I keep peace by drawing cards

In addition to being able to lead directly from the kitchen to Iluka's room, this secret passage can also lead directly to Mogg's room on the top floor of the watchtower.

The murderer may have used this secret passage to complete two murders in the secret room.

But Xia Youjie felt that things were not as simple as they seemed.

"Killing requires a motive. Why did the murderer kill them? Up to now, the murderer's motive for killing them and the common connection between the three deceased have not been found out."

Zhong Yuanzhong also reacted a little slower: "Isn't the murderer the housekeeper?"

Gojo Satoru: "...if the housekeeper, how could we still be here?"

Zhong Yuanzhong also said violently: "I can't wait any longer, just go and identify the murderer one by one!"

Xia Youjie and Wujo Satoru didn't understand Chuya Chuya's words.

Zhong Yuanzhong also pointed at Xia Youjie and affirmed: "He is the murderer!"

Waited for a few seconds, no response.

Zhongyuan Zhongya pointed to Gojo Wutiao again and said, "He is the murderer!" There was still no response.

Chuya Nakahara persevered, and after verifying Gojo Satoru, he went to verify Oda again.

There is still no response, and there is no escape from the world in the book.

Yes, he intends to use the stupid method, one by one to try.

There are only a few dozen servants and guests in the castle. It is better to spend this little time to verify them than to continue to be trapped here.

He left the secret passage and went to find other people to verify.

"Can he really find the murderer like this?"

Xia Youjie is also not sure whether the condition of "find the murderer" is how to find the murderer, whether he needs definite evidence, or just find the murderer.

"Probably not." Oda knew more about abilities than the two conjurers. "Leaving should require the development of the whole incident. If the matter is not successfully solved, the participants will not be able to leave, and will be trapped in the book world forever."

Xia Youjie smiled wryly: "Solving cases is really not our forte."

Gojo Satoru doesn't think so: "As long as you are smart, you can crack anything."

Xia Youjie let out a smile, and stretched out his hand to ask him, "Please solve the case."

Gojo Goji glanced around, looking around: "I'll go see if that little man has found the murderer, if he doesn't, I'll laugh at him severely!"

Xia Youjie: "..."

Gojo Satoru has been unreliable for not a day or two, but fortunately he is not the only one trapped in it this time.

"Mr. Oda, do you have an idea?"

Oda found a place and sat down casually. His fingers slid across the ground, and four names appeared on the dust, which were the four dead so far.

"Four people are dead now, Mogg, the owner of the castle. Iluka, Mogg's wife. Mrs. Slick, a guest who came to the banquet. And the housekeeper who recognized the first three people."

Oda simply drew a diagram of the relationship between them, "Whether it is the description of the servant or my understanding of the butler, he is not a greedy person, and he will not kill Mogg, which is consistent with the content of his suicide note On the contrary, it is clear that he is pleading guilty."

Xia Youjie also sat down like him, not caring that the dust in the tunnel would stain his clothes.

The light of the candle flickered on and off, and the melted wax fell to the ground along the edge of the candle.

Xia Youjie drew a question mark on the butler with his fingers.

"Who is he blocking the crime for? Who in the castle would make the butler willing to take the blame?"

There were no clues in the butler's room pointing to his relationship with other people. I don't know if it was destroyed or not at all.

The servants in the castle have all worked for Mogg since they were young, and they have known the butler for many years. They asked the servants separately, but they did not know who the butler had a close relationship with.

"I thought of someone who can answer your two questions." Oda stood up, patted the ashes on his body and said suddenly.

"Who?"

Oda said flatly, "A dead man."

"If it was him, judging from the information we have so far, the housekeeper might block the crime for him. But he is dead, a dead person, how can he kill someone? There is no need for the housekeeper to take the blame."

Oda couldn't figure it out either.

He didn't know what he thought of: "Why invite a lawyer to a banquet?"

Xia Youjie: "The servant said that he is a family lawyer, and he is usually responsible for helping manage Mogg's finances. He has a close relationship, and it is normal to come to the banquet."

Oda shook his head: "I think there is something wrong. Do you remember that Mogg's relative said that Mogg was not in good health? I came to this island to deliver a letter to Mr. Mogg, but Mr. Mogg died Yes, I gave the letter to the lawyer."

Xia Youjie asked, "Did you read the contents of the letter?"

Oda: "Not really."

"The lawyer is Mr. Edogawa." Xia Youjie said in confusion, "It seems that we need to find Mr. Edogawa to find out something we don't know."

***

Zhongyuan Zhong also tried everyone, but he still did not leave this book world.

He suddenly thought of a possibility, and said in astonishment: "No way..."

He pointed at himself: "I am the murderer?"

"Congratulations, you have successfully found the murderer, and you will leave this world in ten seconds."

Zhongyuan Zhong couldn't believe it, after searching for so long, the murderer who scolded countless times in his heart was himself?

Wait...why is this notification voice so familiar?

"Gojo Satoru... If you have nothing to do, go find clues to solve the case! Don't bother me here."

Gojo Satoru leaned over with a smile: "Have you found the murderer in a stupid way?"

Zhongyuan Zhong also squinted at him: "What's none of your business?"

After speaking, he left very arrogantly, without giving Gojo Satoru any extra glances.

