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[Almost…]
When Wu Wanying and Hans arrived at the king's bedroom, they happened to see the butler Ole questioning the king's younger brother Preben in the room.
"Your Highness Preben, what are you going to do?!"
In front of King Heninggu's bed, Orei looked at the pot-bellied Preben in front of him, his tone a little excited.
"As I just said, Detective Mary has found the murderer of Barry. Now, we have to find the murderer in the king's bedroom."
"Why did we find the murderer in the King's bedroom? Your Highness Preben, you..."
"Olei! Are you questioning me?! Watch your tone!"
While the two were arguing, Karasuma Ying walked in quietly.
Mary in the room saw Karasuma Ying the first time and waved to her.
"Miss Mary, have you found the murderer?" Wu Wanying asked in a low voice as he walked up to Mary.
"Suicide, blaming others." Mary replied succinctly.
"That's also my guess." Understanding what she meant, Wu Wanying nodded.
She looked at Ole and Preben who were still arguing in front of her, and Heninggu who was leaning back on the bed with his eyes closed, and her expression gradually became solemn.
"Miss Mary, what are you going to do next?"
This time, Bali’s case is actually not complicated. What is really complicated is how to handle this case.
Barry's death is not simple, it is related to the power struggle within the country... Karasuma Ying also realized this during the investigation.
"Just leave it to me. Stay with me and don't go far away."
Mary did not answer directly. After she said this, she suddenly noticed the coat that Karasuma Ying was wearing.
"Xiaoying, your coat..."
"Captain Hans lent it to me when we were investigating Commander Barry's body outside just now." Wu Wanying explained.
"Um……"
Hearing this, Mary nodded thoughtfully, then glanced at Hans who was standing at the door of the dormitory.
At this moment, Hans happened to look at Mary. Through the sunglasses, their eyes met for a moment, but they soon looked away.
[Strange, this person...]
Chapter 239 The Fake Murderer
"enough!"
In the king's bedroom, the king's brother Preben finally lost his patience. He interrupted the butler Ole's nagging with a roar and said angrily:
"Olei! Don't mess with me here. Barry was the highest officer of the kingdom's police, but he died in the king's castle without anyone noticing. We must give our people an explanation for this! The murderer must be found!"
"But……"
After saying that, Preben didn't give Ole any chance to speak again. He turned to look at Mary behind him and said directly:
"Detective Mary, the rest is up to you. I believe you can find the murderer of Barry and tell me and my brother the truth."
"Of course, Your Highness Preben."
Mary nodded slightly and smiled.
“Well, let me start with the cause of Chief Barry’s death.
Although the body of Commander Barry was first found in the central courtyard below, according to our investigation, he was actually killed in the King’s bedroom where we are now.”
"Hmph." When Mary said this, Preben sneered and the corners of his mouth rose slightly.
And Ou Lei, who was standing in front of King Henning's ancient bed, changed his expression drastically, and he quickly said:
"Detective Mary, since the body was found in the central courtyard, then Commander Barry must have been killed there, right? How could it be in the King's bedroom? Did you..."
"It can't be in the central courtyard." Mary interrupted him directly and explained: "Captain Barry's fatal wound was the dagger on his back that pierced his chest.
Such a fatal penetrating injury did not leave any traces of blood spatter in the entire central courtyard, nor the blood that should have poured out after the injury. This is not logical at all.
Of course, what’s more important is that Commander Barry had multiple fractures on his body caused by falling from a high place.
These points alone are enough to prove that the central courtyard was not the real murder site of Chief Barry. He was killed somewhere else and then hidden there. "
"But, but, this doesn't mean that Commander Barry is the King..."
"The reason why it is certain that it is in His Majesty's bedroom is because we have found absolute evidence."
Without getting entangled with Ole, Mary looked at King Heninggu who was sitting on the bed and asked directly:
"Your Majesty, there should be a carpet in your bedroom, right?"
As soon as these words came out, Ou Lei's pupils suddenly shrank, while He Ninggu still closed his eyes and rested.
"This, this, there is indeed a piece..." The one who answered was Ole, his voice was stuttering, sweat broke out on his forehead, and the expression on his face suddenly became tense.
"Where is the carpet now?" Mary looked at him and tapped the floor with her toes.
The place where she was standing now was exactly where the carpet was supposed to be laid.
"Come to think of it, I indeed didn't see the carpet in my brother's room today...Ole, where did the carpet go?" Although he didn't know the reason, seeing Ole suddenly become so nervous, Preben also echoed Mary.
"Well, the carpet... it was a little dirty, so I asked the maids to clean it this morning..." Under the pressure from Preben, Ole's eyes were wandering and he stuttered.
"Really? Who are those maids? Can Butler Ori tell us?" Mary continued to ask, forcing the general into a dead end.
"No, it's just a piece of carpet... Why are you asking this, Detective Mary? Does this have anything to do with the murder of Chief Barry?"
