My mother's love song

"Why!?!?!?"

As soon as the voice came out, everyone in the room was shocked.

"Sir... do you know who the criminal is?"

Rhodes nodded slightly, then calmly uttered the long-lost line.

"The criminal is among you."

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Perfect crime is a colloquial term, and its basic standard is a crime that is not noticed by the general public or the criminals cannot be caught.

In detective novels, perfect crime is often pursued by highly intelligent and talented criminals as the ultimate goal of their life.

It's a bit like the origin of the magician.

It's really ironic that even crime is covered with a veil of sacredness.

In a sense, this incident can be considered a complete crime.

After combining many factors such as the locked room, alibi, motive, etc., the murderer was pointed to an innocent person.

However, that someone is above the law.

As long as Rhodes nodded, the whole story of the case would disappear into thin air, no one would pursue it anymore, and the real murderer would naturally go unpunished forever.

But it was obvious that Rhodes did not intend to give up.

After all, this is not only a showdown with the criminal, but also a showdown between him and Caster.

If the real culprit is not found, Ai Ge will not wake up.

If I delay any longer, it will become stinky. It's time to put it off, he thought.

More than 100 years ago, a senior mystery writer and editor proposed the famous "Ten Commandments of Reasoning".

The second one is "Supernatural powers should not appear in detective novels."

Once supernatural forces appear in the story, many issues such as [locked room], [alibi], [murder weapon], etc. instantly become meaningless.

Decades ago, the Ten Commandments of Reasoning were once regarded as the Bible in the mystery novel world. However, with the evolution of the writing method and style of mystery novels, some authors would deliberately violate the contents of the Ten Commandments when writing, and mystery novel writers no longer deliberately abide by the contents of the Ten Commandments when writing.

From a modern perspective, whether it is writing or suspense stories, the Ten Commandments of Reasoning are all wrong.

There was even one of the ten rules that said "no Chinese people should appear in the story".

If it is understood that Western readers in the early 20th century generally believed that Chinese people were able to fly over rooftops, walk on walls, and perform strange techniques, then the second item would have already included this item.

This is undoubtedly a form of discrimination, so there is no need to pay any attention to this kind of rubbish.

Having said that, there is nothing wrong with the statement that “supernatural powers cannot appear in detective novels”.

The alibi and secret room of this incident seem meaningless in the face of mystery.

So, Rhodes thought that the current dilemma could be interpreted in a different direction.

Thinking of this, he suddenly understood the murderer's method of committing the crime.

Among the six people, Minamoto no Raikou, Miyamoto Musashi, Sei Shonagon, Tsuru-san, Murasaki Shikibu, and the demon girl Momiji, one of them signed a contract with the sorcerer [Caster].

Caster's murderer

It was not one of them, but Caster who had signed a contract with them.

However, things are not that simple.

The so-called Command Seals are like Siegfried's back, which cannot be hidden by any means or technology. The Master must display the Command Seals openly to those around him. This is the absolute rule of the Holy Grail War.

Rhodes had checked the women in his family several times yesterday and found that there were no Command Seals on the backs of their hands. He even carefully examined everyone's naked body at night.

Therefore, none of them were chosen by the Holy Grail to be a Master.

But, Holmes once said.

“When you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how implausible, is the truth.”

Rhodes looked around the room.

Six pairs of beautiful eyes stared at him.

Everyone's eyes were filled with absolute trust, so unwavering.

Even if he said "Aige was killed by aliens who invaded the mansion", they would definitely believe it without a doubt.

This trust now turned into pressure that weighed heavily on the boy's shoulders.

At the same time, Rhodes also felt extremely sad.

Among these six pairs of eyes, one pair belongs to the betrayer who framed me for the murder.

"Next, I will re-examine your bodies."

The boy announced calmly.

"Caster's murder was a battle disguised as a murder during the Holy Grail War.

Among you... the one who possesses the Command Seal and hides himself is the murderer [Master] who killed my beloved son."

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The setting sun faded away, the sun went down completely, and darkness enveloped the room completely.

Rhodes had been staying in his room since the afternoon, checking on everyone.

Although the Command Seals in the Holy Grail War appeared on the back of the hand, which was also the case with Rhodes, there were also cases where the Command Seals in "Blue Silver" appeared randomly somewhere on the body.

