Whispering Poems.

Chapter 1609 The attack at the door
Old John summed up his words:

"So, although the relic [Enemy of the Arrow] sounds interesting, it can only be used as a toy. The origin of this relic is very clear. The alchemists of the fourth era made alchemy props for their partners, and later became The relic identification fee is 1 pound, this is a clerical relic, don't bargain with me."

"How much is this relic worth?"

Xia De asked while taking out his wallet.

"About 100 pounds."

"Huh? Didn't you say it's useless?"

Xia De paused when he took out his wallet, and the old man explained:
"It's not very useful for middle-ring warlocks, but it's still very useful for low-ring warlocks. Bullets are still very deadly for ring warlocks who are new to occultism. This bracelet is equivalent to an extra chance. Since you don't like it, keep it Are you selling it to me?"

Xia De thought for a while, then shook his head and refused.This bracelet is of no use to him, and he is afraid that he will become unlucky if he carries it with him.But the hidden space in the basement is not afraid of taking up space, and he thinks someone will need this bracelet.

He was at Old John's place, and after he put out the purchase list of some materials for the [Black Moon Symbol] learning ceremony, he hugged the cat and prepared to return home.Because there was nothing to do today, he didn't take the carriage, but watched the spring scenery of the city with Mia.

I thought I would spend this afternoon in the study after returning home, but just entered the Saint Teresa Square, listening to two men on the side of the road talking about the Green Lake negotiations, and saw a man in black standing at the door of his house. A tall man in a trench coat.He had obviously knocked on the door to make sure there was no one at home, so he was looking around anxiously at the door, and he passed the bustling pedestrians in the square at once, and recognized Shad in a black coat and hat:
"Detective Hamilton!"

He warmly greeted him while saying hello:

"Detective Hamilton, you are finally back. I have something very important to entrust you to investigate."

"Don't worry, go in and talk."

As Xia De said, he took out the key and opened the door, and the man followed him into the house.And when Xia De closed the door and turned around, the muzzle of the black hole had already been aimed at his forehead:
"Shad Hamilton, surrender your weapons and raise your hands. Don't resist, this is not a joke."

Xia De opened his mouth slightly to express his surprise, and the man who had a friendly face just now said viciously:

"Stand back now, I know your fighting ability is very strong. If you dare to make any abnormal moves, I will shoot directly."

Xia De didn't quite understand what happened to him, but his good mood was completely destroyed.

Even though he couldn't die even if he was shot by a gun, he still took a step back and comforted the cat that was being held. He threw himself at the malicious man in front of him:
"What do you want to do?"

Xia De asked calmly:

"Robbery? Or something else?"

"I want you to write a letter to Galina Cavendish asking her to come and see you at your house this evening."

The man said, his left hand without the gun took out his pocket watch and glanced nervously:
"I don't want to hurt anyone, and I won't hurt the Duchess. I just want to express my appeal, do you understand? Don't move, I have a pen and paper here. Write a letter as I said, one letter is enough Make no mistake, then wait here with me for an afternoon, and when I see Galina Cavendish, I will let you go."

"I want to know, what appeal do you want to express?"

Xia De asked, if he refused to pick up the pen handed by the man, the man threatened again:

"This has nothing to do with you, go and write. I know you are very good, but can you pass bullets fast?"

"It's impossible. I mean, I can't possibly write a letter."

He shook his head and refused:
"How could I harm Miss Galina? Since you know the relationship between me and her, you should understand that although we are not married, she is still my lover. It is really a shame to say that. Compared with life, love is more important .”

He calmly said to the man:

"Either tell me your demands, or shoot directly. Or you can surrender to me. I have acquaintances in MI[-], and I can find someone to treat you better."

"I'm threatening you now, not you threatening me!"

"Who is threatening who? It's really hard to tell. I mean, since you have the guts to kidnap me at gunpoint in Place Saint-Terrain, you don't have the guts to tell me, what the hell are you trying to do?"

Xia De asked, holding the cat with one hand, and took the pen in his hand.He didn't use any spells or thaumaturgy, he just let his powerful mental power interfere with the opponent, making him feel credible:

"Tell me what you want to do, and I'll write. Now that you've got me under control, what's there to worry about?"

Because of the huge ups and downs in his mood, the man's mouth trembled a few times:
"Well, I'm a François, do you understand now?"

