Before the servant finished speaking, Danglars had already pulled him up and walked out, followed by Mercury Needle not far away.
However, Tanglar, who was hurrying out with his servant, suddenly bumped into Si Lei who was coming in.
"I don't have eyes -" Tanglar held on to the door frame and barely managed to avoid falling. When he saw clearly who was in front of him, his voice immediately dropped an octave, "Do you have eyes..."
"Are you okay?" Si Lei looked at him, "Where are you going out in such a hurry?"
Tangglar let out a dull "uh", and then said after a while, "Nothing else, I just want to go to Gray's place... and have a look."
"Oh. What's wrong Mr. Grey?"
"...My master didn't come back all night," the servant looked at Si Lei's uniform with some restraint, "I...just came to see the Viscount to ask..."
"What's the use of looking for the Viscount when he's gone?" Si Lei was a little surprised, "Call the police."
"You can't call the police!" Tanglar instinctively raised his head.
Si Lei's eyes were a little more suspicious, "...Why?"
"Because...because-"
Si Lei directly interrupted Tanglar's defense. She looked at the servant and said, "Tell me."
"Ah?" The servant was a little confused, "Well... it's just... it's a bit... inconvenient?"
"Why is it inconvenient that he is missing?" Si Lei looked at him, "Are you, Mr. Gray, a fugitive?"
"Of course not!" the servant replied quickly. He glanced pitifully at Hesta in the distance, "I...I heard that there are mercury needles here, so I thought..."
"The mercury needle is not responsible for everything," Hesta smiled, holding her chin, "Mr. Gray is not under our protection."
The servant was a little frustrated, "Then, I'm going to call the police now -"
Danglars once again grabbed the servant's hand, "I know Gray's affairs best, and everyone else should stay out of it! It's his business where he falls in love. If you look for someone in a big way now, you might spoil his mood. .”
"No, no," the servant shook his head without any explanation. He completely understood Danglars' conjecture, "Mr. Viscount, if this is the case, your lordship will definitely send a message back, and he took part of his luggage with him when he went out last night. , there is no reason to disappear suddenly today, I am worried..."
Before the servant finished the second half of his sentence, there was a commotion in the distance. Four or five girls were holding up their skirts and running here in a panic. When they saw Si Lei, their eyes lit up almost at the same time.
"Officer Si Lei!" The one at the front rushed up the steps. She looked panicked, her hair on her temples stuck to her forehead with sweat, "There is a body! We found a body in the pomegranate garden! Someone is dead!"
"Calm down," Si Lei frowned, "What body? Where is it specifically?"
"You come with us!"
Si Lei followed a few girls out almost immediately, and Tanglar and Roger's servants took the opportunity to slip away.
Hesta hesitated for a moment, then got up and chased Si Lei.
…
Hesta had walked this road leading to the pomegranate garden three times, and they were exactly following the path they took with Roger yesterday.
Behind the familiar harp statue, a tall, long-haired man lay there.
His skin was pale and his face was handsome. Black blood dripped from his neck, staining the white satin shirt. A short knife fell to his right hand, the blade stained with blood.
His eyes were slightly open, staring blankly at the sky.
Si Lei quickly recognized the deceased—it was the singer who sang yesterday. It seemed that he had been dead for no more than two hours.
Half an hour later, police arrived at the scene.
Hesta followed Si Lei to Roger's mansion in the manor. Tanglar and Roger's servants had been interviewed by the police as important clues. Under the identification of Roger's servant, everyone came to the room of the deceased.
After opening the door, the room was dark. Two police officers stepped forward and turned on the lights. The moment the lights came on, many people jumped - "Why" was written all over the white wall with lipstick, and these scarlet fonts Full of hysterical madness.
"Officer Si Lei." Hesta's voice came from the bathroom, "Come and see."
Si Lei stepped into the bathroom, and the mirror opposite the bathroom was also filled with red messages——
"Why"
"Don't take me away"
They were written over and over again, overlapping each other in several places, and the handwriting was no longer legible.
Si Lei and Hesta retreated together.
Back on the first floor, the questioning of relevant personnel has been temporarily ended. Based on the testimony and traces at the scene, it was initially concluded that the deceased committed suicide.
"Mr. Gray did not say that he would be taken away..." The servant standing in the middle of the living room looked a little confused, "I just did what I was told. It was still dark when I went out in the morning, and he was probably still sleeping at that time. , the last time I saw him was at nine o'clock in the morning, when I came back from the dock...well, I asked him if he had seen Mr. Gray, and then...just..."
"You have already said this," Si Lei looked at him, "I am asking you, do you know the identity of the deceased, what is his name, and where is he from?"
"...He was bought by Mr. Gray from the southern part of the Third District," the servant blinked, "I don't know his name either."
"You have been living together for half a year, and you don't know his name?"
"Mr. Gray sometimes calls him 'little nightingale', 'my little bird', or 'dear' and so on... He usually stays in the room and does no activities except singing." The servant was silent for a moment, but still couldn't do anything. He shook his head, "I'm sorry, I really can't remember... He doesn't need a name to live here."
Hesta raised her hand and rubbed her forehead.
Just then, Paule came up to talk to Si Lei behind her, and she said goodbye to Si Lei.
Returning to Tanglar's mansion, everyone was waiting in the living room. Seeing Hesta come back, people gathered around to ask for details, but Hesta blocked it with a string of "don't know", "unclear" and "never heard of". All questions. She sat on the sofa next to the bookshelf alone with doubts - she couldn't figure out why that person wanted to die.
In the afternoon, the body was transported back to the police station for further examination. The initial conclusion of suicide came, which shocked everyone. The shadow of death suddenly passed through everyone's hearts. People recalled the sounds of nature they heard yesterday, and for a moment All a little sad.
But this sadness faded away during dinner. Since Sophie’s friends decided to stay overnight, the manor was particularly lively that night. The young girls sat around on the terrace on the second floor. They talked about what they had heard from other places. Gray's anecdotes came, talking about the cause of "Nightingale's" death and his love with Gray.
