Fat Orange led the way and took Ma Wei and the others to a room upstairs.
The large solid wood desk, the cabinets filled with books, and the leather shields and crossed swords hung on the walls... no matter how you look at it, this place looks like a study room.
And in the chair behind the desk, there was a corpse lying on his back.
"Sir Antoine...."
The skin of the corpse was not festered, so it was not difficult to identify the appearance. Coupled with the bust portrait in the hall, Ma Wei recognized the other party's identity.
"I accidentally discovered him when I was following the mouse." Fat Orange said.
"Um..."
Mawei bent down and picked up a bloody handkerchief next to the body.
The remaining blood stains on the handkerchief were very strange. They were not stained in large areas, but only small traces of friction, as if someone had wiped something with it.
"Boss!"
The source yelled, pointing to the black blood on the chest of the corpse and saying: "He was stabbed to death!"
Although the corpse had begun to putrefy and turn black, Ma Wei still stepped forward to check it. He used the pen on the table to open the clothes on the chest of the corpse, and sure enough he saw a triangular wound.
The wound went straight to the depths, with a cunning and precise angle, severing Sir Antoine's heart artery.
But being stabbed in the heart does not mean that Sir Antoine has no chance to fight back. As a noble who has been on the battlefield, he has also experienced life and death fights. How could he be killed without resistance?
If the fatal injury was caused by a firearm, it would be understandable. After all, once the bullet hits the heart, it will not only penetrate the heart, but the entrained power can also destroy nearby organs, causing the injured person to instantly lose the ability to move.
Knives are different. Although they are sharp, the range of damage caused by the direct stab cannot be compared with that of firearms. Normal people can usually still move for a period of time after being stabbed.
In confusion, Ma Wei looked at other parts of the body and found that in addition to the stab wound on the chest, there were some small marks left on Sir Antoine's nails and neck.
There are several red fingerprints on Sir Antoine's neck. Judging from the direction, they should be left by his left hand, and there are some bloody shavings in his fingernails...
Eyes slowly narrowed, Ma Wei walked around behind the corpse, seeming to understand something.
"He was choked from behind and killed with the tip of a knife inserted into his heart. The other person was a veteran and his movements were very skillful. Sir Antoine was unable to effectively resist."
With that said, Ma Wei reconstructed what happened. He asked Lai Wen to cooperate with him, grabbed Lai Wen's neck with his left hand, used a pen instead of a sharp knife, stabbed him from behind like lightning, and stopped when he was close to his chest.
"Sir Antoine, whose heart was broken and whose neck was strangled, could not make any sound, and soon died in his chair."
Ma Wei let go of the letter, took out the handkerchief from his chest, wiped the pen a few times, and threw it away.
"The murderer is a very clean and confident man. In order to prevent blood from getting on himself, he chose to attack Sir Antoine's heart from behind instead of the more fragile neck. Compared to the exposed neck, the heart is protected by the sternum. , if you are not skilled, the knife is likely to get stuck. On the battlefield, there are many examples of deaths caused by weapons stuck in the enemy's body and unable to be pulled out." Ma Wei said: "So, we generally use the method of slashing to kill the enemy. , even if they want to stab, most people will choose the abdomen with fewer bones, and target the spleen and kidneys."
He was stunned when he heard the letter. Ma Wei's understanding of killing methods was far beyond his imagination.
"The other party is a top assassin and has done this kind of thing more than once."
Putting down the pen, Ma Wei pondered: "The strange thing is, why did the murderer kill Sir Antoine?"
Sir Antoine has always been low-key and has a modest personality. In the three years he has lived in New Ross City, he has never heard any rumors about him having a dispute with others. Not only that, he is very generous to the farmers in the territory and the servants at home. Not only does it provide free bread ovens to farmers, but it also often offers rent reductions and exemptions, and its reputation has always been good.
A nobleman like him can definitely be called a 'gentleman', and Sir is also the respectful title given to him by everyone.
You don't need a reason to save people, but you do need to kill someone.
The murderer went to great lengths to come to Antoine Village and kill Sir Antoine. If it wasn't for personal grudges, he most likely wanted to take something away...
Just as Ma Wei was thinking, out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly saw Yunia opening the desk drawer and taking out...
A non-automatic revolver.
Non-automatic revolvers do not have a safety. Before shooting, you must either pull down the cocked hammer on the rear or pull the trigger hard.
If the latter is used to fire the gun, when the trigger is pulled, the hammer can still be seen rotating backwards, which is delayed. In order to achieve the fastest firing speed, the user will usually pull down the hammer in advance.
As for the non-automatic revolver that Sir Antoine placed in the drawer, the hammer was not cocked, which means...
He had no animosity toward the murderer.
The murderer is probably an acquaintance of Sir Antoine.
"Like it?"
Ma Wei said to Yunia who kept playing with the revolver: "If you like it, I will buy you one later."
"Hey, hey, hey..." Lai Wen quickly stopped: "Boss, as a father, if you watch your daughter playing with such a dangerous weapon and don't stop it, why do you want to give her a knife?"
"Don't goddesses need self-defense weapons?" Ma Wei said nonchalantly: "Don't treat children like flowers in a greenhouse, otherwise they will be vulnerable when wind and rain come."
"This is not fun..."
Yunia wrinkled her nose, put the revolver back in the drawer, and said with a look of disgust: "It's heavy and big... It's enough for Yunia to have a little bear!"
Little bear?
Glancing at the stuffed bear held by Yunia, Mawei smiled helplessly. In his opinion, a stone or a wooden stick could be used as a weapon, but the stuffed bear was only stuffed with hard cotton. ...
Will it hurt if you hit someone?
While the three of them were chatting, Fat Orange was squatting on the desk, staring at the body with his long eyes. Xiao Hei beside him was rolling his eyes and trying hard to lick his elder brother's fur, trying to lick the blood off his body.
"What are you looking at?" Ma Wei came over and asked.
"Sir Antoine's left index finger."
"index finger?"
Ma Wei turned around and saw that the corpse was pale and limp. The left index finger was as soft as a jellyfish and was obviously a bit thinner than the other fingers.
If you don't look carefully, you won't be able to find it at all.
"Sir Antoine should have worn a ring on his index finger." Fat Orange said, "Only if the ring is worn for a long time will such a mark be left."
"But the ring is missing..."
"The murderer probably took it away."
Why did the murderer take Sir Antoine's ring?
Thinking of the Rose Phantom Thief's actions of stealing gems from various places, it seems that the reason behind it is not difficult to guess.
"It seems that Sir Antoine's ring is also some kind of magic prop..."
Ma Wei said in a deep voice: "Maybe this curse was also caused by the murderer."
"Could they be members of other churches?" Fat Orange asked.
"It's hard to say, if the murderer is not a member of the church..." Ma Wei's eyes flickered, "I'm afraid there is a force we don't know about that is collecting magic props."
