Detective Bennet [Comprehensive novel]

Although it is not very good to think so, Kelsey has long been mentally prepared for the death.

Because of the vague premonition, the moment she saw the suspension bridge, she had the idea that she might as well go home.

Even so, it was not expected that four of them would die in one go.

After the steward finished speaking, he hurried upstairs.

Kelsey was thinking about whether to go up to the bell tower first, or go out of the castle to see the source of the explosion, when the gold-rimmed glasses next door also opened the door.

It was rare to see gold-rimmed glasses without combing his hair, and he pointed up cautiously. "The situation upstairs is a bit strange, I will go ahead."

How do people know that the situation upstairs is weird when they sleep in the house?

Kelsey immediately turned back into the house, opened the window and saw that the window next door was open.She wanted to discover the situation after opening the window of the gold-rimmed glasses, and she also looked towards the west side of the clock tower.

Deep winter, five forty in the morning.

In the Alps, it was still two hours before sunrise, and it was still dark outside.

In the dimness, a large black shadow could be vaguely seen on the outer wall of the lower side of the bell tower.

Are there people hanging on the wall?

Kelsey picked up the kerosene lamp and hurried downstairs, walked out of the main building of the castle, walked half a circle around the outer lawn, and came to the bottom of the west clock tower.

Looking up, a light has been hung in the window on the fifth floor, and people below can see it more clearly.

The windows on the fifth floor were wide open, and a man and woman were hanging outside the window naked.

The female corpse's feet were tied with ropes, her head was facing down, and she was tied upside down by the ropes.There was also a loop around her neck, and a long rope that pulled the knot was swinging in the wind.

The left wrist of the male corpse and the left wrist of the female corpse were handcuffed to each other with a pair of metal handcuffs.Using the handcuffs as a link, the male corpse hangs upright, with his feet facing down, just hanging down to the position of the window on the fourth floor.

The windows on the fourth floor were also open, and the other two bodies were not seen for the time being.

Kelsey blinked. She had seen many bizarre death scenes, but this kind of death was really rare.

In connection with Ms. Rosalia's sudden sports invitation last night, I can probably guess the exciting scene between the two barons and their lovers, but I didn't expect it to be so exciting.

The steward must not be able to deal with the two corpses alone, how to get them into the house is a difficult problem.

Why don't you ask the servants for help?

Kelsey found that no other footsteps were heard all the way down the stairs, and the whole castle was very quiet.It is not difficult to understand that the other guests are still resting, but it should not be impossible for an attendant to appear.

Thinking of this, Kelsey immediately ran to the drawbridge door.

I saw that the gate of the drawbridge of the old castle was open undefended, and the north wind was blowing.

With the help of the dimly lit lights, only a small half of the bridge that originally protruded horizontally remained.

At present, it is impossible to determine the details of the fracture of the wooden planks of the bridge body, but it is found that there is a piece of trousers hanging on the edge of the broken bridge.And, the snow-covered bridge deck was splattered with dark red blood.

Kelsey's eyes were fixed, and she asked about the materials and personnel of the castle yesterday.

The steward said that there are usually ten people permanently stationed in the castle.The eight attendants change their guards every ten days, return to the other end of the suspension bridge to rest and purchase supplies, and return after ten days to hand over to the other eight.

The two chefs discussed on their own, and when they are not busy, they will leave the castle at different peak times every month and go outside to rest for ten days each.

Today is changing of the guard day.

In the early morning, the host and most of the guests are still asleep, but the servants get up to work before dawn.Now there is no attendant in the castle, which means that the eight attendants have already boarded the bridge to change shifts.

Under the bridge is a turbulent river, and the rapids beat the rock walls on both sides.

Because of the terrain, at the top of the cliff, you can't hear the sound below, only the whistling wind on the top of the mountain.

The bridge broke with a bang.

The people walking on the bridge didn't have time to react at all, and they fell straight before they even screamed.

The steward said that the two groups of attendants were handed over on the opposite side.It is still unclear whether the dead servants were the ones who left or the ones who came to work.

No wonder the steward looked panic-stricken, not only four people died this morning.

Kelsey frowned, the situation is not good.

The matter of the broken bridge may have to wait until dawn to find out, but now she went up to the bell tower first.

Yesterday, the steward specially reminded the bell tower not to go there due to the strong wind. Kelsey still took a look around and found a locked iron gate on the passage from the fourth floor to the fifth floor.

Although it is not clear who has the key to the iron door, the key is certainly not a hairpin left by the door right now.A few steps forward, there is also a hairpin on the ground beside the bell tower door.

The butler and the gold-rimmed glasses stood by the window, discussing how to get the corpse in.

Just try to pick up and down, and drag the two corpses in from the window on the fourth floor.Or simply find an extension rope and slowly lower the body to the lawn on the first floor.

No matter which one is used, it will take a lot of effort, and there is no guarantee that the corpse will not be smashed beyond recognition.

"Mr. Adair, you're here too."

The steward rubbed his forehead with sweat, and didn't say anything more about please don't come to the bell tower.I tried pulling the corpse myself, and only then did I know that one person couldn't handle it.

There are too many problems, and we have to deal with them one by one.

Kelsey looked at the scattered clothes, leather whips, candles, etc. in the house, the rope tied to the left ankle of the female corpse, and the other end was being tied to the square post by the window.

Looking down from the window, you can clearly see the obvious strangle marks on the neck of the female corpse, while the male corpse's eyes are wide open, and there is a deep bloodstain from rope friction on the palm of his right hand.

Now, it is possible to roughly restore the death scene of the two last night.

