"After I got the necklace, I accidentally broke the glass of the back door on the second floor near the balcony, which attracted a patrol. In the end, I had no choice but to gamble on my luck and escaped over the wall from the backyard. I was selling the stolen goods at the port's black market the next Saturday.

I bumped into it. Although the person ran away, the necklace fell and I picked it up. I will notify Congressman Carter to come and get it. What’s the story like?”

"Not so good, too much luck and coincidence."

"That's if you already know the story. Will most people believe it?"

"People generally only believe what they see, or what they see commonly. What you did is not too bizarre. At least except for the people attending the banquet tonight, it seems to be just a normal theft." Mr. Russell said.

"So what's the truth?" Irina asked.

"I can only explain the information I have obtained and the conclusions I can draw based on this information," Annick said.

"The first thing I found strange was that I was surprised when I received the theft. How could anyone dare to steal when they were awake? Although most of the guests were in the front hall, you are not the host and you don't know the residential area.

Is there anyone watching over it?"

"Is it possible that a guest or a servant stole it?" Irina asked.

"My sister, the guests at this banquet are either rich or noble. Except for three paupers who may be short of money and steal, we happen to be very familiar with them. As for the servants, they are basically busy in the front hall. The rest

I asked about the background of the two people guarding the atrium, and they are both pretty reliable people."

"Those three paupers are no longer suspect?"

"Pfft, my silly sister, you haven't figured out who the three paupers are?" Irena said with a laugh.

"One pauper, two paupers, three paupers." Annick pointed at himself and his two sisters with his fingers expressionlessly.

"That's not because our second brother is a pauper and his two sisters suffer together." Irena countered.

"Second point, it would be strange for a thief to climb over the high wall in the backyard. Next door to the high wall is Pine Street, one of the core streets in the King District. For ordinary people to climb over, they would have to at least use tools such as hooks. Even normal people

If you want to climb over a wall, you should choose the walls on both sides."

"Indeed, if passers-by see someone using tools to climb over the wall, they will definitely call the police."

"Third point, although there were jewelry scattered on the floor at the crime scene and there was cash in the drawer, I don't know the price of other jewelry. Even if the ruby ​​necklace is the most expensive, can the thief give up other finances and only take the ruby?"

"Also."

"The fourth point is some suspicious points at the scene. There are too many glass fragments, not only on the balcony and lawn, but also in the room. There are two holes in the ceiling. The green plants in the house that don't like water are too wet.

, and three others drank half a bottle of juice, but used 2 pounds of ice and empty photo frames.”

"So what is your conclusion?"

"Actually, sometimes I really think it's simple. The person who stole or, to be precise, hid the necklace is Miss Anne herself. These doubts can be understood." Annick looked at the two sisters with a smile.

"How? Why is she playing a prank?"

"If you are dissatisfied with some of your father's actions, let your father give away the necklace that represents father's love and let your father lose face. Human nature is more complicated than reasoning."

"How could this happen? Aren't they family?"

"Let me explain a little bit. The first point is very simple. The owner of the whole family naturally knows that there will be no guards in the mansion in the residential area tonight. Most of the servants have been arranged to serve the guests. Naturally, he will not be afraid of encountering anything special.

The situation, not to mention that Miss Anne is not alone. She also has two female companions. A female companion helps to watch the atrium, which can prevent someone from suddenly coming back to break Anne's self-theft behavior. "

"The second point is also very simple. I chose the back wall for protection and was discovered by the guard. When Miss Anne returned to the mansion at around 7 o'clock, she put on her father's shoes and went to the back courtyard to step on it.

There were two rows of footprints. She didn't need to climb over the high wall in the backyard, so she didn't have to worry about being seen by pedestrians on Pine Street. On the contrary, she had to worry about whether the guards in the atrium would see the footprints when she stepped on them. It was easier to get there by walking on both sides of the wall.

I was discovered. So I had no choice but to leave my footprints in the backyard blocked by the main building of the mansion."

"The third point is even simpler. She is definitely not short of money. What she stole or hid was a ruby ​​necklace as long as it was the symbolic meaning of the necklace." After saying this, Annick still envied the life of the rich.

"The fourth point is that Miss Anne probably borrowed ice cubes and two nails with rings to make a simple timer door breaking device. When the patrol passed by the backyard, she broke the glass on Pine Street outside the backyard. What kind of thing broke the glass of the back door?

Nothing strange?"

"Um...Glass?" "Yes, it's glass. The picture frame that Miss Anne brought back a few days ago should have double-layer glass. After the maid brought the drinks and left, she should use a small silver hammer to knock the ice cubes.

Two nails with rings are nailed to the ceiling, and a transparent silk thread is used to hang the extra piece of glass in the photo frame on the side near the back door. Another nail is nailed to the ceiling on the side far from the back, and a transparent silk thread is used.

Pull the glass up diagonally. When the diagonal wire is loosened, the glass will fall. Since there is a fixed wire holding the wire, the glass will be swung toward the back door of the balcony and hit upwards, so that the fragments will be all glass. Naturally, it will not

It will leave other traces."

"Then how do you ensure that the thread that is stretched diagonally will loosen after you leave?"

"This is where ice cubes are used. You know that ice cubes melt very quickly in summer. Miss Anne has been asking for ice cubes to cool down in the past few days. She should observe how long it takes for the ice cubes to melt and thread the silk thread of the inclined glass.

After passing through the ring, a fixed pulley is formed. Tie the other end to a piece of ice that is large enough. In this way, after the ice melts, the silk thread will automatically fall off from the ice."

After speaking, Annick made a circle with the fingers of his left hand, and then made a silk thread with the fingers of his right hand and passed it through.

"What is the most natural way to deal with the water after the ice cubes melt? Naturally, it is to put the ice cubes in a flower pot near the back door. Firstly, the length of the silk thread does not need to be too long to prevent it from breaking. Secondly, the melted ice cubes turn into water naturally.

It’s all in the soil too.”

"Why are you putting so much effort into it? Why don't you just say you lost it?" Irina asked.

"Naturally, in order to spread this matter, the person responsible for patrolling outside is an outsourced security company. If the incident was only internal, it would probably be covered up. Anne should observe the patrol team's duty hours from the second floor in the afternoon to ensure that

The patrol smashed the back window as it passed by."

Irina fell silent after hearing this, and Annick continued to add.

"The guards were dismissed immediately at the scene of the crime, probably to deal with the silk threads and devices at the scene. The necklace should have been hidden before 7:30. After all, the three of them were in formal wear and there were no pockets to carry such a large necklace.

But the two female companions, silk thread and nails, can easily be held in their hands and taken away from the scene."

"Aren't they father and daughter? Do people have to be so twisted between each other?"
Chapter completed!