Be a mermaid after 1000 years

Chapter 31

The atmosphere between the couple was 'thick', and Director Cecil arrived.

The Chief of Police’s office is not far from the Central Hospital. The Duke has a limit of 15 minutes. It only took Bernie the police car 10 minutes to drive over. There are still 5 minutes left for him to choose a supercar for the Duchess in the store in front of the hospital. Luxurious seafood gift package, you can't die too badly, this is Bernie's consistent aim.

Unexpectedly, the Duke was in a good mood, and even greeted him first when they met. On the contrary, it was the small Duchess, whose face looked like she had been sprayed by a cuttlefish. Fortunately, the Duchess's appearance did not have any deterrent power. When those big wet eyes glared angrily at people, it would only make people feel that he was mostly acting like a baby, and the Duke's dark expression also proved this point.

For a moment Bernie wasn't sure if the two were just arguing or flirting.

With outsiders around, Blanche couldn't continue joking with his wife anymore, he stood up and signaled Director Cecil to sit on the terrace outside, "Bernie, let's find a quiet place to talk about the progress of this case. "

Li Miaowei saw that the duke had business to talk about, so he nodded with the guests, and was about to leave, but the duke grabbed his hand and said, "Don't go, come and listen together, see if there is anything you missed, Or maybe I can think of something else."

After finishing speaking, he did not let go, and directly led Li Miaowei out. The intimacy of interlocking fingers made Li Miaowei feel extremely uncomfortable. He struggled slightly while walking, trying to get his fingers out of those big palms. Pull it out, Nima, if he did the thing of holding the little hand, it would be more or less the same. I became the object of being pulled, and I feel very different, okay?

"Don't make trouble!" The Duke turned his head and gave him a warning look, tilted his head to the side, and said in a low voice, "There are outsiders watching, and if someone spreads the word, it will be said that our husband and wife have a bad relationship. Isn't that the case? Damage the reputation of the Duke's Palace."

Li Miaowei was taken aback, and subconsciously glanced at the chief of police, only to see that chubby guest with his head down, his eyes on his nose, his nose on his heart, and his eyes were fixed on his toes, not paying attention to them at all.

When he realized that he had been dragged to sit on the rattan bench on the terrace, the Duke let go of his hand and put it on his shoulders. Zoe's small body was leaning against the Duke, and the whole little bird was close to her. , Li Miaowei was a little annoyed when he found that he couldn't show any masculinity even if he held his head up and chest out.

The contrast was too hurtful, he moved his butt to the side, and the Duke invited Chief Cecil to sit down, without looking at him, but his arms seemed to be gentle but forcefully tightened the distance that had been so hard to open.

Li Miaowei was extremely depressed, was this man also possessed by someone when he was on a business trip, why did he seem to be a different person when he came back, his behavior was full of salty smell.

At this time, the Duke turned his head, looked at him and introduced softly: "Zoe, this is Mr. Bernie Cecil, the police chief. You were tied up this time, and Chief Cecil put a lot of effort into it. Otherwise, you two It is very likely that they have been taken out of Ankad City by Gray Wolf and his gang, shouldn't you thank them well?"

The Duke's expression turned out to be gentle and kind, contrary to his usual cold face. Li Miaowei was not used to being stared at by those clear eyes. After several seconds, he let out a dumbfounded sound.

The corner of the man's mouth was pursed slightly, and a smile flashed in his eyes when he turned his head.

Naturally, Bernie wouldn't take the Duke's words seriously. He would be thankful that the Duke didn't pursue Lulu's stupidity with him. Does the husband have a disagreement? It seems to be extremely harmonious.

Unexpectedly, the Duchess stood up suddenly, and thanked him very sincerely and enthusiastically. Director Cecil was flattered, and when he sat down again, he did not find that the Duchess had already sat on another chair.

Blanche looked at her neglected arms with great regret, and thought, well, children are always a bit rebellious and shy, and as the older one, he should be more patient.

Three people officially entered the topic.

"My lord, I have brought the results of these two days of investigation." Director Cecil handed over a report, and said: "The time is too short and the clues are too few, which may not satisfy you, but we will do our best of."

