Villefort was confirmed dead at 9 a.m.
Villefort's death was a huge blow to most mercury needles. Zoe almost collapsed. She had repeatedly checked every room in the mansion. She could not explain where the gun Villefort used to commit suicide came from. .
Sophie cried and accused everyone present. She quoted Si Lei's reasoning yesterday and repeated several times, "This is not suicide, this is a siege that you colluded with! It's murder! This is murder!"
Victoria didn't say a word. She sat on the sofa in the hall with her forehead in her hands.
Whether this was Villefort's inability to withstand the pressure or the assassin's last trick, she had no way of knowing, but she had never felt as humiliated as she did today since she started practicing law.
The assassin will not appear again.
He will never have another chance to catch her.
At nine forty, Si Lei walked into the living room, "Where is Ms. Alvira?"
"Upstairs," the butler replied.
"How dare you come to our house like this?" Sophie rushed down from the second floor. She grabbed Si Lei's collar, "I told you yesterday that my uncle would never be involved in such a murder. You don’t believe that the cases are connected! Now that he is gone, now he has died to prove his innocence! Are you satisfied...are you satisfied!?"
Si Lei sighed and pinched Sophie's wrist, "I understand how you feel now..."
"What do you understand?! Do you understand?? You accomplice!" Sophie screamed and stared at Si Lei, her voice trembling, "You have thought of it, you have thought of everything, but you did not stop them... You are an accomplice, an accomplice!!”
Si Lei used a little force and opened Sophie's hand, "Butler Townsend, can you come here and help me?"
The housekeeper stepped forward and held Sophie down with a complicated expression.
Si Lei adjusted his collar and said to the servant on the side, "Ms. Alvira, please come down here."
The servant glanced at the butler, who nodded, and then he quickly walked up the stairs.
After a while, Alvira came to the hall.
To everyone's surprise, Alvira's footsteps were calm and light as usual. But when she sat across from Si Lei, Si Lei immediately noticed the other person's pale face and red eyes. The mood made Si Lei not know how to speak for a moment.
She considered her words, but to her surprise, Alvira asked first: "What do you want from me, police officer?"
"Hmm... Regarding the cause of the Duke's death," Si Lei whispered, "I think you should know a little bit about the inside story."
"Are you referring to the evil deeds that Tanglar and others committed through foreign aid organizations?"
"……Um."
Alvira showed a sad smile, "...That has nothing to do with us, officer."
"but--"
"Villefort may not be a noble-minded person, but he cannot be related to such appalling things," Alvira said softly, "We have lived together for decades, my husband, I I understand."
Si Lei hesitated to speak. She was silent for a long time, and finally stood up. "Can you please go out with me?"
"Where to go?"
"Just outside, Palace of Rohan."
Alvira sat with her eyes closed for a while, then stood up as well, "Okay."
When Alvira followed Si Lei outside the Rohan Palace, Sophie also rushed out. She held Alvira's hand tightly, as if this could give the other party strength.
Before entering the palace gate, Alvira noticed people in police uniforms hoeing the ground around her.
"What are you digging for?"
"You will know if you come with me."
When the three of them arrived at the sunken dance floor and opened the door, Alvira saw eleven skeletons in the center of the dance floor.
For a moment, she was stunned.
"……what is that?"
"It was found in the secret room behind the dance floor. It was buried about three meters underground." Si Lei said softly. "When we inspected the scene the night before yesterday, we found a finger bone behind the vase in the corner. This shows that The murderer didn't even clean the place seriously after committing the crime...so I guess they might not be careful about disposing of the body.
"Yesterday morning, I came here to check again and found that the pattern of the floor tiles in one of the secret rooms was messy, so I called the police station and asked them to come and dig up the ground to take a look... They didn't know why they dragged it. I’ve been here all day and just came here this morning.”
Si Lei paused, and she quickly walked along the stone steps to the center of the dance floor.
"These remains have many fractures on the humerus, ulna, radius, femur, and tibia. They may have experienced very cruel dismemberment before. Furthermore, the things excavated only contained skeletons. I am afraid that when they were buried, these corpses were not there. wear clothes."
Si Lei looked up at Alvira who was standing high up.
"These remains were buried under the palace of Rohan for more than ten years, madam."
Alvira stood there, looking at the dense white bones not far away, her whole body felt like she had fallen into an ice cave.
Si Lei looked at her, "The Duke mentioned some details in an ambiguous manner many times during his lifetime... I believe you must still have an impression. How much did he know about these things, and how much do you know?"
"I……"
Alvira's breathing gradually became rapid, and a biting chill climbed up from the soles of her feet.
"I never..."
A wave of dizziness hit Alvira, who was almost unsteady on her feet. She took two steps back stiffly. Seeing that the situation was not good, Sophie immediately grabbed one of her arms, but Alvira still fell heavily. on the ground.
"Doctor...doctor!"
…
Three days later. it's clear.
Paran parked his car downstairs at the Mercurial Needle Apartment in Tanyi City, and then quickly went upstairs with a bottle of wine.
The elevator stopped at the sixth floor. She looked at the door number, found 607, and rang the doorbell.
"Here we come." Hesta's voice came from behind the door, followed by the sound of the door latch twisting, "Push the door down."
Paran opened the door - the layout of the one-bedroom in front of him was exactly the same as the one in Chiba, except that there was no furniture. All the windows in the room were open, making it simple and bright.
Paran closed the door, she changed her shoes, walked from the entrance to the living room, looked around, "Are you doing hygiene?"
"Well, now that my identity has been restored, I can now have my own fixed room in the apartment."
"Are the injuries healed?"
"It might take another two weeks...but hygiene can be done with one hand."
There was a sound of water in the bathroom. Hesta simply rubbed the stains on the rag, quickly took off her gloves and returned to the living room.
Paran put the wine on the coffee table by the window and walked half a circle around Hesta with a half-smile.
"It's really different... How many days has it been? The fever has gone away, the complexion has improved, and the whole person's energy has suddenly improved?"
"How can it be that exaggerated?" Hesta laughed, "I still had a low fever last night."
Paran turned around and sat down on the only chair in the living room, "Tell me, what are your plans next?"
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