On the wooden stage, the circus began to perform. Richard had no interest in watching and turned around to leave.
That night, he stayed in a hotel in the town.
Waiting until dawn the next day, I was about to leave. When I passed by the open space in the center of the town, I saw that the wooden platform originally set up by the circus had disappeared without a trace, and everyone in the circus was nowhere to be seen. I couldn't help but raise my eyebrows.
After stopping an early passerby and asking a few questions, Richard found out that the circus where the clown belonged did not stay in the town for the night after the performance last night and left directly.
This is-
His eyes flashed, and Richard said to himself: "Does this count as giving up? If this is true, then yesterday's math game was not in vain."
After saying this, Richard rode on, left the town, and headed north.
…
It’s noon in the blink of an eye.
On a dirt road, Richard stretched out his hand and pulled the horse's reins, slowly reducing the horse's running speed.
Riding on the horse, Richard looked forward, looked at the things in front of him, and said to himself: "So I thought too much and didn't give up at all. But, what will happen this time?"
I saw that on the roadside not far ahead, everyone in the circus was standing, as if taking a rest. However, when I got closer, I found that they were arguing, and everyone's expressions were not very good-looking.
Among them, Oliver, the circus leader, had a red face and was very angry. He waved his palms with barely distinguishable fingers and shouted at everyone: "I tell you, this matter cannot be investigated clearly. No one can leave. We Just spend it here, yes, spend it here! You damn thieves, how dare you steal my money! That is my hard-earned money, how dare you steal it? How can you bear to steal it? "
"The money you earned so hard is obviously the money we earned." Someone whispered.
Oliver stared: "Who? If you have the ability, stand up and speak out!"
No one answered.
Richard rode up to the front, glanced at the extremely excited circus leader, then looked at the clown who looked like he had been waiting for a long time, and said, "Mr. Clown, your circus seems to be in some trouble?"
"As you can see -" the clown spread his hands, "passers-by, a theft just happened in our circus - our leader's money disappeared. Well, actually it doesn't just happen, because our leader also said no I don’t know exactly when the money was lost. I can only confirm that the last time I saw it was when I was going to bed three days ago.
Therefore, during these three days, everyone who had contact with him was suspected. Of course, the most suspicious ones were us. "
"Is that so?" Richard raised his eyebrows and looked at the leader, Oliver.
The clown also looked at Oliver and asked in a playful voice: "Hey, leader, you don't suspect that I stole your money, do you?"
Oliver looked at the clown carefully and said in a low voice: "Logically, you should be the last person to steal my money. After all, you have the oldest qualifications, so I should trust you. But... I don't think so now either." I can 100% guarantee that you are innocent. After all, the less suspicious a person is, the more likely he is to have a motive."
"Okay, okay." The clown smiled bitterly after hearing what he said, "Captain, I accept your suspicion, but... I must declare that I really did not steal your money. If you don't believe me, you can search me." As he spoke, the clown spread his arms calmly.
At this time, the big man Tyne also spread his arms like a clown and said to Oliver: "Captain, I didn't steal your money. If you don't believe it, you can search me."
The lame groom McGee came over and followed suit: "Me too, captain, you can search me too." He also raised his arms.
Oliver curled his lips and muttered: "Who knows if you three have transferred the money to other places?"
clown:"… "
Tyne: "..."
McGee: "..."
The scene was somewhat awkward and silent.
At this time, the animal trainer Thors spoke to break the embarrassment, glanced at the group leader Oliver and said directly: "Oliver, you can doubt me. But I must tell you, the lions I serve me every day are too busy, but I don’t have time to steal your money.” After saying this, the animal trainer took out a piece of bloody meat from the bag, walked to the side of the lion’s cage, and threw it in. The lion in the cage immediately feasted on it, and it was full of blood. splash.
Oliver looked at Thors and then at the lion. He didn't say anything. He seemed a little afraid that Thors would let the lion out to bite people. He shrank his neck slightly and turned to look at the last person in the circus—Mei Yan. Young woman Amy.
At this time, Amy was applying makeup in front of an old-looking bronze mirror, looking too lazy to participate in the discussion. After feeling Oliver's gaze, Amy turned to look at Oliver with confidence. This confidence was not the kind of confidence that she would not be caught, but the confidence that she was very sure that there was nothing wrong with her.
Amy spoke up and said with a bit of impatience: "Okay, Oliver, don't doubt me, I am absolutely innocent! To be honest, I want to steal your money, but you value money more than your life." , in the entire circus, except yourself, no one knows where you hid the money, and you can't steal it. So, you deserve it if you lose it!"
"You!" After listening to Amy's words, the leader Oliver's face darkened, he took a deep breath, looked around at everyone, and said angrily: "Huh, neither are you, nor is he, so how did I lose my money? ? Did I lose it myself?!"
"It's hard to tell." Amy added with a bit of ridicule, "Who knows where you hid the money, maybe you hid it in a corner, but when you were on your way, you dropped it on the road!"
"Impossible!" Oliver retorted loudly, telling important information, "I hid all my money in the pillow. The pillow is still there, but the money is gone, so... you definitely stole it!"
"Oh, it turns out it's in the pillow." As soon as Oliver finished speaking, Amy, Mikey and Tyne all looked suddenly enlightened.
The animal trainer Thors didn't react much. He took out another piece of meat from the bag and threw it to the lion.
The clown turned to look at Richard and said, "Passers-by, look at the current situation, who is the most suspicious? Who do you think is the person who stole our leader's money?"
Richard narrowed his eyes slightly, looked at the clown and asked, "Mr. clown, do you want me to help you solve the case and find the thief?"
"How about it, is it challenging? This is the time to use your cleverness!" said the clown.
"What you said makes sense." Richard agreed, and then changed his tone, "But... this has nothing to do with me, and I'm not very interested, so why did I get involved?"
Clown: "This..." He was speechless.