Cosma Empire

Alcohol is a good thing. It can paralyze the nerves and cause the irreversible death of brain cells. Looking at many Alzheimer's patients, most of them have the habit of drinking alcohol every day.

Although this thing is harmful, there are still many people addicted to it. In fact, it is not a sad thing to live in a daze, even in memories, at least in that period of memories. In the prime of life, not senile.

The owner of the hotel was blushing at this moment, drunk on his head, under the taint of wine and meat, he took off his coat and put it on his shoulders, and talked about this murder case that should not have been mentioned.

In fact, it is not a big deal. For people living in Tenell City, seeing dead people is like seeing dead cats and dogs on the side of the road. In the early years, the established tycoons were fighting with weapons, gangs In the middle of the fight, which one didn't kill the blood to flow into the river, and the broken limbs and arms were scattered all over the ground?

Sometimes there is not enough manpower at the police station, or the residents on the roadside take the initiative to come out with buckets to wash away the blood all over the ground. Seeing a dead person is like looking at the fore clips on a chopping board for a hotel business owner. Meat.

In his narration, a past event that had been buried for several years surfaced again.

"It was a time when the weather wasn't too hot. I forgot whether it was spring or winter. Anyway, the weather wasn't too hot..." He took another sip from his wine glass, and the young man beside him quickly poured it for him. He looked at the slightly turbid wine in the wine glass happily, and felt very comfortable in his heart. He wanted to confide in him, and if he didn't say something, he suspected that he would go crazy.

"During that time, four guests came to my hotel, three men and one woman. They were in a group, but each of them had a separate room."

"You know, the former Tener..." he sneered a few times with his shoulders trembling, "it's like a dung tank, there is no real industry here, and people are climbing up like crazy to squeeze others , even..."

He stopped talking at this point, obviously thinking of something, and directly changed the subject, "I can remember those people because they are very strange. They can rent two rooms or three rooms, but why? Everyone needs to rent one, so I remember very clearly that these people are not short of money."

"They lived there for many days. I don't think they are good people. Everyone is gloomy. Later, they borrowed a car from nowhere and went around the neighborhood."

"Later, one night, something happened to the woman among the four people..." The owner of the tavern seemed to be remembering something, and after a long time he shook his head and cleaned up all the wine in the glass, sighing He breathed a sigh of relief, "It's very miserable, I have many injuries on my body, I have abandoned that room now, and now it has been converted into a storage room..."

The two young men looked at each other, and one of them asked again, "Where is the murderer, have you caught him? I really don't know what kind of person can be cruel to a woman."

The hotel owner ate some meat and refilled the wine, "If I didn't catch it, I don't know what happened afterwards."

"When such a big incident happened, the guests staying in the hotel at that time must have been terrified. Did any of them check out? Boss, you have lost a lot." This question is very interesting, insinuating I would like to ask more detailed content.

The hotel owner lowered his head and kicked the ground under his feet. When he looked up again, he looked at the busy street on the side of the road, "I forgot."

The two young people didn't ask any more questions, and started eating meat and drinking. Soon, the two pots of meat and the bottle of wine on the table were wiped out by the three of them together. The two young people patted their buttocks and went back to sleep. But the boss took a handful of change, wobbly asked his children to watch the store for him, and walked towards a small bar nearby.

The young man standing behind the curtain on the third floor came back from the back of the hotel owner who disappeared at the alley. Originally, their superiors gave them instructions to stay in the dark, build a suitable social relationship, and not investigate the case of Colonel Anna's assassination for the time being. .

But just last month, news came from the imperial capital asking them to restart the investigation of the assassination of Colonel Anna. The object of investigation of the two was the register of this small hotel.

According to the evidence they collected before, there was more than one person in the room the night Colonel Anna was assassinated. With the strength of the Colonel, even a professionally trained male would find it difficult to win.

The characteristic of this woman is that she is ruthless, until she has been dead for several years, there are still legends about her in the Knights of the Rose, including the legend that she removed one of her own ribs and used it as a dagger to stab a mission target to death, Has been intimidating all newcomers.

It was such an extremely ruthless woman who died quietly in this small hotel. What was even more frightening was that she was investigating the clues of the Scarlet Dawn at the time, and it was very likely that she was killed by members of the Scarlet Dawn in this small hotel. In the hotel.

After Memnon's death, the empire completely lost the opportunity to know the whereabouts of some of the main characters in Blood Dawn. Memnon was killed by Du Lin before he could tell the news. Suspension of follow-up plans.

Restarting the plan now is still due to a small disagreement between Du Lin and the First Prince. Regardless of whether Du Lin was involved in the Scarlet Dawn case or not, he grew up in Tenel.

