[British and American Drama] The murderer is in sight

Gray didn't stand outside for a long time. The shop was stolen. He had a lot of work to deal with, so he just said hello and showed his willingness to cooperate, and then took the lawyer away. Lestrade even had a lot of work. Before the question was asked, Gray's back disappeared around the corner.

Lance felt that these shiny things in front of the jewelry display cabinet were really a great experience, so as soon as he came in, he sat down on the small swivel chair next to him and didn’t want to move. Even though some of the jewelry here disappeared, some of the exhibition shelves is empty.

It seems that in order to show that Gray is very concerned about this theft case, he sent out his personal secret.

The black-haired female secretary came over later. She was very well-mannered, with decent makeup, a generous smile and a neat way of doing things, so that no one present felt uncomfortable, "I am Licia Eberhart. Tell me what is needed."

Then Lance asked for a cup of coffee very rudely.

Licia didn't have any dissatisfaction, she nodded and turned to pour coffee.

"Wow~" Lestrade's cheeks puffed up, "It seems that this time it is very cooperative."

"En." Lance glanced at the black-haired female secretary and walked away unhurriedly, then turned around, "Three hours of monitoring blind spots are enough to turn this store over, and it's unlikely to find useful clues."

"It's better than nothing." Lestrade reached out and pressed his eyebrows. "There are more difficult cases. There was a homicide case just yesterday. It is estimated that this case will be transferred to other people. But this time the lost There are quite a lot of jewels, and they had time to take all of them away, but they still left some.” The exact number of missing pieces is still unknown, and the shop assistants can only count after the police collect evidence.

"Now talk about this?" Lance raised his eyebrows, "Where's Sherlock?"

Lestrade exhaled, and Lance could vaguely feel his helplessness, "Sherlock is recuperating, and he won't be allowed to appear again for a long time."

Although Lance doesn't think Sherlock is a person who can live at leisure, John hasn't contacted him in the past few days. It should be that a major incident has happened in the past few days and the accident happened. John doesn't have extra energy to deal with other than Sherlock. outside things.

"It sounds sad." Lance, who made the final conclusion, also ushered in the coffee he wanted.

The black-haired female secretary smiled and put the coffee on the table next to Lance, "Mr. Lance, the coffee you need."

"Okay, thank you." Lance smiled back, and then handed the coffee to Rhett who was frowning and thinking.

Without thinking about it, Rhett took a sip of the coffee.

"I want to ask." Lance glanced at Lestrade, then turned his gaze to Licia, "Is no one here last night? At this time?"

Licia nodded, "After the last theft, the boss's trust in the original security has decreased. We have to re-employ trustworthy employees, but you know, we need time to review."

"En." Lestrade nodded in understanding, "Where's the monitor inside the store? I and you seem to have changed something."

"Yes, the manpower has not kept up for the time being, but the monitoring system and the locks have been replaced." Licia said here and couldn't help but sighed softly, "But you know, we failed again."

Anderson walked over holding a transparent evidence bag. He glanced at Licia and then approached Lestrade, "It's a little discovery, it's in Gray's office."

"This is?" Lestrade took the evidence bag, and a ring inlaid with blue gems lay inside, "Sapphire ring?"

"Yes." Anderson nodded, "It's a woman's, and it was found in the crack of the sofa." As he spoke, he set his eyes on Licia again.

Licia pursed her lips, "It's my ring, it should have been dropped when I was cleaning the boss's office last week."

"Well, but we still need to take it back for identification." Lestrade is also familiar with the things that often happen in the office, but the procedures that should be followed cannot be vague.

Licia seemed a little anxious, "This ring is very important to me. I lost it and looked for it for a long time. If possible, can you return it to me as soon as possible? After confirming that it is mine."

"If it's not related to the case." Lestrade didn't make things difficult for her, "Does Anderson have anything else besides these?"

Anderson narrowed his eyes, and his face became more serious. "We tested the blood reaction on the desk in Gray's office, and collected it and sent it back to the police station."

"Blood reaction?" Lance's eyelids twitched, "How much?"

