The Whispering Verses Chapter 2196: Gilot’s story

The three people beaten down by Shade were just ordinary members of the Black Hand Gang, and they didn't actually know much. Under the threat of force, they quickly revealed the information they had, that is, the Black Hand Gang was determined to believe that the three lost cards might still be in the house, so they sent them to search again.

Shad was not interested in them, so he asked them to stay where they were. He also searched around the house, and finally found a "Ha" in the business card box in the corner of the desk. "Leigh Gilot" business card. He memorized the information on the business card, put it back where it belonged, and then left with little Mia.

Mr. Harry Gilot is a local businessman in the tobacco business. His shop on his business card is in the dock area. He presumably specializes in making money from sailors.

But when Xia De went to the store according to the address, he saw that the store was actually being renovated. After Shade stepped forward to inquire, he learned that the tobacco store had been sold to someone else by Mr. Gilot a few weeks ago. But they didn't know where Mr. Gilot was now, and the owner of the tobacco shop didn't even say goodbye to the neighbors next to the shop.

"Did he take the card and leave the country after getting it?"

Although the size of the store seems large, if Mr. Gilot really spent 250 pounds to buy Rhodes cards, it would probably be a big expense.

Xia De was quite confused, but he still had to find this person first. Fortunately, he had other sources of information, so he went to the "Princess Trading Partner" who was also in the dock area and asked Ms. Anne Bonny, who was familiar with the situation in the dock area, to help find someone.

Such a small thing is of course no problem. At the same time, Ms. Anne Bonny gave Shade a package sent from other places in the city.

The mailing address is still the bookstore in the city center, and the sender is still Mr. Dylan. This is an agent of Gray Gloves. When Shade first arrived in Moon Bay City, he asked him to help investigate some insignificant matters in order to help Princess Prince's trading partner's fleet leave the port.

Now that Lesiya's fleet has left the port, the last package has given Shade the accounting status of the Yuewan Bridge construction, because there is too much data and Shade has not read it yet. Today's package is about the situation of the safe house used by "Grey Eagle" more than ten years ago, as well as the current trends of the Black family.

So while Ms. Anne Bonny was looking for the whereabouts of the tobacco shop owner, Shade opened the package in Princes Trading Partner.

He did not go to see the movements of the Black family, but planned to send them to Belindle Manor before leaving Moon Bay at night. He and the witch had a clear division of labor. Matters involving the seven major families would be investigated by the countess.

As for the former safe house of "Grey Eagle".

"I remember that the limit of time I can turn things back is three years."

[Yes, and the last time Sparrow Hamilton used those safe houses, they far exceeded this limit. 】

"She" reminded gently.

"But Detective Sparrow died in the summer a year ago. When he learned that he was going to die in the spring of 1853, in addition to finding me to entrust him with matters after his death, did he also arrange for someone to go to those places? Safe houses located all over the old continent, destroying things that must not be left behind? He is the top agent of Gray Gloves, and there are always things on him that are inconvenient to carry, but also inconvenient to store in the hands of friends."

Shad guessed in his mind, but since Detective Sparrow has most likely not returned here for decades, it is unlikely that he would leave too confidential documents in the safe house. Therefore, even if Detective Sparrow did arrange for people to dispose of some documents in Moon Bay in the spring of 1853 before his death, those things would most likely not be of any help to Shade.

"But if you have a chance, go and see it."

He memorized the location and information of those safe houses. Although he knew that even if he went to see them, it would be useless, the outsider was still interested in anything about Detective Sparrow.

Ms. Anne Bonny, who sent someone to investigate, did not keep Shade waiting for too long and returned to the small building of the trading company at around three o'clock. But her face was very hesitant. After sitting down, she hesitated and said:

"Mr. Watson, the businessman you are looking for, Harry Gilot, is dead."

"Dead? How did you die?"

Xia De picked up little Mia who was sleeping on her stomach and sat up straight:

"When did it happen?"

"The time of death was about two weeks ago. I asked some acquaintances at the dock and found out about it immediately. It was quite famous at the time."

