The afternoon is so peaceful and peaceful, especially in the back garden filled with incense. It would be great if you could make a pot of coffee and read a famous work that expands your thinking.
Will's life has been quite good these two days. He has not been arranged by Victor, so he enjoys the quiet afternoon tea time comfortably.
The black horse in the stable is crouching on the ground to rest, and its gentle and rhythmic breathing adds a different charm to this fragrant garden.
Ms. Permis came in a hurry carrying a kettle. When she saw Will sitting in the back garden, she quickly stepped forward to say hello to him and asked: "Mr. Will, have you seen Mr. Butler?"
Victor didn't go out for the rare occasion today. Originally, Pemis had already made plans to catch him to help clean the windows outside.
But who knows, that guy has been missing since morning.
Will is very clear about this.
Victor locked himself in the room early in the morning and told Will not to disturb him before that. He hadn't even eaten lunch yet.
"If you are too busy by yourself, you can clean slowly and don't rush to finish all the housework in one day." Seeing that Permis was too tired, Will also advised her to touch the fish appropriately.
But Miss Permis is an extremely conscientious person. She believes that since she has received a salary, she must do her job well, at least to ensure that she will not be fired by Mr. Will.
You know, if a servant is cheated, his evaluation in the housekeeping company will drop significantly, and it will be difficult to find a job.
"In this way, you can make a pot of tea for our guests first, and then you can go and rest today. I will give you half a day off. You can go shopping wherever you want in the city."
"You are such a kind and generous employer, thank you..." Ms. Pemis was very happy and hurriedly put the cleaning items back in the utility room, and then hurried upstairs to make a pot of tea for Mike.
After holding the tea cup, Mike suddenly asked.
"Thank you. I would like to ask, where is your deacon?"
Mike has not left the house these days and always stays in the guest room.
Miss Permis responded to Mike politely: "Sorry, I'm looking for him too... If he neglects you, I will remind you."
After she left, Mike put down his cup, walked out of the room, walked through the corridor and came to the door of the deacon's bedroom.
He found that the door to Victor's room was locked, so he knocked, but there was no response.
"The door is locked, which proves that he is inside, but why is there no response? Is he asleep?" Mike guessed in his mind.
He had important matters to discuss with Victor, but unfortunately, the other party did not give him a chance to contact him today.
Leaving the corridor, Mike suddenly heard a loud noise in front of the villa. He came to the window on the second floor and found a few strange people standing at the door.
When he saw a man in a police uniform among the strangers, he immediately hid behind the curtains and his face suddenly became nervous.
Pemis was very unlucky. She had already changed her clothes and was going to go out to relax, but she happened to see these uninvited guests at the garden gate.
"I am Dirio Konova, this is Sheriff John Myroft, and this is Mr. de Gaulle Chaclo, he is a detective."
The three people outside the door introduced themselves to Mr. Conan and Pemis.
Pemis obviously felt that something was wrong, and she hurriedly ran to the back of the villa to notify Will.
"What do you want, three gentlemen?" Conan stood by the gate and kept looking at each other.
The police sergeant showed him his police badge to prove that he was not an impostor.
"We received a report from Mr. DiLeo that his home was stolen, so we need to ask Mr. Will Evans about the situation. I heard that he lives here."
Hearing this, Conan's face was full of doubts.
He saw de Gaulle, recognized him, and immediately said: "I recognize you. You broke in for no reason and caused trouble last time. What tricks do you want to play this time?"
Seeing Conan's resistant reaction, the police chief and Dilio both looked at De Gaulle.
De Gaulle disagreed and said with a smile: "I am a private detective. I broke in at that time to investigate the case. If there is any offense, please forgive me."
"Why should I forgive you?" Mr. Conan's temper was full of the hostility of a veteran, "Also, Mr. Dilio's home was robbed, why did he come to my master?"
"Mr. Conan! What happened?" Will, still holding the book that was a third of the way through, was called to the door by Pemis.
When he saw de Gaulle, his whole expression changed, but he was restrained by him instantly.
"Ah! Mr. Will Evans, we meet again." De Gaulle bowed his head slightly and greeted the other party.
Will laughed dryly, looked at the Sheriff and Dilio, and then learned from the doorman Mr. Conan the reason why they came to the door.
"Mr. Evans!" DiLeo got straight to the point, "The last time you offered to buy something from me, it was stolen. Did you know that?"
Will looked shocked and said hurriedly: "Stolen? How could this happen? Damn it! Damn it!"
The way he gritted his teeth really didn't look like he was pretending.
Even de Gaulle felt that the acting was very similar. If he hadn't discovered that the prisoner had red hair early on, he would have almost been fooled by him.
"You really don't know?"
"Of course! I'm still thinking about how I can get you to sell me that thing!"
