Soon the guard called out Officer McDonald. When he saw Arthur's age, he couldn't help but asked suspiciously: "Who are you?"
Arthur looked at him like he was looking at a thief, and didn't mind. He hurriedly explained: "I met with Superintendent Michelle at Locke Manor last night."
McDonald's eyes lit up, "Do you have any clues about last night's case?"
Arthur hesitated for a moment before replying: "I have some ideas, but I came to you today for another case. I wonder if you still remember Alex's kidnapping case 12 years ago."
McDonald frowned, "Why are you asking about this case? Are you a family member of the person involved?"
Looking at his impatient attitude, Arthur could only say: "My name is Conan Doyle, and I was hired by Professor Bell to investigate this case. Last night, Director Michel personally agreed to let me investigate the case. case record, but unfortunately, he was suddenly killed and passed away last night."
Arthur was afraid that he wouldn't believe it, so he quickly added, "Baron Locke was also present at the time. He can prove what I said."
Hearing Arthur's name, MacDonald finally knew his identity, and his tone softened a lot, but he still rejected Arthur's request.
"The bureau is very chaotic right now. Everyone is busy with the case of the director's murder, and I can't violate the regulations and give you the records privately."
Arthur finally saw this man's face clearly, but seeing that it didn't make sense from the front, he negotiated: "If I can provide clues about Director Michel's murder, can you show me the record?"
Sure enough, Officer McDonald in front of me immediately replied: "If you can really provide useful clues, I promise to find the records from that year for you."
Although he had reservations about Arthur's age, in any case, Arthur was indeed at the scene yesterday, which always allowed him to understand the case faster.
Next, he took Arthur to his office and called four more policemen. It was obvious that these people were his capable men.
Without further delay, Arthur told them the scene of the bet with Michelle last night, and finally speculated: "Is there a possibility that the murderer also heard the conversation between Director Michelle and me? , was he just killed?"
"You're saying that Director Michelle's death is related to the kidnapping case 12 years ago?"
Macdonald felt that Arthur's idea couldn't help but be a bit ridiculous.
Arthur spread his hands, "Otherwise, why was he killed that night? Is it just a coincidence?"
"But what about the death of another person?"
There were two bodies at the scene yesterday, Michelle and Orlando, which made everyone connect their deaths together.
Arthur smiled and said, "Then why don't you guess what circumstances led to the two different ways of death?"
Among the four police officers, Bendang, the team leader, first guessed: "Could it be the one who was poisoned and killed Director Michel before he died?"
Arthur shook his head, "Cyanide is a violent poison. Your guess is not valid."
"Maybe the dose he took was not enough to kill him on the spot?"
Obviously, he didn't understand the toxicity of cyanide at all. He was not as good as Leonard yesterday, and the remaining three people seemed to agree with him very much.
This makes Arthur feel sad for these incompetent police officers.
He could see that because of Michelle's death, MacDonald seemed to have further ideas.
But he also had many competitors, so this case became the quickest way for them to climb up.
But looking at these four guys with heads full of muscles, Arthur felt that his dream of being the director was probably hopeless.
Fortunately, MacDonald coughed and said, "This is Mr. Conan Doyle. I believe you have all heard of him."
Sure enough, his reputation played a role. Not only did the four of them immediately respect Arthur, but no one objected to his judgment anymore.
At this time, someone else said: "Could it be that he committed suicide after killing the director?"
Arthur nodded, "It is indeed possible, but this possibility is so small that it can be ignored."
When he said this, he was tantamount to denying the other party in a different direction.
This left the four policemen, plus Macdonald, at a loss.
Arthur no longer had any hope for them, so he simply said directly: "Actually, there is only one possibility. In order to kill Director Michel, the murderer sent a glass of poisoned wine into the house. But another one happened to The victim walked in at this time. After the murderer went out, Michelle and the person who came after him took the wrong wine glass, which led to his poisoning and death. Later, the murderer also found that he had killed the wrong person, and then killed the director again. He was also killed in the house.”
McDonald and his four men nodded unconsciously after hearing this. At this time, the team leader suddenly said: "Is there any other possibility?"
Arthur smiled and said nothing. Some things seemed to have countless possibilities, but there was actually only one way to the truth.
Sure enough, these people put forward several more speculations, but Arthur did not need to refute some of them. They denied them themselves first, and in the end everyone agreed with Arthur's point of view.
"But there were more than 60 people including servants last night. How can we find the murderer among them?"
Macdonald had gradually come to trust Arthur and couldn't help but ask him for advice.
"Didn't I say it? Yesterday, the murderer probably heard the conversation between Director Michel and me and became interested in murdering him. At that time, in the entertainment room, apart from us, there were only two tables, that is, eight tables. personal."
"You mean the murderer is among those eight people?"
MacDonald never expected that the surprise would come so unexpectedly.
"If this case is not a coincidence, it should be like this. But you'd better take a look at the records of Alex's kidnapping case. The reason why the murderer wanted to kill Director Michelle was probably because he didn't want the case to be reopened. ."
McDonald no longer hesitated this time and immediately sent someone to search for the records.
But what is surprising is that all the records of Alex's case have been lost, and it seems that they were destroyed a long time ago.
This made McDonald finally pay more attention to that humble case 12 years ago.
Just because it has been too long, even his own memory has been blurred.
While this made Arthur distressed, it also strengthened his previous guess that this case was probably related to the Scotland Yard police.
Especially Director Michel, who was handling the case at the time, he might know some of the inside story.
