"As expected, your young master was really kidnapped. Although you were pretending to take revenge or make a fortune from your master at first." Annick looked at the honest man in front of him with a smile.

"What's going on? North, please give me an explanation." Thor reprimanded sternly.

"The young master came up with this all by himself. I, I, I really just did what he said." North explained hesitantly.

"Let me explain it. If you have any questions, you can add more." Annick gestured.

"Okay, Sheriff, please tell me."

"First of all, it's a matter of time. How did the robbers happen to know that there was only Rory in the mansion after 1:30 in the afternoon. Unless they had been lying in ambush opposite your house for a long time, and waited until all your family members were out before they acted. But Marigold Street is usually

It must be a private residence of a wealthy person."

"Yes, there is also a baron's mansion opposite me. I don't think he has any conflict with me."

"Then there was the scene in Mr. Ling's room. There was clearly a shotgun in the room, but he chose the saber farther away from the bed to deal with the intruder."

"Maybe he's afraid of hurting someone?" Saul asked.

"Breaking into a house privately, or with obvious hostility, even killing someone is considered legitimate self-defense. A reasonable explanation is that if a gun is fired, the sound of the gunshot will definitely attract the guard in front of the door. If it takes time to find bullets

If so, the cigarette ashes behind the door are also very suspicious."

"Ashes?"

"Yes, there is only that spot on the bedroom floor with cigarette ashes. It's hard for me to imagine that the robber has the money to smoke expensive cigars. It can only be Rory. He must be a big smoker."

"It's not a small one. He often steals my cigar collection."

"The cigars and matches are missing from the room. The robber's first priority must be to rob someone. Why are you interested in cigarettes?"

"It makes sense. Is there any reason to prove that this kid directed and acted on his own?"

"Yes, your back door was opened without being destroyed. I have also confirmed that there are no traces of extraordinary power. In this case, there is only one reasonable explanation. Rory walked out of the back door on his own."

"This bastard, he's so playful." Sol's anger was about to explode, his eyes were wide open with anger, and the veins on his face were about to bulge.

"Where's the hammer?" Annick stretched out his hand towards North.

"At the young master's place."

"Hand hammer?" Sol asked doubtfully.

"It's the kind Butler Barron brought over just now. Common people's hand hammers have a cylindrical hammer head. This octagonal shape is rare. So if I guess correctly, after you all go out, North will hold

The hammer broke the lock on the door."

"Yes, the young master asked me to do it." North explained hesitantly.

"Where is that beast?"

"The young master didn't let me say it."

"Who do you listen to?"

"It doesn't make any sense now. I think Rory should have been captured." Annick stopped Sol's questioning.

"Why do you say that?"

"Two ruts, and two letters, that's the problem."

"North, did your young master ask you to go out at half past one and pick him up at the back door with the carriage?"

"Yes."

"Did you notice there were other carriages nearby?"

"Yes, there is a carriage pulling goods nearby. The owner got out and looked at the wheels."

"Then your young master is probably really kidnapped now."

"Ah? Are you serious?"

Annick took out two letters. "Although the handwriting of the two letters is very similar, the second letter has errors in the material of the envelope and the spelling of the letters. I can confirm that it was written by two people."

"Finally, North, this plan is really your young master's idea."

"I don't know, but the young master and Lian Na were discussing something a few days ago."

"Mr. Sol, Lina is your tea maid on leave, right?"

"Yes, you want to say that Lian Na knew or that she provided the plan to pretend to be kidnapped?, and then took the opportunity to really take the kid away." Saul is not stupid. Such a shrewd businessman needs no further explanation from Annick.

"I think so. Bell, we are going to see the scene where Rory last appeared. Lead the way, North."

"The young master will blame me later."

"If you don't take us with you now, you have to prepare your young master's funeral."

"Barron, you should also accompany Mr. Sheriff to have a look."

"Yes, sir."

Annick and the four of them got into the luxurious carriage again.

"Where is Rory hiding?" he asked directly without any nonsense.

"The Yuejia Hotel on Bilin Street is the hotel next to the shop where I went to buy desserts. He said he would go home in three days."

Why not call Rujia, "Let's go. My directness and reasoning are no surprise. He should not be there anymore."

"Then Mr. Sheriff, what are we going to do now?"

"Look at the scene, maybe you can find some traces."

Yuejia Hotel is a five-story building near the south gate. It looks quite clean on the outside, with a wooden sign hanging on the outer wall. Annick looked at the clock. It was five o'clock in the afternoon, and today was another day of overtime work.

The door opened, and a middle-aged man was sitting on the chair behind the counter holding a newspaper.

"It's 3 shillings for a double bed room, 2 shillings for a single bed, and a deposit of 2 shillings. You need to show your ID. If you don't have the ID, you'll have to pay extra. How many days do you have to stay?"

The boss didn't raise his head? He continued to stare at the newspaper.

"Ahem."

The boss raised his head when he heard this. There were four men standing in front of him, three of them were wearing formal clothes and they didn't look like paupers.

"There are so many people, how many rooms do you want?"

"I don't want a house, I'm looking for someone."

The boss put down the newspaper and said, "Why are you shouting so loudly if you don't want to stay at the hotel? I'm sorry, our hotel refuses to provide the information of the guests staying at the hotel in order to protect the privacy of the guests."

"Bang!" Annick took out his extra-large revolver and put it on the counter.

"Our young master ran away from home. This servant said that he rented your hotel for three days. If our young master ran away or really disappeared because of your ink stain, we might not kill you obviously. In the evening

Go home'' and stay safe."

Looking at the huge shining pistol on the counter, the store manager swallowed.

"Okay, seeing that you are the relevant personnel, who are you looking for?"

"A young man checked in around two o'clock this afternoon. I don't think he used his real name."

The store manager flipped through the ledger and said, "Yes, at around 1:50 in the afternoon, a man named Gerry opened a room. Room is No. 303. He directly gave me one gold pound. The condition was that I guarantee his privacy."

Gerry should be Rory, "He will open a new apartment in the future."

"Yes, two middle-aged men, and they are only a few minutes apart. They live next to Gerry just now, in room 304. As for their names, let me see, the two brothers Wendell and Wendell."

"They came in with something."

"The suitcase is a large suitcase. He said he came to Eggsburg to look for a job. He took the suitcase out at four o'clock in the afternoon and said he wanted to look for a job."

I'm afraid it's not the rebellious young master in the box, so I'd better go up and have a look at the scene first.

"North, wait for us downstairs, and the three of us will go up and have a look. Boss, come over with us too."

"But I still have to look at the store."

"Just a few minutes, bring the keys to 303 and 304."
Chapter completed!