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Chapter 422 Second Discussion, Suspect Identified—

The murderous intent of each person has now been basically revealed.

However, crucial evidence has yet to be found, so people can only try to determine who is more suspicious based on their motives.

"The clues we found on the first floor and in the garden were only used to corroborate some of our previous speculations; they weren't of much practical use."

They regrouped in the meeting room, the ten of them sitting around a round table, and began to share the clues they had found.

Then, under Li Xiao's control, everyone began to analyze who was more likely to commit the crime.

"First of all, I think the necessary condition for the murderer to meet is that he knew about the existence of the secret passage and the hidden door."

The fact that the poison bottle was left in the secret passage is beyond question.

In this respect, the suspicions against the guards and the countess are actually quite low.

"Unless the guard discovers the secret door on the first floor, she has virtually no chance of getting close to the Earl."

Based on Leila's timeline, the only possible times to make a move are during her two-hour lunch break and the half-hour period from 4:10 PM to 4:40 PM.

"It is possible that the guards used the time it would take to travel to and from the ballroom with the butler to poison the Earl through a secret passage, which is plausible but also very risky."

According to the butler's testimony, the guards only spent five minutes on the way, which was far too rushed.

"The Countess did it between three and four in the afternoon. There were no witnesses, but the poison takes half an hour to an hour to take effect. Unless the Countess poisoned the Earl at four o'clock, but the butler was reporting to the Earl at that time."

Therefore, taking all factors into account, we can basically rule out both of them.

"The remaining people are either seeking revenge or after money, which means that the suspicion against General Lille can actually be reduced."

General Lille was ordered to investigate the Count. He only needed to gather relevant evidence and there was absolutely no need to clash with the Count or even kill him.

"As for the remaining six suspects, it really comes down to the urgency of taking action."

Why did the murderer have to do it during the dance?
"I think it depends on who is likely to cooperate with whom; the previous three cannot be completely ruled out."

Langton's words were met with agreement from everyone.

If this case truly involves two perpetrators, then there must have been preconditions for their cooperation.

"Indeed, so who do you think is more likely to collaborate with whom?"

Now it's time for free discussion. Feel free to bring up any ideas you have and write them on the board.

I think those suspects who want to investigate the truth might all be working together. Aside from the general, there's a likely group of killers among the butler, professor, and doctor.

[My guess is that it's a young lady and a bodyguard. The bodyguard robs the rich to help the poor, which means she herself is someone who helps those in need. Their timelines are too closely intertwined, so it's very likely she's lying.]

[Anyway, if the young master is going to cooperate with someone, the young lady should be the only option, right?]

Perhaps the young master and young lady, being siblings, don't want each other to be involved in this mess.

[If the richest man is actually a villain, then he probably wouldn't easily reveal his true intentions and cooperate with others, unless he doesn't know the doctor's true purpose and is seeking cooperation with him.]

Therefore, the least likely culprit is the Countess. She is the stepmother, has a poor relationship with the young lady and master, making cooperation impossible, and she has no reason to kill the Count.

Netizens have already started following their line of thinking, analyzing who might collaborate with whom.

“I think the butler and the doctor are more like a pair. They both work in the castle, and the doctor knows for sure that the secret passage exists.” Lyra first pointed the finger at Hello Poison and Goring. Hello Poison rolled his eyes at this, and then defended himself.

"According to you, we can choose another time to take action; there's no need to rush."

He and his butler are in the castle at all times, so they can make a move whenever they want. Why make such a big fuss?
Moreover, as a doctor, he had plenty of ways to make the count die quietly, just like the name of the poison—silent and unnoticed.

"Besides, isn't it more likely that you'll cooperate with the young lady? She's a person, and you're a person of wealth."

Although no evidence has been found to prove that the young lady knew about the count's plan to transfer consciousness with her brother.

But that doesn't mean she definitely didn't know; she's still a suspect.

"Please, I have principles too, okay? I only rob money, I don't take lives."

Leila rolled her eyes at her, saying, "You're so mean."

However, judging from all the signs, Liang He is still highly suspected.

“The young lady was aware of the existence of the secret door. If she wanted to find someone to cooperate with, she should have found someone she trusted. Apart from the guards, the only person present should be the young master.”

The siblings teaming up to kill their wicked father sounds pretty cool.

“If it were for my brother’s sake, I wouldn’t let him get his hands dirty. I want him to inherit the earldom cleanly.”

In response to everyone's doubts, Liang He calmly began to explain.

Since the script is set up to depict a deep bond between siblings, their first reaction to such a dangerous situation would certainly not be to drag the other down with them.

"Moreover, you have no evidence to prove that I knew what the Earl was going to do to his brother, or that you were aware of the existence of the secret door and the secret passage."

All of this is based on speculation.

"I think that since they chose to make their move at the ball, it might be their only chance."

Liang He glanced meaningfully at the guests, who were the ones who desperately needed to use this ball to kill the Earl.

"Professor Lan may actually be collaborating with the doctor. If he pretends to agree to the count's request, then he and the doctor will have a connection. And you've overlooked one point: Professor Lan may also be a graduate of medical school."

Since we're all used to guessing, Liang He will just make a deduction without being too polite.

"The Earl's threat to Professor Lan to participate in the research suggests that his studies are likely related to medicine. Both the doctor and the medical student are medical students. How can you be sure they don't know each other?"

Admittedly, Liang He's words left everyone bewildered, yet surprisingly reasonable.

"That's true, we hadn't thought of that before."

Evelyn's eyes widened as she wavered between Langton and You're So Vicious, even beginning to suspect that the two of them were the murderers.

[Holy crap!!! This is a revelation! The young lady's guess is very likely! I'm getting goosebumps!]

[If we follow the young lady's line of thinking and continue to speculate, perhaps the professor and student are indeed in a teacher-student relationship? In that case, the cooperation would be extremely solid.]

[And one of them was doing it for his brother, the other for his best friend, but thinking about it the other way around, the brother was actually the doctor's teacher, and the best friend was actually the brother's beloved student. Amazing!!!]

After some discussion, everyone narrowed their suspicions down to three groups of suspects.

The doctor and the butler, the young lady and the young master, and finally, Professor Lan and the doctor.