Why it never ends

Chapter 137
"Where is this Hesta now?" Su Lei asked.

"I don't know," another police officer replied, "From the current public list of mercury needles, we can't find this person's information, and her name is not on the graduation list of the reserve base in the past ten years."

"Why didn't you just submit an inquiry application to AHgAs?" Su Lei looked puzzled, "Jane Hesta was only 11 years old when the 'Robert case' happened, so we must at least get her current photo first? Based on this What can a close-up of a child do - it's clearly artfully done."

"I have applied, we have applied for all the channels that can be applied, but there is no response," the policeman replied, "We called the AHgAs workstation and asked, and they said that this mercury needle has a special identity and needs to go through some internal review procedures first. to move forward.”

"Okay." Su Lei shook his head, "What is the reason why Viscount Nasi thinks Hesta is the murderer?"

"Uh...he said he couldn't talk about it yet."

Su Lei's expression froze, and she glanced at everyone present in disbelief, "...is this what you call 'significant progress'?"

All the participants fell silent at the same time.

Inspector Paula, who had been silent for a long time, finally spoke at this time. He cleared his throat, "Cough. Officer Su Lei may not know the whole picture of the case at present...First of all, so far, we have investigated all We have followed up all those involved in the Hoffman case, and all those who cannot be ruled out as suspects. Once new clues emerge, we will be able to grasp them at any time.

"Secondly, the reason why this case has made significant progress is mainly because Viscount Rishi directly gave the prediction of the next victim."

The inspector waved his hand, signaling to his colleagues to change the slides.

Soon, Hesta on the screen was replaced by five photos of middle-aged men, and Su Lei recognized the murdered Baron Hoffman in the upper left corner at a glance.

The inspector continued: "In addition to Viscount Rich, the other three are the Duke of Villefort, Count Schmidt and Viscount Tanglar. We have strengthened the security of the houses of these four people, especially Viscount Rich."

Su Lei held a ballpoint pen in her hand. She stared at the male face on the screen, and suddenly frowned, "Uh...is this Duke of Villefort, the 'Villefort' who often appears in church activities?"

"Yes, it's him."

"Interesting..." Si Lei murmured, "There is an honest gentleman here?"

"What?" Pauler blew his beard and stared at the little man in front of him, "Pay attention to your wording, Officer Sleigh, Earl Schmidt is our old inspector!"

"Oh, haha." Su Lei smiled belatedly, she grabbed the ballpoint pen in her hand, and pressed several times on her notebook, "I didn't mean to say that Inspector Schmidt's character is bad." , but the Duke of Villefort is too famous."

Pauler suppressed his anger, and continued, "Today is the 27th, five days have passed since Viscount Rishi received the first photo, but since the 23rd, the Viscount has not received any letters. Based on this, we There is reason to believe that, compared with the murder of Baron Hoffmann, the murderer's rhythm of attack has been interrupted by us to a certain extent.

"Thirdly, since Viscount Rich raised the possibility that the murderer was Mercury Needle, we think that AHgAs should also be deeply involved in this case, just like the Fernan case. Fourth——"

"Excuse me, I'm sorry...I suddenly remembered something important, so excuse me first." Si Lei stood up.

"What... where are you going?"

"Viscount Lixi's mansion, some things are better to be asked in person," Su Lei flipped through his folder, "Can I ask which mansion he's staying in during this time?"

"The nearest one is the one on Longfang Avenue." The police officer on the side quickly replied, "We suggested that he leave there temporarily, and we can choose a secret address for him, but he refused."

Si Lei couldn't help laughing again - Judging from everything that happened in this room at this moment, the Viscount may have made the right decision.

"What are you laughing at?" Paula asked angrily.

"I just like to laugh, Inspector Paula, especially when the case may turn around." Su Lei took a few steps back, "I'll come back to you in the afternoon."

……

In the afternoon, when Su Lei reappeared in Inspector Pauler's office, she brought back two photos, one of which was intact, and the second was burnt together with the envelope into gray-black residue, leaving only One corner, Su Lei sealed it with a plastic bag specially used to preserve evidence.

The intact photo is still the portrait of Viscount Lisi - that is the back view of the Viscount in the deep alley.

"This... where did you find it?"

"In the two fireplaces of the Viscount's house," Su Lei said with a smile, "I guess the murderer climbed up the chimney of the Viscount's house like Santa Claus, and then dropped this big gift."

"But how do you know there's going to be—"

"It's just an unexpected harvest. I suggest that the Viscount ask the servants to clean up the house." Su Lei gently arranged the two photos in a "one" shape with his fingers, "He hasn't been doing well these days, and a lot of people are guarding him." There are entrances everywhere, and there is a mess everywhere."

Pauler stared at the photo in front of him. After a while, he realized something, "...Isn't this photo taken these days?"

"Of course not," Si Lei immediately agreed, "I asked the Viscount. He has been staying at home for the past few days and hasn't gone anywhere. As for the specific time when these two photos were taken, I also checked with the Viscount himself. up.

"I remember that every photo that the last deceased Hoffman received was taken the day before, but Rishi's photo is obviously not so particular-he first received the photo on October 10nd, and These photos were all taken well before October 22."

Si Lei pointed to the photo of the Viscount's back, "This one was taken on the afternoon of October 10th on Narcissus Road. That afternoon, Lixi went to the small theater over there to watch a play."

Immediately afterwards, Su Lei moved his finger to the afterglow with only one corner left, "Although this portrait has been burned, judging from the bricks on the ground, it is clearly located in Liberty Square. I went for a walk in that area on the night of the 10th.”

Pauler gasped.

It seems that his judgment was wrong. In fact, the murderer has not stopped sending letters.

The conscientious assailant had already prepared two sets of plans. If the victim did not care about his daily activities like Hoffman, he would shoot every day in real time; nice photo.

Pauler pinched his fingers and calculated, "... Then there should be two photos that haven't been found yet."

(End of this chapter)