After groping for a long time in the stinky sky, we walked about four to five hundred yards and found a row of ladders made of steel bars.

He climbed up with difficulty, and then punched away the manhole cover that was blocking his head.

"Clang."

An iron manhole cover weighing about twenty pounds hit the roadside, startling the pedestrians on the road.

"Finally it's out, this is it."

Annick stuck half of his head out on the roadside. The mid-morning sun was shining on the street, and there were many people coming and going. A child boldly asked:

"Dear Sheriff, what are you doing here?"

"Oh, it's nothing. Come and help me carry this lamp."

After calling for an assistant, Annick struggled to get up from the ground.

After looking around, I saw that there was an alley above the manhole cover, with some food and small commodities being sold around it.

Four or five hundred yards away to the south is Cornell's mansion, which is only a few minutes' walk away. After covering the manhole cover that had fallen to the side, I kicked it twice to make sure it was tightly covered.

"Here." Annick took the lantern from the little boy's hand and threw him a copper penny.

"Thank you, Mr. Sheriff."

"Do you live here?"

"Yes, it's right here."

"Is this alley crowded after eight o'clock in the evening?"

"There won't be anyone around after six o'clock in the evening."

"Okay, got it."

After buying himself a sandwich, Annick returned to Cornell's mansion leisurely. Seeing that the two captains were still guarding the tunnel entrance, Annick said hello while eating:

"My guess was correct. Sure enough, this tunnel leads to an alley behind the mansion."

"Why did you only focus on eating for yourself and didn't think of bringing one for us two?" Captain Parker seemed to care more about the sandwich in Annick's hand.

"I walked so fast that I didn't expect it. I think this matter can be handed over to the little black man." Annick casually changed the subject of the sandwich that the captain was concerned about.

"Don't you want to get to the bottom of it?" Torre asked.

"Ah, no need. The only thing left is the source of the two poisons. Anyone could have poisoned them after so long last night. Considering that there were so many adults last night, I don't think you are proud enough to invite Captain Torre.

They answer." Annick reminded.

"Then can you summarize our current investigation?" Captain Parker said.

"Hey, let's start with the butcher murder case last week. The butcher Ernes used the damaged carriage to trick the coachman Jeffrey into going home with the intention of killing Jeffrey, but Jeffrey killed him instead."

"Wait a minute, you don't mean that Jeffrey took the initiative to kill Ernes." Captain Parker asked.

"At the scene of the Butcher's murder, a pistol was found that fired six shots, and one shot missed. Judging from the fact that Jeffrey was preparing to snipe Cornell, he must be an experienced gunman. If Jeffrey intended to shoot Ernes

, I think one shot directly to the head is enough, instead of firing 6 times in a row. And the information that Jeffrey brought with him should have been obtained from the butcher Ernes."

"Then you continue." Director Torre didn't care about this case. After all, the deceased died within the jurisdiction of the Port Branch.

"The next step is that Jeffrey intends to snipe Cornell. I don't know how he knew there was a banquet today, or he just stayed here. In short, Jeffrey was killed by Cornell. Did Cornell

As for extraordinary beings, let the little black man take care of this."

"I have no objection to this. The most bizarre case was last night's case where Cornell and Eva were both killed," Captain Parker said.

"There is only half the mystery in this matter. Cornell was probably poisoned to death by Eva. We don't know whether it was intentional or unintentional. Eva's two ex-husbands died of heart disease. Cornell's death

The situation looks like a heart attack. As for the poison, I want to search Eva's house and I should still be able to find some residue."

"Okay, wait until it is handed over to the little black people, they will deal with it."

"The biggest question now is who put the poisonous needle in Eva's wallet. Theoretically, someone had the opportunity to put the poisonous needle in yesterday, and there is a very small possibility that Eva put it herself."

"Do you think it's possible for your senior?" Captain Parker asked.

"It's possible, but there's no motive. It's impossible for you to want to kill a woman just because she's chasing you. Also, if Eva hadn't been poisoned, she would have been killed by Connell. Kang

I can understand Nair killing Jeffrey. After all, there was someone who wanted to snipe him, so I killed him to ensure my own safety. Now the question is how did Nair know that someone wanted to snipe him."

Annick scratched his head. In this series of cases, only the coachman Jeffrey's intention to snipe Cornell and be killed could have a motive. After all, it is normal for a business war to turn into a real war. Business rivals paid Jeffrey to kill the sugar tycoon Kang.

As for Nair, this is not surprising.

"Tell me, are these four people on a mission to kill each other? Or are there any connections between the four that we can't see?" Captain Torre said with a slap on the forehead.

"I don't know, I think maybe the answer is already there."

Annick pointed to the trash can in the room, which already contained only a pile of ashes.

"That doesn't matter?"

"Never mind." Annick threw him away in a bachelor manner.

The three of them squatted in front of the mansion until someone from the Special Operations Division came to take over.

Two black carriages from the Special Operations Division slowly appeared on the street corner, and the two leaders who got out were old acquaintances.

"Long time no see, Inspector Pierce, Inspector Frederic."

"Long time no see, two captains. How is the case going?"

The tall Pierce was obviously the team leader and came down to greet the two captains.

"It's okay. Thanks to Captain Parker, the clerk, he handled everything badly."

Torre patted Annick on the shoulder.

"Oh, it's you." Pierce obviously thought of himself.

Don’t you remember that I was searched in the house rented by Mr. Wiles in June? Annick’s voice was a little shaky and he asked:

"Mr. Pierce remember me?"

Of course, consultant Spencer says in the office every day that the clerks at the port branch are a hundred times smarter than us, and we can’t refute him, so we can only endure it. Hahaha, let me see how smart your head is today."

Annick had to completely talk about Wednesday's butcher murder case and last night's poisoning case, including the scene conditions and clues, and draw inferences from these clues.

"Did you come up with these clues and inferences by yourself?" Pierce asked with an expression of disbelief after hearing this.

"No, the two captains, the forensic doctor and the patrolman from our branch, Bell, all helped. It's impossible for one person to complete so much work." Annick knew very well that he couldn't take too much credit, especially since his superiors were still at the scene.

situation.
Chapter completed!