Chapter 431 The Second Murder Scene

"Thomas, you, don't talk nonsense! It's too much to slander me without evidence!"

Martin flushed with anger and his lips quivered.

"If you don't want to cause people to gossip, at least you should be more positive about your mentor's case." Edward cooperated with Thomas to intimidate Martin, and said coldly, "You can refuse to assist us, but in the future, don't blame us for not treating you as a friend."

Martin's face quickly turned from flushed to pale.

Of course he knew who he was facing.

The three apprentices of Rawls' mentor are all well-known geniuses in the academy.

Not to mention Joan, a country boy from a poor background, Edward and Thomas are different. One is the son of a general, and the other is the heir to the richest man in the city.

If a grassroots person like myself offends these two young masters who are either rich or expensive, then don't expect to make a name for themselves in the college or even Port of Leiden.

"Okay, I'll just join you." Martin walked into the "wind ladder" dejectedly, and Edward followed with a cold face.

"What you said just now is a bit too much!"

Before entering the "wind ladder", Rebecca couldn't help scolding Thomas.

"You know that Senior Martin is cowardly, but you frightened him like that just now. Isn't that bullying an honest person? It's like two bullies!"

"Miss Custis, you are right to criticize. What Edward and I did just now was indeed a bit excessive, but we have no other choice."

Thomas spread his hands, reluctantly making excuses.

"You rarely deal with that guy Martin, and you don't know what he is. Yes, this guy is very timid. To put it bluntly, he is a coward. to a diploma."

"However, poor people always have something to hate. People like Martin are like rats in the gutter, curling up in a hole to hide when they smell the slightest danger. We kindly asked him to help investigate the murder, even if it was just a little effort, he He also refuses to help, so he can only be tough on him, even bluffing and intimidating, and it's easy to handle."

Thomas' evaluation of Martin reminded Ribera that he had sent love letters to both her and the Martha sisters at the same time. Thomas said that he was pitiful and hateful. Although he was a bit harsh, he was not without reason, so he sighed. I can't say anything more.

In fact, Joan understands better than Rebecca the difficulties and helplessness of low-level people like Martin. If he were in Martin's position, he would not shed a tear for the death of the "old owl" who had bullied him for many years, and would even I secretly rejoice that evil will be rewarded with evil.

Thomas and Edward, occasionally, unconsciously reveal the discriminatory mentality of the upper-class dudes against the grassroots.

Joan also came from the bottom of the society, but he has an aura of "genius" that can cross class barriers than Martin. In the eyes of Thomas and Edward, his social status is equal to them, while Martin, who is mediocre, has no right to enjoy such an aura. preferential treatment.

Although Rebecca was also born in the upper class, her education and family influence are different from those of Edward and Thomas. Compared with the traditional "noble lady", she is closer to those who are influenced by enlightenment and humanism. A new generation of female intellectuals nurtured.

She may not be more sympathetic and just than Edward and Thomas, but she can treat people from different social classes with a more equal attitude.

Having said that, Joan didn't want to get involved in the dispute between Rebecca and Edward and Thomas.

Both sides were his good friends, and it was inappropriate to criticize the other side, so he simply turned his head to one side, pretending that he didn't hear Rebecca's last words, and walked straight into the "wind ladder".

Martin took out his key and opened the laboratory door.

Joan walked in first, stood in the center of the hall and looked around, except for the eight-segment golden snake emblem painted in yellow paint on the opposite wall, there were almost no signs of abnormality.

Xiao Miao quickly walked into the laboratory hall, first sniffed the residual bloody smell in the air, and then squatted down to observe the dust and footprints on the ground.

"When did you learn about Master Li's death?" Joan asked Martin casually.

"On the afternoon of the second day after the incident, I didn't have class that day. It was a student from the same laboratory who came to inform me. Later, we came to the laboratory together. The scene of the crime has been controlled by the police. I only watched it from a distance. When I saw the teacher's body, there was a large pool of blood on the back..."

Martin wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, still seemed to be afraid.

"Later, the police asked us to assist in the investigation. They asked a lot of things before and after the incident, and revealed that the mentor died in an assassination. The fatal injury came from a dagger pierced from the back to the heart. Unfortunately, the murder weapon was not found at the scene of the crime. "

"Dagger?" Thomas came over. "Multiple scars caused by daggers were also found on Mentor Rawls's body. It seems that the same gang committed the two murders."

"Little Jack is good at using daggers, but judging from Martin's description just now, it doesn't seem like the murderous hand of Little Jack." Joan frowned and pondered.

"Why not little Jack?" Edward asked puzzled.

"Mr. Rawls is only five feet tall, but Walter Lee is almost seven feet tall. If the murderer approached him quietly from behind and stabbed the dagger straight into the heart, the murderer would not be shorter than Lee. too much."

"However, we all know that Little Jack is not yet four feet tall, and he has to lift the dagger above his head to complete the above-mentioned assassination."

As Joan narrated, he pulled out the electric light blade worn on his waist, simulating the action of a short man assassinating a tall man on the spot.

It looked a little funny, but everyone couldn't laugh.

"Even if Little Jack managed to finish the assassination in this weird way, the wound left on the back of the corpse must be slanted from bottom to top. into the heart."

"This is indeed a suspicious point." Thomas stroked his chin and thought, "Could it be that Big Jack did it? Judging from the image depicted on the wanted warrant, that guy is taller than Walter Lee."

"Although Big Jack is nicknamed 'The Ripper', he almost never used a murder weapon when killing people. Instead, he directly tore the victim's body with his powerful palms and sharp nails, and took out the liver and swallowed it alive. He moved his hands, Master Li's body cannot be preserved so completely."

The analysis made by Mr. Benny basically rejected Thomas' guess.

"Since Jack and Jack have been ruled out, the murderer can only be the shepherd!" Thomas logically concluded.

"'The Shepherd' is an extremely conservative druid of the scourge. It is said that the more conservative the Druid community, the more disgusted the artificial metal tools and weapons are. I don't know if the 'Shepherd' is good at using them. Daggers, but I'm sure any man-made iron would be ostracized by the Primitive Order."

Teacher Benny questioned Thomas' conclusion in a more subtle way.

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