Chapter 354 Doubtful

When Mary opened the door and Kieran saw the situation in the room, he knew that his guess just now was correct.

This is not a big room, but it can't be called a small room either.

On the left, two three-meter-high and five-meter-wide books completely blocked a wall.

On the right hand side, there is only a low table with an empty shelf on it.

According to the style of the shelf, it should be a shelf for long sword weapons.

Now, however, the shelves are empty.

Opposite Qin Ran was a desk.

This desk is of normal size, with one end facing the door and the other facing the window on the wall opposite the door.

A chair had been pushed under the table so that only the back was exposed.

The moonlight shone in through the window, covering the ground with a layer of silver frost, and also made a sword mark on the ground more conspicuous.

This sword mark stretched from the door to the window, nearly ten meters long, enough to sink into the palm of a hand.

"What a sharp sword!"

Qin Ran squatted down, and after inserting his palm into the sword mark, he couldn't help sighing softly.

He is very familiar with this kind of sword marks.

His [Foot Knife] can also cause similar marks.

But it can't reach this length.

"This sword was cut from the room until..."

Qin Ran followed the sword marks to the window.

The sharp sword marks spread out here, and the floor was a bit crumbled, far less straight than the previous cut.

Judging from experience, there are only two reasons that can cause this sense of diffusion.

First, lack of strength, unfamiliar with this technique.

It's like him who first mastered [Kick Knife].

Second, when an accident occurs, force is suddenly withdrawn!

The sharp and straight sword marks before are enough to show that the person who made the sword is very familiar with this technique.

So, only the second one is left.

"Not only restrained, but also suffered a backlash because of restraint, and was nailed to the door with a sword?"

Qin Ran walked back to the starting point of the sword.

Behind the door was found residual blood and a sword mark several inches deep into the door.

This sword mark is extremely narrow, it should be a stabbing sword or a rapier.

After turning on the [Tracking] field of vision again, and turning around the room to make sure that he didn't miss anything, Kieran then turned to look at Mary.

"Is this the room where your mother was killed?"

he asked.

When Mary took over the title of 'Master of Swartburg' from her mother, Kieran guessed that the other party's mother had already been killed.

However, Qin Ran did not expect Mary's mother to have considerable strength.

Judging from what he saw in the room, it was Mary's mother who cut out that straight sword mark.

However, it is a pity that the other party came prepared.

Turn defeat into victory directly with some small means.

Or to be more precise: Victory in an easier way.

Even though Mary's mother had reasons such as backlash and stupefaction, it was not something ordinary assassins could do to penetrate a distance of ten meters and nail the target to the door panel.

"interesting!"

A strong curiosity rose in Qin Ran's heart.

A mistress of the castle with extraordinary skills, a well-prepared assassin, and an imperial envoy with the king's secret order, Qin Ran unconsciously guessed the relationship between them.

Of course, this did not prevent him from listening carefully to Mary's answer.

"Yes!"

"This is the room where my mother was killed!"

Mary nodded, suppressing her sadness, trying to speak what she knew in a calm tone.

"My mother is used to reading here at night, and it was the same that night-after watching me fall asleep, my mother came here and continued to read, and she didn't go back to the bedroom all night. Not nothing, so I didn't care when I woke up until..."

Although suppressing her emotions, Mary's voice still choked up when she said this.

Qin Ran wanted to comfort the other party, but didn't know what to say.

Can only keep silent.

After about a few seconds, Mary's voice sounded again.

"Breakfast, Gail Art and I had already gone to the dining room, but my mother hadn't appeared yet! Feeling something was wrong, Gail Art and I came here and found that my mother was nailed behind this door, completely out of breath .”

Mary said.

It seems to be talking about other people's affairs.

Compared with the choking before, the appearance at this time is even more sad in Qin Ran's eyes.

As an orphan he never knew what parental love was.

But he knew that if he originally had the love of his parents but lost it...

That taste must be unpleasant.

"Do you know where your mother's sword is?"

"And what was she reading on the desk at that time?"

Qin Ran pointed to the empty desk except for the quill pen and some blank paper. He spoke very fast, hoping to clear away such an uncomfortable atmosphere through dialogue.

"No!"

"Except for the burial of my mother, I have not touched anything in this room. It remains the same as when my mother was killed!"

The girl shook her head.

"The missing sword, books, letters..."

Qin Ran was talking to himself, but suddenly stopped.

If the saber is missing, it can only mean that the saber is extraordinary or has other meanings.

If books and letters disappear, there is only one possibility.

The text written on it.

And the situation in front of him made Qin Ran subconsciously think of the contact information of the previous 'Master of Fort Swart' and the imperial envoy of the king: letter!

"Before, I asked you, 'Why did your mother know that the imperial envoy was missing?' They wouldn't rely on correspondence, would they?"

Qin Ran looked at Mary and asked.

"Yes!"

"They communicate by letter, but every time after reading it, mother will burn the letter immediately! Moreover, as far as I know, mother will not rewrite those burned letters silently, so the words that disappeared on the desk It shouldn't be a letter!"

Mary said.

"is that so?"

Qin Ran pondered.

Mary's mother was careful enough, such a person would not be easily seized by others.

"Do you know the content of the letter?"

Qin Ran continued to ask.

"Know some!"

"The imperial envoy agreed to meet my mother in Tita Town in the letter, but the other party did not show up on time, which made my mother feel uneasy, so she began to contact some friends including you in 2567, and sent them a request for help. !"

After speaking, Mary looked at Qin Ran.

Qin Ran's youthful face made the girl wonder how Qin Ran became friends with her mother.

"Your mother's hunch was right!"

"She was assassinated here!"

"The person who assassinated her was very familiar with her, and he was very well prepared-not only made this place silent, but also seized the opportunity to give your mother a fatal blow!"

Qin Ran was completely unable to answer such a question, he could only bring the topic back to the girl's request for help.

"So, the person who assassinated her should be an acquaintance or friend from before!"

Qin Ran emphasized.

"Is that so?"

Mary lowered her head.

I don't know what I'm thinking.

"Although I don't want to disturb you, I must remind you that we need to get out of here quickly—the previous assassin will not be the last."

Qin Ran patted the girl on the shoulder and said.

He didn't want to see the other party's sad expression.

"where are we going?"

the girl asked blankly.

"Tita Town!"

Qin Ran said firmly.

There are really too many doubts there.

include……

That imperial envoy.

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