noticed. At that time, after the black jade statue was put out, Han Daring listened to Zhang Xi tell the legend of the black jade statue, so he didn't pay attention to when Lynch disappeared.

Burroughs called the security guard at the door to inquire about it, and learned that Lynch had quietly left the auction hall when the black jade statue was brought up. The two security hosts at the door were responsible for the security work, and there was no accident and no reason to stop them, so they let Lynch walk out of the auction hall.

At that time, the two security guards also saw the dazzling black jade statue under the light, and couldn't help but look twice in the auction hall, but after that, Lynch was gone. The security guard thought he had gone to the lounge across the street and ignored him.

Lu Zhengxiong was beheaded and murdered when the light was black, but if what the security guard said was true, then Lynch had already left the auction hall before the black light, so the suspicion can basically be ruled out. Despite this, Porpo sent his men on patrol, from upstairs to downstairs, inside and out, looking for Lynch.

Polpo felt that although Lynch was not suspected of murder, it did not mean that he was not an accomplice. Soon after he left, the lights of the auction went dark, and it was probably him who conspired with the real murderer! In fact, Han Daring had already thought of this.

Bertrand didn't care who was missing, his mind was now all on Ye Ling, and he decided that Ye Ling's disappearance was related to Han Daring'er, so he clamored for Han Da'er to hand over Ye Ling

Porpo was a little annoyed by his quarrel, he knew that the son of the president of the Chamber of Commerce was a romantic lover, and he didn't need to ask to know that Ye Ling he said must sleep with a girl, so he comforted him:

"Mr. Bertrand, I'm sure that young lady won't disappear into thin air......"

Lao Cai said at this time:

"I saw in a trance that Miss Ye chased a figure and left from the main entrance of the courtyard, and then Mr. Han also chased out the door!"

Polpo listened to Lao Cai's words and glanced at Han Da'er. Then he said to Bertrand:

"Miss Ye and the person named Lynch are now the biggest suspects, and the homicide is likely to be related to them!"

Belante snapped:

"Impossible!

Everyone in the auction hall was unarmed, Ling was bare-handed, how could it be possible to cut off that person's head, not to mention that Ling was a petite girl, who was sitting next to me at the time, far away from beheading the dead man, and it was pitch black at that time, it was definitely not her doing! ”

Han Daring said in his heart, you really underestimate Ye Ling, this girl's ability is not small, if you want to say that she really came to the stage in the dark to kill someone, it is really not a problem for her.

What's more, he is the host's female companion, and the hidden weapon on his body has not been taken away, but if Lu Zhengxiong's head is cut off at once, I am afraid that she will not be able to do it with her strength.

Lu Zhengxiong's figure wants to cut off his head, unless Lu Zhengxiong kneels, otherwise ordinary people have to jump up and swing a knife to get it, and cut off Lu Zhengxiong's head with a knife, then there must be a big blade, but also have extremely strong arm strength and speed.

Besides, Ye Ling only wanted revenge, so he stared at the mirror core and never relaxed for a moment, and then the yellow-robed ancestor stole the mirror core when the light was dark, which alarmed Ye Ling, although he couldn't see who stole the mirror, he still ripped off his long skirt and chased the figure out of the western-style building, they bit very closely, and kept chasing the yellow-robed ancestor closely, so it couldn't be her at all.

Polpodau:

"In this way, it seems that the young lady's suspicion is not big! So......"

He glanced at everyone present, and continued:

"The murderer must be among you!"

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, after a moment of silence, they all suddenly began to prove their innocence, the people in the back two rows said that they were too far away from the auction table, the environment was dark at that time, and everyone had no weapons, so it was impossible to kill!

In the first row closest to the auction table, except for Lu Zhengxiong's seat was vacant, Ye Ling was missing, and there was only Bertrand, but Polpo naturally would not suspect the son of the president of the Chamber of Commerce, so he set his eyes on the three people on the other side of the first row.

These three people, leaning in the aisle are the old man surnamed Jia who just told about the mysterious death of the previous owner's family of the black jade statue, and the middle-aged man sitting in the middle is wearing highly myopic glasses, wearing a suit with gemstone cufflinks, and the outermost is the sworn enemy of Lu Zhengxiong, Xie An, who looks like an impermanent ghost.

The three people in the western village are too old, the old man in his nineties is old and weak, and the middle-aged man in the middle has extremely poor eyesight, and he may not be able to see clearly with glasses, let alone a dark environment. The most suspicious thing is Xie An, and after Xie An returned to the auction hall before, he learned that the black jade statue had moved, and his strange reaction made people feel that he was even more suspicious.

Seeing that Polpo doubted himself, Xie An hurriedly defended himself:

"All of us, we don't even have a sharp weapon in our hands, what are we going to do to cut off Lu Zhengxiong's head?"

Polpo's eyes had already fallen on the long table in front of the auction table, and the outermost side was facing Xie An's seat, a Qing Dynasty waist knife!

This waist knife is the only sharp weapon in the lot, and with the position where Xie An is sitting, as long as he leans slightly, he can reach the waist knife. He was the closest person to where Lu Zhengxiong was standing on the stage.

