It was not until a while later that Lena loosened her arms and looked at the people around her in a daze before she asked in confusion:

"What's wrong with everyone?"

"Lena, what were you doing just now?"

Leeteuk spoke first.

If it's just a hug, that's fine, but if you put your face close and smell it...

"Huh? Ah, I was just smelling whether big brother had any odor of injury." Lena said.

“Can you smell this?”

Lianka was confused.

She only knew that Lena had a sensitive nose, but she didn't expect Lena to have this function?

"So, Lena, did you smell it?"

Olivia, who was standing by, asked at this time.

"No."

Lena shook her head.

"It seems like Big Brother is really treated well."

"Okay, I haven't asked you why you came all of a sudden. You didn't come for the past few days, and I thought you weren't allowed to visit outside."

Orson changed the subject at this time.

"It's true that they didn't allow it before."

Litt curled his lips.

"Otherwise I wouldn't have resorted to that method."

"Is that so? So the previous gathering was indeed planned by you, Li Teuk?"

"You can't blame me, we all contributed."

At this time, Olivia was walking around the room, and suddenly, she pulled up the curtains.

The room suddenly darkened.

The other three girls looked at Olivia in confusion, but the latter just smiled and said:

"I want to help you clean the house, Orson, is that okay?"

Of course Orson understood what Olivia meant, and he nodded.

"Although there is someone to clean my room every day, who would refuse their fiancée~"

These somewhat intimate words were extremely irritating to Litt who was standing next to him, but fortunately Orson changed the subject later.

"Anyway, Li Te, you guys can come here, it shouldn't be without any conditions, right?"

"Yeah." Li Te nodded after hearing that.

"They asked us to help stabilize the situation in various places."

Lit directly stated the purpose of the police station and the royal family behind it.

"Orson, what do you think we should do?"

"Shouldn't you be the one to decide this matter?"

Orson said this while looking at Lit in front of him.

"I don't quite understand what you mean, Orson..."

"Is it inconvenient for me to give you advice in my current position? Otherwise, the royal family will think that I am interfering with you."

"Think about it. If Prussia, Antica, and Naples were to unite because of me, what would be the impact on the royal family?"

After hearing what Orson said, Litt immediately understood.

"So, what do you mean?"

"I think you understand, don't you?"

Li Te's expression was full of confusion, but she finally nodded.

At this time, Olivia also came to Orson.

"Orson, I have cleaned the house. There is no dust left."

"Really? Thank you so much then."

Olivia came up to Orson at this time, and after carefully straightening his collar, she raised her head and looked at Orson again.

"Okay, it's almost time. I'm glad to see that you're okay. Shall we go back today?"

"Yeah." Orson nodded after hearing that.

"Then... Orson, goodbye."

"Goodbye big brother!"

"Ahem, I'm leaving too, you should come out earlier..."

Orson smiled, and waited until the four girls left the room before he went to the window again and opened the curtains.

He glanced in one direction meaningfully, then lay down on the bed.

……

On the other side, the Duchy of Antica.

After the royal charter was issued, Sherlock arrived at the Duchy of Antica as quickly as possible.

At the gate of the Duke of Antica's palace, Sherlock met Lucius.

"Hello, Your Excellency the Duke. I am the royal investigator Sherlock. I have been ordered to investigate the previous turmoil in the imperial city."

"I understand." Lucius nodded, then looked at Sherlock.

"But what does this have to do with our Dukedom of Antica?"

"That's right. Although it may touch upon something you don't want to mention, I would like to ask where the crest of Lady Mary, that is, the crest of the Toulouse family, is now."

Sure enough, after hearing Sherlock's words, Lucius frowned.

The breakdown of his relationship with Mary was common knowledge, and the fact that Mary committed suicide and was not buried in the family cemetery was also his acquiescence.

At this point, hearing the news about Mary, Lucius naturally couldn't be very happy.

"Why are you asking about the family emblem?"

There was a clear hint of displeasure in his tone. An ordinary person might have been frightened when faced with the Duke's tone.

But Sherlock has the support of the royal family after all, so she is not afraid at all and directly tells her the reason.

"We suspect that the family crest we found in the Imperial City was from Madam Mary, so we're going to check it out. If Madam Mary's family crest is still there, then we can rule out this suspicion."

"If not, does that prove it's our problem?"