"Okay!" Mr. Sheriff interrupted the conversation between the two of them, "Mr. Will, can I ask you why you want to buy the relics left by Mr. Dilio's brother."
"Relic..." Will repeated the word, but he immediately realized something was wrong and quickly stopped talking.
However, de Gaulle still caught his slip of the tongue and asked meaningfully: "Mr. Will, don't you know that it is a relic left by the Dilio brothers?"
Will really didn't know, he didn't ask any unnecessary questions about this task, and he didn't want to know too many secrets about his employer, which would be not good for himself.
However, it happened to be this point that allowed de Gaulle to see the clues inside.
At this time, the detective suddenly had a speculation in his mind: Is Will the executioner, and the red-haired prisoner is the mastermind of these two cases?
"Sorry, I don't know the details. I just learned that Mr. Dilio has that thing in his hand and wants to buy it for collection... Wait! You came here uninvited. Do you suspect that I am a thief?" p>
Will looked wary and very resistant.
Sheriff John coughed twice and said to him: "The thief sneaked into Mr. Dilio's house. Both his servant and himself had seen the thief and confirmed that the thief had red hair... and
Not long ago, you also approached Mr. Dilio to purchase his brother's belongings, so you are suspected of committing the crime."
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Will's mood became more and more angry. "Look at the house and garden behind me, gentlemen! Although I am not a rich man, I will not do such a dirty thing.
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"It's very simple to prove your innocence, Mr. Will, let us go into your home to check and see the faces of your servants, and everything will be settled." De Gaulle held his pipe in his mouth, the smoke in his messy hair.
Wrapped around.
"What if I say no!" Will showed rare toughness. He knew that if his employer was exposed, he would be doomed. Not only would he lose his job, but he would also become an accomplice.
"Are you trying to hinder the police investigation? Mr. Will, you know the consequences of doing this." Chief John reminded.
At this time, Conan suddenly replied: "Then please come back with the search warrant, gentlemen."
Will also hurriedly responded: "Yes, according to the standard procedures of the Laketon Police Department, you must obtain a search warrant signed by at least a person with a position above the superintendent level before you can enter a citizen's home to conduct an investigation."
This rule is also the new knowledge that Will has learned from books when he has nothing to do recently, and it comes in handy today.
Sheriff John frowned.
It is not difficult to apply for a search warrant, but they arrived in a hurry and have not yet returned to the police station to report to their superiors. It would take at least an hour or two to go back and come back again.
He was also trusting him, but he didn't expect that the other party happened to know the police station's case handling procedures very well. If it were the illiterate people in the slums, they would be able to break in and arrest people for any reason.
Will, on the other hand, wanted to buy time and find an opportunity to notify Victor and Mike to sneak out of the mansion and hide.
The two sides were in a stalemate, and he and Mr. Conan blocked the iron gate to prevent the other party from entering the front garden.
However, at this moment, a patrol team of seven or eight policemen suddenly appeared from the other side of the street.
The leader was riding a brown horse. The badge on his helmet was more complicated than that of Chief John, and the police rank on his chest was several levels higher than Chief John's.
They came straight to the door of Xianxiang Mansion. When Sheriff John saw the man on horseback, his expression also changed.
"Mr. Brut...why did you bring someone here?"
De Gaulle also recognized the other party, narrowed his eyes, and whispered softly: "Senior Superintendent... What is he doing here?"
Superintendent Brut got off his horse, coughed twice, took out a signed document and showed it to Will: "Will Evans, right? We suspect that there are criminals hiding in your home, so we need
Go in and search, here is the search warrant!"
When Will saw this search warrant, his heart suddenly sank and his face turned pale.
As for this scene, even de Gaulle and Sheriff John did not expect it.
Brut is considered a high-ranking official in the police station, so why would he personally come to investigate the Incense Mansion?
Moreover, John has not reported the progress of the Dilio case, so the police department should not know about it yet...
However, the matter is not over yet, and something even more outrageous is yet to come.
From the left side of the mansion gate, three more people on horseback, wearing black uniforms and red bowler hats, arrived.
De Gaulle, Chief John, and Superintendent Brut looked there at the same time, and they all recognized each other.
That's someone from the Inspection Bureau!
But unfortunately, the person who came was not Henry, but...
"It looks like there's going to be a lot of excitement today!" The leading detective, who had no beard on his chin and looked like a eunuch, smiled at the people at the police station.
Immediately afterwards, he introduced himself loudly.
"I am Agent Weeden Bumpers of the Intelligence Bureau. I have received intelligence confirming that someone is carrying out dangerous invisible arts activities here. No matter what you want to do next, you cannot prevent the Intelligence Bureau from entering this house to conduct a search!