"Let's not talk about the cult for now." Lawrence put down the slide in his hand and said. "Have you confirmed where my two cousins were taken after they were kidnapped?"
"They should have been taken directly to the village where the cult inhabited. After all, that village was relatively close to the royal hunting ground, and the place where the two victims were killed was found on the cult altar in that village. So we infer that that group of people
After kidnapping the two victims, they should have been taken directly to this place and killed."
"But now I have found some evidence that is different from your inference." Lawrence stood up and lifted up the part of the white linen sheet covering the body of his cousin, and then exposed the hands and feet of the body. It was obvious that two bodies
There were obvious purple-black strangulation marks and scratches on the wrists and ankles of the body.
"Obviously, these marks were caused by struggle," Lawrence said. "This also shows that my two cousins were conscious for a long time after they were kidnapped. At the same time, they also tried to break free from the kidnapped state.
.”
"This is normal. It is human nature to struggle desperately after being kidnapped." The coroner continued, "When sacrificing to purgatory creatures like this, the sacrifice is usually not left in a coma. Because those
Demons really like the fear and anger those sacrifices feel before they die."
"I'm not surprised that they were killed while they were awake, because I still have a certain understanding of this kind of cult ritual." Lawrence said, using tweezers to pinch out a 1cm piece from the gap in the sole of the shoe.
Most of the golden silk threads in length were stained with mud. "I mean their struggle caused them to bring some things from the environment they came into contact with on their clothes. And these things can provide us with things that we haven't discovered before.
valuable clues."
"Are you saying that you found clues in half an hour that we had not found for a long time?" The coroner showed a little dissatisfaction on his face, but he quickly shifted his attention to
On the tweezers in Lawrence's hand. "What is that you are holding now? Is it some kind of metal wire?"
"No, it looks more like some kind of silk fabric from Cathay." Lawrence said, taking out a brass-rimmed magnifying glass and fixing it on his left eye, and then used a cotton swab and alcohol to wash away the small section.
The soil on the silk thread, and soon, a golden silk thread appeared in Lawrence's sight.
"Oh my God, this is twisted gold thread. How did it appear here?" Lawrence exclaimed in a low voice after checking with tweezers and probes. Because the last special noun Lawrence used was Cathay.
language, so the coroner next to him repeated the word with a big tongue after hearing it, and then asked: "Twisted gold thread, what is that?"
"That's a top-quality silk fabric from China." Lawrence said, staring at the silk thread on the table. Through the magnifying glass on his eyes, he could clearly see that the golden thread was not a whole silk thread at all.
Instead, it is divided into two layers, the inner and the outer, like a wire. The inner is a core composed of fine filaments, and the outer is made of gold foil cut into filaments and then wound around the core in an S-shape.
If he hadn't traveled to the Xinzhou Republic, which was a colony of Cathayans, he wouldn't have recognized this kind of thing at all. At that time, he saw something woven with this kind of silk thread in a luxury store when he was shopping.
She even wanted to buy one for Saifei. However, after seeing that a handkerchief cost more than 30 yuan, Saifei resolutely declined Lawrence's offer.
"Top-grade textiles?" the coroner thought for a while and asked, "Could this be something that was found in the home? After all, your home is an Earl's Palace, maybe -"
"Let me make it clear first that my family is not in the Earl's Mansion in the small town of White Eagle Federation." Lawrence shrugged, "And our family's mansion, whether it is the Sauer home or the residence in the capital, does not have a dressing room room.
It’s not customary to lay carpets outside, let alone one of this top quality.”
Seeing that the other party was still a little confused, Lawrence explained further. "My two cousins who were killed were all wearing hunting clothes. These clothes will be placed in a separate dressing room and will not be brought in."
Other rooms. The hunting clothes will be cleaned by the servants after each use. At least such long golden threads cannot be left on the shoes."
"In other words, these golden threads were indeed stuck to the soles of the two deceased people before they were killed." The coroner also reacted immediately. "Because according to our investigation, they went straight after they left the door.
Hunting ground, didn’t stop anywhere in the middle.”
"You are right, so I think that after they were kidnapped, they must not have been kidnapped directly to that small village. At least according to the conjectures you provided, it cannot explain why this part of a top-notch luxury fabric could
Appearing on the soles of the deceased's shoes."
