Chapter 185 Wake Up

Bang bang bang.

A knock on the door interrupted Lynch's thoughts. When he saw the two people brought in by Mrs. Maggie, he couldn't help but press his forehead, knowing that his previous guess was completely correct.

Trouble did come.

Two middle-aged men in formal attire came in, one was short and chubby with an upturned moustache, the other was tall and thin with thick dark circles under his eyes.

It was the two detectives from the Hall of Order, Inspector Bruno and Inspector Walter.

With a deep sigh, Lin Qi quickly stuffed the remaining bread into his mouth, shook the invitation letter in his hand towards the two detectives, and asked questions with his eyes. After seeing the two nodded, Lin Qi could only Reluctantly, he picked up the coffee and drank it in one gulp, motioning for the two of them to go upstairs to talk in detail.

It wasn't until Lynch closed the door to the living room on the second floor and the two detectives looked at the window again to make sure no one was eavesdropping that they breathed a sigh of relief and sat down on the sofa.

The tall and thin Inspector Bruno wiped his sweat and said with a wry smile: "I'm sorry, Mr. Detective, you have just recovered from your leg injury and I am disturbing you again. However, you must help us, otherwise the entire Hall of Order will be destroyed." Our honor will be lost.”

"Why, did you really lose the flaming red lips that you were going to show off at the ball?" Lynch pointed to the report in the Rhine City Investigator.

The two detectives nodded with admiration: "Your judgment is indeed accurate, Mr. Detective, this matter..."

"Stop, I don't want to have anything to do with such a troublesome thing." Lynch raised his finger and made a silencing gesture, "Didn't I recommend Officer Walker of the Rangers to you?"

Bruno smiled bitterly and explained: "Officer Walker and the others don't have a clue. Mr. Detective, after all, you are the first to come into contact with this matter, and you obviously know some inside information. Otherwise, it would be impossible for me to contact Officer Walker and the others directly. Please help. Please help. Otherwise, it won’t matter if the Hall of Order is embarrassed, the entire Rhine City and even the entire Rand Kingdom will be affected. Then we won’t just patrol Qingmai District.”

"Tsk, is that princess so high-status, or is she very powerful?"

When the question came out of his mouth, Lynch immediately regretted it and wanted to slap himself. Unfortunately, it was too late to regret it. Bruno immediately explained:

"The banking industry in the Kingdom of Salt is very developed. Twenty percent of the construction funds for the Nolin-Rhine Railway came from loans from the banks of the Kingdom of Salt. That Princess Chloe is supported by several big bankers. Or, if she is angered, those banks may withdraw their capital. When the project stops, we will become the sinners of the entire Rand. I believe that His Majesty the King and His Excellency the Governor are willing to hang the two of us in Crown Square. The wind blows for half a month. Mr. Mayor Hoffman even thinks that the purpose of the thief may not be the flaming red lips at all, but to anger Princess Chloe and indirectly damage the Nolin-Rhine Railway Project."

Um? Is it also related to the railway?

Lin Qi's face became serious. If it was just an ordinary theft case related to a mystery, of course he should stay out of it, but since it is related to the railway incident, he should consider it carefully. After all, I am worried that I have nowhere to start, so I can only wait for the information from the Watcher. It is always good to have more information.

Besides, this matter itself is very curious. How about... let's hear it first? Just listening to it won’t deepen the relationship.

【hehe. 】

‘Don’t laugh like that, I know I’m comforting myself, but being tortured by curiosity can kill you, that’s why people say curiosity kills the cat. ’

[This sentence is originally explained in human language. 】

'um, yes. ’

Lynch sighed, knowing that he had lost to the mysterious connection, and could only say helplessly: "Okay, for the sake of His Majesty the King, and for Rand, let's talk about it, what is going on with the whole thing?"

The two detectives looked at each other, and their tense expressions relaxed a lot. The squat detective Walter smiled and explained: "The flaming red lips are one of Salt's treasures. They are of high value in themselves, and it is said that There are other special meanings.”

"Huh? What's the point?"

"Sorry, Mr. Detective." Detective Walter said awkwardly, "This is Princess Chloe's secret. If you want to know, you can only ask Her Highness the Princess. We only know that it may have some special function that can help find some legendary item." Items, we don’t know what they are.”

Lin Qi frowned and asked, "Why does she still take out such an important thing and run around?"

"Those are legends that have been told for hundreds or thousands of years. No one knows whether they are true or not. In fact, it is just a very expensive gem. No one cares whether it has any symbol, unless the symbol can make it more expensive. "

Lynch smiled noncommittally and made a continue gesture.

"In order to ensure the safety of the gems, Princess Chloe secretly sent the gems to Dunglas Bank, the largest bank in Rhine, for safekeeping in their vault. This was done in secret. No one should know that the gems were in Dunglas, and Danglars himself did not know the significance of the gem, and there was no problem for several months until the gem was stolen on the 5th.”

Bruno immediately went on to say: "After you left that day, we questioned Danglars carefully, but we didn't find any useful clues. Although the suspicion was locked on the Viscount who took the money, in fact the Viscount was still At Friedman, you didn't come to Rand at all. What Danglas saw was just a fake. We consider that you are a special consultant to the Governor's Palace and have had close contact with the target. We hope that you can also join the investigation and investigate as soon as possible. Get the gem back."

Lin Qi suddenly realized that this was the reason why the Hall of Order asked him for help. This matter was too big a responsibility, and if it was not handled properly, there would be endless troubles. These people were afraid that they could not bear such a big responsibility, and Lin Qi was the Duke's consultant. As long as he was dragged into it, there would be one more person to take the blame.

Lynch didn't mind it, he just shook the invitation letter in his hand with a smile: "It seems that you have discussed your idea with Princess Chloe, and this thing is the princess's answer."

"Yes, this matter needs to be kept secret. Princess Chloe can't come here or to the Hall of Order. If you want to ask her any questions, you can only find an opportunity to talk in private at the cocktail party, so there is this invitation. We are worried that you are unwilling to accept this commission, so we deliberately come early to explain the situation to you first."

"It's too early to say whether to accept the commission now." Lynch hesitated for a moment, and finally caution prevailed, "However, I will accept the invitation. Tomorrow I will talk to Her Royal Highness the Princess. Whether to accept the commission, I will make a decision after understanding the details tomorrow."

The two detectives did not show any disappointment, but hurried away with their canes, as if they were afraid that Lynch would regret it if they stayed for too long. This made Lynch a little suspicious, always thinking that the other party just wanted him to accept the invitation to the cocktail party, but after repeatedly combing it through several times, there should be no danger, so Lynch didn't say anything and took the initiative to send the two out the door.

As soon as he went out, he saw a plain and low-key black carriage parked outside the apartment. An old woman leaned out of the window and smiled kindly at Lynch.

Seeing this person, Lynch felt that his blood flow accelerated a lot, and he had an urge to cheer loudly.

Because he sensed a familiar message from the other party.

[Kalena's exquisite makeup. ]

Miss Diana de Valente finally woke up from a coma of half a month and appeared outside the door of Apartment 221 as soon as possible.