In reason, after hearing such harsh noises, one should go and see what happened. Indifference can easily make oneself a prime suspect.
Besides, Mo Xiaoyao was really concerned about what was going on. The deceased had already appeared, and the script she got was not the murderer, so finding the real murderer was the primary goal now.
Antonio's room is on the second floor, and the system no longer controls Mo Xiaoyao's body, but the guiding arrow is still reserved for her. In fact, there is no need for that now, because she is not the only one who is going to the scene, as long as she follows the servants who are rushing to the second floor, she can easily arrive at the scene.
What Mo Xiaoyao was more worried about was that Antonio had snatched two pieces of "additional" candy from her before. If they were not destroyed in time, they would easily be used as evidence of crime. She had to find a way to get close to the body, to find a way to get the handkerchief back, and the sugar didn't matter, and no one but Antonio knew it was hers.
In this era, there is no fingerprint detection technology... right
The door of Antonio's room was already crowded with people, most of them were servants who came to see the excitement, and there were also a few well-dressed puppets, who seemed to be the so-called "high society guests".
One of the puppets with a beer belly was giving an impassioned speech in an unwavering tone.
"... To sum up, I think this is a very bad murder! The murderer will be severely punished! But if you go directly to the judicial process, innocent people will inevitably be implicated and treated maliciously—so, I hope that we can first find out the criminals internally. During this period, all irrelevant people must hide first, so as not to become a hindrance."
As soon as the voice fell, the male and female servants who were still blocking the doorway suddenly began to deform. Like a puppet show in the old days, many thin lines appeared out of thin air on their bodies, their heads drooped, their shoulders shrugged, their arms and legs were twisted into strange postures, and they slowly rose to the ceiling.
Mo Xiaoyao subconsciously swallowed the non-existent saliva, looked up at the puppet servants who were fixed on the roof, and when he turned his head, he found that the man with the beer belly who was talking was also dragged by the thin wire, slowly approaching Antonio's bedroom roof.
"Crack, clack, clack... to find the murderer... clack... can't be found before 24:00... clack... all of them will be executed!"
After saying this, the beer belly puppet maintained a weird posture, was stuck on the roof with a "click", and then stopped talking, as if it was really just a puppet.
Mo Xiaoyao turned his neck and looked around. Except for her, the rest of the moving puppets should be players.
Michelle, Lady Mary, Robert, Suzanne, John, plus herself, just enough for a 6-player game.
"The main mission is finally announced. Before looking for the murderer, let's introduce ourselves first." It was Michelle who spoke, and he seemed to have a desire to express, "How many people have played the murder mystery before?"
It was Mrs. Mary who answered him: "I haven't played, what does this mean?"
Michelle glanced at her, her neck was not so flexible, and she said, "Simply put, it's a deduction game. Everyone gets their own script, and then searches for evidence to find the murderer based on the clues provided—we Can you search for evidence?"
He asked this question to Mo Xiaoyao, and by the way, attracted everyone's attention.
Mo Xiaoyao frowned secretly. She always felt that Michelle was deliberately drawing the relationship between them closer in front of others, but she didn't want to give other people this illusion, so she simply answered: "I don't know."
Ignoring the conversation on their side, John had already checked the corpse on his own, and then said: "After touching the detectable object, you will get a prompt whether to search. I have 5 points here."
Hearing what he said, the rest of the people in the room ignored the self-introduction proposed by Michelle, and moved up one after another to verify John's statement in person.
Michelle stood there with a blank expression for a few seconds, and then stepped into the team of everyone searching. Mo Xiaoyao guessed that he might feel embarrassed/resentful/unwilling/angry, but since the puppet's face was full of no The expression just helped him cover it up, so it seemed a little elusive.
This is actually quite bad, Mo Xiaoyao thought, there is no way to observe human beings through facial expressions, and they can only deduce through rigid body movements and language, which undoubtedly increases the difficulty for reasoning games.
Now, Mo Xiaoyao had given up on looking for his handkerchief. Under the watchful eyes of everyone, she couldn't do some small movements, and she always felt that someone was staring at her, let alone acting rashly to attract suspicion.
Maybe because this is the room of the dead, everything in the room is undefended, and everyone can look through it at a cost of 0 points. Mo Xiaoyao reckoned that when he found a personal room, he would definitely spend points, but he didn't know how much it would cost.
While thinking about it, Mo Xiaoyao looked at this room carefully, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart, it's really a different life, it's also a baron's child, the place where Zoya played by himself is miserable, look at Antonio's room again, tsk tsk , It’s really a sky and an underground.
