Barry is dead.
In the Kingdom of Andrew, the day after being summoned by King's brother Preben, Mary and Karasuma Ying were invited by Preben again to have breakfast at the King's Castle.
I thought it would just be an ordinary meal, but I didn't expect that when the two of them arrived and sat down before eating, a guard soldier and a maid rushed in in a panic and reported to everyone in the room that Barry had been murdered. news.
It is said that this morning, when a maid was about to trim branches and leaves of the big tree in the corner of the central courtyard, she found Barry, who had been stabbed in the back and fell under the tree.
After learning the news, King Preburn immediately issued an order to block the news, and also ordered the kingdom police to investigate the death of their top officer Barley as quickly as possible.
As for Mary and Karasuma Ying, who were called to have breakfast together, they were asked to go to the scene quickly to assist in the investigation.
"The body was rigor mortis, and the time of death was at least a few hours ago, that is, from last night to early this morning. More specific results will have to wait for police testing.
The dagger behind the deceased almost penetrated his entire chest. If nothing else, this should be a fatal injury. "
The temperature in the early morning was still a bit cold. In a corner of the central courtyard, Wu Wanying breathed out white steam and squatted down to observe the body of Barry in front of her.
There were not many people in the central courtyard at this time. The maids who had been pruning flowers and plants in the courtyard had all been transferred. Except for Karasuma Ying, there were only a few guard soldiers not far away.
The Kingdom Police are not allowed to approach the King's Castle at will on weekdays, so they are still on their way here after receiving the order from King Preben.
"The body has fractures."
Beside Karasumaying, Mary put on gloves, pinched the limbs of Barry's corpse, and spoke.
"There is no blood splatter around, so this is probably not the first scene."
As they said this, the two of them subconsciously looked up. There happened to be a room with a closed window on the second floor of the castle directly above Barry.
It is said to be on the second floor, but in fact it is seven or eight meters away from the ground.
After all, this is a castle where the king of a small kingdom lives. It is still different from ordinary apartment buildings in the outside world. The first floor of the castle alone is six or seven meters high.
If an elderly man falls from this height, even if there is grass below, the probability of fracture is quite high.
"Whose room is up there?" Mary turned back and asked guard Hans not far away.
Hans was the guard soldier who had served as their guide before. Because of his proficiency in English, he was sent to cooperate with their investigation and serve as a translator.
By the way, after his previous boss, Guard Captain Gunnar, murdered Commander Birun and then committed suicide, he was successfully promoted to replace Gunnar's position and became the new Guard Captain.
"Uh... Miss Mary, why are you asking this?" Hans glanced at Mary's pointer and suddenly looked embarrassed.
"What's wrong?" Mary asked.
"Up there...is His Majesty the King's room..."
After replying like this, Hans looked at the two people in front of him with a strange expression, scratched his head and asked:
"Two detective ladies, do you suspect that Chief Barry's death has something to do with His Majesty the King?"
Hearing his words, Mary and Karasumaying looked at each other, and Mary saw the solemn look in Karasumaying's eyes.
This problem is a bit serious. It's not that Barry's death is complicated. For now, Mary, who is not complicated, doesn't feel much about it.
What really makes them feel troublesome is that they have a vague premonition that this murder case is likely to involve the king of this country...
The problem becomes a little more troublesome.
"I'll go up and take a look first. Xiaoying, you continue to investigate the situation here." Mary suppressed the thoughts in her mind for the time being and said.
"good."
Karasumaying nodded, and after watching Mary leave quickly, she knelt down again and took a closer look at the dagger on Barry's back.
Barry's body fell to the ground lying on his side. The dagger on his back was inserted very deep. The blade was completely penetrated into Barry's body, and only the handle of the knife was still outside.
This is a relatively rare situation, because this dagger is not too small. Under normal circumstances, unless the murderer has very strong strength, it is basically impossible for the blade to be completely inserted with one knife, and it is still The back is a place with many muscle groups.
Karasumaying put on gloves and slightly tore the clothes on Barry's back along the gap, and carefully observed the wounds inside.
[Indeed, there were no traces of a second stabbing around the wound. The murderer stabbed Barry through with just one knife. 】
There are two possibilities: one is that the murderer was an extremely strong man; the other is that Barry was killed by the murderer using some kind of mechanism.
At the same time, Karasumaying also noticed the blood stains around the corpse...or in other words, there was almost no blood stains around the corpse, which was obviously wrong.
Not only that, she also observed that there were no traces of any heavy objects being dragged on the nearby grass.
Their previous judgment was correct. This was not the first scene of Barry's murder. As for the real first murder scene...
Karasumaying stood up and looked up at the king's bedroom above.
"rustle……"
At this moment, she keenly heard slight footsteps on the grass behind her.
Turning around quickly, Karasumaying saw Hans, who was not far away, walking up behind her, holding a coat in his hand.
"Mr. Hans?" Karasuma Ying squinted her eyes and looked at him with some confusion.
"Don't worry, Karasuma-san."
Facing her suspicious gaze, Hans just replied with a smile:
"The temperature is a bit low today. Karasuma Xiaoying, I saw that you were wearing such thin clothes. I was afraid that you would catch the cold, so I found a coat for you. It's very warm."
With that said, he handed the coat in his hand to Karasumaying.
"That's it, thank you..."
Although she still had doubts in her heart, Karasumaying took the coat and smiled back at him.
"..."
In the castle, Mary quickly ran up the stairs to the second floor and came to the king's bedroom that they had seen outside.
This dormitory is very large. The door is a double wooden door nearly three meters high. The decoration is very luxurious. I don’t know what kind of high-quality wood is used.
In front of the door was a guard soldier holding a rifle. When he saw Mary coming, the soldier glanced at her and quickly looked away.
"Can you let me in?" Mary asked straight to the point when she walked up to the soldier.
"No!" The soldier refused righteously.
"I'm here to investigate the truth behind the murder of Chief Bali."
"I'm sorry, but I obey!"
"Oh, Detective Mary seems to be in trouble..."
At this moment, a gentle and elegant male voice sounded from the other end of the corridor.
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