Chapter 11 Chapter 10 Dunpaolo's Expedition

When the sky was covered with sunset, Ellery and others had already landed and walked towards Bratt's house. Against the background of twilight, Oista Island looks extraordinarily beautiful and peaceful. In Blatter's home, many people began to squeeze in, some were visitors, some were reporters, bustling in and out of the hall. In the hall, apart from the servants, there was no one from the Bratt family—Mrs. Bratt said she was a little unwell and was lying in the bedroom; The police officer and the plainclothes criminal police yawned one after another. Soon, when the twilight was getting thicker, the spotlights began to light up one after another.

Despite a busy day, Ellery never looked tired.He followed Professor Yaduoli on the gravel road and through the bamboo fence in high spirits. Both of them fell into deep thought and rarely talked.At this time the sky has gradually darkened.There were no stars in the sky, and as the sun set, Oista disappeared into the bay. Professor Adori and Ellery had a tacit understanding and did not talk about this strange murder.In the living room of Yaduoli's house, they happily talked about their college days and their encounters after they broke up. It wasn't until eleven o'clock that Ellery said goodnight to Professor Adori and returned to the bedroom. The professor smoked quietly by himself, and it took another hour or so before he went back to bed.

Although the night was dark, for Dun Paulo, it was the beginning of another scene.After the clock struck midnight, Deng Baoluo walked out of the house in a black suit. He extinguished the cigarette in his hand, tiptoed out of the garden on the east side of Bratt, and quietly walked into the forest. In the countryside at night, only the chirping of frogs and crickets.There was silence all around, and it seemed that everyone had fallen asleep. There was only one black spot, a tiny black spot, moving in the night.Suddenly, a few feet away from Bratt's mansion, he hid vigilantly behind a big tree.

"Someone's coming!" he told himself, and then he held his breath and focused his eyes.It turned out to be a policeman, and he was going to patrol the bay of Kegam, when the back of the policeman disappeared into the distance, he quickly jumped out from behind the tree and walked towards the woods to the west. Half an hour later, the figure walked past the Blatt family's thatched hut, the totem pole, and Fox's hut, and finally walked towards the Lin family's road west of the Blatt's house. Up to this point, his actions have become more cautious, as if every step he takes has been carefully considered.He walked through the forest like a ghost, and at the end of the forest, he saw the outline of the house.

He started walking towards the north side of the house, where the trees were fairly thick. There was a light in one room of the house.Paul Dun heard footsteps in the room, he thought, this must be the bedroom!When a plump figure appeared by the window, he knew it must be Mrs. Lin. Then he decided to crawl inch by inch to the window that was still lit. Not long after, Paul Dun was already lying under the window, and he clearly heard the door closing and Mrs. Lin's high-pitched voice: "Hey! Patsy, have you buried it yet?" Dun Paulo clenched his teeth, sweat dripped from his cheeks, and he tried hard not to make a sound.

"Well! My dear, there's no problem. But please don't be so loud, maybe there are police patrolling around here." Percy Lin said worriedly. Footsteps came towards the window.Deng Baoluo shrank quickly, and moved in carefully.He held his breath, only to hear the sound of opening the window, Mr. Lin looked out, and then closed the window again. "Where are you buried?" the woman asked in a low voice. Hearing this sentence, Deng Baoluo immediately concentrated his mind and pricked up his ears with all his attention, but no matter how hard he tried and concentrated, he couldn't even hear a word clearly.

"I found this place after thousands of choices, and it is guaranteed to be foolproof." "But with Deng Paulo here, I'm afraid..." The man knocked on the table hard and punched: "Damn it, if it wasn't for him, we would have succeeded long ago." "But he didn't say anything! I think he may have forgotten it." "Forget? Huh! Impossible. Didn't you notice that guy was staring at me when we went to Bratt's to play last week? We gotta be careful." The lights went out, the springs on the bed rattled for a while, and then all was still.Deng Baoluo squatted for a long time, and after making sure that the Lin family and his wife were asleep, he quietly went back into the woods.

As he approached Kegam Bay, he faintly heard a small sound coming from the direction of the pier.So he moved his body cautiously and slowly approached the shore. Suddenly, he found a small boat parked there about ten feet away from the shore.He took a closer look and found that a man and a woman were sitting on the boat.And the woman's hand was on the man's shoulder. The woman shook the man's shoulder and said, "Why are you so indifferent to me? You haven't come to see me for a long time!" "Hey! It's not like you don't know, such a big thing happened recently..."

"Okay, you don't need to talk about it." The woman said softly, "I think you should take me to the island! I will feel more at ease there." "Don't be silly, these days are extraordinary, especially tonight. It would be bad if we were found out! I think we should separate for a while to avoid the limelight." The woman suddenly cried: "I understand, you have changed your mind and don't love me anymore, right?" The man covered the woman's mouth excitedly and said, "Shut up! There are police nearby." The woman pushed the man away fiercely: "No! You can't like that woman, you can't..." The woman's crying became louder and louder.The man didn't say anything, just raised his oars, and rowed the boat towards the shore. When the woman stood up, he hurriedly pushed her ashore, and then quickly left the shore, and rowed to Oista Island by himself.

The person walking was Luomin, and the pale woman on the shore was Mrs. Bratt. Dun Paulo quietly enjoyed the off-screen scene in front of him in the dark.Then, quietly disappeared into the moonlit night.