"Okay, let's check." John pointed to the location of the snake cage, "It's all there."
This was not the time to talk politely, and the work was slightly divided. Except for John and Michelle who were told not to touch things indiscriminately, for fear that they would steal evidence, the other four people all started to move.
It is not just the snake cage that needs to be searched, but other places as well.
It may be because the search of Antonio's room increased everyone's proficiency. This time, the time to find clues was much more efficient than before. In less than half an hour, several clues were piled up on top of a large wooden box that was temporarily cleared out. thing.
[Silver pendant (Michelle)]
The workmanship is very beautiful, and at the end of the pendant is a small pendant with intertwined mermaids.
[Herb Bag (Michelle)]
It was left to Michelle by a gypsy from a former circus, telling him to use it in case of trouble. If he doesn't say it, professionals are needed to identify its inner ingredients.
[Book (Michelle)]
It recorded some income and expenditure records and personnel transfers of the circus, and it could be seen that it was just for memorandum, but on the last page, it was filled with crazy handwriting—"Beast! Kill him!"
[Clipping (John)]
An old yellowed newspaper, which recorded a major medical accident in London: Robert Hanover practiced medicine while drunk, resulting in the unfortunate death of the daughter of Admiral Moonnes.
[Worn Notebook (John)]
It is full of medical terminology, and ordinary people cannot understand it. Between the leather title pages was a treasured medical school diploma bearing the name Michael Wyden.
[Snake Cage (John)]
John would wear an Indian scarf during the performance and pretend to be a snake dancer to perform. In order to prevent the snake from accidentally dying and affecting the performance, he raised several snakes.
In addition, there is also an [old handwritten document] belonging to John, which was found by Robert before, and then he read it almost immediately, which obviously belongs to the kind of "after this piece of evidence is discovered, it must be published to all" type.
"This is a handwritten description of the inheritance of the property rights of the Misty Manor, which records in detail that the Misty Manor and the surrounding real estate belong to the scope of the "Restricted Heir Inheritance Real Estate"."
Robert read the content of the evidence dryly in an old-fashioned tone.
"'Limited heir inheritance' refers to the land that is limited to bear the obligations of a serving man, so it can only be inherited by men. If the father has no sons, he will choose the male relatives around him to inherit, and the relationship is from close to far. Even in the family There is no man, and even his own daughter cannot inherit this land, and it will be taken back by the upper-level jurisdiction."
After Robert finished reading, Mrs. Mary raised her right hand, as if a student was about to speak, she looked at her when she saw everyone, and whispered: "'Limited inheritance estate' has been a very common phenomenon in the UK for a long time. Going to school When I read "Pride and Prejudice", I didn't understand much, so I looked for information specifically, the protagonist Bennet's family is like this, there is only a daughter in the family, and if there is no son, it cannot be inherited, and must be given to a distant nephew."
After listening to Robert, he still asked a few questions with great interest, but Mo Xiaoyao didn't pay much attention. What he thought about was the woman on the pendant in his drawer before, that is, Zoya's mother who died young, and Edward's first daughter. First lady.
Since the Misty Manor is applicable to the "limited heir inheritance estate", it can be speculated that the background of this script took place in England at that time-then the question arises, why does Zoya's mother not look so British
Also, the initials on Zoya's handkerchief are obviously not in English. Considering Zoya's status in the family, Mo Xiaoyao felt that she would not have the opportunity to receive higher education, so does it mean that she actually learned some languages of other countries from her mother
Mo Xiaoyao didn't continue to think about it. Maybe this was just a background introduction that had nothing to do with the case. She didn't need to waste too much time on it until there were no more important clues pointing to it.
On the other side, Michelle and John had already quarreled again. This time the topic revolved around John's identity, and Robert, who was watching the battle, was also brought along.
Michelle: "John, you are actually Mike Layden, right? Otherwise, why is there his graduation certificate in your notebook?"
John put his arms around his chest and replied slowly: "I picked it up, can't I? I think it can be used to defraud money in the future, or sell it to people who don't study hard but want certificates—I am willing to give false certificates Make some money, what's the matter? This circus can't last anymore, why don't I find a retreat in advance?"
Michelle was so angry that her hands trembled, she pointed at John's nose and shouted: "Are you out of your mind? Do you think you are really a character in the dungeon? Find a way out - when the time is up, you will either die or go back to the ship. Find a way out for P!"
