Durin's Diary

Chapter 429 Story
Du Lin was welcomed into the yard by the first family.

This family has a very long surname - Kudriavtsev.

A bit chatty.

However, the old man Liuka, who was in the lead, was very kind and personally poured tea for Du Lin. He said, "I heard that something happened to Ousmane Hopper's family. I have been waiting for this day. I dare to swear on the grounds of lies that I have nothing to do with this family's misfortune."

No problem, his family members’ expressions, breathing and heartbeats remained unchanged.

Daju gave his opinion.

The female relatives were a little agitated, but they were mostly just frightened and did not show any reaction typical of a murderer.

This is Eleven's opinion.

"Then Mr. Liuka, who do you think might have done this?" Since they were already sitting down to chat, Du Lin asked with a smile.

"That bastard Osman has made a lot of enemies, not just our Kudriavtsev family. I'll just tell him the truth, because he has friends on the sea and can always get good things that we can't, but we have no evidence." Liuka's eldest son answered quickly.

Of course old man Liuka was unhappy with his quick answer, but Du Lin found it interesting: "Interesting, not all grassland elves are innocent, but the Kakab family will never go along with the pirates' cubs, so what do you think? Tell me boldly, I'll cover it for you." Du Lin asked with a smile without being pretentious.

So the middle-aged man told everything - in his eyes, the Usman family always had good goods sold by the Changtang Merchant Group, and he made a lot of money from this. No one knew where his goods came from. Some people said that Usman might be an agent for pirates to sell stolen goods.

However, many people also felt that the prairie elf girl was able to recognize good people and did not seem like a pirate's agent for selling stolen goods.

Besides, they have no evidence.

Du Lin nodded and said, "Mr. Kakab, have you ever met Uthman?"

"I've seen him a few times, and he doesn't look like a weirdo."

"Old Enrique, what about you?"

"He works for the Circle and passes the Lie Detection every year. I've never heard of him having anything to do with pirates."

"This explains where the grassland elf goods in his hands came from. It can indeed clear his suspicion, but where did his Changtang goods come from?" Old Mr. Liuka was a little curious.

Du Lin smiled and said, "It's okay. I have channels in Chang Tang regarding him. I'll just ask him and find out when the time comes."

As we were talking here, people from other companies on Du Lin's list also showed up.

Since everyone came together, Du Lin followed everyone's ideas and conducted investigations one by one. The fact was that they all hated Ousman Hopper, but they had no ill will towards the daughter of the Kakab family and her two daughters, and they were not the ones who killed them.

Du Lin didn't care and asked them what they thought of Ousmane Hopper.

The result was similar to Liuka's. They were all curious about where this guy got his Changtang goods - because these goods of this guy had been beaten up a lot in recent years, and each other's market share had been beaten to a pulp by the Changtang goods and grassland elf goods in Osman Hopper's Hopper's Curio Shop.

But business matters must ultimately be resolved through business, so even though everyone dislikes Ousmane Hopper, this hatred does not need to be washed away with blood.

Besides, only a few people could afford the things in Osman Hopper's Curiosity Shop. Osman only had good relations with the upper class, and he had never competed with others for the ordinary market, so at most they would just doubt his procurement channels.

Now that they knew Osman was working for the Circle, their largest supply channel was secure. And since they had withstood the test of the grassland elves, their Changtang supply channel, however mysterious, surely couldn't be pirates. Consequently, the merchants present were both curious and nervous—they had a grudge against Osman Hopper, but now his family had perished, and his daughters had disappeared. If something like this happened again, would it happen to them?

"It's okay, we'll go check it out." Du Lin said as he stood up and shook hands with each of the elder leaders of the family. "I personally thank you very much for understanding my intentions and coming here in person."

"We didn't kill the man. It was just a misunderstanding that can be resolved. We also hope that you can catch the murderer as soon as possible." The old men answered sternly.

Walking out of the yard, Kakabu looked at Dulin with gratitude: "Lord Dulin..." "Just call me Dulin. This kind of thing involves children, and I will definitely take care of it to the end." After Dulin finished speaking, he signaled the old man to take him to the old house of the Ousman Hopper family.

On the way, Old Enrique was puzzled: "Since it's not a business vendetta, Dulin, what do you think the problem is?"

"To be honest, I'm not a detective, but I believe that after eliminating all errors, even the most outrageous answer will be true. I just want to see if I can trace it back to the date of the crime. I also hope that no relatives of Osman Hopper will come to claim the inheritance early."

"What if relatives come?" asked old Enrique.

"Then they or the people who instigated them to come here are very likely to be the murderers. In cases like the one where the whole family died, whoever benefits the most is the most likely suspect, because I believe that everything in the world is done for profit, and murder cases are no different." Du Lin said.

But Du Lin also firmly believed that if there was nothing wrong with either of them, then the most likely possibility was that they were enemies of the two families - because killing someone with a borrowed knife was the least causal.

When we arrived at the gate of Hausmane Hopper's house, just as old Enrique had said, a carriage was unloading the furniture.

You know what, this one is pretty good. Looking south, you can see the floors arranged in an orderly manner, and you can even see the port.

Daju and Shiyi discussed the value of this residential area.

There was also a middle-aged woman who looked like the hostess, ordering her servants around in the yard.

Du Lin took out a gold-plated cane from the space and knocked twice on the bell outside the door.

A man who looked like a housekeeper came over and asked, "What's the matter?"

"I'm an investigator from the Lublin region of the Eastern Elf Territory. I'm here to investigate the cause of death of Osman Hopper and his family. Who are you?"

The butler was silent for a moment, then finally nodded and trotted over to his mistress.

The latter looked over, then walked to the front door with an impatient look on his face: "We are members of the Hopper family. Ousman Hopper is dead, his daughter is missing, and my husband is in a position to inherit this mansion!"

"His daughter is just missing." Du Lin advised kindly.

"What! Do you need to care about my family's affairs? Someone, come and kick them out!" As soon as the woman finished speaking, a short-sighted man came over and tried to kick them out.

Du Lin reached out and tapped with his staff.

The tiger man flew backwards, and in front of everyone's eyes, it crashed into a bell tower and fell into the sea.

That bell tower did not fall down.

Du Lin turned his head and looked at the people who were about to charge but didn't, and smiled: "Why, do you think that I, the son of the Elsh family, can't control you, or do you think that the swords in the hands of the Corleone children are not sharp enough?"

(End of this chapter)