If he really took advantage of the darkness and noisy people to quietly pull out the waist knife, this is still possible, but it is not easy to say that he can hold the waist knife and climb on the stage to cut off Lu Zhengxiong's head with a knife! And Xie An's figure is tall and thin, so he may not have the strength to cut off Lu Zhengxiong's thick neck with one sword.

Polpo, however, took the lead and had already picked up his waist knife. Xu Lingfeng and Burroughs wanted to say something to stop it, after all, it was an antique from the Qing Dynasty, although the owner of the entrusted auction was not on the scene, but it could not be taken at will, and every time the person in the auction house picked up the waist knife, he had to be very careful!

But the Polpo did not wait for them to say anything, but recklessly grasped the handle of the knife, and drew his waist knife from its scabbard.

Under the shining lights of the hall, this antique waist knife that has been around for more than a hundred years is still shining silver, braving the cold air. Han Daring subconsciously touched the Lu Mo knife hidden on his back, and felt that although this waist knife looked not as sharp as the Lu Mo knife, he knew that this was also a sharp knife after looking at the degree of maintenance and the slight glow.

Xie An saw the shiny blade and said:

"Look at this knife, there is no trace of blood, it is not a murder weapon at all!"

Polpodau:

"It's been a long time since I wiped it, and it's gone!"

While Polpo was speaking, Han Da'er had been checking Lu Zhengxiong's body and severed head. It wasn't until Polpo drew his waist knife that he turned around and said:

"That knife is not a murder weapon, although this knife is indeed sharp enough to be used to decapitate, but the handle is old and fragile, I'm afraid it can't stand the impact of chopping, if you really want to cut off the head, the handle and gauntlet may be damaged!

Moreover, it is impossible to completely wipe off the blood stains on the knife in the dark, and the knife is also coated with knife oil for maintenance, if you really wipe the blood stains, the knife oil will also be wiped off together! ”

Polpo stretched out his hand and touched it, and sure enough, he dipped his hand in knife oil, and couldn't help frowning, and glared at Han Da'er angrily.

He was just about to insert the knife back into the scabbard, but the tip of the knife was crooked, and instead of being unlucky enough to insert it into the scabbard, it almost pierced his hand, and as soon as his left hand let go, the scabbard in his hand fell to the ground.

Xu Lingfeng and Burroughs couldn't help but let out an exclamation at the same time, and Xu Lingfeng, who was leaning on the closest, actually fell to the ground, wanting to reach out and catch the scabbard.

The shark skin scabbard is wooden on the inside, and there are many gems inlaid on the outside, and if it falls on the ground, not to mention whether the scabbard will break, even if it knocks off a gem, the auction house will have to compensate the owner of the entrusted auction according to the price.

But Xu Lingfeng was a treasure connoisseur auctioneer, and he didn't have martial arts in his body, so when he saw the scabbard fall, he pounced over and wanted to catch it, but it was already half a beat late, and before he could pounce at Polpo's feet, the scabbard had already fallen to the ground.

Hearing only a "snap", the scabbard fell to the ground, Burroughs couldn't help but close his eyes, Xu Lingfeng was also trembling, fortunately the auction hall was an oak floor, so the scabbard fell to the ground, and the white copper bottom of the tail hit a hole on the floor, but the scabbard was intact.

Xu Lingfeng bumped into the guest chair, his shoulder hurt, he gritted his teeth and got up, quickly picked up the scabbard, and glared at Polbo with a dissatisfied face.

Polpo didn't care, he just handed the waist knife in his hand to Xu Lingfeng.

Xu Lingfeng felt sorry for the antique, and he was angry, but he took the waist knife and carefully inserted it back into the scabbard, but just when he inserted the knife into the scabbard, he suddenly stared at the scabbard and said "Huh".

Han Daring didn't know what he found and hurriedly walked over, and Burroughs also stepped forward to check and asked:

"What's wrong? Did it break somewhere? ”

Xu Lingfeng pointed to the knife edge and said:

"This part of the scabbard used to have a sheath to swallow! It was a white copper edging, but now it's gone! And ......"

"And how?"

Han Daring asked.

Xu Lingfeng inserted the knife back into the scabbard, held the scabbard with both hands, and said:

"This knife seems to be a few points shorter than the original!"

Burroughs asked:

"Did it just land when it landed, the scabbard tip was thrown off and rolled down somewhere?"

Xu Lingfeng pulled out the knife slightly, pointed to the scabbard and said:

"The strangest thing is here, you see, the scabbard is very smooth, as if it were meant to be, not like it was broken! And ......"

As he spoke, he held the handle of the knife again and shook it slightly. I saw that the blade of the knife was very loose after it was still in the scabbard, as if the scabbard was larger than the blade of the knife more than one circle, and the blade looked very loose when inserted.

Burroughs recalls it for a moment, then continues:

"I remember that the scabbard did have a white copper inlay, and I once inspected this knife, and it was not so loose between the blade and the scabbard at that time!"

Han Daring suddenly thought of something, and was about to speak, when he heard a patrol brought by Polpo, and shouted at Polpo:

"Inspector General! Check it out! There are finds, as if they are bloodstains! ”