Chapter 138 Black Market Merchant and Baron
Tress's father is named Huxley. On the surface, he is engaged in cross-border trade, but only his wife Ellie knows that Huxley's true identity is actually a black market businessman who specializes in serving the wealthy group!
Huxley's job as a black market businessman is actually to meet the needs of the wealthy who are willing to pay a high price through various methods and means.
For example, if a wealthy person is willing to pay 100 million US dollars to collect Mona Lisa's smile, then the black market businessman who receives the demand will outsource the task for 20 million. No matter whether the outsourced personnel steal or rob, as long as the task is completed, the black market businessman will not only earn 80 million US dollars in middleman price difference, but also gain the friendship and trust of the wealthy!
Huxley himself started as a black market businessman and has been engaged in this industry for nearly 30 years. He has good strength, resources and reputation in the circle, so many wealthy people look for him!
Of course, black market businessmen are also a very dangerous job.
First of all, most of the needs met by black market merchants are illegal in themselves. Not only are they easy to offend people, but if they are involved in some major events, they may be killed by the buyer after the matter is completed!
Therefore, every time he went out to deliver goods, Huxley would carry a very secret and advanced signal transmitter with him. If he encountered an irresistible danger, he would send a special signal to Ellie, warning her to quickly take her children to the safe house that had been prepared long ago!
And just this afternoon, after Ellie picked up her children, she actually received the text message she least wanted to see on her mobile phone!
Therefore, Ellie did not return to her villa, but took Trish and Daley directly to this nearest apartment, but Ellie herself had never been to it.
What made Ellie most anxious was that the special nature of Huxley's work and identity made it impossible for them to call the police for help!
Trish, who also felt something was wrong, kept asking Ellie what happened and why the three of them did not go home but hid in this apartment building.
After learning the truth, Trish thought of Levi in panic and called him for help!
"Ms. Ellie, do you know the transaction object and address of Mr. Huxley this time?" Levi, who knew the whole story, asked.
"In order to protect us, Huxley never told me the specific transaction object and content. I only know that he went to England this time!" Ellie shook her head.
"England?" Levi's heart moved. It just so happened that he was going to England during this period. The schedule was very coincidental.
"Right!" Ellie seemed to remember something. She opened the monitoring software on her mobile phone, kept sliding and searching, and soon found a video in her garage a week ago and handed it to Levi, "But I guess the content of the transaction should be the box in the video!"
In the video, a black car drove into the garage, and the garage shutter door closed automatically. A strong man wearing a peaked cap got out of the car, took out a half-person-high box from the trunk, and handed it to Huxley who was waiting on the side.
Levi paused the video. The box seemed to be made of brass, with various symbols engraved on it. There were also strange human face patterns engraved on the front, back, left, and right sides. The overall look was exquisite and retro.
And on the top cover of the wooden box, there was a protruding accessory, which seemed to be the opening device of the box.
"Is this an antique?" Tris came over to take a look and asked with some doubt.
"Maybe!" Ellie herself was a little unsure, but the box looked a bit old, and most of the rich were also keen on collecting antiques, especially those that the law stipulates cannot be circulated privately!
Because it was in the video, Levi couldn't be sure whether the box was an antique or involved extraordinary power.
And after searching the Internet by the White Queen, no similar or related records were found.
"Mr. Levi, I don't have anyone else to trust now!" Ellie sighed with a firm look in her eyes, "If you are willing to help me, I am willing to give everything!"
In fact, Huxley had already said a long time ago that if something went wrong that day, Ellie must not think about rescuing or revenge, but hide herself and her family and live a low-key life!
But even if Huxley told her more, when things really happened, the emotional side of people would still make many irrational choices.
But as a housewife, Ellie didn't know who to ask for help!
"Ms. Ellie, don't worry! I'm going to England these two days, and I will definitely help you find out!"
"White Queen, have you found any clues about Huxley's itinerary?" After leaving Trish's house, Levi handed the relevant information about Huxley to the White Queen.
"Master, at 12:30 yesterday afternoon, Huxley drove to the Maren private airport 30 kilometers away, and at 1:45 pm, he boarded a private plane of model Cessna X to England. Through inquiry, the plane was registered under the name of a shell company."
"At 10:53 that night, the plane landed at a private airport in the southwest suburbs of North Yorkshire, England; at 11 o'clock, two black SUVs came to pick up Huxley, and the final destination was a private castle called Knox 55 kilometers away from the airport!"
"Private castle?" Levi's eyebrows moved slightly. England has a long history, and most of the people who are still qualified to live in private castles are hereditary English nobles. These people are rich, powerful and well-established, and there are many extraordinary families with their own heritage!
"Can you find out the identity of the owner of this Fort Knox?"
"The owner of Fort Knox is a hereditary baron of England, and the contemporary baron is Lady Marsdale." The White Queen released a photo of a woman in a long dress, who looked very elegant.
In England, if a noble with a hereditary title has no son, the title can also be inherited by a daughter, which is not a rare thing.
"Baron?" What made Levi frown was the other party's title.
Although almost everyone knows that the nobles in England are dukes, marquises, earls, viscounts and barons, the five levels are not granted to members outside the royal family. The only ones that can be granted to outsiders are barons, knights and lords!
In other words, Lady Marsdale is a royal noble!
"And this. Mrs. Marsdale has some serious problems with her body that modern medicine cannot cure or even identify the cause of." The White Queen called up dozens of confidential test reports from the Royal Hospital of England. The earliest report was from July last year, and all the values were very abnormal.