Fox of France

Javier's house on Peacock Street is very interesting, that is, from the window on the second floor of this house, you can clearly see the person knocking on the door below, and this house also has a back door that leads directly to the corresponding Another block next door.

In the beginning, Javier chose such a residence, in addition to the low rent, it was for the convenience of his family to avoid rebels who might come to revenge; but now, Javier still lives here, it is for the convenience of avoiding him. creditors. Since losing his job, Javier couldn't find any other way to make money for a while. He has been a policeman for most of his life, and he doesn't know any other livelihood skills except those of the police. But at his age, it is not easy to switch to other careers. So during this period of time, Javier borrowed a lot of debt in order to maintain his life. In order to pay off old debts, he borrowed a lot of new debts. Today's Javier is already heavily in debt.

In fact, Javier is not really no way to make money. In the first half of his life, Javier has caught all kinds of criminals and seen all kinds of criminal methods. So, if he wants, he can use this method to get money for himself through crime. Perhaps it is precisely because of this that those loan sharks are willing to continue to lend him money. It's just that Javier can't pass his own level. But the lender is not in a hurry, because they believe that the pressure of life will naturally make him make a reasonable choice.

When Lucien and the others came to Javier's residence and started knocking on the door, Javier was worrying about whether he would degenerate into the criminal he hated most before.

Lucien went up the steps and gave the doorbell a soft tug.

As soon as the doorbell rang, Javier jumped up from the chair like a spring. He gestured for silence to his wife who was complaining endlessly to him, and then Xiaoxi walked to the window and pulled the curtains aside. Gap, looked down.

Below are three young men, the one in the middle is ringing the doorbell, looking at his clothes, he should be the son of a wealthy family who has no worries about food and clothing. They are trained guards. Such a person should not be a debt collector. But why such a person came here is a bit puzzling.

"Not a debt collector," Javier told his wife.

"Not a debt collector?" The wife heard that she was not here to collect debts, so she brought up the topic again, "I am really blind, why did I marry you, a useless thing, and now, my child They want to follow you to starve, follow you to be afraid! You..."

Although when the wife and Javier got married, both of them made an oath to God to love him (her), comfort him (her), respect him (her), He (she) or something. But as the proverb says: "Oaths are like corn, life is like a strong wind." What's more, in today's France, God has stood aside, so what is the oath at the altar of God? ?

"Don't talk about that for now," JaVale said, "Open the door first and see what people are looking for us for?"

"Do you want to take advantage of the opportunity to run away? You always want to avoid problems! Tell me, when this family will go on like this, when will it end!" The wife became even more angry when she heard this.

"Okay, don't talk about it. Maybe it's an opportunity?" Javier said.

"Shit! Even if there is an opportunity, you can't catch it. A few days ago..." His wife still didn't want to let him go.

"Okay, okay, Margaret, as long as people are willing to pay me to do anything, I will do it!" Javier yelled angrily. At the same time, he strode out of the room, and then there was a sound of footsteps on the wooden stairs outside.

Lucien waited below for a while before the door slowly opened in front of him, and the old face of a middle-aged man with a sad face appeared in front of Lucien.

"Sir, who are you looking for?" the man asked.

"Is Mr. Javier here? I'm looking for Mr. Javier." Lucien took off his hat and replied very politely.

"I am." The man said, "Sir, I don't know you, you came to me because..."

"I am Lucien Bonaparte, General Napoleon Bonaparte is my brother." Lucien replied.

"But... but sir, I don't know General Napoleon Bonaparte either." Javier was a little surprised. He had seen the name Napoleon in the news and battle reports, and knew that this was one of the most outstanding young generals in France. Compared to him, this was a big man. He never expected that the younger brother of such a big man would suddenly find him.

"I found out about you from General Carnot. Why don't you invite me to the house to have a talk?" Lucien said.

If it is said that Napoleon's name, Javier has only seen it in newspapers, and it seems to be far away from Javier; then General Carnot is a big man who Javier is very familiar with. Javier knew that General Carnot had been a big shot since the constitutional era. Since entering the Republican era, he has always been a figure in the core of power. He has served in the "National Salvation Committee" for a long time. Even now, it seems that his status is not as good as before Thermidor, but compared to people like Javier, even compared to Javier when he was the sheriff People above the clouds.

Javier's heart was pounding, but he didn't dare to reject such a noble person. So he stepped aside and made a gesture of inviting him in: "This honorable gentleman, please come in."

Lucien followed Javier into the house, followed him up a dark and steep wooden staircase to the second floor, and entered a living room about seventeen or eight square meters.

"Matilde, here's a guest, hurry up and get some water." Javier approached his wife while speaking, and then lowered his voice, "This is a big shot, a friend of General Carnot."

Mathilde also knew who "General Carnot" was. When he heard this, he was taken aback, and hurried out to pour water.