"Please wait a moment." After hearing Lawrence say this, the coroner immediately interrupted him, "It is really important that you have found this clue now. I need to notify the person in charge of this case."
After saying that, the coroner quickly ran out of the door, and Lawrence took this opportunity to use the identification technique on the golden silk thread in his hand. Sure enough, the identification results told him that the silk thread was indeed imported from Cathay.
of twisted gold thread, and should have come from a carpet.
Just ten minutes after Lawrence finished casting the spell, the door of the examination room was opened. Several serious-looking royal internal affairs policemen, two God of War priests, and the inquisitor who sent Lawrence here before walked in. Then they walked towards
Lawrence asked about his previous findings.
Lawrence explained his discovery truthfully, and used the excuse that he had seen such things before in the Republic of New Zealand to tell him that the golden thread should come from a carpet imported from Cathay.
After listening to Lawrence's words, these investigators felt like they had found a treasure. Soon an old man with a white beard took out a pendulum. He gently hung the twisted gold wire that Lawrence had found above the pendulum.
, and then began to mutter something. As a Baize Warlock, Lawrence could feel that the person opposite was casting some kind of prophetic spell.
However, just when the spell was being cast for more than half of the time, the old man's spellcasting was suddenly interrupted. His face suddenly turned pale and looked a bit ugly. And the small piece of silk thread suddenly ignited without fire.
It seemed that the spell had failed, but everyone present did not show much frustration on their faces. Then they asked Lawrence to continue to look for more clues of this kind, and they simply discussed the case here. Listen to them
During the discussion, Lawrence learned that this case had become one of the most important cases in the capital and even the entire empire.
After all, this is an empire, and the mysterious deaths of two nobles have become a serious provocation to the foundation of the empire. Therefore, the nobles who control the power of the empire are eager to find out the news behind this incident.
A very important thing.
After further investigation, Lawrence found a small piece of vermilion dyed leather between the nails of one of his cousins. Half an hour after taking this piece of dyed leather out for inspection, they found out based on the paint on it
I know this piece of leather should be used on some high-end vehicle seats.
"Thank you, thanks to your help. The scope of the targets we need to investigate this time has been greatly narrowed." After Lawrence checked all the evidence and bodies and found no more clues and ended the inspection, the investigation team
The leader thanked Lawrence. "Don't worry, we will find your uncle's murderer soon."
"I believe you." Lawrence nodded in response, and then took a carriage back to the city with the inquisitor who had accompanied him here before. However, unlike the smooth journey just now, this time their carriage was blocked at the city gate.
After waiting for a few minutes, the carriage was finally able to move forward slowly. When passing through the city gate, Lawrence saw through the carriage window many people wearing gold and black uniforms and the people who were originally guarding the city gate.
More policemen in dark blue clothes and soldiers in gray and blue clothes kept coming to drive the people in gold and black uniforms away from the road so that traffic could be restored at the city gate.
"What happened?" Lawrence asked with some uneasiness as he watched this crowd of several hundred people fight. It seemed unbelievable to him that they were getting into a fight at the gate of the capital city.
"It's not because of the recent military reforms." The judge sitting opposite Lawrence knew very well about this matter because he was a local. "The emperor hopes that by mobilizing the newly formed several frontline troops who are completely loyal to the royal family,
The Guards will be responsible for the defense of the capital, and then the Guards in the capital will be replaced on the front lines. But it is obvious that the nobles who have always regarded the Guards as a good place to get promoted and make money are definitely not happy to do this."
"So since the news came from the cabinet six months ago, this group of guardsmen have been causing trouble almost every week. We in Wendobona are almost tired of seeing it. And when they start fighting, they always take advantage of the chaos.
What the hell, I really hope the emperor can resolve all these matters quickly."
Lawrence just shrugged as he listened to the inquisitor's babble. Anyway, he was only staying here for a short period of time. As long as nothing happened here before he left.
Anyway, for him, he is not a local. He has no interest in the local area, and he can't tell who is right and who is wrong between the two parties involved in the conflict. Therefore, he only needs to care about the part that concerns him.