The interior of the house is spacious and bright, and there are not many precious decorations, but the aesthetics are very good, and there is no such a bright and blinding nouveau riche atmosphere. The bookshelves are full of books covering a wide range of subjects, which is quite telling considering the rarity of books and the universality of literacy in this era.
On the wall, Mo Xiaoyao also saw a luxuriously decorated Western sword hanging. Anyway, she didn't need to count, so she just moved a stool and stepped on it, and took the sword down.
Then, the other puppets in the room turned their heads to look at her. They couldn't distinguish their real expressions at this time from their frozen faces, but obviously, if Mo Xiaoyao made any inappropriate actions at this time, he would immediately become the target of public criticism.
Calmly pulling the sword out of the scabbard, Mo Xiaoyao looked at the blade carefully, and then put it back in place. After jumping off the stool, she said: "The sword is sharpened." It is not only an ornament, but also has practicality. It is obvious that Antonio has received all the education that noble children should receive nowadays.
Mo Xiaoyao glanced at Michelle, feeling sad for the real person in the play instead of the actor. This kind of good education and good life should belong to that person.
At this time, John suddenly spoke in that staid voice controlled by the system, everyone's attention was attracted by him again, and they hurried to his side.
"This is a legal code. The pages of the book have been turned to the inheritance law. Among them, the article "illegitimate children have no right to inherit any property" is heavily crossed with two horizontal lines. Anyone who obtains evidence of this article must disclose it to everyone."
After reading this passage, John recovered his voice, and spoke with a touch of unnaturalness when he spoke again: "Maybe there is a mark that must be made public, so the system is controlling me again."
Mo Xiaoyao smirked, guessing that John wanted to hide this evidence quietly, but was discovered by the system and forced him to read it out.
This is also very good, Mo Xiaoyao thought, at least you won't miss the knowledge points that everyone must know. She doesn't have a mobile phone now, and she can't search online. If she really encounters a knowledge point that is not within the scope of the reserve, she will have to catch her blind.
After John finished reading the code, the players were still rummaging around the large table that could be used as a dining table for 8 people, as if they wanted to find other evidence similar to the code. The dead body will not run away if it is placed there. No matter who goes to search there, they will not be able to escape other people's eyes, so they are not afraid of doing anything.
And this house does not need to consume investigation points, which means that as long as all the clues are found, they will be given away for nothing. In this way, no one is willing to leave and go to other places before the place is thoroughly searched.
In the absence of any credible allies, in order not to let himself miss the clues, Mo Xiaoyao could only give up searching other places first, and walked over to follow them to find them.
The saying that everyone gathers firewood and the fire is high is quite correct. On the premise that no items can be hidden, the players quickly found 3 new clues, and spread them out on the table for everyone to see.
[Reply to Viscount Treriman]
This is a reply letter that has not yet been mailed, and the content in it is that Antonio agreed to Viscount Treriman's marriage proposal to Zoya, and at the same time implicitly reminded the other party not to forget to recommend him to the House of Lords.
[Drafted plan]
The content is about how to control his inheritance after he inherits. Although it is only a prototype, it can be seen that there is no share for Mrs. Mary and Zoya.
[Recommendation letter]
It was Antonio's letter of recommendation for Robert Hanover. The letter was full of praise for his character and medical skills, and he sincerely hoped that the next employer would trust him.
"This is interesting." Michelle rubbed his chin, trying to put on a sophisticated look, but unfortunately the puppet's face completely ruined his intention, and it looked a little ridiculous, "It seems that many people follow Antonio has interests involved."
The ugly puppet John interrupted suddenly: "This room has almost been inspected, do you want to inspect the dead together?"
Michelle: …
He suspected that this John had conflicts with himself, otherwise why would he target him everywhere, there must be something wrong, so he might as well crucify him for a while.
No one cared what Michele was thinking, and everyone surrounded Antonio. At this moment, foam was dripping from the puppet's mouth, and the green eyes were wide open—of course, it might be because the old-fashioned puppet didn't Way to blink for sake.
The cause of death given by the system was muscle weakness and respiratory failure. At the same time, there were two minor wounds on Antonio's ankle, suspected of being bitten by a snake.
In addition, in his pocket, he found a linen handkerchief, two sweets, and a cigarette. On the lower left corner of the linen handkerchief, embroidered with two-letter initials, the explanation given by the system is Zoya's name, but it doesn't look like English.
"Okay, let's talk about why the dead have your handkerchief—Miss Zoya."
As John's words fell, the puppets with consistent expressions all looked at Mo Xiaoyao, and the scene was quite strange and terrifying for a while.