"So now we have to re-investigate these two cases?" Lux asked.
"Yes, Your Highness." Chai Anping sat at the other end of the carriage: "I hope Your Highness will not threaten me with Cabnox mixture next time."
"Don't worry, I will bring the mixture to you tomorrow."
"And don't peek into my life."
"Change the word!" Lux sat upright, very happy: "Since we have already agreed on the time to meet every day, why would I send an eyeliner, Mr. Gracie!"
The carriage drove to the gymnasium recorded in the file, and the two got out of the car. Chai Anping looked around.
This gym is not a large open training hall, but more like a small private gym that only recruits a small number of students as direct disciples. At this time, the door of the gym is closed tightly, leaving only one for people to walk around.
The narrow side door.
"Has Your Highness heard of this gym?" Chai Anping asked.
"Hmm... no." Lux glanced at the plaque and said without hesitation, but there was no name that she didn't understand about the names of nobles who entered the mainstream.
"A small, unfashionable gym..." Chai Anping nodded thoughtfully.
In his opinion, the prisoner's choice of the next two cases was quite random - both took place in dark alleys.
Only in the first case, he specially sneaked into the victim's home to commit the crime. This can hardly be said to be a random choice. According to the routines of the criminal investigation dramas Chai Anping watched in his previous life, there must be something fishy in it!
Naturally, the Department of Public Security also launched an investigation into the circles related to the father and daughter, but unfortunately nothing was gained.
Chai Anping still had some questions that he wanted to ask the owner.
The side door was not closed, so he and Lux, who was wearing a cloak and hood, walked directly in.
Two burly young men stood in the small courtyard: "Both of you, the gym is closed these days! Please come back later if you need anything!"
Chai Anping looked at their hands subconsciously, hmm... not too outrageous.
"I am the inspector of the Inspection Department. I am here to investigate Luo Lan's case. Please take me to meet the owner of your hall." Chai Anping showed his badge.
"Inspection Department? What kind of department is this...Forget it, just wait here, I have to inform the teacher!" One of the young men muttered twice, turned around and went back to the room to report.
The remaining young man looked at the two of them with a somewhat gloomy expression. Chai Anping smiled softly and leaned forward: "What do you call this little brother?"
"New cast!"
"Good afternoon, new cast member, you should know what happened in the gym?"
"Of course I know! You officials come here every two days, and no one can understand the teacher's pain!" Xin Kasi waved his fist angrily.
"Sorry!" Chai Anping said apologetically after hearing this: "But new cast, you have to understand that we are also trying to catch that murderous beast as soon as possible. This is also to avenge Miss Lorraine!"
Xin Ka Si Mo Ran, he naturally understands this truth.
"I heard that your teacher has more than thirty apprentices in total?"
After eliminating the young man's anger, Chai Anping began to ask for some information that was not in the file.
"There are only about 20 of them now, and many brothers have left because of this incident." The new cast member said sadly: "Some of them are because the teacher doesn't like them, and some of them are hurt because of Sister Luolan."
"Is Miss Lorraine popular?"
"Yes." The new cast's eyes were a little dodgey: "Sister Luo Lan is very beautiful, and many senior brothers admire her..."
"oh?"
"Sister Luolan has been beautiful since she was a child. Many of the students who have been taught by the teacher in so many batches love her. Who would have thought that such a thing would happen to sister Luolan."
"Inspector Shelley, teacher, please come in."
The young man who went in to inform the mansion came back, indicating that Chai Anping could go in.
"Please come with me."
The young man glanced at the new cast member, who immediately took a step back and remained silent.
"Haha, let's go in first."
Chai Anping smiled when he saw this, greeted Lux and followed the other young man directly into the house.
The house full of ancient charm showed that the owner was a particular person. Chai Anping would whisper to Lux from time to time and ask about things he didn't know.
When the two passed by a long corridor, Chai Anping found many portraits hanging on the walls, as well as many names and fingerprints written in calligraphy.
"The third batch of students collectively signed..."
Chai Anping suddenly realized that these were the disciples of the master of this hall.
If a gym has been open for decades, it is not an exaggeration to have so many disciples.
This family-style method of recruiting disciples usually leads to a closer relationship between master and disciple. Chai Anping looked at these fingerprints and names, and inexplicably connected them with the bloody fingerprints.
The symbolic meaning of the murderer's crime...
The red marks symbolizing the master's approval were like bloody fangs baring their claws at him.
There are also many portraits on the walls, all showing different martial arts postures.
"These portraits are all outstanding disciples taught by the teacher." The young man leading the way said: "The chief of the Public Security Department has also investigated these brothers. If the chief needs it, I will compile the list and give it to the inspector."
"Okay, thank you, Mr. Cook, I think we will meet again."
"As long as it's to find the murderer, I'll tell you anything."
Cook led Chai Anping to a room, opened the door respectfully and gestured to invite him in, then backed out, and also helped to close the door.
"Sir Inspector, please don't blame me for missing my welcome."
Behind a curtain in the room, a hunched figure knelt in front of a portrait. Two smoke curled up in the dark room, and the man's vicissitudes of voice came through the curtain.
"Master Alfred?"
"it's me."
The figure remained motionless. Chai Anping and Lux looked at each other. Chai Anping stepped forward and opened the curtain: "Gracie Shelley, this is my assistant. I have something to ask the owner this time.
.”
"Inspector, just ask." Alfred's eyelids were drooped, his face was densely wrinkled, and his gray hair was spread out, making him look very haggard.
"My condolences to the owner."
Chai Anping knelt down on another futon and looked up. The young woman in the portrait should be the dead Luo Lan.
Just by looking at this stroke, it can be seen that this woman is indeed extremely beautiful. Information about Luo Lan flashed through Chai Anping's mind:
Age 26, single, never been in a relationship...
"It's really unreasonable." Chai Anping said to himself.
"I see the murderer's behavior as quite symbolic." Chai Anping said solemnly: "I felt even more deeply when I passed the corridor in the house today. What I want to ask the owner is... did the murderer kill because of your wife or because of...
…Where are you, owner?”
"The list of disciples I have taught has been handed over to the Department of Public Security. You can all investigate. If we talk about ordinary people who can't even get in, the inspector will be a little embarrassed." Alfred said calmly.
"My colleagues will check those people. I have checked the files, and the master of the gym is mostly vague about the disciples who were expelled from the gym by you." Chai Anping frowned: "I wonder if the master of the gym can help me clarify my doubts?"
"There's no need... they're all people with no future." Alfred raised his eyes: "I have seen people for decades, so I can understand that they... don't have the courage."
"The museum owner is a bit idealistic." Chai Anping said seriously: "If you really don't have the guts, the museum owner might as well give me a list and I will go and see for myself."
"……Can."
"Thank you, host. In addition, I also want to ask, is it true that your wife has never been in love at the age of 26?" Chai Anping said bluntly: "Miss Luolan is like a fish and a wild goose. Please forgive me for saying this.
Not very realistic.”
People in Demacia reach adulthood at 16, and then they can fall in love freely. It would be a bit outrageous for such a beautiful woman to not have a lover at 26.
"She has a strict upbringing, and I don't allow her to fall in love." When he said this, Alfred stared straight at Loren's portrait, and his expression changed for the first time.
Then he took a pen and paper and began to write down the names of the students he remembered based on the roster.
"Oh, by the way, please ask the owner to write down the information about the new cast and Cook."
"Okay, but they...well, they are all good kids." Alfred was startled when he heard the words, but he still wrote down the information about the two of them.
As a museum owner, he definitely didn't have too detailed information, but what Chai Anping wanted was just his "perception".