Codex Pirates

Chapter 128: Seeds

"Several guard soldiers who died had small penetrating wounds on their vitals. My preliminary judgment was that it was caused by flying knives. The level of the users is not low. Not only is it accurate, but also powerful, and even the skull can easily penetrate. , and I guess the murderer may not be tall..."

Dennis interrupted Thomason, frowned and asked, "How can I say I'm not tall?"

"The long knife piercing wound on the back of the captain of the guard, Andre, is in the same direction as the wound caused by the flying knife. The long knife piercing wound is inclined from bottom to top, indicating that when the murderer pierced, he exerted force from the bottom, and the angle was a bit large. In addition , There are heavy footprints on the back of Andre's body, which should be left by the murderer when he took off." Thomason spoke slowly as he organized his thoughts, "Although Anderson is tall, he is not a person of normal height. After he knelt down, he jumped vigorously, but still couldn't reach his chest."

"Kneel down?" Dennis frowned and looked at Andre's body.

Thomason seemed to know what he was thinking: "His calf was cut off first, because the direction of the incision was not in the same direction as the person using the throwing knife, and it was in the front, so it is unlikely that he was stabbed If it is cut off later, will someone lift up his lower leg and cut it off after being stabbed and lying on the ground?"

Thomason pursed his lips, and continued: "Fortunately, the road conditions here are not good, leaving a lot of footprints. This group of people is terrible. Judging from the heavy footprints left by the force, the opponent's actions are not good. More than three people, the one who used the throwing knife almost killed the soldiers of the escort team and injured Andre."

"Andre wanted to escape, but the back road was blocked by someone. The other party blocked Andre at the cost of one person, and seriously injured Andre. Then the murderer with a throwing knife rushed to him and gave him another A deadly attack, and finally the murderers vented their anger at the death of their companion and chopped off his head."

After Thomason said this, he let out a sigh of relief: "Three people killed the 'kingdom's strongest warrior' and the guard soldiers led by him. The soldiers didn't even have time to draw their swords! This group of people is very powerful. The most important thing is that they are ruthless, we can't afford to provoke them, let alone provoke them, if the case cannot be investigated clearly, at most we will be fined or demoted, but this group of murderers may kill us."

"Also..." Thomason looked around again, before carefully approaching Denison and said, "On the surface, the case looks like highway robbery, and all valuables were taken away, but I always feel that Strange, no matter how confident you are in your own strength, you shouldn’t be so careless in choosing targets, right? Andre is close to three meters tall, and the other soldiers are also strong, which is a bit unreasonable. The scene of the dead body? Are you not afraid that we will track them down by their identities?"

"Yeah, why?" Dennison also muttered to himself.

"I don't know, but there must be a conspiracy here," Thomason said with certainty. "The corpse probably came from a slum area, where there are mixed fish and dragons, and everyone. Let's not get too deep into this case."

"Most of what you said is just speculation, not to mention that it was Andre who died..." Dennis sighed, "Andre is not a little knight like me, but a viscount, or a trustworthy man of His Majesty the King. Captain of the guard, if the higher-ups order me to conduct a thorough investigation, how should I deal with it?"

"It's indeed a guess, but it's based on the situation at the scene." Thomason said with a serious face, "If the higher authorities really want to investigate thoroughly, then you can justify that the murderer probably came from a poor area and say The slums are too chaotic, and we don't have enough people to investigate."

"Let me try." Dennis waved his hand with a face full of misfortune.

After he was speechless for a long time, he patted his forehead and seemed to think of something, and said to Thomason, "I just remembered, I have an appointment with someone, and I will have a meal by the way, and I will leave first."

After Dennis finished speaking, he trotted away from the scene as if evading, leaving Thomason with a bad complexion staring at him.

...

In a box of the restaurant under Dampier's name, William sat on the back of the chair and asked Dampier opposite: "What kind of person is this sheriff named Dennis?"

"A real gambler," Dampier chuckled, "he is as timid as a mouse in normal times, but he is daring when he bets!"

Dampier is able to open such a restaurant and underground bar in Kalmar City, so he naturally has some connections.

William and Dampier are more like allies at present, but because of the arms company and the mutual appreciation of each other's talents, the relationship is relatively close, but the relationship is not like William and Sherlock, Harden and others after all.

For example, Dampier didn't know about the ambush of Andre this time.

The two chatted for a while, when the door of the private room was knocked from the outside, and a neatly dressed, aristocratic man came into the room led by the manager of the restaurant.

When Dampier saw the person coming, he laughed: "Dennis, it's not easy for you to not be late today."

Dennis smiled embarrassingly. If he hadn't avoided the troublesome work, he really wouldn't have come so early.

Immediately afterwards, Dampier pointed to William and introduced to Dennis: "This is the captain of the newly formed militia team, Stolt..."

"I've heard it a long time ago," Dennis smiled and took William's extended right hand, shook it gently after holding it, looking polite and not overly eager, "I heard that you defeated the captain of the king's guard in the front of the palace. , Andre."

William said modestly: "It's just a fluke. If we try again, the result is still unpredictable."

Dampier called Dennis to sit down, and after the latter sat down, he heard William's words and couldn't help sighing: "I'm afraid there is no chance."

William frowned deliberately, and looked at Dennis with a puzzled expression.

"This morning, a murder case was found in the civilian area. Andre and several guard soldiers were killed," Dennis said.

William looked solemn: "Who is the murderer?"

"I don't know, I'm still investigating," Dennis said, remembering Thomason's opinion, "but it's preliminarily determined that he might be a criminal in a slum."

Dennis warned Dampier: "However, regardless of whether they are criminals in the slums or not, the law and order in the slums is really bad, and the people there are really lawless. You'd better be careful in the near future. Dare to do anything."

Dampier laughed: "Then it's really a coincidence to invite you here this time. Stolter is the captain of the militia. His responsibilities include assisting the local security work. The slums are full of fish and dragons. If you want to govern that area, Just need his help."

Dennis looked at William, and William gave him a friendly smile: "When the time comes, I will try my best to help."