Mystery: Shadow of Order

The rumbling steam train galloped on the rails, dragging out long mists of steam.

In the luxurious carriage near the end of the steam train, the pine floor is covered with scarlet carpets, three maroon leather sofas are arranged around a low long oval coffee table according to the configuration of a general living room, and several single sofas are also placed in sequence. On the side is a fixed solid wood table.

Rawls sat on the innermost maroon sofa. The members of the lawyers who had negotiated with Lincoln College were seated on the single sofa, and fruit, drinks and desserts were placed on the coffee table or small table.

This is a steam train sent from Wintershire to Backlund. Even if the nobles have already returned to Backlund, the luxury carriage is in the off-season, and it cost Rawls nearly 400 pounds. It still depends on Lincoln College. .

The day before yesterday, Adrian and the Lincoln Law School reached a partnership, and today Rawls had to take back what he said in front of lawyer Merino, and the lawyers who had been on vacation for two weeks were not allowed to end their vacation early. , and return to Backlund with him.

On the night of the partnership, Rawls received a telegram from Edmund Robert, asking him to return to Backlund immediately. Originally thought that Philip was going to ask him for help, but Robert's telegram said that the owner behind Philip's Department Store, the most upscale department store in Backlund, wanted to meet with him to discuss the matter of injecting capital into Adrian Law Firm.

Philip Negan, Philips Department Store, and Rawls have never linked the two together. After all, the name Philip is relatively common, but now they have to be considered together.

As the most high-end department store in Backlund, it is only open to nobles and wealthy members with membership, which means that the owner behind it must be a top person. And yesterday morning, Uncle Robert asked someone to send over the information of the Philips department store.

The behind-the-scenes owner of Philip's department store is a viscount, but the viscount's cousin is Duchess Negan, Philip's mother.

Rawls, who knew Philip to some extent, probably knew what the Duchess was doing. As a mother, seeing that her only son was in trouble, of course she had to help. Rawls once offered advice for Philip, and was naturally a more suitable candidate.

Although Duke Negan could also help Philip, the rebellious Philip would obviously not agree, and even his mother had to come back to find Rawls and use the name of the capital injection firm to let Rawls return to Backlund. .

As for the problems Philip is currently facing, there are a lot of references in the information sent by Uncle Robert. It is obvious that the relationship between the office and Uncle Robert cannot get these materials. Obviously, this is all specially prepared by the Duchess. OK.

Philip was promoted to Chief of Hillston Police in early September, and the original Chief Humphrey was promoted to the Chief Police Secretary of the Minister of Police. Originally Rawls thought that Humphrey was promoted to Philip's boss, But the data does not describe it that way.

First of all, the police in the Loen Kingdom are very special, they are only loyal to the king and are not managed by the cabinet government. The police chief and the chief of the National Police Agency are appointed by the local police management committee and are responsible to them, but the appointment requires the approval of the minister of police in the cabinet. Therefore, the Minister of Police is actually the highest commander of the police system of the Loen Kingdom.

Moreover, this session of the Minister of Police is very special. He belongs to the Minister of the Cabinet. In addition to managing matters within his own responsibilities, he is also responsible for participating in Cabinet meetings and discussing state affairs.

And now, because of Klein's Civil Service Act, the Conservative Party's situation is getting worse and worse. Influenced by the recent defeat, in order to restore the Conservative Party's support rate, the cabinet headed by Aguhid has been holding meetings. He has temporarily delegated his powers to Principal Police Secretary Mr Humphrey.

Humphrey is the former Chief of Police in Hillston. Unlike the airborne Philip, he is a member of the former Hillston Police Management Committee. Although he is better than Earl Hall, he is a rare non-partisan person. , so after the New Party lost because of Nozick, it can still be promoted smoothly.

Humphrey, who was promoted to Chief Police Secretary to the Minister of Police, as a non-partisan person, has also made good friends with Earl Hall. This Conservative Party cabinet will be disbanded next year, and it has obviously lost the opportunity to move up. Therefore, he took advantage of his position as the non-partisan chief police secretary, and temporarily could use the power of the minister of police, and proposed to the cabinet that the system of affairs officers could be piloted in the police department.