Gojo Satoru looked unhappy, was he being despised by that dwarf?

People who are not as tall as him standing on tiptoe, what are you pulling!

***

The room where Edogawa Ranpo lived was located in the watchtower in the center of the castle, where the owner of the castle lived.

A lawyer can actually live in a watchtower, but the hostess of the old castle lives near the bell tower far away from the bustling center.

The relationship between this lawyer and Mogg is closer than imagined.

inside the room.

Takizawa Yume also packed the garbage piled up in the room.

"The guests are coming soon, so I won't stay any longer."

He cleared the traces of the room where he had walked in disorder, put the stool back in place, and patted the stool carefully to remove the dust on the velvet surface of the stool.

The remaining tea in the teacup was poured out and put back into the cabinet, leaving only the teacup of Luanbu on the table.

After tidying up in this way, no one except the two of them knew that anyone had visited his room.

Luanbu ignored him, and the whole person nestled lazily in the stool, like a soft cat, from time to time grabbed the grapes on the plate with its paws and stuffed them in its mouth.

When he ate grapes, he didn't spit out the skins at first, he just ate the grapes whole, and when there were too many grape skins in his mouth to continue eating, he spit out the grape skins.

"You can't eat any more, the housekeeper is dead, and you stayed in the house the whole time, so if you ask the servants, you will know that no one has delivered fruit to you." Takizawa Yume also picked up the plate, "It's too suspicious, I want to take it away."

Luanbu resisted: "No!"

Takizawa Yume also put down the plate, and said helplessly: "Forget it, don't reveal any flaws, when will we find the truth."

The grapes stayed, and Luanbu was happy.

He snorted a little, not only to show his flaws, but also to remind him!

They are really a bunch of idiots, their thinking is fixed, they can't jump out of that circle, and it is impossible to find the murderer no matter what.

Takizawa Yumeya returned suddenly, smiling very softly: "Mr. Ranpo, don't interfere."

He turned around in disorder, turned his back to Takizawa Yumeya, and ignored him.

Just a joke, would Lord Ranpo be such an obedient person?

Not long after Takizawa Yumeya left, Ranpo's door knocked.

A document was placed on the empty table, and when someone came in, he randomly pointed at the table with his fingers.

Oda noticed the document and took it apart.

"It's a will."

Ranpo's identity is Mogg's lawyer, and Mogg's will is normal for him.

"This……"

Xia Youjie asked, "Is there something wrong?"

"This will shows that Mogg's entire inheritance was given to his illegitimate son Joan, including this old castle, the manor, fields, pastures, wineries and some shops under his name."

Xia Youjie also felt incredible: "Didn't it mean that Moge didn't care about this illegitimate child? How could he leave all his property to him?"

How many people dream of a poor little bastard getting rich overnight.

Xia Youjie felt strange: "Is there nothing left for the mistress?"

"Yes, a few oil paintings by Eliot."

Xia Youjie: "..."

Eliot's oil painting?That is, Gojo Satoru's oil painting?

Better not to.

Oda asked: "Mr. Ranpo, when did Mogg write this will?"

"A month ago."

Oda put down the document with a serious expression: "Mr. Ranpo, your state is too strange, it's not like you."

"Oh."

"..." Xia Youjie asked patiently, "Does Mr. Luanbu have any clues?"

Ranbu didn't answer, but instead asked them: "How is the case investigation going?"

Xia Youjie told Ranbu all the clues and some doubts they had found so far.

After Luanbu heard it, he only said something strange: "It's not only the living who can kill."

After saying this, he unceremoniously drove the two of them out of the room.

The door was shut heavily, blocking Zhitian and Xia Youjie from the door.

Xia Youjie thought over and over about Luanbu's words.

What exactly does it mean, besides the living, who else can kill?

dead?

How can a dead man kill someone?

"Wu, do you think the dead can kill?"

Gojo Satoru, who had just met Xia Youjie, was asked an inexplicable question by Xia Youjie.

"How do dead people kill people? They are all dead, do souls kill people? Is the murderer really a legendary ghost?"

Xia Youjie repeated what Luanbu said.

An idea flashed through Xia Youjie's mind, but Xia Youjie didn't catch it quickly.

"Don't talk about it, do you remember that there are some jewelry in Mrs. Slick's box? I went to the hostess' room again and found some photos."

Gojo Satoru took out the photo.

These photos are still black and white, and the background is the castle.

The protagonist of the photo is not only Aluka, but also Mogg.

In the photo, Ai Luka was wearing a long dress, and she didn't look very happy.

"This necklace..."

Although the photo is black and white without color, the jewelry necklace on Ai Luka's neck can still be seen clearly.

"Isn't this the jewelry in Mrs. Slick's suitcase?"

Xia Youjie thought of the inconsistencies in Ailuka's room for a moment. As a rich man's wife, there were almost pitifully few precious ornaments in her room.

Mrs. Slick, who has not yet come to the banquet, brought a lot of jewelry.

"This can explain why Mrs. Slick has endless money."

Most of her money comes from Ailuka.

Xia Youjie scattered his thoughts, and a terrible idea took shape in his mind.

He shook himself, shaking the horrible thought out of his mind.

Don't think too much, let's solve the case.