Chapter Seventy-Eight: Clues and Motives for Murder!
Everyone else couldn't help but turn their heads and cover their faces when they heard Xu Wang's words.
Pei Yanchuan gently patted Xu Wang's hand.
The Knights didn't seem to intend to let the others off the hook either.
The knight turned to Jiang Xiubai: "Commander, should we set up a defensive line?"
"Commander?" Jiang Xiubai subconsciously straightened up, his expression turning serious.
Yunxi looked at the person next to her in disbelief. Him? The leader?
Jiang Xiubai nodded, feigning profundity.
The knight immediately nodded in understanding and turned to leave, but after taking only a couple of steps, he seemed to realize that he had forgotten something, so he took two steps back and came back.
This time, he looked at Yunxi.
Yunxi looked on with anticipation, and even straightened her clothes and hair, thinking that her status should be at least higher than Jiang Xiubai's.
Come on, tell me, I'm ready.
"Xiao Yun, why are you running around with the commander again? No wonder I didn't see you during this morning's drills. Come with me now, don't disturb the commander's thinking." The armored knight said, about to lift Yunxi up.
Yunxi was grabbed by the collar, looking completely bewildered. Xiao Yun? Running around with the guild leader? So, I'm his subordinate?
Jiang Xiubai's smile grew wider and wider, until it could no longer be concealed.
"Well, let him come with me for now," Jiang Xiubai coughed lightly.
"Yes." The knight immediately released his grip and turned to walk outside.
Yunxi landed back on the ground and quickly straightened her collar; this person had quite a strong grip.
Xu Wang's speechless expression became amusing because of the two people's identities.
Xia Yu burst into laughter and fell into Hou Yunqi's arms, where Hou Yunqi steadily supported him.
Qin Huai also had a smile on his face, while Gu Yunlan was becoming more and more curious about her own identity.
[Haha, I thought he was some kind of high-ranking official, but he's just a lowly soldier.]
[Yunxi: I don't believe it. How could I possibly be his subordinate? There must be some mistake.]
[Haha, I almost got dragged away!]
[By the way, what are the identities of the other people? I'm getting more and more curious.]
[And who could be the one who murdered the Duke?]
[Oh no! This sweet variety show is starting to test my brain!]
………………
The knight closed the door, and for a moment only a few people and the NPCs on the sofa remained in the hall.
"How about we take a look around first? At least we can find out who we are," Xu Wang suggested after thinking for a moment.
"I agree."
I agree.
Gu Yunlan and Xia Yu had been eagerly awaiting their new identities, and upon hearing Xu Wang's suggestion, they raised their hands without hesitation.
Pei Yanchuan's gaze was drawn to a piece of paper on the table in front of the sofa; it seemed to have a photo on it.
Pei Yanchuan picked up a few sheets of paper from the table.
Xu Wang subconsciously leaned closer, and he immediately noticed Pei Yanchuan's photo on the paper.
The words on the paper were written with a fountain pen, and the black ink had even soaked through the paper a little.
It turns out that Pei Yanchuan is actually the duke of the neighboring territory, and his recent visit is for a marriage alliance.
"A marriage alliance?" Xu Wang blinked.
"So you two are engaged!" Xia Yu exclaimed in surprise, pointing at the two of them.
“Judging from this, neither of them had a motive to kill, after all, one was the father and the other was the future father-in-law.” Gu Yunlan stroked her chin.
[Oh my, the Duke and the young master, this pairing is kind of sweet!]
[Dear writers and artists, I'm here to hand you my pen (looking forward to it)]
[Judging from this, the two don't seem to have committed any murders. After all, the Duke's death wouldn't have benefited either of them. Things are getting increasingly confusing.]
[Is it possible that the murderer is not one of the guests, but someone else entirely?]
[It cannot be ruled out, but the most likely candidate is among the guests.]
………………
Pei Yanchuan put his arm around Xu Wang's waist and chuckled, "Fiancé?"
“Yes, that’s right.” Xu Wang generously reached out and patted Pei Yanchuan’s chest.
Xia Yu watched from the side with a doting smile, thinking, "My favorite couple is so sweet!"
"Let's look at each room one by one," Gu Yunlan said impatiently.
"good."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
The group opened the first room on the right-hand side of the first floor. The room was very small, but the overall decor was very cozy, with cream-colored sheets and blankets, and even fresh wildflowers on the small wooden table in the middle of the room.
Xu Wang walked to the bedside table next to the bed. On the table was a photo frame. The person in the photo was Xia Yu. In the photo, Xia Yu was wearing a chef's hat and happily holding a big cake with cream all over her face.
Xia Yu looked on in surprise: "So that's why the director suddenly asked me for the photos before. So that's how they're used."
There was also a small cabinet in the room, filled with books, all of which were related to desserts.
“You must be a pastry chef,” Yunxi guessed.
Qin Huai nodded in agreement from the side.
Xia Yu sat on the edge of the bed and tilted her head.
Xu Wang pulled out a cookbook from the bookshelf, but as soon as he opened it, he realized something was wrong. The book was titled "cookbook," but it was about all sorts of medicinal herbs.
Everyone else's attention was drawn to it.
"Hmm?" When Xu Wang turned to the last page of the book, he finally discovered an even bigger problem. The last page of the book introduced a poisonous plant, and the picture of the poisonous plant was circled in red.
There was a line of small print next to it: "I accidentally saw a list of people to be sold today. Old Hou is going to be sold too. Is it possible that if I kill him, Old Hou won't be sold?"
"It seems that this is Xia Yu's motive for murder."
“Although Xiao Yu had a motive to kill, don’t forget that the Duke wasn’t poisoned; he was stabbed in the heart with a dagger,” Hou Yunqi calmly defended Xia Yu from the side.
“That makes sense, but suspicion cannot be ruled out.” Yunxi nodded.
The second room the group visited was the one belonging to Butler Qin.
The room, like Butler Qin himself, was very clean, tidy, and spacious.
The room contained only a bed, a table, and a wardrobe; there was nothing else.
The only notebook on the table attracted everyone's attention.
Xia Yu, who was closest, picked up the notebook and started flipping through it. It turned out to be a diary.
The entries in the diary were very concise, such as "Today was a tiring day" or "Today was a happy day," until the last few pages when the writing changed.
Page 36: The Duke is becoming increasingly difficult to please.
Page 37: I was punished today; my palm was slapped and it's swollen now.
Page 38: Another batch of servants were sold off, and I saw my name on the list for the next batch.
This is the last page of the diary. At the end of the words, the ink seems to have drawn a long line, forcefully piercing through the three sheets of paper below.
"Butler Qin is also going to be sold off, and he saw his own name on the list of those to be sold off next." Xia Yu said in shock.
Qin Huai, the person involved, calmly adjusted his glasses: "This only shows that I had a motive, but it doesn't prove that I was the final murderer."
Gu Yunlan nodded in agreement: "And looking at it this way, this old duke seems to be a bit of a bad person. He punishes his servants at the drop of a hat and often sells them off."
The fans in the live stream were also confused by these clues.
Things seem to be getting more and more complicated (thinking).
[Both of the people identified so far had motives.]
[One acted out of love, the other for themselves; well, it's hard to say, both are possible.]
[This is a bit of a challenge for me (scratching my head).]
Let's keep watching, after all, some people's identities are still unclear, and they might have even bigger motives.
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