Baron Isaac and his lover in pursuit of thrills stage a special bondage campaign at the Belfry.

The lover's left foot is tied to a square pillar, and her left hand is handcuffed to the baron's left.There is also a loop around the neck, one end of which is held by the baron's right hand.

The two used the window sill as a bed, but unfortunately, the baron moved too far and rushed out of the window.

The baron's right hand was originally pulling the noose around the mistress's neck.Suddenly flipping out, he didn't let go of the rope in his hand, and flipped his mistress out of the window with her.

The mistress' left foot was tied with a rope to the square pillar, which prevented her from falling straight down, but hung upside down in the air.

This is where the worst happens.

Turning over and pulling, the strength is out of control at all.

The mistress was hanging upside down outside the window, but her neck was pulled down tightly by the rope, and her fragile neck bore the weight of the baron's entire body.She couldn't get rid of the baron, their hands were already handcuffed.

Kelsey recounted yesterday's situation, "Ms. Rosalia's neck was restrained and she couldn't call for help, so why didn't Baron Isaac call for help?"

"Because Baron Isaac was the first to die."

Sherlock pointed to the wine bottle in the corner, "You might as well smell the smell left in the bottle, you may find an effective way to die suddenly."

Kelsey picked up the bottle, still smelling very faintly of sulfur, which has aphrodisiac properties. "Is this strong/yang wine?"

The steward immediately shook his head, "No, no, there is no such wine in the castle. Baron Isaac ordered a bottle of whiskey, it should be mixed with special powder by himself."

"High altitude, a lot of alcohol, special powder, intense exercise, nervousness, what do these five points add up to?"

Sherlock sneered and gave the answer, "It's equal to sudden death."

Sherlock said coldly, "The two barons planned to exchange bed partners last night, but unfortunately they did not find more people to join in. I boldly guessed that they agreed to exercise up and down the stairs at the same time.

In the dark castle with a towering cliff, men and women dressed in succubus suits, separated by a ceiling, two pairs can hear each other's movements by the window. "

"At the last moment of the movement, there was a sudden silence. It was because Baron Isaac rushed out of the window out of breath. His body could not fly out completely, and he was holding the collar rope tightly with one hand, while the other hand was still with his mistress. Rosalia locked up."

Sherlock sneered, "The sudden shock hit the two downstairs, but they didn't have time to react.

Baron Isaac rushed out of the window, handcuffed his mistress' wrists, and hung up and down in the air, more like forming a pendulum with huge momentum.

Baron Isaac, who was located below, had his legs hanging down to the window on the fourth floor, and gave two people on the window sill on the fourth floor a hard kick on the head, successfully kicking them down from the window sill to the ground in the room. "

"The unfortunate thing happened again. The two guests on the fourth floor fell to the ground and died."

The housekeeper added from the side that he heard a loud noise this morning and ran to see it, and found the tragedy of the suspension bridge breaking.

Seeing this, he was about to report to the Earl.

He looked up inadvertently, but found a human-shaped shadow on the outer wall of the clock tower.I ran to the bell tower to find out, and found that Baron Isaac had died tragically.

The housekeeper found that the windows on the fourth floor were also wide open. He went downstairs to confirm the situation of Baron Thomas, but there was no one answering the quiet knock on the door.

He restrained his trembling hands and opened the door with the key, only to see the candle holder by the window fell to the ground, and beside it were two naked corpses.

Mistress Bonnie fell to the ground on her back, hit the back of her head against a corner of the candle holder, and was knocked out a big hole, bleeding all over the floor.

Baron Thomas was lying prone on the ground. There was a heavy bump on the back of his neck, and he had lost his breath.

Who would have thought that many tragedies had occurred before dawn this morning.

The butler ran to the second floor and woke up the earl to make a brief report, but he still had to find a way to properly dispose of the corpse.

When I was in a hurry to go upstairs, I met the bearded man who opened the door, said a few words in a hurry and ran to the fifth floor, and was stopped by gold-rimmed glasses, so we had to check the two death scenes together.

Too many elements!

Kelsey was speechless for a moment, and could only say, "These four really know how to play."

"Maybe not enough to play."

Sherlock pointed out the window, "Otherwise, I wouldn't have played myself to death."

The steward could not go along with the ridicule of the guests, "You two, the more important thing now is how to place the corpse on the wall."

"I'm afraid no one has the strength to pull the two corpses up directly. It is also dangerous to pick up the corpses from the fourth floor. What if the person responsible for picking up the corpses accidentally falls out?"

What Kelsey didn't say was that there would definitely be bumps when picking up the corpse on the fourth floor, and it would also destroy the death scene on the fourth floor.It is still not certain that the deaths of the four were accidental.

Kelsey made a suggestion, "I think it's better to get an extension rope, and several people will pull it together to slowly lower the two corpses to the lawn."

"It appears that you agree with Mr. Sigson."

The steward acted immediately, "Two please stay here, I will find a rope that meets the requirements."

"Please take care of things, and invite Mr. Watson."

Sherlock added, "Let the body down, one more person will have more strength."

As for the other guests, nothing can be expected at all.

When the steward left, the two guards left behind looked at the square pillar by the window, and the rope tied to it was tied tightly.

"This should not be an ordinary rope, otherwise it won't be able to bear the weight of two people."

Kelsey watched the rope that hung Rosalia upside down. It had been pulling on the two bodies for at least an hour or two, but it still hadn't broken. "Mr. Sigson, can you see where it comes from, with your vast experience?"

Sherlock: Please make it clear, why does he have such rich experience in courting death?

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Second watch at night~