Lucius said dissatisfiedly.

"Of course not."

Sherlock had no choice but to smile along.

"However, if he is not here, the problem may be more troublesome, because this case involves the royal family after all..."

"Little girl, you are quite good at taking advantage of others." Lucius said this, snorted coldly, then turned around and said to his subordinates:

"Give this young lady and his subordinates some time to let them investigate."

"I, Lucius, have been loyal and brave all my life. I would never do anything to betray the royal family."

Chapter 42: Strange Corpse

Sherlock led the investigation team into the Duke's mansion and immediately began the investigation.

Everyone in the Duke's Mansion cooperated very well with the investigation and told us everything they knew. The investigation went quite smoothly, and after checking the storage rooms throughout the first floor, no Lady Mary's family crest was found.

Sherlock didn't expect to find it on the first floor. After all, no matter what, Mary was once the mistress of this family, and it was impossible for such an important thing as the family emblem to be placed here.

Then she went to the second floor and, following the servant's instructions, she came to the room that once belonged to Mary.

Pushing open the door, I found that the room was very deserted and completely unpopulated except for the fact that someone came to clean it regularly.

Sherlock walked to the desk, glanced at the bookshelf behind him, and then opened the drawer of the desk.

As expected, there was no trace of the family emblem inside.

At this time, the people who checked other rooms also came back.

"Sir, we didn't find the Toulouse family crest in other rooms."

When she heard the word "sir", Sherlock frowned slightly, then nodded to show that she understood.

Afterwards, she came to Lucius's room.

"Your Excellency the Duke, we have searched the house, but we did not find the Toulouse family crest in the house, so I would like to ask, where is Lady Mary buried?"

Lucius frowned when he heard Sherlock ask this.

Then he looked up and stared at Sherlock.

"You want to dig a grave?"

"Do you know that your behavior is a disgrace to a noble family?"

"I'm sorry, but this is an investigation order from His Majesty the Emperor. Please understand."

Lucius slammed the table so hard that Sherlock took two steps back.

"You are taking advantage of my loyalty to His Majesty the Emperor!"

Then he walked straight up to Sherlock.

"Your Excellency the Investigator, Orson and I have talked about you. I know about you."

"You solved the case with him, and you were promoted because of it. Otherwise, you would still be an unknown little detective, right?"

"At this point, you don't choose to believe my son, but instead send him in for investigation, making him the target of public criticism. Do you still have a little gratitude?"

Sherlock looked at Lucius' questioning, her body trembling slightly, perhaps because of fear or excitement. After a long while, she slowly spoke:

"Your Excellency the Duke, that's not the case. Besides me, there are others who also suspect Orson. Only by completely clearing Orson of suspicion can he avoid being held responsible. Otherwise, if the case is closed hastily, the rift between him and others will only deepen."

Lucius snorted coldly when he heard Sherlock's words.

"You say it so nicely, but in fact, you are not one of the people who gave evidence at that time?" Lucius snorted coldly, then turned around and sat back in his original place.

"I will arrange for someone to take you there, but this is my bottom line. If you want to mess around again, don't blame me for being ruthless."

"Thank you, Your Excellency the Duke."

Sherlock breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Lucius agreed, and then hurried out.

Lucius arranged for someone to wait for Sherlock and his group at the door. When he saw her coming down, he immediately came to greet her.

"Hello, Miss Investigator has arrived from the Imperial City. I will take you to Madam Mary's grave next."

"Well, thank you very much."

Sherlock forced a smile and followed the man.

The group quickly passed the family cemetery, and Sherlock asked in confusion:

"Isn't Lady Mary buried in the family plot?"

"No." The servant shook his head and then explained, "Because of that incident, the relationship between the master and the lady was completely broken. Afterwards, the lady hanged herself, and the master did not allow her to be buried in the family cemetery. It was a punishment for her."

"Is that so?" Sherlock nodded, expressing his understanding.

Then, the two came to an unmarked grave. The servant stepped aside, pointed to the tombstone in front of him, and said, "This is the grave of Lady Mary."

"Well, let's start digging."

Sherlock said this and signaled the members behind him to start digging immediately.

"I would like to remind you that although we have already arranged Madam Mary's remains and sealed the coffin, it has been such a long time and the weather is hot now, so there may be some things in there that you don't want to see. Please understand."

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