It is precisely because of his proposal that the Conservative Cabinet, the Minister of Police, including Duke Negan, did not care about Humphrey's public interests and embarrassing Philip.

Rawls rubbed his temples, Humphrey's move was a conspiracy, not only to show the Conservatives the benefits of the civil service plan, but also to show them the disadvantages. The civil service system composed of civil servants can not only help the kingdom to maintain an effective operation during elections, but also use the power in their hands to oversell the cabinet members, allowing bureaucracy to hover over the kingdom.

After knowing the predicament Philip was facing, Rawls thought for a long time and could not think of a solution. As a senior official of the kingdom, Humphrey tried the new law with his own political future, which made the cabinet and the king who supported the new law directly ignored. for the benefit of Philip as the police chief.

With a long sigh of relief, Rawls got up and picked up the wine glass on the coffee table, walked to the middle of the carriage, and said to the lawyers with a smile:

"First of all, I'm sorry for ending your vacation early. This luxury carriage is the first gift of apology. I hope you like it."

"Who asked the boss to pay us twice the weekly salary?" Paying twice the salary on business trips is also a feature of Adrian's firm.

A middle-aged lawyer with washing hair took the initiative to clink glasses with Rawls, and his words caused the echoes of the other lawyers in the carriage.

A younger solicitor with a receding hairline drank the champagne:

"Also, didn't the boss also end the holiday early?"

"Yes!"

"The preparation work is still done by the boss!"

Although these solicitors are not from the Big Four colleges, they all know that working with Lincoln College will bring great benefits, not to mention that some of them want to become barristers! Even if Rawls had little compensation, they wouldn't say much.

As a high-ranking person, it is easy to achieve "bribery" with only a little favor. Rawls smiled and took a sip of red wine and continued:

"The second gift is that I will pay you three times your salary for the past two weeks!" Before he finished speaking, there was another cheer, and even those who were dissatisfied were completely put down.

"As for the third gift, whether you can get it or not depends on your work!" Rawls looked around, the benefits were not for nothing, "If the Adrian firm gets the capital injection, it will be a week before and after this year. , All members of the Adrian firm can bring their family members to take a vacation to Dixi Bay at the expense of the firm.”

"Oh, thanks boss! Thanks Mr Adrian!"

"We will definitely get the capital injection!"

Rawls looked at the cheering subordinates with a smile on the corner of his mouth. In this way, the Adrian firm could recover as quickly as possible after the heavy smog. With the capital injection and the support of Lincoln College, the Adrian firm It is the top law firm in Backlund, no one!

Woo!

The whistle sounded, the train was about to enter Backlund!

Rawls looked out the window. The reason why he booked the luxury carriage this time was not only to reward the lawyer of the firm, but also to announce his return. The reporter contacted by Uncle Robert should have been waiting at the station.

He really has no confidence in solving Philip's dilemma, so he can't limit the target of capital injection to the duchess and attract the attention of more rich people.

Rawls turned to look at the cheering lawyers, put down the wine glass, and knocked on the solid wood table, "Boom bang bang"

"Okay, gentlemen, put down your wine glasses and get your clothes sorted, I don't want to see reporters in the newspaper saying that the lawyers at Adrian's office are a bunch of frivolous guys, this is very important for you to get a third Gifts are bad!"

"Okay, sir."

"No problem, boss!"

...

Passing his cane to Maurice, the valet he hadn't seen in a long time, Rawls got into the carriage, where his uncle Edmund Robert was already waiting for him.

The hairline was seriously receding, but the neatly groomed Edmund Robert had a mild expression and praised:

"Rolls, you've really grown a lot, and I think you'll be complimented in the newspapers tomorrow morning!"

Taking off the silk hat, Rawls shrugged his shoulders against the carriage wall and said:

"No, at least the Backlund Post will not, they will only worry about the future of the Backlund legal profession!"

