In the evening, Zuo Fu arrived and brought only a dozen pages of materials, but the dense handwriting showed that he had written them by hand. He must have racked his brains while thinking as he wrote, and the materials were very detailed.
It was recorded that the three gunmen were all workers at a small local tannery. They usually worked in the factory, but were occasionally seen riding horses around the town, and sometimes fighting with people in bars, so they were somewhat famous.
The tannery where the three of them worked was a family business and one of the few small workshops in the town, with dozens of workers. Their family was called the Holderman family, a very old and large family on the peninsula with many branches, and the Holderman family in the small town was one of them.
The most prosperous branch of this family served as the privy councilor of the Duke of Haussburg for generations.
Of course, the surname Holderman is too old, so these so-called Holderman families are not closely connected with each other, and can even be said to be like strangers.
Lu Ming felt that it was just like the big surnames in his previous life, such as Zhang and Liu. They said they had the same ancestor thousands of years ago, but their descendants had no relationship at all.
However, since the Holderman family is regional and lives on the peninsula, they do have an organization similar to a clan association, but it is only used by a few more prosperous families for friendship and cooperation.
Rooney, the current owner of the Peninsula Club and the Peninsula Hotel, is a distant relative of the Holderman family of this town. His great-grandfather and the grandfather of the current head of the Holderman family are cousins. Decades ago, Rooney's great-grandfather left this town and went to downtown Hausville to make a living, and he made a name for himself there.
Under the night light, Lu Ming flipped through the materials in his hand and pondered some possibilities.
Lu Ming naturally could not understand the original manuscript written in Western language by Zuo Fu, so a careful female attendant translated it into Chinese for him.
Someone knocked on the door gently, and the beautiful girl in white clothes who came in was Yin Shabel.
"Teacher, what should we do next?" Yin Shabel blinked her green eyes.
"Do you have any ideas?" Lu Ming smiled.
"Based on the current signs, you should suspect that some members of the Holderman family are involved in this case, right? The Holderman family of this town may be the real executor of this assassination. The Holderman family is very likely a participant in the separatist movement. They assassinated the Duke of Hausburg in order to make the Duke of Hausburg extinct. In the Hausville area, the existence of the Duke of Hausburg is also one of the symbols of its close connection with the empire. Many Hausville people also regard the Duke of Hausburg as their traditional lord representative. Without the Duke of Hausburg, the separatist movement in Hausville will lose its most important shackles and can become more logical."
Yin Shabel glanced at Lu Ming and saw that Lu Ming remained calm. After thinking for a while, she said, "Besides, even if my estimate is wrong, we can only follow this clue and investigate the Holderman family in this town." After a pause, "Of course, the investigation of Zuo Fu should also be conducted in secret."
Lu Ming finally nodded, "So, how do we find out about this most prestigious family in this town? Do you have any ideas?"
Yin Shabel sighed softly: "It's difficult. Even if the three gunmen really received orders from the Holderman family, there is no evidence now, unless the person who issued the order admits it himself. Moreover, it is difficult for us to know the procedure for their issuance of orders. Which member of this family assigned them?"
Lu Ming nodded, "There is one more thing. This is still our fixed thinking. We believe that the three gunmen were assigned by the factory owner's family. But what if they are not?"
Yin Shabei frowned, "I think it is very likely that the factory owner's family assigned the three of them, because these three people have a common feature, they are all orphans without direct relatives. Moreover, from the assassination process, their use of firearms, grasp of timing, and accuracy of shooting all show that they have undergone a long period of training. Why would these three people be willing to work as workers in a leather factory in such a small town?"
"The time they spend training in gunmanship should be a long process, and the training time every day will be very long. They are training three professional killers. Without the boss's leniency, it would be difficult for them to do their job well, right? Moreover, it is strange that they are willing to lurk in this factory. If someone trained the three of them to lurk here so that they can be used to assassinate someone in the future and mislead our investigation direction after committing a crime, then we have to continue the investigation and look for clues from their co-workers and the factory boss."
Lu Ming nodded silently.
"Moreover, if you hadn't been able to accurately determine the origins of the three gunmen, it would have been difficult for us to verify their true identities. So, I'm inclined to believe that someone didn't deliberately let the three gunmen lurk here. They have been working in this factory since they were thirteen or fourteen years old. They are all orphans. Someone selected them to secretly train as professional killers. The most likely person is the factory's management."
Lu Ming nodded: "From what you have said one by one, it seems that the suspicion of the Holderman family members here is increasing."
"The teacher also thinks what I said makes sense." Yin Shabel's green eyes lit up.
"Well, you have a talent for investigating cases. Being a soldier is a waste of your talent!" Lu Ming smiled.
"Really?" Yin Shabeier's face was a little happy. "To be honest, my ideal career was to be a detective. I envied Annie. She was a detective in the north, right? But my mother has arranged everything for me. Moreover, if I have any ideas about this difficult case and want to talk to her, she will definitely not listen to a word. She will always treat me as a child."
Lu Ming was stunned. It turned out that Chris, as a mother, was no exception.
But she is very understanding and tolerant towards herself. It seems that children who are not her biological children are treated differently from her biological children. In her eyes, her biological daughter will always be a child who needs protection and help in planning her life.
"Teacher, you are not lying to me, are you? Do you really think my analysis makes sense?" Yin Shabel suddenly looked at Lu Ming with some suspicion, a little unconfident.
Lu Ming rolled his eyes, "Even if Chris said something wrong, I won't deliberately compliment her, okay?"
Yin Shabel pursed her lips and smiled, "I heard from Grandma Li that you forced my mother to apologize to you."
Lu Ming smiled: "So, why would I lie to you? Just to make you happy? Is this necessary?"
Yin Shabel nodded repeatedly immediately, her pretty face glowing with excitement, "Thank you, teacher!" It seemed that she almost blurted out the words thank you to her father.
Lu Ming sneered inwardly. Why did he gradually feel that his stepfather was getting into the role
I have also somewhat understood the pulse of this aristocratic beauty. In fact, deep down, Yin Shabel is very gentle and docile, but she looks very stubborn. She is a typical tough on the outside but soft on the inside, which is the exact opposite of her mother Christine.
Moreover, she has never seen her father since she was a child and grew up under the guidance of a strong mother. In fact, deep down in her heart, she really needs fatherly love and has always hoped to have her father's guidance and encouragement. She is only responsible for being a happy little girl.
If Bis hadn't met me, would she be like this when she grew up? To some extent, there is a lack of emotions. Children who grow up in single-parent families are very likely to have personality problems.
Normal people sometimes find it difficult to understand them.
Thinking about it, Lu Ming shook his head.
Seeing Yin Shabel's eager expression, Lu Ming smiled and said, "I feel that you have some ideas on how to investigate further. Tell me about it." Seeing that she was a little hesitant, he encouraged her, "I told you that you are very talented in investigating cases. Be confident!"
Yin Shabel nodded: "Okay! Teacher, then please don't scold me if I say something wrong. I want to do this..." It can be seen that her blue eyes are full of happiness.