Mystery: Shadow of Order

"Tuk Tuk Tuk"

The hurried knock on the door sounded, and Rawls rolled over and jumped up from the bed. Looking at the knocked door, a little doubt flashed in his heart. Face to face, how could anyone come to him. However, having just become a "briber", he was more confident, reached out and picked up a pen from the desk and shouted:

"Who?"

"Kane, Ken Lister?"

Ken? The pen in Rawls's hand tightened even tighter. Ken didn't know that he lived here, how did he find it?

"How do you know I'm here?" Rawls got out of bed, and quietly approached the window without wearing shoes.

"Hank said a few days ago that he saw you in this room, hurry up and open the door, something urgent... Jeffrey? Jeffrey Lister?"

Ken slapped the wooden door with such force that the old wooden door trembled and creaked. His shirt was soaked with sweat, and he could even see the muscles in his back.

"Okay, stop knocking, I get it."

Hearing the voice from behind, Kane turned his head in surprise, and found that Rawls, who had no beard and normal skin color, was standing behind him. Ken stretched out his hand and pointed to Rawls up and down, and then pointed to the wooden doorway:

"Weren't you in the house just now?"

Rawls sighed and waved his hand:

"Yes, just wait a while, I'll go in and open the door for you." After speaking, he turned and walked to the other side of the house.

Ken looked at Rawls with bare feet and shook his head helplessly. He probably knew what was going on, and relaxed.

As soon as he got the news from East Chester, he hurried over. He didn't put on an extra coat. Now he felt sticky behind his back. He unbuttoned the top two buttons, exposing his strong chest hair, leaning on his side. wall, waiting for Rawls to open the door.

Here, Rawls looked at the soles of his black feet and shook his head. What was he worried about just now? He turned into the room through the window again, and without shoes, he opened the door for Kane with his bare feet, and then went straight to the bathroom to get water to wash his feet.

This house was carefully selected by Rawls. It is not big in itself. It is just a small room attached to the back of a three-story building. It was originally used to store sundries and was rented by him with "heavy money". , and made a simple transformation. A smaller bathroom was separated, the water pipe was connected, and a small window that was not big but could barely let Rawls get out, he just turned out from there.

Ken walked into the room, looked at the open window, couldn't help sneering, and said to Rawls who was washing his feet in the bathroom:

"It's not easy to get out of there!"

Rawls put the basin filled with water on the ground, stepped in directly, supported the walls on both sides, rubbed his feet against each other in the basin, rolled his eyes angrily, he was indeed almost dead just now. Turn out.

After becoming a "barbarian", his height and body shape have changed accordingly. The originally reluctant windows are narrower for him, and he has to control the sound so that people outside the door will not notice the abnormality. There is no card. It would be nice to be there.

"What's the matter with you coming to me all of a sudden?" In order not to get entangled on this topic, it's better to change the topic.

Ken turned to close the door, touched his beard, looked at Rawls who didn't have the same beard as him, frowned and said:

"There is news from Stone City that a private detective is looking for you recently, and it seems that the Hall family is behind you."

The movement of his feet suddenly stopped, and Rawls looked at Ken suspiciously. How could the Hall family suddenly find him? He belongs to the Conservative Party and has a bad relationship with the New Party? And how did the Hall family know that they were "in" East Chester's capital, Stoane?

"The news is from the head of intelligence in East Chester County, and it should be true."

Rawls stopped washing his feet, walked to the bed with bare feet and sat down. His explicit identity, Rolls Adrian, left Backlund half a month ago to visit a local law firm in Stone, the capital of East Chester County, and plans to recruit some local lawyers to expand Adrian's law firm the size of the place.

In fact, Rawls did not leave, but continued to stay in Backlund as Jeffrey Lister. Given his identity, he would definitely have to contact his housekeeper Auguste and Edmund Robert, the interim head of the law firm, after arriving in Ston. It is impossible for him to lose contact for a while.

Originally, he wanted to go to Ston to hire a private investigator to collect information on well-known local lawyers for him, and then contact the housekeeper Augst and Edmund for himself, while Rawls secretly returned to Backlund.

