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"After all, this is a country where aristocrats legally exist. This kind of thing is normal. I heard that this person is also from the nobility of this country and is the right-hand man of the current king. His status in this country is very honorable."
Mary picked up the red wine glass on the table and took a sip, then said meaningfully:
"Of course, no matter how noble you are, it's only in this small country..."
While the two were talking in low voices, Birun had already walked up to the podium, slightly adjusted the microphone, and began his passionate speech in fluent English.
Just like most of the speakers in his memory, Birun's speech was filled with nonsense that had no substance but seemed necessary to be said.
After eliminating the nonsense, Karasuma Ying narrowed down a few key points.
First of all, the royal family's commission this time, as Belinda said before, is to help the royal family find the lost secret treasure of the kingdom, the Azure Sapphire.
But in more detail than Belinda said, Birun was very sure that the blue sapphire had not left the Kingdom of Andrew, so he asked the detectives to search only within the Kingdom of Andrew.
The reason given by Birun was that the Kingdom of Andrew only had two customs offices, one at the kingdom's only airport and the other at the kingdom's only railway station.
These two places are the only places where Kingdom Andrew can go abroad.
But since the disappearance of the blue sapphire, neither of these two customs offices has found any clues of the blue sapphire among people who have recently traveled abroad.
Therefore, Birun was very sure that if the blue sapphire was really stolen, it must still be in the territory of the Kingdom of Andrew.
While specifying the scope of the commission, Birun also specified the duration of the commission - half a month.
Only those who can find the blue sapphire within half a month can receive the one million US dollars in cash as a reward.
After informing the detectives on the scene of the full contents of the commission, Birun ordered his accompanying officers to give a color copy of the blue sapphire to all the detectives present, and he himself left in a hurry.
In this copy, the sapphire is indeed as rumored by the outside world, very large in size, perhaps even larger than the fist of an average adult male, and it emits a faint blue fluorescent light all over, looking very beautiful.
Of course, Wu Wanying, who has learned basic modern scientific knowledge, knows very well that this beautiful fluorescence generally means that there is a large amount of deposition of certain elements in the gem.
I just don't know what kind of blue sapphire is in this, and whether it is harmful to the human body...
As Birun left, the banquet hall became noisy again. The detectives who knew each other held the copies in their hands and discussed the royal commission in twos and threes.
Although the area of the Kingdom of Andrew is small, it is still larger than an average small county town. It is extremely difficult to find such a fist-sized gem in a small county town.
What's even more frustrating is that apart from the appearance of the blue sapphire, Birun didn't give any other clues.
So with little hesitation, the detectives wisely chose to cooperate with each other.
After all, this is obviously not a commission that can be completed by one person. If everyone cooperates, they can share the one million dollars. If they don't cooperate, I'm afraid no one will get it.
Of course, even if it is cooperation, obviously not everyone can do it.
Soon, the detectives in the banquet hall gradually split into several groups, and some of them even walked towards Karasuma Ying and the other person who had been sitting alone.
"Xiaoying, it seems they want to invite us too." Mary put down her wine glass, wiped her mouth with a handkerchief beside her, and said with a smile.
"Ms. Mary, you make the decision." Karasuma Ying replied casually. She took out her cell phone, took a picture of the pattern on the copy, and then sent it to Mao Li Ran's cell phone.
She wanted Mao Lilan to help her confirm whether this royal secret treasure and the blue gem in El Pharmaceutical were the same one.
"Ok?"
After putting away her phone, Wu Wanying suddenly noticed out of the corner of her eye that a familiar-looking figure walked quickly past her.
Chapter 2 will be a little later (﹃) and then the boring guessing game is here again. Where did Baihe Qing go this time? (It is recommended to guess after reading the next chapter, hehehe)
Chapter 198 Silly boy, you've been cheated again
"Ok?"
Just as Wu Wanying finished sending the picture, she saw Belinda, the maid who had come to the room to greet them before, walking quickly past her.
Belinda looked a little anxious. She quickly walked to a guard officer in the corner of the banquet hall. After they exchanged a few words, the officer's expression gradually became solemn. He put down the wine glass in his hand and called several other officers beside him to quickly leave the banquet hall.
Watching the officer leave, Belinda showed a look of relief on her face. She seemed to suddenly realize something and suddenly turned to look in the direction of Karasuma Ying.
When their eyes met, Belinda showed obvious panic. She immediately lowered her head to avoid Karasuma Ying's gaze, turned around and walked out of the banquet hall.
Squinting at her, Wu Wanying hesitated for a moment and said to Mary beside him, "Ms. Mary, I'm going to the bathroom."
Having said that, she stood up and chased after Belinda without waiting for a response from Mary, who was dealing with the detectives who came to invite them.
After walking out of the banquet hall, Karasuma Ying quickened her pace and soon caught up with Belinda who had gone around to the back of the annex.
At this time, Belinda was standing in front of the wall behind the annex, with her back to Karasuma Ying, her head down, her hands clenched, and she kept muttering some words in a language she could not understand.
But judging from her actions, she should be saying something like "come on" and "don't be afraid" to herself.
"Belinda." Standing behind her, Wu Wanying suddenly spoke.
"Huh?!" Belinda was obviously frightened and almost jumped up. She quickly turned her head and looked at Karasuma Ying behind her in shock.
"Ms. Karasuma? Why are you here?"
