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"I know." Sherlock nodded.

Under normal temperature, the body will begin to slowly decompose after more than 24 hours after death. When the temperature changes, the time will also be different.

Likewise, after being placed in a coffin and buried, the decay time will also be extended.

But after all, several months have passed. Although it has not rotted into a white skeleton, the semi-rotted appearance is the most frightening and disgusting thing.

The coffin was not buried deep, and it took several people to dig out the outer panel of the coffin for a few minutes.

Then the tomb pit was cleared, and several people jumped down and came to the coffin.

"Open."

Sherlock ordered coldly.

The investigators who came here this time have all seen big scenes, so there is no problem in opening a coffin.

They first moved a corner of the coffin board together, and then completely lifted the coffin board after they could no longer smell the smell of decaying corpses inside.

The servant had turned his face away, not daring to look at the scene in front of him.

However, the scene inside the coffin at this moment was far from what a few people had imagined.

A rather young-looking woman was lying quietly in the coffin with her eyes closed, her hands clasped together and flat on her belly, as if she was asleep.

According to the description, this person is undoubtedly Lady Mary.

However, after a few months, her body not only did not decay, but also had a strange fragrance.

This abnormal sight actually frightened the investigators responsible for opening the coffin.

One of them tested Mary's breathing and found that there was indeed no breathing sound, and then he felt relieved.

Maybe it was antiseptic using magic.

And Sherlock's eyes have been fixed on Mary's chest since the coffin panels were lifted.

She took out the Tulus family emblem for reference this time from her arms, placed it in front of her eyes, and compared it with the emblem on Mary's chest in sight.

Her eyelids twitched a few times.

"Sir, there is indeed a family emblem on Mrs. Mary's chest. Is it the emblem of the Tulus family?"

"Bring it over first." Sherlock said, ordering his men to put away the clan emblem first.

We cannot rule out the possibility that it is an imitation, and we have to take it back to the Tulus family for personal verification.

Later, the men followed Sherlock's order and prepared to put away the clan emblem.

However, as soon as an investigator's hand touched the clan emblem, it bounced away as if he was electrocuted.

"What's going on?" Sherlock couldn't help but ask.

"This clan emblem... it's so cold, no, the whole coffin is so cold."

Sherlock frowned, then jumped into the pit himself and came to the coffin.

The moment she reached out to touch the clan emblem, there was indeed a bone-chilling chill. After Sherlock released a magic that raised the temperature, she felt the temperature had dropped a lot. Then, she immediately took away the clan emblem.

And the moment she took away the clan emblem, the temperature inside the coffin returned to normal, as if the magic circle had lost its effectiveness after its eyes disappeared.

Fortunately, there was no scene of Mary's body rapidly decomposing.

Then she returned to the top and ordered her men to cover the coffin and bury it with soil before returning to the Duke's mansion again.

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty Duke, I misunderstood you before. We found the emblem of the Tulus family in Lady Mary's coffin."

"Hmph." Lucius snorted and said nothing.

"However, we are going to take the emblem back to Saint Laurent City. There are people from the Tulus family there, and they will identify whether the emblem is authentic."

"Okay, remember, if it is genuine, I don't need you to return it. You can apologize to Orson in person."

"I will." Sherlock lowered his head, and then said: "Well, I hope the Duke will not mind this trouble. I will go back and resume my life."

Lucius waved his hand, signaling Sherlock to leave.

Shortly after Sherlock left, the butler Albert walked into the study and whispered a few words in Lucius's ear, and Lucius nodded.

…

On the other side, the city of Saint Laurent.

With the efforts of Li Te and others these days, the discussion about Orson has gradually disappeared, and the public also knows that Orson is only cooperating with the investigation, and he is living a good life, which is enough.

But in the palace, Alsace received a secret report.

After reading the contents of the secret report, Alsace crumpled the paper into a ball, then threw it into the nearby stove and burned it to ashes.

Chapter 43: How could I be that kind of person? (3K)

"This is the situation. Your Highness, I can guarantee it with my life. This is the emblem that only direct descendants of our family can have."

In front of Alsace, an envoy from the Duchy of Orleans handed the family emblem back to Alsace, then bowed his head respectfully and said.

When Arthas heard this, he didn't say anything, but tilted his head in Sherlock's direction.

"So, Miss Sherlock, your inference is wrong. Heinz has damaged our relationship with the Duke of Antica, right?"

"I'm sorry. I am willing to take full responsibility. If you feel that I have done a bad job, you can fire me directly. I will not refuse."

Sherlock lowered his head, his tone neither humble nor arrogant.

"Hmph, dismissal is not that simple. The matter has reached this level, and it is up to you to continue the investigation."

Alsace said this and put his hand on the emblem of the Tulus family.

"Now we have two family emblems in our hands, both of which are direct members of the Tulus family. This means that Raven lied to us."

Arthas looked at Sherlock and asked:

"So, Miss Sherlock, you swore that in your deduction, the raven had no motive for committing the crime at all. So what happened?"

Sherlock's pupils shrank, and a trace of cold sweat ran down her forehead.

