gentry

Chapter 77
Late at night, Housekeeper He walked to the door of Charlie Wang's bedroom and looked at the wall clock in the corridor. It was past eleven o'clock.Butler He reached out and knocked on the door lightly.But suddenly I heard Wang Charlie's scolding from the voice in the door: "Dashan, have you done a serious thing all these years? If you weren't my brother, how could you have been pampering you until now? How much did you spend?" I didn’t give you a penny? What did you give my brother except pain and trouble? Do you really want me to die to make you happy?!”

Steward He was so frightened by Charlie Wang's last roar that he quickly withdrew his hand that was about to knock on the door, sighed, then turned and left.

At the same time, in room No.11, Javert was lying on the bed and sleeping soundly.Benjamin was so noisy by the loud snoring that he had to cover his head with a quilt. Javert snatched the quilt away in a daze, and Benjamin had no choice but to get out of bed and leave.

Holding the clothes, Benjamin came to the door of the No.12 room next door and knocked on the door.It took a long time before Luo Fei opened the door neatly dressed, with his hair unruffled.

"I can't sleep because of the snoring by the detective, please take me in for a night."

Facing Benjamin's extremely pitiful appearance, Luo Fei hesitated for a moment, rolled his eyes at Benjamin, and motioned for Benjamin to enter the room.After Benjamin entered the room, he quickly climbed onto the big bed and wrapped the quilt around himself.Luo Fei looked at Benjamin who fell asleep, with a look of disgust, grabbed a pillow and blanket, walked to the sofa, and fell asleep with his clothes on.

In room No. 14, which is two rooms away, Wang Susu and Xiaoman are still lying side by side chatting.

"Xiaoman, it's rare for us to sleep in the same bed. Tell me what's going on between you and Luo Fei?" Wang Susu smiled as if drunk.

Xiaoman pouted angrily and looked at the ceiling: "What do I have to do with him?"

Wang Susu turned her head and stroked Xiaoman's bun, and flicked Xiaoman's cheek: "Don't be arrogant, do you like him or not?"

"Sister Su Su! Don't talk nonsense, he and I are just partners in solving the case together." Xiaoman said turning her head away, "I don't like him at all."

"But I noticed the way you looked at him on the dance floor today..." Wang Susu looked at Xiaoman with pity, and sighed softly, "Man, eyes are more honest than mouth."

"I just drank some wine tonight, and my eyes are a little distracted." Xiaoman argued.

"Sister, I was in Paramount back then. I didn't develop my eyes for looking at men for nothing." When Wang Susu said this, she looked at Xiaoman sincerely, "It's okay for you to fool me, but don't fool yourself. In your heart, don't lose sight of your sincerity because of anger."

After hearing what Wang Susu said, Xiaoman slowly turned sideways and fell silent.Wang Susu showed a wry smile, and turned off the lamp.

In the dark, Wang Susu suddenly said again: "I can see that Luo Fei also likes you."

There was constant rain outside the window, Xiaoman opened her eyes, her heart was beating wildly, thinking about Wang Susu's words, while reminiscing about the scene of dancing with Luo Fei on the dance floor.

After a night of heavy rain, the mountains regained their vitality.From time to time, there was a burst of birdsong around the main building of Yuanshan Villa, and the sky gradually brightened.

Xiaoman, who got up early, quietly came out of the room, and walked lightly to the door of Luo Fei's room.Xiaoman stood at the door, hesitated several times and wanted to leave, but finally raised her hand and knocked on the door.

Unexpectedly, after only one knock, the door was opened, and then Xiaoman saw the disheveled Benjamin walking out from inside.

Xiaoman was shocked immediately: "Why are you here?"

Benjamin cast an annoyed glance at his own guest room next door: "I'll sleep here at night."

Immediately afterwards, Luo Fei walked neatly to the door and told Benjamin, "Hurry up and change your clothes, and I'll ask about the situation of the cable car. I don't think Charlie Wang will nominate the painting anymore after Wang Dashan made such a fuss." .”

At this time, Javert came out from the next door, yawned and looked at the three people at the door: "Simmons is really comfortable to sleep. I haven't slept soundly for a long time because of the children's noise at home."

"That can't torture me." Benjamin muttered and got into Javert's room to change clothes.

And Xiaoman stood there in embarrassment, forgot all the words that were brewing just now, and didn't know what to say for a while.

"Xiaoman, what's the matter?" Luo Fei asked, staring at Xiaoman's flushed cheeks.

"Xiaoman, why is your face so red, did you catch a cold and have a fever in the rainy night last night?" At this time, Javert also asked with concern.

"I"

Just when Xiaoman clenched her fists tightly and was about to run away, there was a sudden commotion at the end of the corridor, followed by a hurried cry for help: "Master! Master!."