Bernie had a conversation with his cousin yesterday. At that time, the chief of the palace guard had already got the news about the kidnapping of the Duchess. He couldn't say it clearly. He could only hint to his cousin that the police should focus on this case and other cases. A little delay is okay.

Blanche waved his hand, indicating that the report can be read later.

"Bernie, tell me about it orally. I want Zoe to listen to it too. I hope he can recall something again, which may be helpful to you."

"Okay, my lord."

Director Cecil sorted out his thoughts and said: "After the forensic autopsy, except for Gray Wolf's old partner Hodge, everyone else died of poisoning. The police collected all the remaining evidence at the scene and found that the wine they drank last What is put in is not a highly toxic substance, but a substance extracted from a certain type of sea urchin. This substance is colorless and odorless after being dissolved in water. But once it combines with a pollen spore, it will produce a deadly poison. This flower is not a native plant on the planet Motan, but comes from the planet Oran. My lord, it should be said , we are lucky this time, because this toxin will be decomposed soon after it is synthesized, as long as it is a few hours later, we will not be able to find anything."

"Olan star?"

When Blanche heard this, he sat up straight and seemed to take it very seriously. Li Miaowei didn't know why, but Bernie knew that the planet Oran and the planet Motan had an armed conflict decades ago. However, there was always a bit of discord behind the scenes, and no one liked it. The first stop of His Royal Highness’ interstellar visit was Oran Star, where His Majesty the Emperor representing Motan signed a new treaty of peaceful coexistence with their supreme consul.

"Yes, it does come from Planet Oran. I personally checked with a biological expert this morning, and there is nothing wrong with it," Director Cecil replied.

It seems that this matter is really not simple. After the palace coup failed 22 years ago, there were signs that he fled to Oran Star for refuge, but Oran Star officials have never acknowledged this matter.

"Bernie, keep talking."

"Those pollen spores are smeared on the cigarette wrapping paper..."

"Ah, wait!" Li Miaowei couldn't help but interjected: "On the way out of the city, I saw that young man named Claire handing out a pack of cigarettes to everyone."

"Yes, ma'am, he was the one who poisoned the tobacco. He didn't add pollen to the shredded tobacco, but smeared it on the wrapping paper. We analyzed that there may be two reasons. First, in order to prevent Gray Wolf and others from becoming suspicious, he The cigarettes were newly bought in the store, and there was no preparation in advance; secondly, the cigarettes of Gray Wolf are very old, and they can detect whether the smell of the smoke is right or not. As for why Claire poisoned it twice , I think he is afraid that he will accidentally ingest them, after all those cigarettes have passed through his hands. Also, although the owner of the night owl is very dissatisfied with some small actions behind the back of the gray wolf, he sent Claire to get rid of them, but he is not satisfied There is still some hesitation in this decision, the so-called novice is not as good as a veteran, although Gray Wolf is selfish, but after all, his ability to handle things is not bad, losing five people at once, the big man behind the scenes is a little hesitant."

Li Miaowei nodded as he listened. What he saw was very consistent with Chief Cecil's speculation. Berman did say that their boss seemed to be suspicious of the account book that Gray Wolf handed over, and sent Claire to supervise them, but he Unexpectedly, Claire would attack them all at once.

Blanche listened, but felt that there was something unreasonable in this reasoning. Since Night Owl's boss had already planned to kill those five people, why did Claire disclose the tunnel of the Laerz factory to them?Is it because the dead keep secrets?But he didn't need to do this at all, any corner of Ankad City could let them settle down. Blanche believed that the reason why Claire did this was because he had never had any murderous intentions before, and he really wanted to The tunnel was used as one of the strongholds of the night owl.

Blanche thought for a while, and said, "I don't think that guy named Claire had the intention to kill from the beginning, no, it should be said that this was not the original plan of Boss Night Owl."

He raised his hand to stop Director Cecil from continuing to ask, "Bernie, please listen to me, I have reason to infer this, Claire poisoned twice, there may be hesitation in it, but This kind of hesitation is not because of what Gray Wolf did before, but for other reasons, yes, as you said, those cigarettes and alcohol were bought temporarily, there must be other reasons besides avoiding Gray Wolf's suspicion."