In addition to writing letters, the only way to contact now is telegrams, and telegrams have to be concise and clear, so this method is still feasible. But this means that Rawls' identity must be exposed to the private investigator, which is dangerous, so he finally chose to reveal his true identity to Ken.

Ken was once rescued by "Viscount Dread" Bird Mustang, and Rawls had a close relationship with Mustang. It is very unlikely that he would report his identity, and Ken knew Rawls's identity. Afterwards, he also patted his chest to assure him that he would take care of the matter.

Now that Ken said someone in East Chester was looking for him, and the Halls were behind him, it was a bit confusing for him.

"Apart from these, is there any other news?" Based on these alone, Rawls couldn't infer anything.

"The only way to know this news is that it has received a telegram from your housekeeper, saying that Lord Philip sent a letter saying that Earl Hall's eldest son, Hibbert Hall, seems to be secretly investigating you."

A glint of envy flashed in Ken's eyes. Because of the propaganda of major newspapers, the names of Duke Negan's only son and Earl Hall's eldest son were known to many in Backlund, and Rawls was actually involved with both of them. No wonder I can find out the specific data of the Pritz. "Hibbert Hall?"

Rawls also learned about the actions of the Earl of Hall's eldest son from the newspapers recently, and he has recently been actively promoting the bad effects of air pollution.

Thinking that he will be the chief secretary of the "Kingdom Air Pollution Investigation Committee" in the future, and now there is no news of what air pollution investigation committee will be formed, it can be roughly inferred that Hibbert should have learned about this from internal channels. Things, ready to make publicity for their own office.

And Philip has also become the focus of the propaganda of the Conservative Party mouthpiece "Backlund Daily" because of the reform of the Hillston Police Department. Philip's identity and the status of the Hillston Police Department have directly touched the sensitive area of ​​the new party. The son of a nobleman, whose status is almost the same as Philip, has set off a public opinion offensive.

Rawls scratched his chin, so Hibbert must have heard from somewhere that Rawls was Philip's assistant to reform the Hillston police station, and that he had "goed" to the capital of East Chester County. , to the earl of East Chester's family fief, want to find yourself?

After finding it, whether it is solicitation, alienation, or even revenge, it is up to Hibbert to choose.

Rawls didn't know much about the young Mr. Hall, but it can be seen from the original work that Hibbert is definitely not a simple role. In just two years, he has changed from the chief secretary of the Air Pollution Inquiry Committee to the role of Cabinet secretary, even with the status bonus, it's too fast.

"Looks like I'm going to Stone?"

"No, it's better not to go," Ken retorted flatly.

"Why?" Rawls looked at Ken. With Ken's identity and character, he would never say such a thing.

"If you suddenly appear in Stoun now, wouldn't it prove even more that your whereabouts are in question?" Ken stroked his beard, which is the experience of an intelligence officer for many years, and then added, "The most The important thing is that Lord Mustang is coming, and it is estimated that he will arrive this week."

"Viscount Fear" really came? Rawls felt a little helpless. A few days ago, Ken just said that he would notify Bird Mustang and find someone to transport the arms hidden in those bars, but he didn't say that he would come in person!

Seeing this, Ken explained:

"I just informed Lord Mustang that the bar might be exposed. I didn't expect him to come, and it would come so quickly."

You must know that Mustang, as the second mate of the "Dark Emperor", must stay on the ship, and the ship of the "King of the Five Seas" travels the five seas. In addition, compared to Trier, the capital of Intis, Backlund is not very important to the "King of the Five Seas", and Ken is only one of the points of Backlund, it is impossible to quickly notify Mustang. thing.

Ken is just an ordinary person, and he can only notify Mustang by telegram. As for whether Mustang can receive the news, it depends on when he goes to land. Unexpectedly, within a few days of the telegram, there was a reply saying that Mustang was coming to Backlund.

This kind of news should not be notified to Ken, but he was notified anyway. Ken knew that Mustang returned to Backlund because of Rawls, so for Rawls's safety, he temporarily stayed in Backlund is the best.

"okay, I get it."

Rawls put his hand on his forehead, rubbing it up and down, left and right. He was really ill-considered just now. He couldn't go directly to Stoan, otherwise he would have made it clear that there was a problem with his identity.