She was clearly more frightened by knowing her assumptions were wrong than by being fired for her incompetence.

She has had a strong logical thinking since she was a child. On top of her logical thinking, she also has a special ability to empathize, which allows her to reconstruct the thoughts of criminals and the motives of crime scenes layer by layer. She has never failed.

However, this time she was not sure whether her reasoning was really wrong.

There is obviously someone, there should be someone who wants to frame His Highness the prince...

After the raven clearly stated the trajectory of his actions and even revealed the people in the Orchid Tavern... it was entirely possible that someone else was doing this.

unless……

Unless the Tulus family emblem that the raven took away at that time was fake, or it was switched by someone midway.

But with Raven's eighth-level strength, it was impossible not to detect packet swapping.

In other words, Francois's family emblem had been secretly tampered with before.

Someone knew that Francois would definitely die, so he switched the package in advance and took away Francois's own family emblem!

Yes, that must be the reason.

Then it is particularly important who Francois met during his lifetime, and the servants who took care of his daily life during his lifetime.

As mentioned before, the family emblem is difficult to imitate, so as long as the family members come and do a little comparison, they will know that it is a fake. If Francois himself is not aware of it, then it is very likely that Francois is responsible for it. The staff who work on the living and clothing matching are people who are deeply trusted by François.

And it shouldn’t take too long to replace it with a fake, otherwise Francois will also find out.

Then, the people around Francois were in good communication with the assassins, or they knew that Francois would be assassinated that day, so they just chose that day to replace the family emblem on Francois's clothes with fake ones. .

The purpose is to frame him later!

So, the problem now comes to the servants around Francois.

"I know, I know the reason!"

Sherlock said this, which made Arthas startled, and then he asked: "What is the reason?"

"What Raven got was a fake clan emblem. The real clan emblem had been stolen by someone else a long time ago, and the one who had the ability to do it happened to be the servant who was responsible for Francois' daily life during his lifetime."

"Your Highness, please allow me to investigate this person's information."

"Okay, go quickly."

Seeing this, Arthas also nodded.

Seeing that Sherlock had made a new discovery, he couldn't wait.

However, after sending information to the Duke of Orleans about the servants around Francois, Shylock got bad information.

François did have a dedicated servant who was responsible for his clothing design and grooming during his lifetime, but that person had already been assassinated before François, and after he was investigated, he went south and boarded a long-distance ship.

When Sherlock inquired about the ship's operation information, he learned that the ship had crashed, and the last operation happened to be when the servant was transported eastward.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this is definitely a conspiracy, and Sherlock is no exception.

But it is difficult to have anything to do with Orson in any case.

If it is because of the issue of who once owned the place where the badge was found, then in addition to Orson, Alsace is also a subject of major suspicion.

In addition, after confirming that Mary's family emblem was authentic, the suspicion of Orson or Antika was cleared.

If we continue to doubt and question him, it will be the police and the royal family who are making trouble unreasonably.

In desperation, Sherlock could only find Orson again.

"Orson, I have some good news for you."

After opening the door and seeing Orson sitting on a chair drinking coffee, Sherlock spoke.

"Oh? What's the good news?"

"Your suspicion has been lifted for the time being. We went to Antica to have a look. The Tulus family emblem on Lady Mary is indeed still there."

"Then here's the question, isn't this inconsistent with your previous guess?"

Orson took a sip of coffee, then looked up at Sherlock.

There was a bit of smile in his eyes.

"This was an oversight on my part. I forgot the possibility that people close to Duke François may have collaborated with the assassins to commit the crime."

"Oh? People around me?"

Sherlock told Orson his reasoning. After hearing this, Orson touched his chin and thought for a while, and then asked:

"So, Miss Charlotte, what kind of person do you think can bribe the people around Francois? Also, if you choose to believe Raven's confession, how will you view Giovanni and the people around him in this matter? What impact does it have?”

"I have an idea about this matter. I wonder if Miss Charlotte would like to hear it."

"It's better not to have to."

Sherlock shook his head.

"I know you're smart, Orson, but it's not appropriate for you to tell me your guess at this time. Not to mention that it will affect my judgment, if others hear it, they may think you're trying to distance yourself from it."

"But aren't the results of the cases the same?" Orson said puzzledly.

"I'm just giving my guess. Can a guess affect the established facts? Isn't your case investigation to make the facts public?"

"Besides, Miss Charlotte, you've always been firm and firmly believe in your own judgment, right?"

Orson said this and stood up.

"Or, when you were working here, you gradually merged with them and forgot your original intention?"

Sherlock raised his head and glanced at Orson. She pursed her lips and then shook her head.

"Orson, you can leave now."

"Okay then."

Seeing that Sherlock didn't respond to his question directly, Orson sighed helplessly, then walked past Sherlock and walked out of the room.

And Sherlock lowered his head and clenched his fists tightly.

…

Osen’s departure was not notified to anyone else, otherwise the news would have leaked out and caused traffic jams.

In fact, even if this incident had not happened, Orsen would have been released for a day on the day of the graduation ceremony, but the investigation was too quick, and Orsen’s suspicion had been cleared, so he was released like this.