It was still unknown what kind of Holy Grail War the Tianlan Holy Grail War belonged to. It was also possible that Rhodes had missed a Command Seal somewhere when he had sex with his wives by candlelight last night.

Rhodes asked them to enter his room one by one, strip naked in the room, and then he conducted a detailed examination.

Even if they are a couple, this should be a rather excessive request. After all, no one likes to be treated as a suspect by her husband.

But no one complained and just cooperated with the work silently.

After checking their bodies, Rhode did not say anything like "You are innocent". He just helped them put on their clothes while chatting with them, and then told the next person to come in.

In this way, five of the six wives have been examined.

"Lord of Light."

Murasaki Shikibu knelt at the door and opened the shoji.

She came and sat in front of Rhodes.

"How is it? No one has a Command Seal on them, right?" Xiangzi asked with some concern.

Rhodes nodded and said "hmm".

"Haha, I knew it."

Hearing what he said, Murasaki Shikibu looked delighted.

"The criminal couldn't possibly be someone in this mansion. It must have been done by someone from outside."

Rod smiled and said, "I thought Xiangzi, a mystery novel fan, would firmly believe that "the murderer is among us!"... This unromantic and negative idea is really unlike you, Xiangzi."

“Fiction is fiction, reality is reality.”

Xiangzi said, "I don't want my family to become murderers, and I don't want to see you betrayed by your beloved wife."

"I hope so... By the way, can I ask a question?"

"Of course, ask."

After Xiangzi nodded, the boy asked.

"Are you happy to be my wife?"

“Is this question also part of the inspection?”

"Yes."

"...Hmm."

Thinking that Rhodes had already asked his other five wives before, Murasaki Shikibu couldn't help but get nervous, fearing that she would be left behind.

With her slender index finger against her chin, Ping An Talented Lady began to think seriously.

She thought a lot, but in the end, she gave the simplest but most heartfelt answer.

The wife with long black hair drooped her eyelashes in the candlelight.

"Well, very, very happy. I think I must be the happiest woman in the world."

Feeling extremely ashamed of the blunt words she had said, Murasaki Shikibu's ears turned bright red.

"…………"

Rhodes was moved by the affection she showed and just stared at her in a daze.

"That's great." The boy whispered softly.

"Wha...what?"

Rhode rubbed his eyes and said to her with a smile: "It's great that Xiangzi is the first woman I fell in love with in Heian-kyō."

That sentence made Murasaki Shikibu blush even more.

"Thank you, thank you... Thank you for your kindness to me, Lord of Light."

Rhode smiled cheerfully and held out his hand to her. "Okay, no more small talk. Next, let's find the criminal hiding in this house."

"You really are...you are saying such unlucky things again."

In Murasaki Shikibu's view, no one in the mansion could be the murderer of her beloved son.

She said this as she naturally placed her hand on her husband's palm and let him examine the back of her hand.

"Please rest assured, Lord of Light. There is no way any of us would want to betray you..."

Rhodes said: "Although I would like to think so, the facts will not change because of good expectations.

Xiangzi, when I am heartbroken, let me bury myself in your arms and breathe as much as I want."

"You should cry until you're tired." Murasaki Shikibu puffed up her cheeks cutely.

"No. Just this once, let me breathe."

"Haha, there's really nothing I can do about you... Xiangzi understands, but you can't bite it with your teeth anymore, okay?"

Murasaki Shikibu muttered shyly, then blinked.

"Um, Lord Light, can you please let go? I want to take off my kimono for you to check..."

But the young man shook his head and said, "I don't quite understand."

"what?"

Rhodes interlocked his fingers with the long jade hand that had written countless beautiful words, sighed softly, and looked directly at her doubtfully.

"Xiangzi, how do you know that the location of the Command Seal will definitely appear on the back of the Master's hand?"

Chapter 741: I slept with someone else’s widow for free and made a fortune!

"Xiangzi, how do you know that the location of the Command Seal will definitely appear on the back of the Master's hand?"

"Why……?"

Murasaki Shikibu's face froze slightly.

That expression was not so much one of panic as it was a sign that he didn't understand the meaning of the boy's words at all.

Rhode stroked the back of her hand and explained, "In the Holy Grail War, the Master's Command Seal will definitely appear on the back of his right hand.

I don’t think I have ever told anyone about this information.”

"……what."