ww.x.om Dr. Zhong wanted to step forward to comfort Cretia, but he saw Cretia holding Vestri's head with tears in his eyes. He didn't know what to say for a moment. Demo
After the special priest finished praying, he ordered several church servants to carry Westri's body back to the church for a memorial ceremony, and asked Zhong Xiaoying to accompany Credia.
"Priest Dermot, are you okay?" Zhong Xiaoying couldn't help but feel strange when she saw that the murderer also stabbed the priest, but he was fine at all.
"God bless..." The priest took out a small scripture that he carried with him from his arms. The knife poked a deep hole in the scripture. However, the scripture was very thick and bound with sheepskin, which was effective.
withstood the sting.
The priest was still a little shaken, and his words were a little garbled, not as smooth as when he chanted. Xu Xu knew that he would not be able to ask any useful questions for a while, so his caregiver escorted him back to the church first.
"Set a guard post at the door of the church." Li ordered the director of the police station, "Send a special person to protect Huygens 24 hours a day! Tell him not to leave the business building in the past few days."
His face was livid, and the problem was a little too big. He put on his gloves and silently explored the scene. The dagger that assassinated Westley was thrown on the ground. This is the standard dagger issued to sailors by the Navy - it is actually water.
Hand knife.
The dagger was stained with blood. After stabbing the priest, the murderer immediately dropped the knife and ran away. Li Quan took out a brown paper bag containing evidence and carefully put the dagger away.
In addition, there were no valuable clues left at the scene, and it was impossible to protect the scene well in the chaos after the assassination.
Xu returned to the office and saw Wei Bachi, Zhong Lishi and several other elders. Wei Bachi had been socializing with Huygens these days - Huygens did not come to the Far East to "increase knowledge"
, he came to the Far East with a clear purpose.
Although Wei Bachi did not know his specific purpose, there is no doubt that the purpose of Huygens's trip to East Asia was to collect specific information about East Asia. After he arrived in Kaohsiung, he did not miss any opportunity to talk to the elders.
Although his poor Chinese proficiency had to rely on translation, the overall impression given to Wei Bachi was that Huygens was a person with a strong thirst for knowledge - he was interested in everything and was willing to communicate with the elders about everything. Even in Zhong
PhD
Of course, diplomats have naturally been responsible for the government's overseas eyes and ears since the day they were born. Wei Bachi is not taboo about this. He even thinks this is a good opportunity - to fully demonstrate his strength to the Dutch and open up new areas.
More trade opportunities - and less fantasies.
As soon as Wei Bachi entered the door, he was so angry that he trembled with anger. He slapped the table and asked for permission: "Which bastard from the army did this? Take him out and shoot him!"
Xu Xu shook his head and said: "The murderer is pretending!"
"What?!"
Xu Li introduced him to the two cases that happened yesterday and today.
Wei Bachi was furious and slapped the table again: "What do you do to eat! Why don't you send someone to protect the foreign guests? Just let a little kid lead them all over the place!"
Xu Xu was already worried, but when Wei Bachi roared, he couldn't help but get angry. He responded without hesitation: "Mr. Wei, please pay attention to your attitude! I am not the director of the Kaohsiung Police Station, I am under the command of the Navy.
And the leader of the Foreign Intelligence Service, responsible for the intelligence work of Operation Engine. Local security and protection is your scope of responsibility."
Wei Bachi was hit by him and choked to the point of speechlessness. His face turned red, like a fighting cock. Dr. Zhong quickly came out to smooth things over.
"Don't be angry, everyone. The matter has already happened. It won't help if we argue here. Let's think about how to find out about it first."
This time, Kaohsiung's mistake was obvious: no security personnel were sent to important figures like Westley. Both Dr. Zhong and Wei Bachi focused their attention on Huygens, and did not send any guards to this pair.
The Dutch teenagers didn’t pay much attention to their personal safety, and they didn’t expect anyone to specifically target them.
This matter is neither big nor small. Although the Dutch have nothing to fear, the task given to Wei Bachi by the Senate was not to go to war with the Dutch. It would not be to his own advantage if it really happened.
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Wei Bachi was like a deflated rubber ball. He unbuttoned his collar and sat down on the sofa: "You guys tell me what to do!" He suddenly remembered something: "In a few days, the officers will send a ship.
Pick them up, and now not a single living person is gone!" He said, shaking his head and sighing.
Dr. Zhong thought that Bangkut had worked so hard to bring the child to East Asia to be vaccinated with cowpox, hoping that he would grow up safely, but he did not expect that he would die like this - the trip to Kaohsiung turned out to be his life-threatening talisman.
There was really a sense of emptiness in the unpredictable world. I couldn't help but let out a long sigh.
"If Boncourt were to know that his son was killed, and that he was beaten to death by 'senator soldiers'... he would have to risk his life with us!" Wei Bachi shook his head and sighed repeatedly.