"Of course, because Commander Barry died on that carpet. It is the most important physical evidence."
After Mary finished speaking, she looked at the shocked Ole and asked, "Butler Ole, did you hide the carpet?"
"Ugh...!" Ole's face turned pale instantly after being exposed by Mary's words.
"It was this morning when you were delivering breakfast to His Majesty the King that you pushed the body of Officer Barry, who was lying in the King's bedroom, out of the window into the central courtyard. Then you hid the blood-stained carpet in the breakfast cart you were using and quietly carried it out of the King's bedroom under the cover of the cart.
We have found the carpet in Commander Barry's office, and the process of you transporting the carpet was also seen by the maid of the Mingjiao Esther who was in the central courtyard at that time.
We also found some blood stains in the center of the carpet. As for whose blood it was, we can find out with a simple test by the police..."
"No need."
As soon as Mary finished speaking, Ole lowered his head, his face gloomy and his expression bitter.
"Detective Mary is right. That carpet is indeed the one in His Majesty the King's bedroom. The bloodstains on the carpet are indeed from Chief Barry..."
As he said this, he looked up at the people in front of him and laughed.
"Yes, I am the murderer of Chief Bali. When I was delivering meals to His Majesty the King this morning, I saw Chief Bali speaking rudely to His Majesty the King again. I was so angry that I took advantage of him not to spare His Majesty the King. The dagger in the desk killed him.
I was afraid that the matter would be exposed, so I threw his body out of the window, cleaned up the bloodstains in the room, hid the bloodstained carpet in a cart and quietly transported it out.
This is how the whole thing happened... I thought I could hide it from everyone, but I didn't expect that you, Detective Mary, would find out, haha..."
Hearing his words, Preben's face immediately darkened.
Heninggu, who had been sitting on the bed without saying a word, opened his eyes at this moment. He looked at Ou Lei standing beside the bed, with a hint of surprise in his cloudy eyes.
Mary also looked at him, shook her head slightly and sighed.
"Ole, you are lying."
"W-what?" Ole was stunned when he heard Mary's words.
"You are not the murderer of Chief Barry at all."
Mary's tone became much calmer, and she gently pointed out the flaw in Ole's previous words.
"You said you killed Officer Barry when you were delivering breakfast, but the fact is that based on the condition of Officer Barry's body, he was killed as early as midnight last night. There was no way you could have killed him this morning."
"This, that..." Mary's words were completely beyond Ole's expectations, and extreme panic appeared on his face again.
Unlike his previous panic, this time he seemed to be really panicked.
"I, I think I may have remembered it wrongly. Actually, I..."
"Okay, there's no need for you to lie anymore. Commander Barry wasn't killed by anyone. He committed suicide."
Chapter 240: Innocent Eyes
"Commander Barry was not murdered by anyone, he committed suicide."
In the king's bedroom, Mary threw out this final conclusion.
"Suicide?!"
Hearing her words, the butler Olei's eyes widened, his face full of disbelief, while the prince's brother Preben beside him had a blank expression and his eyes narrowed slightly.
"That's right." Mary nodded and told the final truth.
"Last night at midnight, Commander Barry came to the King's bedroom alone. He was carrying his usual briefcase, which contained two things: a dagger and small pieces of ice that filled the entire briefcase.
The dagger goes without saying, and as for the small ice cubes, they were made by Chief Barry using the large refrigerator in his office. We found traces of use on the ice cube trays in the refrigerator.
By the way, I guess it was because Commander Barry often visited His Majesty the King late at night before, so the guards did not stop him or search him last night, right?"
As she spoke, Mary suddenly turned her head and looked at the guard standing at the door behind her.
"Yes, it is."
Straightening his back instantly, the soldier nodded subconsciously and quickly replied: "Captain Barry often came to the bedroom late at night to discuss important matters with His Majesty the King, and most of the time he would not leave until the next morning, so, so..."
The soldier said nothing more, but everyone present understood what he meant.
Barry was an important official of the kingdom, and this was a common occurrence, so last night, the soldiers, who had long been slacking off, did not search Barry and allowed him to walk into the dormitory carrying the briefcase.
Retracting her gaze, Mary continued, "After entering the bedroom, Commander Barry did not wake up the King, who had already taken sleeping pills and fell asleep, and immediately began his self-directed and self-acted murder method.
The method was very simple. He first poured out all the small ice cubes in the briefcase, piled them on the carpet in front of the King's bed, and inserted the dagger with the blade facing upwards to secure it.
Then, he moved the chair in front of the desk in the room, stood on it after finding the right angle, and fell down with his back to the dagger fixed by the ice..."
"What?!" Listening to Mary's story, Ole subconsciously raised his hand to cover his mouth.
"With the help of gravity and his own weight, after Officer Barry fell off the chair, the dagger pierced his chest without any suspense.