The one-eyed woman hesitated again;

"The incident goes back even further, about a month ago. At that time, the only son of businessman Harry Gilot was arrested while walking home at night because he won too much money playing cards at the local Rhodes Casino. Someone beat him up and robbed him, but the person who did it was obviously not serious, so little Mr. Guillot died in the alley for no reason. The case has not been solved yet, and Mr. Guillot obviously thinks that it was that. The casino sent someone to assassinate his son, so two weeks ago he broke into the casino alone with a gun and a steam bomb tied to his waist. He did not ask for compensation, but only asked the casino to hand over the murderer. He was alone, so he was shot to death while negotiating with the casino."

"That's it"

Xia De opened his mouth, sighing again in his heart that "gambling harms people" and asked at the same time:

"So where was his body buried? How was the final case determined?"

"Although the death of Mr. Gilot Jr. has no results, the case of Mr. Gilot's illegal possession of steam bombs and illegal gun possession has been closed. He has no other relatives in the local area. After the trial of the case, the body was sent to He was buried in the city's public cemetery. The burial time was yesterday. For cases like this where there is no doubt, the processing speed is always very fast."

She seemed to have guessed in advance that Shade would inquire about the location of the body, and handed a note to Shade:

"The specific location is in the city public cemetery. Old Gilot didn't leave much property. He seemed to have spent all the money from selling the store on inquiring about information and purchasing firearms and steam bombs. I I bet the scumbags in the black market gave him a hard time. The church paid for his burial."

Xia De nodded and asked again before getting up and leaving:

"You are well-informed in the dock area, so do you know who robbed and killed Mr. Gilot at that time?"

The one-eyed woman blinked:

"Mr. Watson, some things are destined to be unanswerable. This is the dock of Moon Bay, and no one can know everything that happens here. Although it is not appropriate to say this, justice is useless here, and people only The saying "Believe in money" seems to apply to the entire city, but if you want to promote justice and seek justice for the Guillot family, Princes Trading Partners is here to help you. ”

"No, there is no need for me to solve it myself."

Xia De found that he seemed to have a special affinity with the city's public cemetery. No matter which city he visited, he always visited the local cemetery for various reasons, and this continued from Tobesk to Moon Bay.

The history of public cemeteries in Yuewan City is not long. The original urban cemetery was on the edge of the city. However, as Yuewan City continued to expand, the cemeteries that were wrapped in the city were forced to relocate. So while the city has a long history, the cemetery currently in use is less than fifty years old.

The northern part of Yuewan is mountainous, and the newly built Yuewan City Public Cemetery is naturally located here. A specially built path extended from the city to the entrance of the cemetery. When he got off the carriage with the sleeping cat in his arms, Shade looked up at the gloomy sky and then at the empty cemetery. And when he paid the fare and turned to look at the cemetery, someone was already waiting for him.

"If it weren't for the fog now, I would probably think of you as a ghost. Good afternoon, Miss Elisa."

He smiled and nodded, not feeling surprised at all. The girl with blue eyes and black hair still wore the wide-brimmed hat at an angle. Her appearance was silent, at least Shade couldn't notice it.

"Meow~"

The cat's nose, which was sleeping very comfortably, twitched a few times, and then opened its eyes.

"Meow!"

Without thinking, it made a "threatening" sound to Miss Elise, but the girl just looked at them with a smile.

"Good afternoon, Mr. Watson, aren't you surprised by our encounter this time?"

"I'm not surprised, it's normal wherever you appear."

As he spoke, he walked up to Miss Elisa:

"Thank you for saving Earl Belindel and I on the sea last Sunday. She said your cruise ship was beautiful."

He re-read the word "cruise", but the girl didn't pick up the topic at all:

"Remember? When we first met, I asked you to complete five tasks."

She stretched out her palm and shook it, while Shade stroked the cat with a very unhappy expression, and signaled Miss Elise not to talk to him at the entrance of the cemetery, so the two of them walked through the bone-setting room together. Black iron fence gate decorated with wooden flower wrought iron.

"Of course I remember."

"You have now completed three."

"But I remember there were two. The girl wanted her mother's company, so I asked Miss Lisa to tell her stories; the boy didn't want to be a porter like his father, so I advised him to think more about the future and growing up. Yes, only these two."

The graceful girl smiled and shook her head:

"The third thing is the soul of the cat wandering in the sewer. You helped it realize its wish and let it see its owner. You let it see the light that belongs to it again, so the powerful resentment The spirit does not affect the lives of ordinary people; and the girl who lost her best companion when she was a child finally solved her childhood regrets when she grew up. Although I did not appear, this was indeed the third time you completed. task. ”