"Mr. Javier, we came to you because we have taken a fancy to your work experience for so many years and hope to hire you." Lucien carefully observed the surrounding environment on the way up, plus the When he arrived at Javier, he knew that Javier's current living conditions were quite bad.

Lucien knew that people like Javier, known as crime killers, were very familiar with various criminal techniques. Such a person, if he is willing to abandon his own standards of right and wrong, can almost immediately become a terrible criminal. Such a person will be in trouble in life, which can only show one thing, that is, he is a person with principles and can stick to them. So he said:

"Mr. JaVale, you can rest assured that what we need you to do is legal and ethical. I know how good you were as a sheriff. You are a crime buster and you You have protected countless ordinary citizens. You know the tricks of all kinds of criminals like the back of your hand. Therefore, even if you are politically persecuted, if you are really a bad person with no bottom line, you will not be so poor now. Those criminals The trick is enough for you and your family to live a life without worrying about food and drink.

My brother, General Joseph Bonaparte, once told me a famous saying of a philosopher named Mentius in China in the East, who said: 'A great man, in his riches, will not indulge His own desires; when poor, he will not violate his morality; in the face of the threat of violence, he will not lower his noble head. ’ Now it seems that you have such great qualities. "

This made Javier burst into tears. In his heart, an idea similar to "the parents who gave birth to me, and the one who knows me, Lucien" came to his mind. He quickly wiped his face and asked: "Mr. Bonaparte, thank you, thank you! Can you tell me what I need?"

"Oh, that's what it is..." Lucien replied.

Lucien told Javier that his elder brother had presided over the work of the Military Research Institute. This institute studies various military technologies that have brought many brilliant victories to France. However, after Thermidor, just as the police force in Paris was greatly damaged, the military research institute was also damaged, a large number of sensitive technologies were lost, and the technological advantage of the French army over foreign armies disappeared completely.

But General Carnot, and his brother General Joseph Bonaparte did not give up. They used their own money to rebuild the institute and continue to start research in order to allow the French army to regain its technological advantage. And their research institute is coveted by foreign spies and the traitors bought by them, so now they need special personnel to protect the secrets of the French army.

In addition, outside of France, the Polish people are also fighting desperately against the invaders who also invaded France. To support their struggle is to support France's struggle; their victory is France's victory. Their struggle has now been temporarily thwarted, with some of them being hunted down by the police forces of those countries. Therefore, France also needs to train them and improve their ability to fight against the police of Austria, Prussia and Tsarist Russia.

After talking about this, Lucien finally said: "Now, I have made my purpose very clear. Mr. Javier, are you willing to join us and work hard for France?"

"I do!" Javier immediately stood up and replied.

"Well, from today onwards, you are our comrade!" Lucien also stood up and shook Javier's hand, "Your salary will be calculated from today, according to the standard when you were the police chief. "

Speaking of this, Lucien looked around again and said: "Also, Mr. Javier, you can advance several months' salary..."

After talking about these things, Lucien told Javier that he had to hurry up to find Henry Durand in order to find Manière and others.

When Javier heard this, he also stood up, picked up his old hat and coat from the rack behind the door, and said, "Mr. Bonaparte, please let me go with you, I know where I can Find them, and I know how to convince them, please let me go with you!"

"It would be great if I could get your help." Lucien also said.

"This is what it should be, isn't it?" JaVale said, "After all, I have just accepted your employment, and I have paid three months' salary in advance from you. In addition, where they are located, there are some chaos. , I’ll take you there, it’s relatively safer.”

After saying these words, he turned around again and said to his wife who was standing aside: "Matilde, take care of the child and keep the check. Wait for me to come back. Besides, I may come back later, you guys Don't wait for me to eat."

"Well, okay, be careful yourself." Mathilde replied. The husband's ability to earn money is restored, so the wife's respect and concern for her husband are also restored.

Javier nodded, turned around, put on his hat and coat, picked up a stick, and smiled at Lucien: "Mr. Bonaparte, please let me show you the way." .”

With Javier's help, the subsequent efficiency was naturally much higher. In just one day, Javier led them to find more than half of the people on the list. Most of these people are not in a good situation today. Of course, not everyone can, as Mentheus said, not violate their own morals when they are poor. Some of them have already embarked on the road of crime.

But Lucien still let these people join in. He said to Javier who was a little confused: "Most human beings are very weak, and it is very difficult to prevent them from making mistakes. It is not terrible to make mistakes, as long as you can sincerely repent. In fact, these people are not all Are they good people? It’s just because of the oppression of life that they went the wrong way. If no one came to help them, wouldn’t they go further and further down the wrong path? We invite them to join now, isn’t it just giving them a A chance to reform? Is there anyone who sees a person slipping into the abyss and refuses to reach out to him? Isn't this the right time to reach out to them? You see, After they got our help, which one didn't immediately abandon the wrong path in the past and follow us instead? The reason why we work hard is to let more people walk on the right path ?"

I wish you all a happy new year, good health and freedom from all diseases. May my hometown overcome difficulties, Wuhan, come on!