It is obviously the best result for him not to join the Scarlet Dawn, but if he joins, as long as the evidence is found, there is no need to worry that Durin will become the next Magus. Those evidences can easily destroy him, no matter who he is What means, who are standing behind.

With the idea of ​​trying not to be afraid of failure, these organization members who were lurking in Tenell City to cultivate social relations started to move again.

The idea of ​​these two people is very simple. If the person who assassinated Colonel Anna came from outside, then someone must have seen these two people at that time.

You must know that cars were still a luxury at that time, and no one in this small city could afford to buy or drive a car.

Even if they didn't come by car, given the traffic in Tenell at that time, including the hotel owner, they must have seen these people.

According to the evidence collected in the early stage, the owner of the small hotel did not have any testimony in this regard. He said that he did not see anyone entering or leaving the hotel, so it is very likely that the person who assassinated Colonel Anna lived in as a resident before the incident. In the hotel, after assassinating Colonel Anna, they did not flee, but returned to their room, and were asked to leave the place by the police.

Regardless of whether this is a feasible detection direction, the two young men intend to give it a try. They have already revealed the word of the hotel owner today, registered the resident's register and he still keeps it, and put it in the place where Colonel Anna was killed. in the room.

Seeing that the hotel owner had gone to help the poor girls who couldn't afford clothes, the two young men quietly opened the locked door with a special key, and they brought their own lighting equipment - candles.

In a box full of dust, I started this evening's work.

On the other side, the owner of the hotel came to the small bar that he frequented. Most of the bars in Tenell have no license to sell alcohol and beverages. They are all operating illegally, but the nature of this city is very special. The police They don't like to catch these people, and the Contraband Investigation Bureau has been completely discouraged.

Two consecutive directors have been arrested and imprisoned for dereliction of duty and duty crimes. The Contraband Investigation Bureau has a bad reputation and no one expects them to do something. Now Tenell's Contraband Investigation Bureau has become a Kanles A paradise for exiled waste from the state.

The reason why it is said to be a paradise is purely because although it is full of losers and wastes in the struggle of Kanles State, their law enforcement power still exists. All the bars in the country will "confess" to the Bureau of Contraband Investigation.

From the payment of Chiguoguo in cash, to giving some drinks and even beef, those detectives who had no self-motivated self-abandonment began to be content with the status quo, which created a special environment in Tenell City - illegal bars It's popular.

In fact, there is another theory behind this, which is limited to some people who wander in the gray area. They often say that almost all the wine in Tener comes from the hands of Durin, and no one can check it. If you don't want to be unlucky, it's best not to touch these bars and these drinks.

It's hard to say whether this is the real reason for Tenel's special environment, but there is still some truth to it.

The hotel owner pushed open the door of the bar in the alley. There was nothing concealed. Everything was generous. He also hung a neon sign made of red high-heeled shoes and yellow wine glasses made of luminous tubes. It was particularly bright in this alley at night.

The tavern owner was already a little drunk, he forced himself to control his body, and walked to the edge of the bar a little unsteadily, the bartender immediately came over, "What do you want?"

He swallowed a mouthful of saliva, opened his mouth and smiled, revealing his jagged big yellow teeth, exuding a disgusting stench, leaning over the table and leaning over, "I want to sell information..."

The bartender looked at him. "You know, some jokes suck."

"Why, do you think I'm joking now?", the tavern owner was a little angry, his voice was a little louder, everyone around looked over, the bartender frowned, tilted his head, and he smiled from the side Go around the bar and go in through the door behind the bartender.

The guests next to the bar didn't care about this. Selling information has always been the source of life for some of them. From information worth one yuan or two yuan to information worth tens of hundreds or thousands, these big and small pieces of information make up Tenel's low-level intelligence network, some of which have certain economic value will be circulated to other places.

This is also the favorite job of lazy people and idlers. It doesn't need to consume physical strength. You just need to find people to drink and chat with people everywhere. Maybe it will sell for hundreds or thousands of dollars with a message.

The hotel owner who walked into the backstage suddenly felt a little cold. This is a cold storage, which contains some beef legs, ham, and some other meat.

There were still some bright red bloodstains on the gray and black ice that had been accumulated for an unknown amount of time on the ground. The cold air made him spit out two hot air from his nostrils every time he took a breath, and his drunkenness became more sober.

He hesitated in his heart and wanted to leave, but he gritted his teeth and continued walking until he passed through the cold storage and entered a warm room.

A guy wearing an old gas mask is sitting on a simple chair. There is a very old table in front of him. This weird guy looks up at the tavern owner. Through the closed glass, the eyes of the two Touching it in the air, the hotel owner looked away.

