fog city detective

Chapter 574 Assassination
Bobby asked curiously: "What BUG?"

Liang Xi shook his head, took out his mobile phone and called Hannah.Being able to call Hannah directly also shows that Liang Xi has a certain status.

"Hello." Hannah's tone was flat. Hearing the sound of the piano in the background, it should be in a restaurant or hotel lobby: "There must be something wrong when you call?" Subtext: Talk about something directly.

Liang Xi said, "I think someone is going to kill you."

"Kill me?" Hannah looked around at her bodyguards, and slowly drank a few sips of borscht: "Liang Xi, do you know what rules are and what rules are?"

"The rule is to bind everyone, and the rule is to require the majority of people to obey the provisions specified by the minority. The former is civilization, and the latter is hooliganism." Theoretically speaking, the law is the rule.If some people can disobey the law without being punished, the law is only a rule.

Hannah said: "Contradictions on the surface can be discussed. If assassination is used to solve the problem, it is equivalent to breaking the basic rules. Even if I die, the instigator will face revenge like a storm, and will not be protected and protected by others." understand."

Liang Xi said, "I'm not talking about the Earl's eldest son."

"Oh?"

Liang Xi said: "Look, when I say assassination, you immediately think of the eldest son of the earl. After you are killed, everyone will think of the eldest son of the earl. The eldest son of the earl will become a serious breaker in your circle."

Hannah said, "I seem to know who you're talking about."

Liang Xi said: "I just listened to Bobby's explanation, and I'm not sure if he described it accurately. I don't think Coster is a good man. He even came forward to mediate the conflict between you and the eldest son of the earl during the adjournment, which surprised me somewhat. According to his position, he should sit on the sidelines and wait for the opportunity. I think he himself does not like the situation that he has to join a camp. Based on my analysis of Coster's background, he prefers to create a camp and let others Join this camp."

Hannah was silent for a moment: "As long as a killer attacks me, regardless of whether I am dead or alive, the debt will be on the earl's eldest son."

Liang Xi said: "It's more likely that the killer thought that the earl's eldest son hired him. After such an arrangement, the killer attacked, Coste bravely caught the killer, and the killer admitted that he was entrusted by the earl's eldest son. The first possibility is that you are dead, earl The eldest son retired, was hunted down by the Kefu family, and died in the end. The second possibility is that you are not dead, even if you know that it is Coster’s plan, you will follow the plan and abolish the eldest son of the earl and let him leave Blood Moon.”

I don't know if Hannah is smiling, but Liang Xi can hear laughter, which can be imagined as a low voice without a smile.Hannah said, "Will you call me first, or the eldest son of the earl first?"

Liang Xi said: "It's a pity that I don't have the phone number of the earl's eldest son." Hannah's words were heartbreaking because Liang Xi raised the second possibility, pointing out the possibility that Hannah had prepared in advance.To a certain extent, it can be said that Liang Xi is not a member of Hannah's group, so Hannah asked Liang Xi who to call first.Liang Xi's attitude showed that he was more familiar with Hannah.

Hannah was a little curious: "What is your position as an outsider?"

Liang Xidao: "As a distinguished guest of Blood Moon, whether it is Yiyantang or the elder system, I hope that Blood Moon will stabilize as soon as possible. Blood Moon has just gone through a series of hardships, and the elders are all new elders. Another round of killing would be a disaster for Blood Moon."

Hannah said, "You're not telling the truth."

Liang Xi replied: "Maybe I just don't want the Swedes to take advantage of their fortunes."

Hannah said: "I think what you said is very reasonable, and I am grateful for it. Now I have two options. One option is to talk to Coster directly. If necessary, I can invite the eldest son of the earl to participate in the conversation. Nip in the bud. There's an option, you and I don't have this phone call, let what might happen happen."

Liang Xi was very surprised: "For the second choice, you have to keep your composure. Even if you are prepared, you don't know whether the killer will come and how he will come. Do you want to gamble your life?"

Hannah said: "Without Hannah, the Kefu family still has Donna and Song Na. Hannah can't stand in the highest position of the Kefu family without the blood moon. The key question now is not how I want to choose, but how will you choose?" How to choose."

"Frankly speaking, I'm a detective on a sick criminal. After thinking of a possibility, I hope it can be verified. No, I'm sorry, I don't like a conspiracy to happen because of one of my thoughts and phone calls." Liang Xi said: "I And you can't watch you take risks, so the choice should be: you handle this, or I end it."

Hannah laughed again, unable to hear the emotion: "Okay, I will handle it. You don't need to say sorry, I should express my sincere thanks to you."

