On Monday morning, thick dark clouds were still hanging over the city of New Ross, heavy thunder sounded from time to time, and rain could fall at any time.
"What? You want him to join in?!"
At No. 13 Ross Avenue, a man's shocked scream rang out in Baron Bill's mansion.
In the living room, Mavie and Yunia were sitting on the soft leather sofa. Not far away, Baron Bill looked at them in surprise and said to Holmes standing in front of him: "Did I hear you correctly, Mr. Holmes?"
"Of course you heard it right."
Holmes, who was only wearing a woolen twill vest, responded calmly: "Letting him join will only benefit us, and there will be no harm. He is definitely not an accomplice of the Phantom Thief of Rose. I can guarantee it with my own reputation."
"I don't suspect that he is colluding with the Rose Phantom Thief."
Baron Bill pulled Holmes aside and asked in a low voice: "Are you sure he can do it? The blood rose is of great importance. The fewer people who know our plan, the better!"
"With him here, the hope of catching the Rose Phantom Thief can be increased by 30%, or even more."
"I think so too." Inspector MacMillan on the side agreed.
"Okay!" Baron Bill pondered for a moment, gritted his teeth and nodded: "I trust your judgment!"
"Dad, this snack looks delicious."
On the sofa, Yunia hugged the little bear and stared straight at the creamy lemon cake placed on the porcelain plate on the table, her mouth watering with greed.
"Don't eat food from strangers, and don't drink tea. If you want to eat, go buy it on the street or go home and I'll make it for you."
"oh"
Yunia obediently agreed, but her eyes seemed to be covered with glue and she couldn't leave the piece of creamy lemon cake.
"Father Marvey!"
Baron Bill, who had reached an agreement, came back. He stepped forward with a smile, took Mavey's right hand, and shook it vigorously: "I feel relieved when you join me. The blood rose is the most precious treasure of our family, and it cannot be stolen in any way."
Steal it, just tell me what you need, I will definitely satisfy you!"
Withdrawing his palm without leaving a trace, Ma Wei asked: "Are you getting paid?"
To catch the monster thief, you also need to make money. There is no conflict between the two.
"reward?"
Baron Bill was stunned, as if he did not expect that the topic would develop in this direction: "Yes, of course! Father, your remuneration is the same as Mr. Holmes, 5 gold pounds. As long as you can protect the blood rose from being stolen, an additional 5
Gold pounds, if you can catch the Rose Phantom Thief, I can guarantee that you will get a huge sum of money that you can't even imagine!"
Five gold pounds is nothing to a baron nobleman. In comparison, the blood rose is the most important thing.
As for the reward for catching the Rose Phantom Thief.
Baron Bill is not exaggerating at all.
Just because he was humiliated at the beginning of the year, the Duke of Wales issued a bounty of 1,000 gold pounds. Although the wanted order was canceled the next day due to the "violent power" of the Rose Phantom Thief, as long as someone escorts the Rose Phantom Thief to the door, he will
Definitely not stingy!
Just for venting this bad breath!
Coupled with the other nobles who had their things stolen in twos and threes, it is not impossible to become rich overnight.
The noble of the entire Kingdom of Windsor, the Phantom Thief of Bitter Rose!
"Where is the Blood Rose?"
After the remuneration was settled, Ma Wei said straight to the point: "Take me over and have a look."
"Okay, come with me."
Under the leadership of Baron Bill, everyone walked through the wide corridor, along the stairs, up to the third floor, and arrived in front of a luxurious bedroom.
Entering the door is a large bed surrounded by black gauze curtains. Six rows of windows ensure sufficient light in the room. It also has its own bathroom and a white porcelain bathtub that can accommodate two people. Baron Bill's own single hanging on the wall
Portrait, there is also a hookah and Tantalus bottle rack on the table. Three carved glass bottles are filled with whiskey, brandy and rum respectively.
"This is where I sleep at night."
Baron Bill walked to the bed, knelt on the pillow, stretched his slender arms behind the mahogany headboard, grabbed a wrench, and pulled gently.
Click!
There was a crisp sound behind the portrait. At Baron Bill's signal, two policemen stepped forward and struggled to remove the three-meter-high frame, revealing a dark room embedded in the wall.
The space in the darkroom is not large. Compared with the spacious and bright bedroom, it seems narrow and cramped. There is only a desk with some documents on it. It is regarded as Baron Bill's private study.
"You don't have to come in, it's not finished yet."
Baron Bill signaled everyone to wait outside. He quickly walked into the darkroom, pulled out all the drawers at the bottom of the desk, grabbed a copper ring on the floor, and dragged it hard again.
Click!
Something jumped under the bed.
Baron Bill returned to the bedroom and pushed the big bed open a small gap. Only then did Ma Wei and the others discover that the safe was hidden under the bed.
"I hired someone to specially reinforce the cover outside the safe, with steel plates embedded inside. If you don't use the right method, you won't be able to open it at all."
While speaking, Baron Bill took off a bunch of three-section keys from his neck and inserted them into the keyhole. Every time a section was inserted, it would rotate in a specific direction.
finally.
After some dazzling operations on his part, the safe was opened, and a gem as deep red as blood was placed inside. Even without the sun, it was still bright and translucent, glowing with the pearlescent light of porcelain.
"The safe must be opened with a special key and according to the password." Baron Bill carefully held out the blood rose placed in the box and said with some pride: "I am the only one who knows the password."
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"Then what."
Inspector MacMillan couldn't help but said: "Since your safe is so powerful, why are you afraid of the Rose Thief? Who can crack such a complicated thing!"
After seeing Baron Bill's operations, everyone seemed to have lost interest in Blood Rose and focused entirely on the mechanism.
It will take at least 5 minutes to complete a set of procedures.
It was like a series of twists and turns, and my scalp was numb.
"That can't be taken lightly!"
Baron Bill shouted loudly: "My family's mechanism is more complicated, but other stolen noble families have fewer mechanisms set up by them? The result is not the same!"
Everyone looked at each other, speechless.
"Is this your family heirloom, the blood rose?"
Macmillan took a step forward and wanted to touch the gem, but Baron Bill retracted his hand as if he was electrocuted and shouted: "Don't touch! Don't touch! Just take a look! The grease on human hands will destroy the gem in the end."
Natural shine!”
Macmillan took a few steps back angrily and said, "How do you want us to protect it?"
"The night after tomorrow, make this room completely watertight! Not even a fly can fly in!" Baron Bill pointedly said: "There are also windows, all sealed with boards! The sewers are also blocked with plugs!"
"Even if the Rose Phantom Thief is a damn rat and can penetrate every corner, I still want to prevent him from entering this room!"