Although she wanted to explain to her, Wu Wanying suddenly remembered how Belinda said whatever she was asked when Mary asked her. So she followed Mary's example, put on a stern face, and asked in a calm tone:
"Did something just happen?"
"Eh? What happened? No, nothing, why are you asking, Miss Karasuma..."
Belinda was stunned for a moment, tightly grasping the hem of the maid's skirt with both hands, and looked away, not daring to look directly at Karasuma Ying.
"Before, in the banquet hall, you anxiously went to find the officer from the guard team. You said something to him first, and then he left the banquet hall with other officers, looking equally anxious and solemn."
Approaching step by step, Karasuma Ying quickly analyzed Belinda's previous behavior.
"In addition to officers from the Guard, there were also officers from the regular army in the banquet hall. You walked in with an anxious look on your face, but you clearly only looked for officers from the Guard. This means that something related to the Guard must have happened somewhere just now.
The guards are only responsible for guarding the palace, so under normal circumstances, the only thing they have to do with is the safety of the palace.
But this obviously does not match the situation just now, because if something really happened in the palace that could alarm the guards, it would be impossible for only a maid like you to report the situation.
Therefore, the reason why you went to look for those officers could not possibly be related to the defense of the palace. After ruling this out, the only possibility that could have made you look for them was probably...
It's related to Commander Birun who left earlier, is that right?"
After finishing this analysis, Wu Wanying looked at Belinda quietly, waiting for her answer.
"You're really a detective..."
Belinda lowered her head and did not dare to look at Karasuma Ying. She replied with some fear and admiration: "Ms. Karasuma, your analysis is correct. I do want to find them to help Commander Birun..."
"What do you mean?" Wu Wanying asked.
"Just now when I went outside to get food, I saw Commander Birun being stopped outside the dungeon castle by Commander Barry. Commander Birun seemed to want to go into the prison, but Commander Barry did not allow it, so the two of them started arguing at the dungeon door.
Because Chief Barry has many policemen around him, but Commander Birun is alone, so I thought about coming back to inform the officers of the guard to help Commander Birun, that's how it happened..."
"Captain Barry?" It was the first time that Wu Wanying heard this name.
"Captain Barry is the highest commander of the Kingdom Police, and the dungeon opposite the annex is guarded by the Kingdom Police.
Commander Barry’s left eye was injured when he was young, leaving a long scar that is easy to identify. He and Commander Birun have always had a bad relationship, and the two often…”
[Is it him? ]
Listening to Belinda's description, Wu Wanying suddenly remembered that when she passed the dungeon before, she did see an old guard with a scar on his left eye. This person should be the Captain Barry mentioned by Belinda.
"I think Commander Birun wanted to see the special prisoner in the dungeon, but was stopped by Commander Barry, so the two of them started arguing there..."
"A special prisoner?"
"Well, it was an Asian man who was arrested by the guards a week ago. He was said to be the murderer who wanted to assassinate the king...
Ah, I also heard that the Asian murderer seems to be a Japanese..."
"Japanese?" Sensing something unusual, Wu Wanying quickly asked, "What does that Japanese look like?"
"I also heard from the officers of the Guard. It was a man. They said he was quite good-looking. I think his name was Bai... Baihe? Asian names are really weird...
Ah, of course, this is all what I heard, those officers told me, I don’t know whether it is true or not…”
【Shirakawa? ! 】
Wu Wanying never expected to hear this name here. Her pupils suddenly shrank and her body couldn't help but tremble.
[How is this possible? Why is it here? ]
Baihe...
After a brief shock, Wu Wanying made a decision in her heart immediately. With a gloomy and solemn face, she did not ask any more questions, but turned around and left quickly.
Whether it was true or not, she had to take a look inside that dungeon.
Behind her, Belinda looked at Karasuma Ying who lost her composure because of the name Shirakawa, and a smile gradually appeared on her originally timid face.
Watching Karasuma Ying leave, "Belinda" took out a pair of headphones from her maid skirt and put them on, then said in a helpless and tired tone:
"That girl, I finally found a chance to trick her in. I don't know how she got here. I'll ask Jing to ask her later...
It really makes me worried. Don't worry, I will lock the child up in there for a while and release her after this matter is over.
After all, in this country today, prison is probably the safest place..."
困睡
Chapter 199 Sneaking into the Dungeon
In the banquet hall of the annex, after discussion, the detectives spontaneously formed treasure search teams, with the exception of a few detectives who were very confident in their abilities, and this included Mary.
After rejecting all the detectives who wanted to invite her to join the team, Mary suddenly realized that Karasuma Ying seemed to be missing.
After taking a quick glance at everyone in the banquet hall and confirming that there was no sign of Karasuma Ying, Mary's expression gradually became solemn.
Karasuma Ying did tell her before that she wanted to go to the bathroom, but that was more than half an hour ago. Not to mention that there is a public bathroom behind the first floor of the annex, weren't you squatting there for too long for more than half an hour?
there is a problem.
Without any hesitation, Mary quickly came to this conclusion.
Of course, she knew the specialness of Karasuma Ying, and that was why she deliberately kept the child Karasuma Ying by her side, because this was the most important bargaining chip in her hand.
But what she didn't expect was that the person was gone after just going to the bathroom?
"call……"
Mary took a long breath and adjusted her breathing. Her eyes narrowed slightly under her thick sunglasses, and her gaze was sharp.
She didn't believe in accidents at all, because she knew from the beginning what was about to happen in this small country.