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Chapter 274 Explosion Reversal
Flipping through the booklet in my hand, the story continues to unfold.

As Poirot intervenes in the case, more details about the case are revealed.

The police determined the time of the crime to be between 45:[-] p.m. and [-] p.m.

All the characters that Lei Xiwei considered to be major suspects had alibi at this time.

At this time, the police once again threw out important clues. After questioning, the concierge witnessed Roger's stepson Peyton entering and leaving the manor at 25:[-].

In the superintendent's hypothesis, Payton entered the manor at 25 points, and was heard by Raymondon asking for money from Roger at [-] points. After being rejected, he killed Roger, and even the shoe prints in the study were exactly matched. .

Leixi shook his head slightly, agreeing with Poirot's opinion that if Peyton was really the murderer, there would be too many clues left.

At the end of the chapter, Poirot picked up a small piece of starched white silk in the gazebo and put it in his notebook.

In the Modu Bookstore, Huang Xinjie also wrote down such a sentence in her notebook, although she didn't know what the fragments were used for.

But Huang Xinjie believes that Gao Ming's mystery novels are full of foreshadowing, which may be related to the ultimate truth.

In the new chapter, Poirot and I walked around the manor and heard the conversation between Major Brant and Miss Flora by the goldfish pond.

From the dialogue, it can be seen that Major Brant has a crush on Flora.

Huang Xinjie's eyes widened. She had long thought that there was something wrong with Brant's thick brows and big eyes. He was the gift of the murder weapon, but she actually liked Roger's niece.

And Flora received a legacy of [-] pounds after Roger's death, and at the same time seemed to be hiding something.

Huang Xinjie immediately gave herself the wings of imagination, and all kinds of love and hatred came to mind.

Poirot once again picked up a lady's wedding ring in the goldfish pond, and the wedding ring was engraved with "Gift of R., March [-]th"

Huang Xinjie was a little confused, unable to connect the clues, so she could only continue to look down.

The lawyer announced Roger's will, and Peyton got the most inheritance. The estate included all the shares of the company. The clues aggravated Peyton's suspicion again.

I was entrusted by Poirot to investigate the past of Ursula, the only parlor maid who did not have an alibi, but I returned without success.

The joint coroner's inquest unfolded, talking again about the phone call I had received the night Roger died, the call from the station, from an elusive source.

After identification, the fingerprint on the murder weapon came from Roger himself, and many clues once again pointed the suspicion to Payton, who had not shown up for a long time.

After the trial, Poirot called a family gathering at Finley Park, with Poirot and me, Major Brant, Flora, Mrs Ackroyd and Raymond.

Huang Xinjie looked a little surprised, so far the plot has passed halfway, and many novel detectives have already known the truth at this time.

But in this case, all the characters have a certain degree of concealment, so even Poirot has never known the truth.

After the family reunion, Poirot invited me to his home for a night talk. Poirot conducted an investigation on the stranger I met when I left the manor on the night of the crime, and learned that the other party had drunk in the "Three Wild Boars" bar, and there was American accent.

Next, the quills found in the gazebo and used for smoking drugs were displayed.

According to the analysis of the existing clues, the motive points to Peyton again, but Poirot always believes that he is innocent.

The investigation continues, foreshadowing clues emerge one after another, and the truth hidden by each character is revealed one by one.

Lei Xiwei watched with her mouth open the whole time. Every detail was so delicate that she couldn't react until the moment the truth was revealed.

For example, Poirot said to Ursula, the parlor maid, "You shouldn't be called Ursula Bourne, should you, child—it should be Ursula Paton? You are Mrs. Ralph Paton!"

Seeing this, many question marks popped up on Lei Xiwei's head?what happened?
The next chapter explains this. It turns out that Ursula and Peyton had known each other for a long time, but Peyton claimed that he could not let Roger know that he married a girl from a poor family, and that he would not announce the marriage until the debts were paid off.

But Peyton's character was flawed. Roger drove him out of the manor after knowing that he owed a huge debt, and recalled him again a few months later, hoping that Peyton could marry Flora.

There is no love between Payton and Flora, and their marriage is like a transaction. For Payton, it is like a life-saving straw that can help him pay off his debts.

So he planned to hide it from Ursula, but unfortunately there is no impenetrable wall, and finally the news was exposed.

Ursula found Roger's showdown and turned his face completely. At night, he had a quarrel with Peyton in the gazebo. More than half an hour after the two separated, Roger's body was found.

Poirot asked Ursula some details of the evening.

Huang Xinjie felt the same as Lei Xiwei, even after taking notes, she was a little dizzy.

And she glanced at the chapter number, there were not many chapters left.

Looking at the clues I wrote down and trying to analyze them, I still have no clue, and I can't help feeling a little frustrated.

At the same time, my thirst for knowledge became stronger, and I couldn't wait to turn to the next chapter.

In this chapter, Poirot gathered all the suspects together, and Huang Xinjie was a little excited.

This kind of situation is generally the highlight of detective novels. When the detective reveals the truth, Poirot reads the list of suspects.

[Mrs. Ackroyd, Flora, Brant, Raymond, Mrs. Peyton, Parker and the housekeeper Russell]
Huang Xinjie glanced at it, checked the list she had written, they were almost the same, and continued to read with some excitement.

Poirot first revealed the relationship between Ursula and Peyton, and then put forward a hypothesis that was beyond Huang Xinjie's expectations.

At 09:30, Raymond heard voices coming from Roger's room, but it is likely that no one was with Roger at all.

Also and providing evidence for this hypothesis, Roger had a dictaphone and was probably reading a letter from Mrs. Ferrars at 09:30.

Also at the end of the chapter, Peyton, who hadn't been seen until now, finally shows up.

Huang Xinjie continued to scroll down without stopping.

Peyton appeared on the stage to reveal the mystery of his long absence, and at the same time explained that he had never been to Roger's study that night.

At this point, Poirot had already won the game and declared, "I know that the murderer of Mr. Ackroyd is in this room. I said this to the murderer."

Poirot knew the truth, but Huang Xinjie, as a reader, still had no idea.

The name of the next chapter is The Whole Truth. Huang Xinjie put down her notebook and concentrated on reading.

Poirot believes that at 09:30, Roger was dead, and the voice that Raymond heard was recorded by a dictaphone.

And the murderer is someone who is very familiar with Roger and knows that he has a tape recorder. He is someone who has been to the "Three Wild Boars" earlier. A person who spends a few minutes alone in the study.

At the end of the chapter, Poirot reveals the truth, "In fact, this person is——Dr. Sheppard!"

"Fuck!" In different countries, Lei Xiwei and Huang Xinjie said in unison, their pupils trembling.

Such a reversal is too explosive!
Huang Xinjie and the others were bombarded until their heads buzzed, and they were stunned for a moment.

From beginning to end, they never doubted this role.

No one could have imagined that the murderer would be Shepard, the "I" that No.1 called.

The two read in different languages, but they were both shocked and speechless.

(End of this chapter)