After dreaming of getting rich, I dressed up as a collapsed idol

"It was poisoning."

The private room wasn't big and couldn't accommodate too many people, so Xia He and Luo Haoming, who were the most proactive, conducted the first round of searches, while Lu Qingfeng and the others stood outside.

Because it's not big, you can see the general layout from outside the door.

The victim was curled up and had purple lips, indicating poisoning.

Normally, the symptoms wouldn't be this exaggerated. Taking the most common cyanide poisoning in reality as an example, the symptoms of poisoning include a rotten egg or bitter almond smell in the mouth, and the oral mucosa turning cherry-colored.

The reason the jazz character wears this lip color is to more directly represent the manner of death, just like in TV dramas where, regardless of the type of injury, the character will cough up blood.

The manner of poisoning is also easily discernible from the scene.

There was an open bottle of red wine on the table and an overturned wine glass on the floor, indicating that someone had poisoned the wine.

At the same time, Lu Qingfeng also noticed an empty wine glass on the table, perhaps prepared for the assistant, the elegantly dressed lady they had met here.

"Found a key."

Luo Haoming also made a breakthrough soon, finding the key to the private room in the victim's pocket.

The compartments on the Orient Express retain the style of the last century, including the door locks. Due to space constraints, sliding doors are used, and the locks are mounted on the door wall. After the door is closed, it can only be locked from the outside with a key.

Alternatively, you can close the safety lock from the inside.

With the victim already dead, the door locked, and the key inside, this is a locked room.

"Murder in a locked room".

Others also thought of this.

"Is it possible that they escaped through the window?"

Xia He offered a different opinion.

"Just like in the movies, they escaped from the train."

"Unlikely."

Lu Qingfeng went over and opened the window of the private room. The sound of the train speeding by and the wheels crashed in, and the rapidly passing scenery made people hesitate to go in.

"The Orient Express was originally a steam train with a top speed of about 80 kilometers per hour. After it was put back into service, the locomotive was changed to a diesel engine, which improved its efficiency. Now it can reach 120 kilometers per hour."

"Climbing from a car window onto the roof might be possible in movies, but in reality it's practically suicidal, and the production team probably wouldn't make the answer so obvious."

"Too."

Xia He abandoned this idea and continued searching for other things.

Soon, some things that were considered useful were presented to everyone.

A private room key, a pocket watch, a bottle of medicine, and a letter.

Everyone's attention was first drawn to the letter. When it was opened, it was written by Frank, a friend of the jazz, in a comforting tone.

They expressed their regret over the breakdown of the knight's marriage and the deaths of servants at his estate.

Hopefully, he can emerge from this gloom and stop relying on toasts to temporarily alleviate his anxiety symptoms. Finally, I said I would meet him on this train today.

The letter contained a great deal of information. First, the victim suffered from anxiety, which led to his alcoholism.

The reason for all this was that the victim got divorced and was at fault. In addition, there was another murder at the knight's manor, where a young servant died in an accident.

Finally, this friend named Frank was also on the train.

"Where is he? Could he be the murderer who killed someone and ran away?"

Xia He was shocked.

"Hello, may I ask what happened here?"

Speak of the devil, and he appears. A gentleman leaning on a cane appears before the crowd, his attire clearly indicating he's an actor arranged by the production team.

After some conversation, his identity was confirmed; he was indeed Jazz's friend.

"How could this happen? We agreed to meet today, why did he suddenly die?"

This actor is a bit unqualified; his lines are very stiff.

However, no one cared and continued to immerse themselves in the detective game with great enthusiasm.

"So you've been at the restaurant the whole time, right now?"

Luo Haoming asked.

"Yes, we agreed to meet at nine o'clock, but he didn't show up even after the time was up, which I found a bit strange, since the gentleman is a very punctual person."

This is the second person to make such a comment about the victim.

The first was the assistant, from which Lu Qingfeng learned another characteristic of the victim: punctuality.

"Everyone, please find the murderer next. However, we are in the way here. If there are any problems, please continue in another place."

While everyone was talking, the waiter and the director exchanged something, and then the director interrupted everyone to continue their conversation.

A bunch of people blocking the only passage was indeed in the way.

The group then moved to a private room in the adjacent carriage to interrogate the three suspects.

In the setting, this place belongs to the assistant.

Upon entering the private room, Lu Qingfeng noticed a detail: a piece of clothing was draped over the bed, with stains on the hem.

He silently made a mental note of it.

In the real world, there might be various explanations, but in a man-made environment, these are important clues that don't appear out of nowhere.

The others noticed as well, and after discussing it for a while, they decided to interrogate the person first.

The first one is a friend of the Jazz.

The program crew members dressed as NPCs sat opposite the group.

Lu Qingfeng and the others exchanged glances, wondering who should speak first.

After much back and forth, it was still Shen Ruishu who said it.

"Qingfeng, go ahead and ask. Aren't you a mystery novelist?"

Lu Qingfeng nodded and asked first, "Could you elaborate on the case of the servant's unexpected death that you and the knight mentioned in your letter?"

He asked this because he felt that this might be the motive for the locked-room murder.

"It was indeed an accident. The knight told me in his letter that he couldn't sleep at night and wanted to drink. He was drunk, so he asked his servant to buy some, but the servant was involved in a car accident on the way."

"This incident made him feel extremely guilty, which exacerbated his anxiety and led to even more severe drinking."

"Because this servant is the steward's son."

"Ah, is that why the butler poisoned the knight?"

Xia He exclaimed in surprise.

“It shouldn’t be that simple, right?”

Luo Haoming hesitated before speaking.

Lu Qingfeng also felt it wasn't that simple, so he continued to ask.

"What were the reasons for the divorce?"

This is also one of the clues, but it wasn't described in detail in the letter.

"It's because the relationship between the knight's assistants was discovered by the knight's wife. The assistants took the initiative to expose it, hoping that the knight would marry them."

"But the money to maintain a respectable life for the knight comes from his wife, so it's impossible for him to marry his assistant."

"Love turned to hate?"

Xia He covered her mouth, looking like she had just heard some juicy gossip.

Lu Qingfeng thought to himself, "You don't need to be so invested."

But now it seems that both the butler and the assistant had a reason to commit murder.

The others asked a few more questions, but when there were none left to ask, they asked the jazz friend to leave.

Before leaving, he took out a pocket watch and glanced at it.

Lu Qingfeng's heart moved.