"Only a few drops," Anderson replied. "It looks like there was an argument and one party was shot with some blood, which dripped on the table. Does Miss Mi know what's going on?"

"I'm not very clear. Most of the time, I'm in the small office next to the boss. If the boss has something to do, he will call me internally." Licia frowned slightly, "The boss hasn't told me either!"

"Is there any suspicious people coming in and out?" Lance continued to ask, "Ah, I'm sorry, I seem to have asked a stupid question. If there are suspicious people, Miss Licia should be able to know, after all, as a secret entry and exit You should be aware of the external conditions of the personnel in Mr. Rui's office."

"Yes." Licia didn't deny it, "Many times the boss asks me to receive guests together."

"Okay." Lestrade said, "But, before we started investigating here, Mr. Gray seems to know that he has lost a sapphire?"

"Yes." Licia replied, "The boss immediately came to the store to check the sapphire safe after receiving the news, because the sapphire is very precious. The boss even contacted the designer to design a necklace for her."

Licia answered the questions of Lance and Lestrade in great detail.

At noon, Lestrade invited Lance and Rhett to have lunch together, which is a fast food restaurant not far from the entrance of the police station, a working meal for three people.

"I always thought that only Americans like to eat this kind of food." Lance looked at the hamburger in front of him with a complicated expression, "I actually don't know much about British culture. Most of the food I eat in the UK for so long is to go to western restaurants or in my own restaurant. Do it at home."

Rhett was very happy to eat, as Lance said, he either went to a western restaurant with Lance or always ate "Chinese food" cooked by Lance at home, and another option was Chinese food from outside.

"This is very convenient to eat and saves time." Lestrade didn't care, and took a bite of the burger. "The high calorie content is an advantage for our industry, and I only eat this at noon."

"I didn't question your work spirit." Lance took a bite of the burger and felt the beef and lettuce filling his mouth, and then chewed hard.

Reid ate the hamburger very quickly, he quickly remembered the meaning of his existence as a foreign aid, wiped his mouth and began to explain this discovery, "The goal of this case from the beginning was the lost sapphire, Perhaps it is sapphire, which is a symbol of safety and luck. Interestingly, many people think that sapphire is a blue gem, but it is not. Sapphire is a kind of corundum. It is the collective name for corundum of all colors except ruby. Its structure is also very interesting…”

"Spencer, the target is sapphire." Lance Lestrade's bewildered eyes immediately interfered with Rhett's thoughts.

"I'm sorry." Rhett licked his lips, "What I want to say is that although Gray said this morning to cooperate with the investigation and let the secretary answer our questions, he doesn't really care about the lost sapphire. Starting with the lost sapphire, he cared more about the other jewels lost this time, although he was eager, but he and his secret did not feel distressed about the sapphire, which can be seen from his many small actions."

"That sapphire is not important?"

"The lost one is not important, he should have hidden the really important things in a safer place." Lance continued, "If his performance this time is the same as last time, the loss may be real. The target, but now making this appearance seems to confuse outsiders' sight, trying to convey the message of 'you stole the real sapphire, I am very anxious'. It can be concluded that Mr. Reed does not have much trust in the police Feeling that we don’t have many clues now, but I’m also a little confused whether to focus on finding the lost jewels or on the secrets hidden in real sapphires.”

However, for the police, the goal should be to recover the lost jewelry and try their best to recover the loss, but it is difficult to have results in this kind of case without monitoring, without witnesses, and even if the parties do not really cooperate. It’s nothing. This time, at most, it’s a new way of committing the crime. If the news spreads, the public will worry about their property safety for a while. Lance thinks it’s the insurance company that’s more worried than the public. The method of drilling big holes in the wall and interfering with the monitor is unavoidable, and the insurance company will go bankrupt if it happens a few times.

"Dingling..." Lestrade's cell phone rang.

He picked up the phone, and the other party said something, Lestrade stood up almost immediately, he promised a few times, and picked up the suit that was put aside.

"What's wrong?" Lance picked up the Coke.

"The blood stains from the morning have been identified." Lestrade lowered his voice, "It matches the DNA of the corpse found yesterday. Follow me."

Lance: "..."