Now Xia De understood.

The concept of "François" does not actually exist, because the Principality of François, located in the glacial zone in the northeast of the Old World, was annexed by the Kingdom of De La Rion 20 years ago, that is, in 1834.The size of the principality is very small, about the same as the entire Green Lake area. It is now the logistics supply point for the ice mining army in the north of the kingdom. It is famous among the nobles of the Pearl of the North for producing ice blocks and transporting them to Tobesk every year.The annexation that year did not break out too much conflict, which belonged to the evolution of the combination of palace coup d'état and foreign interference.

But even so, there are still François people who are unwilling to become a part of De La Rion. This kind of "François Fugoism" has spawned large and small terrorists in the northeastern part of the kingdom for 20 years. /ji event - this is the official characterization of the kingdom.

Outsiders don't know much about this, but they only heard a few words from Leiziya.After all, this is not a big deal compared to the problems that the Kingdom is currently facing, such as the development of the New World, successive years of financial deficits, the relationship with the Church of the Five Gods, and the deteriorating air environment year by year.

"I actually admire you very much."

Xia De said, and took the letter paper from the man again.He obviously came prepared, the letter paper is quite high-grade, not only the texture is very good, but also branded with gold thread, and there is a faint orchid branded pattern in the lower right corner.

Although this is indeed the stationery that wealthy nobles would use, the problem is that the man has no idea that when Xia De writes letters to girls, he usually tore a piece of paper from his notebook casually.Even if he used special letter paper, it was cheap stuff he bought from the post office.

"The Principality of François has been annexed for so long, but you can still miss your motherland. I really admire you."

"Needless to say these nice things, how do people like you understand us? Let me tell you what to write. Don't play tricks on me, and don't write any more letters."

The man warned, Shad nodded:
"The last question, I will write it after asking: Is choosing this time to come to me related to the negotiations in the Green Lake area?"

He still used the little trick of mental interference on this ordinary person, and the man gave the answer without realizing that he had said too much:

"Duke Galina Cavendish is the negotiator and it would be great for us François if she could speak up for us at this time, or at least take a picture of the meeting and let the papers know that we met her. Important. Carson Rik's newspapers will not reject such news. Listen, Hamilton, I don't want to hurt anyone, if you will listen to me."

Xia De nodded, put the cat on the shoe cabinet, stroked the hair on its back a few times, and then sighed softly:

"I didn't lie just now. I really admire people like you. For the sake of the motherland, that's right. But you shouldn't attack me."

He stretched out his hand and squeezed the man's palm holding the gun. The latter didn't have time to react, and felt his right hand was squeezed by a vise. Then, in his astonished expression, he saw Xia De's left fist getting tighter and tighter. closer.

Bang!
The unconscious man fell in the hallway of Xia De's house. Xia De deactivated his pistol and threw the bullets on the shoe cabinet, then looked at the closed door again.

"There must be a companion, otherwise no one will deliver the letter. He was paying attention to the time just now, which means that if the door is not opened when the time is up, his companion will know that something happened to him. In this case, the companion cannot be too far away."

Xia De approached the door and closed his eyes. There were three sources of heartbeats in the room, including Mia, and he also captured the clear heartbeats on the street outside the door.He doesn't need to judge other people's mood by the frequency of the heartbeat, he just needs to find the sound of the heartbeat that has been nearby and never left.

It's fairly easy:
"Only one companion? Are you worried that too many people will cause trouble, or is there a shortage of manpower?"

Half an hour later, after seeing off the policemen at Ridwich Field and saying goodbye to Mr. Michelson Scott, the deputy director whom he had met during the Ring Horse Race, Shad closed the door and hugged Mia returned to the second floor.

Standing by the wall and looking up at the honorary degree certificate, the Duchess turned her gaze away and looked at Shad with apology:

"Do I need to apologize to you? After all, it was my fault that caused you to encounter this incident."

Miss Galina walked up to him.

"No, but this is the first time, someone wants to threaten you through me?"

"It means people trust both of us and have a pretty strong relationship."

The witch approached Shad and hugged him gently:

"I don't think this will be the last time. You really haven't considered moving to my estate?"

"Galina, we've already discussed this."

Xia De said, smelling the fragrance of the witch's hair and looking at his home:
"I'm not leaving this house. Absolutely not, no matter what happens."

(End of this chapter)