The Deputy Captain snorted and cut in. "You're getting further and further off topic. What do all those messy affairs in the Mayor's family have to do with me? More importantly, aren't we looking for the murderer right now? What makes you say I'm the one who killed those people?"
Jiang Xia looked at him. "Your relationship with the Mayor's family wasn't as distant as you claimed. Aside from Mayor Jincheng's family of three, Xiao Du also left behind two other names in this Villa when she was young: 'Choni' and 'Kachan.'
"When Xiao Du was little, Mayor Jincheng built a new home that looked like a castle. She loved it very much, so whenever she gave things nicknames, she used the names of castles from various places.
"For example, that Gold Folding Screen had an embroidered image of a white heron, so Xiao Du referred to it as Himeji Castle, also known as White Heron Castle."
"By the same logic, the 'ka' in 'Kachan' referred to a crow—Matsumoto Castle, also known as crow castle..."
The program director suddenly understood. "So 'Kachan' was actually my cousin, Matsumoto Kako, who worked as a maid for Mayor Jincheng?"
Jiang Xia nodded. "The remaining 'Choni' referred to Chiyoda Castle, commonly known as Edo Castle. Edo Castle had a magnificent eastern keep, so this nickname referred to the Deputy Captain, Mr. Daito."
He looked at the Deputy Captain, whose face had changed drastically. "Four years ago, after the kidnapping at Mayor Jincheng's home, the kidnappers robbed the family as well. After that, their butler resigned. You were that butler who resigned, weren't you?"
"Just now, while everyone was sitting in the dining room discussing matters, you didn't take a seat. Instead, you habitually stood to one side.
"Also, when you had a cigarette in