"You're welcome, goodbye." You guys are messing around, when will the blood moon invitation be held?If the Blood Moon invitation is not held, how can I get the Blood Moon information.How could he pretend to be Rose and sow discord without taking the blood moon information?The damn plan, I was trying my best to fill in the gaps before it even started.It's really not what people want.

Bobby stared at Liang Xi and hung up the phone: "You kid has a conspiracy."

"why?"

"Because I can't think of any reason for you to warn Hannah."

Liang Xi shrugged his shoulders: "In my opinion, Hannah is just a strong person, not a bad person."

"Hehe, it's just that her hands look clean." Bobby said, "At least it's like this compared to the Orphan Society. You said, Hannah's rich and powerful represent the market, and the Orphan Society's killers represent the people who serve the market. What is the emergence of the market? Because Hannah is still a killer?"

Liang Xi said: "I want to eat fish, and fishmongers make money, so they will sell fish."

Bobby said: "You want to eat fish, but you can't buy fish in the market. You can also choose to eat meat. Could it be that the fishmonger entered the market first, and everyone knew that there was fish in the market, so they went to buy it if they wanted to eat fish?"

Liang Xi said: "Your words are very interesting. You and I are enemies. When I only have fists, I will not use my fists when I meet you on the road, because I know that I can't take advantage of it, and I will be chased by the law." If I have a deadly weapon, I may do it to you, because I know that there is no death penalty in the UK, and the prison environment is good. And if you are gone, your wife will remarry, you The child of my child will live a miserable life. Therefore, the key point is not whether I dare to do it, but whether I lack the right weapon." The killer is just a tool, a weapon that can kill.

Bobby said: "Could it be that you didn't find the weapon on purpose? The difference is: you must kill me, so you went to find the weapon, and then killed me. You didn't think about killing me on purpose, but you accidentally came into contact with the weapon Finally, you have the idea."

Liang Xi said: "So, is it a weapon that kills people, or a person?"

Bobby said: "I think almost everyone's answer is that people kill people, and weapons are just weapons. But in fact, if you don't have weapons, you won't kill me. We all only have fists that can't solve each other."

Liang Xi said: "A little deeper, what if we all have weapons? Is it the same as having fists?"

"No, no, it's completely different. When you have weapons, you must strike first. So weapons are the incentive to kill?"

Liang Xi spread his hands: "I don't know. Ants are imprisoned in their own world, so it is impossible to understand the rules of human thinking. Similarly, humans are imprisoned in their own world, and it is impossible to understand the rules of the universe."

Liang Xi's words expressed the most complicated situation of Xueyue's senior management.The three big bosses all want to take the top position, and they don't seem to reject cooperation. The key is who will bow to whom first.

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At ten o'clock in the morning the next day, Liang Xi had just arrived at the detective agency, and made tea to watch the video of ships on the sea in Brighton.After less than 1 minutes, the phone rang, Liang Xi looked at the number and found an unfamiliar number: "Hello?"

"Hello, Mr. Liang, I am the person in charge of the Blood Moon management team. You can call me Lao Du." Customers have doubts about the credibility of Blood Moon, making it difficult to continue our work."

Liang Xi asked, "What's the matter?"

Old Du said: "At seven o'clock this morning, the earl's eldest son was pierced by a crossbow arrow in his left chest while practicing Tai Chi in the backyard. He is currently in the operating room of Brighton Hospital. His life and death are unknown. The Brighton police have intervened in this case for investigation. I hope that Mr. Liang You can participate in this investigation."

Liang Xi said: "Sorry, I can't intervene in the case where the police are involved, otherwise it will hinder justice." The earl's eldest son was shot dead, which is a bit nonsensical.Liang Xi thought of the possibility of Hannah being attacked, and even Coster being attacked, but he just didn't think that the earl's eldest son would be attacked.Getting pierced by crossbow arrows in your back garden?Liang Xi has been to the Earl's Castle. It takes 20 minutes to drive from the castle to the nearest hospital, and it takes 10 minutes to be sent to the hospital immediately by helicopter.Even if the crossbow arrow missed the heart, the eldest son of the earl was in danger.

Bitter trick?There is no bitter trick like this.Under the same conditions, because of differences in people's will and physique, some people can survive while others cannot.It is difficult to accurately obtain the watershed between life and death by calculation.Why use crossbow bolts?Compared with pistols, crossbows have several advantages. The first advantage is that they are quiet. Of course, modern mufflers make this advantage of crossbows disappear.The second advantage is kinetic energy. Some netizens have done tests and used an Arthur max100 crossbow to shoot through body armor at a distance of 225 meters. This distance cannot be achieved by pistols, and some 7.62mm bullet rifles cannot penetrate body armor.The third advantage is that it is safer to use crossbow bolts in flammable and explosive places.

