While the two were chatting, suddenly there was a quarrel not far behind them. Tangning looked back and saw that it was two men who seemed to be arguing over a trivial matter.
"It's Mr. Lange from Room 3 and Mr. Batten from Room 1. They seem to be enemies and they haven't dealt with each other since they got in the car!" Shani explained on the side.
"Miss Anthony, you seem to be very familiar with the passengers in the car!" Tangning asked curiously.
Shani shrugged and said, "I'm only interested in male passengers!" Then she leaned closer and whispered, "But the one that interests me the most is you, Mr. Tangning!"
"Thank you, you are very discerning!" Tang Ning replied with a smile.
Originally, Tang Ning thought about going back to her room to sleep after dinner, but she didn't know if it was because she had slept enough during the day, so she didn't fall asleep even after lying down for a long time. She had no choice but to turn on the light and read "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" while secretly thinking about it in her mind.
, you must find a chance to see Notre Dame de Paris. The ones I saw before when I went to Paris were all after they were burned.
Just as Tang Ning was muttering to herself, there was a sudden knock on the door. When she opened the door, it was Shani. She was holding a bottle of red wine and said to Tang Ning with a smile: "Mr. Tang Ning, would you like a drink?"
Tang Ning thought that it was boring anyway, so drinking with a beautiful woman was a good choice, so she nodded and invited, "Come in!"
But the strange thing is that the two of them had just exchanged a few words when Tang Ning suddenly felt sleepy. She didn't even have time to explain to Shani, so she fell directly on the bed. She didn't know how long it took before Tang Ning finally woke up.
Then he was surprised to find that he and Shani were lying together, and neither of them had much clothes on them.
Tangning was immediately confused when she saw this: "Miss Anthony, did I, did I do anything to you?"
But before Tang Ning could finish her words, Shani interrupted: "Don't worry, Mr. Tang Ning, I won't pester you, just treat it as a good memory!"
Hearing what Shani said, Tangning secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It wasn't that he was afraid of having another woman, but he didn't know anything about Miss Anthony, so he didn't dare to include her in the harem casually.
Just when Tang Ning was thinking about whether to do some more morning exercises, an exclamation suddenly came from outside the door: "Oh my God! Murder!" Then bursts of noise came from the passage of the carriage.
Naturally, there was no way to do morning exercises under such circumstances, so the two got dressed and went out to check the situation. The deceased was Mr. Taylor in Room 5. He died on the bed. He had been stabbed several times, and he could see the room.
There were no signs of resistance and struggle inside, and he might have been killed while sleeping or being knocked unconscious. This shows that the murderer hated him very much.
Tang Ning had no impression of this man at all. She only heard Shani say last night that he seemed to be a famous barrister, and he was accompanied by his student and assistant.
At this time, the conductor, Mr. Martin, also rushed over. After seeing the scene, he frowned and muttered: "Oh, why did such a thing happen!"
He accidentally looked up and saw Tang Ning. His eyes suddenly lit up and he quickly walked over and asked, "Mr. Tang Ning, what do you think we should do now?"
Tangning thought for a moment, then answered: "Secure the scene first, don't let anyone enter Room 5, let alone touch the things inside, and then no one in the car is allowed to leave until the police arrive."
"Okay!" Captain Martin immediately began to make arrangements according to Tangning's instructions.
Shani on the side asked Tangning curiously: "Mr. Tangning, are you a policeman?"
Tangning shook her head and replied, "I'm not!"
"Although Mr. Tangning is not a policeman, he has written many novels about solving crimes, so he has more experience than us in this aspect!" Captain Martin explained on the side.
"Mr. Tangning, you turn out to be a writer." Just as she was halfway through her words, Shani suddenly had an idea flash in her mind and asked quickly: "Mr. Tangning, your name is Tony - Tangning, and you are also a writer. Oh, I'll just say I
Why do I always feel that your name is so familiar? You wrote "Gone with the Wind," right?"
Tangning nodded and replied, "That was my work many years ago!"
Shani said excitedly: "That's my favorite novel! Oh, if I had known earlier." But halfway through her words, Shani seemed to realize something, and quickly changed the subject and complained to Tangning: "Oh, what did you do before?
Won’t you tell me?”
"Because I don't think there's much to say!" Tang Ning replied, dumbfounded.
Since she was not a police officer after all, she had no right to investigate or inquire, and Tang Ning didn't want to do more of this, so she stayed in the room chatting with Shani while waiting for the arrival of the police.
When the police came to inquire, Tang Ning answered honestly that she drank too much and slept with Shani last night. Shani also answered the same, so the two of them corroborated each other and were cleared of murder suspicion.
But to Tangning's surprise, everyone in the car was eliminated as a suspect. In the end, the police concluded that Mr. Taylor's enemy sneaked into the car and killed him, then opened the window, jumped out of the car and escaped.
To be honest, Tang Ning didn't really agree with this conclusion, but he didn't bother to care about this kind of thing, as long as he didn't doubt him, so he and Shani exchanged their contact information and then changed cars to go home.
What Tangning didn't know was that at this moment, everyone in the carriage except him, including the flight attendants, were gathered together. They seemed to be very familiar with each other. Even Mr. Lange, who had had a quarrel before,
He and Mr. Batten clinked glasses with each other with a smile.
I saw Shani say with lingering fear: "It's really suspenseful this time. That Tony Downing is actually the author who often writes crime-solving novels in the New Orleans Express. Fortunately, he didn't investigate, otherwise we might be in danger.
Got it!"
"I think he is fascinated by you, Shani? Tell me, how did you feel last night?" Mr. Lange teased.
Shani replied angrily: "He was knocked unconscious by sleeping pills. How can I feel?"
At this time, an older woman with gray hair who was sitting at the main seat coughed lightly, and then said in a deep voice: "Okay, everyone, stop joking. Although our plan was successful this time, for safety reasons
, everyone should not meet each other in the short term. Let’s celebrate properly after the matter is completely over!”
"Okay, ma'am!" everyone agreed in unison.
PS: I recommend a movie "The Ghost of Fanlou". The script is good and the suspense reasoning part is also very exciting. It is said to be adapted from "The First Undercover Agent of the Southern Song Dynasty", but I have not read this novel. My only regret is
It's just that the actor's acting skills are a bit weak.