Boncourt was a senior merchant of the East India Company, and he was an equal figure to the Governor in Batavia. No matter how much he said this, it could not promote cooperation and enhance friendship between the two parties.
"The feelings of the Dutch are nothing. If you don't accept it, I'll beat you!" Fang Jinghan said nonchalantly, "Just seize the little foreign horse, declare war immediately, capture the big men and kill all the white skins! Anyway, they are all embarrassed!" Xiao Fang has been deeply in love recently!
Influenced by Liu Zheng: Huygens and Vestri were not interested at all. They considered them all "worthless white-skinned humanoids". Only Xiaoyang Macretia was of some value to the Senate.
"Isn't this fulfilling the enemy's wish?" Wei Bachi said, "People really want us to fight with the Dutch." He waved his arms and said excitedly: "Of course we are not afraid of the Dutch, but now is not the time to deal with them.
; Furthermore, I can’t swallow this feeling that I have to follow people’s routines honestly after being tricked like this!”
Dr. Zhong said: "There is a conspiracy in this matter!"
"It's very possible that Zheng Zhilong did it." Xu Xu said. This idea came to him as soon as he arrived at the scene of the murder - the whole case was too purposeful. It smelled of frame-up from beginning to end.
According to the principle of reasoning: whoever is the biggest beneficiary of the case will be the biggest suspect. Zheng Zhilong is obviously the biggest suspect.
"The Dutch should not be so easily fooled. The methods in this case are too low-level." Wei Bachi said, "The purpose is obvious."
"Wrong, this method is very advanced." Xu Xu said, "People all over the street saw it. One of our sailors killed someone, and this sailor was drunk - or, in other words, he looked drunk.
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In other words, the frame-up was in the form of "passion killing" rather than "deliberate murder." If the Senate deliberately murdered Westley, it would be unreasonable both emotionally and rationally, but if a drunken sailor killed someone in the street, it would be unreasonable.
It's totally reasonable.
From a liability perspective, Westerly was killed by a Senate official on the territory of the Senate. This is a well-known "fact" at the moment, and at least hundreds of people witnessed this "fact".
If the Senate wants to clear its name, it must try to solve the case and find the real culprit - and there must be evidence.
With the level of management of pirate gangs and even the government in this era, it is hard to tell if this is really a trick. Even the British Navy in the 19th century may not have been able to guard against this trick.
Xu Xu said regretfully: "It's a pity that the murderer is already dead!"
Wei Bachi jumped up again and complained to Zhong Lishi: "Dr. Zhong, why are you teaching your goddaughter to play with a gun? This will kill the murderer with one shot! Aren't you killing people and silencing them for the enemy?"
"Xiaoying is not afraid that he will run away..." Zhong Lishi was a little at a loss for words - I really can't praise Xiaoying for this matter. But at the time, there was really no good way to do it in a desperate situation - their communication methods were still weak.
It was very backward and could not notify the patrol boats at sea in the first time.
Of course, if Xiaoying hadn't fired this shot, the murderer might have escaped unscathed. For them, if he really ran away, it would be the same thing as being shot to death.
"I think you are a little overindulgent to your goddaughter." Wei Bachi said angrily and started to fan, "She must be educated well!"
Zhong Lishi was full of slander against Wei Bachi, but he really couldn't argue with this matter.
The phone in the room suddenly rang. Quan Quan quickly picked up the call. The call was from Ren. The murderer's body had been transported to the health center. Ren planned to start the autopsy in an hour and asked Li Quan and others if they wanted to.
Go and have a look.
"I'll go right away!" Xu Xu said.
Dr. Zhong said: "I'll go too!"
Wei Bachi shook his head: "I won't go. I'm going to take care of the aftermath first, and then explain it to Huygens." He shook his head feebly, "We'll discuss how to deal with this matter later.
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Fang Jinghan had no interest in dissecting corpses. Liu Zheng had recently found a guide on the commercial street and was about to go on a field trip. He asked Fang Jinghan to discuss the trip plan first, and then he left.
Zhong Lishi returned to the customs residence and prepared to pack the necessary equipment. As soon as he opened the door, he saw Zhong Xiaoying kneeling on the ground with tears in her eyes, and she couldn't help being surprised.
"What are you doing?"
"It's all my daughter's fault. She accidentally shot and killed the murderer." Zhong Xiaoying cried and said, "Father, please forgive me."
"Don't cry, get up." Zhong Lishi waved his hands, "How do you know the murderer is dead?"
"My daughter just sent Crédia back to the store. When she came out, she saw Uncle Ren leading people to collect the murderer's body. He said that my daughter's shot was to help the bad guy 'kill and silence'. My daughter knew she was wrong.
, please forgive me, father!" She felt regretful and sad at the same time, and couldn't help but fall on the ground and cry bitterly as she spoke.