Chapter 3322: Empty gun murder case

Hearing Major Rads' inquiry, Shade turned around and looked at the glass door behind him. He had just told Miss Reinhardt that after the "Sisters' Party" party, you can find him here, and it is obvious that the witch has not come yet:

"Nothing is going to happen yet, but I will definitely leave at the dance party later. I came with a lady."

Major Rades showed a clear expression, then smiled and left the terrace with Xia De, and found an empty sofa by the wall of the banquet hall, preparing to play cards on the coffee table.

When they saw the two of them playing Rhodes cards, the men who had nothing to do nearby surrounded them. Even the officers who knew Major Rades told everyone that Major Rades is a famous Rhodes player in the fleet and has a large number of special cards in their hands.

It was just as if Xia De had no luck playing cards tonight. After checking each other's decks, the two were discussing the rules and whether to play special cards. Suddenly, a gunshot came-

Bang!

Then came the screams of the woman. The source of the sound was the top of the head, but because there was both music and speech in the banquet hall, only Xia De heard it.

The scream was obviously filled with fear, Xia De scrupulously sorted out his hand, and then suddenly stood up:

"Major, I'm so sorry, suddenly I remembered that there were still some things."

Although Major Rades didn't quite understand, he knew that Shade would not say this suddenly:

"That's a pity. It's okay. There are still many gentlemen here who want to play cards. I will play cards with other friends first. I will remember to come to me after I finish my work."

After Xia De left the crowd, someone was indeed sitting in his position and playing cards with Major Rades, who had special cards. People paid more attention to the game and quickly threw Xia De away from the game behind.

Xia De's expression, who had left the crowd, did not change. He just glanced at the banquet hall with his eyes, and after confirming that there was no problem here, he walked towards the upward stairs.

This large banquet usually provides extra rooms for guests to rest. This is not a place for young men and women to have a tryst, but some words and things are not suitable for public service.

As long as you are a guest, you can go to the room upstairs, so no one stops Xia De. The people in the banquet hall downstairs are still socializing normally. Because the rooms upstairs are soundproof, most of the rooms are closed, but there is a large circle of people around the door of the room in the middle of the corridor.

Xia De walked over before the nobles' guards stopped the crowd who wanted to come and join in the fun. He stood behind the crowd and stood on tiptoe and looked inward, then forced apart the crowd and squeezed in front.

Someone at the door wanted to stop Xia De, but the man who was one head taller than Xia De was directly pushed aside by Xia De.

"Claire!"

He walked into the crime scene and called out the witch's name this time. The platinum-haired girl standing with a group of frightened ladies in the room heard Xia De's voice and immediately rushed over, burying her head in his arms, looking very scared.

So the Marquis Jomondley, who had just met Xia De, said to other members of the "Sisters' Association" around him in horror:

"This is the young and handsome love friend Claire was looking for that I told you just now. Look, I'll just say that I'm young and handsome, right?"

The situation in the room was clear at a glance. The deceased man holding a revolver was sitting on the sofa, and the bullet passed through his right temple. This was the source of the gunshot that Xia De had just heard.

There is no need to check whether the other party has died in this kind of injury. It seems that this man with a gun shot himself and killed him. This made Xia De, who was talking to Major Ruds a few minutes ago about the [Good Gun], felt a little ridiculous:

"Is there a second [Good Gun]? But the revolver in the hands of the deceased is just an ordinary item, huh?"

He looked down slightly at his right hand, and the purple rune mark flashed by, which was the "noble fate" shared by Rapunzel.

He had no chance to contact the deceased, and Xia De did not think about acting as an eye-catching detective.

Shortly after he entered the room, Duke Lagerson, who heard the news, sent his escorts to block the second floor and no longer allowed anyone to enter and exit. Then the local police rushed over. The first thing the police, who were facing a disaster, did was naturally to investigate the identity of the deceased.

Anyone who dies at such a banquet may be a big trouble for the city. If someone is really responsible for this incident in the end, then the local police will inevitably be held accountable.

The identity of the deceased can be found by asking the members of the sisterhood who were in the room just now that he was neither the representative of Carsonrick nor the representative of Delareon, but Baron Jansen of the Principal of Lagson who came from Lomari with Grand Duke Lagson.

But even if it is not the nobles of the two kingdoms, the death of the baron of the Principality is still a big deal.

