What the police officer said to Chu Long triggered memories in Upton's heart. Looking at the photos on the wall, Upton reopened the door deep in his memory and recalled many past events.
In fact, in Chu Long's view, it was precisely because of the war that they met and got to know each other, but it was also because of the war that they could not go further and each embarked on a different path in life. This may be what the Chinese often say about destiny but not destiny.
Bar!
While everyone was still immersed in Upton's experience, Chu Long heard news about the ruby crystal necklace worn by Mrs. Beverly in the photo. Upton mentioned that he seemed to have been in the Times before, in which
I saw this necklace in the promotional column about the Christie's auction house auction.
"Inspector Upton, do you have any news about this necklace?"
Chu Long immediately interrupted Inspector Upton, who was about to continue describing his experience, and pointed to the necklace in the photo and asked.
Upton was slightly unhappy to be interrupted by Chu Long. He cursed this hateful guy a hundred times in his heart, but Chu Long didn't know this, and he didn't care even if he knew it! But he still looked at the necklace that Chu Long pointed at, and frowned.
He frowned and said, "It seems that there was a relevant record in The Times last year. I have forgotten the specific issue."
Upton glanced at the police officer next to Chu Long and thought to himself: Let this bastard do his job and he will listen to the story.
"Go and investigate the situation of this necklace?" Upton said, looking at the police officer who told Chu Long the news about Mrs. Beverly. If it hadn't been for this bastard, he wouldn't have fallen into memories, and then was interrupted again.
"Okay, Inspector." The police officer turned around and walked downstairs without knowing why.
"Inspector, how much did this necklace cost at auction?" Chu Long asked Inspector Upton again.
"The question you asked is like "Have you met the Queen?" It's just as ridiculous!" Inspector Upton glared at Chu Long angrily.
"I can only read about auctions like this in newspapers." Inspector Upton said angrily again.
During the inspection at Upton, it turned out that Chu Long was really speechless. Even though he knew that he was just a small inspector, he still asked himself if he knew about the condition of the items in the auction. In such a large auction, there is no certain guarantee.
The financial strength is not enough to get through the door, let alone the condition of the auction items inside.
Even if Inspector Upton could get in, it would only add to the joke and he would not be able to take any pictures. The cheapest item inside would have been enough for him to struggle for more than ten years. That is to say, mass media like newspapers can allow them to be such middle-class people.
People from the lower class have some knowledge of the activities of the upper class. It may be useful to know more information on daily basis! There is no use in using it as a way to relieve boredom!
But this time Inspector Upton mistakenly blamed Chu Long. Chu Long really didn’t know what was going on here. He had the memories of two people in his mind. Aldridge had never been exposed to high-level activities such as auctions since he was a child.
The materials on their ships are all traded with familiar merchants after arriving in any country, and sometimes they go to the local area for rare bartering, but they have never seen such an auction.
Chu Long, who comes from another world, is familiar with auctions, but auctions in other worlds are divided into private and public types. The former is for invited guests to auction items, and is limited to their own circle. The latter is limited to the scope of the auction.
Most of the time, faces are open to the public. No matter what class or status you are, even a poor wanderer can participate in the auction, but the premise is that you have to pay the corresponding "money" after the auction. If you dare not pay the "bill" after the auction,
”, then you will have to pay legal responsibility.
After the memory was reorganized, the awakened Chu Long had been living in the hotel where Yaheng was staying. Dover is a small town even though it relies on the sea for smooth logistics, but it has never held an auction, and Yaheng could not tell him these things for no reason.
This is why Chu Long asked Inspector Upton such a stupid question that anyone would understand.
When Inspector Upton told about the auction, Chu Long thought that a large-scale auction like this would be public. Since Inspector Upton paid attention to it, he should have some knowledge. Who knew he would not be qualified?
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At this moment, Corporal Lin En looked at Chu Long beside him and whispered: "Christie's is not open to the common people and the lower class. It is only open to the middle and upper class people and wealthy foreign businessmen."
"Even Scotland Yard inspectors are not qualified to enter the auction."
"The only exception to the auction are journalists, and news about the auction can generally only be found in newspapers."
"Of course, there can be accidents. If there is a criminal case in the auction house, then the police can justifiably go in." Corporal Linn glanced at Inspector Upton and smiled evilly at Chu Long.
"Hey! That's okay too!"
After Chu Long and Corporal Lin muttered a few words, Inspector Upton continued to recount the memories he had just finished. While listening, he mentioned the ruby crystal necklace. It was impossible for John and Mrs. Beverly to
If there was such a treasure in the first place, then maybe Mrs. Beverly could still be saved.
"I always feel that this necklace is related to John's attack," Chu Long touched his chin and looked at Corporal Lin and said.
"Look again," Corporal Linn said solemnly.
"good."
After listening to what Corporal Linn said, Inspector Upton walked into the study and carefully checked all the places in the house where the necklace could be placed. Watching Inspector Upton searching for the necklace, Corporal Linn and Corporal Linn were also in each room on the second floor.
Searched around the corner.
Chu Long searched every corner of the study and bedroom, but still found nothing. After Corporal Lin En also searched on the second floor to no avail, they left the second floor and went to the first floor to look for clues.
"Hey! I didn't find anything."
After searching for a long time to no avail, Chu Long sat down on the window chair in the study room, ready to rest for a while. He accidentally looked at the open record book on the table and found that the upper left corner of the right page of the record book was close to the one on the left.
Between the pages, there are small English letters with the letter r written on them, and the open pages happen to be the second and third pages.
"Such small characters are meant to train people's eyesight!" Chu Long stared at the notebook and muttered to himself.
Out of curiosity, Chu Long turned the notebook to the first page and found the letter B in the same position, and then found the letters i, e, l, a, and g in the gaps between pages four to thirteen.
After Chu Long combined the letters according to the page number, the word "g" appeared. Looking at the combined words, Chu Long did not remember that this word existed!
"What a mess, I feel dizzy looking at it!"
Looking at these letters, Chu Long messed up the combination again, and soon a word that was easy to read appeared, 'Gabriel'. This time the word formed was a name, which meant 'Gabriel'. Chu Long felt that this
The response should be correct.
Pick up the pen on the table, write the newly combined name-like words on the paper, and look at it.
At first, Chu Long didn't see the meaning of this name. After chanting it a few times, he felt more and more like he had heard it somewhere before!