Blanche rubbed his chin with his finger, and said to himself: "Is it because Claire knows Zoe's identity?" Without waiting for Director Cecil to respond, he rejected his guess, "No, no, the first The poisoning was done before leaving the city, if he was aware of it, it would be better to let Zoe go if he killed those five people."

"Yes, after our investigation, that Claire didn't know the identity of the Duchess until after killing those five people."

"Excluding this point, it is because of unexpected circumstances that we don't know that made him improvise. Zoe, think about it carefully. What noteworthy things happened during the two poisonings?"

When Gray Wolf and his gang were poisoned and died, Li Miaowei had already fainted. He couldn’t explain why he poisoned Claire for the second time. As for the first time, he didn’t find anything strange after thinking about it for a long time. After Hodge pushed him into the car, he kept pretending to be frightened. He also told the Duke all the conversations of the mermaid mongers along the way. The consciousness was not very clear, but the process was very short, and he quickly adjusted to the bad mood. Immediately afterwards, Gray Wolf said that he was going out of the city and asked Beman to go shopping, but in the end Claire rushed to go.

Li Miaowei thought back and forth several times, his little face became tighter and tighter, with a kind of seriousness and seriousness like a child. After a long time, he raised his head seriously. looking at him.

The director encouraged him gently: "Madam, don't worry, no matter how trivial it is, it might be an important clue."

"Well, I know, I thought about it three times just now, and found that I seem to have missed something."

"What?" At this moment, even the Duke's tone was filled with urgency.

"At that time, two pedestrians passed by outside the car window. Morris wanted to call for help, but Claire punched him unconscious."

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"What? Is this clue useless?" Li Miaowei looked at the faces of the two and asked cautiously.

"Cough, cough!" The director covered his mouth and said politely: "Madam, thank you very much for your help. The police will seriously check what you said."

Blanche leaned back in the chair and said casually: "Speaking of which, isn't there a lucky kid? You didn't ask him to assist in the investigation?"

"That's for sure. It's just that the big red man was quite arrogant and cooperated reluctantly. He dealt with us hastily, and basically didn't differ from what Madam said. He also expressed that he didn't know why those people had internal strife. To be honest, it is understandable for Morris to be very angry, he is really unlucky, first he was implicated in this case inexplicably, and he was the one who was the most injured, he is here." Chief Cecil pointed to his chest and said : "If it hadn't been blocked by something, Claire's shot before he ran away might have killed him, and you kicked his shoulder bone after following the lord. The ghost song and dance troupe will hold a performance this weekend. will not be affected by..."

Halfway through Bernie's speech, he realized that he had talked too much, and the faces of the couple on the opposite side changed. The Duchess felt guilty at first, and then became angry, while the Duke was just a little embarrassed at first, but later, under his wife's glaring gaze, he gradually became angry. Get upset.

Li Miaowei couldn't help it, and blamed in a low voice: "My lord, how could you do this!"

Blanche wanted to say that under the circumstances at that time, he couldn't take the time to judge at all, but seeing Zooey so tight on Morris, he felt very uncomfortable, and the words changed when he reached the point of his mouth, "Who knew he was He's not a good guy, kicking him is considered light, if that kid didn't have unreasonable thoughts, why did he follow your ass and make a fuss, I didn't even mention you, he provoked some dubious people all day long .”

"Hey, my lord, why are you becoming more and more unreasonable, you, don't think I'm easy to bully!"

"Why am I being unreasonable? Do you know that little boy sent me a sky-high medical bill at noon today, and his arm is so valuable? Why don't you say he is unreasonable!"

"Isn't this what you should do? Who told you to kick someone's shoulder bone!"

"Zoe, figure out who is your husband!"

"I'm completely helping my relatives!"

The couple were at war with each other. Although the noise of the quarrel was not loud, one was stronger than the other. The two of them had long forgotten the director Cecil who was sitting on the side. The director put away the report lightly, and hurriedly slipped away.