Chapter 405 Book Encryption

Walking down the stairs of the headquarters step by step, Charles felt a sense of crisis.

As the commander-in-chief of France, Joffre always had the power to mobilize troops, and the army was a place where orders were followed, which would invisibly bring uncertain dangers to Charles' future.

Today, Charles could use the Italian army to get through this stage, but what if Joffre found an opportunity to issue a similar order one day in the future?

Joffre seemed to have lost his patience, and he planned to put Charles within reach.

There seemed to be only one way to avoid this situation.

Thinking of this, Charles unconsciously walked towards the officers' club, and when he was about to arrive, he suddenly realized that it seemed a little early and it was still light outside.

Just as he was about to turn around, he heard a call from the officers' club: "General, are you here to see Lucia?"

The door of the club opened, and a woman dressed as a bartender appeared in front of Charles.

Charles recognized her, Lucia's colleague and friend Garel, who Lucia would occasionally talk about.

"Yes." Charles nodded: "I can come back later."

"General." Garrel replied: "She is resting today, but I can ask her to come right away."

"If she is resting, I can do it another day..."

"No, no, General." Garrel hurriedly explained: "If Lucia knew you were coming to see her, she would be very happy. She would not want to miss this opportunity, I promise."

Charles was stunned, then smiled.

Good job, Lucia, you deceived Garrel, she believed in their love.

Walking into the club, Charles did not sit in the previous seat, but chose a chair by the window to sit down and slowly taste the coffee brought by Garrel.

When a cup of coffee was almost finished, Lucia came in breathlessly from the headquarters door.

She was in a hurry and only casually put on some lipstick. She stopped in front of the club, combed her hair, covered her chest with her hands, and breathed slowly, as if she didn't want Charles to see her panic. Then she quickly took out a mirror from her handbag and looked at herself before stepping in.

However, when she saw Charles sitting by the window, she felt bad.

Lucia sat opposite Charles with a little embarrassment, thinking that this guy must be very proud that this woman cares about him so much.

Unexpectedly, Charles came up and whispered: "You don't need to be so anxious next time. I usually don't come to you for urgent matters, although it may be very important."

Lucia was stunned. This guy actually thought that she came so urgently because of the mission?

"Understood, General." Lucia replied coldly: "Are there any instructions?"

Charles came closer and asked: "What's the situation with Grevey?"

Lucia shook her head slightly: "There is some progress, but we have encountered difficulties."

The footsteps of Garrel came from behind, and Lucia changed the subject naturally: "Are you free on the weekend? I don't want every date to be here."

"You know." Charles shook his head in embarrassment: "I don't have time, Lucia, I have a lot of things to do."

Charles acted a little unnatural, fortunately Garrel didn't notice anything unusual, she brought Lucia a cup of coffee, smiled and nodded to the two of them and walked away.

Lucia continued the previous words: "We can receive the telegram sent by Grevey, but his telegram is encrypted with a 'book'."

"Book encryption?" Charles had never heard of it.

"Yes." Lucia explained: "It is to select a book, and the page number, row number and column number are transmitted when the power is generated."

Charles suddenly realized.

This encryption method is simple and easy to use and difficult to decipher, because it has no rules, and you only need to know which book they use.

"We even sent people to infiltrate Grevi's servants, but we never found it." Lucia frowned: "The code book is probably in his safe."

Charles was silent for a while and said: "He may have an action in the near future."

Lucia understood, which means Charles will release a bait in the near future.

However, if you don't know the code book, even if the "fish is hooked", it will be useless, and you can only watch the "fish" slip away from your hands.

Lucia blamed herself: "We will find a way as soon as possible..."

"I think there is someone who can be used." Charles interrupted Lucia.

"Who?"

"Harry."

Lucia stared at Charles with wide eyes: "That spy?"

Charles nodded.

"But she is a German spy, how can we use her?" Lucia looked puzzled.

"It's very simple." Charles replied calmly: "We know her secret, so we can use it to threaten her and develop her into our spy."

Lucia nodded slowly, a trace of surprise flashed in her eyes, but then shook her head: "But Greve is not interested in women..."

"Armand." Charles interrupted Lucia: "Let Hari get close to Armand."

Lucia understood instantly that Armand was a playboy, and it would be easy for him to seduce Hari. Coupled with Hari's methods, he might be tricked into revealing all the secrets he knew.

"Let's try." Lucia nodded, then stole a glance at Charles and asked with concern: "What's wrong, right?"

Before this, Charles had never cared about Greve's affairs, and he gave the "Lady in White" plenty of time to investigate.

Now he suddenly accelerated his pace, and he must have encountered some difficulties.

"Nothing." Charles replied: "Just some small things."

In fact, this is not a trivial matter, but it concerns Charles' future and even life.

In order to suppress the commander-in-chief Joffre and prevent him from giving orders to Charles, the only one besides Schneider is the parliament.

And if Charles wants to have enough voice in the parliament, he must win over the right-wing forces.

Grevy is the obstacle between Charles and the right wing. He is smart, cautious, and more importantly, he has his own ideals and principles.

Such a person is difficult to buy with money, so Charles can only consider getting rid of him.

As for Armand, his oratory talent may be worth using, so he is the target of winning over.

"In addition." Before leaving, Charles told Lucia: "I need intelligence in the Cambrai area, and I may need personnel cooperation."

Lucia's eyes lit up instantly: "Belgian direction?"

Cambrai is near the Franco-Belgian border. If it is the Belgian direction, it means that Charles will enter Belgium to regain lost territory.

Charles nodded gently. There is nothing to hide in this regard. He must fully trust the "Lady in White".

Lucia was so excited that she almost cried out. She kissed Charles on the face and held his face with both hands, expressing her true feelings: "Thank you, General, thank you very much! We have been waiting for this day for a long time!"

Charles laughed: "So, it was all a lie when we said it was not just for Belgium?"

Lucia smiled and replied: "No, General, it was not a lie. But it would be even more perfect if we could also contribute to Belgium!"