Mo Xiaoyao: Well... Sure enough, the dungeons everyone got are different? It seems that there is a possibility that those who enter the welfare book and those who enter the ordinary book may be mixed together - I have to write this down and tell others when I go back.
John was still in the same posture just now, even though Michelle's fingers were about to poke his wooden nose, he was unmoved: "The most annoying thing about playing murder mysteries is people like you, who always look at God's perspective , the fun of role-playing is gone."
"Crap!" Michelle couldn't control her temper, and punched John's face with a fist, while still refusing to let go, "Don't look for any real culprits, I'll kill you first. !"
Everyone didn't have time to stop them, or they didn't want to stop them at all. Anyway, Michelle punched John firmly in the face.
John was furious, and just about to stand up to resist, he suddenly became elbow-armpit, and a clear and angry voice suddenly sounded.
"Damn it! Who gave you the guts to break my beloved doll?"
As the voice sounded, several people were horrified to find that the tent above their heads suddenly disappeared, as if a child was playing house and suddenly removed the roof of the doll's house, and a huge deer head with a garland appeared on it. the entire sky.
"Since you don't want to perform well, then don't act!"
Miss Lu stretched out her arm into the tent, causing a burst of screams, and everyone fled in all directions, fearing that she would be caught.
Mo Xiaoyao didn't run around, and found a place to squat down. If she didn't make a mistake, and on the premise that she didn't make any mistakes, Miss Lu couldn't hurt herself even if she was the owner of the dungeon—her target should be It was Michelle who beat John and damaged the puppet.
This is indeed the case, just when Miss Lu grabbed Michelle with her hand and wanted to take it out, another thicker voice came from above her head.
"My little boy, if you take away the puppet like this, there will be no way to perform the next play."
When Miss Lu heard this, she showed obvious hesitation, struggling between letting Michelle go and obeying the voice.
Michelle, who had been kicking and struggling, saw that things had turned around, and hurriedly begged for mercy: "Please, let me go, I promise I will never hurt your puppet again, really, I promise, please forgive me Just once."
"Shut up!" Miss Lu said to Michel angrily, and then turned her head to look to the other side, "But Dad, what should I do if he messes up again after letting him go? This is given to me by the Lord of Hell. I don't want to ruin it as a birthday present."
The thick voice called "Dad" spoke again, and the voice carried the father's love for his daughter: "My little boy, I remember that there are hanging strings in this set of gifts, which are specially used to teach those misbehaving puppets , you string it up and hand it over to the puppet house to control it."
"That's a good idea, let's do it this way." Miss Lu put Michelle down and disappeared from everyone's sight, probably running to get the so-called "hanging wire".
Michelle regretted it at the beginning, even with the eyes of a puppet, when she looked at John who caused all this to happen, it made people feel as if she had been poisoned and hated.
However, he didn't dare to do anything to John anymore, and John hid next to a cabinet as if nothing happened. Although he couldn't see his expression, many people guessed that he should actually be gloating.
Because he said two words, "It deserves it."
Miss Lu came back very quickly, she immediately found Michelle who was trying to hide herself, picked him up again, and then used the other hand to wear him, first the arms, then the legs, Then the waist, and finally the head.
All of this was obviously not without pain. Michelle kept screaming, begging, and cursing, and the screams echoed in the hearts of the remaining five people. No one, including Mo Xiaoyao, dared to make even the slightest noise. .
The moment the thread passed through Michelle, his screams stopped abruptly, and the whole person hung on Miss Lu's hand like a real puppet.
I just don't know whether he is dead, or his soul is locked in the body of the puppet, and he can no longer say what he wants to say or do what he wants to do.
If it's really the latter... Mo Xiaoyao felt that death might be the real kindness.
"Next, it's your turn." Miss Lu put Michelle back into the tent after she had threaded it, and then easily grabbed John who was hiding next to the box, and lifted him into the air .
"Why!!" John yelled in horror, all the pretense and provocation before, "I didn't fight back, I didn't do anything!"
Miss Lu curled her lips, impatience flashed in her big eyes as clear as lake water: "But you let him hurt you. Although this puppet is very ugly and I don't like it very much, but it is also the master of Hell. A gift, how can it be hurt. You are too careless, it is better to put on the thread, so as not to hurt yourself again. "
Ignoring John's begging for mercy and assurance, Miss Lu hummed a weird little tune to make him do the same, and completed the transformation of the second puppet amidst sharp shouts.
When John was put down and his eyes were on the remaining 4 puppets in the tent, the air seemed to freeze and it was suffocating.
For a while, everyone was in danger.