The police arrived very quickly, and the man leading the team, Arthur, also knew him. It was Sher, the rising star in the police force who had parted ways yesterday.
Sher didn't expect Arthur to be there, so he walked up to him with an unnatural expression and said, "We meet again."
Arthur smiled and stretched out his hand, "Jabi invited me to be a guest, but I didn't expect to encounter such a thing."
"Yes! This matter is very serious."
Sher frowned deeply.
"Can I go with you to see the scene?"
Arthur first made a request to solve the case with him.
Scheer did not refuse, but immediately reminded: "This matter is too big. Not only will the police chief come to the scene in person, but maybe even the chief minister will come, so you know."
Arthur understood what he meant. This case would definitely cause a sensation in Scotland and even the entire United Kingdom, so Sher hinted to him that it was best not to get involved casually and get himself into big trouble.
Arthur said he understood that there were already police guarding the door of Old Basel at this moment.
Scheer took Arthur into the house. The room was not very big as a whole. There was a row of bookshelves against the wall on the left, surrounded by all kinds of antiques. It could be seen that old Basel was a very fond of books during his lifetime. Curio man.
There was a window next to the bed, which was tightly closed. Arthur checked it carefully and found no signs of being pried. He opened the window and looked outside. Although this was only the third floor, it was still high above the ground. It is more than ten meters high, and the wall below is also very smooth. It is impossible for anyone to come in through the window.
Arthur checked the door lock again. Although Jabi kicked it open, the door lock was still intact. He tried it and it was indeed locked inside.
Such door locks were very common in later generations, but in this era, it was already the most advanced door lock.
Arthur couldn't help scratching his head, "This is really a secret room murder case."
Scheer on the side obviously didn't know what secret room murder was, and couldn't help but asked curiously: "What? Did you find any new clues?"
Since the case at the dock, although he was still not very interested in Arthur's reasoning, he knew that Arthur was a very smart man.
Arthur waved his hand and told Sher about the secret room murder he said.
"This is impossible!"
Sher immediately objected.
Arthur couldn't help but roll his eyes at his overreaction, "Of course it's impossible, but you have to find a flaw."
While the two were talking, the police chief, Colin Lestrade, Sher's father, hurried to the scene.
Seeing the old Basel still lying in a pool of blood, his face became very ugly, and he couldn't help but ask a middle-aged police officer who came with him.
"Imre, are you talking about the possibility that this case was committed by the French?"
Recently, the two countries have been very unhappy due to the competition with France for overseas colonies, so Colin has reason to be so suspicious.
"This possibility cannot be ruled out, but it is best to ask people present first."
Colin nodded, beckoned his son, and Arthur followed.
Colin knew Arthur, so he extended his hand enthusiastically and said with a smile: "I didn't expect to see you here, Mr. Doyle."
Arthur hurriedly said: "Lord Lestrade, you are too polite, you should just call me Arthur!"
Colin admired Arthur very much, but did not exchange more greetings with him, so he asked Sher to summon the main personnel to the hall.
Jobani led the crowd. He and Colin were also old acquaintances, and the two hugged each other.
Colin said with great regret: "I feel extremely sad about what happened to your father, Lord Fraser. At the same time, on behalf of the Chief Minister, Lord Diberio, I would like to express his apology. Your Excellency, he has not been in good health recently, so he cannot come in person." At the scene, but he has given orders to find out the real culprit behind this, so please don’t worry.”
As he spoke, he pointed at the middle-aged policeman next to him.
"This is Inspector Imre Murray. He is the person with the highest crime detection rate in our police station. He will be responsible for solving this case in the future. I hope you can cooperate with him."
After Sheriff Colin introduced Inspector Imre Murray, he left the scene. At the same time, Sher, who did not get the power to handle the case, felt very disappointed.
But Arthur knew that as long as Colin was not stupid, he would not let his son take the lead at this time, firstly because of his lack of experience, and more importantly because of his age.
Although there is no such thing as smooth talk and easy work in Scotland, qualifications are also a very important criterion.
However, Imre Murray is indeed a very experienced policeman. He soon discovered that this was a secret room murder case, which also made him feel helpless.
He began to question everyone in the castle, including Arthur, but no one who had spent the night in the castle last night could produce an alibi.
Imre placed his main suspects on Rachel, her husband Romeu, and Jabi.
The reason is simple, because when the inheritance was announced last night, they were all treated unfairly, especially Rachel and his wife, who also had a huge quarrel with old Basel.
However, the son-in-law Romeu was not so easy to mess with. His sharp retorts and various uncooperation made this experienced detective suffer a lot.
On the contrary, Jabi, who was still in panic, was regarded as a breakthrough target by him.
"You were the first person to see the Lord's body, and you also used an unconventional way to open the door, so I have to suspect that you actually knew that your father was dead in the room before the incident. ."
Arthur had also asked him this question in the morning, but now it was said by police officer Imre, as if he had been identified as the murderer.
Jabi was now panicked and felt very aggrieved.
"I didn't kill my father. It was the housekeeper Delia who found me, and she asked me to kick open the damn door."
"I never said that you killed your father, but now it seems that you have admitted it."
"What did I admit? I just told the truth."
Jabi's panic made Arthur unable to stand it any longer, "Don't get excited yet, we all know you are not the murderer."
After saying that, he looked at Imre again, "Excuse me, since you suspect that Jabi is the murderer, what is his motive?"
Imre touched the two upturned beards under his nose, his eyes flashed with a compelling light, but Arthur was expressionless and looked at him calmly.
"Of course there is a motive. He killed his father out of spite because of the uneven distribution of inheritance."
"Pfft," Arthur couldn't help laughing.
Arthur's sudden rudeness made Imre feel seriously humiliated, but Arthur ignored his feelings.
"I think you are saying the opposite. If Jabi feels that the distributed inheritance is unfair to him, then he should not kill Lord Basel, because as long as Lord Basel is alive, there is still the possibility of changing the inheritance. Now he Death means that the distribution of the inheritance has been determined as a fact. Do you think I am right?"
Imre snorted coldly. He naturally knew this truth, but he didn't expect that Arthur, at such a young age, could be so calm when encountering problems.
"Jabi has told you everything he knows, so I think it's better for you to find a breakthrough in other aspects."
"I know you are a smart person, but not every field is your expertise. I am fully responsible for this case. Please understand this."
In fact, Imre also knew that with a timid character like Jabi, it was unlikely that he would commit a crime, but he felt very uncomfortable letting a young man dictate what he was doing in front of him.
Arthur did not show any dissatisfaction with Imre's accusation. Instead, he bowed politely and said, "Of course, this is your right. Please forgive me for the offense I just caused."
After saying that, Arthur took Jabi out of the room.
"Thank you, Arthur. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't know what I would have done."
At this moment, Jabi was at a loss.
Ever since Arthur saw the true face of the Fraser family last night, he had no sympathy or mercy at all for the death of old Basel.
But seeing Jabi's haggard look, he couldn't help but feel a little regretful.
He patted Jabi's hand comfortingly, "Don't worry! This has nothing to do with you. I think you'd better go back to your room and take a rest, otherwise your current appearance will disappoint many beautiful girls."
Arthur's teasing finally made Jabi smile.