And it was the news sent by Lord Philip, which made Rawls a little uneasy, and it was acceptable to be inquired by Hibbert. If Philip also began to suspect, then he would have to go to bed with Bird Mustang.

"Kane, have Ston call back and say I'm planning to leave East Chester and visit the law firm in Ahowa County."

That's all for now, why did I choose East Chester in the first place? In other counties, Hibbert might not be able to use so much power.

Because Ince Zangwill and 0-08 have been in Tingen, Rawls subconsciously excluded Akhova County. After all, if you want to go to Akhova County for inspection, you must go to the capital Tingen first. , where Rawls' alma mater, the Lincoln School of Law. (Note 1)

And now he can only say that he dislikes lawyers in East Chester County, and turns to Ahowa County, which is the home base of Lincoln Law School, which makes sense.

"No problem." Ken patted his hairy chest, "But you can't leave Backlund recently. You should know that Lord Mustang is here for you."

Ken guessed that this time Lord Mustang came to Backlund, he would definitely take Rawls away, but it was a pity that Rawls, the youngest barrister in Backlund, was hated by the New Party and valued by the Conservative Party. A rising star in politics is about to become a pirate.

"No problem." Rawls replied the same, causing Ken to glare at him.

...

Tingen, 36 Zoetland Street, Blackthorn Security.

A man with short shaved blonde-brown hair and deep dark green eyes pushed open the door of the Blackthorn Security Company. The collar of his shirt and trench coat stood tall, and his palms were covered with a layer of bright red blood. gloves, and in his left hand was carrying a silver-white metal box the size of a violin case.

The man looked at the brown-haired girl with her head lowered and half awake behind the table in the reception hall, raised her neck and exposed the lower half of his face from the collar of the trench coat, his thin lips moved slightly, and a smile appeared. Intentionally, he quietly walked to the table, bent his fingers, and tapped with a "dong".

The brown-haired girl sat up straight, and suddenly picked up the newspaper spread out in front of her with both hands, covering her face, then quietly stuck her head out from behind the newspaper, looking at the man who hid his chin behind the collar of the windbreaker again, and asked suspiciously:

"Who are you? Do you have a mission?"

To Klein's blessing, the Blackthorn Security Company recently made a business for 200 pounds, and the brown-haired girl Roshan also got a chance to participate in the gourmet dinner, so she always hoped to take another order, but unfortunately With the name of Blackthorn Security Company and its extremely inconspicuous position, it is obvious that this kind of list is not so easy to come to your door~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Does the Nighthawks team also take the tasks of ordinary people? "The short-haired man moved his mouth hidden in the collar.

"Ah? You know the Nighthawks? Are you a Beyonder too?" Luo Shan threw down the newspaper spread out in front of her and took a few steps back, like an innocent girl who had encountered a satyr.

The short-haired man shook his head and put the silver-white metal box in his hand on the table. A pair of gloves that were as red as blood were extremely conspicuous.

"Red gloves, ah! Red gloves? I'm sorry, I'll inform them right away." Roshan sighed in relief, but then became nervous again. Although she was a civilian of the Night Watch Squad, she also knew about the red gloves.

"Does the Nighthawks team also take the tasks of ordinary people?" The short-haired man moved his mouth hidden in the collar.

"Ah? You know the Nighthawks? Are you a Beyonder too?" Luo Shan threw down the newspaper spread out in front of her and took a few steps back, like an innocent girl who had encountered a satyr.

The short-haired man shook his head and put the silver-white metal box in his hand on the table. A pair of gloves that were as red as blood were extremely conspicuous.

"Red gloves, ah! Red gloves? I'm sorry, I'll inform them right away." Roshan sighed in relief, then became nervous again. Although she was a civilian in the Nighthawks team, she also knew what red gloves meant.

Every member of the Red Gloves can only be compared by people like the captain and Ms. Daly. In other words, each of them has a status comparable to the captain, which makes Roseanne who is sleeping at work a little scared. She is not worried about herself, but is afraid that the captain and the others will be accused by this red glove.

PS: The original book does not say that Tingen is the capital of Ahowa County, but it should be the capital due to its special status as a university city.

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