Whether for the face of the principality or to determine whether the accident is related to politics, the truth must be learned as soon as possible in this case. The easiest way to get the truth is still to ask witnesses, and there were not many people who saw the "homicide scene" at that time.

Things were not very complicated, and even before the police arrived, Shade learned about the whole process from Miss Reinhardt.

Of course, before the police arrived, the ladies in the room at the time of the incident were unwilling to continue to stay with the body. Grand Duke Lagson, who came to deal with the matter personally, asked them to wait in the next room first.

But Xia De was not indoors at that time, so he didn't know what he was, so he was the guard of the Grand Duke. He was so kind that he wanted to ask Xia De to leave here first:

"We will protect these ladies."

"No, Claire is still here, she was frightened, I can't leave her."

Xia De, who had already seen something in the room, refused to leave. Then the maids, guards and male companions of the other ladies also rushed over and asked to stay, just like Xia De.

Finally, Prince Samuel Anjou and representatives from De La Réon also rushed over to hear the news. Because the ladies present were members of the sisterhood when they were in college at Virondale, almost all of them had outstanding personalities, so Prince Samuel Anjou made the decision that each lady could have a companion.

After leaving the room where the body was located, the ladies talked about what had just happened.

Simply put, the dead Baron Jensen in pursuit of the "Sisters", Miss Hannah Schmidt from Cornell County.

Although she was single like Claire Reinhardt, she had recently been engaged to the eldest son of a baron whom she had been infamous for, so she had long declined Baron Jansen's pursuit. But the baron refused to give up, and this time she found Miss Schmidt at the banquet and even forced into the "Sisters' Party" party.

"But what does this have to do with that gun?"

Men who had nothing to do with this matter wanted to know the details, and this was certainly a stupid and boring story. Marquis Joemondley was protected by his own personal maid who looked stronger than Shade and said:

"Men and women who are in love will do things that normal people cannot understand, and that Baron Jensen is like this."

The ladies recalled Baron Jensen entering the room with a cheeky face, taking out the gun, unloading the bullet in front of everyone, and then holding the empty gun, saying love words to Miss Schmidt that he had gotten somewhere:

"When I first saw you, my heart and my brain were as if I were hit by the bullets turned into by your charm. Just like this, it shocked my soul for a long time!"

Then he pulled the trigger and, with a bang, died in front of the ladies.

"this"

Because she was surprised by the stupidity of this matter, no one commented for a long time. Miss Reinhardt sat on a chair under the window and grabbed Xia De's hand standing beside her. Seeing Xia De lowering her head to look at her, she nodded slightly, indicating that it was also the whole process she saw.

Xia De opened his mouth to break the calm:

"Ladies, I don't doubt your statement, but are you really sure there were no bullets in that gun?"

He is not the only one who has this idea.

"Yes, we all saw him unloading all the bullets."

Miss Schmidt said in a crying voice, and there were people comforting her. The reason why the newly engaged lady cried was probably not because of her heartfelt pain in Baron Jensen's death, but because she was half scared and half worried about her family and fiancé's reaction after hearing this - it was easily rumored to commit suicide for love.

This happens when she is about to get married, and her reputation will be greatly affected.

"I heard that sometimes you can hide a bullet directly in the barrel when you set up a gun, so that you can still inspire even if there is no nest or magazine. Well, I saw it from "The Hamilton Detective Story Collection."

A mustached gentleman who also accompanied his female companion here said this, but Xia De is not the only one who is familiar with revolvers here:

“I love hunting and have been exposed to different guns.

In the design and use of standard revolvers, it is impossible to have bullets in the nest and have bullets in the barrel and successfully fired. The structure of the revolver does not support this. The detective novel mentioned that it should be a semi-automatic pistol or other firearms."

"Then how could Baron Jansen be without bullets?"

No one can answer this question, even Xia De and the witch holding his arm could not answer it. Because there was no ring warlock except the two of them, and the pistol, which was basically confirmed to be a murder weapon, had no elemental reaction.

After the police arrived, they asked the ladies here individually, but the matter was very simple and there was no clue that everyone needed to hide, so the complete backtracking of the incident was completed soon.

Baron Jansen seems to have committed suicide or "accidental suicide". No matter who it is, the biggest problem is still how the revolver killed people without bullets.
Chapter completed!