Xiaoman knew something had happened as soon as she heard it, and immediately ran towards the cry for help.Luo Fei and Javert followed closely behind.

"Oops! That's Wang Charlie's bedroom!" Luo Fei said while chasing Xiao Man.

When the two came to the door of Wang Charlie's bedroom, they saw the elderly Steward He fell to the ground, and Lin Zaizhong was helping him.

"What happened?!" Luo Fei asked hastily.

Butler He pointed into the room with a crying voice: "Master...Master, he..."

Xiaoman and Luo Fei walked into the house quickly, and saw Charlie Wang's body slumped on a chair at a glance.

That is, in just 10 minutes, the corridor was full of onlookers.

"I'm Qin Xiaoman, police detective from the patrol room. Everyone, stand still and don't move around to prevent damage to the scene." Xiaoman guarded the door of the room to prevent guests from crowding in.After a while, Javert and Benjamin also squeezed over with great effort.Xiaoman immediately signaled with his eyes that Javert was killed.

Afterwards, Javert and Benjamin walked into the room and checked Charlie Wang's body with Luo Fei.Butler He and Lin Zaizhong stood not far away and looked around.

"What is the cause of death?" Javert asked sternly.

"The face and lips are purple, and no obvious trauma can be seen." Luo Fei said with a frown.

Benjamin rolled his eyes, looked at Charlie Wang's forehead again, and shook his head noncommittally: "It's hard to draw conclusions based on the current inspection conditions. There are only some signs of sweating on the forehead. It looks like a heart attack."

Luo Fei then turned around and greeted Steward He: "Butler He, does Mr. Wang have a history of heart disease?"

Steward He walked a few steps closer to Luo Fei: "Master did go to the hospital a lot a while ago, but I didn't hear him mention any heart problems. He just told me that he wants to take good care of his body after retirement."

Javert sighed heavily, and said in a low voice, "This is troublesome."

"Accident or murder, Ben, it's up to you." Luo Fei said and patted Benjamin.

Benjamin rolled up Charlie Wang's sleeves again, checked the torso of the corpse, and then said, "According to the degree of plaque and stiffness, the time of death should be between 11:1 p.m. and [-]:[-] a.m.."

Javert couldn't help frowning: "The cable cars are out of service at this time, so it won't be..."

Luo Fei stood up with a sneer: "No matter what, everyone in Yuanshan Villa is currently prohibited from entering or leaving."

Steward He's expression also became tense: "I called down the mountain in the morning, the cable car is broken, and I can't go up the mountain for the time being."

"Okay!" Javert turned to Butler He and said seriously, "Butler He, when the cable car is repaired, you will also guard the door for us. Now everyone is suspected. We will check everyone's alibi later."

Hearing this, Lin Zaizhong couldn't help asking Javert: "Mr. Wang was murdered?"

Javert shook his head solemnly: "It's hard to say now."

Luo Fei turned to Lin Zaizhong and said, "You found the body?"

"En." Lin Zai nodded emphatically: "Usually Housekeeper He wakes Mr. Wang up. He is busy preparing guests' breakfast today, so he handed over the key to me. As soon as I opened the door, I found Mr. Wang——"

Butler He immediately added: "I was preparing breakfast at that time, and Lin Zaizhong came to call me in a panic. When I got there, the master..."

Luo Fei listened, walked slowly to the foyer, and turned his gaze to the crowd outside the door who were whispering and poking around.

"Where's Wang Dashan?" Luo Fei suddenly turned around and asked Butler He.

"The second master usually has to get up at noon. He drank so much wine last night that he probably fell asleep drunk." Steward He walked out the door as he spoke, "I'll call him over right now."

Luo Fei thought for a while and then stopped Steward He: "Butler He, please arrange two empty rooms for us first, one as a temporary laboratory and one as an inquiry room."

"Okay!" Steward He nodded repeatedly, and then said to Lin Zaizhong beside him, "Xiao Lin, let's hurry up and prepare.

Seeing the two of them walk out of the room, Luo Fei glanced back at Charlie Wang on the chair, and suddenly walked over as if something happened, flipping Charlie Wang's collar, and then showed a puzzled expression on his face.

At this time, Javert went to the door of the room and said to the guests who were crowded at the door: "Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Charlie Wang died suddenly. The cause of death is that the forensic doctor in our patrol room is examining it. Please go back to your room. We will ask everyone about it later." Alibi."

After everyone listened, there was an uproar, and at the same time, a new discussion started.

"Ouch, you are suspicious of us, do you know who we are?"

"Once Wang Charlie died, Wang Dashan was happy, and all the money belonged to him."

"And what about Xiao Lin, the foundation is his."

The crowd dispersed from the corridor while discussing.

Xiaoman couldn't help but fell into deep thought when he heard the crowd's discussion.