Edmund, who knew that the Backlund Post was behind the New Party, just frowned slightly and said:

"You can't do this when you see Mrs. Della." Mrs. Della is the Duchess of Negan, also from a big noble family. Perhaps it was Rawls's success in brokering the cooperation, and Edmund was just a reminder of Rawls's impolite actions, not a direct criticism.

Rawls nodded helplessly. He couldn't explain to an old man who was an etiquette teacher. In Mrs. Della's eyes, whether or not to inject capital depends on whether Rawls helped his son solve the problem, not a small gesture.

"Is there any way you can solve the problem that Lord Philip is facing?" Edmund didn't care about Rawls's expression. When the child is older, don't worry too much.

"We can only talk about it after seeing Mrs. Della, but I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to solve it." Rawls shook his head with a bitter expression on his face, "The firm must be funded to run, but even if I help Philip solve the problem, With the strength of the Negan family, it will definitely ask for a large number of shares. That's why I asked you to contact the reporter, hoping to get some people's attention."

Although the barrister of Ahowa County has not come to Backlund, it can be estimated that the weekly salary of 800 pounds is enough to overwhelm the firm.

"These things are up to you, and the shares are also divided between you and the people who invested, so I won't participate."

"Uncle Robert..."

Edmund waved his hand and said:

"I'm old, and it's useless to take these shares. You will inherit it when the time comes. But before the capital injection, the firm's capital chain cannot be broken. I still have nearly 7,000 pounds. You can use it temporarily. If If you don’t have enough money, go to the bank to get a loan. But you have to remember that even if you want to find those nobles, you must also find some big nobles, and those small nobles have less money and more work, which is very troublesome!”

"I know."

Rawls nodded. He was very relieved about the old man's suggestion. Only with him can he leave Backlund with peace of mind. Looking at Uncle Robert's gradually increasing wrinkles and gray hair, he remembered that Uncle Robert once used the medicine of "Viscount Fear" to survive.

...

A warehouse somewhere on the outskirts of the West End, which was originally a temporary storage place for the nearby plantation, but because of the advent of the "Corn Act", the warehouse was temporarily abandoned.

But inside this abandoned warehouse, a battle of Beyonders is breaking out.

"It seems that I caught a big fish. My divination really didn't deceive me. Are you a 'wronged soul' of the Rose School? It's a pity that there is no mirror here, and it's far from the Tussock River. Is Hermothein's manuscript there? Your place?"

The black-haired, blue-eyed man ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ with a handsome face and a faint trace of a beard smiled at the corner of his mouth:

"And you, even a 'clown' dares to come to me to save people? I really admire your courage, but how did you cooperate with the Rose School? By the way, my name is Rosago, Sequence 5 The 'Master of Secret Puppet'."

Klein's own thoughts gradually became stagnant, and his movements were stiff, like a puppet being manipulated. But this was not what he was most afraid of. The object of his cooperation, the ghost-like Beyonder behind Ian was diagonally in front of him.

Stiff and slow, she walked towards Rosago at a time, her pale blond hair, delicate face, and pale complexion made her more like a doll than a living person.

Maybe... I'm really going to fall this time. I don't know if he can be revived after being... controlled, but Joel was rescued... It seems that there is still a chance... Klein saw the eyes on both sides of Rosago. A figure emerged from each of them, a figure composed of pale blond hair, blue eyes, pale complexion and a dark black Gothic court dress!

Klein turned his attention to the "Foul Language" spell in his left hand, and the cold and smooth feeling was full of evil. You can only hurt yourself and others! Klein mustered his strength and struggled to speak.

His vocal cords seemed to have rotted away, his throat squirming so hard.

He recited the ancient Hermetic word hoarsely and intermittently:

"filthy!"

...

Klein, who had dealt with Rosago, pretended to be innocent and explained the reason why he accidentally injured his teammates, but Sharon the "wrongful soul" did not show any malice. Instead, he reminded him, who had heard the voice of the great existence, to see a psychiatrist. This gave him a sigh of relief.

"Go to Maric, I sense he and the child have been taken."

"What?" Klein was stunned.