The fourth advantage is the most vicious advantage of crossbow arrows, which requires almost no training.Netizens invited 30 volunteers who had no experience with pistols and crossbow arrows to conduct basic training, with the goal of hitting a can that was 30 meters away.The final result is that after 5 minutes of training, 30 people shot a total of 90 crossbow bolts, of which 40 crossbow bolts hit the cans.After 5 minutes of pistol use training, 30 people fired 90 rounds, and only 10 hit the cans.

Of course, there is a flaw in this test. The crossbow bolt has a basic scope, and about 30 meters is the best range for the crossbow bolt.The pistol only relies on crosshairs to assist aiming, so it is ugly in terms of data.But it is undeniable that an ordinary person can become a shooter after a short period of training.

The most important advantage is that many compound crossbows can be disassembled, and few people pay attention to the crossbow parts.On the contrary, firearms will be recognized at a glance when they are disassembled into parts.

Lao Du gave an outline of the case, and Liang Xi had already thought of the characteristics of the crossbow arrows. His first reaction was: Is it a bitter trick?After ruling out the bitter trick, Liang Xi's second question: Why use a crossbow?Compared with pistols or rifles, crossbows have some characteristics and advantages, but the disadvantages are very obvious.

Lao Du didn't say much, and hung up the phone if he said he was bothering you.One thing he knew, there was no comparison between Brighton detectives and the London police.Brighton has a total population of less than 150,000, and London has nearly [-] million people. Population data shows that London far exceeds Brighton in terms of the total number of cases that occur every day.If the case is not complicated, Brighton can solve it.If the case is complicated, Brighton will inevitably turn to Scotland Yard, the Metropolitan Police Service.Romeo is the most famous detective in the Criminal Investigation Department of the London Metropolitan Police Department. The earl's eldest son must be sent to the best detective when he is attacked.Since the blood moon may be involved in this case, Romeo will definitely invite Liang Xi every time a blood moon case is involved, so this call is just to communicate with Liang Xi.

Obviously, the management team headed by Lao Du became impatient and disgusted with the turmoil at the top of Blood Moon. They hoped to end all this as soon as possible, regardless of paying any price during the period.They don't care who lives or dies, they just want stability.

Lao Du's phone call made Liang Xi unable to concentrate on watching all kinds of boring videos, because no one did the preliminary screening, and Liang Xi was equivalent to watching videos shot by ten cameras, ranging in length from 3 to 8 hours.Although data can be compressed into a small unit, the ability of the human brain to process information has not improved with the development of science and technology.

If Liang Xi's memory is correct, there is no fence in the backyard of the earl's castle, and instead it is a sloping grassland at an angle of about 25-30 degrees, with trees and some bushes planted in the grassland.The earl's castle is built on a high place, surrounded by roads, and the backyard road is the only place to go to the earl's castle.Liang Xi recalled that there was a street lamp every 50 meters on the road, and monitors were installed on the road section, but there were also blind spots.

How did the perpetrator leave the manor castle during the daytime murder?Suppose the murderer climbed the hill from the road and hid in the bushes, waiting for the earl's eldest son to approach the edge of the slope before shooting.There must be someone around when the earl's eldest son fell, how could the murderer escape?Driving will inevitably be photographed by surveillance cameras, and walking in broad daylight will be spotted at a glance.

It had been three hours since the Earl's eldest son was attacked. According to Lao Du, the police did not catch anyone at the scene, nor did they get strong clues, otherwise, Lao Du would not have called him.The problem was basically clear. Everyone thought that the murderer was hiding in the gentle slope of the backyard and shot the eldest son of the earl. Liang Xi believed that the murderer should be in the castle.

The most interesting thing about this case is that the eldest son of the earl was rescued, and the living person is different from the dead body.Forensic personnel can determine the location of the crossbow shooter through autopsy, and doctors don't care so much when resuscitating.Just like firefighters put out a fire, they don't think about destroying the scene, they think about putting out the fire as soon as possible.

Professional murderer: deliberately avoiding the vitals to avoid death on the spot.

Non-professional murderer: Missed the bullet and scolded the neighbor.

After the earl's eldest son fell to the ground, everyone stepped forward to check, and people from a distance would rush over when they heard the sound.If these people did not find strangers in the process, then it is almost certain that the crossbow bolts were shot from the hands of acquaintances in the castle.

(End of this chapter)