Luo Fei in the room frowned, and walked around the corpse anxiously: "I don't know when the cable car will be repaired, and the corpse has cooled down. If we don't test it, I'm afraid we will miss the evidence."

Benjamin sat on the table, hugged his shoulders and sighed: "Without instruments such as a scalpel, how do you ask me to perform an autopsy?"

Luo Fei bypassed Wang Charlie's body, walked to the bookcase, pointed to an English certificate on it and said, "This is the certificate for Wang Charlie to participate in the medical training of the International Red Cross Society. He should have participated in a short-term medical course because of the needs of the expedition. In order to save himself in the event of an accident in the wild, his home must have basic medical equipment.”

At this time, Butler He came in with his servant: "The room is ready."

Luo Fei immediately ordered: "Take Mr. Wang to the temporary laboratory first."

The servant followed suit.

"Butler He, take a look. Is there anything missing in this room?" Luo Fei took advantage of the servant's time to move the corpse and asked Butler He.

Steward He stood in the middle of the room and looked around: "On the face of it, there should be nothing missing. The master's watch and ring are all on him. Look, the golden birthday peach and the Jade Buddha are also there."

Luo Fei looked at Bo Gujia and nodded, then hurriedly asked, "Where is the medical equipment box at home?"

Steward He pointed to the door and said, "These are all in the master's warehouse, I'll take you there right away to get them."

Luo Fei signaled Benjamin to follow Butler He to find the medical equipment box: "I still have to look here."

Benjamin nodded, and left with Butler He and the servants.

In the end, only Luo Fei, Xiaoman and Javert were left in the bedroom.

"Whatever you are afraid of, this is not the jurisdiction of the police station. If we intervene in the case, we must report to the higher authorities immediately." Javert showed embarrassment.

"Inspector, it's not sure if it's a murder or an accident." Xiaoman comforted Javert.

Javert glanced at the stern-looking Luo Fei, and sighed: "With Luo Fei around, the possibility of accidents is almost zero."

Luo Fei shook his head helplessly: "Should I take this as a compliment or a derogation?"

"Uh...I mean" Javert was speechless for a moment, "You can see through the murderer's disguised accidents one by one."

Luo Fei walked back and forth while flipping through something.

"If it was really a murder, I guess Wang Dashan probably did it. Yesterday Charlie Wang beat him, and he would fight his brother to the death in public." Xiaoman speculated impatiently.

Javert nodded: "Wang Dashan does have a motive. He is very dissatisfied with Charlie Wang's distribution of part of his property to the foundation."

"Yesterday, I observed that he drank a lot of alcohol. It seems a little unreasonable for a drunk to kill without leaving any traces." Luo Fei rummaged and retorted.

Xiaoman was somewhat disapproving: "Could it be that you have already ruled out the possibility of Wang Dashan committing the crime?"

"That's not true. When Wang Dashan wakes up later, I'll have to question him. However, so far, I'm more suspicious of Lin Zaizhong who was the first to discover the deceased." Luo Fei stopped suddenly when he said this, and turned towards him. Wang Charlie's drawer went over, "After all, he is also one of the beneficiaries of Wang Charlie's property, and it cannot be ruled out that he also has ambitions for famous paintings."

"But no one has seen that famous painting, and they don't know where Charlie Wang hid the painting." Xiaoman retorted suspiciously.

Luo Fei looked at Charlie Wang's drawer and said, "It seems that the murderer also wanted to know the answer to this question, so after killing Charlie Wang, he rummaged through his drawer."

Javert and Xiaoman immediately came over to have a look.

"These drawers have obviously been flipped through in a panic." Luo Fei pointed to Wang Charlie's drawer and said.

"Could it be that the murderer took away the famous painting?" Xiaoman looked at Luo Fei nervously.

"Impossible. The windows in this room are so big that sunlight can come in from three angles: east, south, and west." Luo Fei stood up as he spoke, and pointed to several windows in the room, "The famous paintings in legends have a history of more than 100 years. In order to preserve it, Charlie Wang must find a place where the sun cannot shine."

Xiaoman sat down on the chair of Wang Charlie's corpse just now, frowning: "Butler He said that no property was lost, so what did the murderer plan?"

"It's probably something related to famous paintings, maybe it's a cabinet key, maybe it's a location map." After Luo Fei finished speaking, he continued to search for suspicious items.

Javert and Xiaoman also searched around.After a while, Xiaoman found a photo album from the cabinet, Xiaoman opened it and looked through it, and there were some pictures of scenery from various places in it.Xiaoman flipped through it quickly, and suddenly found that there seemed to be a photo hidden in a middle interlayer.Xiaoman pulled it out, and saw that it was a picture of a woman.

Xiaoman greeted the two immediately: "Detective, Luo Fei, look quickly."

The two took a closer look. In the photo was a beautiful island, and a young woman in a white dress smiled brightly and waved at the camera.

(End of this chapter)