A few days later, a small auction was held on Lington Street, a few kilometers away from Charter Street.
It is said that a certain lady was eager to sell some of her treasures due to family changes. The publicity was not large, but it also attracted some middle-class people from the neighborhood to join in the fun.
The auction venue is very small and can accommodate not many people, so the entire hall is not crowded.
Victor stood in the corridor on the second floor, looked down, frowned and said to the great detective beside him.
"Our propaganda is too weak. What if Vader doesn't get the news?"
De Gaulle smoked his pipe, his expression looking particularly helpless.
According to him, Di Leo's wife refused at first. Since her husband's death, all the factory properties have been basically sold off to compensate for the debt losses and pay workers' wages. She has nothing left at all.
A few dollars are not enough to support a grand auction.
The bottles, cans, cans and furniture in the house could indeed be sold for money, but there was no way to hold an auction. The lady’s earliest plan was to contact the flea market directly and ask them to arrange for someone to come and haul them away.
However, de Gaulle persuaded her, and I don't know what words he used, and she reluctantly agreed to rent this place to hold an auction.
"It is already very difficult to host it. No plan can be executed perfectly. All we can do is seize the opportunity and maximize its impact."
De Gaulle smoked a cigarette and continued.
"Do you know why we chose Lington Street? Because Mr. Jose lives nearby, we have very few brochures and can only hand them out to selected people, so we set the address here."
After hearing this, Victor was suspicious of his approach: "Vade may not be hiding nearby."
"But I believe he will keep his eyes and ears. Mr. Jose's death may affect him. Keeping an eye on the progress of the Police Bureau is a reaction he will most likely make."
While we were chatting, the auction had already begun.
Dilio's wife stood at the front and cooperated with the staff to bring each item to the stage for display, marking the minimum price for guests to bid.
The whole process was boring and uneventful, because the things left in her home were mediocre and difficult to attract the attention of the guests.
De Gaulle stood upstairs, scanning the people entering the venue, not letting go of any suspicious object.
However, the result was disappointing. Halfway through the auction, he still didn't see the suspect.
"This plan is really unreliable." Victor heard the boos from the guests downstairs. Everyone was extremely disappointed with the items in the auction.
At this time, de Gaulle suddenly turned around and walked down the stairs.
Victor followed him, only to find that he had left the venue and was standing on the street looking around.
"Did you come up with another idea?" Victor appeared behind him and suddenly saw de Gaulle staring at a carriage leaning against the side of the guild hall.
He put his hand into his coat pocket and walked over there pretending to be nonchalant.
Victor stood where he was, looking in the same direction.
Suddenly, the carriage started instantly and drove out quickly.
"That's him! Watson! Chase him!"
Passing by in a hurry, Victor found that the man driving the carriage was short in stature, and his feet were hanging on the driver's seat without even stepping on the pedals.
He also reacted, but the vehicle had already left the road.
De Gaulle quickly untied the two horses tied to the roadside and handed the reins of one of the horses to Victor.
"I have been prepared for a long time just to cope with this moment!"
He confidently got on his horse and chased the carriage.
Victor followed him closely, looking at de Gaulle's back, he already understood why this guy was looking for someone outside the club.
Because Wade had no money, he had been driving the carriage for Mr. Jose and was not eligible to bid with other guests at the venue.
And he is a dwarf. If he suddenly appeared at the auction, he would definitely attract too much attention.
Therefore, his best option was to disguise himself as a gentleman's servant, drive a carriage outside the auction, and secretly confirm whether anyone had bought what he wanted.
If the thing was really sold by Dilio's wife, Wade only needed to find the buyer, follow him, and get the thing.
Di Leo's wife lived on the other side of the city. Mr. Jose's death made Wade afraid to stay on the street too much, so he had no chance to attack the lady directly.
But by placing the auction here, de Gaulle gave him a chance.
Wade had no idea that in addition to the police bureau and the police station, there were people chasing and investigating him, so he fell into the trap set by de Gaulle so easily.
A carriage chase was taking place on Lington Street. The carriage driven by Wade had to drag a heavy carriage, and its speed was definitely not as fast as that of Victor and De Gaulle, who were riding separate horses.
Just as he was about to be overtaken, the carriage suddenly turned and drove into another alley.
De Gaulle pulled the reins and turned the horse's head.
Later, Victor did the same thing, and at the same time he discovered that the buildings on one side of the alley were undergoing renovation work on their exterior walls, and the scaffolding was erected to occupy part of the road, making the streets very narrow.
To put it simply, the street is a row of illegally operated construction sites.
Sai country’s laws on this matter are not perfect, which is why such a phenomenon of road occupation occurs.
Compared to them, it would be more disadvantageous for Wade to drive here, as his carriage could only barely get in from the middle.
De Gaulle continued to pursue, and Victor quickly followed.
After a few seconds, he finally understood why Wade chose to take this side road.
He saw the scaffolding on the side begin to shake, and then the construction workers above screamed in horror and fell from the height in front of de Gaulle and Victor.
The pedal he stepped on broke, and the bottom bracket also broke, directly causing the entire scaffolding to collapse.
As luck would have it, the scaffolding collapsed just as Wade's carriage drove past.
Three workers fell directly from the third floor, killing one on the spot.
De Gaulle was also hit by a pile of scattered scaffolding. His horse overturned and threw him to the ground.
Victor used the fastest speed to affix a Yang Talisman to himself.
With the blessing of luck, the collapsed support did not hit him. He then took out a golden spell and put it on the horse's back, blocking the wave of damage to the horse.
De Gaulle's horse and people fell down, and he screamed in pain on the ground.
Victor went over to help him and found that he was slightly injured. Although it was not fatal, it would be difficult to continue the pursuit.
"Leave me alone. I can stand up. You continue to chase. You can't let that bastard go."
Victor was pushed away by De Gaulle. He knew the great detective's stubbornness, so he didn't insist. He continued to ride his horse and exited the alley, trying to trace the direction of Wade's escape from another route.
Why did these supports suddenly collapse? Victor judged that Vader used the ability of "assessment expert" to accelerate the falling apart of these illegal structures.
Although it has been confirmed that the other party is using the invisible technique, there is no time to notify the Inspection Bureau. Victor must at least find out where this guy is hiding.