"The general content of the information does not need to be very detailed. Then your quotation, if I am interested, we can continue to chat. If I am not interested, you can leave through the small door next to it. After you go out, you will be in another alley. "

"It's fair..." the tavern owner said inexplicably, maybe a little timidly, "I don't know if you know me, I am the owner of the small hotel next to me, you know that there was a murder in my place before Let’s talk about the case, and recently someone has become interested in that case, I think it should be able to sell some money.”

The guy in charge of information buying and selling laughed a few times, "Why do you think this news is valuable? If I were you, I wouldn't waste so much time on this matter, you can leave, of course if you have more information next time Good news, you can still come to me."

The tavern owner did not leave, but stood where he was, "Three hundred yuan, no, five, no, one thousand yuan, this news is one thousand yuan!"

The guy in the mask was stunned for a moment, he didn't laugh at the tavern owner's overreach, and he didn't let the drunken idiot be kicked out, but asked a very crucial question, "Why do you think this Can the news be worth a thousand dollars?"

This is the ability that everyone who buys and sells information for a living must master. It is impossible for them to ensure that they have the most reasonable and correct assessment of the value of each piece of information. In fact, the price of most information comes from In the bargaining behavior between the two parties, when the tavern owner directly shouted a thousand yuan, the masked man realized that there must be something he hadn't noticed, so the hotel owner dared to shout a thousand yuan price.

The hotel owner licked his lips, and it only took two seconds to conquer the masked man, making him sincerely take out a thousand yuan and stuff it into the hotel owner's hand.

The owner of the hotel said this - "At the time of the incident, the chief of the police station was called Mason, Chief Mason Kesma!"

In fact, this is a very obvious high-priced news. The reason why the masked man didn't expect it was simply that he had too many things to deal with, and he couldn't take care of all aspects properly.

But his reaction was quick. When the hotel owner mentioned Director Mason Kesma, the masked man suddenly came to his senses.

Now there are still people who are secretly investigating the previous case, which shows that there is a problem in this case. It just so happens that Mason was the chief of the police department at the time. It is very likely that Mason himself, and even Du Lin, were involved in this case.

Now Mason is the mayor of Tenel, and Durin is the governor of Ambiluo State. If this news is true, his guess is also true. A thousand dollars can be said to be a big profit for him.

He only needs to make a phone call and tell the people related to Mason or Durin the news without taking any money, and he will be able to walk sideways in Tenel in the future. Everyone knows that this is the city of the Kesma family!

A little later, Mason came back from socializing outside. Tener's special geographical location was its culprit in the past, but in this era of rising international trade, it has become its advantage.

The cost of land transportation has gradually been higher than the cost of sea transportation, and with the improvement of marine power cabin technology, including the replacement of catalysts, although the crystals required to drive large freighters have not decreased, the towable warehouses are increasing. Constantly increasing.

It stands to reason that land transportation should start to decline, but in inland areas where water transportation resources are scarce, the final transportation still depends on land transportation.

In this regard, Tener does not lack resources. Several cross-border railways pass through Tener City, which also makes Tener City prosper at a speed visible to the naked eye.

A large number of foreign-funded enterprises settled down and established offices in Tener, and then expanded into companies. Some of them even planned to establish regional headquarters in the empire here. The arrival of these people accelerated the economic development and construction of Tener City. It can be said that Mason is a very lucky guy.

The city's economy is growing rapidly, and everyone living here can feel it immediately. Ten years ago, the salary was only a dozen yuan a month, but now it is at least seventy yuan a month. This is a change, and it is real. Variety.

The people at the bottom don't know much about the issue of economic construction at the national level. They only know that their current salary is several times that of the past, and all of this happened after Mason took office. Dear Mayor.

Coupled with his surname, as well as his blood, in this city, he is a well-deserved superstar.

He took off his coat and sat on the sofa, smelling strongly of alcohol. In fact, Mason is a good person. At least he will not stay out like other men. No matter what kind of entertainment he has, he will come back to sleep every night. , no matter how late, he must come back.

His wife brought him a cup of bitter hangover soup, which is said to be an indigenous method, boiled with burnt coffee beans and ten times the bitter chrysanthemum petals, a cup of this dark brown water can make a drunk People feel better.

Mason drank some, but the effect was not as good as it was at first. He was still drunk and motionless, as if he was falling asleep.

At this time, the phone in the hall rang. Mason, who was almost unconscious, insisted on answering the phone himself. Less than five seconds after he received the call and said "it was me", he was sooty. Sitting up straight, my whole body began to secrete a large amount of sweat quickly, and I couldn't even wipe it clean!

Just for a moment, I was startled, cold, and woke up!

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