Durin's Diary

Chapter 578 Past Events

Du Lin told the old man what happened yesterday. When the old man heard that the little girl was beaten, he was a little disapproving: "Such a small Candle Dragon requires a lot of food, and don't worry about it choking."

After saying that, the old man yawned and said, "There aren't many fish in your river here. Last night, we fished up two corpses and didn't see a single fish. What an unlucky place! I'd better go sea fishing when I wake up."

"Corpses, old and young, male and female." Du Lin asked for safety reasons.

The old man was silent for a moment when he asked this. "That's strange, you say. The river is only two meters deep at most. There's plenty of aquatic plants, but they're not very long. There are obviously herbivorous fish. The two dead were both adult males with no injuries. I've already informed the local patrol."

"Then I'll go and find out." Du Lin thought about it, and due to his professional relationship, he decided to go and see what was going on.

"Okay, if you have any problems, come to me. Old Yan owns a hotel in downtown, so you can invite him along when the time comes." Having said that, the old man turned around and went upstairs.

Dulin called Uryula to go to the patrol department. Although he had never shown his face in the patrol department, Dulin's pair of corners was his proof of identity. After confirming his identity, the director of the patrol department received Dulin.

As one of the elders of the Three Saints Society, Uryula knew everyone in the Three Saints Society. The two deceased were not members of the Three Saints Society. Du Lin's farm also reported that no one was missing.

Since there is no other way, let's ask the deceased.

Dulin and Ukyula both had experience, so they listened in on the side.

Of course, the patrol department is much better prepared than the north was back then. Not only do they have technical protection, they even have special personnel holding shotguns loaded with special bullets. If someone really turns upside down, they can just open fire.

The person who asked the question was a deacon from the Church of the Twin Mothers: "Who are you?"

"Will Hallam." The young dead man sat up.

"What were you doing before you died?"

"I was sleeping before I died." The deceased's answer was without any emotional fluctuation.

This is a good question. If you ask the deceased how he died, he may not even know how he died if there are no wounds on his body.

But if you ask this question, you will know what he was doing before he died.

He said he was sleeping, which means he died in his dream. I don’t believe that a person would sleepwalk with another person and then take off all their clothes and jump into the river together.

Uryula shook his head and spoke to Durin in a low voice.

"Where do you sleep?" the deacon asked the third question.

"In the town of Visim." The deceased said this with a little agitation.

Du Lin took two steps forward, signaled his assistant to lower the muzzle of his raised gun, and then he called the deacon: "What are the remaining two questions you plan to ask?"

"Ask him where he's from and what he's doing in Visim," the deacon replied.

Du Lin nodded.

So the fourth question came out: "Where are you from?"

"From Visim."

The questioning was then suspended, and Durin and the deacon met again.

"What's the last question we should ask?" The deacon had never seen such an answer before, so he was also very confused.

"Ask him if anyone has come to see him recently." Du Lin asked a question.

So the deceased gave a seemingly plausible answer: "Lawrence borrowed money from me." Who is Lawrence, why did he borrow money from him, how much did he borrow, and why did they die.

But the five questions have already been asked, so there is nothing we can do but ask someone older to come up to the stage.

………………

But before asking, Du Lin ignored the opposition and decided to have the patrol department staff send investigators to confirm the identities of the two deceased and complete background checks.

The Great Wasteland Patrolmen of this era still rely too much on this kind of magic.

In Du Lin's era, mature criminal investigation methods had a lot of ways to confirm the ins and outs of a case, not to mention that Du Lin also had two AIs to do the analysis.

So Du Lin also sent a team of young people from the Three Saints Society. This time they revealed their identities and followed the patrol team into the town.

Both parties conducted their own investigations, and the information was complete after one day.

The children taught by Durin not only found out the identity of the deceased's father and son, but also confirmed that their family was a noble family that had lost power in Austria a few years ago, and their eldest daughter disappeared on the way to the town of Visim.

Missing?

Du Lin immediately thought of the ghost that had appeared during the day, and he immediately sent people to the church to retrieve the remaining clothes, ornaments and bones.

"They're a respectable, wealthy family in Visim. We've found the young man who asked the young son for money. He did ask, and the young man lent him money," Du Lin said, turning a page. "They also have a twelve-year-old daughter. I suggest we do some research to see how they relate to each other."

"Sir, do you suspect she is the murderer?" The deacon looked confused.

"I suspect she'd be a very good sacrifice." Du Lin shook his head. The deacon was still young and didn't understand what Du Lin was thinking. "Have you ever considered this? Their family has already lost a daughter, and now two men have died in mysterious circumstances. But their youngest daughter and sister are still alive. Putting aside her suspicious nature, from the victim's perspective, whether she was made a Chaos sacrifice or someone else was trying to seize their property, both father and son must die."

At this point, Du Lin looked at the deacon and asked, "Did your report show that anyone of their relatives is still in contact? Has anyone proposed to his daughter?"

"No." The deacon shook his head.

Du Lin threw his report on the table. "I have it. There's another branch of their family that lives in Farol. We don't have much contact, but I'll still make inquiries through Farol. As for their youngest daughter, there are three young men pursuing her: the mayor's second son, the town's young deacon, and the tax collector's eldest son."

After saying that, Du Lin sat down.

"The mayor's second son is a strong possibility of committing the crime. Because the mayor has an eldest son, everything about him will belong to him. There is a theoretical possibility that the second son committed the crime, and we need to investigate carefully. The deacon underwent alignment detection three days ago, and it was found to be chaotic good. There is a certain possibility that he committed the crime after detection, and we also need to investigate."

"The tax collector's eldest son."

"He's the most suspicious because the tax collector's eldest son is preparing to compete for the position of lieutenant of the city guard in Visim. He's talented and a warrior, and he's not willing to stay in one town his entire life. If he runs away from home, the position of tax collector will be passed on to his younger brother."

Having said that, Du Lin looked at the deacon and said, "There is one more important point."

"What?" the deacon was puzzled.

"My people have discovered a Chaos Cult hideout in town and have reported it to Lord Angario. I believe that if they are the murderer, then everything will be clear."

Having said that, Du Lin leaned back in his chair.

I hope they will be the murderers.

This way, you can save a lot of effort.

But nine out of ten things in this world don’t go as planned.

(End of this chapter)