Dong Dong Dong! There was a rapid knock on the door, accompanied by "Mr. Annick, Annick please come out quickly." A hurried female voice came through the door panel.

Annick rubbed his eyes and opened the door. First-class Mary stood at the door with a frightened look on her face.

"What's wrong, Miss Mary?"

"There has been a murder. Mr. Cheddie in Room 3 was murdered." The maid's voice seemed to be filled with fear.

Well, something would happen if he walked there. Annick didn't have much, so he found his holster.

"Let's go and take a look."

Annick walked out of the door and walked through the recreation room. It was now nine o'clock in the morning, and the Poseidon had already set sail on its way back to Eggsburg.

Cabin No. 3 is directly opposite the stairwell. Annick almost stayed in the wrong room on the first day and had an impression of this room.

A group of people were already standing in front of the door, including Quinn, the arms dealer's secretary, Lieutenant Colonel Arnold and Adjutant Khadgar in the next room, and Harman and Kafu in rooms 5 and 6.

"Which of you was the first person to discover it, and when did it happen?" Annick asked directly.

"I, sir, played chess with Mr. Cafu until 2 o'clock in the middle of the night last night. Everyone said that it was late at night. After this party, I was afraid of disturbing Mr. Cheddie. After resting, I stayed in Mr. Cafu's servant room. This morning

I wanted to remind Mr. Cheddie to get up for dinner, but found that his door was broken, and then I went in and found that Mr. Cheddie had been killed," explained Secretary Quinn.

"Time?"

"Well, it was about 8:45 in the morning. When I found out, I immediately notified the surrounding gentlemen for help."

"Okay, please control the scene. Miss Mary, you have a doctor on the ship. Please call Captain Booker and the ship's doctor." Annick immediately asked the ship's owner and doctor to come over. He was not an expert. Then

Entered the room with Quinn.

The door handle had obvious marks after being knocked by a heavy object. It seemed that the murderer broke the door lock and gained entry.

The layout of Room 3 is the same as that of my Room 8. There is a servant room and bathroom on both sides after entering, and the master room is inside.

"Here, Mr. Cheddie's body was found in the bathroom." Quinn pointed to the bathroom.

"You haven't touched the body, have you?"

"No, I came out and informed everyone as soon as I found out."

"Then how are you sure Mr. Cheddie is dead?"

"Mr. Sheriff, you'll know after you take a look."

Annick walked in with suspicion. The bathroom was not big. It had a toilet, a dressing table, a bathtub and then a bathtub. Annick finally understood why it was said to be a corpse. Chedi was lying naked in the bathtub, with his chest

There were several stab wounds, and the murder weapon was still inserted into the chest of the deceased, a common fruit knife. The water in the bathtub was also dyed red. Bath towels provided on the ship were scattered around the bathtub. There were also clothes hanging on the hangers next to it.

The clothes he changed looked like he was killed in the bath.

Annick looked around the bathtub carefully. There was no blood or water stains. Suddenly he felt his head was a little wet. Annick raised his head and took a look. The ceiling of the bathroom became quite humid, with many water droplets condensed on it.

"It seems that Mr. Cheddie was killed here. Let's wait until the doctor comes to do the autopsy. I'm not a professional. Come on, let's check out other rooms."

The main room was a bit messy. Not only had the desk been opened and rummaged around, but even the suitcase had been left untouched. There was a pocket watch on the ground, which looked like a solid gold watch case. It had been broken, and the hands on it stayed at half past twelve.

nearby.

"Is this Cheddie's pocket watch?" Annick asked, pointing to the pocket watch on the ground.

"Yes, sir, it is for personal use."

Annick didn't say anything and continued to look at an emptied wallet on the desk, followed by various reports and things like meeting minutes scattered around.

"Mr. Quinn, take a hand and see what's missing in the suitcase. I'll continue to look around. Be careful not to move the position of the items in the room."

"Okay sir." Quinn began to dig through the suitcase, while Annick continued to search the room. An unburned match was found on the floor of the room. The handle of the match was shaped like a rectangular parallelepiped.

A cigarette butt was found in the trash can. Unfortunately, DNA capabilities have not been tested in this world. Annick recognized that it was a cheap Pegasus brand cigarette that is a specialty of the country. There was a pony with wings on the cigarette butt.

Annick also found a small shiny object behind the door. Annick took a closer look. It was an emblem-style object with a sword and a scale on it. It should be an object distributed to believers by the Church of the God of Fairness and Justice. Annick searched carefully.

I found nothing after circling around.

"Mr. Annick, most of the items in the suitcase are there, but all the cash we brought on vacation is gone, about three to four hundred pounds."

"Okay, I understand. In addition to a change of clothes and business information, does your boss bring his own towels and bath towels when traveling?"

"Yes, these are still in the box."

"You are using the servants' room. If you don't mind, let's go in and take a look."

"That's natural."

Secretary Quinn opened the servant's room. It was quite clean and tidy, except for the bed that looked like it had been used.

"Mr. Quinn, go and see if you have any losses."

"OK."

Quinn searched his room, while Annick looked at the pile of scattered papers on the desk. Most of them, as Annick expected, were just some common financial statements, such as monthly income and expenses. Countries

Quotations of different weapons on the market, etc.

Only one piece of paper looked a little different. It was a small piece of paper with a texture similar to papyrus. It was hard to find among a pile of reports. It looked like a letter with its envelope torn off. An

Nick opened the folded paper.

Dear Mr. Cheddy:

Or would it be more appropriate to call you Mr. Kaledi? Of course, we are not here to poke your pain points. Ten years ago, your financial scam tricked many high-ranking military officials and families.

Naturally, when we write to you today, we are not going to rehash the past, but we just want to give you a chance to make a fortune. You know, Kahn Island, a famous resort in the Kelange area in the north of the kingdom.

Next month, that is, August 12-15, we will be waiting for you on the Poseidon cruise ship. We will send someone to look for you on the ship. I heard that you have great connections, and the business of five thousand guns and ten field cannons should be

It's worth a trip in person. To show our sincerity, we'll first enclose five hundred pounds in cash.

Five hundred pounds? It happens to be the amount missing from the murder scene. It seems to be more than a coincidence. Kaledi ten years ago, Cheddy ten years later. The murderer should not just be seeking money. I have to figure out the details.

Annick thought about finding out the time and manner of death of the deceased, and then finding out who Kaledi was. Finally, he should catch the suspect. This time he was afraid that he would dig out a lot of trouble again, and the premonition in his heart became stronger.
Chapter completed!